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. this is wjztv, wjshd and wjz.com, baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage, it's wjz. revealed for the first time the woman behind those election night calls speaks out. testimony about the robo calls. >> hello, everybody, i'm denise koch. more than 100,000 voters received confusing phone calls before the polls and now an aid to former governor ehrlich is on trial. reports if mitt mitchell

courthouse. >> reporter: she told jurors those phone calls were never intended to. >> i would call it a political tactic. >> this is rhonda russell, the woman whose voice was heard from robo calls to 112,000 registered democrats. the call told voters governor o'malley had won reelection before the polls even closed. >> we're okay, relax, everything is fine. the only thing left. >> reporter: prosecutors argue the robo call was illegal. they blame ehrlich's campaign manager and rhonda russell's boss. but on the stand russell told jurors the robo calls were supposed to be reverse psychology. >> hey, my vote is going for

ehrlich. >> reporter: said it was her call the calls went to registered democrats and not republicans saying she used lists she already had available. >> i used lists from previous clients because i was being lazy. it wasn't out of anyone asking. it was my decision to use the list. >> reporter: the state prosecutor has now rested. the defense begins their case on thursday. they had a long list of witnesses. among those they are expecting to call to testify, former governor ehrlich. campaign consultant julia is scheduled to go on trial february 6th. a car goes out of control and flips into a yard. apparently the driver left the road and crashed through a fence before narrowly missing hitting that house.

that driver walked away. gary giordano is back in the u.s., but after 4 months in a jail, he was released for lack of evidence. >> reporter: gary giordano is out of jail in arub a but he's not out of trouble. vetors continue -- investigators continue to -- both are from maryland. a judge said prosecutors lacked evidence to hold giordano and he will soon be back home. >> it's crazy. who would think in our little neighborhood there would be an international story unfolding. >> reporter: windy wilcox, his neighbor finds the case as bizarre as it is troubling, an international mystery in her backyard. >> to know that's going on in your neighborhood is unsettling. >> reporter: giordano's lawyer

says his client just want to get home and spend some time with his kids. aruba's top prosecutor doesn't buy giordano's story and has cited giordano's past, including several accusations made that he was violent with women. >> we know what he told us about the moment the incident happened, his description of the situation is not in accordance with reality. >> reporter: the fbi raided giordano's home in august, an investigation that's also ongoing. >> i don't think that the arubian authorities can manage a case. >> reporter: appealed giordano's release but a panel of judges upheld it in aruba. gardner's family issued a release saying they are

disappointed. they won't go without a fight. in philadelphia and in los angeles police cleared some 350,000 people. police have been breaking up en campments and in -- the last few weeks. there's speculation baltimore members could be cleaned out next. camping is banned there. city leaders still aren't saying when they will enforce the ban. between 40 and 150 people camp out at occupy baltimore on any given day. in jeopardy with no money to pay costs. the city wants to turn control over to private companies. meghan mccorkle has these serious concerns. >> reporter: many community members are upset with the city's plan to privatize 20

recreation centers but say it may be the only way to save them. >> you are about to give away a gem in our community to strangers. >> reporter: fiery feed back from a standing room only crowd. >> every time there's a financial crisis you can't keep cutting the children short. >> community members concerned about the city's plan to turn over rec centers. >> why would it be important to private privatize it to give your center away. >> reporter: but many say it's necessary. with funding slashed the chief of recreation says finding partners may be the only solution. >> we aren't going to be able to do it without partners. >> reporter: some say the business needs to be simplified. >> it was 64 pages of requirements. it was heavy duty expensive.

>> reporter: there's no cookie cutter answer, says council woman clark. >> every community is going to have a different way of doing it and structuring it. >> reporter: more control over what's happening, what many here are craving. >> i would prefer somebody coming to us saying, what do y'all want. >> reporter: and the chief recently told council members that all recreation centers would stay open until june. thank you, megan. 7 companies and nonprofits have turned in proposals to run 16 of the rec centers. the city will request another round at the end of this week. 4 men arrested after a chase. city police caught up with suspects after they crashed their car. the men carjacked two people before robbing a dozen others

including morgan state university students. one victim was shot. there's no sign of a motive. she's known as the blond bandit. believed to be responsible for a number of bank robbers and tonight she is behind bars. how police say they caught her in the act. >> stephanie swab is facing numerous charges, yet as this investigation unwinds it could reveal even more crimes. fair fax county police say stephanie swab was arrested after she tried to rob a bank around 1:00. police say something went wrong and she drove away without any money. >> this particular case we were very serious about making arrest. >> reporter: a fair fax county police officer followed swab into -- and was arrested. police say swab, who is 26 and 5'6" robbed banks and carjacked

people. one of her alleged crimes happened in the parking lot in baltimore county on thanksgiving day. >> this woman asked for a ride. and that's when our suspect pulled a knife. >> she's been called a blond bandit but police found nothing funny about the crimes. a crime spree. >> just heard an alarm going off and some lady was running out of the bank beside us. >> reporter: the investigation is ongoing and now involves the fbi, back to you. thank you, kai. police say they don't know why swab was here during thank giving. a fire house the busiest in the nation. downtown responds to more calls than any other in the country. according to the data last year

stedmam went to an average of 60 calls per day. wow, hats off to them. coming up, plastic surgery nightmare. the latest comes forward. why her accused phoney doctor is out of jail tonight. even more shocking details emerge in jerry sandusky's sexual abuse case. arsenic in apple juice? you have heard the rumors, tonight an investigation confirms them. how to keep your children safe, next. we'll start december with plenty of sunshine. i'll have a complete weather forecast coming up next. complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, kai jackson and first warning weather with bob turk and sport with mark viviano. it's wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's 40 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete forecast is coming up. an intense fire destroys a long standing business in indiana. witnesses say flames shot 50 feet in the air. the sounds of shattering glass could be heard for several blocks. the owner said the fire started in a woodburning furnace, no one was injured. the dangers of street racing are caught by a man who just happened to be behind a a pair of corps vets. one of the cars loses control

