. >>> the coverage continues with meteorologist bernadette woods. >> it is a big storm. large storm in many different parts. the worst of this has already peaked. flooding rains and really strong thunderstorm. look at the temperatures, just really cold air coming in behind it, obviously on the warm side of everything. we'll have our forecast coming up. >>> terrifying sight on a busy new jersey highway as a small out of control plunges into traffic. take a look, a plane spirals out of control and exploded. all five people on board were killed. no one on the ground was injured. the victim's have just identified as two new york city investment bankers. air traffic controllers say the pilot made a 7 second call about icing just before the crash. it's unclear. >>> services now back up and running on metro blue and orange lines in washington d.c. following an incident on the tracks. it was something that fell off one train off the tracks. several trains had to be stopped and passengers had to get off and use a bus bridge to get their their destination. >>> a war of words in wa

meteorologist bernadette woods is live with a look at our forecast. >> >> we have a gorgeous evening out there. a lot of people still out enjoying the festivities. we have more to come this upcoming weekend. before we get to that. nothing on in our area the next storm is really not that far away. it's moving pretty quickly. what we expect. clouds will come in tonight and as we head into the day, tomorrow, the rain will pick up. it will become heavy at times as we head through the afternoon. this is a quick mover and it changes our weather pattern. we'll have that coming up. >> >> ravens score big against the browns, making the division title that much closer. joining us with reaction from the fans and the team, here's sam. >> reporter: ravens control their own fate when it comes to the playoffs, all they have to do is win, they are guaranteed a number two seed, a buy and playoffs. . >> ravens started out strong against the browns, webb, picking off seneca wallace. quickly marched down the field. following the field goal, it looked like the ravens would blow the browns out, but hit ru

bernadette woods, thank you. >> still to come on eyewitness news. the countdown is on for 2012. is a fireworks show bigger than you have ever seen before. what you can expect down here at the harbor ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> here is what people are talking about, from baltimore city, the mayor's office terminates the contract for the baltimore grand prix. more on that decision and the impact it will have. >> if this will continue, it will have to be approved by the mayor's office and also indy car and

let's go straight to bernadette woods tracking the first warning live doppler radar. bernadette?t a pretty day out there. we'll show you the heavy rain moving through. not just rain in some cases. in the southern line it formed into thunderstorms. so we'll take you on a tour and show you in the city the heaviest of the rain is moving toward eastern baltimore. and heading up 95 toward bel air and cecil county. severna park, heavy rain and annapolis,

bernadette woods will have the answer with her updated forecast. stay with us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> an american soldier survives a tour of duty in afghanistan only to be shot and paralyzed at his welcome home party in california. tonight the accused gunman is behind bars. and the 22-year-old soldier is on life support. >> i put it on his dog tags, because he bought this for me. it's a mother holding her baby. >> reporter: susan sullivan wears her son's military tags. 22-year-old christopher sullivan, a veteran of the war in afghanistan, is paralyzed from the neck down after being shot at a party this weekend. his mother can't even hold him now for fear of causing greater injury. >> we are planning on doing so many things. and now we're not ever going to do them. >> i close my eyes and i can't get to sleep. even when i go to sleep, i dream about it. >> reporter: the man police accused of the shooting turned himself in. his attorney told the press enterprise it was geraldo being attacked by a group of people at party and he fired the gun in self-de

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with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist bernadette woods, it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a chaotic scene inside the mall of america as a huge fight breaks out between teenagers. take a look at this video. police responded after getting reports of people fighting and throwing chairs. witnesses say as many as 50 people were involved, police arrested nine juveniles and adults but is still union clear what started the fight. >>> a big change is underway for sears. officials say the company is shutting down more than sears and k-mart stores in the country. the move comes after it posted poor sales numbers during the holidays. sears has more than 4000 stores in the u.s. and canada. >>> they spoke out after a cyber attack. now several people say they have been hit again. they believe they were targeted a second time as punishment for talking. they all had their information stored with a think tank group. experts say this is no ordinary hacking. >> it is interesting because it contains people that work for security teams

