. >>> go hello, i'm don scott. and i'm jessica kartalija. >> and people are talking about the first of the miners emerging. >> >> reporter: he emerged minutes ago and the rescue operation is in the 13th hour. so far, the mission hasn't run into any big problems. the celebrations are underway. [ cheers and applause ] . >> reporter: one by one, they're getting a hero's welcome, 69 days in the making. this 34-year-old was the 12th man out. he hugged his girlfriend before going for a check up. so far, all of the miners are -- this one has a history of lung disease, he dropped to his knees in prayer when he made it to the surface. this was the first miner to arrive. the capsule was 22 inches wide and the trip up, 15 minutes. and the men are pulled to safety faster than expected, quickly and 39 minutes apart. this is the second miner and he passed out souvenir rocks and whipped the crowd into a frenzy. >> reporter: people are cheering for the men. and they estimated 1 million viewers tuned in last night. >> and this is a

. >> hello, i'm don scott. and i'm jessica kartalija. nearby here's what people are talking about today. over one week until election day. and early voting is well underway here in maryland. thousands are deciding contention issues and there are new polls giving glimpses into key races. >> reporter: the official election day is over a week away and now, already, voters are heading to the polls. >> it's nice to come out here and not have to worry about your schedule. >> reporter: a poll out this morning shows in anne arundel county, voters are evenly split on whether or not to build the casino next to the mall. and according to the poll, 47% want it and 45% don't and 8% are undecided and with the 5% margin of error, the race is a statistical dead heat. >> i happen to believe if question a failed, it's highly unlikely slots will be in anne arundel county. >> reporter: the race for governor has widened. >> and there are many examples of polls saying that one candidate's up and a week later, they don't succeed. >> governor ehrlich refused to

. >> don scott. >> we have breaking news to tell you about a fire inside a popular baltimore restaurant. the small fire broke out a few minutes ago inside pazo in harbor east. in the 1400 block of alice anna street. no one is injured. no word on the extent of the damage. we'll bring you new asks as soon tas -- information has soon as it becomes available. >>> we have news from new york. the man who tried to detonate a bomb has been sentenced. >> reporter: the man who tried to set off a bomb in times square will spend the res of -- rest of his time in prison. faisal shahzad. prosecutors said he should be put away for life. the tape shows what it would have looked like. shahzad said he hoped this would kill at least 40 people and planned to set off another one two weeks later. faisal shahzad also told investigators the pakistani taliban gave him $15,000 and explosives training. this video show as calm 30-year- old shahzad in jihad training. >> we have decided we will arrange an attack. >> reporter: shahzad was arrested two days after his bomb fizzled. he cooperated to authorities but neve

. >> and i'm don scott. it was a case that grabbed the head lines, a baltimore county man charged with killing his wife four years ago. wjz is live in towson. mike hellgren has the latest on the highly emotional trial. >> reporter: good afternoon, jessica and everyone. and several witnesses testified this morning as the prosecution builds the case. one of the most significant is a police officer on the stand right now, he wrote the initial missing person's report and he said he was told that the man and his wife were going through a divorce and he provided a contact number and address of another man she was seeing. he's on trial for murdering his wife, tracey, the case is unusual, her body hasn't been found, one of few such cases tried in maryland." >> the defense is that the state can't prove beyond a reasonable doubt there was a murder and much less that my client was guilty. >> reporter: tracey disappeared five years ago, she was heading to a motley crue concert in washington, d.c. and never made it. the

>> hello, i'm don scott. and i'm jessica kartalija. nearby here's what people are talking about today. there's five days around still, no verdict in the ken harris murder trial. this is a day after they were told they couldn't reach the decision on the charges. derek valcourt has more on the problems the panel is now facing. >> reporter: hi, jessica, the jurors have been back at it. they've started around the 9:00 hour. the deliberation was set for day five. they were having disagreement and not able to reach a unanimous consensus. the judge asked them to keep on working. jurors said they're not able to reach a unanimous decision on the two most important charges in the case. felony murder and conspiracy to commit murder. the judge urged them to keep on deliberating. the three are accused of murdering ken harris in 2008. he was visiting the haven long and he walked in on a robbery and he tried to get away and he was shot in the back. dna evidence implements the suspects spotted in surveillance video and the suspense tried to punch whol

. >> he low, i'm don scott. >> and i'm jessica kartalija. this is the amendment that's befitting the fallen marine's father versus the church group's right to free speech. wjz is live outside of the courthouse in washington, d.c.. mary bubala has been following the case and sat in on oral arguments before the justices a short time ago. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and everyone at home. it was a huge cloud outside the u.s. supreme court today. we had protestors from the church where the signs are . we had protestors outside of the supreme court who were on the side of snider and his family, he's the father of the maryland marine who's funeral was protested. i sat inside the courtroom and listened to the justice's side. they had specific questions about the first amendment rights and by public speech and whether or not a private individual has protection from hateful speech. >> this morning, the first amendment rights go before the superior court. it's a case that started with the marine from westminster killed in iraq. ♪ god hates america

