i'm jessica kartalija. >> i'm don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today. a breech over nation's capitol ends at thurgood marshal. top leaders met to discuss that and other issuesm weijia jiang has more. >> reporter: good afternoon. the forum wrapped up a few moments ago. the nation's secretary of homeland security and governor martin o'malley sat down in a intimate discussion about how to keep our community safe on the local, state and national level. this long discussion came less than 24 hours after we had a scare of our own in the sky that ended at bwi thurgood. the air force to scramble to bring fighter jets to intercept a gept that was flying in re -- a jet that was flying in

restricted area. we are working to bring you more details about what the plane was doing there. the governor says that is a prime example of exactly what was on the table today. they talked about communication and how different agencies can work to coordinate a response as quickly as possible. >> many things have improved since 9/11. the fact we have air cover demonstrated in the incident where a plane was escorted to bwi when it strayed in to restricted air space. sh is coordination, communication and cooperation. >> reporter: the oh two big topics, countering violent extremism, attacks home grown here and resilience. how to bounce back after such an attack and the secretary and the governor said we should look to events look to events like the hurricane.

they are telling on how we respond together. questions came from the students at university of maryland and we will have more of the details of what they talked about and the responses coming up new at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. live at the university of maryland, weijia jiang, wjz 13 eye witness news. a civil trial is you wereway in the case of a may recall prison inmate murdered by a fellow inmate. the family of philip parker is suing the state saying officers were negligent when he was strangled on a prison bus. kevin johns was convicted of killing parker, johns killed himself in prison. new concern about the fate of local freelance journalist van dyk in libya. relatives said he was vowing to stay in the country until he found out what happened to his friends. he is taking up arms in the conflict instead of reporting on it. his mother says once he did that she told him he was on his

own. >> i told him once he turned the offer down he was on his own. -- turned the offer down he was on his own. >> sharon also says if his friends weren't in prison she feels they were casualtys of the war. trial underway for the man accused of trying to blow up a plane with a bomb in his underwear. >> reporter: umar farouk abdulmutallab arrived in an suv under heavy security at the federal courthouse in detroit. the terror suspect who claims he was acting on behalf of al- qaeda is defending himself, using a lawyer to make opening statements and question witnesses. he was burned when he allegedly tried to ignite explosives hidden in his underwear on a christmas day flight. passengers on the plane overpowered the 24 year old.

in court , the judge denied an early defense request to prevent the word bomb from being used. everyone assumes that he had a bomb. the statute requires that the prosecution prove beyond a reasonable doubt that it was an explosive device. >> reporter: experts say they will hear a timeline of what led up to the alleged failed bombing. >> we will hear about the way that umar farouk abdulmutallab tried to evade security the way he tried to hide the explosives in his underware and the training he received around this. >> reporter: if pretrial hearings are any indication the trial maybe filled with terrorist propaganda. umar farouk abdulmutallab argued in court that osama bin laden is alive and that the u.s. did not kill radical cleric during a military drone strike last month. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with conspiracy to

commit terrorism and attempted murder and faces up to life in prison if convicted. es arelators are holding a hearing to get reaction ahut hurricane irene. customers were hit hard by the storm that knocked out electricity to almost a million people. thousands powerless for a week. the event will be held at 7:00 at the assembly hall on gay street downtown. taking a live look outside right now. pretty cloudy day right now but dry. things could change a little later on. if you are heading out, you need to pack an umbrella. let's go to bernadette woods, tracking first warning live doppler radar. you come back and bring the rain with you? >> you can blame me. i was off during the flooding. and you brought sunshine yesterday. >> there we go. temperature wise, focus on that first, it's warm outside, even with the clouds around. we are already up in to the 70s here in baltimore. a lot of upper 60s, low 70s

around the metro region. little bit cooler west. 69 ocean city. now we will shift over to first warning doppler radar, this is the storm that is down to the south, moving our way. these are the beginning fringes. southern parts of the state getting a few showers, north is not fully coming down to the ground yet. it's a much bigger storm system that will continue to come our way tonight in to tomorrow and more so. we will have more coming up in the forecast here. nation's interior secretary in town emphasizing the need for clean energy. ken salazar is speaking a a conference where the american wind energy oh association. he is trying to clear the way for the offshore wind farm, which could be built off of ocean city. report suggests people in the baltimore area are thinking twice before putting their homes up for sale. the number of homes listed fell 2 3% in september. analysts are blaming the

slumping economy and poor home sales for the trend. still to come on eye witness news at noon, a top official in egypt says he can't work like this anymore. a shootout at a texas gas station, all caught on tape. police say the person who fired the shots wasn't who they would expect. take a look outside, your complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,

