>> he kept 15eug he wasn't a bad guy doing anything in the neighborhood and i think he got offended because i locked the door but i do that for everybody so if he's offended, that's his problem. >> reporter: but when a 29-year- old woman allowed spain to come inside her home to use the rest room, he allegedly turned on her, sexually assaulting her. >> officers responded to the area, located this individual a short distance away, brazen in and of itself in the fact he was downing solicit but fortunately or officers located him and made a quick apprehension. >> reporter: spain had produced credentials and actually was working for a viable company. they want this to serve as a stark reminder that sometimes strangers can target victims even at their own front door. >> we want to remind folks to be vigilant, aware of your surroundings. you reserve the right not to open your door. >> reporter: in anne arundel county, jeff hager, abc 2 news. >> if you feel uncomfortable, suspicious or threatened when

someone appears at your door, you should telephone the police immediately. he is being held on $2 million bail. a pastor and a foster parent is in jail in kent county denied on child sex abuse charges. jerry batting is accused of sexually abusing a young boy in his home. the victim told police the abuse happened on at least six occasions between december 2009 and this month. bartly is charged with child abuse, sex abuse and assault. police want to know if there are more victims out there, so if you recognize this man, you might want to give them a call at 410-778-0490. a washington county judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a frederick man accused of raping a woman while impersonating a police officer. prosectors say they will try michael barnwell who is serving a three-year jail sentence on an unrelated assault conviction. in the rape case, a woman testified that barnwell pulled her over and said he was a

police officer. the woman said barnwell ordered her into his vehicle and then he raped her. a federal lawsuit filed against pope benedict xvi and senior vatican officials accuses them of covering up child sex abuse allegations against a wisconsin priest. the suit claims that reverend lawrence murphy abused at least 200 children at at school for the deaf from 1950 to 1975. the lawsuit says the accusers sent two letters to the vatican in 1995 asking for help but he received no response. the student wants the vatican to release confidential files detailing clergy abuse allegations. president obama told bankers and brokers today he's lowering the speed limit on wall street. the president traveled to new york city to explain why he thinks they have been playing fast and loose with other people's money and why more government control is good for everyone, including them. here's abc's linsey davis.

>> reporter: wall street got an earful from president obama as he made the case for tough new regulatory controls. >> a free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever you can get, however you can get it. >> reporter: in the shadow of wall street at cooper union college, president obama touted the new bill as a way to protect the american taxpayer, among other things, he says it will give share holders new power in the financial system and bring new transparency to the marketplace. >> and i was encouraged to see a republican senator join with democrats this week in moving forward on this issue. that's a good sign. >> reporter: not so fast said republicans on capitol hill. >> the administration has said it wants to end bailouts. i say to them prove it. >> reporter: while closed door talks on a bipartisan compromise continue, senate democratic leader harry reid vowed to force votes on the reform plan as early as monday. >> no matter how hard you try to distort this debate, it is coming. >> reporter: the president got

a luke warm response. the audience was polite but didn't exactly give praise. on the floor of the new york stock exchange it was pretty much business as usual for trairdz throughout the president's speech. >> the fear is that overzealous regulation is hurt competitiveness and impose unnecessary costs. >> reporter: for the most part trairdz said they would be in favor regulations but wants politicians to stop using wall street like it's a bad word. linsey davis. ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich has asked a federal judge to subpoena the president to testify at his corruption trial. the attorney says obama has direct knowledge of the allegations made in the indictment. it would be extremely unusual for a sitting president to testify at a corruption trial. blagojevich pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to sell or trade the senate seat left vacant by obama's election

as president. and now the very latest on that oil rig explosion off the louisiana coast. the coast guard says the platform has sunk into the gulf of mexico. 11 workers are still missing. family members are waiting anxiously for hourly updates on the search. crews and boats and planes are repeatedly covering the search area of nearly 2000 square miles. 111 made it to safety. >> you couldn't think that you're going to -- don't think that you're going to hear about the rig exploding or catching on fire. >> tonight plumes of smoke are still reaching 10,000 feet in the air and that rig continues to burn nourished by 13,000 gallons of raw crude oil an hour. and now to the global mess caused by that ash cloud from the iceland volcano. european airlines say it will take until next week to get all the stranded passengers where they want to go. every plane is packed.

and 28 mount saint mary students and a professor on one of those planes. they are stuck at an airport in italy. the professor has been blogging about the ordeal. he writes that many are running out of disposable contact scplensz underwear. he says one student through away his underwear to get his suitcase under the weight limit for their original flight which was cancelled. the group is scheduled to fly back to the states next week. never want to run out of underwear, kelly. that much we know. hopefully they can get some fancy italian ones. right now satellite radar pictures we have got scattered showers out there. these are not particularly heavy duty storms. maybe a little bit of thunder out in western maryland right now. we are going to see a peppering of showers, not a lot of rain. overall very nice day today. we had a lot of early sunshine, 72 degrees out at pwi was the high temperature and for the rest of the evening here, a couple of rain showers but actually i don't think they will be heavy at times. that should be just some light

