dead but still dangerous. the anniversary of the bin laden assassination. the security concerns of the political fallout. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. >> here's what people are talking about. >> one year ago today, navy seals set off on their mission to kill osama bin laden. they succeeded. and bin laden's death is turning into a presidential campaign issue. >> reporter: when president obama announced the death of osama bin laden, nearly a year ago, he called it a moment for national unity. >> today's achievement is a testament to the great accident of our country, and the determination of the american people. >> reporter: one year later, mr. obama's campaign is using the president's decision to order the bin laden as an appointed contrast with his opponent, mitt romney. >> osama bin laden no longer walks on the planet today because of that decision or the brave actions of the men and women in our military.

and quite frankly, mitt rom mitt romney said it was a foolish thing to do. >> reporter: that featured former president bill clinton, in which the campaign asks, whether romney would have made the same call. >> he took the harder and the more honorable path. and the one that produced, in my opinion, the best result. >> reporter: the obama campaign is referencing remarks romney made in 2007 that, it is not worth moving heaven and earth and spending billions of dollars, just trying to catch one person. romney said he was more focused on a comprehensive terrorism strategy. republicans say the obama campaign is exploiting what should be a nonpartisan victory for the country. >> this is one of the reasons president obama has become one of the most divisive presidents in american history. >> he's managed to turn it into a divisive, partisan, political attack. >> reporter: and in a statement statement, senator john mccain,

writes that mr. obama is, quote, doing a shameless end zone dance, to help himself get reelected, unquote. >> for the first time today, the white house acknowledges the covert practices of drone strikes against al qaeda targets. the president says he wants to be more open with americans. three generations killed in a horrifying car crash in new york today. the man who lost seven members of his family reacts. vic is in the newsroom with more. >> azario says he is so shocked, he can't think or feel anything. he said he doesn't want to live. his children, cousin, wife died saturday. their suv plunged into a park. 22-year-old maria gonzalez lost control of the suv. police say gonzalez was speeding when she hit the median. she damaged her tire, sending it bouncing into traffic and over the rail. the children ranged in age from

3 to 10 years old. >> this is the second time this year that a car has gone off the same stretch of the bronx river parkway. the cause of the accident is still under investigation. a montgomery county teen is suing the police department. 18-year-old rico richardson was the front-seat passenger in a fiery accident last month that killed three other teens. the lawsuit alleges a montgomery county police cruiser rammed the teens during the high-speed chase. the teens' vehicle crashed into a tree and burst into flames. richardson is suing for $10 million. after months of delays, the man behind the 2010 election night robocalls goes to trial. derek valcourt has more on the charges julius henson is facing. >> jury selection under way in the henson trial, both sides looking to get a fair jury. because remember, this case is knee-deep in politics. let's take a look at how we got here. >> reporter: what -- when republican bob ehrlich

campaigned for governor, his team agreed to hire julius henson to help them win. >> we made the call. >> henson now admits he wrote the infamous robocall. before polls were even closed. the calls hinted it came from the democrats, saying we are winning, there's no need to go vote am. >> we're okay. relax. >> reporter: the robocall never mentioned that it was really coming from ehrlich's campaign. >> it's not just political dirty tricks, it's against the law. >> reporter: he call its illegal voter suppression. and in paul schurick's case, jurors already agreed. he was sentence for the same robocall that has julius henson arguing in court that it violates his free speech. >> i think it's impossible. >> jury selection at this hour. the trial resumes tomorrow. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> the trial is expected to last at least eight days. the baltimore basilica is

about to start closing on weekdays. mike hellgren is live in the newsroom with more on the repairs to the nation's first cathedral. >> those monday-through-friday closures at the basilica are expected to last through may. they planned to fix the cracks. there is no structural damage. but the cracks are expanding. the basilica reopened in 2006, after extensive restoration. scaffolding will now be used so naweddings can take place on the weekends. repairs could cost $3 to $5 million. and earthquake insurance will cover the cost. >> parish officials are aiming to have the work complete by ash wednesday next year. customers bidding for power supplies, means they should see a decrease in their household bill. this comes as customers wait for a $100 credit for the

