. this is wjztv, wjzhd and wjz.com baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station. hello, everybody, i'm denise koch. we begin with breaking news. an american visionary has died. steve jobs has just passed away at the age of 56. he is the man that brought us the mac, the i-pod, the i-pad. reports if wjz on his worldwide impact. >> it's incredible with its multitouch interface. >> steve jobs was the face of apple. a drop out, ecofounded apple.

he was just 21 years old. he revolutionized the pc with the macintosh. jobs was forced out of apple in the mid 1980s after a tiff with the board. but he was -- jobs transformed the music industry with the i- pod and made i tunes the largest music store. then started a tablet revolution with the i-pad. one of the richest people in the world. steve jobs made a black turtle neck and jeans his trademark. he beat pancreatic cancer in 2004 but his gaunt appearance 4 years later. >> jobs shot back with humor but jobs' health deteriorated and he had to undergo a

transplant. it was during a second leave of absence that jobs decided to step down from apple. apple has not released a specific cause for jobs death but his family said he died peacefully. a police pursuit, live at police barracks. explains why troopers were chasing that truck. >> investigators say the man was driving erratically. he had his hands on the wheel like this and was purposefully swerving across lanes of traffic. this blue pickup truck wrapped around the tree, the driver dead. say the man was going more than 20 miles over the speed limit and swerving all over the road. >> he actually moved into the

slow lane closer to the trooper and continued to rapidly move his wheel back and forth. >> the man lost control of his truck. when the trooper approached again he sped away going close to 100 miles per hour. >> vehicles were running off the road way. >> the truck eventually ran up an embankment. you can see the traffic nightmare. >> i sat in traffic for about an hour and a half. >> reporter: lanes closed for hours. drivers floored when they heard what happened something that's crazy. that's no respect for everybody. i'm surprised it didn't turn into a pile up. >> reporter: investigators say it's a miracle no one else was hurt. maryland state police have not yet identified the driver. we know he was not the owner of that pickup truck. it appears he borrowed the truck from a friend.

megan, thank you, detectives don't know why the driver fled from police. spilled coffee leads to a frightening. take a look at this car dangling over an embankment. she spilled coffee. when she reached over to clean it up she accidently hit the gas instead of the brake. she was not hurt. new audio recordings from a disoriented michael jackson. they come from the cell phone of dr. conrad murray. kenneth gibson has the latest on this case for wjz. >> the jury heard the michael jackson slurred voice in court >> prosecutors displayed a

longer exert. computer experts testified he recovered e-mails and voice recordings from dr. conrad murray's cell phone. but prosecutors say jackson never got the chance to build the hospital because he died in an overdose. prosecutors say dr. murray add men steered the lethal dose. murray's lawyers say jackson did it himself. show jurors the room where michael jackson was found. admitting dozens of prescription medications into evidence. among them a single bottle of prop a toll. >> and was it empty as it is

today. >> correct. >> reporter: a coroner from the -- testified she found several other bottles stashed. >> reporter: dr. murray could spend 4 years behind bars if convicted. freed american amanda knox spends her 2nd night in the u.s. tonight but that's all her parents will say about her where abouts. after spending 4 years behind bars. her family is concerned about the long term impact of her years behind bars. >> family is. >> it's going to have to go as she goes and adjust on based on that. >> reporter: and you can hear the untold story of knox's ordeal in italy in a special episode of 48 hours. that is right here. after speculation sarah palin decides she won't run for

president. the former vice presidential candidate says she will put her family first. investigators perish inside their burning home. and a haj outpour -- huge outpouring of the neighborhood where they lived. >> mcdonald and jenny patterson touched countless lives. tonight a fraction of those that came into contact with them came out to say thank you. >> filled the murphy's fine arts center wednesday night. a funeral service for jenny and donald patterson who died when their east baltimore home caught fire. >> they will be sorely missed. >> reporter: jenny patterson, who was 80 was a morgan state graduate and retired

schoolteacher. she was also a 60 year member of delta sigma thata sore orty. >> you know they were educators so they have affected the lives of many people and that's why you see such an outpouring of love here tonight. >> donald patterson was 78. he was the lifelong educator himself and became a soup superintendent of schools. >> he worked very hard with students in moving them ahead. and even after they retired they still worked with young people. >> after years of dedication to their careers, life brought the couple together. they met and married in 1987. those who knew them say they were dedicated to a life of service something and the students here can see what commitment to the community does. >> reporter: donald patterson is survived by a son who is now

an adult and several, 3 in fact grandsons. we should point out that burial services are scheduled for tomorrow. donald patterson would have turned 78 this saturday. condolences for the pattersons and their family have come from the mayor's office and even the white house. help is on the way for people devastated by flooding from tropical storm lee. just declared cecil and prince charles counties disaster areas. now people living in those counties are eligible for fema money to help in the clean up and repairs. the rest of the country is catching on to something we already know, the ravens are pretty popular. the 14th favorite team in the nfl. the same poll names the ravens as one of the favorites to win the super bowl this year. would hue. i hope that happens. it will be purple friday

across the country. coming up the new groups throwing their support against the massive protesters on wall wall street. eyewitness news, you're more likely this year than last to get hit by a deer on maryland highways. beautiful fall weather will continue. i'm bob turk. i'll have first complete forecast coming up next. complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, kai jackson and first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark viviano. it's wjz, maryland's news it's wjz, maryland's news stat,,,,,,,,,,

