[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell. breaking news in the 11 news room -- a police officer in a pennsylvania has been hurt in a car crash that led into maryland. capt. roy taylor and sky team 11 is over the scene with more. >> from what we understand, this vehicle was involved in some type of criminal activity. state police started to pursue the vehicle. the passenger in the car ended up bailing out, but operator of the vehicle continued southbound on i-83, trying to exit at the

maryland line exit, and was going too fast, loss control, jumped our guard rail and a five-foot fence. the passenger of the car that the state police were chasing was injured and taken to a local hospital. maryland state police will be handling the incident. baltimore county police are on the scene assisting. the search goes on for the passenger of the vehicle. reporting live with sky team 11, i am captain roy taylor. >> onto a big story, two former penn state administrators are in the pretrial hearing in the jerry sandusky sexual abuse allegations. tim curley and gary schultz are charged with lying to a grand jury investigators. >> penn state officials tim curley and gary schultz are arrived at court this morning in harrisburg, facing perjury charges connected to the jerry sandusky de child sex abuse case.

the former penn state athletic director and vice president are accused of lying to the grand jury, telling them that assistant football coach mike mcqueary did not inform them he witnessed sandusky having sex with a boy in a locker room shower in 2002. prosecutors' first witness today, mcqueary who appeared calm on the stand as he described in graphic detail what he saw and heard in the locker room that day. he said he first heard noises coming from the shower, looked in the mirror, saw sandusky behind the boy but he went on to tell the court, "i believe jersey -- i believe jerry was molesting him." his testimony is being contradicted by another grand jury witness, a family friend who said that on the night of the alleged abuse, mcqueary told him he only heard noises. the assistant coach told prosecutors he was shocked by

what he saw and called his father for advice. he said his next call was to penn state head football coach joe paterno, and he went to his home to tell him he saw sandusky in a sex act with a child. mcqueary also said that nearly 10 days later, he was contacted by curley, who asked to talk to him with schultz. damaging testimony just days after sandusky waived his right to out preliminary hearing, where he faces 60 counts of sexual abuse charges involving alleged victims from his charity, the second mile. >> the civilian attorney for bradley manning, the army private accused of leaking classified information to the wikileaks web site, once the presiding officer at his pretrial hearing in fort meade to step down. army lt.8 -- the army lt. col recess during the hearing to consider the request. it is considered whether he

should recuse himself because it is the justice department prosecutor and the justice department is conducting an investigation targeting wikileaks founder julian assange. bradley manning is charged with aiding the enemy by leaking thousands of secret documents to the website. the hearing is to determine whether it bradley manning should be court-martialed. former major leaguer barry bonds will find out the punishment for his obstruction of justice conviction. he provided even as a testimony to a federal grand jury investigating -- he evasive testimony to a federal grand jury investigating the steroids standar -- scandal. police are investigating a shooting in carroll county just outside taneytown. had been at the 3900 block of old taneytown road. -- it happened at the 3900 block of old taneytown road. the victim was flown to shock trauma for non-like threatening injuries. two more people are saw in

connection with the shooting. it is unclear what prompted the shooting and the assault. >> a cold front went through very early this morning, and it took the rain out of the area. we saw some sunshine for a while this morning. now it is clouding up again. another little weather disturbance heading our way. let me first circle baltimore just to give you an idea of where we are. you see in virginia a little bit of moisture. there is some rain in southwest virginia, kentucky, and tennessee, as well as parts of west virginia at this time. moisture is moving our way and it looks like a lot of it will stay south of las. that will be the trick of the forecast for the rest of the day. we even have snow in the forecast for part of the weekend. >> congress likely will be able to avoid a government shutdown at midnight. negotiators signed off on a $1 trillion spending agreement, hourly averting a government shutdown. the house is expected to vote

today, while the senate could follow suit. the agreement provides a full funding for the government through september 2012. the picture comes after senate democrats have abandoned their demand that the tax-cut debate for with a surtax on millionaires. -- that the tax cut be paid for with a surtax on millionaires. >> they worked out all the details ensure cans. >> we hope we can come up with something that would get us out of here at a reasonable time in the next few days. >> negotiators are still working on extensions for social security, payroll taxes, and a jobless benefits. maryland is one of nine states that will share $500 million in grant money to improve the early childhood programs. they're winners will be announced today at the white house. the competition is part of the education initiative called race to the top. the goal is to get more children from birth to age 5 ready for kindergarten. coming up, one of the last remaining american symbols of the iraq war is turned over to

iraqis today. and a new world record holder celebrate her birthday with a special honor.

>> christopher hitchens, author,

essayist, and pundits, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. he was the author of the book "god is not great." he was a frequent guest on a political talk shows, taking positions on both sides of the political fence. christopher hitchens was 62 years old. the u.s. military today handed over its last days to the iraqi government. the transfer took place during a ceremony where iraqi air force members raised the iraqi flag. the camp housed 15,000 soldiers at its peak. around 4000 u.s. soldiers remain in iraq, and they are expected to leave by the end of the year. the u.s. officially ended the military mission in iraq yesterday during a ceremony in baghdad nearly 4500 u.s. soldiers and tens of thousands of iraqi civilians have been killed since the 2003 u.s.-led invasion. a high-school student in central india is celebrating her 18th

birthday with a new title. the 24.7-inch-tall woman is the world's shortest woman. at a ceremony, she stood on a chair and said it was an honor to get an extra birthday present this year. until today, she was considered the world's shortest teenager, but now that she is 18, she qualifies for the new title. >> i'm delighted to confirm that today she can take the title of the world's shortest woman. >> she is shorter than the average two-year-old child. pretty remarkable. still to come, if you put off your holiday shopping, the calendar and retailers want you to know about an extra day to get it all done. and a new trivia game comes with an extra twist. we will talk live with the show's host. >> yesterday's iran has moved

out of the picture, but now we have a new weather disturbance coming in. insta-weather-plus -- yesterday's rain has moved out the picture, we ave

