thank you, everyone. >> bachmann bows out. the minnesota congresswoman ends her campaign for the white house. >> where the focus turns now, after mitt romney's slim victory in iowa. >> hi. i'm kai jackson! and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> razor-close finish. the field narrows for the republican race for president. michele bachmann stepped aside today, and the rest of the candidates are trying to chip away at mitt romney's lead. randall pinkston reports from new hampshire. >> reporter: mitt romney picked up a major endorsement at his first campaign stop. >> i am only here for one reason and one reason only. that is that we make mitt romney the next president of the united states of america. >> he is now helping his one-

time rival take back the white house. >> it's time for barack obama to go back home. and for someone who understands our economy to lead this country. >> polls show him with a double- digit lead. >> nutenewt gingrich also has a lot riding on the new hampshire primary. today, he launched this full paper ad, attacking romney. he said voters have a choice, between himself, a reagan conservative and romney. >> john huntsman, who skipped iowa, has already held 150 events here. >> you have to be on the ground, shaking hands and have ideas to represent the future of this country. >> reporter: michele bachmann is no longer in the race. >> i have decided to stand aside. >> reporter: she quit after a poor performance in iowa. but rick perry says it's not over for him. >> we're going to go into places where they have actual

primaries. and they're going to be real republicans voting. >> reporter: perry is focusing on south carolina to reenergize his campaign. in manchester randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> ron paul finished third in iowa but will head to and a half -- to new hampshire soon. an arctic blast pushes across maryland. it's hard to be covered in layers, hats and gloves. it is the coldest day since last february 9th. you can see the ice beginning to form in the patapsco river. and outside right now, it's a frosty afternoon, with mostly cloudy skies. meteorologist tim williams is here with more on just how bone- chilling cold it is. tim? >> bone-chilling, indeed, mary. temperatures have struggled to get up to freezing today. but the one thing we have less of today than yesterday is the wind. so that's actually a positive thing. looking at first warning doppler radar.

we've had light snow showers across the region. but the one thing we have in our favor is the dew point is very low. most of these snow showers are not making it to the ground. they're kind of evaporating and adding it to our cloud cover. let's talk about these temperatures and how cold it's been. past 24 hours, it's 13 degrees now, was the last -- the coldest. that was this morning at bwi marshall. 13 degrees was the reported cold temperature. temperatures starting off in the teens. and we're now up around 31 degrees. currently, 31. still right around freezing mode. and if you're at freezing, you're one of the warmest spots in the state right now. we'll talk about how long this cold blast will stay with us in the first warning update. >> for an updated forecast or look at live radar, log onto wjz.com any time. a murder investigation is under way in baltimore city, as baltimore records its first homicide of the new year. derek valcourt reports. >> police say right now, they

have no suspects in the shooting death of a 62-year-old man. officers responded to edgewood road in the park heights road just before 10:00. they found a man slumped over the driver's seat of the vehicle. he was identified as bruce royceterof baker street. he died a short time later at sinai hospital. kai? >> thank you. in 2011, the city had the lowest homicide rate in almost 20 years. due to be arraigned in court today. lee cowan reports for wjz on how police put two and two together, when they realized federal agents had arrested the suspect's mother. >> reporter: the day before some 53 arson fires, the man police say is their prime suspect, 24-year-old harry burkhart, went on a tirade in this federal courthouse. sources say he was upset that his motor, dorothy burkhart, had been arrested by u.s.

officials on a warrant out of germany. >> he made disturbing comments, there were a lot of curse words in english, words i won't repeat here. >> they will be extradited out. united states. if burkhart's motive was retaliation for his mother's arrest, investigators aren't saying. >> i'm not going to get into any details of statements he made. >> both were here in the country illegally, say officials. a website registered to dorothy burkhart indicated she ran an adult massage service. when he saw surveillance tape police released of the arson suspect. >> reporter: burkhart is scheduled to be arraigned on at least one count of arson. but investigators say a lot more charges are pending. and police in germany say burkhart is under investigation for a 2001 house fire there. >> they've occupied wall street and parks across the u.s. and this weekend.

