player is out of trouble tonight. their principal has decided to reverse his vision. >> reporter: after kicking a winning goal against delaney high school earlier this week, and for performing this controversial victory dance on the field, punishment for perry hall's boy's soccer team came early. the school's principal, george roberts, forefitted the win and ended the season. but today, prohibits changed his mind. >> they will play. >> reporter: this week, his original decision started a firestorm. after parents called the burney dance, lewd and inappropriate behavior. >> my issue with the students wasn't the dance, the type of dance. it was more that the dance was done. >> there's no talking, no curse words, no touching of the private parts. >> reporter: perry hall parents and players protested and fairs book pages calling for a return

of the season popped up. parents say roberts made a bad call. >> it was a rough decision. just glad they overturned it and they'll get to play. >> reporter: the barn bernie dance comes from the movie "weekend at bernie's ." now, it is a hit among professional sports, especially amongst ravens players. now that the students will be allowed to play, they say they'll keep the bernie out of the play. >> i don't know if we'll do anything spectacular if we do score because i don't want to get in trouble again. >> reporter: gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> perry school will play in montgomery county tomorrow afternoon. caught in the act. baltimore watches three men, pretending to be police officers carry out a robbery. denise has more and who is under arrest tonight. >> detectives say three men dressed as police officers, in

order to steal. take a look at the suspects. police say they dressed in dark clothing and displayed gold bagging. they were arrested after an officer saw them trying to rob someone in the 3200 block of baker street. when they were taken into custody, police also found bulletproof vests and fake guns. >> investigators were also trying to find out if there were more victims. anyone with more information should call police. and coming up at 6:00, we'll speak to one of the victims who helped crack the case will. the fate of a politician is now in the hands of a jury. right now, they continue. weijia jiang has the latest on the jury'serts -- efforts to reach a decision. >> reporter: kai, the jury continues to barrel through a tremendous amount of evidence and testimony to decide whether the senator will be vindicated or at that pointed as a scandalous politician. >> reporter: his reputation and seasoned career now on the

line, maryland state senator ulysses currie's personal and political future is out of his hands. a jury continues to deliberate whether the 74-year-old sold his power to shopper's food warehouse, for nearly a quarter of a million dollars. >> wjz obtained a copy of the very verdict they are working to answer. >> reporter: they will determine if he is guilty or not of extortion, bribery. the federal corruption case unfolded more than three years ago. fbi agent, armed with search warrants, raided his home and shoppers warehouse. >> they went into the house, room by room. >> reporter: the former chair of the tax and budget committee. helping to get the company to transfer a liquor license, getting traffic lights installed and getting millions

in grant money that would have benefited them. defense attorneys say currie always admitted that he worked for shoppers, but failed to note it in has ethpicks paperwork. but prosecutors say this was no accident, no mistake, this was intentionally concealing from the public his association to shoppers. and jury is deliberating a verdict for all three men. >> weijia, thank you. if curry is found guilty of all the counts, he could face more than 30 years in prison. wjz will bring you the verdict as soon as one is reached. we are also awaiting the verdict in the trial of michael jackson's doctor. jurors are behind closed doors, trying to decide if dr. conrad murray is responsible for the singer's death. karen brown has more from los angeles. >> reporter: jurors have over

300 pieces of evidence and the testimony of 49 witnesses to consider as they deliberate the fate of dr. conrad murray. seven men and five women must decide who is responsible for michael jackson's death. his personal physician? or the singer himself. >> reporter: prosecutors say the choice is clear. >> this is criminal negligence. criminal, gross negligence. >> reporter: they accuse dr. murray of giving too much of propofol. >> if you're going to hold murray responsible. >> reporter: they say dr. murray is only on trial because jackson was a superstar. >> is not a reality show. it's reality. >> reporter: during the six- week trial, jurors listen to an interview that doctors gave police. but they never heard directly from the defendant because he chose not to take the stand.

