reporters in the news room tonight with more on problems surrounding the city's lead detective on the case, but we begin with david collins with live -- live with more on the rest. >> relatives suspected michael johnson from day one. he is not only a longtime friend, but according to police, he was the last person to see phylicia alive. the men arrested and indicted with the death of phylicia barnes is a longtime family friend michael johnson, a former boyfriend of her older sister. greg bernstein suggested she was murdered in baltimore but provided few other details about the case. >> we believe that we've got the right guy. >> the case attracted national attention. the 16-rolled on the students spent the holidays with family members in baltimore and mysteriously disappeared december 28. a year later, her body was found floating in the susquehanna river. the state's attorney declined to

discuss the cause of death or what type of evidence they have to support the indictment. according to a source, because of the debt is asphyxiation. source also said johnson was seen taking a large rubber-based container to his car around the time she was missing. reached by phone, her father said the family is rejoicing over the news of the arrest. >> we are overwhelmed, overjoyed. we have been waiting for this data, for such a long time. forarnes' uncle thank god the state your relatives suspected johnson from the beginning. they knew him well. he went on family vacations with them. >> i would hope that he would do the right thing. if it was him, tell the truth. tell the truth and give phylicia's family some type of closure. >> her brother were is her picture around his neck. he says a stranger give it to his mom the first day she disappeared. >> it is just something keep her

in our memory. >> the indictment comes on the heels of a controversy involving the lead detective in the case. with more on the part of the story, we join the lead investigative reporter live in the newsroom. >> we were the first to report on tuesday. detective daniel nicholson's suspension for the unauthorized investigation of his own daughter's disappearance. he's accused of using his police powers along with five other officers to force his way into a north east baltimore apartment sunday night. one of the residents filed a complaint of aggravated assault in connection with the unauthorized rate. nicholson's daughter was reported missing in baltimore county. she was considered a run away. the state's attorney is involved in the investigation and the ninth the questions about nicholson hurt the phylicia barnes murder case. >> the matter involving detective nicholson is a completely separate matter that is currently under investigation. if i thought for a moment that

any of the allegations involve him even remotely involved in this case -- even remotely impacted the case, i would not involve him. >> prosecutors will have to hope the work of other investigators will allow the murder case to hold up. >> thank you. and high school fight ended this afternoon with one student pepper spray and another in handcuffs. it happened shortly after noon along the 1800 block of woodlawn dried. we're told 14 officers responded to the scene to ensure the altercation did not get out of hand. at this hour, we're not sure what caused the fight or in any criminal charges are pending. van at a late-night shooting in west baltimore has become a homicide. police tell us they arrived in the 2500 block of harlem avenue last night to find a 46-year-old man suffering from gunshot wounds. while he made it to shop, from

-- for treatment, he later died from those injuries -- while he made it to shock trauma for treatment. police at the university of baltimore announced an arrest in the series of cell phones deaths on and around campus. the thieves and 0 is pretty simple. they approached it as, as to use their phones to make an emergency call, and once the phone is handed over, the thieves take off -- they approach students, asked to use their phones to make an emergency call. anyone with any information concerning the incident is asked to call u of b police. >> testimony continues in the trial of two men accused of beating a teenager while on a neighborhood watch. a judge ruled the words uttered on the stand yesterday by the alleged victim almost unintelligible will not be admissible, so they will not be taken into account, but there is a catch.

>> it was certainly a lot more calm today in court after yesterday's fireworks, but as you said, the judge said she would not allow any of the testimony that was given by the alleged victim yesterday, but she did say if the alleged victim wanted to come back and testify, she would allow it. >> coming off the shocking and very brief testimony of the alleged victim wednesday, where he told the court he did not want to testify and wanted the charges dropped, a judge panel of white ruled thursday that the few sentences he muttered out, which were picked up by a recording device, would not be allowed into evidence. testimony thursday came from a wide range of witnesses, including a crime scene technician, a member did not witnessed the assault, a journalist from the "baltimore jewish times" interview the brothers about the incident, and a neighbor who says he witnessed the initial interaction between at least one of the brothers before the alleged assault.

however, when cross-examined, this same neighbor admitted that he originally told police right after the incident that he could not it -- to identify the people in the car. the defense pointed out in the neighbor was a statement to police that he told them "you should not be in this neighborhood." the brothers are accused of beating an african american teenager while on neighborhood patrol. they claim it was in self- defense as they were confronting what they thought was a known suspect in the park heights neighborhood. the brothers are charged with false imprisonment, second- degree assault, and use of a deadly weapon -- all misdemeanors. we will hear a third day of testimony beginning tomorrow morning. we are live outside the mitchell court house.