a local group plans to occupy some local gas stations. americans for prosperity is protesting governor o'malley's plan to a 15-cent a gallon tax increase. they will hold rallies. they cite a recent poll that indicates most marylanders are against the tax. gas prices are back on the rise across the united states. in tonight's wjz pump watch in maryland. the average price for a gallon of gas is $3.27. last month, the same gallon cost $3.19. and last year, the gallon of gas cost an average of $3.07, this time. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. well, we are starting off with a little congestion outside the top side outer loop. slowing to charles street. west side of the inner loop, when you travel in that direction, you'll see a couple of brake lights as you approach

security boulevard. northbound 95, the only problem in that direction is an accident at 216, which is really beginning to tie things up. other accidents include in glen burnie, oak wood road, at oak manor road. south caton avenue at strickland. and parkville, we're dealing with a water main break. could definitely cause some icy conditions. as far as our drive times go, on the outer loop from 83 to 95. 54 miles per hour average. and 11 minutes to get through. let's now take a live look. as you can see, everything seems to be moving very well. there's a live look at spaghetti junction. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. introducing the new hot pastrami melt. it's flavor packed. pickles, bubbly cheese to satisfy the biggest appetite. only at subway, eat fresh. back to you. >> thank you, kristy. in today's healthwatch, the american cancer society says cancer rates and deaths are down again this year. medical treatments and screening are saving lives over

the years. but some cancers are still on the rise. >> reporter: 68-year-old enrique knew something was wrong. he had pain every time he ate. >> it started to radiate to my shoulder. >> reporter: a cat scan revealed bad news. he had pancreatic cancer, one of several cancers on the rise, according to a new report from the american cancer society. >> we're seeing a rise in cancers of the thyroid, cancers of the esophagus, cancer of the liver, cancer of the pancreas, and cancer of the throat. >> reporter: it's estimated there will be more than 1.6 million cases of cancer. and more than half a million will die in the u.s. this year alone. doctors say obesity, lack of exercise, and high caloric intake are part of the problem. >> there is some good news. cancer rates continue to decline in men and women when it comes to common cancers like

breast, lung, prostate and colorectal cancer. >> we're catching it earlier. we're catching the abnormal tissue earlier so they don't turn into cancer. >> reporter: thanks to this, he has kept his cancer in check for more than two years. >> this disease is very insidious, very silent. and that's why the death rate is so incredibly high. the survival rate is 5% after five years. >> reporter: but his hopes are high. he plans to be part of the 5%. in new york, alison harmelin, wjz eyewitness news. >> the american cancer society says that obesity may overtake smoking as the number 1 cause of cancer within the next decade. and still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. shark attack. the terrifying things witnesses see when a surfer is attacked in australia. students shot and killed. they open fire in a school hallway. a baltimore native premieres her first film in her home town.

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an 8th grader is shot by police. it happened at cummings middle school in brownsville, texas this morning. the school district said the officer confronted the 15-year- old suspect in the hallway and shot him when he wouldn't drop his woip. -- weapon. the students were taken to a nearby park to be picked up by their parents. no one else was hurt. there is no word on why the teen brought the gun to school. a department of corrections bus carrying nearly 20 inmates overturns on the highway in new york. no one was seriously hurt. but the bus driver was trapped for a short time. police say none of the inmates

even tried to escape. the prisoners were on their way to a medium security facility, following court appearances. there's no word on what caused the crash. another animal attack in australia in as many days. this time, a surfer survives a terrifying attack. it happened on the beach where two sharks were sighted. authorities are warning folks not to go in the water at dusk. >> the sun went down, ended here. the 28-year-old victim wheeled into the emergency department, conscious and talking, but noticing a deep jagged flesh wound on his arm. he survived what most fear the most. it happened here just before 8:00 p.m. these three teenagers were among the first on scene. >> the shock brought on his board. >> his arm was up? >> the shark just took a chunk out of his arm. >> reporter: leading from the arm, the surfer passed back to

