has a leaking details. >> the commissioner told the mayor of his decision, telling her he wants to leave that police department to spend more time with his family. he is did with achieving significant drops in a city's notorious homicide numbers and he is notorious for colorful speech. he has had to deal with the stain on the police department's reputation and allegations about a rote investigation organized by nickey homicide detective. that involves the alleged misuse of department resources. we spoke a short time ago with one of his colleagues. >> are you surprised? >> i am surprised. i thought at least externally in the crime-fighting category that

the police department is doing well. administratively and internally, they have their issues. it was becoming more and more difficult. as far as crime fighting strategies and with the public sees, those numbers seem to be going in the right direction. >> in a statement released by the mayor, he called him -- she called him a great public service. she respect his decision. in national search will be done to find his replacement. august 1 is the date that he is to leave. >> the interloop is back open after having been shut down for hours. a tractor-trailer overturned and lost its entire load of lumber pipes. let's go to capt. roy taylor.

>> the left side of your screen is the intergroup -- interloop and now it is normal operations here on the southwest side of the beltway. >> no doubt the entire team suffering a shockwave. tunnell suggs -- tyrell suggs has torn his achilles' tendon. >> via twitter and text message, he said all the things fans want to hear about such a devastating injury. other than it did not happen. how will he rely on his teammates to get him through? >> the reigning defensive

player of the year seemed ready to break it down. achilles tendon put him on the sidelines. >> the first part of it is the shock and the invincibility factor is lessened. but then there is the, ok, what do need to do to get back? a lot of guys have had injuries and now you have the ability to draw upon their knowledge and understanding of how did you get back? it is not just the surgery that doesn't. it is the rehab that does it. >> it may be a partial tear but according to an expert, of union memorial hospital, it is not likely given his age and size. >> about a year you get 95% of the strength back. one of the key features of the tendon is you never quite get 100%.

nobody who would study an achilles' tendon will rupture and return would expect him to approach anywhere close to a 95% to 100% that you are going to see by the end of this season. even under the best of circumstances. in may, it is not likely by the end of the season you will see him back. you can get him safe. 85% might be better for him than the vast majority at the league. could he returned to play? there is a good chance that he could come back to play in the latter months of the season and still be a very effective player. he would be beating the odds. >> that is something that terrell suggs is not afraid of. what about those task of picking up the slack and what about another rupture?

>> thank you. football fans in san diego are dealing with the loss of one of their popular sports icons. a makeshift memorial has been growing throughout the day outside of junior seah's home. he was a 12 time pro bowler. many are wondering if the hits on the field, and numerous concussions, may have contributed to his death. >> a split verdict in the trial of two brothers accused of beating an african american teenager while on watch. one brother walked free but another is found guilty on charges. we are at the mitchell courthouse. >> a mixed bag of sorts in this case as a judge panel white fiennes avi werdesheim guilty

and eliyahu not guilty. the victim refused to testify. we saw eli at the stand in his own defense. the judge felt that there was enough evidence to show that eli of the victim on the ground after assaulting him. we spoke with their counsel and a lawyer representing the the victim's family. >> i am relieved avi acquitted. we're devastated over eli's result. >> eli is disappointed and very upset. i am disappointed in the verdict. the social issues that were raised by this case are important regardless of the court finding. >> when i went home and thought about the evidence that had come out during the trial, i assumed

this would be the verdict. we are it pleased with it. >> the victim's family attorney tells us that the family has dropped its civil case against werdesheims. sentence is scheduled for june 27 at 1:00 p.m. we will have more details of what unfolded at 6:00 p.m. crack the latest on the trial for julius hinson. it was claimed hinson to suppress the black vote. hinson may take the stand tomorrow. we go now to breaking news out of baltimore county. you're looking at video just into the newsroom, above the scene of a school bus accident in owings mills. four people including one

student were hurt when the blast and another vehicle collided. we're told all those injuries are not life-threatening. they are being treated at northwest hospital. >> a sharp contrast in temperatures. these twin is keeping coastal areas much cooler than areas to the west. around the coastal areas, temperatures in the mid-60's. the upper sections of maryland, lo 70's. the temperatures are steadily warm. given more than that in some spots in western maryland. cumberland is approaching 90. 80's out in western maryland and warm in parts of northern virginia. there are scattered thunderstorms popping up and it will be drifting to the south and east, possibly reaching baltimore. a better chance for some storms

