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the incredible conclusion to the rescue that kept the world watching and waiting. hello, everybody. here's what people are talking about tonight. victory at camp hope t. last chilean miner is rescued. you are looking at the san jose mine. >> reporter: the last of the 33 miners is finally free. 54-year-old luis was the shift leader who held his men together throughout the ordeal. one by one the miners made the journey emerging into the spotlight after 69 days underground, greeting their loved ones with hugs, tears and prayers. in one case a cheer. >> he has been waiting to meet his baby daughter born while he

was underground. >> today i think that all the chileans have learned a less on, a less on of unity, of courage, a less on of hope. >> reporter: the only mechanical glitch all day came when workers had to fix a broken door latch. one has pneumonia and severally need dental surgery. one of the miners was nicknamed the doctor for taking care of his colleagues underground. the rescue happened live. around the clock the tv audiences around the world. even president obama was watching. >> let me commend so many people of goodwill, not only in chile but from the united states and around the world who are lending a hand. >> pope benedict offered a blessing in spanish. many emerged wearing t-shirts that summed up their feelings, thank you lord. now, no one was prouder of

the successful rescue than a tech company right here in maryland t. trapped miners worry a harness that monitored their blood pressure and their violateses. police are searching for a robber who has struck 5 times in the mount vernon neighborhood. he robbed businesses and people. he had a knife and in one case a gun. police say when he didn't get his way the man stabbed his target. if you recognize him please call police. another unsolved robbery targets a man. police say that the suspect walked right into the building and went into the man's apartment. kelly mcpherson explains how it happened. >> reporter: the man say the man knocking on his door was

working for the building. but instead the man was there to rob the elderly man. on the 12th floor of this apartment building a 73-year- old man was bound by duct tape and thrown to his bathroom floor. he thought he had let in the exterminate or. as you can imagine the victim was shocked. he's given us what he can but at this point we don't have much to go on. >> reporter: police say the suspect knocked on the door saying he was there to exterminate the apartment. the building had just posted this sign saying exterminate ors would be coming around but they would announce the specific time. >> i thought it was extremely safe and i do still feel pretty safe but i'm starting to question. >> every day we hear about questions all getting mugged or robbed. >> reporter: neighbors tell me the man had just returned from his monthly trip to the bank. so they believe the robbers had

to be familiar with this man's routine and had time to plan the attack. >> he then told the victim not to scream or yell for help or he threatened to break his arm. >> you have to be smart but i feel safe in the neighborhood, yes. >> reporter: the apartment building has surveillance cameras but it's unclear if the suspect was caught on video. people who live in the building tell me it's possible he avoided the cameras by taking the stairwell. police say the suspect got away with cash and some valuable family heirlooms. all clear, engineers give the go ahead for -- to go through a tunnel. caught fire in the tunnel last night shutting down northbound through midnight. tonight the tunnel is inspected and while the electrical system

sneads some re-- needs some repairs, it is safe. back up caused by an accident in two way traffic as a major magazine ranks that bridge one of the scariest in the world. more on the fears, kei. >> reporter: that's right, travel magazine painting a nail biting picture for those that drive across the bay bridge and some marylanders don't take too kindly to that. concrete and steel straddle the bay. connects the eastern and western shore. >> i have driven over it plenty of times and it just seems like another stretch of highway to me. >> reporter: travel and leisure magazine paints a very different structure. the magazine labeled the bridge the 9th scariest in the world. fighting storms and limit adviceability and it ranged second only.

