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in her body. a baltimore man was on that flight and tonight he's talking about the ordeal. adam may has more on the investigation. >> reporter: late this afternoon, we have learned the woman on that plane is not facing criminal charges. apparently she has ongoing mental health issues. but regardless, this turned out to be a real test for an emerging terror threat. >> reporter: tense moments for this u.s. airways plane makes an emergency landing. a french passenger claims she has a surgically implanted device in her body. >> what did the flight attend apts tell you over the intercom? >> it's rest time. and people want to watch the movie, so would you pull down your shades? we learned later, there were two f15 jets on the wing tips. but no one knew that. >> reporter: the pilot told passengers, the plane needed to land for fuel in maine. when franco saw a slew of emergency vehicles on the runway, he knew something was wrong. then he snapped this picture of a woman in handcuffs, taken into custody. franco also spoke with a doctor
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who examined the woman during the flight. >> they were looking for incisions, recent scarring to see if she had had any type operation, where it was obvious she could have had had a device implanted if her. and they didn't see anything. >> reporter: after the failed underwear bombing of a flight in 2003, and -- 2009, and other attempts to he's jack and printer cartridges, concerns are that they may try hiding explosives inside human bodies. >> aka-- aqat has been known to continue to pursue these type of attacks. we'll do everything in our power to try to stop them. >> overall, what do you make of this experience? >> a little chilling in that it is possible for someone to do something like that. >> reporter: even if this time, it was a false alarm. >> reporter: and the big concern is that surgically- implanted bombs could be very difficult to detect at airport security. that's especially the case overseas, where many countries don't have those full-image
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body scanners that you're seeing showing upa at most-- up at most cities in the u.s. >> and the woman who triggered the scare will be sent back to france. some storms are popping up in the region now. let's check in with bob turk. tracking first warning doppler radar. bob? >> noarnl baltimore county. a storm, literally on i-83. it's moving pretty much west to northwest. at about 5 to 10 miles an hour. brief, heavy downpours. lightning. maybe some small hail. another one up by maryland line. up across southern p.a. and there's more around the region. it seems to be weakening the eastern shore. but we still have a risk. late afternoon, and early evening hours. still the next few hours, getting more activity across central maryland. a lot of it to the west of us. it is diminishing, however. we'll see probably repeated. >> we want to update the breaking news from last hour. police pursue a stolen car through the streets of baltimore.
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mary is live in the newsroom, with the latest on what happened. mary? >> reporter: vic, it all started in west baltimore, when officers spotted when they suspected was a stolen sedan. they began to follow the car when the driver took off. eventually, he bailed out here, on the intersection of carrollton and saratoga streets and ran into the wooded area. a number of officers are on the scene, trying to find that suspect. >> no one was hurt in that accident. tonight, the search is on for a suspect. after a young woman is dragged into a dark alley and sexually assaulted. it happened on the street in a popular area in historic annapolis. derek valcourt has more on the attack and how the victims fought to survive. >> police say the kind of sexual assault that happened in this annapolis alley over the weekend is rare but still alarming. in annapolis's downtown historic neighborhood -- >> i just can't believe it happened. >> reporter: news of the weekend attack on a 21-year-old woman is spreading. after a night out with some friends, along busy west street, the victim began walking home around 1:30
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saturday morning as she turned on duke of dplowfter street, she noticed the man following her. >> whoever was behind her, ended up grabbing her from behind, dragging her into an alleyway. he ended up assaulting her and sexually assaulting her. >> reporter: the victim was able to fight her way to freedom. her attacker took off running, leaving police and those who live in the neighborhood, wondering who he was. >> a lot of people out that night. so it could have been anybody. >> it all unfolded in an area full of historic homes and professional offices, making it all the more unsettling to the women who walk around here. >> our building is just a couple down. and we work sometimes at night. and that's frightening. >> neighbors say front porch lights are often the only glow on the otherwise dark street where this happened. women we talked to said the attack happened as a reminder to take precautions while walking. >> definitely with someone. especially on the streets and alleyways. >> reporter: as far as the
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suspects, police say they don't have much to go on, but they fear he could strike again. in annapolis, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> and annapolis police say they would like to hear from anyone who saw something or someone suspicious in the downtown historic area late friday night into early saturday morning. >> a warning tonight from baltimore city police. robbers are preying on craigslist users. police are linking four cases, dating back to august. the robbers are posing as a seller, luring would-be buyers to this northwest community. and robbing them of cash. police have recommendations for a safe transaction. >> do these transactions in very well-populated, very well- lit areas. it makes everybody safer. go to the mall. go to a very busy shopping plaza. if worse comes to worst, do it in front of a police station. this way you have a lot of foot traffic. and a the love people watching. >> reporter: you should also check the background of the seller you're buying from. police are following several leads in these robberies.