>> cloudy day with some rain in the area. that has held temperatures back a little bit around the metro right now. essentially dry weather pattern. most of the steadier rains have moved out of the picture, and temperatures are trying to climb through the low 60's, even into the mid-60's just south of here. some severe thunderstorms just south of us. now the second part of the storm arrives, and it, too, brings a chance for a shower of until about midnight. you can see if you let me showers. one last batch of showers, maybe a rumble of thunder, and we should see clearing skies, at least for friday. cannot guarantee that will last for the weekend. we will check out the seven-day forecast in a couple of minutes. >> for football fans, it is easily one of the most exciting nights of the year, the first night of the nfl draft. for the defending champion ravens, there are some major decisions to make as they prepare for the 29 pick overall.

a look at what we can expect as we head into round 1. >> good evening to you. we view from the raven's team meeting room where later this evening, we anticipate some talk about the player to be selected in the first round. you mentioned they go into it tonight. the draft starts about three hours from now. had the 29th pick in the first round. whether they stay there or not, and it was the spirit we have seen them trade up and trade down here last year, they used their first-round pick to select cornerback jimmy smith, who proved quite productive in the afc champion chess game -- championship game. over the years, they've had that have been phenomenal -- picks that have been phenomenal. the addition this year will likely be a player in a first- round you're more interior line, linebacker, safety. news and says those players you can usually get good value late in the first round.

then at each year, those positions get pushed down the board. safeties, centers, guards, inside linebackers. normally you can get the best player at that position because everybody wants quarterbacks, pass rushers, corners, people like that, offensive tackles. that is why those guys get pushed back. if you are taking in those areas and you have an area in need, you can come away with a very good player. >> that 29th pick in the first round, the first of eight draft picks, the ravens will take into this year's draft. keep in mind, a draft, like many things in the nfl, has become something of a marathon. first round tonight, second and third round tomorrow. they finish up this weekend. it is a three-a draft marathon here despite the lengthy process, news and says it could favor the ravens -- it is a

three-day draft marathon. >> thank you. you will hear much more wbal's draft preview special tonight at 7:30. >> looking forward to it. a thousand people in baltimore county and the city left with little or no water for much of the morning. we will tell you what caused the problem when we come back. >> it is being caused a statewide academic. thousands of cartons of cigarettes confiscated along the i-95 corridor in just one car. lusted officials say smugglers are targeting maryland. >> it is -- why state officials say smugglers are targeting maryland. >> johns hopkins

>> we are following breaking news out of downtown baltimore where there's been reports of the shooting. bring us up-to-date. what is going on here? >> saratoga and you talk is where we are at. originally, the call came out as a shooting, but police think it may be a stabbing now. the injuries are so serious, they have called for homicide to respond to this location.

they do have a description of suspects responsible for the incident, and in the process, and he came into the area for those suspects. >> thank you. a big decision tonight out of annapolis will likely give you one more place to play the slots in maryland. a license has been awarded to place a casino at rocky get large -- lodge and resort. the decision now goes to the the problem of public works for a final review. but a thousand people in parts of baltimore city and baltimore county had been dealing with low water pressure or no water at all through of the morning and afternoon. officials say it stems from an electrical problem in a pumping station. these are the portions of the cabin that had been impacted. -- these are the portions of the county that have been impacted. after working with the rights and throughout the afternoon, we're told the problem was fixed

about 3:30 in the afternoon -- after working with her rise and throughout the afternoon. >> the fda says that are working with the usda to will investigate the case of mad cow disease in california. officials say even though the infected cow has been diagnosed with what they are calling a spontaneous case of mad cow, they will take a close look at animal feed. they say they are confident that safeguards put in place to protect animal feed will prevent any spread of mad cow. they also emphasize it cannot be transmitted in milk, and they say the food supply remains safe. one in 5000 people have a heart condition called arbd. diagnosing the condition can be tricky, but it is important because it can also be deadly. with more on where patients can get the latest medical information. >> two years ago, robert shaw