. >>> and i'm bernadette woods in for bob turk in the first warning weather center. we are putting together the forecast that takes us through the weekend and we'll have that when we return. >>> wjz is always on. here are the top stories at wjz.com at this hour. for the updated foreca,,,,,,,,,, woman: we had been called up for the first time. wildfires were getting close to homes. at that moment, i got my first taste of just how important the guard is. announcer: be there for your community, at nationalguard.com. >>> a tragic end to the search for a missing girl in indiana, police say the man who killed 9- year-old ali anna lemon was a friend. he confessed to beating the girl to death with a brick and dismembering her body. he was baby-sitting her last week but she was never returned home. he's being held without bail tonight. >>> authorities have determined what caused a deadly christmas day fire in connecticut. investigators say fireplace embers left near the home are to blame for starting the blaze. advertising executive madonna badger escaped the flames. but her

meteorologist, bernadette woods is in the weather center. >> we are looking at some rain passing off north of us. it's really the beginning of a storm that's going to pass through the next 24 hours. temperature wise, we were in the 50s this afternoon. look at all of those temperatures, way above average for this time of year. of course, this is december and we do have changes. >>> with a loss by the pittsburgh steelers, the ravens are back in control of their own playoff destiny. >> reporter: i was out at owens mills with the team. the ravens went from bombed out to suddenly excited and having a home playoff game back in their grasp after the steelers lost last night. the mood in owens mills was noticeably upbeat for tuesday's light practice and it wasn't for anything the ravens did themselves, it was the money night game in san francisco, injured steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger hobbled and hurt and unable to move ahead of the ravens, pittsburgh lost 20-3. >> i stayed up and watched the whole game. you have no choice but to root for the 49ers. i actually said to myself, i was

. >>> i'm meteorologist bernadette woods in for bob turk tonight. it's going to be a dry weekend but there is some rain on the way. we'll have the eyewitness forecast when eyewitness news returns. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 31 degrees and cloudy in central maryland right now. crime doesn't play especially when you're up against a carolina clerk with a one-two punch. clerk derrick motherhead gave him a punch to go with it. his head started bleeding. derrick called police and while waiting he tossed paper towels and made him clean his own blood. >>> protesters have a hard time keeping the peace in tennessee. these women started fighting right in the middle of a christmas celebration at occupy nashville. the woman in the right is reportedly pregnant. it's still not clear why they started fighting in the first place. >>> police in texas are looking for a motive after a man dressed as santa claus goes on a shooting rampage. the family of six started opening gifts, that's when a relative dressed as santa claus went in the apartment and starting firing. p

. >> i meteorologist bernadette woods. the rain is leading to the winds are on the increase. your complete morning forecast coming up with an eyewitness news returns. >> complete coverage continues with timmy's call, and it harder, kai jackson, and first morning whether with bob turk and sports with mark vi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and. >> it is 45 degrees and mostly cloudy right now. the complete weather forecast coming up. >> slick roads make for a tough commute in southern missouri. at least half a dozen accidents reported during rush hour today. one driver even flipped his truck as emergency crews work to get him out. another truck slammed into the entrance at a nearby fire truck area no word yet on the conditions of anyone involved in today's accident. >>> policemen to website to four murders in detroit. investigators say three of the four victims advertise themselves as escort on the site that page.com. leslie police found two women dead inside the trunk of a car. they turned up two more on christmas day inside the trunk of a burning car. police fear the killer may be using th

continues with denise coke, vick carter, and first warning weather is bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we want to update the breaking news we told you about. a police involved shooting. sky chopper 13 is over the scene. during the drug search inside a home, a baltimore county police officer's gun accidentally went off, striking a city police officer in the shoulder. the city officer is being treated with nonlife threatening wounds. wjz has a crew on the scene and we'll have more at 5:00. >>> shocking allegations against a former red sox manager could land him in hot water. >> reporter: two more men have accused a red sox manager of sexually abusing them. a boston attorney is seeking a settlement for the two men. they were attendants in 1951 when donald fitzpatrick allegedly molested them. >>> in 2003, the team settled a lawsuit with seven men who said he molested them. >> reporter: this is the video that was captured from the dashboard of the officer's patrol car as he followed tony danuncio on october 21st. he witnessed him making illegal lane changes before he decided

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