in the area tomorrow as some summer-like air moves away. insta-weatherplus details in a couple of minutes. >> we have a reminder for you. it might want to avoid the jfx more. the closures going into effect. all northbound lanes will be detoured at the north avenue- 20th street exit. you will and a back on i-83. the overnight closures last until monday. as far as the single left lane closures in both directions on 20th street, those will stay into place for 68 weeks. >> the sears columbia mall will be a shutdown as an early- morning fire is investigated. firefighters extinguishing flames and crews working on hand to clean up the damage. the blaze broke out before 6:00 a.m. before -- at the loading

dock. the problem for th store was all thee small. >> there is significant damage. >> fire officials and health department are there to assess foodimpact on the first court. no word on what started the fire. >> you have likely heard these calls. >> workers at the department of social services desperately calling for help as an infant is dead inside their facility. >> when we come back, a cautionary tale to fight budget cuts. >> honoring our fallen heroes. that story is next.

you.can't hear >> medics conaway. >> that is a portion of one of the chilling 911 calls released earlier this week as workers at the baltimore department of

social services desperately tried to save an infant who they say had been stabbed in their facility by its own mother during unsupervised visit. city officials are saying thank you. there was a surprise, thanking william short iii and dana hayes for their action. the governor used the situation to show how important is to maintain state and federal funding for health and social services departments. >> there are hundreds of these sorts of visitations that the one on a regular basis. in this case, the workers reacted very quickly and very courageously. >> since the incident, officials have been reevaluating their security practices and while they say they plan to retain the services of a private firm, and

number of changes will be instituted to prevent something like this from happening again. >> a new study finds children born too early or too late may face more problems. researchers in the netherlands followed over 5000 babies for three years and found preterm and children born to the slate had more behavioral and emotional problems than their peers. post-term children were twice as likely to have clinically diagnosed adhd by the age of 13 and 36 months. a baby's first bath is a big deal. usually kind of traumatizing to the parents but sometimes i can cause newborns to lose too much body heat. eight started with a growing concern for late preterm babies. that are born a few weeks early. they do not have as much body fat. when i get cold, they have to use all their resources to warm

up. 100 babies were studied and they found that those who had a warm tub bath did better. >> if the baby is trying hard to stay warm, it does not have the energy to a well. everyone knows they have the will or there will have problems. >> including low blood sugar, we lost, and jaundice. the u.s. government tried to block two publications about how scientists created bird flu. a revised version is seeing the light of day. most cases have been acquired through close contact with earth. a virus was created in the lab be spreadreep -- possible ocan through contact. >> good weather for the evening

commute around the beltway. no sign of any big storms are showers in the next few minutes. it is a clean sweep from townsend down to elk ridge and from glen burnie to the eastern shore. there are some thunderstorms developing. they are in the mountains and much warmer air across much of western maryland from hagerstown back to the mountains. a much warmer atmosphere out there. leading to the round of thunderstorms. it does not look like the bulk of that activity will survive the evening hours and a more stable air in the central and eastern part of the state but it is worth watching for polk -- fox in parts of western carroll county. it does look like mostly in the mountains. if you check out what happened here, the pollen count is lower because there were some late

night showers and storms across the northern tier. the northern suburbs had thunderstorms and those showers helped to keep the morning pollen count down. it is counted early in the morning. 53 was the total count. there was some weed pollens showing up. the next phase of pollen allergies. in west virginia, 90. fredrik almost 90 degrees. contrast to 59 at the coast at ocean city. it depends on which direction the wind is blowing. the winds are blowing off the ocean. that cool east brace makes it all way back to the western shore and into the mountains, much warmer air and southwesterly wind is bringing heat into western maryland as close as frederick and carroll counties. other areas will see that low clouds and fog forming late

friday. after labor day sunshine, the clubs will come back and there could be an isolated -- clouds will come back and there could be an isolated thunderstorm. look at the broad scale. 50 in boston, 59 in ocean city, 57 in newark. close to 90 in many locations. detroit at 89. that will come surging in here tomorrow. more and more of the midlantic will get into the warm sector of this storm as the front gets pushed up toward new england. the muggy air and summery air be here. a better chance for storms as this front will send to the warm and muggy air. thee are watches covering seven lakes. some severe storms in the mid atlantic as well as the western ohio valley and plains states. the storms are popping here after some morning clouds and fog.

saturday morning, maybe a few lingering showers. it should clear out. after those of the morning showers on saturday, the rest of the weekend is looking nice, especially sunday. sunny skies and a more comfortable temperature. 84 to 89. west wind at five to 10. on the bay, a south breeze averaging five knots will shift to the west and continue at five to 10 knots. storms tomorrow evening. as we head into the weekend, the showers possible saturday morning before it clears up and turns more comfortable on sunday. high temperatures around 75. >> thank you. we're getting a chance to read some of osama bin laden's in your thoughts while he was in hiding in pakistan. >> a new documents being released by the tourism center. some revelations about what was found inside his compound. a closer look when we come back. >> in this last school year,

chesapeake high school has lost three students to traffic crashes. with summer around the corner, they're trying to give kids a message that will not just go in one ear and out the other. details are next. details are next.

