hello everyone i am vick carter. here is what people are talking about tonight. new questions surround a fiery crash that killed three people early tuesday morning. police were following one of the cars, now we have learned there were attempts to stop that pursuit. more on the investigation. megan. >> reporter: those questions include when that pursuit ended and if it was a factor in that fatal crash. an explosive crash early tuesday morning. three people killed when this honda accord smashed into a jeep at york road and northern parkway. police say before the crash,

under cover officers were following the sedan after they observed suspected criminal activity. now sources tell wjz prior to the accident there were multiple radio transmissions ordering the officers to end the pursuit. an attorney for the officers speaking out for the first time said that is exactly what they did. >> when the officers did hear that command they did in fact follow that directive and they did in fact stop that pursuit. >> reporter: it is unclear how far police followed the the car and whether they were using lights and sirens. the department's pursuit policy, only allows a chase under strict circumstances. the police commissioner is promising a thorough investigation. >> there are issues i have concern with overall the incident that took place out there is kind of disturbing. >> reporter: family members say they still have unanswered questions. >> it just don't make no sense. doesn't make any sense they still chase the person. >> reporter: the only survivor,

of the crash her brother was driving the jeep. the question she wants to ask the officers. >> why. why you didn't stop. three people gone. >> reporter: an answer she hopes to get as the investigation continues. again questions remain about whether police policy was followed and exactly when the officers stopped. live at city police headquarters, megan mccorkell wjz eye itness news. we have requested the radio transmissions from the incident but police say they are not releasing them because of the ongoing investigation. a bank robbed in essex this afternoon several people walked into the bank and demanded cash. officers took several people into custody a short time later. investigators still are trying to determine if they are the ones responsible for the robbery. scary moments onboard a united airlines flight when there is a medical emergency in

the cockpit. kai jackson has more. >> reporter: tragedy in the skies on a united airlines flight the pilot of the plane had a heart attack. despite efforts to save him he died. a crisis in the air for united flight 1603. the boeing 737 left houston headed to seattle shortly after 8:00 p.m. the crew asked if there was a doctor onboard. >> yes, man down, chest compressions going on right now. i am not sure too much right now. >> reporter: then the plane made an emergency landing in boise idaho. >> i thought it was a passenger and it was a little bit more nerve racking to see it was a pilot. >> reporter: united says the captain suffered a heart attack at least two pass eninjuries rushed to help -- passengers rushed to help and started giving cpr. >> several people helped give him cpr all the way down and

then when they got the emts on there. >> there were 161 pass enjr.a crew of 6 -- passengers and a crew of 6 on the plane. the copilot started flying and eventually landed. >> emts came onboard they said let's do two more setget him off the plane. >> reporter: the airline is not releasing the pilot's name citing privacy e reasons. -- privacy reasons. >> flight crews are trained to handle medical emergencies. deadly terrorist siege at a kenyan mall a government official says it was the kenyan military not terrorists who caused three floors of the west gate mall to collapse. it may have happened when soldiers fired rocket propelled grenades inside. it is unclear if it caused any of the 61 civilian deaths in the attack. dozens more may be trapped

under rubble. federal workers including hundreds of thousands of marylanders hang in the balance. the deadline is looming for congress to approve a short term spending bill. the budget battle that could force the government to shut down. >> 54. >> reporter: the senate vote passed along party lines after democrats stripped language from the bill, funding the president's health care law. no republicans voted for the bill. >> obama care has been the law for four years. why don't they get on with life and talk about something else. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruise who lost his battle to keep the health care language in called on house republicans to once again vote. >> people are hurting because of obama care and if the house continues to listen to the people as i am confident they l they will act decisively to prevent the harms that are flowing from obama care. >> reporter: house speaker bay

non-says he will not support the senate version of the temporary spending bill angering some fellow republicans. >> this infighting is harming the republican party. >> reporter: house leadership signaled they are considering a new bill that would delay affordable care act for one year. >> i said this yesterday let me repeat it, that is not going to happen. >> reporter: an estimated 800,000 federal employees will be sent home without pay if two sides can't reach a deal by midnight monday. in washington tara mergenner wjz eye itness news. in the -- eyewitness news. >> if the government shuts down, 300,000 employees living in maryland would not be able to work. three cars involved in a frightening crash today. sky chopper 13 is over the scene. route 1 at the dam was shut down for about an hour due to the accident one person was taken to hospital but their

