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lz lz hundreds of homes have been in the line of a tornado and many are looking for a place for thanksgiving. and mike schuh has the cleanup effort. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, don. what the people know is it's a mess and a heart ache. and everyone is trying to pick up parts of their lives. at 1:30, no one was up and outside in the dark during the storm to see a tornado.

what was left behind looked like tornado damage. isolated along a narrow and short path, hitting dutch village. >> i was hit in the face with some sort of debris. >> reporter: the wind skipped neighborhoods and touched down in the county. >> it was crazy. >> reporter: the results are in and it was a tornado. it's hard to believe it's the weakest category of those they measure. >> i've never seen anything like that. >> reporter: weak tornado and strong disruption. >> let me get my place and clipers, and i'll walk away. >> reporter: many of heart aches. >> i'm still here. that's all that matters to me. i'm safe. >> reporter: and here are the numbers, 450 homes between the county and the city were effected, most of them minor and 54 were condemned here in the city. in the county, they won't say

condemned, but it's unsafe. three people or three homes in the county were affected city's found places for everyone who's affected here. nontheless, as the holidays are here, there's a lot of heart ache for the people who woke up in the middle of the night and found that the life they knew changed. reporting live, mike schuh, wjz- 13 eyewitness news. thank you, mike and we'll continue to follow the changed lives tonight. months after shooting a family pet in a dog park, a federal police officer is having his day in court. ron matz is live with the latest. good afternoon, ron. well, hi, don. the federal police officer who shot the dog last year will appear in court later on today. the 32-year-old says he shot

the dog known as bear bear after he attacked his dog, bear bear was off of his leash, but the owners say he was friendly and the officer overreacted and the shooting sparked out rage among laters. they gathered to hold a vigil for the dog. >> he's charged with animal cruelty and firing his gun too near homes. he faces fines. and now, the story of dogs abused. the police are trying to find out who's behind a dog fighting ring. they found six abused pit bulls in a home and another dog was found dead and some have bite marks on their faces and broken and filed down teeth. the police are persons of interest and no arrests have been made. the court officials have

postponed hearings for an officer caught in the same probe that lead into the indictment of jack johnson and his wife. the agents accused them in taking part of a scam involving local liquor stores. if you're planning to hit the road this thanksgiving, be prepared to hit traffic. more than 2 1/2 million motors are going to pass through toll booths. that's a 2% increase and most of the traffic will start wednesday. drivers are told to drive at off peak hours. if you're heading outlier for the holiday or the weekend, it's a sunny and schooler start this morning. and take a live -- and taking a live look at tinner harbor, it looks perfect. will it last throughout the weekend? marty is in the out back. it's very nice out here. >> it looks nice. >> and tim williams is in the

weather center. well, good afternoon, don. we have a day around 55 degrees and right now, we're at 51. we'll look at the temperatures around central maryland. 50 on the shore and 36 in oakland. cooler spots on the map and we have 50s and 40s around the state and 47 in hagerstown and the winds are coming from the west at 7 mire and -- miles per hour and it's bringing in chillier wind and that couldn't mean cold. there are other things we're focused on and for more, we'll head out to marty. good afternoon, it's a purple friday in baltimore and it's going to be a great day in north carolina on sunday. that's at the big bank of america stadium. and the ravens are taking on the carolina panthers! look at how gorgeous it will be. sunny and warm and a high of 70 degrees.

you can see the game at 1:00 on wjz-13. and thousands of fans are going down to the queen city. and hard night -- saturday night, there's a party for 1500 people in baltimore. a lot of locals heading down to the queen city and the weather will be perfect. tell you what, we have good weather coming our way next week and tim williams has the details coming up shortly. back inside now. the president is on the road again, well, in the air less than a week from asia, he's in portugal today. here's joel brown with the latest for wjz. >> reporter: president obama arrived in lisbon with a full agenda for his summit. priority number one, afghanistan and a way to stop reducing the nato troops. >> it's a way to align the approach to the transition in afghanistan.

the secretary of state has no doubt that the nato partners will sign off on the president's plan. >> we'll agree on the beginning of a transition to afghanistan security with the intention and goal of turning over afghan security to the government and people of the afghanistan in 2014. >> the president actually attending two separate meetings during his stay. in europe and the focus is on security. tomorrow, he'll sit down with european leaders. >> the discussions began this morning with portugal's prime minister. >> the focus was the highest priority for both of the countries and that's creating jobs and prosperity for the country. >> reporter: many aren't happy with the federal reserve's plan to get the economy moving.