shore. >> i see the man. and we could see the bone and the arteries. so it was really quite deep. >> reporter: they used the surf board to try to control the bleeding and kept him calm until emergency crews arrived. >> he had a number of puncture wounds. >> reporter: experts believe it could have been a bronze whaler, recently sighted at a nearby beach. >> at dusk, surfers are aware that is a shark-feeding time. >> officials say there will be patrolling in that area, looking for the shark. well, switching gears. a good afternoon on wall street. after a slow morning, stocks picked up in the last few hours of trading. dow up. s&p up just a fraction.

nasdaq down just a fraction. let's go to new york now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. boeing will close its massive defense plants in wichita, kansas late next year. it's a huge blow to wichita, which will lose over 2,000 at the facility. it also hopes for an additional 7500 jobs that boeing plans to bring to the city with its air force contract. 2011 was a good year for u.s. autopakers. -- automakers. chrysler's sale jumped 26% last year. general motors sales rose 14%. and ford sales climbed 11%. consumers feel confident about the economy. in all, u.s. auto sales were up nearly 10%, compared to 2010. consumers continue to shop in full force, even after christmas. a trade group says retail sales jumped more than 5% in the final week of december. a rise in the use of gift

cards, mild weather and a federal holiday on monday, all contributed to the spike in sales. and yahoo has a new boss. former pay pal president scott thompson will take over as its ceo. the company has been under fire since assessment after it fired carol boss. that's the latest for more, go to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. she grew up in baltimore and is now on her way to making feature films. monique griego has more on a new project from a local filmmaker. >> reporter: 29-year-old angel williams has dreamed of making movies since she was a little girl growing up in baltimore. >> my dad bought one of those really heavy shoulder vhs cameras when i was around that age. and i picked it up. and i think then i knew that i wanted to do something with film or video. >> reporter: after years of school and working on small- time projects, williams finally

had the budget and resources to make the christmas tree. >> in terms of skill and story, it's the biggest, most elaborate project that av made to date. -- i've made to date. >> the christmas project is a tour with her daughter after her parents are separated. the movie, which involves love and loss, screens for the first time at landmark east. >> it was the first time i saw the film with an audience of my peers. and my family, my mother. >> then yesterday, right before the movie screening, williams learned the christmas tree had been accepted into the pan american film festival, which is the largest african american film festival in the united states. >> hopefully after the festival circuit, you know, maybe picked up for distribution or something, that's the hope. >> reporter: williams also has another mission. >> to make a future.

for a director future. >> she hopes the christmas tree gives her the exposure to get her there. >> williams is a university of maryland graduate and is currently getting a masters in fine arts from columbia. >> i think she'll be able to do that. i want to see this. still to come on eyewitness news at 4:00. >> i'm mike schuh in towson. putting the brakes on those who drive around stop signs at schools. what they are doing. the coroner who conducted the autopsy on the little girl speaks out. there is a big chill in maryland. but there's warmer weather in the 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. ,,,, 3q

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shorts? >> a sweatshirt. i said, you can't go out of the house like that. he just walked on by. he's a teenager. >> i was going to say, that's the operative word there. a teenager. >> i said whatever. you freeze. >> well, hopefully you wore a little more out of the house today. you definitely needed it. the wind chill not quite as drastic. it shifted around from the west and southwest, which brought in a little bit of a break. but right now, they're coming in again from the north. right now, 31 degrees at dbw -- b wr i mark. -- bwi marshall. every time we have the winds to the west, they're bringing in colder, canadian air. it's tapped into the source. barometer is rising. high pressure is down just to our south. it's going to grip our forecast as we move into the next day or so. and that's going to help with these temperatures going up just a little. 27 now in oakland.

