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death of a terrorist. one year ago, osama bin laden was killed. >> the warning from the fbi and homeland security for the anniversary of his assassination. >> hi, i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> on high alert. days before marking the one- year anniversary of osama bin laden's death, the government is working on a possible terrorist attack. >> reporter: the fbi and of homeland security bulletin. it warns all law enforcement agencies to be on alert for a possible revenge attack. but the obama administration says there is no evidence of a specific threat. >> at this time, we have no credible information that terrorist organizations, including al qaeda, are plotting attacks in the u.s., to coincide with his death.
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>> former senior correspondent john miller was the last western journalist to interview bin laden. he has no doubt that next week's anniversary is circled on their cald. >> reporter: one of the things was his particular liking for symbolic dates. >> reporter: while al qaeda's attempt to reattack is lie, its capability is said to be low, following the death and arrest of some of its leaders. the main concern now is low profile thrift terrorists who could move under radar. >> reporter: there have been no culs for attacks. >> most conversations may be a lot of hot air. but when you read through them, they're very concerning. >> reporter: the u.s. is also concerned about this man, ibrahim al-asiri. counter terrorism officials say he may have resurfaced and may be plotting his next attack.
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>> 14 members of bin laden's family, who were living with him in pakistan, have just been deported to saudi arabia. a kitchen knife splits through security and a baby is stabbed. today, plans to change procedures at the city office of social services. denise is in the newsroom with more on what is being done. denise? >> reporter: 18-month-old pretty diamond is recovering from multiple stab wounds at johns hopkins children's center. her noncustodial mother is charged with attempted murder. police say she manage to get a knife through a bag search. starting monday, all bags will be completely emptied in front of a security guard. visitors to the building are supposed to have a photo id and go through a metal detector. police say thomas did not have id with her. an investigation is under way to determine how she managed to get into the building. >> the child is in good condition and is expected to survive. breaking news in the
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phylicia barnes murder case. new details about how she was murdered are released. mike hellgren has more on a hearing that just wrapped up. >> kai huge developments in this case. we have learned there is no smoking gun here. but police did interview the man accused of killing phylicia barnes. they are also concerned about a suspicious storage container and suspicious behavior after she vanished. >> reporter: prosecutors reviewed new details in phylicia barnes death. saying he had texted her 500 times in a three-month period. that he turned off has phone for hours after barness went missing and was seen carrying a 35-gallon container out of the apartment where she was last seen alive, large enough to fit her body. they also say that barnes told her sister that johnson made her uncomfortable. the defense called it all circumstantial and argued johnson should get bail. but the judge denied it, citing
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phone and text marriages, intercepted between johnson and his girlfriend, talking about fleeing to brazil. >> i knew about the storage container the very first week, when we were looking for phylicia, when the person came to us and said they saw mr. johnson leaving with the storage container on the side. what was in it, i do not know. that will be up to the court to find out. >> reporter: well, we're still very early in all of this. we also did learn today, the cause of death, asphyxiation. we'll have much more to come, including hearing from the defense attorneys. for now, we're live at circuit court. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the phylicia barnes arrest. we'll have more at 5:00 and 6:00. 65-year-old gary deitrichs was found dead tuesday night, in petworth, suffering from head trauma.
