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now it is complete coverage. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> hello again, i am jessica kartalija. >> and i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today, breaking news to tell you about, cold stream park elementary school in waverly is being evacuated because of a possible fire. no word on how big that fire is or if there are any injuries. wjz has a crew on the way to the scene. of course, we will bring you a live report shortly. >> the investigation continues this noon into whether or not yesterday's snow fall may have contributed to this fatal accident in baltimore county. sky chopper 13 over the scene. a car and two suvs collided during the rush hour and while it was snowing, the person killed is 30-year-old amy thief of edgewood. another still unidentified driver is in serious condition. the third was not hurt. >> there is new help for homeowners including those here in maryland hurt by the collapse of the housing market.

today the government announced a settlement. alexis christoforous tells us what that means for those struggling to keep their homes. >> reporter: the settlement forces the banks to offer help to struggling homeowners. five banks agreed to a deal worth at least $25 billion. >> this agreement reflects our commitment to ensure justice and recover losses for victims of wreckless and abusive mortgage practices. >> reporter: the agreement stems from investigations into the foreclosures that followed the burst of the housing bubble. to speed up evictions workers sometimes signed documents they had not read or faked signatures, a process known as robo signing. the deal is the broadest plan so far to help borrowers underwater on their loans. there is also money in the deal for people who have already lost their homes.

about $1.5 billion will go to borrowers who went through foreclosure between september 2008 and the end of last year. that will cover 750,000 people, who will receive checks for up to $2000 each. >> we are using this opportunity to fix a broken system. and to lay the ground work for a better future. >> reporter: the deal involves bank of america, wells fargo, jp morgan chase, citigroup and allied financial. while the deal brings relief to some millions of others are still at risk. >> the banks have three years to fulfill the terms of the deal. 49 states have joined the settlement, including maryland. officials say the state will receive $960 million as part. deal. >> how did yardly love die?

that is the focus today. wjz and adam may are live outside the courthouse. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon, don. very detailed information here about the condition of yardly love's body, exactly where it was in her apartment and what kind of injuries she had. also lots of information today about first responders efforts to tray and save her life and meanwhile, the defense attorneys, they are picking apart all of these details trying to lay the ground work for their own theory. former lacrosse player george hugley seen here walking out of court does not deny he was involved in an altercation with his ex-girlfriend in may of 2010 but his defense attorneys argue her death inside her apartment at the university of virginia was accidental. in court for the first full day of testimony they are focusing on medical evidence, the scientific explanation for love's death. prosecutors contend she died of blunt force trauma, beaten to death by hugley, wjz caught this glimpse of the evidence

coming to and from the courtroom. this large package is believed to contain her bedroom door, prosecutors say hugley kicked it in, leaving a giant hole and traces of his dna, love's former roommate, who found the body testified love was afraid for her safety, alluding to another key piece of evidence, an e-mail, huge lee wrote love, you said you would get back together with me f i stopped getting so drunk, i should have killed you. alcohol consumption is a major factor, both sides agree love and hugley were intoxicated the day of her death. the defense calls experts will die she died by passing out and suffocating. but prosecutors say it wasn't responsible for anything except hugley's rage.

reheard from we heard from one of the first responders that her body was still warm, two hours after he left the amount. the implication is she may have survived these injuries if help had come sooner and that drove her mother and sister inside the courtroom today to tears. live in charlottesville, virginia, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> stay with wjz and wjz.com for complete coverage of this murder trial. we will bring you the latest from the courtroom in this case. >> the child sex abuse scandal at penn state is prompting one lawmaker to introduce a bill here. ron has this story. >> reporter: nancy jacobs wants to make not reporting suspected child abus a crime. she introduced the bill after the penn state child sex abuse scandal involving jerry sandusky, a grand jury report found that members of the staff failed to report alleged

incidents of child abuse. if the bill is passed here penalties for not reporting child abuse would include a thousand dollar fine and one year in jail. back to you. >> thank you. maryland is one of only three states that doesn't currently have a criminal penalty to failing for report cases of suspected child abuse or negotiate. >> going through security at 28 airport is is about to get easier, that is including bwi thoroughgood marshall. the tsa says passengers who volunteer more personal information will be vetted before they arrive pat the airport and go through a dedicated checkpoint. the program is expected to go into effect by the end of this year. >> our ongoing mild winter could mean more money in our pockets, bge says its customers will see a drop in their energy bills this season. some people could save up to 16% or about 100 dollars. it is both gas and electric customer whose can expect smaller than normal bills. >> we have returned to mild weather here today. the precipitation has cleared

out of the area but still on the chilly side outside but it is warming up of course. you are taking a live look outside right now, lots of blue sky and sunshine. wjz is live with complete first warning weather coverage for you, marty bass in what looks like a sunny outback and meteorologist tim williams over in the first warning weather center, good afternoon, tim. >> good afternoon, don, good afternoon, everyone, the sun making a difference and without any wednesday it is a pretty comfortable afternoon albeit chilly. right now at 41 degrees at bwi marshal. central maryland seeing temperatures around 40, h aggerstown 35. we are two degrees warmer around much of the area, cooler from elkton down toward easton but overall right on the same level except that we don't have any bad weather moving in our direction. so what does that mean for our weekend and how is it playing

