parks with the "late edition". >> i got this for my child to be protected. >> bullying at a baltimore city school. other parents talk about attacks against their children. >> first on fox. >> i had no contact with the governor's office. >> blagojevich and obama. what the president knew about filling his u.s. senate seat. >> and why students choose to wreck these pianos. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello, i am karen parks. >> and i am jeff barnd. half a dozen bullying incidents at a west baltimore elementary school led to students suspensions. >> tonight some parents say the top educators are ignoring their pleas for help. and kathleen cairns has the story you will see first on fox. >> tonight, city school

administrators admit there have been seven incidents so far at gilmore this year. where students were suspended for bullying. and parents say not enough is being done to stop the violence. >> after a disabled third grader at gilmore shared her story with fox 45 news. the parents of other children have come forward. with more information about what happens inside of this elementary school. >> he tried to kick me in the forehead. >> she has been facing a lot of bullying. a lot of abuse from her classmates. >> i would call them bullies. really bad bullies. >> kenneth brown's daughter christina has had trouble and is seeing a therapy simply it is a little gang in school. elementary school. >> that's trouble. >> and lisa hatcher said her son john was tacked several times. >> hit him with sticks. they were kicking him in the head. he was bruiseed from top to bottom. when my son made it home, he barely could get in the door.

>> school administrators refused to do on-camera interview with us about bullying at gilmore elementary. but we have learned tonight there was a total of 18 incidents at gilmore this year. that resulted in a suspension. due to an attack on a student, teacher or involving a fight. >> that goes to show that nothing has been done. >> several parents say they plan to transfer their children out of gilmore elementary. because of the violence. kathleen cairns, fox 45 news "late edition". >> maryland woman is arrested in florida and her 3-year-old son is found abandoned in a church in new york. >> myranda stephens joins with us more on the bizarre story tonight. myranda, what can you tell us? >> her daughter has made decisions that are bad in life. and cuomo's latest decision landed her in a florida jail and her son wandering a famous church in new york. it all started sunday when the 26-year-old was arrested in florida after police say she tried to use a fake 100-dollar

bill at a convenience store. she told police her 3-year-old son nathan yell fons was traveling in a car with friends that took off. the little boy was reported missing the next day. eventually found tuesday evening, after being abandoned inside of the famed saint patrick's cathedral in new york city. >> thanks to god he is safe and sound. and thanks to god that in some mysterious way the people that left him here, felt that he would be safe. >> authorities are still searching for cuomo's friends that they believe were behind the counterfeit money ring. and who also dropped little nathaniel off. he is in custody of child protective services in new york. but could be turned over to his grandmother here in maryland. myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> breaking news out of harford county at this hour. four people taken to area hospitals after a hazmat

situation in bell camp. smoke was seen coming from a bottle in the lobby of mcdonald's on riverside parkway. the manager put water on it. then placed a bucket over t the fire marshal and hazmat crews came. no one was seriously hurt. all the people that were treated complained however of feeling sick. no word yet on what was inside that bottle. >> baltimore city police are asking for your help to find one of the suspects in a rash of crimes last weekend. this is a sketch of one of the suspects. we say he broke into a home in the 1200 block of east north avenue around 11:00 last fry date night. and murdered the person inside. if you have any information you are asked to call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >> and a music teach from her howard county was sentenced to nine months in jail today. 68-year-old ming yueh liang of ellicott city convicted in february. investigators say he abused an 11-year-old girl taking violin

lessons in his home. ming yueh liang will register as a sex offender. >> you can find out if a sex offender lives in your neighborhood. there is a link to the state's database on our website. foxbaltimore.com, and look in the news features section. >> autistic boy in waldorf left on a bus for two hours last friday. officials say the driver and an attendant did not see him. 11-year-old boy was not injured but his mother said because of the asthma it could have been worse. >> he could have had an asthma attack and died on the bus. suffocated. it was warm on friday. >> officials say the bus workers are supposed to check the buses, after all of their runs. employees have since been removed from their jobs. >> and employees at the agency in charge of policing the country's financial system spent hours looking at internet porn. and all happened as the us economy came crashing down. according to an agency watchdog

memo, there were 33 incidents at the securities and exchange commission during the last five years. the report said that one supervisor looked at porn twice a day. and saved images to work computer. also said a senior attorney spent up to eight hours a day looking at porn on the internet. sec said it has taken action against those workers. >> and carroll county radio personality has been charged after authorities say he exposed himself on the internet. authorities say 44-year-old brian mcclain masturbateed in front of a wesh cam he thought was seen by a 13-year-old girl. it was it was an agent from the attorney general's office. mcclain thought he was chatting with an older woman. his attorney could not be reached for additional comment. >> a baltimore city church said stop beating the stray cats on its own property. the area behind the north side baptist church was a refuge for stray cats.

