do not leave this room, until you're told. >> mystery motive. new information about the gunman who shot and killed a virginia tech police officer. >> hi, i'm kai jackson. mary is off. here's what people are talking about. virginia tech in mourning. police continue to piece together the events that let the -- left a police officer dead and the campus in lockdown. danielle nottingham reports for wjz. investigators are now calling the shooting a murder-suicide. >> reporter: this is where police officer derek kraus lost his life. today, it's the site of a makeshift memorial to thursday's campus shooting. >> we're just trying to do everything that we can for his family. >> reporter: police say kraus was sitting in his patrol car, when the gunman approached on foot and shot him.

the gunman then fled to the campus greenhouses, where he changed his clothes, in a likely attempt to evade police. >> taking off a pullover top and a wool cap and putting them in a backpack, which he then left there at the greenhouses. >> reporter: 30 minutes later, virginia tech was swarming with over 100 police officers. a half mile from where officer kraus was shot, another officer spotted the gunman, acting nervous. seconds later, the gunman took his own life, with the same gun used to kill officer kraus. >> reporter: police are working on a possible motive. but they can confirm the gun mance r -- gunman was not a student here at virginia tech. and they believe he acted alone. >> reporter: they also suspect he is the same man who held up a real estate office at gunpoint earlier thursday, and stole an suv. students and staff are still shaken. many remember the 2007 shooting that left 33 students dead.

>> you never think it could happen twice in one place. the universality is offering quowning for students. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> stay with wjz for complete coverage of the virginia tech shooting. coming up new at 5:00, wjz talks to more local students who go to virginia tech about the chaotic events during the last 24 hours. the outbreak is over. the final death toll from the listeria outbreak in cantaloupe is in. wjz is in the newsroom right now, with the latest from the centers for disease control. >> well, kai, the cdc says 30 people died from eating tainted cantaloupe. and that includes one person from maryland. also, a woman pregnant at the time of the illness miscarried. the melons came from jenson's farm in colorado.

symptoms of listeria can take up to two months to appear, which is why the illnesses showed up for several months after the recall. this is the deadliest foodborn outbreak in the u.s. since 1924. >> dirty equipment is being blamed for the spread of the potentially deadly bacteria. missing american in iran. for the first time, they release hostage video they received from captors. tara mergener reports for wjz. robert leavenner's family released a video of their own. >> reporter: this video shows hostage robert levinson, a retired fbi agent, who disappeared inside iran. >> i have been treated well. i need the help of the united states government to answer the requests of the group that has held me for 3 1/2 years. >> reporter: his family is releasing the tape it received last november. and levinson's son david, is

sending has own video message to his father's captors. >> i am sending this message because you need to know what you want our family to do, so my father can come home safely. >> reporter: the 63-year-old father of 7, went missing nearly five months ago. he was working as a private investigator when he traveled to iran. the u.s. government believed iranian intelligence officials picked him up. but they never had solid intelligence on who had him or where. >> they raised more questions about who was holding levinson hostage. but they prompted the state department to launch the talks with iranian officials to find him. >> we have been sharing relevant information that we have about his case, with many governments, to see what we can do. >> reporter: iran's government denies it had anything to do with levinson's disappearance. his family hopes their new video message will reach his captors and increase pressure on the diplomatic effort to bring him home. >> reporter: tara mergener, wjz

eyewitness news. >> investigators believe levinson's captors could have moved him to pakistan or afghanistan. the ultimate insult. they died fighting for their country. and their incinerated remains are tossed into a landfill. today, the air force says the problems at dover air force base mortuary have been fixed. the remains of at least 274 u.s. service members were dumped in a landfill in 2008. they say it was from families. they will not notify any of the families involved. but if contacted by them, the air force says it will conduct as much information as possible. the wife of former county executive is locked up for her role in obstructing justice in her husbanda case. >> reporter: the judge did not buy leslie johnson's explanation that this was just a spur-theof-the moment decision to protect her husband.