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now, a 19-year-old man, just arrested, is charged with two similar attacks in that same area. both victims survived. detectives say the suspect, michael davis, could also be responsible for deitrich's death. d.c. police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information. a florida judge wants to know more about george zimmerman's finances. this, after his attorney makes a bombshell discovery his client has hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> he asked me to do what to do with his pay pal accounts. and he said that's what he had. and that there was about $200,000 to $400,000 that had come in to date. >> reporter: george zimmerman's attorney mark omerra said he learned of the $200,000 raised online from zimmerman's website. since that time, the site has been taken down. >> i told them what i knew at the time. >> reporter: at the time, zimmerman told him he was
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broke. zimmer man was released from bail after raising 10% of his $150,000 bail. criminal attorney mark geragos says this money discovery could put zimmerman behind bars. >> if you have more money stashed in an account that basically, you didn't earn and someone gave to you, that you can pay a bond and be gone, that gives the judge concern. >> zimmerman said the money is in an could no one can answer. >> on the witness stand, the other day. and was able to say to the judge he was destitute and poor. >> reporter: that seemed to spur donations for a fund the martin family set up in trevon's name. his father tracy said the outpouring means a lot. >> things that is actually keeping us going as a family, is the support that we're getting from all over. >> reporter: today, the judge said he did not want to make a snap decision about raising
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zimmerman's bond. he wants to find out more about the money raised for has defense. george zimmerman faces life in prison if convicted in the shooting death of trayvon martin. sushi, salmonella? study r today, the cdc says they have found the source of that deadly bacteria. pat warren has more. >> reporter: that's right. the recall is for a raw yellow fin tuna product. imported by moon marine usa. the cdc reports, 200 people have been affected after eating sushi made with it. with at least two cases reported in maryland. consumers should not be eating it. and stores and restaurants should no longer sell it. 28 people were hospitalized. and more cases are possible, kai. >> pat, thank you. there's no word right now on how the tuna scrape was contaminated with salmonella. 10 families are looking for shelterad, after an apartment fire in east baltimore. flames broke out on vincent
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lane this morning. red cross helping those forced out of their homes. no one was hurt. cause of the fire under investigation. clouds are gone, at least for today. outside, it's sunny and breezy and a bit cool. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist tim williams is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. so is tomorrow going to look anything like today, tim? >> early on, it just might have a little bit of a resemblance to today. but after the day starts to progress, clouds start to increase. we'll have a better chance of rain in the afternoon. first warning doppler radar tells us, we have clear conditions over 60 degrees right now. we're now at our warmest point of the day. we have rain moving in from the west. and that is going to take a while to get here. and it's going to be a little less than what we initially first thought. so it's going to move in by tomorrow afternoon. it will be pretty much saturday evening to sunday afternoon event. but the temperatures right now, still going to hold up at least for now. but this is what we really want to draw your attention to. there is a freeze warning in
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effect for carroll county, out to the west, and frost advisories in effect for all of the areas from baltimore county to the east. and the northeast. and down toward howard and montgomery counties. this late in the season, freeze warnings and frost advisories are not typical. we're almost near mother's day, which is typically the time when a lot of folks start putting their plants in the ground. we're still talking about temperatures getting at or below freezing this late stage in april. we'll continue to keep you posted on the rain and the temperatures. we'll have your complete updated first warning forecast. >> tim, thank you, i think. let's check in on the roads now. here's kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. well, a very busy start out there. if you're traveling on the outer loop. we have plenty of delays there, from park heights avenue over to baltimore national hike. west side inner loop, another 25 minutes there, from 95 to security boulevard. and the harbor tunnel throughway, moving slowly in that northbound direction. that's from lombard street past 95. 70 eastbound, really jammed up
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there towards the beltway. several accidents as well. park heights avenue at evan way. eastern avenue at south patterson parks. west lombard at south packa. also, loch raven boulevard, at east cold spring lane. let's take a live look. as you can see, 70 heading westbound in that direction. 29 to marriottsville road. this traffic report is brought to you by medieval times, the new show. more fun, more feasts for the entire family. you can get all of the details by dialing aaa-we-joust. an unusual sight in the skies of new york today. the final flight of the space shuttle enterprise. a jumbo jet flew around the city today. it landed at its temporary home at jfk airport. the enterprise is the second shuttle to be taken out of service and moved to a museum type location. it will be eventually put on a boat and taken up to the harbor to the deck of the uss intrepid. >> which is cool in itself.
