closing arguments, final words in the julius henson robocall trial. >> the decision facing the jury in this high profile case. . >> here is what people are talking about today, the final arguments underway in the robocall trial and the guilt or innocence of julius henson could be in the hands of the jury this afternoon. we are live outside the courthouse. good afternoon, dreshg. >> -- derek. >> reporter: prosecutors trying to convince the jury that robocall breaks the law. defense attorneys making their case trying to say that he was simply doing what his client wanted. >> with just hours left to vote on election night in the 2010 rematch, 112,000 democrats

received this robocall sent by urlik's political consultant. . >> i'm calling to let everyone know that governor omaly and president obama have been successful. we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch on tv tonight. >> this type of bee haif your is more than just -- behavior is more than a dirty trick. >> a state prosecutor says that's election fraud, an illegal scheme to help urlik win. a separate jury found urlik guilty. henson says the call was reverse psychology and he said he was just doing what his client wanted when he left out the legally required line saying that the call with was paid for by the urlik campaign.

>> reporter: closing arguments still happening at this moment then the jury will begin deliberating. we will keep you posted. >> thank you. wjz will stay on this case and have more. we're learning more about that fatal accident that shut down 152 yesterday. we have the latest on the crash that left two people dead. >> two people are dead and two more are injured after a head on collision. police say a hartford county school vehicle crossed the center line and collided with an suv and then the third vehicle smashed into the pile up. one of the passengers is in stable condition, the other has been released. there's no word on what caused the vehicle to cross that center line. back to you. >> thank you . the driver of that vehicle, 59-year-old don jones was pronounced dead at a hospital. deputies are investigating

an over night triple shooting in edge wood. two men were shot. both of them were transported to a hospital where a short time later a third man showed up to be treated for a gunshot wound. he was shot with the other two. all three are still being treated this noon. no arrests have been made. the man al-qaeda trusted with its latest bomb turned out to be on agent. >> the double agent who helped u.s. intelligence officials spoil the bomb plot was a citizen working for the cia. the agent infiltrated al-qaeda, a terror group. >> a lot of the members went down to yemen. those are the kinds of guys who could serve as

double agents. >> al-qaeda asked him to receive a bomb. he received the bomb and handed it over to u.s. officials. >> they're making mistakes. we've listen been fortunate that they've been caught. >> the bomb is said to be a new design of the underwear bomb that failed to blow up a flight over detroit. this one has no metallic parts and may have made it through airport metal detectors. >> at least one news organization heard about the bomb plot last week. the white house asked them to hold the story until this week because the operation was still ongoing. >> letteders are looking -- leaders are looking into who leaked the information. >> i don't think those leaks should have happened. there was an operation in progress. i think the leak is regarded as very serious. >> the fbi is now deconstructing the new and improved bomb. there are no immediate plans to change

airport security screening measures. >> by letting their own man volunteer, the cia lost a valuable source inside the terrorist group. the fbi is also investigating a bomb threat that halted two southwest airline flights in phoenix. both were inspected, nothing suspicious was found. the threat was not specific to either flight. former saint joseph cardiologist, mark meday won't see patients. a judge refused to reinstate his medical license. he put unnecessary stints in hundreds of patients. he's banned from packing medicine -- practicing medicine. if you've been waiting for a

sunny day, today's weather will disappoint. we have a gray sky again. we may not be done with the rain just í yet. we have complete -- just yet. we have complete weather coverage. good afternoon, bern net. -- bernadette. sdmrsz we had a lit -- >> we had a little rain if the morning hours. that has gotten out of baltimore. there are showers out there. in western parts of maryland a few showers to add to that. we're going to open this up and show you, look down to our southwest, that's the second part of the storm moving our way later on today into tonight. the chance for rain and maybe a few thunderstorms. that could factor into what's happening at the inner harbor today. we will keep you undated through the day on wjz.com and we will be back on air at 4 o'clock. let's send it out to marty. >> good afternoon. don said today may disappoint. it's not raining right now. the next few

days will not disappoint. we've got low pressure, we've got this energy pulling away. when we say agree brooi si -- breezy and cool we're talking about beautiful weather coming our way. you have to remember it's kind of warm, kind of muggy. take a look at temperatures upstream. we're not going to be in the 50s or low 60s. we're going to drop back daytime into the very comfortable low 70s. some beautiful conditions coming our way. bernadette woods with the details coming up shortly. now back inside. >> thank you for that. a speck take -- a specktacular scene as a family of the melinda family plans to tight over over the inner harbor. this is the first time they've ever done that,

