area, particularly around the d.c. area, southern portions of maryland. charles county, st. mary's county, calvert county, and p.g. county. and a little bit of aa county. also montgomery and washington area. and northern virginia suburbs and washington. and a little piece of dorchester county. that's until 9:00 tonight. we're already seeing these thunderstorms develop down to the south. 301 corridor. and also a report of a few very small tornadoes reported as you mentioned in a minute. down in louisa county. we'll continue to monitor the radar for you. any watches and warnings that are issued for you. >> and bob, as you just said, we learned the suspected tornado touched down in louisa county, virginia. that's the location of the epicenter in the august earthquake. there are no reports of injuries in these small tornadoes. our other top story tonight. a nationwide amber alert is issued for an 11-year-old boy. his mother was found murdered

inside their montgomery county home. and now he is missing. wjz is live in rockville. weijia jiang has breaking inform information about the suspect in custody. >> reporter: we have just learned that police have arrested 45-year-old curtis, who is the husband. here's the troubling part. police say they have not found that little boy. >> reporter: just before 8:30 wednesday night, police make a gruesome discovery inside the home of 51-year-old jane mcqueen. her lifeless body. >> oh, gosh. oh, gosh, oh, gosh. i mean, i was shaking just like this. >> reporter: police now have a suspect in custody for the murder and for the disappearance of the victim's son, 11-year-old william mcquain. an amber alert went out for him monday. he's described as being 5 feet tall, 85 pounds. though detectives may have the kidnapper, they have no idea where the boy is. >> i don't want to think the word. this is very sad.

very sad. i hope nothing happened to him. >> reporter: because the autopsy report is still in the works, police say they don't know how long mcquain has been dead. but they are not ruled out the possibility she was killed around the same time her son went missing. that was nearly two weeks ago. >> i hope he hasn't killed him. i swear to god, i hope they haven't. oh, god. >> reporter: mcquain's neighbor tells wjz, she noticed a strange man visiting the complex for the past several days, and that he was even driving mcquain's car. police found that honda crv earlier today but say no one was inside at the time. police are desperate to find william. >> we do believe that there are man possibility -- many possibilities that he is alive. we want as many people to know that he is missing. >> reporter: police say they arrested lopez in charlotte, north carolina earlier today. they are going to brief us

later on how this all unfold us and give us the latest details they have on 11-year-old william mcquain. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> police are waiting to hear from the medical examiner's office before determining an exact cause of death. an update on the breaking news from john hopkins university, where two employees are seriously injured in an accident on campus. they were working on the h-vac system in the hall when hot water started pouring out. the workers started suffering first- and second-degree burns. medics rushed them to the hospital for treatment. vic is in the newsroom with details. >> police say the suspect is considered armed and dangerous. take a close look at the pictures. jermaine stroud is being transported. he is a suspect in an armed robbery that occurred yesterday. detectives say he also has a history of past robberies. anyone with information on his whereabouts should call 911 immediately.

>> stay on the story. we'll let you know as soon as the suspect is caught. a little girl is attacked by a dog in her baltimore county neighborhood. it happened in the 2300 block of blue grass heights court in rosedale. a dog escaped from its owner's house and bit 6-year-old canigha harris in the leg. she received more than 40 stitches and is now at home recovering. so far, no charges are filed in this case. we'll have much more on the story coming up new at 6:00. a 16-year-old girl disappears in baltimore county. and her body is never found. now, the man charged with her murder is on trial. wjz is live in towson. mike schuh has been in the courtroom all day long. mike? >> reporter: well, mary, again. the big question, is circumstantial evidence enough when they can't find the body of the alleged victim? baltimore county prosecutors, for the second time in a year, think so. >> reporter: in this case, 16- year-old rochelle battle went missing in march of 2009. her family hasn't heard from

her since. her cell phone records quickly directed her family and police to jason gross. he is arrested. his property searched. but her body is never found. you'll remember this time last year, dennis tetso was convicted of murdering his wife, though her body was never found. legal scholars say few of these cases are brought to court because without a body, how can you prove the victim is dead, unless the person was murdered. >> can we speculate? sure. but that's not evidence. >> reporter: in opening arguments today, the prosecutor tells the jury, jason gross, he thought of the perfect murder. a csi fan, he thought he could get away with it. >> he tells the jury about the backyard of the accused murderer. and that metal tube, it's an incinerator. he burned her body in an incinerator at the back of his house. >> reporter: cell phone records for both the accused and the victim show they were in the same place at the same time, on

