uncovered a secret lab at georgetown harbon hall. they found a suitcase with a strong odor, six mason jars and a turkey baster. 600 students had to be evacuated. >> they've been labeled the party dorm on our floor. all were here at court where they heard their charges against them at a courtroom this afternoon. the judge ordered john peron a visit at the school held without bond. student john romano was released. police said they were making dmt a powerful hallucinogen drug, it's used in clubs and costs about 30 bucks a hit. >> we had several people that were exposed to the chemical, three students. >> reporter: police originally believed it was a meth lab.

>> it's frustrating because it's georgetown. >> reporter: school officials declined to speak on camera about if charges. >> reporter: smith and paren have a detention hearing scheduled for wednesday. updating a story, an accident causing problems along the baltimore county line. sky chopper 13 following the news for us. captain mike perry above us for more, captain mike. >> we are in fork which is at hartford road. baltimore city police at the

hartford road. you want to use bellaire road as your alternate. >> we'll continue to follow the breaking news. smoking in bed may be to blame for a fire in dundock. investigators say 57-year-old joann julian was smoking in bed when the fire started. three other women were rescued from the home. two new polls giving a fresh new look at the governor's race. governor o' malley ahead of governor bob ehrlich. the poll has a margin of error or plus or minus 3%. a new poll finds that o' malley

has a rating of 52%. wjz is live in glen burney where voters are already weighing in. pat burrell has details on a new poll. >> reporter: that's right, early voting has one big advantage over telephone surveys, you can talk to voters who have actually voted as opposed to those who are most likely to. >> i made up my mind months ago. >> reporter: wjz picked five early voters at random and asked about question a. >> yes, yes, yes. >> i'm against voting against. >> i voted yes for it. >> i'm totally against it at the mall, totally. >> reporter: those polled by the baltimore sun say they favored question a. 8% are still not sure. the cordish company yes and no

slots at the mall no vote mel victory. >> we were here, each poll has us doing better and i think, momentum and the trend is very good. >> we've had excellent job with phone banking and e-mailing and talking to community groups and home, homeowners association. >> reporter: despite the inrows quoting favor, 38% still think racetracks have the same venues for the track. 10% don't care, 7% aren't sure and if 18% had their way there would have no slots at all. voters are evenly split on whether the law should allow table games like blackjack, even though given the plus over location this may be akin to putting the cards before the horse. >> reporter: the most immediate question however as you all know is question a and what anne arundel county decides to

do about it could influence how much money the state makes in the coming year. reporting live from glen burney, now back to you on television hill. >> all right pat, thank you and stay with wjz for race updates and the latest information log on to wjz.com. a baltimore city police officer killed hours before his birthday. today friends and family said farewell to a life cut too short. weijia jiang has more with a tribute to officer brian stevenson. >> nearly a thousand people gathered to remember detective bryan steven who was a father and a hero. >> it's a tough day, it affects a lot of people. his police family for sure. >> reporter: members of that family, the baltimore city police force came together to

honor one of their own. including pars to kevin brown, a retired city offer who worked with stevenson -- including pastor kevin brown. >> wonderful person to work with, always wanted to help over people so it's a tragedy. >> reporter: steveson leaves behind a wife and four children after he was killed over what police call a fight over a parking space. he was just hours away from turning 38 years old. >> this service is the first of two funerals set for this week to honor fallen baltimore city police officer. three officers have lost their life. the tragedy has shaken the department. fowler and ports were both killed in automobile accidents. police are carrying on as best as able. >> they're going to keep answering calls and keeping the city safe because that's what jimmy would have wanted, that's

