around 4:00 this afternoon. fire officials responded and were able to extinguish the house, which suffered extensive fire damage. as you can see right here, the flame in front of the house is the ruptured gas main, when the truck hit the house, ruptured the gas main. we believe that is what caused the fire. now, the truck we are told, was driverless at the time. just rolled down the street and into the house. apparently nobody in the home or in the truck or near the truck was injured. but you could see it also caused extensive damage to the truck. fire officials estimate they're going to be here for sometime until they can get the gas main secured. and then continue to extinguish the remainder of this fire. but the bulk of the fire in the house is knocked. they're just concerned now of the gas main. there is no fear of explosion of gas in the neighborhood. back to you on tv hill. >> all right. captain mike, thank you. and we're working to get more details on how this

happened. animal adr advocates are closely -- animal advocates are closely watching. they're accused of setting a pit bull on fire, in the streets of baltimore. wjz is live downtown. weijia jiang is following developments at the mitchell courthouse. >> reporter: jury deliberations have been under way since about 2:00. this case has infuriated so many people. and the high publicity could make the process longer than usual. >> reporter: it's been nearly three years since this pit bull, nicknamed phoenix, was doused with gasoline and set on fire. burned so badly, she had to be euthanized. twin brothers travis and jermaine johnson, have already been tried once in the case. but last february, it ended up in a hung jury. a single holdout could not be convinced to convict the johnsons. this wednesday, they are seeking a new set of jurors. >> animal advocates are watching closely. >> we hope there is a good

verdict in the case. but either way, this case has brought enormous attention to animal abuse here in our city. and we'll be there. >> reporter: the case led the city to start an anti-animal abuse task force, the first of its kind in the country. with phoenix as its face. but it is expected to be a challenge in court. the judge called for a pool with 80 potential jurors. 40 more than usual. he expects many will disqualified because they already know about what happened. once a jury is seated, members will see much of the same evidence during the first trial, including surveillance video defense attorneys tried to have thrown out earlier this week. the 35-minute tape was critical for prosecutors. it shows clips from a police camera at the scene. >> now, the most serious charge the johnsons face is animal cruelty. a felony that could land them in prison for three years. we're live in downtown baltimore. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> weijia, thank you. the trial is expected to last a week. a georgia woman admits she

performed illegal implants in hotel rooms along the east coast, including here in baltimore. denise is in the newsroom to explain why maryland is at the center of this case. denise? >> reporter: well, mary, kimberly insteadly-- smedley pled guilty. she promised her customers larger back sides and injected them with furniture polish. she also used super glue to seal the injection sites. she received $200 to perform the procedures in hotel rooms in baltimore, washington, d.c., and philadelphia. prosecutors say a baltimore woman was hospitalized with silicone in her lungs after she paid smedley for her injections. size smedley faces up to 5 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. she will be sentenced in july. new names are coming up as potential victims of spying by indicted anne arundel county executive john leopold.

we'll continues to closely investigate. mike hellgren is live with the who list -- who else is on this list? mike? >> cut across party lines. police sergeant and former county employee. the aclu says it is sick of the secrecy surrounding the so- called list of enemies. >> reporter: the aclu believes the spying scandal involving county executive john leopold is much bigger than first thought. leopold is accused of directing to the state database. and the aclu is demanding to know what information leopold may have collected on a growing list of people. >> literally, affects our taxpayer dollars. >> the process has now been destroyed. >> reporter: and delegate don dwyer. aclu attorney, david roke a. >> picking -- roke a. >> picking up dirt. this is not a legitimate law enforcement purpose. >> reporter: this comes after

the police chief refuses to answer questions under oath before the county counsel. >> i would not want to break the law. >> his failure and unwillingness to do that is shameful, embarrassment, impproper, and in my opinion, renders him unfit to be the chief of police. >> reporter: the aclu is also demanding logs from the group leopold is going for access. >> leopold maintains his innocence against charges of misconduct in office. the state prosecutor indicted him earlier this month. >> reporter: and the aclu is also asking the county notify anyone who had their information illegally accessed. something that has not been done. we'll continue to follow this one for you. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. several members of the county council are still pushing for the police chief to open questions about what, if anything, he knew about the

