he raised up now to $2 million. >> how's it going maryland? how's it going baltimore? >> reporter: they touched down around 12:15. the motor coach headed to the home of the chesapeake realty partners where guest paid between 10,000 and $50,000 to have lunch with the president. about three dozen people gathered to wave and take pictures as they drove by. >> i think it's nice he came to the baltimore area to have lunch. it's all political but still nice. >> reporter: the president's next stop here at the height where he's thinking about the differences between his approach and that of congressional republicans. >> we've got to move forward to the future we imagined where everybody's getting a fair shot and everybody's doing their

fair shear and playing by the -- share and playing by the same rules. >> the president's message hit home with his audience. >> it's all about the future generations and putting thing ins place for our family -- things in place or our families and kids. >> four more years. >> that's right. four more years. >> what i said to him as he was leaving is please use that same speech because i've not heard him that effectively showing the difference between the romney presidency. >> reporter: the money raised here will likely be spent in swing states where the race is close or too close to call. reporting live, i'm pat warren, now back to you. >> thank you. the wife of republican candidate mitt romney is also in maryland tonight and romney is raising money for her husband at the marriott.

tickets start at $1000. former governor bob riley is hosting the event. we'll continue to bring you the latest on the candidates and the issues on air and online at wjz.com. >> right now baltimore police are investigating the possible rape of a woman after she left a popular bar. derek is live in the news room with new details about the suspect. >> reporter: a woman tells police a man raped her after she left a bar early saturday morning. she woke up an hour later lying on a front lawn in the 300 block of lake avenue. she doesn't recall how she ended up there but was able to give police a brief interruption of her attacker. he has a short hair cut and wearing a green t-shirt. anyone with information should call the police. >> and the woman is cooperating with investigators. >> two key witnesses testify in the sexual abuse trial against

jerry sandusky. one accuser holds back tears. wjz reports from the courthouse. >> reporter: former assistant football coach told jurors he saw jerry sandusky with a young boy in the shower in 2001. he testified sandusky was standing behind the boy who appeared to be 12 or 12 propped up across the wall and heard skin on skin smacking sounds and he closed the locker loudly to indicate he was there. earlier today jurors heard disturbing testimony from an 18 year old who said sandusky molested him as a boy. sandusky got more physical with him during sleep overs and contact that led to oral sex. he said he didn't know what to do. i kind of blacked out. i didn't want it to happen. i kind of froze. did you tell your mom asked the

prosecutor? no. did you tell anyone? no. did you tell him to stop? no. i was embarrassed and confused and didn't know what to do. eventually the -- the counselor didn't believe him saying sandusky had a heart of gold. on the cross examination sandusky's defense attorney tried to show the teen changed his story and the testimony is now more detailed than what he originally told authorities and the grand jury. defense attorneys want to prove the accusers are trying to benefit financially from the case. wjz eyewitness news. >> he told jurors after he left the locker room he called his dad who told him to leave immediately and come right to the house. >> we're following breaking news now. go to kristie -- let's go to kristie now. >> as you are traveling 95

south bound, let's take a live look. as you can see, the accident is at river side parkway. it just occurred moments ago. a couple of vehicles involved in this collision. the two lanes on the right-hand side are blocked off. right now the delay is all the way back and we just expect it to get longer with the weather and traffic building up at this point. we'll continue to bring you up to date but best case scenario would be to avoid this. >> still trying to find the cause of a crash on the eastern shore. the aircraft went down during a test flight that originated at the they'll air station. it cost more than a hundred million dollars and according to the wall street journal it weighed more than 10-tons and fortunately didn't hit any people or buildings. >> also, arson investigators are investigating what caused a

fire. >> reporter: the fire is out and now the clean up begins and a big piece of history lost. flames devoured the old reliable store as 125 firefighters worked through blazing heat to get it under control. >> it was raging out of control. >> reporter: this building is where it all began. reportedly, the pictures were still upstairs. the first floor was converted to a grocery long ago and holds special memories for preservation. >> my grandmother would go there and shop. >> it's very sad and devastating to the community to see something like that. >> reporter: at this point, what's left is so unstable it

could take days to determine how it ignited. >> it may not be fully ascertainable. >> they said it was has -- has has -- hazedo -- has -- wjz eyewitness news. >> buildings were staired heavy -- spared heavily damage. >> it is a gloomy tuesday. rain and lots of rain as we take a live lookout side. updating conditions in the first warning weather center

