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controversy. beloved father dies as flames engulf a road house. tonight why loved ones blame his death on the city budget cuts. good evening. i'm gigi barnett . today's deadly fire fueled a heated debate. firefighters union says it could not quickly respond to the fire because a nearby fire company was closed to save money. but the fire department said its response time was well within guidelines. wjz is live at the scene at the fire in southwest baltimore. mike has new information on the investigation tonight. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, gigi. first the firefighters injuries were minor. just some burns to his ears. four people escaped this home. but james wise did not. wjz has learned tonight that the fire company close to him, number 47 was opened but the one that was second closest

number 23 was closed. that is generating outrage. family friends surround the shell of james wises home angry that the fire company a mile away was unstaffed as his house went up in flames. >> this is unacceptable. this is unacceptable when they are two minutes away. >> i don't think there should have been a time it should have been closed or not. we have lives they need to protect. >> reporter: department says firefighters responded in 3 minutes 54 seconds. within the national fire protection association eight-minute standard. engine 47, closest to the home a third of a mile was opened refuting union's claims. >> response was exceptional in this case. don't particularly relate that or contribute it to there gentlemen demise. >> reporter: rotating closures have been a source of tensions between unions and management as budgets have gotten tighter. >> it is sad city services are

being cut. >> reporter: mr. wise in his 50s was on the second floor. two teenagers rushed to get him out. >> we got him up on the steps. we heard him yelling get me out. once we got on the steps it was a big flame and smoke smacked the wall and started coming down fast. >> i regret running up there. but i tried. >> reporter: a makeshift memorial sits outside where they watched as flames engulfed this house. it is the 11th fire-related death this year. baltimore city councilman who represents this area issued an e-mail saying the mayor and current put a price on a citizen's life. he called for rotating closures to stop. reporting live in southwest baltimore wjz eyewitness ne . >> thank you. the fire department says the home did not have working smoke detectors. they'll go door-to-door to

provide them for neighbors. tonight ann arundel police are continue ducting an internal review and police officers mistakenly pronounced a woman dead when she was alive. she was found motionless inside her severna park home. officers told her family she was dead. the problem? they never checked her pulses. three hours later the woman took a deep breathe and moved her arm. a maryland man is beat into death inside a washington, d.c. night club. tonight the men accused of killing him are getting a break. police reduced charges against the night club owner and four employees from murder to aggravated assault. detectives say the man assaulted the man after he threw a brick through the window of the d.c. 9 nightclub on the east street corridor. charges could be raised again if his death is ruled a homicide. new concerns tonight at the university of maryland over a popular beverage that continues and the heavy dose of alcohol and caffeine. it is so powerful the energy

drink is now under investigation by dozens of attorney's general across the country. many students say they don't remember anything after drinking its. >> reporter: it is called loco it has 12% alcohol and a high dose of caffeine and sugar in a 24-ounce can. the folks who drink it say it is strong. >> it is like you are awake and drunk at the same time. >> reporter: last month in st. petersburg, florida this wreck killed a man and his three sons. dui drove told police he was drinking it that night. because of that several attorney's general nationwide want to pull it from shelves. the drink is popular among college students because it is cheap. about $2.50 a pop. university of maryland college park students are drinking it up without realizing what's inside. >> i only drink a little bit. >> i blacked out. i don't remember much of the

night. >> reporter: some companies have pulled their beverages out of stores. fusion projects which owns the energy drink says it is safe because it has less caffeine than a common 12-ounce cup of coffee. some students say otherwise. >> if you drink more than one it is very dangerous. >> the amount of alcohol in one can is the same as drinking nearly five 12-ounce beers. another high profile departure from the white house tonight. one of president obama's top academic advisors is parting ways with the administration. allen krueger will leave his post at the department of treasury to return to princeton university as a professor. this comes after several high-profile economic advisors sluggish recovery. democrats are bracing for heavy losses in the upcoming

congressional elections. both parties hold last-minute campaigning for swaying voters. catherine brown is reporting for wjz from new york. >> reporter: both parties pulling out big guns. president obama went to boston as part of a nation-wide blitz to raise money for democrats and energize an apathetic voting base. >> we'll win in november. all of us together will rebuilds the midsle class. >> reporter: the president's wife is starting to hit the campaign trail for the first time in two years. trying to raise her strong approval ratings to a number of candidates. on monday she'll campaign in connecticut and head to this theater with sarah jessica parker. former president bill clinton and vice president joe biden are make rounds in an effort to gain ground. one-time running mates john mccain and sarah palin are separately in california where republicans are hoping to hang on to the governor's seat. >> you can vote for a real