into the rest of our week? for that we send it out to marty bass. hello. >> hello, good afternoon, everybody. we don't have any bad weather moving our way but after today and tomorrow, heck, tomorrow we are right at 50, maybe a couple of clicks higher than that. we will see a downturn of temperatures over the weekend. a big dome of high pressure will open up over canada and it will be 12 to 18, there will be a few flurries, insignificant, no concern at all but the temperatures will get your attention. the air is coming from north. yeah, saturday and sunday going to feel like winter. when does the meld february return? in time for valentine's day? we will answer that question with meteorologist tim williams coming up shortly. now we throw it back inside. >> updating that breaking news,

a baltimore school has been evacuated for smoke in the halls. sky chopper 13 is on the scene, captain mike terry has the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. we are at cold stream park elementary school where fire officials were called here a short time ago for smoke in the hallways. now the school has been evacuated, the children are still outside. firefighters have gone inside and found a problem in the boiler room of the school. that caused the smoke, which caused the evacuation. apparently there is no longer any fire. they are trying to get the smoke out of the building so the children can once again occupy the building. no word on how long it is going to take on own any word on what the initial problem was with the boiler. >> we will bring you more information on this story as soon it becomes available. >> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon breaking free from the no child left behind act, which states

will see changes coming. >> closer to combat. could female troops serve on the front lines during war. >> more on what we can expect in the updated forecast, still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass ,,,,,,,,

10 states are breaking free of the requirements of the federal no child left behind act. they are among those given a waiver because they have shown they have viable plans and have set their own improvements, new mexico is the only state that applied and did not get one. >> syria resumes their shelling. hundreds have died since the shelling started. officials at the state department is saying the u.s. is looking at what it can do financially and legally to provide help. >> putting more women soldiers closer to the front line. the pentagon is expected to propose a new policy that would allow women to serve in roles at the battalion level.

the new rules would still ban female troops from actual combat duty. >> let's take another live look outside. it is gorgeous out there. a very sunny afternoon. with none of that precipitation we had yesterday around this time. please stick around, the complete first warning weather forecast is just two and 1/2 minutes away. >> first let's take a look at today's midday stocks. ,,,,,,,

now the complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> another hug your weather man

day out there. >> is it now? >> it sure is. >> i will pass. >> you know it is -- the sun has wiped out just about every sign of any snow we had yesterday for the most part. it is just about gone, temperatures now the average now is about 44 so we are not quite there just yet but on the way up and that is a sign we are counting it down, every one of these little winter events we have is just one little winter event closer to spring. >> 42 days i believe. >> yeah, close, getting close. >> if this is winter we will take it. >> you know we will not mind. right now at 41 and going up a few more degrees through the afternoon, thrive in haggerstown, 29 oakland, 43 ocean city, 42 in pux river, 39 in easton, around the immediate metro area, 38 rock hall, 41 kent island and annapolis, 41 columbia, 38 rock hall, 36 bellaire, and 35 in westminster. winds from the west primarily across much of the state. but we do have a northerly

component toward elkton a northwest wind, that is an indication of the cooler air settling over the region. for the most part we have clearer skies around today. high pressure is really in control. no real precipitation anywhere around but the milder air is to our south. our next front coming through basically a dip in the jet stream, which has been well up to the north for much of this winter. it is finally going to make a bit of a pass down across our region, that is friday night into saturday. saturday does definitely get cold. this system could come through with the potential for some winter weather, we are taking friday night into early saturday morning. we will keep you posted but could be another blast much like yesterday. we are not concerned about it yet but it is going to get colder at least on saturday. so your sunset today at 5:39. 5:35 actually. northwest wind at 10, knotts gusting to 20, the next high tide at ft. mchenry around 4:00 this evening. 46 our daytime high, 28 tonight, mainly clear, then for tomorrow back up to just around

50 degrees, sunshine with clouds. we will talk about the weekend and valentine's day, which is on tuesday, that is the last day of our five-day-forecast. you will have your eye set on it. >> all right. >> all right. thanks. >> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon an exercise that can help people with parkinsons. >> wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories at this hour. for instant updates and the first wa,, medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company.

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in today's wjz health watch report most doctors say they are not always honest with their patients, a new survey says more than half admit to making a patient's prognosis sound better than it is. one out of five also say they didn't fully disclose a medical mistake for fear of being sued about it and one in 10 admits to lying to a patient for some reason during the past year. another new study finds ty chi is an effective exercise for people with parkinsons disease. they designed that program and compared them and they ancient art did the best. >> be sure to check in with wjz

eyewitness news today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. we are closely monitoring today's testimony in the george hugley murder trial. we will bring you the latest and update that breaking news in baltimore where a school is evacuated because of smoke in the halls. please join us for these stories and the day's breaking news today at 4:00 after dr. phil,,,,,,,,,,,,

that is gorgeous. >> break out the boats. >> you know. in the outback marty taking a look at the harbor with the boats kind of eagle alley south, no. that would not be south. that would be north. >> eagle ally inner harbor. >> i tell you what if you don't have a heater that is a floating igloo. not bad out here. to be honest if i wasn't going to be back in in a minute i would have an overcoat but it is sunny. a temperature roller coaster, nice today, mild tomorrow, chilly over the weekend and those flurries saturday not anything to get concerned about, then from 44 to 50 monday and tuesday. take away from that graphic nothing intense is moving our way as we move toward the middle of february. don, take it away. >> thank you very much. >> and don't miss tonight's cbs primetime line up. the mentalist and after that eyewitness news at 11:00. >> thank you for watching

eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> i am tim williams, you can follow us all day. we will see you today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> nice day. >> have a great afternoon. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc. ,,,,,,,