alleged spying. an update in the case surrounding the death of a teenager at bolingbrook preparatory school. they dropped charges against five school counselors in the death of isaiah simmons. the counselors were accused of pinning simmons to the ground for three hours and delaying a 911 call when he appeared unresponsive. the case fell apart because the lead detective is barred from testifying in court due to perjury accusations. moments ago, charges are filed against a jet blue pilot, who cause the chaos on a flight. passengers are now talking about the terrifying moments when they had to tackle the pilot and hold him down. >> reporter: jet blue has suspended the pilot who caused the midair chaos on flight 91. passengers say veteran pilot clayton osbun had a mercht -- mental breakdown. ranting up and down the aisle, they have a bomb and they're going to take us down. >> reporter: the captain was

irate after the copilot tricked him out of the cockpit to lock him out. >> bring the throttle to idle. bring it to idle. of we're going down. we're all going to die. pray to jesus. >> reporter: when a fly flight -- flight attendant couldn't calm down the pilot, passengers helped. >> the four of us just jumped up and grabbed him and pulled him away from the cockpit door. and he started ranting about iraq, iran. they're going to take us down. >> we had no other option but to physically restrain this individual on the ground until the plane was safely landed. >> reporter: the jew krewe brought -- the crew brought an off-duty pilot on board. jet blue flight from new york to las vegas landed safely in texas and osbun was taken into custody. in a tv interview, the president of jet blue says he's known ossbun for years and that

nothing in his record would indicate he would be a risk for a flight. bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> the pilot is now charged with interfering with a flight crew. averages were -- passengers were interviewed in texas before boarding another plane to las vegas a few hours before. showers moved through maryland this afternoon. take a look outside, where there are lots of clouds. and weather is warmer than normal. let's check in with bob turk. he's tracking the storm. >> this is the frontal system. it's going to bring us dryer and cool air. beginning late tonight and tomorrow. take a look at the activity. all of it south of the baltimore, washington area. we had thunder and lightning here briefly. all of the activity now across southern maryland as you can see. shady side. the strongest activity just to the west of leonardtown. that one little thundershower, moving across portions of calvert county. and st. mary's county. and a little leftover in charlotte county. all moving off to the south and east. eastern shore, just light activity now.

one little cell, as you can see it. right there over southern a.t. county, near shady side. around the baltimore region. cleared out nicely. looks like a decent forecast. take a look at cloud cover. it moved through so quickly this afternoon. most areas only picked up a tenth of an inch of rain or less. it is staying pretty dry. most of the atmosphere didn't really support much in the way of severe storms here. pennsylvania saw lots of areas had small here. but a dry forecast. we'll have that coming up in a few minutes. a new poll raised voter opinion on maryland's same-sex marriage law. the independent poll shows 40% support same-sex marriage. while 43% oppose it. there is a 4% margin of error. opponents are trying to petition the law on ballot and overturn it on referendum. record-breaking winnings. never before in history has the lottery jackpot been this high. half a billion dollars goes to

the person or persons who win this friday's mega millions drawing. derek valcourt has more on the people and the prize. >> we're all among them. this one bears repeating. $500 million. and believe it or not, it could be more. >> reporter: at the start of the day, the mega millions jackpot was pinned at a record- breaking $476 million. >> it's unreal. >> reporter: but with ticket prices soaring by noon, the new estimated jackpot prices raised even higher. and lottery officials say it's not over yet. >> it is possible, based on sales, that this jackpot could even get higher before friday night's drawing. >> reporter: stores are already busy. >> for the last, about week and a half or so, it's been nuts. >> reporter: and with no winner in tuesday night's drawing, excitement climbs. >> it's funny. because i think everybody feels that way. when it gets to be a big total, everybody want toss play. >> reporter: all over the

country, coworkers are going in on office pools to try to increase their odds. in fact, all of this money represents the hopes and dreams of my colleagues at wjz. >> may i have 275 mega millions tickets? >> all right. >> 275 chances to hit it big. but as they say, all it takes is one. >> somebody has to win. why not me? >> reporter: after taxes, the winner could take hem $12.7 million a year for 26 years or walk away with a clean $326 million. around the country, folks are dreaming about what they can do with all of those zeroes. >> no longer working. that's for sure. >> take my family on a cruise. disney travel. pay my house off. >> i wouldn't be standing here with you, that's for sure. >> now is the time where i bring all of those people down to reality. hate to be the gloomy gus here. but the odds of winning $176 million to 1. it's too depressing to think

