important programs will be triggered automatically. just moments ago, a fired up president obama spoke. >> one way or another, we will be trimming the deficit by a total of at least $2.2 trillion over the next 10 years. that's going to happen. one way or another we have $1 trillion locked in. and either congress comes up with $1.2 trillion which so far they've failed to do or the sequester kicks in and these automatic cuts will occur. danielle nottingham reporting on why the super committee could not reach a deal and what it means. >> reporter: with just hours to spare, some super committee members headed behind closed doors in search of a last minute deal. but in the end, the panel of six republicans and six democrats could not agree on how to slash $1.2 trillion from the deficit. each party is blaming the other

for not compromising enough on one big issue, taxes. >> senator john kerry says the democrats did offer an 11th hour proposal. >> that would have taken the most contentious issue off the table and we could have i think reached agreement as we did on so many of the other parts of this. >> reporter: but the gop rejected it. >> our democrats were not willing to cut a dollar would raising taxes. >> reporter: for two months, members of the super committee have been trading proposals and negotiating. the obama administration did not play a direct role in the talk. but as the deadline looms, the president spokesman pushed lawmakers to get back to work. >> instead of pointing fingers and playing the blame game. congress should act. >> now automatic spending cuts are set to kick in in 2013. but lawmakers will likely spend the next year looking for ways to prevent them from taking e if -- effect.

the pentagon alone faces to get cuts. danielle nottingham. wjz news. >> investors did not have a positive reaction to the super committee's failure to reach a deal. nasdaq also took a hit. frankic calls for help from a popular maryland couple. >> reporter: the couple was trapped in their home talking with energy dispatchers as firefighters tried to rescue them. a warning, some of the 911 calls are tough to listen to. >> reporter: both beloved school principals died in a fire. donald dialed 911 after a fire alarm went off in the middle of night. >> who's on fire? >> my house. the whole house is on fire. >> is a door open where you both can get out. >> yeah.

>> leave the house now. >> the fire is raging. >> reporter: seconds go by before donald responds to the dispatchers questions. >> do you have everybody with you? >> yeah, just my house. >> are you able to get you both out of the house? mr.donald. >> reporter: the patterson had put bars over their windows including their bedrooms one. they were fearful of recent break-ins in the neighborhood. these bars trapped the couple inside as firefighters rushed to the scene. donald is heard one last time on the 911 call. >> [screams ] help, help. >> reporter: seconds later firefighters arrive at the patterson's home. >> they can't get to him? >> donald and jenny patterson both died of smoke inhalation, the cause of the fire remains under investigation. vic. >> mary, thank you. hundreds turned out for their funeral including many of their

former students. right now baltimore county police are looking for solid leads after a string of fires. jessica cartalia is live with more. >> reporter: four goodwill stores have been hit. the most recent was at the cocky sville store. the townsend goodwill was robbed november 11 and 16th. the two robberies are likely related. police are now investigating possible connections. >> thank you jessica, if you have any information you are asked to call police. an investigation is underway after a dead body was found inside baltimore's world trade center. investigators have said the deaths are suspicious but have not revealed how the two died.

state senator curry will face investigation. wjz is live. derek valcourt explains the committee received a formal request for an investigation. >> reporter: the request arrived today, and the investigation will kick off today. convincing his colleagues in the legislature that he acted ethically will be a lot harder. curry will now have to plead his ethical innocence before the joint committee on legislative ethics. 12 colleagues, six from the house and six from the senate which will investigate if curry acted unethically when he voted on legislation that directly benefited shoppers and most importantly when he failed five years in a row to report his paid relationship with shoppers on financial ethic forms as

required. after the investigation, the joint committee makes a recommendation to the full senate which then decides on possible punishment ranging from a reprimand to expulsion. >> we feel that they are ethical violation aepbs that the -- violation and that the senate needs to send a strong message. >> reporter: princeton says with curry 22 years in the legislature and friendships he's made there it's possible his colleagues may excuse his behavior. >> on the other hand, they may also recognize that this makes the general assembly as a whole look pretty bad. >> reporter: senator curry will have the opportunity to testify before the ethics committee with his attorney present. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. derek thank you. so far no dates have been set for the hearing. when maryland's first all

