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star witness. roger clemens' chief accuser takes the stand. >> can he convince a jury the all-star pitcher lied to congress about his steroid use. >> i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking b. >> make or break. roger clemens' former strength coach is on the stand. trying to prove that the former baseball great lied on the stand. >> monday, he went to face his chief accuser. on the stand, former clemens trainer brian mcnamee. this set the stage for the charges that clemens lied about using steroids. >> the prosecution needs him to tell his entire story of his involvement with roger clemens, going way back to 1998. >> reporter: clemens said under oath, in front of congress, that he never used steroids.
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>> reporter: mcnamee's testimony is key. because two weeks ago, andy pettitte waffled on the stand when he was asked about his former teammate, using performance-enhancing drugs. >> reporter: monday, the judge denied a request from clemens' legal team, to throw out petit's testimony. and the judge granted a motion to quash details from mcnamee's sealed divorce proceedings. the defense wanted to discredit mcnamee with those documents. and is also trying to bring up mcnameeee r -- mcnamee's former conviction. >> the defense wants basically to get a lot of pretty embarrassing and salacious details in front of the jury because they want to portray mcnamee as somebody who is desperate. >> reporter: part of the defense strategy is to also convince jurors that vials and syringers mcnamee had were at that pointed -- were tainted.
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in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> mcnamee said he injected clemens with steroids and human growth hormone on three occasions. clemens insists mcnamee only invited him with vitamin b12. marching band will stay off the field for another year. vic is in the newsroom to explain what needs to be done to reinstate the ban. >> the school needs time to get rid of the hazing culture that led to the death of a drum major. today, famu's president said the marching band will not take the field until at least 2013. two other band members face misdemeanor charges. the band was placed on suspension soon after champion's death. the band's director, julian white, retired last week amid the controversy. >> the university's president says the band will not return
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until the band hires a new band director and adopts new rules on how the band will operate. one of jp morgan chase's top executives is is on call after losing $2 billion. >> reporter: the white house sayless jp morgan chase's huge losses highlight the need for rules to protect taxpayers when wall street makes mistakes. press secretary jay carney says lobbyists are trying to undermine things put into place. but traders worry about too much regulation. >> the more hurdles that are thrown in the way, it make its more difficult for those firms to function and perform their duty for the shareholder value. it drives competition to other places in the world. >> reporter: ceo jamie diamond said the bank lost $2 billion when it tried to hedge its bets and try to balance financial
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risks. the group that saw this is out of a job. >> reporter: inadrew is the chief's investment. the securities and exchange commission is now investigating whether jp morgan chase's actions violated rules. and the company is feeling the pressure. its stock is lower for the second straight day. >> reporter: jp morgan is the largest bank in the nation. and some politicians say better monitoring is needed. >> the banks cannot regulate themselves. they are financial institutions that run the risk of taking down everyone's job, run the risk of taking down everyone's pension. run the risk of taking down the entire economy. >> reporter: ceo jamie diamond will likely face tough questions about the bank's policies when he faces shareholders at the company's annual meeting tuesday. >> reporter: alexis christoforous, wjz eyewitness news. >> some lawmakers have also called for jamie diamond to leave his post as a director of the new york federal reserve. it's a position that allows him to have a say on financial
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policies. it is not jp morgan, but the european financial situation that dragged down the markets today. the dow was off 125. s&p down 15. nasdaq off 31. well, the sun from this weekend is long gone. outside right now, it's cloudy. there is light rain falling in some areas. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. >> hello. >> it was a beautiful weekend. >> it really was. it was a lot of sunshine. saturday was just one of those top 10 days out there. clouds started to come in late yesterday. then even rain and thunderstorms in western parts of the state. all of that has overspread the entire state now. we're not only seeing rain now. but eventually thunderstorms out of this. here is the overall storm. it's a big one, it's a slow mover. it's going to continue for the next two days around here. we're going to take you in baltimore city, just light rain at this point. but notice this line from d.c. through westminster. having heavier rains and even
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reds popping up. indicating maybe a thunderstorm or two popping up. lighter rains coming down. and the eastern shores area that has had some clouds, but not much in the way of rainfall today. here's numbers that go along with it. bwi marshall, barely anything. see how quickly these drop off, the farther east you go, whereas, hagerstown, three- quarters of an inch. in the senate hot seat. the director of the secret service is being called to answer questions about the prostitution scandal. this will be the first time director mark sullivan will speak about the alleged misconduct that took place last month in columbia. senator george is calling for the hearing. he wants to find out if there were warning signs a scandal was going to happen. a dozen secret service averages were implicated in april. so far, nine have been fired, three demoted or disciplined. the secret service scandal is set for may 23rd. the special session is under way in annapolis.