said something strange that it to happen when he was exercising. >> i would have these episodes where my heart would just start racing. it would happen when i was playing basketball. >> after several doctors and a lot of tests, rabin was diagnosed with -- robin was diagnosed with arvd. his doctor says it can be dangerous because it might not have any symptoms but can be deadly if not treated, especially in athletes. >> it is caused by bad connections between heart cells, so the cells of apart over time, particularly with exercise, and they turn into a fat ansgar, and you end up with these heart rhythm problems. >> saturday, johns hopkins will host a seminar for patients and their families. >> physicians rarely see a patient with it because it is quite rare.

patients that had the condition -- it is inherited. it runs in families, so they care a lot about it. they care about their son or daughter or mother or father or themselves. >> hopkins expect more than 200 patients and families from across the united states and candid to attend. robin will be there with his family. he has a pacemaker and a third letter is doing fine, but he is anxious to meet others like him. >> meeting other people will be great. there are a lot of limitations that have been testing, but i do not know if people have been testing other things, seeing what they have learned, being diagnosed from one year, two years, three, five years. >> for more information, you can find information on our website, wbaltv.com. >> cloudy day with a little bit of rain in the area, but for now

at least, dry conditions in the media baltimore area. doppler not picking up on any train ride around baltimore at this hour. the showers from earlier in the day have moved up the coast and a beginning to slide around the lower amount of the day around the mid atlantic. the second batch of showers we have got to launch, and this will be moving our way as we had through the evening. it is likely to come in between now and about midnight. you could see some isolated storms especially near johnstown moving towards western maryland. one more batch of showers, may be an isolated rumble of thunder, and maybe this will move out. looks like tomorrow will turn out to be a nice day. total precipitation not all that impressive. most of it, as expected, state to our south. heavier showers came across the mountains to west virginia. we were kind of on the northern fringe of the morning activity was light amounts of precipitation around baltimore. the second batch coming out of ohio into pennsylvania that we will keep an eye on for the next couple of hours.

there was enough rain to begin to lower the pollen count. but it is still technically in the high range. 50's and 60's statewide. that is the warmer air to the south. in the warmer air, the best chance. the cool, cloudy weather protecting us from a threat of severe storms. again, we may hear thunder tonight as the last bit of showers crosses the area, 11:00, midnight. skies clear up after that, and i think we will see some sunshine for the rush hour. it will get a little on the chilly site overnight late tonight once the sky is clear, and it will become breezy as well. behind this front, northwest winds, 10 to 20 miles an hour late tonight, and those could gust over 30 miles an hour. the severe thunderstorms in the warm air to our south -- it is 83 in atlanta right now. 49 in cleveland.

we are in between all this activity. high pressure ready to come in behind that front, but only for a day. the next weather system already organizing out west, and that gets in at least to start the weekend. soak up some sun tomorrow. should be a nice day. the thing is, tomorrow, even though it looks tranquil across this map, there will be 30 mile an hour wind gust tomorrow afternoon. a lot of sunshine, but when the and cool. we're back and the clouds on saturday. showers are spreading back across central maryland moving across the afternoon and cutting across the region saturday night. early sunday morning, there may be some sprinkles left, but the rest of sunday looks nice as the skies cleared out and some breezy, cool weather moves in. tomorrow, temperatures about like it was sunny and windy. northwest winds steady 15 to 20. three-foot waves.

when high tide at fort mchenry during the day tomorrow at 11:21 in the morning. 49 tomorrow. chilly rain on saturday. saturday night, it is possible some of the highest mountains of west could see what snow mixed with the rain. 62 and sunny, and we deal with what weather saturday, sunday on the eastern shore looks pretty nice. same basic pattern, lower eastern shore. sunny friday, wet weather saturday, clearing up on sunday. temperatures stayed below normal tomorrow and saturday with mean moving through. 62 for the high on sunday with removing out in the early morning. mid-60's and back into the 70's toward the middle of next week. >> thank you. of all the 22 charges against private bradley manning, the most serious is still up for debate. >> a u.s. military judge takes on the question of aiding the enemy. when we come back, we look at the sentence manning faces if the charge 6. >> have you sign your kids up for can yet? a day in the life of a zoo keeper -- that is one thing you keeper -- that is one thing you will get here at sioux ca we love gardening...

