>> reporter: reverse psychology, that's how the defense explains those. the prosecution says it's much more sinister. he says it's illegal. prosecutors told jurors the election night robocall speaks for itself, a deceptive team to trick 112,000 registered democrats into thinking democratic governor martin o'malley had already won reelection and there was no need to go vote. >> everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: it didn't contain the legally required disclosure of who approved of the call. but some say those were reverse psychology, intended to get afternoon americans to rush out and vote for republicans before

the polls close. the campaign consultant was blame instead opening arguments, saying it was his fault it never mentioned who the call came from. >> you have a campaign manager accepting the recommendation of a consultant who's contracted to make these decisions an say, this will help us get our votes out, go ahead. >> some of the state's first witnesses took the stand today including an fbi agent. tomorrow it's the day they will bring on the woman whose voice you hear in those calls. she's agreed to testify in exchange for immunity. >> thank you. the former governor is also expected to testify in this case. two federal air martials

wrestle a passenger to the ground landing at bwi airport. >> a tense moment on board a plane for delta as a man became fighting with the passenger seating next to him. two martials try today intervene but he threw another punch. they held him down until the plane landed and he was arrested at the airport. a judge banned him from flying until the case is resolved. >> he's also ordered to attend an inpatient rehab program for alcohol. an accident between a school bus and car snarls rush hour traffic. it happened enrough owings mills boulevard. three people in the car were taken to the hospital. in two hours, gary giordano will walk out of jail, free for

the first time in months. he is the only suspect in the case of missing robin gardner. >> tonight the prosecutor in aruba says he believes gary giordano is lying about what happened but he doesn't have enough evidence to charge him. >> reporter: gary giordano is hours away from freedom after being jailed more than 100 days in aruba, and the only suspect in the death of his lover, robin gardner. they were vacationings on the island when he says she drowned while the two were snorkeling. police didn't buy it but were unable to find any evidence linking him to the murder. two neighbors filed restraining orders that were denied yesterday and his cousin says this:

>> they don't believe his story. they believe that $1.5 million insurance policy that he took out on this woman he barely knew is circumstantial. >> reporter: he's expected to leave aruba but the panel could order his extradition back to the island. he'll come back to a home that looks different on the inside. the fbi raided it in august carrying out boxes of evidence. >> i don't know what happened. i don't think anybody but gary knows what happened. >> reporter: jared will not run from the law. that is one fear that some people have, that giordano instead of coming back to maryland to the united states, that he could flee to another country.

>> thank you. giordano has always maintained his innocence. a judge throw it is book at dr. conrad murray, convicted in the death of michael jackson. he got four years in jail but 4- cylinder likely will not spend nearly that amount of time behind bars. >> reporter: sheriff's deputies escorted michael jackson's personal physician out of the courtroom and back to jail after a judge sentenced him to the maximum punishment for involuntary manslaughter. >> he had absolutely no sense of remorse, absolutely no sense of fault, and is and remains danger. >> reporter: judge michael pastor sentenced conrad murray to four years in prison as prosecutors requested. >> the defendant was playing russian roulette with michael jackson's life every single night. >> reporter: jackson's mother and several of his siblings attended the sentencing. jackson's children did not. >> you can't bring michael

back. he's gone. >> we'll never be satisfied because michael's not coming back. >> reporter: in court to jackson family asked for the maximum sentence. >> we are not here to seek revenge. there is nothing you can do today that will bring michael back. >> reporter: prosecutors blamed murray for giving propofol to jackson and failing to monitor him. the defense wanted probation, arguing he should be judged for his entire life, not just the two months he treated jackson. >> on probation he can do things for the community that he could never do sitting in that little room. >> reporter: officials say because of overcrowding he'll likely serve less than two years behind bars. before leaving court, he blew someone a kiss. >> prosecutors want murray to pay more than $100,348 in restitution to jackson's family. a possible sexual assault

is under investigation. police say a female student reported being sexual assaulted inside a school bathroom yesterday. the suspect also a student has been removed from school. a spokesperson says the school is working with police and sending letters to parents today. frosty the snowman arrested. a man dressed as the holiday figure is facing charges after a strange confrontation with police during an annual holiday parade. we have more on the incident making international headlines. >> reporter: since 1997, ken walsh dressed up as frosty the snowman for the chestertown christmas parade. >> one officer put his knee against my neck and the oh one cuffed me. >> reporter: he said he made a comment that a police dog shouldn't be at the parade, a

