put gasoline on them to try to get the bonfire going. they put branches and put gasoline on the fire pit. >> it happen and exploded and all three were engulfd in flames -- one was taken to john hopkins and one 17-year-old girl was burned over half her body. the families here are shocked and saddened over this tragic accident. >> this is more on the kids that got hurt. i hate to see anybody get hurt, let alone the teeners.

>> my grandson knows the little girl. it is really sad. >> the baltimore fire officials said that this is a reminder about safety for anybody that starts backyard fires. >> this is someone that has never used this type of thing. >> another 17-year-old girl and these are expected to be okay. >> thank you. the fire officials said there was a fire inside the house after that situation. >> armed and dangerous, the police are looking for two suspects behind the attack of a light rail train. these are the pictures released by the police. the police said that they tried the loss at the light rail, a passenger was hurt, if you have information, call the police

and -- gone too soon, more on that young victim killed in a violent accident. this 5-year-old from baltimore is said to be full of life tonight. wjz is life at the hospital where another victim is being treated. we have more on that and the crash victims and that investigation. >> the victim is here in stable condition, they are the niece and nephew of a lawmaker that is continuing to be grieving. you see a team of investigators at this accident near the beltway. this is an accident that happen about 3:00 p.m.

wednesday. it halted traffic well into rush hour. >> the driver of the jeep slammed into what was stopped traffic. it was a four-vehicle pile up. the first vehicle that was rear ended had the motion injuries -- that was inside with the own's family. there was the center and the group taken to john hopkins, an hour later, their parents and their family taken to the hospital. the police said that the driver of the s.u.v. that hit them was that of a 23- year-old that they said was speeding at the time. both children are here, at this school with the school web site announcing by the principal that said that the boy's calm spirit and charming smile will be missed. we spoke with the driver of the

car and said that the main reaction, the impact for him was harsh. the 39-year-old said that it was just as he came to a stop. traffic was slow and it was the most horrific thing ever. so far, no charges filed in this case. they don't think that alcohol or drugs were involved, but they are looking at the cell phone records to see if they were texting or talking on the phone when they crashed. >> reporting live, eyewitness news. thank you. after that investigation is finished, the police will you can cult with the state's attorney to see if they will face charges. the new information on another deadly accident involving a metro bus. it happen when a bus and truck collided. the driver died and eight other people were taken to the hospital, the cause of the crash is being investigated tonight. >> maryland lawmakers are getting ready for another

session of the legislater. the lawmakers will need the courage to consider the tax increases. this is more from the state house. >> in the rear-view mirror roar, they are looking at the challenges that they are facing, balancing the state budget, now almost exclusively on cuts, $6.8 billion in cuts in the next few years. >> you get what you pay for and there is no way to build a 100 million-dollar bridge for $10 million. >> the legislation needs to take up a hike in the gasoline tax. to pay for the structures that help with jobs. the drivers pay 23-cents in gasoline taxes, the rate set in 1992, they had suggested raising it by 15-cents per

gallon, but the actual increase would be smaller. >> we have to find a way to make the most of the investments in the modern economy an the jobs. >> another tough battle, the fight over same-sex marriage. just defeating the measure last year, the governor has his full support behind the gay and lesbian couples. >> i feel like they will pass a bill to help protect freedom of religion and treats people equal equally under the lawnchts if it does pass, they will get a referendum on the ballot to stop it. >> the governor's is counting a rooks in crime. as of thursday morning in baltimore city, the number of murders down to 195. back to you. the governor said that 2011 has brought 26700 new jobs to maryland with november bringing

in largest month drop since 1994. indicted for two brutal murders. he was charged with killing his estranged wife and stepson. he beat her to death in her apartment in german town and then her son's body was found in the woods. he could get life in prison if he is convicted. a cold case is heating up. new information could crack a unsolved murder in howard county. we are live and we have reaction from the victim's heart broke family. >> mary, they just want closure. it is a case that stumped investigators and they hope that this jacket would be the key to solve it. >> the police found this man

shot dead, the devastated mother waiting. >> i kept on asking myself. >> how the investigators are work can with the information that they hope can lead to more. >> there was that jacket with that name. >> tuesday was spelled out with colorful letters. >> they think it was a random killing, that he knew who murdered him and 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 a talker. he would talk to anybody. he was a people person. >> the police said that the shooter was in his 20s, and the average build and in the get away car, the man was about $6 feet tall and weighed over 300-

pounds. >> the love ones hope that this will heat up the cold case and the killer will be found. >> never able to rest. >> on that jacket, the words in color and the reward is increased and it is now $10,000. mike, thank you. call the howard county police with your service and you can remain anonymous. the crews on the scene of a broken gas line. the bp main was struck on north charles street. a number of roads were closed as the crews made repairs. if you smelled gasoline, you need to call immediately. in the middle of preparing for sunday's game in cincinnati, the ravens said that a big part of the success is from the fans.

