election night takes center stage. >> robocalls are the focus of

courtroom action today. i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about. the case against an aide to ehrlich stems from robocalls using during the 2010 gubernatorial race. derek valcourt is live outside the clarence mitchell courthouse. >> reporter: the judge ordered jury selection to get underway after the judge disclosed his household received a robocall on election nite. his wife answered the phone and he did not feel that was enough to stop him from presiding over this case. as ehrlich ran for election in 2010, his trusted friend and advisor led the campaign and schurick is in the cross hairs, they argue it was schurick who authorize rod bocalls to 112,000 registered democrats hinting there was no need to go

vote. >> governor o'malley and president obama have been successful. we are okay. everything is fine. only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: they face three counts of conspiring to violate laws attempting to suppress voter turnout and failing to identify who was behind the calls, schurick is charged with obstruction of justice. he with held documents sought by a grand jury subpoena. schurick maintains his innocence. >> i'm comfortable when the jury hears the facts he will be heldth in. >> reporter: prosecutors plan to introduce a schurick doctrine that says the voter outcome is suppression. if z. >> reporter: you may remember on election night, it was congressman cummings who taped his own robocall urging voters to head to the polls and vote

telling them to ignore other calls they received, telling them not to go vote. cummings has been subpoenaed and ordered to testify in this case. defense attorneys want to learn how he learned about the robocall that is at the center of this case. we will have a wrap up of the court proceedings at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. baltimore police made an arrest in the rape of a 13-year- old girl last month in east baltimore. detectives used dna evidence to arrest wright . she was taken in to vacant building and assaulted. more tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. after 100 days in jail in aruba, the man suspected in the death of a missing woman maybe

sent home. a judge on the island says prosecutors have not made enough progress investigating her disappearance. prosecutors are working on an emergency appeal but if that fails he will be released in 24 hours. syracuse university fired the long time assistant coach accused of child sex abuse. manuel guy -- >> reporter: syracuse university fired bernie fine after a thinker man accused him of sexual abuse. one accusers recorded phone conversations with fine's wife. >> i know everything that went on with him. >> reporter: that's lori speaking to bobby davis about

the abuse. davis says fine began molesting him in 19844 and it lasted for more than a decade. the former syracuse ball boy claims he had a sexual relationship with fine's wife when he was 18. a third accuser, told syracuse police fine molested him when he was 13 at a pittsburgh hotel. >> he put his hands down my shorts and began to fondle me. >> reporter: he faces sexual assault charges and his father says he is lying about fine. it was enough for syracuse to terminate fine and boeheim to back off earlier support for his friend. boeheim said i deeply regret statements i made that might have been insensitive to victims of abuse. fine denies allegations and not charged with any crimes.

>> allegations come on the heels of a scandal at penn state university. where former assistant football coach sandusky is charged with multiple counts of child sex abuse. deadlines come and go for occupy protesters to leave encampments. ron matz is live. >> no violence overnight, police make several arrests in los angeles after the midnight deadline passed. hundreds of protesters held an early morning protest on a downtown street in los angeles. the vigil was mostly peaceful but four protesters were arrested after tossing bamboo sticks and water bottles at police. no injuries were reported. the street was re-opened before the morning rush hour. the protesters are declaring victory saying they were able to remain past the deadline issued by the city. people demonstrating in baltimore are not among those told to leave. stephanie rawlings blake says

action could be taken when the time is right. the protesters in philadelphia were ordered to leave by midnight. police have not moved in. back to you. live in the newsroom, thank you. earlier than expected conclusion to the career of a local radio personality. ron smith announcing today he is retiring and will no longer be on the air. smith says his stage 4 pancreatic cancer has weakened his body. rush for gift buying turns from your local mall to your computer. it's cyber mondays. following the black friday it could be a record setting one. analysts expect $1 billion in sales today. that's after shoppers spent more than $11 billion on friday. the weather couldn't have been better for shopping this weekend. today the skies aren't clear out there taking a live look

outside. clouds are moving in. the temperatures are warm for post thanksgiving. tim williams is in the weather center with a look at what is ahead in the forecast. >> today is a good day to go outside and run around. tomorrow, stay in and do the treadmill. we have clear conditions over the area, but a front moving in from the west, front is going to bring us rain. tomorrow a washout. now the temperatures are really well above our normal high. 63 degrees. our average high for this date is 51. here it is, after 12 noon, we are at 63. 62 ocean city. 54 in oakland. the cool spot on the map. 60s down towards patuxent river and east, 72. the front moves through. in rain free zone now. cool air moves in by the end of the week but we will see the sun return. we will talk about how it comes together in the forecast.

