investigate what, if anything, a baltimore city police officer had to do with the accidental shooting of a 13-year-old in the darling park neighborhood in baltimore this weekend. wjz is live in the east baltimore neighborhood. derek valcourt with more as friends and family gather tonight to remember that young victim. derek? >> reporter: several hundred people here showed up for a vigil tonight. we're talking friends, family members, fellow students, teachers, even strangers, all showing up to pay their respect to what was, by all accounts, a wonderful young girl cut down in her prime. this vigil tonight, even adds serious questions lingering about how she died. >> reporter: crowds gathered to pay tribute to monet turnage. she died saturday night, by two boys who played with a rifle. sources are say the rifle used in the shooting was later found inside a baltimore city police officer's car. >> the thought of it...

is quite frankly disgusting. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake awaits the results of an intense investigation into the officer's actions. his name, not being released. but he has been suspended. sources say he was in a relationship with a relative of one of the juvenile suspects. >> i can't really comment on the case. but it is important for everyone to know that i expect our officers to perform their duties with integrity and according to the law at all times. >> reporter: while the investigation continues, so does the grieving process here at march middle school, where monet was a popular 8th grader, responsible for making morning announcements on the intercom. >> every morning, you are guaranteed to hear, good morning march middle. this is monet turnage. and that was her spirit and energy every single morning. >> reporter: dr. iona spikes, principal of the school, sent home this letter to update parents on the tragedy and brought grief counselors in to help devastated young friends. one of the two juveniles charged with monet's accidental

shooting, was also a student at march middle. >> reporter: funeral services are set for this saturday morning, being handled by march's funeral home and southern baptist church here in this neighborhood. we can tell you that there are a lot of folks here at this vigil. we'll have all new sound from some of the people here, coming up at 6:00. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> it is going to be an emotional night there, derek. thank you. police say they are working closely with the state's attorney's office, as they continue their investigation. an update tonight on the search for a hit-and-run driver, caught on tape in laurel. denise is live in the newsroom with the latest. >> reporter: police are now offering a reward, leading to the arrest of the driver who served -- swerved onto a sidewalk, hit a pedestrian and drove away. the accident is caught on the camera of a metro bus, on route 198. it happened in the afternoon of february 29th. the man was thrown over a 30- foot embankment. he was hospitalized with severe head injuries and a crushed pelvis. police believe the driver who

hit him very likely knew what happened but chose not to stop. vic? >> denise, thank you. if you have any information relating to the hit and run. you're asked to call laurel's crimeline. a national union head is attacking the indicted anne arundel county executive while another group is demanding access to secret files john leopold is accused of keeping on political enemies. wjz has more. mike hellgren has new reaction from the police chief tonight. mike? >> reporter: mary, mr. leopold says his county is running smoothly, that it's business as usual. but some who represent county employees say there can be no business as usual, with an indictment this scathing. [ sirens ] >> reporter: two police unions are lashing out at anne arundel county executive john leopold, saying the politician under indictment for his security detail needs to go, along with the police chief for failing to stop. >> never mind the mind-boggling

charges against him. he cannot function as the chief executive of this county any longer. >> the national head of the international is outraged at allegations leopold's protection staff had to drive him to sexual encounters and clean up his urine. >> that power has gone to his head. nobody is above the law. >> reporter: his comments follow the fraternal order of police. >> reporter: despite the unanimous vote by 500 members, the county executive says he is not leaving his post. >> ultimately, i think it's going to come down to the citizens taking a stand and making this situation better. >> reporter: the indictment also alleges leopold directed officers to create dossiers on persons he viewed as political challengers. that led the alu to-- aclu to demand accident to what they're calling the executive's enemy list. >> expressly forbidden by the law. and to have a top-ranking government official engage in this conduct and have police officers spend their time on this conduct is outrageous. >> reporter: leopold has denied

wrongdoing. a police chief told wjz, i continue to work well with the members. and i continue to have full faith and confidence in all police department members. >> reporter: and tonight, the aclu wonders what kind of information leopold was keeping on his political challengers and how long he had been keeping it. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. mary? >> all right. mike. thank you. new at 6:00, more reaction on the calls for leopold to step down, including why some believe this exposes the county to national ridicule. an assistant principal at a howard county high school is accused of stealing from coworkers. 40-year-old40-year-old patricia murray is on paid administrative leave tonight, after she was charged with stealing credit cards from her colleagues. police say she admitted using one of them to buy christmas presents from her family. murray is a 12-year veteran of the school system and became a principal last year at howard high school.

