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new details revealed in the deadly shooting inside a howard county churchful >> the latest -- church. >> the latest on the investigation. good afternoon. >> we begin today with breaking news out of howard county. police have released new information about the two people shot inside a church. ron matts is live in the news room with details. >> just a short time ago howard county police released the names of the two women. investigators say brenda brewing ton and margaret cone were both found shot. brewing ton was pronounced dead at the scene. police later found a man dead not woods near by with a
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self-inflicted gunshot wound. police have yet to confirm if he was the shooter. >> police are still working to confirm the identity of the man found dead in the woods. this morning a body believed to be an 18-year-old was found dead behind the windsor hills middle school. police don't believe there's a link between the school and the shooting. >> at this point we don't believe it's connected with the school. we want to have parents speak to their children and stay away from school today. >> police are also looking into a call made about gunshots in this area last night. the robocall trial continues today. we're live outside the courthouse. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. right now julius henson is
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waiting to take the stand. he wants the jury to hear firsthand what he says happened on election day. >> will you take the stand in your own defense? >> yes. >> held jell laws henson -- juliless henson takes -- juliless henson waits his turn to take the stand about whether he wrote for robocall. the call said there was no need to go vote because do martin omaly was already winning. that car already earned a criminal conviction for the campaign manager because the message did not contain the legally required authority line indicating it was paid for but the urlik camp. they say that amounts to election fraud. henson said he will tell the jury it's not his fault. >> what do you hope to convince him? >> were going to convince them
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that the call was not my responsibility. the auto call tag that is in question is not my responsibility. it's outside the scope of an adviser. as a matter of fact, i advised the campaign to use the authority line. they choose not to. >> reporter: july ius henson said he was expecting himself to testify today. his defense team right now is still questioning several other witnesses. where the jury being dismissed early at about 1:45 this afternoon, it is possible henson might not make it to the stand today, that his testimony could happen on monld. -- monday. we will keep you posted. >> thank you. henson faces the possibility of up to 12 years in prison. at arrest cube made in the death -- could be made in the death of a 13-year-old baltimore girl. on thursday two boys
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confessed to shouting of her and dis-- shooting her and disposer on her -- disposing of her body. they found dna of one of the boy's mothers on the bra. the police commissioner going, fred bealefeld will retire on august 1st. he has been a city police officer for 31 years. the oh oh facial -- official statement says he wants to spend more times with his loved ones. u.s. employers aren't hiring as quickly and the market remains weak. >> the job market remains weak. the lay bor department says only 115,000 jobs were added in april. hiring has slowed down in the last 2 months. more americans have given up their job search.
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with less people looking for work, the unemployment rate fell from 8.2 to 8.1%. republican candidate mitt romney says president obama's policies are to blame for the highering low down. he asked the president where are the jobs? >> he'll all sorts of things he'll talk about that have resulted in the fact that a guy that promised would keep the unemployment under 8% has not been under 8% since. >> economiests believe the job market will improve. >> leading eing -- economists believe the unemployment rate will drop under 8% by november.
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>> i was so excited. i'm still still excited. >> unlike many employers, his company is growing and wants to hire more workers. >> the same economists think the unemployment rate will take a long time to recover from. wall street isn't taking the job news well with. the dow is down 173, the s and p off 20, nasdaq down 8. over night thunderstorms evaluated into heavy and humid fog this morning. a lot of the fog is gone, leaving a human haze hovering over the area and the chance of some more thunder and lightening. what will
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happen when? we have tim williams. good afternoon. >> good afternoon everyone. all that moisture don was talking about is the fuel for the thunderstorms. all we need is that air warm and sun to peak through. we watched a big batch of thunderstorms roll through here and much of that has broken up. a smaller batch still north of the state line, up near chambers berg. as you see, widely scattered showers, most of the state not seeing any of this. we're going to stay? in -- stay in a slight risk category. that means some wind and hail through the evening. we're at 68 right now, the dew point is pretty high and we will look for thunderstorms in the area for
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tomorrow. oriole fans are keeping an eye on the massachusetts forecast. they begin a three game series in boston torrent. -- don't. you can see the games tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 and sun at 1:30 lye 1:-- live here on wjz 13. every night until at least monday all northbound lanes on jfx will be shut down for emergency repairs from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. to find the best way around to construction go to wjz.com. guess who got stuck in it last night? after we've been telling you ant -- about it i didn't heed my own warning. the latest on the stand off over a chinese activist. will he be allowed to come to the country after all? >> the rescue under way right now in michigan.