about. i'd rather just keep my head in the clouds and dream, please, let it be me. >> i guess that guy told you, didn't he? >> he sure did. he's like forget it. [ laughter ] tickets for the record- setting drawing can be purchased until 10:45 friday night. >> that was the big debate as we put our money at this time. -- together. i think we broke it down that if we won and nobody else in the country, we would get like $3 million each. not a fat chance i'd be back here. >> yeah. chair spinning around. >> yeah, exactly. >> where is mary? >> having fun out there. well, still ahead out there. fiery protest over health care. it is the final day of supreme court hearings. the key issues that could make or break the justices' decisions. more details linked to the trayvon martin case. what happened in the moments after he was killed? i'm alex demetrick.

coming up, signing up for rocket science 101. that story as eyewitness news continues. a rainy wednesday afternoon. when will our skies clear? they're kind of starting to do that right now. bob will have the updated first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,

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to save the bay, pay a fee. maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that requires local governments to have a fee for storm water systems. there are other clean water proposals, though, in the mix. >> reporter: troubled waters. the health of the chesapeake bay and clean drinking water takes center stage in annapolis today. ♪ [ music ]

♪ today is a disaster >> reporter: about 100 people held this colorful but pointed rally in favor of flush taxes, storm water drainage fees and septic controls, all in play in the general assembly this session. >> reporter: there is great public support for clean water. >> i have two grandchildren. and i want them to be able to grow up and be able to swim and fish and enjoy clean water. >> it's in my blood. in my venes. >> we need clean, healthy air for everybody. >> reporter: a modified bill passed in the senate and is now in the house. >> reporter: >> the septic bill is part. growing and deepening consciousness in our state. and therefore, in the general assembly. two years ago not many would have given that thought for passage. >> reporter: and a fee to treat storm water runoff, have passed from the house to the senate. >> the cost is in not

preserving and preserving and protecting the land. >> reporter: clean water and healthy bay may come at a price. but supporters say, what better thing can you put your money into? reporting from annapolis, i'm pat warren. back to you on tv hill. some lawmakers question whether this is the right time to raise additional fees. since general assembly is already considering an income tax and gas tax increase. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin. hi, kristy. >> hi, everyone. still busy out there. on the jones falls expressway. in the northbound direction. we have an accident at cold spring lane. things are a bit tied up. over on the top side inner loop, we have delays that stretch there from park heights avenue to harford road. you can expect about 25 minutes to get through. on the west side inner loop, also slow there, from southwestern boulevard to security boulevard. and on the outer loop, on the west side, we also have brake lights that we're watching from 795 to baltimore national pike. 70 westbound, heavy in that

direction, from 29 to marriottsville road. couple of new accidents out there. east joppa at ridgely road. dulaney valley at east seminary. and baltimore city, north powered. let's take a livelook. you can see, things are relatively slow. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. stop in and get any medium, one- topping pizza for only $6.99 each. only at pizza bolis. back to you. >> thank you. >> spring shower today. it's spring. we had a shower. >> spring shower. >> as well. unfortunately, didn't last long. have to wait another couple of days. maybe more rain here by friday night. tell you about that in just a minute. 71 now. went back up in the 60s. the sun came back out. southwest winds still at 8. the barometer now, 29.69. falling. we come back and take a look at a dryer and slightly cooler end to the week. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

yeah, turned out to be a very nice afternoon. around 2:00, 3:00, 3:30.

showers across the region. nice afternoon now. it's dried out quickly. take a look at radar. all the action now is well to the south there you see it across southern maryland. and one thunderstorm right around drum point there. another one by la plata. all of that activity moving quickly off to the east/southeast, into the bay, into the potomac river. and across the lower eastern shore a little bit. in fact, you folks in crepo, right there near elliot, are going to see some showers in your region very shortly. it's all moving very quickly. not lasting so long. here in tv hill, literally, it rained hard for about six minutes, just as i arrived on top of tv hill, got soaked. north of the city, you see it clear out nicely. temperature rebounded after the rain left. 64, elkton. 70s to the south. 75 now in cumberland. and 66 in oakland. locally, temperatures heavy. kent island. upper to midticket of synths.

