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. threats from the grave. one year ago, osama bin laden skill killed by u.s. forces. now, al-qaida seeks revenge, triggering security alerts. >> >> good evening, everyone, thanks for joining us, i'm adam may. one year after the killing of osama bin laden, al-qaida still has aspirations for a payback attack. alexis christopherrous has more on new threats facing the u.s >> reporter: law enforcement agencies across the u.s. on alert for a.anniversary attack. marking one year this week that navy sales killed osama bin

laden. >> we don't see any active plot underway. but we are maintaining our guard. >> u.s. officials say al-qaida does not have the capabilities they had on september 11th 2001. but they are concerned about affiliates in yes, ma'amen. >> they have demonstrated the ability to carry on an attack. >> >> reporter: the group was hype the failed under wear bomber in 2009 and cartridge bombs intercepted in u.s. cargo planes a year later the master builder of both devices recently resurfaced in yemen. they are continuing to try to carry out an attack against u.s. persons. >> >> reporter: the u.s. said they are working with international partners to track down leads and won't rest until al-qaida is completely destroyed. alexis christopherous, "wjz," "eyewitness news." us drone strikes in

pakistan have eliminated many militant leaders overseas. >> >> back in the us an out-of- control van plungens off a new york city highway and goes into the bronx zoo below. all seven people inside were killed. no exhibits or animals were affected. > >> brian barns tells our media partners he was inspired by detectives that worked on his sister's case. last week, michael johnson was charged with 1st degree murder in the death of felicia barns. she vanished in september of 2010. her body was later discovered in the river >> trial continues despite a shocking call from the victim drop the charges.

"wjz" is live tonight. derrick b exlcor exhas more on what this could mean to the case. >> >> reporter: the victim's refusal to testify could go a long way in helping the defense. 24-year-old and his 21-year-old brother expected to return to court monday morning after a bizarre twist in the criminal case against them. the two brothers stand accused of the november 10th beating of cory osby during a neighborhood patrol with an orthodox jewish watch group. the incident sharply divided the neighborhood. >> he was singled out because he was a black youth walking in a jewish community. >> reporter: the victim, the prosecution's star witness stood up out of his chair and said "i don't want to testify. i want all of the charges to be dropped." if the victim of a crime does not want this thing to go forward, most typically, prosecutors drop it. >> reporter: but a legal expert

points out it's rare for a victim to change his mind after a trial has already started. this turn of events will give the attorneys for the defense more ammunition as they ask the judge to declare a mistrial. >> it's seeming like the case is getting very weak for the prosecution. >> reporter: community activists are drawing comparisons to the trayvon martin case and said they are closely watching >> i think the case is still very much in motion and the general public should know that righteousness will prevail in this case. >> reporter: the defense maintained that the brothers were acting in self-defense. the trial resumes tomorrow. >> the victim's family has filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $500 thousand from the defendants' family. stay with "wjz" and "wjz." com for the latest on this. three people stabbed upside of a party home. the three men, including a

security guard were stabbed at the elk's lodge in annapolis. all of the victims taken to shack trauma and they are recuperating. >> >> 20 years ago today that parts of south los angeles went up in flames when riots broke out after the rodney king verdict. the chaos claimed dozens of lives and cost more than a billion dollar in property damage. >> >> reporter: gathering with dozens of her neighbors. >> we all this stores, shopping stores, but it hasn't come back, yet. >> >> reporter: still anger over the destruction and pain from the l.a. riots 20 years ago. the violence lasted six days. >> no justice, no peace. >> >> reporter: thousands took to the streets angry after four white l.a.p.d. officers were aquited in the videotaped beats of reasonable doubtny king, a black driver

pulled over for speeding. 55 people were kill. hundreds more injured, including reginald denny who was pulled out of his truck and beaten unconscious. francisco watched it outside of his bakery as looters burned down the neighboring grocery store. >> smoke everywhere. >> reporter: in south l.a., incomes are low and unemployment rate remains high. >> this is not acceptable. >> reporter: june thomas has witnessed some progress, she said the people of l.a. deserve more now 20 years after the unforgettable violence. >> >> the four police officers were later tried in federal court for violating rodney kings's civil rights. two were convicted. >> >> a 58-year-old man killed in st. louis when a tent caved in on saturday. nearly 100 others treated for

injuries at the scene. city officials blame 50 mile-an- hour winds outside of the sports bar area, but the manufacturer's guidelines called for the tent to stand winds up to 90-miles an hour. >> >> brand-new state-of-the-art emergency room up and running at john hop kin's. after seven years of planning, patients are now being treated. >> >> reporter: inside of johns hopkins new emergency building. world-renowned patient care is the same. the equipment is brand-new, the old building didn't fit their needs any more. >> so small, so cramped, facilities were generations ago. >> >> reporter: dr. peter hill runs the er. he said for months doctors and nurses practiced moving into the building so patients wouldn't be without care during the transition. >> you start to actually have little drills where staff brings staff from one end of the building to the other.