exelon merger. you should see that in next month's bill. >> you may have the heat on for today. it was gray and chilly most of the day. take a look outside. the sun is trying to come out for the first time this morning. wjz has weather and traffic together. meteorologist bernadette woods has the updated numbers from first warning weather. bern. hello, mary and everybody out there. we're going to start out with first doppler radar to show you, even though the clouds have come in, there's nothing associated with the clouds. it is moving in our direction. you can see all around us, scattered showers, and even thunderstorms. and that will come into with this forecast. 61 degrees is where we sit in baltimore. that's the warmest it's been all day. just out to the south and west, we've seen a few peeks of sunshine. temperatures already jumping up close to 70 degrees. that front will come our way. chance for a few showers and maybe each -- even a thunderstorm or two. but this front is also going to draw much warmer air our way. we'll have that coming up. >> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz

traffic control. kristy? >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. we have a couple of delays out there. things slow down there from baltimore national pike, over to security boulevard. on the top side inner loop, slowing there as well, as you approach charles street. and the jones falls expressway, we still have a lot of construction going on there. you can expect slow traffic in the northbound direction, out of baltimore city, past 28th street. as far as accidents go, baltimore boulevard, at gambler road. and also, north charles at taplow. let's now take a live look, once you do pass baltimore national pike, things do ease up just a bit. and we'll take another live look. that's another look look at the baltimore national pike. and there's another look there, west of the beltway. things are definitely beginning to build up, although they are moving at the posted speed. this traffic report is brought to you by cirque du soleil. introducing the michael jackson immortal world tour. coming may 5th and 6th.

you can get your tickets. back to you now. the two-day move into a state of the art building at johns hopkins hospital is nearly over. wjz was there, as new mom, amanda gonzalez, was carefully moved out of her hospital room, her old one, that is, she was transported with her precious cargo. her new baby, cruise. the two were escorted by a team of expert patient movers. they arrived as the first patients in the building ever. just a short time later. the hospital building officially opens tomorrow. you can see more of it tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. look how pretty it looks. fresh paint. >> and a fresh new baby. >> and a fresh new baby to go with that. there you go. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. exotic animal fights. they were released from their cages. now, ohio decides the fate of the five survivors. two drugs may be better than one in fighting diabetes in children. the important story ahead in healthwatch.

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it is cloudy, 61 degrees in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. an ohio woman, whose husband set dozens of exotic animals free is getting some of them back. thompson's husband s loose the animals. officials were forced to shoot them -- several. thompson will get the animals back. she is ready to pick them up

any time. civil rights suit is filed by four city lawmakers. conduct is so bad, the force needs an outside monitor. mayor michael bloomberg is handling the protest. they also said they violated free speech and other rights used excessive force. in tonight's healthwatch, a new study finds the rate of teens with type 2 diabetes is rising. researchers find the current treatment is not affected. >> sarah was diagnosed with diabetes at 16 years old. a new study in the new england journal of medicine. the study involved nearly 700 overweight and obese teens, recently diagnosed with

diabetes, including sarah, and found a combination of two drugs. matt foreman and avandia, was better in keeping things in check. >> children in diabetes and adolescents, appears to acquire in many children, two drugs, right off the bat. >> reporter: but the drug avandia has been linked to heart disease and stroke. >> doctors aren't sure why heart disease is so hard to control in young patients, but say hormonal changes may play a part. >> about a third of american kids and teens are overweight or obese. putting them at risk for type 2 diabetes and its complications. >> reporter: sarah was managing her diabetes with just medication, until about a month ago. now, she needs insulin injections. >> the insulin helping me regulate this more. >> she's also trying to keep her diabetes under control. in los angeles, bigat shaban, wjz eyewitness news. the study also found that dieting and exercise did not

