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here in seattle, say they've had enough. forcibly removing demonstrators from parks and other places. derek valcourt has more on what the mayor is planning to do. first, mike hellgren explains how some disrupted this. we're talking about former bush adviser karl rove. he got quite the chaotic reception. the university said they already beefed up security. and tonight, rove is telling wjz his reaction to what happened. >> reporter: johns hopkins university is making national headlines, after occupy protestors movements. >> karl rove! >> and he fired back. >> you can go ahead and stand in line and have the courage to ask any damn question you want or you can continue to show that you are a buffoon. >> reporter: hopkins security removed 15 people from the auditorium. no one was arrested.
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the university says they were not students and that hopkins was warned about this. but did they tell rove? >> we are 99%. >> we would not be the ones to give him a heads up. we let security know we were prepared for whatever might happen. >> reporter: some students became fed up with the disruption. >> up and the rest of the student body. >> reporter: now, a conservative commentator, rove was senior adviser to president bush. he told wjz, i was honored to speak at hopkins and recognize that outbursts did not come from hopkins students. it's ironic that they would attempt, ineffectually to deny it to others. >> reporter: it didn't end inside. protestors chanted shame, as rove left hopkins campus in a black lincoln. >> reporter: after all of that, the university says rove was able to finish his speech.
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and they said the protestors never tried to go back inside the lecture hall once they were removed. vic, back to you. >> mike, thank you. >> reporter: complete coverage continues now with derek valcourt. as they talk about the future of the occupy baltimore movement. >> reporter: they are free to protest here, but not free to sleep and camp here overnight. so far, you can see, that hasn't stopped them. and so far, neither has the city. >> if you refuse to leave immediately, you will be subject to arrest. >> the crackdown comes after mayors from 18 cities took part in a conference call to discuss challenges with occupy protests, turning public spaces into small tent cities. oakland mayor jean kwan was on the call. >> this is an international/national movement. this is your tactic. we're trying to get the movement to move on, literally, to something different than
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encampments. >> reporter: a spokesperson for mayor stephanie rawlings-blake declined to say whether she was one of the mayors on that conference call. but the mayor has expressed concern about this encampment. >> at a press conference this morning, the mayor acknowledged protestors are ignoring rules at the inner harbor site. but she would not say how the city plans to deal with the occupy encampment. >> i have asked repeatedly that the tents be removed. and we're going to deal with it at a time of our choosing. >> reporter: for now, the occupation continues. >> reporter: probably the time is coming that they're going to take some action. i actually talked to the mayor last night. i thanked her. for keeping out of this so far. and she told me, it won't be forever. and the tents have got to go. >> i don't think we'll be going anywhere. >> so far, if the city does have a plan on how they're going to deal with these protestors, they have not tipped their hat yet. and there could be more protestors on the way. the occupy wall street movement
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up in new york, now marching down, many of them down the 95 corridor. they are going to be stopping in baltimore sometime this weekend, as they make their way to washington, d.c. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. coming up all new at 6 clon 30, a look at what single in the occupy wall street movement in new york. now, protestors are told they can't have tents or sleeping bags. updating the breaking news. involving a flight to bwi airport. >> denise, just a short time ago, that was evacuated at palm beach international airport. flight attendants on board 793, discovered suspicious powder. all 137 were taken off the plane while a hazmat team investigates that powder. you're look live at the scene right now, where numerous emergency personnel still remain on scene. there l there are reports that a flight attendant found the powder in a tissue box in the
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rest room. as of right now, no injuries are reported. still no word yet when that flight or another flight will take those passengers back to baltimore. denise? >> thank you, jessica. wjz is following that story. we'll bring you new information as we get it. and there is new information on the dramatic atf raid that wjz was first to tell you about this week. mary joins us now with more on why it happened. >> well, vic, it ended in a crash along patapsco avenue. tonight, we know who they were after and why. >> atf agents move in to arrest a group of six men we now know were planning a home invasion and a robbery to steal cocaine that belonged to a mexican drug cartel. according to this federal criminal complaint, 25-year-old deron kip mason, met with an undercover agent in a baltimore ymca parking lot for the robbery.