for us, bob. >> areas getting as much as two- thirds an inch of rain today. most hours about a half inch. as you can see it's moving to the east. not a whole lot this evening. maybe another shower is possible. right now just to the east of harrison and now moving off. another batch 06 thunder showers moves to the east and north east. the west area just a few pop up thunder showers along a front may get us some shower activity later tonight. probably not a whole lot of activity. once the combat moves off to the east we've got a nice forecast coming beginning

tomorrow. >> i don't i know it's going to be perfect timing. the boats from across the world are headed across the harbor. tonight the excitement is building and wjz is live in the harbor tonight. we have more on the final preparation before all these big ships arrive. >> reporter: well, adam, talk about major party planning. it only took 200 years to plan this bicentennial event and as we mentioned, the entire harbor will be filled with ships from around the world. sailing into the inner harbor 40 ships cruise from around the world, the first to arrive wednesday morning. >> there is a fleet of 40 something ships starting to come up with bay and we're going to have rivals of ships starting as early as 8:00 in the morning and going through

into the afternoon. >> reporter: the arrival memories the 200th anniversary of the war of 1812. >> great partners to observe not the start of the war 200 years ago but to observe two centuries of peace. >> reporter: visitors can board the ship at the inner harbor. a celebration villa is being set up around the harbor for families to learn about the history of the city and our country. it doesn't stop there. there will be all sorts of adventures set up around the inner harbor all the way over to the other side as well.

>> stay with wjz for complete coverage. we celebrate the star spangled celebration. >> new totals tonight from the wjz food drive. we collected more than 4000 pounds of canned goods for the maryland food bank over the weekend. >> it was a really, really great event. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00, they're searching for a lier. reports of a devastating boat

explosion turned out to be a hoax. >> the nephew of a maryland congressman murdered at college. the plea from the family one year later. >> i'm al exand coming up, a thank you -- alex and coming up, a thank you to the man who made this scene possible. >> just in time, we have better weather on the way. don't miss the updated forecast with bob. ,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] are you paying more

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it's still raining out there. 72 degrees in central maryland right now. it has been one year since the nephew of maryland congressman was murdered. they're begging for new leads.

>> reporter: he was an honor student. his life cut short last june. >> we got the call no one wanted to receive the call on that. christopher had been shot down in cold blood. >> reporter: since the murder, congressman has raised concerns over student's safety. christopher lived off campus in a neighborhood where other students have been victimized by crime. >> christopher is dead and he's gone. i'm not here for him. i'm here for these other students. >> reporter: last september they issued a warrant for a person of interest. as of today no arrest. they're reinterviewing old witnesses. ever since the funeral, cummings has repeatedly issued this message to the killer. >> i promise we'll find you. you didn't give christopher

justice. we want to make sure you get justice and we want to make sure you never do this to another human being again. >> since the murder, police have increased patrols in that off campus neighborhood. >> a maryland lawmaker found guilty of theft and misconduct in office. tiffany austin can now be forced out. she's convicted of using state money to pay an employee at her private law firm. this crime has -- if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads. kristie is live with traffic. i know your watching the situation on i-95 closely. >> that's right. we have an accident there at river side parkway. it is blocking the left two lanes and the delay is significant. your best bet would be to get on route 40 instead. as far as the rest of the week

goes you can expect an hour at providence road. the topside of the inner loop adding to the chaos, we have an accident between the jfx and harrisburg expressway. 70 westbound just bumper to bumper. as far as accidents go on north point road and german hill road. let's now go back and take a live look as you can see things are not moving yet. still a bad situation there. 95 south of river side parkway. we do have a situation as you can see there. all lanes are blocked due to an accident. that is backing up pretty we can as you can see traffic now is at a stand still. this traffic report is brought to you by maryland live to see who the -- to find out all the

details you can go to maryland live casino.com. back to you. >> thank you so much. he has a natural talent and now it's bringing a maryland man a little more attention than he feels comfortable with. alex reports about an honor given to lefty. >> reporter: fly februarying can be a lifetime pursuit. lefty has spent 75 years at it and shared everything he's learned along the way. >> we just believe in it and those of us who have read his books, if you do it the way he says to do it you'll find success. >> >> reporter: a trail was named after lefty. >> we honor him because he's such a great teacher. >> reporter: he was also active in helping preserve this stretch of water for trout fishing. the river either dried up or flooded. lefty and others succeeded in

getting a steady release of water from the damn creating perfect habitat for fish. >> what it's done is made one of the tail water -- for the united states. now it's a continuous flow through here. >> reporter: and an appreciation for those who fish it. while today's honor -- lefty is not going to let it go to his head. likely, not the legacy of what lefty learned and is still being passed on. wjz eyewitness news. >> fly fishing is tough. along with helping preserve the gun powder, they helped save the trout by making a catch and release rule on the river. >> today wasn't probably the best day to go fly fishing. still some rain.