32 in cumberland. 32 in ocean city. as we mentioned a little while ago, if you're anywhere where the temperature is up to freezing, that's one of the warmer spots on the map. 32 now in rock hall. then we get down to 31 in columbia. 29 in westminster. winds are coming in with a bit of a southerly component around d.c. we did see a bit of a shift around noontime hour, to the west and southwest. that helped to bring the temperatures up just a little bit. clouds have been blocking out the sun. but with this northerly component, we're tapping into those temperatures up around canada and around the arctic. it's the reason that every bit of precipitation is coming down in the form of light snow. most of this, though, because the air is so dry, you saw the dew point around 7, is evaporating. disappearing as had hits the -- it hits the ground. cloud cover, they are still not ruling it out. but the high pressure to our south is going to eventually

bring in a little more sunshine as we head into the next few days. we'll start to break the cycle of this tie-in, we'll say, to the great lakes. the low that is responsible for that is moving across canada. so all of this, as that low moves out, will start to move away. so we'll see warmer air. we'll call it mild air. temperatures tomorrow will get closer to our average, which is about 42 degrees. and for the next few days, heading into the weekend, we go back up around 50. your sunset today, officially at 4:58. high tide at fort mchenry, at 2:56 in the morning. mostly cloudy with a flurry or so possible tonight. we'll call it a ray rice. 27 degrees tonight. partly sunny, not quite as cold. 44 degrees. that is -- i know who 44 is on the ravens. that is daunte leech. yeah. so we have a ravens prime time forecast. >> and they were together last night over at power point live. >> okay. nice. >> this forecast was meant for

them. >> well, they are a team. vaunty blocks, ray runs. there you go. i like that they're together. time for a brand new episode of csi. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. and scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. there's new research in the war against cancer. and we will hear from two young survivors about their lives and their futures after treatment. that's tonight, on the cbs evening news. want to lose weight? in healthwatch, the easiest diets that get the best results. royal mystery. some new details about the bodies found on queen elizabeth's state. difficult finish. hear more from former gop candidate michele bachmann, about her decision to bow out of the race. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues wi

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it is 4:29. 31 degrees and mostly cloudy. hello. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. vic is off today. and here's what people are talking about. the field for the gop presidential nomination gets less crowded. after a disappointing finish in iowa, michele bachmann is ending her campaign. susan mcginnis reports from wjz with the latest from des moines. >> reporter: michele bachmann is dropping out of the republican presidential race. >> the people of iowa spoke with a very clear voice. and so i have decided to stand aside. >> the minnesota congresswoman finished 6th in the iowa caucuses, beating only john huntsman, who did not campaign here. >> i have no regrets, none whatsoever. we never compromised our principles. and we can leave this race knowing that we ran it with utmost integrity. >> bachman was the surprise

winner of an iowa straw poll last summer. she was the first woman to ever win that contest, but she could not hold onto that momentum. her momentum lost strength being with rick perry's entrance into the race. the 55-year-old lawmaker says she'll keep fighting for her conservative values and to overturn many of president president obama's initiatives, including healthcare reform. >> our country is in very serious trouble. and that this might be the last election to turn the nation around. >> reporter: rick santorum, newt gingrich, and rick perry, will now be courting bachman's conservative supporters. in des moines, iowa, wjz eyewitness news. >> bachman's campaign manager says she has no time frame or candidate in mind for an endorsement. a murder mystery continues to unfold on the state of queen elizabeth. >> denise, sunday, the body was found in the woods, three miles

from the home where the royal family tradition celebrates christmas. they have apparently been in the woods for four months. police have not identified the woman. but today, they said she appears to be between the ages of 15 and 23. the investigation is focus on women who have gone missing in recent months in that area. police are hoping dna samples will provide a break in that case. >> queen elizabeth and her husband, prince phillip, were at the estate, when the body was found. the coroner in the high- profile death of a florida toddler speaks about the case. last year, casey anthony was acquitted in the murder case against her daughter caylee. caravia said that she still believes it was a homicide. the revelations came during an interview with dr. drew, on hln. 16 people are recovering today, after a bus crashes into a street sweeper in oklahoma.

