up in flames a police pursuit leads to firey crash. dramatic chain of events and the arrests that follow. hello everyone, i'm dick carter. >> a car consumed by flame ins a baltimore neighborhood. the people inside nearly escape with police on their heels. karen jackson -- kye jackson tells us how it all unfolds. >> we understand that two innocent people were involved in this accident and also two suspects are apparently in custody allegedly charged with being involved in that accident. >> skyeye chopper 13 is over northeast baltimore as police become fireman trying to extinguish a burning car. city police are pursuing the vehicle that's burning, a black lincoln. >> that looks like a search engine. >> sources say that police were trying to stop the driver of

the lincoln. it appears at some point the lincoln collided with this green toyota that sent the toyota crashing into the garden wall of this house. chase ended when these two cars wrecked and this one caught fire. officers sprung into action to put it out even before the fire department arrived. eyewitness has learned that police took two suspects into custody. two men who were apparently in the lincoln. >> reporter: the two people in the toyota were apparently husband and wife and weren't seriously hurt. the owner of the house came out to survey the damage but told eyewitness news it wasn't serious. >> it was mayhem out here for a short period of time. at least 20 or 30 police cars were on the scene. >> reporter: we understand from our sources this was basically a drug bust. we have not heard official confirmation, we understand that some drugs were recovered, although we're not certain how much. >> thank you, the police investigation continues. a chemical scare sends

several students to the hospital. firefighters rush when the students accidentally dropped a container of -- everyone was evacuated, two students went to the hospital but they should be okay. students are in hot water for putting a 4-year-old in on a school bus to the wrong neighborhood. he's left wandering alone. the investigation lost by school leaders. >> reporter: that 4-year-old boy was put on a school bus after class and dropped off at a school bus stop, the problem is he doesn't take the bus. he lived -- she lived every parents' nightmare. she went to pick up her 4-year- old son inside his classroom was empty. >> nobody knew anything. >> they didn't know where he was. >> reporter: turns out her 4- year-old was put on a school bus and dropped off here at the carriage hill apartments two miles away. >> have you ever been on the

school bus before? >> no. >> reporter: former school employee found him crying, wandering walked by himself. she called the school. was it scary, how did you feel? >> bad. >> reporter: now she wants answers about why her son was ever put on the bus. they say within one hour they figured out how the mistake was made. >> it's a parent's nightmare. it's a school system's nightmare. >> reporter: she said she took immediate action but she understands why parents are out ranged. >> parents should be outraged. we're outraged that this happened. >> reporter: he says her son is so scare he doesn't want to return to school. >> i'm sorry. she wants to make sure that no parent goes through this same ordeal. >> reporter: school officials tell us that they do have

safeguards in place but admit that there was a break down in the system. reporting live megan, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. >> baltimore schools are not releasing what action is being taken involved. a gun scare on the campus turns out to be a big misunderstanding. police swarm the campus and students were told to stay inside. the gun was just a prop for and acting class. student carrying the gun won't face any charges. landing without handing gear, tonight the pilot of an international flight from newark to warsaw is being held a hero after nail biting crash landing. if you haven't seen this video, take a look. the plane makes an emergency landing skidding to a stop on its belly. small fires erupted but they were quickly put out and all 230 people on board rushed to safety. the pilot of the flight says the plane suffered a high drawlish system failure soon after take off making it

impossible to extend the landing gear. many said they brought the plane down so smoothly they thought they had landed on wheels. hit man and gas station owner murder for hire is still facing possibility of death penalty. the first time the killer ear -- the jury deliberated late into the night. >> it took a juryless than five hours to convict walter bishop jr. for gunning down gas station owner in march 2010 in exchange for $9,000. >> reporter: now 4 days into the sentencing phase, jury members have not reached a verdict on how bishop should pay for the crime. >> i walked in and i just -- i just closed my eyes and pulled the trigger. >> reporter: new state law bishop is else jolt to se the death penalty of this, because of this, a taped confession.

