>> we begin with breaking news tonight. people have been there, you know traffic is a mess on i-95 at interstate 895. hazmat crews have been on the scene of an overturned truck that over turn around 8:45 this evening. shelton dutes is live at the scene. what is the latest there? >> we are set up to speed away from earth that accident happened. intelligence is -- we are set up just beat away from where that accident happened. hazmat crews are still trying to clean up all that think that spilled out onto the highway. kevin, what happened out here tonight? >> just before 9:00 p.m. tonight, a tractor-trailer traveling fell down on interstate i-95 overturn just north >> we understand a number

of containers fell off the trailer and down onto interstate i-95 as well as 895. we have the marylanders part of transportation as well as our hazmat team on the scene trying to clean up an upright the tractor-trailer, as indicated. >> the hazmat task force perform some assessments of the printers' ink and learn is roughly 9% water, so it does not pose any health or environmental hazards for anyone. >> how about the driver of the truck? >> myers understanding is that the driver was taken into custody. whether or not charges will be imposed on him i do not know. >> we also have word that the driver of the overturned truck may have been any created.

we will have an update later in the show. -- whether the driver may have been any created -- in inebriated. >> we heard from a number of people on facebook who had that ink gripping on their cars. more on how that accident could affect your morning commute, head over to our website, wbaltv.com. new tonight, one person suffered second and third degree burns after a fire at an apartment building for seniors. flames broke out at the westminster house near charles and center streets just before 8:00 p.m. others are being treated for art -- for smoke inhalation. >> no. the city police are having a heck of a time with these kids taunting police and fighting here in the middle of bellaire road and urban avenue. >> it was quite as seen when we

brought to this breaking news at 5:00. a fight broke out on the corner of bellaire avenue. we are told that 100 middle schoolers from two different schools were involved. a dozen kids were involved and took officers nearly an hour to get control of the situation which spread for several blocks. the prosecution in the george huguely murder trial rested their case today after testimony from some of huguely's friends and teammates. he is accused of killing of yeardley love from cockeysville, whose battered body was found in her apartment. latest.elser ohas the accepter almost anyone -- after almost 50 witnesses were called to the stand, the prosecution rested their case wednesday afternoon. ken was one of his teammates and

was also a pall bearer at the funeral. he told the court hours before courtney love was found dead, huguely returned to their apartment. he was struck and seemed strange. he asked him what was wrong several times and all he got back was a blank stare with no answer. there was one awkward exchange between a former teammate kevin carroll, who seemed to forget a lot of details from that night. the commonwealth showed him a report he gave to police and asked him if it jog his memory, and he replied know. many are wondering how could defense will handle its witnesses over the next several days we asked a virginia criminal law expert what we could expect. >> it seems pretty clear that what they will talk about mostly is expert stuff, the cause of death analysis, the kind of things that have been spending the last couple of days cross- examining about. >> as far as the defense, it made a motion to drop all the charges in the case except grand

larceny, but that motion was denied after a brief argument. the first witness was a toxicologist from virginia commonwealth university testified that even though love's blood alcohol content -- the following a witness was a neuropathologist specialist from chicago. the doctor was brought in to counter testimony piven by two state neuropathologist tuesday who claimed her brain had evidence of blunt force trauma. he testified that while he sees evidence of swelling in the brain, he dismissed the testing done by the state. the doctor said in his opinion, love most likely died from blood stopping in her body and then starting again. the doctor also testified that he spelt -- he felt yeardley love suffocated because of the way she was found face down on

her and her pillow -- face down on her pillow on her bed. tomorrow could be the day we hear from george huguely's father. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can get all the trial of a slide on line. war than $200 an hour are logging on -- more than 200 followers an hour are logging on. governor martin o'malley focused on his screen legislative agenda in annapolis today. he testified about his bill that will double the flesh attacks, the charge customers pay on the amount of water they use -- the flush tax. the debate over the governor's same sex marriage bill continues tomorrow. earlier today republican -- delegate hogan had been on the

fence. a final vote could be taken on friday. a former bob ehrlich aides said to be sentenced tomorrow in the 2010 election day robocalls case is now seeking a new trial. attorneys for paula schurick claim prosecutors failed to disclose that the boyfriend of a key witness and get schurick had contacted the fbi to challenge the account. >> he says he tells ron russell the night before he goes to the fbi that he wants to tell the truth and he is going to tell the truth. i think we deserve the opportunity to find out exactly what that truth is. >> court documents show that russell's war friend told investigators she may have been involved with the different robocalls. bge officials say they are hopeful to be able to start restoring natural gas service to hundreds of customers by this time tomorrow, after a gas main was damaged early tuesday morning. kai reed is live in southwest

