welcome to wjz news. a 40-year-old man was thrown the the ground after he assaulted a miser and disorderly conduct. more testimony today in baltimore county. we have more from inside the courtroom. good afternoon. we have heard from several witnesses the morning and the state could rest by as soon as this afternoon and then a jury will decide if a 26-year-old man was part of a gang rape of a girl half his age. the 26-year-old could spend the rest of his life in prison if convicted of the many sex charges he is facing.

the girl was 12 and was inside the skating rink. >> the girl pointed towards him. >> this is the door where she said they took her. >> the three men took her in the back room and forced her to have oral sex and inter course with them. the video showed her and her friend the arm of one man. >> he said that the sex was consensual. he add midd he told the police no one else was involved because he wanted to tell the truth because he was afraid. the only one that pled guilty to a sex offense and he will be

sentenced later in the month -- perry's attorney said none of his client's dna was found on the scene and an expert witness testifying now about why that does not rule him out. the skate rink was closed in 2010 after the arrest in that case. look outside, it is sunny this thursday and it is warmer than yesterday and chilly. we have a weekend approaching. let's go to marty bass in the out back and have more on the first morning weather center. good afternoon. we had the overcast sky, took some time to break that connection with the great lakes. we had light snow and an ice mix, but most did not make it to the ground and they hope there are the break-ins the

clouds. they move in and more and more sun and the temperatures are responding nicely and we are 44, just above the average high of 42 and 44 on the shore and 29 in oak hand and in the area, the temperatures in the upper 30s to the mid 40s and the 39 near rock hall. how long will this stick around or is it just a snap? >> on the floor to marty for more. this is not a forecast buster, these clouds will move on and the sunny thursday. it will be even nicer tomorrow. there is the pressure heading towards the great lakes and that will move this our way. how long will this last? let's lock at this graphic from this time next week. it is winter, it is january,

the artic will unload at some point, but look from now to next week, the air is coming from where? 55 in dallas and almost 50 in kansas city. we have some time to push away from the cold table. this is not the normal in the next few months. we have more on the nice details coming up. more details on this noon at the latest expansion at john hopkins. it will have two 12-story towers and have over 500 patient rooms and each will have an extra sleeping area for family. painting the town purple for the ravenings. the mayor is asking everybody to show their purple pride and put up purple where they can. the more purple, the better.

city hall is beaming with purple pride. we will have more on the game a week from sunday, jan scran 15th at 1:00 live right here on wjztroke z. don't forget on sunday, the pittsburgh steelers will be in denver and we will have that game right here at 4:30 on wjz. all eyes on that game. >> to see who will be here weekend after next. more on the drug task force in utah. a gunfight broke out and killed one officer and hurt others. a scandal, a man said he found a mouse inside a popular pepsi product and the defense is raising some eyebrows. a warmer thursday outside. the weather forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

. a police officer is hurt, five others hurt after a gun shoot out. a drug task force was serving a

warrant, shots rang out. the suspect had non life threatening injuries. the police shot and killed an 8th grader inside a school. they found the 15-year-old holding what happen to be a real gup and pined at them and would not drop it. it was a pellet gun. the father said he did not see anything wrong with his son the night before. a man said that he found a mouse inside a can he bought from a vending machine in i will noise. the defense is surprising. the contents would desolve the mouse because of the acid in the product -- what about your stomach! >> you wonder. coming up on wjz's noon

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. heat wave! (laughs). we get so many e-mails on the people that like the cold weather and you need that for the ski resorts and the snow and they really want the 20s and 30s. >> get in their car and -- >> if it will be cold, be cold. >> we are counting down, we figure every day with sunshine and no blizzard is one day closer to spring. >> i'm with you pgh >> reporter: we are at 44 and the heat wave? we are above the average high for today, 42 is the normal high and we have a few to go. the north west wind at 14 miles per hour and the high pressure is starting to take control of the forecast, the wind shifting slowly and it is west and north west, trying to shift southwest and as that happens, the milder temperatures will come in and pretty much the 40s and in

oakland, 29. 44 in ocean city and around the area, temperatures around there and reflecting the beautiful north west wind. the double digits over the state and the ten down in ocean city and 21 mile-per-hour winds in northeast maryland and 13 from cumber land. we don't have a major windchill today. the temperatures are in that 40 area, but it is keeping that connection with the great lakes and that is the reason for the light snow showers and maybe some sleet mixed in as it moved over the eastern shore and since that low is responsible for this and it is moving to the northeast, we broke that connection and at least the streaming moisture from the great lakes and we have seen the sunshine and the high pressure is building and we have the winds and the high moving in and the high will take over the forecast and until then rings we will deal

with these breedses. it will be several days before the next rain maker is here by the end of the weekend and start of next week and even then, the temperatures will be mild. a small craft advisory will be in effect for 6:00 p.m. clouds with sunshine. 25 tonight and cloudy and ten then the temperatures up around 50 as the heat wave is continuing. >> thank you. coming up on eyewitness news at noon, a report showing an increase of how many twins are being born in the united states. -- we are always on for you, here is what we are following on the web site, the updates with the day's news and the with the day's news and the first-morning forecast, go to ,,

. in today's health watch, in the last 30 years, the number of twins pinning born in the united states has made a significant jump. in 1980, one in every was a twin, now every 30 is a twin. the reason is said to be more

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the forecast all the way through monday. it will be mild before the normal above 42 and above the 25 during the night by many degrows. that is a great run at january weather. the line up this evening -- . this noon rings the bay watch star david has al h.o.v. is famous with the marine life. a new species of crab is called the h o f f. they will probably get a more sigh typhic name. >> the shirt is open and he has no chest hair! (laughs). where is it?

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