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>> and i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today, breaking news in baltimore, where a hazmat scare has forced a school to evacuate. chopper 13 is live over the baltimore freedom academy, captain mike has the latest good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon. it occurred around 11:00 this morning. several children found a court sized bottle in a closet and dropped it and they then evacuated the school. we do know two children suffered minor irritation and

burns to their eyes. they have remained on scene. they are cleaning up that material. which is believed to be formaldehyde. tolls are going up. we are live at the ft. mchenry toll plaza with more. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. it is one of two hikes we will see over the next few years. in the first phase of hikes starting today the tolls go up to 3 dollars. the commuter easy pass discount increases to 75 cents. the cost to cross the bay bridge jumps to 4 dollars cash. the easy pass rate stays the same until july of 2013. on i-95, kennedy highway and the bridge the toll goes up to 6 dollars and easy pass rates up to 1.50. special exemptions are made for

the bridge only. >> it is going to make it rougher for folks like myself. >> especially with the gas prices going up it is rough. >> she says the state needs 225 million. the senator has called them outrageous. >> these will all right the economy. shame on this board. >> phase ii includes raising the bay bridge toll to 6 dollars in 2013. the first full year of these toll increases expected to raise some 90 million dollars. for the state of maryland, live at the ft. mchenry tunnel. wjz eyewitness news. >> we will bring you more throughout the day on the 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00 news. >> one of the police officers assigned to guarding the mayor is recovering after being involved in an accident. he was on his way back to city

hall when another car hit his suv. both drivers were taken to the hospital but had non-life- threatening injuries. the mayor was not involved. one man is behind bars in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old. they tracked down 22-year-old lucky crosbie because of his court ordered gps monitor bracelet. the girl was sexually assaulted while walking on leslie street. 4 other men are being south. >> he has been convicted, now a man is waiting to see if he will pay the ultimate price. we have this report. >> reporter: a jury continues to deliberate whether he should face the death penalty. last week he was found guilty in a murder-for-hire plot. in a bid to keep him off death row defense attorneys called a prison expert to testify about the effects of life in prison without parole. >> life without parole and the

death penalty are both death sentences. >> now police recorded bishops confession, making him eligible for the death penalty under a new state law. back to you. >> ron, thank you. police say bishop was hired by the wife of the man he killed, prosecutors will also seek the death for her when her trial begins in the spring. >> some gun violence has police looking for someone and scratching their heads about a recurring crime scene. investigators say a man was shot in the chest at the carry out there. police believe robbery was the motive but also say this is the third time in three years someone has been shot at that same carry out. a terrifying landing for hundreds of people on board a boeing plane from new jersey. take a look at this. as the plane kids to a stop after its landing gear fails to

deploy. fire crews were on the scene but say no one was seriously hurt. it is still under investigation. >> herman cane is still fighting to get past what he calls false accusations of sexual harassment from 12 years ago. his story about the incident changed slightly and gop strategists say that could cost him his lead in iowa. danielle nottingham reports from the white house. >> reporter: republican presidential front-runner herman cane is doing damage control, still addressing allegations of improper behavior. >> i have never sexually harassed anyone. >> anonymous sources told politico he did that. >> i hope it wasn't much. >> hours later he recalled one.

>> she ended up leaving with several months severance, which would have been what she would have left with, if he had involuntarily dismissed her. >> he insists he is not hiding anything and an investigation turned up no prove he be heaved improperly. some strategists say it could hurt his campaign. >> he has been seen as authentic, and if this comes across that he has tried to change his story line or not being truthful, that is problematic. >> reporter: his chief of staff said the campaign had one of its best fund-raising days monday. right now he is leading the back in iowa, where voters have two months before they choose the candidate they want to see as the gop nominee. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> his lead in iowa could be a

thing in the past after a forum in iowa tonight. he is skipping the event and so is mitt romney. >> turning to the weather it is a pretty and perhaps yet with typical autumn day. our first warning weather coverage continue with marty bass and his heavy jacket in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. we will warm it up this afternoon. still below average. let's take you back to this morning when we did have showers and clouds, all of that out of here. sunshine taking over. a breeze out there, 56 in baltimore. out west still in the 40s and 43 in oakland.