the sweeper was traveling at a low speed on the interstate overnight, when the bus changed lanes and slammed into the back of the vehicle. police say it appears the bus driver simply wasn't paying attention. none of the injuries suffered during the crash are considered life-threatening. now, the students are back in school for the most part, after the holiday break. bus drivers report more murderrists, ignoring their stop signs and flashing lights. as mike schuh reports, that has place stepping in. >> reporter: when driver joe bryant heads out in the school bus, he's sure a scene like this one, captured on you tube, will play out. a motorist, ignoring and driving around the stop sign and flashing lights. [ siren ] >> it was just about every day that you can see this happening. not only with me but other buses and all. all the drivers and all. >> every day? >> every day. >> reporter: it happens so on, he simply doesn't trust motorists. one day, joe saw a car passing

on the right. >> yes. i have [ inaudible ] >> reporter: besides the obvious safety implications of ignoring this sign, it could also mean your license and a lot of money, up to 3 points and $600. >> this is something we do as a rolling enforcement situation. >> reporter: in other words, police are stepping up their enforcement. >> reporter: our officers, our enforcement details are in marked vehicles. and they are still observing drivers passing these school buses. >> reporter: as for joe, you don't have to remind him what's really at stake. >> once these kids get on the bus. >> county police won't say when they will end their enforcement efforts. so far, they've written nearly 300 tickets in the past few months. an elementary school student dies from an allergic reaction to me -- peanuts. emergency officials were called to the school. they found 7-year-old amara johnson in cardiac arrest and

she later died at the hospital. the child's mother now wants to know how her daughter got a hold of the peanut product. if one of your new year's resolutions is to shed a few pounds, a new look at diets. >> u.s. news and world reports have listed the easiest to follow. weight watchers took the top spot. followed by jenny craig, mediterranean and slim fast. each talked about fullness and taste. although -- weight watchers' ranking was boosted by the monitoring of food intake, and allowing the occasional guilty pleasure. back to you, denise. >> i like those. >> weight watchers was also ranked as the best weight loss diet and best commercial plan. for the first time, a woman

will lead one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations based here in baltimore. carolyn woo will head the catholic relief. she previously served as the dean of the business school at the university of notre dame. a bitterly cold afternoon, with temperatures hovering around freezing much of the day. live look outside. plenty of cloud cover outside right now. bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> coldest day since actually last february. which wasn't a particularly cold year this year. but this cold snap has a few clouds with it. this evening, maybe a few flurries around the region. doesn't look like a squall situation. won't be coming down quick and hard like it did yesterday. but a fewuary -- few areas will see a few changes this week. believe it or not, a warming trend is coming our way. it was 13 at the airport.

last february 9th, it was 13 as well. 6 this morning as well. 15, oakland city. 17 in washington. right now, it's warmed up to 31. never even got to freezing today. good news is, i guess -- good news or bad news, depending on your perspective, 10 degrees warmer, beginning tomorrow. denise? >> all right. that is good news to me, bob. thanks. let's check in with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, denise. hi, everyone. we have an accident that we're watching northbound 95. it's at 216. watch out for a backup in that direction. as far as the beltway goes, slowing there from york road to charles street. average speed about 35 miles an hour. on the west side inner loop, moving pretty well, except for a minor slowdown. and as far as accidents go, in glen burnie, oakwood road at oak manor. south caton avenue in strickland. we still have a water main break that could cause icy

conditions. and cockeysville, an accident just reported. cranbrook road at east pedonia. let's now take a live look. you can see, everything moving just fine there at spaghetti junction. does look like volume is beginning to pick up. this report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffer aired -- suffered a personal injury, call them. the ravens launch a new program to connect with some of the team's youngest fans. children in the baltimore area can now send letters of encouragement to the team, using special purple mailboxes. every wednesday, during the play-offs, their letters will be picked up and posted in the cafeteria, at the training facility in owings mills. and wjz will show you some of those letters coming up at 5:00. the ravens have their week off. they'll be back in action a week from sunday when they will be playing in denver. you can see that game live here