does the combatting terrorism center at west point has released classified letters and documents found in osama bin laden's compound in pakistan. >> they give scholars and others insights into the workings of al qaeda. that is with helping. we have more about the letters. >> the compound in pakistan where osama bin laden will live in secrecy and died after u.s. special forces tracked him down is gone. destroyed without a trace. documents, letters, and other evidence seized the night of the raid left a trail showing the al qaeda leader still had aspirations to attack the u.s. in line >> as a former professional intelligence

officer, there is nothing i would like more than the capacity to read my enemy's mail. we are reading 10 years of his mail. >> the intelligence community and the public are getting a snapshot look at some of the documents analyzed over the past year at the combatting terrorism center. the swing gave west point the green light to publish letters on its website. the originals written in arabic and translated into england dated from 2006 through april 2011. >> because of the renewed interest on this anniversary in the mission that led to bin laden's demise, this was deemed an appropriate time to release them. >> terrorism experts shows get reveals his focus on grant plots, including an outline to assassinate president, and general david petraeus. >> there's no question of his desperation. he wanted to kill the president

of the nine states. >> the documents also exposed cracks. >> this shows an organization under siege and in decline and feeling under pressure. >> congressman and former presidential candidate michelle bachmann arinder says mitt romney. she was a powerful voice for the tea party and republican women. as she spoke in virginia to endorse him, what women decide could determine who wins the election. romney trails the president right now with those voters. >> what mitt romney has going for him is the deep and broad antipathy to barack obama among

the right against president obama. clack another issue, choosing his running mate. he could pick one help them with me tea party or moderate independent woman. >> thousands will remember the fallen heroes of maryland. >> this year may be somber for residents of howard county. however father of six and a 11- year state police veteran will be honored. >> baltimore county is looking to hire more teachers but how many. that numbers might this -- the ♪

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>> in howard county, police officers who paid the ultimate prize were honored. they are fallen heroes. over the years, seven officers in howard county have lost their lives in the line of duty. >> it was almost a year ago when a state trooper shaft hunter was killed. >> today they honored the police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty and their families. >> to the families and friends of these brave individuals, anwe

offer our condolences, some of the, and love. >> the state trooper was honored and a plaque was unveiled and his family placed flowers to honor him. >> he made the ultimate sacrifice as well as remembering all those who have fallen and have given their all. >> corporal scott wiener lost his life in 2007. the family says the ceremony means a lot, it is still painful. >> people still remember him. but it is hard. witnessing every day. >> i come every year because it shows that his sacrifice and the sacrifice of all the other officers and the ones still in law enforcement, it is all remembered and it mean

something. >> seven police officers have lost their lives in howard county in the line of duty. it is for those left behind at this ceremony is held every year. >> losing one of our own is very tough and the fact that howard county would be out here today to recognize the trooper that died means the world to the state police. >> people make promises not to forget. we try not to go back on that promise. it is important we come out here every year and honor those people. they made the ultimate sacrifice. honor their families. and to celebrate those who are still up doing the job. >> there will be a fallen hero's day day honoring all of maland's police officers and firefighters who died in the line of duty. >> breaking news right now. what do we see here? >> people trying to go home on

295 south of i-95. a single vehicle crash here. shutting down two lanes and as you can see, the traffic is backing up rapidly toward the inner harbor. i am capt. roy taylor. >> here's a look at some of our other top stories. after 31 years as a member of the baltimore police department and five years as commissioner, fred bealfeld is stepping down, saying he wants to spend more time with his family. his retirement is effective august 1. he has to work on a transition plan during the next several weeks. a national search will begin immediately for his replacement. upsetting news for ravens fans and players. terrell suggs has partially torn his achilles' tendon. that usually requires a link the rehab. the star linebacker insists his injury will not keep him sidelined for the entire season. he was injured in arizona while

u.s. practicing for his upcoming conditioning tests. a doctor determined it was an achilles' tendon tear. the beltway was shut down for hours earlier. skyteam 11 was over the scene near washington boulevard. a tractor-trailer overturned and lost its entire load of lumber and pipes, creating quite a mess for commuters. no one was injured. crews have that lane up and running just before rush hour. >> there's a growing number of school teachers who are deciding to stay on the job longer, especially in baltimore county. how will it impact those who decide to stay around? there's no guarantee that those who stay put will keep their same jobs at the same schools.