-- mid-60s. and low 70s. but tomorrow, winds will go back to the northwest. right now, they have gone to the southwest. still milder air. later tonight, there will be the frontal pass. these showers came in through the afternoon. ahead of the actual wind shift change. still a risk of a shower until about 9:00 or so. nothing is upstream at this time. but you can see, in the afternoon, a line of showers. from new england, pennsylvania, new york and west virginia. very skinny little line. and there's a slight chance we may see a shower developing in the next three hours or so to the north and west. pittsburgh, clouds could produce a shower. behind that, dryer air coming in. looks like a beautiful end to the week. friday night, warm front coming through. may bring us early rain into early saturday. and behind it, actually gets a little warmer and drying out. for the weekend, looks pretty nice. breezy on the bay, 15 to 20 knots. and small craft advisory through tomorrow afternoon.

sunrise, 6:56. sets at 7:28. tonight, any showers south and east. and otherwise, partly cloudy to clear. 51 tomorrow. back up to a beautiful 62. >> good. >> >> sunny to partly sunny. a little breezy and cooler than today. we'll get into the low 70s. but a nice date. still above average. >> all right, bob. thank you. still ahead at 5:00, everybody. is there finally a way to get rid of cellu light for good. the flew treatment by the fda. a controversial plan to shut down seven pools in baltimore city. i'm adam may, the mayor reacts to criticism from some of her constituents coming up. i'm andrea fujii. at the walters art museum. helping to digitize medieval ,,,

it's 5:28. 71 degrees and mostly sunny. good evening. thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. we're following a breaking story right now in baltimore county. sky eye chopper 13 is over calvert hall high in towson.

let's go to captain mike perry with details. mike? >> we are indeed at goucher boulevard and la salle avenue. where a call about a drowning initially came in to fire officials at the calvert hall college here at goucher. firefighters arrived at the scene and found a young male conscious and breathing at the time. he has been taken from the hospital. to a waiting ambulance. we believe he is going to be transported to a local area hospital. he was apparently conscious and breathing at the time that they arrived. so very fortunate situation here. it appears that he was in the pool area of the school. it's not clear what caused him to nearly drown. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you. captain mike perry, reporting live from sky eye chopper 13. >> budget crunch. baltimore's mayor wants to close a half dozen swimming pools. adam may has new reaction from the mayor. adam?

>> mary, major swimming pools like this one at druid hill park would not be shut down. but it could get bigger if the areas in the city begins to dwindle. >> reporter: several of baltimore's swimming pools could be all dried up. but the new plan to close them for good, has some city parents upset. >> i hope they don't take me home. >> why is that? >> because what's what the kids are going to do. they have nothing else to do. >> reporter: the city faces a deficit and the mayor says the closures are necessary. >> you have to choose your priorities and spend your priorities on things that matter most to families. >> reporter: the mayor has not said which to be shut down but they're targeting the oldest ones with the lowest attendance. >> they're obsolete. what young kids enjoy are the splash pads that we have been installing. >> reporter: the city has planned to open more of those splash pads, like this one at the inner harbor. also, an ongoing overhaul, the

city's biggest and busiest pools will receive expansions. >> we have received resources that i don't think we're creatively using as well as we could. >> reporter: baltimore is not alone in this swimming pool dilemma. dozens of other major cities across the country have reduced the number of their public pools over the last few years, trying to deal with their own budget crunches. reporting live at druid hill, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> they still have to approve the budget. a maryland man is facing charges after his 4-year-old son is shot to death. vic has more. >> reporter: although the shooting was accidental. police say 29-year-old jamal wolford left the gun out. police say he shot the boy while his mother slept. the boy was taken to the hospital where he was later determined dead. the mother is recovering. investigators determined that the boy got the gun from his