provide any more benefits to teens taking the drug, metforman, however, the drug alone provided the same results. can wall street get the week off on the right note? >> doesn't look like it. markets are all down today. s&p off 5. nasdaq down 23. let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. shares of barnes and noble surged more than 60% on news of a deal with microsoft. tech giant will invest $300 million for a minority stake in a subsidiary that will include barnes and nobles nook e-reader and college text books. it also helped in 2008. they hope to compete with amazon and give microsoft a foothold in the e-book business. another round of layoffs on wall street could be coming soon. analysts say big banks may lay

off as many as 20,000 workers in new york city later this year. that would be the biggest round of job cuts since 28,000 positions were lost during the financial crisis of 2008. consumer spending flowed last month, as more americans decided to save their money, instead of heading to the stores. the commerce department says personal spending rose 3/tentths of a percent, while incomes rose. savings also rose slightly to 3.8%. and spain has slipped back into a recession for the second time in three years. economists say there are now a dozen european nations thar currently in a recession. the rating agency standard and poors also downgraded the debt of 11 spanish banks, on concerns of spain's shrinking economy. that's your money watch. for more, go to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. it's the biggest social event of the year for political journalists. nancy cortes reports for wjz. the white house correspondence

dinner still has people laughing. >> reporter: this is what it looks like when hollywood glitz mixes with washington politics. george clooney, kim kardashian, and reese witherspoon were just a few of the celebrities who walked the red carpet at the white house correspondence dinner. >> anyway, it's great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent, hilton ballroom, or what mitt romney would call a low fixer upper. [ laughter ] >> president obama came armed with guards about the narrowing republican presidential field. >> there's still time, man. >> and about how he felt. >> four years ago, i looked like this. today, i look like this. [ laughter ] and four years from now, i will look like this. [ laughter ] >> that's not each funny.

>> recent secret service prostitution scandal in cartagena gave him good fodder. >> i had a lot more material prepared, but i have to get the secret service home in time for their new curfew. [ laughter ] . >> reporter: late night tv show host jimmy kimmel picked up on that scene. >> mr. president, i know you won't be able to laugh at any of my jokes about the secret service. so cover your ears, if that's physically possible. [ laughter ] i do have a lot of jokes about the secret service. you know, i told them for $800 issue i wouldn't tell them. but they only offered $30. so... [ laughter ] it's the one night in washington, where everyone, right and left, is in on the joke. nancy cortes, washington. >> nancy cortes reporting. this was the 98th year for the event. didn't get an invitation this year. >> nor did i. i think i need to go to

hollywood first. coming up on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00, ground zero no more. we'll take you to the one world trade center in new york city. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, disaster calling. if you've got a cell phone, you've got early warnings. that story as eyewitness news continues. the week is off to a cool start. meteorologist bernadette woods is updating your first warning forecast. wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, for instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

well, it started out nice, then got a little not so nice. and now, bern, trying to get nice again. yes? >> trying to. we've got nice weather coming later this week. so just be patient. we'll get to that in a moment. right now, the clouds have come in all ahead of a cold front. and they hung pretty tough over baltimore. however, in western parts of the state, we have seen some sunshine return. and just over the border, in virginia, some sunshine returned. but between the clouds, between the easterly winds, temperatures have taken a big hit. we're only at 61 degrees right

now. but where the sun has come out, it is 71 in cumberland, and 71 also in oakland. so far today, that's been our high. 61 degrees. the average just jumped up to 70 degrees today. we were there yesterday. and for the next couple of days, we're going way above that. but we have to get through today first. this front coming our way will bring some showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two. but that's tonight into tomorrow, before it gets out of here. once it clears out, we'll start to see that warm air coming our way tomorrow. here's that front. it comes through, gets out of here tomorrow afternoon, clouds mixing with some sunshine. and temperatures will start jumping. however, here is another front. this is going to pass by, just off to our northwest on wednesday. what that's going to do is sort of halt our warmup, before it really takes hold thursday and friday. and it's also going to put us not only in a summertime spewing air mass. but a summer-like air mass, where we see showers and storms possible, each of the afternoons, thursday, friday, and maybe even into saturday. forecast comes together like this. here is all of that heat, down

