how the movies can help him. >> reporter: i am gigi barnett.etails are ahead in tonight's school watch report. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. ♪ storyteller: hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle the cow jumped over the moon. then quickly fell back to earth, landing on the roof of a dutch colonial. luckily, geico recently helped the residents with homeowners insurance. they were able to get the roof repaired like new. they later sold the cow, because they had all become lactose intolerant. call geico and see how much you could save on homeowners insurance. cooked numbers, false attacks. the truth? frank kratovil is ranke

i'm gigi barnett. good morning, tim. >>> good morning, ms. gigi barnett. i'm tim williams. temperatures very comfortable, starting in the 50s. we had a bit of cloud cover, gave us a bit of insulation, like having a blanket over the state. because of that, temperatures are nice and moderate this morning. you will see sun peak through the clouds, but it is a very calm day start and comfortable around the region. temperatures raging from 59 on the shore to 46 out in cumberland. everyone around central maryland seeing temperatures around 50 degrees. in westminster 51, 52 in bel air, 56 on kent island, 58 in annapolis. your forecast today, starting in the 50s, we'll get to 56 very soon. our daytime high in the low to mid-70s. we could see 75 degrees in parts of the region. back to the 50s tonight. we'll have your complete forecast in a moment. >>> first here's what people are talking about this morning. the latest poll gives governor alley his largest lead yet in the race for governor. former governor bob ehrlich's campaign is disputing those numbers. this comes as voters statew

check in with gigi barnett starting at 6:00 a.m. for the updated first warn ,,,,, >>> well, there weren't any injuries. >> it's football, there's always injuries. most players would say nobody is at 100%. but just a few concerns, defensive tackle nada hobbled with a knee injury and josh wilson has a thigh injury. but nada said on wjz radio today he is going to play on sunday. the team flies out tomorrow. it's clear they're incensety focused midst the talk that they are expected to beat the patriots. a cool breeze was flying today. and comments from the coach, let's say they were chilly to say the least. >> everybody in the world says that. nice talking to you guys. >> it's a business trip coming up. the ravens clearly mean business. they will kick it off sunday at one and after the game, join me, marty, jessica for a special postgame show with reaction from foxboro. that's all coming up on sunday. >>> high school football, do we have it? friday night lights, perry hall taking on franklin, close game in the fourth quarter. perry hall

i'm gigi barnett in north baltimore. details are coming up in tonight's health watch report. >>> turn off the heat. warmer weather coming back. how long will it stick around? your forecast is next. ,,,, ,,,, i need a home performance with energy star audit. this sensor will show why my living room gets too hot and too cold! get up to $2,450 dollars in rebates and keep saving with home performance with energy star. get started at bgesmartenergy.com. @ two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first. >>> a plan to put a wal-mart and a lowe's in the center of baltimore gets closer to

i'm gigi barnett . today's deadly fire fueled a heated debate. firefighters union says it could not quickly respond to the fire because a nearby fire company was closed to save money. but the fire department said its response time was well within guidelines. wjz is live at the scene at the fire in southwest baltimore. mike has new information on the investigation tonight. hi, mike. >> reporter: hi, gigi. first the firefighters injuries were minor. just some burns to his ears. four people escaped this home. but james wise did not. wjz has learned tonight that the fire company close to him, number 47 was opened but the one that was second closest number 23 was closed. that is generating outrage. family friends surround the shell of james wises home angry that the fire company a mile away was unstaffed as his house went up in flames. >> this is unacceptable. this is unacceptable when they are two minutes away. >> i don't think there should have been a time it should have been closed or not. we have lives they need to protect. >> reporter: department

today gigi barnett tells us what it would take to practice for the real thing. >> reporter: it happenedat the university of texas, a shooter on campus. >> a shooting in progress. >> reporter: but if it happens in montgomery county, police there want to be ready. >> in 1988 columbine occurred and officials saw a need for the simulations. >> reporter: the montgomery county police teamed up with several other emergency agencies to at test their skills and protect students. >> today's exercises they are looking in three different buildings, they're looking for three different shooters and they are being told that there are individuals who are injured and others who are fatality injured. >> reporter: the bullets are designed to protect. it's all make believe, even though the simulation calls for some real life scenes. >> the design to test the skills and training but also not be impossible. trying to keep it realistic. >> reporter: in montgomery county, i'm gigi barnett. >> reporter: the sheriff's office also participated in today's simulation. >>> some good news here, your wallet could fina