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you may soon feed to dig a little deeper to pay your water bill. the department of public works wants to raise rates rates to pay for repairs to the city's aging infrastructure. weijia jiang explains how much more you could be paying. weijia? >> reporter: officials mince no words when they talk about that infrastructure. they say it is bad. and they need billions of dollars to fix it. but taxpayers they they don't-- say they don't have the money. >> reporter: a colossal water main break engulfed in 2009 ask left dozens of families struggling to recover. >> a lot of water. a lot of flooding. >> reporter: it's the perfect example, of why baltimore needs more tax revenue. to fix aging infrastructure. >> reporter: on thursday, the department announced a proposal to increase the city's water and sewer rate by 9%. about $97 a year for a family of four. >> in order to keep the system running and often keep the
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system growing because we are in a growing metropolitan area, we have to do this. >> reporter: the money goes towards massive projects such as the ones here at lake montebello. >> reporter: a $12 million one to prevent sewer backup. another to deliver at a cost of $40 million. for many people, just too much. >> i feel it's real bad. a lot of people like laid off. or behind in bills. i'm just making it, you know? and right now, i got a water bill over my head right now. >> it's terrible. you know, they have to realize soon. >> reporter: but the city says with so much damage underground -- >> typically, we find that 4 to 6% of the pipe sections are in need of repair. >> reporter: there's no choice but to collect more cash or the price could be -- would be even higher later. another devastating mess like this one. and if you have something to say about the proposed increase, there is a public
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hearing scheduled for june 27th. after that, the board of estimates will take a vote. we're live in baltimore. weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right. thank you, weijia. now, even if the increase is approved, baltimore will have one of the lowest water and sewer rates among comparable cities. an update to a severe case of animal abuse in anne arundel county. police released several dogs known as the pit 6, you used as bait dogs in a dog fighting ring. they are now ready for adoption, after being evaluated. anyone who adopts the dogs will receive free training for the rest of the dog's life. man and nature have worked up the perfect recipe for a dyeoff going on right now. >> reporter: waterways like marley's creek on maryland's western shore, have been hit by algae blooms, called mahogony tide.
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they're dying from a lack of oxygen. >> typically, at the ends of creeks, where you get this algae blooming. and it depletes the oxygen from the water. >> reporter: leaving dead zones and death for animals trapped in them. the program routinely checks for those dead zones, using underwater probes that measure dissolved oxygen at different depths. here's why. massive amounts of runoff from tropical storms last year, carried huge loads of sediment, containing nutrients like nitrogen, which feeds al's. -- algae. satellite images show this. and events like this major sewage spill in the patapsco river is in march. >> we're anticipating 55 million gallons. >> at night -- >> it shuts down. and actually has to metabolize and consume that oxygen. >> reporter: to improve the water, auto all -- it's all about making changes on land. >> stopping that, along with
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the program of getting the waste water treatment plant fixed. >> because when enough flows down stream and finds warm weather, it creates a perfect mix for death. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> well, mahogany tides aren't a risk to health. in waterways, bacteria levels place them off limits to swimming and waterskiing. well, it was a nearly perfect day to take in a baseball game. sky eye chopper 13, live over camden yards now. where thousands of school children today attended dozens of the annual weather event. before today's matchup with the red sox. meteorologist bernadette woods and tim williams are still in camden yards. >> it was a wonderful day out here. once again. the kids, they just continue to impress. they come out and have so much energy. and they feed this entire program. >> just enough cloud cover to keep the sun from burning everybody up.
