he was on a wheelchair. he had slipped under. >> a nightmare at a metro station as a subway train ran over a man. good evening. that is our big story tonight. firefighters were able to rescue the man who is recovering from injuries tonight. it happened around 3:00 in the afternoon. that is where sheldon joins us live. cox officials have identified that victim as albert jodd. he was on the platform as the train was pulling up. officials are trying to figure out if it lost control of his wheelchair or if it malfunctioned sending him over the edge. >> i knew something was wrong. i knew they had something but i did not know it was a person. he was on a wheelchair and he had slipped under. >> she did not see the victim

getting hit but she was on the train that ran him over. >> it was like a sudden stop. people were screaming. they were seeing if he was ok. >> we immediately closed the station. >> 1 firefighters and paramedics arrived they found the man trapped under the train. they say he was conscious and alert. >> i did suffer some contusions and some other musculoskeletal injuries as a result of being run over by the train. >> they are not aware if you lost control or if his will chair malfunctioned. firefighters were able to safely pull him out from under the train and said he is lucky to be alive. >> the victim is in stable

condition with non-life threatening injuries. >> bail denied, that is the rolling tonight for a 16 year- old who killed his father. the judge said he refused to bail for richard son because he considers the 16-year-old to be a flight risk. he is accused of shooting his father to death in the bel air and dumping the body in a pond and aberdeen. about one week after an armed robbery a student at a nearby college says he was also robbed at gunpoint. it happened in the 1200 block of park avenue. the victim says he was walking in the bolton hill neighborhood 14 suspects approached him. >> two of them were on the opposite side of the street and they ran across the street.

one guy had a gun and the other guy was behind me. >> the victim said the suspects fled on foot behind the 100 block of the street. this robbery comes on the heels of another armed robbery last month with a resident was kidnapped and forced to drive to a number of atms to withdraw money. a report from john hopkins school of health shows the have prevented violent murders or the past three years. it focuses on the the cherry hill communities. homicides dropped 56% in cherry hill alone. researchers say the new deborah's point to the program as an important component of the city wide reduction and homicides and guns. they hope to seek additional funding for the program. jack young is as baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings break should

put the brakes on another grand prix race. kai reed joins us with details. >> the city should focus on community development and improving the lives of citizens, not another grand prix race. >> his letter starts of admitting that he supported the grand prix race when it first came up two years ago. he brought the promise of positive media attention coupled with an influx of revenue from racing fans and the curious taurus sound appealing. now the city council president argues that should not pursue the risk in the future and should direct resources elsewhere t. he criticized the plan to hand over rec center operations to private entities saying, what does it say about our priorities as a city when we turn our backs on our most

marble citizens. the first grand prix race ran on labor day weekend. it generated $47 million for the city. the mayor's office is trying to find a new organizer for the race after severing his contract with baltimore recent development. it is reportedly over $12 million in debt. the mayor's office included this picture of young that sitting in a risk are. even though council president young and very publicly supported the grand prix and voted to support the race he is entitled to change his political position now. if we are able to revive the event he is certainly entitled to change his political position again depending on what is popular at the moment. >> baltimore rescind failed to set a deadline to pay its debt. no word of negotiations with other possible reason groups.

president young did not return our comments about his letter. >> in a session 2012 as lawmakers kicked off, governor o'malley offered an alternative to the proposed increase in the state gas tax. he brought up raising it from 6% to 7% during a mark steiner radio show. he said the revenue could plug the budget deficit and replenish transportation funding. >> if we were to raise the sales tax by another penny, it would be a broad based think it to do. it would enable us to do a lot of the things that have to get done and the course of this session. >> the governor's top aide said the proposal would not be included in the budget he plans to send it to lawmakers. during this legislative session,

maryland and rum state superintendent plans to become a familiar face. sandusky says even though he is not pushing a particular agenda, there is no doubt education will be front and center. the role of superintend that will allow him to weigh in on legislation affecting children that could eventually end up on the state board. >> it is extremely important for us to monitor what happens in annapolis. there are hundreds of bills that in some way are reflective of some type of policy change for public education. >> in the meantime, they are searching for a new superintendent. it is a role vacated last summer. lawmakers are expected to be a part of the process. >> just four days, the baltimore ravens will host the first playoff game in five years when

the houston texans return to the stadium this sunday. after the 29-15 when in week 6, fans are hoping for a repeat performance. gerry sandusky joins us with a preview. >> joe flacco and the baltimore ravens had into unfamiliar territory in a divisional game against houston. only ray lewis has played on a raven's team that has won a playoff game. the two against him in january of 2004 and january of 2000. he is not going into it thinking he has to win the game by himself, but he knows the better chance -- the better he plans to better the chances for them to win becomes. since he arrived wednesday in of the lost some games.