she heard gigi was in town.hat's right. >> and i kept her waiting. >> still to come on eyewitness news saturday morning: >> reporter: good morning i'm kelly mcpherson a hit and run driver turns herself in. coming up we'll tell you what the police report said about how officers found this intoxicated driver just after they say she killed a 24-year-old girl. >>> the case between the father of a fallen maryland marine and the westboro baptist church is in the hands of the supreme court for the first time in history you will hear arguments from inside the court's chambers. >>> and pet therapy, workers at a nursing care facility say their pet has an uncanny ability to help patients. we'll introduce you to eli when we'll introduce you to eli when we ,,,,,,,,,,,, so who is "making stuff up"? the news media say it's bob ehrlich... with attacks that have been called "false" and "misleading." made up attacks bob ehrlich knows aren't true. but here's what's not made up. bob ehrlich's $3 billion in taxes and fees. the $2.5

>> gigi, thank you. the smart police in grant will also help fund the city's registry that monitors the activity of convicted gun offenders. >>> this summer's record heat means economic loss. federal loans are hit hard. maryland broke a record for the most days over 90 degrees. you can get disaster loan information by logging onto wjz.com and clicking on local news. >>> cooler weather moved in over maryland last night. and the skies are blue. and the air is comfortable. but rain is on the way. wjz has weather and traffic together right now. meteorologist bernadette woods is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather for us. bern? >> well, mary, we did have the sunshine out there. the cooler air mass has no dent. and overall, take a look at first warning doppler radar. it's still clear around here. still sitting at 66 degrees. however, the cool air is in place. and now we're going to add rain and wind to that. and that's going to make it even colder around here. trapping in that cold air. it

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. >> that is correct, gigi. and every one of them had more evidence and direct evidence of confessions, statements, admissions by the defendant. and there's none of that in this case. >> reporter: last year, when police arrested mr. tetso, they did not have a motive. but witnesses today in court say that mrs. tetso was seeing another man. back to you on tv hill. >> gigi, thank you. the jury was dismissed tonight. and the trial will resume next week. >>> a security push on the nation's railway system tonight. vic is in the newsroom to explain the actions being taken by amtrak. >> across the country tonight, amtrak is conducting rail sweeps. dogs and their handlers searched train cars and checkpoints. conducted random bag inspections. this is part of operation rail safe. it makes it hard for them to operate at train stations. back to you. >> all right, vic. thank you. >>> in addition to washington, sweeps are also taking place in philadelphia, chicago, boston and new york. >>> still no sign of a missing jeet skier

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i'm gigi barnett. >>> i'm tim williams. it is the top of the hour. it is a pretty chilly start to a pretty nice day. it will be a nice saturday to get out and about. you'll need the jacket on if you're out early. a clear start to what's going to be a gorgeous day really. taking a look down at what is a quiet stadium for now. ravens will be in town this week. we'll have more on that in a little bit. it will feel more like baseball than football weather. temperatures across the region coming up from overnight lows around the 30s. we do have frost and freeze advisories around the area, freeze warnings toward west virginia. frost advisories across the state from baltimore county out to really garrett and allegany counties. most of the temperatures are above freezing. so we'll still be dealing with those issues, maybe tender plants and all will be dealing with possibly some freezing. we'll move through that and show you the forecast. temps in the 30s, daytime high around 70. we'll have your complete updated forecast in a few moments. >>> here's what peopl

she's in for mike schuh and you're in for tim williams and i'm in for gigi. the sugar loaf festival and it benefits the chesapeake. >> yes, and this year, they're benefiting the chesapeake. all of the pieces show how much people love maryland. we saw hammering before and this is what happens when you strike when the iron is hot. that's true. this is a door knocker with a crab on it and the knocker is actually a crab mall lot. a mall lot and a crab. that's clever. >> yes, it is. and marty, i knew you would like this one. and overhere, this spoon, this is beautiful, but edward, tell us about this. there's a lot of history in the spoons. >> that came from the work boat, a skip jack made in the eastern shore from 1904 and that boat drenched crabs for 100 years. >> and the wood, it actually came from the skip jack. >> yes. >> it's beautiful, and it's pine? >> yes. and that's amazing. over here, we have the stone carvings. marty, another marty, tell us about how long this takes. it's so intricate. >> it can take a week to two weeks for these kinds of pieces. i have