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lawmakers are back at work, revising the state's budget. they break down the new taxes and what it will cost you. >> reporter: after weeks of calling for a special session, maryland lawmakers are back in annapolis, working on tax increases. >> reporter: single filers with an adjusted gross income of up to $100,000, will see no change. there is a quarter percent increase on every dollar over $100,000, which brings your tax rate up from 4 3/4ths to 5%. taxpayers filing no change will see a change of up to $150,000. and then the same formula applies. then the same applies, quarter percent increase on the dollar. so the tax rate goes up from 4 3/4ths to 5 hearsay. >> we -- 5%. >> we don't have to do this. we could cut public safety, public health. but i don't think that is in the best interest of our state.
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>> reporter: reporting from annapolis, i'm pat warren, back to you on tv hill. >> and state employees would also feel the pain without the revenue plan. cost of living adjustments for state employees would be cut to save $33.8 million. >> the scare at bwi marshall today forces security to evacuate two concourses. an unusual smell causes many passenger eyes to stop burning. to be safe, airport fire and rescue shut down piers a&b to investigate. flights were not affected by the closure. the source of the smell was located and found not to be dangerous. the concourses have been reopened. no flights have been affected. it is literally a ripoff, with thieves tearing up anything made of copper. now, the victim is fighting back. and as alex demetrick reports, police are beefing up their efforts to catch the copper robbers. >> reporter: surveillance video shows thieves stealing the copper downspowtds in a home.
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brazen enough in broad daylight. but only a shadow of what is being taken. >> metal pipes. grounding plates. h-vac coils. wire, gutters, even bronze statues. >> today, baltimore county police announced the first task force in the state to target metal thefts. because -- >> the number of metal thefts have more than tripled since 2009. >> reporter: including a 4 fifty -- 450% increase in copper scrap metal. they cooperate with 27,000 transactions a month, it's often impossible to separate out what has been stolen. for homeowners, the thefts are personal. >> it created the whole sense of a household of vulnerability. >> the thefts also leave costly repairs behind. >> for example, when someone gets the copper coil out, they have to damage the entire air conditioner to get the small amount of copper that is within that air conditioner. >> reporter: bge is turning to green paint to mark its
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property, making it tougher to sell. >> it's to help improve the likelihood that we can find those parties that are responsible. >> reporter: that's because bge is a prime target for copper thieves. at $4 a pound, everything from power poles to substations have been hit. leaving thousands of dollars in damage. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> besides the damage lost, bge says copper thieves have also caused power outages, leaving some customers in the dark. hi, kai. hi, everyone. we did have an accident on the inner loop. that was on providence road. really causing giet quite a delay. -- quite a delay. traffic heavy there. you can expect 30 minutes to an hour. at least we're seeing a little improvement. on the outer loop, expect another 15 minutes there, from cromwell bridge to charles street. a couple northbound on 95. an accident there, at perryville. also delays at northbound 95.
