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phylicia barns. >> her sister's ex-boyfriend is in custody. >> hello, again i am jessica kartalija. >> i am don scott. >> here's what people are talking aboutch the major break in the case of a 16-year-old honor student who vanished in baltimore in 2010. just hours ago, police made the first arrest in the case. wjz is live at city police headquarters where mike hellgren is following the developing story. mike. >> reporter: here's what we know many an hour from now, police and prosecutors will hold a news conference right here where we hope to get more answers on the charges that will be filed against michael johnson. he is the man arrested in the investigation and a person who has been interviewed several times by police. phylicia barnes disappearance launched the largest missing person's investigation generating national headlines. the exhaustive search for the teenage honor student involved the homicide squad until she was found dead floating in the susquehanna river. now almost a year and a half

after she disappeared, while visiting her sister in an apartment near the reisterstown road plaza, police have made an arrest. her sister's ex-boyfriend michael johnson, the last person to see her alive. barnes father spoke to me about the impact of his daughter's death. >> for her to be found in a body of water, and where i seen her at, where i seen her body at, no human should ever be be disposed of like that. for her to rest properly we have to make sure justice is served. >> reporter: wjz media partner the baltimore sun reported johnson was the subject of search warrants as federal investigators worked to access his facebook count. his lawyers denies he has involvement in the death and des appearance and believe the timing is connected to a controversy involving the lead detective in the barnes case daniel nickolson suspend over tactics he used while look into the disappearance of his daughter. >> the public needs to know

thatif an officer operates on acts outside the law we will take it seriously. >> reporter: and the barnes case police remarked what little evidence was left saying fill i beena vanished without a trace and they have not commented on what evidence they have connecting johnson to the murder. so, again a. news conference here in just an hour to fill in some of the blanks. the last person to see phylicia barnes alive has been arrested in connection with the death. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz "eyewitness news." >> thanks. stay with wjz and wjz.com for breaking developments in the case. we will be at the press conference and new information we will have it online. and stay with w-jz for complete coverage of this arrest. and again we will bring you the very latest from police. tonight at 4, 5 and 6. the woman charged with stabbing her 8-month-old inside a social services office in east baltimore has a bail hearing for today. police say 29-year-old kenisha thomas attacked her dot wear

kitchen knife during a supervised visit. another casework here heard the screaming restrained her. an rex is underway as to how she could get -- an investigation is underway as to how she got a knife past security. and there's breaking news in the case of two neighborhood watch brothers accused of beating up a teen. the judge designed -- decided the teen involved need not be penalized in wanting the proceedings stopped but the trial of eliyahu and avi weared shim shame will continue. thr accused beating the 17-year- old while patrolling in the jewish neighborhood and the brothers say it was in self- defense. the soldier accused of giving government secrets to wikileaks is back in court this afternoon as the military judge decides whether to drop the charges -- some of the charges. ron has details. ron. >> reporter: well, hi, just a short time ago, a judge rejected a defense motion to dismiss some of the 22 charges

manning is facing. the defense argued the government piled on multiple charges in an attempt to increase the potential punishment. the judge didn't rule on a motion to dismiss the most serious charge which is aiding the enemy. that offense carries a maximum penalty of life in prison. jessica, back to you. >> thanks. manning's defense team says was a troubled young soldier and should have never been given access to the material to begin with. attorneys for john edwards are turning up the heat on the former campaign aide and chief accuser today. former presidential candidate is accused of using secret payments to support and hide his pregnant mistress during the campaign. here's dick brennen with the latest for wjz. >> reporter: andrew young arrived at the courthouse to face more blister be be cross- examination on the fourth day of testimony. john edwards defense attorney is trying to poke holes in the credibility accusing him of making up stories. edwards is charged with violating campaign finance laws

in order to cover up his affair with rielle hunter. this morning testimony revealed that edward once gave hunter his atm card but when his wife saw a large withdrawal it set off an alarm. edwards made an excuse to cover it up. but asked young to handle rielle finances after that. >> john edwards needs to convince the jury andrew young is lying and therefore can't be trusted on the stand, or that he had some reason to dislike john edwards. >> reporter: young avoid icon tact throughout the testimony while edwards stairs at him. >> it's clear andrew young versus john edwards is the turning point. >> reporter: in cross- examination the defenseasked young if he was the source which broke the story for the national enquirer e said was not. young said edwards asked him to pretend to be the father of the baby and keep a affair -- keep the affair but it was a nightmare runner errands and he had access to malion dollars.

the crit -- million dollars. the critical question is whether it was campaign money to keep edwards in the race. in greensboro north carolina, dick brennen, wjz "eyewitness news." >> that trial is now expected to last at least another 6 weeks. more rain could be headed our way. let's look live outside, overcast inner harbor is seeing rain this morning. so how much rain should we expect? marty is in the outback meteorologist tim williams is inside here with us. the first warning weather center. good afternoon tim. a little more dry in here. >> cloudy and we are in a break between showers and maybe storms. i want to show you first warning live doppler radar, nothing around the area except for heavy clouds. what could be be coming our way? we could see more rain headed our way. a big batch to the south and west that is moving in this general direction put it in motion and you can see pretty much the direction it is moving. it's just the general eastern flow heading our way. we could see showers through

the afternoon. already, though, at bwi marshal, we have seen around a quarter of an inch of rain. .23 is at the bottom of the screen. average for the entire year is over 12 1/2 inches. year to date we have seen just around 8 1/2 inches. we expect to see more rain and the drought watch tracks the rainfall totals and we will monitor them moving on through the afternoon. rain showers come with a toll on the temperatures. for a little more on that we will go out to marty. >> thanks very much. here's the truth in broadcasting. we are forecasting a high of 68 to 70. i just don't see that happening. but, never say never. having said that, let's look at some numbers. it's 58 degrees on tv hill right now. now, the departure from the past 24 hours let's take a look. it's 6 degrees cooler. i've got to be honest. it's not real uncomfortable out here right now. winds are exactly calm and it's not raining. but you can feel the difference