>> reporter: court cameras kept away. as she entered greenbelt with her team of lawyers this morning. they later helped her outaf bay a -- out a back door. she will be headed to prison for her role in the corruption scheme that landed her husband, former county executive jack johnson, in jail for seven years. prosecutors caught him taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from developers, in exchange for political favors. >> they bragged their whole career. prosecutor -- i prosecuted jack johnson. [ laughter ] >> reporter: what led to his wife's downfall was how she tried to stash the cash when the fbi was raiding her home. >> what do you want me to do with this money? they are banging -- >> put it in your panties and walk out of the house. >> no. but i mean all of this cash, jack. i got the one from -- >> put it in your panties, leslie. >> reporter: leslie johnson told the judge, i am extremely sorry and ashamed of my

conduct. i take full responsibility for my actions on that day. i did not know anything about the criminal conduct my husband engaged in. but the judge said she was fully aware her husband was crooked. "you are not an innocent spouse "he told her, you are a complicit spouse, you helped him conceal it, you knew what he was doing. she'll serve a year in prison, perform 200 hours of community service and have to pay back $200,000. >> one day at a time, it will all be over and we'll be better for it. >> reporter: johnson will report for her prison sentence on march 8th. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> johnson resigned her seat on the county council afternoon she pled guilty. pros -- after she pled guilty. prosecutors say she only ran for office with her husband, in an effort to extort others. she denies those charges. police found the body of

brandon hudson. he had been should shot to death. police say there had been no sign of forced entry. no gun was recovered. there is still no suspect and no motich. we'll have an update for you, new at 5:00 and 6:00. a short time ago, baltimore county police identify a girl killed in an accident. 16-year-old bridget was struck and killed along annapolis road in ohio avenue. harold was rushed to shock trauma, where she died. right now, no charges are pending against the driver. turning to the weather. it was a bit warmer outside today. here's a live look at blue skies and bright sunshine on a beautiful december afternoon. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob turk is here with first warning weather. it was really a beautiful day. 5 or 6 degrees warmer than it was yesterday. but we'll go back to more cool temps for the weekend. take a look at radar. nothing around here whatsoever. temperatures now around 51 degrees. normal high is 47. to the west, there is a frontal system with a couple of snow showers and rain showers across

ohio. but that's going to pass well to our northwest. we'll see a few clouds tonight and during the day tomorrow. but it will clear up. and tomorrow, end up to be a brisk but cooler saturday. temperatures tomorrow, holding in the low to mid-40s. it will be cooler this weekend. but it will be mainly sunny and dry. all weekend long. good football weather. kai? >> all right, bob. thank you. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. northbound 95, a lot of congestion that we're watching there, from pulaski highway to whitemarsh boulevard. as far as the beltway goes, on the west side inner loop, stop and go there, from 95 to security boulevard. and the top side inner loop, heavy there from the jones falls expressway to perring parkway. traffic just crawling along, about 20 miles an hour. on the outer loop, not much better there on the north side. heavy there from harford road to the jones falls expressway as well. and traveling southbound 95, we do have a tractor-trailer fire, past 100 that's definitely

going to catch your eye. in owings mills, another accident. between lakeside boulevard and town place drive. in bel air, police activity, attracting some attention there. that's at route 1 and the emerson bypass. and one accident to watch out for in baltimore city. harford road at evergreen. you can see, things are very heavy there. that's a look at the west side at wilkens avenue. and we'll take another look. you can see things slowing down there on greenspring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by kfc. it's the official chicken of the baltimore ravens. stop in and try a 10-piece holiday feast for only $20. only at kfc, tastes so good. back to you. >> thank you, kristy. the u.s. naval academy is gearing up for tomorrow's big game against arch archrival army. sky eye chopper 13 is over the midshipman of the 13th company as they make a 111-mile run from annapolis to landover. one midshipman is carrying the game's balls. this year's run honors the 10th

anniversary of september 11th. the runners will pass by in washington before countering and continuing on the field into fedex tomorrow morning. big game. and you can watch what is called america's game, live tomorrow afternoon. right here on wjz. the action starts at 2:30. still ahead at 4:00. ready to bake. but not ready to eat. the warning from government about prepackaged cookie dough. hundreds of thousands of ford vehicles being recalled. in consumer watch, which ones and why? sex laws -- lies and audio tapes. the debate today about the media's role in the syracuse sex abuse scandal. and it's blue sky as far as the eye can see. how is your weekend weather shaping up? bob turk will have your answer.

