this is wjz tv baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> hello everybody, i'm denice. >> we begin tonight with breaking news. >> a hazmat spill. both roadways are completely shut down. we're told a large amount of ink has spilled from a truck. live at the clean up scene. >> that's >> reporter: an absolute mess out here. the fire department says this happened about 9:00 tonight. a truck heading south bound on

95 around o'donnell street overturned and was caied printers ink. well, it spilled. not only on i-95 but 885. even though it's water based it's still considered a hazmat situation. as a result the fair department is here, -- fire department is here and the baltimore city police. now, a heavy duty record is being brought in. that wrecker will come in. the driver wasn't hurt, know was anyone else. we're trying to investigate and see why this driver overturned the truck anyways. people here at this exit are now being turned around and diverted so they can come off here and get back on 95 at some other point. once again we have a large

hazmat spill out here. kevin with the baltimore city fire department tells us that the clean up won't take place for hours. the maryland department of environment handles clean up. that's what's happening out here now. a major mess. avoid this area of south east baltimore, i-95 and 885. >> we'll continue to bring you the latest at wjz.com and on the wjz morning edition. >> also several senior citizens are hurt when a fire breaks out tonight. one person suffers serious burns after accidentally leaving a pot to have food on the stove. others were checked for smoke ventilation. the fire didn't cause much damage. >> the city finds new leadership to bring racing back to baltimore. now downtown businesses are breathing a sign of relief. wjz is live.

>> reporter: business owners hope all the organizational bumps in the road are gone because they want to bank on that revenue year after year. thrilling as it was. >> it put us on the mat all over. >> reporter: the baltimore game. the race turned a new corner when the city unvailed a contract with a new teem of managers called down force racing. >> what we saw last year was basically finding the die monday in the -- diamond in the rough. >> this is one of these marquee events. it's iconic and celebrated with baltimore that attracts a lot of different people from different areas. >> reporter: that means more

dinner tabs to ring up. for hotels, more beds to fill. >> if the event didn't happen you look at the weekend and say what do we have? what do we have to draw the people? it's great to have a back. >> this time monetary safeguards are in place. locals look forward to a smoother ride. >> you had a full house down there last year and you'll do it again. it will just be run differently and hopefully everybody will get paid and make their money. >> reporter: the contract is still pending approval. reporting live in downtown baltimore, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. they are working to recover unpaid money from last year's organizers. >> a brawl breaks out between students at two rival high schools at the bus stop. you can see the large group of teens gathering at a bus stop and some of the teens ran in

and out of the traffic bringing traffic to a halt. police tell us the students have a history of problems. officers arrested about a dozen students. >> the prosecution rests in the george hughly trial. his former teammates testified against him. wjz is following every development from the courthouse. >> reporter: one by one the former teammates took the stand to testify against their old friend, george. they told jurors he was drunk, spilling wine, stumbling and urinating in public. player kenneth gave him a cold stare in court before testifying love was one of his

best friends. he says he seemed strange and had a change of demeanor after visiting love's apartment and i asked him what was wrong and he said nothing was wrong. i asked two more times and got no response. they also told jurors they caught him lying about his where abouts that night and seen him walk in his bathroom and strip down to his boxer shorts before disappearing to his room for the night. >> they're aware the defense is going to say he was so drunk he didn't know what he was doing but the fact he was aware he'd been involved in a homicide and lied to his roommates about what had taken place. >> reporter: a few other female students were also called to testify that they received calls and text messages from him that night. they were not read allow in court but he was looking for a hook up or an alibi as love

laid in her bed dying from blunt force trauma injuries to her brain. defense is now presenting their side of the case and started with a medical expert saying she was so drunk she could have had problems. that places the death as accidental. he could be found guilty of manslaughter instead f -- of first degree murder. >> the murder trial continues, we'll bring you the latest from the courtroom on air and on line at wjz.com. with the music world still morning the loss of whitney houston, the medical examiner hasn't released a cause but the focus is on her prescription medications. >> reporter: los angeles county

has seeked her medical records. houston was found dead in a beverly hill's hotel saturday and the -- she did visit an ear, nose and throat specialist. she struggles with addiction in former years. >> promoters, even the fans have to demand that artist take care of themselves. >> reporter: a private funeral will be held saturday in houston's home state of new jersey. pastor and singer marvin will deliver the ulogy. >> she wore fame and was

wonderful in it but she was always that little girl from new jersey. >> reporter: he says the family is finding peace in their faith. >> progress is slow for people in south west baltimore who still do not have gas or hot water. crews are working around the clock to fix a gas line that break yesterday. workers still have to turn off the gas in about 300 homes before they can inspect their gas connection. they hope to have the problem fixed by friday night. washington d.c. admits they're at fault in the most deadliest crash in history. the train slammed into a stopped train in 2009. metro hopes by accepting blame they will save money on legal fees. >> hundreds of dead birds rain down on i-95. you can see the birds scattered

across the highway. the department of resources think the birds accidentally flew into a truck and killed them. >> marylanders head to rome to celebrate with the archbishop who will become a cardinal saturday. o'brien tells the catholic preview he wouldn't be in the position without the help of baltimore's catholics. if you would like the hear more go to wjz.com for the latest stories and a link. >> it was the very special birthday for one harper county woman. >> happy birthday to you. >> smith is 106 years young and has been honored by the state and county and received a letter from president obama. her family has a major celebration planned for this