some legal experts believe that can have an impact. >> the truthful answer is yes. >> wow. >> it shouldn't, but it does. so many people and jurors, particularly, one have in their mind, well, if he was innocent, he would have explained what happened. >> reporter: the judge gave jurors lengthy instructions about how to interpret the law and advised them to use their common sense when deciding if dr. murray is guilty or innocent of involuntary manslaughter. in los angeles, karen brown, wjz eyewitness news. >> and if convicted, the judge will decide dr. murray's sentence, which could range from probation up to four years behind bars. >> police arrest a teenager connection with a murder at a chinese carry-out restaurant. 17-year-old mar kel jones is charged with fatally shooting a customer on monday in waverly. detectives say jones was turned in by family members. police are still searching for two other suspects in the killing of 52-year-old army

veteran freddie jones. a man is found dead in a burning garage in northwest baltimore tonight. wjz has learned the victim's identity. family members tell us alvin whitehead has died in the fire. investigators are now trying to figure out. how it started. >> america's unemployment rate has improved but not much. unemployment is down slightly to 9%. but the economy added just 80,000 jobs last month. and the federal reserve doesn't expect the unemployment rate to go any lower this year. and that, of course, is bad news for the 14 million americans who are still without a job. well, finally, it is friday, purple friday at that. and our gorgeous fall weather is making the best day of the workweek even better. the sun is shining as we take a live look outside tonight. wjz is live with first warning weather. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk, tracking our nice conditions now.

bob? >> it turned into a beautiful afternoon. clouds still down to the south and still some shower activity. but it's way across portions ever southeastern north carolina. we had clouds moved out. down to 56 degreesarsar after a high of the upper 50s. now, tomorrow, high pressure in control means sunny, dry, it will be a little cool tomorrow. probably only into the low 50s. but this weekend, big things going on. >> well, we're definitely talking about two major events. one for everybody. one just for sports fans. here's saturday night into sunday. we're talking about standard time, resuming sunday night. saturday, set your clocks back one hour. it will be early for everything you do on sunday morning. you'll be sitting in a parking lot, wondering where everybody is. and for sunday, i guess you have to wait one extra hour for the ravens to take on the steelers. heinz field, taking off at 6:20. going to be chilly. going to a daytime high of 58.

it's going to be about 48 at kickoff time. temperatures dropping off overnight there to about 38. it's going to be cool. football weather. bob will have a look at your updated forecast, and maybe a look at 70s coming up here. bark inside. >> ravens and steelers make up what we consider the best in the nfl. and they meet again sunday. sports director mark viviano was in owings mills. >> well, kai, it is one of the most heated and intense rivalries in all of sports. and the team from western pa has enjoyed most of the success over the years, which is only further motivation for the ravens as they head there sunday. >> they push and shove. they fight and claw. ravens-steelers is raw, hard- hitting football. ravens ruled in september, but the steelers have dominated the past decade. >> the reason for the dislike is that every year, you know, in order to get where we want

to go, there's always pittsburgh. and we want to win one of them trophies as well, too. >> can they beat the steelers twice in the same season? it's only happened once before back in 2006. our panel of experts picks the winner in this year's rematch. >> weekend sports anchor stan saunders, after almost going the other way with this pick, i'm leaning on the ravens to escape pittsburgh with a 24-21 victory. >> ravens seem to play to level the computation. -- competition. they're going to pittsburgh. tough place to win. i see them taking this, 17-14. >> this is steve jacobs, wjz f.m. 107.5 the fan. this is the year they knock the smile right off heinz ward face. ravens take advantage. this is scott garceau, 105.7,

the fan. maybe a special teams beside it. home field advantage. steelers, 23-20. now, i was first inclined to give pittsburgh the nod. the steelers have a couple on defense. i see the ravens pulling this one off. haloti ngata lists this one today. good news for baltimore. i'll have the complete injury update later in sports. >> okay, mark. thank you. and remember, it's a big weekend of college football, live here on wjz. tomorrow at noon. see the terps take on virginia in college park. 8:00, number 1, lsu, versus number 2, alabama. see both games tomorrow. suing over strep throat. a misdiagnosis leaves a maryland boy without legs. who is facing a lawsuit tonight. >> sexual harassment scandal.

tonight, is one of herman cain's accusers going public? fighting for freedom. an accused child killer begs for mercy. i'm mike hellgren, with an inside account for murder. and i'll tell you who is defending curtis lopez. beautiful weather to start the weekend. will it last through saturday and sunday? bob will have more on his updated forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

tonight, wjz uncovers disturbing new details in the murder of a the boy and his mom. -- a little boy and his mom. prosecutors say the man accused in the killings may have turned violent over a car. mike hellgren is live with the courtroom drama and the murder weapon used on the young victim. mike? >> william mcquain loved sports. they think it was his own bat. his dad asked for bail, the

