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hospitalized, brooks robinson undergoes surgery. >> tonight what the former giant is saying and what he wants his fans to know. good evening i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch, here is what people are talking about. >> brooks robinson was admitted to the hospital tonight.

>> reporter: brooks robinson was expected to undergo a treatment, but yesterday he started feeling sick. today released his statement. thank you for your concern. i was originally scheduled for a routine outpatient procedure. my doctor chose admit my to aggressively treat the infection and i'm reacting well to the antibiotics. denise koch talked to robinson shortly after learning he had cancer. he's a legend and an icon. not only in baltimore but in the world of baseball. holding nearly a dozen records. he spent his entire career with the orioles and is considered one of the best to play the

game. >> is there anything you learned in those years help you with this? >> just trying to keep a positive attitude. in baseball, you play 162 games in some games you're going to do well and others you're not. you just have to keep going. >> reporter: robinson asks for privacy. he says he looks forward to a full recovery and thanks everyone for their prayers. >> we will continue to monitor robinson's condition. a crash snarls traffic. you see the significant damage to the two vehicles involved. there's no word on any injuries or if this was weather related. tonight, a teenager pleads guilty to beating his grandmother. police say the boy called them and told them he got angry at

his grandmother while getting ready for school. the grandmother is in critical condition. the teen is not yet charged. a stolen handgun and a high ranking member of the police force. tonight mike hellgren explains how they are all linked in a crime. >> reporter: major anthony brown has had his police powers taken away while the department investigating how his personal weapon ended up in the office of ramos. ramos reported a .38 caliber revolver stolen. he gave police the serial number and they traced it back to major brown. >> what police are trying to say right now, is how did the gun end up in the possession of a busy owner. we need to find out if

everything was done -- >> reporter: if a gun is sold there are strict guidelines and violations could carry big fines and jail time. but ramos wife told wjz his gun did not belong to her husband. he says that he and the major were long friends. she told me its unfortunate and we didn't want the gun to end up in the wrong hands. mayor brown is under what is called an administrative suspension. >> what that means is he is under investigation but he is

very much involved. >> reporter: mr. ramos lawyer says that nothing illegal is going on and he doesn't want this to tarnish his client's sterling reputation. police arrest two young men in the murder of a virginia university student. deandre williams is in jail for the death of joshua cash. police believe the motive was robbery and that drugs were involved. tonight the white house says gadhafi's intercircle is crumbing as he races against the leaders that have dismated with air strikes. government forces gained momentum over the rebels today. this as the cia is sending small teams of operatives into

rebel held eastern libya. japan is appealing for international help to try to stabilize a plant that is leaking radiation after it was damaged after a tsunami. some radiation has been detected in beef and other foods in japan. here in the u.s., very low levels turned up in milk but the fda says it's still safe to drink. stopping protests at funerals. the supreme court says they are constitutional. now maryland lawmakers are stepping in. kelly mcpherson explains, this all centers in the protest of a many maryland marine funeral. >> reporter: the father of that marine took this issue all the way to the supreme court and lost. and now maryland leaders are trying to change the law here to restrict those protesters here in maryland. a supreme court decision allowing the westboro church to protest at funerals in the name of free speech is not the end

of the debate. >> we have not slowed to so far and we will not. >> let them have their free speech but keep them away from the people who are grieving. and just the signs they put up it's inhuman. >> reporter: matthew schneider died in afghanistan. his father supporting these new bills. >> my sons and hundreds of thousands other men and women have died to protect freedom of speech. and to have a group of 80 people degrade it and mock it is disgusting. >> i have not found anybody that's in opposition of this other than aclu. >> reporter: the aclu says other laws have been ruled inconstitutional. including one that intended to keep pro-life activists 15 feet away from abortion clinics.

but those pushing for the bigger buffer zones say the current law of 100 feet is not good enough. >> it's very close. it is very close. i kept thinking, if i were mourning a family member, and someone had a sign that said you know god bless dead soldiers or something like that, i would be offended. >> reporter: earlier this month, u.s. representative ruthe sburger introduced a bill that would increase the buffer zone to 150 feet and adds a time limit when they wouldn't be able to protest a certain amount of time before or after. that bill is also being considered right now. kelly mcpherson. there are two versions of this bill that will have to be consolidated. a dangerous bank robbery and an innocent woman been taking hostage. we are hearing from the police

officers that saved her life. carlos utia tried to rob a bank. he came out with a gun aimed at a woman he had taken hostage. officers describe that scary moment. >> our adrenaline was pumping. especially when we saw her come out of the bank with him. the look on her face was fear, the worse type of fear i had ever seen in my life. >> a routine investigation cleared all three officers and are all back on the job right now. prosecutors say thomas used title one funding to buy more than 200 items. including nintendo wii games, tvs and i pads. the charles county school system discovered the theft during an audit. thomas is on administrative leave tonight. hundreds of thousands of

dollars in jewelry stolen from the columbia mall. tonight police say they need your help in catching those thieves. tonight take a look at these three suspects caught on surveillance camera. the men were armed when they struck edward jewelers at the mall. $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. it is the end of an era for little italy's restaurant. cesar's den will be closing its doors after 40 years of business. guido and tina say they still love the neighborhood. they still plan on living in little italy, but without their restaurant. he's known for those racy super bowl ads. but now the founder of go daddy is under fire. cashing in on mega millions. who won the big prize and why

some people got left out. >> fill her up. wait that doesn't look like a gas pump. i'm susan collins, i'll have that coming up next. will april bring us sunshine? i'm bob turk. i'll have the complete weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,

