this is wjz tv the infant stabbing, new information about the mother and what witnesses are saying about the chaotic events.

good afternoon. here's what people are still talking about this today. the city woman stabbing her own daughter in front of a social worker at the department of social service office in east baltimore, and the new details that police are releasing about just what did happen. wjz is live with the latest about the attack with a kitchen knife. good afternoon, derrick. >> reporter: hi, doug. we're getting a better picture of the bizarre and scary happening inside that social service office yesterday, and we also now know the name of that young baby girl, her name is pretty diamond, and it's a miracle she's still alive after what she's been through. the question everyone is asking, why would can neara thomas pull out a knife and attack her young baby girl? new information from police might give us some clue into her thinking. according to police reports, thomas did not have custody of her 8-month-old daughter pretty diamond and during a tuesday morning supervised visit in the presence of a social worker, at

the dss office, thomas pulled out a long silver blade with a wooden handle, a kitchen knife, and began attack the child repeatedly, stabbing her. the social worker left the room screaming in terror. that's when one of her male coworkers came in and began throwing chairs at the woman, to stop her and subdue her. witnesses told police they heard thomas saying, lock me up! if i can't have her, no one will! as other coworkers arrived they found the baby lying on the floor with a knife stuck in her neck. they immediately rushed pretty diamond out of the area to medical attention. in all the baby suffered five stab wounds to her head, neck and chest. police say the child is expected to survive. police say they tried to question can neara thomas. she refused to speak and for an attorney. >> thank you very much. wjz is following this case for you and will bring you updates at 4, 5 and 6, and at wjz.com.

another person now behind bars in the beating a tourist. the woman is the four person taken into custody in connection with the tack recorded on a cell phone. baldwin, 18-year-old deangelo carter and two others are facing assault and robbery charges. a veteran city police detective is off the streets accused of taking the law into his own hands. ron max is live with more on why the detective is at the center of an internal affairs investigation. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: good afternoon, don. police detective daniel thomas nicholson is suspended regarding a case involve. his daughter. his teenage daughter was reported missing on april 20th, when he allegedly went on his own search for his daughter. using his badge to search homes without permission. the mayor spoke to wjz about the case earlier today. >> many of the things that you

bring to the public are things that we brought to you. investigations we've had and will continue because the public needs to know that if an officer operates or acts outside the law we take it seriously and act on it. >> reporter: nicholson's daughter eventually returned home unharmed. don, back to. thank you very much. you may have recognized the name nicholson was the lead detective in the case of missing teen felicia barnes who was later found dead. the sole survivor of a crash in montgomery county last month is facing criminal charges today. police say 18-year-old rico richardson fleeing from police in a stolen car when he crashed no a tree. the three other teens are ted and at this point richardson is charged with stealing that car. the governor is now consider the possibility of holding two special sessions in annapolis. he met with leaders yesterday two weeks after a compromise on a state income tax increase double part on the last david

regular session. one special session would be next month, focusing on a revenue package to avoid about a half billion dollars in budget cuts p another in august to address expanding gambling in this state. >> i would hope that this week we'll be able to hash out what in essence would be a final budget resolution. >> as it stands now, the so- called doomsday budget takes effect on july 1. in national politic, the republican race for the white house is getting smaller. one-time front-runner newt gingrich says he will drop out of the race arch mitt romney won another five primaries yesterday. gingrich will make a formal announcement next week. the move leaves just two candidates, ron paul and the now presumptive nominee. the head of the homeland security office is on capitol hill answering questions about the secret service prostitution scandal. the hearing comes after the service announced it has dealt with all 12 agents who were

implicated in it. here's the latest from wjz. >> reporter: homeland security secretary janet napolitano told a senate judiciary panel a thorough and full investigation into the secret service prostitution scandal is underway. >> the allegations are inexcusable and we take them very seriously. >> the incident happened in columbia earlier this month, ahead of the president's trip to the summit of americas. agents are accused of bringing prostitutes to their hotels room. >> to your knowledge is the first time this has happened? >> over the past two and a half years, the secret service office of professional responsibility has not received any such complaints. >> of the 12 agents being investigated, nine are being forced out and three have been cleared of serious wrongdoing. >> nobody wants to see the president security compromised. nobody wants america embarrassed. >> president obama addressed the scandal on nbc's late night

