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i ran a report on the foster mother with a bullet hole in her leg. turns out she had a nine-year-old under her care two years ago, and he was hospitalized.

delko: look at that. you know what i'd like to know? i'd like to know how this foster mom even qualified to take care of elsa. duquesne: i don't know. the whole find us families operation is hinky. will you look through the employee roster? there's got to be at least one person who has an idea of where the girl is. yeah. (sirens wailing) (phone rings) receptionist: find us families. how may i help you? okay, great. thanks. (phone rings) receptionist 2: find us families. how may i help you? anything? no. no, patrol's still just going door to door talking to all of her school friends. did you find anything, any prior placement location in her file? nothing that we didn't know already. well, kenneth mcguire is the agency rep here. walter and i spoke to him earlier. he was supposed to give us his employee roster. secretary says he'll be back in a minute. boa vista: aaron taber made regular visits to the house. he did more than that; look at this. says here he was trying to do the right thing; he recommended that elsa be removed from her foster home.

he recommends that joanne connors be terminated as a foster mother. but the whole thing is denied. boa vista: by who? kenneth mcguire. kenneth mcguire said he didn't know anything about elsa hernandez's case. yeah, he was lying to you. he knew it inside and out. ♪ (dialing) (recording): you have reached the voicemail of joanne connors.

please leave a message, and i'll get back... it just connected me to joanne connors. so, mcguire has a direct line to elsa's foster mom. where the hell is this guy? hey, excuse me? you do know that this agency is under police investigation, right? i need to speak to mcguire right now! not five minutes from now. now! he was supposed to be back ten minutes ago. i don't know where he is. you call him. you need to make that phone call right now. right now. i tried. he's not answering. let's call him again. (cell phone rings) i'm happy for you, elsa. good things happen to good kids. a family like this, you'll never have to look back. (ringing continues) i don't know his license plate. do you know what kind of car he drives? some kind of lexus. a color? a model? i'm getting that information. does the car have a gps unit? does it have navigation?

yeah, yes. okay. wolfe: the car has navigation. (over radio): this is lieutenant caine. we are tracking a possible kidnapping suspect. dispatcher: copy that, lieutenant. assistance requested for all units in the vicinity of reservation parkway. repeat, reservation parkway. (siren wails) (siren wails) caine: kill the engine! let's go! kill the engine and toss those keys, right now! do it! hands up high! let me see those hands. okay, slowly... get out of the vehicle. hands where i can see them. very good, kenneth. caine: so... what are you doing out here? (delko murmurs) mcguire: i'm giving her the life she deserves, after everything she's been through. look, beyond those gates is a wealthy family

that will love her and take care of her. and what is your cut of that love, kenneth? that's what i thought. what about the biological mom? (chuckles) a death row inmate's girlfriend? yeah... even you don't believe that. believe me. no one was going looking for this girl. caine: you're wrong, kenneth. delko: h. (gunshots) (tires squealing) keep your hands on the steering wheel and stay in the car! (grunting) you're good, horatio. i knew you wouldn't let me down. let him go, memmo. i got a clean shot, h. easy, eric. you're too good a man to kill me in front of my own daughter. you know how important family is, don't you?! you shut your mouth. you don't talk to me about family. bring her out. i want to see her now. not a chance. bring her out! or i put one in this gavacho's head, man. elsa, listen to me, go back to the car right now. right now! hi, sweetie. do you remember me?

you're getting so big. you're all grown up. caine: memmo... let him go. elsa, listen to me. this is probably the last time you're going to see me, 'cause i have to leave. everything's going to be okay now, though. just be good for me. caine: elsa? go back to the car right now. can you do that? (mouthing) i've got somewhere to be. if i even smell a cop tailing me... (hammer cocks) he's done. memmo? i'm gonna take him! easy, eric. memmo! h, i'm gonna take him! elsa: please don't shoot him. please. elsa, baby... i love you. i'm sorry. caine: memmo, today is about her. tomorrow will be about you. (tires squealing) you okay? this is csi delko. please be advised... all right.

...we have a stolen yellow cab heading east on oak hill. okay. passenger is memmo fierro. delko: he is armed with a hostage. i repeat-- he has a hostage. (whispers): go ahead. oh, my god. everything's gonna be okay, baby, okay? i thought you didn't love me anymore. no. don't you ever think that. i will always love you. ladies... good luck.

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tragedy. she was hit and killed in a tragic accident. >> reporter: the concern central around this industrial road where there's little protection for pedestrians. >> i never cross the road. >> reporter: why not? >> i don't want to get hit. i'm fast but i'm not that fast. >> reporter: a 41-year-old woman struck by a car and killed october 18 as she was trying to cross the road to start her shift at under armour. she was one of the many to cross the road and be hit. >> it's a dangerous way to get to work. >> reporter: delegate nick kitkey is familiar with the

problem. the bus drops off passengers leaving passengers to cross on their own. >> we we will have a review of the road and see if there's anything that can be done that can improve safety. >> reporter: for now the nta has relocated the bus stop to near by pitman road where there is a traffic signal but still no crosswalk. >> it's better than nothing. but it would be better if people would go the speed limit. >> reporter: the review could take up to a month or longer. kerek valcourt. the posted speed limit is 50 miles per hour. though residents say it's very common to see cars traveling at 65 miles per hour even more.

