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>> school bullying suit. >> two parents say their young son, who has special needs, was terrorized at school. >> now they want justice. hello again, i am jessica kartalija. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today. two parents are suing the school district. they say their son should have been safe at school. instead he was terrorized there. wjz and mike hellgren are live outside courthouse east downtown with the latest on the lawsuit. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, good afternoon to everybody. this is significant because it is one of the few bullying cases to actually go to trial inside the courtroom now are the two principals from schools along with the child's parents and jury selection got underway this morning. shawna and eddie sullivan filed suit after they say bullies terrorized their son shawn, a 10-year-old special needs child and not enough was done to stop

the violence. >> once you go through your chain of command as far as you can and they refuse to do anything about it then you have to go outside of that and unfortunately, you have to involve the court system. >> in one incident in hazelwood the sullivans say bullies choked him. >> somebody had picked him up and carried him to the school because he was unconscious. >> it is more scary when the people supposed to be protecting your children aren't doing anything to stop it. >> they transferred him to glenmont but say the bullying did not stop there. >> there were days where he would sit and walk and cry in his room not knowing what to do because he must have done something. >> if there was a response from the faculty then there would not as big an issue. >> they declined to comment. both principal are named in the lawsuit. >> you can't deny it is happening and expect the

problem to go away. children are being hurt and sooner or later someone is going to be seriously hurt. >> there are 50 perspective jurors about a dozen stood up when they asked if they had been bullied or knew someone. >> the trial is expected to last four to five days. >> governor martin o'malley is throwing his support behind the takeover. he said it includes more benefits than the company initially proposed, exelon has promised to develop more natural gas, wednesday and solar power here, give more money to low income customers and more. >> an investigation is underway from maryland to florida where a man is found dead in a pile of coal. ron is live with more on the investigation. >> reporter: good afternoon.

florida officials are investigating the deaths of two people, including a baltimore county man whose bodies were found in a shipment of coal at a power plant. workers found the body of christopher artees along with a woman from south carolina, it is believed they hitched a ride on the coal train and died as it was being unloaded. the investigation is ongoing, jessica, back to you. >> ron, thank you. according to court records he has been arrested several times for possession of marijuana. >> a man remains in critical condition after a shooting inside a barber shop last night. the man was shot several times and police believe he was the target of a robber who remains at large this noon. police are looking for a man who resembled this sketch wanted for the rape of a woman tuesday night. the two reportedly met earlier this night in a bar on crane highway. if you think you recognize that man you are asked to call police. >> the wind down of the war in

iraq reaches a mile stone as american soldiers officially retire the mission's flag. tara mergner has the latest for wjz. >> reporter: defense secretary leon panetta arrived in baghdad to preside over the end of the war in iraq. in a solemn ceremony soldiers wrapped the flag designed for the war around its staff and put it inside its sheet h. s h eeth. he paid tribute to the men and women who served. >> your dedication, your commitment to this mission has been the driving force be helped the remarkable progress we have seen here in baghdad and across this country. >> about 4000 american forces remain inside iraq, they are packing up and ready to hand over the remaining two military

bases. the nearly 9 year long war costs more than 800 billion dollars and claimed about 4500 american lives and left more than 30,000 troops wounded. the secretary says that sacrifice was not in vain. veterans groups point out even though the war is ending for some troops the battles continue. >> don't turn the page on iraq just because they have pulled out and remember a great thing you can do is hire a vet. >> unemployment among veterans is higher than the national average. last month president obama took steps to change that. he signed a bill into law that gives businesses a tax credit for hiring veterans. at the white house, tara mergner, wjz eyewitness news. >> the final troops are supposed to be out of iraq by december 31st but it appears military officials wills will have to pull out ahead of schedule. >> not a bad day. a live look outside. it has been mostly cloudy but the sun has broken through and may do so gain.

we have first warning weather coverage now with marty bass in the outback and meteorologist tim williams in the weather good afternoon. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. i have often said the first barometer is how marty is dressed. keep in mind the average high for today is 45. take a look at first warning weather live doppler radar. we are on the edge of a front. we will see showers but that is not the highlight. take a look at the temperatures, 45, remember that is the normal high. we are already at this noon hour at 56 degrees. here we are one week from the holiday we are at 56 in central maryland and we do have cooler air moving in but it will not impact us at least in the short run so it is not too late to look ahead to the week ahead and more to talk about that, for more on that we send it out to martin. >> hey, good afternoon, everybody, do understand one thing the forecast is moving

according to script. we talked about a front coming through, a sunny but cooler weekend and we hope the script continues to play out. if it does we will be living large. you may be hearing about -- you may have already heard about or you certainly will be hearing about a low, a storm attacking the east coast early next week. i can tell you right now preliminary indications are the problems will be out to our west and we will stay on the mild side of the storm. the mild side of the low. we are certainly going to be watching this through the weekend but right now right off the get-go with some advance notice we want you to know this doesn't appear to be a mid- atlantic threat. lots going on next week, go ahead and continue your plans but keep an eye on that forecast to make sure the script hadn't changed. in the meanwhile looking for a great weekend, meteorologist tim williams with those details shortly now let's throw it back inside. >> thank you marty, eviction is not stopping them. the group headed back to the