what bryan would have wanted, that's what tommy would have done. >> this is not something we have gone through before so we will continue to support each other and hold each other's arms up as we come through this storm. >> reporter: together and with a pride that's unbreakable. >> reporter: and stevenson was laid to rest at the arbudis memorial park cemetery. as for the man charged with his murder, he awaits trial. weijia jiang, wjz news. the flag that flew over the trade center will arrive in baltimore to commemorate all three fallen officers. a a warm start to the workweek as some wet weather movers in on maryland. a live look outside right now, clouds spilling up the sky tonight. pretty picture though. bob is tracking the weather for us, bob. >> reporter: take a look around. most of the activity west of us

and south of us particularly covering southern portions of the city. the lower portion of the bay, you folks in cambridge, maybe southern portions of the area -- for the time being pretty quiet. later on tonight we might see a few more showers. looks like tomorrow another warm day. kind of a rare act thunderstorms by early wednesday. mary. >> bob, thank you. it was a true nail biter for ravens fans. the team survived a scare and now after that close call, concerns about what the close win says about the team as a whole. mark viviano has more on what the team and the fans are saying for you today. >> they made you nervous didn't they. there's still one team that hasn't won a game that's the

buffalo bills and they nearly broke their winless streak, but the ravens rallied to get an upset. there are what we feel are sunday certainties and sunday surprises. baltimore did some good things, ed reed returned with an outstanding game that included two interceptions. and the ravens did a good thing, gaining, forcing overtime. the defense was exposed. but ray lewis saved the day by taking the ball from the bills in overtime. that led to a game losing embarrassing field goal. 37-34. >> in the end of the day, the w is what counts. hats off to those guys they fought hard. probably should have won but we have a good team over here too.

>> last week we didn't make this play, we made a penalty. but this week we came back and we made the plays that we're supposed to make in the second half. they all come as a win. >> reporter: after a close call, we ask you with our wjz fan cam, do you still feel good about the ravens with their record of 5-2. >> at least now we get some rest. we can recooperate. >> i think it couldn't have come at a better time. coming off a win too, i think it'll give us the momentum that we need. >> we need to come to a meeting with jesus, because it's not looking very good. buffalo bills? >> reporter: yeah, bring on the preachers. john harbaugh meet with the media and gave his state of the team address the ravens will have next sunday off to rest off before they welcome the dolphins on

november 7th. world famous for her nonstop hick ups. tonight why this florida woman is now facing murder charges. guns on campus. i'm adam may, stunning allegations against a baltimore city school employees. the details are coming up. wow, a terrifying tornado, how one man ended up in the middle of a texas twister. preparing for rain, but will the warm temperatures remain? the upcoming weather forecast is coming up. ,,,,

[ electronic humming ] ,,,, [ announcer ] complete opposites... in complete harmony. introducing the sport hybrid. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ dance rock ] ♪ hey ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] the combination only honda could engineer. the all-new cr-z sport hybrid. ♪ [ woman vocalizing ] public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology

that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences. as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families. imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message

a disturbing address at a high school. police have charged a student with trying to sell a gun on campus.

adam may has details. >> reporter: this incident has not only surprised a lot of parents but it's also raising some interesting questions surrounding the schools background checks. tyree miles has been arrested for trying to sell a gun on school. busted during a sting operation arrested bid police. prosecutors say the alleged motive was simply cash. >> according to the charging documents, miles needed money to buy a birthday gift for his child. >> sounds like the key witness in this case is actually a school resource office who was there for the controlled buy. >> a school police officer was approached by miles and asked to consider buying the assault weapons on school ground in mid- october this year. >> reporter: also according to court documents this year, miles bought the assault weapon for $100, he was trying to sell

it for $500. no one answered the door, when we stopped by asking for comment. miles faced a drug charge in 2008. school officials claim they did a background check but parents say they want more information. >> i just think it's wrong that they didn't let anybody know. that's terrible. >> we need to find out what's going on? who's the judge up there. >> reporter: now even though the 2008 drug charges were not prosecuted, miles was also arrested on possession charges in 1998 that case ended with probation just moments ago i talked to a school official who told me that the background check revealed that there was nothing that would disqualify him from employment. however the latest allegations did result in his immediate termination. adam may, back to you kai. >> during the summer another man was arrested on sexual misconduct charges. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check in on the roads.