weekend. she says her secret for long life is going to church every sunday. >> yeah, she said she likes good preaching and sleep. she likes to sleep. >> i can join her on both counts. >> talking about a wild ride. see more of the big collision. >> trouble in toy land. how this girl got stuck in a toy vending machine and the rescue efforts to remove her. growing criticism over how city police handle being video reported. i'm derek with the reaction coming up on eyewitness news. >> some rain headed our way tomorrow. forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 37 degrees with a few clouds. your forecast is coming up. a frightening scene is caught on tape in birmingham. a speeding car going towards a gas station and not stopping. police say the driver was taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. video of an attack on a

mexican newspaper headquarters has gone viral. they posted the video in order to bring attention to the crime. no arrest made. >> the fort lauderdale airport has got a lot of attention. a woman left something blind in one of the bins and moments later a man reaches in and takes the object. police say it's a rolex watch worth $6500. they advise passengers never place jewelry in the bins. >> controverse rei growing over a cell phone video of police officers threatening the man recording the video. wjz has been following the case for days. tonight we talk to those on both sides of the debate.

>> reporter: as six officers stood over a suspect this weekend, scott grabs his cell phone and starts recording. >> i have a camera and i'm supposed to be able to take video. >> reporter: the officers quickly became unhappy. the officers threatened to arrest him for loitering. >> they seemed more interested in his camera than they are with the men they were arresting. >> reporter: we showed the video and they're already challenging the police in court. their lawsuit sparked this new police policy on how city officers should handle being video recorded. they say in this case, the police officers were wrong. >> it wasn't loitering. he was, in fact, engaged in

activity with activity he can do. >> reporter: the president of baltimore's police union agrees with the mayor who told wjz for officers protection there should be guidelines on how far away saids with cameras should stay. >> i don't know what the distance is but i think our officers need to have that flexibility to keep themselves and the person arrested safe. >> he says he's not planning legal action against the police department but does want an apology. >> a florida man is recovering from severe facial injuries after an electronic cigarette explodes in his mouth. he lost parts of his teeth and tongue. he suffered burns to the face. electronic cigarettes are designed to deliver nicotine

without the smoke. >> firefighters in kentucky arrived at a laundry mat to find a two year old in a vending machine with toys. they were able to cut off the top of the machine and remove her. she was doing fine and given some of the toys to take home. >> that's good. >> she took my money. >> that's pretty amazing. all right. let's take a look at the weather. we have a little bit of rain headed our way tomorrow. 37 now. generally clear sky social security and not -- clear skies and not a drop of wind. the cold spot down on the airport at ocean city, not on the beach, not close to the water out there in sandy soil down to 31 with light winds and 32 in washington. it's going to get a few degrees cooler tonight but not very

cold. 54, 36 today. not a bad day. 45, 27 the normals. the order 77 in 1949 and 6 in 1943. just about any place has very light winds or no wind at all. there's a system out across the midwest this afternoon moving toward our region with not a whole lot of rain. the next year developing weather may be in south texas and if this low can catch up with some of this moisture, there's another system coming. if they get together we might see precipitation near sunday early possibly a rain snow mixture, possibly. right now most of the models have this system passing off the east coast well south of us but there's a slight chance it makes a slight turn and get some presip on sunday morning. in the meantime, this is moving in tomorrow and will be light

rain. we'll have clou skies and light rain and drizzle in the afternoon. by late evening it clears up again and friday we get back somemore sunshine and very mild beautiful conditions for the end of the week. it's sunday morning we have a question mark. we won't know too much about it until later tomorrow evening or friday. south west winds in the bay 10- 15. the bay temperature around 42. tonight look for clouds at an increase of 32. tomorrow back up with a little rain to 48 degrees and a little drizzle. beautiful 53, 50. slight chance of presip on sunday. dry skies on monday the holiday. 46 degrees. >> thank you, bob. the maryland basketball team deals with a loss to duke. >> next in sports. ,,,,,,

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well, an international incident. here with the fan sports report. >> major league baseball says it will not approve the orioles signing of a 17 year old south korean prospect. the team did issue an apology last week after south korea's organization banned the orioles from further scouting its players. meanwhile, zach is arriving for spring training in minnesota. he'll have to take it slow because of inflammation in his shoulder. he'll be closely monitored. pitchers and catchers begin formal work outs on sunday. the maryland basketball team is back off coming off a loss at

duke on sat -- saturday and the loss of howard. it's a set back for a team that was seeing resent improvement. >> no one expected us to be any good and i thought we were starting to be better than everybody thought we were going to be and i thought we had a chance to win a lot of games down the stretch. it's just tough. it's hard. >> he said today he has cleared things up. they take on boston college in college park tomorrow night. a rough season at mount st. maries has taken a toll on the coach. he has been placed on paid administration leave and assistant has taken over the team. they wish him well in resolving unspecified matters. he's in the second season of head coach and they have a

record of 6-19 this season. big time struggles for first year head coach at the naval academy. american scored the first ten points and navy scored just 12 points in the first half. 69-47 final. navy has lost 18 straight games. they'll be talking about it at the water cooler tomorrow. another one for jeremy and the knicks. the fill in from harvard scored 10 points and dished out 13 assist and knicks win their seventh in a row. anthony is expected to join the things on ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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