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prosecutors want prison time for slugger barry bonds. they were objecting to a recommendation that bonds get this. bonds was convicted in april of lying to a grand jury when he denied knowing he taking performance-enhancing drugs. federal guidelines recommend a prison sentence of 15 to 21 months. sad news tonight for the dugar family. michelle dugar, the mother of "19 children" and the star of the tlc show has suffered a miscarriage. she found out last light -- about the child when she went to the doctor to learn the baby's sex. the couple made the pregnancy public once dugar entered her second trimester. if your mother told you not to eat raw cookie dough, she was right. a new study finds if you don't bake it first, it could send you to the hospital. >> reporter: people who love cookies sometimes like the raw cookie dough, even better. >> well, i love it. i love it until i get a

stomachache. >> reporter: but a stomachache could be the least of your problems. the cdc says that eating raw cookie dough, whether homemade or store bought, could make you seriously sick. >> you shouldn't eat raw cookie dough, regardless of what flavor or where you got it. >> reporter: the newest research is based on an e. coli outbreak two years ago, which sent 35 people to the hospital. the bacteria causes fever and stomach pain. in the worst cases, it can cause kidney failure. the cdc's investigation pointed to ready-to-bake, prepackaged cookie dough and led to a major recall. >> blows my mind. you're going to tell me there is possibly e. coli in cookie dough? >> and if you're really hooked, the cdc says ready-to-eat products like cookie dough ice cream are okay. >> reporter: they're still not sure which ingredient caused the 2009 outbreak, but they've identified flour as the likely

culprit. >> flour is an unbaked product. and it doesn't usually undergo specific process to kill pathogens. >> a fact that won't stop nicholas yarden. >> cookie dough, i don't think it's a problem. i don't think it's a menace and i will continue doing it for the rest of my life. >> reporter: a decision doctors say is simply not worth the risk. ales -- alison harmelin, wjz eyewitness news. >> the 2009 outbreak led to the recall of more than 3 1/2 million packages of cookie dough. a big day to end the week on wall street. all the major markets posted gains. dow was up 187. s&p up 21. nasdaq up 50. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> stocks ended the week with a rally, after european nations agreed to work together to tackle the region's debt

crisis. all 17 nations that use the euro will sign a treaty that gives essential authority closer oversight of their budget. britain, which does not use the euro, rejected the treaty. consumer sentiment is at a six- month high, as more people become confident in their own finances. and the overall economy. that has retailers happy since confident consumers tend to spend more, especially during this critical holiday shopping season. the u.s. trade deficit narrowed in october, to its lowest point of the year. the commerce department says it saturday fourth straight monthly drop as americans brought fewer foreign cars and imported less oil. a new smart phone application, allowed shoppers to receive a discount if they shop online. the new amazon app, called price check, is now offering shoppers a 5% discount on its website if they go into the store and snap a bar code. the catch? you have to use the discount the day they scan the bar code. it is the first deal amazon has

offered to mobile amazon shoppers. at the new york stock exchange, i'm alexis christoforous. take a look at some seriously hot property in hawaii. it is hot. check it out. wow. the lava flow from mount kilauea is approaching an abandoned subdivision, called royal gardens. one person says the lava is just 500 yards from his home. the lava is from the volcano, that has been continuously erupting since 1983. look at that. wow. whoo! makes me sweat just looking at it. that is one of the most amazing forces of nature. unbelievable. hot lava. coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. further proof, what new surveillance tapes of dominic strauss-kahn reveal about the new york hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. i'll see you in court. the former rutgers student who shot videotape of his roommate in an intimate encounter, turns

down a plea deal. and the weekend is here. bob is updating your first warning forecast. wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, pretty sunset. >> nice day. very frosty morning. but it warmed up very nicely this afternoon. temperatures running above our average for this time of year, which is around 47, although we're in the 20s this morning. right now, take a look at temperatures. the little bit of sun beginning to go down. with a few high clouds to the west. there will be a front going through later tonight. take a look at these temps. the front has some precip with it. all of the precip, mainly in the form of rain showers, heading up towards northwest of pennsylvania. it will not bring us any precip. but it will bring us a few clouds overnight into the morning hours. then the winds go back to the northwest. and it will get chillier than it was today. we're at 51 degrees now. dew point, way down. very dry air. 46% humidity.