>> i don't think it's the most scariest, it's a tall bridge, but very stable, i travel it quite a bit. >> reporter: in 2008 a tractor trail erica reigned off the bridge killing the driver who was trying to avoid a collision with a car. the story in travel and leisure magazine is a survey. it draws no conclusions about the structural soundness of the chesapeake bay bridge. in fact marylanders are pretty protective. >> i don't understand why people would be scared to drive across the bay bridge. i feel it's safer than driving around on the normal highway. >> reporter: one of the scariest bridges in the world apparently a foot bridge made out of bamboo in vietnam. if you have a fear of bridges it's known as -- thank you, kei. the maryland traffic authority

was not available for comment. a baltimore woman steps into the road and is hit and killed by a passing car. it happened this morning in pasadena. 41-year-old was following a group of people, they made it across, she did not. police say there was no marked crosswalk, no indication of speed or drugs to blame. terrifying testimony today from the victims of fort hood. # witnesses told a military court that he prayed out loud in air air a pick and then fired. will determine if there's enough evidence. baltimore police got a lot of money today. reports on a federal grant to help police catch repeat offenders. >> it's not known who pulled the trigger that ended

darrell's life. >> they got on the television and state the crime rate is going down, i don't see how it's going down. >> reporter: but the city's leaders were back before the cameras today. >> overall gun crime is down 15%. but this is not a cause for celebration. it is a call for further action. >> by stepping up a strategy to keep guns and criminals apart. a 300,000-dollar federal grant. >> 50% of all the people we charge with homicide each year in baltimore and nearly 50% we charge with nonfatal shootings have one thing in common. prior gun arrests in their background. we want to keep these guys from refounding again. >> reporter: so far this year, 70 people have been arrested with illegal gun charges.

the department's gun registry unit also keeps tabs on 463 offenders, 75% of whom have not been rearrested on any charge. >> we have increased the monitoring of bad guys in the city. >> reporter: the goal is to stop murders before they happen by keeping as many guns as possible out of the hands of many criminals. >> i have confidence that they are going to do the best they can to try to find out who killed my son. >> reporter: eyewitness news. the 300,000-dollar grant will go toward a study to see how effective the gun registry program is. dozens of boats will set sail. as the sconers paraded down. the race raises money to teach people about protecting the bay. for the first time you can track the boats online by logging on to wjz.com or the

link. wow, we live there? that's beautiful. i would rather be on the boat. onewhat if the bone drugs are actually breaking your bones. the man that fired inside the library at university of texas. beyond the grave, the heated conversations between the wife and husband on trial for killing her. i'm mike hellgren, do they reveal a motive for murder. a wet and blustery thursday headed our way. the complete forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again

if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust. it is 48 degrees and clear. the complete forecast is coming up. a freak helicopter accident in texas severely injures one man. the pilot was refilling to spray herbicide. the helicopter was pulled back and the blade struck a man. he suffered injuries but not life threatening. a video of last month's university of texas has just been released. you see a student dressed in dark clothing run into the library. the video shows the chaos as he fired several round but did not hit anyone.

he later turned the gun on himself. while the search continues for a missing 10-year-old girl, lisa baker is accused of obstructing justice with a fake ransom note. no one outside of her household has seen the girl in a month. the girl's father hasn't been ruled out as a suspect. police are now focusing on. she disappeared on her way to meet her lover at a concert. the heated phone calls between her and her husband who now stands accused. >> turmoil over the affair was on display in court as played phone calls. >> you know what, you need a make a decision.

>> about what? >> about us, that's what you need to do. >> oh, i think i have. >> have you? >> you just don't want to listen to it. >> denis is accused of murdering tracy when she was on her way to meet her lover at a concert. her body was never found but police did see her car on surveillance video at a molts. tracy was angry her husband tried to get a restraining order against her lover. >> i hate your guts for that. this is why i don't feel a need to try to mend this because i don't think there is any mending of it. >> tracy accused dennis of being too controlling and bugging her phone. >> you ain't my keeper. you ain't the person that runs my life. you're not god. >> but dennis never threatened his wife in the recording. >> if i hated your guts that

much i wouldn't even sleep in the bed with you. i wouldn't want to carry on a conversation with you. i don't hate your guts. one day you will figure that out. >> they are saying it's circumstantial case. >> you made your bed, lie in it. >> good, then get out of my house. >> the cell phone expert testified that dennis' phone was tracked to where tracy was believed to be when she disappeared. made bail shortly after his arrest last year. in tonight's health watch report a warning for users of bone strengthening drugs. people using stow pour owes is drugs are more likely to suffer a certain type of femur fracture. they will update the labels to list the potential risk.

