treated for flu-like systems, creating a burden on the entire industry. an antibacterial drug immediately awaits everyone who walks into union memorial hospital, so do staff members behind marks. they are taking precautions as people pack into the emergency rooms with the same concern. the potentially deadly h1n1 flu. >> i'm scared to death about the virus. i love my girls more than life itself and i will do anything for team them. >> reporter: david matthews has a 4-year-old who is showing flu- like symptoms and doctors say most of the patients are children. >> i'm hearing stories about two little girls who just died near where we live and it's sad, man. because it acts like a cold and

next thing you know, they are deathly sick. >> reporter: hospitals are flooded with phone calls and authorities anticipate the heavy traffic will create a shortage of beds. >> we have weekly meetings on our flu update, so we can be prepared for anything that is changing. we have backup plans in place as far as our beds. >> reporter: when the vaccine is available, the best chance for children to receive is through their pediatrician. >> we'll get rolling shipments every week, once the distribution kicks off. >> reporter: until then, parents are not taking chances, but medical leaders warn rushing to the er may do more harm than good. >> if you have a simple cold, that is common in september, october and november, you also run the risk of getting the flu, if you are you are cropling to the emergency room, because there are many patients here who do have it right now. >> reporter: maryland's first shipment of the h1n1 vaccine is

only expected to treat about 1% per square foot high-risk population and if you develop any flu symptoms, doctors urge you not to come to the er, but go to your family physician first. reporting in downtown baltimore, weijia jiang, eyewitness news. and we're always on checking for updates on the maryland case along with important information from the cdc, log onto wjz.com. and n chronic sting operation lands a long time cbs employee in jail and the produce allegedly trying to extort millions from david letterman. >> reporter: cbs news veteran joe halderman plead not guilty in an alleged blackmail plot against david letterman. >> new york will not tolerate the coercion or extortion of anyone, victim, rich or poor. >> reporter: the 51-year-old

was arrested outside of cbs headquarters after an undercover stage. a 48 hours producer, alleged will demanded $2 million from letterman in change so for not exposing intimate details of the comedian's life. >> this story is far more complicated than what you heard this afternoon. >> reporter: letterman worked with the d.a.'s office and even wrote him a phony check. the scheme forced letterman to come clean on his show thursday night. >> i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. >> reporter: cbs released a statement saying, "the 48 hours employee involved in the investigation has been suspended and that letterman's comments speak for themselves." here in the ed sullivan theater oughtence members weren't sure if letterman was technology an elaborate joke, but soon realized the story was real. they were in the the audience and said the crowd was stun . >> erv was in shock. >> reporter: letterman says he

does in the plan on commenting further about the situation. >> it's been a very bizarre experience. i feel like i need to protect these people and certainly protect my family. >> reporter: pose not clear when letterman had the relationships with his staffers. he married his long time girlfriend and mother of his son earlier this year. drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. this is not the first time letterman has been the target of a criminal plot. a few years ago a man was convict the for attempting to kidnap his son and a woman was arrested for stalking him. >> mike. >> reporter: hello denise, we're at fort mckenley, southbound 195, a short time ago there was pay rear-end collision-style accident right at one of the toll plazas and apparently a minivan which has

some special-needs person insides were having some difficulty. fire personnel are on the scene and transporting several people to lore local area hospitals. it appears that the collision was minor, but there is no word on how serious the injuries are at this point. it looks like fire personnel are clearing the scene momentary and transportation police have two toll lanes blocked. traffic southbound on i-95 is not significantly affected by this accident. >> thank you, captain mike perry. >> tonight baltimore city police are typicking to ask for your help in solving the leader in the community and a native i have liberia. >> reporter: denise, this man was murder at a community center he owned in the 4300 lock bloc of york road and now city police have released two

sketches in the case. the second suspect is also around the same age and several inches taller. police believe they shot and killed the man during a bungled robbery attempt. denise. thank you very much, sally. metro crime stoppers is offering a reward for up to $2,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of these men. pyou have information reach them at 410-276-8888. the body of a woman found in a sewer in north baltimore. the body was severely dee nose comosed and mike schuh explains that police are trying to understand what happened to her. >> reporter: verizon workers were dispatched here for a routine job, but when they opened the manhole cover, they found a horrific discovery. workers for the company found below will turn a stomach. >> once they hope opened the manhole cover and gained entry, the hole was filled with six-

