fight for florida. the campaign of 2012, on the sunshine state. >> what is expected to be a record turnout and how it could change the course of the race. >> hi, everybody. i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> the biggest primary election so far, and it's winner take it all. as danielle nottingham reports for wjz from tampa, right now, florida appears to be mitt romney's to lose. >> hi. i'm mitt romney. how are you? >> reporter: mitt romney picked up the phone at his tampa headquarters, working to secure his last-minute vote. romney reached primary day with momentum and a commanding lead, after he and his supporters spent more than $14 million on tv ads. the former massachusetts governor says he'll leave florida with some lessons learned. >> if you're attacked, i'm not just going to sit back. i'm going to fight back and fight back hard. >> reporter: romney and newt

gingrich have spent the last week, trading bitter jabs. gingrich predicts the nomination fight will go on for at least another six months. >> i think ultimately, it's going to come down to conservative versus massachusetts moderate. >> reporter: with unemployment at nearly 10% and a high foreclosure rate, a record number of florida republicans are expected to vote in the biggest primary contest so far. >> reporter: many people casting a ballot say they want a candidate who can turn the economy around. >> it takes somebody from the private sector to be able to get this economy going again. >> reporter: others want a candidate they believe has the best shot at winning the white house. francis dragnut thinks that's newt gingrich. >> i really like what he stands for. i think what we need now is somebody who is kind of a pit bull. >> reporter: 50 delegates are at stake tonight. the winner takes all of them. and the winner headed into the next round. in tampa, florida, danielle

nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> rick santorrum and ron paul planned speeches from nevada today. dramatically outspent in florida. they are focusing on the next caucus state. the debate over legalizing same-sex marriage heats up. both sides are fired up about the issue. derek valcourt is following this story from the newsroom. hi, derek. >> supporters of same-sex marriage rallied. it comes after hundreds of opponents gathered in front of the state house last night, calling on lawmakeirs to define- - lawmakers to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. today, they said the issue is not an assault on traditional marriage. >> my wife and i have been married 10 years this june. but there are people, hundreds of thousands of people in the state, tens of millions in this country, who will not, cannot find their soul mates in the opposite sex. according to the bible, the

very first chapter of genesis, they, too, were created in the very image of god. >> governor o'malley, who introduced legislation calling for same-sex marriage testified before a senate committee. >> much more on this controversial issue from both sides, coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. a massive police response from around the region, after several police chases end with a shootout. now, the man police say was at the center of it all is dead. wjz stays on the story. mike hellgren has new information. >> authorities tell wjz, this suspect threatened an officer, after a crash on the beltway. >> a violent morning, ended here at the patapsco village shopping center, where police shot and killed a man who they say repeatedly tried to get away from them and threatened to kill an officer. police tell wjz, it started around 2:00 a.m., when county officers tried to pull over a car on the beltway. the driver refused to stop, and ended up crashing at the

beltway on i-95. >> at that point, the individual, the suspect, began to encounter county officers. he began to engage the officer and fight. the suspect officer said he had a gun. >> reporter: authorities tell wjz that suspect then took off in the police cruiser. they tracked him a short distance away to a motel 6 on caton avenue, where they soon spotted an ed an suv speeding out of the parking lot. police say they were inside, along with others. >> the suv was spotted by police. a passenger jumped into the driver's seat and flees. >> that's when he headed to the patapsco shopping center and encountered police again. >> at that point, officers from baltimore county and anne arundel county, discharged their weapons and struck the suspect. >> he died at shock trauma. police did take the other two men into police custody, and they are being questioned. >> reporter: baltimore city

police is the lead investigating agency in this. and baltimore county police are assisting them. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> and state police say their troops helped secure several of the crime scenes this morning. right now, maryland police are looking for a brazen attempt that ended with one of the suspects dead. weijia jiang is follow e following this story from the newsroom. weijia? >> reporter: police say the five suspects were in a stolen pickup truck and were trying to steal a john deere tractor from a lowe's store. the suspects tried to flee. the pickup truck was struck by a passenger car. one person in the pickup truck was thrown out of the truck into a ditch. he died after being flown to a hospital in delaware. the other four men in the truck took off, and police are still looking for them just a short time ago, police identified the victim as david roland of elkton. kai? >> the person driving the passenger car was treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. disgraced a former prince

