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now it is complete coverage. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> hello gan i am don scott. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> we are following new developments in the case of a missing maryland woman and a man held in aruba in connection with that disappearance, a judge has ordered gary giordano set free. he has been held there since the disappearance of his companion robyn gardner. he says she vanished but no body has been found. the judge says he must be set free by tuesday. millions rushing to stores to cash in open black friday deals, some have been going on for a full 12 hours and weijia jiang and wjz are live with this report. >> reporter: good afternoon.

it is obvious these shoppers mean business. of course a welcome sight for businesses who say the holiday shopping season really makes or breaks the entire year and like you said some of these guys have been out here since midnight. black friday's frenzy, perhaps crazier than it has ever been. at the town center more than two dozen stores opened at midnight a trend that brought out millions of shoppers nationwide, retailers were clearly eager to bring out spenders as early as possible. >> some stores are reporting they have had three days worth of business in two hours so a great start to black friday. >> reporter: analysts say the deals are bigger too. >> they had sales and i had coupons, i did really well, victoria secret my bill was less. so i think i did well. >> and here is a live look for

you right now before the to you to towson town center. it has been peaceful here. one woman was using pepper spray to quote from police get a competitive edge. there is security here all over the place in case things do get a little crazy, weijia jiang wjz news, back to you. >> thank you. they expect a 10% jump from last year. >> a missing child in baltimore city has been found safe. she had been missing from her home since tuesday. it is still not known where she was found or who she was with but police say she is safe and sound this noon.

>> protesters packed cairo's tahrir square again here is the latest. >> reporter: an egyptian court ordered them set free but they may not leave until monday. they waited on word. >> i would not wish this on my worst enemy but we can all se the light at the end of the tunnel. >> reporter: they were throughing fire bombs at police. they insist they were just watching. their classmates at the american university of cairo agree. >> i know them personally was that there was no way that they could have had those. i don't think they could have figured out how to get them. >> reporter: they are taking a stronger stand with egypt's military and the obama administration is calling on

the generals running that country to transfer power to civilians now. that is what tens of thousands of protesters have been calling for in a series of clashes that has injured thousands and killed more than 30. the demonstrations took on new energy this morning. the protesters are upset at the military's decision to appoint a prime minister to head the next government who was part of has knee hosni mubarak's regime. the first round of voting is supposed to begin monday. >> today's rally against the military comes a day after one of the ruling generals apologized for the lives lost in the clashes with police. >> for three days the state fair growns turns into a winter wonderland for the festival of trees and they opened this morning. the 22nd year for the largest holiday event on the east coast

with the money supporting the kennedy institute. this year they have 600 decorated trees, wreaths and gingerbreads houses all up for sale. and the kennedy-craiger institute festival of trees is open. we are a proud sponsor. for more information go to wjz.com. now let's take a look at the weather outside. just a gorgeous black friday afternoon out there. great for all you shoppers but maybe you should be outside instead of inside the mall. hopefully it is going to stay nice for the weekend, marty can give us the details on that. he is in the weather center. ood afternoon. >> good afternoon. i want to take a step back. they auctioning these trees so all you have got is this weekend. all right, now let's talk about

some weather. you saw that shot from sky chopper 13 just beautiful. let's take a look at a graphic showing we are almost 10 degrees above our temperature this hour yesterday. you know how mild yesterday was. today is even going to be nicer. it is already 66 degrees. i can easily see us getting up to near 70. i got news for you, it stays beautiful through tomorrow. however, having said that, we got some issues out to the north and west. that low is going to take us back to a deep fall feel by midweek next week. those details coming up shortly during our first warning weather segment. now back to you. >> thank you very much marty. scientists are taking steps to learn more about earthquakes like the one here in august. the national science foundation is set to place underground and array of 400 instruments here and across the country in hopes they will give them new insight into what causes them and where and when they might strike next. all systems are go for a new mission to mars with ties

to maryland. the rover is set to blast off tomorrow and under the control of scientists at the goddard spaceflight center and is being sent to look for signs of life there. curiosity will be the largest and most advanced spacecraft ever sent there. >> a happy outcome for the ravens in the so-called har bowl. sports director mark viviano takes us inside a special contest. >> food, fam and football that is the thanksgiving tradition, for baltimore football fans it was a chance to dig in during primetime. for the second straight game though ray lewis had to sit out so the ravens would try to win a second straight without their leader. history for the harbaugh brothers, jim and john gathered before the game with mom and dad. the first time head coaching siblings facing off in nfl history. a family photo and a picture perfect night for football here in baltimore. it was all defense early. the ravens had the ball at the san francisco one yard line but ray rice loses three yards and

they would have to settle for a field goal. when san fran took a shot at the end zone end of the first half this pass was picked off so it was all field goals with the ravens leading 6-3 at halftime. timed 6 all when they put together an impressive drive. there is a touchdown and they take a 13-6 lead. the story of the game was the ravens defense or was it san fran's shaky offense? terrell suggs makes the hit on smith. they sacked him a team record 9 times, the ravens remain unbeaten at home, keeping themselves on track for their hopes of a home playoff game on this night of family football history. john harbaugh beats brother jim and his 49ers 16-6. >> okay, it is thanksgiving. i told our guys we have so much to be thankful for and god gives us so much to be thankful for put the main thing is each other, he gives us our relationships. i am running across the field

to my brother, who is my best friend along with my dad, mom and wife -- my wife. >> to play the way we did obviously felt great for us and at the same time you feel great for your head coach to be able to go out there and do that. >> their record improves to 8- 3, still in first place, their next game will be on the road at cleveland. back to you. >> now let's see what the fans are saying, gigi barnett is live at wjz.com. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, it is a is a day of shopping for many fans a celebration for them as they wore purple to black friday. let's hear what m fans some fans had to say about the game. >> terrell suggs, he was all over the place, and actually i had him on my facebook as a friend so i am happy. >> relentless as always.