i'm gigi barnette. >> and i'm tim williams. it's the 10th day of the month. it got to 81 degrees yesterday. and today another day, much like it although it will probably get a little warmer, a little quicker. right now you're looking at a good bit of sunshine. yesterday we had calm winds for much of the day. but we had a light breeze early on. so the forecast looks like this the temperatures are true. 50 degrees feels like 50. and the sun is going to present some challenges for you with a bit of sun glare out there this morning. no clouds out there to obscure or obstruct the sun. we'll go up to a daytime high up to 80 degrees. and we'll start to see some clouds increasing tomorrow and we'll have a better chance showers head into a beginning of the week. >>> but now here's what people are talking about this morning. an elderly woman leaves her home to run midday errands. and less than and half hour later she returns and fond her husband dead. the police need your help in search for a suspect. >> reporter: he was enjoying his retire after four decades as an mta

gigi barnett has more. gigi? >> reporter: the contract would base pay raises on student achievement but it took them two days to reject the contract. >> i think they need to work out all of the problems that they have and to be able top answer our questions. >> reporter: other teachers wanted it to go way. >> the evaluation system is broken. right now this is the change we have. i say let's go for it. >> reporter: it would have done away with the current way by seniority and masters degree and instead basedded on student achievement. the city school ceo said he thought teachers would back it. at a press conference this morning, he compared this woke's vote to a marriage proposal on hold. >> when i propose, i usually expect and hope for an immediate yes. sometimes it's okay for me to hear let me think about it a little bit more. >> reporter: he said new contract would have made the pay skell more competitive and have them more to say about how the schools are operated. >> we felt so strongly because our schools ha

gigi? >> reporter: these folks are trying to get back to normal, trying to get the water out and power back. so far bge said 54,000 people now have power, but they have a ways to go. nonstop rain flooded streets across maryland and wiped out power for thousands. basements were also flooded. >> everything's gone. >> reporter: the water washed out sewers too. bge crews worked evertime it restore power to some 54,000 customers. >> we've been cleaning since 8:30. they tried to use sandbags to keep the water out. it didn't work much for ryan. he owns a hot dog shop. >> it went up the back alley and in through the rear doors. everybody got a taste of it. >> reporter: this is the jones falls within day after the storm. bge said at the height of the storm they about 700 people working to restore power. they say they will continue to work overtime until everyone as their power and electricity restored. >> bob's in the first warning weather center with more. >> we didn't have these kind of rainfall a

gigi? >>> well, the key word is normal. people want to get back to normal. bge crews have been working around the clock, 12 to 16 hour shifts to restore the power to people who need id. >> reporter: after several inches of water flooded homes and businesses across the state, tonight, the clean upcontes. a little more than 54,000 customers have power and crews are working overtime to restore electricity to others. >> we've been cleaning up since 8:30 this morning. >> in annapolis, this man is trying to clean up and get more customers back in for dinner. the flooding went up the back alley and in through the rear doors of the other shops. everyone got a taste of it. >> reporter: while some stores remain closed because of the weather. some businesses jumped to action. >> we're storm chasers. >> reporter: he traveled from ohio to find water damage. he's part of a disaster response team that cleans homes and businesses flooded by the storms. >> reporter: any amount of rain, normally and typically, whether it's 2 inches to 20 feet, that's, you know, that's pretty

wjz-13 is live with the first warning weather and bob turk has more and first, gigi is tracking the clean upunderway tonight. >> reporter: well, after yesterday's torrential down power, everyone wants to get back to normal as soon as possible. the crews are working overtime to do it. nonstop rain flooded the streets and wiped out power for thousands. basements were also flooded. >> yeah, it's done. everything's gone. >> and the water washed out stores, too. the crews restored power to 54,000 customer. >> we've been cleaning up this morning. >> reporter: stores tried to use the sandbags to keep the water out. it didn't work for this man. the way the flooding was, it went up the back alley and through the rear doors of the other shops. everyone got a taste of it. >> reporter: while some stores are closed because of the weather, some jumped to action. cory johnson traveled to ohio to find the water damage here. he's part of a disaster response team. >> and any amount of rain, typically, whether it's two inches to 20 feet, it's, you know, it's pretty bad. and you know that's what we do. we tr