>> the last day of school is more than one month away for students and teachers in baltimore county. some of those teachers are trying to make plans for next year. even if it means being transferred to a new building. that appears to be causing frustration within the ranks. >> not knowing where you're going to be in the next school year is -- teachers like to be organized and they want to be ready to go. it is difficult for them. we are really working with the school system to try and make sure everyone is in place as soon as we can. >> they show baltimore county is hiring fewer teachers. 341 last school year, from a high of almost 1005 years ago. -- 1000 five years ago. enrollments shiftlle aboard down we will have to add

or remove some teachers. the key point is everybody has a job and they have no less of a job than what they had before. >> some groups say now maybe the time to lobby for changes. >> it is important for the parents to continue having their open dialogue to understand how budget constraints are impacting their weather. >> that also goes for teachers, hoping to plan their future in that classroom. >> baltimore county has 400 openings. baltimore county has a new teacher of the year. angela roundtree in lutherville. surprisethe announcement came during a special ceremony at school headquarters. >> i am very proud to be part of this great school system and there are many things i am

passionate about and i look forward to the experience of spreading the word about those things, about multi-cultural education and service learning. >> she was honored with a number of gifts including a computer, a yearlong membership to a popular fitness center, and her own special parking space. as teacher of the year, she is to compete for maryland teacher of the year. >> that is nice. >> your own parking space, that is golden. >> in new jersey mother who is in extreme -- an extreme tanner. what her has to say about this child endangerment charges. >> to is because i school has lost three students to traffic crashes. -- chesapeake high school has law is three students to traffic

crashes. the message that they do not want to go

>> police in a phoenix suburb believe a former marine with ties to a neo-nazi and minuteman groups shot and killed four people before taking his life. a police spokesman and gilbert believe that jason reddy was responsible. the shooting was the result of a domestic situation, investigators said. a diplomatic crisis is escalating over one of china's best known human rights activist. he wants to leave china and to seek asylum in the u.s. and that is deepening that diplomatic dispute. the blind self-taught lawyer spent six days in the us embassy and was brought to the hospital by the u.s. ambassador after an apparent deal between the u.s. and china. that case has caused a strain on relations, casting a shadow over hillary clinton's pre

scheduled visit to china. >> the case of a m -- husband of a mother accused of child endangerment is speaking out. she tans frequently but she would never allow her fair- daughter.duaghte he insists his wife is a good mother who has been wrongly accused and unfairly judged. >> i think that is the sort of thing she does. i agree she is being judged right away when the real truth will come out. >> she remain free on bond and is scheduled to make her next court appearance on june 4. >> it is the oddest appearance.

buying a home may never get cheaper than now. >> several experts predict this year will be the last chance for bargain hunters to cash in on the best deals of the week. details in our consumer alert. >> imagine looking outside your window and seeing this. this massive sinkhole popped up in a florida couple's backyard. >> those thunderstorms are mostly to the west but drifting in this direction toward the baltimore area. we will keep an eye on them. the view is pretty nice. the view is pretty nice. sunshine and 76ns i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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>> good afternoon. tonight at 6:00 p.m., fred beal efeld is leaving. we will have these stories and th

>> a high school plagued with student deaths due to crash. >> in 10 years, chesapeake high- school has lost three students to crashes, three in this year

alone. officials are trying to give students a wake-up call. >> it is gorgeous. >> he knows more than most about decisions and a cut. he was 14 when he took the brunt of a 70 mile per hour crash. he he had ridden unbuckled. >> he started putting his chest out, trying to show off. he slid into a telephone pole and i took the brunt of it. >> he was in a coma for 22 weeks and -- for weeks and had 22 surgery. >> wear your seatbelt, respect their lives and respect their friends' lives, respect their family and their loved ones. >> experts say teens are risk

during these summer months which are considered the deadliest time for young drivers progress we keep doing these events in may address the year. kids tend to have a short memory. >> i this hits home for our school. >> the accidents are terrific. down to drinking and driving, texting and speed. >> i hope the recognize the dangers of decision making not just on those who are driving behind the wheel but also being sick passengers in a car. >> most people listen to their parents and ignore them. what ever. having someone close to their age who has a horrible life experience, they will take more away from the situation. >> talk about a timely message. two tons were involved in separate accidents on their way to chesapeake high-school.