baltimore with the latest. cracks all of the gas had to be turned off before crews could even start to flush water and debris out of that damage gasman. they hoped to complete that process tomorrow. -- out of that damaged gas main. meanwhile, customers will spend another night without heat or hot water. >> nothing, no hot water or anything. >> patricia dunlap on the home and a business in this neighborhood in southwest baltimore where the constant noise is the least of her concerns. she hopes to be able to heat her home, take a hot shower, and cook food for her and her three kids sooner rather than later. >> they cannot tell you when. one person says you might have gas tomorrow, another says next week. that is really difficult, especially with the kids having to go to school. they cannot go to school dirty. >> bge spent a second day knocking on doors, trying to

make contact with hundreds of customers so that crews could go in and shut the gas off. we found workers and police officers forcing their way into an occupied building wednesday night. once the gas is off at about 900 buildings, they can finish up their work on the gas main. a temporary shelter providing water, blankets, and other supplies was empty wednesday night. we found people trying their best to make do on their own. >> i had to microwave five bowls of water this morning so i could give my daughter back, and it is ridiculous. >> bge reports that all the gas has been turned off at this point. the cannot say how long it will take to flush out that main. >> coming up tonight, as loved ones prepare for the funeral of whitney houston, what investigators now want from her

doctors. reaction poured in after we aired the story of forbidden love last night. tonight, governor o'malley is responding to the request of a maryland couple describe job was taken from them more than 50 years ago. -- whose child was taken from them more than 50 years ago. >> cardinal designate edwin .'brien or arrives in rome >> hd doppler shows some wet weather moving in this direction. we will track the latest for moving in this direction. moving in this direction.

>> we will head back to shelton dutes who is on the scene of that overturn tractor-trailer accident. where is traffic getting through there and where is it blocked? what is the situation? >> coming from the canton site if you are going southbound on 95, there is only one lane of traffic heading toward the tunnel. on 895 there are detours from the on ramp to o'donnell street. we are set up just feet away from the traffic. there is one lane away there is one lane of traffic. officials think the driver may have been inebriated and he has

been taken into custody. there is no word on whether he will face charges. >> before you go, a quick question. do they have any idea when the cleanup is going to be over? >> firefighters do not have a crystal ball to predict that, but they said they could be down here into the early morning hours. the hope to have it cleared up within the next few hours. >> new information on a story that really struck a chord with many viewers. it has been one of our most popular stories on wbaltv.com. shirley was indicted and arrested in 1956 related to an archaic law because she gave birth to a child fathered by her now husband because he was african-american. the child spent nearly two years in an orphanage. today the couple has a one simple request from the state. >> my wife was arrested and put

in jail because she broke a 275- year-old law in maryland. the law has been taken off the books, but the damage has already been done. i think the state of maryland and the city of baltimore both my wife and apology. >> tonight a spokesperson for the governor's office says the governor is writing a letter to them. governor believes we should both acknowledge and learn from these intolerable actions. you can watch the full story and see more of the couple's family photos on wbaltv.com. baltimore arch bishop edwin o'brien is about to become one of the highest ranking members of the roman catholic church. on saturday, pope benedict will elevate o'brien to the position of cardinal. he sat down with rod daniels as he prepares for that historic

event. >> i do accept the past care of the people in the archdiocese of baltimore. >> after serving for more than four years, archbishop edwin o'brien is taking on a new title, that of cardinal. just after the new year, pope benediction named o'brien to the college of cardinals. he is one of two american archbishop's to receive the honor this year. >> i was surprised, certainly. i am still very much involved with the archdiocese. iscardinal designate o'brien quick to point out that the pope is very well aware of baltimore's place in the history of the catholic church in america. >> the holy father always says

yours was the first diocese. i think our country is proud of baltimore, too. it is good for baltimore to be recognized and to remind people of the contributions that baltimore has made to the church and to society throughout the nation. >> one of the most important task cardinal o'brien will face is to select the next pope. >> i hope that is a long way off, but that is obviously on everyone's mind when they entered the college of cardinals. >> here is part of a public service announcement about catholic schools. >> celebrate catholic schools weeks by visiting a school in the archdiocese of baltimore. >> in fact, the doors of a number of catholic schools were closed for good because of declining enrollment and the faltering economy. parents were angry, students were stunned, teachers and staff

