. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, an arrest in the brutal rape of a 13-year-old girl. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> a high school band member gets to play in the big game. i'm monique griego. coming up, we'll have more on who is heading to the army all- american bowl. >>> rain is moving this way. stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the rape of a 13-year-old girl leads to the arrest of a 61-year-old man in baltimore city. alex demetrick explains how science helped track down their suspect. >> reporter: police took a hard line on a suspect they arrested. >> an arrest. and there's really no other way to describe this individual than an utter animal. 61-year-old alvin wright was arrested by baltimore police sex offense and child abuse detectives. >> oh, thank you, jesus. thank you, jesus. oh. i'm so -- oh, god, jesus, i'm so happy. >> reporter: that relief in the 800 block of north caroline street follows the shock of what happened inside this abandoned rowhouse five weeks ago, when a 13-year-old girl was grabbed

. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a navy kickoff with the anniversary of the star- spangled banner. >>> routine but dangerous. how four police officers get trapped in the middle of a standoff, while serving a warrant. >>> a damp wednesday. but at least it's not as bad as it could be. bob is updating your first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a man shot by police on the university of california berkeley campus has died. police found christopher travis in the business school, after an employee reported seeing him with a gun. when police ordered him to drop his weapon, he refused, and officers opened fire. the 32-year-old was an undergrad student. police say travis's gun was loaded. >>> an investigation is under way in ohio, after a huge gas line explodes, shooting flames, hundreds of feet into the air. it happened this morning near gloucester. smoke and flames could be seen from miles away. there's no word on exactly how the explosion happened. no one was hurt. >>> the date is set for the trial of

. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, first hurricanes and now a hard winter on the water. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> are we in store for a nice fall weekend? stick around for a the forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies with hershey's chocolate chips. for a moment of warm, gooey, togetherness. chocolate chip cookies... from pillsbury. [ female announcer ] having grands! biscis easy.the morning just pop 'em in... then go about your business... and in just 15 minutes, your family can enjoy warm fresh from the oven biscuits. grands! warm ideas made easy. >>> a quiet wave of worry is washing ashore nort of the bridge. and last summer's big storms may be to blame for the oysters. >>> tied up during the first of the season. and watermen on shore for lunch are not good signs. but they aren't finding live oysters in the northern part of the bay. >> i don't see nothing out there. >> eight or nine of them. >> reporter: and the reason may go back to the runoff from hurricane irene and tropical storm lee. not only did it clog t

. >>> i'm alex demetrick.oming up, it might not look like much now, but a major casino is betting on it it. that story as ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 6:30. mainly clear and 70 degrees. good evening, everyone. thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. wjz continues to follow the breaking news from southwest baltimore. a federal agent is injured in an arrest operation. jessica kartalija is live near the scene with an update. jessica? >> reporter: right now, behind me here on patapsco, looks like it is open. but federal agents are actually turning people around here and sending them back toward anamop -- anopolis -- annapolis street. and they are also letting them use viola street. and still unclear as to why they aren't opening the area up. take a look from sky eye chopper 13. we captured some video. it appears agents are sitting outside of a storage facility. that storage facility, as we told you, was the one where suspects allegedly fled, crashed into a fence.

. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, first hurricanes. and now a hard winter on the water. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> the weekend is here. will it be filled with sunny days like today? wjz is always on. for the top stories and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. >>> there it is. the pride of baltimore. how beautiful that is tonight. >> wonderful. and coming back from a good will mission to canada, the great lakes, and the east coast. now it's back. i guess you saw one of the tugs spowtsing the water. that's a wonderful welcome home for the pride and the crew. welcome back. >> really a gorgeous day to have that happen. >> almost picture postcard perfect. >> it really is. >> the blue waters. and of course, the blue water, reflecting the blue skies am it's a gorgeous day to be out there. if you're watching the