parker-- >> you can see some yellow on the west and red sides. but the delays are under 10 minutes. southbound jfk still trying to clean completely the accident at cold spring lane that had two left lanes blocked. watch for a brief delay southbound and a brief delay northbound, that's a rubber necking delay. broadway and norris and 38th and hall. and the accident that captain mike perry has been over for quite some time, harper road is shut down there. you might want to use route 40 or i95. let's go out to some live shots now. this is i70 westbound at 29th. that's not the heaviest traffic we have right now.

expected delay over to marysville. for those traveling on the northeast side beltway, things look really good at har tford road. watch the most exciting games of the year on the latest tv from hh greg. hh greg, price and advice. and investigators are assessing damage after two twisters. randall pinkston has the latest. a powerful tornado completely demolished this home in texas. it's one of the homes with damage after two tornadoes. >> reporter: a storm chaser captured the power and fury of the tornado, as he drove past a

local high school. winds of 110 miles per hour destroyed the roof of one building and destroyed the football towers. train carts were brown on to the field. so far only minor injuries have been reported. to the north another twister ripped apart homes at the town of oak road. it began as a hailstorm before a funnel cloud moved in. >> within less than a minute, i could hear it destroying something. >> reporter: officials are setting up temporary classrooms to get kids back in school as soon as possible. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. the severe weather moved through alabama overnight causing more damage. one person was killed by lightning. >> it's like the second most active time for these kinds of storms. spring and also this time of

year because we're getting through the transition between summer and winter. those storms have moved off well to the south, maybe a few showers tonight that's about it. take a look at temperature, 74 now, very, very warm. south southwest winds at ,,,,,,,

looks like a strain sky doesn't it. >> it does. >> we had a few showers that popped up, not yet but it's still possible later on this evening. you see a few showers to the west of us, a little heavier batch to the south of us moving through portions of the st. mar mary's county. around that area, heavier showers moving across the southern bay. so from salisbury to ocean city maybe as far west as cambridge, you will see some of these showers in the next hour or two. way out to the west, some light stuff. basically not even in the state but across west virginia.

over to about hancock might see some activity in your area. one little cell just popped up around nopa town. the bulk of it looks like to our south or our west. this stuff out to the west may just brush parts of hartford county. 74, 74, 74, 67 ocean city. 71 in hagerstown with some clouds out there. the coolest spot out in oakland. the dewpoints high, the winds continue to the out of the south and southwest. having shower activity in october is kind of rare but it does happen from time to time because we've got the ingredients. warm humid air in the west. drier air causing shower and thunderstorms activity to be crashed right here across the mid-south. that's where we have storms that move across the car lie

carolinas. down to our south, the bulk of activity continues offshore now as we move into the carolinas for our region. sun and clouds this afternoon to the north, a good batch of rain. just a few isolated shower, tomorrow we will see a misture of sun and clouds not a bad day at all. on wednesday, late tomorrow night and wednesday this front approach, shower and thundershowers will be approaching. in the tropics just a depression and it continues to weaken. it will completely die out in the next day or so. south winds gusting to 20 knots, a small shower advisory. back up again in the mid- 70less. any shower to burn off, give us partly to partly sunny afternoon. tomorrow for the most part will be dry and then showers late tomorrow night and on wednesday

as well. >> all right, bob, thank you. still ahead at five clock. the chaundra leavy case under way. the espn zone is long gone from baltimore's interharbor. but the protesters are still here and filing a class lawsuit against disney. i'll tell you why, when we come back. so who cleans up after ravens games. ravens games. these[ male announcer ],,,,,, want a better way to track what you spend?