the math shows the candidate who that will win the region. but romney's rivals they they're -- say they're not going anywhere. >> reporter: romney's associates say tuesday's primaries mean he'll be the last man standing. >> we're counting up the delegates for the convention and it looks good. and we're counting down the days to november and that looks even better. >> romney won six out of 10 of the corn tests. but -- tests. >> we have won races all over this country. against the odds. when they thought, oh, okay, he's finally finished. we keep coming back. [ laughter ] >> reporter: santorum's team said the former senator would be in ray much stronger position with all of the conservative voters behind him, if newt gingrich quit the race. the former speaker says no deal. >> and we are staying in this race because i believe that it

is going to be impossible for a moderate to win the general election. >> reporter: campaigning in alabama, gingrich pushed his plan to lower gasoline prices. on the road in north carolina, president obama called those "phony election-year promises." >> there are no quick fixes to this problem. but listening to them, you'd think there were. >> reporter: campaign advisers say they're using the drawnout gop primary as a time to build the team that can return the president to the white house for a second term. at the white house, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> the obama campaign is sending vice president joe biden on the road next week to deliver a series of speeches about big issues in battleground states. a respiratory illness wipes out almost an entire family. eyewitness news is live. jessica kartalija has the latest on the investigation. this is so sad, jessica. >> reporter: it's really unbelievable.

one family member still fighting for their life. and three others died. and health officials say it may be a bizarre strain of the flu. >> reporter: calvert county's hazmat team on full respirators enter this home, looking for samples of a microbe, deadly enough to kill three of four family members. >> you got a large family. everybody is concerned. >> reporter: 81-year-old ruth blake died march 1st. her 58-year-old son and 51-year- old daughter died tuesday. the maryland department of health and mental hygiene has confirmed, two family members died of complications of influenza h3, circulating this season, combined with a bacterial infection. >> i'm just concerned. it's a really big loss to the family. >> reporter: maryland medical examiner david fowler says at least one of the bodies was brought here to baltimore city for an autopsy. >> reporter: blake's other daughter is being treated at a washington area hospital.

the three siblings were caring for mrs. blake when she contracted a pneumonia-like illness. >> i think this is highly unusual. and that's why it is clearly news newsworthy. but i think what we want to say now is that as far as we can tell at the moment, this has been confined to these four individuals and that we have no evidence that this has spread beyond this family group. >> reporter: health officials have contacted members of blake's extended family. >> i don't know a lot. i'm just trying to find out so i can take, you know, precautions for my family. >> reporter: and school officials in calvert county are notifying parents to watch for any signs of illness. >> it's upsetting to think that there is something out there that we don't know what it's all about. >> reporter: flu season runs all the way through may. and so health officials are urging marylanders, if you still haven't gotten your flu shot, don't think that you're running out of time, go out and get one and try and protect yourself as best you can.

back to you. >> all right, jessica. thank you. health officials also urge anybody who believes they may have contracted the flu to wash their hands often, and keep sick children at home. a warm wednesday brightens up the workweek. take a look outside now. not many clouds at all in the sky. are changes on the way? wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods is enjoying the weather outside. but let's begin inside with bob. >> all right. just a few high clouds way up there. not going to mess up your night. take a look at these temperatures. boy, is it beautiful out there. 67 last report. 70 in cumberland. cool spot, down by the chilly ocean. ocean city at 56. but these temps this afternoon are running 21 degrees warmer than yesterday. 25 degrees warmer down in pax river and ocean city at 17 degrees warmer than the same time yesterday. yesterday it was a little on the chilly side. now, bernadette has the word on just how warm this winter has been.

bernadette? >> well, we've gone through some of the numbers. and meteorological winter means december and january. we wrap that up. and this is the warmest winter on record. as far as snowfall goes, only 1.8 inches of snow. absolutely incredible. we've had more days like this than with the snow coming out of the skies. so quite a change from the last couple of years. and the warm weather is going to continue tomorrow. we'll have that forecast coming up. back inside. >> we like her short sleeves. that indicates how warm it is. >> definitely. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. killer indicted. prosecutors in norway charge a gunman who admitted to killing 77 people in a shocking rampage. so why could he avoid jail time? will maryland repeal the death penalty this year? i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news. more convincing arguments from both sides. andrea fujii.