church agreed last year to agree to feeding on the property. but now they say the cat population is out of control. >> we have been very accommodating and very upfront and i think, we have cooperated long enough. i think, that it is time for us to move on. >> now, advocates say by nature the cats will stick around anyway since they are territorial. >> well it was a very beautiful day today. >> yeah, but rain on the way. which is not that bad because it brings the pollen count downtown lots of people suffering from the pollen stuff. >> yeah. >> yeah, it was a nice day today. but, yeah, rain changes are moving in just in time for the weekend. but rain showers have not moved in yes. trying to but we have the high pressure blocking most of the rain showers. but off to the west and south, some pretty strong, actually, thunderstorms, with tornadoes watches associated with the band of showers and storms.

that will be pressing in our direction by sunday. but temperatures though, we made it to 70 degrees today. right now sitting at so baltimore dc. 60 in hagerstown. and oakland and wilmington. temperatures dropping to 45 overnight. so not too bad of a night. waking up to cloudy skies. clouds continue to thicken throughout the day. 59 at noon tomorrow. and cool area because of clouds around. and rain showers will develop. more indepth look on how strong the storms will be coming up on sunday in a few minutes. >> great news for bge customers. rates are expected to plunge this snort lowest level since 2006. that translates to as much as $160 in savings phos customers. bge said the lower rates will start this june. >> wholesale energy prices have been coming down for some time. and our customers are seeing the benefits of that. >> the trend should continue through early 2012.

>> some residents in baltimore county will be without water temporarily this month. repairs need to be made to a 12-inch watermain valve along black river neck road that means crews will need to shut off water beginning at 9:00 friday april 30 until saturday may 1 around noon. >> high speed cruises set to take off from the inner harbour soon. 50 minute tours takes passengers around the harbor, passing fort mc hen vote key bridge. cost of the trip is $20. prices are expected to go up after memorial day. the first cruise was set to take off tomorrow. but has been postponed because of bad weather. >> >> i had no contact with the governor's office. i did not speak to the governor about these issues.

that i know for certain. >> more details come out. surrounding th

it's a little bit of nature... a little bit better. and nature approves. granola nut clusters from nature valley. former governor could turn into a white house distraction quickly. steve brown reports on a new document that reveals what the president may have known about plans for his u.s. senate seat.

>> illinois former democratic governor blagojevich is accused of other things of trying to sell the seat of president-elect obama. >> i had no contact with the governor's office. i did not speak to the governor about these issues. that i know for certain. >> but was that everything he knew. perhaps not. if the mistakenly uncontacted defense motion proves true. >> the day before, election day, obama is alleged to have had a message for governor blagojevich that long time friend adviser valerie jair rot was his choice to take the senate seat. labor union president used andy stern told fbi about a conversation with tom ballen november, head of sei local. >> obviously he wanted her. no doubt. they are close family friends. look what her position is now. >> jair rot met with ballen november and he delivered the

president elects message and blagojevich wanted to be considered for health and human secretaries. they did not think at the time blagojevich was trying to trade the seat for a job. that's the kind of testimony the blagojevich defense team wants the jury to hear that people intimately involved did not think anything corrupt was going on. there is no decision yet on whether the judges in the blagojevich case will allow the defense to call president obama to testify. if he is, it could only hurt the president. >> public would say, well, it is not whether he talked to the governor or not that matters. it is whether he tried to influence the governor's decision. >> which the president did attempt to do, albeit indirectly, and that is something that the public will be reminded of at the blagojevich trial. set to begin in june. in chicago, steve brown, fox news. >> at least two networks are lifting an ad and separating

themselves from the controversy. >> mom always said beauty is skin deep. so smile, it is the best make up and it is what is underneath that counts. >>well, both fox and abc said they would not air the new ad by lane bryant during certain hours because it is too racy. critics say victoria secret ads run during the time slots and lane bryant said it is the media way of defining beauty. >> tonight at 5:30 we asked if the ad was too racy. everyone of you said no. 94 to 6 percent. however on our website jessica said not airing the commercial is one more reason our daughters will grow up to feel insecure about their body images. as always, thank you very much for writing. >> weather wise we're in store for a wet, wet weekend. >> but hoping that april showers, really do what? >> going to be may flowers. lots of them. >> jessica starr joins us with a look at the sky watch forecast.

>> hi guys. rain showers start to move in toward the direction tomorrow afternoon. but we had a nice day and evening out there. and right now, temperatures are sitting comfortably at 63. partly cloudy skies. at the inner harbour. winds are currently calm. but you can see that humidity is starting to increase a bit. and that's the way it will be. muggy out there this weekend with the rain showers. and that will be inching closer to the region. you can see right now rain showers are having a hard time making the way into maryland. as we have an area of high pressure bocking the rain showers, off to the west and down south. you can see a line of showers and some embedded thunderstorms. and that's the moisture that will be making the way in our direction. tomorrow afternoon. and then the thunderstorms pressing in by sunday. under a warm front and the cold front moving closer. increasing the chance for thunderstorms on sunday. temperatures though, we made it to 70 today. so a couple of degrees above normal. not too bad out there. right now 61 baltimore and dc. 60 in hagerstown and 52 in oakland. next day planner waking up to