gigi barnett has more. >> science proves that we have to get on these kids, as soon as we see a problem. >> reporter: harvey spent years documenting dyslexia. in has film, dyslexia, the movie, will soon hit theaters. ♪ [ music ] >> it's also about his lifelong struggle with the learning disability that makes it hard to read or do math. >> it's readable with time. >> but discourage him if you expect written work. >> they didn't have the information out there. now, it is a crime. >> reporter: this week, hubble looked at several schools that specialize in learning disabilities. teachers here call learning disabilities learning differences. >> why can't this kind of education be everywhere? why is there so few schools? and we're here in maryland. and it's dyslexia awareness month. >> same for harry. he hopes hubble's movie will send a message that kids can become straight-a students with dyslexia. >> every time that i get better and better on a word or books, i feel so much better. i tell myself, i'm confident. >> about 35% of americans have dyslexia. and 40% of the students here do, too. h

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gigi barnett is following this high-profile case. >> reporter: tracey tetso's body was never found. because of it, prosecutors say they can prove this case. the defense, though, says they don't have enough evidence to prove that their client, dennis te s -- tetso killed his wife. >> reporter: defense attorneys say 43-year-old dennis tetso still has no idea what happened to his wife, the day she went missing in 2005. today is the first day of the murder trial in which he is accused. >> the state cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there was even a murder committed, much less that my client was guilty of that murder. >> reporter: one by one, family and friends packed the courthouse and said how she is almost never late, always told someone where she was going, and about her brief and rocky relationship with dennis tetso. she told jurtors tracey told us she had gone to see a defense -- divorce attorney and had planned to move on. in march 2005, she was headed to a music concert. police say she never made it. instead, her black transam was spotted 10 days later at a hotel parkin

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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 students perform the better the money they receive. >> our teachers should not be thought as missionaries they are professionals we wanted to make sure that they got compensated as professionals which would make us competitive with richer counties. >> reporter: education experts watched out the teachers would responds because the new contact would have give the

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. >> i am gigi platt. i support what you're doing, but i do not support the language of item two, which i know has been put over. supervisor chiu: you mean item three which is going to be put over. >> right, but i heard supervisor maxwell that it was totally vantage, but i have not had a chance. haute -- it has been totally vetedvette -- it has been totally vetted. thanks very much. chair maxwell: all right, any further public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. supervisor chiu: so, again, to make the motion, it is to move item two for tomorrow's full board of supervisors and that will also adopt the amendments that i have circulated today to clarify the tdr rules to make sure these are dealt with earlier in the process. chair maxwell: item number two as amended will go out. supervisor chiu: actually, item two will not be amended but will just go out. chair maxwell: all right, item two as a community report. supervisor chiu: item 3 is to be continued for next week. [gavel] thank you, colleagues

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. >> for parents jim and gigi, it was probably even better. >> it's still not real to us. i guess you'd call it a dream. >> at home he had enough rewards to cher itish, but there is a certain memory from his youth he will never forget. >> and that was being chosen to dance in an mj hammer video. it was a casting call, i heard about it, and i said, would you guys want to go down there just for fun? >> reporter: his sister is not at all surprised he got the role. >> him doing a video is not out of his character at all. >> at the time it was a big thipg. a lot of people were jealous because they didn't make it through the audition. it was a fun time. got to hang out with hammer doing hammer time, and something i'll always remember. >> with the roar of "can't touch this" as told by the rawlins family, i'm jeff scott. >> those pants are back in style again. >> no, please, let's not go there. >> i'll get you a pair. >> only if you go out in the rain with thean >> cannexactly, and we'll see a of rain this weekend. big front coming through and it's part of a series of fronts. we s

well still ahead in the program gigi calls with a quarter of a million the young russians holed up in the r.v. under the sea as drafted and see some changes them on the look down. most americans see the wars in iraq and afghanistan as not affecting them directly that's the view of u.s. defense secretary robert gates who was addressing university students he said the majority see this as something for other people to do and that's to young americans to sign up but artie's military analyst says the u.s. should overhaul its strategy before recruiting robert gates has paid him fully failed to i'm just stand there the main challenge for the u.s. forces is the disconnect forces. the u.s. army the central intelligence agency the law enforcement community and the state department that's what the u.s. secretary of defense should address even before presenting his recruiting sales speech to the duke university students robert gates should have paid attention to mostly ignored advice from the general mcchrystal when he indicated the most pressing challenge for the u.s. army in afghanistan that i