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a baltimore native turned movie star reaches out to baltimore's mayor. as weijia jiang reports, she's concerned about the circus coming to town. >> reporter: she's an internarpsh nationality superstar. but even from hollywood, jada pinkett smith keeps an eye on where she's of she comes from. >> have to support the hometown. home town girl. >> yes. >> reporter: this week, pinket

smith wrote to stephanie rawlings-blake about the circus coming to baltimore this month. it says, as i baltimore native and mother, i am writing about the ringling brothers coming. unlike me and other actors, elephants do not choose to perform. they are often hurt with bull hooks. pinket smith reminds the law of no electrical or mechanical device that is likely to cause harm or destruction. >> we've reached on ofed out about homelessness, school issues. i would have loved to have gotten some feedback and some support or concern about those issues that are very pressing to the city. >> reporter: as for the circus -- >> i appreciate the fact that they continue to come to baltimore. i've enjoyed the circus in march since i was a child. i take my daughter. >> reporter: ringling brothers has fought animal rights groups

for decades and insist in all aspects of animal care and safety, they exceed all standards set by the u.s. da set by the animal welfare act. ringling brothers will be in town from march 21st through april 1st. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin. hi, vic. hi, everyone. this has turned into quite a rush hour. plenty of delays on the beltway. 25 minutes from baltimore national pike to security boulevard. the north side of the inner loop, stop and go there, from the jones falls expressway. along to harford road. and the outer loop still struggling in that direction. around to harrisburg expressway. it's still only moving at about 40 miles an hour. as far as 95 goes, in that northbound direction, traffic continues to crawl, from dundalk avenue, past the beltway on the northeast side. we also have a crash on the east side of the outer loop, at hawkins point boulevard, blocking the right-hand lane. other accidents include loch raven boulevard, at exeter

hall. president's street at east lombard, west franklin at pulaski. and finally, south conkling at o'donnell street. things are slow west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. stop in for only $6.99 each. back to you. one maryland man is making the journey of a lifetime, sailing around the americas by himself. andrea fujii explains in annapolis, it's all for a good cause. >> reporter: matt weatherford set sail for annapolis back in june. his goal, raising enough money to help sailors with disabilities fulfill their dream. >> this 37-foot sailboat has been matt rutherford's home for months. he sailed and called wjz off the coast of brazil on his way back to annapolis. he sailed into some dangerous situations, all to raise money

for crab. the chesapeake region, accessible boating. >> when you combine ice with fog and add a lot of wind to it, it's like a witch's brew. >> reporter: it allows lance rend ricks to sail, even after his spinal cord injury. >> once i got hurt, i thought that that opportunity was gone. but through organizations like crab, i have been able to get back into it. >> reporter: crab has helped hundreds of physically challenged people hit the water. and matt's desire to share the sport is what motivates this journey. >> reporter: for the 268 days he's been at sea, he hasn't docked once. instead, he relies on speedboats to throw him supplies. >> reporter: matt reae trip is expected to break a world record. but making sailing accessible to anyone is his main goal. >> reporter: some of these kids are stuck in -- ininstitutionalized and hospitalized it's like rehab centers to go there. >> matt is expected to return to annapolis in mid-april,

where there will be a big welcome home party. in annapolis, andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> so far, matt has raised $67,000. if you'd like to help out, log onto wjz.com, and click on news. good sailing weather today, wasn't it? >> yes. >> unbelievable. >> i assume he's got really good electronics, gpa. >> maybe an ipad or something. 66 now. 41 duplicate. humidity 41%. justice a gorgeous day. winds out of the south/southwest. brought that warm air in. it will continue for one more day. speaking of water, there you go. [ laughter ] i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom. but in the sleep number store, we hear it all the time. yeah, nine out of ten couples disagree on the firmness they want in a mattress. i sleep on the couch. with our bed, the sleep number setting represents the firmness that you like on your half of the mattress.