judge turned him down. >> reporter: wjz has learned surveillance video from a gas station in montgomery county shows curtis lopez with a bat. prosecutors say he used it to kill his 11-year-old stepson william mcquain, just hours after he picked the boy up at a sleepover. video shows the little boy playing, never imagining these would be his last moments alive. >> the baseball bat used to kill him was found a short distance from the body. >> the reality is, it's not like tv. evidence like dna takes time to develop. >> reporter: little william's body was found in the woods and lopez fled the state. his lawyers say prosecutors have nothing against him, that their case is purely circumstantial. >> reporter: they say william wasn'ts his only victim. -- wasn't his only victim that he killed the boy's mother, as she slept. prosecutors call it ghastly

violence. >> that's just -- it's heartbreaking. devastating. jazz as for -- >> reporter: as for motive, investigators say mcquain wanted -- lopez wanted mcquain's new honda for his new love. he had, in fact stolen the car and given it to his new love in north carolina. it's just crazy what people will do to -- especially to their own family. >> just divorce -- or just walk away. you don't have to kill. >> reporter: despite pleading for release, lopez remains locked in jail. >> reporter: and the state's attorney has to decide whether to pursue the death penalty. >> lopez has a violent past, including conviction for attempted murder. if you're waiting for someone to get home from -- work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. well, the beltway on a friday

afternoon, never a good time. providence road to baltimore national pike. and we have a couple of really slow spots on the inner loop as well. you're looking at 45 to maybe 50 minutes now from 95 to the jones falls enjoy. -- expressway. then things slow down again. average speed, about 34 miles an hour. northbound 95, heavy there from the harbor tunnel freeway to the beltway. and we have an accident. also, paper mill road, at green branch drive in the phoenix area. and oak brook in glen burnie. also, ridge road at edmondson avenue. let's take a live look. you can see that is what it looks like now. that's a electric at dulaney delaney -- look at dulaney valley road. 70 at 29 is also heavy from 29 to marriottsville road. this is brought to you by bill's carpet, hardwood and laminate, too. back over to you.

>> crition tee, thank you -- kristy, thank you. a quiet wave of worry is washing ashore. watermen are finding mostly dead oysters and recent tropical weather may be to blame. >> tied up during the first boat of oyster season. and this is not a good sign. but these men are here because they aren't finding live oysters in the small part of the day -- bay. >> got eight or nine oysters in it. >> and the reason may go back to runoff. it replaced the brackish waters oysters need to survive with fresher water. >> then they come in and dump all of this fresh water. killed all of the oysters in the bay.

from here down to toms at this point. >> i was here with agnes. and we were able to oyster through agnes, but can't oyster through this. >> and catching enough to uncover expenses is unlikely. >> maybe all the way down on the bay, or the last stand. it's not worthy. >> a hard winter on water won't make life any easier on shore. >> they're not making money. not paying me to fix things. a lot of them trying to do things themselves or they just don't get things fixed. we're never going to have them. >> and leave a way of life out there out of reach. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> watermen are asking congress for some form of disaster relief. and they wanted the state to open up at least one oyster sanctuary to fishing. >> all right. >> well, we saw the pride of baltimore come in today. >> had shots earlier. >> beautiful, beautiful.

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all right. there's the pride. and we are proud of the pride. >> we are very proud of the pride. >> we are welcoming the pride home. >> this is a pretty good day for sailing. actually, you could move up and down the bay. that kind of breeze. what a great shot. >> and i read -- >> that's a postcard right there. and i read when it was -- >> all right. let's take a look. i guess the pride is going to be in town for a little while. not sure of the schedule. but maybe go down and take a look at it. looks like a great weekend. will be sun isy and cool. 56 now. locally, with very dry air. dew points way down. 55 rock hall. 54 up in westminster.

tonight, everywhere except in downtown baltimore, along the bay, downtown d.c., it's going to get close to freezing. it will be a chilly and frosty morning tomorrow. we still have a pretty good breeze. 21 in elkton. 10 here. eventually, tomorrow, it will begin to calm down. but it is bringing this cooler air mass to the region. as the front we talked about yesterday. low pressure came through missouri, kentucky. and the front to our nort, gone through the region. taking the clouds with it except extreme southern portions of maryland. to our north. look at ta. bright sunshine. cool conditions. tonight, lots of places to our north. elwoo be back in the 20s, very, very chilly air. the rain continues this afternoon across the eastern carolinas. but it's moving offshore. so really not going to affect us. there goes that low. we'll call it cool overnight tonight. as i said, close to freezing