feet of water and appears to be the body of a male victim, diseased. >> reporter: decomposed." the fire department has figure out ho to get the body up and out and they begin about draining the six feet of water and then going down into the hole. >> we have our special rescue operations team here. they will make access to the hole, make contact with the body and secure it and simply bring it out. >> reporter: when officers get a better look, here is what they can tell. >> at this time we believe it's an unidentified female. however, there are signs of decomposition, so the remains are going to have to be taken to the medical examiner's office. >> reporter: neighbors are never heard of something like this, especially on their own street. >> oh, my god! you have young guys come through here, cussing up a

storm, but we don't have any break-ins. >> reporter: the body is now in the medical examiner's office, awaiting autopsy. mike schuh wjz eyewitness news. back to you. thank you very much. medical examiner's office says it may not the cause of death as soon as tomorrow. mta police are investigating another disturbing accidence on board the incidence on the bus. well, big news from both of baltimore's major sports teams. ravens getting ready for the patriots and now the orioles have made a major announcement. mark viviano. >> reporter: denise, it's been 12 straight losing seasons for the orioles and the last two

and a half under the direction of trimble. he and owner peter angelos were both tested in their resolve during the most recent 13-game losing streak, but felt it was the right thing to do to bring dave trembley back, saying that "dave earned it and deserved it." dave trembley excitemented about the news. we'll hear from him later on in sports. now to the football, the ravens have a big game ahead, getting ready to take on the new england patriots. people across the nfl are pointing to the ravens as the best team in the league. that is a position that has traditionally been hold for the past keckade by new england, hence, building up the hype for this one. the raven's practice, trying to block out the hype, focused on slaying the patriots. new england is a model

franchise, winners of three super bowl, but to the ravens, just another team this week. >> what they have done with the super bowls that they have won, we respect it all, but we feel like we have to go up there and we're there to play a game. >> we're not playing their history or legacy, but we're playing the new england patriots team of this year and they are good this year, still. so we're not going to get into what they have done over the course of last five or six years. we're going by what they have done now. >> reporter: what the patriots are doing is show something frustration. and new england does have home- field advantage against the ravens. their loud crowd can make the difference. >> it kinds of reminds me of pittsburgh, but other than that, you have to go in and be focused. you can't let the crowd get out of your game and can't let the team take you out of the game. you have to go in and play

football. >> reporter: i have more on the match up coming up later in sports. we're going to hear from quarterback joe flacco. >> thank you, mark and raven's mania is sweeping the region and fans are starting out younger and younger. >> a little bit louder yay! >> there are some adults in there. wjz found the fans at the learning center and howard county, purple friday as the classrooms and teachers and children were all decked out in purple and black. it's an afc showdown on wjz this sunday, in case you haven't heard, the ravens clash with the patriots in new england and you can watch it exclusively on wjz starting at 1:00 p.m. our coverage continues when the game is over and join mark viviano for the post game show with highlights and reaction. plus it's marty and mary and the bulldogs and we have

airtran football talk. we have the coverage for you on wjz. a live look outside and hue is the weekend shaping up and what about the forecast for the raven's game on sunday? wjz life meteorologist bob turk in the weather center. >> around here light rain to the west. a batch of showers around hagerstown and very light stuff expected right here. this is mostly moving northwest of us. not a whole lot across southern portions of the region. as we head down across portions of virginia, not much at all, so we don't expect a lot of rain tonight. showers activity overnight into tomorrow morning. what about the massachusetts on sunday? times that forecast? >> as you mentioned, bob, the rain is moving through and zipping right along. you can hear the wind rustling through the tree.

so it's going to be breezy here and it's going to be breezy there, 68 degrees at game-time, 1:00 p.m., on wjz. breezy conditions, much like we'll have here, just a tad bit clearer. we have our complete forecast coming up with bob. >> thank you tim and bob and still to come on wjz news. the honor to announce that the games of olympia are award to the city of -- . >> the winner is where the 2016 summer olympics will be held. >> turn that frown upside down and exploring life, lightning and the pursuit of happiness, right here in baltimore. >> i'm in carroll county and police raid the home of one of their own who is on the drug task force. i will tell you what they find inside. that is coming up