were caught in the middle. the cardinal designate says it was done successfully. >> it was very painful and very emotional for everybody concerned, but we just had to do what was right. i don't regret doing it. i regret having to do it. it was incumbent. it was necessary. as a result, we have a much more stable school system. >> i asked him to take a moment to talk to you, our viewers about his time in baltimore. i have to admit, i was caught off guard by his emotional response. >> what comes to my mind was, i was a stranger, and you took me in. they were most generous to be. i am talking about the whole community. they accepted me and listened to me. i listen to them, and i think we had a pretty good stride by the

time i got word that i would be leaving. >> he told me he is thankful for all the congratulations he has been receiving on the announcement of his elevation. although he will be moving to jerusalem, he tells me he will maintain a residence here in baltimore. >> 11 news is the only local television station in rome for the elevation of cardinal o'brien. our live coverage of the elevation ceremony itself is begins this saturday morning at 4:30. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> warmer than normal mid february temperatures, there is nothing in the rain gauge and no snow on the ground. temperatures running about 10 degrees above normal. it was 77 degrees on february 15 back in 1949. 6 degrees was the record low.

temperatures are still above freezing in most areas around baltimore, 45 in downtown baltimore and even western belt -- even western maryland is above freezing. a little bit of cloud cover is starting to come in from the west. the blanket of cloudiness will hold in the heat and it will be a mild warning, close to 40 downtown. sunrise on thursday morning at 6:58. there are a couple of storm systems to watch in the region, one of them just getting into the lower part of the mississippi river valley, producing strong thunderstorms on the gulf coast. behind it is another system moving quickly through the southern rockies into northern arizona. this could impact our weekend. temperatures are not that cold, even up to international falls, minnesota. it is only 30 degrees there. it is just a batch of rain

coming in for now. it looks like we'll have some scattered showers in the morning and more substantial rain coming in the afternoon and early evening. still a cloudy day, highs of 45-50 and southeast winds at 5- 10. there is a small craft advisory in effect with a two-foot waves on the open waters. maybe a little sleet or snow mixed in with the rain thursday morning, and then it will clear up nicely at western maryland for friday. 49 and 54 with sunshine and a brisk wind across much of south and east maryland on friday. what weather tomorrow, and then sunshine on friday. the second storm should make its way up from the gulf and into the deep self on saturday at about 7:00 in the evening. saturday night as the temperatures drop, the potential

is there for rain or wet snow, depending on the exact track of that storm. it will strengthen and move up to boston late sunday night and into monday. there is the potential for some winter weather over the weekend. rain or snow saturday night into sunday, but clearing up in time for presidents' day. >> we are not talking your typical college basketball. the action has taken the attention of the numbers. this story will resonate long after the game. >> get ready, this is powerball. but guaranteed $40 million jackpot. we get away that huge jackpot on

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>> now, 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> the controversial signing continues to swirl, and major league baseball has opted not to approve the orioles contract because the team violated the protocol of south korea by not seeking prior approval from the south korean administering baseball body prior to signing the 17-rolled amateur.

-- 17-year-old amateur. the meaning of success has little to do with the score. pete gilbert has more. >> or the first time in my eight years here, we are allowed into of maryland basketball practice. we are here to learn about zacking. >> that is kind of where it has gone. >> he is just one of those tough kids that you do not see every day. >> the maryland freshman battles brain cancer for the second time in his life. after coming out of surgery last month at johns hopkins, he struck a now iconic opposed to let all his friends and family know he is fine. >> when i am coming out of surgery, my one thought is, i hope no one is worried about me.

the first thing i did was, i said that, take a picture of me. in my mind, the only thing i wanted to do was get the point across that if you were at all worried if i was going to be okay coming out of the surgery, i wanted to make it clear that here i am, as strong as ever. >> zacking call on across the country. >> there are 7-year-olds the hospital fighting cancer every day. i hope all of this just brings awareness. >> he also calls the cancer, incredibly, a blessing. >> who m.r.i. not to fight, not to be strong? pete gilbert, wbal-tv 11 sports.

>> a great story, and a great kid. keep up the good fight. for the first time in his seven games as a starting guard for the new york knicks, jeremy lin did not score 20 points to nine. he led the knicks to win again sacramento. he picked up where he left off last night, this time hitting the first point of the game. 10 points for him tonight. he also dished out 13 assists. the garden was hopping. when lin goes up, that is going down. the legend of jeremy lin could grow in all the time. he once stepped we did slept on the couch of the teammates because he did not have a place of his own.

he has moved into this apartment building on the 20th corps of the trump tower near the knick'' training facility.

>> core the latest on that overturned tractor trailer incident, 10 yen at 5:00 tomorrow morning. the tonight show is next. the tonight show is next.

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