electronic toll road the inner county connector opens tomorrow morning. >> reporter: this landmark road will open at 6:00 tomorrow and it's not going to be cheap if you want to take it. >> there's no stopping to pay the tolls just roll underneath the electronic eyes on the icc and the state charges your easy pass. the east-west toll way connects i65 with i270. you enter south of the county line. it follows decades of fighting . >> in some ways it's more important for the baltimore metro area than the washington metro area. because it connects montgomery county which has been one of the economic engines of the state to vwi thurgood marshall

airport. tolls are being raised across the system, including the bridges and tunnels in baltimore. partly to pay for the inner county connector. now they're going to have the nerve to come back to annapolis and look for a gas tax increase. all they've done is put us in a death spiral. >> it'll cost $6 to travel the length of the road during the peak time. >> that's without easy pass. with it it's $3, 1.60 overnight and prices will go up in the future. >> as traffic increases over the next many years then the toll rate will go up. so it's also a congestion free highway. >> reporter: the trip from gathensburg will go from 71 minutes to 37 minutes once the icc openless. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. now the icc will be free until december 4. the mta will also operate several new bus

routs. a foggy damp start to the holiday week, a live look outside right now. will things clear up by the time you hit the road to enjoy some turkey? bob is in the first weather center with a look at the radar. >> we will have turkey friday, turkey salad on saturday and turkey salad on sunday. we have light rain around the region. some spotty rain in spots moving toward maryland. the good news is the rain we're expecting into tomorrow and tomorrow night, maybe even wednesday morning will be pulling out in the afternoon. then it dries out just in time for later in the day on wednesday if you're traveling. thursday, thanksgiving saturday and sunday looks like a nice warm up with plenty of sunshine just in time for the end of the week and for you shoppers here on friday and saturday. denise. >> thank you, bob. a short week for the ravens as

their fans. big home victory over the bengals has to be put in the rear-view mirror because the 49ers are coming to town thursday. wjz is live in owins mills and mark vivano has more. >> a cold night, and always a benefit to have the indoor practice building they have. i was inside to watch the beginning of their work out on this monday. it was just about 24 hours ago. the ravens wrapped up what was a big win over the cincinnati bengals now the focus is forward to san francisco. that match upcoming up here in town thursday night. the ravens hope to have linebacker ray lewis in uniform thursday. out with a foot injury he was on the sidelines wednesday. but the ravens were able to win without their leader thanks in great park to rookies like smith who set a rookie record with 165 receiving yards including a touchdown. >> we have young guys stepping up making plays and that's

what's going to carry us going forward. you see us, jimmy smith. i can name three rookies that made big plays. jimmy smith, tory smith, you look at mcfee. >> reporter: the bengals had a rookie step up. he brought the game to a tie. it's an unpredictable lead. >> it's going to be hard fought. this is the nfl, you never know how a team is going to play you. you have to come out and play week in and week out despite their record. >> reporter: we asked you with our fan cam do you think the ravens with beat san francisco on thursday. >> yes i think they can beat san francisco this is one of the best seasons we've had and i'm glad we won today. >> joe flacco has been putting up tons and tons of points. i'm definitely sure we will rout the 49ers. >> definitely back on track and

we will beat the 49ers, 32-17. >> reporter: big question here at camp, will lewis be ready for the thursday night game. i'll have an update coming up in sports. i will ask joe flacco about getting prepared for an opponent with just three days between games. the maryland terrapins are wrapping up the season. you can watch their game against nc state next saturday at noon right here on wjz. >> it's going to be a great holiday weekend sports wise. >> a lot of football. >> still to come tonight, internal investigation, the person leading the probe into the child sex abuse investigation at penn state. fears flip a turtle. coming up on eyewitness news, athletic programs slashed at if

university of maryland. we'll have the list. and when will the weather clear up. stick around for the five day weather forecast coming up. ,,,,,,

