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this sh wjz tv baltimore >> from the city to the counties to your neighborhood. now, it's complete coverage. it's wjz maryland's news station. hello again. i'm jessica. here's what people are talking about today. anne arundel county delegate don dwyer appears in court in connection with a drunken boating charge and a separate drunk driving case. mary is in the news room with the very latest. >> jessica, a judge accepted dwyer's earlier guilty plea to that drunk boating charge sentencing him to 30 days in jail. dwyer also pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle while intoxicated to which the judge sentenced him to another 30 days in jail. the boat crash occurred on the river last year. seven people, including dwyer, were injured in that crash. dwyer admitted to having a blood alcohol level of.20. that's two-and-a-half times the legal limit.

back in august, almost exactly one year after that boat crashed, he was stopped for drunk driving on route 100 near pasadena. dwyer will serve those 60 days consecutively in jail on weekends. the sentence is set to start on november 9th. jessica. >> mary, thank you. dwyer was also placed on three years' probation. any violation, and he will go to jail for a year. wjz is in court for the sentencing. we'll bring you reaction today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. and we have more breaking news to tell you about regarding this week's shooting of a howard county police officer. 29-year-old steven stephen prather is out of the hospital and formally charged with allegedly shooting officer stephen houk. houk was shot wednesday afternoon responding to calls about prather walking along washington boulevard in laurel with a gun. houk is recovering. prather is wounded in that gun battle. he faces a host of charges including attempted murder. and even more break news right now. nearly 17 years later, new

riflations in the jonbenet ramsey murder case. newly-released court documents reveal a 1999 grand jury vote today indict jonbenet's parents john and patly for child abuse resulting in death and being an accessory in crime including murder. the district attorney decided not to file charges due to what he said was insufficient evidence. the 6-year-old beauty queen was murdered in her family's home in 1996. in 2008, a district attorney said that new dna evidence cleared the parents in her death. another day of cool temperatures on tap for our area. the baltimore zoo, our maryland zoo in baltimore rather, parents and kisd all bundled up in coats and hats. many are also staying warm in their cute halloween costumes. taking a live look outside right now, clear, crisp fall weather outside. so are we in for a chilly weekend? wjz is live with first warning werth coverage. marty is out there in a non-denin coat, which has been

retired, but first meteorologist tim williams is up dath these chilly temperatures. good afternoon, tim. >> good afternoon, jess. that's the breaking news. i didn't know marry te tired his coat. we did get very chilly last night. temperatures gone up about two degrees in the last minute or so. very cold out in oakland. 52 down on the shore. 51 in elkton and 51 smack dab in the middle. the dew point is 31. we are one degree colder today than we were this time yesterday. yesterday we were locked in the 50s. that's where we topped out. did not hit any records last night. 24-hour lows, the past 24-hour lows stayed in the 30s except for oakland at 28, but we did not get to freezing. we got to 36 degrees. 34 in hagerstown. we did get a little colder down on the shore. how long will this cold air persist and is there a break in sight? for more on that, sending it out to marty. >> hey, tim, jess, i had that coat on yesterday, and my wife

looked at me and said, "honey, that coat is done." >> the end of an era. >> i took the hint. let's take a look at the graphic we have for you. it is going to get a little more moderate with temperatures as high pressure slips offshore. temperatures will get back to around 60, 62 degrees, which is only a degree or two below normal, and that trend will actually start tomorrow, but having said that, we're in for another really cold night, colder than this past. we're actually forecasting a low of 32, and we already have frost advisories and freeze warnings in effect. midnight through 9:00 a.m., many counties around the metro going down to 32 degrees, possible widespread frost. well, we are going to get a warmup, as i mentioned. how warm is it going to get? it's going to be spring again? meteorologist tim williams with those details coming up shortly. now, we throw it back inside. >> marty, thank you. the fbi launches an investigation into a balt mar city police unit.