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stretchingstretching from 32 to 135. harrisburg expressway, also affected in the northbound direction. slow there from the beltway past pedonia road. and an accident we're watching on the jones falls expressway in the southbound direction at 28th street. let's take a live look. things still slow, on the jones falls expressway. heading out of downtown past 28th. this traffic report is brought to you by your hyundai dealers. celebrating the north american car of the year. you can save thousands now at your baltimore hyundai dealers. back to you. >> kristy, thank you. the list is out of the most popular baby names. and a kardashian sister is having some influence. the social security administration is providing a list of baby names, dating to 1880 ons its website. -- on its website. today, the baby isabella,emma, and olivia. as far as the boys gjacob is number 1. jacob is number 1. mason,
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kourtney kardashian's son is number 2. william is next on the list. that's a classic. and jayden rounds out the top 4. in case you're wondering the top two names in 1880 were john and mary. maybe an oldie but a goody? i don't know. >> you've been around for a long time. >> i'm ancient. and there are days when i feel it, kai. still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. extortion plot. two people arrested for trying to blackmail stevie wonder. the lull that tipped off the airline bomb plot. copper headstones and overgrown grass. for years, this baltimore landmark was in disrepair. i'm monique griego. coming up, how they saved mount auburn cemetery. the week starting on a wet note. meteorologist bernadette woods is updating your first warning
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it's 70 degrees with light rain in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is coming right up. high fire alert. evacuations in arizona, as crews battle several wildfires. a total of five fires across the state leave more than nine square miles damaged. authorities have ordered evacuations for some of the areas surrounding the fires. part of the problem, hot may temperatures and dry conditions. so far, no reports of any injuries. >> a sad song for music legend stevie wonder. suraya fadel reports two people, including one trying to sell embarrassing information about the singer. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: tonight, legendary singer stevie wonder is not talking publicly about the arrest of his 38-year-old
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nephew, alfred lorenzo walker. walker and another woman, are in jail, accused of an extortion plot against the grammy-winning icon. sources tell us that the d.a.'s office filed charges of felony extortion of money and other property from stevie wonder, by means of force or threat. lapd homicide detectives were part of the investigation team who arrested the couple nine days ago in century city. according to the l.a. times, the couple allegedly threatened to reveal embarrassing information about the artist, unless he paid them a significant amount of money upon. >> as far as i know, i know nothing. >> we went to the home of tamara diaz. >> i'm in total distress. i don't know anything. >> reporter: her mother would not discuss the relationship with walker and only had this to say from the front door, when we pressed for more answers. >> does she know stevie wonder? >> no, she doesn't. okay, bye. and that was suraya fadel reporting. both walker and diaz are
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expected in court later this week. two boaters who disapeed-- disappeared are found fishing. police say the two were discovered after spending two nights stranded in a marsh on hoopers island. they got lost trying to get home saturday night. they ran low on fuel. police say boaters should always take a radio and tell someone their route and when they will return. well, it is one of baltimore's most historic sites. but for years, the mount auburn cemetery sat in disrepair. monique griego says the community is brings it back to life -- bringing it back to life. >> for decades, the mount auburn cemetery didn't look like the historical treasure it ought to be. >> you have your loved ones buried here. but you couldn't come and pay your respects here. >> reporter: for the first time since she was a little girl, today, pastor francis draper was finally able to walk up to her great grandfather's grave.
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the results of a massive effort to clean up one of baltimore's and the nation's oldest african american cemeteryless. >> in the most receipt years, we couldn't even get here because of the weeds and the brush and the bram bel were just so thick. . >> reporter: governor o'malley and the mayor were on hand to celebrate the transformation. >> it's a milestone moment. >> reporter: the overgrown brush and weeds replaced by trees and landscaped green grass. >> i think for the first time, in decades, i'll be able to find their gravestone. >> reporter: the cemetery is home to civil rights leaders, black soldiers and even sports heros, like boxing champion joe gann. >> until now, many of had been covered by blowing debris, weeds, and trash. >> reporter: students helped with much of the renovations. but much of the recent work was done by inmates from the department of corrections. >> it's wonderful to see it cleaned up now. a tribute to so many who have
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worked so hard. >> reporter: monique griego. wjz eyewitness news. >> and they have awarded a $90,000 grant to help fund inmate labor for another year. the community has also helped vow to maintain those renovations. high-wire daredevil, nik wallenda is practicing for another walk. he safely walked across a 1,000- foot cable. as you remember, he was just here last week, where he walked across part of the inner harbor. his much-anticipated june 15th niagara falls walk is in about 30 to 40 minutes. >> we now have good connection with this guy. every time i see it, i think -- >> yeah. gets you. coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. handle with care. how baby bottles in sippy cups can actually hurt children. an fbi agent disappears without a trace. what police and family are
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saying. a gray and wet day across maryland. and it may not stick around tomorrow. stick around for your updated first warning forecast. wjz is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,, i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. [ clang ] my house is where plants came to die. ♪ but, it turns out
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ooh. ominous out there tonight. >> dark clouds. we were told we were looking at dark clouds. we came back and they are. and they had a lot of rain. in some cases, a thunderstorm or two. we're going to start out with first warning doppler radar and show you, this is where we had the rain. and in some cases, like we said, look at the red starting to pop up around gaithersburg. could hear a rumble of thunder or two. all of that is spreading off to the north. notice brighter colors just off to the west of pinks burg now. show you to the east of that, lighter rain going on right now. but where you see the darker dearlies -- colors. notice the rain going through here. some places may even lean into a thunderstorm or two.
