. a tearful plea, amanda knox cries for her life. the trial that could have the college student walking free. i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. here is what people are talking about today. a italian jury and judges deliberating the future of amanda knox, convicted of murderer her roommate, she could be set free in hours. >> reporter: amanda knox made a tearful plea begging jurors to set her free. she spoke fluent italian. i am not what they say i am, i did not kill or rape or steal.

her and her ex-boyfriend are fighting a 2009 conviction for killing maredith kircher. lawyers and experts say dna from the first trial should be thrown out. hoping the flawed evidence will persuade jurors. the jury has several options as they deliberate. they could keep knox in prison and reduce her sentence or lengthen it or decide to acquit her and set her free. knox's family says if she walks free they will take her back to seattle as quickly as they can. the guilty verdict should stand says others. after knox made her ten minute emotional plea, vans hauled her back to prison for ex-criewsh

excruciating wait. to a shooting investigation. police fired on a armed man that pointed her weapon at an officer. wjz is live. mike has the latest on the developing story. >> good afternoon, everybody. this happened around 9:00 last night. that man was taken to johns hopkins bay view and shot in the upper body and he died this morning. police tell wjz 13 someone inside this home on st. victor street in south baltimore called them saying he believed his life was in dang i, he was being threatened by a armed man. the man confronted them with his gun. >> officers entered the house, asking the individual to drop the weapon numerous times. he turned towards the officers with the weapon and one officer fired a defensive shot. >> reporter: one bullet hit

the man which is a 52 years old. >> the individual shot has no major contacts with police. >> reporter: the homicide unit is investigating. that's customary. more police at sh point have not identified the man who died or the officer involved. mike hellgren, wjz 13, eye witness news. it's unclear how many officers responded to the scene last night. one week after a tire business goes up in flames, police make an arrest. 35 year old jason hicks an employee is facing arson charges in the 3 alarm fire. the owner of an auto repair shop says hicks arrests doesn't surprise him. >> he is a troublemaker. i keep telling mr. washington the guy is a troublemaker. get rid of him. mr. washington won't listen. >> he faces additional charges.

police have yet to reveal a motive. a woman is missing after a plane crash. the aircraft lost power near the island yesterday afternoon. the pilot, lancen ross was able to swim to shore, telling police his mother died while they in the water together. crews are looking for her body. controversy brewing in perryville, the casino wants to put up a 170-foot neon sign visible from i-95. residents are not happy. town officials are expected to vote on a proposal tomorrow. the hollywood casino generated $100 million in revenue. a chilly start to our workweek. looking outside as we look forward to some warmer temperatures. marty bass joins news the weather center with the forecast. good afternoon. >> welcome back.

hi, everybody. let's go to first doppler radar. we now have that area of low pressure. the main driver in the forecast over the past 8 days. directly south of us. you can see the clockwise rotation around the low itself. meaning the rain that's moving knot, east and swinging up -- north and east and swinging towards the port deposit and newark area and towards carol and frederick counties. i want to show you -- you said when is it going to get warmer? it's doing to get warmer now than yesterday. can't you feel it? it's going to take this low a while to get offshore. look at that, one word, now over the great lakes where the low was, nice. there is an area of high pressure, putting the boot to the weather system. wait until you see how nice our weather is going to be.

first warning details coming up shortly. ravens fans should be tired but happy. after 8 fumbles and two interceptions, they beat the new york jets. first sports director mark viviano has more on another win. >> reporter: the jets were a wreck and on new york's first offensive play, this sets the tone. ed reed causing sanchez to fumble, scoops up the fumble, in for the touchdown, first of three td's for the defense. flacco coming off one of the best games of his career last week, this was one of his worst. harris intercepts the pass. 2 7- 17 ravens at half. game featured five returns for touchdowns. web with the pick. he will bring it 73 yards to the last of the defensive scores as the ravens role to a

34-17 win over the jets. >> our difence carried us. offense understood that. we got after them a little bit early and moved the ball a little bit early. offense played smart and did good things and teams ended up being solid. >> we are developing the killer instinct. it's a long season. we got to build on that sp get turn i don't evers. defense gets turnovers. >> we showed the potential that we have. we need to dominate like this. this is the nfl, every game is not going to be like this, like the pittsburgh game. we are going to have to grind it out. >> reporter: the ravens season is one quarter complete. mark viviano, wjz 13 eye witness news. complete coverage continues with ron matz at wjz.com with the fan cam. good afternoon, ron. >> ravens fans flying high

after the team's dismantling of the jets. fan cam question, what impressed you the most about last night's big win. >> defense wins games and last night was a prime example of defense stepping up. >> our defense was unquestionably relentless last night and kept the quarterback on its toes. >> defense was awesome. jets are known for offense and been to the championship game twice. we just shut them down. >> defense exploited the jets offensive line. the offensive line was hurt. >> our defense is awesome. they showed everybody that has a doubt how awesome they are. >> reporter: the ravens are on top of the afc north. biweek coming up. raven rebecca is raving about the ravens defense as well, today. >> i love the changeable sign. ravens play again in two weeks, take tong houston texans at mt bank stadium at 4:00.

