shock trauma. their condition is not known. police initially did have one person detained at the scene. but we know they are looking for at least two suspects, wearing white t-shirts and blue jeans, seen running away. they may possibly be looking for it, also a gray automobile. but lots of police. fulton avenue is closed as police continue their crime scene investigation. homicide is also here on the scene. back to you here on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting live. our other top story for the night. the first of two teens charged in the beating death of christopher jones enters a manslaughter plea. it's led to a crackdown on gang violence. mike hellgren has been following the case. and since its beginning. >> wjz has learned the teen who entered the plea had a troubled past. but he had 15 different

disciplinary roles. and they had him under in -- informal supervision justly 3 months before chris jones' death. >> chris jones loved life. he was just 14, while riding his bike home from a pool. police say a gang of teens attacked and beat him, then left him for dead. now, the youngest one charged, a 15-year-old, wjz is not naming because he is a juvenile, has entered a plea, claiming he can prove -- prosecutors can prove it's manslaughter. >> my son -- >> she's been an incredibly strong through all of this. >> my son can't speak anymore. so i have to speak for him. >> reporter: in an emotionally charged courtroom, chris's mom and dad wept as they dreafsed the teen -- addressed the teen. >> he's still a child. and i feel for him inside. and i really do hope that one

day i can forgive him. >> reporter: the teen faces up to six years in a secure residential treatment facility. a judge ordered him held until he could be placed there. >> the juvenile could not have foreseen the outcome of what he did. but when you do something of that nature, you have to accept the serious consequences that flowed from it. >> do you think justice was served? >> i do. i do. >> reporter: 16-year-old javel george faces manslaughter charges in connection with jones' death. his trial is scheduled for next month. chris's family will never get him back. they simply want justice. >> i think he would be proud that, you know, we're all standing up for him. >> reporter: the teen who pleaded today has had several death threats against him. he said in court today to the family, i'm sorry that this has happened. i'm praying for your forgiveness. all i can say is, i'm sorry. kai, back to you. >> mike, thank you.

mike hellgren, reporting live from anne arundel county. chris's mom said she still sleeps with his pillow every night. she's in therapy to help her deal with the pain. and we have more breaking news. this time from the first warning weather center. bob turk is tracking tropical storm erica, which was upgraded moments ago. >> yeah, hurricane hunters went spothis area -- into this area of low pressure we told you about. and discovered winds. which means it is now tropical storm erica. it is east/northeast of the leeward islands. actually, it's going topaz to the north of leeward islands. good news is, there is a lot of shear, westerly shear which will help to break down the storm. between now ask sunday, they do not even show this becoming a hurricane. i guess that's good news. but looks like it will probably remain pretty strong thunderstorm, at least for the next four to five days as it heads east to northeast. they did issue a tropical storm

watch, however, for st. martin, just a few minutes ago. kai? >> bob, thank you. a murder in baltimore county has police searching for a killer tonight. vic is in the newsroom with more on what happened. vic? >> reporter: 34-year-old cawan granger was shot and killed in front of his arbutus home. witnesses say grainger was unloading items from his car when a group of armed machine began shooting at him. grainger tried to run away but fell down. he was pronounced dead at the hospital. police do not have any motives or suspects in the case. >> anyone with information on this crime is urged to call metro crimestoppers at 1-866-7- lockup. an 18-year-old is under arrest. on saturday, near the intersection of hickory and 36th street. a pregnant woman was shot in the arm. and a man was hit in the leg. both were treated and released from the hospital. police have arrested william hyde in clairemont, north

carolina today. he will be charged with two counts of attempted murder. the 20-year-old jessop man, charged with attacking a howard county sheriff's deputy and escaping is back in maryland. devon champagne escaped custody after using his handcuff to choke a sheriff's deputy. u.s. marshalls found him last week, fide hideing inside-- hiding inside a hollowed out basement wall. he faces charges of attempted murder, assaulting a police officer and escape. the battle of raging wildfires is now almost a week old. thousands of firefighters are on the line. and the governor is sending additional resources. here's a live look. teri okita is there, with the latest for wjz, on the efforts to get the fires under control. >> reporter: massive wildfires have forced california's governor to declare a state of emergency in five counties. dozens of homes have been destroyed. and thousands more are threatened. >> we have a lot of fires all over the state of california.