. >> reporter: restaurant owner gigi fiorichi says that the giants following also is a help for the economy. and if the giants keep winning, he says he'll be giving back too. >> free lunches, easy. i've done that before. >> i got this street vendor downtown, selling it for 10 bucks. >> reporter: guerrero and his brother have been rooting for the giants since they were 10. >> i've been one of the biggest giants fans out there. i wear this giants fan year round. >> reporter: for the guerrero and others watching the ball game is time to spend with friends and family and connect with thousands of other fans. all of them strangers, but joined by their love of the orange and black. >> mark ibanez is here now. his first play off game ever, what a job by tim lincicum. >> it's a school night, he wanted to put everybody to bet over including the jays and he did. they call him the freak, and tim lincicum is a freak. psyching the crowd up, tim lincicum fired off the batter. the braves went down quickly and the giants scored the only run of the game. buster posey singled stole second and rides home al c

. >> reporter: restaurant owner gigi fiorichi says that the giants following also is a help for the economy. and if the giants keep winning, he says he'll be giving back too. >> free lunches, easy. i've done that before. >> i got this street vendor downtown, selling it for 10 bucks. >> reporter: guerrero and his brother have been rooting for the giants since they were 10. >> i've been one of the biggest giants fans out there. i wear this giants fan year round. >> reporter: for the guerrero and others watching the ball game is time to spend with friends and family and connect with thousands of other fans. all of them strangers, but joined by their love of the orange and black. >> mark ibanez is here now. his first play off game ever, what a job by tim lincicum. >> it's a school night, he wanted to put everybody to bet over including the jays and he did. they call him the freak, and tim lincicum is a freak. psyching the crowd up, tim lincicum fired off the batter. the braves went down quickly and the giants scored the only run of the game. buster posey singled stole second and rides home al c

gigi barnett breaks down what happens now. >> reporter: today teachers held a townhall meeting that was closed to the meeting. they want to know what the next step is. first, they have to get to the drawing board because time for a new contract is running out quickly. after a two-day vote. city school teachers say no to a change in their contract and the way they receive pay raises and other rewards. more than 2,000 of the teachers cast a ballot this week. >> i'm voting against it. i feel like i did not receive enough information. >> reporter: other teachers wanted it to go through. >> the evaluation system is broken. right now this is the change we were have, the change they're giving us. >> reporter: the new contract would have done lay way with how teachers receive pay raises now by seen yoarpt and master degrees. instead they would receive raises on student improvement. city school ceo andres alonso said it was designed to make the pay scale more competitive with other districts and give teachers more say on how the schools are operated. >> we all felt so strongly because our school

i'm -- i'm gigi barnette. >> and i'm tim williams. you may need the light jacket early on. the end of the day things start to warm up nicely. not a lot of movement with the trees. and that means the winds are calming down nicely and it's been breezy and windy at times. less wind than we've had over the last few days. 45 tonight and mainly clear. clouds will start continue to crease tomorrow afternoon with a chance of rain late on monday into tuesday and the chance lingers into wednesday. we'll talk about that in the complete updated forecast in a few moments. >>> here's what people are talking about today: two people are in police custody after an off-duty officer is beaten to death last night t happened just after 10:00 last night outside a restaurant in can tonight police said that brian stevenson was celebrating his birthday and got into an arguement over a parking space. he was struck on the head with a large rock and later died at the hospital. stevenson, an 18-year veteran would have turned 38 today. >>> a three alarm fire rips through a home in northeast baltimore. i