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just moments ago president obama boarded air force one at marshall airport. the president made two fund raising stops in downtown baltimore today. he's waves good-bye and headed to philadelphia where he'll attend more fund raisers before returning to washington tonight. >> such a beautiful plane. let's check in with bob over in the weather center. hopefully okay wet r for him to get -- weather for him to get off in the sky there, bob. >> it's going to be rain now. heaviest rain in the north east now. harper county is where the heaviest is. just west of the city, just about done for the time being. south of this is a heavier shower. headed toward the easton area.

the rest of the area, there's a few showers popping up in the west. thunderstorms may make it to our region around 8:30 or 9:00 and we could see an additional shower with that activity. behind that much better weather coming from overnight into tomorrow morning. 72 now and 81. the sun is out in cumberland but a thunder shower close by. 74 in oakland and 77. no rain currently. everybody else with clouds and showers, low to mid-70s now. around the region, just about the same forecast. 72 in columbia. as far as the rain is concerned, east and north east of the area the front is still to the west. that's the average that's moist

there and much drier in canada and that's why there's a couple of lines of showers. that's probably going to get into the region eight and nine. there could be another one between 8:00 and midnight. not done with the rain but the heavy stuff is pretty much done. tomorrow afternoon, thursday, friday, saturday, nice stuff headed our way. winds in the bay 25 knots out of the north. tonight couple of thunder showers and 68. 70 the high tomorrow and sunshine. much drier and pleasant conditions by this time tomorrow. it will be very nice. >> today was worth it. thanks, bob. thousands of acres burned and dozens of homes destroyed in colorado. why the firefighters are ways away from getting the flames under control.

>> an unusual item that left a hole in this roof. >> i'm derek. a bicyclist made a shocking discovery in the woods. the hunt for food to solve a murder mystery coming up on eyewitness news. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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it's wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is just before 5:30 and 7 the degrees with light rain. good evening and thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here's some of the stories people are talking about tonight. a murder mystery. tonight a local family griefs after a mother is found dead in the woods. wjz is live. derek speaks with the victim's emotional relatives and has more on the investigation tonight. >> reporter: detectives are desperate for leads as three young children prepare to bury their mother. tears from three heart broken children who will spend the rest of their lives without their mom. a bicyclist discovered her body in the woods. her sisters, three sons, father, nephew and nieces all

set down with wjz to remember the woman they loved. >> she had a family. this is devastating for this entire family. >> reporter: police say when they found the victim's body in the woods she had no obvious signs of trauma and no identification. they needed her fingerprint to find out who she was. >> that's not an area she would be in. she would never stray too far from home. she would always come home. >> reporter: county police are guarding details of the murder. they have few leads to go on. >> we are reaching out to anyone who may have seen or heard anything unusual and also anyone who was a contact of this victim who may be able to provide some incite into what happened and why she was killed. >> to take her, it just isn't right. >> reporter: family members want answers and her grieving father wants justice. >> i want to say whatever happened to my family could happen to your family.

anybody out there that knows something, come forward. this is devastating. please don't let this go. >> reporter: anyone with information urged to call baltimore county police or remain anonymous and get reward money by calling metro crime stoppers. derek, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. a funeral for the victim is set for saturday morning at life church at baltimore's brooklyn neighborhood. for more information you can log on to our website. >> the wife of george zimmerman is being charged with lying to a judge. prosecutors say that shelly zimmerman lied about her finances during a bond hearing for her husband. george zimmerman was granted $150,000 bond for a hearing and released. the judge revoked the bond after state's attorney says the

couple lied about how much money they raised from a website. george zimmerman pleaded not guilty in a shooting. live in the news room with more on a bizarre case. >> reporter: can explosion came from land triggering a rescue effort. two calls came within five minutes using the same radio transmitter the coast guard is offering a reward leading to an arrest. >> they're making a false distress call. there's a maximum penalty and reimbursement to the coast guard for the coast of the search. >> a huge wild fire in colorado continues to burn out of control. firefighters are battling a --

by plane and air. >> reporter: a massive blanket of smoke stretches for miles across colorado. the flames continue to spread. more than 43,000 acres have burned and huppeds of homes and billings gone. hundreds -- buildings gone. heavy smoke surrounded their house and it was too much for her who was seven months pregnant. her husband, a former combat marine in iraq said he's never felt so helpless. >> i'm not worried about the house. we'll rebuild and be fine. >> reporter: at least one person was not able to escape. a 62 year old woman died in her home. authorities tried to reach her but were blocked off by flames. the smoke has put haze around nearby communities but it's fire conditions that make this