. police say they have overwhelming evidence against acy deputy accused stealing money meant for informants. the latest on what was found during the search of detective lunsford kara gormley county home. >> reporter: the deputy, a member of federal drug task force lived in a sprawling carroll county neighborhood. the fbi conducts a search of the officer's home as is he charged with taking kickbacks from a drug informant and new wjz learns that they found a

lot of evidence inside, including $46,000 in cash. >> we fled to always be aware of the risk, that people are going to be greedy and corrupt and take advantage of opportunities, particularly where they have discretion over money. >> reporter: lunsford is charged with threat of, stealing an aexpensive watch from an alleged drug-dealer and many other expensive watches turn up in the search of his home. also they confiscated a leafy substance from a bag, viols of liquids and needles. deputy lunsford said "there is a legitimate explanation that does not involve illegal activity and hopefully the truth will come out in court." the case against the drug detective comes about when an informant tells him that lunsford has given him money, but taken back half in cash. a wiretap captured "me and you

are the only one that know we split that 10 grand, right?" 99.9% of law enforcement officers are outraged about these allegation as we hurricane r. >> reporter: lunsford allegedly said "i ain't gooing into a [ bleep ] house in i ain't getting something out of [ bleep ] it." deputy mark lunsford is facing up to 30 years in prison if he is found the guilty. this car somehow crashed into one of the hospital's ent rantses and no word on the cause, but no serious injuries. here is a question, what does it mean to be free? sally joins us from the newsroom to explain. >> reporter: the american visionary art museum tries to answer the question in the new exhibit "life, liberty and

pursuit of happiness." andreww happiness. >> you will see pieces of my life going up and my grandmother was given this by king george v, my grandmother's first cousin. >> reporter: he is just one of 86-self-taught visionary artists contributing to the exhibit. words as well as works art expand on the declaration of independence phrase written back in 1786. civil rights is another recurring theme as racial struggles in the south are highlighted. adam morales comes from the swamps of louisiana. >> the statuteute of liberty

is where freedom and justice are for all and countless opportunities to come here and do your best, you can get somewhere, and well that is show the country was built. >> reporter: the museum's founder, life, liberty and the puresust happiness is more than just another exhibit. for the next year you can come here and contemplate what it means to be freedom. >> this is a show that transcends any label and it's all about what it is to be a free human being and how to safeguard that for ourselves and more importantly one another. >> it runs through september 5th, 2010. >> denise. >> i'mgoing. thankk you, sally. >> rebecca knows how to put on a great show. >> it's a fascinating place, it really is. let's look at the weekend right now with a lot of clouds and not much in the way of precip around here, but we'll see

rain. the bureau of land management holding steady, and we'll look at the weekend right after this.

. much milder today and also a lot more moisture in the air. the dewpoints are way up,

compared to where it's been. we have shower activity out to the west of us. not heavy at all through martinsberg and haggerstown. i mean very light. very, very light stuff. take a look at the satellite picture real quick and you can see what is going on. we have an area of low pressure that is across the great great lakes and you can see it there and it's moving primarily to the north and northeast right now thru see it, all to the west and showers and thundershower, believe it or not, over portions of the midwest. most of the active is going to pass through our north and northwest and looks like light showers overnight tonight and maybe a few showers on saturday morning as we take a look at the forecast map across the country we have got a weak frontal system passing across the midwest and eventually it will bring us showers late tonight and during the day

tomorrow. only in the morning, but by afternoon things clear out and looks like a much better day than we thought. so at least half the weekend looking pretty good right now. up in massachusetts, a little rain saturday and saturday night and by sunday, it should clear there as well. look at forecast for the bay tomorrow, a southeast wind at 10 to 15 knots and small-craft advisory and bay temps 6 degrees and partly cloudy skies. overnight tonight, looks like we're seeing clouds and maybe a bit the light rain overnight, but 59 degrees and look ahead to tomorrow. sunshine, but by afternoon, maybe a little bit of rain later on, but otherwise, turning out to be a nice day. maybe if we get a .10", maybe .25th in spots, that is going to do it. a nice start to the first weekend of october and the ravens in massachusetts.