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november forward, go to plaintiffs' lawyers. millions of gallons of crude leaked into the gulf. in the aftermath of a shocking allegation. faculty arive going staff and alumni a chance to air their opinion. forums will give students and alumni a chance to ask questions about the jerry sandusky case. he is accused of sexually assaulting young boys he met through his charity. those wishing to attend must register online. denise? >> thank you, andrea. the scandal led to the firing of coach joe paterno and the resignation of the school president. loved ones gather to remember three little girls killed in a fire christmas day.

a private wake was held this afternoon, for 10-year-old lily and 7-year-old twins, grace and sarah. the girls died, along with their grandparents, when fire swept through their mansion. hot embers discarded outside the home sparked the fire. the children apparently swept the fireplace cleaned, worried that santa would get burned. signs of the report tonight. richard thompson reports reports from eatonville, washington on the memorial being planned. >> a small memorial stands at the entrance to mount rainier, on the day we learned a critical response team arrived at the park and met with the entire staff to work and support them in their grief. meantime, police officers continue to stand and watch outside the eaton home. i've learned family friends are meeting in eatonville tonight, to organize a memorial, vigil, and family fund for the family.

and they are not alone. >> we're doing whatever we can to try to help out. >> at the mount rainier dining company, they have put up a sign, honoring ranger outside. and inside, a donation jar for the family. but they've also created what they call a ranger burger, in honor of anderson and 20% of those proceeds will go to their family. so far, response has been good. >> well, people are really caring. and they feel so bad. >> she was a generous person, a loving person. >> reporter: among those, ashford's fire chief. who worked with the department to build his respond time. then they were called to respond to the shooting death. >> a huge loss for us, for the parks department, for the national park service in general. >> reporter: anderson worked at the cno canal for several years before being transferred to washington state. a texas shopping center is dealing with an invasion of loud, messy birds.

they are called, whackles. and they're forcing shoppers to duck for cover. shop owners say they are hurting business. they can move into places where they are being forced out in other spots. business owners hope the birds will be gone come spring. cold temperatures in florida have farmers worried. they're focused on how to keep their crops frozen for the least amount of time. their biggest weapon against the cold is water. >> they're turning on the pumps. to protect the produce. >> brings the warm water out of the ground to spray it under the trees. and that creates a fog. >> reporter: third generation citrus farmer justin sole says that fog, created through irrigation lines should raise the temperature in the grove an estimated 3 to 5 degrees. but if it freezes for a long time, it could impact his bottom line.

>> what will happen is, if it gets too cold, it will burst those vessels, creating juice. and that will immediately freeze. so what you'll end up doing is losing the entire orange. >> reporter: the water will flow all night into the early morning. until temperatures reach above freezing. he says the more protection, the better, as these trees only produce fruit once a year. >> we need to do our best to keep it on there and keep it protected until such a time that we come and harvest it and take it onto the processing plant. >> reporter: he says he is also worried about the trees getting a shock from the cold. >> they go down to 20 degrees in about three days is going to be a shock. so we just hope key kiwi can -- we can get the water running, get the irrigation running, get the water nice and warm in here, and keep the temperatures up as much as we can, and pray that it doesn't get as cold. >> reporter: that was rachel ra fanelli reporting. if the crops are frozen for four hours, it can cause

damage. and six hours, can cause damage to the actual tree. captain mike perry has more. >> we have a carbon monoxide incident in the 1100 block of winchester street. this is in west baltimore. fire officials called here a short time ago, reference to a possible carbon monoxide poisoning. they checked and found carbon monoxide levels inside at 700 parts per million. they were evaluating at this time, six patients from inside the middle of row home. it's not clear if any of those will be transported to a local area hospital. as you can see, fire officials remain on the scene. there was a report of a possible generator being utilized in the basement. and that may be the cause of the carbon monoxide. it's unclear whether any of these counties are affected. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, mike perry, in sky eye chopper 13. a man is on a mission in china.

