fire shortly before school starletted. officers say he killed a teacher and shot two other students. >> one has gone to surgery and is out at this time. the other individual is doing well. >> reporter: the suspect is also dead. police say they have nearly 30 witnesses to interview and video to review. but that it appears the teacher was shot and killed trying to intervene and stop the shooter. >> as you can imagine, the best description is chaos. it's too early to say whether or not he was targeting specific people or going on an indiscriminate shooting. >> reporter: students from both the middle school and a neighboring elementary campus evacuated to a near by high school where rattled parents reunited with them. >> i want to say how tragic this is and how saddened we are. our student safety and staff safety is of up most paramount concern to us.

>> reporter: the school district says it is closing the middle school for a week while the investigation gets under way. >> the yours trulies of the shooter and three other victims are not being released yet. an emergency evacuation is going on after officials start smelling gas. >> bge crews are on the scene investigating and they have turned the gas off in that school. officials have determined that the gas is leaking from a pipe. >> there's no word whether the school will reopen tomorrow. many americans who tried to enroll via the program's website have not been able to.

tara mergener reports from the white house. >> president obama walked into the rose garden with janice baker who says she's the first woman in delaware to enroll for obama care. >> like many other people out there, it was frustrating to sign up for the plan. >> reporter: but only a half million have successfully applied. and the white house won't say how many people have actually been able to select a health insurance plan. >> nobody is madder than me about the fact that the website isn't working as well as it should. which means, it's going to get fixed. >> reporter: the president says it experts are now working on repairs. but he's not giving a target date for when the site will be fully up to speed. software expert bill curter says there's problems throughout the site and it could take weeks or even months to fix. >> this is a system that was

rushed out much too quickly and they didn't have a chance to thoroughly test the system and find all the problems before it went into operation. >> reporter: one change already in the works, users will be able to view plans without first having to fill out applications with huge amounts of personal information. in washington, tara mergener. white house officials are admitting there wasn't enough testing done before the roll out. technology experts have been called in to fix some of these problems. and there were a few scary moments during the president's speech. a woman standing behind him almost fainted. >> there you go, you're okay. i'm right here. i got you. >> reporter: carmela anthony

thanked the president for catching her. it took three hours for firefighters to get the flames under control. a fixture in washington's restaurant and catering loses his battle with leukemia. jessica kartalija joins us live. >> reporter: more than 1,000 people attended his funeral including the current mayor blake. a former mayor was also in attendance. not a dry eye there or here on cold spring lane. >> reporter: a small memorial on cold spring lane for a miss with a big heart. at miss shirley's it's business as usual. >> eddy would have wanted us to

be open. that's why we're here. >> reporter: eddie was an advocate of opening restaurants throughout the area he always said. >> there's a lot of positive things about being in baltimore. >> reporter: in 1984 he began transforming the evergreen neighborhood. >> it's such a great place, so lively and so much energy. it has to be a reflection on him and how he inspired his staff to do these type of things to get people to come here. >> he loved this area. he grew up in baltimore he just loved the streets. >> he would give you the shirt of his back if you asked for it. that's the kind of man he was. >> reporter: the mayor remembering his dedication for the city says my heart aches hearing of eddie's passing. he has been a fixture for many years and his commitment to the city was unwaiverring. howard county executive and maryland's district attorney took to social media to

remember him. >> i'm going to miss him a lot. it's really hard. i know it's really hard for everybody here. we're just trying to push through and run the restaurant the way eddie would have wanted us to. >> reporter: he was number one in the hearts of so many. eddie co-owned classic catering, they provided food for the baltimore vickings and meals on wheels. workers of the port of baltimore are back on the job after striking last week. longshoremen went on strike after contract negotiations stalled on tuesday. the port of baltimore says management and longshoreman agreed to a 90 day school down period while negotiations continue. a gorgeous fall day around baltimore today. outside right now the sunshining and it is cool

outside. as we take a look at the corn maze out there along with the nice weather sticking around. bob turk has the forecast for us. >> great sunshine and temperatures right on the money. let's take a look right now we're down to 63. 61 in oakland. 72 still in cumberland and 60 in ocean city. and you will see clouds maybe some shower activity late tomorrow night and again on wednesday morning as the front comes closed down. they expect low pressure to develop. temperatures end uptaking a dip the next seven days. i'll take a look at those numbers coming up. >> thank you, a lot of questions for the ravens after a second defeat. the latest loss to the arch