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live look outside now. what a beautiful afternoon it is. i'd like to be right there with the guys. sky eye chopper 13. >> nice picture. >> fantastic. here it is. 5:23 or so. a reminder, this weekend, before you go to bed saturday night, we go to daylight savings time. if you want to spring forward, one hour, at 2:00 osunday morning -- on sunday morning, or before you go to bed on

saturday night. that means the sun will be setting around 7:00. that would be nice. lighter in the afternoon. but a little darker in the morning for a while. okay? let's take a look at temps and conditions around the region. beautiful afternoon. just spectacular. 66 now. 54 down by the ocean. and 59 in oakland. still 67 in cumberland. 66 in washington. low dew point, dry, beautiful afternoon. right now, locally, 63 bel air. 59, rock hall. a bit of a breeze coming off the bay there. bay temperatures only in the mid-40s. so anywhere near the water is going to be cooler the next couple of days. particularly, east of the city, where the wind comes off the bay. like aberdeen, edgewood, even martin airport is going to be running quite a bit cooler than airports away from the area. maybe 10 degrees cooler. we got up to 57 today. 32 this morning. the average now, 51. and the average low is at 31. the record high, 1974, 76 degrees.

1960, 10 above zero. right now, the winds really bringing that nice, warm air in. you can see that 17, 20. 16, ocean city. 12 up in cumberland. and they brought that warm air in, being this morning. yesterday was a little bit chilly. there are clouds to the west. there's a frontal system that is going to be crossing our region late tomorrow night. and early on friday morning, with some showers. not a lot of moisture with it. but it will go through with some clouds. look for clouds to be increased tomorrow night. and a risk of some showers for a little while. and then it clears out friday afternoon. it will be turning cooler, though. behind it, temperatures drop a little bit. and then on saturday, looks like the coolest day this weekend will be saturday. probably upper 40s again to maybe 50. and then a warmup, right back on sunday and next week. tonight, looking for those skies to be generally clear. but a mild night. 45 for the low. 68 tomorrow. breezy, warm afternoon. increasing clouds. maybe some showers late, late tomorrow night. and on friday morning before it

clears out again. so just a little bit of rain coming early friday morning, basically. >> we will enjoy it. thanks, bob. still ahead on eyewitness news at 5:00. meet the new ipad. what apple says its latest gadget can do. we want to be her voice, her eyes, her feet. you know, everything that she can do. >> reporter: she boarded a cruise ship but never came home. now, her family is searching for answers. a lottery winner on welfare. why this lucky michigan lady says her million-dollar jackpot

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saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. it is 5:29. 66 degrees and mainly clear. good evening, everybody. and thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. call to repeal the maryland death penalty are met with opposition again. lawmakers are hearing testimony on capital punishment. as pat warren reports, this year's debate focuses on victims' families. >> reporter: the movie dead man walking is based on the personal experience of sister helen prejet stream, whose relationship with the death row

inmate brings her to maryland for lobby on appeal. state resources on recovery for victims families, rather than execution. >> reporter: the death penalty doesn't help victims' families. of all, there's so few of them then you never do it. so what it does then is release that energy of that money into the healing help of the victims' families. >> reporter: marvin price is among those testifying in favor of repealing the death penalty. >> if anyone felt that someone deserved the death penalty, it was me. >> reporter: price changed his mind. others haven't. >> you need to have the ultimate punishment available when people commit the ultimate crime. >> reporter: baltimore county state's attorney scott shellen berger is among those who support the death penalty. particularly since new restrictions limit the use of it. >> that should have convinced everyone that we have a restrictive statute, we're very careful in how we use it. and therefore, i'm down here today to say don't change anything. >> reporter: the bill for repeal has also been filed in