square last night to plot their next move. the city allowed them back in but made them promise they would not camp out again. protesters say they might move into foreclosed homes as a way to get back at big bangs. >> the poets met with the winner after winning their second title but it was her honor who got a present, an autographed football. >> nice, still to come the nominees are. we will have details on the golden globes announcement. find out who is up for the top awards coming up. >> a future vehicle. the latest crash safety tests are out, hear which ones got the best grades. >> and we will be back with the full first warning weather forecast. stay with us. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica

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wjz is following breaking news out of baltimore county this noon. a chase and a police involved shooting. anne arundel county police tell wjz it started as a bank robbery, police pursued the suspected vehicle into baltimore county, where it

appears that suspect has been shot. police are on the scene in the baltimore highlands area near lansdowne. sky eye chopper 13 is on route and we hope to have an update for you before the end of this newscast. >> a new list of the safest vehicles is out and includes a record number of choices. the insurance institute for highway safety conducted the crash tests to determine the top picks. for the first time the best selling toyota camry and honda accord are among the 115 winners. >> the accord and the camry are vehicles that families choose, that parents choose to take their families around in and it shows that you can have good safe vehicles for that purpose. >> we are told one of the reasons there are so many new vehicles on the list is that roofs are made stronger. subaru is the only one that has a winner in every one of its model categories, for a complete list of all the

vehicles go to wjz.com, just click on the quick links section on the left side of our home page. >> a local doctor's group is calling for tougher tanning bed laws, the medical society wants the beds to be off-limits for anyone under 18. howard county has a ban in place already but the group wants it to be statewide. researchers say young people who use indoor tanning beds have an increased risk of skin cancer. >> the 69th golden globe award nominations are out. the artist grabbed 6. it is up for best comedy or music along with 5050, bridesmaids and more. he help and the desendents got, george clooney and viola davis got nominated, they air january the 15th. speaking of the movies, the

list of the most popular netflix relations rentals are out. those are the top 5. in number 1 a move write close to the home of most of us around here, the blind side, which tells the story of michael oher. >> all good movies, still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon a cloudy afternoon with the sun trying to break throughout there, looks pretty nice to me but colder temperatures are moving in, your fuss full warning weather forecast is two and a half minutes away. >> first a look at the midday stocks followed by last night's power ball numbers. ,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less?

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winds around the airport, 21 near dc, 20 near easton and 20 or near 20 down on the shore. we have this front that poised to move on through. we are on the mild side. a warm front. the low that is driving it is now up around canada, then it has a cold front, a trailing cold front, that is what is going to move on through later this afternoon and into tonight. it actually moves through without a lot of fanfare, maybe a 10th to a quarter inch of rain then temperatures take a hit. our high early tomorrow then we start to drop. the cooler air means clear skies with drier conditions and while temperatures will be cooler it will be nice and dry and bright. 4:45 is your sunset time today, small craft advisor in effect through tomorrow afternoon with your next high tide at ft. mchenry just after 7:00. down to 42 tonight, clouds breaking, stays breezy, for tomorrow up around 53, breeze with with variable clouds, we will have your five-day- forecast with marty in a few

moments. >> thanks. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon doctors say they are seeing more and more young people diagnosed with a certain type of cancer. >> wjz always on. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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we have an update on this chase and police involved shooting. sky eye chopper 13 is live now over the scene. captain mike has the latest. >> reporter: we are over baltimore highlands where a police chase has ended. now, this suspect was wanted for two bank robberies, 1 we believe occurred in anne arundel county. it is not clear where the other occurred. they began chasing the vehicle half an hour ago and chased him down in front of the baltimore

highlands school, where he jumped out with a gun, pointed a gun at an officer, he fired and shot the suspect in the leg. he has been transported to shock trauma, his condition is not known. as you can see this is across from baltimore islands elementary school, it was locked down and remains locked down as police continue the investigation, more later this afternoon, back to you on tv hill. >> all right, captain mike, thank you. >> marty has the 5 day in the outback. >> let's take a look at the graphic. we mentioned there is a cool down but a sunny and i think seasonably beautiful weekend. then we mentioned next week there is going to a storm out of the tennessee valley through the ohio valley and see it right there tuesday with only rain and 46 here but you get way west of those mountains and there is wintry like weather. a beautiful weekend, nice start to next week and no snow. that is a win. let's throw it back inside. >> thank you very much. on tonight's cbs primetime on wjz at 10:00 the mentalist and stay tuned for eyewitness news

at 11:00. >> thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13 maryland's news station, i am jessica kartalija. >> once again glad to have you back, i am don cot. >> i am tim williams, we will keep you ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,