the night that she disappeared. and there are surveillance tapes, showing the accused trucks driving towards a rendezvous with the victim at a time when he said that he was at a bar and had an alibi. an alibi that a friend later says is not true. >> reporter: the defense, though, in a mocking tone, told the jury, you have no body. how do they know that rochelle battle is dead? and calls the prosecution's case speculation, conjecture, a guess. -- guess. >> both sides say that the two met online in an adult chat room. and they say rochelle used those times in the chat room to set up dates for prostitution. reporting live, mike schuh, towson, wjz eyewitness news. back to you. >> the prosecution will continue tomorrow. a gas leak. bge crews are on the scene after a contractor hit a 4-inch gas line on east ordinance

road. the fire department is blocking access to the cromwell fountain apartments. anne arundel county schools also had to reroute their buses to avoid the area. tonight, 35 suspected gang members are facing charges. police and federal prosecutors just announced the indictment. >> the reality is, this makes community safer. because the result of the activities of these is that they are creating fear in their communities. they're engaged in robberies, home invasion robberies, burglaries. they're putting drugs in their communities. >> the suspects are allegedly members of a subset of the bloods gang that originated in california. they're facing several charges, including several federal charges, including racketeering. police believed the crime stretched to the eastern shore. engineers ventured to the top of the western cathedral to fix the earthquake damage. and they worked in the fog to remove two tons of stone. crews used a crane to bring

down the pieces from the central power. it reopened for the first time since the quake of november 12. >> something you don't often hear about these days. repealing a tax. the two-cent beverage tax is under review. wjz is live. political reporter pat warren has more on what is taking place. pat? >> reporter: that's right, kai. the beverage industry is raising the protest, claiming it is losing more in business and jobs than the city is gaining with the tax. >> reporter: there's a lot to be said for customer loyalty. >> i think coming since it was in a row home where they had this in their living room and their dining room. >> reporter: but marlene donahue isn't the typical customer. according to some, customers have been deserting them since the city imposed a 2-cent

beverage tax. >> that number is much larger as the whole industry goes. >> reporter: for some individuals, two cents more per container isn't a lot. >> not at all. not when gas is on 50 cents. >> well, i didn't like it. i really didn't. but our streets need a lot of fixing. so what are you going to do? ride over with your car and bust your wheels up? or take two cents a bottle. >> reporter: but for distributors and retailers, the better question is how do you stop consumers from riding over to the counties and doing business there? >> who wants to do business here? let's go to the county, where things are a lot easier, because we don't have this tax. it's an unfair burden. >> reporter: city council vice president ed rizinger said he is hearing a different story about why local businesses are losing money. >> it's the economy. people are laid off. they don't have jobs. they cut back their hours. >> reporter: repealing the tax a year early, would mean about $5 million less in the budget, which the city says it cannot

afford. but the beverage industry disagrees with the actual benefit to the city. >> it's like the city is paying a dollar to chase a dime. >> reporter: and many residents would welcome the break. >> reporter: now, the bill under consideration would repeal the tax in june of next year. reporting live, i'm pat warren. now, back to you, kai. >> pat, thank you. there's a 2013 end to the tax. meaning if it does expire, there is no action taken to extend it. terror concerns in washington, d.c. but the threat is not over. is iran considering other attacks? a hair salon turns into a crime scene. eight people are killed tonight. new information about the accused gunman and his motive. having burgers here is the way i like to start my day. i'm jessica kartalija. look who is here. >> that's coming up next on wjz eyewitness news. >> nice. a little bobby flay. i like to see him.