the house, but as always, the big hurdle is the senate judicial proceedings committee. reporting from annapolis, i'm pat warren. back to you on tv hill. maryland's last execution was in 2005. there are five inmates on death row right now in the state. state police in pennsylvania shoot and kill a maryland driver after a roadside attack. 45-year-old darrell berry of columbia and another motorist were arguing along i-76, north of breezewood, when the trooper arrived at the scene last night. that's when police say berry approached the trooper with a pair of aggressive dogs and then hit him with a flashlight several times. the trooper fired, killing berry. the unidentified trooper who was flown to the hospital is expected to recover. breaking news out of tulsa, oklahoma. where a shooter opened fire outside a county courthouse. details are coming in. three people, including a sheriff's deputy were wounded. a spokesperson said they were firing into the air. deputies fired at officers who fired back. one man was taken to the

hospital in critical condition. one is in serious condition. and a female bye standir who was hit is also in fair condition. we'll have the very latest on this story at 6:00. measures from the u.s. government, in order to find a former fbi agent missing in iran. denise is live in the newsroom with more on the effort to find robert levinson. >> five years ago, levinson disappeared. a million-dll reward is now being offered for any new information. the most encouraging sign came in 2010, when video of levinson surfaced. but it provided no new clues. his family hopes that this will bring about new clues and lead to his safe return. >> for my family, that message was reassuring to hear. >> i look forward to the day when the president calls me with the same good news, that bob has been found and is coming home. christine levinson has met with iranian official in an effort to find her husband.

the website has been set up for new information. >> the fbi says they don't know who has levinson and no demands have ever been made. prosecutors in norway have charged the gunman who admitted to killing 77 people in a shocking rampage last summer. but as tina kraus reports, officials say it's unlikely the right wing extremists will go to prison. >> reporter: prosecutors laid out terror and murder charges against confessed killer anders berring bri -- breivik. they say he remained calm and polite as he heard the charges. the 33-year-old appeared in court last month. showing his handcuffs to reporters. and denying criminal guilt for committing the country's worst massacre since world war ii. breivik disguised himself as a police officer last july to carry out a bombing and shooting spree that killed 77 people.

he killed 8 people in a bomb attack on a government building in oslo, then opened fire at a summer camp on nutoya islands. many tremendouses hid behind walls or played dead, as breivik gunned down 69 people, many of them teenagers. >> reporter: breivik says his targets were traders -- traitors, with immigrant- friendly attitudes that could lead to an immigrant muslim invasion of europe. prosecutors say breivik will likely not go to prison because doctors say he was psychotic at the time of the attack. a second mental exam is under way before breivik goes on trial next month. breivik rejects the diagnosis of mental illness. he says the norwegian legal system has no authority and is a tool television left-leaning elitists. the family of a canadian woman who went missing aboard a cruise ship is demanding answers.

fareba is on a two-day cruise. she was reported missing by her boyfriend. ra miss. he said the fbi cleared him of any suspicion. her family says there has to be more to this mystery. >> very emotionally disturbing. the questions that we have, we're not getting answers to. >> reporter: his sister said she was going to break up with her boyfriend after the cruise. she called their relationship, "troubling." cutting down on campus crime. frostburg state university rolls out a new violence initiative. the first session is exploring tensions with the community. meetings in april and may will express conflict management. this is the result of the off- campus stabbing death in november of 19-year-old courtney mccoy of baltimore. another student is charged in her death. montgomery county lawmakers have a new way to catch drivers

who illegally pass stopped school buses. the county is installing cameras to catch those lead- footed drivers. police say they already issued more than 200 of those citations each and every year. in tonight's wjz healthwatch. parents learn to expect the unexpected when raising a toddler. but it's hard to prepare for the shock of a breath-holding spell. although the episode passes quickly, the parents' fear can linger for years. >> reporter: 7-year-old alexander pottinger settles in for a chapter of harry potter. >> reporter: but even now, his mom remembers every terrifying detail of the time he went limp in his father's arms. >> i immediately went and called 911 because my husband said he is not breathing. >> reporter: alexander had just taken a fall. he let out a huge cry and went silent and passed out.

