this is wjz tv. >> from the city to the coupties to your neighborhood. now is complete coverage. wjz, maryland's news station. >> love triangle. new information. >> for the first time in the murder trial we hear from the other man. >> what people are talking about tonight. >> a pattern of violence. witnesses describing a relationship of two lacrosse

players. >> reporter: defense attorneys went into great detail picking apart the testimony trying to convince jurors that the native who was intoxicated died after a mutual fight and passed out from drinking and suffocated in her own pillow. the players had an on and off again relationship witnesses described as unfaithful. university player admitted he had a sexual affair with love. prosecutors also say he wrote love an e-mail saying i should have killed you when i found out about mike. other friends of the couple who took the stand testified they

had growing concerns about his drinking and planning an intervention. >> in court we heard from one of the first responders that said his body was still warm when they got to the scene. the indication is she may have survived the injuries if someone arrived sooner. reporting, adam, wjz eyewitness news. >> through wjz and wjz.com we'll bring you the latest developmentings. >> a maryland inmate could be put to death for murdering a prison guard. stevens could be the first person executed since maryland change their law. >> a contraception controversy

growing nationwide. they will force the catholic church to cover birth control for employees. meghan explains it's not sitting well with local leaders either. >> reporter: churches would be exempt from the rule but religious organizations would not and that's why catholic leaders are fighting back. a battle over birth control. the catholic church firing back at the white house and calling the president's plan to provide contraception coverage to employees and a cap on religious freedoms. >> the indications from the white house over the last few days was the presidents digging in on this. i hope that's not true. >> reporter: they say it's about wellness, not religion. >> this is an issue of women's health and i think catholic charities believe very deeply it's important that women get

the health care they need. >> reporter: 99% of sexually active women use birth control including 98% of catholic women. bolt mother cardinal threatens to drop health coverage for employees saying we will not comply with the unjust law. we found here at the cathedral were divided on the issue. >> i don't think it's right. it's a free country. >> when i grew up as a child, i learned a term called reverence for life. >> reporter: many now hoping for a compromise as the battle brews. today vice president indicated the white house may be ready for a compromise. wjz eyewitness news. >> meghan, thank you and today world wide catholic broadcasting network filed a lawsuit against the white house

over the policy. >> a fire caused students to evaluate their school. you can see them gathered in a field. heavy smoke from the boiler set off alarms around lunchtime. firefighters checked it out but did not find any flames. new hope tonight for maryland home owners struggling to make ends meet. nearly a billion dollars is coming our way. wjz is live and explains who this settlement can help. >> reporter: for some this kind of help can't come soon enough and for some it comes too late. maryland will get nearly a billion dollars to help struggling home owners. it's part of a 25 billion- dollar settlement by five of the nation's largest banks. a deal made with the federal government that holds banks

accountable. >> under the terms of the settlement america's biggest banks, banks rescued by taxpayer dollars will be required to write these. >> reporter: state attorney says this deal will help thousands of maryland people stay in their homes. >> we're getting more money in maryland than new york is. >> reporter: workers sometimes find documents they had rid or fake signatures. the $960 million was based on the home owners impacted by the mortgage. >> it's definitely created a little bit of anger towards the whole practice of fore closure in general. we've become more educated on this. >> reporter: you can qualify if you're home was fore closed

between january '1, 2008 and january '31, 20 11. >> the pay out for families effected by a massive gas leak is cut in half. the families are supposed to split $150 million. some of the gas got into their ground waters. some -- >> as gas prices edge higher, for many fuel economy is a key factor in shopping for a new car. tonight jessica shows us the new hybrid vehicles at the baltimore convention center. >> reporter: it's the car's show case. >> more and more hybrids are going to be out on the road. >> reporter: hybrids like the ford fusion are drawing craze

from consumers. >> how do you like it? >> i love it. >> you have a charging station that helps power the engine and through hybrid and also through traditional gas. >> reporter: drivers tired of riding the roller coaster at the gas pump says they're looking to go green to save green. the all electric nissan is one of the most popular cars on display enticing the consumers. >> additionally all of the cars you see at the show this year are more fuel efficient. they say 40 is the new 30 when it comes to gas mileage. >> you see very few v 8 engines and they're all four cylinders

or six cylinders. >> reporter: with competition heating up, they're getting competitive with pricing. luxury vehicles like volvo, lexus and mercedes are also adding hybrids to the list. bmw also unvailed a hybrid. >> the auto show is open to the public through sunday. >> a surprise serenade. one lucky woman enjoys a valentines day treat early. >> you make me smile with your heart. >> her husband of 42 years won a contest to earn the special performance. dan calls bobby the glue that holds their family together. sort of like the wind beneath your wings. >> that's a nice story of all those husbands out there.

take note. coming up, a brave little girl battles off a kidnapper. >> she's a hero today. i feel this story could have went another way. >> see how the child stopped a man from snatching her in the middle of a store. >> digging up dirt about steve jobs. the details fbi uncovered about the former apple chief. >> arctic air for the weekend. i'll have your forecast coming up next. ,,,,