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custody battle over a child may have led to the deaths of eight people inside a california salon. elizabeth sanchez reports for wjz, with the investigation into the mass shooting. >> reporter: mourners have started a makeshift memorial outside the beauty salon in seal beach, where eight people were gunned down. >> my heart just breaks for everybody involved. >> residents are trying to come to grips with the town's worst mass murder. >> it was really quiet. everybody is really nice. everybody smiles. so it's just kind of unnerving to think that something like that could happen just out of nowhere like that. >> reporter: 42-year-old scott dekraai is under arrest.

witnesses say he walked into the busy salon yesterday afternoon, where his ex-wife worked and started shooting. >> reporter: this is a tiny seaside community and just about everybody in town is familiar with the salon. >> it's a small, tight-knit community. and this is one of seal beach's greatest tragedies. >> reporter: police captured dekraai about a half mile from the scene. witnesses say he was wearing body armor and did not resist arrest. those familiar with the couple say the divorced couple was fighting over their son. >> i would assume he probably snap snapped, thinking, you know, maybe they'll give her custody because she's a mom. >> reporter: neighbors say he doted on his son and often played catch with him in the yard. >> none of the names of those killed has been officially released. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads now

with kristy breslin, wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. still a lot of accidents out there. the first we're watching on the beltway, on the northeast corner. really beginning to back things up. the jones falls expressway, we have two accidents there. the first at gilford avenue. the second between cold spring lane and falls road. the delay on 70, just jammed up. it's now from the patapsco river bridge. and we still have significant delays on the west side inner loop to liberty road. it will take you at least 25 minutes to get through. a solid half an hour on the outer loop, that's from reisterstown road to the bwi parkway. and another 25-minute delay from the harrisburg expressway to harford road. let's take a live look. you can see, things just crawling along there, at liberty road. this traffic report is brought to you by auto service plus, a service you can trust. check out their fall and winter maintenance specials, $55 in additional rebates. you can go to auto service

plus.biz to find the nearest location to you. new york, vegas, l.a. and college park? chef restauranteur, author, and tv personality, bobby flay is making his mark here in maryland. jessica kartalija has the latest on the newest opening of his burger joint. >> we're out of food. no, not really. >> reporter: iron chef bobby flay, catering to the college crowd. >> look at these kids. they love the concept. >> reporter: his restaurant now officially open for business just off campus at the university of maryland. >> i'm a burger guy. i have always craved the cheeseburger. so i always thought it would be cool to have my own burger house. >> bobby has 10 signature burgers like the philadelphia, santa fe, and dallas burger. no baltimore burger just yet. >> when i look at a map of

america, most people see states, towns, cities. i see ingredients. when i think of maryland, i see beautiful blue crab. >> reporter: and students are eating it up, like only college kids can. >> it was phenomenal. i really enjoyed the pleasure of being 10 feet away from bobby flay. >> reporter: so this burger was so good, you had to get a second one? >> yeah. it was amazing. >> reporter: and don't forget the milk shake. >> ground pistachios. it's very natural. like two ingredients. and that's what it is, tastes like pistachios, right? >> this is awesome. >> the shake is unbelievable. >> what kind did you get? >> the black and white. >> reporter: the chef stood by to sign autographs and take pictures. >> college kids these days are so sophisticated. they demand better foods at every level. i guess college park is the nicest on the map, i don't know. >> reporter: this is the 7th of bobby's burger palaces.

but it's also bigger. get here early, the line is long on opening day. >> reporter: and jess says, you also have to get your burg are crunchified, which means they add potato chips to the top of all of this goodness, along with all of those extra calories. don't forget the milk shake. >> okay. you guys ready to go? >> mike is off. let's go. >> it's dinnertime. with bobby flay. >> my son's apartment is four stories above that. >> all right. you have to bring us back something when you go visit your son. >> go right now. >> let's take a look at temps and conditions around the region right now. still have light rain and drizzle. warmed up to 70. east/southeast winds at 9. the barometer is now falling. we'll come back and show you the tornado watch in effect for 9:00 tonight, for portions of southern maryland. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

some severe weather down in virginia. we have a tornado watch in effect. some of these can and will produce small tornadoes this afternoon. all of this activity to the north. 25 to 30 miles an hour.

that box. you see that box. that's the area that the weather service has put under a tornado watch until 9:00 tonight. the d.c. area, portions of southern maryland, calvert county. yeah, st. mary's county. charles county, p.g. county. and a little piece of dorchester and montgomery county as well. possibly some severe weather in these regions from now until about 9:00. hopefully they cancel that sooner. but in the baltimore region, still rather unstable. it has warmed up. temperatures warm again all day, up to 70 degrees. look how warm to the south of us. d.c. just jumped up to 76. so it's a very juicy atmosphere. and rather unstable now. north and west of us, very stable. cooler temperatures, not really conducive to those kinds of storms. but down here. look at that. easton, some sun and 77. ocean city, 69. 73 in pax river. big storms down across virginia. just had about an hour ago. a small tremor reported 30 miles east of richmond.