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he was captured saying, he had a couple of dudes that would go in there and knock them off. but a couple of agents moved in. deron and others moved oway, driving recklessly and crashing. they found a 9-millimeter glock pistol. 38-caliber glock and a handgun. and conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. >> the atf tells eyewitness news that was their goal to disrupt and prosecute the most violent criminals in select cities across the nation. >> an injured atf agent is in the raid. >> reporter: right now, baltimore county police are searching for a group of men who sexually assaulted a teenage girl. the suspect you see on the left forced the 15-year-old into a car at gunpoint. after being driven to another location, the girl says this
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suspect on the right sexually assaulted her. he had a grill studded with rhine stones. if you have information, you are asked to call police. just a short time ago, police arrest a man who may have fired an assault rifle not once but twice. more on the scare and suspect. crews hovered near the second story of the white house, working to repair a bullet hole. 21-year-old oscar ortega hernandez. friday night, police swarmed the area near the white house, after witnesses reported shots fired. they found an abandoned car and a semi automatic rifle linked to hernandez. >> this is a man when just
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discharged a rifle in downtown d.c. i think that speaks volumes. >> it wasn't until tuesday morning that the secret service discovered the white house had been hit. it cracked the glass but did not go through a ballistic- proof glass layer. >> reporter: president obama and the first lady were out of town the night of the shooting, attending a basketball game on the uss vinson, in san diego, california. >> ortego hernandez had been living in the washington area, but his family reported him missing october 31st. charges against him are pending. >> earlier this year, police charmed a marine corps reservist with shootinga the several military buildings. taking aim. wjz is live in cockeysville. weijia jiang with more on this
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growing protest. weijia? >> reporter: target is now a bull's-eye for black friday backlash, after executives announced it would open at midnight, instead of the usual 5:00 or 6:00 in the morning. >> if we want people arrested for this, we need to go to bed at 5:00 in the afternoon. >> having to do that upset part- time employee anthony hardwick. so he started an online petition to, in his words, "save thanksgiving." >> if we lose thanksgiving, as just another holiday shopping day, are we going to start looking at christmas, with hungry eyes next. >> reporter: but despite the petition, it appears target is not going to budge. >> reporter: a spokesperson issued a statement to wjz to say, we have heard from our guests that they want to shop at target, following their thanksgiving celebrations, rather than only having the options in the middle of the night. by opening at midnight, we are making it easier to deliver on
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our guests' wants and needs. >> i'd be there at 10:00 thursday night, rather than 4:00 in the morning friday. >> and someone has to ring them all up. >> you get paid for it. why are you complaining? it's a recession. >> it's also report to remember why you're working. you work so that you can live. you don't live so that you can work. and my family is what i live for. >> and a spokesman says those working on that day will receive holiday pay. >> and of course several other stores are also opening at midnight. toys r us is opening at 9:00 p.m. on thanksgiving. a damp and dreary wednesday. raining off and on, sometimes heavily throughout the day.
