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>> this is wjz-tv, baltimore. >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland news station. >> the white house turns purple as president obama welcomes the super bowl champions to washington. >> tonight the ravens check out their super celebration with the commander-in-chief. >> i'm denise coke. >> and i'm vic carter. >> it was the perfect end to a magical season. the super bowl winning ravens reunite for a final celebration with president obama. kai jackson reports from the white house with more on the big day. >> reporter: ravens, their fans, baltimore, and maryland celebrate today as president obama congratulates the team here at the white house on winning super

bowl xlvii. >> super bowl xlvii champions, the baltimore ravens. >> the commander-in-chief well presents -- welcomes them to the white house. president obama rolled out the red carpet for the baltimore ravens in a ceremony on the south lawn of the executive mansion. >> and then just when it looked like they had the momentum, the lights went out. for a half-hour. but these ravens always pulled through. >> the president referenced key members of the team highlighting joe flack goes leadership on the field and the ravens win over the san francisco 49ers in super bowl xlvii. >> one of the greatest postseasons ever by a quarterback, more than 1100 passing yards, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions. i don't know about you, but i would say that qualifies as a lead.

>> moved by the president's words and hospitality. >> i want to thank mr. president for hosting us here today. it's an unbelievable honor. we are grateful to be here. i want you to know, we have plans to be back next year. >> the ravens had a big fan following at the ceremony. dozens attended, including a number of elected leaders who say the wind was much bigger than one game. >> just having the ravens here at the white house i think just makes all of us from the baltimore region very excited. it puts our city back on the map once again. >> while the ravens had a busy day at the white house, it's actually back to work for them on thursday. they organized team activities in owings mills and then on friday they will be presented with their super bowl rings. i'm kai jackson reporting from the white house, back to you. >> thank you. the ravens begin their title defense in just two months as they kick off the preseason in tampa bay. >> we may be be seeing the beginning of one of the biggest scandals in history.

dozens of major league baseball players, including some of the biggest stars in the game linked to performance-enhancing drugs. more on the allegations in the players who may be involved. mark? >> reporter: it's part of a baseball investigation that started in january. now the man who allegedly supplied to performance-enhancing drugs is willing to cooperate with investigators. >> reporter: anthony bosher in the miami clinic called biogenesis. before it folded, the clinic offered what it called anti- aging services. cbs news learned that he has an agreement with major league baseball to be interviewed under oath about allegations his clinic supplied performance-enhancing drugs to some of baseball's biggest stars. a baseball executive tells cbs, partial name up to 25 players, including yankees star alex -- alex rodriguez, the game's highest- paid player, and nobody really stronger, ryan braun. this was brought on tuesday night. >> i'm not answering any further questions regarding the whole situation. i've dealt with it for a long time over the last year and a half.

i don't really have anything further to say. >> rodriguez, who has yet to play this year because of the injury, has admitted doping from 2001 through 2003 but has repeatedly denied since. but a baseball executive tells cbs, the list will also include big names that have not been made public before. troubling news for a sport that implemented drug testing policies and stiffer penalties in hopes of putting doping scandals behind. yankees manager joe girardi. >> i had hoped that we were through it, but obviously maybe we are not. we're going to find out. we will let mlb handle it. >> there are reports that some players could face 100 game suspension, but the players union says no decisions have been made on discipline and interviews are not yet complete. back to you. >> thank you. so far north orioles players have been linked to the investigation. >> just days into the hurricane season, the first tropical storm formed tonight in the gulf of mexico, and it could dump some heavy rain on maryland as it moves

up the coast. wjz is live. bob is tracking tropical storm andrea. >> take a look at the latest position right at 11:00. it hasn't changed at all, just winds of 40 miles per hour, and it's moving off a little faster. north around 6 miles per hour. as a jacket, this is the hurricane center tracking. hasn't stopped. use of our region sometime late friday and it quickly moves to the east northeast. the bulk of the rain looks to be to the south east of the baltimore area. it looks like most of the activity will just stay to the south. in fact, to the east of us, let's look at the spaghetti track. there they are. you see the most of the tracks off the south east of us. it weakens as it comes over. generally tropical brainstorm for the most part for the carolinas. we giggled heavier rain down there. we could use some decent rain across eastern portions of the region here. so while we have another day of

sunshine before the storm moves in, i will let you know coming up in the full forecast. >> baltimore county police shoot a man dead. it happened early this evening just after 5:00 at the colony motel. police were called for a disturbance and found a man who had an outstanding warrant. he allegedly reach for an officer's gun in the second officer opened fire. the victims name is not being released. the officers are on administrative leave during the investigation. a school bus crash sends nine people to the hospital, including five elementary school students. the bus was taking 55 children to school this morning when it collided with a van. the five students taken to the hospital have now been released. the bus driver was given a citation for negligent driving. >> the search for survivors continues tonight in philadelphia after a break and building classes on top of the busy thrift store. rescue crews are looking for anyone trapped in the rubble.

