[captioning made possible by constellation energy gup] 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. a maryland state trooper escapes major injuries after crashing his cruiser in a high- speed chase. we are told that the senior

trooper was attempting to pull over a suspected drunk driver when the suspect took off, leaving the officer on a pursuit. at some point, the suspect slammed his chevy cobalt into the cruiser. the suspect, 22-year-old john nussle v, was later arrested by police. he faces various charges, including first-degree assault and driving under the influence. 11 news has obtained a surveillance video of the alleged beating of a suspect by a baltimore city police officer. you can see a man named ricky thomas duck around the corner of north dukeland street soon after, a pair of police officers entered the from and what appears to punch thomas in the face and stomped on him. that office resident identified as daniel briggs, who has been on police duties since the

incident two years ago. >> can you explain why it has taken -- >> yeah, it is building the best case you can, the best case for prosecution. you are looking at misconduct, you are looking at a shooting, you need to develop a bulletproof case. >> according to the police report, the officer first tried to pull thomas over for a bad brake lights. police say someone spotted a burned body near an elementary school in anne arundel county this morning. police got a call about 9:00 that there was a body in the woods behind park elementary. so far, no word on the age or agenda of the victim -- or gend er of the victim please. are searching for two suspects man iny s.say what a

towson. he was approached by two men, and one of them displayed a handgun, and then forced him to drive to a city atm and take at radnor dollars, and drop them off in the city. while the victim is not affiliated with towson university, the crime is hit close to home with students. >> i was pretty alarmed by the whole thing. >> it is elisse scary. you know, walking by myself -- i work with a lot of ladies who walk by themselves. >> police say the victim was not hurt and they are continuing their investigation even though they only have a vague descriptions of the suspect. four men are facing charges in a deadly shooting outside towsontown center in december. tyrone brown, frank williams, william ward ii faced charges in ney death of rode

pridgett. officers say that tedious analysis of the mall surveillance video help them crack the case. >> nice day, lots of sunshine, a little chillier than we have been experiencing earlier in the week. temperatures are about where they blog -- belong. out to the west there is a big storm. part of it is reign from mississippi, louisiana, and down into colorado, there is a blizzard. around denver, almost two feet of snow has fallen that storm is kind of drifting in our direction. by the end of the week, we might have to deal with a piece of it. >> in commitment and 2012, all eyes on it nevada at this

weekend. the state holds its gop caucus tomorrow. mitt romney scored a big celebrity endorsement, but can he hold on to the lead? kate amara is tracking the race. >> as nevada prepares for saturday's caucuses, gop candidates campaigned across the state. donald trump arrived on the trail. the real estate mogul endorsed mitt romney for president. >> mitt is tough, he is smart, he is sharp. he is not going to allow bad things to continue to happen to this country. >> i am so honored and pleased to have his endorsement and of course i am looking for the endorsement of the people of nevada. campaign thought they had the endorsement sunup. >> what the poor need is a traveling so they can spring up -- a trampoline so they can

spring up. >> rick santorum also jumped into the fray. >> what country does he live in? the very poor are always the ones who bear the greatest brunt when the economy is struggling. >> mitt romney clancy misspoke and is focused primarily on helping the middle class. >> you do thousands of interviews, now and then you get it wrong. i misspoke. >> newt gingrich is challenging the florida's winner-take-all rules. the campaign argues that delegates to be awarded proportionally. >> good news on the job front. the economy added 243,000 jobs in january, about 80,000 jobs more than expected. economists like what they are seeing, but not everyone is popping champagne corks.

>> the u.s. economy added 243,000 jobs last month. that is far more than expected. it is enough to push the unemployment rate down to 8.2%. >> it is very unusual to get an unand it was jobs report. everything is good -- hours, revisions. >> it is the largest single jobs increase in two years. the white house says it is prove that the economy is headed in the right direction. >> we still cannot lose sight of people who are still looking for work. >> that is good news for president obama in this election year. >> the economy is going strong, the economy -- recovery is speeding up. we have to do everything in our power to keep it going. >> critics insist the economy is

not recovering quickly enough. >> the american people out been promised by the president that unemployment would not exceed 8%. >> it is the seventh straight month of 100,000-plus job creation, which has not happened since 2005. >> still ahead, we'll talk live to maroon 5 singer adam levine about his hit show and is plans to perform at preakness. a firefighter finds more than just a sick person. and talk about a cat fight -- this involves ozzy, catwoman, and

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away from me right now, i will spray you. >> according to a tweet from a witness, spider-man and batman just watch. a firefighter saw something unusual at an emergency call -- a bunch of his stuff that had been stolen. the tools look identical to the ones missing from his own home. the police department found thousands of dollars worth of stolen at tools in the yard and in the suspect's car. still ahead, busy in indy. the super bowl is just two days away. >> no clouds around us right now. it is out to the west, where a big storm is what we will be watching.