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and to have that there, too. i call that the ultimate piggyback ride. >> it really is. how that thing gets off the ground. >> you know the shuttle is heavy. i'm sure it stripped the engine and all of that stuff out to make it impressive. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. they say there's no crying in baseball. so why is this little fan so upset? don't get enough sleep? you're not alone. and tonight in healthwatch, the risk you face every day. more secret service sex capades. details of the newest case back when president clinton was in office. it's friday. but find your rain gear. it's going to be a wet weekend. ,,,,
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washington state. the boat is owned by a local cruise line and was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters got to the terminal. no one was on the yacht when crews got there. the boat owner says he was on board with an engineer when the fire broke out. they both got off safely. the fire is under investigation. in illinois, police released new surveillance video of the night a boy awaiting a heart transplant was taken from a st. louis hospital. this is video from inside a hotel near chicago. you can see, 5-year-old porter stone, approaching the front desk, with his father, and father's sister. they were all found the next day at a hotel, along with his father's mother. porter, the three are now charged with kidnapping and several other offenses. a foul ball thrown into the stands at a texas rangers game, has a lot of people talking today. as jason allen reports, at least this controversy has a happy ending. >> it happens dozens of times every game, in dozens of major league parks.
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and still, every baseball that goes into the stands brings a big smile to the kid or even the adult who gets it. except for the ball mitch mor moore land tossed out last night. that brought tears. >> oh michael jackson god. -- oh, my god. they can't give it to the kid. >> reporter: this saturday kid. 3-year-old cameron. he really loves baseball. >> i hit a home run. >> >> he likes it. he has liked it since before he was even able to like it. >> reporter: last time, cameron got a ball. >> he's 3. so there might have been an expectation that every time he goes down there, he get a ball. >> reporter: they had no idea his disappointment, though, was playing out on national tv. it wasn't as bad as it looked, they said. cameron calmed down. and later, another fan gave him a ball, and his parents said he even comparing it with the couple sitting next to them. >> we actually feel bad for them because of all of the bad press. >> reporter: and how does
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cameron remember it? >> i was crying and stuff. >> reporter: but he said it was more because it was so loud. he was back to baseball today, pretending to be his favorite player. >> reporter: jason allen, cbs news. >> he is so cute. oh, my goodness. and he's a great slugger. it tourns out, the -- turns out, the couple that got that foul ball is getting married this weekend and will be a blended family of seven. they say they love children and never meant to hurt anyone. but they should have given him the ball. can wall street end the week on a high note? [ stock bells ringing ] all the markets finish in positive territory. the dow is up 24. s&p up 3. nasdaq up 19. let's go to new york, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. stocks closed out the week on a high note, thanks to a fresh batch of better-than-
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expected profits. amazon climbed 15% after reporting a big increase in shipments. strong demands for its kindle e- reader helped power demands. expedia scored nearly 30%, as more people booked hotels on the site. and ford said it lost more money than expected last quarter because of strong sales in the u.s. and canada. that offset a slowdown in florida and europe, where ford sold 60,000 fewer vehicles. but the u.s. economy slowed in the first three pght mos of the -- three months of the year. the company expanded at a 2.2% annual rate, less than the 2 1/2% rate wall street was expecting. analyst says while the economy may not be taking off, chances of another recession are slim. and spain's debt has been hit. the credit rating agency, standard and poors says that it will make it impossible for the country to pay down its debt. the highest in nearly two
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beautiful afternoon shaping u. >> let's just say happy friday. that's where my mind is today. >> yes, it is. if we're going to get sunshine, at least start the weekend off with it get everybody in a nice, happy move. we don't want you to think it's going to be a washout for the weekend. it's just not going to be the prettiest day, compared to some of the days we have had. the low responsible for the rain has been to the east. it's been helping to bring in very cool air behind it. it's been pushing it down in our direction. and we'll show you temperatures,a ever we show you first warning doppler radar. this tells the story. that low moved on out of here.