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just enough wind to keep everyone comfortable. and everybody had a great time. and here's a little of what we did earlier today. ♪ [ music ] >> i am excited right now. >> we are excited to be here to learn how weather affects baseball. >> reporter: and students stir up that excitement for the fifth straight year. as more than 6,000 from around the state came to learn about weather. from wjz, masn, and the baltimore orioles during our annual weather field trip day. >> meteorologist bernadette woods. >> bernadette? ♪ [ music ] ♪ i've got sunshine >> weather day is just a really fun day, where the kid comes down to the ballpark. we talk about the main subject of weather. we add a little fun in. we bring in the national weather service. we bring in the science center. and then they get to watch a game afterwards. >> concluded, the jet stream. hurricanes. >> this is also where the storm is given a name. >> reporter: how weather affects us all. >> those charges on our hair. >> severe weather. >> when thunder roars, go,
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indoors. >> winter weather -- >> starts as snow. >> and clouds. >> say bye, balloons. all right. >> so with another weather day in the win column, students, fans and the weather team, look ahead to next season. ♪ [ music ] >> well, the weather day was in the win column. unfortunately, the team was not. but we had a great time. and we don't wait to start getting ready for next year. so we like to urge you. if you thought today was fun, be a part of it. >> reporter: and that's right. all you have to do is get your teacher -- or if you're a teacher, get your school to contact the orioles. we will do this again next year. and we won't have the date until the schedule comes out. but we guarantee you, we'll have one, either next april or may, during an afternoon game. contact the orioles, should be a fun day. >> all right. thank you, bernadette and tim. >> i got bernadette's song and bob's song. i didn't get tim's song.
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>> he's -- he was doing the shuffle, i guess. because he's a dancer. [ laughter ] still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. miracle baby. i'm mary bubala. the odds were astronomical, that this little girl would never be born. coming up, the incredible story of how she beat the odds. lights on, lights off. i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news. a new state law may have you scratching your head about flipping the switch. what's new in hotel lighting, coming up. the facebook i.p.o. frenzy led to a flurry of lawsuits. i'm mike hellgren. why one maryland man is leading the pack. and what he says went horribly wrong. steamy weekend ahead. and storms popping up. stick around for the updated first warning forecast coming up. ♪
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it is partly cloudy. 77 degrees. in tremendous maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast is up. the frenzy over facebook stock is giving wall street another black eye. and a maryland investor is making worldwide headlines with another lawsuit. mike hellgren has the growing outrage. mike? >> vic, that maryland investor claims claims that trades were being mishandled by the nasdaq stock exchange, affecting millions of shares. >> the breathless buildup over facebook's initial stock
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offering. >> this really was grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory. >> there are others handling the deal privately told only their biggest customers that facebook wasn't going to earn as much as originally forecast. now, suing nasdaq, claiming trading on may 17th and 18th. goldberg wrote in a federal lawsuit, organizers shares during the first trading day often took hours to execute. in the meantime, the investors seeking to purchase those shares had no idea if their trade his executed and accordingly had no idea if they owned facebook shares at all. >> he said he tried to cancel at $41 a share. but it took hours to go through. and by that time, it was down to 38. >> reporter: and he wants class action status, claiming as many as 30 million shares were
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affected. it's already turned off some regular investors in maryland. >> it's still in the making. >> some in turn, some say it builds trust in wall street. >> it's been a reminder of everything people suspected, feareddor hated about public markets and wall street. >> morgan stanley said it acted in compliance with all regulations. right now, facebook is trading still down from its initial offering. >> this could lead to an overhaul of regulations for initial public stock offerings. a new law signed by the governor requires future hotels to install energy saving equipment that automatically turns out the light. pat warren reports, it is expected to save hundreds of thousands of dollars. maryland attorney general doug gansler couldn't figure
