. >>> yeardley love, dominique frazier, christopher cummings, support off to college, their familieser to see them again. denise koch investigates. how can we,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> it's 6:30. clear and 59 degrees. good evening, everyone. and thanks for staying with wjz. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. fighting back against sexual harassment allegations. just a short time ago, republican presidential candidate herman cain held a news conference, strongly denying that he harassed anyone. >> reporter: republican presidential candidate herman cain is going on the offensive. >> the charges and the accusations are absolutely reject they simply didn't happen. >> reporter: he's fighting back against allegations from sharon biyalic. the chicago woman accuses him of making an unwanted sexual advance towards her in 1997. >> i wanted to be the voice and face for those women who couldn't or wouldn't come forward. >> reporter: tuesday, cain's campaign put out a release titled, who's cam campaign is cain running? >> now, they have brought a troubled woman to make fals

. >> christopher cummings gunned down while sleeping. >> he was literally executed. >> reporter: dominick frazer stabbed to death in her dorm. yardly love, the lacrosse star bluing unked to -- have been murdered at or near a college campus. elijah cummings a powerful voice in washington says he can't get over the death of his nephew. >> a young person who is trying to do the right thing, working hard, getting good grades and happy and the next thing you know they are dead. >> christopher cummings had everything to live for, studying criminal science. he was living in a house in norfolk with two fraternity brothers. >> and you think this person used their foot to kick in the door, went straight up and found your nephew and executed him. >> there were three of them, they kill him and the roommate opens the door, so they then shot the roommate 4 times. 4 times. when i went to visit that house for the first time and saw blood splattered all over the walls down the carpet and to know the same blood runs in my hand. it was tough. >> 40% at violent crimes at college involves students hurting oth

what the family of christopher cummings is doing in hotches finding the person responsible in and a mother never loft faith her son would come home -- lost faith her son would come home and she anxiously awaits her son's return from libya. that is straight ahead on this friday, november 4th. good morning i am charley croweson a live look into done town baltimore. this could be and i think juanita crct me, this is -- correct me, this is where the occupy baltimore protest is where is this. >> maryland science center. it's dark this morning and i got a sheen over the monitor so i can't make that out. nonetheless, it's going to be a beautiful day and start to the friday. hope you are off to a good one. let's check the forecast now my apologies for that i couldn't see. >> a sheen on the screen. and it was not charlie sheen so we are good. >> or martin. >> hey shall good morning. we have got ourselves temperatures of 48 degrees in baltimore. and york, uniformed numbers come when we have cloud cover. that's the case this morning where we are mild. 45 in dover and easton and further south is where

christopher cummings was gunned down in his apartment near old dominion university almost five month police say they are not any closer to making an arrest. cummings's roommate was shot but survived. >>> shootout with police leaves two people dead at nightclub including an off-duty officer. the major police failures found in the friendly fire shooting. >> reporter: city watch camera video wjz obtained shows officer william torbit's final moments responding in plain clothes after a fight turned out of control outside a downtown club. a new inpent review reveals the police -- independent review reveals the police responsibility was out of controlled. uniformed officers didn't realize torbit was one of their own and he fired his weapon into the crowd attacking them and they began to fire and when it was over, officer torbit was dead. his devastated family is struggling to understand why police were unable even to determine whose bullet killed him? >> it appears they are trying to put this incident under the rug, but we are going to continue to fight for truth and justice. >> reporter: t

. >>> the case is still open in the case of christopher cummings. they have upped the reward to 10,000 doars. he was found shot in his off campus apartment in june. >>> trouble in one school yesterday that left one student in the hospital. it happened in the baltimore school a student was foundstabbed in the stomach. the victim was 10th greater and taken to sinai hospital and is in stable condition this morning. city police have a 14-year-old student in custody. >>> another school event is causing a stir in perry hallinvolving around a dance called the bernie a soccer team did the dance after winning a game and it turned out to be the last. education reporter sherrie johnson is in perry hall to explain. >> reporter: well, the varsity soccer team was supposed to be gearing up for the regional semifinals and that's not going to happen and students are not happy about it. it stems from a dance called the bernie. look here. you've seen ravens player terrell summit ggs do it on the field and they decided to do it after they beat due leany. the principal

being offered to find out who killed the nephew of congressman elijah cummings. 20-year-old christopher cummings was found shot to death in june near old dominion university. police still have not named any suspects. cummings' family says they will pay $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. >>> protestors start fires in the streets of oakland, california, leading to more violent clashes with police. sandra hughes reports for wjz, with incredible video. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: police used flash- bang grenades and tear gas to clear up the crowds of protestors in oakland. hundreds of officers in riot gear moved in overnight, when demonstrators set fire to dumpsters. protestors threw bottles at police and they tried to stop anyone from putting out the fires. police eventually cleared the square and firefighters doused the flames. earlier wednesday, thousands of "occupy oakland" demonstrators marched through downtown and shut down one of the nation's nation's busiest shipping ports. >> we're going after the 1%. we mean business. we're militant. and everybody is fed up. >> reporter: but it wa

offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of his nephew christopher cummings. the 24-year-old student was found dead near his old dominion university apartment in norfolk, virginia in june. anyone with information is urged to call 1-888-lock-u up. >>> defense attorneys trying to convince the jury that conrad murray is responsible for michael jackson's death. >> reporter: the prosecution accuses dr. conrad murray of breaking a sacred trust with michael jackson. >> he broke that relationship. and for that, michael jackson paid with his life. >> reporter: during closing arguments, prosecutor david wal gren said the evidence against dr. murray is overwhelming. he called the cardiologist criminally negligent for causing jackson's death with the overdose of the powerful anesthetic, propofol. >> for michael jackson's children, this case will go on forever because they do not have a father because of the actions of dr. conrad murray. >> reporter: the defense says nothing murray did or did not do was criminal and that it was jackson himself, who self-administered the l

. >>> a reward is being offered for information leading to the killer who killed christopher cummings. police still don't have any suspects, but cummings' family will pay $10,000 for information leading to an arrest. >>> powerful maryland state senator ulysses currie. he is accused of using his influence to benefit a grocery store chain. derek valcourt has more on the closing argument in this case. >> reporter: no verdict tonight. in a moment -- moments ago, the jury was sent home after just two hours of deliberations. this comes after they heard lengthy arguments, with the prosecution and defense painting two very different relationships between senator senator currie and grocery chain, shoppers food warehouse. >> reporter: it is the day senator ulysses currie has been waiting for three years, ever since fbi agents raided his home and the office of shoppers food warehouse. >> they went through the house, room by room, grabbing boxes. >> reporter: the evidence seized, prosecutors say, proves the former chair of the powerful budget and taxation committee took more than a quarter millio