to our south. we've had a few areas in the 90s today. and that's the kind of air moving in our direction. now, probably not 90 degrees. but not too far off it. temperatures jumping. in the 10- to 15-degree range, starting tomorrow. and then we go even higher than that for the second half of the week. out on the water, small craft advisories in effect. winds picking up with the winds coming through. tonight, we only dropped down to about 55 degrees. thunderstorms possible out there. then tomorrow, here's the beginning of our warmup. we're going to see a few showers, maybe even a thunderstorm or two. mainly in the morning. but as we jump into the heat, a thunderstorm or two is possible in the afternoon. 80 degrees tomorrow. next part of the front is going to come through wednesday. it sort of halts the warmup. although we're still talking 77 degrees. but that's nothing compared to what you're going to see the second half of the week. we've got numbers, about 86, 87 degrees in this forecast. >> wow. >> oh, very nice. incredible. >> thank you. that's great. sounds good.

don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup at 10:00. it's an episode of hawaii five- 0. that's followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. 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 together. that's tonight, on the cbs evening news. gas prices take another dip. don't miss tonight's wjz pump watch report. a sign of the times. the unusual way george zimmerman's attorneys are keeping aware of the controversial case. olympic security measures. the shocking plans that are worrying residents. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with denise,,,,,,,,,,,

it is 4:28. 61 degrees. and mostly cloudy. hello, thanks for staying with

eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> controversial safety plan. ahead of the summer olympics in london, measures to put air missiles on top of apartment buildings. monica villamizar has the latest from london. >> reporter: the british military may install surface-to- air missiles on this apartment rooftop, during the summer olympics. they say the missiles are the best ways to protect the skies in london during the games. residents received leaflets, notifying them that testing will begin this week. >> i still am scratching my head, wondering why they decided to use a residential area. >> it does raise questions. whether they can put missiles on private property. >> residents worry that these locations could be could become targets for terrorists. >> generally in this country, the military don't just announce that they're going to occupy private property. it puts us at risk. >> reporter: authorities insist, the missiles are not a

hazard to residents and will only be use as a-- used as a last resort. >> it's all about deterrents and control of the air space. the government has an obligation to the international olympic committee to protect over 100 heads of state who will be staying and all the athletes. >> reporter: if the defense plan goes forward, it would be the first time since world war ii that missiles are deployed in london. >> reporter: in london, monica villamizar, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: more than 13,000 troops will be deployed during the summer games. lawyers for the man accused of shooting 17-year-old trayvon martin, are using new tactics to tell his side of the story. kai has more on how george zimmerman is connecting with his attorney. >> zimmerman is turning to social media. the defense has opened a website called gz legal case.com. as well as accounts on facebook and twitter. attorney mark omerra says they are using the sites to

discourage blind speculation and inform the public about certain aspects of the case. meanwhile, zimmerman's attorney is working to keep another aspect private. the defense is asking the judge not to release information about witnesses, amid concerns for their safety. vic? >> kai, thank you. zimmerman admits to shooting the teen as he walked in the florida neighborhood, but says he acted in self-defense. we're learning more about a utah mother who disappeared in 2009. before she vanished, susan powell sent out several e-mails to friends and coworkers, saying she feared her husband could harmer. josh powell was considered a person of interest in her case but never arrested. back in february, powell killed himself and their two young sons in a gas-fueled fire in washington state. three florida siblings involved in a multistate crime spree learn their judgment. today, they sentence 27-year- old dim do herty for his part in a bank robbery and high- speed chase. hours later, his sister lee

doherty, received her sentence. the trio still faces, -- charges in florida, where the alleged crime spree began. with the placement of one beam, the tallest building in new york is once again in lower manhattan. one world trade center surpasses the empire state building. >> the recovery in lower manhattan reached new heights with the placement of this steel beam. the first column of the 100th floor of one world trade center, now stands at 1271 feet high. 21 feet taller than the empire state building. >> it's inspirational. and it's going to make a lot of people happy. >> reporter: it took a while, after september 11th, for construction to get started. but eventually, at a rate of a new floor every week, the tower started to alter manhattan's skyline. locals and tourists marveled at the structure. the milestone comes close to the one-year an an anniversary

