. this is wjztv, wjzhd and wjz.com baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage, it's wyz, maryland's news station. justice for jackson. dr. conrad murray convicted and behind bars tonight.

>> the dramatic jury in the case the world has been watching. >> hello, everybody, i'm denise koch. facing prison time, a jury convicts michael jackson's own doctor in the pop star's death. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray was led away in handcuffs, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. the judge said murray is a. >> dr. murray's reckless can you be the in this case poses. >> reporter: the jury sided with the prosecution. they agreed that the doctor administered. >> our con condolences go out to the jackson family. >> jackson's fans and supporters erupted in cheers

outside the courthouse. >> we had no doubt. that's why we're here. >> family member vs been in court throughout the trial. >> michael was watching over us. i'm very happy. >> reporter: jurors deliberated less than # hours and were escorted out of the building. murray's lawyers left the courtroom without commenting. the defense claimed murray was a victim of michael jackson. >> he was just a little fish in a big dirty pond. >> reporter: dr. murray faces up to 4 years in prison. murray's medical license will be suspended and he could lose it for good. now, murray could end up spending less time behind bars because of overcrowding in the california prison system. inside penn state's

football program. tonight the -- has the sex accusations against a former member against the coaching staff and what it could mean. >> this scandal is rocking one of the biggest athletic programs in the country. yet the men accused of not protecting children say they did nothing wrong. penn state's charged with failing to report sex abuse involving the former football coordinator. police charged the 67-year-old on saturday. he's accused of abusing 8 boys for more than a decade. found out about an alleged assault that took place in a shower on campus but failed to notify police. >> likely allowed a child

predator to continue to. >> reporter: also lied about what. >> this is not a case about football. it's not a case about universities. it's a case about children who have had their innocence stolen from them and a culture that did nothing to stop it. >> reporter: sandusky -- some have raised questions about whether paterno did enough to stop the alleged facts. paterno said he didn't know the specifics. he reported it. >> if you know a child is in harm's way, you have an obligation to report that to the authorities. >> reporter: police started investigating allegations of abuse some three years ago. prosecutors say sandusky preyed upon children through a

foundation he started. another set of children allegations are at the center of the presidential race. another came forward to say herman contain sexually molested her. >> i want you, mr. cain, to come clean, just at admit what you did, admit you were inappropriate to people. >> reporter: the other three or anonymous but -- told her story wednesday. she visited dc in 1977 when she said cain was head of the national restaurant association. says in the car after dinner cain touched her inappropriately. >> he suddenly reached over and he put his hand on my leg under my skirt and reached for my genitals. >> reporter: cain's campaign

says all of the allegations are false. the candidate spent last week pushing back against the initial allegation and found himself getting testy with some reporters. new polls have cain and mitt romney tied in first place. so far voters seem to be shrugging off the allegations. cain may have to address the questions later on this week. he and his fellow gop candidates will meet for debates in the next few days. we just learned he will respond to the allegations tomorrow afternoon. she does not plan to file a lawsuit against cain. when people saw a man firing shots in the hanover area. flew over the scene this afternoon. police say the man refused to put the gun down and officers

shot him. sky traveler team was also over the scene of a big gas break in locust point. utility tells us it could take several days to fix this mess. a contractor hit the line while doing work on 4th avenue this morning. baltimore plans to threaten the grand prix race unless they pay up unpaid bills. live downtown, meghan mccorkle explains that's just the tip of the iceberg. >> that 1.5 million does not include local vendors. now threatening this could be the end of the road for the baltimore grand prix. unpaid bills. >> pay up, get your house in order or we're finished. >> reporter: city officials say the grand prix owes big money and they want it by the end of

the year. the city is demanding 3/4 million dollars, 250,000 for a race event fee and $50,000 for parking at city owned facilities during race weekend. in all the city says baltimore racing development owes it more than $1.5 million. and that number doesn't include local vendors who say baltimore racing development owes them hundreds of thousands of dollars. kathy vogue will says the grand prix hasn't paid a $200,000 bill. >> if we make it through this we may have to lay off 20 to 25 people in order to survive. >> we're sorry they haven't been paid. >> reporter: the former grand prix ceo says the organization is restructuring. >> if they ask us to do it.

>> reporter: some city leaders remain optimistic. >> at this point what do you think is the chance of there being another baltimore grand prix? >> i would put it at 75% right now. >> baltimore racing development is close to naming a new ceo. reporting live downtown, i'm megan mccork al. thank you, megan. an estimated 160,000 people attended the first baltimore grand prix. a maryland man held in cuba is begging now for his freedom for bringing banned communications equipment to -- he told his rabbi he wants to be part of a swap for 5 cuban spies. plan to hold weekly vigils like this one today to demand his release. the controversy is finally

resolved. no longer claims ownership of the word. as it undergoes a make over. denise whiting says to save her business she's dropping the trademark. >> it belongs to the people of baltimore and the thing is that now baltimore is going to defend it. so i don't have to hold on to it. i don't have to keep it. it was never mine to start with. >> now with her restaurant failing, hopes ramsey will help the restaurant by improving the food. a lottery winner is $250 million richer. just days before his power ball ticket expired. the busy ups driver just got around to checking numbers from a ticket he bought in may.