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68 in central maryland right now. your complete forecast coming up. the u.s. and china appear to reach a deal to end the stand off over a chinese activist. they're offering him to study abroad. the agreement would allow his wife and children to accompany him. he escaped house arrest last week and spent 6 days in the u.s. embassy. the accused master kind of the 9/11 attacks and four codefendants are headed back to a military base. tomorrow they will be arraigned. three years ago president obama put the case on hold in an effort to prove the proceedings to a civilian court in new york. the nfl is now facing another lawsuit from some more of its former players. more than 1,000 of them claim the nfl knew of but hid the dangers of concussions.
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the latest filing following the death of junior seau. it was ruled a suicide. this morning his family allowed it will allow researchers to study his brain. heavy rains trap people inside cars and michigan. nearly a dozen cars are stranded with up to 4 feet of water on the road. firefighters are having to boats to residence keep -- to use boats to rescue people. still ahead on wjz, take loot -- another live look outside and your forecast just 2 minutes away. toothpaste is not formulated for cleaning dentures,
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>> he is one who of -- one of the cutest puppies we've had. >> the pretty yellow scarf is compliments of the pet basement. let's talk about the weather. it is a warm day shaping up. still pretty comfortable out there. it's only about 68. the dew point is high, so there's a lot of moisture out there. we'll give you an idea of what's moving our way. we watched a big batch of storms but the only two places you're seeing them as they break up, one batch down towards brandy wine -- let's take a look and see. the next batch is up just around walkersville and new
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market. these are going to be the types of pop up showers we have through out the afternoon. we're in a slight risk category, but still any of the storms that do pop up could be severe. we're talks winds with hail. right now 68. 72 is the warm spot towards the river. 77 westminster. we're in the 60s around most places. what we're going to watch is a front that's going to drift across the area. it's going to be the trigger for potentially some cool air slashing with the warm air we have in place. that's going to be the reason we have showers around thunderstorms tonight. this -- and thunderstorms tonight. we're going to get into the 80s today. ourp temperatures -- our temperatures are going to spike into the afternoon.
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any sun will ignite that moisture. 83 tomorrow and we'll start to cool down from there. your sunset today is at 8:04. 87 today, our daytime high with thunderstorms through out the afternoon. for tomorrow 83, clouds and some sun, a shower in spots. your weekend looks good over all. >> thank you. >> still to come, the link between beer -- or sorry, beads and cancer. >> almost miller time. wjz is always on for you. here is some of the stories we're following on our website. for constant updates of news and forecast go to wjz.com. copd makes it hard to breathe,
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in today's health watch, the u.s. government is teaming up with drug companies to find treatments for several diseases. leaders say advance ds -- advances in genetics have allowed them to find causes for diseases. form suit cal companies -- pharmaceutical companies have agreed to make dozens of new compounds to test against those diseases. a blood test may able to identify women most at risk of developing breast cancer.
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those who have a certain gene are more vulnerable to the disease. they hope they can can identify high risk women before cancer develops. bees may be the key to beats prostate cancer. a compound called cape can slow down or stop tumor growth. the next step is to try it on people. >> be sure to check back in with wjz today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. questions remain surrounding the testimony of julius henson. will he or won't he take the stand? we'll have the latest on the body of a teenager found behind a middle school this morning. >> please stay with us. your five day forecast is next. big plans.
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