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taking on a tour west of the city. that's where we're seeing the heavier amounts of rain. and have for most of the day. it drops off once you get west of libertytown. but still, rain on and off through the day. it's over on the eastern shore, that we have not seen much all day long. but this storm is going to take about another day and a half to get out of here. we had the chance to get some needed rain out of this. we'll show you what we got out of this. the farther west you go, the higher out you are. ellicott city, .67 inches. hereford, about .35 inches. drops off. when you drop, bwi marshall, .05, that's all we have so far. even with the clouds and the rain coming down. this is what we have been looking at. are -- you see it focused. the winds are turning around to the southeast. 69 in baltimore. 71 in d.c. but where the rain has been coming down more so in the day, 63 in cumberland. highs so far today, 73 degrees
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in baltimore. you sey just below that average. could still get a couple of degrees out of that. but overall, cooler than it was over the weekend. over the next few days, temperatures not the big part of the story. it's really the potential for needed rainfall. we are still over 5 inches below the rainfall department. and this is going to help. you see all of this coming up from the south. notice the brighter colors right in here. those are the thunderstorms trying to move in our direction. the center of the storm is still sitting down to the southwest. even tomorrow, we have the chance for needed rainfall. that continues right into wednesday morning. until the storm will finally start to get out of here later on the day wednesday. for the forecast, on the waters, those winds picking up. we do have small craft advisories that go into effect and continue through tuesday afternoon. forecast for tonight. rounds of rain and drizzle. fog. maybe a thunderstorm or two. 62 for our low. tomorrow, the same idea. getting to about 77 degrees. a little higher as far as the temperatures go by a few degrees. and then the storm continues into wednesday. we'll start to see sunshine mixing through, though, on wednesday.
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and for everyone having plans with preakness weekend coming up, this is getting out of here, the second half of the week. >> good news. thanks, bern. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup at 10:00 tonight. it's the season finale of hawaii five 0. then stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. and there's more ahead on wjz 13. claims of torture at abu ghraib. how lawsuits filed by some prisoners are now revived. the latest on a georgia woman, battling a potentially deadly flesh-eating bacteria. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with denise and vic after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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it is 4:30. 69 degrees. cloudy with light rain in some areas. hello. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> a commencement speech during
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his campaign. president obama takes the stage today in new york city. in tonight's wjz campaign 2012 report, women's issues are front and center, as he speaks to graduates at barnard college. allisonalison harmelin reports for wjz. >> president obama looks out at the sea of cap and gowns. >> hello class of 2012. >> the president gave the commencement speech to 600 graduates at the all-women's school, as he works to court female voters. >> indeed, we know we are better off when women are treated fairly and better in every aspect of american life, whether it's the salary you learn or the health decisions you make. >> reporter: the female vote is key to the president's re- election bid. in 2008, he won 56% of the female vote. >> it is simple math. today, women are not just half of the country, you're half of the work force. >> reporter: president obama asked for this opportunity back
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in february. with national debate of birth control and women's health issues started heating up. >> reporter: barnard college was excited president obama wanted to be part of their graduation. >> it means wonderful things for our college. we just all love going here. >> reporter: the president also received barnard's medal of distinction, the college's highest honor. he did not directly discuss has support for same-sex marriage, but he couldn't avoid the issue. the founder of the gay rights group, freedom to marry, was honored right before the president's speech. in new york, allison alison harmelin, wjz eyewitness news. >> and stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. we'll continue to bring you the latest on the issues and the candidates on air and online at wjz.com. we're learning more tonight about the double agent who foiled a yemen-based al qaeda underwear bomb plot. kai is live with details. >> the agent who stopped the al qaeda attack is a british man of arabic descent.