this is more from the facility. >> the event with the promise that was made just after the victory over the browns. >> the win over cleveland gave them a perfect season at home. >> on behalf of the players and coaches, we are giving the ball to the fans. >> three season ticket holders got special-made game balls to honor the wins at home. >> it is an honor to sit up here every week and watch them play and i guess that the first man is important to them. >> i got a game ball! thank you, very much. >> the ravens said they hope that this will go with them to cincinnati, the big three would

lock up the division and the first game b i. things like this does not happen often. no telling how many opportunities we will have to get the job done and how many more times can we come onshore. it is leaving no stone unturned and we want to make sure everybody is on the same page. >> they have the incentive, the victory to secure them the wild card spot in the playoffs. more on that game in sports -- thank you. >> more on the ravens and bengals, the game will be here at 4:00 sunday. you may have noticed something unusual in the air today, snow! the flurries are coming down this afternoon. baltimore county, it did not last long. a live look outside, it is a beautiful december evening and

there is the snow and the temperatures are dropping. more on this from the first- morning weather center. >> two days of this, the snow showers over the ground and this was over the season for the better part of the day and much dissipated before it made it to the ground. open it up and we will change the view and show you that there is another system moving through that will come in here tomorrow and into saturday morning. we could see another round of these showers. what we saw was the light radar and what came down, much of this evaporating. we kept the front in the area. right on down to the city. the rain and snow, 31 to be exact. this is in the metro area, coming down in the form of the

white stuff. we will talk about more coming up. the iran military in action and the stern warning from the united states. >> what it could be, the prices at the pump. >> the came passenger count down, the candidates trying to get the last-minute votes. is it getting personal. new year's eve is about to get funky. we will have more from the fans. . a chance of signature snow? we will have more in the forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. less than a week from the iowa caucus, hitting the campaign trail, without one of the top organizers. this is connected to one of the biggest arrivals. >> the 2010, from the senate, this is from the different areas. >> i feel like this was by my side, and after the fight back, it was called a sell out.

>> he told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the ron paul campaign. >> the last pole has ron paul in second place at the white house. >> a bigger surprise, rick san for rum in third place. he campaignd in iowa more than any other candidate and was waiting for his ship to come in. >> i can see my ship come in on the day of the caucus. >> mitt romney is at the top. 25% of the republicans said that they would vote for him. there were some big crowds that came out. >> this is a pretty big one. >> as for the one-time front runner, he is down to fourth place.

in washington, wjz. the hopeful for president, focusing on new hampshire, the nation's first primary will be there on the 10th of january. and maryland is getting ready to approve a tax hike. it will start in the start of the new year and should generate money for water and litter clean up. as the crews get ready for the saturday new year's eve party, the entertainment is getting ready to funk up the stage. we will have more on what to expect from the band. -- the sound is all that is

good. >> >> this is the group from indianapolis. >> it is the leader in a way. >> on new year's eve, as the fireworkses light up the screen, the band will open up in the baltimore bash. >> i'm excited, man. >> this is the harbor place, i don't think we have ever had that. >> they will belt out the band's songs as well as the popular program -- we will try to do something for the young and the young at heart. >> in order to play r&b, playing here in front of thousands. >> this is no question about it, a good time, the guys don't mind the exposure. >> a ton of people in town and out of town.

>> thousands of people, they think that they will be compeld to be here. >> they may want to come down and hang out for a few ours and dance a bit. in the grove a bit. >> back to you. >> be sure to watch the special with coverage from the harbor, it is all right here on wjz on saturday night. >> what the weather will be like on monday. it will be with the graphics. >> that is right. this is the nice with the weather that will be nice. cloudy, 36 and no chance of rain that will be a part of fireworkses. i understand that it could just take a spark eler. >> we hope that will last

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. a look outside, st city lights, a few lights out there as far as the lights are concerned. these conditions are because of a fast-moving system over the country. we are on the lower end of this, we are not done with these, don't be surprised to see another one of these on saturday. we are watching here, the effects of the system, this is one that is moving through, the light snow showers. this is over the top portion of the state and the the next will move by and they hope it will project clouds this way by tomorrow afternoon and come through overnight and could bring in some light showers on saturday morning. for the most part, they will move out quickly with no real effects, nothing accumulating. this is the day time high, 32 is the average and 25 is the overnight low and that is right on target with the average for this time of the year. no where near the record. there is the high and low for

this date, but we are close to what is considered normal for this time of year heading into the thras few days of december. 36 now, the temperatures -- . this is up a bit, from the low that is moving out, this high pressure is starting to hold onto the temperature one more time. down to southern maryland and we have 40 down in ocean city and 43 at the hudson river and near kent island and we are in the mid 30s over most of the state from columbia to rock hall and adding in bellaire. the winds are calm around central maryland and then the southeast side, contributing to the cloud cover, bringing in the moisture, that is bringing in the warmer air because the temperatures are stuck in the