fires from the northern border all the way south and from the pacific to the sierra nevada. fires, fires, fires. >> reporter: the largest blaze is within 15 miles of downtown los angeles. and is spreading in all directions. officials are warning people to get out while they can. but many are refusing to leave, including robert badock. >> we could be out of here in 10 minutes if we need to be. but until it starts coming over this hill, that's when we start to be worried. there's a huge break here. >> reporter: the winds have actually been pretty calm the last few days. but forecasters say thunderstorms could bring gusts up to 40 miles an hour. >> it's going to be hot. for the next few days. we've got weather coming in. which also contributes to erratic winds. >> and that could be disastrous for more than 3700 firefighters already struggling to control the flames. high winds could push embers over firelines, towards thousands of homes. the fires are so big and so nasty, officials warn it will be weeks before firefighters

can contain them. teri okita, cbs news, tujunga, california. so far, 53 homes have been destroyed, while more than 3,000 firefighters and aircraft work across a 50-mile span to battle the massive blaze. the white house has released alarming projections in the spread of the h1n1 virus. true levinson reports for wjz, on the fears now that schools across the country are back in session. >> reporter: as classes begin at schools and colleges around the country, students are learning a lesson about the spread of h1n1. >> you don't know who has it. they may be carrying it and not know they have it yet. >> reporter: since april, more than 1 million americans have come down with h1n1 or swine flu. and it has killed about 500. now, the white house says in a worst-case scenario, about halftime the country could catch it. and up to 90,000 people could

die. president obama met with senior officials to outline the government's response to the virus. >> i don't want anybody to be alarmed. but i do want everybody to be prepared. >> reporter: dr. gross says the latest strain of h1n1 will likely spread quickly. >> you're going to find it everywhere. you'll find it on doorknobs, on telephones. >> reporter: administrators across the country are doing what they can to fight the flu. here in new york, they plan to give out free vaccines as soon as they become available. >> our current plan is to offer it at every elementary school in the city, public and private. >> reporter: one long island school district is taking drastic measures, saying no to hand holding, chest bumps and high fives. >> the high fiemps -- fives, i think just to cowt down on -- cut down on the transmission, is probability a good idea. >> reporter: in chicago, hand sanitizer fills the classrooms. and hand washing at least twice a day is mandatory. with a new school year starting, america is finding

wait to close the book on h1n1, or at least make it a short story. in new york, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. >> of the hundreds of americans who have died of the h1n1 virus, seven were in maryland. >> new york yankee alex rodriguez is not only focusing on tonight's game at camden yards, but he's talking steroids to local students. this morning, arod spoke to 500 student athletes at milford mill academy in baltimore county. he talked about his own experience, with steroids in hopes of inspiring students to stay clean. >> that's terrific. now, i hope he doesn't win tonight. >> we do hope that. still ahead, on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. day two for baltimore's school ceo. coming up, dr. andres alonzo's top goals for the school year. i'm gigi barnett. that story is straight ahead in tonight's eyewitness news school watch report. doing more harm than good.

prostate cancer screenings could cause needless worry for many men. i'm alex demetrick in annapolis. coming up, what the obama administration will do to save the bay. that story as eyewitness news continues. and will sunny, clear skies continue? the updated first warning weather forecast with bob coming up.

too many accidents. that is the route according to the national transportation safety board. when it comes to helicopter. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board is making 21 recommendations to improve the safety of helicopters. and some of them will make a big impact. >> reporter: 2008 was a record year for medical crashes in the

u.s. trooper 2 went down in heavy fog near andrews air force base. the accident triggered a play from the lone survivor. >> i went down with all of these helicopters. so this will never happen again. >> reporter: now, they recommend major safety improvements to all 750 medical helicopters across the country. the ntsb says they neat night vision technology. flight data recorders -- auto pilot and terrain warning systems. >> we have seen too many accidents that could have been prevented, had they implemented this technology. >> reporter: it's unclear if the technology would have prevented maryland's crash. the ntsb is still investigating! we believe we are 100% on task with the ntsb. >> reporter: >> reporter: maryland is on task. they are also planning to buy three new helicopters.