tonight. tomorrow, with sunshine still pretty chilly air mass. only in the low 50s. then this high will move off the east coast. and the winds go back to the southwest. milder air. pleasant conditions. sunday, 5 or 6 degrees warmer than tomorrow. and monday or tuesday, we're talking temperatures in the mid- to upper 60s. may get -- may get to 70 degrees one more time. northeast winds on the bay, at 10 to 15 knots. there will be a small craft advisory from now through is the afternoon. bay temp, around 57 degrees. sunrise, now, watch this. this is going to change a lot this weekend. as you said, you have to change your clock, fall back, saturday night. 7:30. which means sunday morning, becomes around 6:36. sunsets, 6:02. but sunday night, it will be setting at around 5:00 p.m. yeah, it's going to get dark

real early. look for clear skies. going to be colder and breezy. 33. most places come up with 20s. cold suburban areas. in the city, sunny, beautiful, nice fall day. it will be cool, yes. high of only 52 degrees tomorrow. if you head out to any football games, i would take probably more than just a sweatshirt. if you're going to be in the shade. in the sun, it won't be so bad. but late in the afternoon, when the sun goes down, it's going to be cold real fast. if you're heading to college park tomorrow, yeah, take some kind of winter wrap or something. the biggest privacy concerns yet. why your facebook comments could wind up on google. what you can do to prevent it. exotic animals set free in ohio. now, shocking details are revealed from the sheriff's deputies forced to kill them. [ woman ] ,, before allegra, i was constantly fighting indoor allergies.

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it is 5:30. 56 degrees and clear on this friday. good evening. and thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. a maryland family is suing the baltimore washington medical center and one of its doctors after their sons legs had to b amputated. it happened after he was seen at the hospital with a fever and sore throat. >> i wish i were as strong as him. >> reporter: last december, 6- year-old eric flynn had a high

fever, swollen legs and hip pain. they say a doctor failed to give him a test for strep throat. >> when she mentioned that his tonsils were extremely swollen, i had asked it she would do a strep and she said there was no need. >> reporter: in a horrible turn of events, doctors had to amputate both of his legs to save his life. an undiagnosed strep ran through his body. they claimed a strep test was all he needed. >> they discharged eric with an erroneous, and really a garbage bag diagnosis. >> the hospital released this -- this statement. we are sorry for what they're going through. and we applaud their efforts. eric's symptoms were just not

consistent or indicative of this very aggressive condition. they say their son is a star soccer player, but still very active. >> he doesn't ask for help. >> the state law capped settlement payments at $655,000. several people are rescued from the water during a school field trip in harford county. sky eye copper 13 is over the scene of bush river. fire officials say the students were over a cambridge school. two adults and children were pulled from the water after their canoe capsized. several people come to the rescue of a woman being attacked in the parking lot of a cvs store in anne arundel county. police say 23-year-old zachary freeman assaulted a woman and stole her purse on fort small wood road. witnesses saw him running away, so they chaseed him and held

him down until officers arrived. face to face with lions and bears. a new report shows just how close police officers came to those exotic animals that escaped from an exotic farm. vic has details for us. deputies arrived to find lions and bears charging at them and running through houses and front yards. one deputy saw a charging black bear. another deputy shot at a mountain lion that was hissing and showing his teeth at him. it got up and started running towards him again. forcing him to fire several additional shots. the animal's owner released them from their cages before taking his life. still not clear why he did it. police have defended their decision to shoot and kill the animals, saying they were just trying to protect themselves and the public. for the first time, congresswoman gabrielle giffords is talking about her struggle after a gunshot wound

to the head. in a new memoir, she relearns a difficult process of learning to walk and talk over the past 10 months. the book, called gabby, a story of hope and courage, is written by her husband, mark. but she wrote the last chapter. firestorm continues for herman cain. today, one of the women who accuses him of sexual harassment breaks her silence. danielle nottingham reports for wjz from the white house. >> reporter: herman cain returned from washington friday to put his presidential campaign back on track. >> the american dream has been hijacked. but the good news is, we can take it back. >> reporter: cane has spent most of the week answering alleges of sexual harassment. friday, one of his accusers released a statement through her attorney. it has no details about what happened, but the attorney did

