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wjz, maryland's news station. >> deadly confrontation. a stand off in france ends with gunfire. >> how a terror suspect was killed. >> hello again, i am jessica kartalija. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today, an islamic extremist accused of killing 7 people in france is now dead after a fierce battle. we have the latest. >> reporter: french commandos stood down after a deadly 32 hour stand off in toulouse, the siege ended with gunfire and explosion at the apartment of the suspected killer mohamed merah. he was hiding in the bathroom when police stormed his home. he had several guns and opened fire, officers shot back hitting him in the head as he threw himself out the window, police negotiators say in the hours before his death he admitted to killing a teacher and three students at a jewish

school this week and murdering three french soldiers earlier this month. detectives say he filmed the killings and was proud of them. he is seen in this amateur video and claimed to have links to al qaeda and called the killings pay backs. president sarkozy says an investigation is underway to see if he had any accomplices. he said he had traveled to afghanistan and pakistan for terrorist training. officers wanted to take him alive but the extremist promised he would die fighting. tina kraus, wjz, eyewitness news. >> several police officers were injured in the gunfight. >> we have breaking news from baltimore county to tell you about. several arrests have been made following a fight and stabbings in a townhouse community in owings mills, wjz and sky chopper 13 over the scene

tuesday afternoon, two people stabbed there. police now say five men are in custody, all charged with attempted first degree murder and assault. wjz will have much more today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. a new development in the allegations the anne arundel county executive spied on political enemies, the police chief wants maryland state police to investigate whether his officers broke the law by accessing a criminal database on john leopold's behalf. wjz continues to investigate. mike hellgren is live with the latest. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is the letter and state police denied the chief's request, saying the state prosecutor is already working on a similar investigation. anne arundel county's police chief is asking state police to investigate whether his officers improperly used a criminal database. in a letter to state police the chief wrote that possibly violates state and federal laws.

leopold is under indictment for misconduct in office and missouri appropriating taxpayer money. the state prosecutor alleges he used the criminal database to keep files on his political enemies including carl snodwden. >> this is unprecedented and no county executive has ever done this. >> and joan conti. >> if these charges are true, john leopold is not fit to hold office. and he should resign immediately. >> chief tear's letter comes after a no confidence vote in him by two police unions, alleging he turned a blind eye to the county executive's mis- use of his police security detail and a subpoena from the county council who demanded tear testify before them under oath about what if anything he knew at a special meeting next monday. >> we have been under pressure to have a public accounting of this and i think over the last couple of weeks we have had a chance to deliberate and take

input in from our constituents and it is clear what they want us to do. >> they called for an audit. they said they would be willing to cooperate. >> leopold denies doing anything illegal and plans to fight the charges in court. >> a woman is rushed to shock trauma after getting hit by a bus. it happened this morning on the 600 block of light street downtown. 26-year-old was riding her bike when she was hit, listed in serious condition. no word on charges for the bus driver. >> another very foggy day start this morning. our third in a row. but today was certainly the thickest. check out what it looked like earlier at druid hill park where visibility was limited and things p were said to be worse on the eastern shore. take a live look outside right now at the inner harbor which continues to be surrounded by overcast and some fog it looks like down by the water but it

is still warmer than normal we are told, so same question as yesterday, will the sun put in app appearance later on? meteorologist tim williams over in the first warning weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, don. all the dense fog advisories were lifted early except for baltimore city, baltimore county, hart fond and anne arundel county lifted as of six minutes ago. they were extended because the fog would not break, so right now all the advisories are lifted, the sun is going to have to do its work and still a foggy start to the afternoon. temperatures in the 60s, 63 is the temperature at bwi marshal, 65 on the shore, 68 oakland. the dew point still high at 59, so there is still a lot of moisture around. even with the fog we are still two degrees -- only a two degree difference between this time today and yesterday. a little bit cooler today than yesterday. we will see a bit of a shift in the winds bringing in unseasonably warm and drier air

at least for the time being. that will happen tomorrow, tonight into tomorrow and then we will look at rain moving in our direction. unfortunately, just in time to the weekend. those details in a few moments. >> the city overcharges thousands of homeowners on their water bills. now those people could lose their homes. mary is live with the details. >> jessica, residents say those bills charged them hundreds, even thousands of dollars more than they should actually have paid. angry homeowners attended a meeting at city hall last night to voice their frustration. in all 2300 property owners are set to lose their homes due to billing problems because they can't pay the large sums. >> i won't even wash -- do laundry until absolutely necessary -- >> it is a great embarrassment to see your home for sale in the public newspaper. >> the city is now issuing $4.2