injuries are considered nonlife threatening. one day after a massive vehicle pile up, police are trying to figure out what happened to cause the crash. more on what happened along this major artery. >> reporter: sky eye chopper 13 over the mangled mess of metal, trucks on top of cars on top of trucks it happened 1:30 p.m., thursday, northbound i-83. >> for unknown reasons traffic began to slow down on the interstate. a tractor trailer was unable to stop in time and ended up rear ending another vehicle leading to a chain reaction. >> reporter: it involved four tractor trailers, five cars and one tow truck. the driver was jordan, from glen bernie. >> all of a sudden, i just felt a hard bang and was being pushed forward and the truck flipped over i guess i got

dragged more and it stopped. >> reporter: the pile up created major delays for thousands of commuters who use this highway every day to commute between maryland and southern pencil jane. the -- pennsylvania, the reck shut down several lanes. it took 7 hours to clear debris from the highway, state investigators looking into what went wrong. the tractor trailer that rear ended a vehicle was the initial cause you have to look at the the tractor trailer and driver and see if it was vehicle failure or driver failure. >> reporter: police took blood samples from several drivers as they try to figure out whether drugs or alcohol could have played a role in the crash. so far no charges have been filed in the crash. unusual sight in the skies above baltimore a blimp hovering over the city day after day. it belongs to the u.s. navy. why it is here and what it is doing. >> reporter: if you have looked

up lately you may have spotted this hiding in the clouds or hovering over baltimore's harbour. >> i have been seeing it all week like every day. >> reporter: a u.s. navy blimp almost 200 feet long is flying over baltimore. >> we were talking about it wondering what it was. >> i was coming down 95 and i am like what is with that blimp. >> reporter: u.s. navy research laboratory says it is a government research air ship conducting aerial mapping. and the lighter than air blimp began roaming on the 21st and can remain stationary more than 12 hours. it is mapping around the flight restriction zones around washington dc, places like the department of agriculture and our major airports. youtube video shows it propelled by two, 180 horse powered engines. the baltimore blimp as it is called online sparked twitter discussions people wanting to

know what it is doing up in the sky. others quote blimp watching. >> usually when they have a football game or something you see a blimp, but this one was like way high. >> reporter: it won't be up much longer the research lab says after october 5th it is flying away. when the mission is complete pilots will fly it to a base in new jersey. in baltimore,. for now the blimp is based at the naval air station. special moment inside the ravens locker room as they celebrate the birthday of oj ♪ happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you ♪ >> he is now a team advisor andtireless advocate for people live being als. he was diagnosed 6 years ago and told he may not live to the age of 40 he turned 44 this week. tragedy averted.

it could have been a mass shooting. hear from the man saved when a would be robbers gun malfunctioned. latest on a desperate rescue effort after the collapse of an apartment building with dozens inside. high tech jewellery heist. police need your help to find the criminals. it is a robbery straight out of oceans 11 next. >> more nice weather headed our way. complete first warning forecast coming up next ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

mainly clear, 60 degrees in central maryland. complete first warning weather forecast coming up. a fire house in philadelphia extensively damaged by a fast moving blaze. [ sirens ] >> the firefighters and fire trucks were out on a training exercise when it started when they returned it took 15 minutes to put out the flames. it was so intense it melted a garage door. it started in an ambulance. intense search and rescue operation under way in india after an apartment building collapses in mumbai. the government says at least 8 people have been killed, more than 30 people were pulled from the rubble. this is the third deadly building collapse in mumbai in the last 6 months.

frightening surveillance from mcdonald's a fort worth. police say a man is seen with a semi automatic handgun. he walked out and fired three shots in the air when he came back into the mcdonald's it misfired again. >> i heard the gun clicking, pulling the trigger, squeezing it about five times on me he was going to kill me i am pretty sure he was going to kill me. >> police arrested justin joseph on suspicion of aggravated robbery he is being held on a half million dollars bail. thieves steal a half million dollars in jewels from a maryland jewellery store. four months later they are still on the loose. the sophisticated robbery released on video in hopes of capturing the criminals. >> reporter: this photo shows the x they marked on the roof. in the exact right spot surveillance shows the crooks descending into a small back

room ouvrier town jewelers store -- river town jewelers store. >> they cut the wires to the alarm. >> reporter: the suspects had planned out every last detail, gross says this was much more sophisticated than the standard smash and grab robberies he has never seen anything like it. >> you can't see anything they kept the gloves on them, all black, black mask. >> reporter: they low era number of supplies including a gas tank for a blow torch. they cut through the thick concrete. they got a hold of a half million dollars worth of jewellery inside. they stole every last piece in these trays. >> that is crazy like they doing ocean 11 on people out here. >> reporter: she works a few doors down and says she hopes the community rallies around the owners. >> i hope people support them. >> they didn't want to talk on camera but he says the burglary has devastated them and they are still battling for

insurance money. police hope by releasing this video they will get the tip they need to bring the family justice. >> took 25 years to get the business going and they were wiped out in 2 hours. >> police are looking for a number of person's of interest but have no one in custody yet. because they wore masks and gloves place have no dna or fingerprints. a baltimore woman asking for public's help in finding a 20-year-old tortoise. he escaped from her backyard in homeland weeks ago. she says he can move quickly and is afraid when he went into low lying areas and got stuck once before so far no sightings reported. a facebook page has been created. >> it is the holy grail of food in wisconsin. this 7-foot long golden brat.