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bob is updating the first warning doppler radar. >> right now, just beginning to start. light rain. but there's a batch moving in. as you can see, south of us, quite a bit of rain. this step down here looks like it's going to bypass them. around the baltimore area, as you can see, some lighter rain north and west of us. we'll see rain this evening from time to time. maybe a few heavy echoes. now, tomorrow, the rain will pass through our region by midmorning. it should start to clear out. and we'll start to see breezes. picking up. yes, bringing dryer air into the region. and chilly air to end the week. >> the ravens are getting ready for a key divisional matchup, as the cincinnati bengals come to town. sports director mark viviano has more on what they are saying tonight. mark? >> well, of course, they're coming off that tough loss in seattle. so several players did say it
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today. the key to a successful in the nfl. it's to leave that game behind and move forward. >> the pain of a disappointing defeat may linger. but the focus is the next opponent to cincinnati. the loss to seattle was especially bitter for running back ray rice. who admitted he was too emotional to discuss it after the game. but back at practice, he says he has his emotions under control. and he's looking at positives. >> i always try to take good out of it. and what's good out of it is that we're still 6-3 with the rest of the season ahead. >> reporter: play-off hopes still high, with seven games to go. and valuable lessons behind. >> three slipups this year. i think they've -- hopefully we've learned from them. and just know, like hey, win, lose, or draw, it's the next week. >> we can't really ride that wave. and be on emotional highs and lows. we have to get ready to prepare in a couple of days.
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and play another game. and a very important game. >> and that side of it is what i try to keep you guys focused on. understanding just that, every week is a new week, no matter who it is. >> so it's obvious the ravens agree, they need to get past the last loss. but there is some internal disagreement about the game plan, as it involves the running game. we'll get into that debate coming up later on in sports. vic, back to you. >> i can't wait to hear that. and of course, if you don't have tickets to the game, you can watch it here on wjz 13. see the ravens take on the bengals, sunday, at 1:00 p.m. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. more than just contraception. surprising reasons why many teenage girls are using the pill. and it has nothing to do with sex. accusations of discrimination. i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news. casa demaryland, asks mayor stephanie rawlings-blake to do something about alleged racial police profiling. these incredible flames. they left behind an empty lot. and the employee who started
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that fire, arrested. now, the man who owned that business has restarted it across the street. and he's welcoming back the man who burned down his business. that incredible story when eyewitness news continues. and we'll keep you updated on the breaking news. a flight to baltimore. live updates coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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arsonist might be going back to work as well. >> at 76, buddy washington can't read or write. but you're looking at a remarkable man. he's owned a tire business. >> 52 years for myself. >> reporter: but on september 26th, under that smoke, those flames was his business. >> the will of god is going to be done. >> reporter: by the will of the state, his employee, jason hicks, was arrested for arson. but bedy -- buddy says hicks was just horsing around. all of this was accidental. >> it's not too many young blackses -- blacks that come and work in cold and grease. and i sat out there and watched him out there, with his hands cold and stuff like that, with working like that. he is trying to make it, you know? >> reporter: so buddy traveled downtown and told the prosecutor, hicks shouldn't go to prison. this week, hicks pled guilty to arson, based on buddy's words, his 10-year sentence, suspended. >> would you ever hire him back?
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>> that's what i told the state judge, if he gets out, he got his job back. >> you'll hire him back? >> yeah. >> reporter: back at a business he's rebuilt outside, across the street. illiterate, but he's learned bits of this book. >> it's much easier to do right than it is to do wrong. >> reporter: and he shares the most important parts. >> so whatever they do to you, if you can forgive them, then god forgives you. >> that's right. >> in west baltimore, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> wow. jason hicks will be on probation. if it's violated, he could be sentenced to prison for the nine year, 10 months of his 10- year sentence. a maryland-based trucking company is declared a public danger. the federal department of transportation orders them to immediately cease all transportation services. safety investigators found multiple violations of drivers working illegally long shifts, along with vehicle maintenance