george's county executive, jack johnson, is getting a little more time before heading to prison. a judge has given him a two- week extension before he reports to officers. he was sentenced to seven years after being convicted in a widespread, federal corruption probe. johnson will surrender to authorities on february 18th. here's a question. is this the final day of january? or the final day of march? i cannot tell. it is another delightful spring- like day across the region, as you can see. some of the children are taking advantage of the playground at rogers force. that is the to the lot. the famous to the lot there. a live look outside right now. the question is, how much longer will this last? we get the answer from meteorologist bernadette woods in the first warning weather center. bern, just such a treat today. >> amazing. you do not get many days like this in the dead of winter. want to show you the numbers going along with that sunshine. it is 65 degrees outside right

now in baltimore. 66 in hagerstown. 50s all the way down to ocean city, where it's a little cooler because of the water being cooler. but interior parts of the state, all in the 60s. and look at the change this time today, as compared to yesterday. we are 20 degrees warmer. and most cases, at least 10 to 20 degrees warmer than we were at this point yesterday. that is also over 20 degrees above average. we're going to have those numbers coming up in the rest of your forecast shortly. while we are enjoying mild winter here in this area, in the mid-atlantic, it's a much different story in parts of europe. a severe freezing snap. rita nissan reports from london. >> reporter: people are bundling up and battling the bitter cold across eastern europe. this woman in poland says, i have gloves and a warm cap. i can manage. but dozens have died of hypothermia over the past few days. many were homeless people on the streets.

in the ukraine, temperatures plunge close to minus 30, the coldest in six years. officials are warning people to stay inside. they opened jim nase jums for shelter. -- gymnasiums for shelter. handed out hot floods on -- foods on the streets and gave out blankets. heaters at bus stops offered some comfort. freezing temperatures are causing cars to break down in poland. plows filled with snow and there's more on the way. forecasters say the extreme weather will keep battering through the end of the week. rita nissan, wjz eyewitness news. >> at least 58 people have died from the cold over the last few weeks. dozens from hypothermia. >> i hope we'll come back to this region. talk about our roads tonight. here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. you are seeing a bit of a delay out there, around the beltway. if you're traveling on the north side outer loop, slowing there from york road to charles

street. on the north side inner loop, stop and go from bel air to 95. not too bad, though. only about 15 minutes to get through. and if you're traveling on the west side inner loop, slowing around to security boulevard. as far as 95 goes, moving well in the northbound direction, just a minor slowdown southbound as you make your way towards the beltway. and taking a look at our overall travel times on the outer loop, from 83 to 95, 4 to 8 miles per hour average the and only 13 minutes to get through. let's take a live look. as you can see, we have a bit of a delay. that's a look at the beltway, just west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm. or go online for your free consultation. back to you. still ahead at 4:00. lost records of history. >> i wish to god that there was nothing i could do. and i wanted to tell you.

>> dramatic new audio tapes from the day president kennedy was assassinated. what they reveal about a possible conspiracy. marine mystery. dozens of dolphins, stranding themselves on one beach. why it has scientists so baffled. learning with technology. how a mobile classroom on a bus is helping students go to college. i'm an descra fujii. -- andrea fujii. that's just ahead on eyewitness news. fantastic tuesday afternoon. stick around for the updated first warning forecast. ,,,, on my journey across america,

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arrested by officers. two men are nearly killed in a disturbing crime in new york. the men were hit by a falling shopping cart at this shopping center in mont haven. both were struck right in the head, and doctors say they are lucky to be alive. police say someone pushed the cart off the third floor of the parking garage. there are witnesses, and they're hoping they will come forward with more information. a similar story happened last year, just like this one. >> i remember it. well, more than 100 dolphins have now stranded themselves along cape cod this month. and the number is growing. rescuers there say it's just about the worst they've ever seen. scientists are still looking for answers. >> reporter: the alarming number of beached dolphins, along a 25-mile stretch of cape cod, continues to baffle scientists for a third straight week. >> on monday, three more dolphins were cited, approaching the shore. two swam away, unharmed. but this one got too close to