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out the light. >> i went out into the hallway and said, does anyone know how to light? and he said, of course. take the car key and put it in that box next to the door. and that will trigger all the lights. >> reporter: and the lights went on. that led to a change in maryland. >> i came back here. and said, why don't we have that here? >> the lights went off. and the room is not in use. gansler submitted the bill that passed year, requiring future hotel construction in the state to include those kinds of energy-saving devices. only new construction for hotels and motels in maryland. >> the fourth season's hotel, baltimore is way ahead of the game. >> we've got motion sensors in the room. so the air conditioning knows to operate. >> save money at the end of the day. and it's pretty good. >> expect continued invasion in
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the hotel and the street, as maryland and america gets greener. it may take some getting use the to. but it sure beats the clapper. reporting from the four seasons at harbor east, i'm pat warren. now, back to you at tv hill. studies show there is an average electricity savings of $40 a year. memphis grizzlies' nba star talked to students at frederick elementary about bullying. gay, who grew up near turner station, started playing competi55 -- competitive basketball when he was 12 years old. the students also had a chance to shoot hoops with their favorite player. >> my take on bullying has always been, don't treat anybody like you don't want to be treated. >> he told us about bullying. and it's not good to do it. >> reporter: he played for the university of connecticut, before turning pro. signed a five-year, $84 million contract with the grizzlies in 2010. >> a little outsized for those
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other players. >> yeah. but he did the right thing. that's the important thing. [ laughter ] >> let's take a look at the weather. it's going to be really summery this weekend. make your plans. 77 now. southeast winds at 7. barometer on the way back up. there are storms in the region. we'll show you those after this. ♪
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getting awfully windy down here. >> it really is. the skies are getting pretty dark out there. it's been a fantastic day. we had a wonderful weather day out here. but i think something changed, right? >> for those answers, we send it in to bob turk. it's been beautiful in the city. right now, we have storms north and west of town. a lot of activity, trust popping up. some activity around columbia as well. you could see it popping up, literally in the last few minutes. owings mills, pikesville. hereford, butler, toward hampstead. and a lot of light stuff across portions of harford county. we'll be dealing with it again tomorrow. so it didn't get rain today. just a chance you might gea thunderstorm tomorrow. and some of these cells have brief heavy downpours and lightning. we've had a few reports of
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very, very small, pea-sized hail in a couple of these cells. take a look temperature-wise now. we are at 77. 68. it rained in easton. it dropped like 12 degrees. 70, oakland. ocean city, also at 68. 75, bel air. rock hall. and 76. we have a this. auto kind of rotating around. you see it moving from the city, up toward carol and baltimore county. moving over southern south carolina. and bringing in that moisture off the ocean. there you see. tomorrow, that actual center is going to pass cross our region. pretty much the same scenario we sawed it. maybe even more coverage. and once again, any spots could drop a quick inch of rain. see-saw that last night.
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to the north of us, beautiful. but it's warming up. in fact, temperatures today nillinois, missouri, arkansas. around 90 degrees. and guess where that is headed. right to our region for the weekend. pretty sticky for this weekend. really going to feel like july this weekend, as we officially, or unofficially start summer for the holiday weekend. just prepare yourself, it's going to be a very warm, humid weekend. probably each afternoon, but very, very widely scattered stuff. southeast winds on the bay, around 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, close to 70. tonight, still a rick of scattered showers and storms. and as it clears out later, fog. 62. 84 degrees tomorrow. sun, clouds. yes, some shower and thunderstorm activity again in the afternoon, into tomorrow evening. and not quite as much coverage, we think, on friday. then it gets really hot for the weekend. i'll have that forecast coming up. >> okay. thank you, bob.