>> reporter: crews worked frantically to rescue people trapped beneath the rubble. it took firefighters hours to reach some of the victims. >> the biggest challenge is getting people. getting them disentangle and then getting them to safety. >> a four story building in the process of being demolished. late wednesday morning it collapsed onto an adjacent salvation army thrift store. witnesses instant dashed instantly became rescuers. >> we went over to the building and said, can you hear us? say something. we try to find the people. personally, i helped pull out to. >> jordan mclaughlin says he could feel the building come down. >> it had really big aftershock. you felt that shape. there was people that actually fell over. >> ambulances rushed victims to an area hospital. crews are digging through the debris to make sure no one is still trapped.

>> we did not know and we do not know how many people were actually in that store when a wall collapsed in the building. >> video from the scene tonight showed two more body bags being. from the rubble, but authorities have not confirmed if there was more deaths. >> hitting the jackpot. another record-setting month for maryland's largest casino. maryland live is bringing in nearly a million dollars a day for the state. wjz is live. more on the big impact because he was having. making? >> reporter: tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the opening of maryland life, which has become one of the states largest taxpayers and employers. >> the cards are dealt in maryland live casino has a full house. >> if vegas in your backyard. that's really what it is. >> just 1 year ago, the casino first opened its doors in anne arundel county. since then, they've rolled the dice on table games bring in a whole

new clientele. >> i'd rather have the people in the electronics. >> in the first full month, cable games were committed -- were permitted. maryland life made a record-breaking $55 million. hollywood casino in perryville brought in more than $8.5 million. the casino in ocean downs raked in $1.2 million, and the new casino earned 7767 in just nine days. at maryland life, they added new restaurants, ramps on center stage, and doubled the number of. -- doubled the number of jobs. >> to have that many good paying jobs in an economy that seen a lot of companies struggle, it's a great story to tell. >> and the extension continues. construction underway on a state-of-the-art poker room. >> the new attraction keeping locals and people from out-of- town coming back. >> we come here ever since. >> and more guests means more tax dollars in maryland pocket. >> last month long maryland life

paid nearly $29 million in taxes to the state. reporting live, megan mccorkle, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. the next two-level poker room is set to open at the end of the summer. they will add 50 more tables to the floor. >> coming up, unwelcome interruption. >> heckler confronts michelle obama at a fundraiser. how the first lady handle the situation. >> that struggle. the daughter of michael jackson rushed to the hospital after an apparent suicide attempt. the latest on her condition next. >> just released from hospital. the teacher injured in the boston bombings meets the woman she says save her life. i am mary bubala. the emotional reunion next. >> how much longer will the dry, pleasant weather last? the complete first warning forecast coming up next. >> complete coverage continues with denise coke, vic carter, kai

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>> the first warning weather forecast coming up. in southern california, a motorcycle rider leads police on a wild pursuit. witnesses say he was hitting cars with his helmet as he flew by them at speeds nearly 90 miles per hour. after about 30 minutes, the chase ended as the track went to a

construction zone. television news crews attacked in providence well woman transfer dogs loose on a reporter. >> the dogs are seen chasing the reported on the street and into an alley. the station says she was treated for a bite on her forearm. the dog owner was arrested on felony assault charges. the crew was attempting to do a story on a recent shooting involving the woman's daughter. >> the 15-year-old daughter of michael jackson is rushed to the hospital amid speculation that she attempted suicide. a family spokesman says pierce jackson is physically fine and is getting appropriate medical attention. et reported that paris his mother told him her daughter try to take her own life. pierce jackson recently reconnected with her biological mother. katherine jackson shares guardianship of the three children along with the sinners nephew tj jackson. the children are listed as plaintiffs in a multimillion

dollar lawsuit against concert promoter aeg. >> an emotional admission in court by the army staff sergeant accused of sneaking off base and murdering 16 afghan civilians. robert bales voice cracked as he told a judge there's no good reason for the horrible things he did. he testifies as he remember burning the victims bodies. his do a guilty plea and jersey will avoid the death penalty. sentencing is set for august. first lady michelle obama doesn't back down when a heckler interrupts her speech during a fundraiser at a private home in washington. >> and i don't care what you believe in. way, way. one of the things i don't do well is this. >> on video the first lady convincing, walking off stage, and threatening to leave. she eventually came back and finish the speech. the hecklers were from a gay- rights group who wanted to discuss

dissemination by federal contractors. >> a special reunion for the teacher injured in the boston marathon bombings. when erica brannock left the hospital on monday, she said she wanted help finding the woman who saved her life at the finish line. as mary bubala reports, that wish came true today. >> reporter: erica and her sister went in boston waiting for the mother to cross over the finish line when the bomb went off. erica says she would've died from severe injuries were it not for a good samaritan. in all the confusion at the finish line, a compassionate stranger who she recalls having the named joan made a tourniquet out of a bill to stop her bleeding. part of her left leg was blown off in the blast and her right leg was broken. after error codes story was broadcast on cnn monday, her hero was tracked down, and today she flew to baltimore for an emotional reunion with erica. her name is amanda north from the bay area of california. >> i didn't think it would

