. 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. americans on alert. the u.s. government stops a plot to assassinate a washington dc diplomat. >> why key lawmakers say it could happen again. hello, everybody. here's what people are talking about. a worldwide terror alert after a failed plot to kill -- wjz is live. megan mccork he will explains why that is. >> reporter: it's a bizarre murder for hire plot that may lead to the highest ranks of

the. >> charged with the alleged plot. federal officials say conspired with the mexican drug cartel to kill the ambassador as he dined in a washington dc restaurant. the alleged plot traced back to an ir iranian group. >> this it was a flag rant violation -- political violence and sponsorship of terrorism. >> reporter: in the wake of the alleged plot the government is warning americans to be on alert. the state department has released this warning to americans traveling overseas to use extra caution. >> i think american people always need to be alert. wherever we go in this world it's always dangerous. >> reporter: congressman dutch was informed of the plot in june t. fact that it was discovered, he says, sends a

message. >> if you're going to attack americans we're going to find you and bring you to justice and we now have the capability to do it. >> reporter: despite that americans are being warned that more attacks could be coming. and the travel alert for americans retires on january 11 january 11th. all right, thank you very much megan. and a surprising twist in another foiled terror plot. shocks the courtroom by admitting today he tried to blow up a plane as it landed in detroit. this so called underwear bomber pleaded guilty during his trial. he will now spend the rest of his life in prison. a deadly massacre inside a hair salon outside los angeles and started shooting. 8 people were killed and one is in critical condition. officers arrested a suspected

gunman and found several weapons in his car. he is the alleged husband of one of the stylists. a man is in the hospital tonight after a brutal beating in northeast baltimore. police tell us someone attacked him with a baseball bat. he suffered serious injuries and police are still looking for that attacker. a pasadena teenager is gone in an instant when she loses control of her car along a wet road. tonight the community mourns. 17-year-old kayla austin is just the latest victim of a road many call dangerous. >> reporter: the father of kayla austin overcome with grief. it was just after 7:30 in the morning when workers nearby first heard something wrong. >> we heard a bang and then we saw that the car was there. >> reporter: surveillance cameras at a nearby business captured the entire accident. kayla was driving eastbound when she lost control, crossed

over into westbound traffic and ultimately slammed into this abandoned home. >> she slid in front of 5 or 6 cars. we saw it on our cameras. >> reporter: not only is this stretch of mountain road busy, neighbors say it is also treacherous. tributes to other accident victims line the road not far from the latest crash site. >> it's a dangerous zone. >> reporter: neighbors complain the road bends where most of the accidents have happen happened and they say the middle turn lane changes to -- during. >> about 4:30 it starts, it looks like the daytona 500 here. they drive 60 miles per hour down the road. >> reporter: police now investigating whether speed and we had roads may have been a factor in kayla's crash.

abtribute page to kayla on facebook already has more than 1200 followers tonight. art mows heel has died in the age of 80. more on what she's brought to charm city. >> football and fill fill an therey have come to define pat model and a very prosperous career long before football became a part of her life. the wife of art model died wednesday afternoon at the age of 80 following a long illness. >> she was as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside. >> reporter: the former pat made quite a name for herself years before she married pat. she started general hospital. at one point in her career she

had appeared on more tv shows than any other in history. >> and my boss, pat model. >> after football fill an fill fill an therey became the new mission. >> 3 1/2 million was the last to complete the renovation. >> reporter: after the model's jen generous donation to the opera house, they insisted that the size of their name be small. >> you don't need your name on anything because you give because you want to. >> now, this saturday is the grand reopening of the opera house. the models were scheduled to be honored. says she will be remembered by the house dimming the lights. back to you. kai, thank you, tonight

mayor said mrs. model understood the value of baltimore's cultural assets. well, the blackberry black out gets worse. 70million are suffering outages. the company says a crucial link in its infrastructure and back up both failed. customers have been without e- mails and instant messages and may not be fixed until tomorrow morning. the state is adding a 667 area code for the eastern shore. that's because they are running out of available numbers. the new digits will be given out for new phone numbers only starting in march. great news for baltimore's grand prix lovers. the grand prix will return to the city next labor day weekend. pat warren has reaction to the news and the changes some people want to see.

>> they love the ease. >> awesome, five minutes to park. >> reporter: the comfort. >> they have got to be raking in money. >> reporter: and the pleasure. >> the speed, the camaraderie of the drivers. the great things, the noise. i love it. >> fantastic. every time danica patrick went around, she was winking at me. >> reporter: race directors tell wjz they will do it again. the 2nd year in a contract to run the baltimore grand prix. >> i will say that we needed the cooperation of the orioles and we're very happy that the orioles asked for the date to be available for us. >> reporter: estimate more than 150,000 people attended the race and businesses said it worked to their advantage. >> the labor day weekend is not

a week that we look forward to downtown. this was one for the books. >> reporter: but for other businesses outside the fence, it was a flop. >> we set everything up to have a lot of people here, extra food. we had tables inside, the weather was beautiful and nobody came. i don't think they advertised it right and hopefully in the future they will advertise it. >> reporter: organizers agree there could be some tweaking. >> but overall it was a first year and certainly we had some hick hiccups but. >> reporter: reporting from downtown baltimore, i'm pat warren. now the mayor says road repairs for this year's race were a one time problem. >> i'm not sure i buy that danica patrick winking. >> how would you know? >> going pretty fast. coming up. vicious speeding on the school

bus outit's not students fighting. why this operator snapped. and paying more to make a pb and j sandwich. the reason you'll have to shell out more money for peanut butter. bleach attack inside a wal- mart. the unusual calls to 911 that described the entire scene. that's coming up. looking ahead to a really nice weekend. i'll have the complete weather 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. sports with mark viviano. it's wjz, mary,, [ male announcer ] at the safeway pharmacy