trauma or medical patient. >> this part of the emergency department will open in 20 minutes. >> reporter: pa thousand square feet. the new er is three times as large as the old one. nearly 100 beds and a pediatric wing for children. >> it leaves a very good feeling. i'll tell you at 7:00 when we open the doors an the first patient walks in, a number of patients very quickly and their reaction was wonderful. >> reporter: johns hopkins officials said they had two priorities when designing and building their new emergency room the first was patient care. the second was more space >> i have been here since 5:00 in the morning. i walked about five miles with the paoed rom at the on. >> reporter: the official opening came on sunday morning. i'm gigi barnett, "wjz" "eyewitness news." >> >> very nice facility. the emergency room is one part of the new $1 billion facility at johns hopkins the rest of

the medical complex is expected to open up on tuesday. >> >> hundreds at the baltimore county park to break the silence surrounding autism. these girls are cheering on bikers who cycled as part of the annual roar event featuring a nature walk. part of our continuing community commitment, "wjz" the proud sponsor of the event, helping to raise money for autism research at the kennedy krieger institute. >> when you have you are a parent with a child on the autism perspective, you have your own way to go. >> nationally, one in 88 children are believed to have autism. that figure is 80 children in maryland. >> >> a lot more still to come. caught on tape, bold robbers take down a clerk. shoot him right there in cold blood. grab cash and then they turn the gun on someone else.

we'll tell you who. >> >> a break in the case, new video shows people near the home of that missing girl in arizona. do they know where she is >> a campus lock down a crime that closed down a college campus tonight. >> >> canton waterfront, exotic name, more on the mahogany tide coming up >> i'm meteorologist bernadette woods. after a lot of sunshine, clouds are returning and the chance for rain. the complete forecast coming up in your first warning weather. . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it's clear and 51 degrees in central maryland. bernadette will the complete first warning forecast coming up, including a big warmup. >> >> armed robbers shoot a clerk seconds after making their demands. watch as the clerk says something back, he opens fire, hitting the clerk in the shoulder then as one of the robbers raids the register, check this out as he fires two more shots at some people that were apparently hiding in the back of the store. police have linked these people to six other holdups in colorado. >> >> a man, key witness in the case of a missing girl in arizona. a group of five people are seen leaving a club right around the time the six-year-old girl disappeared from her bedroom. three women and two men

captured on the camera a block away from the sioux tucson home. one of the men has already come forward to police. >> we are sending route detectives to interview him and hopefully identify the other four people that he was with. >> it's unclear if they know anything about the case. the new surveillance tape comes as the cost for isabell la is widening, crossing into the mexico area. >> >> a lock down at the university of south alabama has been lifted. the campus was shut down after an armed robbery at a college dorm. two men held up a student and got away with $1,000 and a cell phone. police arrested one person in connection with the crime, still looking for a second. no one was hurt. the lockdown on campus lasted seven hours >> one world trade, new york city's tallest skyscraper is expected to be unveiled

tomorrow. steel columns making the unfunnished frame 850 feet tall. just high enough to surpass the empire state building. when it is done, it will be the tallest building, taller than the sears tower. it includes an antenna that will go on top of it. >> >> pretty common problem causing an unusual change in color to -- >> reporter: if you are sitting on the dock of the bay near downtown baltimore, the tide you are watching roll away may likely be mahogany in color. >> what we are seeing here appears to be what is called a mahogany tribe. some call it exotic. unfortunately, it isn't exotic. it's not as tasty as it sounds. >> reporter: mahogany tide are

algae blue that return every spring. >> you have this reddish brown color that a colored by little tiny organisms. so, think of microscopic little plant animal type of beings. >> reporter: harmless to humans. the algae's life cycle is short, but potentially dangerous to bay life. they remove much-needed oxygen when they rise from the bottom. bloom and die. >> lack of oxygen stresses the animals. i'm cummulative. >> reporter: a mild warmer winter have contributed it. there is something man to do to reverse it. >> if you are on a septic system, make sure it is functioning well. >> reporter: we deucing the toxic things that wash into the bay could reduce the mahogany things causing this tide. tim williams, "wjz," "eyewitness news." for more yes, sir on the