it weighed 85 pounds. the slicing of the golden brat is a fundraiser for local charities also held in conjunction with the tap thing of the golden keg. >> beer that's wisconsin baby. >> absolutely middle america. >> and some indigest i am sure. temps and conditions. we are at 60 degrees, humidity 77%. southeast winds at 3. and the barometer still rising 30.26 inches currently 59 up in cumberland 52 oakland it has been clear for the last several hours temperatures dropped out there. 64 dc and ocean city 65 locally. upper 50s to below 60s. 70s this afternoon 55 so far this morning that was our low. normals on this date and records 95 and 39 quite a range here end of september.

right now very light east, southeast wind those easterly and northeasterly winds kept the clouds in for quite some time. there may be a little patchy fog in the valleys, early morning that will eventually burn off as a big area of high pressure, governing most of the east will continue to bring us some very pleasant weather now, a storm out to the west this will head out toward the great lakes it will drag a front through the area. some clouds, not expecting any precipitation. mostly just going to past well north we will see some clouds maybe a sprinkle or two. dry conditions as you can see. that will dominate for the next probably 5, 6 days in fact. by middle of next week we could be warming up. at this time pressure over the area begins to shift off the east coast eventually we will get some mild air that won't be until wednesday or thursday next week. meantime, pleasant, great weather all weekend long.

east winds 5 to 10 knots in the bay, bay temp 70. tonight, clear to partly cloudy down around 53. 76, sunny nice afternoon tomorrow very pleasant same thing for sunday, in buffalo, sunny to partly sunny, 72. 78 monday, tuesday and up to 81, clouds and sunshine warmer here on wednesday. still to come ... >> ravens face a rookie quarterback on sunday. what they are saying about buffalo's ej ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

ravens are a favorite to make it three wins in a row. as mark reports winning on the road is never a sure thing in the nfl. >> ravens are favoured to win

sunday, clearly a better team than the bills but having to play on the road could make it more of a challenge for the ravens. final pep rations in the is he rear setting of owings mills knowing buffalo will be a far different atmosphere. a loud crowd and the ravens will face a different style of offence lead by rookie qv, ej manual his ability to run as well as pass puts defense on alert. >> you don't want the same thing every day you want a little different. we love we get the opportunity to play with one of these up and rising quarterbacks. >> ravens running back ray rice practiced for the third straight day and says barring any set backs he plans to play sunday in buffalo back to you. this day with wjz for our post game show.

former raven wally williams will join us. it will be a big day of ravens football on wjz. orioles are hosting the red sox in the final series the season and division champions came to town looking like a team ready for the playoffs. they started fast against scott feldman. they scored 5 times 1st inning the big hit was this 3 run home run red sox pounded out 16 hits and scored 12 runs in the blow out win there was one bright spot for the orioles, came in the 6th inning as chris davis hit his 53rd home run of the season. that adds to his team record however it was too little too late. red sox fell to three there are just two games left for the birds in the 2013 season. >> and we will be right back ,,,

from the the vma to walters to baltimore science center the new show at the science center has a global feel. >> reporter: the stars of this show have been waiting for you. waiting for centuries. >> really cool exhibition we brought together mummies from 20 different museums throughout europe. >> reporter: the largest ever assembled for a show. egyptian, sure right here but these mummies come from all over the world. >> crypt mummys from hungry and southern germany, mummies from south america and egyptian mummies. >> reporter: besides people there are animals too. this is a howler monkey while the egyptians made mummies some of those in this show were mum fied by nature. >> a lot of them are naturally preserved no human intervention at all we get to show you the

difference. >> reporter: i find them icky. >> you have to recognize them as people if you go in and understand. >> reporter: i think that is what i find ookie about them. >> they have a chance to share so much of the past once you see them in person you get a completely different idea who they were. >> reporter: over a million people have seen this exhibit. >> this is a 9 city u.s. tour and it is fantastic to end the tour in baltimore maryland where i have friends and family. >> reporter: some times you can see something just once and remember it forever. odds are there is something here that might fit that bill. now there have been long lines at other museum that is carried this show luckily it is here until january 20th. back to you on tv hill. the price for the show is $24 adults, $18 children except on mummy monday's when it ,,,,,,