>> even the thought of them causes trouble. >> suggests did it. >> they did it without ray lewis. >> we dominated on a team who allowed less than two sacks in the whole season, we come out in one night. we got nine. >> that means the ravens dominated lots of excitement and positive words. don, back to you. >> remember they will be back a week from sunday facing the browns in cleveland, 4:00 december the 4th, live right here on wjz 13. >> what is everybody going to do this sunday? >> it is going to be weird. >> i know. >> not having football. >> we are without football. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon a hotel is coming under fire for its lights, why people are complaining coming up. >> and they are facing a shortage. we will tell you how they are coping. >> and marty will be back with

our weather for this weekend. eyewitness news at noon will be back. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

out west it is turning out to not be the most wonderful time of the year for christmas

tree farmers a drought in the southwest has killed thousands of trees in texas and oklahoma. hundreds of others burned in fires. some farmers are now importing trees from north carolina while others have been forced to shut down. >> a new hotel in dallas is drawing criticism for being a distraction. it just opened omni has a light show built into its exterior, lights that seem to chase each other around the building blending from one color to another. it is plainly visible from a couple of different expressways and that is the problem. drivers are complaining it keeps them from concentrating on the road. of course, that sort of reminds us of the light show going on at the power plant building downtown. it is a water front life runs from now until the new year. >> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, it is a beautiful black friday out there. your full first warning weather forecast is two and a half

minutes away. >> first a look at today's midday's stocks to be followed by last night's multimatch numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

all right. welcome back, yes, our friday noon puppy, that is what the segment is, but nina is one- year-old but still a puppy. i guess i am somewhat --

>> -- please -- >> -- two and a half, three years old. nina is a jack russell boston terrier mix, really sharp, really active, really nice. her previous owners just didn't have the time for her and she ended up in the maryland spca. a great happy little dog. >> oh, yeah. >> you are. >> she just needs a really really good home. if you can provide that long- term, she doesn't need to be shuffled around anymore, we have been discussing that during the break, we all on many different levels have a problem of that, but anyway there she is. that is our sponsor. what a beautiful day. aim going to get dixie out today. >> yeah. >> i am going to take her up to the park get her out and talk a walk, a day fit for man and beast, almost 70 degrees the high, right now 66, 20% humidity, the perfect spring day frankly, west-southwest

gentle breeze at 5, the barometer is at 30.23. let's check out numbers here. the numbers tell the story of the day, 57 in dc and elkins, book handed by 57, 56 haggerstown, low 60s easton, pax river and ocean city, cumberland 59, 50 degrees oakland, westminster 57, belaire 56, 66 in columbia, kent island cooler, 53, 61 in rock hall. totally clear skies in the area and such is the case for the county today for the next 48 hours, then we will start to see a bit of a subtle change. at the top of the show i showed you an area of low pressure that will scoot through new york state. it will happen slowly and that is sunday night into monday and will drag a cold front through the region. there is moisture running up along that front. i think monday could be really wet. let's say overnight sunday into monday through monday we could look at an inch and a half of rain. so let's enjoy this, get me time while we can, 66 the high

today, normal mid-50s, 39 your low overnight. tomorrow 66 if not slightly warmer. just a beautiful run of weather here. we will look at that five-day- forecast, i am telling you, enjoy it. we will be in deep fall again by wednesday. >> marty, thank you. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, an amazing development in brain damage, details coming up. >> remember we are always on for you, here are some of the stories we are following on our website. for constant updates and that fi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

in today's wjz health watch, researchers may be one step closer to finding a way to repair damage to the brain. doctors at harvard university transplanted nutrons from healthy field mice to repair brain cells and grow new ones in mice with genetic deficiencies, the advance could lead to new treatments ,,,,,, ,,,,

all right. let's take a look at the five- day-forecast. it is beautiful today. sunday we will take a shower out of the day forecast. not a bad day, look, 61 degrees. moving into late november this is not -- very late november. rain monday, five, slow clearing if any tuesday, 50, wednesday 46 degrees, going from 10 above normal today and tomorrow, to 10 below normal on when. check out overnight low out. darn close to 32 degrees. >> wow. >> okay. 'tis the season where it is feeling like it. >> all right. don't miss the cbs primetime line up this evening. at 10:00 it is blue bloods, then right after that be sure you stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13,

maryland's news station. i have not bought anything yet on this black friday. i don't have the shakes yet. >> the day is young. >> going to be a long day? that is monday. sorry. >> small business. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow. >> yes, i will do that. >> small business then. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,