40 degrees and cloudy in central maryland right now.

the complete forewarning weather is coming up. thousands of small and vintage planes were damaged when a violent storm ran through central florida. the suspected tornado had winds up to 90 miles per hour. baltimore native and go daddy ceo bob parsons is in the middle of controversy with animal activists. parson says the elements of restoring crops which could help feed starving populations in zimbabwe. the now famous bronx zoo king cobra is no longer missing and is still hissing, that is

the word from zoo keepers. they say the pencil long snake was found in the snake house. >> we kept the lights dim and we tried to keep as much noise and comotion down so she could keep comfortable coming out. >> reporter: the zoo is conducting an investigation as to how the cobra escaped from its cage. they hope to open the reptile house next week. it looks like it'll cost more than to get around in the city. the mta is facing to prospect of a fair increase. the legislature is looking to a 40-cent increase in one way fares on buses, metro and light rail. the last fare increase was eight years ago.

if you're considering buying an electric car, you maybe worried about where to plug it in. a new the green building has the answer. >> this is a connector that is going to be used in every one of these cars. >> reporter: at the fitzgerald apartment building, two charging stations for electric cars are unveiled. >> we're seeing for 100 years cars have being fueled with fossil fuel. we're now moving to using electricity. i think this is something really big. >> reporter: the electric charging stationings are developed and manufactured by sema connect. an anne arundel county start up. they plan to install this technology in half a dozen complex. >> we wanted to be on the leading edge of this and the first to do it. >> reporter: the new electric volt car is already in

showrooms. now the car may have a wider appeal. apartment dwellers haven't really had a place to plug in their electric car. so by installing them in this building, that opens up the car to a different demographic. >> we're going to install these in apartment buildings parking lots, shopping center parking lots. >> reporter: and if e electric car owners can get a charge any where in town, they are more likely to buy them. there were multi million dollars smiles in albany. seven coworkers will split the $319 million prize. the person who was in charge of securing the winning ticket

said he hid it in a bucket of bird feed in his garage. >> if you ever tune to eyewitness news and we're giddy and having an interesting newscast you know we've won. >> if you tune in, you will just see toner bars. >> or spinning chairs. >> right. >> we should be putting some of that back into the economy there very shortly. let's take a look at radar. they've had snow up in the mountain and rain to the east. in the next few hours we'll see some of this down by washington heading into the central maryland areas. out to the west. where it is a little colder. maybe some wet snow flakes late tonight. we're still at 40, haven't dropped that much. and the dewpoints are a little higher than they were. 96%, northeast winds.

the barometer holding steady. we saw snow last night. northern cal, northern fredrick, northern baltimore and northern harper. and lancaster may see a little bit of a lightning snow. 32 some freezing fog in oakland right now. freezing out there. they'll see a little bit more snow. down to the south and east with temperatures in the low 40s, they'll just stay light rain. right now upper 30s and 40s around the region. winds will continue to bring in this cool damp air. and it will shift to the north. eventually they will shift to the northwest. hopefully with the winds coming down, may give us a little bit of clearing and maybe a little sunshine in the afternoon. that big storm that you saw in florida, still a good way across the state but it's developing into a high pressure. that's going to move into the east coast eventually becoming a big storm.

it will bring rain to some areas. from poconos to vermont, new hampshire, maine some where tomorrow they will be seeing rain and snow. do expect to see rain overnight, maybe a little bit of wet snow. other wise hopefully we'll see a little clearing. now on saturday we'll see a weak front going through the area. maybe a light shower. then it'll turn milder on saturday with a great deal of sunshine. another front coming in from the west and lingering through saturday which is opening day by the way. so tonight look for some rain and northwest of the city maybe a little wet snow before it ends. perhaps a little bit of sunshine after everything moves out of here finally. just a slight chance of a shower. much nicer on sunday, upper 50s. 54 as that warm air starts to

move in. maybe a thunderstorms could be gusting on tuesday with a high up to 68 degrees finally. >> few, bob. the orioles open tomorrow and some other teams get a jump start on the season today. >> mark has baseball highlights coming up next in sports. ,,,,

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♪ opening season jitters would be in order for the orioles here on wjz13 the fan sports report. >> they did so well in florida and had so fun they decided to stay there. but they will be coming back soon they will the orioles. tomorrow they rest, it is a new season for the o's in the same division. it is the american league east considered the most difficult in baseball. the o's will play their first home game coming up sunday. before they do they have a series in new york against

derek jeter and the yankees. and mark texeria launching a touring launch off verlander. the yankees they play to their strengths. they have big bats and they have a shut down closer out of the bullpen. he's mariano rivera, best ever. again the tigers to camden yards on sunday. you can see the o's home opener right here. our coverage will come your way at 2:00 right here on wjz. 1st inning, chipper jones brings it in. turns out that's all they needed. hayward just like he did a year ago, he homered. to cincinnati, pete rose hit

king not a fashion king. former oriole ramon hernandez brings sentimol home happy. reds rally with four. the washington capitals at home against columbus. brooks with the shot, saved rebound there to jason sham era. washington within one point of first place. there's four games to go in the season. >> then we have more basketball. >> much more. is it possible that a cup cake could help him to his labor. labor. >> coming up, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ horns honking ]

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