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egypts deputy prime minister is stepping down in the handling of riots over the weekend. resignation is the first by a senior government official following clashes that killed 26 people. prior to the announcement 20,000 chanted against the military during a funeral procession. in texas, armed clerk turned the tables on robbers and it's caught on surveillance camera. two men tried to hold up a gas station with one jumping over the counter to get to the register. a clerk grab as hidden gun and shoots the man a couple of times. he was wounded but there when police arrived. his accomplice ran away. the clerk is hurt but expected to be okay. incredible story of

survival from a woman held hostage for ten years just outside of pittsburgh. now, tonya cash is sit do you think with dr. phil to talk about her ordeal. this is how tonya cash looked at the age of 14. a student at cornell middle school in mckeesport pennsylvania when she went missing and remained out of sight for the next ten years. this is how she looked then when she reappeared older and some ways wiser after spending the time locked in the basement bedroom of this man k thomas hose, the security guard at her school. >> i was controlled and lived in a room, i went to the bathroom in a bucket. i kept bottles of water. >> reporter: she told part of oh her story back then. now she is telling it in a book with the attorney who had been at her side the entire time, entitleed the tonya nicole cash story, memoir of a milk carton kid.

in book she describes living conditions, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. sometimes tom hose smuggled he leftover from dinner twice a week in the dead of night he led me down in to a cellar with coal floors to take a shower. i was fine at first, i thought i was in love and felt my sacrifices were a labor of my love. soon however the ordeal began to take its toll. the book describes cash spending christmas eve for years locked in a closet and using a bucket for a bathroom. she goes on to describe her break to freedom and thomas' arrest. >> tonya was living less than two miles from her father's home. she says she was sexually abused daily and brainwashed to believe no one cared and if she tried to escape she would be killed. dr. phil sits down exclusively with tonya today and tomorrow on his show. don't miss dr. phil here on wjz

13. self proclaimed super hero is under arrest he calls himself phoenix jones. when he pepper sprayed four people police arrested him on four counts of assault. they confiscated his black and yellow custom made suits. >> jones says he uses pepper spray to break up a fight and in self defense, those sprayed say they weren't fighting, they were dancing. >> still ahead on wjz eye witness news at noon, a slightly overcast sky outside. things maybe a little worse later on. your complete weather forecast is 2 and a half minutes away. let's look at the midday storks to be followed by last night's multi-match numbers. ,,

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welcome back. clouds already in place as you can see. that haze is going to get thicker and the clouds are going to lower and eventually give way to rain. see in to other parts of the state ax few showers making their way in. that's going to pick up through the next 24 hours. the clouds thickening up. just down to the south, here

are the first signs of storms coming our way. temperature wiseist still pretty warm outside. 70 waltmore. 70 dc. in to the 70s this afternoon. above average, then the temperatures will come down as this rain moves in tomorrow. the rain although we will see a few showers later today and the rain will pick up tonight. rounds of heavy rain are possible storm as the center of it passes by. this is tropical moisture from florida and around the caribbean. this will move to the northeast, leaving us on thursday. after it passes through thereabouts are areas still having problems from the rain we've had recently that could see issues. when that gets out of here thursday, look at this one off to the west, that's coming our way. it's going to follow quickly, a chance for a few showers on friday and cooler air as we start out the weekend. the forecast looks like this, for today, going up to 75

degrees for the high. few showers today. rain and drizzle tonight and fog forming out there. tomorrow, though, the rain will pick up and it could be heavy at times. going to keep news the 60s for our highs. then this is out of here but another follows and those numbers detailed in the five day forecast, running festival is this weekend. a lot of people whether the marathon, half marathon and the 5k are interested. we will have the five day. >> race for the cure sunday. ravens back in the practice field getting ready to host the texians and only place to see the game at 4:00 is here on wjz13. still to come on wjz 13 at noon, chocolate lovers rejoice, hear why you should indulge. here are the stories we are following on our website. for updates of the news, and the first warning weather forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,

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another study says middle-aged women with restless leg syndrome are more likely to develop blood pressure. women with up to 14 episodes a month have a 26% chance of elevating blood pressure. that increases with the higher number of episodes, a swedish study says women who eat two chocolate bars a week are 20% less likely to have a stroke. it's the flavonoids found in cocoa. chocolate should be eaten in moderation and dark chocolate is always your best choice. check with n with wjz 13 eye witness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. a hopkins grad student who worked at a athletic shop was murdered. a co-worker did it. a bicyclist gets hammered by an antelope. see what happens next. join us at 4:00 after dr. phil.

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heavy, keeping our temperatures down. another follows friday, we think it's going to get out of here on saturday. we will have to watch that closely. there is a lot going on this weekend. you are a part of the things going on. nice and sunny. don't misthe prime time cbs line up at 10:00, unforgettable and stay tuned for eye witness news at 11:00. a pumpkin farmer in minnesota is making headlines with his own operation. 68-year-old don nelson has built a pumpkin catapult. it has a cute modern name , the pumpkin chucker flinger thinger. it's part of a pumpkin patch festival at nelson's farm. >> do you have a pumpkin yet? >> i do not. if >> well, you still have time. it's only the 11th.

>> i think you are in good shape. >> i have a catapult at home. but that's all right. >> kids science projects. you will learn. >> we have a lot of time. thank you for watching eye witness news on wjz 13. ,,,,,,,,