fire difficult to contain. crews can dig lines around the fire but the trees are so dry the flames are jumping from tree top to tree top. in new mexico firefighters are starting to contain two huge fires. thousands of acres of trees are charred among dozens of homes and billings -- buildings. in colorado people are gathering on a nearby hill to see if their homes down below will survive. >> when you move to a place like that your taking your chances and it's a matter of time. >> reporter: thousands of home owners hope their time is not up. wjz eyewitness news. >> firefighters hope to have the fire close to 10% contained by later tonight. >> also tonight the faa is trying to figure out how a large chunk of ice may have fallen out of a plane and in a home in california. the homeowner said she heard the crash and felt the home

shaking. no one was hurt. >> two teens in police custody accused of throwing a bottle bomb at a six year old girl on a playground. it's the sixth incident in the county this year. michelle speaks with parents who are now on high alert. >> reporter: from a distance they look like any other bottle but in just a few seconds they can become deadly. it can become extremely dangerous. >> reporter: he said besides being dangerous they're popular. yesterday a six year old girl came into the way of being injured at the sunset elementary school playground after investigators say two teenagers threw a bottle bomb at her while she played. >> my kids do it all the time. if they see an empty bottle they pick it up and play with it. >> reporter: this is the sixth investigation they have investigating this year.

they investigated 28 cases in 2011. >> reporter: they were found just a few feet away from this playground. they were sitting on these bleachers. >> reporter: the police say the teens are now in custody facing felony charges. >> i don't think kids understand the consequences of what happens to the stuff that they probably find on the internet. >> reporter: she says finding a bottle bomb could be -- >> devices that emanate an odor or are swelling or increased pressure with them should raise suspicion. >> reporter: they're still investigating whether the teens are connected to other explosions in the area. mary. >> thank you. people are asked to call police should they spot a suspicious

bottle. >> eric holder facing tough questions in the resent leaks. randall has the latest were wjz. the attorney general on the hot seat defended his decision to use u.s. attorneys to investigate leaks of highly classified information. republican senator lindsay graham and attorney general should have appointed an outside counsel. >> i think you're missing something here. the special. >> i think you're missing the fact that this is a very big deal and you're handling it in a way that creates suspicions where they should not be. >> before we prejudge, let's see how they do. >> reporter: the leaks to reporters involve secret information about iran's nuclear program and operation against terrorist.

in contrast, -- >> you've got one program that's been an embarrassment to administration and been like pulling teeth to get information about fast and furious. who knew what and when? >> reporter: house republicans want to take a vote. holder has offered to sit down and negotiate with them before that happens. >> i've extended my end and waiting to hear back. >> reporter: some republicans are called to resign. the attorney general says he believes he has to confidence of the president. >> last week congressional leader said the person responsible for the leaks should be sent to jail. >> now for a quick look you'll find in tomorrow morning's edition of the baltimore sun. the interesting way the police commissioner studied his last

week. celebrity chef bobby flay shows off his new bar at the maryland casino and a full report from the raven's mini camp. remember to look for the updated forecast. >> that burger bar smells so good. really smells great. spectacular site sailing up the chesapeake. right now tall ships from around the world are making their way to the harbor for the star spangled celebration wjz live at the harbor. looks like the rain is clearing out just in time. >> reporter: i know, it's starting to feel good and this weekend is supposed to be gorgeous. planners have been working around the clock and for years to get this all together. as the ships come in, there will be 40 here at the inner harbor and for the coast guard, that's a lot of work. alex reports. >> reporter: maryland may be

used to seeing baltimore but wednesday don't get too close to look at the pride as they move up the chesapeake. >> the area from 100 yards from the naval vessel or ship is off limits. >> reporter: control boats will be enforcing safety zones which move with the vest tells. private craft are -- vessels. >> maintaining a proper lookout and maintaining a safe speed and keeping the direction of the enforcement vessels. >> reporter: this event is so large it's going to take help to pull off. maryland's natural resource of police and 17 others first responder agencies will also control the ship's travel.

then there's this. the blue angel show this weekend seen a three mile stretch of water that will have to be clear for three hours at a time meaning nobody moves. as for turn out the coast guard estimates thousands of privately owned boats will convert on baltimore. >> thank you for that report. alex, we should also mention the coast guard does consider this an extra large event clearly. they say they have been slamming this and all of their efforts to make sure everyone stays safe for over two years. >> thanks so much. stay with wjz for complete conch of our -- complete coverage of our proud history. >> still to come, a notorious case and decision for a family.