30s for much of the day. we got the sun there, then from the south, they are bringing the temperatures up a bit. it is chilly and into today and tonight, the cold air, bringing in the snow and that moisture in the higher elevations. partly cloudy skies and then moving through on friday and saturday and they will get out of here on sunday. new year's eve and day, partly cloudy skies with no chance of rain for the fireworkses. the south winds on the bay at five to ten and then more at 10 to 16. the clouds will break over the normal, 25 and 52 tomorrow. >> thank you. coming up on eye witness newt as 6:00, a rising star on you tube with a personal battle with cancer and that

heartbreaking ending. >> that package you did not get could be in the hands of thieves. we are in baltimore county and what is coming up next. more on that ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. here is what people are talking about tonight. this is near an important water way where most of the world's oil comes from. we have a report from london. >> this is a u.s. aircraft carrier, more on the war games. they are carrying out the ten- day exercise in the straight. the u.s. has told iran not to interfere with traffic there. they said that the senior commander is not in a position to tell iran what to do. people here said that they approve of the military action.

they said they don't know how strong that the country is by watching the military drills. >> iran said they would close the strait after sanctions were threatened because of the nuclear program. the u.s. navy's 5th fleet is active in this area and so are the war ships in areas that patrol for pirates. north korea comes with another tribute for their leader. thousands of mourns are bowing their heads in prayer and the siren went off at 12 noon local time. the trains were halted in the silent three-minute tribute. north korea has had a period of

mourning since he left on the 17th of december. another tragedy, a child went missing where a woman went missing at a beach. she disappeared there in august. the man with her at time said she was swept to sea and he is still a suspect in this case, the police don't expect foul play in this drowning. the police said it was an easy target crime, now they are looking for thieves in the tragedy of theft. >> before leaving, they made sure the packages got there in time for christmas, but when they got home, one package that had equipment was missing, stole enlean from the front

porch. >> one neighbor saw two guys walk up and take what was left -- just a few blocks back, they said that the holiday packages were taken from another house. the misers said that the fines are -- crimes are connected -- we have witnesses and they described the suspect. >> the police are tracking the around the state. this video was in action. this woman got up and walked up to her car and then she is back, carrying this package to the car and then she took off. the thieves don't always know what is in the box, but that is no reason to leave it behind. >> many times this is what they are look for, the actual package that was taken, they will convert that to pone. >> the murries, their packages will not fit in plane sight.

>> this is something that they can consider. >> the police said that this is a crime that could happen year round. protect yourself, get a neighbor to sign for your packages and use on line tracking services as well. back to you. thank you. baltimore county police are look for two men in their 20s driving a dodge vehicle and they think that they are connected. a large bull escaped near a meat processing plant. the bull got away as it was being taken to the plant. they tried to get the bull under control. the deputy and an maim control shot and killed the bull and no one was hurt. in tonight's report on the health note for maryland children, the state will get another $28 million from the federal government to pay for children's health insurance.

this is for the children's health and insurance programs. a kick look, from the baltimore sun. more on a e lease from prison. this is a look at the snow and the development of the raven's wide receiver, for this and more, this is the updated forecast, this is the first morning weather team. sadly, the friends of a dead teen are getting together at a funeral in austin. he died on christmas day, leaving a touching video with the health problems that took his life. thank you for watching. >> for over a year, austin, texas teen has been cultivating a following on you tube. with the witt of someone far beyond his 18 years. >> do you think this is

actually the video? >> this was shared with the world, a personal struggle with a disease that challenge ted him every day of his life. >> this is what they found out, this was the therapy. >> this is the thickening of the heart, making it difficult for the heart to pump blood, the high blood pressure and then heart form. he said he cheated death three times, at age four and then the paramedics that survived him in school. >> i asked him if he was happy he woke up. he said he guessed. he said he was glad to be back with his family, but he wanted

to be back in that place. >> then he returned to scene, he passed on christmas morning. his family did not see the video until the following day. the last christmas present to them. >> this is over three quarters of a million views on you tube. what is behind a search? unthinkable, a family shot to death and the text messages about that day coming up. this is the first morning weather center, the finishing touches on the last few days of 2011. more coming up in a few minutes. here is more on the stop stories. the day's news and the updated forecast, stay ,,,,,,,,,,

