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scandalous accusations against one of maryland's most powerful politicians. >> we've only heard one side of the story. >> the serious charges he's facing and how he's responding. hello everybody i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. a sex scandal rocks the office of the anne arundel politics. first megan mccorkel went one

on one about the accusations. >> reporter: leopold is accused of one count of misappropriation of funds, he's accused of misusing his police detail costing thousands in overtime. >> here's john leopold surrounded by security detail, it's those county officers that told the grand jury they drove leopold to parking lots so he could have sex with another county employees. leopold security was paid $10,000 in overtime during two hospital visits to run interference between his girlfriend and his mistress. >> the response to the salacious allegations will be held in court. >> reporter: the indictment goes on claiming leopold inappropriately used his police security. there's more to the story. >> once the citizens will hear both side of the story they will have a complete understanding of this case.

>> reporter: leopold will fight the scandal. something he's done before. >> the people reelected me handily. >> those allegations came here outside an annapolis mall. a 191 caller claimed to see someone engaging in a sex contact in a vehicle. that vehicle turned out to be leopold's car. >> i see some activity going on in a car and i don't think it's proper. >> what kind of activity is it sir? >> it looks like sex activity to me. >> reporter: the county executive confident he will weather the storm too. >> i'm very confident when all the relative facts are known that we will prevail. right now he has no plans of stepping down in fact, he says his number one priority right now is balancing the county budget. reporting live, megan mccorkel. >> complete coverage continues now with andrea fujii. she is live with the reaction from those involved in the case. >> some are calling for leopold to step down including the

woman who ran against him. juwana canti was a candidate in 2010. >> we spent a lot of money on signs that disappeared. and you know undoubtedly that hurt. >> reporter: according to the indictment, leopold threw out several of his signs, one he says quote pulled the sign out of the ground and threw it down a ravine. >> i also think it is pathetic that with all the serious problems facing our county that john leopold was driving around picking up and throwing away my signs. >> reporter: she's now calling for leopold to step down and so are some of his constituents. leopold is also facing a suit. >> instead of the county

executive coming on his own to deposit his regular monthly checks there were times it was done by security detail. >> reporter: again leopold denies all allegations including the wrongful termination suit which is expected to go to trial in the fall. reporting live andrea fujii eyewitness news. andrea, thank you. stay with wjz for complete coverage of indictment of john leopold. get update any time on wjz.com. at least 14 more people died today and entire town is wiped off the map. tonight that same system is headed our way and terrell brown reports on wjz from devastated new market alabama. >> the massive tornado touched down in new peak in indiana. near two towns that were leveled. the devastation stretches

through the entire town. >> i had to walk to school and the whole school fell down. >> reporter: the tornado destroyed the town's high school and ripped the roof off of homes. after if storm, people desperately searched for their loved ones. >> the next thing i see in the distance was two of them, by the time we got to the basement of the church, all hell broke lose. >> wow. >> reporter: this was just one of several waves of twisters that touched down across the midwest and south on friday. earlier in the day the storms tore up trees and ripped roofs off homes in alabama. it came up behind this house. the room was ripped off it hasn't even been found. what was in the house is now spread around the house. the unsettled weather that

could spawn more twisted is expected to last throughout the night. terrell brown, wjz eyewitness news. and earlier this week 13 people were killed by another round of tornadoes in the south and midwest. a broken water main causes a road to collapse from sky chopper 13. you can see the mess, the 12- inch main broke this morning. crews fixed the water main and repaired the main. the student insulted by rush limbaugh is speaking out. limbaugh called her a slut and suggested she make a tape. georgetown was not included in the student plan because of religious reasons. today lindburger saw the a attempt for what it was.

>> i saw it as he was trying to silence me. but i'm not going to be silenced and it became clear to me they're not going to be silenced either. families come together to remember a baltimore soldier assassinated in afghanistan. dozens of people held a vigil tonight in honor of robert marchanti. he used to teach there, marclanti was killed over the burning of the holy book. tonight a baltimore city police officer is hospitalized after he was attacked while making an arrest. the information is sketchy but we know the officers injuries are nonlife threatening and we know the suspects were taken into custody. the school system is giving up millions of the dollars in extra money, weijia jiang tells us which workers are cashing in the most.

the buildings are crumbling. >> there's rats running around and it's hot, 90 degrees in some classrooms. >> reporter: the city says there's not enough money to fix baltimore schools but there was more than $14 million in the education budget to pay for overtime in the past four years. >> very angry as a parent of a child in a baltimore city school system. i don't think it makes any sense at all. >> reporter: the mayor who's under fire for proposing raise the bottle tax only had this to say about the ot. >> no i have not taken a look at that yet. >> reporter: the bulk of the money went to pay for their school police force. overtime is necessary because 1,600 full time employees have left since 2008. >> we're paying this kind of overtime we certainly should then reconsider that we do need these jobs were necessary. >> reporter: so who's took home the most ot? it wasn't school ceo dr. andre

solonso it was his personal driver who doubled his salary last year. sergeant ralph askins earned more than the governor and the same as the mayor. >> people are not monitoring what's being spent. that's why we continue being left in a hole financially. >> reporter: alonso gets $750,000 a month for transportation costs. >> alonso has been here for a number of years now. i think maybe he knows his way around the city. >> we wanted to hash out all the numbers with the school system but a spokesperson denied our request for an interview, shedid say the amount of overtime has decreased over the years. weijia jiang, eyewitness news. school leaders tell us they don't believe overtime is being abused they say they examineed the cost carefully. baltimore students celebrate the birthday of legendary author dr. seuss. >> tell the cat and the hat you