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safeway. ingredients for life. it is 63 degrees with a light drizzle in central maryland's right now. the complete forecast is coming up. drivers in south florida get a big scare when a small plane crash lands in a busy highway. the pilot had to use the turnpike as his emergency runway. amazingly, no one was hurt. we have new video in the case of the missing baby. lisa's parents claim someone snatched the 10-year-old from her crib last week. the police haven't turned up any leads in the case. the family just hired a private

investigator to help with the search. the defense is abandoning claims that michael jackson swallowed a fatal dose of propofol. the dr. is accused of giving the o'er but today dr. murray's doctors admitted research indicates michael jackson couldn't have taken the drug by mouth. a toxic attack. we're hearing the 911 tapes from a bleach attack. those bizarre and dangerous moments. >> this wal-mart was full of shoppers when suddenly a fight broke out in aisle 11. >> what's your emergency. >> there's a fight in the >> police got numerous calls describing the fight between theresa jefferson and another woman. >> are there any weapons

involved? the victim, ebb knee escaped and ran to the bathroom with burning eyes. >> this is really serious but it was an act that occurred in the middle of a public place. >> reporter: prosecutors argued she remains a danger to the victim and her boyfriend. >> i'm not going the defend my son when he's wrong. >> reporter: court records reveal they have a child together and they have a history of disputes according to her defense attorney. >> i think it's also telling that mrs. jefferson left the store to complain about these people continually harassing them. and one of them is on probation for assaulting her. >> reporter: but prosecutors say the past doesn't excuse these current allegations. the jefferson is still being

held at the baltimore county detention center. eyewitness news. everyone who was treated for injuries in the attack has now been released from the hospital. a florida school bus attendant is busted for child abuse. the bus monitor was -- when a child picked him up and swung him over a seat. fought with the bully and even bit him twice. the aid resigned and she is also facing child abuse charges. now is the time to stock up on peanut putter. a hot dry summer means you will be shelling out more money for the spread. look for the higher prices starting next month. he might be small but a 2- year-old in colorado sure has one heck of an arm. take a look at this hail mary. you might think he got lucky

but his parents say he hits the bull's eye every time. he's even got the victory dance down pat. watch where you're swinging that. >> just try to take that stick out of his han and see what happens. get that kid a contract. light rain and drizzle still in the region. it hasn't been all that heavy. between 4:00 and 7:00 we got about 10 to 1/3 of an inch. right now some spotty rain around the region. it's kind of a miserable evening and visibility down to 1 or 2 miles and there's going to be fog forming overnight. once this rain moves out of here there's going to be some clearing. have not moved one iota. 63 dewpoint at 62. humidity, 96%. east, northeast winds. kind of holding steady now.

57 out in oak lands. 63 here again and 67 a little warmer down on the south. a little of that warmer air may move into the region. so it will be a warmer day and also late in the day tomorrow night with that warm air moving in we'll have a risk of some scattered showers again. 60 up in bellaire and the mid- 60s down south of us. 65, 62 today. average is 68/47 and the record is 89. in 1964, 29 degrees on this day in the morning. that continues to bring low clouds, damp conditions off the atlantic ocean. the low pressure that gave toc rain today actually fell north of us. now moving up -- but to the

west another vigorous level of low pressure developing. into friday with an additional chance of some rain and maybe a couple of thundershowers possible because to the west of us is some sunshine tomorrow and some milder temps and that will help feed that system. not much going on here. but that front will come through. it will turn breezy and get cooler late in the day on friday and let's call it cool on saturday. actually not different in from what we saw today. but it will be dryer. the perception will be with the breeze. it looks like a

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scrutinize the ravens offense which is yet to match the defense this season. well, that puts joe flacco in the spotlight preparing for the houston texans. flock oh had one of -- flacco had one of the worst games of his career against the jets. joe cool and his teammates preach patience. >> we're a young team and we're going to have to go out this and learn each week. and part of that may be having a bad completion percentage a couple of games but i think as long as you're putting pressure on the defense and doing those kind of things then you can still be successful. >> we have to go out there and have a well balanced attack. a lot of our stuff on the inconsistency is sometimes there's a guy here, a guy there or execution. >> reporter: the houston texans come to town. you can see the game right here on wjz at 4:00.

a new era begins in basketball. gary williams is gone, mark touringin starts his tenure when practice starts in two days. the coach posed with his team today. the -- have just 8 players. analysts predict a bad season but he likes what he's seen so far. >> the guys have worked hard across the board and we have gotten a lot better and gotten a lot done to this point. but there's a chip on their shoulder. there's a chip on my shoulder, too. >> reporter: chip on his shoulder and a 7-foot tall ukraineian on his roster. if the -- clears him to play. detroit's miguel cabrera tries to score but gets tagged out thanks to a perfect throw

from nelson cruz. and cruz comes through with the bat. top of the 11th he crushes a long homerun with 2 on. texans beat the tigers. the rangers just need one more win and they are headed to the series again. st. louis was the winner against milwaukee in a national league series just completed tonight. still ahead celebrity chef and sex symbol. >> giving paula dean for >> giving paula dean for bringing a ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] this is trish.

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