say the accuser complained about a series of inappropriate behaviors. she stands by the allegations she made in 1999. so far, cain's fight to fend off the allegations doesn't seem to be hurting his campaign. the latest washington post, abc poll, shows cain and mitt romney nearly tied at the top of the republican field. >> reporter: cain insists he never sexually harassed anyone. he's blaming rivals for attacking his character because of his unexpected success. >> for now, republican voters in iowa seem willing to give cain the benefit of the doubt. >> i do worry sometimes, is this true? or is it something someone is trying to do to knock someone down? >> reporter: cain's campaign say its is moving on from the allegations and credits the media frenzy for giving them a financial boost. a spokesman says they raised more than $1.2 million dollars since the story broke. at the white house, danielle

nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> hasn't said anything in public about the accusations. but the candidate said she's, quote, 200% supportive of me, because i haven't done anything, end quote. the g20 summit concludes with positive news on greece's financial struggle but no plans to deal with the crisis. greece's bailout plan remains on track, after their prime minister canceled a national vote on it. >> more fallout tonight, on unpaid bills paid by baltimore racing development. wjz is live. pat warren reports, the debts appear to be mounting. >> reporter: that's right, kai. the baltimore grand prix is turning out to be a strange combination of many congratulations and many debts. >> labor day weekend starts the

engines. >> it was great. >> the speed, the comradery. >> but if sunrise safety service doesn't get its money, they are afraid the sun will set. and the only sign they'll be making is going out of business. >> hopefully it won't put me out of business. but it's very scary right now. >> she says they owe her $200,000. the vendor who put up the grandstands is suing for $350,000. according to a visit baltimore report, the impact was about $47 million. $4 million spent with vendors and restaurants inside the track. 2 million generated in state taxes, 1.6 million in city tax. so, says those who haven't been paid, show me the money.

>> i just don't understand how baltimore city could have let these people get away with this. i don't understand. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake continues to answer requests about the continuing debt. >> i spoke to you off camera that she's not answering questions at this point. thank you very much. >> and they haven't received the call. wjz contacted the offices of councilmembers. all were either unavailable or refused to return our calls. >> you know, at the end of the day, as i said, this is all anticipated. >> vendors like vogel probably wished they had known that going in. >> and the race is scheduled to run next labor day. baltimore racing development says by that time, it will be on firm ground. back to you. >> all right, pat. thank you. the city signed an agreement. facebook users. here's another reason to watch what you type. your comments will soon show up

in internet search results. google plans to expand its search index to include public comments made on facebook and other social networking sites. people with private profiles, though, will not be affected. time now for a quick look at what y'all find in the baltimore sun. a look ahead to tomorrow's maryland and navy football games. and hear what a couple of ravens players have to say about the soccer hall controversy. and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. andrea fujii shows us how new classrooms for pre-k students help the entire school. it's not just another day at hampstead hill academy. [ applause ] >> reporter: the 40-plus pre-k

students now have a brand-new place to learn. 4-year-old elijah loves this new space. his mom says they're less cramped in these two new classrooms. >> it's a great working environment. it's very bright. they have a lot of room. and i just think it will be a great addition to the school. >> reporter: these two new classrooms have freed up space in the main building, where now fifth, sixth and 7th graders are utilizing the two extra rooms. the mayor and city ceo, dr. andres alonzo, took a tour of the $1.2 million facility, paid for by about six years of saving by the charter school. >> more and more researchers shows the important of early childhood education, especially pre-kindergarten. >> hoping to point these young learners down the right path. >> pre-k is the start of years to come. it's a good foundation.

>> ruks construction of the two new school classrooms took less than six months. >> they did that favment. a dramatic drug bust. the reason officers drove their cars straight into an airplane. and desperate way they trayed to escape police. nice fall weekend. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and here's today's report from wall street. ,,,,,,,, we had a mouse.

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all right. clear skies. we still have a breeze out there. going to be chilly if you head out there tonight. and tomorrow, a frosty start to your saturday. a bit of a warmup. somewhat. upper 40s to low 50s before it's all said and done. tim has a look at the five-day forecast for these days in november. tim? >> we definitely start to creep

very slowly. look at the stretch. 52 on sunday. 61 on monday. 70 on tuesday. then 69 on wednesday, with a chance of showers late on wednesday into thursday. overnight lows down into the upper 30s to low to mid-40s. now, for your energy saver tip of the day, with these dropping through temperatures. it's a good time to seal all of your doors and windows and electrical outlets. heat from your home escapes from these cracks. and you can save yourself on heating bills by locking the heat into your home. 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. looked like a chase scene from a movie. brazilian place get smugglers smugglers to take off. the officer will ram into the wing. that disabled the aircraft.

