staff charge theiron johnson backed up his daughter's story surprising her. he had been in iraq since christmas, but managed to return just in time for her birthday, making it a memorable one. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz, this is "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> we enjoyed a spectacular weather pattern over the weekend. it does look like it will continue into columbus day. we are waking up to mostly clear skies. 58 right now. -- 55. a 9% humidity at the airport with the wind mostly calm. a few high clouds building in from the south. two storm systems are heading our way. we will talk about that in the forecast coming up. >> 4:57. 56 degrees on tv hill. changes are coming that could ccity sometime. >> more reaction from the campaign trail. i am tracie potts in washington. >> this walmart was evacuated over the weekend and 19 people were sent to the hospital. i will explain. >> we will let you know how your morning commute is sha [captioning made possible b