these storms are moving up north. they probably will be expecting you folks, particularly in southern maryland, charles county, st. mary's county, and maybe western calvert county, pg county and d.c. area. right now, still for about the next five minutes. prince william and faulkner county, virginia understand a tornado warning. those storms will have some rotation with them. if you're heading down that way, watch the sky. be careful. locally, temperatures have warmed up. upper 60s to the low 70s. the warmest we have been all day. still the east wind, however, bringing lots of moisture in. south winds and southeast winds down to the south. now, tomorrow, late in the day. a front will come through the region, with more showers later tonight. maybe heavy downpours, and even a couple of thunderstorms with that system moving through. right across the region tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night. we'll have a risk of more rain with that. and then it clears out, just in time for the weekend. by tomorrow, dinnertime. the front comes through. breezy and lower humidity.

air comes in. with people a lot of sunshine all weekend long. southeast winds. front comes through at 5 to 10 knots. tonight, some showers and maybe a couple of thunderstorms. particularly later tonight. 64. and then tomorrow, back up to 72. showers, yes. and maybe another thunderstorm, another odd here. tomorrow's high at 72. tomorrow evening, clears out. dries up. makes for a good weekend. >> we need it. thanks, bob. it is still a tight race in the pizza bolis football challenge. tim williams updates the standings at wjz.com. >> well, it's a two-way tie at the top of the bobblehead leader board. adam may and jessica kartalija are tied with 56 points and a three-way tie for it could, with marty bass, stan saunders and yours truly. third place, not far behind, bob turk and sports director mark viviano. this week's winner, tina small. she got 12 of the 13 games

correct. and came closest to the score of sunday night's game. for her effort, she wins a best buy and pizza bolis gift card. if you want to play, all you have to do is come here to wjz.com and click on the pro football challenge. what are you waiting for? get off the fence and play. >> that tim williams is so clever. if you did not see that. ravens take on the texas houstons this sunday. you can watch the action here on wjz. kickoff at 4:00. still ahead at 5:00. key evidence in the michael jackson death trial. we're following the powerful testimony against the singer's doctor. bank customers, angry over new debit card fees. who is investigating the controversial charges. tragedy on a busy anne arundel county road. how students are now dealing with the loss of a young driver. >> reporter: i'm gigi barnett in anne arundel county. that story is coming up. [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads.

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is now stretching to north carolina. a nationwide amber alert has been issued for 11-year-old william mcquain. his mother was found in germantown last night. her car turned up in north carolina this morning. a short time later, police arrested curtis lopez, her husband and the boy's stepfather. right now, there is no sign of 11-year-old william. police are updating the case. we'll go live right now to lessen to police in montgomery county. >> curtis lopez, a 45-year-old man, was ms. mcquain's husband and was known to frequent the area, but did not live there. according to residents, he was seen in the area of ms. mcquain's residence and was seen taking property from the residence and loading it into the victim's vehicle. mr. lopez was contacted by detectives last night in connection with ms. lopez's discovering e.

her body. once detectives determined this was a homicide, mr. lopez, based on his inconsistent statements became a person of interest. an amber alert was issued for ms. mcquain and her son william. based on the amber alert, charlotte mecklenburg pd located locatedat approximately 8:30 this morning. based on additional information, a warrant was obtained for mr. lopez. and he was arrested at approximately 9:30 this morning. 11-year-old william mcquain is still missing. he is described as a biracial male. approximately 5 feet tall, weighing 85 pounds. our focus and our priorities now is locating william mcquain. we're asking for the public's help. if you have any information with regard to the whereabouts

of william mcquain, please contact the montgomery county police department, at 240-743, 5070. the major crimes division of the montgomery county police department. >> and we are listening to a live press conference about the disappearance of missing 11- year-old william mcquain. and that was montgomery county police chief thomas manger. students at one anne arundel county high school are coping with the loss of a teen killed on a dangerous stretch of county road. gigi barnett explains how it happened and the next step. >> reporter: drivers on this busy stretch of mountain road call this section treacherous. police say it's where 17-year- old taylor marie austin died yesterday morning. she was driving eastbound on mountain road, lost control of the vehicle, and slammed into a vacant house. nearby surveillance cameras caught it all. her family is grieving. so are students at kala's