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. more on a man that shot his

ex-wife and relatives. a text came in about the man dressed as santa, trying to be a good father and then the shots started. a deadly pile up in a highway near new orleans new orleans. 40 vehicles involved in an accident. two people were killed, dozens of others hurt in the cause of the accident that has yet to be determined. the distress call after a ship is is slammed into a bolt. the waves cracked the hull of the ship and damaged a problem tune. it could take 20 hours to reach. >> the whales are migrating to california in record numbers this year, but the scientists don't know why. we have more on wjz. >> he was considered lucky to have a place like this.

the whales that were alling. but on the california coast, this is a look at the rocks. they said that there is an almost 170 whale, four times the normal. >> and the others. >> i need the real ones, that is a super surprise -- okay, everybody, that is the move. >> you know my favorite sound, it is when people scream. they are all happy on this and that is what makes my day. >> they seem almost close enough to touch. >> you can hear them many times. >> they know just what this means, are there really more out there or or they coming close to or are the whales the only ones on the shore this

season? last spring, hundreds of blue wings on the coast of california, too. no matter the reason, at the least the reachers hope that these things in the whaling world are well -- it could mean are coming down because they are ready to give birth and others are coming down and ready to get pregnant. >> giving whale watchers the hope that in traffic jam could be get bigger. >> the whale watchers said they have not seen the numbers like this in almost 30 years. >> more coming up on the cbs news. >> we have more on the cbs news. >> a look at the closing on wall street ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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. in the possible head leader board, we are tied, a three-way tie for the 161 points and then 160 points and then the 159 points and this week's big winner. 14 from 16 games correct and closer to scoring the sunday night game. this is from the sports memorabilia. if you want to play, come here to wjz and click on the challenge under the quick link section. back to you. the ravens looking to take the number $2 seed at least and a home playoff game. don't miss the action. traveling to cincinnati to play the bengals, only on wjz 13. >> the chance of snow in the area. a live look outside now, that was the answer with tim.

>> that snow is around and could be with us with the temperatures going down tonight. down to about 34. we will start tomorrow with the sunshine and the clouds will increase, heading up to about 54 and then another quick- moving system on friday night and saturday morning. the temperatures near 50 on saturday and then the cold air will move in. it is 44 on monday and looking at the overnight low, that is for the first time this season. still to come, the ravens are hoping to cure their road woes. >> more on the team that has more of a problem winning when ,

. this will be a sell out, but the ravens don't care about that, one or 60,000, they will be on the road, starting the 16 games, each and every loss this season came on the road. four of them. that seems so far away from the confines of home, the teams can stand tall and fight or fall together in the quest for

victory. the losses, hopefully cincinnati is not added to their hit list, if you will, this weekend. >> it is hard to get a win on the road, especially in our division. it seems to have a home crowd, the guys, you cannot go to another stadium and playing the games there is one of the hardest things to do in this business and if you have the extra momentum, that is what happens. >> they will play in cincinnati and the holiday bowl and other bowls --

. there is texas in the third quarter, with the quarterback, here he is, the by the went side ways and turned around and went straight on. texas won it in san diego, the holiday bowl, 21-10. and in a pair of those from maryland, the native and local thunder star, on the look -- . >> that is a bad, bad business. >> the jumper, the base line, that is the 90 and 87 and passing forward, finding the spot for memphis. the grizzlies 92-90 for oklahoma. looking good after shoulder surgery, going to work, the

team is three and o like the heat. going for the jam that did not count. the wall went through, inside the hand and as the ball was in the net, it bounced back out and they said no basket, but the heat won it. they are unbeaten and taking care of business, what is happening on the basket that did not count, 98, eu6-95. on the ice, on the road in nashville, in the shoot out, the presence of this one. watch in minnesota, trying to put a spin on this situation. he missed wide and the senators won by the final of two. putting a dent in ,,,,,,,,,,

. don't miss the prime time line up. the people in times square got an early taste of the new year's eve spectacular.

hand fulls of confetti was thrown, there is a test like this every year to judge how air worthy the confetti is. someone cleans that up every year. two cubs are getting ready for the grand review. soon they will meet visitors in china at an aquarium. they are the second pair of twins and it is rare for a polar bear to give birth to two sets of twins. thank you for watching us, the maryland news station. don't go away, there is more to come, including the ,,

>> glor: tonight, america's jobs market on the end. jim axelrod on jobless claims hitting a three-year low and what that means moving forward. the fight for iowa. jan crawford says mitt romney hopes less is more, while dean reynolds fall it is santorum surge. dr. jon lapook with a surprising example of how exercising when you're old really does keep you young. >> i keep my mind active, my body active. that keeps me young. i think it makes me look younger. >> glor: and anna werner on a teenager who faced death by celebrating life. i >> i look at that video and see people are sad. this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> glor: good evening, i'm jeff glor, scott is off tonight. we begin with the latest good news about the economy and new signs that the job market is healing. today the labor department said in the past month unemployment claims