father's bedroom. >> wolford is being held in the wicomico county detention center without bond. rallies continue for trayvon martin, the teenager killed last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer. randall pinkston reports for wjz, the latest demonstration for the 17-year-old has a u.s. congressman in trouble tonight. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush. >> reporter: the u.s. house of representatives was the scene of the latest trayvon martin protest. >> just because someone wears a hoody does not make them a hoodlum. >> reporter: illinois congressman bobby rush wore a hoody as he spoke out against racial profiling. rush was told to stop. because hats are not allowed. he was escorted off the floor of congress and reprimanded. >> representatives need to remove their hoods or leave the floor. >> reporter: trayvon martin was wearing a hooded sweat shirt

the night zimmerman shot him. the hoody has been worn to show solidarity. they want zimmerman charged for killing the 17-year-old. >> i think justice needs to be spokeep up for. that's-- spoken up for. that's why i'm here. >> reporter: zimmerman remains free. but now we're learning sanford police nearly arrested him. >> reporter: zimmerman told police he fired in self-defense after martin attacked him. the neighbor wanted to file manslaughter charges but was told there wasn't enough evidence. the case is now in the hands of a special prosecutor. investigators are reinterviewing witnesses and examining 911 calls. >> so you think he's yelling help? >> yes. >> authorities want to know who was yelling for help before the gunshot. the investigation could take weeks. but demonstrators say they want justice now. in sanford, florida, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news.

>> the investigation into martin's killing is essentially starting with scratch, with the new special prosecutor and the team of investigators, reinterviewing witnesses and examining evidence. a couple is arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a vermont teacher. police say snow plow driver allen brew and his wife practice tricia, pretended to have car trouble to lure melissa jenkins to a site where she was strangled. jenkins was a 33-year-old science teacher. her toddler was found alone in her idling suv over the weekend. the couple is facing second- degree murder charges. a massive power system is up and running at a site. the system will eventually provide electric itto the -- electricity to the trade center. the unfinished one world trade center is one of the city's tallest structures. the historic supreme court arguments over president obama's healthcare law are over. today, the justices look

closely at weather some of the law can hold if part of it is thrown out. danielle noting ham reports -- nottingham reports from the supreme court. >> reporter: some u.s. supreme court justices seemed open to the island that part of the healthcare reform act can survive, even if they strike down its core. but they asked probing questions about what happens to the law if they determine the requirement to buy insurance for all americans is unconstitutional. >> my approach is, if you take the heart out of this statute, the statute is gone. >> reporter: attorneys general are pushing for the court to throw out the whole law. >> it needs to go back to congress with a clean slate, to start over. even if there are good provisions in the bill. >> reporter: the court also spent this third and final day of arguments, looking into the section of the law, requiring states to expand their medicaid program. >> many families take for granted they have health

coverage. but they're all low-income families that don't. and medicaid, particularly, provides that kind of care. >> reporter: state leaders argue the federal government has no right to force them to expand their state medicaid program. and spend millions of dollars that aren't in the budget. >> reporter: but the obama administration point the out, the law says the government would cover the bill for new medicaid patients for 2016. ask after that, it would pay 90% of those costs. at the u.s. supreme court, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: the justices are expected to issue their rulings in the case they've heard this week in june. mitt romney, the front runner in the republican presidential contest, grabs another key endorsement. former president george h.w. bush plans to endorse romney at an event in houston. and the former president isn't the only bush behind romney. first lady barbara bush

recorded -- endorsed him. and former governor jeb bush endorse the romney last week. this shows that the republican party is uniting behind romney as pressure builds for challengers to drop out. for those other candidates like ron paul, say, not so fast. the gop hopeful will hold a town hall meeting tonight at the university of maryland. paul was set to speak on the college park camp us. paul is in last place. delegates of all four candidates in the race. maryland's primary election is tuesday, april 3rd. stay with wjz for complete coverage. campaign 2012 will continue to bring you the latest on air and online at wjz.com. in today's wjz healthwatch. march's colorectal awareness month. more -- many cases are diagnosed every month. and 56,000 people die every year. but proper screening can help

you detect colon cancer before it develops. many cases of colon cancer have no cyst symptom -- no symptoms. but there can be symptoms including abdominal pain, blood in the stool, diarrhea, and unexplained weight loss. and you have a higher risk of colon cancer if you are over 60, eat a lot of red or processed meats or have family history. if you'd like to learn more, go to wjz.com, click on health. there is a live web cam going on right now. time for ray quick look -- a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. baltimore county's next school superintendent talks about his vision for the district. stevenson university announces its next speaker series. headlined by former president bill clinton. and michael phelps continues his path to the summer olympics. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast, from wjz's first warning weather team.