as paramedics arrived, he was only trying to survive. >> the doctor said, i know exactly what this is. this is a breath-holding spell. >> reporter: most often they have at least one breath holding spell between ages 1 and 3. and it's something they can't control. usually starts with a heart rate slowing. sinotic spells are more common and happens when a child becomes angry or upset. >> they often start crying very hard. then all of a sudden, there's silence. they essentially stop breathing. they can turn either purple or blue and then may pass out. >> reporter: as frightening as that may sound, doctors say the episode is benign. it passes within less than a minute with no damage done. >> reporter: there's nothing you can do to prevent breathholding. but if it it happens, doctors say cushion the child's fall and make sure the tongue isn't blocking the roadway. >> why don't you go to the bench. >> he had three or four

episodes. >> it happened maybe three or four times. >> he has no memory of it now. but his mom says it was a scare she won't forget. >> most children don't need treatment for breath holding. but it's a good idea to notify your pediatrician if it happens. the director of the art museum, gary vikin is stepping down. he grabbed it in 1985. he has served as director since 1994. under his management, two buildings were renovated. several collects -- collections reinstalled. he also eliminated general admissions prices. his resignation is effective june 2013. time now for a quick look at stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. economic impact, good and bad of a winter with almost no measurable snowfall. how daylight savings time affects your help. and a look -- health.

and a look at terrell stog lund on and off the court. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. the addams family opened on broadway in 2010. and it has finally arrived in baltimore. the weird and wonderful family comes to life at the hippodrome. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the eccentric cast are remembered for generations. some remembered through the mid- 60s television show. other there'ses through the 1990s film. tony award nominee. >> we have an opportunity for parents to open up to their children a world that they fell in love with, of the addams family. and the kids can really enjoy it. >> as an audience member, you're getting this wonderful experience of escapism and going into their criminaly

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we're following breaking news right now. captain mike perry is above it with more. captain mike? >> hello, mary. we're in northeast baltimore. this is bel air road in glen arm avenue. where baltimore police were trying to stop a vehicle, a silver -- looks like a station wagon, was southbound on bel air road. that vehicle failed to stop. and continued to flee police before it tried to make a left- hand turn, going the wrong way on glen arm avenue, off of bel air road.

then struck a stopsign and a house. now, the driver of that vehicle, which was fleeing police was immediately arrested. police have called for a medical unit and for fire department personnel to stand by. there is no reports of any injuries to anyone inside of the house. nor -- looks like he may have struck also a parked car. we do believe that the suspect has been injured as a result of the crash and is going to be taken to a local area hospital. police are still searching the scene. and it's not clear what the suspect was wanted for. back to you on tv hill. >> all right, captain mike. thank you. we'll continue to follow it. and of course we are following fantastic weather. we had the five-day forecast. as well as a look outside now. and a glance downtown. we'll check in with bob turk. first, here's bernadette woods. >> it's going to be a beautiful one again. tomorrow, we're starting out in 40s, close to 50 degrees in some cases. then as we head to the afternoon, we're back up in the upper 60s. the difference, though, the clouds will be on the increase.

and we have a chance for rain by tomorrow night. for the rest of the five-day, here's bob. looks like maybe most of the day, it's going to be dry. late tomorrow night, early friday, showers and it clears out. 68/49. 57 down to freezing again. saturday is going to be chilly. 48, 30. but it warms up again with some sun. 54, and back up to 60. partly cloudy here on monday. mary? >> bob, thank you. in today's energy saver, your porch's lighted lamppost is one of the high highest light fixtures in your home. csls are now coming in a smaller light that fits most lights. you can also install a motion sensor detector to turn off the light when no one is around. for more, go to wjz.com and go to our special section. forest service says 10 different fires broke out in the mark twain national forest. several others then started closer to residential areas. firefighters say they were able

to redirect those fires. but hand hundreds of families spent the night with the fear of having to evacuate. >> i -- i think our house is going to catch on fire. >> one of the things that concerns me is people will burn leaves or something on a day like this. >> the forest service says many of the fires have been started by accident. but some looked to have been deliberately set. in hawaii, the governor is declaring a disaster in the islands of aa -- kauai and oahu. they have received rain since saturday. forecasters predict more rain for this saturday. -- rush limbaugh's comments have come back to haunt him. nearly 30 sponsors have pulled advertising from the show. and at least two radio stations have dropped his program