but the budget is tight. and the expensive recommendations could slow down that effort. >> we will be retrofitting some of the older ones. in an effort to maintain them. >> certainly we think the maryland state police operations are very receptive to some of the recommendations we issued. we look forward to working with them. >> reporter: on a final report is expected from the ntsb is coming up this october. in washington, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the ntsb made are the safety recommendations in 2006. the faa still has not implemented three of them. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin, at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. if you are traveling north on the 95, still seeing some delays here. that's on the northeast side. as for the southbound direction, that continues to move well. north side inner loop, that's just crawling along from charles street to harford road.

also, we have a second slow down to look for. that's park heights avenue to falls road. as for the west side inner loop, a 15-minute delay. taking a look at eastbound 70. no improvement there. that remains jammed. and in harford county, a crash to watch out for at route 40, at route 7, involving a dump truck, and in baltimore county, a 2 to update you on there. now, let's take a live look here at the beltway, at green spring avenue. you can see plenty of congestion there. this traffic report is brought to you by the maryland department of agriculture. eat local. take maryland's best to the buy local challenge. now, back to you. >> thank you,kristy. making progress. that's what city school ceo dr. andres alonzo wants to do. gigi barnett has more in tonight's school watch report. >> reporter: day two of the new

school year for baltimore city students. it's the school district that is now characterized by its improvement in recent years. so far, it's seen an increase in enrollment. higher test scores and less violence on campuses. the school ceo, dr. andres alonzo wants those to continue. today, he unveil a plan at this round table discussion. >> if you have a great public school, great public schools, parents will flock to that great public school. >> reporter: city schools are thriving at a time when several private schools are closing or seeing fewer students enrolled. and state lawmakers are proving deep, across-the-board budget cuts. and more may be on the way. but alonzo says he'll use the recent improvements to his advantage. >> the schools in baltimore city should have their resources in order to continue the progress of this. and the progress, if you walk around this school, or many other schools is undeniable. >> reporter: in addition to higher test scores, dr. alonzo

said he has noticed three other positive trends that have contributed to the school system. one, more parents are getting volve involved. -- involved. two, fooer -- fewer are dropping out. and they're staying in school longer. >> test scores are only a reflection of what she we're should -- already know. and we know if the kids are coming in, staying in school, the test scores should be going up. >> reporter: and alonzo focused on middle and high school students when he took over the top spot. now he's paying more attention to pre-k. stow the district is expanding its prek program. alonzo says litmus test for a school is enrollment. in 1960s, city schools had nearly 200,000 students. this year, about 83,000 are enrolled. another absolutely gorgeous weather day. >> we have several more days like this.

we're at 73 degrees. east/southeast at 7. the barometer holding steady. come back and take a look at the rest of the week after this.

all right. beautiful day, bob. >> great start to september. really is a september day to remember. >> actually, the temperatures today were more typical of really, the end of september than the first day or so of september. our normal high now is still 81, 82 degrees. so we only got to the mid-70s. maybe a few degrees warmer tomorrow. but that's still awfully nice. take a electric at -- look at temps right now. with a lot of sunshine. 73. wow. 73, oakland. they were 41 this morning. 75, ocean city. it's just really comfortable everywhere. dew point up, a tiny bit to 51. very dry, pleasant conditions. low 70s tonight. many spots again, some upper 40s to the low to mid-50s. suburban areas. near the water. it will stay close to 60. so clear skies, moonlight, beautiful night tonight. just delightful. to our south and southeast, some rain offshore. with a stalled front all the way down to east texas.