putting history on line. that's what the walters art museum is doing, thanks to nearly a million dollars in grants. andrea fujii has the story. >> reporter: handling 15th century jewel-encrusted books, requires precision. >> you do always have a little voice in your head that says, don't drop it. >> diane walters helped to digitize 79,000 pages of medieval, islamic, and christian orthodox books. thanks to a grant. all of the images are online for free. >> we are, in a way, on the internet, as free as we are at the front door. >> reporter: now the museum has received another $265,000 grant to digitize flemish man scripts, including prayer books from northern france. >> this particular grant will add another 43,000 pages. and these are available to anybody in high resolution for

virtually any purpose they want. >> and it's a pretty simple process. behind each page is a mini vacuum that flattens the page. the office just takes the scan, presses a picture, and it's digitized. >> reporter: they can process 300 times a day, sharing history with the world. >> you can only have it opened to one page at a time. and this way, they can flip through and see every beautiful page. >> reporter: now, about 2 million are visiting it online. in mount vernon. andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. the walters will start digitizing the next project in january. for a link to the images, visit wjz.com. >> high tech in history. very cool. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. a stolen school bus leads police on a wild chase. and the dangerous way the driver was finally stopped. a wildfire is fueled by strong wind in the colorado.

how hundreds of firefighters are trying to contain it. i'm bob turk. the weather center. sun returns tomorrow. i'll have an exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,

do you have what it trachs tosh a rocket scientist? students at johns hopkins are finding out. alex demetrick reports, the university is bringing more talent to the final frontier. when it comes to are the worlds, there are still plenty of secrets to unlock. but first, you have to get there with the right spacecraft, carrying the right tools. and that takes a lot of experts. >> they don't just have physical engineers. they have chemists. >> it awards a minor degree in space science engineering. >> before this, i didn't really know that much about what went into the stein of a mission.

>> the perfect ice cap monitor. >> talking between 75 and 85 degrees. >> i hope to build on that and design spacecraft. >> real missions are build. state science is wide open. >> there are basic questions that we still haven't answered. for example, what's at the core of jupiter? we don't know. and nobody has ever seen the surface of venus. >> answers that first mean getting there with new tools and ideas. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> very cool. while hopkins has been involved in space research for decades, this is the first attempt to help undergraduates find work in the space injury. -- industry. things are clearing up tonight after showers moved through this afternoon. there are more changes in store for this week. bob has a look at what to

expect for the next five days. bob? >> i think you'll like the change. tomorrow is good. take a look at the forecast. tomorrow morning, we'll wake up with a lot of sunshine. it will be a bright day for the most part. low 50s, maybe upper 40s. only into the low 60s before it's all said and done. and back basically into the upper 40s and low 40s tomorrow night. next frief days, -- five days, friday looks good. now, friday there may be a little shower activity with that front coming through. warms up on saturday, back up to 68. 69, sunshine on sunday. back up into the mid70s again on monday. mary? >> all right. looks good, bob. thank you. today's energy saver focuses on your refrigerator door. if the seal isn't air tight, you're wasting energy and money because your refrigerator is the biggest seal in your home. test it by closing the door over a piece of paper. if you can pull the paper out easily, the seal needs to be replaced. for more information on how to be an energy saver, go to wjz. com, and click on our special

section. a wildfire in colorado is burning out of control. more than 4500 acres are scorched. teresa garcia reports for wjz. at least two people have died and the search is on for a missing woman. >> reporter: planes are dropping fire retard apt outside of denver for a second day. winds have been light. >> we are hopeful this is going to be a good day. air support. lots of firefighters odon the ground. >> the u.s. forest service is now in charge of the operation. and more firefighters are arriving to build containment lines around the 7-square-mile blaze. >> they have been coming in from all over the country. arizona, new mexico, south dakota, utah. lots of local firefighters from across the state. >> reporter: an elite search- and-rescue team has been brought in to find the woman missing since the fire started. she lives in a severely damaged area. at least 28 homes have already been destroyed. and another 900 evacuated. >> do what we can to take care of those folks who lost so much. >> reporter: the red cross has