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>> rejected -- that is one of the rulings today from the judge presiding over the wikileaks case after bradley manning requested to have a number of charges reduced. it is the argument of the defense that some of the charges were duplicative, and the judge said that was unfounded. there are 22 charges pending in the biggest leak of government secrets in u.s. history, but the judge rejected dropping the most serious charge against manning -- aiding the enemy. the offense carries a maximum of life in prison. many in the nation are also watching the criminal trial of former senator and presidential candidate john edwards. >> for the fourth consecutive day, jurors in the trial heard testimony from andrew young, a close former aide to the former presidential candidate. edwards lawyer picked apart pointing outy par inconsistencies in his story and

the tell-all book he has written. >> with the defense tried to hammer home today was at the time andrew young was soliciting money, he did not know, he could not know that rielle hunter was pregnant. >> initially, young testified that the plan to solicit money was to cover up hunter's pregnancy, but the case remains who knew what and when and if they knew any of the activity was illegal. >> it is hard to believe that in less than 100 days, the summer olympics start in london, and michael phelps says he is back. >> what phelps says he is feeling his best in years. and what can international leaders learn from a local school menu? coming up, a rat comes in and around the county. -- anarundel county.

>> newton added 5:30, they came from across the world to get a close-up look at the nutrition problem in closer -- in local schools -- new tonight at 5:30. admission is how to improve the lives of iraqi children. >> the group spent the better part of their time in anne arundel county schools.

>> so often when we talk about iraq, the conversation is focused on war and freedom, but in this case, iraqi leaders have come to the united states to talk education and school lunches. them at brooklyn park middle school, these seventh graders shared a lunchtime conversation with visitors from iraq. the group showed up as part of a global child nutrition program. >> the rack ministry of education wanted to restart heating in the elementary schools in iraq. >> this is a good model? >> this is a good model. >> one where students were allowed to give their opinion about the school and the program. >> i think it makes our school lunch very well organized to have other people from other countries come to our school. >> i think it makes our school feel special because we were chosen to have the people visit. and they have been asking the kids about their -- if they like

the food, the taste of the food, and how many hours they are coming to the schools, if they like the schools. most of the answers were positive. they like the meals. >> it is such an honor for us to have the iraqi delegation with us today. we can showcase our programs and how important attrition is to us in anne arundel county and its correlation with education. >> the group picked its favorite part of the school lunch menu. >> rice and fruit -- vegetable and fruit. them about the conversation with students were not limited to school. >> we discussed what job we wanted to do, and i said military. i have lots of family in military. >> some may have even served in iraq. >> the group also made visits to schools in nearby virginia. >> thank you. here is a look at some of our other top stories at this hour. phylicia barnes' of -- killer is behind bars tonight, word from

the city said attorney who today announced the arrest of michael johnson, who is charged with the first-degree murder of phylicia barnes -- phylicia legend killer is behind bars tonight. testimony continues in the case of two brothers accused of beating an african american teenager while one neighborhood watch. this a day after the alleged victim refused to testify at an even asked the court to drop the charges. today, the judge ruled the alleged victim's word from yesterday will not be admissible, but the judge said if the teenager changes his mind and wants to testify, he will be allowed to do so. and it is nfl draft time. a few hours before they call his name, but andrew lot jerseys are already in indianapolis ready to hit the shelves as soon as he is announced. the stanford quarterback is expected to go to the colts.