mahogany tides phenomenon, more details alt "wjz." com >> and to think, they still have the goal that some day we'll be swimming in the inner harbor. >> that scares me a little. >> nice to dream, though, maybe some day. >> 100 years from now. >> weather-wise, due beautiful. let's walk around the water. . >> this is where we topped out today, beautiful 70 degrees. average is 69 and we were above it, we'll be slightly below it tomorrow, but we'll go way above it later on this week. we'll get to that in a moment. still 51 degrees outside, very comfortable out there. everyone in the upper 40s low 50s. 59 degrees. the winds are very light and we could be -- for the most part, things have dried out pretty nicely. the storm from yesterday. sunset out there. here's the next storm moving in our direction. still out to the west.

clouds will come in during the day, tomorrow and then some rain. we have the chance for still needed rain out here. tomorrow night into tuesday, but when that front leaves us, it is going to usher in really warm air for the second half of the week. you can see on tuesday, just sort of straddling the mid- atlantic. starting to bring warmer air our way. we'll see the numbers in just a moment. here's the warm air coming our way, still in the upper 70s throughout most of the deep south. today, a lot of it into the 90s, there is some hot air out there. by tomorrow, a little closer. wednesday, into thursday, friday is when it is going to peak. forecast looks like this on the water, light winds out there. out of the southeast, warm front coming through. bay temperature pretty cool, 59 degrees. tonight, we are going down to the 30s. just over the border, there are some frost advisories in effect, but for us, slightly

above freezing. 65 for our high tomorrow afternoon. slightly below average. clouds are going to trap the temperatureses a little bit, but by tuesday, we are back in the 70s when all of this clears, look what happens the second half of this week. probably going to get closer to 80 in some places on wednesday afternoon and then we are in the mid-and upper 80s thursday and friday. while that is going on. it is going to feel like summer but we'll have summer time air mass with popup thunderstorms. of course, we'll take you through that daily >> coming up next in sports, orioles save their sunday best for the last game against the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

all right, stan is here with our "wjz" sports --

orioles beat the -- >> if they can keep it up, orioles dedisplayed a flare for the late dramatic. come from behind victory. it couldn't have been scripted any better. some of the better defensive plays of the day. nolan -- bottom nine, 2-0. >> >> off the left wall. two men score on that double and it's all tied up at two apiece. next batter, wilson -- it with men on, he makes contact. out of the park. 3-1. walk off homer. go tell it on the mountain. orioles win, they are 14-8 and like i said in first place over tampa bay.

here's mat afterwards. we'll enjoy it for the rest of the day and move on to play the yankees later this week. >> they are in new york tomorrow through wednesday. >> >> chicago white sox pitcher, gavin floyd, flirting with a no- hitter. dustin to break up the no no. in the battle of the soxes, white over red 4-1 >> yesterday, ravens show cased their top three choices from the recent nfl draft can't wait to contribute in any way needed. i'm willing to do whatever it takes. >> >> mean tile time, no nascar, to day, but last night in case you weekend buffs missed it, kyle bush beat dale ernhardt,

jr. to take the richmond 400. >> >> finally, nba, game one eastern conference playoffs. hawks jumped on the boston celtics in atlanta. then in the final seconds of the game, there is trouble. hitting from behind while arguing a call, that's a no no. he was ejected despite 20 points and 11 dishes, but the celtics tom daschle celtic -- caused himself a chance to play in the next game as the hawks win >> san antonio and lakers,

other winners. >> >> orioles right now are holt. >> first place. >> but they are in new -- . still ahead, on that note, "eyewitness news," check out this -- taking you inside of a wedding that has all of the dogs barking. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

s #-s some dogs bark i do, a k9 wedding ceremony. crowds gathered to watch this

peruv iran hairless dogs. ceremony made legal when the k9 couple put their paw prints on the matrimonial documents. afterwards, they drove off in true wedded bliss. what a party. >> >> check it out. this is is a baby panda learning survival skills from humans that look a lot like he does. these are people. helping take care of the pandas. workers are dressing up like pandas to assist the baby ones when they need it. the china center gradually release hundreds of captive

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