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this is wjz-tv, wjz-hd and wjz.com, baltimore. from the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now is complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's news station. leadership in question. an indictment triggers votes. >> the county executive responds. >> hello, i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter. what people are talking about. wjz continues to investigate the case. mike hellgren explains why firefighters want the county leader out of office. >> reporter: firefighter, police unions overwhelmingly voted they have no confidence in their leadership in the indictment against john

leopold. some citizens are fed up too after the state prosecutors lured that the security detail was driving him to sexual encounters and keeping tabs on his lovers and political o opponents. >> i'm losing faith, not just in an official, a grown adult man, needs a code of behavior. >> reporter: there's a picture him on the job with business as usual on the police inspired chief vote. they've done an excellent job of maintaining public safety despite fiscal challenges. >> i think he should be given his day in court. he wants to resign. there's a lot of petty stuff

going on because they didn't get the increases. >> reporter: the rhetoric. >> he's a failed leader. it's time for him to step aside. >> he doesn't want the moral authority any longer to do his job. >> reporter: mr. leopold said he has no intention of stepping down. legal experts say fighting an indictment like this can be distracting and emotionally draining. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> leopold is scheduled to be in court later this month for an arraignment. a major gun ring out of the hands of bad guys. detectives arrested these three people after seizing weapons from their homes and storage units. a bullet proof vest. it would have brought money on the streets. growing fears of a dog

fighting ring with a second bad pit bull found miles from where another dog was found a month ago. andrea fujii explains the investigation is under way. >> reporter: he's recovering tonight. animal control wants to find the people responsible for injuring her and another dog. despite bite marks, couldn't stop kissing steven williams when he found her and took her to animal control. >> she was the sweetest dog. she didn't mind one bit what we had to do to clean her. >> reporter: she was found on richie highway about five miles from where another injured pit bull named rocky road was found. animal control said both of their injuries show they were in organizized dog fights. >> they were unfortunately a victim of either people using them for fighting or using them as bait to train fighting dogs.

>> reporter: dog fighters have been secretive, so they're asking people in the area to keep an eye out for anything suspicious, and brooklyn park residents say they will. >> i can't imagine people allowing dogs to fight at this age, especially with everything with michael vick. >> kind of upset. >> reporter: meanwhile, doctors say princess will recover. it's a relief that she's a fighter, but not against other dogs. >> there's trust in her eyes. after what she's been through, she trusted us. >> reporter: she'll head to the animal county. rocky road will also head to a local animal rescue. andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> andrea, thank you. if you have any information, call the number on your screen. you can remain anonymous.

another blow in the war of words between jada pinkett smith. smith wants to monitor the animal care when the circus comes to town. now jada fights back. jada pinkett smith has real star power. she is correcting what she believes is animal cruelty. the use of prods on ringling brothers circus elephants. she reminded the city ordinance banning any mechanical, electrical, or manual device likely to cause physical injury or suffering. the mayor responded. >> we have homelessness and school issues. i would love to have gotten some feedback or concern about those issues that are very pressing. >> the will fired back another letter saying in part, your response to her, jada's letter,

was disturbing, irresponsible, inflammatory, and inaccurate. the charities foundations that's supported and ends by saying jada is a proud baltimoreian who has generously given back to her hometown. the letter was given today. so far, no response from the mayor. they staged in charleston and atlanta. its animals, they say, are well cared for. big names standing up for another cause in maryland. legalizing medical marijuana. the house is considering a bill. patients and advocates like baltimore native montell williams say that marijuana is the only thing to help them deal with crippling pain. >> my mom is in the house right this minute. >> the state health department and governor of maryland do not support the bill. the governor is expected to

veto it if the legislation makes it to his desk. a furniture store is to pay a quarter of a million dollars for infesting them with bedbugs. a jury ordered the store to pay the family $225,000 for her little boy's medical problems. a sky high hiv rate. alarming new numbers from the johns hopkins hot spot. >> even surprised the researchers involved in the story. the most vulnerable population here is black women. study conducted by johns hopkins researchers. it's five times higher than urban nationwide.