school, chesapeake high in pasadena. >> i haven't started driving yet. and my mom doesn't want me to because stuff like this happens. >> reporter: today, grief counselors are there at the school to help people deal with the loss. >> you will randomly see people crying. and i didn't really know her. but it's really sad. >> reporter: now, this is one of several that line mountain road. and the school wants parents to talk to the students. >> parents needle to talk with -- need to talk with their students and not be afraid to show emotion. >> reporter: early reports show that speed may have been a factor. in anne arundel county, i'm gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> police say the slick road conditions may have also played a part in the crash. new information today about the mother of a missing baby girl in missouri, and where she was hours before her daughter

disappeared. denise is in the newsroom. denise. >> reporter: kansas city police just released the surveillance video of deborah bradley, the mother of lisa irwin. she walked in to buy wine and baby supplies. and this was several hours before she said her daughter was abducted from the crib. the fbi questioned a store clerk, hoping to get an idea of bradley's state of mind before the disappearance. >> i told them, she never looked depressed around me. she always seemed to have a smile on her face when her kids were around. >> reporter: police brought out atvs and search dogs today to comb the area where lisa lives to make sure they voluntary missed anything. >> reporter: lisa's parents have now hired a private investigator in the search. new security concerns authority -- after authorities stop a plot. today, officials say they believe iran is considering another terror attack. bill plant has more for wjz.

>> there may be a chain of these things. >> reporter: senate intelligence committee chair dianne feinstein says there is information the iranians may have other targets. >> i think we need to explore whether there are other plots going on into other countries. >> reporter: the administration has also rushed to take advantage of the plot to turn up the pressure on iran. u.s. officials say the so- called soft pressure of sanctions against iran, or its refusals to give up ambitions. they hope that that increases the chance that the iranian middle class will force change from within. secretary of state hillary clinton repeated the u.s. insistent that iran be held accountable. >> we call upon other nations to join us in condemning this threat to international peace and security. >> new sanctions could include a crackdown on iran's central bank, as well as limiting oil export. a second person dies following last week's

helicopter crash. doctors say a 43-year-old woman, critically hurt in the crash succumbed to her injuries yesterday. the helicopter plunged into the water shortly after takeoff october 4th. another woman immediately drowned. federal verdicts are looking into the cause. -- investigators are looking into the cause. an amtrak train slams into another. most were taken in minor injuries suffered last night. amtrak officials say it appears the train went straight through the red light. this is the second significant amtrak crash in the bay area in just two weeks. an expert on propofol takes the stand as the prosecution's final witness in the trial of michael jackson's personal doctor. now, attorneys for dr. conrad murray are preepg -- preparing their case. sandra hughes reports for the courthouse in los angeles. >> reporter: attorneys for michael jackson's doctor questioned the sleep expert about the 25 milligrams of the sedative propofol. dr. conrad murray admits he

gave to the pop star on the day he died. >> that is a low dose. yeah. >> and that's not a dose that you would expect to cause complications, would you? >> not necessarily. >> reporter: defense attorneys suggested another doctor was treating jackson simultaneously, for insomnia, without murray's murray's knowledge. and it was the overall cocktail of drugs in the pop star's system that killed him. they also say murray was trying to wean jackson off propofol, something jackson was not happy about. >> i recall dr. murray stating that that is what mr. jackson was asking for. but as physicians, we are not just there to enable and provide patients with what they ask us for but to do what is right. >> reporter: defense attorneys have abandoned their theory that michael jackson drank the final dose of propofol. but they may still argue that he injected the sedative or another drug into his iv drip to try to get some sleep. >> reporter: but in thursday's

testimony, the sleep heks pert repeated that propofol should only be used in sedation, not to help people sleep. >> in standard practice, particularly in a home setting without appropriate monitoring, it is absolutely incomprehensible. >> reporter: the defense is expected to begin its case next week, calling their own panel of experts who will counter what more than 30 witnesses for the prosecution have said for the past three weeks. >> reporter: in los angeles, sandra hughes, wjz eyewitness news. >> murray faces four years in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter. the debit card fee debate spreads to washington. bank of america recently announced a $5 monthly fee. chase and wells fargo are testing similar charges. a group of lawmakers now wants to investigate whether they violated antitrust laws by coordinating those increases. former restaurant executive herman cain catapults to the lead in the republican presidential nomination.