pnc virtual wallet now comes with spending zone. it organizes all your spending, including your pnc debit card, credit card, and your bills. so you can view them by category... or by month. you can set a budget... and it'll even alert you when you're getting close to the amount you've set -- and when you've gone over. spending zone is built to help you keep better track of your spending. experience everything virtual wallet has to offer at pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc. for the achiever in us all.

it's 5:29, here are some of the story people are talking about. we have breaking news on i59. let's go to captain mike perry with more. >> reporter: hello kia, we are northbound of i95 in hartford county. where a multiple vehicle collision involving at least these two and several others in front of it. one of the operators of these

vehicles is trapped currently. a rescue assignment is under way. they've requested a medivac helicopters. so this is at least an extended operation. they have two lanes blocked. looks like police now are looking to possibly block a third lane northbound so expect major delays. you see them coming to the scene now and a helicopter will be here momentarily. we'll stay on scene and keep you updated. >> captain mike perry reporting live. it was a landmark in baltimore's inner harbor. but today workers at the espn zone protested the way the restaurant was shut down. why they say the restaurant's owner walt disney company violated their human rights. >> reporter: these workers are

slamming disney, saying the company violated human rights when they shut down. a tough blow for the interharbor and for 150 former employees. >> we were like a family here. i loved coming here every day to work, i loved it. >> reporter: but some of those workers say disney failed to tell them they were closing. >> i saw it on facebook. the way it came down we had no notice. by the time we actually started looking, the job market has sort of thundered. so yeah, we're still looking some of us. >> some of these workers ended up homeless. >> reporter: attorney freeman filed a lawsuit demanding disney pay them wages under an act that gives workers a 60 day notice. >> that's what these folks are entitled to. >> now it's time to say

goodbye. >> reporter: with the help from the united workers association some of those workers took their complaint to the interharbor then to the courthouse. some workers say one of their biggest challenge is finding a job. >> unlike the other workers i do have a degree behind me and i'm having problems. >> reporter: disney has 60 days to respond, it could take up to a year for the lawsuit to play out. derek valcourt. >> today a spokesperson says the espn zone has met legallology o bligation and the lawsuit is without merit. a woman is in the hospital after a person sat her on fire. howard county police say richard rodola suffered minor burns in the incident and is being guarded at john hopkins bay view medical center.

the victim remains in critical condition. the father of a missing north carolina girl has been arrested and charged with writing bad checks. denise is in the newsroom with the latest and twist in this bizarre case. >> reporter: police say the charges are not related to the disappearance of zhara baker. the girl's mother has been charged with obstruction of justice and is still in jail. she admitted writing a bogus ransom letter on the day of the girl's disappearance. a woman known for a bad case of hick ups is accused with murder. now the hick ups eventually

went away, now the 19-year-old and two other men are charged with murder. meek lured a man to a home in florida where he was robbed and shot. a health crisis in haiti continues to spread. today the total of cholera cases is increasing. cholera is an infection of the small intestine that can cause severe diarrhea. well the chandra levy murder trial is now on the way. the man on trial today is not the man who had all the attention. but the tie with a congressman is still having an impact. we have more from washington.

>> reporter: chandra levy's accused killer stays without link to the crime. >> there's no witness to the crime, what they do have is circumstantial. >> reporter: all attention was focused on then california congressman gary condit with who the chandra was involved. when juan dique was arrested he was already being charged with two murders in the same park. their accounts differ, and to this day chandra's exact cause of death is still unknown. >> that's beginning to make it very hard for prosecutors to bring chandra home. >> the biggest pressing feeling i had was anxiety.