he wants to make the streets safer for pedestrians. as you can see, this man, from finland, is boldly walking in the street and stopping the cars, to allow a man to cross the road. he says he wants he wants to remind drivers of the importance of obeying traffic rules and allowing people to cross safely. several pedestrians have been hit and killed in china, in recent months. that took some nerve. actor nick cannon is in the hospital, suffering minor kidney failure. his wife, singer maria carey -- mariah carey. carey posted this picture of the couple in the colorado hospital. well, not this picture. you're looking at video file of him there. carey is asking people to keep cannon in their thoughts. he is expected to recover fully. the tv show, the lion king wraps up its show here. it has already brought in $1.5 million in ticket sales. that's the most any broadway show has made at the

hippodrome. final tallies are expected to show more than $6 million in ticket sales with more than 62,000 people attending. it is a dry, very cold wednesday afternoon. but there's change in the air. and bob turk has the updated first warnin,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, that looks pretty. but it's cold out there. >> it certainly felt like snow all day. really did. we do have a few flurries around. maybe you'll see a few flurries today. it won't be like yesterday's snow squalls that hit portions of carroll, baltimore and harford county. but maybe a few flurries this evening. take a look at temps. it's only cold enough for precipitation to be frozen. 31. the dew point, but the air is so dry. it's tough to get flakes in that. dew point at seven degrees. north winds at 6. it's holding steady. right now, 27, oakland. 26, hagerstown. just freezing, ocean city, patuxent, and d.c., 28 in elkton. upper 20s to the freezing mark as you can see.

and yes, we saw some ice. but it takes at least a week of below-freezing temperatures and the ponds have to be at least four inches thick to go ice skating. don't even venture out on any bodies of water until we have had that kind of weather. and we're not going to see that in the near future. because we have a warmup coming, actually tonight. 31/14 this morning. the average is 42/25. record 70 in 2000 and 4 above zero in 1918. right now, a light north wind at 6. we're really not looking at a wind chill. but it will have a breeze. a weak front comes through the area. does have some cloud cover. actually, warmer air is trying to move in over top of this chilly air. and that's radar showing maybe a few flakes. doesn't look like a big hill. but you might see a few flakes yet this evening. the widescale. you can see in the atlantic ocean, the water is warm. the cold air coming in right

over the atlantic ocean. the gulf stream forms clouds right out there. all the way down to florida. this morning, naples was 36 degrees. not too far from the orange groves. fort myers was 34. they did have freezing temperatures, central florida. many spots were around 30 to 32 degrees this morning. now, to the west of this, some clouds with this weak system. behind us, there's actual air building. 10 degrees warmer than today. even warmer on friday and the weekend looks right now, very mild. maybe some showers here on sunday. but you can see the radar showing some light flurry activity possible around the region. there's that weak front coming through. milder air coming in tomorrow and friday. and a much milder weekend back in the 50s, friends. west winds, maybe gusting to 20 knots. bay temp around 41 degrees. tonight, lots of clouds. maybe a few flurries. but warmer than last night. 27, that's above average. tomorrow, 44. still above average, with

partly sunny skies, all day long. won't be a bad day. a little breezy. does feel a little chilly. >> thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. caught on camera. i'm mike hellgren, in east baltimore, at the spot with where this video shows a police officer being attacked. i'll have the story behind the video. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. i wanted it to be special. oh, what's this? it's progresso's new loaded potato with bacon. mmm, it's good. honey, i love you and... oh my gosh, oh my gosh..

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office. i'll explain straight ahead. check in for more on these stories and all of the day's breaking news. eyewitness news at 5:00 starts right now. the story behind the incredible video of the man who lunges at a baltimore city police officer. >> what happened next and who got away. >> hi, everybody. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> tackled on the job. a city police officer ambushed, trying to make an arrest in east baltimore. now his attacker is behind bars. wjz is live at city police headquarters. mike hellgren is there and explains how this chaotic scene unfolded. mike? >> reporter: kai,