>> student, there was a suspected burglar in his garage. >> the student pulled out a samurai sword and tonight the accused bandit is dead. hello everyone i'm vic

carter. >> and i'm dennis -- >> wjz is live tonight where the incident happened. kelly-- >> reporter: it's still being determined if this murder is a case of self-defense. when a college student went to check out some strange noises in the garage and took with him a samurai sword. is killing an intruding justified. what about with a samurai sword. >> i'm glad the guy had a machete. >> to cut off his hand and into his hard, it's a little extreme. >> reporter: john pantolino nearly severed the hand of a would be robber using a samurai sword, the suspect died. the student came here and got to the garage, that's when he told police he saw donald rice

and rice lunged at him. >> police were called to the scene a little earlier for a call of a suspicious male. >> reporter: a few blocks away -- >> i was afraid it would happen. >> i'm he had to go through a situation where he felt his life threatened. you know he probably did what he had to do to survive, at least i hope that's what his mind set was. >> reporter: people at rice's address did not answer the door. police say he's been arrested 29 times for burglary. he had been released from baltimore county jail three days before his death. >> it took me a while to get over it. and you know, whether he needs to talk to some people that he trusts about it -- >> reporter: the state's

attorney's office will decide if the student should face charges. >> deadly force under the law is only a last resort. and your belief has to be a genuine belief that you or your family members are at risk. >> reporter: four of john hopkins undergraduates rent this house. reporting live from charles village. >> kelly thank you very much. an autopsy will help the district attorney's office whether to press charges. sky 13 was over the scene right before noon. the truck sped through traffic causing three other vehicles to crash before driving into the

living room of this house. a head on collision shuts down a major road during rush hour tonight. the man and woman were taken by helicopter to a near by hospital. we do not have a word on their conditions tonight. inside flu watch, a major dropment in the race to stop the h1n1 virus. the vaccine tested right here in maryland has been approved by the food and drug administration. this means it should be available by mid-october. despite the positive news, doctors still are scrambling to solve a problem. there's not enough vaccines. referee: is time of the essence right now with this test? >> time is very important because we want to make this information available. >> reporter: research doctors at the university of maryland school of medicine are leading

the national fight against h1n1. a deadly strain of the flu already claiming hundreds of american lives. following a massive study, the food and drug administration just approved a vaccine finding minimal side effects. >> when did you get the vaccine. >> august 7th. i didn't have any reaction, i didn't have any pain, i didn't have any headache. >> reporter: federal health officials predict up to 50% of americans could get h1n1 killing between 30 and 90,000 people. and while makers of the vaccine have ramped up production, only 45 million dozes may be available by next month. not merely enough for everyone. >> is it happening fast enough? >> it's happening as fast as it can be done in -- you know, quality with which we usually do these type of studies. >> reporter: maryland doctors are key in determining that a single smaller doze of the

vaccine works. now they're hoping to further increase availability by testing an ajavent, which is essentially watering it done. >> an ajavent is not approved. >> reporter: test subjects say they are willing to risk it. >> we don't know how serious it's going to become. >> reporter: why did you decide to test it? >> to help others and myself too. >> if the safety issues are far outweighed by the potential benefits we have by vaccinating more of the population, i think that might be a victory for public health. >> reporter: possibly stretching the vaccine

protecting millions more. and until more dozes are available, children, young adults and pregnant women will get the priority. plans of how the vaccine will be distributed here in maryland are pending. the u.s. house passed a resolution of disapproval for representative joe wilson. you may remember the south carolina lawmaker yelled you lie during president obama's prime time address. congressman wilson reacted shortly after the vote. >> i truly feel like political games were played today. this really violates what the president asked. he said there should be no more political games, there were political games. but i'm looking forward now to working with the president, working with the democrats. >> historians say this is the first time in the house's 220

year history that such a resolution has ever passed. the resolution is basically a slap on the wrist, not a punishmentment congressman wilson phoned the president last week to apologize. the rescission is most likely over. that's the word from reserve chairman ben bernanke. but bernanke did warn that unemployment will remain high at least until next year. a video shot in baltimore is causing more problems tonight for the well known activist group named a.c.o.r. n. kay jackson has reaction tonight from acorn. >> reporter: this comes at a time when few groups that rely on public funds can afford to lose that money. acorn, the association for

community organizations for reform now is under fire. >> dancing is considered an art. >> sex is kind of like dancing. >> reporter: it stems from a so called investigation by a group calling themselves veritec visuals, when a man and woman posing as a prostitute and pimp walk into an acorn office. >> i don't believe it was accidental that this video caught acorn employees delivering the same message in different cities. >> it was a smear campaign, it was a campaign done again do discredit everything we do good on behalf of working families all over this country. >> reporter: that effort to make acorn look bad worked in washington. among those voting for a block

of funding, maryland senator. --onee that has been the target of a multi year political assault stemming variously from the bush white house, fox news and other conservative quarters. since 1994, acorn has received $53 million in federal funds. >> we are experiencing the modern day version of mccarthyism. >> reporter: in a statement, acorn goes on to say that these funding cuts will have little impact on their day-to-day work. but acorn does believe it will have an impact on the families it serves. today's essence of upset

parents held a protest in baltimore county. at issue, an ongoing problem at rigley middle school . the school has no air-conditioning. a parent says her son had to be taken to the hospital. and two schools have been given the blue ribbon school. seventhdistrict elementary school in baltimore county, southern high school in aredondo county. congratulations to all those given the really important award. new research on spanking and your child's development. what the report reveals.