>> reporter: nine years later, jones says closure is impossible no matter what happens in the trial. >> you're never going to get over it. you're going to learn to live with it to some extent. and the former congressman is expected to testify, a spokesperson also tells us, gary condit is planning to release a tell all book following the trial. privacy concerns over a popular google feature for the first time google has admitted it's street view project has collected more than scenes. it downloaded passports from homes. google says they collected the data by accident. a new poll shows independent voters are ready for more change in washington. joel brown reports for wjz in the latest for the fight of

control of congress. president obama is campaigning hard to keep control of congress. but he's even getting flak from his own party. >> he could take his endorsement and shove it as far as i'm concerned. >> reporter: chassey endorsed president obama in 2008. so the president is staying neutral in the race. polls show the democrats are likely to loose control of the house and the senate remains at risk. a new political poll shows independent voters are leaning republican this time. by a margin of 14%. even though many of them supported president obama two years ago. the gop is working hard to secure those voters, pouring millions of the dollars into tv ad campaigns and launching it's best weapon on the campaign trail. >> we have the greatest country in the world and you all

deserve much better than what you're getting out of washington, will you be there for america? >> reporter: facing the prospect of big gains in congress, the president already signals that he sees an opportunity to work with the gop after the election is over. in washington, joel brown. midterm elections will take place one week from tomorrow. coming up, some revealing polls about the maryland's governor's race and live reaction to the tight race about slots at arundel mills. time to look at what you will see in tomorrow's edition of the baltimore sun. a poll has the district candidates running head to head. and meet the class of 2010. be sure to look for the report

from the morning weather team. more than 1 million pounds of trash left behind after each ravens game. andrea fujihi tells you about the group that does the dirty work while helps themselves. >> reporter: after the excitement of ravens game day, this is what's left behind. for the past three years, the nonprofit group chimes has cleaned it all up. >> i love my job, i love what i do. >> reporter: the organization provides paid custodial jobs for people who have no work, or a criminal record or just the bad economy. >> i currently lost my job at another place. >> reporter: whether it's cleaning this stadium or another location, it provides employees with steady work on a resume. >> we will give them a

reference, and we can demonstrate they do a quality job. >> reporter: the goal of the program is to have every one of these guys find full time work. every year about 30% of them do. it took a while for chimes to become established. >> nobody was trying to take this work as a not for profit. >> reporter: the organization is able to provide employees with a living wage and possibly a spring board to something else. >> one more season, and then after that i should be on my feet 100%. >> reporter: andrea fujihi, wjz eyewitness news. chimes will be holding it's annual fundraiser on november 13th which helps them fund some of their operating costs for the year. for more information log on to wjz.com and then click on local news. still ahead on eyewitness

news tonight, commuter headache. an accident creates a bottleneck. and i'm bob turk, some spring like showers this week, spring like showers this week, i'll ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

women are charged 40% more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message so you'll know that being a woman is no longer a

pre-existing condition. we continue to follow the breaking news out where a major pile up is creating delays on i95. captain mike perry above it with more for us. captain perry -- >> reporter: at least two of those vehicles severelydemolished. one operator was trapped for some time. now a police helicopter is going to be landing at the scene. that person is going to be flown to shock trauma. right now northbound i95 is closed in its entirety. we're prepping for the police helicopter to land at the

scene. it's going to be quite some time before the traffic recovers. warm temperatures tomorrow, looks showers tonight few and far between. tomorrow after a little bit of fog in the morning looks like sunshine and clouds. once again back up in the mid- 70s. maybe a few showers, on wednesday the best chance of showers maybe even a spring like thunderstorms. 76 on wednesday, a little cooler with a lot of sunshine. 71 thursday. 60 on friday and 58, lots of sunshine for the weekend. here's a way to save energy when you make dinner tonight. if you use a gas stove make sure it's burning blue. a yellow flame means it's

burning inefficiently. if you need to buy a new stove, make sure you find one with an automatic system. click on our special section of the home page. police find human remains 10 days in a park. dekalb county police have not yet identified the remains but say items consistent with those belonging to missing niu freshman antonnett keller were found near the remainless. police are now calling it a death, not a missing person's investigation. mystery death, the body of an american swimmer who died in a weekend race near dubai is being transferred to u.s. authorities today. as charlie daggeder reports, sean crippen went under in the final stretch of an open water