of osama bin laden. >> sends chills up and down your spine, when you think about what happened. >> reporter: from here on the 71st floor of the building, you get a real sense of just how massive this structure is. and how tall it is. take a look at this panoramic view of all of new york. >> reporter: something that is noticeably different from the original twin towers is that the building is all glass. windows, floor to ceiling, all the way around. the tower is one of several buildings under construction at this site, which is also home to the national september 11th memorial and museum. >> it's been an act of passion and an act of patriotic duty. >> reporter: the skyscraper isn't expected to reach its full height for at least another year, when the needle is added. the tower will top out at 1776 feet, making it the tallest building in the united states. in new york, manuel gallegus, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the tallest building in the world is the berg khalifa

in dubai, standing at 23,2300 feet. mary is in the area to explain. >> obesity adds nearly $2 billion to healthcare costs. researchers say many businesses are resign -- redesigning things like bathrooms to better support heavier patrons. lawmakers are taking note. the 2010 healthcare allows them to charge obese patients 10% more if they refuse to participate in wellness programs. >> researchers say obesity- related medical costs, even exceeds smoking-related expense. starting in may, if you have a cell phone, odds are good that you'll get early

warnings of dangerous weather. all you need for the alerts is to have your phone turned on. >> reporter: when weather is violent enough to send trucks flying, it is carefully tracked by the national weather service, which issues warning. in maryland, those warnings will soon go out to cell phones. >> there's a specific tone that you will hear. and the alert will pop up right on your phone. >> oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: the alerts will come as text messages for widescale like tornadoes. or localized like this flash flood in baltimore county. >> water jurt came in and she was up to her head in water. >> if you live in california but you happen to be in baltimore, you will get baltimore's alerts. you won't get california's alerts. diswhrooz means a school -- >> reporter: that means a school bus driver will get warnings before this happens. either from the emergency management agency. which links to cell phone providers all within seconds. >> there is nothing to sign up

for to get the alerts. and no fees will be charged for the service. >> at&t, sprint mobile, all up and running. >> giving people a running start to get out of the way. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the service will also issue amber alerts and the emergency announcements made by the president. a rather overcast start to the workweek. take a live look now. sunshine -- sun was starting to come out. and we're in for big changes this week. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob is here now with the updated numbers. let's take a look at radar. right now, it's pretty quiet. a few breaks here and there. but to the west of us, that warm front. then our weak front across the shower area. overnight tonight, that's when we expect to see some showers into your tuesday morning. maybe even a few rumbles of thunder. the time timing is not best. we'll probably see some shower activity. and behind that, it's going to

get a lot warmer. how much warmer? when we come back, we'll talk about summer. right now, cumberland just jumped to 72. we're at 61. d.c. down the road, close to 70. tomorrow, probably 10 degrees warmer than today. denise? >> wow. thank you, bob. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >> hi, denise. hi, everyone. some trouble out there on northbound 95. we do have an accident on route 100. it's blocking those two right- hand lanes. and the delay is solid, back to 175. you can expect at least 15 minutes to get by. on the north side of the outer loop, slowing there from new york -- york road over to charles street. but west side inner loot, that delay has stretched. we're now 20 minutes around to security boulevard. and still a couple of accidents out there. baltimore boulevard at gamber road. north charles at caplow and west north avenue. at bentalieu. let's take a live look. as you can see the jones falls expressway, construction issue. there's going to be a bit of slowing heading out of

downtown, well past north avenue. this traffic report is brought to you by accord restoration. if your property has been damaged by fire, flooding or storms, you can trust the restoration experts at accord. you can visit their websites at accord.com. back to you. in today's pump watch, drivers are ending april on a positive note, as the price of gas continues to fall. the national average for a gallon of regular is now $3.81, after dropping for a second straight week. last month, we were paying more than 10 cents more per gallon for regular. here in maryland, drivers are paying more for a gallon of regular. last month, we were paying $3.97 a gallon. that's a 14-cent different -- difference. and prices were pretty high this time last year. a gallon of regular costs about $3.94. a bear in colorado is apparently in the mood for a nice, home-cooked meal. homeowners spotted a 300-pound bear wandering through their neighborhood.