with jimmy fallon. the president called it distracting but defended the agency that protects him and his family. >> a couple knuckleheads shouldn't detract from what they do, but what these guys were thinking, i don't know. that's why they're not there anymore. >> the pentagon is still dealing with its half of the scandal. 12 members of the armed forces have had their security clearances suspended while the investigation continues. the incident was exposed after a prostitute and agent got into an argument over her payment in the hallway of the hotel. weather-wise, you probably heard from a lot of people using this phrase today. it is gorgeous! absolutely beautiful, say some! plenty of sunshine to go around on this hump day wednesday. but it may not last as long as we would all hope. we've got marty in the outback and tim in the first warning weather center. good afternoon, tim! >> good afternoon! it is definitely a very nice

afternoon shaping up. we have temperatures pretty much right on target for our normal high for this time of year, which is just around 68 degrees. we're at 64 now going into the early noon. we have 53 on oakland where the snow is still on the ground at 61, down in ocean city. a bit warmer today than yesterday. 66 or 64 right now about upper 50s yesterday, still a bit damp and cloudy as it started to clear out. 10 degrees milder in our far western counties. and just about three degrees warmer in ocean city. but as you mentioned, things do change. we're still in the cliche of april showers, if you will. and for a little more on what is headed our way, we send it to marty. >> thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody! april showers, there's more coming our way. and that brings may flowers. we'll keep saying that and remind ourselves we're still under our normal rainfall for the year. couple of showers tomorrow not a bad thing. the weekend a different story. let's concentrate on the short

run first warning doppler radar is looking at a -- what will appear as a stationary front. we're basically talking about a warm front sitting down to the south and the west. we're going into the mid-70s tomorrow. along the leading edge of the front and behind it, there's going to be son yum settled weather. we're looking for rain overnight and a couple thunderstorms tomorrow during the afternoon, not out of question. we're not looking for any severe weather at the time. but it's going to be a great wet, but unlike the weekend when it was gray and whetted, it will be a warm and humid afternoon. might we get and when is the next spate of moisture coming our way? meteorologist tim williams has details coming up shortly. now back inside. >> thank you very much. it's been especially nice couple weeks for a maryland teacher honored by the president yesterday. the top teachers. the english teacher was honored after being named maryland's teacher of the year. the country's top teacher, the woman there, is from the los

angeles area. and still to come on wjz new year's day at noon, immigration takes center stage at the united states supreme court. what lawyers are saying about arizona's controversial immigration law. criminal charges come down in connection with the bp oil spill. are anymore arrests on the way? and take another live look outside at a gorgeous day. stick around you are your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's pretty sunny and 64 degrees in central maryland right now. your complete forecast still coming up. it's also a big day on capitol hill as the supreme court begins hearing arguments about arizona's immigration law. the just 'tis will decide if the law passed in 2010 infringes on federal authority. it requires police while enforcing any other laws to question the person's immigration status. if they suspect he or she could be in the country illegally. the legislation has certainly left arizona residents divided. >> unfortunately, illegal -- american jobs and [not understandable] >> we don't believe anybody is

illegal. and people are safe tells us people have a right to come into cross borders. >> arizona says the law is consistent with federal immigration policy and is necessary to control illegal immigration in a state that shares a 370-mile long border with mexico. the justices are expected to reach a decision by late june. the federal government brings the first criminal charges connected to the gulf oil spill. former bp engineer curt knicks was arrested and charged with obstruction of justice. investigators say he deleted about 300 text messages that indicated the blown-out well was spewing a lot more crude oil into the gulf than the public was being told. the justice department says its investigation is continuing and more arrests are certainly possible. a new case of mad-cow disease is under investigation out in california. health authorities say the infected cow was never a threat to the nation's food supply. mad-cow disease can cause a fatal brain disease in humans who eat the tainted beef. this is the first new case of