including his own father, walter bishop sr. >> this ain't my boy. he ain't like that. if i had been a daughter back then, i don't think none of this would happen. >> reporter: bleeding for his life defense attorneys also argued he had no prior criminal charges. he was all but forced to shoot. he stands accused of o straiting the murder for hire plot. for the first time bishop himself addressed the victim's family. he said every morning i wake up and relive the event on march 1 march 1st. it hunts me when i'm sleep and hunts me when i'm awake. i'm sorry you lost your son. bishop was sobbing through every single word. he also apologized to the jurors for causing them for having to make such life altering decision one they'll continue to deliberate wednesday morning at 9:00. in bell air, wjz eyewitness news. wjz.com, we'll let you know as soon as as the jury decides.

international money fear sent stocks sliding again. here are the closing numbers. the dow is down 297 points. the s&p loses five. the plunge comes as investors worry a european bailout plan may fall apart. there is is a small victory for consumers tonight, massive backlash forces bank of america to cancel its debit card fee. the bank wanted to charge $5 a month for debit card purchases, other big banks have already backed up. hit with a nasty reality, steep toll hikes are now in effect across the state. here is a look at how drivers are responding. >> reporter: starting today, higher tolls are the new reality in maryland and many drivers like lisa kelly aren't happy. >> the extra money you have to put up for it is crazy. >> reporter: here is the break down, they go up from 2 to $3 cash with the commuter rate

increasing from 40 cents to 75 cents. the jump across bay bridge jumps also. and on i-95 kennedy highway and on the hadom bridge the toll goes up from 5 to $6 and easy pass rates jump from 80 cents to $1.50. they need these toll increases to play for the upkeep on their aging bridges tunnels and toll facilities. the higher tolls will also help cover cost of the i-95 express lane and help pay for debts on the $2.5 billion intercounty connector highway. that's the reason some drivers don't mind forking out more. >> but daily harbor tunnel users say the toll hike adds $40 to its commute each month. >> my income is not going up, that stays the same. but yet, you know, we've got the state raising the toll pike

which is outrageous. >> these toll increases are expected to gin rate a total of $90 million in the first year alone. derrick, wjz eyewitness news. phase 2 of the toll increases will begin in 2013. we're getting our first look inside the washington tavern, damaged chairs and tables are stuffed up after flames tore through the restaurant yesterday morning. workers spent the day cleaning up debris. the owners promised to rebuild but that could take at least a year. one of the coast guard's -- to launch a new partnership with morgan state university. the billion dollar cutter is the newest strip. on board to sign an agreement creating new academic and scholarship opportunities morgan state university students interested in a life in the coast guard. coming up freak accident or tragedy that could have been prevented.

who the survivors of this crash are blaming tonight. rs. >> people are sick and tired of doing the right thing, doing the right thing. >> reporter: the surprising reason the sheriff is telling women to start packing the heat. she's one of the state's most -- he's one of the state's most violent offenders. he's now charged with raping a 14-year-old girl. did the system work? the investigation and the outrage. more dry weather on tap. we'll the forecast coming up next. ,,

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the forecast is coming up. police move in and take down part of the occupy portland camp. more than two dozen protesters were arrested as the officers clear the tints. portland is limited the occupy movement of two block area inside a city park. this is the second time in 3 days the protesters were arrested for going beyond those boundaries. well, the family of a victim from the reno air show crash is filing a $25 million lawsuit. those names include the pilot and the mechanic of the world war ii plane that crashed into the stand. the organizer of the event are

also named. a lawyer for the family says a formula was created that made the accident inevitable. 11 people were killed in that crash. michael jackson's personal physician will not testify in his own defense. he told the judge he will not take the stand. he's raise caused of giving the pop star an illegal dose of propofol. closing arguments are set for thursday and then the jury will begin deliberations. if convicted dr. murray could face 4 years in prison. baltimore police search four men accused of gang raping a 14-year-old girl. they captured one suspect. wjz investigates whether the man was a violent criminal past should have been can't in custody. >> reporter: 22-year-old lucky

cosby jr. a parolee charged with raping a girl was considered one of maryland's violent released offenders on a state watch list that put him under extra scrutiny including gps monitoring at the time of the crime. >> there is a lot of outrage in terms of trying to contain people who are violent. >> reporter: records show he was freed september 7 after serving most of his 5 year sentence on armed robbery and -- >> with good time credits you'll be released on mandatory release. that's what happened in this case. >> until then the -- he had a job, passed his drug test and checked in where he was supposed to be. they say the system worked as it should. >> the department of public safety tells wjz that's because of review of gps records help police make the arrest, putting cross by at the scene, without it that arrest might not have