the beach. rescuers from animal welfare jumped in. the animal later died. and along with three other carcasses over the weekend, the number now stands at 102. about the same number seen over the course of an entire year. >> if i asked you right now why this is happening, what would your answer be? >> i don't know. >> reporter: marine biologist, misty nemyer has been examining the dolphins that did not survive, looking for clues. >> one thing it might tell us is if all of these animals do look healthy, then we know they were a healthy group of dolphins, that was more likely something geographic or weather- related. not emergency or toxins or things like that. >> reporter: two dozen of those dolphins were saved and safely released back into the ocean, with electronic tags. scientists like brian sharp are now tracking their movements. >> is this the most intense two- week period of your career? >> it's been about the most

intense. we've had a few strandings like this past week. but this has been pretty intense, as far as the number of animals that turned up dead in a short amount of time. >> that video provided by the international fund for animal welfare. a rocky day on wall street. [ stock bells ringing ] >> reporter: the markets have been down for most of the day. dow was down 21. s&p is down a point. nasdaq is up 2. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. stocks closed out their best january in more than a decade. an unexpected drop in consumer confidence dragged stocks lower early in the day. confidence slipped after two months of gains, as gas prices picked up. and more americans said jobs were hard to get. the housing market continues to struggle. u.s. home prices fell for a third straight mont in nearly every major city during

november. a trade group says the biggest declines were in atlanta, chicago, and detroit. phoenix was the only major city to show an increase in home prices in november. toy maker mattel says strong demand for barbie ask monster high dolls boosted profits. quarterly owner earnings rose a better than expected 14%. mattel holds his shares of dividends. and stopping full congressional insiding. the legislation known as stock act, prohibits trading stock based on nonpublic information they obtained in congressional work. this came after a report in 60 minutes showed how members of congress were allowed to make stock deals that would have been illegal for anyone else. that's your money watch. for more, be sure to stay with cbs money watch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. trading in the old for the new. in this wjz school watch

report, andrea fujii shows us how high-tech learning is transforming a city classroom. >> so long shawk board. welcome to the age of the tablet. >> they're more engaged than ever before. and they're actually learning a lot more. >> thanks to a partnership with verizon pireless, reginald lewis high school is actually trying to engage students. about 150 students are using the thin computer in spanish class. >> if i can do this, it will be better for me. i can understand and i won't be lost inside the class. >> reporter: and tablets help them prepare for the s.a.t. >> we're learning new stuff, new words never heard of before. and new strategies to do better on the s.a.t. >> reporter: studies show that increase in the use of mobile learning devices improved academic achievements. >> reporter: a couple of years ago, only about 40% went on to

college from this high school. but with help from this program, they hope to raise that number to 60. >> i believe that this is going to lead to at least a 200 to 500-point swing on the s.a.t. >> reporter: junior malacava, aspires to be an attorney. she believes this step is the first step to getting her there. >> in order to get to the college i want, i need a higher s.a.t. score for me. and i need to know more and try my best. >> reporter: andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> along with tutoring help from morgan state students, the mobile learning lab also travels to three other city high schools. coming up at 4:00. >> how can i handle work on a day like today? >> bueller? that's right. ferris bueller takes another day off. a sneak preview at some of this year's hottest super bowl commercials. twist of fate. a man arrested after calling 911. wait until you hear why.

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ah. that what you would like to say? >> that's what i'd like to say. ah. >> it does not get better than this in january. >> just can't. it is so gorgeous. >> just a reminder to you all, it is the last day of january, which is so hard to tell, when you walk outside, because it is just gorgeous out there right now. as far as temperatures go, want to show you where we topped out so far today. 65 degrees. that is over 20 degrees above average. pretty close to that record of 69. but not quite there. and we started out the day at 30. so way above average. you can see in the 20s and also the record, 4 degrees. soar we far off -- we're so far off of that. take a look at these numbers around the state. it's very impressive. 66 in hagerstown.