mad-cow disease in the u.s. since 2006. this year is only four months old, and it's already been a very good year for apples. the world's most valuable technology company sold 35 million new iphones and 12 million ipads in the first quarter of this year. that's double the amount it sold during the same time last year. and still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, her sunny day, a beautiful spring day people are saying. your complete forecast two and a half minutes away. first, let's look at the midday stocks, followed by last night's mega-millions numbers. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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jewittee bitty just made a big u-turn! >> all right. must have got a special call from somebody. >> i'm telling you! >> having to be to fort mchenry now! it's a nice day to be down there at the water. still chilly to be in the water, but the boaters are getting ready, and right now temperatures are reflecting nice day shaping up. we're in the 60s, at 64 at bwi. 30 the dewpoint. relative humidity at 27%. winds from the west at 16. and that's going to drop as low pressure moves our way.

we're expecting rain tonight into tomorrow, even accompanied by a thunderstorm or two. right now the temperatures very nice and this early afternoon. 61 in ocean city. the snow is falling, temperatures are rebounding nicely. we have 55 in oakland, 64 in cumberland, and around the immediate metro area temperatures all in the low to mid-60s. 65 in annapolis. winds west at 16 across central maryland at the airport. double digit wind around the area from the northwest, and eventually the west. sunshine out there coming up in the west a dry air mass moving into the region at least for today but then that changes going into tomorrow. we have low-pressure system that will be moving to our south. and warm air, warm front going to kind of usher it in here over the next 12 hours or so. the pathway for all the showers we're expecting over the weekend really just follows the cloud line here out in the midwest. out in the plain states and that's what will be headed our

way to the weekend. we have a bit of low pressure to our south. this system here is going to move on in here by tonight, into tomorrow. with warm air leading the way, could bring a shower or thunderstorm tonight into tomorrow, and then we clear out for friday again before the next wave of low pressure and a few showers come our way saturday into sunday. so sunshine, rain, sunshine, rain. that's pretty much the patten for today into tomorrow. sunset today at 7:55. 69 degrees, mostly sunny. breezy this afternoon. overnight lows down to just around 45 degrees. increased clouds and a chance of a thunderstorm. that will be with us tomorrow morning as well. thunderstorms but then 72 degrees. temperatures are mild, and ten in we have a nice friday shaping up. marty will talk about the 5-day forecast in just a forecast. >> the orioles' homestand continues through the within when the oakland athletics come to town. if have sunday afternoon it's on wjz. the game between the a's and the o's sunday at 1:30 here on wjz-13. still to come on eyewitness

news at noon, approved to treat many conditions but a study finds botox may not do everything doctors claim. details ahead in healthwatch. and don't forget, wjz is always on for you. here are some the stories we're following on our website at this hour. for constant updates, and first warning weather forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

healthwatch a new study finds botox is not very effective for treating migraines. researchers say the fda approved injections reduced chronic headaches by 10%. but doctors say prescription medications have much better and more predictable results. check back in with eyewitness news today at 4, 5 and 6 as which are following the story of a baby being stabbed by her mother in a social services office here. it's been five years since madeline mccann disappeared. police reopening the case? also the age progression photo released today. join us for these stories and the breaking news today at 4, right after dr. phil. and by all means, stay with us, the 5-day forecast is coming right up! ,,,,,,,,,,

marty has the 5-day. >> it's looking about frankly very late april and spring- like. 72 tomorrow. 64 degrees on friday. saturday is going to be the odd day out, 58. i'm hoping for some afternoon clearing on sunday, 62. monday we'll be back in the mid- 60s with sun back inside. >> all right. thank you very much. and don't miss the cbs prime time lineup on wjz this evening. and he already has a heisman trophy, but it's safe to say this particular trophy was a

lot more tasty. former baylor university quarterback robert griffin was on hand for the unveiling of a subway bus made out of smokehouse barbeque chicken. it's a bust of him made out of chicken. go figure! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,