yale student murdered. new developments on the murder of a student killed on campus. and inside of an old wal- mart in hunt valley, but soon it'll be ray lewis's new sports bar, bowling alley and restaurant. an interview with ray when action news continues. a little bit of rain and higher temps headed our way. we'll have your complete forecast coming up next.

it is 71 degrees and partly cloudy in maryland right now. the complete forecast is coming up. but first breaking news. police in connecticut have a person in interest in the connection with the murder of a yale student. university employee raymond clark is now being questioned by police in the death of annie lay. clark has not been charged and will be released if he cooperates with police. accused kidnapping phillip and nancy garrido are now being investigated in two different cases. dozens of investigators are combing the garrido's property. garrido's are accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard and held her captive for 18 years.

spanking your child, your young child may have some negative effects. a 1-year-old who is spanked will exhibit more violent behavior by the age of two. also those students scored lower in tests at that age. the struggling retail chain is trying to stop mail order services. the locations of the stores were not identified. block buster is planning to add over 1,000 rental kioskses by next summer. a personal apology tonight from kanye west to swift. swift has decided to keep the

content of her phone conversation private. ravens all pro, ray lewis ventured today. >> reporter: ray lewis told me today it's a beautiful day. both for him and for those who will benefit from his newest venture. nothing but nothing now. it's a space on a fast track. >> roam was not built on a day. but ray lewis and mark rejent were not on that job. >> reporter: a restaurant, bowling rink all inside an old wal-mart store. >> it had to be something family oriented, something sports related and it had to involve the community. the other question is what do

we love to do. and ray loves to bowl. >> reporter: the all star sites his faith and his mother for allowing him to be in a position to make this work. >> and that woman, that woman right there is the reason why i push the way i do. life offers nothing else but to make momma smile. >> he always used to tell me that everything i do, every time i set my foot on the football field is for you. today is mother's day for you. and that's what he always tells me, with a smile on his face. he says every day is mother's day for you for the rest of your life. >> reporter: they say it's going to take a long time to take a wal-mart looking like this. but they're confident that it will happen by the beginning of february, right after the super bowl. mike shoe, back to you now.

ray tells wjz that if this consent is successful, he would like to package it and let other star athletes use it in their hometowns. >> it's near bob turks house. >> after the super bowl. >> yes. >> you bet. >> let's take a look at temperatures and conditions. we had a little bit of rain. the barometer has been rising as the weak front has gone through the region. looks like over the next couple of day, temperatures, unfortunately my computer just crashed on me. so you won't see pup of anything. -- so you won't see much of anything. let's try to work with radar. a few, let's call it moderate

showers just south of st. michaels. basically this has moved through the region, moving south. eventually getting down to southern virginia. temperatures 60s to low 70s. as you can see the wind direction for most places is out of the east northeast now. and that means bringing in moisture off the atlantic ocean. much cooler temps. probably tomorrow and again on thursday. so plan on much cooler temps. good news is, looks like by friday it's out of here and we'll get sunshine and dry conditions with nice temps in the 70s for saturday and again on sunday. >> check in with don scott tomorrow morning on eyewitness news for the updated first

morning radar forecast. and mark has sports, that's coming up next.

game two of the ravens coming up. >> they'll be on the field tomorrow getting ready for that trip. the first road trip is across country to southern california where they will face a premier team that is considered a super bowl contender. the san diego charger. they kicked off their season last night. coach john hardball on those chargers. >> you know they are one of the premier teams in the nfl. you know they're explosive. i know riv era very well, so you know what kind of defense they'll put out there. in reminder, you can see

the ravens in san diego coming up on sunday right here on wjz, coverage will kick off at 4:00. i'll be out west with the team to bring you postgame reaction. mckelvin of the buffalo bills had his new york home vandalized after he fumbled a kick off return last night. mckelvin's front lawn was painted with an obscenity and the final score from the loss. his 4th quarter fumble led to a position which then led to a game winning touchdown. next year's schedule is announced. it will be a rare road opening game at tampa bay. the home opener is friday april 9th in toronto. and the big man told me, he had

any formal baseball experience. and the run that brings home nick markakis. weeders had three hits and a season high five runs driven in with a three run homer later. 10-5 orioles over the rays. red sox matsusaka back from a three month stint on the disabled stint. daisuke matsuzaka looking good. the red sox beat the angels 4-1 at fenway. i'll be headed to owensville tomorrow. the ravens back to practice and headed to san diego this weekend. >> lucky guy. talk about a magical ride. >> the world of harry potter brought to life in florida, details next.

a wizard world of sorts will soon appear in florida. the 20-acre site will include three rides as well as a replica of haywards castle. the potter's spell is said to be cast next spring. from harry potter to the other famous harry. great britain's most eligible bachelor has he's called spent

the day continuing his pilot training in the

coming up next on the late show, actress haish. >> thank you for watching wjz news. have a good night, we'll see you tomorrow.