they say that gives the u.s. an unfair trade advantage. >> and the leaders are expected to taper over the differences in the public statements and the bigger question is whether or not they'll be able to find a way to fix the economy. >> joel brown, wjz-13 eyewitness news. >> and also object -- on the president's to do list, meeting with the president of russia. they'll talk about a missile treaty. and the ravens are on the road this weekend as marty said, they're the heavy favorites and you can see all of the action from your living room sunday afternoon at 1:00 on wjz-13. still to come on wjz-13 eyewitness news at noon. another terror alert and the latest on the scare overseas and why the public had nothing to fear. from science fiction to reality. see the latest hi-tech prosthetic and take another

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plane bound for germany. the package that set off the fears of another terrorist attack was a security test. it's still unclear which agency is behind the test, but it didn't contain explosives. germany raised the terror attack threat. >> back here, the police are looking for a ban of thieves behind a jewel heist. take a look at this video. the police say they smashed display cases and they were back out the door in a matter of seconds and three suspects are currently in custody. >> and amputees are giving this design a test run. it's called a hi-tech lower life system that uses sensors and moe -- motors and it simulates walking. they say it feels like and

looks like and walks like the real thing. similar story to a robotic hand from last night. still ahead this noon. be sure to stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast is 2 1/2 minutes a waif -- away and here are last night's stocks. ,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. and there's no term contract required. if you don't love fios, you can cancel with no early termination fee.

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a huge round of applause, jessica kartalija delivered a baby boy this morning. michael andrew! 7-pound baby boy. that's correct. jessica, we love you, god bless you and brian and michael andrew. [baby crying] >> she'll hear a lot of that. >> and who won the poll, by the way? >> well, lori -- one of the writers. >> we thought it would be next friday. that was my day. >> you were deceived. >> and jessica, we can't wait to see pictures and that's fabulous. >> all right. and the joy is abounding. and we'll see when you get the first tuition bill.

>> that baby can get a pretty yellow scarf. >> we'll talk to mr. basement about that. this is glenn. there are four other litter mates at the baltimore spca for him. they need good homes an there's the website and our yellow scarf comments for friday's noon puppy sponsor believes that together, we'll make a difference for pets that need a home. >> hey, jessica, when i was at the tattoo convention, i found the cutest oncey, i've been holding it and i didn't want to jinx anything. you're going to hate it, but it's really cute. >> all right! >> it's nice to bring a baby home. and it's been nice and sunshine and cooler, and she'll bundle him up. temperatures mild for this time of the year.

we have 39% humidity and a west, northwest wind and bring anything chilly air, it's still comfortable. we have 46 in elkton and up across the state, we have temperatures in the mid-to upper 40s and hagerstown and cumberland and 52 towards d.c. and the winds are coming in at 52 miles per hour. and the northwest flow, that's keeping the temperatures down today and we'll save a little at or above the norm. and we have some formation in the middle of the country, it will get here by the middle of the week. it's going to bring rain hour way just before thanksgiving. then, we'll start to see the temperatures dropping after thanksgiving. that's heading into the weekend and black friday. you'll want to dress for the cooler air if you're heading out to the stores that morning cooler air is staying with us and we'll warm up nicely in between times and for the weekend, the temperatures going to be about 60 degrees.

marty will have the five day in a moment and high tide at 5:11 and north wind shifting to the northwest and on the bay at 5 to 10 knots and the forecast looks like this. today, going around 54 degrees and sunny and overnight lows in the 30s and probably about 33 and clear and a moonlit sky and saturday, back up to 58 degrees and almost 60 and mostly sunny and a little bit of wind. looking forward to it. thank you. stay with us, wjz-13 eyewitness news -- many patients are going without treatment for mental illnesses. remember, wjz-13 is always on for you, for updates of all of the day's news and the forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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weekend. >> there we go. there we go. >> 58 tomorrow and 53 degrees sunday and into the low to mid- 60ed and warm -- 60ed and warmer tuesday and sunshine now through tuesday and wednesday, here's the cold front and showers and 62. that will cool us off and warmer for thanksgiving day. and 44 overnight and wednesday. i don't know if you can keep this yellow mold -- the jell-o mold outside if the fridge is packed. >> if you get it out early enough. at 10:00, tonight, it's blue bloods and followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. >> boll -- politics get many riled up in argentina. this woman lets her hands do the talking. oh, she is upset with the crowd after they criticized her husband who's a union leader.

that's slapping, if you call that slapping. she's being asked to step down from her post. >> he just wanted to talk about a bout in vegas. all right. that was quite the slap. >> yeah, thank you for watching eyewitness news. maryland's news station. ,, for many people on medicare, it's that time of year again. when you can evaluate your current healthcare coverage and maybe consider other choices. well, now is a good time to take a look at an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. get started by calling for your free information kit and guide to medicare. as you probably know, medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. a medicare supplement

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