competition. >> reporter: it's what friends quickly worked his whole life for. being in the american extreme team. >> i had this great opportunity ahead of me, i'm looking to seize the moment. >> reporter: but it was crippen's last. the 26-year-old died during a 6- mile race. >> it was his whole life and he was dedicated to his dream. his dream was making the olympic team. >> reporter: crippen's death is being said it was because of over exertion. they discovered his body two hours later, just 200 feet from the finish line. crippen had told his sister he was worried about inadequate

safety measures at some open water races. an investigation is under way but knowing how crippen died won't take away the pain of those he left behind, like his coach. >> i love him. we had a cup of coffee after every morning practice. >> reporter: fellow swimmers met at the spot where crippen's body was found to remember the athlete. crippen's family plans to honor his legacy by pushing for higher safety measures in open water races. >> reporter: he's a four time national champion, long distance swimmer, riding on his facebook page, michael phelps of course from right here in baltimore says quote we lost a great person and swimmer, it is a tragic loss. check in with wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. denise is standing by with the

preview. >> reporter: hi, kai. invisible killer, carbon monoxide gas floods this house. why prices are going up at mcdonalds and some items may no longer be on the dollar menu. check in with these stories and all the breaking news. still to come tonight on still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness ,,,,,,,,

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.

some news for parents, a candy recall just before halloween. nestle is recalling raisinets.

in health watch tonight, postpartum depression can be bad for new moms but it can also affect their babies. sandra hughes reports for wjz and has more on the story and why pediatricians can do to help fight the condition. >> reporter: when molly perrier gave birth to her son, it was not the moment that she thought it would be. she had regret. and the condition is not only damaging for the mother, research shows it can also harm an infant's development. >> if there's severe depression in mothers, the babies are not as interactive and verbal.

they can grow up being depressed. >> reporter: detecting postpartum depression has been left in the hands of the mother's doctor. but now it's being recommended that the child's doctor takes part of it. >> watch out for the ones that are not happy about a new baby, watch out for the ones that are not eating or sleeping. and not be afraid to ask how they are doing. >> reporter: and they are asking that doctors recommend counseling. >> pediatricians are the best ones to detect postpartum depression because they see the mothers so frequently. more than 400,000 babies are born to women who suffer

from depression each year. experts say up to 1/4 of these women will develop postpartum depression. the cassette tape sony walkman was credited for putting sony on the map. the brand will mover on as a digital music player but sony says it's time to retire the tapes. before that came out, the radio walkman came out. it had stereo sound and it was phenomenal. >> you know what pathetic. >> when people have the ipods and i keep saying, take your walkmans off. and they look at me like what is that. now they're going out of business. or at least out of style here. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. he was a husband, he was a

father of four, he was an 18 year veteran of the baltimore city police department. i'm weijia jiang in randallstown ,,,, ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a bath becomes even more pleasurable when you know that your water is being heated in an environmentally- conscious way while saving you hundreds of dollars on your water-heating energy bill. the geospring water heater from ge with advanced hybrid technology. heating the water in your home any other way

is just going to seem primitive. [ monkey cheeps ] ♪ maryland residents can save up to $780 while funds last. today, it's nearly double. and nearly a quarter of a million marylanders are looking for work. in addition, we face a national health care plan that will hurt small business and cost us jobs. so we have to ask, are you better off today than you were four years ago? we're heading in the wrong direction. we need strong leadership.

say no to things we can't afford. fix our health care plan. and refuse to raise taxes. martin o'malley can't do it. i will. coming up on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00, a major accident tops traffic on i95. toss up, no clear winner on

the poll on putting slots in the mall. guns on campus. i'm adam may, stunning allegations against a baltimore city school employee, the details are coming up. rain moving this way, in see what the weather team is tracking. wjz starts now. hello everybody i'm denise koch. >> and i'm mary bubala. a nine car accident snarl