baltimore is an hiv hot spot along with five other cities along the east coast. patrice henry has been living with with it since 1995. >> i had to make a decision to either live or die. >> reporter: now, she's served as a patient advocate at johns hopkins. most people fear knowing their hiv status. >> we need to encourage each other to get tested. >> reporter: that's what a baltimore city task force is trying to do. they aim to cut infections over the next three years. >> we're trying to help those with the least access to care to get that done. >> reporter: they're making it easier than ever with mobile clinics getting in the neighborhoods. >> we do it five nights a week. we work on the block one night a week and we have needle exchange. >> reporter: and people are taking advantage. >> get tested because people are walking around who having sex with anybody. >> reporter: that testing could

help the numbers start to go down. and hiv testing through the health department is free. the department have tested more than 4500 women just last year. reporting live, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, thank you very much, meghan. more safe sex counseling is needed. it's funded by the national institute of health. spring break in baltimore. this harp seal is normally found in the waters of the arctic. today, it was seen in edge mere. it's rare to find the seal in the chesapeake bay. they will be sure to monitor it to make sure it's safe. >> maybe there's a second one in the water somewhere. coming up, a flight attendant to the ground. police in hot pursuit. see how this ends up. fighting for visible children. the story is taken by storm.

the viral video's staggering impact, next. a chilly start but a warm end to the weekend. i'm bob turk with the complete forecast coming up next. complete coverage continues with denise koch, vic carter, kai jackson, and first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark viviano. it's wjz, maryland's news station. i was shocked to find out how many couples don't sleep in the same bedroom.

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police were in pursuit of a stolen bus. they say the suspect ran the police car leader and came to a stop. allegedly taped to a chair. the nine year old said that he was taped to the chair after he got up twice. his mother said she confronted the teacher who said it was only a game and the child was in on it. the teacher is on leave and d.c. police are also investigating. american airlines flight is delayed from taking off in dallas after an outburst by a flight attendant. passengers recorded it on their cell phone. began rantings over the public address system said she wasn't going to be responsible for the plane crashing.

she was reportedly kicking and screaming as they took her off the flight. they said it was a medical issue and at no time were the passengers in danger. a campaign to stop an african war lord becomes the most viral video. more on the kony 2012 documentary. >> reporter: film maker jason russell posted a video, kony 2012, on youtube four days ago. it's been now viewed more than 56 million times. >> its only purpose is to stop the the rebel group, lra, and their leader group, joseph kony. >> accused of kidnapping children in uganda. they're on a mission because of a promise he made to a 12-year- old boy whose brother was killed. so they posted the video on youtube and handpicked 20

celebrities to spread the word. >> i hope it can be used for other human rights violations. >> reporter: some questioning whether it's a passing fad. invisible children is also be criticized for the money it spends on money instead of direct aid to africa. >> we shouldn't look at it. >> reporter: the university of maryland mike greene berger said the group was successful. u.s. forces are on the ground right now going after joseph kony. greeneburger said that, along with the intentions of americans, will make a difference. >> now having civilized world children be so upset about it will have a very big impact and justice will be done. >> the technology that has brought our planet together is allowing us to respond to the problem of our friends. >> reporter: it's trying to make joseph kony famous because

people have to know him to know what he's done. they have posters of kony on april 20th. mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. >> some people in uganda are criticizing the video for oversimplifying africa's longest running conflict. the japanese tsunami and earthquake. many areas are tsunami risk areas, meaning no new construction. they'll be across tokyo, nearly 20,000 people died in that disaster. an unbelievable story of survival. a missing hiker found in new mexico along with the pet who never left her. margaret page went missing nearly a month ago in the forest. they found her along with her pet cat. she drank water from a nearby creek but ran out of food a week ago. she and her cat were

malnourished, but expected to make a complete recovery. a famous home in illinois. it's the home where home alone was filmed. ma cullly kuhl kin's character was battling the burglars in it. the home sold for $1.6 million. it's been repaired since all of that disaster. >> i would hope so. i think it's actually worth more than a million. >> it's a bad market right now. take a look at temperatures. great place to catch a burglar. 40 degrees now. northwest winds at 8. it's dropped considerably temperaturewise and back up to 30 and 36 right now.