winds south/southwest, 3. ahead of that front. then we go back to the northwest, bringing back another mass of chilly air. barometer, holding steady. currently, the cold spot. oakland still with snow on the ground. 34. 46, cumberland. 53, ocean city. 52 at pax river. very dry, beautiful air mass. lots of clear skies. 50. this morning, many places we're in the mid-20s. and closer to the city, low 30s. southwest winds, southerly winds, late tonight, tomorrow. they'll go back to the northwest. that will bring in that new air mass. looks pretty impressive on the radar. actually, a very dry front. and snow shower activity showing up. although a lot of it is not even reaching the ground. you can see it disappearing, heading up to new york state. lake-effect snow and a skinny little line of clouds. rain and a few snowflakes that am pass the region. garrett county, might see a few flakes of snow tonight.

for our region, mainly sunny skies. particularly by the afternoon. as that chilly air moves in, it will be a colder weekend, but sunny all weekend. great football weather for saturday's army-navy game. sunday, the ravens game around 40 degrees, at 1:00 in the afternoon. but there will be sun. if you sit in the sun, it will be great. in the shade, it will be chilly. northwest winds on the bay. and small craft advisory there tomorrow. bay temp down to 49 degrees. tonight, then, a few clouds coming in later. it will be chilly, 28. a little breezy. also. then tomorrow, only 42. almost 10 degrees colder than today. but sunny, we'll call it brisk, considering it hasn't been that cold in quite sometime. so all in all, a nice, sunny, dry winter kind of week. >> thank you. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup. at 10:00, it's an episode of blue blood. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. ravens are scheduled to take on the minneapolis colts

this sunday. you can see the action live at 1:00, on wjz 13. scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. it may be the biggest threat to the u.s. economy. and it's happening across the atlantic. as europe's debt crisis hits a critical point, we will show you how it could cost american jobs, tonight, on the cbs evening news. >> thanks, scott. fuss and fever. when to get your baby its vaccines and how you can make them more comfortable. and black friday pepper spray. why the woman who doused shoppers will not face penalty charges. and questions being raised about jerry sandusky's wife. could she face charges in the child sex abuse scandal? eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with d,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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sun is setting. hello. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> prosecutors build their case against jerry sandusky. questions are raised about what his wife knew about his alleged sexual misconduct. ines ferre has more for wjz. >> the wife of jerry sandusky is responding to allegations that she may have known her husband was sexually abusing boys in their home. through her attorney, dottie sandusky said she has been devastated by the false accusations that such a terrible incident ever occurred in her home. she said she and her husband don't know why these young men have made these false accusations, but we want everyone to know they are untrue. at least one accuser told the jury sandusky was home when he was attacked at home and he screamed for help. the former football coach is under house arrest, facing more than 50 counts of child sex

abuse. his attorney says the scandal will overshadow the sanduskys forever. >> we have nowhere to go, folks, but up. because public opinion convicted jerry the first day these charges were filed on november 5th. >> reporter: sandusky has a preliminary court hearing tuesday. several of his victims are expected to speak, including victim 1. >> reporter: in the grand jury report, victim 1 testified that sandusky abused him more than 20 times between 2007 and 2008. has lawyer is angry that sandusky is denying the allegations. >> it's adding insult to injury, to first serially abuse victim 1, my client, and then on top of it, to effectively call him a liar. >> reporter: the sketch-year- old-- 67-year-old sandusky admits to showering with boys in a nonsexual way, but claims he never did anything criminal. ines ferre, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, critics say former penn state coach joe paterno could have done more to stop the

alleged abuse. media outlets who did not turn over an incriminating audio tape. kai is in the newsroom to explain the move that sparked a media fire. >> reporter: the issue is when journalists must knowledge with police. espn and another both had taped copies of a phone call that implicated head coach bernie fine years ago. neither turned the tape over to police and neither reported the story. now, both media outlets are defending themselves saying they are not responsible to publish materials that they are not confident to publish. >> the tape became public, after a second accuser said he had been molested by the former basketball coach. a woman pepper sprays 20 shoppers on black friday. ann sterling reports, the los angeles district attorney has decided not to charge that woman with a crime. >> yeah, i am angry.