ravens are scheduled to take 29. the nfl draft last into saturday night. >> in the race for the white house with the primary phase over, mitt romney is getting more help from big-name republicans who until now have pretty much stayed out of the fight. >> suddenly, it is not just obama vs romney. the republican team is jumping in. >> it does not even pass the face test. are you kidding me? >> the house speaker today attacked the president flying air force one this week, pushing low rates on student loans. >> to travel to three battleground states and go to the real large college campuses on taxpayers' money to try to make this a political issue is pathetic. >> a fake fight, he called it, because he said republicans also want to keep student loan rates low. senate republicans today pushed a bill to help women paying for the testing of 400,000 rate

kids. john mccain made the political point. >> to suggest that one group of us for one party speaks for all women is ridiculous. >> the fight for women voters is intense. how do we prevent secret service prostitution scandals? the top senate democrat today. >> hire more females. >> the obama campaign is not new, but president biden today had a new slogan. >> osama bin laden is dead, and general motors is alive. >> the white house spokesman since the loans is not a fake fight but the real ones that republicans won. >> we know what their position was. we are glad they changed it, and they changed it in large part because the president took his argument up to the country. >> a reminder of what will be most important in the 2012 campaign. >> both sides agree this will mostly be a fight between mitt romney and barack obama.

>> a catholic school teacher is fired from her job because she went against the church is belief in her tend to get pregnant. >> coming up, what she did to make the parish pastor called her a great moral center. >> have you ever wondered what it is like to be a zookeeper? that is what you will find out as a zoo camper.

>> we have breaking news right now out of charlottesville, virginia. "the daily progress" reporting that the mother of a slain lacrosse player has filed a $29.5 million lawsuit against her convicted killer. the suit was filed in circuit court requesting compensatory damages for the death of the 22 year-old. >> a new partnership tonight between state officials and in baltimore county to cut off

cigarette smugglers at the nine--- the i-95 corridor. >> behind this is just the tip of the iceberg. >> the tip of the iceberg -- nearly two dozen arrests in baltimore county since july. more cases have been prosecuted in the last nine months than state officials have tackled in the last five years. the state comptroller is calling illegal contraband smuggling an epidemic throughout the state, a go to crime for not only petty criminals but for big-time criminal gangs, and there is good reason. >> what are you in beijing in all this cigarette smuggling -- they say there is more money in it than they get from heroin, and the penalties are insignificant. >> because penalties are so light, state lawmakers need to change it. in the meantime, he is working with baltimore county officials to arrest and charge more smugglers.

>> covering the nation tonight, a wildfire in michigan both the lower peninsula for families to evacuate their homes. authorities say the fire burned at least 1,500 acres. 50 homes were evacuated just last night. the u.s. forest service says the fire was about 90% contained as of this morning. luckily, no structures have been burned, and there have been no reports of anyone injured. a woman is suing a catholic school and the church after she says she was fired for using in vitro fertilization to try to get pregnant. the 32-year-old was a literature and language teacher in fort wayne, indiana. she says she told the school she was going to get ivf, but after year in the success, she asked for more time off to undergo a second round of treatment. she was told her contract would not be renewed. she met with the parish pastor, but according to recently filed lawsuits, the pastor told her she could not come back and that she was a grave, immoral sinner.

experts say a case like this is far from cut and dried. >> no part here is ever just ordinary legal business. there are people with very strong faiths, personal, ideological, religious. >> the school refused to comment, but the diocese says it supports in fertility treatments for its employees, but not in vitro fertilization, which violates the churches right-to- life stance. this fired up some of our followers on facebook. julie, for example, right, "you would think the catholic church would support her desire to have a child. after all, the church is all about procreation." steve rights, "if it was in her contract, she should be fired. if you object to something in the contract, do not sign it or complain when you break it." >> government officials say osama bin laden's 3 widows and children have been deported to saudi arabia.

a statement says the family left within the last few hours. the family was detained by pakistani authorities immediately after the pre-don america raised nearly a year ago that killed the al qaeda leader ehud meanwhile, counter- terrorism officials say increase intelligence chatter does concern them but that there is no credible or specific threat related to the upcoming anniversary of osama bin laden's death. >> still to come tonight, wal- mart shoppers, the word. >> a texting scandal is targeting you, and it has the sec launching an investigation. what to look out for in consumer loans. >> they call him fish, annie has been delivering mail on the same route for 40 years. that a line of showers and a few thunderstorms approaching the area from the north and west. we will track those and check out the seven-day forecast. the view shows cloudy skies. 63 at the airport

>> coming up to 6:00, and arrests in the death of north carolina teenager phylicia barnes just a little over a year after her remains were discovered. the latest on the investigation, and the lead detective on the case under fire this week over his alleged misconduct while searching for his own missing daughter. could that have an impact on the trial? plus, a move forward in the trial of two men accused of trial of two men accused of beating