it's possible we could see a development of low pressure here that will move offshore. but is it going to maintain some breezes along the coast. that's why there is a risk of rip currents at the beaches. tonight, tomorrow, really the next day or so. to our west, clear skies, pretty much from the coast all the way out to the northern rockies. big sprawling area of high pressure. it came in from canada. really gorgeous weather. south of the front. hot, humid, scattered thunderstorms. there you see over portions of florida and the gulf coast area. but for us, this beautiful area of high pressure means beautiful weather will continue. by the end of this week, some nice clouds from that low pressure can and probably will at least infringe on southeastern sections of maryland. so be watching that. it's possible by the weekend, might see a sprinkle or shower, south and east of us. right now, doesn't look like a great chance. all in all, very pleasant conditions will continue. eventually, the high will move offshore. and that will allow a bit of a southeast breeze, which could

bring in some clouds. quick look at that satellite. just named tropical storm erica. they're in the leeward islands. moving off to the west/northwest. going to pass to the north of the islands. right now, the forecasts do not have it as a hurricane. remains as a tropical storm all the way through sunday. there's a lot of dry air and shearing going on out there. northeast winds, 5 to 10 knots on our bay. the bay temp around 77. so tonight, just gorgeous, cool, clear again. low, 52 to 60 downtown. tomorrow, sunshine. beautiful. high of 78. may not even get that warm. today. a little warmer than expected. enjoy the next several days. >> how could we not? >> thank you, bob. the obama administration is getting ready to release its plans to clean up the chesapeake bay. alex demetrick reports on what might be coming. >> 19,000 post cards. each with a signature. and a reason for signing.

>> i've worked here my whole life, you know, in annapolis. i've loved the bay, loved the water. and it's a good thing. you gotta fight for what you believe in. >> and to get there, they want government officials to enforce the laws. create standards at work. and put real accountability into the system. >> the petition was delivered to the epa's new point man on the chesapeake. >> the progress on the past 25 years has been wholly inadequate. and we need to have a whole new series of programs so we can define a new area of leadership. >> reporter: what is at stake is life or death for the bay. fish kilts are an example -- kills are an example of the trouble. and nitrogen, which feeds algae blooms. often spotted first by watermen. >> and i knew that would be the first time i would remember. >> next week, the obama administration would formally release details. but in general terms, that plan is already out. >> i think you will anticipate

new changes to regulations, changes to federal poltses. policies. changes to federal programs. >> reporter: that means focusing on the sources of nitrogen. that means sewage to farming waste. bay activists want to see multiple targets of change. >> i'm a lifelong resident of the chesapeake bay area. and i've watch today in my lifetime go downhill, unfortunately. i would like to pass on to my children the beauty of the environment that was passed to me. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the chesapeake bay foundation has sued the epa to enforce cleaner water acts. but has placed that action on hold, pending next week's announcement by the obama administration. still ahead at 5:00. suspect surge. this man is wanted in two baltimore county bank robberies. what he's accused of doing to a woman during one of those crimes. i'm suzanne collins. a major cdc study on how many

people binge drink at a bar or restaurant and then get in a car. i'll tell you how some marylanders are calling for stricter laws. that's next. i'm mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. inside the nicest bathroom in all of baltimore. and there was a vote to see if this was the nicest one in the entire country. you may be surprised where they finished. the story when eyewitness news continues.

it's 5:29. 73 degrees and sunny right now. looking at the key bridge in baltimore. good evening. thank you for staying with

eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. baltimore county police are aggressively looking for the man they say is responsible for two robberies and a first- degree sex offense. his image was caught on tape. and as weijia reports, detectives are relying on the report to pinpoint who he is. >> reporter: we saw the suspect extremely dangerous. and they are worried he will strike again. >> reporter: in this chilling surveillance video, obtained by eyewitness news, police say a robbery suspect approaches a female victim, approaching an atm. gun in hand, and demanding cash. >> this is someone who obviously has a very violent attitude toward what he is doing. we want to get him off the street. >> reporter: police say he is also responsible for two separate incidents. the suspect first struck on july 31st at 10:30 p.m. then again, on august 29th, just before midnight. >> >> police say in the second

incident, the suspect made the victim drive here to pine grove elementary school, about a mile away from the atm, where he then coerced her into performing sexual acts. >> we're afraid of harming someone worse. >> we know each other. like neighborhoods are pretty close. and i never thought of that kind of thing happening here. it's pretty scary. i'll definitely watch out for it. >> reporter: detectives describe the suspect as being in his late teens and early 20s. 5'5" with a thin build. police believe he is armed and very dangerous. >> if something doesn't feel right, then don't go. just drive around or go to an atm. >> i'm looking over my shoulder. you gotta be very cautious. people are hard up for money. >> reporter: police urge people to consider the video and image camely. reporting live from parkville, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> metro crimestoppers is offering a cash reward of up to

