emotional returns. amanda knox cleared from murder back on american soil. >> the stunning turn around in the case and what she plans to do next. hello everyone. people are talking about tonight. >> after 4 years in an italian prison, amanda knox is home free. report on wjz with the first word from seattle. >> reporter: amanda knox is

home after spending 4-years in anallian prison. the 24-year-old landed in seattle with parents and sisters who traveled with her from europe. >> what's important for me to say is thank you for everyone who believed in me, who was defending me, who supported my family. >> reporter: knox broke down on & when her conviction was overturned. in 2007 the college student was studying when she was arrested for sexually ausculting and murder r murdering her inmate. knox's parents were in the courtroom. they both spent years living in italy fighting for their daughter. >> we couldn't have made it through it without all you people out here. >> reporter: her case played out under an international spotlight and here her story often made headlines, many here are relieved, they were worried this day would never come.

>> just that she sleeps in her own bed tonight. >> reporter: welcome home banners and signs are now in the neighborhood where knox grew up. >> my family is the most important thing to me right now i just want to go be with him. >> reporter: neighbors and friends raised money for their defense. she gives thanks to everyone who helped her get home. a high school continuer spins out of control over new york city and crashes into the east river. tonight a tourist is dead, four other people barely rescued in time. wjz is there as that flight took off. emergency divers jumped in the emergency waters racing to pull survivors to safety. they had been on board a helicopter that crashed this afternoon. police say the pilot ran into travel right after take off.

tonight the chopper was pulled from the bottom of the river so investigators could try to figure out what happened. >> it spun around a few times and it flipped over with the nose facing towards queens. it went right over. >> they had to battle a strong current as they pulled three of the passengers to shore. captain was in new york having service when that helicopter went down. >> we were outside doing maintenance. we watched them take off and head over to the new york area. it was shortly there after maybe a half hour or so that we got the battle news he had crashed. >> news chopper crashed in the east river within 3 days of each other. investigators ruled human error caused both of those crashes. animal abuse in baltimore, a cat is burned to death.

police are trying to find out who did it. reports have been its happening again and again. >> reporter: the baltimore this year alone, advocates warn if the coverage aren't caught the violence could escalate. >> investigators say it was here in this ally off south fulton avenue where someone lit this cat on fire. >> it's not right. >> i mean, i feel for them. >> this neighbor was sitting in his backyard when he saw the cat cat. >> fireball. looked like a meteorite, it really did. >> gas cans were found near the animal but had to be put down. animals say it's vital. >> a lot of times they go on to deal with the people. this number of cruelty cases spyinged in the past four weeks. >> there have been cases of cats that have been drowned,

animals that have come in with embedded colors. >> in august 20-year-old was arrested after investigators say he adopted at least five cats and killed them. animal advocates started a campaign to try and stop crimes like this. >> we're trying to break that mindset that it's a way to show your manhood, it's a tougher thing to do to hurt your cat. they want to find out who killed it before they strike again or do something even worse. >> reporter: bag moore is the only city in the country that has antiabuse huber -- advisory condition. >> officials are warning people to not let your pets outside by themselves. another dangerous trend, criminals pretending to be police break into another home.

the latest attacked happened last night. three men posing as officers stole $1,800 cash from the homeowners. police say there is no solid link to three other robbers in the city pulled off by a state cop. >> john -- where she's sexually assaulted in the ally. >> city police do look more suspect tonight while the students are looking over their shoulders. >> greater police presence monday night around the john hopkins university campus after a week attack. a 20-year-old student was sexually assaulted saturday morning. >> i'm shocked and it worries me a little bit. >> reporter: police say the attack happened about 1:20 in the morning. this is the 3200 block. police say the attacker, the

man, told the victim he had a gun, although she never had a gun. >> we're confident our partnership will have -- >> it will take a combined effort at john's hopkins university and student. johns hopkins says the university sent out a texas wide alert after the attack. >> well then -- well done, he's to point all the streets and capacity thing about the security. >> apparently there's limited about the information about the suspect. the victims -- she remembers the isn't was about 15 images tall wearing a black hoody. >> anyone with information about this case, please call the station. there are numbers are brewing tonight. dozens of protesters capping

why microsoft occupy wall street. the protest began today who made signs shout on happiness with big business, government and grow. thousands of mr. testers across the country. >> credible range e says who -- the break through that earned him the arrive. >> reporter: the university is a big place to work with dr. reece dr. reece. glit will be like if you took a ball and tossed it up in the air, you would can't it to come back down. if you went off and went up, that's how shocked we were. >> he gave adam in doubt professor ship. i feel like we've been eclipsed. with the call from sweden this morning, the reason have won