the weather should be cooperating. 70 by game-time. >> good. system to come, life- altering surgeries and what it means. chilling details about what kidnapped victim elizabeth smart went through when she was abducted from her home seven years ago. this is mark viviano at the bakk and the orioles set a course for the future and it includes dave trembley and we'll hear from the manager about being back next year and the ravens getting said the for the trip to new england and we have the latest from

. >> from the city, to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. it is 6:30, 68 degrees and cloudy, good evening and thanks for staying with wtvh and here are some of the stories that people are talking about tonight. the 2016 summer olympics will not be in the windy city and, in fact, chicago was the first of the final cities eliminated today. as charlie dagg at reports, the people are stunned, while people in ride janiero rio de

janeiro is celebrate. >> reporter: they will host the 2016 summer olympics and in chicago, there is huge disappointment. judges knocked the city out on the very first vote. >> the city of chicago, have been obtained the least number of votes will not participate in the next round. >> reporter: the defeat comes after the president and first lady team up for what they thought would be a winning pitch for chicago. >> sports taught me self- confidence. >> reporter: michele obama told the olympic committee of her disabilitiesed father's love of sports and how she sat on her father's knee, watching the olympics. >> any - dadoed taut us the fundamental rules of the game. >> reporter: the president spoke after the first lady. >> we know how to put on big events, and scores of visitors and spectators will tell you we do it well. >> reporter: what is called "the obama effect," did not have the impact that chicago supporters were banking on and saw their city knocked out in the very first-round, but

americans in denmark say everyone gave it their best shot. >> i was extremely moved. i thought it was fantastic. i was really proud to call myself a chicagon and american. >> reporter: president obama is on his way home and the white house says there is no regret, just disappointment. charlie dag art, eyewitness news. police are searching for the suspect they say dragged a police officer for several blocks. sally is live in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: vic, the officer likely escaped serious injury because of his bulletproof vest. yesterday the officer tried to arrest hughes in west baltimore as hughes drove off, drag the officer for five blocks.

his bulletproof vest was shattered. >> the officer was treated for injuries. the largest ever cocaine seizure in baltimore city results in a 20-year sentence for the man trying to stel. police found 90 counts in the black of this man's truck. murphy who has four children asked the judge for mercy and apologized to the court for what he did. sentencing guidelines called for 24 to 30 years in prison. when then 14-year-old elizabeth smart was taken from her bedroom and helped captive for nine months it drew international attention and now she finally reveals the details of her horrible kidnapping. >> reporter: on thursday, she told her story in court for the first time. smart said that mitchell hiked

up three miles up a canyon, where he and his wife had set up camp. he came and performed a ceremony, which was to marry me to him, smart testified and after that, he proceeded to rape me. u.s. attorney, how often did you rape you? on a daily basis,um to three or four times. smart says mitchell forced her to take drug and alcohol and used religion as a rationale and turned to her and said "the lord has told me to do this." there were certainly a lot of things that i have never heard before, and i had no idea what she had gone through so much out there. >> reporter: smart's testimony comes as a judge tries to determine if mitchell is competent to stand trial on federal kidnapping charges. he has twice been ruled incompetent by a state court.

at the competency hearing the u.s. attorney asked him was he articulate? yes, could he adapt to his surroundings? yes. >> if this doesn't clinch the issue of competency, our nation is in really, really bad shape. >> reporter: that is now for the judge to decide, ben tracey, cbs news, los angeles. >> smart was, rescued in march 230 a motorist spotted her walking the streets of a salt lake city suburbs with mitchell and his wife. the workers union says that restructuring could affect nearly a third of the workforce. that translates to about 580 jobs. in tonight's health watch report doctors in new york perform life changing virg on two young girl. infants had tumors on their faces, a cause for concern both physically and emotional and