$200,000 to anyone with tips. advances in dna technology. nure newed interest -- renewed interest in the death of a teenager. >> reporter: dna samples may help identify suspects in a 1992 murder case. 72-year-old ella poore disappeared. her body was later found near odessa, delaware. she had been beaten and strangled. vrgtszs -- investigators recently took dna and compare today with thousands of others. denise, back to you. >> the victim's relatives say they're encouraged by this latest effort to identify a suspect. a baltimore teen pleads guilty in a violent escape from the victor cullins center. 17-year-old carl griffin junior is one of nine youths charged as an adult in the escape that left six staffers injured in may. a judge ordered the teenager to serve 18 month at the frederick

county adult center. the centers for disease control issues a report on how often binge drinkers leave a bar and get behind the wheel. the results have some calling for new laws for those who serve alcohol. >> reporter: how often do people drink a handful of drinks or more, get in the car and drive? a new government study from the centers for disease control says quite a bit. and it's raising debate about how to stop that from happening. >> we're potentially going to go out and take a lethal weapon. that couple tons of steel that they're driving and injure someone. or kill someone. or kill or injure themselves. >> reporter: binge drinkers, are define as those who drink five or more drinks on one occasion. one in 10 got in a car and drove. 10 percent said they were leaving a bar or restaurant. and half of those admitted to drinking even more, 7 to 10

drinks, before driving. a maryland senator is astounded. >> the number of people who drink way, way too much and then get behind the wheel is an alarming number. >> reporter: maryland's current law says it's illegal for a server to continue to serve alcohol to someone who is visibly drunk. but it doesn't go as far as some other states which requires that those servers be trained in how to address the issue. >> reporter: the maryland senator says he will now consider that. as well as considering penalties. >> it will create or augment civil liability for folks who serve people who are drunk. >> reporter: the maryland restaurant association said it couldn't comment on the cdc study without more research. suzanne collins, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the cdc says binge drinking is considered a primary factor in the 11,000 deaths each year, tied to alcohol-related crashes. a plane causes a jam of its own this morning. the aircraft was forced to make

an emergency landing on a mansfield, massachusetts highway. two men on board the plane were uninjured. but the cleanup caused a seven- mile backup in traffic. the plane wound up, nose down with a collapsed undercarriage. the federal government is reimbursing maryland $3.2 billion for inauguration costs. the money is expected for security expenses. the justice department is also releasing $3.4 million to the washington metro transit authority. and dr. 2 mill -- $2 million for amtrak. in tonight's healthwatch. is cancer being overtreated in this country? healthwatch reporter kellye lynn says a new study indicates that many men with prostate cancer are getting treatments they don't need. >> reporter: when it comes to treating prostate cancer, many factors have to be considered. >> it's one of the most slow- growing cancers. so some of the early prostate cancers that we find, don't

necessarily need to be treated in certain patient populations. >> reporter: according to new research, since the psa blood test became an additional form. screening, a significant number have been subjected to unnecessary screening. >> any time you hear the word "cancer," it's concerning. >> over the years, anybody with an elevation of psa has gotten a biopsy. and once you have a diagnosis of cancer, you feel that it needs to be treated. >> treatment can cause pain, urinary difficulty, and have sexual impact. dr. david sigma of chesapeake urology explains older men might not need treatment for a slow-growing prostate cancer. while younger men require more frequent screenings and possibly more treatment. >> we are talking about men who

have a life expectancy of 10 to 15 years. >> the american prostate society does not recommend having a yearly screening. >> as far as something like cancer goes, you can't diagnosis it too much, as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: many urologists agree and encourage annual psa testing, starting at the age of 40 for african americans and 50. >> there is a 40% decrease in mortality from prostate cancer. so that's the other side of the equation. >> reporter: prostate cancer is most common in african americans, men over 50, and those with a family history of the disease. i'm kellye lynn, with health watch. and wjz's challenge continues with a 5k run and one- mile fun walk on saturday, september 26th at 8:00 a.m. for more information, log onto our website, wjz.com. it is part of our continuing