even 60s in the mountains. 65 in oakland. as far as our temperatures go, compared to yesterday, we were 10 to 20 degrees above where we were at this point yesterday. we're going to stay in the 60s again tomorrow because of the southwesterly wind. it is bringing up incredibly mild air. in chicago right now, in january, it is 56 degrees. even 40 in minneapolis. we near the 70s in dallas. and that's all of the air that is moving in our direction, at least for one more day. it's all because of a cold front. now, that front will bring in clouds and a chance for a couple of showers during the day tomorrow. here's where they are right now. there's just not a whole lot to it. but it will pick up moisture as it moves in our direction. expect the clouds to really start thickening overnight. and take over tomorrow, with a couple of showers around. but we are still going to be in the 60s. now, when that front clears us, later on thursday, we will start to see those temperatures come back down. but we will see another chance for showers thursday before that happens. when it does happen, though, here comes that cooler air as we head toward the weekend. so the forecast looks like this.

enjoy the warm weather right now. southwest winds again tomorrow at 5 to 10 knots. we are only dropping down to around 40 degrees overnight. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. chance for a couple of showers with more clouds around tomorrow. 62 for our high. even though we get those clouds coming in, even though we have the chance for showers, we are back in the 60s again tomorrow. and wait until you see this graphic we have coming up at 5 quloak and 6:00. we were going over some of the numbers. because this is just incredible this time of year. >> right. >> there have been more days in the 50s and 60s than in the 30s and 40s. >> hooray. that is a graphic i like. right? >> we're setting records just from that alone. >> yes. it's just incredible. >> we'll have those numbers coming up for you. >> thanks, bern. don't miss the cbs primetime lineup. it's an episode of the unforgettable. followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. a new study is raising important -- important

questions about a surgery for breast cancer. we'll find out why many patients needed to go back under the knife. tonight on the cbs evening news. disturbing allegations. an abortion doctor, charged with murder here in maryland. why his attorneys say the charges should be thrown out. ending the search. crews no longer look for victims of the cruise ship disaster in italy. highway horror. the dramatic 911 calls from a massive pileup in florida. eyewitness news continues with denise and vic right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 6:30. sunny and 65 degrees. hello, everybody. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. >> i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. >> frantic calls released. police released the calls made after a 21-car pileup.

police still have a lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: among the outstanding questions from the i-75 pileup, why the smoky highway was reopened when disaster followed within minutes. >> i think there was another crash. >> reporter: drivers in 22 cars and trucks headed blindly into a mix of fog and smoke, and a series of collisions and fire balls. >> oh, my gosh. >> yes. another one. oh, my goodness. this is bad. >> how many vehicles have been involved that you have seen so far? >> we cannot see now. we cannot see. >> reporter: burt thomas remembers driving and suddenly all he saw was blackness. >> i stuck my hand out my window, and i could not see my bracelet. >> but he could hear the thuds of collisions. >> how many crashes. >> i thought i heard three vehicles hit. >> clear sound of impact? >> clear sound of impact. never heard any squeals, no brakes employs. >> here comes another one. see? there it goes. >> reporter: another unanswered question. what started the marsh fire near the highway that caused

all of the smoke? >> the two things we know is it was not from a prescribed or controlled burn because there was no prescribed or controlled burn in the area. >> reporter: if the marsh fire was intentionally set, this could become a criminal case, arson amongst other charges. 10 people were killed. >> reporter: four years ago, a smoky pileup killed four people. any similarities between that one and this one become something for investigators to explore, along i-75 disaster zone. mark strausman, gainesville, florida. >> reporter: the florida highway patrol is still trying to identify three people killed in the crash. crews in italy are ending their search for missing passengers in a wrecked cruise ship in italy. kai jackson is in the newsroom to explain more than a dozen people are still unidentified. >> emergency crews say they had to stop searching the submerged portion of the costa concordia cruise ship. the ship ran aground more than

two weeks ago. 17 people were kill would. 16 other passengers are-- killed. 16 other passengers are missing. italian place say they have informed relatives and those representing the missing passengers of their decision. >> the ship's captain is now charged with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship. pieces of history, released for the very first time. nearly a half century after the assassination of president john f. kennedy. conversations between air force one and washington have been uncovered. bill plant has the story for wjz. >> roger, roger, i'm going to put mrs. rose kennedo the-- kennedy on the line now. >> mr. kennedy and his wife lady bird attempted to console her. >> imented to tell you that we're grieving with you. >> thank you very much. i gotta go. [ indiscernible ] >> all right.