scattered showers. so we will talk much more about your forecast in just a few more minutes. another sort of repeat tomorrow and then big changes for the weekend. we will show you what those are in a second. kelly. >> thanks, wyatt. a viewing for archbishop william d. borders, the 13th archbishop is being held today. it goes until 9:00 in baltimore. before coming to the oldest archdiocese in america, he served as the first ever beneficial of orlando. the people who knew him well had nothing but nice things to say about the archbishop. >> his 96 years were filled with tremendous joy, generosity, sharing, loving, love of church, a love of people. he was a good man. he was a really good humble man. >> borders served as the archbishop of baltimore from 1974 until 8989 when he retired. he passed away this week from colon cancer. and now to a developing

story. the state's board of elections is asking the state prosecutor to investigate whether a prince george's county lawmaker improperly used campaign funds for his personal expenses. the board says it was not satisfied with explanations for nearly $54,000 in expenditures examined in an for -- improperly used his office to benefit a grocery chain without disclosing that he was receiving consultant fees from that chain. no charges have been brought about in the case yet. a homeless man was sentenced to nine months in jail today after he stole a plane, drove it -- and drove it off of a runway. calvin c. cox broke into a locked airport hangar and stole the single engine plane. he caused about $12,000 worth of damage. the jail time includes work release privileges but cox must also undergo a psychological evaluation. he is to avoid the frederick municipal airport for two

years, he'll be on supervised probation once he is released from jail. today is earth day and thousands of gardeners attended the annual house and garden's day festival today. baltimore county executive jim smith declared arbor day in baltimore county and also accepted the tree city u.s.a. award. many other gardening and beautification awards were given to baltimore county residents and local organizations. the festival featured beautiful displays of plants and flowers. and there was exhibits, music and of course food. the national educational association had its first ever lorax student earth day. lor ax joined leaders in visiting the school today. the school received a $1000 grant for its green recognition. >> we have been recycling, we have a whole recycling project

at school and we do different green activities, trying to go -- make our school more green. i think that the kids come home and tell their parents and they get their parents recycling and get their parents doing better things for our community. >> pinewood elementary is one of 50 schools across the country to receive this grant. the awards are part of the green across america program which partners with target to raise an environmental awareness in schools. and parks and people foundation and the lieutenant governor made awareness at the new locust point garden in baltimore. the students from the francis c. scott elementary and middle school planted 150edz and learned about the -- seeds and learned about the environment. >> they are learning that green is everywhere and it can be everywhere and we live in a city that -- and just because we live in a city doesn't mean it needs to be full of concrete. >> the community learned about the benefits of gardening and even local healthy food. this project is one of many which the parks and people

foundation help on earth day. so who doesn't want to save some big bucks on that home utility bill? coming up, how your family can go green and save some green with a new rebate program happening in maryland. and one city wakes up smelling a lot more than roses. a strike that has millions of people crying foul. and find out why this granny has a good reason to keep her ipad close to her. we are looking at columbia tonight sitting at a lovely 73 degrees. wyatt has got details of changes coming up in our forecast coming up in just a few.

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let's check out news around the nation. we are going to start off in indiana tonight where a 15-year- old and a pair of 12-year-olds are being questioned about a murder. police believe they were involved in the killing of a 15- year-old stepfather who was

shot in the face. the teen's friends told officers that the stepson killed the man during an argument. this 99-year-old may be one of the oldest fans of apple's ipad. virginia campbell's daughter gave it has a birthday gift as soon it was released. she suffers from glaucoma and giving her back her youth. >> before that, i could barely see to read. >> thanks to the brightly lit screen, she's already read two books and gotten back into writing poetry. this is the first computer she has ever owned. see a commercial coming there. things are getting pretty smelly around some parts of seattle. >> it was a total shock. it's the last thing that we wanted to do because we actually, like me, i take pride in my job and taking care of my customers. >> and those 1 million customers are begging their local waste management crew to

come back to work. members of the teamsters union walked off the job over some safety concerns but waste management officials say it's all about the money. well, this university baseball player took a leap of faith. in the 8th inning of the game he was trying to get to home plate butted blocked by the -- but blocked by the catcher. he leapt over the catcher and made it to home plate safe. he turned him into an internet sensation. wow. want to travel around the harbor faster than the spirit of baltimore dinner cruise? well, this weekend, there's going to be a high speed cruise that could be taking off. passengers will be wised away in a 50 miniature. it travels at 34 miles per hour to the key bridge. tickets cost $20 for adults and $15 for kids. the rides are expected to start this saturday if the weather

permits. and speaking of weather, how far we have come from days like this. several inches of snow have already fallen in reno, nevada and around the sierra mountains. the department of transportation is telling drivers they can't drive unless they have snow tires that are equipped to handle the roads. now, the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> out in that high terrain out west, it's amazing, they get snow up into mother's day and beyond. >> glad we are here. >> i think we had enough. one thing i'll say is we are going to see a few showers and quiet down by sunset. you get those peppering of showers probably again tomorrow afternoon too but widely scattered stuff so not bad. >> okay. >> until saturday and sunday. >> really? >> let's take a look at maryland's most powerful radar. april, that's how it goes sometimes. we have got a couple of light to moderate showers out there on the radar now.