wildlife agents were eventually able to track the wildlife. they plan to release him back into the wild. >> just taking a stroll. >> yeah. checking things out. >> snipping what's out, maybe knocking down the fence. >> oh, yeah. you're pretty close. straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. disaster deja vu. another deadly sailing accident off the coast of california. why boaters are shocked it happened. requests for freedom. she drowned her five children in a bathtub. now, andrea yates wants to leave the mental hospital, where she's been locked up. what she's asking for. and bob will be back with your updated first warning forecast. stay with us. ,,,,,, i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind.

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ready to go. questions about safety today, after a beer tent collapses in st. louis, killing one person and injuring a hundred others. winds gusting 70 miles an hour, packed with 200 people. at least five are in the hospital in serious condition. the tenth pass a safety inspection. but it's unclear if moderations

were made. they could face sanctions. andrea yates is asking for some freedom. mike hellgren is in the newsroom to explain. the motor was declared in -- motor was declared insane. >> for more than five years, yates has been locked up inside a texas mental hospital. but now, doctors say she has made enough progress to attend church outside of the hospital where she lives. she has been taking medication for her bipolar medication. she is asking the judge to let her go to church. they say this could be her first step toward a life beyond the hospital. >> the judge will decide whethersly is well enough -- whether she is well enough to attend church. louisa hodge reports from los angeles. >> reporter: there is an empty boat spot at king harbor marina, where a 37-foot hunter

sailboat, known as the agean, once docked. >> he keep its in pristine shape. and it has all of the features i would think anyone would want in a boat like that, to do a race like that. >> reporter: but this boat, which was part of a 125-mile race, from newport beach to ensenada, never made it to the finish line. on sunday, they found the boat crashed into pieces south of san diego. three crewmembers did not survive the crash. the fourth was reported missing. >> it's weird. i just looked everything up, you know, as soon as i heard about it. i looked it up on the internet and it's already there. and just to see a picture of that boat -- it's just kind of -- it's chilling. it's just weird. yeah. because i was just talking to him, right before he left. he was excited. >> reporter: darren rick docked his boat a few yards away from the agean. he said he's known the owner, theo, for years, and calls him an experienced sailor. >> not only is he experienced. but they won that race before, you know, for that class. so it's not something he's

unfamiliar with at all. >> reporter: the agean was part of the marina sailing charter fleet. and its owner would rent it out to hundreds of people for the past five years. >> i'm kind of blown away about this. kind of shock body that happening. you know? usually, these guys are seasoned sailors. they go out. and that particular race they do every year. >> reporter: this is one of the last photos captured of the agean crew, before setting out for a race they never would return from. the coast guard temporarily stopped racing so that organizers could review safety plans and chart new courses for upcoming races. it's a remarkable discover in kansas. the bike is just a piece of the various debris that has drifted across the pacific, from a tsunami in japan. a white container, thought to be part of a moving van, carried the motorcycle over 3,000 miles without sinking. it's made of foam material, which helped keep it afloat. it's believed the u.s. is protecting a well-known

dissident in china. a deal between the two countries may be in the works. but the case could strain relations, just days before hillary clinton is scheduled to visit. danielle nottingham reports for wjz, from the white house. >> reporter: at a joint press conference, with japan's prime minister, president obama would not talk about chinese human rights activist, chen guan chong. >> obviously i'm aware of the press reports on the situation in china, but i'm not going to make a statement on the issue. >> reporter: chen is reportedly under u.s. protection in china, after escaping house arrest. it's believed the two countries are trying to negotiate a deal that would give him asylum in america. >> what i would like to emphasize is that every time we meet with china, the issue of human rights comes up. >> reporter: the blind lawyer was in prison for several years, after he exposed forced abortions under the country's one child policy. friends say chen had help escaping house arrest last week, climbing over walls and even crossing a stream.