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the public is being called on to help save sports teams. pat warren reports the only option given to save the teams is fund raising. >> it's a blue monday all around without massive fund raising some of the terrapins

will be missing. casualties of budget cuts. >> today is a day for me of enormous sadness. >> reporter: six athletic programs and eight teams are affected. men will lose cross country, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving and tennis. women will also lose swimming and diving, in addition to water polo and acrobatics and tumbling. >> some students are just learning their losing teams. >> i think that's awful. >> no, that's not good. >> it's not fair for the track team and swimming team. it's bad. >> since they're not cutting the football team as much, then i'm not nearly as worried. >> reporter: the football and basketball programs are revenue raisers but not enough to support all of the school's teams. >> we cannot continue year after year having expenses to our revenue, living beyond our

means. >> reporter: the focus is now on the rescue operation and that ball is in the public court. reporting from the university of maryland college park, i'm pat warren, now back to you on tv hill. >> if the teams can't raise enough money to sustain themselves for eight years, they will remain active. other wise they shut down in june of next year. millions of americans are hitting the roads this week for thanksgiving. despite a change at the gas pump you should expect more traffic than last year. wjz is live in north baltimore. adam may breaks down the forecast. adam. >> reporter: 38 million americans will take a road trip this thanksgiving holiday weekend. >> we're heading to leesburg virginia and then we're heading over to cambridge. >> we're going to boston to visit family. >> driving? >> driving. >> but that drive will be more expensive while gas prices have dropped 11-cents, a gallon of

regular is now 50-cents higher. >> when i got my car which was nine years ago it was $26. >> now how much are you spending. >> $62.84. >> reporter: despite that punch to the wallet, aaa predicts a 10% increase to travel. >> it appears thanksgiving is the holiday where people are willing to make whatever sacrifices they need to to spend time with family and friends. >> reporter: most drivers agree. >> spend it and move on. >> reporter: all right we lost adam's live picture but that was his report talking about how there should be an increase in travel this year. if you slept in today, you missed quite a show this morning as we crowned a new manic monday melt down champion. >> reporter: the winners of the valentino, the best of manic monday 2011 goes to the team from deco. >> [ cheering and applause ] >> today was the 13th annual

mammoth manic monday melt down. nearly 80,000 people cast their votes on wjz.com. hundreds showed up for the big event. >> you know he wears a tuxedo all the time. >> sometimes he shows you, sometimes he does not. >> you never know when the opportunity is going to present itself. >> it was a little damp. >> a little. >> taking a look at temps, a little over 50. 96 with humidity. the decent fog forming later on. the barometer is rising, come back and take a look at tuesday and we'll work out the rest of the week for you shortly. ,,,,

there's a live look outside right now, fog has cleared up a little bit. we can see the street now. >> it's shiny, damp. >> and this morning there was pretty dense fog in the morning and we had drizzle on and off. looks like we're going to get into some showery activity. when you're headed out you'll run into pockets of rain and same thing will be with us looks like tomorrow into about wednesday morning.

then it will begin to clear up for thursday travel. 46, 48, it won't drop a whole lot more tonight. the dewpoint is 49. technically it can only drop like a degree or two but we'll probably be in the mid- to upper 40s. maybe some patchy fog. locally mid-upper 40s to 60s. cool, damp evening. not beautiful. 61-50 today. the average highs is 54. the average low down to 35. the records in 1979, in 1951, 16 degrees here just a couple of days before thanksgiving. right now our winds generally north and northeast tomorrow. tomorrow they'll be out of the east out of the ocean. that will keep up in damp overnight. until wednesday afternoon, before it begins to clear out. low pressure causing some shower activity this morning across the tennessee valley in the lower mississippi valley is moving up to the north and east. really cold air out west. snow in the cascades in the