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a blinding dust storm causes havoc on the highway in arizona. police say there were three different pilots involving two dozen cars. one person was killed, 15 others were injured t heavy dust prevented helicopters from flying accident victims to the hospital. a missing 10 month old girl, an amber alert has been issued for lisa irwin. police believe an intruder came into her bedroom window and abducted her after she was put to bed for the night.

her parents -- police say there's no sign of any domestic dispute. after appeals from republicans leader, christy has decided not to run for the white house. >> i've made this commitment to my state first and foremost. the people sent me to trent to get a job done, and i'm just not prepared to walk away. christy were seen as signal, they are not satisfied with the current deal of candidates. this release shows when americas -- texas governor rick perry was ahead on the poll 2 weeks ago. he has dropped to third place. good news for travelers, tsa is testing expressed security screening procedure. passengers who share certain information will be prescreened then they can go through

security without removing their shoes or mere activity. for now programs are being tested in atlanta, miami, detroit and dallas. >> linda's linda show seems to disappoint who are looking for more hederal upgrades. it does feature voice recognition then it has a better camera. it will go on sale later this month and it will be available to sprint customers. this was the first major apple you think since the program disapproved. family boy family, that's why he doesn't want to. >> 5th grader, nonhodge skins took away his hair but not his friend. >> he's just a happy kind of kid. it's like everybody's best friend. >> days before he was getting

increasingly nervous about dealing with it with no hair. >> people have made fun o me. i felt like i don't want to do this any more, probably want to be home schooled for a while. >> baseball had an idea, they said what if they did something drastic to look like him. one by one they shaved their heads. he would no longer stand out on that first day of school. >> i felt happy that people would do that for me. it was probably the most emotional day many my life. >> he was overshadowed. >> it was out of control in the barbershop. i wasn't sure if he really got it. >> today brandon is back in school and still surrounded by his fuzzy headed friend. >> i think we learned how important they are and how they can cheer you up when things are kind of tough.

friends, they last for ever. wjz eyewitness news. >> he has two -- now doctors say his prognosis is excellent. hello. >> it's not worth it for me. >> all right, bob, sunshine. excellent weather headed our way. i know you're sick and tired of the rains, we turn it around completely. take a look at the clear skies, 56 west winds at barometer way back up, 30.1 for inches. humidity is up a little bit, 86%, but a nice night. 48 in oakland, 60 in washington. 6 -- 55 ocean city dew point 52, which means tonight are around town, 50-52 debris. with a bet of breeze, every fog will be widely scattered. we had some fog this morning, everybody -- annapolis, d.c.

over 670. 71 for 45. now, average for today is 71 and 50 and the record 92, 1954 and in 1974, 31 degrees. 1974, 31 degrees. that west wind across the ages and people, again, tomorrow, feel a little breezy at times. in fact on the day there's a small wind add re. nice priest, keep temperatures up just a bit. we want you to keep an eye on this just south of the keys having a little bit of shower activity. this is developing into something about three or 4 days. it's something they're going to be watching carefully because we have high pressure over here as the high moves up. the circulation around it like this sometimes can get low pressure spinning down here. so if something were up to watch, the time being is quiet. the rain, we saw the weekend,

here it is up in the new england it's moving out as high pressure moves in. just like through the weekend, you have to leave four, five six days of present condition, thursday we get a little cooler the way they get back to newark ease. >> it's 6 degrees cooler. we'll take a look at the tropics, denise, tropical storm it ends on weekand heads the hurricane weekly. >> nowhere it says not sure you're doing to steak it. at the time i've prayed you now. here is what's happening? down there in florida over the next 45 days. winds may be good. tonight cleared, and down around 49. could be some patchy fog. tomorrow 73. beautiful afternoon. nice, 68 on thursday. look at the weekend, 76, 80

degrees with sunshine on sunday, denise. >> thank you, bob. check in with tim williams top morning starting at 4:55:00 a.m. temperatures in the playoffs, who advances and who goes home in the world series, that's next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,

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