>> a wrong turn nearly cost a teenager his life. we'll tell you about the last second decision. >> really nice rest of the week. your five day forecast. >> today's report fr,,,,,,,,

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that's 1-877-729-3467. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. ♪ fios. a network ahead. >> reporter: tyrer -- tyler just graduated and wants to help. >> we're going to have food and a giant raffle and some sessions and shirts and stuff we're selling. it's great to come out and donate and it will be a fun event as well. >> it's called shootout for soldiers. >> being involved in this is huge for me because my brother- in-law is currently in the military. anything that can support our troops i'm 100% behind.

lacrosse is behind the event too. >> when they reached out to us, it was a natural opportunity to get involved and give back to the community. >> reporter: last summer he brought his game to uganda. about a thousand players will take part. >> it seems in baltimore, lacrosse is something to bring the community together. what better way than the make a difference for the wounded warriors. >> reporter: wjz eyewitness news. >> a great event. the goal of thursday's benefit is to raise $10,000. for more information on how to get involved, i know there's a lot of people that want to, log

on to wjz.com. >> the rain moving out of the area. pretty steady all day long. that's the inner harbor. it looks good now. bob takes a look on what to expect for the next five days, bob. >> we do have rain, yes, tonight and maybe a thunder shower later on. tomorrow it dries out and temperatures back to the mid-to upper 70s getting close to 80 but much less humid tomorrow. beautiful day thursday, beautiful friday and upper 70s near 80 saturday and sunday. beautiful wet r for the next five days. >> all right. bob. they have a lot of rain in florida and a flooded road nearly cost two teenagers their lives. a young driver escaped from a back window right when the car disappeared below the water. so far one person has died from heavy rain and flooding.

a mother murdered her own child and has finally been vindicated. she always claimed that a dingo took her child in a camping trip in 1980. now a corner agrees saying a wild dog took a nine year old. the case attracted global attention and even inspired a film called a cry in the dark. >> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for all new stories coming up. vick is in the news room with a preview. >> reporter: president obama swings through the state. reaction to his business at 6:00. >> coming up. the man behind the robo calls. julia, now he's telling his side of the story to wjz. >> a million dollars for a phone call. >> and you have plenty to say. >> i don't think it's fair. >> next. >> breaking news coming up at

6:00 now back to you. >> all right. thank you. >> still to come tonight on eyewitness news at 5:00, a key player returning to the o's. the details next in sports. ,,,,

well, despite today's rain, the sun is shining on the orioles today with news of one players highly anticipated line up. >> reporter: the rain earlier today might have messed up our equipment a little bit. we're going the old fashioned way. it is a rainy day but a big day for brian roberts back in the big leagues for the first time in a year he's been out, of course, because he's suffering from concussion symptoms. we were in the locker room as he unpacked his gear ready to join the team. philosophical about the rain today saying he's been patient for more than a year. what's another day? robert spent the last 20 days getting back speed after missing time with head aches

and dizziness. joining a team that's just one game out of first place in june. >> when you do something good maybe, i'm just so thankful for just tech opportunity to run back out there one more time and for a long time i didn't think it was ever going to actually happen. >> reporter: well, it has happened and defending lead off playing second base. the last time he was in a line up may 16th last year when he aggravated his concussion symptoms. we'll have more coming up the next hour but we should tell you more injury news for the orioles. pitcher was practicing today and followed the ball off his

own nose and may have broken it which would gentlemen par kise his schedule. we'll get this thing fixed. back to you guys in the studio. >> thanks so much. well, call it the price of free speech. from now on some people in massachusetts are going to have to pay for their own dirty language. the town passed a new law that allows police to fine anyone found cursing in public. each offense carries a fine of about 20 bucks. massachusetts could go broke. >> glad they can't hear from all the way. >> yeah, they can. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,

coming up at 6:00 it's a wjz exclusive. the man in the robo call scandal is only speaking with us. what he says about dirty politics here in million dollars. fundraiser in chief president obama comes to baltimore his message for voters today. investigate go flames. i'm in fells point. what caused a fire that destroyed this historic

building. it's a celebration 200 years in the making. a sneak preview of sail break coming up checking for the stories and breaking news wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts right now. election night scandal. tens of thousands of illegal robo calls to maryland voters. >> on the over of his sentence the plan convicted of the crime speaks only with wjz. >> here's what people are talking about tonight. >> julius henson learns his punishment for