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good afternoon i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here is what did you what people are talking about. hundreds of young people deciding to meet up downtown, then police making several arrests. mike hellgren is live outside of city police headquarters with new reaction rom the mayor. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, don, good afternoon everybody, the mayor is disappointed and blames in part the warm weather but says she is committed to keeping downtown safe. during a beautiful weekend at the inner harbor, police had to work to disperse a crowd of hundreds, young people gathering downtown. likely an event organized on social media and runted in ten arrests, mostly for curfew violations. it's not the first time.

last april a similar sprik break meet up ended with a teenager stabbed and officers tried to get crowds under on control. some were unruly and media partner, the ballet nor sun reports an officer used a taser saturday, unclear if it's related. the sun reports streets were blocked off and arrests for assault and disorderly conduct. the inner harbor drawn focus after several tragedies in the past year, including violence after the 4th of july fireworks the that left a man dead. police flooded the area and enforced the curfew to keep the neighborhood safe. >> we moved in to take control of the situation. it's disappointing. you have one beautiful, great weekend, when we were expecting everyone expects from the last weekend, you have winter weather and we got spring early, we want everyone to enjoy it. we hope for better. >> reporter: the mayor praised police for being able to quick

leresponse to the incidents in the inner harbor area. >> police rely on extensive camera network to keep tabs on building crowds downtown, and elsewhere. breaking news, northwest baltimore, police are at the scene of an assault at a gas station. we have video in. the shooting happened a short time ago near reisterstown road. one person has been ache taken to the hospital. loved ones are gather in baltimore to say good-bye to a local soldier assassinated overseas. >> major robert was one of two killed in afghanistan. chopper 13 right now over his funeral at the trinity assembly of god church in lutherville.

he was ambushed following burning of copies of the koran. he will be buried tomorrow at arlington national cemetery. instead of flowers the family is asking mourners to donate to the wounded warrior project. sergeant accused of killing sf civilians will meet his w his defense attorney for the first time today. john henry brown willsey down with staff sergeant robert bail as at the federal pen penitentiary. afghanistan leaders are demanding he be returned to their country. battle for the noel snakes moves to illinois, rick santorum and mitt romney are campaigning hard ahead of the

prom primary. >> reporter: mitt romney greeted voters in illinois explaining why he should win the state's gop primary. >> i had to get us the energy on the ground we needed to keep the money, that's spent buying energy from other people, keep it here. put people to work. >> reporter: romney rolls in to the next contest with momentum from his overwhelming victory over the weekend. >> 20 delegates, all delegates that were in the contest are ours. >> reporter: holding on to more delegates than all his rivals combined. romney is stepping up calls for hopefuls to step aside. his chief challenger, rick santorum vows he will fight to the end. >> the convention will nominate a conservative, not the mad rat candidate from massachusetts. >> reporter: san tom claims romney is outspending him 10- 1 ahead of the primary in

illinois. >> mitt romney is systematically run a negative campaign, no positive vision for this country, and spends billionaire dollars to tear down every opponent in his path. >> reporter: the battle shaped up as a head to head fight between romney and santorum. ron paul and newt gingrich left the state to the front runners to focus on contests down the road. race for the republican presidential nomination is coming here to maryland. mitt romney will be here for a series of events on wednesday. he will attend a private lunch at the naval academy and making his way to a town hall in arbutus and rally in frederick. 37 delegates are up for grabs in the primary. despite concerns about the drawnout republican primary, the chair says the excitement is good for the party. funeral arrangements made for a towson high school

valedictorian killed while studying abroad. she studied at boston college and moved to research political roles. loved ones say she died in a car accident in morocco. she was a 2007 graduate of towson high school and 22 years old. battle over same-sex marriage is heating up, local churches are the front lines, more than a thousand of them began a petition drive collecting signatures to demand a referendum and repeal of the newly signed same-sex marriage law. those opposed say it contradicts their religious beliefs. >> you got a man and a man, a woman and a woman, what is equal? nothing. neither can produce kids. the sun is coming out and things are starting to warm up

out there. let's look outside as we count down to spring. meteorologist, tim lliams, is enjoying it in the outback, bernadette woods is in the weather center. good afternoon, bern. >> good afternoon, first warning doppler, a weak disturbance in the area. because of that, a chance for a couple of showers lingering in to tomorrow. this is a not a huge event but a springtime or summertime pattern where it may pop up here or there. look at this, it is already 64 degrees outside. with the clouds this morning, and the coolest spots we are seeing are at 59 degrees. all right, we are surpassing our average for this time of year. for more on how this is going to play, we send it to tim. >> reporter: hello, we talked many times about how the sun makes a difference. even when it's just still out here like now, the sun came out from behind the clouds. ist warm out here.