prelim handled him. >> i was appalled. >> reporter: he says he was upset because throngs of children watched it all. >> it was for me to be arrested the way i was, thrown in the police station, not released for three hours and it was excessive. >> reporter: but police say he had a meltdown. >> we're not going to be abused in that way. it's just not going to happen. it is a serious matter. as much as everyone wants to make light of it. >> reporter: police say walsh tried to kick the dog and cursed and assaulted an officer. he's been arrested five times this year alone for disorderly conduct or resisting arrest. still he insists he's the victim and says police hi jacked the parade. >> nobody knows if you're a man, william or whatever you are. >> reporter: he's planning a civil suit against the police

department. for now he says he'll dress up as frosty in the courtroom. >> if walsh is found guilty, he faces more than 30 years in prison. a broken water main is causing problem in this baltimore county tonight. this cause add huge sink hole on bel air road in nottingham. pat of road was shut down and dozens of nearby homes an businesses lost water. it's been repaired but it could take a while for service to get back to normal. after a rainy day, things are starting to clear up some tonight. this is a live look outside. december is almost here. bob has a look at the radar. >> got to remember, december is almost here. the weather has been awfully nice this last three or four weeks. december can make big changes around here. prepare yourself for maybe major changes the next couple

weeks. right now it's moved off to the east northeast. still pretty good rain there and just east of bel air, just ending down there. south of us, the western section of the shores cleared out, stilling on the eastern shore. looking for generally clearing skies tonight and cooler temperatures headed our way. this afternoon around 10:45, we were up to 67. now we're down in the upper 40s to low 50s. tomorrow low pressure way up north allows that chillier air but drier conditions to come in. the reof the week we'll see a lot of sunshine. thank you. tonight marks phillips seafood official opening at the new location at the power plant. phillips seafood will open inside the new maryland live casino. that restaurant is scheduled to

open in june. still to come tonight, new allegations of an affair for republican presidential candidate herman cain. can he keep his campaign on track? coming up, the youngest victims of violence. that story as eyewitness news continues. will ray lewis play on sunday? we have a closer lock at what's keeping ray out of the game. doctors explain what turf toe is and how it affects more than just football players ahead in health watch. clearing up tonight, stick around for the first weather folks. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

prosecutors and police continue to be frustrated after cases fall apart because witnesses have been threatened. now better ways to protect those who need to testify in open court. >> reporter: once the helicopters are gone, evidence bagged i, police tape is down and squad cars have left, these detectives have note pads full of information and perhaps the names of witnesses who not only saw what happened but will walk into open court and before the accused, family friends and jury, will testify what was seen. in baltimore, witness intimidation can short circuit those plans. today we were live inside a

first of its kind gathering. prosecutors and police traded notes on how to protect witnesses. >> can it be done? >> absolutely it can be done t. bottom line is it starts with the communication and trust. >> reporter: the witnesses have to trust that the prosecutor will protect them. >> that's really why we put this thing together. >> reporter: 160 people here at city state's attorney greg bernstein's invitation. >> nuts and bolts, roll you have your sleeves, practical solution. the best way to learn is through the practices in other jurisdictions. >> reporter: most of this day was closed to outsiders. what solutions they exchanged don't need to be known by the bad guys. >> i thought of a couple ideas they mentioned we might want the try and tweak a little. >> reporter: they don't track how many cases are affected by witness intimidation but they

have hopes what they learned today will lead to fewer. back to you. >> this conference drew police and prosecutors from around the mid-atlantic. ravens linebacker ray lewis back only field this sentenced fans and the team are wondering. >> a bad case of turf toe is keeping him sidelined. in tonight's health watch report, it's a tricky condition that's actually ended some football careers. >> reporter: we all know ray lewis is one of the toughest on the field, so fans are curious how a toe injury could sideline him for two games, maybe more. that is until you hear about turf toe. >> when the toe bends back like this more than say 80 degrees, it tears the attachment, ligaments on the bottom of the toe. >> reporter: dr. bill howard suffered from turf toe hymn and

says it can affect any athlete in a sport where you push off from your toes like tennis, rugby, even running. >> somebody land on your heel like this and bends your toe back like that, that tears it. >> reporter: in 2007, jonathan ogden suffered a severe case of it and ended his career with the ravens the next year. >> a big guy and little toe, it can end a career. >> reporter: this season ben grogs was sidelined for weeks because of a toe injury. >> it needs anti- inflammatories, ice, rest. >> and dr. howard says most turf toe injuries heal within four to six weeks. he advises patients who play sports to avoid playing with shoes with wore out soles. our feet need that support on the heels and on the toes as well. >> four to six weeks?