sunshine. and clouds thickening up. rain showers later in the day. temperatures across the northeast though. 61 in baltimore. 50 in harrisburg. 58 in pittsburg. and 56 in cleveland. so area of high pressure is blocking that moisture right now. but as we wake up tomorrow morning. couple of peaks of the sunshine. and clouds thicken up later in the day. and see the rain showers start to move in here later in the day. and more or less better chance for the thunderstorms will come saturday night into sunday morning. and lingering to the first part of sunday and into monday, we get the wraparound rain showers from an upper level low that keeps it wet and soggy for monday and tuesday. for the first part of the work week. how much rain? will we see from the system? this model shows, when all said and done an inch. and i think, so much moisture that we will see close to 2 inches. so we could see flooding since it has been dry around here the past couple of days. so for tomorrow, we will see a lot of clouds around. rain showers developing later in the day.

and 62 degrees for a high temperature. so seasonal. but it will feel cool wert clouds and rain showers around. and the next five days. things are wet around here. 70 degrees on sunday. and a little warmer. so say the chance for the instability to increase. and chance for thunderstorms. and then monday and tuesday. we continue to stay dismal and dreary and wet around here for monday and tuesday. and things officially dry out by wednesday. and then we will warm up. i will have that coming up in a few minutes. >> a canadian man accidentally strikes gold. find out where he made the discovery. >> and the ravvvvvvv

>> several tornadoes ripped through the southern plains, get this. storm chasers captured this video a tornado cutting across a rural area near good night texas. >> look at that right there next to it. they are outside. nuts. >> this tornado touched down near groom texas with a storm that also brought baseball size

hail. there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. >> a canadian man has struck gold in his own home. while renovating the house he has owned for four years he discovered 10 american gold coins dating as far back as the 1860s. >> we lifted that board up. and the coins were in a little sack right about here. >> together, the coins are worth about $20,000. >> the homeownered the money will go toward renovations. >> students gather outside of the baker house dorm at mit thursday for the annual piano drop, it gans in 1972. event marks drop date. the last day students can drop classes for the spring semester. this year, they tossed two pianos, and an upright and baby grand. >> patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". >> the ravens started tonight with ray lewis announcing the

pick and how fitting. ravens used one of three picks, that they acquired last night. after trading their first rounder to denver. the ravens chose sergio kindle. kindle played defensive end for the texas longhorns. 6-foot three, 250 pounds. high motor guy. considered a great pass rusher in the league. good edition to help suggs and price. >> sergio is hungry. you know, he comes from a very successful you football program. been a lot of big games. he is confident in his ability. and he is a competitor. those are the kind of guys we want. not a wall flower, he has personality. he is as tough as they come and ravens type of guy. >> sergio kindle, 6-foot three, 250 outline backer out of texas, rated as one of the top outside line backers. but he fell on a lot of other team draft boards because of injuries. he has had four different procedures on one knee.

>> and just 14 picks later ravens added another weapon. terrance cody from alabama. this guy is a beast. 354 pounds. cody will compete with kelly gregg for the starting job. biggest concern with the ravens with cody is his weight. since finishing at alabama he has been trying to get it under control. after showing up at the senior bowl at 270 pounds. ozzie has seen cody play enough to know that they got a steal. >> i think everyone knows that on the saturday, afternoon, i am watching alabama football. and sometimes that could be a detriment because i think i get the opportunity to know the players too well. but you know, cody, you know, came on the scene two years ago, in the game. in the opener. against clemson. and everybody goes where did this guy come from?

>> with the ravens second pick they select terrance cody out of alabama. massive run stop perks 6'4, listed at 354 pounds. he earned the nickname mount cody, obvious reasons. likely remind ravens' fans of the days of sam adams. >> and second round with the defense, but third round switch to offense. 70th pick overall, ravens addressed an area of need. selecting tight end ed dickson from oregon. 6'4, 249-pound former duck is another target for joe flacco. in three seasons, he caught 120 pass phos 1512 yards. and 12 touchdowns. >> the ravens have four picks in tomorrow's final four round.

>> some of russ happy to see the rain. >> yeah. you succumb to the pollen every year. >> that's right. and so does jeff. >> well, i don't. but that's okay. i am glad for the rest of you. let's go to jessica starr with a look at the weekend soggy, wet, damp weather forecast. >> i know. rain showers around this weekend. actually thunderstorms by sunday. but tomorrow we will wake up to clouds. 62 degrees for a high temperature for tomorrow. rain showers moving in.

and 70 degrees on sunday. so warmer. increasing the ainstability. chance of thunderstorms. and 67 on monday. and then the clouds linger into the first part of the work week. and then the system pulls out and dries out. sunshine returns wednesday. and dry, warm up to 72 by next friday. that's the forecast. back to you guys.