joe flateau likes of venturing into the unknown territory of a home playoff game. >> i think we have played a lot of high style environment in the last three years and we have gone in added that a pretty good job. this year we get to play at home in front of our fans. i think we will be able to use that energy that they create and get us going a little bit. >> you can hear all of my interview with joe flacco including talks of the growing less -- legend of his mustache. we will preview the game saturday night right here on tv 11. if you are still trying to figure it out, the sec's current players are -- more on the playoff game letter on in sports. >> the baltimore ravens are not the only ones getting ready.

area businesses are preparing for an influx of customers by stocking up on everything to keep fans as satisfied as the watch the match up against the houston texans. >> there will be a lot of parties. we expect a lot of people saturday and friday. we expect it will be on saturday. >> we are told area businesses plan to open up earlier than usual to accommodate tailgaters. students from st. mark's school in catonsville are ready for the big game, are you? you can also join madeleine and lindsey by sharing fan photos on our web site wbaltv.com. be sure to click on ulocal. coming up, an act of cruelty. it lands in a baltimore county man in tel. >> i am an animal lover.

it is a horrible thing that. >> plus, a concession from the man considered a prime suspect in the disappearance of natalie holloway. new details in the it penn state sex scandal. what could stall the trial of jerry sandusky.

>> baltimore fire crews are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in woodlawn. crews worked to put out the blaze. investigators believe the fire started in an upstairs bedroom before spreading to the rest of the home. a baltimore county man is facing animal cruelty charges tonight. neighbors are reporting he tossed a yorkshire irish terrier off of a balcony. >> this is louis. he is doing remarkably where a -- well considering everything he has been through. >> it is pretty amazing how quickly animals recover and heal giving -- given the pain and

they are in. there are pretty tough. >> they would is called on sunday after being something being thrown off the balcony and hit the ground at distances 50 feet away. it was louis. he was allegedly thrown from a man that lived with louis's owner. he is being held on $250,000 bond. >> animal cruelty at this level is a felony. the bail is the same with any other felony crime. that is something we think is good. >> i walked my dog's four times a day. they have day care. >> she adores her two dogs, gigi and sophie and she's horrified subdeacon heard a dog like louie. "i did not know why somebody would buy a dog in the first place at not know how to take care of him. >> the suspect is gary wallace,

jr.. >> lots of issues over there. >> louis is still being treated for head trauma but he is walking much straighter now and is expected to be ok. there is no word on when he will be up for adoption but he is alive because of some of the official said it did the right thing. >> the attorney for the family says he believes he will receive a tough sentence after he pleaded guilty to murdering the peruvian women today. they are seeking a 30 year sentence. his attorneys say the guilty plea could help reduce his client's sentence. he has also considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalie holloway in aruba in

2005. questions continue on where the trial will be held for terry sandusky if at all. there are discussions about the media crush shutting down the courthouse and a downtown. this comes as sandusky's attorney is trying to maine -- obtained additional information from prosecutors. >> first, we have to see what they give us their pretrial discovery once we get that and review it we will know where we have to go to get additional discovery that we feel is appropriate and necessary. >> there is no talk of a plea bargain in the case, at least not right now. last month sandusky with his right to a preliminary hearing. he is charged with more than 50 counts of child abuse and a sex scandal that rocked penn state university. things returned to normal in north dakota today, normal for