the cold spots with 27. 32 at the airport in nosnow city. dew point at 7. it will be chilly today as winds die down. 38 and 36. still 45 at the day there. and get down to 39 or 40. downtown baltimore now, getting down to 35 or 37 overnight tonight. the winds are much lighter now than they've been. 14 or 18, still breezy. the breeze will come back again tomorrow and because of that, we start some smoke. now, tomorrow night and sunday morning at 2:00 a.m., please don't forget, bring forward one hour your clock because it's daylight savings time this weekend. yeah, that's right. so don't forget to do that. here's that front that came through with a few sprinkles last night. didn't do a lot. some snow shower activity

passed and even tonight across new york state and a little bit of winter up there. the rest of it is clear skies and cool night tonight. tomorrow will be kind of chilly as high pressure moves in, but at the same time, it was off the atlanta coast which means directsly behind it is a surge of warm air for sunday and next week, temperatures above normal again. the high next week is around 51 or 52. expect to be mid to upper 60s. even some mid 70s possible. winds are pretty gusty, up to 25 knots and out there on the bay tomorrow. bay temp around 45. clear and chilly. maybe 38 in the city. sunshine all day long. it will be cool. 48 degrees. but a big warm-up on sunday that's back up to 62. 65 at least. maybe 70 again on tuesday and mid 70s possible on wednesday. maybe a brief sprinkle or

shower on tuesday, so spring is definitely here. >> thank you, bob. check in with gigi barnett and tim williams tomorrow on eyewitness news. that starts at 6:00 a.m. with the updated weekend forecast. a player is hospitalized up next i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

i don't know if i can watch it again. mark viviano is here with the sports report. >> baseball can be scary. first week of warm-up games in florida has produced a number of positive signs for the orioles, especially in pitching. it came to a halt of a frightening injury. batting against tampa bay with a 90-mile-per-hour fast ball right in the face. it was thrown accidentally by

rays pitcher alex kolb. eventually taken to a hospital for observation and a ct scan. good news, no broken bones, a contusionings and a loose tooth. the game went on and the orioles and rays played to a tie in ten innings. some rough basketball in the acc tournament. the end of the road for maryland brought down by north carolina. they cruised with 89-69 victory. ninth straight time they've beaten maryland in the conference tournament. for maryland, terrell led the way. maryland's record is 17-15. no ncaa bid coming their way. how about the n.i.t.? >> for these kids to do what they did, i'm proud of it. i'm not sure if we deserve it. there are a lot of teams who do. we'll see.

>> sean mossly with points in the defeat. the ncaa comes out sunday evening. loyola university. see the live broadcast unveiling here on wjz. coverage comes your way sunday at 6:00. high school march with the boys from dunbar. they beat cokemoe 86-68 was the final. they now play newhound for the championship. also, the dunbar girls play for a state championship after they won today. and finally, in football, tracking the quarterback free agent, peyton manning. here they are with broncos quarterback john elway in denver. manning is shopping for a new team. broncos is one of ten teams interested. you can scratch the redskins

from the list. they reportedly traded against a number two draft pick from st. louis. they want to draft robert given the third, he was the heisman trophy winner and the quarterback carousel spins. >> thank you, mark. to infinity and beyond. >> what one man did with his legos is far from chil,,,,,,,,,,

st. patrick's day is next week, but they are getting started a little early in

portside park. many turn green leading up to the st. patrick's day parade next saturday. it's one thing to build a model of the space shuttle out of legos, quite another to launch it into the stratosphere. but that's what one man from romania did. it was attach today a weather balloon and the camera brought back these amazing shots. it was recovered thanks to the gps. maybe the next lego mission will go into infinity and beyond. it looks just like the shuttle, doesn't it? >> it looks like some movies too, the animation. right? >> [ laughter ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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