rockies. maybe a foot or more across washington, montana. some of the mountain areas and further south still some snow activity in southwestern and western colorado. that's where the cold air is. tomorrow will be about the same but a bit of a warm up heading as if low pressure is developing passes just to our west. we'll get some southerly air. so wednesday will be kind of mild. low 50s, after wednesday once this all passes to the region, the winds go back to the northwest it passes on and cools us down for late wednesday. thanksgiving should be dry. pleasantly cool. same thing with a bit of a warm upcoming. as the winds go back to the northwest. friday to saturday 50s or better. the bay temp right around 52 degrees. tonight, yeah we'll see some rain from time to time and some fog in some areas. 46 tomorrow. periods of rain, patchy fog as

well. it'll be a little colder today. it's not going to move much from tonight to tomorrow. but it'll warm up tomorrow. looks like it'll be just fine, maybe until 1:00 or 2:00 in the afternoon. >> thank you, bob. thanksgiving is just a few days away and volunteers at b.gaddy are preparing for their big thanksgiving feast. they still need more help. jessica cartalia reports. >> reporter: it's a charm city tradition. b.gaddy's feast is the biggest in baltimore. >> we provide medical care throughout the year, but doing something special like this brings our company together in doing special things. we look at ways we can do more for the community. >> reporter: b.gaddy started the traditional 40 years ago. hundreds of volunteers served

thousands many with nowhere else to go. >> b.gaddy was an institution here in baltimore, when she passed away there was a threat this was going to go away. >> reporter: fortunately that did not happen. her daughter is now the director. >> we're going to make my mother's 30th thanksgiving dinner. >> reporter: they're still running low on corn and potatoes and hope people will continue to step up their donations. >> reporter: b.gaddy died of breast cancer, but her family believes they will continue her tradition as long as they can. jessica cartalia. >> for more information or if you would like to make a donation log on to our website wjz.com. and then click on local news. >> great to see all these people together coming together for this worthy cause. >> yeah, it is. still to come. >> it's a move to enpower women. i'm monique griego.

we're going to look into a program that could end up saving lives. a massive search in western maryland mountains for a missing 75-year-old man. that story as wjz eyewitness news continues. foiled in the final minutes, this man wanted to kill police and u.s. military troops but his lawyer tells them a different story. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is just before 6:30, 50 degrees with some drizzle out there. good evening thanks for staying with wjz. another potentially deadly terror plot foiled at the last second. police say the suspect wanted to kill police and men and women returning from war from overseas. new york city officials describe terror suspect jose pemental as a lone wolf who sympathizing with al-qaida. police do not believe he had any connections with al-qaida. but was developing bombs.

>> whether they went off or not, people's lives were in jeopardy. >> reporter: authorities say pemintel sped up his plans after the death of alaki. he's been held without bail. >> pemintel talked about killing returns servicemen and women returning from service. >> reporter: he talked about targeting police stations and postal stations. he lived with his mother. >> i didn't tell him to do this. he did that by himself. >> reporter: his mother says her son made a mistake and now must face justice. >> it's my son or somebody's son, everybody has to pay. >> reporter: pemintel's lawyer says the case against his client is not as strong as prosecutors claim. he will face state charges, not

federal terrorism charges. in new york, randall pinkston, wjz news. the associated press is reporting the fbi is refusing to investigate the case because pemintel did not have the ability to carry out his plan. -- he's charged with attempted assassination for shooting at a white house window. one round cracked a window where the first family lives. he was arrested last week. mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on the penn sexual abuse case. >> reporter: louis free has been tapped to look into the scandal. jerry sandusky is accused of sexually abusing at least eight boys during a 15 year period

and some of that abuse happened on campus. the scandal cost the university president and legendary head coach joe paterno their jobs. two other officials face charges of lying to the federal authorities investigating the abuse. >> the investigation is at least one of four underway. two of them criminal. a 75-year-old wisconsin man missing for two weeks has been found in western maryland. alex demetric reports, despite a large search, he was found dead. >> reporter: by monday morning they had found 75-year-old james wilkins in the mountains of allegheny county. >> his body was located about 3/4 of a mile. in a heavily wooded and steep ravine. >> the reason is he was last seen -- wilson left his home in