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>> after 40 years of delivering mail on the same route, dan fisher will retire on saturday. >> you can imagine i of 40 years delivering the mail, he has pretty much seen it all. he shares some of his stories with 11 news. >> dan fisher has been here at the columbia post office as long as columbia has been here. after 50 years of service, it is time to retire. >> i was overwhelmed that they all decorated their mailboxes. i did not realize how much they appreciated what i tried to do for them. >> on his route last week, they decorated their mailboxes to say thanks to their letter carrier for the last 40 years. dan fischer was delivering mail before many of these families came to columbia. he has been delivering mail here for a long time. >> i have seen the kids grow up.

see them born, seen them grow up, seen everything. >> this morning, dan was here at the columbia post office, sorting mail for his route. to his fellow employees, fish, as they call him, is a tradition. >> never late. years ago, we had a snowstorm, there was dan. >> he does not make mistakes. very good at his job. >> he has made it a lot longer than any of us will. you know how that is, right? it is pretty good. >> on behalf of the district, congratulations, and thanks for your service. [applause] them today, they had a ceremony for fish to say thank you for all those years of service. >> we are going to miss him. he has just been a staple here for us. he is really going to be missed. >> and dan, as he has done every

day, he was off on his mail route. >> there's hard parts about it, but, you know, overall, it is really a great job to have. >> congratulations, dan. with less than 100 days away from the olympics, baltimore native michael phelps is looking pretty strong. some of the country's best swimmers were in indianapolis for the grand prix, a warmup for the trial. after a lackluster few years, he cruised to win in the 100-meter, beating his biggest rival. in one race, by three holes seconds. he tells us he is back. >> my results have been terrible in the last three years. like i said out there, i'm happy. i'm excited. i'm swimming well. i feel like the old me again. i think that is the biggest thing. i'm more relaxed than i have been throughout my whole career. i think that is kind of showing. i'm able to feel like a kid

again. >> cannot wait to see him swim. trials began on june 25 in omaha, nebraska. >> wet weather in the area today, but for now at least, just cloudy skies. no precipitation around the baltimore area. there are showers still could dent in with -- still to contend with. lightning strikes near johnstown, pennsylvania, and that line will be working south and east. i to come through during the nighttime hours. our atmosphere never quite got really warm and unstable, so the bulk of the thunderstorms will diminish after sunset, but there is that slight chance we will hear a little bit of thunder as the last line of showers moves on through. after that, doors should be open to a nice looking friday. the almanac to date indicates temperatures were a little below normal. that is five straight days where the average temperature is below normal. that is the most consecutive days we have had below normal as far as temperatures go since the

end of last october, beginning of november. it has been awhile since we had an extended stretch of cooler than normal temperatures. 48 this morning, so that was a little bit above normal, but if you averaged about, you come out to a degree below average for the temperature of the day as a whole. about 1/3 of an inch at the inner harbor. we are still drier than normal, so we could use it in there. one of 44 tree pollen. 254 grass pollen. total california lower than yesterday, but still in the high range. temperatures in the 60's already build way now. temperatures in the low 60's in southern pennsylvania. 50's out near oakland. showers still possible through and out -- about 9:00, 10:00, 11:00. storms will move south and east of us, and skies should clear so that friday morning looks like it will be a nice, bright, sunny start to the day.

winds shifting to the northwest, and late tonight and tomorrow, they will become a factor with 10 to 20 mile an hour wind tonight and agusta 30 possible tomorrow. heavy to severe thunderstorms cutting across parts of kentucky, dropping into tennessee and into the carolinas. the air mass a lot warmer. 83 in atlanta, said that is fuelling the severe storms to our south. cool, dry weather coming in. that is what we will experience tomorrow. sunny skies, breezy conditions. probably below normal on saturday as some clouds and showers move through. the rate will keep us normal. the pink in the mountains of west virginia indicating it will be called in the mountains. a little wet, snow or sleet mixed in on saturday. sunday morning, the last of the showers leaving us very early. after that, skies should clear. for outdoor activities, probably sunday better day of the weekend. tomorrow, friday, sunny, windy, cool. out on the day, small craft