and ends up crashing into the other one. after reviewing the video police have arrested both with street racing. a freshman clarinet player suffers she -- on the day drum major robert champion is laid to rest. his death is linked to hazing. he collapsed after a football game. shocking details are contained contain in the. as vic was saying, their shocking details contained in the lawsuit filed. claims he was sexually abused over 100 times by jerry sandusky. the alleged abuse started at the age of 10. says sandusky hand picked the boy because of his athletic

ability. >> sandusky spotted him and spotted his promise, and began to groom him. and that's what predators do. >> reporter: the accuser is not part of the criminal case against sandusky. the lawsuit seeks tens of thousands of dollars in damage, it names sandusky, the university and sandusky's charity. the 44-year-old trance gendered woman says her face was disfigured. morris is currently out on bail. prosecutors believe more victims will come forward. is the apple juice you are giving your children safe? an investigation into the levels of arsenic in juices finds if any samples exceed.

>> tested 88 samples and found both arsenic and lead. >> we think that's important for children whose young bodies are growing. >> ten percent of the juice samples had arsenic levels above what's allowed in -- specifically a kind called inorganic apple use. consumers find it jarring. >> reporter: what do you think about lead in arsenic in juices? >> well, that's not a very good thing. i wouldn't be happy about that. >> that's crazy. i would never have guessed that arsenic would have been in there. >> the government has rules about arsenic and lead in drinking water but for now those limits don't apply to fruit juices. the food and drug

administration said it's -- the fda says it is expanding surveillance activities to help determine if a guidance level can be established. >> we think the fda should move swiftly to put guidance in place for standards. >> reporter: for now consumer reports is recommending parents avoid giving juice to babies under 6 months. and children under 6 years old can drink some use but consumer reports say they should drink no more than 6-ounces her day. dr. oz warned about high levels in juice a few months ago but the fda said his research was flawed. he tried to make a grand entrance in a mall by repelling into a food court. it was going fine until his whiskers got stuck. he eventually did get to the

ground and then discarded the fake beard saying he was just an he elf to the real santa. >> they should have brought in a real repeller. >> embarrassing. let's take a look at the weather around the region. now the dewpoint is way down to 26, which means it's a lot drier than it's been. west, northwest winds at 10. the barometer on the way back up. 28 in oakland. they have been there pretty much all evening. 34 hyings just west of us and north of the city temperatures are in the 30s already. 44 up in oak ton and pax river also at 44. mid to upper 30s to low 40s. many reporting stations already until in the mid-30s in some places. it will be a chilly night.

51/32 are the averages for today. 74/12 are the records, quite a range here at the end of the month. right now we still have that northwest wind. 10 miles per hour here. overnight tonight they will get very light. that's why the temperatures will continue to drop. 3 in ocean city, still 18 in pax river so it's a little chilly with that breeze. the low pressure that brought us the rain, picked up almost 2/3 of an inch of rain. it's all off to the east but the circulation around it is bringing that cool air back around our region. that's why we had some clouds going around the grade lakes. -- great lakes. a lot of stars out there. looks like a -- in fact after a cool night tonight a cool day on thursday. friday as this high moves off

the winds go a little bit more to the southwest and it begins to get a little bit warmer. temperatures again getting above normal. by sunday in the mid-50s and by monday, more clouds, maybe up to 60 degrees one more time. tonight clear, 32 by morning. some neighborhoods upper 20s. 52, sunshine tomorrow, nice start to the month. 52 saturday. warming up, 56 and clouds with a high near 60, denise. thank you, bob, check in with tomorrow morning starting at 4:55 for the updated forecast. with ray lewis on the side lines how are other ravens step,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

watching the team closely, here with wjz sports report. >> he had toe issues, too. the best thing for it is rest. so it makes me wonder will ray be on the field this weekend. ray lewis who has sat out the past two consecutive victories with a turf toe did not practice today. but has a pretty good chance of returning sunday against the cleveland browns. with ray on the side lines, other defenders have stepped up and into lewis' big shoes, offering nothing more than a yeoman's offense. next man up taken very seriously this season. >> it's an opportunity for guys

to excel. without ray back there they always want to play back there, but everybody has got to pick it up a little bit. >> you cannot think and dwell on the situation that somebody is not in the game. you can't do that. you have to keep your eyes on the prize and that's what a brotherhood is all about. one man goes down and the next man steps up. no blinking or wafering. >> reporter: don't forget the ravens back on the road sunday at cleveland. you can see that game live at 4:00 right here on wjz. also this evening a sad to report. over 12 years with a raiders chief broncos, before becoming a rising star has died at age 42, cause of death for mclaughlin and a ravens coaching intern two years ago yet to be announced. meantime from the pacific

northwest, mike leitch at one time a top maryland -- has reached a verbal agreement to be the next football coach at washington state university where paul wolf was fired yesterday. hey, that's sports. hope everybody has a good night, including you all. well, thank you. coming up a holiday mystery. how this christmas tree went up, up and away into the sky. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

some military families get a sneak peek at this year's -- they get a chance to see some of the 37 christmas trees around the white house.

another big hit was the ginger bread white house. it weighs in a mars i pan replica of beau the dog. the air force should be on the look out for a flying christmas tree. it was inadvertently launched. nobody thought this through? the tree was supposed to be at the timerred to the ground and just float but it had other ideas. i guess the tree wants to star in the seek we will to the movie. no story of there being a little boy ,,,,

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