. >>> hello, i'm don scott >> >> and i'm jessica kartalija. the general election is less than a month away and tonight, you can see the gubernatorial debate here on wjz. pat warren is live with more. >> reporter: that's right, you name it, they covered it. they had heated exchanges on jobs and public education. >> direct from television hill -- >> reporter: the rematch, opened new wounds around drew new blood. they had a heated exchange this morning during ehrlich's term alley was governor. >> i'm tired of people putting down children of color, we're moving forward as people as one. >> when you have the schools not graduating 45% of those kids, those kids of color are denied those rights and that's unacceptable in 2010 or whatever. >>> come to me to patterson park. >> why don't you mention the places where kids are taking progress. you talk in coded language about the kids that aren't exceeding. >> i'll always talk about the kids that are being denied their rights. >> you never talk about the things doing well. >> when the kids are denied righ

. >> hello, i'm don scott. >> and i'm jessica kartalija. and here's what people talk about today. helen holton is coming a deal. in extension to the city hall corruption probe. >> good afternoon, don, a plea agreement with the campaign charges irregularity in exchange, she'll pay a fine and placed on probation. >> reporter: helen holton came to court knowing her lawyers and prosecutors reached a deal, dropping one charge against the financing dropping the second count. meaning, she doesn't dispute the facts, but didn't plea guilty. she'll have to pay a $2500 fine. >> today ends the case and i'll continue to serve the community to the best of my want to help make baltimore city, a safer, healthier city. >> reporter: she was accused of asking for money from developers. the state prosecutor's office agreed to the deal. they're pushing for a more serious bribery charge. >> you know, we take the case that really needs to be resolved is the bribery case and that's in front of the court of appeals. if they don't overturn this, that could be the end of her legal problems. >> i thank god fo

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i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. this is just the beginning of what is expected to be a wet and windy day. let's start with tim. >> we're in the fist -- 50s. winds have not been a factor. we've been looking at this storm system. it didn't start until late morning. we're seeing more rain, probably an inch or so before it's all said and done. marty will talk more about that. as we open it up and change the view, want to give you an idea how farther system extends. it's going from new york into the carolinas. you see heavy showers it. 's going to bring a heavy bit of rain. wind also pick up. it will start moving out by late tonight. for more on how it impacts the day, we send it over to marty bass. >> we're talking about a nor'easter. it's going to make a turn over ocean city. ocean city will get about the first 1% of the storm. the big problem will be on long island sound and new england. it will send it into our neighborhoods. i want to talk about wind. high pressure is trying to rush in behind that low. that ease whe

hello i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. city schoolteachers turned out in record numbers to vote on new contracts that would change the way they are paid and they rejected it. wjz is live at police headquarters. the contract would have paid teachers differently in response to student performance. good afternoon gigi barnett. >> reporter: the baltimore teachers union negotiated with leaders for 8 months on the proposed contract. now it's back to negotiating table. after two day vote, schoolteachers say no to a change this the contract and the way principals will calculate their paychecks. thousands of the districts 6500 teachers voted. >> i'm voting against it because i feel as though i did not receive enough information. about the new contract. >> it's a great way to show respect for teachers. we know they are under appreciated and underpaid. it's a smart way to do it. >> reporter: the contract would do away with the teachers pay raises by tenure and masters degrees and the new would be based on achievement. the better stud

. >>> good morning maryland now don scott, marty bass and the latest breaking news, the first warningng traffic control. it is wjz maryland's news station. >> in 25 seconds it will be 5:00 on this wednesday morning. it is once again a damp day start that we are dealing with. sharon will have the latest on traffic. marty is over at first warning weather. >> let's check it out. i want you to look at

. >>> good morning maryland, now don scott, marty bass and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team. first warning weather and wjz traffic control with . >> it is 6:00. as you look at the john hopkins hospital dome. there's on again off again rain falling on this rush. sharon is watching the wet roads and marty is at first warning weather. >> let look at the day part as we showed you going into the last commercial break. showers around, steady rain not part of the equation. it will be a day where we see the change begin. beautiful week enconditions. 53, 60, 61. morning, midday and evening. but it thus be more like 64 degrees though. as we move through the day, the chance of showers decrease. as a matter of fact it may not be raining on us. it will be certainly on the commute in. >>> thank you. has the wet pavement caused any problems? here is sharon. >> so far it has not but i am sure that we are just standing by waiting for problems. meantime we can show you that everything is at full speed outside on the major roadways, 53 miles per hour, the slowest spot between 83 to 95. we can

she is in damage control mode these days, but you're absolutely right, don, scott brown, the senatorssachusetts, once posed nude in "cosmopolitan" he certainly had to ask questions about that. surely over time she'll take those questions on. we tried our best to ask, and she really went back to some talking points about how she wanted to look to the future. she did say she regrets having said those things, she's not proud of them and she's matured as a woman. she's not the same person she was in her 20s. she's a 40-year-old woman, she said, running for office. she said that's a big difference there. quite honestly, don, during the course of the interview, i wanted to get on to some of the other issues like health care, the economy, so forth, and i want to say she was pretty straightforward. she took them all on. >> great interview. that was just two minutes of it. i'm sure you have more, right? >> that's right. absolutely. you know, one of the things we didn't get to show you in any of those clips that we've been running, i asked her, since we're talking about bill maher, whether she