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it is 32 degrees out there with a few clouds in central maryland right now. an escape for a group of school children in charlotte. take a look as their bus goes up in flames. the driver pulled over and got the children out. the fire was so intense windows exploded out of the bus. no one was hurt and the cause is under investigation. >> activist say troops loyal to

the president have killed hundreds this week. the united states and its allies are exploring ways to put an end to the violence. the u.s. closed their embassy earlier this week. >> this surveillance video shows a man grabbing brittany baxter in the toy aisle. the man got away and got arrested. >> he just ran off and i was kicking like this and trying to kick as hard as i can. >> police arrested thomas woods and charged him with attempted kidnapping. he was out on parole. >> los angeles police chase ends. police say he was driving a

stolen car and fled on foot. the suspect went back and forth on the roofs for five hours. he surrenders after being subdued with nonlethal force. >> an fbi file gives a look at the late steve jobs. while many praise him one person said job's enormous power caused him to distort the truth. jobs alienated a lot of people because of his ambition. the interviews were done in 1991. the burger on the grill with cost you more because beef prices are going to rise as much as 10% a year for the next two years. that could be an average price go up 54-cents. the reason is the declining cattle population. >> the american bald eagle

back. tonight we reveal a new threat to this bird and the critical role we play in protecting this freedom. >> reporter: alongside the u.s. military conducting test at the grounds an unlikely partner. american bald eagle which live is cross maryland are now flocking at this military base. every year the government scientist study the birds from the air tracking a surprising change from the eagle population. >> it's early on a sunday morning and we're getting in a helicopter to go count the bald eagle. >> reporter: back in 1977 only one pair of bald eagles lived here. the birds were on the individual of distinction -- verge of distinction. decades after battling dtd

that's changing. in fact, biologist discover maryland has one of the largest eagle populations in the entire country. during our three hour right we conned 154. >> we counted 154. for a closer look we went to a nesting site. >> so the explosions don't bother them? >> it don't phase them. >> reporter: a camera records rare and intimate details of the eagle's lives. >> we're almost like a magnet for eagles in this area. >> reporter: the explosion leads to threats. they need shorelines. when too many eagles are crammed into one place it can lead to dangerous fights over

territory like this. >> along the western shore and eastern shorelines of maryland we've had so much development going on that it's putting a lot of aggressiveness on the eagles. >> reporter: eagle populations are growing so dense at shorelines along the chesapeake bay they're facing another danger of power lines. many broke wings flying into wires at high speeds. >> there's a fracture we can't surgically repair. >> the challenge is to save their habitat. there's habitat out there and we need to protect it. >> reporter: wjz eyewitness news. >> bald eagles finally made it off the threatened species list in 2007. there's a hot spot nearby to

find the eagle. log on to wjz.com. >> they're the most beautiful birds. >> they certainly are. >> bob has the weather for us. >> let's take a look at the weather. we have changes coming. a mild day tomorrow but a cold weekend. prepare yourself for that. 32 now but there's no winds or windshield. the humidity has come up to 72%. the due -- dew point 24. 25 in oakland and 31 ocean city. the warm spot has been that way all day long. d.c. there by the river at 41 degrees. locally anywhere from 30 to near 40 by the bay as you see. late winds as you can see everywhere but tomorrow the winds go back to the south temporarily and saturday go back to the north and some

things are going to happen tomorrow night. we have an area of rain and snow across kansas and oklahoma. it's going east. it's an arctic frontment a -- front. it may be cold enough tomorrow night for rain, snow mixture and as the front comes through it might kick off snow showers in a couple of spots in the afternoon so there will be a lot of cold air behind that. a risk of rain and snow tomorrow night and early saturday morning. new into the city may be a coating to an inch deal. then on saturday windy and colder with that front coming through and perhaps a quick snow flurry or shower. sunday temperatures holding in the low 30sment -- 30s. tonight clear and cold down

around 24 and 32 in the city. tomorrow sun shine and then clouds up to 50. rain tomorrow night mixing with or changing into snow and then maybe a snow shower again saturday afternoon. down the 18 and windy. saturday night heading out windshield around 30 degrees. warming up again. 34 and 50 again by next tuesday. >> thank you, bob. the oils get down the business before they head to florida for spring training. >> we have that next in sports. ,

getting the baseball line up ready. mark is here with your sports report. >> i'll be speaking with the general manager tomorrow. action off the field before the orioles hit the field in

sarasota next week. that leaves adam jones as the only other case. his hearing scheduled for next friday. he's seeking more than $7 million for the next upcoming season. tune in tomorrow for my interview. a blast from baseball's past 20 years after his career ended. dennis says he was under the influence of cocaine for most of the games in his career. he pitched primarily for the boston red sox and a major league run that ended in 1991. he says cocaine use was common. he is releasing an autobiography in june. it's the lakers at boston. a long time east, west rivalry and colby bryant and the lakers

rise to the occasion. this one goes to over time. celtics down by one and paul pierce with a chance to win it and it's blocked. it's l.a. in ot at boston. while veteran receiver they are are -- terrell owens didn't play, he says he can still contribute. he played for the bengals in 2010. remember too he refused a trade to the ravens back in 2004. >> a lot of people remember that. >> and we don't allow crying. no crying. >> thank you, mark. >> coming up it's anjanette flowersal you have to see to believe. >> theories of ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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