i'm hurt. i'm upset. i'm angry. it's not right. >> reporter: carmen johnson is angry that felony charges are not being filed against that- year-old elizabeth macias, the woman accused of attacking 20 customers at a wal-mart with pepper spray, during a shopping frenzy on black friday. >> i know there was some kind of intent there, there had to have been, for her to walk in there with that, knowing what the crowd was going to be like. >> carmen and her daughter were also part of that crowd. they stood in line behind macias, waiting for a pallet of x-box games to be open. >> she said, i have pepper spray. and they told me if i feel like my life is in danger, i can use it. >> reporter: the district attorney's office will not say whether macias acted in self- defense. but they did issue this statement, we reviewed the evidence, we found no felony in this case. we referred it to the city attorney's office. it is up to the city attorney to determine if a misdemeanor

crime was committed. >> you're kidding me? wow. i mean, a lot of people were hurt because of that. >> reporter: carmen disagrees with the d.a.'s office and says some type of charge needs to be filed. >> because there were people with their eyes all bloodshot red and crying. and this one girl was yelling because they were putting solution in her eyes. charges should definitely have been -- she should have been charged, at least with something. >> that was ann sterling reporting. firefighter his to treat 10 people for exposure to the pepper spray. macias later turned himself in. a remote-controlled model airplane lands inside a federal facility in massachusetts. officials say the incident isn't related terrorism. but the fbi is checking it out anyway. three years ago, a muslim was arrested for plotting to fly remote-controlled model plane. packed with explosives at the u.s. capitol. an investigation today in

the deablght of an inmate at a maryland prison. a 57-year-old man was found dead at a maximum security prison. the man was serving 40 years for rape. an autopsy will determine exactly how he died. the time of day your baby det -- gets a shot could actually make a difference in the time you put them down at night. >> reporter: well, it's interesting. according to a new study, infants may receive more soundly when -- sleep more soundly when they receive their shots in the afternoon. those vaccinated after 1:30 p.m., slept about 30 minutes longer. this had nothing to do with their age, weight or amount of tylenol. most infants also showed an increase in body temperature. doctors say that indicates that the vaccine is taking effect. denise, back to you. >> researchers say parents should also make sure their baby gets plenty of sleep before the immunizations. in today's wjz consumer

watch, ford is recalling more than 100,000 cars because the wheels can call off. the recall only affects ford fusions and mercury milan sedans with 17-inch steel wheels that were built between april 1st and april 30th 2009. if the vibration is ignored, the wheels can fall off the car. sunny skies to end the workweek. a live look outside, as the sun sets, the temperature will be dropping. wjz has weather and traffic together, and bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> pleasant day. going to get below 50. here's why. take a look at radar. npg around here at all. -- nothing around here at all. they will not get to us. but we'll see a few clouds overnight and into the morning hours. and tomorrow, a new air mass moves in. they get kind of breezy. but it will be dry, sunny and cooler than today. in fact, about 10 degrees cooler. so tomorrow is going to feel like a pretty chilly day.

but it will be sunny and bright all weekend long. vic. >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check in on the roads right now, with kristy breslin, wjz traffic control. >> hi, vic. hi, everyone. the beltway is going to be a headache for you this afternoon. traveling on the north side of the outer loop, we have a lot of congestion we have over there, from harford to greenspring avenue. and the reverse direction on the inner loop to harford road. traffic moving at about 45 miles an hour. traveling on the west side inner loop, another 30 minutes there. 95 to security boulevard. and 70 eastbound, still struggling in both directions. westbound to marysville road. and also eastbound heavy as you make your way to the beltway. as far as 95 goes, a couple of slow spots there. and also slow in the northbound direction from pulaski highway to whitemarsh boulevard. as far as accidents go, in westminster, west baltimore boulevard, at angler road. and also in the city, west

north avenue at maryland avenue. let's now take a live look. things are pretty heavy there. that's a look at the west side. and let's take a look at the top side. things also slow there at greenspring avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. it's a new york style pizza, but at a hometown price. you can now get a large cheese for $4. back to you. decorating the white house is no easy feat as you can imagine. this sped-up video shows volunteers putting up decorations and trees, which pay tribute to u.s. troops, veterans and their families. the official tour features 37 christmas trees, a gingerbread model of the white house, and five representations of the first dog, bo. when in marsi pan, as i remember. >> yeah. right in front of the marzipan white house. >> in only i -- if only i could do my tree that fast. >> sped-up video. pretty amazing. and straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00.