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violations. alleged racial profiling in baltimore. an immigrant advocacy groups is singling out people they believe to be in the u.s. illegally. pat warren has more on the allegation. pat? >> reporter: that's right. casa demaryland is asking mayor stephanie rawlings-blake to sign an executive order, prohibiting police officers from targeting people whose legal status they think is suspect. >> reporter: eto ban amaya comes -- esteban amaya comes. >> this is 1,000 signatures. >> reporter: he was the victim of a crime. >> if they love me. >> they beat you up? >> yeah. they beat me up. and so i called the police. >> reporter: police took the report. but he doesn't believe they followed up. >> i haven't heard anything from them. >> reporter: in another case, the man identifying himself as a robbery victim, said when
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police were called, he was arrested. >> in the moment that i needed the help of the police the most, they arrested me and kept me locked up for more than 12 hours. >> his complaint is before the baltimore review board, with this solution. casa demaryland asked them to sunshine a prohibitive order. >> we want the mayor to put it in writing. >> i am a big supporter of confidence in maryland. >> reporter: mayor rawlings- blake, however, would not say if she would issue an executive order on profiling. >> i know in some other jurisdictions where i asked them to provide that information, an executive order has been appropriate. and that's why i'm looking forward to sitting down with them. >> reporter: a police spokesman tells wjz, complaints against officers can be filed with internal affairs. >> and no word on when that
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meeting with casa demaryland may take place. >> more than 30 organizations are supporting casa demaryland's request. we saw that pat didn't need her umbrella just now. >> there is more rain headed our way. and it's going to be pretty damp overnight. actually gone up 1 degree to 58. northwest winds, 6. barometer rising, 29.76 inches. come back and take a look at more rain after this. ,,,,,,,,,,
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a live look outside. and the rain has started again. just a few moments ago. >> that is sort of an enhanced picture. i was just out. it's not raining quite that hard. but it looks pretty impressive there. >> but, i mean, take a look at radar. it just -- take a quick look at radar. i gotta show you issue right over the city right now. let's zoom on in over there. okay. hmm now. that is not heavy rain, folks. you can see the little scare right there. see that little scare right there? okay. that's light. here we are in tv hill. right about there. it's not that heavy. but you know, it's going to stay wet this evening. let's go back up. there you see it. heavy rain. there it is. south of the area and northwest
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of us. a damp evening. sure. take your rain coat. take your umbrella. peat now. that's the warmest it's been all day long. 67 in pax river. 59, 59. cold spot, 41, oakland. there will be snow showers there tomorrow. temperatures only in the 30s. locally, 55 to near 60 around the region. the winds have turned more to the northwest. later tonight, it will bring some more chilly air. temperatures will be dropping back into the 40s. late tonight, it will be in the 40s, damp, chilly, not a nice evening. not a nice overnight. but by tomorrow, this low pressure will slowly move off the shore. and behind it, the winds go back to the west/northwest, as they are beginning to right now. and it will eventually push the rain out of here and to the south and west of us, still pretty good amount of rain in west virginia. although i'm not sure all of that is going to get here. some of it will pass to the west of us. clearing skies, western ohio. end of the rain there, just around western pittsburgh. we'll see some clearing. and it will be chilly by late
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in the day tomorrow. as the winds go back. the front moves through the area. low pressure moves through. the rain will end. and it will get quite cold tomorrow night. with clear skies and lighter winds. back below freezing. friday, another cool day. the high around 50 degrees. but it will be sunny. but right after that, high pressure is going to move off the east coast. that means the winds around the high go back from the southwest, already a warm front showing up by friday. milder air moving in. just in time for the weekend. and it will be primarily a dry and milder weekend. can't complain about that. northwest winds tomorrow, at 15 to 20 knots. and a small craft advisory on the bay on your thursday. the bay temp, still there in the mid-50s. tonight, periods of rain. yes. 45. maybe 40 in some spots. tomorrow, up only around 50, 52. morning rain and then a lot of clouds. it may take a little while to clear up. but breezy and chilly tomorrow night. down below freezing once again.