rival steelers. sports director mark viviano with more on what coach harbaugh is saying today, mark. >> reporter: hi vic, yes the ravens hit their bye week at 3- 4. the coach today made it clear that they will use the extra time of this upcoming bye week to fix whatever may have been broken. >> he's got it, pittsburgh wins. >> reporter: a three point loss in pittsburgh is the latest punch in the loss that was basking in super bowl glory. a life has changed much notably say it is coach if the ravens won close games this year they're losing close games. two of the ravens defeats have been by three points or less so how do you change that. >> we're going to do whatever

it takes. we will trade guys, cut guys, coach guys we will change schemes. it doesn't matter we're going to find a way to get better. and that's the business we're in. >> reporter: the ravens still have nine games to go. they would need to win seven more games than they had last season. >> i don't think the ravens are going to turn it around because they don't have a running game. >> absolutely. 100%. never lose faith. >> i don't think they have time to change the season around. i think they need to make some change in their coaching staff. >> yeah we have time to change it around. get on the ground and get working. >> reporter: you heard the coach said they'll do anything to improve that includes trading players. mckinny traded to the dolphins in exchange for a conditional late draft pick.

more details on that. and more on harbaugh's press conference coming up. the ravens next game is sunday november 3rd in cleveland against the browns. the bay bridge block is back. what used to be an annual event sponsored by the state was cancelled for financial reasons several years ago. now a private company is bringing it back. the 10k race will be held on november 9, 2014 but registration begins next month. free charities will benefit the chesapeake bay foundation and buddy. three teens behind bars accused of stealing from a u.s. marshal's shed. what else was found in their car, next. a $150 million lawsuit is

wrapping up right here in baltimore county. i'm rochelle richie, why matters of the heart could cost a doctor and hospital so much money. bigger chances of winning smaller, smaller chance of winning big. i'm pat warren coming up on eyewitness news. new changes to the mega millions game. a gorgeous fall day around baltimore. the sun is shining and it's warm outside. don't miss the updated forecast with bob just ahead. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

it is clear, 63-degree. the case is underway for a

famous cardiologist known as one of the best cardiologist of the year. rochele richie has been outside the court all day. >> reporter: the attorney for the wealthy plaintiff called the doctors office faulty and careless. it's the beginning of the end in a malpractice case, after mcgay the cath era zation was accused of giving patients unnecessary stents. the percentages were first the blockages. the higher the number the higher the need for a stent.

his case is being heard in court. in court today winbberg's attorney said mcday testified wineburg would have died without the procedure. mcday's attorney fired back saying tests clearly showed wineberg had unknowingly suffered a heart attack and there were unknown problems of the heart. >> what i did is what i would have wanted for myself, my mother, my father. they were treated appropriately and with the highest regard for their well being. >> reporter: he has since

resigned from -- from st. joseph's hospital which is also named in the lawsuit. the hospital is now under new ownership. i'm rochelle richie, wjz news. >> dr. mcday lost his license in 2011. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work. let's check in on the traffic now. >> traffic still remains pretty slow. watch for delays as you make your way over to white marsh boulevard. stop and go traffic on harper road only at 29 miles per hour. delays from wilkins to liberty road. northbound on the harris expressway. 95 southbound accident which

means a 32 and 15 the two right lanes are blocked. emergency road work has 32 blocked off for the turn lane at cedar lane. city accidents include russell street at bush street and north fullton. let's now take a live look. traffic is easing up on the beltway just west of oak road. this report brought to you by pnc bank. as of saturday the chances of winning the lottery got better and worse. pat warren breaks down the changes for us. >> reporter: the changes are intended to keep the game from getting stale and to increase those mega jackpots. a million for one. >> how much are they? >> a dollar. >> give me two. >> reporter: a new pay out. if minimum of $250,000 matching

five numbers grows to a million dollars. the odds grows to a one in 15. >> that's winning some prize based on having one or two numbers of the totals that are selected. >> reporter: generate interest and sweeten the pot. >> you're getting the chance to get something. >> sounds good. >> reporter: the starting jackpot increases from 12 million to $15 million but it will be harder to win. the odds against winning increase from 176 million to one. up to 259 million to one. >> so it is going to be harder to win. but over time those jackpots are going to increase and we know that that's what players of the lottery really enjoy coming in, sharing tickets and you know purchasing them when there's a really large jackpot on the line. >> reporter: an anne arundel county won $179 million this month. second largest jackpot in history. ticketholders hope that luck

holds for them. >> i certainly hope so. i certainly certainly hope so. >> the next drawing is tomorrow night and the jackpot is $55 million. i'm pat warren reporting, now back to you mary. >> not bad, worth considering, pat. thank you. 45 states participate in the mega millions games. >> a lot of people wait until the number getting really high. 55million, oh, not yet. >> the taxes will kill you any way. but enjoy it if you happen to be the winner. my number is. let's take a look, southeast winds at 10. the barometer falling a little bit. come back and take a look at cooler weather headed our way right after this. ,,,,