wish you could remember everything? like the popular tv show, "unforgettable"? a hopkins doctor explains how. captured u.s. drone. is it real? is there an extra chill returning this weekend? bob is updating the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

iranian officials insist they have in their possession, a high-tech cia drone. and now they say they have pictures to prove it. there has been questions about whether the drone shown on tv is really the drone that crashed. one u.s. military official says it is possible for a drone to remain enintact after falling from a high altitude. new hotel surveillance video of dominique strauss-kahn gives credence to a new york hotel maid's claims that she was assaulted. the image of strauss-kahn casually

checking out is 40 minutes after she claimed he sexually assaulted her. strauss-kahn claims the sex was consensual and he left in a hurry. prosecutors say the new clips could help the alleged victim's case. accused of spying on his roommate, in court today. 19-year-old darren robby. pat warren has more. >> reporter: that's right. he's turning down a plea deal, denise. the plea bargain would have kept ravi out of prison and prevented his deportation. they said raffy would rather consent to trial. he was accused of using a web cam to spy on his roommate's intimate relations with another man. he is accused of setting up a web cam for others to watch the encounter. his roommate learned about the videotape, and committed

suicide, days later. >> this launched a nationwide push about cyber bullying. occupy boston protestors are not moving. >> the midnight deadline set by mayor thomas thomas menino to leave the area passed. many wore gas masks, protective goggles and formed human chains. officers arrested two people for disrupting traffic. remembering a hero. a firefighter is killed, when he gets trapped in the rubble of a blazing house fire. karen anderson reports for wjz from massachusetts. >> reporter: this cell phone video shows the arlington street triple decker in a ball of flames. >> it was -- blazing. i can't even explain it. like, the wind was so horrible, it's pushing the fire this way. >> reporter: you can hear the

air horn. notifying firefighters to evacuate. they believe they had gotten all 12 residents out. but then, word someone could still be inside. >> one of the outs leaving said there was someone in the rear bedroom in the back. >> reporter: so the fire chief decided to go back in. >> reporter: a secondary search by the fire department was then conducted and in the initial stages of the search, the rear of the structure collapsed. this collapse trapped two firefighters, one in the cellar, and one on the first floor. >> reporter: a mayday call. two firefighters were trapped inside. >> the back of the building had collapsed. and a fireman was punching a hole through the brick foundation to get into the basement. >> reporter: rescue 1, firefighter brian carroll, a 14- year member of the worcester force, was rescued alive. but his partner, firefighter john davies, a 17-year veteran,

who had battled the cold warehouse storage fire 12 years ago, did not survive. >> the members of my department performed admirably, under extremely dangerous circumstances, to remove their brothers from the collapsed structure. >> he lost his life doing something he enjoyed, something he loved, his job. and just to remember him as somebody who gave it all, for the community he protects and that he's a hero. >> city records showed that the building that burned had 30 code violations in the past three years. for mice, rats and illegal heaters. stay a horrible fire ball explosion heats up in washington. watch this. five bullets hit a police officer's car. when he arrived at the scene of the fire. the shooting triggered a standoff. firefighters and the s.w.a.t. team faced 90 minutes of shots fired from the home. they found four bodies and four dead dogs in the rubble. the victim in an airplane

propeller accident improves in dallas. 23-year-old lauren scruggs is walking and smiling again. scruggs was severely injured after walking under the spinning blades of a propeller. scruggs lost her left hand and has no recognition of the accident. her family said she looked at the mirror for the first time, saying, quote, it's not that bad. she has lost sight in one eye but is expected to fully recover. if you feel as if you have a hard time remembering things, you're not alone. doctors here in baltimore have helpful tips. >> i'm carey well. >> reporter: you've seen the show. >> only a few people in the world have the ability to remember everything. >> really? >> yes. there are people who can remember everything. >> i'm one of them. >> and they never forget anything at all. >> it's not up here. it's back here. your temperral lobes. >> the part of the brain that is particularly important for short-term memory sits inside the temperral lobe.