change, positive change for we the people. it can start here in california with the november decision. >> reporter: the tea party movement lead by palin sparked excitement among conservative voters. if it is successful be prepared for a different kind of fighting in the nation's capital. >> it is clear tea party backed candidates are coming to washington not to play along. we should see early indications between conflicted. >> reporter: democrats are hoping the conflict will split the republican party rather than strengthen it. early voting began today in nevada are a senate race is gaining national attention. its tea party candidate unseated senator harry reed. it will be the first time the a senate majority leader has been knocked out in 50 years. clear skies as we look outside. will the temperatures warm up for the second half of the

weekend? meteorologist tim williams is live with an updated look at the forecast. >> good evening. we are looking at breezy conditions around. the culprit is the nor'easter that rolled through here. it is in new england and spinning off the coast of new england bringing us breezy conditions. air wrapped around the system is bringing cooler air into our area. 40 degrees. temperature 74% relative humidity. we have breezy conditions over the mid atlantic. brisk winds are yanking down the colder air. temperatures rise one day. then we'll level below the norm. we'll have the complete forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you. it was a beautiful day for a run outside. more than 20,000 people tied up their shoe laces and participated in a baltimore marathon today downtown. mike shoe has more on what motivated them to hit the

pavement. >> reporter: before dawn it is the start of something big. behind every runner a reason to run. for some it is personal. tim bush's motivation is the memory of a soldier killed in iraq. >> i think i would rather run with them than for them. >> reporter: she only lived three days. since then her parents and team sadie raised $300,000. >> it is part of the motivation. hard runs and hot days. >> reporter: why do thousands keep coming back to our city? obviously it is the people of our city. they seek as many runners as they can. having run 15 races, stewart spends $1,000 on gummy bears.

>> it is my way of giving back. >> reporter: this group speaks for itself. then there is nate sweeney. >> we need a little boost? we give it to them. they keep running. >> why? >> he makes it exciting and make use want to get there. >> reporter: katey king gives them a dance. >> it pumps everyone up. >> people all over the world are coming to baltimore. you have to give them a good memory. >> reporter: not everyone earns the finisher's medal. then the journey is the real destination. >> mark will have more on the winner of today's marathon coming up in sport use coming up on eyewitness news, accident in the air what caused the collision? hollywood mourns another loss. leave it to beaver star passes

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actress best known as june cleaver in the hit tv series leave it to beaver has died. she started as perfect 1950's stay-at-home mom on the show. she suffered from a rheumatoid disease. she was 94 years old. in arizona a paraglider crashes and a local man catches the fall on tape. he ran into the support ropes of the balloon. sending them both to the ground. they crash landed in a parking lot 100-miles north of phoenix. medics rushed the pilot and passengers to a nearby

hospital. police arrested a los angeles mayor after he snatches a woman's purse and tries to make a bizarre get away. he is facing several charges. he was allegedly arguing with the woman over money when he took her purse and hopped in his suv yesterday. it dangled out of the window for a quarter mile before police stopped the vehicle and charged him. 12 tons of trash is how much waste volunteers fished out of the back river today. the consequences of dumping track there goes far beyond baltimore county. >> reporter: it seemed like never ending battle. >> we are here to clean up. it keeps on coming. it is like people don't care. >> reporter: back river restoration committee has been cleaning four years. >> what you see are the bottles and tires. how about the antifreeze? >> reporter: 200 volunteers are

helping out including eastern technical high school football team. >> i'm surprised. >> this is eye-opening. there is footballs, basketballs and bottles and everything. >> reporter: much of the debris is trash. some is natural. a thursday of -- third of what they collect are trees and tree limbs. they collect the trash and keep it in one place. restoration is hoping for state for federal funding. they put in volunteer manpower that cleans the river which flows in the chesapeake bay. >> rock fish are here now. there are crabs in the river. >> reporter: they say the problem is an easy fix. stop polluting. >> why would you live in an dirty environment?