coming up, battered by mother nature. see more terrifying video. hanging on for life, the dramatic end to a stand off in the middle of a bridge. more beautiful fall weather headed our way. i'm bob turk with the complete forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 44 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete first warning forecast is coming right up. tomorrow chasers in oklahoma captured this video. one tornado has been confirmed near the texas border. look at that cloud. the storms have also produced 65 miles per hour wind and hail. no injuries have been reported. this comes just two days after oklahoma was hit with a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. the mother of sky told police she ran out of gas and left the little boy in the car while she walked to a gas

station. she said the child was missing when she returned about an hour later. the couple is in the middle of a custody fight. a student is murdered trying to break up a fight and tonight the suspect denies she did it. shaney claims she was attacked by three men on saturday night and that one of them had the knife used to kill baltimore native kortney mccoy. the accounts link ligins to the. killed at college, it has happened again and again to maryland families, including that of congressman elijah cummings. tonight wjz investigates campus crime and what parents can do to keep their children safe. >> christopher cummings gunned down while sleeping. >> he was literally executed. >> reporter: dominick frazer

stabbed to death in her dorm. yardly love, the lacrosse star bluing unked to -- have been murdered at or near a college campus. elijah cummings a powerful voice in washington says he can't get over the death of his nephew. >> a young person who is trying to do the right thing, working hard, getting good grades and happy and the next thing you know they are dead. >> christopher cummings had everything to live for, studying criminal science. he was living in a house in norfolk with two fraternity brothers. >> and you think this person used their foot to kick in the

door, went straight up and found your nephew and executed him. >> there were three of them, they kill him and the roommate opens the door, so they then shot the roommate 4 times. 4 times. when i went to visit that house for the first time and saw blood splattered all over the walls down the carpet and to know the same blood runs in my hand. it was tough. >> 40% at violent crimes at college involves students hurting other students. >> once they get behind a closed door, anything can happen. >> all killed at college. >> in what way are all of these young people in some ways the victim of the same circumstances. >> i think anger management. >> reporter: parents say they must teach their children learn

with failure before they go off to school. dr. bates warnings parents to stay close to their kids even when they are far away. >> text and call them, they will know you are there, you are interested and when there is a problem they know where they can go. >> i think it's so sad that you send your kid to college to get an education and to nurture their talents and their abilities and they come back to you in a coffin. congressman cummings say police have a person of interest in his nephew's murder but no one has been charged. an advice on parents on dealing with crimes, go to wjz.com. a former rock land county worker dangled himself, he held a banner referencing his lawsuit against the county. police started lowering him into a rescue boat but he ended up falling into the water and

was arrested. justin bieber is willing to take a paternity test to prove he is not the father of a baby. he will also file a counter suit against the 20-year-old who claims she got pregnant. a 4 legged visitor makes a smashing entrance to a restaurant in georgia. a deer breaks through and scampers past the customers. a little later he finds the exit. this time an employee opens up the door to let him out. the deer was not hurt. he did pay his bill before running off. >> this is taco mack, a famous wings place. >> were they serving coffee or something? >> wings. >> that is a little unusual. take a look at our beautiful weather, unusually warm this

afternoon. got up to 69 degrees. right down we're down to 44, which is a lot closer than normal. the barometer holding steady. right now around the region, 41, eastern ocean city, pax river at 39. the warm spot got a bit of a breeze, 50 out in oakland. it won't drop a whole lot more because the dewpoint is already at the 41 but some areas may be back in the mid-30s. we've seen some fog. this morning a lot of fog and some sections of the shore, right now you can see it's just about dead calm and temperatures will continue to drop. tomorrow a southerly wind keeps us again in the warm air. ahead of a funnel system. there is the activity that caused the tornado in oklahoma. further north it's much colder

so you have got warm air bumping into the cold air. as you can see, here it is november, same kind of conditions. snow across the mugian ridge, including flagstaff and winslow. further east these storms have been moving pretty much east. but a little piece of that front will cross our region on thursday. some scattered shower activity possible. it stays mild until that front comes through thursday afternoon. a little bit of rain, then it turns cooler the rest of the week. tonight look for clear skies except for that fog, 35 to the low 40s in the city. tomorrow sunshine after the fog burns off, 68 tomorrow, 64 on wednesday. showers possible, yes, 61 and then cooler, 52 and 58 but mainly sunny friday and

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a rosy glow over the air. mark is here. >> so many sub plots to such a big win for the ravens. trust and confidence, two keys between a quarterback an his receiver, especially if that receiver happens to be a rookie. here's what the nation saw in prime time. the rookie open in the end zone but he can't hang on to the pass that would have given the ravens a lead in pittsburgh. there wasn't much hope after that, but flacco would go back to smith and smith would hold on for the game winning

touchdown. 23-20 ravens. >> i think he was probably feeling a little bit bad about it. what are you going to do, if i don't go to him i really don't have any place else. i have to go to dory. >> for me to drop those couple of balls and have that mess up his rhythm, that was the most frustrating part to me. just kind of letting him down. my teammates, but specifically him. for him to keep coming back to me it meant a lot. >> he knew that smith -- combined for 3 touchdowns. they are half way through the schedule, the ravens record now 6-2 as they head west to seattle next. you can see the kick off sunday at 4:00. news from the boxing world, heavyweight champion joe frazer has died just weeks after he

was diagnosed with liver cancer. joe frazer was 67 years old. and finally basketball legend watching -- take on william and mary. st. john's has a transfer whose name is god's gift, he delivers. st. john's a 74-69 winner. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru.