going? >> the older sister is here at john hopkins and is stable tonight and the former governor reached out for a comment, he declined as the family is in mourning. from sky eye chopper 13, a state police crash team on thursday afternoon piecing together a deadly crash that claimed the life of a $5 year old baltimore boy the day before. i 83 was shut down to reconstruct the scene. the traffic was stopped well into rush hour after the crash at 3:00 p.m. >> it was a four-vehicle pile up. the first vehicle had the most injuries. >> that call was this see dan and inside, the family from south baltimore and the two

other siblings were taken too the -- to the hospital. the boy died and the parents were taken to the hospital. the police said that the driver of the s.u.v. that hit them as a 32 23á year old male that they said was speeding at the time. both of the children go to this school, jake was in kindergarten. the principal talked about it on the school web page and said his spirit will be missed. another driver said that the impact was hard for him. they said it happen in seconds, the traffic slowed, it was the most horrific thing i have ever been involved in. no charges filed in this case, the police don't think alcohol or drugs were involved, but

they are looking at the cell phone records to see if he was texting or talking on the phone when he crashed. back to you. after the investigation is finished, the police will talk to the state's attorney office to see if the driver will face charges. another deadly accident is being investigated in silver springs. two teens died this morning had their car went airborne on university boulevard. the vehicle landed on a brick wall. both women are from heightsville and a third teen was seriously hurt. a woman drowned at the same beach where robin gardener disappeared. we have more from the newsroom. >> the investigators identified the victim as an american, but it is not clear where she is from. she drowned as she and a tour group was snorkeling at baby beach. it is the same area where robin

gardener went missing. she penitentiarytroke -- her traveling companion spent days in jail. >> this drowning is being investigated. in baltimore, firefighters said a gas main was struck on north charles street and traffic was interrupted. no injuries reported. a small camp fire ended with an explosion in baltimore county and three teens went to the hospital with serious burns. we are live in rose dale and what caused the accident. >> those three teens were engulfed in a fire ball and one put gasoline on the backyard fire. the fire officials said that the teens were in the backyard

of a home on shady spring avenue. >> they sat around talking and just having a nice night. >> the teen's used twigs and branches to try to start a bonfire in a fire pit and had it did not last, one took five gallons of gasoline in a can and it exploded. >> a father of a teen ran into the yard to help and the three teens were taken to john hopkins. one 17 year old girl was burned over half her body. the neighbors here are shocked, saddened over this tragic accident. >> the person that got hurt, it is hard to see anybody get hurt, let alone a teen. >> my grandson knows the little girl. it is really, really sad --

another 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy were injured, but should be okay. >> officials said it was the quick action from inside the house that prevented the situation from getting worse. a sheriff deputy was forced to shoot and kill a dangerous bull that escaped from a livestock truck as it was taken to a meat processing plant. it charged at the area near a daycare center before heading towards the deputy. she shot the deputy and no one was hurt. more on the session is the legislater. the governor to the parties at the state house about a possible tax increase. >> the governor is looking ahead to 2012 and the

challenges that are facing the area. >> the first challenge, balance the state's budget. >> until now, that has been pretty much on cuts, $6.8 million in cuts in the hast few years. >> you get what you pay for and no way that you can bill a 100 million-dollar bridge for 10 million-dollars. >> that is the reason he said that the neon tax should be impleamentd. the rate was set in 1992, but many people think that it could be five to ten cents a gallon increase. >> we have to find a way to create jobs -- another tough battle expected in 2012, the fight over same-sex marriage.

just barely defeated in the last legislation, the governor said he would back it. >> we will pass a bill like other states to protect the freedom of religion and will treat people equal equally under the lawrchlts if it does pass, they said they will get a voter referendum on the ballot to stop it. >> there is a reduction in violent crime, including the state's homicide rate. the number of murders was down to 195. the governor said that in 2012. >> this is small,. some snow fell in the area, unless you see the snow coming down, baltimore county, it did not leave a mark, you cannot tell it happen. outside now, it is overcast and

chilly, but a nice night as we look outside from sky temperature wjz, we are live with first morning weather, we are tracking the radar and if you blink, that snow was gone. >> depending on where you were, you might not see it at all. it moved over the area, much evaporating before it hit the ground and what did come down, it was like a winter wonderland to atroke -- for a bit. the temperatures up around 40 and we are looking at the temperatures coming down around the area to the 30s, but we are seeing that snow shower and rain activity in the area. looking at the radar, putting the satellite in motion, it started over the area and where you see it break up and the clouds that were just dissipated before it got to the ground and even on the southern

part of the metro area, the sun was out in the afternoon. a bit of everything this thursday afternoon and we will keep you posted on the snow showers and have more on the morning forecast in a bit. in the middle of preparing for the game sunday in cincinnati, the ravens said that the fans are a big part of their success. what happen today at the raven's training center. >> today, this is a promise that the coach made immediately after sunday's victory over the browns. >> the raven's win gave them a perfect record at home this season when they beat cleveland. as the coach said, he said that the fans was the reason they had help to secure the eight and zero season. >> several ticket members were

honored to receive a home game ball. >> it is an honor to sit up there and watch them play. >> i guess that the first man is important. >> i got a dream ball, thank you, very much. >> the ravens hope that some of this home field will follow them and the birds know that it will be a fight because an opportunity like this is not very much and they will have to take advantage of it. >> no telling how long is behind me. how many more times can we come up short? it is just leaving no stone unturned. we have to see if everybody is on the same page. >> there is another one with our colleague here. the bengals have a lot to play for, a victory will secure them a place in the playoffs.

more in sports. don't miss the action when the ravens play the bengals, only can see the game live here, kick off is sunday at 4:00. coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00, a shake up in the race for president and which gop candidate is heading up in the polls. that holiday package you never received may have been stolen by thieves. it is an easy target. that story is coming up. . heading for another winter warm up in the forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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(inaudible). i felt like that he was by my side, i had a tough break and i had a tough break and he was there. >> this call back was said to be a sell out. >> he was told he would get a large sum of money to go to work for ron paul. >> ron paul is in second place for the gop race for the white house. a bigger surprise, in third place, the former pennsylvania

senator, campaigning more than any other candidate and said he knew that his ship would come in. >> i said i know i will get the call on january 3rd when the people here decide who should step forward in this process. >> in iowa, 20% of republicans said they would vote for mitt romney. there was a big crowd at the cedar falls restaurant and for newt gingrich, he is in fourth place. >> john hunts man is focusing on the caucus. if you are waiting for someone to get home from work, we are live at the traffic control -- hello, everybody. if you are traveling 95 north

bound, it could be tricky here for you. the delays here from the highway over to the beltway on that northeast corner and up from the route to the southwest side. as far as the beltway goes, the west side loop, stop and go to security boulevard and the north side, struggling in that direction, over to charles street, the delay is about 10 minutes to get by. as far as accidents to report -- east avenue and at tide water lane. that is also at north rogers. let's look now, live, plenty of congestion around security boulevard. another look, it is thinning out on the north side at york road. this is a traffic report brought to you with the pizza new york style pis zsa at a home town price.

back to you. thank you. as chris prepared the interior harbor for the new year's party, the main theme is getting ready to hit the stage and we have more on what to expect. (music). >> it is all that makes you feel good. this is the band -- and then at 8:00, they will have the horn section. in a couple of days on new year's eve as the fireworks light up the sky, they will go onto direct the band, heading out to blow out in that new year's bash. >> i wanted to tell you, we

mayd the harbor place before, but i don't think it was ever in this fashion. >> they will belt out the band's original sounds and some new numbers, too. >> we try to do something for the young and the young at heart. >> we will play some funk and some soul. >> the goes are here behind that exposure. >> a ton of people in and out of town people. >> it is people that they think will help get funky this new year. >> you might want to come down and hang out for a few hours. maybe dance? a little bit? grove some? (music). the band will have a nice number, they will be on stage

by an unnamed female singer that they said will spice it up. that could be monique. if you are celebrating from home, you can see all the things from wjz and this will start any time you want, but officially at 9:00. >> okay. taking a look at the forecast. we will have the forecast in a few minutes. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. a white thursday. >> if you happen to be outside when the flurries got started,

we have a few of these over the area. much of the activity is dissipating before it hits the ground. it is over the top tier of the state and you have to be in the right combination of location and temperatures to see that some of the areas are still and showers are coming down in the form of rain, the temperatures are about 40 around the time that it came down. the day high of 41, officially at dwi marshall. the temperatures on par with the average of this time of year. the overnight low is on target, that is the average for this time of the year, no where near that 77 and we have that 37, 66% humidity, the dew point was low all day. this is the high, relative humidity today and that dryness ate up if showers and this is

the rain, southeast at three, we are pretty steady at 30.00 and around the state, temperatures are 35 locally and 37 in el kin and four on the show and we have 32 on kent island and winds from the east as we said over the bay and that is bringing in more moisture and helping to contribute to the cloud cover. we have had several systems moving over the northern tier of the why lakes and this system that brought in the snow showers in the afternoon is one of them and another is behind that and another one on new year's day. that will breeze on through and then most of that will contribute to the cloud cover and that cold air will be up around the great lakes and we are seeing more hitting the ground, as we have seen in the last few hours and then as far as sticking, near 30, in the mild range, for the next few days, right into new year's

day, right thew until saturday and sunday. there is the south on the bay, this is at 10.16. it is going up to 54 foam and looking ahead, cloudy, a breeze, paul brown stadium. there are the showers and this is mainly a pretty nice day, 36 in cincinnati. >> we are watching that on the television! >> coming up at 5:00, more on the punishment for the worst oil spill in the gulf's history. a little girl murdered in more on the ties to ,,,,,,,,,,,,

. we have more, showing that tonight, new information that could crack unsolved murders, the news that they are waiting to hear. more on the possible break in the cold case. >> this information is new to the public. they have known about that for years, but talking about it now, a jacket that the victim

wore. 15 careers ago, a man was found shot dead on this parking lot in the north part of the mall. for all of those years, the devastated mother waited for the police to arrest the killer. >> if i knew that he did this, i would go after him myself. the anger and rage is still here. it never left me. >> the howard county investigators said there was a brand name on the jacket. >> over the back of it, the words were spelled out in a colorful letter. >> they think that the shooter was a low-level drug dealer. he never had a criminal record, he saved up to buy the town car

he was driving. >> he was a talkingtroke -- talker, i loved to talk -- the shooter was in his 20 e, more than likely, the man driving the get away car, he was about six feet and weighed over 300 poppeds. >> the victim's parents lived outside of the area near the crime scene, hoping someone will come up with some information and the reward is up to $10,000 if you have information, call and you can remain anonymous. at 6:00, more on that investigator working the case and the biggest challenge to solve it. a 9-year-old girl murdered in indiana moved there from maryland. >> the school officials said that she lived in this area

until june and went to winter street elementary school. >> counseling is there for people that knew her. she was beat to death and dismembered by a neighbor that confess to do the crime. a maryland man is indicted for two brutal murders, occur at this time lopez was accused of shooting his estranged wife. he beat her to death in her apartment. her son's part was found in the woods. he will face life in prison if convicted. >> bp could face the first criminal charges debtd to the oil spill in the gulf. they are considering charges against several bp engineers, did they provide false information to regulators about the risk of drilling. this is considered the worst in united states history and the charges will carry penalties of a fine and up to five years in prison.

>> they have video of a u.s. aircraft carrier sprying on the military operations. it is a key passage way where iran said they could cut off shipping to the rest of the world. >> more on the rising tensions in the persian gulf. >> iran said that this is a u.s. aircraft carrier spying ton the war game. this is a 10- day mission, and the united states has been told they are not in a position to tell iran what to do. this man said we will know how strong our country is by watching the latest military drill. iran said that they would close

the strait over sanctions over a nuclear program. a 6th of the world's oil supply comes through that strait and any destruction of the waters will not be tolerated. the 5th fleet is active in that area of the gulf and so are war ships that are there to pa follow for pirates. at least four people are dead and that shooting happen the same day members of the arab league were visiting, there to monitor the plan to end the violent crack down on the situations. hundreds of protesters continued to kill after the release of prisoners. mitt romney staffers had to lock doors as protesters wanted

to be let inside and beat on the doors. they moved onto a bank branch. all of the arrests were peaceful, it is the first actions of the occupy caucuses this week. thieves have ripped off gifts left on porches -- palmer murry and his family went on vacation the week before christmas. >> we went to puerto rico for a few days. >> they made sure that the packages got there in time for christmas, but when they returned home, a package with some equipment was missing, taken from the front porch. >> a neighbor saw two guys drive by and walk up and take something and leave. >> just a few blocks over, the thieves swiped the holiday packages from another house. the police said that the crimes

are connected. >> we have witnessed to both of these crimes. they said the suspects were similar. >> the is a porch sheaf in action. this woman got out, seconds later, she was back, carrying the stolen package to the car and took off. she said that the thieves really don't know what is in the boxes, but that is no reason to leave them behind. >> a lot of these things the thieves are not looking for the actual packages that were taken. >> for the murries, from now on, their packages will not fit in plain sight for the thieves to take. >> this is not what people should be considering. >> it is a crime that could happen year round, if your

friends can sign for them and use on line tracking. baltimore county police are looking for two men in their 20s. they are driving a teal dodge vehicle. the sear's will close their goods for good. they will close $7 stores, one on baltimore national, this is after the disappointing holiday sale numbers. another 40 sears and kmart could shut down and no word on that final day. the world's largest collection of apple art facts going on display. apple donated most of the items, this is the time written financial records. the university said it was an interest since the jobs died in october. time for a look from tomorrow's stories. a once money manager at the center of a fraud scandal is

getting out of prison. >> a round with the prison resorts that do have snow. >> a look at the wide receiver, smith and the baltimore sun and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz a first morning team. >> it is hard to believe that there is only one weekend left for the pis zsa bowl challenge. >> >> it will be a fight to the finish, after 16 weeks, we are tied at the top with 163 points and then the other scores -- . here is the big winner. this is from the sports

memorabilia. >> remember, on sunday, the ravens are playing for home field advantage in the playoffs and you don't want to miss that game. that is right here on wjz. that is at 4:00 -- coming up, honoring the victims of september 11th, the major milestone at the memorial. >> more on the damage and the neighborhood, why the police said it was not an accident. -- later on, in the first morning weather center, we are looking at the final few days of 2011. more coming up in a moment. ,,,,

the skies will go up, overnight lows in the 30s. clearing up on saturday morning, 54 on new year's day and 44 and the blast of cold air coming through on tuesday. that is with the sunshine, overnight low down in the 30s. 20s, down to the teens on tuesday. now for the energy saving tip, in the sunny days, it could raise the temperatures in your home and close at night to reduce the chill from the cold windows. for more information on being an energy saver, go to our web site and click on the special section? investigating what caused a major pile up in an accident that left 37 people needing to be treated and the highway is

closed to both directions and driver's fault could be the reason. a neighborhood is left looking like a war zone. a driver hit five cars and tartd some pedestrians. it was lucky he missed them. the neighbors took down the license plate of the car and reported it to the police and now the driver is including other charges. that september 11th memorial has already reached a milestone. >> on september 11th, they could not look away from ground zero and now the chaos has been replaced by a memorial. a million people have visited in the 16 weeks since it opened. >> a million people coming here

and standing on this ground, making the work that is here a special place worth it. open preen repeating names). >> i don't have you. >> now they see the name, etched in bronze around the counter. >> there is a place where his name will be remembered and etched in stone. >> her brother died that day, here is there is a testament to people's humanity. >> this is important enough to come and pay respects and pay tribute to all corners of the world. >> the president said that people from 120 countries made

reservations to come here, more countries than were lost in that attack, that with what has been transformed. >> the september 11th 11 memorial is free, but visitors have to get their pass on line -- more on the scan out of money. >> there is a special addition, but when the robbers stopped to check it out, they put a gun to his head and demanded money. >> he reached in and pulled out his own gun and opened fire and hit two robbers. >> there was a gun on my forehead, strig to steal my stuff. that is your fault. >> the robbers that were shot are in custody and a third is on the loose. check in at 6:00, more on this coming up on the police

looking for this. that and what is joining. back tax, you will soon have to use a fee to use plastic and paper bags in a county. that is all coming up at 6:00. for family and friends of a texas teen, this is more from a ricing star, they came together to his funeral in austin. he left a video on the problems that took his life. >> for more than a year, the austin, texas teen has been following on you tube, it is the witt and wisdom of those beyond the years. >> you think that it is actual. >> it is a presence. >> everybody? >> just before christmas, there was another type of video. it is not funny, very sad and sharing with the world the struggle with the threat and

the challenge that took place every day. >> it was part of his illness. >> it is difficult for the heart to pump blood. >> this started at age four and continued pretty much since then. >> when we asked if he was happy he woke up and he said he guess so. he said he was so glad to be back with his family, but did not want to be back in that place. >> then benefit returned to that place, he passed away,.

his family did not see him until the following day, this christmas present they got today. >> that video has been viewed by more than a million people on you tube. >> a touching story. >> coming up, a terrifying landing $0 for passengers on a private jet ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. a plane wept through a fence and was forced to land. it skidded on the road after that. >> my husband in the next person to see it and he held my hand and said it was going down. we are going down. >> the f.a.a. is investigating what caused the accident. an l.a. police officer accidently shot

himself in the foot and the incident happen understand the patrol car, he and another officer responding to a call. the specific details are being investigated and the lapd aid that this was not life threatening and there was no danger to the public. and in the presidential race, this is changing every day. more on that expected vote next week -- he was standing autographs as the latest rising star in the race for president 6789. asterisk jumped to third in the latest poll, newt gingrich is fading to fourth, but he said he could beat the president. >> he said that this is pretty much impossible to beat obama. >> they are working to steal the front runner's thunder. >> good to see you.

>> mitt romney said that iowa will make the right decision. >> it is because they pay attention and will make the rete decision. >> over 100,000 people in iowa will caucus at 800 schools and community centers around the state. the warren county caucus, this year they could have a hundred and this will be packed tuesday with speeches given and right their favorite on a simple ballot. >> to see a candidate work as hard as he is, near the top, the first in the nation caucus state. >> he does not know if he could win iowa, but wants to help him

finish strong. >> once the ballots are cast tuesday night, the results will be reported to the state gop and the winners usually announced in a few hours. a lotto ticket is claimed two hours before it expired. the deadline that claimed the 16 million-dollar prize, the winner waited almost a year to respond. the lotto officials hope to learn what took so long to come forward. >> the winner was a sleeper. waiting until the last moment! coming up, a tragic accident, three teens burned after a camp fire burned out of control. we will have more,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

more on that accident where a boy was killed on a baltimore highway. >> more on a jacket that could lead police to a killer. whrap

-- -- . teens burned in the backyard in baltimore county. >> more on that mistake that caused the accident. . hello, here is what people are talking about tonight. >> a bonfire on a chilly december evening, it took a terrible turn. one teen put gasoline on flames. we have more on the injured teens -- the three teens taken to the