alex demetrick reports, if there's inconvenience, it's nothing, compared to the sacrifice made by america'ss. >> reporter: there is a statue honoring veterans with a scroll. but it was the end of world war i that eventually set veterans day on november 11th. and this friday -- >> the date is 11-11-11. and on the 11th hour of this year, we're going to have all of the church bells in baltimore city to ring. >> reporter: but first, veterans will march from the monument. >> going to travel south on charles street. and east on lexington street. and it's going to end up just off to the right here at the war memorial plaza. there's going to be quite a number of street closures on that route. so up until probably noon, will there be traffic interruptions. >> reporter: the event is open to all. and organizers hope as many as possible will show up in their old uniforms to stand and be recognized. including those from the most recent wars in iraq and afghanistan. to veterans from vietnam. to the war in korea, to world war ii. and for their duty, appreciation, and the rest of us. >> it's a real pleasur

it's just a shame. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the officer wasn't hurt. neither she nor the man who died have yet been identified by police. >>> a mysterious death in baltimore county is now being ruled a homicide. yulia pogrebenko, a russian woman living and visiting a relative, disappeared earlier this year. this summer, her remains were found in the chesapeake bay. police say she was murdered. detectives believe the homicide is demonstrate related. no charges have been filed. >>> a multi-vehicle crash in baltimore county shuts down the harrisburg expressway for hours. it happened just north of timonium on i-83 in the northbound lanes. eight people were hurt in the accident. details of the crash are still unclear at this hour. the road was closed for several hours while the crash was cleaned up. >>> a school bus carrying children is hit in southern maryland. monique griego is live in the newsroom with more on the three- vehicle crash. >> 20 people were hurt in the accident, and now a truck driver is being charged with driving under the influence. the sc

. >> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a navy kickoff to the 200th anniversary of the star-spangled banner. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> speeders in howard county better slow down if they're in a school zone because it could cost them i'm monique grioag -- --ego. >>> an update on breaking news. a southwest flight to baltimore, evacuated. new information comi,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is 6:30. 68 degrees with some rain. good evening. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. updating the breaking news we were first to tell you about this evening. a flight evacuated in a south florida airport. mary is in the newsroom with more on this. >> reporter: the southwest airlines flight was evacuated at palm beach international airport. flight attendants on board flight 793 discovered the suspicious powder. all 137 passengers were taken off the plane while a hazmat team investigates the powder. two crewmembers were exposed to the substance. and those crewmembers are still on the plane, and goi

. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a missing mummy comes home to maryland. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> take another live look outside. a dreary tuesday night. will the sun return in time for the weekend? bob has more on his updated forecast. ,,,, ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. >>> three corridors, driven by millions of people in maryland, are named some of the country's most unreliable. mike schuh reports, the new study further confirms how bad this region's traffic really is. >> reporter: your troop on the beltway is going just fine. but suddenly, there is a sea of red lights. >> i think this mirrors baltimore. >> reporter: 695 seems to be the wort. and this study seems to confirm that. >> this is not talking about predictable delays. rather, this is talking about the kind brings the beltway to a complete stop. >> it doesn't matter what time i come,

>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, science confirms what watermen have been finding. dead oysters in the upper bay. that story as eyewitness news continues. >>> $100 million worth of changes are coming to bwi thurgood marshall. all with hopes to make your life easier as you travel. i'm weijia jiang, with what to expect coming up next. >>> looking forward to the weekend. stick around for the updated first warning forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> next time you fly out of bwi thurgood marshall airport to see some changes in the works, the airport is going through a multimillion-dollar facelift. and they hope it makes your life easier when you travel. >> reporter: right now, crews are moving the entire operation of one airline as it merges with another one. >> reporter: the merger of southwest airlines and air tran is a done deal. >> it's nice to have more options alt a lower price. >> reporter: but now come the growing pains. air tran operations are moving to concourse d. >> roughly 15% of business. we've done everything from adding these concessions to clearing

alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> wow. what talent those young people have.nd's department of the environment has samed the recyclables into an art event. >> yeah. those are true works of art. they can go next door to the american visionary art museum. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. texting while driving a schoolbus. the punishment for this woman, after she was caught in the act. >>> victimized on craigslist. the brutal scan that ended in murder. and why police believe a teenager is responsible. >>> i'm bob turk. first warning weather center. a weekend warmup. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's today's report from wall street. [ male announcer ] it's a rule of nature. you don't decide when vegetables reach the peak of perfection. the vegetables do. at green giant, we pick vegetables only when they're perfect. then freeze them fast so they're are as nutritious as fresh. [ green giant ] ho ho ho. ♪ green giant fantastic! pro-gresso ] they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favo