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it will get cold in the week. but as i said, a milder, sunny weekend. >> wonderful. look at that. still to come on eyewitness news. >> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a navy kickoff to the 200th anniversary of the star-spangled banner. that story as eyewitness news continues. speeders in howard county better slow down if they're in a school zone because it could cost them i'm monique grioag -- --ego. an update on breaking news. a southwest flight to baltimore, evacuated. new information comi,,,,,,,,,,,,
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it is 6:30. 68 degrees with some rain. good evening. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. updating the breaking news we were first to tell you about this evening. a flight evacuated in a south florida airport. mary is in the newsroom with more on this. >> reporter: the southwest airlines flight was evacuated at palm beach international airport. flight attendants on board
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flight 793 discovered the suspicious powder. all 137 passengers were taken off the plane while a hazmat team investigates the powder. two crewmembers were exposed to the substance. and those crewmembers are still on the plane, and going through the decontamination process as a safety precaution. no word yet on when that flight or another flight will take this to washington. >> we'll bring you more information as we get it. anti-wall street protestors are in butcotti park. randall pinkston reports. >> reporter: occupy wall street protestors, huddled under blankets and umbrellas to stay dry on a rainy day. they insist their movement is not over, even though a court order put an end to the camp they set up in buccotti park.
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>> there's not this huge visual presence. but it's like people are still here, still very much involved. >> reporter: overnight, most new york city police officers moved out, leaving security to private guards, hired by the park's owner to enforce the rules, which include no tents, no sleeping. many who live and work in the area applaud the city's decision to remove the camp. >> i do support people organizing. and voicing their opinion. but it has to be within reasonable grounds. >> reporter: protestors no longer have a park to camp in but insist they don't need one, in order to keep their movement going. >> how does civil rights remain viable if well is no march on washington? how does gay rights remain viable if there is no march on san francisco? it's an intellectual idea. this idea is not dying. it's not going anywhere. >> reporter: to prove their point, organizer says they will stage events thursday and friday in new york and around the world to mark the two-month
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anniversary of the day they launched occupy wall street. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> and actions are also planned in spain, belgium and germany. new developments in the sexual abuse scandal rocking penn state university. an e-mail has surfaced from assistant coach mike mccreary. he said he sent an e-mail to a friend, saying he had to make decisions in an instant and thinks he did the right thing. he said he did not physically stopped the assault but made sure it had ended by the time he left the locker room. jerry sandusky is alleged to have abused over eight boys. slow down. drivers need to watch their speed in school zones in howard county. as monique griego explains, the grace period is now over. and starting today, speed cameras will catch you and you will get a ticket. >> reporter: up until now, these mobile speed cameras had
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been giving warnsings. but today, it will cost you. >> reporter: drivers, beware. howard county has a few set of eyes on speeders. >> they zoom by. all day long, they zoom by. >> reporter: kristen weaver was happy to learn this van was equipped to capture and now cite drivers for speeding in a nearby school zone. >> i think that's fantastic. >> reporter: for the past 30 days, they had been issuing warnings to drivers caught going over the limit. >> we hope to raise awareness. >> reporter: the vans will move between different school zones throughout the day, until the county figures out where they're needed most. >> reporter: sharon luwellen says during the 30-day warning period, 650 citations were issued. >> we were not surprised with the number of warnings that were issued because we know it's a problem here. >> reporter: she said the department did a year-long study and found, 66% of drivers were speeding in school zones. >> reporter: knowing that that cam vais there, it should slow people down. because it won't slow down when it says school zone anymore.
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>> reporter: and because the cameras are mobile, the county plans to post locations in advance online. reporting live, monique griego, wjz eyewitness news. >> right now, the county has two speed camera vans. but they could add more in the future. police across the state are looking for a possibility of stringed armed rob robberies. the suspect has robbed a string of gas stations and convenience stores in harford, baltimore, and cecil counties. the man is between 18 to 25 years old. and 5'7" tall. time now for a quick look at the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. nsa, whistle-blowers are suing the fbi to get their computers back, which the agency seized in an investigation. why a hanover-based trucking company is shut down. and fitness pros help craft the perfect workout for you. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. remember to look for the updated forecast.