[ indiscernible ] >> reporter: secretary of state dean rusk and other cabinet members were over the pacific in an aircraft, code-named wayside. they had just turned back from a trip to asia, where the white house confirmed their worst fears. >> we have reports quoting that the president is dead, that he died about 35 minutes ago. >> reporter: the full audio of transmissions from white house communications that day includes 42 minutes, edited out of the original, public version. it's likely to pique the interest of conspiracy theorists who are already asking why this material was out of the original. >> i doubt these tapes will put the conspiracy theory to rest. they just can't accept the proposition that a lone wolf, someone as dysfunctional as lee harvey oswald, could have carried out this assassination of the president. >> reporter: at the end of that fateful day, the body of the

new president was carried out. and the new president made a promise to the nation. >> i will do my best. that is all i can do. i ask for your help. >> two days after the arrest, lee harvey oswald was shot and killed during a jail transfer. lawyers for a doctor here in maryland want charges tossed out. and mary is in the newsroom to explain why. >> reporter: lawyers for dr. steven brigham argued that prosecutors lacked jurisdiction in the case because the death occurred in new jersey. the 55-year-old is accused of starting late-term abortion and then having the women come to cecil county to complete the procedure. his attorney says because the procedures began in new jersey, maryland attorneys don't have jurisdiction. they also argue he is immune from prosecution under maryland's fetal homicide law, because using it against an

abortion doctor, interferes with a woman's constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. denise, back to you. >> brigham and a second doctor from utah are free on bond. baltimore city police are looking for a man who robbed an inner harbor hotel. take a look at surveillance pictures of the suspect. he held this up saturday evening. police believe he is in his 40s, about 5'7" tall. anyone with information should call police. anne arundel county residents who have residents against them may not get their refunds. they are asking to deny state refunds until those people get their legal matters cleared up. he says it will encourage people facing warrants from minor crimes to clear them up. it is the final day of january. but it certainly does not feel like it. a live look outside right now. absolutely incredible. i mean, it feels like spring. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> well, the updated numbers, a

little while ago, we actually touched 66. that is normal for april the 20th, believe it or not. take a look at the numbers right now around this date. we're still at 65. 65 in washington. 66, hagerstown. the only cool spots, up in the higher elevations, oakland, 54. ocean city with the breeze off the water at 53 degrees. that 65 today is now 20 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this same hour. 25 degrees warmer in hagerstown. reminder, our normal high today, the last day of january, is 42 degrees. we will not see that in the next 5 days. i'm pretty sure of that. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin. hope you have good news as well. >> definitely not as good of news as bob has. but traffic is slightly lighter than normal. if you're traveling on the west side inner loop, we still have delays there from 70 to security boulevard. north side inner loop, about 10 to 15 minutes there, from york

road to charles street. and the inner loop, heavy there from york road around to dulaney valley. as far as 95 goes, just a couple of disabled vehicles there, bothering traffic. in the northbound direction, one at whitemarsh boulevard, and southbound at route 22, that one blocking the right- hand lane. and as far as accidents go, southbound on the bw parkway, a crash there on 195. and in baltimore city, we're watching an accident there, east preston street at st. paul. let's now take a live look. you can see, things are beginning to thin out a bit on west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm. or visit them online at cochranfirm.com for your free consultation. for many years, super bowl advertisers like to hide their commercials until the big game. but now, companies are happy to reveal those ads ahead of time. as seth doan tells us, a movie maker and actor are setting the