according to our media partner, the baltimore sun, they're look into claims officers in the violent crimes impact section falsified reports to protect informants and continue making arrests. investigators say they're acting on a tip from a former city police investigator. rich burg reportedly made the claims after being charged with federal drug and gun offenses. the search continues this noon for the person or persons who stabbed a man to death after he try today break up a fight in northwest baltimore. city police say 25-year-old durrel gaskins was killed trying to stop a fight between high school students. the killing happened just a few blocks from forest park high school. police have not said if the attackers are students there, although witness say the attackers did have on the school's uniform. a thrill ride at the north carolina state fair leaves five people hurt, two critically. veneta reports for wjz. the ride started up as passengers were trying to get off last night. >> state inspectors are checking

out an amusement ride that left several people injured, some critically at the north carolina state fair. the ride called the vortex came to a stop and then suddenly started up begin throwing passengers to the ground as they were trying to get off. witness say several people were knocked unconscious. >> we did have one complaint monday night. the ride inspectors did what they were supposed to. they went and checked it out, and everything was work properly. >> the vortex spins, twirls and flips riders upside down. the rides are supposed to be inspected three times a day, and officials want to know if the vortex got regular inspections. >> it would be great if we could stand up here this morning and tell you exactly what happened. unfortunately, we're not to that point yet. >> a carnival company in georgia owns the vortex, but a different company was in charge of managing the ride. despite the accident, the fair is open today.

wjz eyewitness news. the injured riders range in age from 14 to 39. the orioles were the best fielding team in baseball this season, and they have six finalists for the prestigious gold glove given to the best defensive player at each position in each league. >> here's luis cruz. he has flight out and struck out. manny machado foul territory. long throw! oh, mercy! >> no surprise on that list, third baseman manny machado who seemed to make spectacular play after spectacular play this last season. also adam jones, catcher matt wieters, jj hardy, chris davis, and right fielder nick markakis. winners will be announced tuesday night. good luck, guys. all very deserving. still to come up on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, starting a new demolition begins at the site of a school mass aker, the future plans for that

site. health care concerns. an nfl star talks about possible memory problems. details coming up. and a mix of sun and clouds outside and a cool breeze in the air. how is the weekend shaping up? meteorologist tim williams has your updated first warng weather forecast. >> complete coverage continues with don skosz, jessica, and first warning werth with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams. williams. it's wjz maryland's news,,,,,,

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it's sunny and a chilly 51 degrees in central maryland. right now, your complete first warning werth forecast is coming up. demolition gets underway at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. work began at the site this morning. officials say the project will take several weeks to complete. 20 children, 6 adults were killed at the school last december. earlier this $6 adults were killed at the school last december. earlier this month, newtown residents accepted a 50-million grant from the state to reconstruct a new building at that site. the obama administration is trying to contain a diplomatic crisis over intelligence leaks. european lawmakers are travel to the u.s. next week to investigate widespread spying allegations. tina has the very latest for wjz. >> together at a summit in brus els, germany and france are demanding the u.s. agree to a no-spieg deal with their

countries by the end of the year. the national security agency reportedly tapped german chancellor's cell phone and accessed 10s of thousands of french phone records. merkel said trust between the u.s. and germany has been shattered despite reassurances from the white house the u.s. is not and will not monitor her calls. european intelligence chiefs will travel to washington as early as next week to try to find out how many leaders, countries and citizens u.s. agents may be listening in on. spain is asking the u.s. ambassador to find out if it's being spied on, too. former nsa contractor edward snowden leaked a memo suggesting the agency was able to monitor the calls of 35 world leaders. britain's prime minister slammed snowden and newspapers reporting his intelligence leaks saying exposing state secrets only helps terrorists. >> that is not going to make our world safer. it's going to make our world more dangerous.

>> eu lawmakers are vowing to keep strong transz atlantic ties despite anger other claims the u.s. is snooping on them. wjz eyewitness news. >> the united states has a no-spying deal with britain, australia, new zealand and canada. an alliance known as five is that was stuck in the after math of world war ii. a shocking revelation from one of the most successful quarterbacks ever to play in the nfl. >> i don't remember my daughter playing soccer -- youth soccer one summer. i don't remember that. >> brett favre told washington sports radio station he suffers from memory loss and believes it may be the result of concussions. it's not a new problem facing pro football veterans. in august, the nfl agreed to pay $765 million to selt lawsuits from more than 4,000 former players. today you can trade in your old ipad at wal-mart and get cash toward a brand new one.