we have breaking news out of baltimore involving the subway system. there are reports of an o dor of natural gas, the system has been shutdown. several stations evacuated. pg&e crews are -- bge crews are monitoring the situation. we will update u you as soon as we have more information. still to come, protesters are not leaving new york's testimony district after hundreds of them are arrested. tiger is out, what list he has been dropped from after 15 years. your complete forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

weeks after a crash, the national transportation board is releasing information. it went down september 17th as a pilot was performing acrobatic roll. nothing broke off the plane before it went down. images of the bottom did not

reveal open panels. protesters camped in and out the financial district and not leaving. more for two weeks, a group calling occupy wall street has been demonstrating against corporate agreed and social inequality. 700 have been arrested so far. at the top of the list and slipped off of the bottom. once the world's greatest golfer, tiger woods is out of the top 50 in 15 years. 14 major championships to his name. woods returns to competition at the fries.com open in northern california. still ahead on wjz 13 eye witness news marty has the updated first warning weather forecast. first looking at today's midday stocks. ,,,,,,,,,,

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>> same thing as when the lee stairio was taking place. didn't have as much rain but a cut off low up over the great lakes . it sat there and didn't move. taking forever to get the storm from just north of ohio to here almost a week and a half. shower activity is pressing from lower right to upper left. the size of your screen. this is going to tag us to a couple of hour break in the action through the early afternoon. then through tonight, look at the currents, we will start wrapping this up. low is offshore, high pressure builds in. ist going to get lovely. 53 now. normal daytime high is 71. west, northwest breeze at 6. barometer, keep your eye on the barometer. watch that barometer rise as the low exits and high pressure ridges in. 52 washington. easton 50.

55 packs river. 56 ocean city. 39 degrees right now in elkton. 45 cumberland, westminster, bel air. low 50s rock hall annapolis and kent island. 3 degrees warmer than yesterday. living big. there is that low again. it's high pressure that's going to force its will on the system. look at the low, south shows it, that's one, you saw the swirl, one heavy duty rip until the atmosphere if you will. enough of it. it's gone. we will call for rape this afternoon with high of 55. wait until you see the five day forecast off the charts. take it away, guys. we have breaking news out of baltimore involving the subway system, o dor of natural

gas tings entire system has been shutdown. stations are being evacuated. crews are monitoring the situation. a bus bridge set up from hopkins to cold spring. we have crews on the way and we will update you on this breaking story. remember, wjz is always on, here are the stories we are following on our website. for updates of all the news and first warning weather forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

in health watch, some parents still have safety considers when it comes to vaccinations. report finds one in ten parents do not follow the recommended vaccination schedule for their children. some choose to delay vaccines or forego them all together. federal health officials recommend by age 6 children should have vaccinations against 4 diseases. -- 14 diseases. multiple surgeries could put toddlers at risk for learning disabilities. many toddlers have surgeries for everything from hernias to ear problems. here is another reason to quit smoking, people who light up are twice as likely to have

a swobbing and have it ten years -- stroke and have it ten years younger. check in at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, a judge releases sealed tapes of casey anthony considered too inflammatory to show jurors. in consumer watch a website that does all the leg work for you. join us for the stories and the news today at 4:00 after dr. phil. your five day forecast is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

this is the new lead. we have broken sky conditions. more rain this afternoon. looking at the five day forecast, how about that. you can't imagine, you will be talking to people. >> look at this. 67 tomorrow. 73, 72, 75. fells point festival this weekend, gray, damp, windy, felt like it was 48 or 49 degrees. >> pretty cold. that is just beautiful thing to look at. >> don't miss prime time lineup, at 10:00, a episode of hawaii 5- 0. eye witness news at 11:00. chips and salsa to the extreme. one massachusetts restaurant has a new guinness world record

for the 4000-pound nachos. the plus size creation raising money for the boys and girls club. i could do a lot of squawk guacamole with those. thank you for watching. have a good one. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,