tone. >> oh, yeah ♪ >> reporter: it's hardly a ferrari. but we've all got to grow up someday, right? >> how can a handle work on a day like this? >> reporter: four years ago, they got a glimpse of matthew broderick reprising his role as ferris bueller. >> i'm taking the day off. >> a high school hero. >> broderick. >> that 10-second clip, part of the new super bowl ad for the crv, generated a ton of buzz. more than a million ferris fans viewed it online. >> it really is tapping into the nostalgia of that character. everybody wanted to be ferris when they saw that movie. >> shake it up baby, now ♪ >> everybody wanted to be that guy or date that guy. >> how could i resist? >> yesterday, the car company released a full 2 1/2-minute version of the ad, stoking this ferris frenzy. entertainment weekly's kristen baldwin said this commercial is

already cutting through the clutter of super bowl sunday. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: trying to capitalize on all of the attention paid to advertising in the weeks leading up to the big game, companies will release around fan to 20 of -- 15 to 20 of these so-called preteaser ads ads online. >> the super bowl is no longer one day anymore. it's what we call rolling thunder. there's an opportunity for the lightning to strike with a pre- teaser ad. then we can carry that brand experience all the way up to the game and after the game. >> the brand experience. well, commercial slots can cost $6 million per minute for the super bowl. but it's worth it. because more than 110 million people are expected to watch the game. >> i wonder if little darth vader will be back. >> i don't know. that was a cute commercial. straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. breast cancer is a scary diagnosis for many women. why so many end up needing more than one mastectomy. she's not winning any mother of the year contest.

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a los angeles elementary schoolteacher is behind bars, accused of molesting dozens of his students. police in california say 61- year-old mark burnt took bondage photos of more than 80 current and former students, some as young as 7 years old. more than 350 pictures were discovered in his home, depicting children blindfolded and duct tape. he is being held on $2 million bail. in ohio, police make an arrest, after they say a woman got high on heroin, with her 3- year-old daughter in the back seat. investigators say a friend found the 24-year-old unconscious, behind the wheel

of her car, with her daughter crying for help. police responded, and they were able to revive her. the woman was arrested and released on bond. her child is now staying with relatives. call it an error in judgment. an ohio teenager hangs up on an emergency dispatcher and ends up in jail. derek valcourt explains why the teen should have thought twice before dialing 911. >> dialing 911 is not usually a serious offense, unless there is already a warrant out for your arrest. that's exactly what happened this time, when police say the teen called 911 just to make sure his phone worked. when he hung up, officers checked out the address, realized who he was, and broke out the handcuffs. relatives say it's all a misunderstanding. >> he did nothing whereon. -- wrong. >> didn't do anything wrong at all? >> no. >> he didn't have a contempt for court? >> he didn't know he had a court date. >> police had been looking for the teen for the last three months, vic.

>> whoops. okay. thank you. the 18-year-old was fined and released to continue his probation. secretary of state hillary clinton is at the united nations in an attempt to end the violence in syria. the plan calls on president asad to step down. but as dwurty -- duarte jiraldino reports -- >> reporter: hillary clinton to back the ouster of syrian president. werners are calling-- westerners are calling for a plan for him to hand over to his vice president. he would have 15 days to step down. if he doesn't, the security council could take further measures, which could include economic saigz sanctions. -- sanctions. u.n. is taking action as they

oppose his regime. >> more than 650 syrians have been killed since the government cracked down on protestors last march. >> the battle intensified monday, when rebel forces captured two suburbs in the capital city of damascus. wuby early tuesday, government troops retook the town. around 100 people have died this week. syria's ambassador to russia says assad has no plans to step down. he says they are nothing more than terrorists who are carrying out a foreign plot. at the united nations, duarte geraldino, wjz eyewitness news. >> a vote is not expected until later this week. exposing the miss handling of remains. they tried to fire the whistle- blowers. investigators say they were

victimized after speaking out after dozens of u.s. troops were dumped into a landmill. landfill. women are diagnosed with breast cancer. many opt for a partial mastectomy. but a new study finds they deal with this. but nearly 25% of those patients end up needing additional surgeries. >> diagnosed with breast cancer in september. at age 43, it came as a shock. >> it seemed not real will. like it wasn't happening. >> reporter: 10 years later, they removed the cell with a partial mastectomy. but that wasn't all. >> a week later, i had to have a second resection. and a week later, another surgery. >> reporter: a new study finds her story is not unusual. nearly one in four needed this after a partial mastectomy.