happened. such monitoring is in passing, meaning it's not done in real time. >> gps is a superficial tool. not a crime fighting tool. >> but that sort of after the fact. >> reporter: >> reporter: they typically serve a little more than half their sentences before being released. and city police headquarters mike, wjz eyewitness news. cosby faces 28 charges in next with the attack on the girl. telling women to go out and buy a gun to defend themselves. urged women to get a sealed -- speaking at a news conference after a rape suspect was arrest arrested. >> somebody asked me what my opinion of gun control is. gun control to me is when you can get your barrel back on the

target quick. that's gun control. >> reporter: one instructor says his phone has been ringing off the hook, those comments, though, have also been heavily criticized. a study three decades in the making shows even a few drinks a week boosts a woman's risk of breast cancer. they discover 3 to 6 drinks a week. for heavier drinks that number goes up to 51%. they aren't sure what's behind the connection. but they believe it has to do with the effect alcohol has on estrogen levels. this is the first job update in 25 years. financial literacy, one called science of happiness, of course the old stand by cooking and first ate will remain, there are 136 different badges to earn. girl scouts will be celebrating their 100 anniversary next year. signs of happiness. i want that badge. that's a good one. >> can you earn it.

>> well, no, not yet. >> the boys scouts have quite a few berth thing. weather looking great. beautiful, clear. it's chilly out there, no wind at all. temperature right now this is the lowest we've seen all day. dew point 38. no wind at all, actually the computer prints out, but it looks like no because there is no -- barometer on the rise. 3.38 inches. it seems it will be much colder. elk ton 41. 39 at the airport and ocean city. locally temperatures right around the 40 to 48-degree markets. warmer by the water still jumping at you still. bell air, 41. 62, 41 today this is about as normal as it gets. the average temperature for today is 62.

by mid right but bobby be down to 46. 86 abnormal high. 29 abnormal low. no wind in here. now, this morning early, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning we had some clouds and few lout showers on the south and east. just hear to put up the air for 7/100s of an inch, to a frontal system that will mix us completely. it was developing with snow in wyoming, heading down toward denver, sunny and 60 today. that little pressure is going to head down to our south. looks like it's going to miss us once again. it will weaken, temperatures over the next few days, clear skies, generally westbound around 60s or at least the upper 50s. weather problems we didn't see any, functioning kind of weakening, most of the energy heading down the south.

there's a slight chance, slight chance of a shower on friday, maybe 1-4 chance that's about it. southeast wind around 5 notch. they obey very light. tonight, clear mid upper 30s with year condition and light wind or no wind at all. tomorrow sunny, up near 60 grows. maybe an isolated shower, mainly south of this 60, mid to upper 50s, a lot of sunshine for the weekend looking very nice, denise. thank you very much. the ravens and steelers talk about their big ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

mark is here with sports report. >> let the build up begin.

>> in their 16th heres history the ravens have played more games against the pittsburgh steelers than any other opponent. there have been three playoff meetings. now sunday's meeting in pittsburgh will certainly impact positioning. the ravens have the upper hand after they blew out those in 900 in september. it has both sides feeling familiar about what when they ear doing to see again. i think they're the same steelers they've always been. they've got a great quarterback and defense. >> they usually more ravens. it's significant game. we like being insignificant game, it's an awesome thing to be a part of it. >> he's been ruled out of sunday's game after he suffered a hamstring injury this past sunday. his defense has been hit hard

with injuries. former ravens cj is headed west to play for the oakland raters. he abbeed to put -- as the reigns playoffs lost in pittsburgh in january, one that ended with him dropping a pass from joe flacco. they'll renown with his former begals teenage in oakland. the orioles made a officer to feel vacancy and got turned around. tony interviewed twice, but says he would rather stay with the blue jay so the search for new gm continues with the player free agent planning period starting thursday. two orioles are rewarded gold glove. right fielder nick gets his first in what's considered a long over due honor. played 157 games. no horrors. take us for the first time ever, an oriole catcher named

an all star this summer. he through out 70% of runners. when gold gloves for fielding excellent. the caps take home 1 against the an mime ducks. the rally -- forcing over time noc. that's the game winner, 5-4 caps over the ducks. always know you can get the latest on the latest as we prep. ,,,,,,

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