the drugs do prevent more common fractures. has landed in more hot water. the guard was fined after he admitted to the ruse. he said he wanted to give a teammate a chance to start. he pleaded guilty to bringing guns into the locker room. a sports video blogger is shaken up when the taping of his show coincides with an earthquake. >> i can't explain -- >> reporter: well, danry. >> we just had an earthquake. >> reporter: most definitely danry was right. he experienced a 4.3 earthquake. authorities reported only 2 injuries. he hasn't blogged since then. >> it was actually upgraded to

a 5.1. the strongest earthquake ever in oklahoma. just east of oklahoma city. right there in the plains. around here we have some clouds moving in overnight and looks like a pretty wet day. 48 now with clear skies. the dewpoint is down to 44 and it's a pretty good indication of how chilly it can get tonight. a 48 in oakland and 60 in ocean city. so quite a range of 40s and 60 and the clouds are just beginning to move into southwest virginia. tomorrow they will come back out of the east again and bring up moisture from the atlantic ocean and pick up during the day and tomorrow night. by friday they will be quite strong but shifting to the northwest as the moisture will be leaving us. first we have to deal with a lot of rain. michigan, indiana, now into

ohio. southwest virginia, some showers there. this is all moving to our region. once this energy gets to the atlantic coast it's going to develop a low pressure, probably around jersey and then head up toward new england. we're going to start seeing northeasterly winds coming in off the land bringing a lot of moisture. looking for about an inch to about an inch and a half of rain with the system. most of the heaviest rain would be up toward new york area. 1 to 3 inches up toward new england. the adirondacks and portions of vermont and new hampshire would definitely see some wet snow. for us a wet rainy cool day. by friday it's pretty much gone. it will get breezy and chilly, but we will see some sunshine on friday. it's going to be moving across.

actually right now the chances of any influence on florida is very weak. cuba is getting rains and wind there. the hurricane winds only extend 10 miles. this is a tiny little system. winds gusting to 25 knots. the bay temp in the mid-60s. tonight 45, tomorrow cloudy with rain and the times could be heavy and the winds picking up. the high near 60 and the next few days, 59, 67, a lot of sunshine, looks like another beautiful weekend. that's good. starting at 4:55 a.m. >> and coming up the patriots remember the ravens and it's a lingering pain in new england, lingering pain in new england, coming up nene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

headed to new england, they better be ready. >> reporter: that's right, when the ravens go to new england sunday they do revisit the site of one of the blow outs of the patriots. today they down played that triumph but the -- still weighs on bell i check. >> laverne a park beat us in high school. i remember those games. i don't think you forget those. they were important to you, maybe if the game is not important to you you forgot it. >> reporter: he's a ball of life, isn't he. ravens coach paid up on a lost bet, dining a shirt praising

the duck. they had some fun there. oregon defeated stanford this year. put on your purple sunday, we're bringing the ravens game to your living room, coverage kicks off at 1:00. and then join us for the post game show here on wjztv. transition time for former terrapin shaun -- the san diego chargers put him on reserve. his season is over and his time in san diego is done. the team says mare man will be released. he's being replaced by former raven antwan barnes. he was a first round draft pick four years ago. speaking of the terps you can see them play saturday. big road game for maryland. kicks off at noon. caps game, all tied final

minute of regulation on the power play. alex ovechkin, game winner. washington beats new york 2-1. back to football for our final notice, been a rough season for brett favre today. today gets caught off guard when a football is thrown his way. favre was not completely out. he got back up to finish practice. the vikings will play the cowboys on sunday. we like that. thank you, mark. more trick than treat? >> what's ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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