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he had saudi roots and lived in the uk for a long time. they also say he, at some point, fell in with jihaddist sympathizers. that made him a target for saudi counterterrorism agencies which recruited him about a year ago. last month, they gave the new underwear bomb to a would-be suicide bomber. but that bomber turned out to be the double agent. >> reporter: decided to upgrade over the 2009 christmas plot that almost brought down a plane over detroit. a federal appeals court rules to revive a lawsuit by two detainees who claim they were tortured at the prison. in 2004, these photos surfaced, showing soldiers at abu ghraib prison. many of the soldiers were mps, based in crescent town in western maryland. the appeal will allow the detainees to tell their side of the story. lawsuits were dismiss the.
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-- dismissed. a massive manhunt for a missing fbi agent. bloodhounds are leading the search. >> reporter: at nightfall, the search for missing fbi agent, steven ivins shifted to the air. sheriff's deputies and helicopters used night vision goggles to search the mountain over burbank. >> an area that has really rough terrain. we probably save that for daylight. and the areas that cover the grid, we would focus more so on. we have to be concerned about the rescuers safety. >> reporter: ivins called police at 4:30 friday. she told police, she had last seen her husband when she went to bed thursday night. police say sometime between 8:00 p.m. thursday and friday, he walked out of the house. his gun is missing, too. his wife said ivins had been despondent and talked about kill being himself. >> we do-- killing himself. >> we do searches like this routinely, obviously. but we have special concerns, given his apparent inclination
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to potentially commit suicide. >> there's no evidence of foul play right now. but that's why we still have a robust effort to locate him. >> reporter: during the day, searchers on foot combed the foothills and trails. ivins weighs 160 pounds. his work at the fbi was secret. >> he worked in national security type cases. so counter terrorism matters. and that's really all i can say, regarding the case work. >> reporter: at the moment, no one knows where he went or what happened to him. >> a majority of people looking for steven ivins volunteer in law enforcement. uc berkeley police move in on the occupy the farm encampment in northern california. a few dozen showed up to clear out the remaining. it's a piece of land owned by cow for agricultural research. they plan to turn it into an urban garden.
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so far, at least five people have been arrested. doctors say a georgia graduate student, diagnosed with the flesh-eating bacteria is improving. but the fight is far from over. >> reporter: amy copeland remains in the hospital tonight. she has already lost a leg and part of her abdomen to the disease. now, doctors say the 24-year- old may lose her fingers. she has contracted the flesh- eating bacteria, after the falling from a -- after falling from a zip line in carrollton. she has been in the hospital since may 24th, when the bacteria started to spread out of control. >> we really don't see the suffering side of it. we see the miraculous survival. and that's really, i think, -- i think that's the story that has inspired us. that's the story that has inspired, i think, the nation at this point. >> and doctors hope amy will regain control of some of her palms and prosthetics can replace the fingers she'll lose. >> doctors say the flesh-eating
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bacteria usually only affects humans when they swallow it. they say amy's case is rare. you may soon be getting a text message from the federal government. a new dangerous weather alert comes today. the system is free. and you don't have to sign up. you'll get a text to your phone if there's an emergency in your area, such as a tornado, flash flood, or hurricane. and taking a live look outside right now. a rainy monday, will it last into the evening. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob has the updated numbers. >> we have rain around. most of it from the city west. eastern shore, delaware, have picked up very little rain today. take a look at the radar. can you see a whole bunch of rain across central maryland. we'll take a closer look. right on the baltimore area. the city now, some light rain. heavier showers from rockville to sykesville to westminster. even a little thunder in there. heavy-duty showers across carol and howard county right now. that's where the bulk of the rain has been. further west, lighter rain but
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still raining most of the day through western maryland. and we'll continue to watch the rain develop. there's a chance for even more tonight and tomorrow. so far this afternoon, you can see the bulk of the rain west of the area. hagerstown, three quarters of an inch. columbia, by only about 17/100ths. hopefully, we'll get more tonight. this is certainly a help. because we've had this drought still going on in portions of the region. still, about 5 inches below normal for the year. so we may catch up tonight and tomorrow somewhat. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin, wjz traffic control. we have that accident that has really affected traffic on the inner loop. the accident at providence road has cleared. but the same can't be said for the delay. a solid 40 minutes back to 95. expect another 15 minutes on the western loop, from southwestern to security boulevard. and the west side outer loop, brake lights there from baltimore national parkwipe.