happen that quickly. i was amazed that it did happen that quickly, and i'm so grateful to the viewers of the show and finding her so quickly and getting in touch with you guys. >> north says she's been thinking of erica since the marathon but didn't know her name either and didn't even know if she survived. >> i can't believe i have a chance to see her and give her a big hug. >> north said she never stopped holding erica's hand that day. now they share this incredible bond. mary bubala, wjz eyewitness news. >> north says her daughter will run in the future race to raise money for treatment costs. >> we have an update to a story earlier and our newscast. moments ago the mayor philadelphia did confirm that six bodies have been pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building. rescue crews still don't know how many people are trapped inside. of course, will have the latest on eyewitness news morning edition. >> the $590 million question

has been answered. winner of last month powerball drawing has come forward. 84-year-old gloria mckinsey left florida lottery headquarters. gloria said someone was kind enough to let her cut in line when she bought her randomly generated tickets. she will get a lump sum payment of $270 million after taxes. >> maybe she could find that person and give them a little tip. the person that what her cut in line, here's a million. >> if she could find that person and give them a couple million. >> all right, let's take a good look at the temperatures. a beautiful day, once again. tomorrow is not quite as nice. friday looks pretty ugly. right now we are at 67. south southeast winds at six. humidity is up. temperature wise, 61 in oakland, 70 dc, ocean city still has a bit of a breeze. they are at 63 degrees. once again, dewpoint this afternoon was 44. now it's up to 54. 70 rock hall, 65 belair.

so with another pleasant night. not quite as cool as this morning. we have the southeast winds. they bring some moisture in. clouds increase. high clouds start building. by late in the day or tomorrow evening, a good chance we see scattered showers. already some activity to the south and west. this funnel system that's going to push off to the east in some way that will actually have pushed what is left of this tropical depression by the time it reaches that region, it will be a tropical rainstorm really. so the bulk of the rain will be offshore in the carolinas. florida will get some heavier rain. they could see some tornado activity tomorrow afternoon in north florida and south georgia. the bulk of the rain right now is actually offshore. naples has only had about a half inch of rain today. although, there's have your accu's -- echoes down there. heaviest i think is in south georgia and the carolinas before most offshore. fresh clouds on increase.

scattered showers tomorrow. the front looks like a wet day everywhere, particularly along the eastern shore, and it could get quite busy. winds off the ocean near 40 or 35 miles per hour. a quick look at the radar. most of the rain offshore. the winds only 12 miles per hour. there's really no way into to deal with, even in new orleans. so it is just the general track. the national hurricane center has it south east of norfolk by late friday. quickly moving off. by the time he gets our latitude, it's really poking around 40 miles per hour. during the day tomorrow, low pressure to the west with that warmer air coming in. shower activity very likely. saturday probably leftover showers before it clears out here on sunday. southeast winds on the bay at 10 to 15. on thursday the big cap 71 degrees.

we see some high clouds. partly cloudy and 59. that's the normal low. lots of clouds and showers late. 77 tomorrow. the next five days looks like a lot of rain, potentially on friday and some thunder shower activity. lingering showers on saturday. a warming up at 82. 86 here on monday. >> thank you. coming up, the red-hot orioles go go for ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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that proved to be a foreshadowing of the rockets that sailed through the air tonight. home of the houston astros is known to being a place for a lot of home runs. unfriendly confines for the starting pitcher freddy garcia. he was smiling early but not for long. he would surrender this first-inning home run to jason castro to right field. the two run shot. that gave houston a 2-1 lead. later in the first inning, another two run homer. this one off the bat of carlos kania. bombs away for the astros. they blessed for -- for homeowners off garcia knocking him out of the game in the fourth inning. in all, six home runs for the home team. they beat the birds 11-7. they wrap up that series tomorrow afternoon. to football. it's a week of super bowl celebration for the ravens. we showed you to visit with the president at the white house today. friday the team gets their championship rings in a ceremony in owings mills. while they passed in the glow of last years success, they are still working on getting better for next year. today they signed free-agent linebacker darryl smith, a nine-year veteran who played nine seasons with the jacksonville jaguars. they are bringing down joe flacco in the game two years ago.

he won't be wearing number 52, but he will add some depth to the linebacker corps that needs reinforcement after ray lewis his retirement. he gets a one-year contract. and the stage is set for the nba finals. the reigning champion miami heat had a practice session and south florida today. they host of the san antonio spurs and the series opener tonight. third straight final score lebron james, the wayne wade in miami facing spurs team headed to its own success in recent years. that audit started tomorrow night. lows and astros tomorrow afternoon. >> thank you. what a catch? >> a group of fisherman reels in a giant shark off the california coas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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