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they are two of the navy's smallest ships. but they arrived ahead of what may be a major flotilla. why dozens ever ships are headed our way. navy calls them cyclone classes. small patrol ships with names like hurricanes and monas soon as. >> we are the part of the navy that goes out, reaches out and touches someone. in all levels of escalation conflict. but our job is to be out there. and to be out in the front lines. >> reporter: that means for small vessels, they packed plenty of fire power. and as they dock at the inner harbor, they had people stopping to watch. >> we were just walking through and thought this was pretty neat. that we're visiting. and we see something like this. >> and getting people's attention is what this is all about. >> this the provide the backdrop to the kickoff of the 100th anniversary. >> we're expecting more than two dozen international call
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ships and gray hulls. >> even though they are here to rr -- here to help preview things to in. >> it's part of our nation's history. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> and you're look live right now, as the ship sets in the inner harbor. details of the bicentennial celebration will be announced tomorrow, by governor o'malley, right there at the harbor's front. >> they pack a lot of fire power in little ships like that. still to come. computer concerns. a warning for facebook users, with a warning about spam and graphic pictures. many schools have tried to earn the baltimore blue ribbon. now many bring it home. i'm gigi barnett. first warning weather center. cooler air but dryer end of the week. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and wjz is also on.
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a mother in missouri. police say shelby dasher told them she hit her son repeatedly. then she disposed of the body. she then reported her son missing. the body was discovered a few miles later, about a a mile from her home. a 12-mile raidius. witnesses say the shame shot 100 feet into the air. two suffered damage. one woman was taken to the hospital. the owner of the pipeline says an investigation into the rupture is under way. a wave of new spam messages on facebook has left many users extremely disturbed. the messages trick users by advertising a free ipod shuffle. but the link actually floods a facebook account with links to pictures of graphic sex and violence. the content spreads when users click on the links. in tonight's wjz healthwatch, a study shows
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there is another reason women are taking birth control pills. according to a new report, a third of teenagers go on birth control for noncontraceptive reasons, the largest, to cure menstrual pain. 11.2 million women between the ages of 15 and 44 are currently on the pill. the data was gathered with interviews of over 7,000 women. in tonight's school watch, it's a high honor for one baltimore high school. gigi barnett shows us which school earned this distinction. >> reporter: high test scores, plus a challenging curriculum, equals a national blue ribbon for towson high school. it's the only school in baltimore county to receive the top federal award this year. and one in six public schools statewide. this week, principals travel to the nation's capital, to pick up their awards. >> we have the faculty and the
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students, who are willing to go out there on the edge and really try to take some challenging courses. >> reporter: that includes the school's law magnet. the program draws students from across baltimore county. 98% of towson opportunities pass the state's assessment tests in math. and 99% of them ace the english portion. it's something the blue ribbon committee considered. >> we have students that are great at sports. and students that are great at academics. and all coming together to share their talents. >> to a lot of people, the school holds a really high prestige. especially to adults. >> my mother always went to baltimore schools and said she wanted to go to towson high school. >> yeah, because it was the best. >> reporter: towson's principal says the award is just the beginning. >> you know, i really do see it as a nice start. but it's -- we're really not -- every student has to be successful. >> reporter: gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> and the blue ribbon schools were all maryland blue ribbon
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schools in december. well, scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >> police make an arrest in a shooting at the white house. we will show you the people who protect the executive mansion and give you a rare look at how they train. that's tonight, on the cbs evening news. thanks, scott. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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desire well, a wet, mid- november evening. when will the rain move out of here. and how is the weekend shaping up? it's wednesday. we can think about the weekend. bob turk is in the first warning weather center. it's damp, rainy from time to time. tomorrow, we'll see improvement. but probably not until midmorning before it begin their quiet-down. and it will get breezy and turn chilly. temperatures stay in the 40s for the most part. and down in the upper 20s tomorrow night, with clear skies. sunshine, but cool on friday. high near 50. 56. a warmup for the weekend. back up to 64, with partly cloudy skies on sunday. and a chance of scattered showers monday, with a high near 60.