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. it's 61 degrees and clear in central maryland's right now. the forecast is coming up. scenes from a light rail accident, show the train colliding with a dump truck. police say the truck driver ran a red light. inside the rail car the video shows passengers being thrown around. 15 people were treated for minor injuries. a massive hunt for a gunman that killed 3 coworkers, police say he opened fire after a meeting. police have found his car. they say he called his fumely short -- family shortly after the shooting and said he was in hiding. gaining some momentum. several top labor unions, including the teamsters and the

auto workers joined the crowd near the new york -- with a few dozen people. it has now spawned similar protests around the country. more animal cruelty charges against the owner of a farm. these arabian horses were -- originally marcia parkinson faced 35 charges of animal cruelty. she faces a hearing in queen ann's county in december. more drivers in maryland are crashing into deer. that's the opposite after national trined. there are a -- trend. there are a couple of counter intuitive actions you should take if you are about to hit a deer. >> quick, what do you do? a million and a half motorists will hit the deer.

in maryland state farm says 32,000 collisions make us the 13 13th most dangerous states and right about now deer lose their minds. all they are thinking about is how to make more deer. andrea frequently sees deer but has never hit one. >> i would obviously try to avoid any collision. i don't know what i would do. i need to go to how to avoid hitting a deer training school. >> glad you asked. the experts say if you come upon a deer in the road you may have to hit the deer. it's important not the swerve because you could go off road, hit a tree or oncoming traffic. >> we see that a lot where people swerve to avoid a deer and hit a car. >> as a trooper tim dewease has driven countless deer. >> have you ever hit a deer? >> yes, many days. he said don't slam on the brakes or swarve. >> if the only thing you have

to hit is that deer as opposed to running off the road or hitting another car, then sorry for the deer. >> but welcome training for andrea. well, i believe that man is at the top of the food chain so i would not risk my life for an animal. with even higher deer accidents, west virginia is the worse in the nation. a surprising police chase in england. a man uses a forklift to go on a destructive rampage. you can see him destroying grave stones. a flat tire eventually led to his capture. the video was released at his trial. he was found guilty. as our weather turns warmer and sunny, mother nature has given them an early look at

winter. 6 to 10-inches of snow. it has been only # 6 days since their last notice fall. that's why we live here. >> california. >> well, 8, 9, 10,000 feet up is pretty high. they do get a lot of snow up there. let's take a look at time -- nothing like that. 61, temperature actually went up the last hour. 49 dewpoint, humidity 64%. the barometer still on the way up. 52 in oak lands. the dewpoint is 49. that means late tonight with light winds, clear skies, probably get down to 48. right now 57, 55 over the rock hall and bellaire coming in at 56. later tonight and tomorrow the winds will be shifting more to the northeast. that will bring in a little bit

cooler air than we saw today. tomorrow we probably only get into the upper 60s. i want you to keep it down here south of florida, a batch of clouds down here. all the models seem to think or are in pretty good agreement that low pressure develop somewhere and heads up the east coast and brings with it some tropical moisture, a week from today we could be looking at some showers. even by next thursday some heavy activity so something to keep in mind. beautiful weather, no issues at all. but down here on the gulf stream, it's still warm down there. some of the models do think something will develop off the coast of florida. right now, nothing going on. absolutely beautiful. to our north is a weak front coming down from northeast canada area and it will be slightly through the area with just a few clouds and a bit of

a wind change. that will give us some cooler air on thursday. but by saturday the warm air starts coming right back into the region. quick look at the tropics, felipe, there it goes. it may become a hurricane late tonight briefly before it gets out to the north, northeast. it may actually bring rain to england, scott land and wales. but believe it or not ophelia brought a lot of rain just two days ago. that was way out here past newfoundland. so now has winds of 63 miles per hour. nothing to worry about because it's headed out to sea. bay temp around 66 degrees. could get down to 46 or so. with cool conditions tomorrow. sunshine all day along. a little bit cooler and then the next 5 days, a little warmer, 70 on friday. 76, look at this, saturday

night into sunday, a warm up begins. 80 and 80 on monday. beautiful fall weekend. denise. beautiful is right. thank you, bob, check in with don scott and tim williams tomorrow morning on eyewitness news starting at 4:55 a.m. and up next on the brink of elimination, but the under dogs aren't giving up without the fight. dan has the sports highlights dan has the sports highlights next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] at the safeway pharmacy

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first round series has gotten a little squirrely for philly, who is actually favored to win the world series. chase utly, perfect name for this scenario. albert pujols gets it. game ending, true athleticism on display. cards win 5-3. series tied at 2- 2. in the other national league a playoff contest tonight. diamondbacks leading the brewers. let's talk nfl. one key defensive component so crucial to the ravens record so far has been substituting fresh legs and fresh bodies. >> it's definitely an advantage for our team being able to roll guys, keeping guys healthy, keeping guys fresh. rushing the passer is probably

the most exhausting thing you can do on the field. >> reporter: you see the defensive talking there. unlikely to play against southern mississippi on saturday because of a team disciplinary action that coach refers to as something that's not a felony or anything like that, end quote. senior from texas over 5 yards to carry. he averages at maybe to avoid his first 3 game loss streak in 9 years. finally wnba finals, baltimore native of the atlanta dream surpassed our own -- her own record she set last year. but her team lost minnesota, the links won it and now the links one game of their first league title. but angel still shooting that. still ahead, halloween hiking.

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halloween decoration in charlotte north carolina is playing tricks. someone called 911 after they thought this was a real person hanging off the gutter. the fire department confirmed it was only a halloween prop. police say they get calls around christmas where a man is seen falling trying to hang up lights. you can call them the dozen pandas in a giant crib at a breathing center in china. they were all born within the last 3 months.

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