karen brown reports for wjz on the operation. >> reporter: for these children, life is about to change. >> you feel like your child is maybe the only chemical going through like this. >> reporter: the families came from over-for surgery to remorph the benign tumors. >> they are vascular tumors made up of blood vessels. >> reporter: in time they can shrink on their own, but it that can take more than a decade and that is why ana and skylarar parents wanted to act now. >> we're concerned before what other kids say. >> reporter: during a two-hour surgery the doctor removed the tumors and rearranges the tissue and restores the cheek. he has to be very careful not to cut any nerves. >> we have a way of mapping the nerves on the surface of the skin. >> reporter: a key advantage to doing surgery now when the

girls are so long, that there can be less scarring. >> children are lots of stem drills and they heal much, much quicker than we quick do. >> we're excited that she is going to be able to live a normal life. >> reporter: as will ana. sutures will be removed next week and then the healing begins, as does a new chapter for these guy girls. in new york, karen brown, wjz news. doctors say in about six weeks the wounds will look better and keep getting better for the next 18 months. the prostate challenge continues this weekend you can get a few screening at waylon baptive church. analyzing what it means that the congress of the sisters is moving it's world

headquarters from paris to maryland. is the oriole season really as bad as their record suggests? and a preview of tomorrow's maryland game against clemson. for these stories and tomorrow, read tomorrow's baltimore sun and look for the updates forecast from wjz morning weather team. still to come, running out of time and trying to find survivors of two deadly earthquakes in indonesia. . the weather center, a mild weekend and we have your five- day forecast. >> and wjz 13 is always on and are the storms at this hour: for update ozn all the day's news and updated

. sally is live in the newsroom on more on how the people of indonesia and samoa are recovering. >> reporter: vic heavy equipment is on the way to indonesia. government officials say nearly 3,000 people are still missing in the ruins. death toll stands at nearly a thousand. water and food are in short supply. a 16-mile stretch of the country was affected by the 7.6

earthquake. in samoa, at least 169 people from samoa and it's neighboring pacific islands are known dead. >> thank you, salary? a. many of the survivors who fled to higher ground had promised not to return to the coast. residents have tried toene force their homes, which are already badly damaged. tens of thousands are fleeing the country's low-lying areas as typhoon parma is expected to hit the main island same time tomorrow. stunning new developments? the case of casey anthony. she was charged last year with murdering her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. >> reporter: for casey anthony citing this fbi lab report that says "duct-tape found on a gas can inside the anthonyy's garage doesn't match the tape

found wrapped around caylee's skull." >> if there is an fish analyst's dna on a piece of tape, that is a critical piece of evidence, that is bad news for the prosecution. >> reporter: prompting anthony's attorneys to demand that first-degree murder charges be dropped, effectively taking the death penalty off the taking. forensic tests on casey's car revealed the presence of choreiform and efficient of decomposition, but the defense argues that much of the case is circumstantial and lack of evidence implicating casey in her daughter's murder. >> the trial trial has been pushed back to january, 2010. katie couric with a preview of what is going on on the cbs evening news. the inside story of chicago's stunning defeat as rio wins the to 16 olympic games in a landslide. did the unprecedented campaign by president obama hurt the

windy city and him? foyt on the cbs evening news. thank you,

. an overcast mild weekend and looks like we could be in store for rain. wjz is live with the coverage and bob will update the forecast, but tim with a more detailed look what we can expect tomorrow. >> the rain should be rushing across the state and we're look at temperatures tonight getting down to 55 degrees or, so and that is where we start tomorrow with that rain moving across the region. our daytime high goes through the 60s up to a daytime high of 70 degrees and then the latter portion of the weekend looks to be pretty nice. over the next five days, we send it over to bob. >> a little rain overnight until tomorrow morning and then clears out. 75 and sunday looks great, 75 with a lot of sunshine. nice on monday. tuesday and wednesday, maybe a shower. 72 and some mild temps here.