it can grow literally can become bigger with exercise. >> reporter: so get some exercise. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: the shooting part is optional, the exercise can be less dramatic. >> if you walk one mile a day, you're more likely to remember better than if you just have a sedentary lifestyle. >> quick. what did i have for lunch university? >> eat healthy food and relax. >> if you're stressed all the time, if you have poor sleep, you're more likely to forget things. >> use it o -- or lose it applies for to brain than your muscles. >> reporter: you can train your brain. concentrate on that partner you just met. >> pay attention to their eyes, their face, their ears. once you hear someone's name, it will help if you repeat the name at a time you're introduced. >> reporter: and here's the big deal new research this year finding about your brain getting physically bigger. >> our brain has an incredible

capacity for growth and for learning and for change. there's no limit of how much new information can pack in on our just day-to-day life as it is. >> maybe more than a little. >> reporter: the study shows that brain games that challenge your memory may help improve it for the long term. soon, you'll have a chance to slip into liz taylor's shoes. hundreds of items that belonged to the late actress, will be auctioned off at kristy's in -- christy's in new york. the collection also includes her portrait by andy warhol and a monkey necklace that michael jackson gave her. the auction starts monday. don't forget your four- legged friends this holiday season. according to a new survey, more people are planning to splurge on their pets this christmas. they plan to spend $50 or more on puppy treats and spa days. many say they sign their

familia -- pet's name on family greeting cards. >> there are stockings on our fireplace for the pets. but no spa day for anybody. a frosty start to the beautiful sunny day. >> bob has the first warning forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,

here's a live look outside right now. that's a beautiful shot. full moon. >> already? >> wow. >> that is one incredible thing. you can see some real estate up there. >> sky eye chopper 13 is in orbit. >> that is a beautiful shot. it's going to be a chilly night. and a chilly but dry weekend. that is one beautiful camera shot. let's take a look at temperatures right now. it will be dropping very shortly. but the last hour, which will come in about 10 to 15 minutes. south/southwest winds at 3. humidity, 46%. low dew point, barometer holding steady, 30.23 inches

now. freezing, 32 in oakland. and that will be moving in our area tonight and tomorrow. 53 down in ocean city. once again, dry air, a few high clouds in the region. but they'll be around from time to time tonight. into the morning. and then it will get bright and sunny all weekend. 52 annapolis, kent island. and 48 in washington. southwest winds here. to the west, beginning to turn more to the west. and eventually, the northwests are a front will come through late tonight. you might feel a wind shift, with a few clouds. there have been snow showers, very light. chicago picked up about a half inch or so. which actually, that's the first one they've seen this winter. almost set a record for the latest first snow for chicago. real close. snow activity really disappeared this afternoon. it's the dry front. it passed through the region tonight. a wind shift, cold air coming for the weekend. but sunshine all weekend long. especially by tomorrow afternoon. a few rain showers up near

pittsburgh now. and northern p.a., up near bradford, a few snowflakes coming down. the front goes through tonight. wind shift, cold air coming in. but sunshine, saturday, sunday, into early next week. and as that high moves off, guess what, it can warm up again by the early and middle part of next week. but the weekend will be just sunny and dry. northwestind winds -- northwefd winds on the bay -- and the bay temp has dropped a little bit down to 49 degrees. so the forecast tonight. clear and partly cloudy. it will be chilly. 28. actually, last night, we had mid-20s. tomorrow, sunshine after a few clouds in the morning. breezy. and a bit chilly. yeah, high of only 42. about 10 degrees colder than it was this afternoon. so the perception would be that it's a pretty chilly day tomorrow. but it will be sunny and bright. >> un is -- sun is good. >> still to come on eyewitness news tonight. paying the price for corruption. i'm mike hellgren, at federal court in greenbement. i'll tell -- greenbelt. i'll tell you how much time

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coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. violent attack. a clear picture of an incident that left a police officer dead and a campus on lockdown. a popular student murdered inside his home. ready for revenge. ranks get ready to take out revenge on the indianalolis colts. will it be the wompover that everybody is expecting? stay stun -- tuned if are wjz eyewitness news at 5:00.

crisis on campus. details emerge on the gunman who sent virginia tech into lockdown. >> complete coverage of the investigation and reaction from maryland students. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. and i'm denise koch. mary is off today. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> police now say the man who killed a virginia tech officer acted alone. wjz has complete coverage of the shooting. gigi barnett spoke with the local students who lived through those terrifying moments. but we begin with danielle nottingham with the latest from campus. >> reporter: this is where police officer derek kraus lost his life. today, it's the cite of a makeshift -- site of a makeshift memorial to thursday's campus shooting. >> we're just trying to do everything we can for his family. >> reporter: police say kraus was sitting in th