wisconsin november 11 driveing to caste nation in -- 11 a stream downhill from his car may have drawn wilson into the ravine. >> residences have been built around waterways. >> he was trying to walk out. >> he was trying to walk out. he followed downstream, downhill and succomb to the elements. >> reporter: investigators believe he died of the temperatures because his clothes were wet and the temperatures drop low. alex demetric, wjz eyewitness news. now police in wisconsin issued a missing person's bulletin. police in maryland learned of it after entering james wilson

registration from a nationwide base. 22-year-old danny romano is being held on bail. police say he stabbed another man following a dispute in a bar. time now for a quick look at the stories you will find tomorrow morning in the baltimore sun. how a truck that received several violations was able to keep itself on the road. these stories and much more read in tomorrow's baltimore sun. a new maryland law is opening hundreds of the family planning facilities. >> this is not just a stake in today this is a stake in our future. >> reporter: state senator katherine hughes teamed up with

healther mcdure to pass a law that opens up free family planning services to women having their first baby. >> family planning services for your very first child is the most important thing we can do to tackle the chronic and persistent infant mortality rate in this state. >> reporter: maryland ranked 42nd in the nation when it comes to infant mortality. statewide this new law will give 35,000 women and teens access to crucial medical care and free birth control. >> enpower women to have babies when it makes sense for them, helping them make cycles of poverty. >> reporter: maryland griggs is happy to know other women will receive the same help she did. >> what would they do without a place like this. >> we have to make sure that more women know about this coverage and get enrolled. >> reporter: diggs believes women need to know care is available. >> that you're not alone.

there's some help for you. >> reporter: monique griego. >> providing family planning will reduce the mortality in children. bob turk in the weather center. will it be a dry sunny thanksgiving. we'll have more on the weather forecast. >> for updates on all the day's news and the updated forecast log on to wjz.com ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

egypt's government quit as violence escalates for the third straight day. protesters are demanding egypt's high rulers set a date to hand off power to its civilian government. the turmoil comes a week before the country's first free election in decades. so far 300 protesters have been

killed in clashes with police. turning the tables, celebrities take aim at the media. tina krauss reports, the parents of a murdered team also spoke out. >> reporter: bob and sally dowler report how phone hackers gave them false hope their daughter was alive. >> at first we were able to leave messages then her voice mail became full. >> reporter: milly dowler was abducted and killed. the papers investigators allegedly hacked into the 13- year-old's phone in search of a scoop. and deleted her phone messages. >> we were like, she's alive. she picked up her phone. >> reporter: murdoch apologized to the families and his company paid a $3 million settlement. but the dowlers were not the

only victims. several celebrities are due to testify. >> i can not think of any conceivable reason expect for those phone messages on my mobile cell phone. >> reporter: a judge will use all of the testimony to recommend changes in the way the media in britain does its job. in london, tina krauss. several senior executives have resigned over the hacking scandal. elephant rampages are causing person in india.

the animals tend to roam from one area to another in search of food and water. workers are hoping the government will intervene and set up a marked territory for the elephants to step. well scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up. >> that congressional super committee is in the verge of failure. we will tell you what that means for the committee and your wallet 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. ,,

it's drizzly, it's a dreary november evening. a live look outside, hopefully thing will clear up if you're planning to travel this week. >> sounds like the beginning of a poem or something, a drizzly eerie november night. we have drizzle in the forecast tonight and tomorrow as well. temperatures holding in the 60s and 40s in the evening. 69 down to a cooler and drier 38 on thursday. sunshine returns for thursday,

friday and saturday. cool on thursday, 53 but 60 by friday and low to mid-60s already a warm up on saturday. denise. >> thank you, bob. a new eyewitness speaks out about the death of natalie wood. mike stine has the latest in washington. >> reporter: coming up on entertainment tonight new information about ncis star robert wagner and the night his wife natalie wood died. what an new eyewitness is claiming as she speaks out for the first time. >> we heard this female voice yelling for help. somebody help me, i'm drowning. please somebody help me, i'm drowning. over and over again. >> maryland wayne near the splendor listening to the screams of who she believes is natalie wood. >> we went to bed and had our windows open. we heard somebody yelling help