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northbound-- parkway. northbound harrisburg expressway, stop and go there, from shawan to belfast. and accidents include eastbound baltimore national pike, at coolridge, blocking the right- hand lane. harford at east 25th. utah place at wilson street. and also east 32nd at hillen road. let's take a live look. as you can see, that is the accident there on wilkens avenue. you can see, we have two blocked off. the delay continues to build. this traffic report is brought to you by the people's pink party at pimlico. it's friday, may 18th. you can get all details by visiting preakness.com. pretty soon, calorie counters won't have to cringe when ordering a slurpee. 7-eleven stores say they'll cut the calories just in time for summer. the new slurpee will have 20 calories. first flavor will be fanta sugar-free mango. >> but you can still get a brain freeze. >> that's for sure. right away. straight ahead on wjz
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eyewitness news at 4:00. air traffic controller. whistle-blower. what one man is saying workers did inside a long island control tower. trapped in a wrecked car for three days. how a west virginia woman survives. it is a rainy, gray afternoon. when will the weather arrive? bob is updating the first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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verdicts are trying to figure out what caused a fatal paragliding accident. according to witnesses part of the gliding came from. trayvon martin's mother won't have to return to work while dealing with her son's own murder case. the days she has totals about
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eight months and are worth more than $40,000. fulton's son, trayvon martin, was shot and killed by george zimmerman in february. zimmerman is now on trial for murder. jessica kartalija has more on what one watchdog is saying. >> reported air traffic controllers sleeping in the tower while on duty. a new report from the office of the special council says another report shows controllers playing video games and gambling online, while guiding in the busy planes in the u.s. corridor. the faa was slow to investigate it. and officials say it jeopardized the safety of passengers. in nevada, a plane was forced to land without tower assistance because the controller fell asleep. >> most of those at that hub were fired or reassigned. starting today, the pentagon is opening more than
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14,000 army-combat related positions to women. they were excluded because they were either too close to combat or directly involved in it. critics say women already risk their lives on the front lines and patrols and security units. a violent crime which is supposed to be a place of peace. police say a buddhist month is supposed to be behind bars, charmed with murdering -- charged with murdering another monk. the two were arguing when the other man beat the one to death inside the altar. police say it is still unclear what they were arguing about. practically all children in the united states use bottles, sippy cups or pacifiers. but they may not be as safe as parents think. bigad shaban reports from los angeles. >> reporter: 22-month-old morgan cheryl has a chipped tooth. >> she reached for me and fell forward and hit her face on the
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ottoman in front of our couch. and her bottle happened to be in her mouth at the time. >> reporter: a new journal finds in a nearly two-decade period, more than 45,000 children under age 3, went to the hospital for injuries, related to the use of baby bottles, pacifiers and sippy cups. that's approximately one child every four hours. >> reporter: the vast majority of injuries in this study were falls that children experienced. and over 70% of the injuries were injuries to the area around the mouth or the mouth itself. >> reporter: the study also found that two-thirds of the injuries were to children who were 1 year old. children who were just learning to walk and may be tripping with these products in their hands and mouths. >> reporter: about two-thirds of the injuries involved baby bottles. the remaining injuries were divided evenly between sippy cups and pacifiers. >> reporter: morgan's mom no longer lets her daughter walk around while drinking. she also switched to bottles with a rubber top, instead of a hard plastic one. >> i don't think she may have chipped her tooth if she had
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that softer top on her bottle. >> reporter: she know its could have been worse. morgan didn't need stitches. and the both tooth will fall out on its own. bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> doctors recommend parents get rid of the pacifiers after six months and transition to cups without lids after a year. a woman is lucky to be alive after crashing her car down a 35-foot embankment. after spending three days waiting for help, the woman managed to break a window and climb back up to the road. her family is calling it a miracle. >> somebody to dit sit -- sit there and wonder that long, wondering if you're going to die. >> reporter: a passing motorist saw her and called for help. she said she survived by the rain water and a drink she found in her car. prince william the second in line to the british throne
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will receive 10 million pounds when he turns 30 in june. that's about $16 million american dollars. however, william may choose not to inherit the full 10 million pounds, in order to provide more money for his younger brother, harry. a-listers, such as tom cruise rock out. mark steines has a preview. coming up here on entertainment tonight. juliet huff, catherine zeta- jones, and alec baldwin. only we can show you the stars rocking out with a legend. >> the stage is a pedestal. and when you're up there, you're untouchable. and when you're up there, you can have it -- >> any way you want it ♪ that's the way you need it ♪ >> reporter: mary j. and julie ann sing their way through the club. ♪ any way you want it, that's the way you need it ♪