we can't afford that, ray. come on. the ravens say they are hopeful he'll play this sunday. and if you don't have a ticket, watch the game here on wjz 13 sunday at 4:00 right here. when will it feel like winter football weather? >> this week feels more like it should this type of year. it's been so mild, things are blooming all over the place. that's going to stop. take a look at temperatures. it's cooled down, at 50 degrees and earlier today we were at 67. south southeast wind at 7, now on the way back up. more coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

this is a lock outside, a picture of cherry blossoms in bloom right now. that's going to stop and they will come back in march or april. still raining only eastern

shore but particularly northeast maryland and all of delaware, southeast pa and all of jersey getting rain. that's going to continue for the next few hours. here we have cleared out. we have clouds and maybe a brief shower overnight or late tonight. for the next several hours, we have cleared that so looks like a nice night. if you're heading out, don't look for precipitation. we are looking at 50 degrees here, 48 over in easton, 37 and chilly in garrett county, maybe an inch of wet snow tonight and another possible tomorrow. temperatures will stay in the low to mid-30s. went be that cold here. 50 here right now. this is just about as close to normal as you can get. 52 annapolis, 51 washington now. southerly winds, not a strong

cold component of the air but the cold air has gone south and coming back around with low pressure. tomorrow wind are out of the west but low pressure is back out west and you can see the rain this morning, little bit of cold air, even snow across missouri. had snow flakes in birmingham, alabama, and some snow in michigan. right now it's beginning to pick up snow over portions of indiana, michigan and some mountains in southwest virginia. the bulk of the rain is off north and northeast of us. we are looking at cooler conditions but sunny to partly sunny and drier, particularly on thursday and friday into the weekend. slight warmup again as this moves off, wind go back more to the southwest and no super cold air in this forecast. normal, west winds with temps

around 52 degrees. tonight clearing skies for the most part, upper 30s and cooler overnight. tomorrow then, sun and a few clouds you can see here. it will be breezy with a high of only 53. so that's where it should be for early november and december. >> we are seeing a lot of lights around here. >> they never took them down. >> beautiful. thank you. maryland sends a largest ever state delegation from the u.s. to india with the goal of bringing jobs back home. >> so many of the technology is

where maryland excels as well. >> reporter: the export business grew, translating to jobs at home. >> we'll probably hire 30, 40 more jobs at home which will because of this trip turn into full-time jobs. >> the papers are full of story after story of maryland and the united states losing jobs to countries like china and india. what we need to do a better job of doing as a people is emphasizing those stories where we're creating jobs. >> reporter: on a conference call this morning t governor reported two maryland businesses so far landed contract in this india. >> there are huge markets here. i do know that businesses that are successful in this new and changing economy will only be successful because they access themselves to these markets. >> businessmen with the governor on the trip say the mission creates opportunities

for jobs an expansion they might not otherwise get. still to come tonight, the ravens do their best to get kids moving. coming up, more on the why these players were in east baltimore. an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of this supermarket and a warning from police with the suspect still on the loose, coming up. an anthrax attacks, a number of people killed and a maryland scientist blamed. why the federal government is shelling out millio,,,,,,,,,,,,,

herman cain is reportedly reassessing his run for the white house after nabbingizations. >> reporter: herman cain is trying to determine if a

nabbingization will drive supporters away. a georgia woman said he shad a 13-year relationship with cain. hours before, he was already denying the allegations. >> i have nothing to hide. i have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: on a conference call tuesday, he told staffers the allegations from white and other women have taken a toll on his family. he was leading national polls until the first accusation surfaced in late october. since then he slipped from 30% to around 13%. newt gingrich told cbs news this doesn't mean cain is out of the race. >> i was supposed to be dead in june and july. i'm not going to declare anybody dead. any candidate can recover. >> reporter: gingrich is gaining ground. the form earn house speaker is leading most of the national polls. gingrich is on a three-day swing through south carolina, fighting hard to show voters

he's the best close to challenge the current president next november. he said he's not the perfect candidate but insists he's more conservative than mitt romney and more electable than the rest of republican field. >> cain is still planning to deliver a major foreign policy speech in michigan this evening. more legal fallout from the 2001 amtrak attacks t. federal government is cutting a check of the family of one of the victims. >> a florida family sued the government saying it didn't do enough to stop the army scientist from creating weapons great an anthrax. he put the spores inside letters that killed five people, 17 more sickened. now the government is settling a wrongful death suit for $2.5