the retail giant is trying to help consumers cut the cost of ipads with the trade-in program. the credit can be used toward purchasing a new ipad air or mini, which both sale for over $300. those models hit wal-mart shelves -- or store shelves rather today. and still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at noon, grab a jacket. it's cold outside. will it get even chillier this weekend? your complete first warng werth forecast is coming up. but sfirs a look at today's midday stock and last night's wing lottery number. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ i woke up to a lightbulb

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welcome back to eyewitness news at noon. friday noon pup. this is paris. >> paris turn sxarnd show how cute you are. >> paris dressed as robin hood. check him. >> he is the cutest. >> two months old. >> he has to be one of my favors. >> lab dor retriever mix. you know what's interesting in his tail is still wagging. kind of had that thing going. maryland spca, and if you can provide him -- i'm going to tell you something. he's two months old. this is one big dog. his paws are the size of golf balls so this is -- this is -- this is not a lap dog. this is not an apartment dog. this is -- really? provide paris a good home, that'd be a really good thing. >> she's like please let me lay on the bed. please let me chew a shoe. you're like okay. >> oh, dogs like that don't ask. they just do. if you could help that, that'd

certainly be great. all right. tim, it's going to be another cold night, but it is going to start getting a little more back to normal. let's talk about it. >> we certainly will. moorty and i talked about yesterday. with paris, maybe just a one-dog night. we are look at another chilly night, very cold in some areas. freeze warning in effect from midnight to 9:00 a.m.. all these areas shaded in blue, freeze watch for tonight first time the eastern shore has not really been impacted yet but looks like it's starting to creep that way. marty talked about this. let's show you how this is going to start plague out. temperatures going to moderate through the weekend. we'll get a little bit warmer than these temperatures in the 50s. 39 in oakland. 52 in ocean city. 50 in elkton. 46 in westster. wints from the weshgs northwest. as a result we have a small craft advisory in effect. the winds are picking um. our temperatures are going to start to even out across the region back toward detroit, chicago, still almost ten degrees colder than we are here.

that's still the direction of that northwest wind. as high pressure starts to move off to the east it's going to allow for more and more of that milder air from the west and southwest. we're going to start tapping in to conditions closer to our normal, which is now 64 degrees, our high. we're going to start to see temperatures again as that high starts to ease off, get a little bit milder heading in toward halloween. so this last weekend, we are a little chilly today. we're going to be a little cool tomorrow, but, again, as we start to get into sunday, monday and tuesday, you start to see more 60s in the forecast. our sunset today is 6:13. small craft advisory in effect through 6:00 today going up to about 54 degrees, pretty much where we were yesterday. mostly sunny. kind of a carbon copy day. then 32 degrees tonight. for tomorrow, a little bit milder looking at 59. moets mostly sunny. that's a pretty nice saturday when thinking about how october could be. >> pretty. jean,s, sweater, football, love it. >> apple cider >> this time last year, we were recovering from superstorm sandy. >> yeah, we sure were a year ago. still to come on wjz

eyewitness news at noon a new asthma medicine is showing promise for the future. details coming up on health watch. and wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories on cbsbaltimore.com at this hour. for instant updates on all the,,

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scientists are making progress on a new asthma drug that attack it is respiratory disease in two ways. the drug reverse it is narrowing of the air ways and reduces inflammation faster. researchers say long-term studies are needed but one doctor call it had new drug one of the most substantial advances in asthma medicines in a long time. a new study suggests paying people to donate a kidney may be the most cost effective way to help patient who is need transplants. researchers of the university of calgary say paying donors $10,000 for a kidney could increase transplants by 5% or more. and be sure to check in with wjz eyewitness news today at 4:005:00 and 6:00. we're getting answers in the mystery of a little girl found living in a gyp can i camp in greece. dna tests reveal the identity of her buy logical parents. and after hundreds of pets die from tainted treats, the new steps being taken to keep our animals safe. please join us for these stories and all the day's breaking news

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to go the distance with you. ; welcome back to eyewitness news at noon. welcome back to temperatures more around 6760 getting closer to normal. 62 monday. 58 tuesday. the mid 60s, actually a degree on wednesday above normal. not a bad thing tonight. cold. believe it. don't miss tonight's prime time cbs lineup. at 10:00 it's an episode of blue

bloods followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13. i'm jess ka. >> tim williams. >> i'm marty bass. catch us online at cbsbaltimore.com. >> how fast do you think that puppy got adopted? >> oh, he's already gone. >>,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,