set up a shelter at the high school in the town of aspen park. >> we've had many residents come by for a hot cup of coffee. three meals a day, snacks, as well as the information that is there. >> we're worried. we're all worried. especially knowing it's that close to our homes. >> reporter: the fire appears to be the result of a controlled burn that was started last week. teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> residents of another 6500 homes have been put on standby, in case they have to evacuate. >> a greyhound bus comes to a screeching halt after catching fire in california. more than two dozen passengers were traveling from sacramento to stockton. when the bus became engulfed in flames. the driver pulled over after passengers said they smelled smoke. the driver says the mechanical failure likely caused the fire. police in new mexico released new video of the stolen school bus chase. officers pursued the internet chase. when that doesn't department

work, police threw down road spikes. the driver is now in police custody. in tonight's wjz healthwatch, the fda approves the new treatment for cellulite. the new laser device called cellu laze targets the area under the skin instead of the surface. doctors insert the laser through a small incision. it requires only one treatment. but does cost more than traditional laser treatments. >> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00. for these stories and more coming up, denise is standing by with a preview. >> hi, kai. we'll keep you updated on the breaking news from pikesville. a vehicle slams into a house. we'll have the latest on the investigation. virginia tech massacre. nearly five years after dozens of students are killed, the legal action parents are taking. we'll have all of the breaking news coming up. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. this is mark viviano, with

the orioles at spring training. where the baby birds are getting their first taste of the big leagues. i'll chat with the orioles' generation next. when eyewitness news continues. ,

sports director mark viviano has more on the o's next visit to spring training in florida. he joins us now with more. hi, mark. >> the -- >> the orioles big league is packed with a bunch of first round picks. a couple of recent top picks have spent time with the team some spring training. shortstop manny chachado, considered one of the top prospects in all of the minor leagues. he got to work out with big leaguers in sarasota to get a feel for the major league preparation. and dylan bundy, right out of high school and oklahoma. he's made an eye-popping debut at camp as a 19-year-old. both will begin their seasons in the minor leagues.

i asked about the future -- pressure of being counted on in the future of the orioles. >> i'm not trying to go out there and do something i've never done before. i am just going to go out there and do all i can to perform at their level. >> how do you handle these expectations and attention? >> i'm just going to take it day by day. and take things as they go and let things happen. just kind of go with the flow, i guess. >> machado got some spring training game experience this month. bundy did not. machado expected to start at aa buoy next month. bundy expected to start at single a, probably frederick. a look at blue jays this coming hour. plus an update from nfl meetings, where a new rule is adopted, concerning replay rules by officials. i'll have details coming up at 6:00. back to you for now mary.

>> new york police storm into the wrong home during a raid. at least six police officers barged into his house for five minutes, it was raided for drugs before police realized they had the wrong house, after looking through his mail. >> they had my arm back here. so i -- i said, well, wrong house. so they took the handcuffs off me and just left. >> poor guy. >> police reimbursed skinner more than $1,000 to fix his doors. still ahead on eyewitness. >> leopold showdown. i'm mike hellgren. anne arundel county executive is diewz accused of using top -- cops as spies to dig up political dirt on his political dirt on his op

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coming up right now on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. abuse of scandal. tonight, the growing list of names. justice forever phoenix. the retrial begins for twin brothers accused of setting a pit bull on fire. i'm weijia jiang with the latest next. midair meltdown. the pilot wrestled to the

ground by passengers and crewmembers. the charges he's facing. showers and the rain. don't miss the updated first warning weather forecast. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz at 6:00 starts now. spying showdown. anne arundel's indicted county executive, accused of using cops to dig up dirt on his opponents. >> tonight, the growing list of victims. >> i'm denise koch. and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> silence from the police chief and county executive had not stopped the aclu for pushing critical information in this case. they now represent