million. similar lawsuits have already been dismissed. the doctor committed suicide in 2008 before he could be charged. back to you. >> as part of the settlement, the u.s. doesn't admit any fault in the incident. a search is underway for a woman whose crime spree stretches from the washington, d.c. area up to baltimore county. >> reporter: it all started when a suspect asks this shopper for a ride. that shopper had no idea she was talking to a wanted criminal. 26-year-old stephanie schwabb charms a woman in this parking lot, asking for a ride to the shoppers warehouse down the street. that's when police say she pulled a weapon and tried stealing the car. >> the victim grabbed the knife and he was cut on the hand. >> it's sad and i hope they

catch her. >> i was ready to pull my door closed when you came up on me. >> reporter: best known as the blonde bandit, also wanted for two bank robberies in the d.c. area and carjacking in the parking lot of niemann marcus. that vehicle was recovered at the baltimore county safeway. >> we are asking drivers to be cautious, not authorize people you don't know. >> reporter: there is a warrant for her arrest, charges of attempted kidnapping and assault. >> she admits she's also a former member of the gang ms- 13. police in west baltimore are also on the lookout for an inmate who went missing while on house arrest. 23-year-old cornelius moore left his home overnight, visiting his one-year sentence for possession of an illegal firearm. police say he could still be in

the area. if you have information on him, call police. a jogger is attacked in this park in davidsonville. the man was jocking when he saw a man walking three dogs. two got loose, one bit him. animal control captured both dogs. they had wounds from fighting and one died after being captured. police are looking for the third dog add the man walking them. some don't survive it an those who do carry the memory for a lifetime. violence is taking a toll on young even as law enforcement struggles to continue. >> reporter: in baltimore, violence claims children all too frequently. stray "bullitts" leave a 5-year- old girl brain damaged and 14- year-old boy dead. a rapest drags a 13-year-old girl into an abandoned house, crimes which spark outrage. >> leave the babies alone. give them a chance to grow up.

>> reporter: attorney general eric holder forms a task force hand the chairman is joe torre, who opened the task force's first memory in baltimore with memories of a violent father. >> threatening my mom with a gun. the fear my dad brought to my house in abusing my mom was very personal, very real. >> reporter: rosa says she was abused by her husband and fears what that will do this to the her children. >> i fear he'll go up to be like his dad and that's something i don't want. >> reporter: research indicates 60% of children expose today violent crimes or abuse, most often in the home. >> kids need to know that violence isn't a secret we have the keep. we have to speak up for them and help them speak up for themselves.

>> the impact doesn't just vanish like a crime scene. >> the task force will present the programs and practices that have worked best in reducing children's exposure to violence. time for a quick look at the stories you'll find tomorrow in the sun. healthy fruits and vegetables easy to find this time of year. meet the runner focusing on qualifying for the 2012 olympic team. and coverage of the tonight's maryland-illinois game in the big 10 challenge. for these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun and look for the updated forecast. the reigns are lending a hand to keep local children in shape and out of trouble. players opened a new field in southeast baltimore. >> reporter: it's not every day you get to test your skills against the nfl's best. >> the ravens are trying to

help the community too. >> reporter: several ravens ran drills with students in east baltimore to celebrate the opening of a new community football field near lombard and broadway. >> when i was young i also had somewhere to go and play. it's important for kids to get outside and go and play. >> reporter: rainy weather kept them from testing out the turf but didn't dampen their spirits. >> i'm really excited because like the ravens players are here. so it makes it ten times better. >> reporter: the field was fixed up after a grant to help give kid a running start at being healthy and active. >> this field will provide hope and an opportunity for if kids. >> reporter: this field is regulation size and will be used by several schools in the area. >> taking the time and energy to build this and people will actually care. >> reporter: seems the players

already sense a motivational message. >> makes me want to do better and be a better person. classrooms teamed up with the city, nfl and ravens to come up with the $250,000 needed to fix up the field. they could have just asked bob for the money. >> they can ask. still to come, troubled skies z, a major airline files for bankruptcy. and a child is struck by a stray "bullitt." why he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. check the weather center, sun for the rest of week. we'll have the forecast coming up. and we are always on and here are the top stories at wjz.com. for updates on the news and forecast any time, log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,