walking out to a crane in the middle of the harbor. >> for 7 generations the melinda family has performed death defying students. >> are you nervous? >> excited. >> we meet nick as he prepares for his next challenging stunt, a walk over baltimore's inner harbor. >> when you are up there, walk me through. >> the cable will be mounted in this area. it will start here and picture a huge barge with a crane on it, 300 feet out way. >> he has walk is a tribute to his great grandfather carl who died while for -- performing in 198. >> 78 -- 1978. sgltsz we love to be -- >> we love to be on a wire. >> carl melinda walked over the harbor on a rope between two cranes. >> this is special because he

walked here almost 40 years now. it's exciting to come back and recreate something that he had gone a while ago. >> 4:30, what's going through your head? >> i will -- it will be like you and me talking and time to go and i'll say excuse me for a minute and i'll go and walk. >> he will walk the length of a football field without a net or a safety harness. >> he said he's not worried about rain. he said it may help his grip. you can see nick walk across the harbor, wjz will bring you complete coverage today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. oriels fans witnessed some history last night but it was for the visiting team. josh hamilton hit four homeruns and a did i believe on the night. -- and a double on the night. he's only the 16th player in mlb to hit four homeruns in one game.

the rangers won 10-3. they will try to avoid being swept tonight. the home stand will continue this weekend when the tampa bay rays come to town. >> that will be a fun mother's day event. . >> going to a game, sure. still to come at noon, making a statement on same sex marriage. what the president is saying about a landmark vote in north carolina. >> they were right here in the middle of the tree. they were just hanging. >> an usual pest problem. why that family is afraid of the dark. >> it could get warm out there today. your complete forecast is coming upful . -- coming up.

it's 71 right now. the complete forecast is still coming up. a major blow for gay rights advocates in north carolina as they strengthen their ban on same sex marriage. they defined marriage between a man and a woem. the

woman -- woman. the new amendment out laws civil unions. a family wants the -- to move out. >> she was like, mama, there's president obamas somes. >> you heard right. the family has found them in the toil let, understood ir -- under their furniture. they are getting in through hols -- hols from outside. they say the landlord won't let them out of their lease. a pit bull is being called a hero after it saves its owner from a speeding train. the woman had been drinking and collapsed while walking her dog. the dog pulled her to safety. the train ran over the dog's right paw. the family says they can't wait to become her back

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welcome back. the clouds in place once again today. we had a few showers this morning. there are more showers and even a couple thunderstorms heading our way. all of this is moving up from the south and also western parts of m md, that ban -- maryland, that ban is coming this. there's another low pressure along the same storm system and it's coming up from the southwest bringing another round of rain and a few thunderstorms with it. let's switch it over and show you. on and off showers through the night. there's that first batch trying to move east. because of that, costal flood add viedz ris still in -- advisory still in effect. temperatures wise, it's warm this afternoon. 71 in baltimore right now, 72 dc, in the 50s

oakland. our pattern is like this, there is some much cooler air to our northwest. it will moderate as it moves our direction. to the soult -- south here comes the next round of showers around thunderstorms. it's still sitting down over georgia. even though we are getting a break, there's more to come. that's going to continue to tonight. when it goes om -- out tomorrow morning, the clouds will mix with sunshine. the forecast is like this today, a warm one out there, 78 for our high, mostly cloudy, some showering maybe a few thunderstorms. tonight still some showers around, maybe a thunderstorm. early tomorrow morning it starts to move away, the sunshine returns, a breezy afternoon, 74 for the high.

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welcome back. it gets nice through mother's day weekend. 77, 75 and 78. we're not going to have that summertime humidity. monday watch for an afternoon thunderstorm. look for a high around 79. that's just a great run of weather. let's issue the car wash alert and throw it back inside. >> be able to do the hair for once. this has been awful this stretch. >> so bad. >> i do -- do not miss tonight's cbs prime time line up followed by

eyewitness news at is 1:00. >> we -- 11:00. >> with -- we will have the latest on nick melinda's challenge. >> it's exciting. >> it's ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,