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still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. a playful act, with near tragic consequences. a baby put in a washing machine, that unexpectedly starts. see what happens. representing students on different sides of the table. the national attention baltimore city school leaders are receiving this week. i'm gigi barnett at city school headquarters. that story is coming up. the man in charge of the secret service talks about the sex scandal, surrounding his agency. ,,,,,,
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giant subs, sandwich and cookie platters. and big-time value. subway catering. order today! it is now 6:30. mostly cloudy. and 77 degrees. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories team are talking about tonight. new twists. is the sex scandal rocking the secret service. the man in charge of that agency is grilled on capitol hill, about prostitutes and his agents' actions. danielle nottingham reports from washington, d.c. >> reporter: secret service director mark sullivan walked into the senate hearing room to answer for the columbian
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prostitution scandal. >> i am deeply disappointed. and i apologize for the misconduct of these employees and the distraction that it has caused. >> the hearing came just after some of the agents told the washington post they're being made scapegoats for behavior supervisors knew about and tolerated. senator susan collins pointed out the averages involved -- agents involved registered the women at the holt, using their -- hotel, using their own name. >> that suggests to me that they weren't worried about being caught. >> i just think that between the alcohol and i don't know, the environment, these individuals did some really dumb things. >> both republicans and democrats on the committee expressed support for director sullivan. but they still aren't convinced columbia was an isolated incident. >> reporter: the washington post reports four of the agents that were fired or resigned,
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are now seeking to get their jobs back. >> our numbers contradict what was in the washington post article. we had two employees who had originally said they were going to resign that have now come back and said that they're going to challenge that. >> director sullivan said the agency will work to permanently revoke security clearance for those two agents. in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the inspector general for the department of homeland security, also testified in today's hearing. troubling new information on the hazing death on a member of the famous florida a&m marching band. fellow band members say 26-year- old robert champion disapproved of hazing, but agreed to go through a brutal initiation ritual because he saw it as an honor. witnesses say the ordeal involves the participant going from the front to the back of the bus, while others beat him along the way. champion died last november, on the bus outside a hotel in
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orlando. or champion's parents say they have a hard time believing their son agreed to the hazing. an investigation is under way in anne arundel county, after a man is accused of impersonating a police officer, and ordering them to do real field sobriety tests. police arrested this man, 31- year-old mark elmer. investigators say he showed a badge to people leafing the buffalo wild wings. suspicious patrons called real police, who arrested elmer. repair work on the jfx is progressing. barring bad weather, the department of transportation expects repair work to be done. there are changes to this week's overnight closures, from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. the jfx will be closed at 29th street. and traffic will be routed onto the 28th street exit. crews are repairing aging drainage pipe. it's sometimes difficult for city schoolteachers ask
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leaders. but as gigi barnett explains, city school leaders and teachers are receiving national attention for a major feat. >> i should have worn my real shades. >> it's a sight some baltimore teachers rarely see. city school leader dr. andres alonzo and teacher marietta english, sitting side by side, laughing, without a divisive issue to discuss. they at a conference in cincinnati, which looks at the way school leaders and unions work successfully together to get the job condition -- done. >> teachers are not the obstacle to get students educated. we want them to succeed. >> reporter: the approval of a teachers contract in 2010. it was groundbreaking. it changes the way city teachers are evaluated and paid, making them the highest paid teachers in the state.
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teachers voted in record numbers against the first proposal. then months later, approved it. >> it should be about the kids. and it should be about student outcomes. and that to me is less about unions or management. >> reporter: more than 100 teachers union representatives and school leaders are at the conference this week. dr. alonzo and marietta english will address the group. they will talk about how they've seen a spike in recruitment. >> as soon as the contract was announced, we got a huge increase in applications for positions. >> reporter: so this week, they're representing baltimore together. next week, both say, it's back to business. >> trust me, ms. english is sometimes [ inaudible ] >> it's behind the doors that they don't see. >> behind those doors. well, the two-day conference also features education secretary arnie dunk an. and for participants to focus on getting more technology in the classrooms nationwide.