me. somebody help me i'm drowning. and that was repeated over and over again. so, i went to the deck above and started calling out. where are you. >> on board splendor, wagner who just had a fight with wood, christopher wakins and the ship captain. >> it was very dark. there was no way to help unless i were to jump in and swim around blindly which was not an option given the temperature of the water. and i was heavily criticized by most of the newspapers for not jumping in. >> reporter: also tonight the very latest on ashton demi's weekend after the divorce news. and we are with the dancing with the stars top three before the last challenge. you can see entertainment tonight right here on wjz at 10:30. no rest for the ravens they have just three days to get

ready for their thanksgiving night match up with san francisco. >> mark has the latest from tonight's practice. ,,,,,,,,,,,

barely time for the bruises to heal before they have to play again. mark is in owins mills with the fan sports report. hello mark. >> hi guys. practice just ended i just spoke with coach john harbaugh as the team came off the practice field. he said it was a spirited work out and this team gave it their all to detail. such short time between their sunday game and their thursday night game. outside of the bye week when the ravens don't practice at all this is the least physical week of preparation for the team and this keyword this week is rest. they did work out at the indoor facility here in owins mills. ray lewis was not present for the work out early on. of course he missed yesterday's game. a short week is a challenge. but the ravens are lucky to be the home team considering san

francisco has to travel cross country on short rest. it's a -- you know it's a scramble for both teams to get ready here and much of the build up is going to be about the harbaugh brothers facing off as opposing coaches but for now what's more important is for both teams to be ready during the short week. >> you have to be very smart about your time and what you're doing. and you know we'll be ready to go. we know that this game was on the schedule a long time ago. and guys will be ready. >> it's about getting back in there, getting our bodies back healthy. i think that's the biggest thing. you know obviously probably not for me so much but you know i'm not the one that's really, i got to get the ball to these guys. these guys have to make sure they get their legs back. get healthy so we can do all those things. >> we'll hear more from the players and coach john harbaugh coming up at 11:00.

after they play san francisco they'll go to cleveland. the nfl changed the starting time for that game. what was to be a 1:00 kick off now a 4:00 game at cleveland december 4 for the ravens. it's a game you'll be able to see right here on wjz. one key to every team making a play off push in the nfl is to avoid injuries and to that end it's bad news for the chicago bears. they have lost starting quarterback jake cutler, he needs surgery after surging a broken right thumb. it happened when he tried to make a tackle on san diego's antwon casen. it's a bummer for the bears, they lose their quarterback back up caleb haney will take over as chicago's starter. the townsend tigers earn an invitation to the play off party. one of the great turn around stories in the nation. coach rob ambross and the

tigers will face lee high coming up on december 3rd. townsend won nine games this season after they had won three games total the last two years. and in baseball, the american league's best pitcher is also honored as the best overall player, justin verlander of the detroit tigers the most valuable player award winner, he adds that to the cy young award winner he earned. he's the first starting pitcher to earn the mvp since roger clemens. that will wrap it up from here in owins mill. back to you for now.,,,,,,,,,,,,

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don't miss tonight's cbs prime line up. that's it for us right now. we will be back at 11:00. i'm vic carter. >> for bob and mark ,, >> pelley: tonight, they couldn't get it done. the supercommittee gives up on

cutting the deficit. nancy cordes and anthony mason on what happens now to payroll taxes, unemployment benefits, and more. bob orr on how a lone wolf was stopped in his tracks. what police say a new york terror suspect was planning. protests against the latest use of pepper spray against the occupy movement. ben tracy is covering. and mark phillips on the parents of a murdered teen testifying about how reporters hacked her phone messages and gave them false hope. >> i heard her voice and i was... it was just... "she picked up her voice mail! he's alive!" captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. both parties-- republicans and democrats-- failed today in the most basic function of