the five suspects on board were arrested by police. a registered sex offender breaks into a day care center. and police say when they captured him, he was wearing a bikini. jacqueline policastro reports for wjz from ingdianapolis. -- indianapolis. >> wearing handcuffs, his long, dark ponytail sniped off. >> all i have to say is i'm sorry. >> reporter: a 42-year-old robert brennerman was captured wearing a child's pink bikini, after breaking into the kid's scape day care center. police say he changed into several little girl's swim suits before changing into his own clothes and leaving. brennerman said he brought the suits with him. he's now charged with criminal trespassing and for resisting law enforcement, after police had to chase him down near his apartment. >> i have a fetish for women's

clothing. >> reporter: while brennerman admitted he likes to wear women's clothes, he's not unfamiliar with this jail garb either. he's a registered sex offender, has also been charged in an unrelated burglary, and just got out of jail on october 28th. >> all i have got to say that i'm sorry. i didn't mean to hurt anybody. and i wasn't even trying for any of this to happen. >> reporter: brennerman's trial is set for december 22nd. trying to make amends. today, jet blue starts giving out refunds to passengers on five planes stuck on the tarmac. the jet the were grounded in last weekend's snowstorm. the head of the airline posted a video apology on you tube. customer service representatives. a dramatic scene at a mall in massachusetts, where an accused tries to jump to safety. the man threw himself over the railing and landed on a store below. and landed two floors below. the suspect lost a shoe in the process and left his shirt on the roof of the store.

witnesses say mall security guards were trying to pull the man back up when he slipped. >> they had him by the hood. and he just kind of slipped his way out. and his shirt came off and everything and he fell. he did it to himself. literally did it to himself. they tried to stop him. >> the suspect tried to make a run if it. but -- for it. a unique getaway vehicle. surveillance tape shows the man zooming down an alleyway moments after he robbed the convenience store in west virginia. police arrested the man earlier this week and towed his wheelchair as evidence. he now faces breaking and entering charges. a surfer and a couple of kayakers get a big surprise. take a look at the video. you can see, yes. giant humpback whales jumping out of the water, trying to catch fish so close to them. humpbacks usually feed farther offshore. but scientists say weather

conditions have brought their favorite food anchovies closer to land. the whale the are likely to stick around for another few weeks before heading south. >> people on boat tour spend hours and never see. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for these stories and more coming up, denise is standing by with a preview. coming home. the pride of baltimore 2 sails into the inner harbor. and new at 6:00, wooj takes ow board the history -- wjz takes you on board the historic ship. and it was the strongest earthquake to ever hit the mid- atlantic. i'm adam may. hear from the woman who was on top of the washington monument that day. and how she helped 20 people to safety. that's coming up. check in for these stories. we'll have all of the breaking news as well coming up all new at 6:00. but now, back to kai and mary. >> denise, thank you. still to come tonight. bouncing into shape. how these bizarre shoes are helping people shed pounds. >> we'll tell you about the latest fitness craze next in

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kick start the heart and shed pounds. >> it's fun. i hate working out. and i keep jumping. i can't stop. >> reporter: the spring-loaded shoes were originally developed in switzerland for new rehabilitation. >> so many people haven't been able to run for years. gained weight because of an injury because i've been able to get exercising and running again. >> they claimed they were just 80% of the stress on the knees hips and stein spine, making safer to do this. >> reporter: but physiologist dr. hughes says this actually works harder on the joints. >> the stress on each joint will be increased. that's not necessarily a bad thing. it could be beneficial for training. but there's definitely not a decrease in the stress. >> reporter: still, green calls it a fitness evolution. >> and the people that do embrace this, you know, we're the ones that in five years are

going to be having healthier, happy knees, not wearing this, not injured. >> reporter: the shoes have got angelina sharon working out again. >> it's much less stress on your body. i don't feel any aches or pains in my knees or back. >> reporter: for them, jumping is believing. in new york, manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, i thought it was a typo. i thought it was kangaroo. but it's kanga classes. kind of the same thing. they are offered in 22 states, including here in maryland. children may be able to improve their performance in school if they lose weight. university of chicago researchers studied 350 children and found that cognitive performance declined in kids who had a higher body mass. they also found the rate of sleep-disorder breathing which can also affect the child's ability to perform complicated tasks. still to come on wjz

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