holiday season gets off to a rough start for a man dressed up as frosty the snowman. look at the photos. a man in a costume was arrested during the parade. kevin walsh detained for kicking at a police dog while walsh says he became agitated once he realized he was arrested for no good reason. kansas city chiefs couldn't get out of their own way last night playing the steelers. jackie battle runs in to his own teammate. the steelers win 13-9. it will be an afc north matchup sunday afternoon as wells that ravens hit the road and face the browns in cleveland. it's a game you can see live sunday afternoon at 4:00 here on wjz13. still to come on wjz eye

witness news, a big step forward for newt gingrich in the presidential primary race. historic day for egyptians in their bid to install a new government. no sun but nice warm temperatures will greet you when you head out. the first warning weather forecast, coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. security is tight across the country as voters cast ballots in elections. egyptians lined up early at polling stations to vote in the first election since the fall of mubarak. they are not choosing a president yet, just choosing a parliament to draft a new constitution. endorsement for newt gingrich as candidates gear up for the new hampshire primary. the union leader is endorsing the former house speaker calling him an innovative conservative. newt gingrich is neck and neck with mitt romney, with new hampshire's primary six week away, analysts say it could sway voters. rescue effort by passers by who happened to witness an

accidents in california. one person died and others were hurt when a pickup truck rolled over yesterday. see a group of people who managed to lift the overturned truck up enough to pull a person out from underneath the wreckage. it was a royal to the rescue on the high seas yesterday. prince william who was on a search and rescue mission after a cargo ship went down in a storm. the prince's crew saveed two survivors bobbing in a life raft. he is on a three year assignment k working towards his captain's rank. still ahead, taking a life look outside. the clouds before the storm. let's look at today's midday stocks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's cloudy. >> but it's nice. >> i see blue sky there, tim. >> making its way. >> a little sliver. >> hike you said, the tradeoff, the clouds are locking in the warm air we generate. it stays warm until the clouds go away. for now, the warmth we are getting is already above the average for the day. that's noon. we are in the 60s. normal high for the entire day

is around 51 degrees. we are going up. the record today is just around 73 degrees, we are not going to quite do that without more blue sky and sunshine. we take a little bit more to do that. we will get in to the mid to upper 60s. 53 dew point. relative humidity at 69%. east, northeasterly wind at 3 miles per hour, a light wind. barometer is high. clouds moving in. around the state, temperatures just around 54 in oakland. 64 cumberland. 63 elkton and bwi marshal. over in easton and everyone else in the mid-60s. still somewhat reflection of the water temperatures around 52 degrees. cooler along the water's edge. winds coming in, a southeasterly flow from hagerstown towards cumberland and oakland. northeast flow across central maryland. it is the predominant south flow of air and the winds

coming in, tapping in to the warmer air, bringing us the mild temperatures. we have the warmest air around us. when you go down to atlanta, they are cooler. there is no one around us that is as warm as we are. we are in a pocket where the mild temperatures are dominating the forecast. this front that's poised to the west to move in is going to start to cause some, well, some drizzle and some mist late tonight. we are seeing the clouds associated with it. they are starting to fill the atmosphere. we are going to see the showers, leading edge eatsen up. it's going to overrun the area. as it does, it's going to bring potentially an inch of rain tomorrow off and on. some showers could be heavy. the cooler air pushes in. that means we go back to temperatures close to normal highs which will be in the 50s. southeast wind at five to ten knots. no advisories in effect.

today 67, mostly cloudy and warm. tonight around 52. cloudy, mist arriving late and tomorrow rain off and on, 63 degrees, the temperature we have right now. add the rain to it. that's your forecast for tomorrow. still to come on eye witness news at noon, family ties may help your infant avoid chickenpox. the latest on vaccinations just ahead. >> we are always on. here are the top stories at this hour. for updates on the news on the weather forecast, log on to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

in the health watch report, vaccinating children more hand a year old is protecting other infants from it. researchers believe fewer in faints are exposed because their older siblings have been vaccinated against it. researchers in new york may have found a way to identify children with attention deficit hyper activity disorder earlier, they use mris to see how the brains reacted during tests. the results showed regions of the brain involved in the processing visual attention information did not function normally in children with adhd. check in with wjz eye witness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 for the third time in a

week a person is kidnapped and robbed in montgomery county. are the crimes connected? safety defect in consumer watch, why the government is taking a closure look at chevy volts. stay with us, a five day forecast will take you in to next month, that's coming right up. ,,,,,,,,,,

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clouds. looking at the north end of the key bridge there. >> still warm, though. i'm not complaining. >> our barge has come in. >> your barge has come in. >> the cruise ships would like to stop here for a little bit of time. temperatures around 70. tomorrow rain moving in and 63 degrees. magically reappearing. 63 degrees tomorrow with the rain. temperatures through the rest of the week in the 50s. 53 wednesday. 49 heading in to saturday with return of the sun. >> you don't mind the rain when it's 63 degrees. >> tonight, 10:00, hie 50, followed by eye witness news at 11:00. >> this noon, a little something for your sibber monday shopping, belgium, the greatest chocolates, a 3.6- carat diamond atop a prelude. a jeweler and chock la tear

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