>> thanks, bob. reality tv star john gosselin is talking about his children. >> reporter: america's most controversial father is talking to mary about the divorce, the future of their show and their children. >> my kids need to come off that show. my kids are more important to me than the viewer dollars. >> so you are ready to dig in and to fight this? >> i'm going to court. >> reporter: john gosselin ready to challenge them to stop production on "jon and kate plus eight." >> i signed the contract without an attorney present at all and it was probably a dumb thing to do. >> reporter: there have been rumors about date and her bodyguard. >> do you think that steve and she had an affair? >> i don't know and at this point, i don't care. if she is happy, that is great. >> what would happen, john, if you guys finalized the divorce

and you lost custody? >> then i would get visitation and fight back for custody. that is what i would do. >> also tonight, what we have uncovered about david letterman's stunning sex confession and one assistant who allegedly slet with i late- night host. and chris rock talks about good hair. we'll have that and much more coming up on "entertainment tight." you can see that at 8:30 on wjz. still to come on wjz eyewitness news, mark viviano has big news about the oriole's

. well, mark is at the ballpark and you have heard, the orioles won a game? finally. >> they won a game and they are keeping their manager. we broke the news to you last hour and dave trembley's option will be picked up for 2010 and i talked to a number of players here and all say they are happy that dave trembley will get another chance to manage the team next year. the president made the announcement, making that despite all the lotions, trembley has earned and

deserved the rite with another shot no one more realized than trembley himself. >> i can't tell you how grateful a am and thankful i am. eye happy for a lot of people and happy for the philosophy that existed here since i came on board. is that do things right, be honest, be fair, understand that the big picture is not yourself and it's the baltimore orioles. and to me, that makes it all worthwhile to get the opportunity to go forward. >> reporter: just three games left in the season and it will begin tonight when the orioles take on the blue jay. moving over to the ravens with a huge game this weekend on the road at new england. last hour we heard raven's quarterback joe flacco deflect comparisons between himself and patriot's qb tom brady." our guy is truly joe cool. he doesn't get caught up in the hype and some might say joe is

boring, either way, there is a big build up to the sunday showdown. facing the patriots is no big deal to baltimore's regular joe. >> i don't know, it feels like another game to me and that is the way i want to keep and it that is the way we'll approach it. >> joe is not boring at all. he is mild-mannered and he talks very, very slow, [ laughter ] and that is his demeanor on the field and that is him and we love it. >> reporter: it will be flacco's first time to face the patriots, a team that the ravens have never beaten. coverage kicks off at 1:00 and our coverage continues when the game is down. join me for the post show with airtran football talk. we have the ravens covered for you here sunday on wjz. next stop, round two of the

senior players championship. cool and windy this morning. tougher conditions, but tom watson was bogey-free, 6 under for the tournament and tom watson with a two-shot lead. shot of the day about donny hammond, who shot 3 under for the day and tom watson your leader, halfway through the senior players championship. >> if you are heading out to watch high school football tonight, it comes from vermont, the team in white trails by one point and their only hope is to kick a dispersion field goal. it's caught by the team in blue, but the kid in excitement spikes it and the ball is live and it's scooped up into the end zone. the classic case of the thrill of victory and yes, the agony of defeat. oral players on the field and it's fan appreciation weekend. they are thanking the fans who came out during this tough. o's and blue jays and

highlights at 11:00, plus more on the ravens. we'll see you then. >> thank you, mark. we'll be right back.

. don't miss the cbs primetime lineup. that is it for us and we'll be back at 11:00. >> i'm vic carter and i'm denise coach and thank you for >> couric: tonight, chicago hope dashed. despite a high-powered star-studded u.s. afeel oprah to the obamas, the olympics are awarded to rio. i'm katie couric. also tonight, a nation in shock. earthquake victims fill indonesian hospitals as rescue teams search the rubble frantically for any sign of life david letterman says he was the target of an extortion plot and

a cbs news producer is arrested. and a teenager who has truly gone the distance. driven by the american spirit. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the city of chicago gave it everything and everyone it had. it sent in sports stars, a t.v. talk show queen and, yes, even the president of the united states. all to try to win the right to host the olympic summer games in 2016. but when the final vote was taken in copenhagen, the olympics went to... >> rio de janeiro. >> couric: it went to rio and it will be the first time a south american city will host the olympics. it wasn't even close. chicago was eliminated in the first round. president obama got the news on his flight home from denmark. >> you c