advisory. gusty winds will get about a three-foot top billing by the afternoon. only in the 40's 4 highs in the mountains, but it should clear up by sunday. sunshine on friday. rain on saturday. on the lower eastern shore, beautiful-looking friday, but kind of weedy. 55 with rain likely saturday before it clears up on sunday. what weather saturday. may and ending in the early morning sunday -- wet weather saturday. rain ending in the early morning sunday. >> in tonight's consumer alert, insurance companies will have to return more than $1 billion to consumers and employers. that is real money, according to analysts from the kaiser family foundation. all part of president obama's

health-care overhaul, and one of the most tangible consumer benefits to date from that law, but the insurance industry says consumers should take little comfort. they expect premiums to go up overall as a result of new benefits and other requirements. a warning to read for anyone who shops at wal-mart. the company is warning about eight scan they are calling snishing. here is what it looks like -- shoppers get a text message that tells them they had been selected to win a $1,000 gift card to walmart. it is deceptive because anyone who has shopped there in the past knows that on the receipt, the retailer asks you to fill out a survey, and that gives you a chance to win $1,000. but in the scam, you are referred to a number of different web sites, but not the company's true address truewalmartstores.com. >> they do not give away $1,000 in text messages. no one does. -- the company's true address -- walmartstores.com.

>> look for the website mymaxsavings.com. >> thank you. one year after the body of north carolina teenager phylicia barnes was found floating in the susquehanna river, police make an arrest, and the accused is certainly no stranger to the barnes family. live coverage coming up tonight new at 6:00. >> whether your child wants to be as a detective or maybe just had a day in the life of a zookeeper, we will preview zoo zookeeper, we will preview zoo camp id[

>> have you sign your child up for summer camp yet? i if you have not done is already coming your late in the process. many parents began months ago. there is still time and still some great camps to choose from. sarah caldwell shows us what is new this year. >> when you think of summer camp, you might think sports or arts and crafts. not the case anymore. this month's issue of baltimore 's child magazine called it a patchwork summer for campers. >> kids interested in animals -- there is a camp for that. if there is a kid interested in cooking, there's a camp for that. if the kid was to play a specific position in a specific sport, there is a camp for that. >> james says more parents are looking at some of like an extension of school. >> there is a fantasy summer as an opportunity to offer their

kids in richmond. >> one place you will find it is at the zoo. >> they have aspiring dreams of becoming a veterinarian or a zoo keeper or working in the wildlife field. it is the perfect camp. >> new this year, zoo detective camp for second graders who love a good adventure. >> they have to put the pieces together to try to solve the mystery as they explore the zoo each day. >> for grades 3 through 8, a day in the life of a zookeeper, an opportunity to get up close and personal with the animals. >> they get to learn about what goes into the construction of an exhibit. they learn about conservation issues. they learn about animal in richmond and how we keep animals engaged in their exhibit and healthy. they talk to the veterinarians a little bit and learn about what goes on behind the scenes. >> but do not worry -- >> they do not have to do any clean up with the animals. >> but a little grooming may be in order.

>> do they buy? >> they do not know -- do they bite? >> they might nibble. >> your little zookeeper could get a chance to feed a giraffe or explore the data upon. >> all these animals are wild animals, but we do keep an eye out for them. >> if it is zoo camp that suits your youngster, you have to act fast. it is half full. that is the case almost everywhere. >> we should repeat -- no cleanup at the zoo camp. check out baltimore child magazine to help you narrow it down. each is broken down by county. for more on finding the perfect camp for your child, go to our website, wbaltv.com. that is all for us at 5:00. here's a look what is coming up a 6:00. >> we've uncovered information tonight in connection with the arrest of a suspect in the murder of phylicia barnes, a

north carolina teenager who disappeared in baltimore in 2010. >> will the case be hurt by the troubles surrounding its lead investigator? >> and a day after the elected bit them in a beating trial refuses to testify, the judge makes a pretty interesting decision. 11 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> tonight, the last person believed to have seen missing north carolina teenager phylicia barnes allied is now charged with her murder. that is our top story tonight at 6:00. michael johnson is in jail without bail. police arrested him outside his baltimore home last night. >> there is brewing controversy surrounds the case after the city's lead detective was suspended in an unrelated incident involving his own daughter. our lead