plan -- alex demetrick reports, plans were unveiled today for a project that will stretch over two yearsf baltimore. >> reporter: u.s. sailors, manning the rail on this country's ships. and the majestic maps kicked off baltimore's 200th an -- anniversary, the war of 1812. >> this began as a maritime war. >> would americans defend this newfound independence? what does it mean to be american? would americans defend their own citizens? >> reporter: the war that stretched into 1814, will be celebrated with a bicentennial, stretching over the next two years, with a variety of historical reenactments. but they will be the largest ship gathering since the u.s. bicentennial in 2006. >> welcoming these tall ships and naval vessels from around the world is a continuation of our history in baltimore. >> reporter: because large gatherings in tall ships are spectacular, they bring in large crowds. >> reporter: we'll bring in hundreds of thousands of visitors to our state. >> reporter: and although they will have to stay somewhere, baltimore business is ready to accommodate. >> we need the revenue to

. >> i'm alex demetrick. coming up a massive search for a missing 75-year-old man. that story as eyewitness news continues. >> compared to last thanksgiving there's a big difference in gas ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 5:29. 59degrees and cloudy with drizzle. millions of americans are hitting the roads for their thanksgiving weekend. despite a change at the gas pump you should expect more traffic than last year. wjz is live in north baltimore, adam may is there and breaks down the troubled forecast. >> reporter: this year that holiday weekend travel is going to cost you more money. 38million americans will take a road trip this thanksgiving holiday weekend. >> we're heading to leesburg virginia. then we're heading over to cambridge. >> we're going to boston to visit family. >> driving? >> driving. >> reporter: while gas prices have dropped 11 11-cents last month, a gallon of gas was cheaper last thanksgiving. despite that punch to the wallet. aaa predict as 4% increase in turkey day traffic -- predicts a 4% increase in turkey day traffic. >> people are willing to make wha

alex demetrick report some water men are already calling it quits. >> reporter: every oyster season willysters, but this year. >> some of the bars were 100% dead. we didn't find a live oyster on it at all. >> reporter: they blame the massive run off from hurricane irene and tropical storm lee which brought debris and a flood of fresh water which kills oysters. >> we can't oyster through this. this has really hit us hard. >> the hurricane is gone from people's minds. but we're dealing with it every day. >> reporter: barry swisher is dealing with it by getting out. he will place his boat for sale. a boat that supported his family for 56 years. >> i don't have a choice. logistically i cannot work the fresh water because it's too far away. >> reporter: it will take years to recover. >> if you have a good spawn like once every five years in the upper bay you're doing pretty good. >> the worse part for me of this boat is not the money you make off of it. it's the opportunity to go out there and watch the sun come up and actually do the job. that's what's heartbreaking for me. that breaks my he

. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news remember. >> now, the mummy was found when an olding was demolished in detroit. police have not filed any charges. >> not really something you want to find. >> no. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the evening news. >>> police are investigating even more claims in the penn state sex abuse scandal. we spoke with assistant coach mike mcqueary today, who is a key witness in the investigation. that story is tonight on the cbs evening news. >>> and here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. and we'll be right back. ,,,,,, [ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see what a complete view of your money can do for you at pncvirtualwallet.com. ♪ pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> clouds, some drizzle. rain starts to move this way. bob is

. >> alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> and besides researchers from the national aquarium, scientistsrom johns hopkins and the university of maryland are also studying the oil spill's long-term effects. >>> time for a look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. what two maryland senators are calling on the state's energy regulation order. >>> baltimore and freeport now have a direct air link. >>> and the long long-time host of "it's academic" is retiring after fit years. and for more, go to the baltimore sun. >>> if you. toto do something nice this holiday season, there's no better way than buying a miracle tie. it is a partnership between the johns hopkins children's center and joseph a. bank. ron matz has more on this baltimore tradition. >> reporter: the miracle ties are on sale now, at joseph a. bank, designed by the kids who are patients at the johns hopkins center. >> there's really no other words to describe it, other than amazing. because everybody is so nice. it is just the best place ever. >> reporter: this snowman tie was inspired by something many take fo

. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: alvin wright faces charges of rape, kidnapping and assault. he's been ordered to be held without bond. >> wall street soars today, following a record black friday weekend. the dow was up, 291 points. investors are encouraged because 226 million americans went shopping over the long weekend, which is more than ever before. those strong holiday sales are also providing a big boost for businesses. wjz is live at mondawmin mall. mike hellgren shows us what this means for maryland. >> this is good news, after an anemic few years. you mentioned stocks, like underarmour, saw their stock rise today. and the move by big bucks retailers like target here to start early black friday, really paid off. >> the sound of success, retailers nationwide are counting their cash, with black friday sales up 6.6% to a record 11.4 billion dollars at a critical time. >> i'm very happy that the stores did so well. >> the stores and the lines are crazy off the hook. >> they ripped shoppers into a frenzy. their average spree totaled $400. >> and ma

alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> watermen are asking congress for some form of disaster relief. and they wanted the state to open up at least one oyster sanctuary to fishing. >> all right. >> well, we saw the pride of baltimore come in today. >> had shots earlier. >> beautiful, beautiful. >> let's take a look at temps. we're at 56. very dry. nice little breeze still. it will come down somewhat tonight. chilly night and sunny, dry weekend. forecast after this. ♪ [ female announcer ] pillsbury chocolate chip cookies with hershey's chocolate chips. for a moment of warm, gooey, togetherness. chocolate chip cookies... from pillsbury. [ female announcer ] having grands! biscis easy.the morning just pop 'em in... then go about your business... and in just 15 minutes, your family can enjoy warm fresh from the oven biscuits. neil, any luck finding a car? not yet. i want to buy used but how do you know what you're really getting. check out carmax. all their used cars are guaranteed. that's where henderson found the one for him. way to go, henderson. finding the perfect car is easy at car

alex demetrick has more on the crash that killed four people. >> mary, curt buttke -- excuse me.urt budkey and miranda slernom, their coach and assistant coach, went don in the crash. the pilot, former oklahoma state senator allen brand stetder and his wife paula also died. the ntsb has investigators on the way to determine the cause of the crash. in 2001, 10 men affiliated with osu's basketball team died in a plane crash in colorado. >> thank you so much. counselors are available on campus for students and the women's basketball games for tonight and tomorrow have been canceled. >>> back here, anne arundel county police are interviewing a man who may have been planning to abduct a child. a 14-year-old boy tells police he was at a bus stop this morning when he was approached by two men in a red ford pickup truck. now, they asked if he needed a ride. he said no. a short time later, they reported another man. so far, no charges have been filed. >>> occupy wall street protestors, on a two-week march to washington have made their way into maryland. a short time ago, they were in aber

. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the howard county program has been closing the achievement gap between students, nearly doubling proficiency in math, reading for students who struggle with those subjects. >>> it is a rainy, messy tuesday night as many drivers get an early start on their thanksgiving travel. take a live look outside, the roads are damp and we're hoping the conditions improve in time for our thanksgiving turkey for sure. bob turk has a look at what we can expect tomorrow and over the next few days. >> tomorrow, we'll still be deal, scattered showers, maybe even a thundershower before we see things begin to clear out late in the day. as you can see, the morning probably some rain and some drizzle and temperatures getting up into the low to even mid-60s, but sometime let's say between 10:00 and 1:00 or 2:00, there may be some thunder before it begins to clear late in the afternoon. a nice-looking thursday with sunshine, 53, sunny and 60 on friday. great shopping weather. 64 for saturday and sunday with a lot of sunshine. pretty amazing for the end o