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shocking surveillance video captures a shooting that leaves a toddler injured. three hooded men opened fire on a group of people gathered to film a music video. 8 people were taken to the hospital and six were treated

for injuries. police are still searching for those suspects. transportation officials say a medical plane crashed just a few feet from several homes outside chicago. the patient, his wife and pilot were all killed. two other passengers are expected to survive. the pilot reported fuel problems just before the plane went down. i rainian students stormed the british embassy. both protesters raided a british ambassador's home. >> reporter: mass i crowds rallied outside the british embassy as angry student protesters stormed the building. they rushed past guards@inside and smash add framed picture of queen elizabeth. dream stators wave evidence flags and some through fire bombs. later they attacked a second embassy nearby. they took six employees

hostagage eventually released them. >> we hold to i rainian government responsible for its failure to take adequate measures to protect our embassy, as it is required to do. >> reporter: london banned all british bank for sure doing business with iran. >> reporter: lawmakers chanted, death teening land. this politician said, british traitors should be dealt with in a serious fashion. sunday a lawmaker said they could take action just as they did against the u.s. embassy in 1979. these attackers are reportedly hard line i rainian students.

american airlines filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy today. they will continue tofully as it restructures and it will also honor tickets and take reservations. no word yet if they plan to slash jobs. we have a prove of tonight's cbs evening news. >> the disastrous drought isn't just impacting texas. hue it may affect the global economy for years to come, tonight on the cbs evening news. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,

take a look at tomorrow's folks. we'll see sun and some clouds but it's going to be a lot cooler than this morning. 39, 51, 47, generally getting up in the upper 40s to low 50s. tomorrow night, back down around freezing, which is

normal. 50 on thursday with more sunshine, cloudy and 54, looks like a great weekend with a lot of sunshine. 54 on saturday, back up to 56, 38 on sunday. lovely. thank you. still to come tonight, the ravens are back on the road to take on a lesser opponent. >> will the team stumble again? sports is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

there worry about the game coming up this week with the reigns? >> this one game has a lot of future implications because they want a top seed so they'll have a first round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs. houston and new england are standing in the way. new england and houston have better divisional wins. if they keep winning, things could happen at the end of season. they are aware of what lies ahead. some sunday they will meet a divisional foe who always plays tough. browns are 4-7. question is, will the 8-3 afc north division

leading ravens be able to take it on? purple birds realize it will take serious business as they try and earn their best way ever to get a top seed in the playoffs. >> we have to turn over every stone. you know, we certainly acknowledge that those three losses coming off big wins against teams with sub .500 records were not good performances. >> you can pat yourself on the back and whether glad you're in the position you're in or go out there and keep getting better. that's what we're trying to do. >> ravens beaconed field sunday. watch that game live at 4:00 right here. more nfl news, the jacksonville jags fired their coach as they started out 3-8 this season.

the detroit lions suh suspended by the league front office today, two gapes without pay for this violent outburst on a green bay offensive guard. we have monday night football highlights, and a penalty for leading with the helmet. new orleans led by bries four touchdown performance went to 8- 3 as they pound to giants 49- 24. college hoops, youth of the maryland terrapins 3-2 off the 6-1 win over florida gulf coast last friday. they welcome illinois, big 10 challenge tonight. >> maryland, they're down a little bit but it's not going to be easy to play at that still or gyp. we know it will be tough.

>> we'll have highlights at 11:00. finally, orioles announce their 2012 spring schedule today. they have an evening contest as well. overall they will play ten teams over 31 contests. of those 31, 15 will be at home at ed smith stadium, where the orioles are there for the third consecutive year. thank you very much. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

don't miss the prime time lineup tonight at 10:00. it is the victoria's secret show followed by news at 11:00. photos show one photographer's journey to capture a volcano over the last

three decades. it's the world's most active volcano, erupting consistently since 1983 and still quite a sight to see. cars seem to get more advanced every year but this may be the first real smart car. take a look at this car unveiled at a toyota auto show. the fun vie has screens and the driver can change the look in seconds. toyota says for now it's just a concept car. >> i would like clothes that did that. just touch it and have a different outfit on. that's it for us. >> thank you for watching wjz. don't go away, much more ahead on the cbs evening >> pelley: tonight, herman cain reassesses his white house run after allegation of 13-year affair. dean reynolds is with the cane campaign and nancy cordes talks

to a surging rival-- newt gingrich. >> >> reporter: do you think all of these stories one on top of the other disqualify herman cain? >> pelley: it's official. texas is suffering the worst drought in more than a hundred years. anna werner says resleeve a long way off. michael jackson's doctor is sentenced and scolded by an angry judge. ben tracy's at the courthouse. and an anniversary to remember. wounded vets call it alive day. you'll see why in a david martin interview. >> reporter: was that the worst day of your life? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. herman cain tonight is considering whether to go forward with his campaign for the republican nomination for president just five weeks out now from the first voting in iowa. after an allegation of an extra