>> there is a little quirk in the calendar this year that procrastinating christmas shoppers might want to take note of. chris clackum explains why. >> historically, last saturday before christmas is the last full day of last-minute shoppers have to make amends. that is why it is called super saturday. super saturday this year it is this saturday. >> that means super saturday will not be as super as 80's when it is closer to the actual christmas eve, -- as 8 is when it is closer to the actual

christmas eve, christmas day. >> next saturday is christmas eve. retail experts expect the stores to not only offer good deals this saturday, but beyond. >> i believe that savvy retailers will come up with something in the middle of the week before christmas to r eally incent the shoppers through their doors. >> online retailers are extending free shipping offers, too. on amazon, regular members get eight free through monday, prime members through wednesday. >> you get all the way through and find out, wow, that is $10 i did not really want to spend. >> the coming weeks could be viewed as a procrastinator's paradise. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> decided to call the to debris

called for an -- decidedly cooler today. cold front went through overnight. we have a new weather disturbance out of the southwest. here we are in the baltimore area. the lighter green shades is grain up in the clouds. we see the little bit of yellow and some darker green shades. there are struggles and showers down in virginia, making it to the crowd in southwest virginia and parts of west virginia. that disturbance looks like it is going to be mostly to our south. we will keep an eye on it this evening. temperatures tell the story of the cold front. three basic colors on at the map. green it shows we are still in the 50's to the letter to shed his mid-to-upper-forties. we got into the 20s on western maryland. 20 degrees right now. here are the clouds for the next disturbance. for a while we get some breaks, but that is mostly going away as the heavier clouds coming in.

bill disturbance moving off the front, and it appears to be less rain than a few hours ago. we will be on the very north edge of this as it passes through the area bid breezy this afternoon, sprinkle a shower to the southwest. 44 to 49. high temperatures steady or falling off a bit this afternoon. boaters in the bay, small craft advisory out. cloudy angeles tonight. light rain or brief wintry mix is in the forecast. the weather disturbance passes to our south. once you get near the maryland and pennsylvania line, the chances are pretty slim that any of that will hit the ground. west to northwest winds at 10 to 15. 30 to 38, a temperature range overnight. there is one disturbance moving

over to our south. this passes out of the picture to saturday it looks all right. early sunday morning, weak little clipper coming out of the great lakes. that one -- we have a clippard coming out of the great lakes. that may cost us with -- may dust us with some snow. the little disturbance passes by on sunday, may be near the maryland line or off to our west. up to an inch of snow is possible on sunday morning. here is the seven-day protest. 40's today and tomorrow. middle of next week, temperatures warm up a little bit it another system may make some rain. >> for all you trivial pursuit buffs, there is a new game show on nbc that takes into a whole new level. it is called "who's still

standing." the house joins us with a preview. how are you? >> i'm doing well. how are you. >> many people know you from the show "cash cab." >> i don't have to drive go roun -- drive around for this one and i am giving out more money. >> give us the promise of the show. >> one contest and against an opponent if you take out all 10 of them, -- one contestant and 10 opponents. if you can take out all 10 of them, you win $1 million. they are standing on trap doors. one wrong answer, and down you go, gone forever. >> they might need a good character if they get one answer wrong -- good chiropractor if

they get one answer wrong. >> if i like them, i don't want to go, but if i am not so crazy about them, adios. >> what do you like most about being part of a show like this? >> it is a fun for me. i am a standup comedian by trade, and the show is done in front of a live audience, so i can feed off of that and play off of them. it has the tricky aspect, the free money aspect -- trivia aspects, the free money aspect. they are interesting characters that i get to meet and hear about their lives. it is all-around fun. it is good fun for everyone, young kids to grandparents. >> how stressful is it for the contestants, knowing what can happen? >> i stood on the door and i dropped. i did a couple of times just to see what it is like.

it is really unnerving to be standing on that door. it is hard to remember anything, let alone trivia. >> what are they falling onto? >> i think it is alligators and other days and lions days. >> we will all be watching and then. you can watch the premiere monday night at 8:00 right here on a wbal-tv 11. reindeer is's state and runners on in a state in western texas. -- escape and run loose in western texas. they were in the trailer and escape when the door open to during rush hour traffic. >> i was worried about the reindeer getting hit or into an accident. >> i thought it was elk at

first. it was kind of shocking. we just stop and jumped out and went and got them. >> can you imagine seeing that? luckily, no one was hurt in the incident. santa joe says he will make sure the doors are locked for now wanted coming up, you're in lottery numbers and another check the forecast.

>> tonight at 5:00, a bullying lawsuit how the school district is responding to concerns over the sale over marijuana, and a preview of sunday's ravens game in san diego. and now, the maryland lottery numbers. >> the maryland lottery celebrates purple friday all season long. >> 8 is purple friday. go ravens. i am sarah fleischer from 98 rock. your pick 3 numbers are --

we will get to your pick four in a moment, but first, want to win ravens season tickets for 2012? visit mdlottery.com/ravens. we are moving right along to your pick four game. the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> john is back with a serious cool down. >> we are not done with rain chance as yet. >> did you say something about snow, too?

>> i will get there. falling into the 30's overnight. sunday morning, a little clipper goes by and we could get in a little bit of snow. middle of next week, more rain chances in the forecast. temperatures -- just about the whole forecast will be in the 40's. it will be close to that for the game on sunday in san diego. >> patience is what i need. i'm hurrying you along for no reason. thank you, john. thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon. >> watch tonight at 5:00 with mindy and stan. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.