community commitment. a woman in romania gave birth to a big baby. she gave birth to a whopping 15- pound baby. she said she was convinced she was carrying twins. the pregnancy was considered normal, with tho complications. 92 no -- no complications. 15 pounds is the average weight of most 5-month-olds. constellation energy group has launched a public relations campaign. from deep-fried oils to funnel cake, a culinary toy. the maryland state fair. and a preview of the high school fall sports season. for these and more, read tomorrow's burm sun. -- baltimore sun. a baltimore landmark has received an award few knew about. and few could ever hope to get. as mike schuh reports, baltimore did not take the online voting sitting down. >> reporter: just scour the

treatment grand's website. and nowhere, nowhere will you find a scrap about its most talked-about room. >> but make a personal visit here and they will fall all over themselves to show it to you. but first, a little housekeeping is in order. >> let me make sure the coast is clear. >> hello? all right. we're all good. >> reporter: in what used to be a marble showroom, a bit of pors lane. -- porcelain. [ toilet flushing ] >> and you come in here. it's just nice and relaxing. and kind of a little getaway from the office. to be honest. >> reporter: this rest room was entered into a nationwide competition. in the six-year history of this online voting contest, only a grand prize winner has ever been announced. until now. >> because the fremont plaza rest room is so remarkable, we felt you were deserving of first runnerup status in the america's best rest room award. >> reporter: the number 1 bathroom is in the resort town of branson, missouri. but this rest room finished

ahead of radio city music hall in new york. baltimore, it seems, got up, went online and voted. >> it is somewhat humorous to a degree. but when you go in anyone's home, first thing you want to know is how well is their rest room kept? but for us here, we're extremely proud. >> luxureeateing inside the treatment -- tremont grand ladies room. i'm mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> and any man other than like shoe who would like to see the inside of that bathroom are advised to call the tremont grand ahead of time. >> don't just bust on in. >> no. don't miss the cbs evening news with katie couric. here's one of the stories they're working on. >> tonight, the story of a 24- year-old, working tirelessly in this lab, to help solve the riddle of his own disease. i'm dr. sanjay gupta. we'll have that story tonight on the cbs evening news with katie couric. and still to come tonight.

skydive goes terribly wrong. one man's chute fails to deploy. his amazing survival caught on tape. calling all bidders. bernie madoff's long island vacation home is up for sale. look how he spent investors money. i'm bob turk in the first warning weather center. more great weather headed our way. i'll have the exclusive five- day forecast. first, here's tonight's report f

what a perfect night to go out to the fair. i mean, bring a little light jacket maybe. a sweatshirt later on. chopper over there at the state fair. and it got some bull riding, i understand. and some neat things. let's take a look at the forecast for tomorrow. yes. we'll show you that later. tomorrow, just a great-looking day again. 40s to 50s downtown. low to mid70s. with a lot of sunshine. doesn't get much better than this, to tell you the truth. next five days, we may have clouds. locks -- looks like most of

those will be temps. enjoy it. very, very nice weather. denise? >> thank you, bob. a british skydiver is grateful to be alive teents. after his parachute failed during a skydiving attempt. he had already made 667 jumps before making this jump. somehow his main parachute malfunctioned. during the jump, the man blacked out. but luckily, not before deploying his reserve chute. he suffered minor injuries. but no broken bones. a television news anchor is out of a job, apparently because of what he posted on his facebook page. griffin scott, a news anchor from monroe, louisiana, posted comments about differences in two generations. management discovered the post and asked him to take it down. he canceled his page but two days later was still fired. >> loved the news since i was a little boy, watching the news with walter cronkite. to be a news anchor in my home

town was literally a dream come true. >> reporter: scott has filed a civil lawsuit against the station for wrongful termination and breach of contract. u.s. marshals are looking for real estate investors to sell off bernard madoff's former vacation home. cameras were allowed inside to see how madoff lived off their investors. >> reporter: this ocean view greeted bernard madoff for more than 20 years. it was his family's family's long island getaway. now up for sale to the highest bidder. >> there is an understated elegance inside this house. >> reporter: the man doing the sales pitch isn't a broker. he's a u.s. marshal. his department seized the montauk home in the months after madoff swindled investor of $65 billion. >> he had a small office here, where i guess he did some of his work. >> reporter: after labor day,