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high pressure started to build in. but all of the clear area you see here. well, this was all filled in by cooler air, wrapped around that low-pressure system. it all started to move on in. so our temperatures today didn't really get up to our average, which is 68 degrees. we only got to about 60. and that's where we sit now, even despite the sunshine. winds have been from the west/northwest. and that's again, helping to allow for cooler air to move in. high pressure to the west as well. all directing those winds in from the west and northwest. 31% relative humidity. the dew point is pretty low right now. 49 in oakland. 56 in cumberland and in makerstown. 56 in elkton as well. 65 in patuxent river. around the immediate metro area, everyone right around 60 degrees. 65 in westminster. and 57 in bel air. a little cooler as you get north of the beltway. right now, we have winds sustained, just around 20 miles per hour at elkton. 10-mile-per-hour winds around d.c. and easton. we've had gusts upward to about
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30 miles per hour. and they're starting to calm down now. winds will actually calm down through the evening. now, what we have is high pressure in control up to our northwest. the to lowthat we talked about, with the rain, has moved off to the england coast. but in is the system. the low that is driving this is all centered just around caps canc. it's going to start pulling all of this in our direction. it's going to take a good while to get here. tomorrow, we'll see clouds increase. then heading into tomorrow afternoon, we'll have a better chance of some rain. now, the chances of rain will get here, closer to about sundown. we're talking late afternoon. they'll be with us through the overnight hours. and early sunday morning, they're getting out. here. and we're start tock see some clearing. with this high-pressure system building in, temperatures are going to wrap around that. and we're going to start to see a gradual increase by this time next week. we'll be in temperatures up around 80 degrees. this is the way it all shapes up. sunset today at 7:57. small craft advisory in effect through 8:00 p.m. tonight.
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going down tonight to around 35 degrees. we want to remind you. there is a freeze warning in effect. and frost advisory for much of the state. temperatures expected to be at or below freezing. then tomorrow, 58 degrees, mostly cloudy. rain in the afternoon, lingering into sunday. five-day forecast, we'll talk about coming up next hour. this is weather to clean out closets. doing spring cleaning. >> you're very right. >> a reason to stay inside. >> you got it. thank you. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup. it's the episode of blue blood. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. the orioles' home stand continues through the weekend. when the oakland athletics come to town. and sunday, it's masn on wjz 13. you can see the a's and the o's, live on channel 13. and scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. 20 years after los angeles erupted in riots, fueled by racial tension, we'll talk to police and business owners who are caught up in the chaos, and look at the ongoing efforts to bring that community back
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rodney king verdict set off a wave of violence in los angeles. bigat shaban visits the hardest- hit communities. >> hilda johnson has worked at this los angeles grocery store for nearly three decades. she watched in horror as the original market and much of south l.a. burned to the ground 20 years ago, during one of the nation's worst race riots. >> it looked like a war zone. it looked like it was terrible. it was bad to see everything burning, smoke for days. >> reporter: a neighbor shot home video, after looters set the market on fire. >> the store was completely destroyed. completely. it wasn't nothing standing. >> reporter: thousands rampaged the streets, after a jury acquitted four white police officers, who were caught on video, beating rodney king. 55 people were killed in the riots. and more than 2,000 injured. >> reporter: much of the rioting took place here in what was called south central los angeles. the l.a. city council changed the name
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to south l.a. nine years ago, in hopes of replacing the area's violent image. >> it was so bad, the police pulled out. >> reporter: after witnessing the violence, businessman john bryant started the nonprofit operation hope. it helps at-risk youth, teaching them about business as well as providing loans to small business owners. >> i stopped focusing on me, myself, and i and started focusing on we, why and what we can do. >> reporter: tay took -- they took a bus tour to see what happened and celebrate the progress. >> we're not where we need to be. but we're a long way from where we were 20 years ago. >> reporter: while there are plenty of reminders in the streets of south l.a., there's also reminders it's a better place. >> reporter: now, nearly a year later, the four lapd officers were tried in federal court. two were convicted and sentenced to two year negligence prison for violate -- years in prison for violating rodney king's civil