>> a lot of things have been applied to reduce this further with technology. nothing so far universally has been able to do that. >> when the patient has to go back for additional surgeries in the u.s. >> doctors remove the cancer along with a margin of breast tissue surrounding it. but the study found there is no clear consensus on how large that should be. one doctor says at least a millimeter all wander. >> 360 degrees all around the cancer, in order to make sure we have completely and thoroughly removed that site of disease. >> and additional surgery may be necessary. but the goal is to conserve as much of the breast as possible. >> if i could save my breast, i would do anything to save my breast. >> reporter: laura knew the risk. even after three surge i weries -- surgeries, she said it was worth it. >> the fda is looking at a new

device, called a margin probe. if approved, it would be used during surgery to determine if the margins around the cancer are clean. doctors think it could significantly reduce the number of re-operations after a partial mastectomy. apparently a little tlc from your mom goes a long way around your brain. they are more likely to have a bigger part on camp us. that is the part of the brain responsible for emotions and regulating stress. researchers say this highlights how important it is for nurturing mental illness. takes a while to break a guinness world record. and takes more to shatter it. that's what happened when they gathered to set a guinness world record in water skiing. the entire group lined up and water skied for a full nautical mile behind a single boat. that's some boat. even though nine of them fell along the way, they have more than enough to best the old

record set by 114 skiers. >> i'm just confused. are there lots of tiny ropes going out there? >> i have no idea. as i say, it must be some boat. >> oh, yeah. it's a ship. >> you know, you'd hate to be the one that fell. >> absolutely. it was a pleasant monday, a delightful tuesday. what's next? >> bob turk has the updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, as i said earlier, today's high of 60 matches the normal high here on approximately 20th, which is really a remarkable thing. yes, some things blooming here and there. now, once it gets colder again. those will breeze and full out. nature's way of pruning, i guess. take a look at temperatures now. 65 degrees, as the last hour's temperatures. humidity way down. this is very dry air. dew point, 70 degrees. barometer, rising now at 30.09 inches. what a beautiful day.

mid-60s. low 60s anywhere else. we're closer to the water. the water is only 41 to fot 42 degrees. locally, the coolest spot is really not even cool. rock hall, 61. 63, westminster. 65 over in columbia. so it stays mild. 66/30 today. now, the record, only 3 degrees off. normal is 42-25. the record, 1947. 69 degrees. 1966. 4 above zero. southwest winds, that will do it. in the summertime. in the winter as well. high pressure off the east coast. winds come right out of the southwest. brought this warm air in across most of the eastern two-thirds of the united states. and not much going on. this little line of clouds going on snow and rain shower activity. that is the boundary line. chilly air. cold enough for snow. and this very, very warm air. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. 60 degrees now in omaha,

nebraska. it's very mild air. there's moisture here on the gulf. that's being forced northward. look for increasing clouds tomorrow. weak front begins to approach us. and we will see cloud cover and maybe a shower in the afternoon. i think we have a better chance of getting a little rain here. see a little breaking out to the southwest. on thursday, as this front kind of slows down. a little area of low pressure, passing by to the south. we'll have a lot of clouds. it's still going to be generally on the milder to normal side. no super cold air in this forecast. southwest winds at 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, still around 41. tonight, lots of clouds later on. but warm. 40 degrees. tomorrow, still warm. maybe a few afternoon, brief showers. 62 degrees tomorrow. it will be cooling down into the low 50s on thursday, with a chance for a little rain. >> but still. that's wonderful. >> not too many complaints. >> it is still february. >> thank you. still to come on eyewitness

news tonight. danger before dawn. i'm mike hellgren. where a man stole a police cruiser. i'll tell you how it ,,,,,,,,

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news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. shopping center shootout. a violent confrontation with police, leaves a man dead. >> the threat that led officers to fire their weapons. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. a car crash,a stolen police car, and a wild getaway attempt. all part of the chain of events that led police to shoot and kill a man in a parking lot. wjz is live in police headquarters downtown. mike hellgren has new information about exactly what happened. mike? >> reporter: mary, this generated a massive police response. we're talking about officers from the city, from baltimore county, anne arundel county,