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should be. we're getting chilly this week so it's going to get pretty cold by the end of the week. compared to what we've seen. take a look at temps now we're at 63 and that's normal for this time of the day or this time of the year. 60 in oakland. warming up is 70 after a morning low of 32 degrees this morning. yeah, 66 dc and 63 over in ocean city. locally temperatures in the low to mid-60s. tonight will not be nearly as chilly as it was this morning. high clouds coming in overnight and a bit of a breeze. that will keep temperatures up five to 10 degrees warmer than it was last night when you were in the 30s. this time tonight maybe in the 30s. we'll be shifting for to the west as the front comes through the area. it'll drag some clouds in and also a chance with this front. you see the temperatures falling behind it. 64 kansas city.

they have temperatures in the 40s a couple of days ago. they had snow in kansas and nebraska. that's all gone, temperatures warm out there. they've had snow in northern minnesota and northern sections of upper michigan saw higher snow activity. expect a big outbreak of snow activity. could accumulate. cold air continues, the lakes are warm. here's the front developing to our west. it has clouds in it. clouds late tonight. shower activity possible. late tomorrow night but the bulk of the rain we expect as the front goes through. low pressure expected to develop along that front and bring us some rain late tomorrow night and into wednesday morning before it clears out or at least partly cloudy skies and cooler temps moving in for the rest of the

week. we have lorenzo form this afternoon. way out in the middle atlantic, guess where it's going. nowhere fast. it'll be dead in a couple of days. west winds five to 10 knots. bay temp around 65 degrees. tonight increasing clouds late tonight. down around 46 tomorrow. clouds and sunshine but late tomorrow night. chance of a little rain developing and we'll probably continue into wednesday morning. 66 tomorrow. so yes it'll be chilly the next seven days. >> all right, bob. thank you. still ahead on wjz news. casino gunfire erupts. what sparked the violence. >> postgame knock out. punches are thrown between fans at the jets games. who started it? coming up. >> i'm alex demetrick coming up, watermen take the steps of

suing the state. find out why as eyewitness news continues. >> and here's today's report from wall street. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,

it is 5:29. 53degrees and clear in central maryland right now as we look at fort mchenry. good evening, thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. fighting back? a rare move some water men are fighting to stop a new regulation. alex demetrick has what the new measures are. >> reporter: the water men say the it's affecting them. a small fish that's sold as bait to other water men is caught until maryland stopped the catch. >> this is the straw that broke the camel's back. we need to do the lawsuit. >> reporter: which challenge it is state's numbers. a 5 million-pound quota has been set. the dnr says that's its been

met. >> they said we had 5 million pounds in june, we didn't have 5 million pounds in june. >> reporter: used for pet food and fish oil vitamins. that's when the dnr said they were threatening larger fish like stripe bass. >> the number of mayhaden we estimate to be is lower than in past years. now it's become a scary thing. they see it as something to drive them off the water. >> there's no science behind this legislation. it's a political process they're taking with no saoeups. >> reporter: the suit is asking for a retraining order against the state's order to reopen waters for harden fishing.

>> reporter: the water man's suit will be challenged and that quotas are based on hard science and strict federal guidelines. one person is dead and two others wounded on a shooting on the las vegas strip. a man leaving the club asked to have his cover refunded. the gun went off and the guard was wounded and the patron was killed. the suspect was somehow injured. he will be charged when he's released. it is unclear how badly the security guard was hurt. the u.s. ambassador to france meets with french diplomats over allegations that they intercepted 70 million

phone calls in france. john carry arrived in paris this morning for a meeting with the french born minister. the two are expected to talk about the peace process for israel and the pelestinians. starting today, same-sex couples are free to get married in new jersey the state's governor says he's not going to get in their way. #. >> officially past midnight marriage is allowed in new jersey. >> i cory bucker declare you legal spouses, you may kiss your spouse. >> reporter: there are thousands of couples that did not waste any time. >> i'm glad we stood up and