the marshal its will put this for sale. the asking price is $7 million, which gets you four bedrooms, three baths, hard wood flooring and panoramic views. >> from china to the rocking chair that ruth madoff may have sat in while reading a book and watching the waves roll? >> reporter: ruth madoff is living on her own as her husband serves a life sentence. others don't know how their fiewrltd will play -- future will play out. one of them is fred will pon, owner of the new york mets. some speculate he may have to sell the team. >> madoff's house and penthouse estate are worth $20 million. but that will only make a small dent in compensating the victims. tara mergener.

>> madoff was sentenced. up in space, astronauts on board the international space station had a busy day earlier. earlier, astronauts prepared to unload tons of equipment, including a treadmill named for comedian steven colbert. also in a matter of minutes, two astronauts are scheduled to begin on two spacewalks scheduled for later this week. vic is standing by live with a preview. vic? >> healthcare battle. one congressman personalizes the fight for reform. today, some of you explain how you were hurt by the current system. keeping an eye on speed. detailed plans to keep speed cameras inside school zones. check in for these stories and all the breaking news. dancers from all across the world, traveled to argentina to compete in the world tango championships. ♪[ music ] >> scores of dancers were on

hand to put their best foot fastly forward. stage tango, as it's called, combines classic tango moves with l.a., even acrobatics. an argentinnian couple took the surprise. -- the prize. >> beautiful. things change a little at a college. >> liberty union university just opened a ski lift. it make its slick enough to slide down. well, the new creation will allow skiers and snowboarders to take to the hill whenever they have time. imagine you have to have some kind of protection. if you fall. >> and a helmet. that's a good idea. eyewitness sports is live at camden yards. hello, mark. >> hi, mark. >> yesterday, i told you how good those yankees are. they proved it. they took it to the orioles

last night. we'll hear about the ways they're trying to improve. and we'll check in with the ravens rookie. and what is so far his first year in the nfl. we've got baseball covered for you when eyewitness news continues.

we know why they're called the dreaded yankees. >> we do, indeed. >> it's a beautiful night for baseball. and the smell of barbecue is in the air. and you're right. now we to get them playing well. the orioles have been talking about improving on a number of levels. but the priority remains pitching. and yankees starter, andy pettitte. and he had a no-hitter going into the 7th inning. now, what gets lost in that is the continued progress of o's veteran pitcher jeremy guthrie. he threw his third straight solid start. guthrie went 6 innings. allowed two runs on just four

hits. this is another on a season that has guthrie questioning his results. and after the game last night, he did speak of what has been his recent improvement. >> i can go out there and feel more confident. and more importantly, the ball feels like it's coming out. kind of like i remember coming out in the past couple of seasons. so it's very important to do that. and to continue that throughout the next month. >> guthrie is the only veteran in the on rotation, followed by four rookies. tonight. david american hernandez faces the rookie. new york counters with another power-pitching veteran. a.j. burn. 12 strike-- burnett. 12 strikes. and you can see it here on masnhd. in football, in preparation for their final preseason game. that's coming up thursday night. when they play at atlanta.

and linebacker terrel suggs says he does plan to play. we've talked about several young oriole players. how about a young raven? we talk about right tackle michael orr who was singled out for a mistake on a false start that cost the ravens some valuable field possession. well, mistakes like that are part of the rookie learning process. we talked to orr at practice this week. about what he's been working on as a rookie. >> he definitely has to, you know, work on your technique. and fundamentals. when you get done with little things. everything else is going to fall into place. and of course, you gotta know the plays. and you have to have the fundamentals and technique down. >> reporter: defensive back ladairis webb is another one. more on the orioles, coming up next hour.

that's ahead. >> thank you very much, mark. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. >> a number of deadly accidents involving medical helicopters, including a big one in maryland. i'm adam may, how the national transportation safety board is now recommending big changes. that's coming up.

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