mr. k -- cain's blunt style seems to be winning over voters. his plan to replace the entire tax code and loopholes is drawing a lot of attention. blackberries around the world are buzzing again after a three-day outage affects millions of customers. blackberry says its system returned to normal early this morning. but it's customers whose phones have been out of touch for a long time may need to take the battery out and reinstall it to reboost the device. air tran airways is adopting a new policy for passengers. it's called "customers of size." beginning in march, the airline will require flyers to purchase a second seat if they cannot sit in one seat with both arm rests down. southwest bought air tran earlier this year. on its website, southwest said it would refund the additional seat purchased if the flight was not oversold. in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. a rediscovered film about cars

beach, one of the few places on the chesapeake that african americans could go swimming before integration. everything you need to get fired up for sunday's ravens game. and the area's best haunted houses. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. it is the music of elton john like you've never heard before. the baltimore symphony orchestra kicks off its summer pop series this weekend. with michael cavanaugh, playing the artist's greatest hits. monique griego got a glimpse of their rehearsal. ♪ [ music ] >> philadelphia freedom, with a charm city twist. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: as the baltimore symphony orchestra joins michael cavanaugh for the music

of elton john and more. >> i get to perform the songs i grew up with and love. >> he performs this weekend. he and his band will perform greatest hits with the orchestra's help. cavanaugh says adding the orchestra to these already great songs just takes them to another level. >> we're not changing elton's music that much. but when you add the baltimore symphony behind it, it's a whole new experience. >> reporter: cavanaugh, who plays the guitar and piano knows he has big keys to fill. >> i'm going to be me but stay true to the song and do it justice to the best he can. >> reporter: so whether he's playing your song or another, cavanaugh promises even elton devoted fans won't be disappointed. >> if i don't have them out of their seats by the end of the night screaming, i feel like i haven't done my job. >> reporter: monique griego, wjz eyewitness news.

>> and the music of elton john and more runs tonight. besides elton's hits, they will also play a variety of other classic songs. >> we'd be here for the next couple of hours if we were to list all of elton's hits. >> candle in the wind is a good one, too. still ahead on eyewitness news. chaos at the zoo. visitors sent running for safety when a rhino breaks out of his pen. we'll tell you what happens next. a sin city priest. why he admitted stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from his las vegas church. i'm bob turk. believe it or not, a nice, dry weekend, after several days of rain. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. here's today's report from wall street. ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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and to let you know that that tornado watch has been extended until 11:00 for the baltimore region. baltimore county. harford county. and also just west of the city

there in howard county. that's until 11:00. the rest of the region until 9:00. and also, still until 6:00, have a tornado warning for fairfax and prince williams county down there in the northern virginia area. we've had so many reports of small tornadoes down in virginia. 62 in the morning. and look for scattered showers, maybe another thunderstorm or two tomorrow afternoon. before it clears out. then it gets breezy. and things will be bright and sunny for the weekend. 77 here. 72. looks like a dry period coming up after tomorrow afternoon. in today's energy saver, get a humidifier to add moisture to the air. the air inside your home can be very dry. moister air feels warmer. the humidifier can help you feel more comfortable. even though the thermostat is set for low temperature. for more information on how you can become an energy saver, go to wjz.com. scroll down to the right-hand side of the page and click on our special section. two american hikers held in

an iranian prison are now free and visiting capitol hill. shane bower and jash fatal were arrested in 2009. along with sara shower for straying. they were freed. the hikers were meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton and others to give thanks for helping bring them home. a 51-car pileup in chile. the accident killed five people and ininjury -- injiewrd more than 20. police say one car stopped because of poor visibility. in total, 23 trucks and cars were involved in that crash. a mother and daughter are charge and in custody for robbing a bank in colorado. police say the mother waited in the car while the young woman went into the bank. the younger woman apparently said she had a timothy mcveighb in her pants. the mother said she thought she

was driving her daughter to the bank to run an errand. a roman catholic priest says he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from his parish to support his gambling addiction. monsignor admits to taking it over an eight-year period. mcauliffe could face up to 60 years behind bars and up to $750,000 in fines. i can't believe this next story actually happens. a rhino makes a run for it at the miami zoo. the rhino escapes from his pen but didn't make it out of the park. visitors were moved to a safe area to prevent attacks while workers secured all of the entrances and the exits. it took 25 minutes to catch the rhino. >> the key thing was to be calm, as long as we had him contained and we knew we could just edge him at his own pace, back this that area. and it worked perfectly. >> i do not think i would be calm if i were there.