so we are rid of this storm. what do we have on the dock for the next couple of days? here is marty with that in the outback. >> thank you very much. to be honest i could have my suit on out here. now let's take a look at temperatures. over the next few days this is coming from atlanta, new orleans, memphis, dallas and kc mo. where temperatures are in the upper 60s, not quite that warm here, but quite delightful, quite nice on the winds courtesy of a dome of hot air but it is going to get a lot more -- closer to normal. bernadette coming up with those details shortly, now throw it back inside. >> they are teaming up to help our nation's troops and their families. they want to expand the program which allows people to donate frequent flyer miles to military families and say it

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halloween ended on a deadly note in new orleans, last night. police say two men opened fire on the burbon street and the french quarter, killing one and wounds seven others and at this point they are not sure who was an intended target and who wasn't. an entire block was shut down for several hours but no arrests have been made. in new york city two 12 years are charged with nearly killing a woman. the pushed a cart off and it hit the woman on the head. police say it is unclear if she was a target. they are charging them with felony assaults. >> amtrak will soon offer more free wi-fi to a dozen east coast routes including trains from boston to virginia beach. officials say ne,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

♪[ music ] >> welcome back, everybody. what a beautiful beautiful sky that is. and sunshine is here for at least the next day or so. and that is because the storm is now out of here. it is out to sea, behind it dryer air has come in. temperatures will be going up. the wins out of the northeast will keep it cool today. 56 in baltimore, 58 haggerstown. 40s mountains.

we will go up a couple of more degrees this afternoon. before we cool down again tonight. the 30s. tomorrow, though those temperatures start to creep up more. so that is the trend over the next few days as marty was talking about at the beginning of the show, so high pressure today and tomorrow but by thursday it leaves us, additional clouds on thursday as that front approaches. you can see there is not a whole lot to this front. so that will come through. then this one down here is going to come our way friday into saturday morning. chance for a couple of showers with it but it looks like it gets out of here in time for the weekend so that is something we will watch and keep you updated. forecast goes like this though for today, just a few more degrees out there, partly to mostly sunny skies. tonight we cool it down once again to the mid-30s. tomorrow we try to get closer to 60 degrees but still below average. a lot of sunshine. we will try to creep up those temperatures. most of this forecast is below average. although not all that extreme. we will have that 5 day in just

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♪[ music ] there is breaking news happening right now on interstate 83. sky chopper 13 is over the scene of an accident, captain mike perry, what do you got? >> big crash between a sport- utility vehicle and a tractor- trailer causing the suv to burst into flames, fire officials were able to knock down the flames. its not clear how many people were injured but you can see it is causing a mess just north of mount carmel road. one lane is getting by but york road is also affected, the back up is nearly two miles. expect delays in the area. no word on how serious anyone was hurt. back to you. >> thank you, much. in today's wjz health watch fruit drinks for children may not be a healthy alternative to soda. a report finds fruit drinks have just as much sugar as a

full calorie soda or an energy drink. the study also finds beverage companies target children with their advertising with heavy marketing of soda, sports drinks and those fruit drinks. >> and be sure to check in with wjz eyewitness news today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. a mother reunites with her child switched at birth. the bittersweet victory for both families. a big hole in the price matching pledge by major retailers. what consumers need to know. please join us for these stories and all the days breaking news at 4:00 right after dr. phil. >> say with us, the five-day- forecast to get ,,,,,,,,,,,,

okay, welcome back to eyewitness news at noon. what you need to take from this is the first few days of november looking very very calm. very pleasant, actually. a chance for a shower on friday. we heap hope to get that out of there, otherwise, 58, 60, swy, 60, 62 and 67. throw it back inside. >> don't miss the line up tonight. stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> and halloween may be a candy lovers dream but it is a nightmare for dentists and that is why one or the don

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