he later made a video, asking the government not to hurt the family he left behind. >> reporter: my wife, mother and children, are still in the guard's evil hands, he says. >> reporter: negotiations for chen will be difficult for the obama administration. officials must try to persuade the chinese to release the man they consider a criminal. >> reporter: later this week, secretary of state hillary clinton and other u.s. leaders will arrive in beijing for talks on trade and the economy. chen's friends say the activist wants to stay in china to fight for human rights and does not want to go to the u.s. but he may not have another option. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> the european union is supporting chen's case and is asking the chinese government to use restraint. well, would you sail on a replica of the titanic? an australian billionaire is building a near perfect model of the ship that sunk on her

maiden voyage. the new luxury ship called titanic 2, is equipped with modern technology and state of the art immunities. it is expected to set sail, 2013. more dads are staying home with the children. number of fathers who are primary caretakers increased 26% in 2002. researchers say it's a combination of mothers going to work and more men being out of work as a result of the recession. also because of high child care costs, many families find it tough having one parent at home. blake shelton answers questions over a heated ping- pong match with nancy odell. mark steines reports. >> coming up, nancy odell's face-off with shelton. the gang of game, ping-pong. the stakes? miss a point and spill all. >> i love you. >> reporter: want to hug and toast. six in a row. named vocalist of the year.

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61. and mainly because we have this east/southeast wind off the bay and the ocean at 9. barometer holding steady. 30.21 inches. to the west, where the sun has just been out for a while. 72 in cumberland. 68 in oakland. as i said, pittsburgh close to 80 degrees. 67 in d.c., just down the road, there's brightening in the sky. 62, pax river. and the ocean, chilly, ocean city, only 56 right now. locally, upper 50s to the low 60s. we're running about 8 or 9 degrees below average now. the normal high now is up to 70 degrees. yeah. southeast winds here to the west of us. an east wind or southeast wind. now, tomorrow, looks like we'll start seeing a bit of a change. take a lock at the cloud -- look at the cloud cover. west of us, clear skies. southeast of us, breaks over delaware and breaks to the south. d.c. can cause the sun to come out and boost temperatures. it's thinning out. tonight, we may even see the stars for a while. but out to the west, there's

another system that may give us at least a chance of showers and thundershowers overnight. with this frontal system. and very warm air sitting back in the ohio valley. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. and we're going to get into that warm air this week. it's going to be a very different week than the last couple of weeks we've seen. right now, we cv clouds. but -- have clouds. but tonight, look out for shower and thundershower activity. but we'll number the warm air all week long. for the most part, temperatures running 8 to 10, maybe even 15 degrees above normal this week. yeah, we're talking some places by the middle and end of the week, could get into the mid or upper 80s. but we'll have a slight chance of a scattered shower or thundershower activity. pretty much tuesday morning, and maybe again wednesday afternoon. winds on the bay will be diminishing overnight as you can see. the bay temp, around 58 degrees. for tonight, later on, scattered showers. 53. tomorrow, maybe a morning shower or thundershower. and then some sun and boy, does it jump up close to 80 degrees tomorrow afternoon.

>> okay. >> 80. >> and we're 61 now. >> wow. thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. the controversial robocall case heads back to court. i'm derek valcourt, at the mitchell courthouse, where attorneys with a man on trial say the whole thing ought to be thrown out. i'll explain why, coming up on ♪

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coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. another trial for julius henson, the man behind the election night robocalls. how he is defending his actions in court. death of osama bin laden, how it is impacting the presidential race. i'm mary bubala, with a closeup look to repair the

baltimore basilica from last month's earthquake. >> check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. final chapter. the man behind the robocall controversy goes on trial. >> the defense from bob ehrlich's former campaign consultant. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> jury selection is under way in the case against julius henson. prosecutors say he tried to suppress voter turnout, using robocalls election night of 2010. wjz is live at the courthouse, derek valcourt explains, the case moves forward, despite attempts to have that thrown out. th reporter: the defense says