million in refunds to 38,000 water customers jessica. >> mary, thank you. city council is proposing a two year moratorium on seizing homes until billing problems can be solved. a class action lawsuit is possible. >> deputies are looking for who trashed a cemetery. took at look at the damage done, a couple of dozen tombstones are knocked over with the stone cracked or broken. we are told it could take $50,000 to fix them. because the damage are so extensive and the stones heavy they think more than one person was involved. >> some marylanders will soon have a new area code. starting saturday they will have it because all the others are taken. the new area code offers another 8 million possible phone numbers. >> like i have got a million person phone numbers already. >> i was just thinking the same

thing. >> too many. >> what is two more, right? >> still to come the latest on the investigation into the shooting of an unarmed teen in florida. another rally is planed for today. >> another choice at starbuck's, the drinks they are adding to their menu. >> the fog appears to be sticking around. when wit ill will it move out? your forecast is coming up. [ dog growls, barks ]

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on the first day you take it. zyrtec®. love the air. rallies are planned for today on the killing of trayvon martin, yesterday they a attended a march to show support. last month he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch who said he did it in self- defense. he has not been arrested, tonight the reverend al sharpton will hold a rally. they are already investigating whether it was a hate crime. >> he is facing child pornography charges after taping students having sex in his office. he took video in 2010 and 2011. they made the discovery after confiscating three computers at his home and one from his office. he has pleaded not guilty to 19 felony counts and is currently

held on a million dollars bail. dharun ravi, the student convicted in a spying cam that ended in his gay roommate's suicide is speaking out. he says his actions were insensitive but for the biased. he says he set up the equipment because he was concerned about the man he invited into his dorm room. he could face up to 10 years when he is sentenced. >> the president is wrapping up a tour to defend his energy agenda today, taking heat from republicans who say he is not doing enough to lower rising gasoline prices. he is expected to announce plans to accelerate work on part of the controversial keystone pipeline, this approved section would go from oklahoma to texas. starbuck's already rules the world of coffee but is now aiming to conquer energy drinks as well, they will sell a

natural line of energy drinks next month. they have unroasted green coffee extract for energy in them without the coffee taste and a third less caffeine than in any eight ounce coffee. >> 5 bucks, my dad calls it 5 5 bucks. >> soon be 10 bucks. >> your updated forecast is minutes away. >> first a look at the stocks followed by last night's power ball numbers. i am excited. we will be right back. ,,,,,,,

now the weather, the complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> gorgeous day. >> this is not a hug your weather man day. this is a -- yeah. >> now, a few months ago if we said there was the white stuff in the forecast we would have been talking about now. >> right. >> now it is just fog. every day. more white stuff. >> -- weather. >> -- three days in a row. >> three days in a row and another one tomorrow unfortunately, but the different tomorrow is the winds will shift, not as much fog and get warmer faster, how about that? >> and prettier faster. >> it will get warmer faster,

64 right now. it has gone up one degree from our check at the top of our program. the dew point has been high, close to the actual temperature so it has been moist. with the winds still calm we are not seeing much movement. so a north wind at three miles per hour, we need more movement in the wind. the sun, we need that to help kind of burn through some of the low level cloud cover and fog and we will see clearing. it will stay cloudy with temperatures going up to 69 or so. those are your current temperatures especially those areas. winds from the north around central maryland, variable directions everywhere else. a uniform shift to the south and southwest going into tomorrow. it is going to help usher in warm air ahead of our next rainmaker which is going to

come for the weekend. with that warm air we are challenging records for tomorrow. the record is 82 degrees. we are forecasting a high around 81. we will have fog in the morning then it burns off. then we will see clearing. with the help of that wind we will get up to 80. the warm air stays with us. two fronts one backing in and one from the west are going to get here by friday night into saturday. they will both bring a chance of rain and knock our temperatures back but we will stay in the 60s, sunset at 7:22, southwest wind on the bay at 5 to 10 knotts. fog today still lingering. 73 degrees our forecast high, down to 50 for tonight. partly cloudy and mild. tomorrow 81. again the error is record is 82. sun in the afternoon but fog in the morning. okay. your five-day-forecast coming up. >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >> still to come smoking deaths why some people are saying they

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