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rights. kai is in the newsroom, with charges about impropriety. >> reporter: two weeks after the incident in clump yeah the secret service is being accused of unprofessional behavior by agents going back 12 years. secret service agents traveling with former president clinton, are accused of partying at strip clubs on a visit to buenos aires. another said that white house staffers went to moscow. but the new allegations come after a hearing wednesday, in which senators were assured that the columbia scandal was an isolated incident. >> the secret service spokesman said thancy is -- the agency is looking into those reports. rules to allow a sex tape into evidence. the judge denied a bid by rielle hunter's attorney to leave out the tape, which shows hunter and edwards. hunter is suing former edwards' aide, andrew young, over that
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tape, which he says he found in the trash. edwards is charged with using campaign funds to hide his affair with hunter. department of defense says specialist jason edens died thursday at a hospital in bethesda. he was injured april 15th and coordinated a taliban attack on several nato bases. they planned troop withdrawal in 2014. a healthcare on board a delta airlines plane leads to quarantine. the passenger, a 50-year-old woman had been visiting uganda, before changing planes in new york. >> reporter: delta airlines jet flew into midway. a public health emergency was declared. and the plane was quarantined. chicago fire department paramedics responded to a report that one passenger might have an infectious disease. a woman who was flying from
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uganda. other passengers were nervous. >> initially, everyone was just covering their mouth, just to make sure they're not breathing something weird. >> you're in a teeny, tiny plane. and the guy next to me is coughing. >> reporter: as paramedics examine the -- examined the woman and took pictures-er mysterious rash to be sent to health officials, tensions on board grew. >> we started trying to find out what is in uganda. and they started saying, you know, we're reading ebola virus, and small pox. >> reporter: finally, health officials at the cdc, determined the rash was probably bed bug bites. >> they said it was something like bug bites. they wanted to make sure it was completely safe for us to leave. >> that must have been a great relief to you and the other passengers. >> yes. absolutely. it was tiring just sitting there. so... >> the ill passenger was advised to seek medical care. and the rest of the passengers were released from the plane. did you get a good night's sleep? if you're like a third of american workers, you did not.
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mary is in the newsroom with the shocking results. >> well, denise, the cdc says 41 million fewer workers sleep less than six hours a day. no surprise here, the people who work nights are more likely to sleep less. health officials say this puts people at risk for serious and sometimes deadly situations. the national sleep foundation recommends adults asleep 7 to 9 hours a night. over time, not getting enough sleep can cause cardio cardiovascular problems, diabetes, and depression. >> and crankiness. doctors say if you fall asleep in less than 10 minutes or you hit the snooze button twice, you're probably sleep- deprived. people in alabama, hundreds were killed, thousands of homes destroyed. now, according to researchers, nearly half of the people who died had been advised to take
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shelter. but few structures were able to withstand the storms. let's take a look outside now. it is mostly clear, breezy and mild. however, could the rain return this weekend? bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> it is sunny, breezy. but tonight, it's going to get quite chilly. first, let's take a look at radar. to the west of us, that's your weekend. unfortunately, that batch of rain, around kansas city and st. louis, is going to start spreading out to the east. even though tonight, it will be clearer. tomorrow afternoon, clouds come back. probably rain by late tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow night, into sunday morning, before it begins to clear out. take a look at temperatures. it is rather pleasant. but still running below average. only 45 in oakland. we're at 60 now. still about 8 or 7 degrees below average. now, tonight, as the winds die down, with a dew point of 30 degrees, can we go back to the computer real quick? we have a chance, yes, north and west of town, from 2:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., of some frost or
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freezing conditions. if you have tender plants out and you put them out, a little too early. we always recommend around mother's day, especially north and west of town. cover them up or bring them in tonight. they could freeze. they could die. so you don't want that to happen to your little tomatoes. or your annuals that you put out. think about that. we have rain coming from the weekend. vic? >> let's check in on the roads tonight. kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. well, friday afternoon, never an easy drive. traveling on the west side inner loop. delays stretch there from 95 to security boulevard. you can expect at least 20 minutes to get through. on the top side of the outer loop, delays stretch there from providence road to baltimore national pike. average speed, about 39 miles per hour. 70 westbound, bumper to bumper, from 29 to marriottsville road. also, very slow there, if you're heading towards the beltway in the eastbound direction. northbound 895. no improvement there. slowing from lombard to 95. and accidents include