>> reporter: wjz eyewitness news. >> the river cleanups go all year round. learn how to help. log on to wjz.com. it was a very big day for one church in baltimore city. the new baptist church opened the doors of the new sanctuary today called holy city. it will seat up to 4,000 members members. >> it is unbelievable. we are opening up today. we have 4,000 feet,000 seats in the sanctuary. people come from all over the country to be a part of this. we are excited. >> it took more than five years to finish construction on the new church. it is located off of marion drive off of northern parkway in the business park. congratulations to them. five years, wow! >> that is a great congregation. we know the pastor.

you can see the sanctuary from the space station. it is phenomenal. good day if you want to go outside and do anything for your church services or outdoor activities. it is a nice day. we are on target with the average temperature. 66 was our high today. average 67. 46 overnight low going into this overnight. on target for the average of 43. nowhere near records. currently bwi marshall we are 48 degrees. 73% humidity. winds calmed down. barometer is rising. 46 oakland. 50 on the shore. 53 washington, d.c. winds have calmed down across central maryland. highiest gusts reported today is 33 miles per hour at bwi marshall. that was around 3:00 this afternoon. since then things have calmed down. wind gusts have not been a factor. we are dealing with a pesky nor'easter that moved up the coastline. it is the rotation around that that's pulling in cold air and

bringing us streams of cooler air moving across the great lakes. it is the high pressure building in pressing against the low that's creating pressure and winds. that's going to be with us. high pressure is dominating our forecast. we have pleasant conditions in place. we have a weak cold front moving in the region on tuesday. cooler air behind it. we'll drop down in the 60s and upper 50s one day. that is on tuesday. tuesday into wednesday we'll see a chance of showers. chance of showers moves out of here. again we'll start to see clear conditions heading into next weekend. sunrise tomorrow 7:18. high tide 3:16. west wind on the bay 5 to 10 knots. 41 degrees tonight. 70 degrees tomorrow. ravens will be playing under breezy conditions. kickoff 11:00.

you can see it here on wjz. cool conditions up there. 65 monday. chance of showers late tuesday. warmup thursday with overnight lows in the 40s. >> thank you. coming up next in sports, maryland looks to avoid the orange crush at clemson. we'll have college football highlights and more next in sports. ,,,,

for is second straight saturday number one team gets knocked off. ohio state loses big. maryland tarapins not top in the nation. scott took handoff. threw it back to the

quarterback. danny o'brien maryland touchdown. 7-3 lead. it didn't last long. clemson turned the tide to the tiger's way with the return of 87-yards. puts clemson on top. they never look back. 31-7. next stop naval academy up for a home game against southern methodist. some so excited they forgot to look where they were going. it came down to a key defensive play. smu driving with a score tied. team-winning score in the final two minutes. 28-21. 4-2 on the season. reminder ravens on the road to play new england patriots. you can see the game here on wjz. kickoff tomorrow at 11:00. coverage continues after the game. we'll have a special post game show with reaction all here

tomorrow. in the baseball playoffs little bald guy for the san francisco giants cody ross pulls off upset of his own. facing roy halladay game one national league championship series. this is the seconds of ross' two home runs off of the best pitcher in baseball who hit a no-hitter in the last game. they beat philly. 4-3 final. game two american league championship series in texas. rangers rebound against the yankees after a disappointing loss in the opener. dave murphy connects. solo shot. powers texas to a 7-2 victory after a bull pen collapsed last night. rangers relievers make up today. series is even one game each. congrats to all who participated in the festival

today. especially marathon top finisher of kenya. he ran second best time in history. top female from ukraine. 23,000 took part in the tenth annual event. my eyes were blood shot from the wind. it was windy. that probably slowed some of the runners down. still to come on eyewitness news, incredible discovery. what scientist found inside ancient temples dating back 1300 years. details straight ahead.

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bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes.

that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. scientist in india uncovered the remains of 21 symbols that date back 1300

years. they found the remnants of 400 hindu gods and goddesses. they hope this discovery will shed light on the temple beginnings. if you can make it on broadway you can make it anywhere. best bull riders in the world took their act to new york this weekend. ten top riders hit times square. it is a show they won't soon forget. crowds watch as riders struggle to stay on top of the bulls for 8 seconds. next stop las vegas. where they'll compete in the world finals for a grand prize world finals for a grand prize of $1 mimi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i like a party as much as the next gal but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice. $66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big government shouldn't be funding big banquets with your money. some people say i'm a bit of a tightwad. i say, i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you.