spoke up and won. >> it was my way of protesting the painful reality that i could not marry all citizens equally. >> reporter: during his first ceremony booker asked if anyone in the crowd objected to the marriage and a protester spoke up. >> >> please remove that person. >> reporter: new jersey governor chris christie tried to put same-sex marriages on hold. today he removed that appeal. he is promising to uphold the state's new law allowing same- sex marriages. maarly hall. several of the couples who were married at midnight say they will protest until same- sex marriage is legal in all

states. 7-year-old boy is in critical but stable condition. the other seven are hurt. they are all in stable condition. someone experienced a medical emergency. the state's move over law requires drivers to move into a lane away from emergency vehicles. drivers are also supposed to slow down as they pass a traffic stop or accident scene. the program is being stepped up after a couple was struck and critically wounded while on the side of the road. it will be a primary offense with one point on your license and a fine. three teens face federal theft charges after they confessed to stealing am ammunition own ed by the federal government. >> reporter: this is what police found. >> officers were on routine patrol in the area. >> reporter: they say a car

driven by brandon steve hit a tree and drove away. >> officers approached the vehicle and noticed loads and loads of ammunition. >> reporter: 70 boxes, 50 .357 cal. and this is special ammo. >> it ultimately came to our attention that a storage shed that is owned by the u.s. air marshal's service. >> reporter: bolt culters were found. >> this is a serious case. >> reporter: all three were arrested. only shreve was identified as being over 18 years old. >> reporter: the 16-year-old is from glen burny and the 15-year- old is from baltimore. more on the federal probe

into cesar's entertainment and the effects it can have on casinos here in baltimore. and a look at the number of hookah lounges opening up. for these stories and much more read the baltimore sun. repair work on the washington monument is about to get under way. it is a major project that is moved to restore the structure to its original condition when it was built 200 years ago. >> baltimore's washington monument offers panoramic views of the city. but that view has been off limits for three years after the structure was deemed unsafe. the structure takes us inside the monument today showing us how water leaks have weakened

the structures. by rusting metal support tresses. scaffolding will go up. >> the monument is approaching its 200th birthday with that in mind there's a lot of damage to the exterior basically caused by water. >> reporter: the mount vernon place conservancy is working in partnership with the city. >> you can really see all the damage that moisture has caused. it's just so much mortar that's crumbling out of all these joints here so all of this needs to be stabilized. they need to remove any mortar that's lose. >> reporter: the big question, will the city will still be able to have its lighting of the monument to kick off the holiday season. >> three, two, one. >> reporter: the city say it is time honored desession will happen this year. the city's chief of parks tells me the 42nd annual lighting is on the schedule. >> i have seen an e-mail that says we start in january so we have to make sure the lights

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the clouds increase late tomorrow night and on wednesday morning. that's when we expect to see some rain in the area. 56, 37 on wednesday night. 54 for a high on thursday maybe even colder than that. back from the 30s at night. any of those nights if we have clearer skies and light winds, we could see that first frost in the suburban area. don't expect to see anything in the city for a while. a little milder, 56, 41 with partly cloudy sky to start the weekend. we're going to go below normal beginning on wednesday, vic. the worse brush fire is threatening several communities west of sidney. no massive evacuations have been burning yet. right now more than 10 still are uncontained. the state of emergency has been declared allowing homeowners to leave their homes. trouble at sea for a group of fishermen off the alaskan

coast. the 50 line fishing vessel caught fire sunday morning thanks to a near by ship everyone was able to get out safely. this video was captured by the coast guard. blow up rafts served as flotation devices to move the fisherman from one boat to the other. the coast guard was assisted by a chopper above. witnesses captured the raid of this panama hotel on a cell phone camera. u.s. marshals busted down the door of the room. the two convicted killers were apprehended on saturday after they escaped from a florida prison used forced paper work. charles walker is now facing a slew of new charges. police in greece are still trying to find the parents of a little girl found last week in a gypsy settlement. thousands of people have responded for an appeal. >> reporter: the girl known only as maria is seen playing

in this video with the woman accused of abducting her. police found her during a drug raid in a gypsy community in greece. maria is now believed to be five or 6 years old. authorities became suspicious because the girl looked nothing like who they were supposed to be her parents. the couple told police that the mother gave her to them because she could not care for her. >> the claim is that we never abduct this child. we've just adopted her. >> reporter: police suspect the girl is a victim of child trafficking. but the couple's lawyer says if that were true they would have sold her instead of spending money to care for her. he says they provided this bed, dolls and love and raised the girl since she was a baby. but investigators say maria speaks only a few words of their language.