we expect to see the pattern continue through, that acoming in from the south and southwest, going to continue to usher in above average temperatures, we will stay in this range and warmer for the next few days despite the fact of spotty showers. winter is just running out of time. 114 tomorrow morning, spring calendar spring arrives. we have, except for an hour 14 minutes, a complete full day of sunshine, warm conditions and spring-like temperatures through our tuesday. complete forecast with bernadette woods coming up in a few moments. maryland terpins women's basketball team is lacing up dancing shoes when they play in the second round of the tournament. they took down navy at college park on saturday. the terps led the way with 17 points, 3 rebounds. 59-44. tonight they take on

louisville. fear the turtle. still to come on wjz 13 at noon, a gunman opens fire in front of a school in france. >> wild weather hits the midwest and caught on camera. >> it's almost time to say good- bye winter as we look out at spring-like weather. updated local forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

gunman opens fire in front of a jewish school in france, killing four people including three children and police say this isn't an isolated incident. manuel gallegus has the latest for wjz. >> reporter: grieving relatives arrived at the school as news spread of the shootingch all the children from this school are like my children, this woman said. police say a gunman on a motor bike opened fire before classes started at the school in the southwest city. rabbi, his sons and another child were killed. the prosecutor says he shot at

everybody who was near him, children and adults. the chirp were chased inside the school. investigators are looking in to weather it's attacked to two others in the same area last week. in those shootings the gunman killed three soldiers before escaping on a scooter. french president sarkozy rushed to the school and promised to find the killer. authorities are trying to determine if this latest shooting is a terrorist attack. so far the motive is unknown. one of israel's top diplomats says it's clear the shooter singled out the jewish community. >> this is something that cannot be understood. how can you aim at children from a close range and kill them? >> reporter: french media reports the soldiers in last week's attack were of --

france has the largest jewish community in western europe estimated at half a million people. the country has the largest muslim population, 5 million people. round of severe weather for the american midwest. storm chasers captured video of funnel clouds over western oklahoma yesterday. a flash flood watch remains in effect for 13 counties. severe weather is expected in the area. forecasters say the storm system could dump 4-8 inches of rain there. hundreds of people lined up this weekend trying to land a job at the newest casino, the live casino held a job fair. they are looking to fill 900 jobs, servers and security. it opens in june. take a live look outside this noon and stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast is now just two and a half minutes away. ,,,,,,,,,,

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maybe thunderstorm, but most of us enjoying this warmth. we will show you here are the clouds from this morning. breaking up this afternoon, seeing a few showers coming in. that's why the fog hung in place for the morning hours. as we are seeing sunshine return, look at the temperatures, 68 degrees in baltimore, now up to 72 already in easton. we will take you closer to the entire metro area at least in the 60s. as soon as you get away from the water, we are in the upper 60s already. the cold air is over the western part, pumping up the warmth and going to keep it around for a while. a nice stretch, it's going to continue. here is the large picture, here is the stormy weather with the cold air, rounds of storms keep breaking off and coming east, there is not much directing them. with this around it's a weak disturbance, a chance for showers today. meandering around. it's the same idea tomorrow. all the while, it is going to

stay warm. main storm track stays to the west for the next few days, that's what we are going to benefit from. here is the forecast for today. we are going up in to the 70s this afternoon, partly cloudy out there, chance for a couple of showers, maybe a thunderstorm. that will die down overnight. fog again, tomorrow, generally the same idea. maybe a couple of showers around but most of us, hazy sunshine out there, getting up to 73 degrees. officially the fist day of spring, we already hit 80 this month. we will have your five day forecast coming up shortly. >> incredible. >> gorgeous. still to come, given to children but do common appty biotics come with -- antibiotics come with danger? that's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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looking at the forecast, going up to 72. tomorrow 73. 73 wednesday, 80 near 80 on thursday. 77 on friday with a chance of showers, 68 saturday. meteorologists don't like to guarantee anything 100%, but i think we can say there will be no blizzards by the end of this week. >> i'll agree with that one.

don't miss the prime time line up, at 10:00, hawaii five-o, eye witness news at 11:00. thank you for watching eye witness news on wjz13, maryland's news station, enjoy this beautiful weather. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,