. >> i'm alex demetrick. coming up. a big bicentennial for baltimore and the nation.at story as eyewitness news continues. >>> a popular alcoholic beverage is still in controversy once again. i'm monique griego. coming up, we'll have more on why the attorney general wants to make four loko two loko. >>> protests across the nation. the latest on what they hope to accomp,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is just before 6:30. 41 degrees and clear. thanks for staying with wjz. the fbi says he was obsessed with president obama and now the man accused of firing shots at the white house appears in court for the first time. danielle notingham reports for wjz, with more on the suspect and his bizarre behavior. >> reporter: 21-year-old oscar ramiro ortega-hernandez made his first court appearance thursday in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. he's charged with trying to assassinate the president or presidential staff. investigators say the idaho man drove to an area near the white house last friday and fired an ak-47-style weapon from his car. one bullet hit the exterior of the mansion. anothe

alex demetrick reports, the sim kins dam is being recycled to new life. >> water cannons are entering bay, scattering tons of recycled concrete overboard. building blocks for an artificial wreath. >> what we want to do is find these locations of bottom that are hard, flat bottom, that we can replace heavy material, safely without having it sink down on them or anything. >> reporter: that material was once simkins dam. with mills a thing of the past, the dam was removed by the american rivers organization to give fish a way upstream. a new wreath will give oysters a place to call home. >> reporter: the chesapeake bay foundation will use a specially- designed boat to scatter over a two-acre wreath, rising about a foot from the bottom. >> if they are sitting on the bottom, they have a tendency to get covered up with silt, sediment, that sort of thing. >> reporter: this was once highly productive oystering grounds. >> these are historically good waters for oysters. we still have pretty good water quality in this area. >> reporter: but no oysters. disease and centuries of fishing saw to th

alex demetrick has more. >> two students found a bottle of the storage unit, opened it up and the fumes were so strong, they dropped it. sky eye chopper 13 was over the baltimore freedom academy on east lombard street. all students and faculty were evacuated from the three-story building. the city department says the bottle contained formaldehyde. both students were hospitalized as a precaution. and doctors checked out their eyes. the charter school with 600 students, grades 6 through 12, was evacuated for a moment. >>> fire spill. all coming up new at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> tolls are going up in maryland transportation facilities statewide. derek valcourt is at the fort mchenry tunnel to crunch the numbers. >> this is one of two toll increases over the next few years, affecting state highways, bridges and tunnels. >> reporter: in the first phase of toll hikes starting today, the fort mchenry, and harbor tunnel and key bridge goes up from $2 to $3. the commuter ez pass discount goes up as well. jumps from $2.50 to $4 cash at the other bridge, and ez pass stays the same until july 19th. and

. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, moving a dam from a river and into the bay. as eyewitness news continues. >>> check in for more on these stories. and we'll have other news, of course. coming up at 6:00. now, back to kai and mary. >>> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. the freshman 15. is it real or a myth? >> the surprising results of a new study on college weight gain. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it is blanet earth like you've never seen before. these are images captured by the crew by the international space station. you can't tell from the video, but the iss is traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. >>> in wjz healthwatch. freshman 15, fact or fiction? a new study says college students might not have to worry about the weight gain. 25% of those studied lost weight when they go to college. and others seemed to gain only 3. >>> overdosing on prescription painkillers. there's cause for concern. especially among men nearly 15,000 people died from overdoses in 2008. the cdv is recommending changes based on the way they died. >>> i'm mike hellgren. i'll t

. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the officer was not injured. neither she nor the man who died have been identified by police. >>> baltimore county police say the son of a russian woman is a suspect in her mysterious death. yulia pogrebenko disappeared while driving from the airport to maryland in february. her remains were discovered four months later in the chesapeake bay. police say her son has not been charged. he's in prison for a delaware bank robbery. >>> new allegations of child sex abuse have surfaced against jerry sandusky. vic is in the newsroom with more on the unique nature of this investigation. >> these are the first known cases in which the accusers are still minors. they are in the initial stages of their investigation. the two new cases were reported less than 60 days and are not included in the grand jury report. a lawyer for the former coach says one of the allegations was made by a member of sandusky's family. sandusky is charged with 40 counts of sex crimes against boys. he's currently out on bail and faces a preliminary he