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vic, back to you. >> more than 600 teachers have applied to work in city schools since the passage of the new contract. time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. workout tips from the marine corps mamas. and second baseman brian roberts maybes his rehab debut. for these stories and more, read the baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast, from wjz's first warning weather team. most moms and dads will tell you that their children are miracles. but one family's experience goes far beyond that. mary joins us now, with this incredible baby story. mary? >> reporter: well, vic, this is the story of one birth that really was almost inconceivable. >> happy birthday ♪ >> our first birthday party. something that is so comn place, it's easy to take for granted. but the odds of it happening were downright astronomical. you might even call it a miracle. the story of birthday girl
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kenly, started the traditional way. her parents, jennifer and jason, were high school sweethearts. after college, they were married. their dream to someday start a family. >> we loved kids, knew we wanted to have kids. >> reporter: they tried for two years but jennifer still never got pregnant. but when they had his fertility tested, they weren't prepared for the bad news. >> it was devastating to find out i had no sperm in my sample. it was like the wind was knocked out of me. >> reporter: but jennifer refused to give up. one last chance, special surgery, to physically search for sperm. the lab director was only able to find one single sperm. >> we didn't expect it. certainly no one goes forward with an egg retrieval if you're only going to have one sperm or very few sperm. >> reporter: what are the odds of just one sperm fertilizing an egg and making a baby?
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at 1 in 60 million chance, you have a better chance of being hit by lightning, 99 wo3,000. or getting a royal flush in poker, 1 in 2.6 million. >> it's like winning the lottery. >> incredibly, the one in 60 million shot worked. but it wasn't until she saw the ultrasound that she believed in the miracle. >> we saw hands and feet. and she was the cutest little thing. her hand went right past her face. i felt like she was waving at us. hi, mom and dad. >> reporter: she is now a happy, healthy, little girl. >> every day is mother's day for me. get to spend it with my little girl. >> reporter: the odds were even tougher against kenly being born because her mother needed three cycles of invitro, to produce a viable egg. just an incredible story. >> incredible story. beautiful baby. thank you very much, mary. still to come on wjz eyewitness news. the birdman is back at it. see his latest death-defying
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stunt. what sparked this wildfight in front of a house. bob turk in the first warning weather center. a very summery holiday weekend. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour. for updates and all the day's news, and the updated forecast any time, log onto wjz.com. ,,,, when it comes to gardening, we're, well, inexperienced.
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before it's too late. because with $69 fares they're going to go fast. a brawl on the front lawn breaks out in san san antonio. watch as one of them tries to get away. the homeowner holds him down, waiting for the police to arrive. but then the two other thieves who got away, returned to help them. in the end, the trio got away empty handed but later got away. -- arrest the. all were charged with burglary. father seen here, putting his son into a washing machine. he was reportedly planning a game of peekaboo. after he closes the door, it locks and the machine starts to spin. the parents scream for help as the child tumbles inside for more than a minute. a worker finally unplugged the washer. witnesses say the boy only had a few bruises, but police are
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now investigating. and a toddler in china, nairlyo escaped -- narrowly escaped injury. watch as he drives his toy motor bike straight into busy traffic. buses and cars weave right past him. a police officer eventually spots the 3-year-old and gets him off the road. the boy is reunited with his frantic grandfather, who says the boy wandered off while he was in the bathroom. the boy was not hurt. egyptians are voting today in the country's first free and fair presidential elections. the race is heating up. armor musad, the former foreign minister under hosni mubarak is the leading candidate. the election comes more than a year after mass protests ousted dictator hosni mubarak. the birdman of england takes flight. and it's quite a trip. take a look as gary connery jumps out. since he is the birdman, he
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doesn't need a parachute. he just spreads his wings. sprouts a wing suit and glides one mile to his spot. this is the first time someplace has jumped -- someone has jumped from such a height without a parachute and survived. scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. the top stories from around the world. plus, the bottleneck on mount everest. why so many are risking their lives to climb it. that's tonight. on the cbs evening news. and here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,
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a steamy spring evening with storms popping up. a live look outside right now. wjz has first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and tim williams are live at camden yards for our annual weather day. they have the annual forecast. take a look at radar. right now, southwest of town, around linthicum. and the airport area.