don bell with your espn news update. we start with day one of the major league postseason. reds and phillies. and roy halladay was dealing for philadelphia. top of the seventh inning, he gets scottolen to strike out. top of the eighth inning, same score. down goes johnny gomes. two batters later, drew stubbs. like window-shopping at the mall. just looking. eight punchouts in eight innings for halladay. bottom of the ninth. still in the game, facing ramon hernandez. hernandez pops out to chase utley. halladay, two outs away from history. next batter, it's miguel cairo. pops out to wilson valdez in foul territory. halladay, one out away. next batter, it's brandon phillips, taps in front of the mound. carlos ruiz, over to first. halladay, first postseason no-hitter since don larsen did it in 1956. the phillies win 4-0. >>> yankees and twins from minnesota's target field. tied at 4-4. in the top of the seventh inning. get up and get gone. mark teixeira, a two-run home run, giving the yankees the lead. bottom of the eighth inning. mariano rivera, trying to get out of a jam. and he gets it done. the yankees win, 6-4. >>> also, the rangers taking on the rays. and texas, with a huge win

but, jimmy suspects that don kelly would connect on the pitch that blasted out the park for the lead until ending. adam jones tackling the pitch and markakis scores and scotts and felix pa scores and jones had a double. en right now, in the 8th inning, orioles 9 and tigers 5. the orioles will play a double header tonight and starting on the mound and 10-14. guthrie and they'll face detroit's ritchie and he's 10- 11. there the ravens news now, michael roar and -- michael oher and stacey are charged for overthrowing a punt and having an unnecessary roughness call. and as the raven's took the field, more on their minds are -- [ indiscernible ] the third string quarter back had three td's. well, it's different going against a back up. going against the best in the league. you can't look at him as the same as you would as a guy out of college. >> and that's about 1 1/2 and that's odd to me. i would say, this is anyone's game. and with that, this is the most competitive rival there is. live, here at 1:00 on sunday. >>> and stay with us, once the game ends, highlights and reactions from the team. and a special day of raven's coverage, here on wjz-13. tomorrow, co

don. this first story happened in vegas but it didn't stay in vegas. scott tea party candidate in the nevada senate race, secretly tape recorded a conversation he had with sarah engel who is the senate leader there. she says she is worried she might not run if this other fellow scott ashton stays in the race and she basically said, look, if you exit, i can get you meetings with some heavy hirtsz in washington, d.c. that's potentially embarrassing for an outsider like engel who is not playing politics as usual. some say she is a leader willing to shake things up, but no comment about those embarrassing remarks. expect to hear more about this tape in the coming days. >>> in wisconsin, moving further to the east, bad news for some democrats. russ feingold, the liberal in the senate, he's been there 18 years. new polls show he is trailing republican opponent ron johnson by 7 points. very bad news for the democrats and the republican has a 23-point lead among independents. that will be hard to make up for the democrats. this is one of those races national republi

scott. >> 67 degrees going to be the morning, midday and evening numbers. just delightful weather coming our way. 72 degrees going to be the forecast high. don, take it away. >>> here's sharon in traffic control. >> reporter: good morning. we picked up our first accident of the morning. it doesn't appear to be anything too serious. it is on st. marys road at wheeler school road. otherwise we still have that water main break working in the halfty grace area. route 7 remains closed between legion drive and geneta. everything still at full speed. the west side is starting to look a little bit busy, taking a live look outside at liberty ride. starting to see more volume there on the right. that's the outer loop of the beltway. there's a look at 70 west of the beltway and 95 just north of lake marsh boulevard. remember wjz13 is always on. >>> here's what people will be talking about this morning. the so-called sweetheart murder plot. a 16-year-old and her boy friend are facing attempted murder charges accused of trying to kill her parents. police say it all happened in her -- [indiscernible] in northwest dorchester county. arrests were made earli

don: scott reynolds, you're under arrest for the murder of dr. jonas hoke. get your hands up. ( handcuffs snap ) you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. bring him down. agent: all right, sir. go ahead. what do you want? i'm trying to figure out how you could kill a man, how you could kill a fellow scientist, to steal his work. is that why you think i killed dr. hoke? for the money? you weren't jealous of his accomplishments. his accomplishments... is that what you call them? i grew up in west oakland. anyone i grew up with who isn't dead or in prison is flipping burgers or driving a truck. and it's not too difficult to guess what dr. hoke's formula would have said about putting a computer lab in my high school. that computer lab saved my life, and next year, it's gonna save somebody else's. and killing dr. hoke accomplishes that? you think it stops there? in the last century, the nazis used the theory of eugenics to stop the poor from reproducing. eventually, they justified just killing the si