a woman dies in a house fire and tonight investigators say it could have been prevented. paramedics rushed her to john hopkins in critical condition and she later died. the victim never had any warning. >> we did find two smoke detectors in the home, both were inoperable. one was in the basement, did not have a battery. just a reminder to everybody out there to check your smoke detector. >> crews rescued a teenager and who other women that were asleep in the home. the cause of that fire remains under investigation. all the victims suffered carbon monoxide poisoning on main street on elkridge. the home did have a working carbon monoxide detector and it could have been the difference

between life and death for those people. a new poll shows that anne arundel voters are split right down the middle on question a. 45% say they are opposed while 47% say they are in support. the midterm elections now just nine days away. both parties are making bold predicks on the outcomes. >> reporter: president obama returned to the white house for a day of rest on sunday. he spent four days stomping out west, rallying to keep democrats in their congressional seats somewhere thanks seats -- >> thanks for all your help. >> what i've seen is a consistent ground swell of

excitement and energy toward this election. the voters are tired of the fact that the federal government has not listened to them in the past two years. >> reporter: democrats are in fear that they are in danger of losing the hold of the house. >> if this wave continues the way it's going, it has been over the last few weeks especially i think you can see the senate as well. >> reporter: republicans need 10 seats to gain control of the senate. president obama is focusing much of his campaigning on states where senate races are especially close. washington, california and nevada. >> we're not taking a single race for granted so let me start there. but i think four or five months ago the republicans thought they had a great chance at taking both houses for a variety of reasons, the senate has gotten a lot harder for them. >> reporter: now that midterm elections are entering their final week, democrats are

entering 80% support. >> we're seeing strong trends at the presidential rallies. >> reporter: the president is starting at the east coast, he'll head to rhode island for more campaigning. election day will also be pivotal for nations governors. there are races in 37 states including maryland. polls show that democrats could lose at least a dozen states. stay with wjz for the latest poll information and updates on all the candidates. police say the planes landing gear malfunctioned right before it went down at fredrick regional airport. that plane did suffer minor damage but the pilot was not injured. the ntsb is looking into the

incident. what would happen if a -- would open fire? today gigi barnett tells us what it would take to practice for the real thing. >> reporter: it happened in september at the university of texas, a shooter on campus. >> a shooting in progress. >> reporter: but if it happens in montgomery county, police there want to be ready. >> in 1988 columbine occurred and officials saw a need for the simulations. >> reporter: the montgomery county police teamed up with several other emergency agencies to at test their skills and protect students. >> today's exercises they are looking in three different buildings, they're looking for

three different shooters and they are being told that there are individuals who are injured and others who are fatality injured. >> reporter: the bullets are designed to protect. it's all make believe, even though the simulation calls for some real life scenes. >> the design to test the skills and training but also not be impossible. trying to keep it realistic. >> reporter: in montgomery county, i'm gigi barnett. >> reporter: the sheriff's office also participated in today's simulation. some good news here, your wallet could finally get a break from those soaring gas prices. they finally leveled off this weekend. aaa says we will not see a jump for the remainder of the year. that would be nice. it was a perfect day to leave that car in the garage and take a walk or a bike ride. it was a clear mild evening

after a nice warm summer afternoon, but unfortunately we did have some potential rain chances. >> reporter: what a beautiful shot it was right there. i want to show you first doppler area that it is still clear in our area. you will see not that far away, here's our next jet moving our direction. here's the cold front part of it. it will weaken as it comes our way. so we're not going to see all the severe weather that is coming down to the south. maybe a thunderstorms as we head through the day tomorrow. it is going to remain warm, we'll have that forecast coming up, adam. >> reporter: the largest breast cancer walk in baltimore city was a huge success today. it raised almost a half a million dollars, also raising awareness and hope for a cure. >> a sea of 7,000 people, 1,000 more than expected took part in the american cancer societies, strides against breast cancer walk leaving stadium place in washington. >> my mother is a two time

survivor of breast cancer and i'm here to celebrate her surviving. >> reporter: the walk which is part of wjz's continuing community commitment helps fund breast cancer research and patient services. >> we have our look good program which is a cosmetology program that helps people go through their skin changes and things of that nature. a reach to recovery program where we have breast cancer survivors immediate with newly diagnosed cancer patients, all the support that is needed is funded by the funds raised today. >> reporter: you can add to today's $430,000 total for more information on this story, just click on wjz.com and look for health watch. well baltimore won't soon forget it's super bowl champions and the raiders celebrated the tenth anniversary of that title today. there are also introduced by

one by one during a special halftime ceremony. stan will have new reaction of today's win, it was a nail biter. just minutes away tonight on wjz news, voltage and vandalism, an unusual crime that ended up with a father electrocuted just feet away from his father. and be brains, some stunning new details reveal those insects may actually be math geniuses. free food vaccines, nearly 2,000 people take advantage. more from baltimore county. i'm meteorologist bernadette woods, the cool air is going to stay around, but the chances for rain showers is coming back into the area. we'll have your complete forecast when we return. ,,,,,, gecko: are you ready for your talk, sir?

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custody. 26-year-old fran crippen died while competing in an open water race. today the swimmers say the water was too warm for a competition. crippen's mother-in-law and sister are reacting to the loss. >> we had a cup of coffee after every morning practice. >> he was a passionate person and he held everyone to a very high standard, including himself. he wanted people, he saw the good in people and he wanted to give back to everyone. >> reporter: crippen is from a family of prominent swimmers in suburban philadelphia. three other swimmers were treated for heat exhaustion on that day. some amazing new research on bees, all kinds of bees, honey bees and bumblebees. english scientists say they are actually math whizzes better

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