that. they awoke to a lighted testing, but it also ushered in colder temperatures. fargo had been enjoying highs near 50 degrees days ago. this morning temperatures reached 18 degrees. a different side and hans bill, alabama after a woman was trapped and rising flood waters. we are told that the high water liberal jammed her car doors shut. fire and rescue crews were able to pull the woman to safety through a car window. cruzes say she was not injured. >> now, at your 11 insta- weather for test. >> we have had some decent rain this evening. you can see there are some lightning strikes associated with the rain off shore. the potential is there for some of these lightning strikes and

thunderstorms to make their way into our region as well as we had it to the overnight. it looks like the storm which has two centers, one near cincinnati and one and near roanoke will be traveling east through the evening. the almanac today shows about one-third of an inch of the rain gauges that so far. temperatures will be holding steady through the evening. some more rain is likely as we head toward dawn. 46 downtown right now. it is above freezing all the way up to pennsylvania. 47 and rockfall. a couple of pockets of cold air out west. oakland has been hovering around 32 degrees all evening long. you notice down here in the national park over to a moderate, west virginia, 3,035 feet above sea level they have had a lot of sleep and ice and snow going on. a freezing rain advisory in

effect for garrett county. if you have to do early trouble be advised that the weather is actually more when terry wants to get above 2,000 feet or so. most of this will be pushing toward new england. the bulk of the rain will be over by sunrise. we will see the clouds tried to break up in the afternoon and evening tomorrow before the stronger push of cold air comes out tomorrow night. wakeup time cloudy. most of the rent on. winds out of the southwest. then partly cloudy and unseasonably mild 55-60 thanks to the southwest breeze. later tomorrow night the second part of this, or the cold front will trail through. behind it it is sharply colder. we will be into winter mode. it should carry us through the weekend. that is the arctic air that will

slide in here beginning on friday. we will see the front arriving late tomorrow night 3:00 a.m.. maybe some snow showers coding friday morning. strong that gusty winds and falling temperatures. the cold will stick around for the baltimore ravens get on sunday as well. some sunshine in the afternoon. friday, the cold air comes in. a high temperature of 20 degrees on friday with a snow showers going right into the weekend. rain showers into the morning. some afternoon sun. a flurry as possible on the upper eastern shore. the ocean city cooler on friday and cold air over the weekend. there is the insta-weather seven-day forecast. on saturday and sunday high temperatures in the 30's. it even some slow flurry chances on the ribbons came here and

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>> baltimore ravens have not seen an injury report with this few names on it since early in the season. boldin who missed the final two games looks at full speed for sunday's game against houston. they will see yates for the first time this sunday. yates their only three touchdown passes, but he did it hit a 45 yard one in the wind against the bengals. he knows the baltimore ravens veterans will try to rattle him early and often. >> it is definitely a defense for you have to know where certain guys are at all times. you have to know where reed, ray lewis, suggs.

there are guys that definitely give you problems as far as game planning. going into the game you have to watch as much fat as possible. what from what matt did the last time we played up there. to get as ready as possible. >> the pearland turpin's on a 17-0.1. the hang onto when. --the maryland terps hang on to win. they had a 17 point lead. that lead started to dwindle. cj harris, finds ty walker and down it goes. the lead down to three. withwsix minutes left he hits a jumper. first acc win over wake.

towson could end the 30 game winning streak easy 2 off of the glass. strong inside, especially in the first half. a late 1-0 run doomed the tigers. brandon will miss on the layup. william and mary keep towson on the slide. equally rough night for them hosting stony brook. brian 43. at stony brook up early. ryan at cut prices to the rim and finishes. he left them with 14 points. stony brook dominated. danny carter fines anthony jackson for another wide open 3.

t-wolves win it. the orioles took a calculated risk not to contest a $6 million contract with luke scott after surgery. now he will get a chance to prove if it was right or wrong by playing against them. he signed with the tampa bay raise. a calculated move, he struggled against them. now he can face orioles' pitching. stick it out, tom tasselmyer has a snowy seven-day fo

>> a little warmth before the sow? >> temperatures will push into the 50's, close to 60 before the cold front comes in. a brief warm-up. rain showers and a snow shower with temperatures falling below -- before dawn. a cold weekend ahead of us with scattered flurries and snow showers. playoff whether with highs in the 30's and wind chills and a 20's. >> everything else will be hot. especially for the game. >> yes, it will be cooking. >> thank you for joining us. good night.

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