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over toward columbia and sykesville. another batch from owings mills, pikesville, up towards finks burg. off to the west/northwest. more of these showers and storms, across much of the region. popped up, from here and there. have a look at tomorrow's forecast, bernadette and tim have that. >> winds pick up. dew points are high as well. a little sticky. going down into the 60s. and that's where we start tomorrow. >> for the day tomorrow, we start a warming trend. get up into the 80s. chance for a shower or thunderstorm ahead. as we get into the evening hours. for the rest of the five-day, here's bob. same thing we saw today temperatures probably in low to mid-80s. slight chance for friday. gets warm. normal high is only mid-70s. 90, 92.
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and 92% for saturday, sunday, and monday. it's going to feel like middle of july this weekend. denise? >> here we go. thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >> it's a big day for one of the orioles. but is it enough for the birds to beat the boston red sox. mark has the highlights next in sports. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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get out of town, boston. mark is here with the wjz the fan sports report. >> they were here, with their fans. that's for sure. for years, boston has been a bully to the orioles. but the script is flipped so far this season. the o's swept the sox in boston earlier this month. and it's the birds who hold first place in the division. red sox are last. it's the final game of a three- game series. they split the first two. here's nick johnson. having a great month. today, he had a great game. facing boston starter, daniel barrett in the inning. johnson drives the first of his two homers today. first time in six years that johnson has hit two homers in a game. orioles starter jake arrieta runs into trouble in the sixth inning. the score was tied when he pitched to daniel nava. there's a home run to right center to give boston the lead. arrieta would later leave the game that inning.
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and boston kept on scoring on the orioles' bull pen. luis ayala. kelly shoppic slams a line drive home run to the left. boston's lead grew 5-2. o's dropped two of three to the sox. they'll get a day off tomorrow for the birds. kansas city gets a day off friday. >> obviously had a great chance to win that ball game. just a matter of making one or two more pitches and keeping another run or two off the board. and we ended up coming up with a w. keep grinding, battling. i know we're all looking forward to this offday. and just kind of recharge and getting ready for casey. >> reporter: the o's top pitching prospect is moving up the ladder. he will start for the keys in their home game this saturday. bundy has been untouchable in his first pro season. the 19-year-old phenom has struck out 40 batters in 30 innings. he has not allowed an earned
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run. football, ravens have their top prospects in uniform and on the field to practice with some of the veterans in owings mills. today was the second day of mini camp workouts, known as organized team activity. the new collecting bargaining agreement limits the number of practices. so teams embrace these early opportunities, especially for the newly acquired and younger players. many of the top veterans do not participate. ravens running back, ray rice, a noticeable no-show this week. rice is currently negotiating a long-term contract. he'll stay away, until he gets his new deal. no big deal, says the ravens who were there today. >> love to haveault the guys be here. but it's not realistic. today's probably business environment and all of that. but we're moving forward. ray is working hard. i don't worry about ray. >> he's working out what is best for him. and i'm in his corner. you know, ray lewis isn't here. haloti ngata is not here. we have a lot of players that
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aren't here. we're professional football players. no matter, we know how to play football. we didn't have anything last year, and we went to the afc championship game. >> he is referring to last year, when there was a lockout and there was no practices. but upshaw was able to ease into the practice. he'll be doing this the next three or four weeks. and we'll get a chance to see which ones show up and which ones stay home. >> thank you, mark. we'll be right back. coming up, newly released evidence in the fda hazing trial. did robert champion willingly get on the bus where a hazing ritual killed him? and why are hundreds risking their lives to head into thin air? ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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