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>> tom cruise shirtless. the video shows video from the scene rock of ages, out june 15th. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: the soundtrack featuring all of the music from the film drops june 5th. ♪ [ music ] ♪ any way you want it, that's the way you need it, ima any way you want it ♪ >> reporter: also tonight, the very latest on the john travolta massage scandal, as new men come forward. plus, a modern family star, opening up about battling a life-threatening illness. we'll have that and much more coming up later on entertainment tonight. and that's at 7:30, right here on wjz 13. only in america. after spending almost 20 years working as a janitor, a new york man graduates from
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columbia university. the man works at the school since immigrating from yugoslavia. he graduated with honors from the school's classics program, studying greek and latin. next, he says they'll tackle the masters program. >> isn't that extraordinary? >> that is great. and i also heard that he's going to keep working as a janitor, even though he got his degree. >> free education. >> absolutely. no sunshine today. just clouds and rain. >> bob has the updated first warning weather forecast next. ,
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of course, this is a beneficial type of rain for us. bob? >> this is exactly what the doctor ordered. could you talk to the doctor? he ordered -- >> this is what we need. we are still five inches below normal for the year. we still need the rain. and this kind of rain we're getting, kind of slow, gentle. although the city hasn't seen much, we do expect to see more. take a look right now. a batch of pretty good rain west of the city, where they picked up a half inch or more in some areas.
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and they're going to get more than that. some areas could see up to 1 or 2 inches easily between now and later in the day, into early wednesday. there's a pretty good chance we'll pick up some of that -- make up some of that deficit. right now, heavy showers in extreme senior portions -- southeastern portions of carroll county. probably affecting areas just west of the beltway, as you can see. temperature-wise, eastern shore, we're at 69 degrees. dew points way up there. humidity, 75%. southeast winds at 6. the barometer, falling just a tad. 30.05. 70s to the south, where they had a little bit of breaks in the cloud cover. and very little rain. the airports only picked up 5/100ts of-- 5/100ths of an inch. generally, a third to half inch in areas, west and nort of the baltimore region. right now, 64, rain and westminster. 62, annapolis and kent island. rock hall, a little warmer down there, where it didn't rain much.
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southeast winds. keep us in the warm air. now, tomorrow, with another area of low pressure. still across portions of tennessee valley. another chance of pretty decent shower activity. maybe thunder. that will give downpours. that tends to run off. but we'll take the rain any way we can get. there's a really nice batch of rain here in the carolinas. and that's moving toward our region. so maybe a break for a while. as you see. but then more rain after midnight, into tomorrow. and again, we may have thunder with that. looks like clearing, but not until wednesday afternoon. and then beautiful weather moving in, for thursday, friday, and into the freakness- - preakness weekend. there's a front tomorrow, slowing down into wednesday. chance of rain will be with us. gusty winds on the bay up to 20 knots. but out of the south as you can see. the forecast, rain. maybe thunder in some areas. and fog. 62, going to stay pretty mild. tomorrow, more shower activity. rain, maybe a thunderstorm. back up into the mid or upper 70s. and sun will help thunderstorms
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kick up. >> still to come tonight on eyewitness news tonight. big crowds. big trouble. i'm mike hellgren downtown, with the new 911 calls about the chaos here during st. patrick's day. and what police are learning from that incident. ♪
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♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] virtual wallet can help you be that person who's good with money. see what's free to spend. move money with a slide. save with a shake. feel good about your decisions. chaos. first, a beating caught on tape. now, revelations of widespread violence, on st. patrick's day in baltimore. the disturbing investigation. shakeup at the largest bank. the woman taking the fall for the $2 billion mistake. new now that the doom of the budget cuts is taking effect. some may have to feel doomed to
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pay extra taxes. the maryland general assembly is back in special session. check in for more on these stories and all the day's news. >> eyewitness news at 5:00 starts right now. disturbing violence. widespread chaos, around the inner harbor, worse than firstthought. >> newly-released tapes reveal the extent of the mayhem. >> hi. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> hundreds of out-of-control teens swarm the inner harbor, causing violent fights and terrifying tourists. the chaos unfolds on st. patrick's day, but the extent is only being revealed now.

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