also, we are watching progress being on the boardwalk on ocean city. this is live pictures we're getting from ocean city. here in town, 47, sunny

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>> you are looking at a live picture of indianapolis, where preparations are underway for sunday's super bowl. today is the official kickoff of super bowl weekend. tracie potts gives us a taste of the excitement from indianapolis. >> no sign of the indianapolis colts, as the stadium has been

transformed with 254 to th -- 254 new seats for madonna's halftime show. >> i want people to be knocked out of their seats from beginning to end. i want to keep that surprise. >> i just hope she keeps her clothes on. >> there will be no wardrobe malfunctions. promise. >> you can start your own wardrobe at the nfl experience. hoosier hospitality is free. >> one at they get the scarf on, we are all on at the same team. >> what is not free is parking. $60-plus on game day.

>> i tried to get rich, but you're going to have to park here. >> it is our intention to deliver a new urban model for hosting super bowls, which will be very appealing. >> what is appealing now is the weather. it has been unusually warm here this week. even mother nature enjoys a good game. >> big news out today on this year's preakness concert. you saw it first on 11 news. maroon 5 and wiz khalifa will perform extended sets in the infield. it is saturday, may 19, at pimlico race course. the lead singer of maroon 5, adam levine, is one of the judges on "the voice."

we will go to weather now. >> let's take a look at temperatures. our focus has been on at the lack of cold air. we are sliding down and today we will only be in the 40's. normal high this time of year is 43. we have been hovering at around that for awhile. we have a sunny skies right now. it is a nice day. 44 degrees on the boardwalk. frederick has gone up to 50. it is only 36 in oakland right now. clouts off shore, up in the great lakes, and off to the west -- sunny skies in the chesapeake bay area. high presse is keeping us high and dry, at least for the time being. though pressure centers over

oklahoma. stormy centers to the west. blizzard conditions in parts of colorado, east of the mountains, just might -- just out in the plateau area. strong winds, heavy storms in parts of nebraska. ahead of that, there is thunderstorm activity in parts of missouri and kansas. that is all moving to the east. we will probably have to share in some of the precipitation eventually. 45 to 54 bahai, northwest winds about 10 to 15 miles per hour. insta-weather futurecast shows a storm working its way eastward, still blizzarding out in the plains states. they are still getting nasty weather in the plans. zuma it in a little closer here

and show you what will happen to us. we could see mr. getting close to us and we will be on the north edge of this storm, it looks like. a lot of this precipitation will be to the south, but we could see mixed precipitation and then things will dry out a little bit on sunday with another chance for rain on monday. dry today, 48. evening shower on saturday. sunday, brief mixture of precipitation in the morning, a high of 40, and a mixture of precipitation on monday as well. next week, we stay in the forest provides. voice's get back to "the ." we have a special guest, maroon 5 lead singer adam levine. you may have seen him perform on "the today show" this morning. thank you for taking time to be with us. how are you doing? >> i am busy.

thank you for having me. >> you are coming to preakness. what are the chances of you and wiz khalifa performing together? >> ooh, the chances are there. i don't want to give too much up. >> are you ready for baltimore, because we are ready for you? >> i am so ready, i can't even stand it. >> we hear in baltimore are much more excited for "the voice" than for the super bowl. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, take it easy. i am excited about "the voice," but the super bowl is a big deal. we are excited for the incredible opportunity to come out here for the most monumental television think you

can imagine. >> how is this season going to be different? >> i think the season is going to be a little bit different. more or less, we are sticking to the program, and we want to bring people in even more. we believe so much in what we are doing that we don't want to change it too much. 12 on each team, there were eight last year. it is just going to be hopefully a larger than life. >> what did you learn in terms of being a coach, the way you should coach and what you would like to try differently? >> if i were to equate myself to a sports coat, i would be more like phil jackson. i want the team to be themselves. i don't want to mold anybody too

much, but i like to give suggestions and guide what already exists. it is mostly in helping people realize what they want to do and who they are. i want to facilitate that. >> we appreciate you being here again. good luck with the show. "the voice" premieres sunday night directly following the super bowl. coming up next, your maryland lottery numbers and another check of the forecast.

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all set for pick four. find us on facebook and twitter, and let yourself play. >> it is it definitely feeling more winter-like. >> it will feel a lot more like it by the time we get on with the weekend. the blizzard from colorado will be edging in our direction. by saturday evening into sunday morning, we will see mixed precipitation as the storm slides to the south. another chance for a wintry mix on monday. we will just have to watch carefully to see how this plays out. >> thank you so much. at the super bowl weekend. thanks for joining us. >> join us tonight at 5:00 with

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