not a lot but just enough to possibly maybe make a road or two slick out there as you make your way out and about this evening. a couple of heavier showers back out west towards hagerstown, not seeing much thunder or lightening around these around the immediate baltimore area. one band of rain moving in through carroll county right now, will probably douse us with a couple of showers in a few minutes. much not. this is not a large amount of rain. right now pretty nice at the inner harbor. we have got the sunshine out there and 72 degrees right now, west-southwest wind 13, been gusty at times today, a cool front positioned north of maryland, just north of maryland that's making the weather here just a little more unstable, a little breezier, more prone to showers. through the day, you see early on before the instability kicked in, blue skies, then clouds built up a little bit, brief clearing going. clear skies and then you'll see a passing cloud area and maybe a couple of showers with that.

wind gusts, earlier this afternoon up around 20, 25 miles per hour, so a little breezy at times but again on the whole, a nice looking april day, nice recovery from yesterday's temperatures. we were up to 72 today. out at bwi, that's the current temperature now as well. and we take you into the current satellite radar view and you can see just that light peppering of showers, again, that cool front is actually positioned up in the pennsylvania -- up into pennsylvania but you can get a little area of instability ahead of that cool front so even though you stay in the warm air, the front doesn't push through, you still get showers and even a possible thundershower when a front like that is so close by. clear and cool across the great lakes, that's where that cooler air is just stalled out right now. so this front will continue to trigger the chance of a shower or two each afternoon. this afternoon, friday afternoon, a few showers possible, better chance for rain saturday afternoon, warm air is going to hang out. that's the good news. but there will be approaching storm system that will mean a better chance for rain late in the weekend and lasting right

into early next week. forecast model bears that out. tomorrow, partly cloudy skies, maybe a couple of showers. we don't pick up on it on her model but as we work into saturday, a better chance for scattered showers and this bigger rain area will come in on sunday so sunday looking like by far the wettest day of the week yet. tonight 46, showers coming to an end. then clearing skies overnight. tomorrow, mixture of clouds and sun, it will be a decent day. i think more sun early in the day, then a few afternoon clouds build up. tomorrow night, 47, clouds will be on the increase into the weekend and we take a look at that weekend forecast here, on our seven day and you can kind of see scattered showers, a better bet saturday and then sunday does look like a very rainy day as does monday. so catching up on our april rain big time, i think, both of those days. kelly. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. we have breaking news from baltimore city. police have arrested and charged two men in connection with the murder of charles bowman earlier this month. bowman was shot to death inside

the al brothers carryout. he was on his way to work when he was killed, caught in a crossfire during an attempted robbery. christina schaffer is at the news conference and will have the latest on the story coming up at 6:00. constellation energy hosts take your child to workday. what they hoped kids would learn on this arbor day. there is no doubt that having a heart transplate is a life altering experience. sometimes the transplanted organ is rejected. now new technology that could help change that. plus. a family is torn apart by a sleep disorder and out of control husband and now they are involved in criminal court. we will explain coming up. storm gear and promotional considering provided by ll bean.

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a lot of brand-new stories coming to you at 5:30. what a does did in his sleep is creating a real life nightmare. plus going green and saving green, how your trashcan can also be your treasure. and two longtime friends not only grow old together, they are kind of growing out together. a look at two of our newest brickover contestants and their journey. these stories and a lot more all coming your way at 5:30. >> thanks. in tonight's health alert, life is about to get much easier for some heart transplant patients. a new study shows that blood tests can replace invasive tests to determine whether transplant recipients are beginning to reject their new heart.

abc's dr. timothy johnson explains. >> reporter: since about 30% of all heart transplant patients experience a rejection episode at least once in the first year following the transplant, doctors routinely perform biopsies, sometimes weekly to help reveal the onset of organ rejection. doctors then know how to adjust the patient's drugs often saving their lives. but biopsies can be nerve racking because doctors need to snip out tiny pieces of heart tissue to check for organ rejection. many separators a lifetime of biopsies performed on them, a study published today in the new england journal of medicine shows that doctors can safely reduce the number of biopsies by using an available blood test plus an echocardiogram to identify patients at low risk for rejecting their transplanted hearts. the blood tests reduce the number of biopsies needed in a test group of patients by 73%. they are also about $1000 cheaper than a blood test. and equally important, a patient's satisfaction survey showed that patients preferred

the blood test to the biopsy. but the blood tests are not an option for all patients. those with a high risk of rejection still need heart biopsies. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. . summer is right around the corner and many people are hitting the tanning beds despite all the health warnings but a new study claims the ultraviolet raise can be addictive. the study surveyed 420 college students and 39% of those students were addicted to indoor tanning. what were the reasons? well, the study shows that students, they wanted to look and feel good about themselves while socializing. the fight to end world hunger around the world. how bill gates is helping the hungry feed themselves. that story coming up at 5:30 which starts in just two minutes.

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