greek social services are caring for the girl now while investigators pursue thousands of phone and e-mail tips around the world including the united states. in london, alfonso van marsh. wjz news. authoritys in greece say that they are also looking into whether the child was illegally registered to claim government benefits or was being used to beg for money on the streets. a rivalry between the new york jets and new england patriots takes a violent turn when fans come to blows. a man wearing the number 80 jets jersey gets under a scuffle near a concession stand. a woman wearing a patriot shirt pushes him as he then delivers a hard right that connects with her face. police are now investigating, no one was seriously hurt in that fight. shoppers at a florida wal- mart get trapped inside when an

alligator blocks the entrance. police and animal control was found to the scene for shoppers trapped inside. seeing the gator so close was a scary sight. >> it was right against the door. you could see it. it was probably five, almost 6- foot long. it was a nice sized gator just chilling. >> no one was hurt. the 6-foot gator evaluately moved along and went to near by waters. the trail blazing comedian was one of many who made their way to the kennedy center for performing arts. burnett received the prize for american humor. the show is taped sunday and will be broadcast november 23rd on pbs station. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00. for all new stories, check in with denise. another school shooting this time in nevada.

coming up new reaction. check in for these stories and all the breaking news coming up all new at 6:00 now back to you mary. >> denise, thank you. it may be one of the most famous violins in history. an instrument played by one of the musicians on the ill fated titanic as the ship sank. the violin fetched quite a prize at auction. this violin once belonged to the musician harley. harley was the band leader of the aoeu tannic that's the reason the instrument fetched one one -- $1.7 million. the violin didn't fall to the ocean flow. authorities believe it was

strapped to harley's body when it floated on to the shore. for wallis on the occasion of our engagement from maria. the violin was returned to her after the ship wreck. maria never married. to be fair, other historic violins have gone for more. a rare 1721 stratavarius fetched $16 million. this is one of many titanic art facts including others in hartley to come up for auction. it tells a story that isn't once a romance and tragedy. as remembered in films about the titanic this is believed to be the instrument hartley used to the him near my heart to thee as the band played on and the ship sunk into the ocean. >> the violin is not playable and may never be again. a wife carrying competition, the winner gets a house. the con tes -- contestants competed in a variety of

carrying styles. the prize went to a couple that say they began training in 2011. earlier we said they got beer. for a house that's a little bit more significant. >> how did that change? all right, still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. stranded at sea. how the test ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a peaceful day on the water turns into a scary ordeal. their boat capsized leaving them stranded for 18 hours. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a leisurely day for these

two men. a strong wind is what caused their boat to capsize. >> we knew our best chance was to stay with the boat. and that not to panic. >> reporter: officials say the men had no radio to call for help. and the one life jacket they had between them drifted away. as the hours passed and the dark of night. the two men turned to their faith. >> we prayed together full scriptures. >> and encouraging each other because we knew, i tell you what that's a life or death struggle out there in the water. >> reporter: their prayers were answered 14 hours later when a boat caught the capsized boat and called for help. >> they were very cold, they were very thankful that we found them. and that we took them in. >> reporter: the men were brought back to dry land safely. cold, wet and a little shaken up from their ordeal. >> i could not imagine being

out here for 14 hours the way they were. they were very brave. >> the men refused medical attention when they made it back to land. officials say this serves as a reminder for savers to wear a life jacket and to have emergency equipment readily available. an autumn tradition goes to another level below ground. check this out an underwater pumpkin carving contest. three carvers came to the florida keys national marine sanctuary and the winner would make a dentist proud by carving a pumpkin with a large smile and retainer and a huge toothbrush. and looks like some of those jack o' lantern could have used a toothbrush at some point in time. >> and all the kids are about to eat candy. bigger chances of winning smaller, smaller chance of winning big. i'm pat warren coming up. new changes to the,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

coming up right now at 6:00. trouble in pittsburgh. the ravens hit the bye week with a loss. we'll tell you what coach harbaugh says has to be done to get the team back to winning ways. he transformed entire city neighborhoods and fed everyone

from kids to the baltimore ravens. i'm jessica kartalija remembering a legendary man coming up. about as nice as we can get for october. stick around for the forecast. wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. school shootings, two dead in nevada. tonight the search for a motive. good evening i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. another shooting in the school another community in shock. this time it happened at a nevada middle