we're told they're expected to be ok. >> the immediate baltimore city area and around the beltway, the dry weather continues. temperatures in amounts have been warmer. 85 to degrees. that is where we see some strong thunderstorms rolling in. there have been drifting in and working their way just south of hagerstown. and virginia, some strong thunderstorms making their way across the mountains through the shenandoah valley. isolated strong thunderstorms west of baltimore, where the temperatures are warmer than they have been around baltimore. feeling like summertime out west and cooler in the central and eastern part of the state. this morning, there was a batch of showers out of pennsylvania

and cut across the northern tier. parts of northern baltimore and cecil county. s lightnerome and and heavy downpours. is gettingthat around an inch or so of rain -- that is around an inch or so of rain. north and east of with those big thunderstorms in the morning. the official tally, 0.01 of an inch today. highs-70's. we inched above normal with the sunshine. the record low down around freezing on may 3 in 2005. the temperature contrast remains in place. 50's around the seaboard and 80's to near 90 west of baltimore. 90 degrees at petersburg, west virginia in the panhandle. 88 in frederick.

mugg to they west and that is what the storms are feeding on. -- muggy to the west and that is what the storms are feeding on. we will see some of the clouds and fog re-forming. the heat detroit and chicago. upper 80's there. 88 in charleston, west virginia. pittsburgh at 86. that warm front which is dividing cooler temperatures from the summer heat over the ohio valley, that front is making its way toward new england. we will see temperatures climbing and that leads to a potential for stronger thunderstorms. we have a slight risk for severe storms tomorrow afternoon. warm and muggy, afternoon storms tomorrow, showers and night. that activity is south of a saturday. the bulk of the weekend looks

pretty nice. we should get some sunshine in here if not a good deal of it on saturday and sunday looks beautiful. a warm and muggy day. afternoon thunderstorms. if you are going out on the bay, you could have some thunderstorms rolling away tomorrow afternoon. temperatures in the 80's as the wind shifts on saturday and may be a short in the morning. sunshine on saturday, beautiful on sunday. partly cloudy and 73 on monday. >> there is now more incentive than other -- ever for americans to buy a home. amax as the rate on the 30-year fixed loan fell to 8.4%, the lowest since long term mortgages began in the 1950's. the 15-year mortgage which is popular for refinancing dropped

to percent, also a new record. mortgage rates have been below 5% home sales have slumped and remained below healthy levels. consumers may be paying more to enjoy beef. some cuts of beef have gone up more than 30% because of high demand and also a jump in fuel and feed costs. while the cost of living has gone up in the past, butcher said the current trend is something new. >> for years, fuel prices and the cost of business has gone up and other prices have stayed the same or even lower. >> butcher say it is costing them at least one san or two more in return they get in order and with an increase in demand that is four or five times a week. something else you will pay more for. back on boardy-on boar

spirit airlines. they're raising their charge up to $100. this is for customers to pay at the boarding gate. if you are paying at the counter or kiosk, you will pay $45. the new fees will go into effect on november 6. >> that is a lot. imagine waking up and looking inside your window and seeing this in your back yard. a couple in florida have been forced out of their home after a 100-foot diameter sinkhole opened up. officials declared the home not safe after the enormous 50 foot deep hole opened up near the sliding glass doors. other homeowners were informed about the risk, it could grow and it has devoured four trees. they're helping dollars move their belongings out of that home. a doomsday budget has cast a dark shadow over education and public safety all over maryland. the state would have three times the amount of money to spend if we made one big change.

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>> you have no doubt seen them separately. this is catching on. >> when i was teaching aerial dance, someone get anxiety when it would take their feet off the ground. >> jane put more emphasis on the principles of yoga to help them. she adapted the postures and the work suspended from fabric. a blend of u.n. dance. prompting many to convert. i might be one of them. joined a group made up of different ages and levels of experience. >> you get rid of all your stress from the day. i even stopped going to my regular duck class. >> another plus, less pressure.

>> it is different that it is non-compression. >> we move slowly. you're getting the same stretching but you can go deeper stretches.of the structure >> once you have reached a level of comfort, the sky is the limit. >> you need to trust the fabric will support you and you will explore something different. >> it could make you approach life from a different angle. >> janie will offer training to cert yoga instructors who want to teach next month. that is all for us at 5:00 p.m. here is what is coming up 6 pm 9 >> baltimore is in the market to fill one of its most high-profile jobs.

police commissioner, the iii.tmendeparture of fred beald >> an economist takes issue with the way to maryland balances its books. she calls the current system a flawed and erratic experiment. you will hear from her next. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal tv 11 news tonight. >> good evening. our big story at 6, the commish is leaving. stepping down after more than 30 years on the force. >> fred bealefeld iii was never afraid to hold back his opinions. he was always refreshingly straight forward. >> a lot of people dead.