the rhino is back safe and in his pen. no one was hurt during the attempted escape. check in for more on these stories coming up. vic is live with a preview. dangerous encounter. a 6-year-old girl attacked by a dog. why her parents are outraged that the dog had not been taken from the owner. and right now, an amber alert remains in effect. yiz missing young boy. the latest at 6:00. check in for more on these stories and more coming up at 6:00. now, back to you. well, the dessert cold front have you counting calories, as much as you'll be counting your money. this is the world's most expensive dessert. it's just oh, $35,000. joz. >> wow. >> yeah. that's the right price. it's made of various kinds of chocolate. gold. champagne caviar. and here's where it gets expensive. a 2-ca at diamond is included in there somewhere.

not to eat. >> and what about the gold. can you eat that? >> i think that is edible gold. that's why it's served like that. >> i guess it's good for you. >> i guess. and again, i always go back to the jewels. i will take them worn. i don't need them to eat. still ahead on eyewitness news tonight. >> what it's like to face former teammates in an nfl game. a couple of ravens will find out this weekend. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

former rank derrick mason will be back in town from the visiting houston texans. mark viviano has more. >> it is a transient league. we see situations like this. former teammates who go head to head in an nfl game. and we'll see that experience for a couple of ravens who came to baltimore this year after their time with the texans. hard-hitting defensive back, bernard pollard played two times in houston. he's been a welcome addition. and full-back daunte leech is a raven now, after five standout years in houston, where he was a pro bowl performer.

i asked both about their former teammates when the texans come to baltimore sunday. >> they didn't sign me back. so i can't take that personal. this is a business decision. coaches are in one year, out the next. players are in a year, out the next. sometimes players are in a few days and out the next. it doesn't matter. it's cutthroat. >> i'm going to shake hands with him before the game and talk to him after the game. that's the place where i spent five years of my career there. no hard feelings when i left there. just one part where they couldn't pay everybody. and i was the odd man out. >> reporter: a ravens injury update. starting offensive lineman, ben grubbs, sat out for practice today. he is dealing with a to injury. receiver lee evans and safety tom zivikowski. ravens favored on sunday. you can see the game here on wjz. coverage kicks off at 4:00. coming up next hour, the ravens talk about facing a team that

is missing some key players. plus, a look ahead to this weekend's baltimore running festival. 25,000 runners will hit the streets of our town. i'll have details in sports at 6:00. kai, back to you for now. >> mark, thank you. in tonight's wjz healthwatch, a listeria outbreak, linked to cantaloupe, is now responsible for 23 deaths in the united states. the count makes listeria, the deadliest known outbreak of foodborn illness in more than 25 years. the centers for disease control confirmed two more deaths in louisiana and says 116 people have been sickened by the disease. deaths were reported in 11 other states, including maryland. a simple saliva test could one day help doctors screen for pancreatic cancer. doctors in the uk have found that certain types of mouth bacteria are associated with the disease. pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms. at the moment, there is no reliable test for the disease. still to come on wjz

eyewitness news. >> murder mystery. police say a maryland mother is found dead inside her home. and now her son is missing. i'm weijia jiang, with the breaking details of the investigation, coming up next. ,

coming up on wjz eyewitness news. a tornado watch in effect. a chance of nasty weather moving this way. critically missing child. an amber alert for this missing 11-year-old boy, after his

mother is found murdered in a maryland home. the latest on the suspect. for the second time in a year, baltimore county prosecutors try a murder case, without having found a body. why they think their evidence is enough, when eyewitness news continues. >> a 6-year-old girl, attacked by a dog next door. and neighbors say this isn't the first time it's happened. i'm andrea fujii in baltimore county. that's just ahead on wjz eyewitness news. >> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now.