don't want to play. >> reporter: the famous author of the cat and the hat not seen here. and over classics would have been 108 years old today. the city used the occasion to launch a book drive at school libraries. they're looking for new and used books, to find out where to donate go to wjz.com and click on the news tab. >> well, i was out at phelps reading to the students and they actually had green eggs and ham. >> yum, did you have that? >> i didn't, i didn't. >> never have green eggs and ham. it's dumb, it's stupid. it's just unreal. >> big mistake that made it easy for police to catch him. sending a message the drastic sentence for the driver who caused this horrific accident. he's racing into the history books, how this horse has taken the world by storm. rain around, but looks like

sunshine returns for the weekend. i'm bob turk, i have your complete forwarn weather forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 46 and rainy in central maryland right now. the complete forecast is coming up. police say the driver of a jeep lost control and smashed

through a fence. he then crashed their garage and into the side of another house. the driver walked away with only minor injuries, charges still are pending. a judge in rhode island has put the breaks on a -- this is the accident scene where a 17- year-old lyle topa injured three of his friends. the judge ordered that he could not get a license ever in his life. flags flew half staff at chardon high school and signs of support greeted the students this morning. 17-year-old tj lane who attended another school is charged with the killings. well not on this plane, tonight the tsa is apologizing to a nursing mother after she was not allowed to board a

plane with her breast pump. the agent at the laho o hawaii airport told the mother she had to go into the restroom and fill the bottles with milk before she could board with the bottles. she says she was humiliated. frightening chain reaction horse crash is causing -- the result a pile up of horses that caused every rider to fall out expect one. with the exception of the one horse who broke down. everyone horses and riders made it out safely.

horse racing is a game of odds and one maryland horse has broken those odds big time. with 22 consecutive victories on a recent saturday, this super star was front and center at laurel racetrack. >> he may not be the pretty guy in the barn, he's definitely not the biggest but this guy is a superstar. he gives photographs, has a fan club. angel is the president and she won 700 miles just to see him. >> i love this horse, he's beautiful. i made a fan page because nobody had one. >> do you have any members? >> yes i do, we have 230. >> he has the desire to win. in the morning, when he gets near another horse he would work hard enough to get in front of them even in the morning.

he would do that. >> reporter: jockey acosta has ridden him 10 times, 10 rides, 10 wins. >> he's unique. when you have these horses that they try so hard, you feel every animal is different. the way he tries is unbelievable. >> reporter: in one year rapid redux has won $250,000. >> always a kid i was always a gambler and i just happened to make it in business that i'm able to afford racehorses. >> reporter: he has 50 horses, but this is his favorite. >> the odds are so astronomical. >> reporter: not only has this horse broken a record that hasn't been set, last year he was voteed the most popular horse in america by his fans and he won the prestigious

eclipse award. you can tell what he really wants is to run. >> rapid redux's last race was march 3rd, and he's taking some time off, but if he does fine, he may race in may. heavy rain south of the city moving very quickly east right now. showers near seberna park and west of college park thunder and lightning reported there. leesburg and rockhill. that's where the heaviest batch of thundershowers. and that's moving pretty much this direction, so i think the next two or three hours looking to see decent rain. maybe a half inch to an inch in

some places and that's why we still have flood warnings. and most of the area actually under a flood watch till the early morning hours. most of this is going to be done by about three -- 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning. it stayed nice and cool which is a very stable air mass, that's why these thunderstorms that were strong out to the west have weakened. humidity way up there, of course midwest winds at seven, right now the barometer falling, temperatures in the 40s. generally everybody has stayed in the upper 40s to low 50s all day long. 45 up in westminster and bell air. and 48 in annapolis and kent allen. after a chilly frosty clear 32 this morning. clouds came in, rain started, 49-30 the average now. just came up one degree.

and the records 80 in 1972 and 13 in 1990. all day long it's been a southeast wind and that's pushed the water. still high tides running in the west side. they still have a coastal fog advisory for the next tide in the western edge of the bay. drying things out, you can see the snow this afternoon in wisconsin, down in northern missouri. and some tornado activity also reported over portions of northern georgia, some tornado warnings, just in the last hour, for us this rain shield moving through the area. clearing i expect to see sunshine in the morning. looks like a pretty decent day as the front moves through the area, drier and cooler air moving in for sunday, particularly monday, looks like a pretty chilly day. southwest winds becoming west northwest in the afternoon. it will be picking up. some thunder possible, 49, tomorrow some early morning showers then clearing, breezy, 65 degrees early.

and then dropping to the 30s. cool on sunday, colder monday and tuesday and a warm up again on wednesday. denise. >> all right, thank you bob. the ravens do what it takes to keep one of their stars in town. >> what tonight ,,,,,,

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stan is here with the wjz fan sports report. >> reporter: ray rice designated today as the team's franchise player. he would have been an unrestricted player. he will then instead earn $7.5 million this year. that's the average salary of the top paid running back throughout the league. the ravens also terminated the contract to the guy infamously

known for the drop, lee evans now joins chris karr as former ravens. for the past three years over two dozens players and a coach for the new orleans saints have been targeting game day opponents and injurying them. just ask brett favre. the pay may have been $50,000. today marked the unofficial start of spring training with two scheduled interest squad games. surprisingly the first game was dominated by pitching as is typical in early camp games. got that proindoor soccer for you and dancing with the stars, in his own mind, baltimore

blast hosting the wichita wings. maybe dancing in the streets throughout the play offs. ladies hoops, linda freeze and the women's conference in greensboro. i mean look at the acc's leading rebounding team. they decimated virginia, mainly on the strength of acc player of the year, allisa thomas. next up for the terps, wake force in the semi final round tomorrow. and a man's score in ,,,,,,,,,,,

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letterman is next with denzel washington. that's it for us tonight. >> t y