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berryman's lane at deer park road. pulaski. echo dale at rommel. and also lombard at south monroe. let's take a live look. slow there, 70 at 29. things definitely slowing down as well, on the beltway, west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. $6.99 each only at pizza bolis. it may be the most powerful tool on facebook. the like button is the key to saving money to all kinds of retailers. hot deals are just one click away. >> it's definitely worth it for a consumer to "like" a brand on facebook. >> reporter: emerson college social media expert, dave says retailers can be like friends. >> you have friends that are constantly updating with junk. some brands are better than others in terms of offering deals. >> reporter: who offers the best deal. >> we followed a dozen
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retailers for more than a month. here's what we found. >> like jennifer, we also found great deals at lord and taylor. they posted a friends and family sale, that offered 25% off most everything, and 10% off cosmetics, which are rarely discounted. another alerted to a sale, offering 40% off already reduced shoes. >> it's good when you can save money and still be fashionable. >> next, kohl's. a can coupon for 20% off everything. another for 15% off golf attire. another, a flash sale. one day, marked from $59.99 to $19.99. a favorite of the young crowd, abercrombie consistently posted sales. for everyday needs, try cvs. the drug store posts cash-back offers. like a $10 cash back card for spending $30 on certain items. and if you're hungry, try
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liking quizno's. that's all it takes to get a free sub. and local company, boloco, also offers discounts and freebies. >> experts suggest you "like" the brands you actually like. or your news feed will look like the sunday paper. >> it's hard to keep up with all of the offers and opportunities. the story of children living in a bus, shocked the nation today. their mother is out of jail and talking. and soak up the sun today. because there may not be much this weekend. bob is updating your first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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hundreds evacuated in london when a man goes into an office building and threatens to blow himself up. >> heavily-armed masked police surround the site. today, a standoff gan after reports that a mentally unstable man walked into an office building and said he was going to blow it up. police say a hostage negotiator arrived at the scene. and people inside the building got out safely. police arrested the man at the center of the standoff. denise? >> thank you, kai. police in london are on high alert, as the city prepares to host the olympics and celebrate the 60 -- 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth's reign. a stunning story for the man whose body was found in a neighborhood gives us the story. >> at first, i seen him circle the block a couple of times. and then when he came back, i approached him, "what do you want?" he said that he was looking for
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a gun. "i need somebody to shoot me." >> he said that? >> yeah. i said, you're out of your mind. but i might be able to get the gun for you. how much money you got? >> he never got the gun. but he did meet jeffrey locker later, a little while later in locker's car. >> that's when he said again, i want you to kill me. i said, why don't you just go jump in the river? it's right there. >> what did he say? >> he said, i need it to look like a robbery. >> reporter: he said he wanted to make it look like a robbery so his family could collect the insurance payout. >> he was worried about not being able to take care of his family the way they were accustomed to. to him, this was it. if you don't do it, someone else will. >> according to minor, locker
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promised him, if he helped him, he could clean out his bank account and gave minor his atm and pin number. hours later, locker was found stabbed to death. and before long, kevin minor was charged with his murder. >> this wasn't murder-for-hire. it was just one person helping another. >> reporter: you can see the entire interview with minor on 48 hours mystery tomorrow night, starting at 10:00 p.m. the coast guard puts an end to boat races off the coast of san francisco, following a deadly yacht crash. racing vessels are not allowed to go to sea and must stay in the bay. the temporary restriction comes after five crewmembers on the 38-foot boat, low speed chase, died when a vessel was hit by waves in the pacific. a safety review by u.s. sailing, the governing body of yacht racing, is expected to finish next month. a massive crash claims the lives of 11 people. just before it happened, a florida highway patrol sergeant
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expressed concerns about reopening the interstate. >> reporter: they wouldn't listen. this wouldn't have happened, if he'd have listened. those are the words from florida highway patrol sergeant, bruce simmons. according to an fdle investigation, the trooper's in- car video system recorded him, blaming his lieutenant for reopening i-75, around 3:30 in the morning. it had been shut down earlier in the night, due to poor visibility. and by 4:00 a.m -- >> another accident. >> okay. >> oh, my gosh. >> what happened. tell me what happened? >> another accident. another accident going northbound. >> okay. >> the report said the lieutenant did not know the fhp's policies on when to reopen roads. the report also alludes to a possible cover-up. after the crash, fdle investigators interviewed a captain, who said the sergeant did not express any concerns about reopening the interstate. the sergeant denies that, prompting calls for an internal investigation.