altogether. many have chosen to distance himself from limbaugh after he called a georgetown university lawsuit advocate for birth control, a prostitute. >> by using this language. and a lot of people, i see, crossed the line. that's why you see this huge backlash, including the advertisers who are now deserting his program. >> limbaugh has since apologized and claims everything is cool. he claims three new sponsors have signed onto his show in the past two weeks. apple's company ceo, tim cook, introduced the new ipad today. the latest version has a sharper, high-resolution screen and weighs just 1 1/2 pounds. it also has a more advanced five-megapixel camera. plus the powerful 4g network. like the older ipads, the price starts at $499. i'm itching. >> me, too. but no. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00.

for all new stories coming up, denise is standing by with a preview. a violent robbery spree. the multiple crimes this man is now connected to. and the new rewards to catch him. and saving a local landmark. the big push here in baltimore. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. prince harry is getting ready to wrap up his latest trip to the island of jamaica. the prince is in the country to celebrate the queen's diamond jubilee. the two held a mock race, which bolts graciously let the prince win. >> the prime minister says that jamaica should cut its ties with the united kingdom and be independent. >> i don't know why she said that. but i think. [ indiscernible ] >> while on his trip, prince harry visited a hospital and

distance -- danced with inner city youth. hey, he can move. [ laughter ] >> he's really good. >> not too bad. >> i guess i can say it. "for a white boy,"? right? it's true. still official. the colts cut ties with one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. >> mark has peyton ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

someday, the reality is, the ravens will have to say goodbye to ray lewis. and when it comes to that day, it could be similar to what is playing out in indianapolis. sports director mark viviano has the story of peyton manning's emotional day. >> reporter: today marked the biggest transition for the colts since they left baltimore and moved to indy 28 years ago. peyton manning is the modern version of johnny unitas. and after 14 hall of fame caliber seasons, the colts officially cut manning loose. the qb accompanied indian owner

jim ersay. this comes after manning missed all of the past season while recovering from three neck surgeryless. manning says he-- surgeries. manning says he still believes he can play at the age of 35 and is shopping around for another team. but it is hard for the four- time mvp to move on, after playing with that horse helmet. >> i have been a colt for almost my entire adult life. but i guess in life and sports, nothing lasts forever. times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the nfl. and as i go, i go with just a few words left to say. a few words i want to address to colts fans everywhere. thank you very much, from the bottom of my heart. i truly have enjoyed being your quarterback. >> now, among the teams expected to make a play for

manning, the miami dolphins, washington redskins, new york jets, and arizona cardinals. ravens' gm ozzie newsome was asked about manning a couple of weeks ago at the nfl combine. ozzy said, the ravens are happy with joe flacco. more coming up and an update on the orioles. plus my conversation with manager buck showalter in sarasota, florida. >> thanks, mark. looking forward to it. the blood of taxpayers in michigan is boiling after a lottery winner gets caught using food stamps to pay for groceries. amanda says she needs her $200 a month public assistance because she's not working. she said after buying a house and a car with her winnings, there wasn't enough to pay her bills. >> no. i won a million. but i won a million. then after the lump sum, it was $700,000. and after taxes, it was over half. >> reporter: michigan lawmakers are working on a bill that would keep lottery winners from

getting state assistance. >> i think she needs a financial planner. that might be what she needs. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. showdown between police and the county executive. i'm mike hellgren, in anne arundel county. will the new pressure being put on county executive john leopold cause him to ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,

coming up right now on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. no confidence in their leaders'

strong messages. sending to their bosses and the key piece of evidence opponents want to get their hands on. as friends remember an 8th grader killed in an accidental shooting. baltimore police learn what, if anything, one of their own officers knew about it. that story coming up on eyewitness news. an entire family wiped out from a respiratory illness. i'm jessica kartalija, baltimore city. i'll explain next. a picture-perfect day. but don't get used to it. the big changes in the first warning weather forecast. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now.