between this day and yesterday. so, what's coming our way? how did a super friday and a super loudy saturday. wow, the alpha and omega. tim williams will fill in the gap coming up shortly in the first warning weather segment. now back inside. >> thank you. a growing problem seems to be growing even more in the inner harbor. an algea bloom is turning that water brown. it happens every year around this time in the chesapeake bay. herry rain washed fertilizer and other -- heavy rain washed fertilizer and other things in the bay. the orioles are riding the 3-game winning streak this afternoon after another win over the blue jays last night. jason hamel continued his strong start and threw 7 shutout innings striking out 7 jays and his teammates hate couple home runs. they can sweep the series with a victory tonight. and otheros home stand

continues when the athletics come to town. sunday afternoon it will be wjz you can see the game on sunday afternoon at 1:30 live right here on wjz. and an exciting day for football fans. later tonight, the nfl draft will get underway. ravens hold the 29th overall pick and may address needs as linebacker and offensive line. among the players hightower of alabama wisconsin offensive lineman is another possible ravens pick. i heard purple friday tomorrow are we declaring that here. >> yes. a big friday. a lot of young men and football teams. still to come on wjz "eyewitness news" at noon, hiewp rupert murdock face a another day of questioning. details in a florida crash. who a new report says is at fault. >> and it's a gray gloomy day with your complete first warning whrf forecast --

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. it's cloudy and 58 in central maryland. complete first warning forecast is still coming up.

a confession on the stand as rupert murdock testifies e says there was a cover up at news of the world but insist it was kept from him. news corp head says lower level executives were behind the phone hacking at the tabloid which he was forced to close. he apologizes with how he dealt with the scandal that followed. the florida highway patrol release as report on a pileup that killed 11 people. it says the state highway patrol sergeant reopen -- made a mistake in reopening a fog and smoke shrouded interstate before crash. a dozen cars and trucks six tractor trailers and motor home collided near gainesville. an though troopers made errors, there were no criminal violations. two corporaller and two former tsa employees are indicted under drug traffic charges. they are accused of take bribes. if convicted all four face ten years in a federal prison.

the political battle over raising the costs of federal student loans is heating up. tomorrow the house is scheduled to vote on a 6 billion dollar republican proposal to prevent interest rates on those loans from doubling. republicans want to pay for the bill by cutting funds from the president's health care overhaul and democrats want to cover the cost by plugging up payroll tax loophole. and still ahead on wjz "eyewitness news" at noon, a dreary afternoon. and it's is more rain headed our way. your complete first warning forecast not 2 1/2 minutes away. >> first, here's a look at midday stocks and winning lottery numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

now first warning weathercomplete forecast and first warning of severe weather. >> taking a look at a very kind of foggy and cloudy misty inner harbor. don't see too many of the small boats. there's a small craft' veesry because of the showers and storms moving through the region. and that's going to be in effect through late tonight. we don't extext -- we expect to see improvement but there's no rain around the meet med -- immediate metro and downtown is clear of rain right now. but this is what we are watching moving through for the rest of the afternoon. you can see there are pretty poet ebbet storms.

bright colors indicating -- potent storms. bright colors indicating the strong storms. since midnight or so, right now that batch of storms is moving out and will we will continue -- we will continue to keep anirene kassorla this. wjz -- keep an eye on this. we will track them throughout the afternoon. temperatures around region, 58 degrees at bwi-marshall. humidity at 93% with a south wind at 6 miles per hour. our temperatures are going to go up courtesy of the south winds. we don't expect to see much of a break in the cloud cover. but the south winds going to bring in warmer air. any chance we have of getting into the 60s today is because of the wind coming in from warmer climates. 59 in oakland. 56 on the shore. and 61 at patuxent river and around the immediate metro area 61 in kent island on kent island and 61 in annapolis. 59 westminster and 57 in bel air. the south wind is coming in uniformally across the state. it will continue to bring

temperatures up. we will hope not to see much sun today. because with the moisture in the atmosphere the sun comes through and that's going to be thetrigger for thunderstorms -- that's going to be the trigger for thunderstorms. that will be the spark we need with the ammunition really all the moisture to spawn thunderstorms through the afternoon we don't want to see the sun but warmer air will be welcomed. this system moves out and this is forecast for try. cooler air moving in. and we will see some sunshine. temperatures tomorrow take a hit and we will be in the 60s but it will be a clear day a. very nice day and he joy tomorrow. it -- enjoy tomorrow. it will be the best of the next three days. another chance of rain saturday into sunday and that's making for a damp weekend. next high tide is 11:18 tonight. 68 degrees today. we are going with that and overnight lows down to just around 45. and we will have the five- dayfirst warning forecast in a few moments. >> thank you. still to come on wjz "eyewitness news" at noon, the brain food the fruit researchers say can help slow

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meritin is outside with the five-day. >> let's look at the graphic. tomorrow going to be a beautiful day. saturday and sunday are not. if there's any hope for a change in this outlook over the weekend, it's going to be maybewe have lighten up action sunday afternoon. it's going to be, well, below normal by 10 degrees saturday, 58. 62 sunday. and in time to go back to work school and work monday and tuesday the sun out. temperatures in the mid-60s but five straight days below normal. back inside. >> all right. let's go to the hopkins loyola game on saturday. bummer. >> get your extra poncho. >> i know. we were so excited. >> don't miss the lineup

mentalist and "eyewitness news" at 11. >> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at wjz13 maryland's news station. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> welcome off i am don scott. >> and for marty bass i am ,,,,,