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>> that was lisa bell reporting. that internal investigation is ongoing tonight. a texas woman, whose children lived on a buss while she was in prison, is now trying to regain custody of them. charise served more than a year for embezzlement. but a postal parker thought the children were abandoned and called child protective services. cps took the children out of the bus because of unhealthy living conditions. >> what you're seeing now is the condition that we left it in when we went to jail. and i realize i have been gone 16 months. but i've spent eight days, planning. >> shorten says she's hoping to bring her children home in time to start school in september, find a job and get an apartment. his brother nearly dies from popping pills. now, a college student comes up with a life-staving invention. it's called the locking cap. a sacramento state student came up with it to keep people from overdosing on prescription drugs. the pill bottle safety device
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comes with a four-digit combination code. it allows only the drug user to open it and keeps the medication out of the hands of children. it's expected to be in wal-mart and costco stores soon. well, a cat spends hours in a hairy situation in arizona. take a look at this. this little cat got stuck on a power pole in phoenix. near lines carrying thousands of volts of electricity. rescuers couldn't get him down, until he climbed down a little bit to a neutral line. no one has claimed it. it ran off as soon as it was back on solid ground. >> i think he's probably just a little embarrassed. >> that's right. well, it was nice -- nice today. but we won't be so lucky this weekend. >> no, we won't. bob turk is updating your first warning forecast next. ,,,,,,,,,
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late saturday night. late in the afternoon, into early sunday. we'll probably see some rains. take a look at temps around the region. our average high is up to 68. we're still running below average. humidity very low. 31%. 30 degree dew point. and that dew point indicates tonight, some areas north and west of town can see some frost or freezing conditions. and in fact, there's advisories going out late tonight. 2:00 a.m. to about 9:00 a.m. north and west of the city. there could be frost and freezing. north and west to the baltimore and d.c. areas. winds now at 17. as long as the winds stay around 10. we will not see frost. but it will get back into the 30s probably. barometer holding steady. 30.04 inches. as soon as the winds die down, that's when the temperatures will drop. 61 ocean city. and oakland, only 45. we'll be in the upper 20s tonight, believe it or not. 57 in bel air. and 60 then in annapolis and kent island. the winds still a factor.
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10 to 15 to 20 miles an hour. but they will be diminishing tonight. and as the heat dies down, any heat that is accumulated, lower levels will be quickly reradiated. that's why our temperatures will be chilly tonight. warm front developing. with warm temps here. running into this cooler, dryer air mass. showers breaking out near st. louis. some of those clouds start moving in tomorrow afternoon. i think by late tomorrow afternoon or tomorrow evening, we'll start to see some rain in the evening. don't expect to see a whole lot. but looks like it will be damp at least. until sunday afternoon, that will get off the coast. sunshine returns, temperatures back in the low to mid-60s, i think, by sunday. and a warmup for next week. north winds on the bay. 5 to 10 knots. the bay temp around 57 degrees. tonight, it will be cold. 30 to 40-something. and in the city, an average of 35. frost and freeze conditions possible. north and west of the city. cloudy by the afternoon. a little rain late in the day. tomorrow's high, mid- to upper 40 50s. a little warmer as it clears
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one year after osama bin laden's assassination. check in for more on these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. how did phylicia die? for the first time, prosecutors lay out their case. >> new details emerge, as her accused killer appears in court. hi. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> moments ago, prosecutors reveal where they believe phylicia barnes died and how they believe her body was hidden for months. mike hellgren is there, with more reaction on the teen's suspected killer. >> reporter: big developments. first, the indictment was unsealed. also, there was no bond, no
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