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denise? >> all right. thank you very much, bob. updating the breaking news in florida. southwest flight was about to take off. a flight attendant found a white substance in a tissue box hazmat crews have been boarding the plane. >> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. sounds like there could be an internal disagreement. mark is in owings mills today. and got emotional reaction next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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saving people money on more than just car insurance. well, it will be interesting to see what the odds makers make of this game coming sunday. mark is here with the wjz the fan sports report. >> ray lewis told me today, they're all on one page, especially with the coaching staff. but still some great questions going on. we heard the ravens say earlier in our show that everyone is moving forward with the focus on the cincinnati bengals. but questions do remain about how they're moving forward and what the game plan should be, after a clear disagreement over how the offense was used in the loss at seattle. now, running back ray rice is
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at the center of the debate. he carried the ball a season low five times this past sunday. and he admitted today that he was so upset after the loss that he thought it best not even to meet with the media. he was cooled off. and he spoke today. and got the backing of veteran linebacker ray lewis on the topic of how much rice should be getting the ball. you'll be hearing from them and also quarterback joe flacco, who has a different opinion on the matter. >> i always speak to -- expect to come out of the game with 20 to 25 touches. just running and passes. when you find yourself in that situation. when you look at where the number is correlating, you try to add it up. >> that talent right there. said is 25, 30 times. then you have to question yourself. whether we actually do balance for it. he's that type of player. >> doesn't make sense. did you watch the game or didn't you watch the game? you know? i understand the running backs game. i'd be a little upset that i
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didn't get to put my stamp on the game either. but did you see how the game went? i think you need to see how the game is. having said that, obviously getting rid of the ball any way you can is the best. getting ricky the ball. but like i said, have you to do what you have to do to have success on offense. >> take-charge statements by flacco who added that the goal will all be to run the ball, but they will pass if they can and when they can. funny how these debase are sparked -- debates are sparked after defeat. the best play? win the game! baseball's general managers meetings continues in milwaukee. and he has extended some potential free agent offers. a report out of boston says duquette met with red sox free
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agent david ortiz. ortiz turns 36 years old this week. but is coming off a season with a batting average off of 300. 96 runs driven in. his age would indicate a one- year contract. he earned $12 million with boston last season. and within the o's, tampa bays, joe madden, named manager of the year. lauded for the race for the play-offs, despite having the second major payroll. it's the second time madden has been honored as the manager of the year. arizona's kirk gibson is the national game winner. more coming up tonight at 11:00. >> i'll bet. thank you, mark. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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the newlyweds are featured in a series of portraits that show off their colorful sides, i guess you could say. the artist also has a collection of portraits of william's grandmother. queen of england. pictures will be sold in london. and finally tonight, "people" "people" magazine's sexiest man alive issue will soon be on newsstands. but we now know who got the top honor. it is actor bradley cooper. the 36-year-old hangover star. bob, you didn't get it. the first thing he thought about when he got the honor is how proud his mom will be. [ laughter ] others on the list include baltimore's josh charles, ryan gasling, justin timberlake, and of course, george clooney. the magazine hits news stands friday. >> bob, you've always been this close. gleam tonight, bullets strike the white house.
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bob orr on the man in custody. elaine quijano with a rare look at the officers who protect the executive mansion. the penn state sex abuse scandal. armen keteyian reports jerry sandusky's denials are adding to the pain of the alleged victims. on the campaign trail, newt gingrich defends the payments he got advising mortgage giant freddie mac. and dr. jon lapook on one woman's decision to try a new vaccine that treats cancer and may even prevent it. >> my husband kept saying, "if you don't do this, you're cutting yourself short." captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. police have arrested a 21-year-old man in a shooting that involves the white house. the investigation began friday night when witnesses said they heard gunfire beyond the south lawn. the president and the first
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