. >>> i'm gigi barnett, at the highland school in harford county. the details are just ahead in tonight's school watch report. >>> check in for these stories. we'll have all of the breaking news as well. coming up at 6:00. back to mary and kai. >>> can you imagine president obama and sarah palin, playing softball together at a family reunion? >> one group of jeep yalingses -- genealogists say the two are realitied. >> -- related. >> according to ancestry.com, the president and sarah palin are tenth cousins. >> they are apparently related to john smith. >> how many john myth smightd -- smiths are there? >> his other tenth cousin, radio show host rush limbaugh. >> i think people will want to see the documentation. but that's what they're report being. >> eyewitness sports coming up next. >>> this is mark viviano, in owings mills. ravens are getting ready for a tough trip to new england. speaking of tough trips. maryland is headed to clemson this weekend. we'll talk trips as well. when eyewitness news continues. ♪ [ monkey cheeps ] [ male announcer ] a

i'm gigi barnett. that story is next. >>> i'm mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. in annapolis. at the oldest water and boat show in america. why 50,000 people were headed in this direction, when eyewitness news continues. >>> weekend ahead. will the weather cooperate for your plans? don't miss the first warning weather forecast. ,,,, >>> concern at one baltimore school after one health worker is diagnosed with meningitis. they are asking parents to be on the lookout for symptoms in other students. >>> in the last two days, janitors at cross country elementary and north baltimore shrubbed classrooms, wiped halls and desks. they ordered the immediate cleanup. >>> making sure they understand that is not a deadly dead. >>> so far, only one has the decide. but school leaders fear it could could spread. >> we say no touching. if you want to stay high or give somebody a hug, use the finger hug or the marshmallow hug. we're teaching other methods on how to protect themselves. >> reporter: health leaders sent home a letter explaining the difference between viral meteorologist and the mo

let's szush it up. [ gigi ] try nice 'n easy with colorblend technology.mple step, get a blend of tones and highlights. so even in this lovely light, nice 'n easy comes to life with dimension. instead of drabulous... i love it! shhhhh. [ gigi ] ...you look fabulous with tones and highlights. nice 'n easy. your right color. >>> with texting, e-mailing and the internet, bullying doesn't just happen in the school yard or on the street anymore. we've seen this end in tragedy with the news we've been covering in the past few weeks. rutgers university student tyler clementi is believed to have committed suicide after his roommate streamed video of an intimate encounter with another man. megan myer killed herself after being bullied by a classmate and the classmate's mother online. there are things you can do to stop online bullying. to get to that is our digital lifestyle expert mario armstrong. thank you for joining us. this is a serious topic. >> absolutely. >> i know you have done some research on this. talk to me about -- parents feel helpless in this situat

i'm gigi barnett. >>> the jury returns a verdict in the city councilman ken harris' murder trial.r look at that violent night. police released this video shot the night of the robbery at the haven lounge in 2008. 22-year-old charles macganey and jerome williams guilty on all charges. 22-year-old gary collins boss found not guilty of murder but guilty of handgun violations. >>> a howard county woman is killed by a hit and run driver. hours later police found the person they believe responsible passed out behind the wheel. officers say kiela ryan of columbia was struck by a black suv near dupont circle in dc. a witness was able to get the suv's license plate when police say they arrived, they found jordina davidson passed out in her suv clearly intoxicated. she is charged with manslaughter. ryan was in dc celebrating her 24th birthday this week. >>> michelle scherer a chemistry teacher is teacher of the year. she received a cash prize and a new car. >>> we are proud to sponsor that as part of our continuing community commitment. >>> ,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we have a great crowd outside thi

. >>> gigi is live in the newsroom with details of a new travel warning. >>> france's government issuedessage, saying the risk of an attack in britain is highly unlikely. they have insisted the threat is high in france as well. and have boosted security at busy tourist sites such as the eiffel tower. they may be plotting attacks in europe. similar to the deadly 2008 shooting spree in mumbai, india. this week, the u.s. 78 department advise -- state department advised americans to take more precautions on personal security while there. >> the u.s. is linking the terror plots to al qaeda leader, slawd bin laden -- osama bin laden. >>> a new white house report shows that they kept information about the public. the nla wanted to publicize the worst case from the discharge of the blownout well. they said the well was releasing 210,000 gallons a day. while internal documents showed it could have been up to 4.6 million gallons a day. >>> in an offensive protest, at a military funeral. does it have the right to free speech? that's the question supreme court justices are tackling as it reviews a

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she is here with her twin steer, gigi. >> nude is major, major.eaches and cream, wear a peaches and cream kind of dress. problem is what you wear underit. >> we have push-up bra. you can see a lace overlay is fantastic, this is a push-up draw. it's getting her maximum definition of her bust line for that pretty frilly top. it's fun to wear something that's attractive and sexy. >> i love that brand of bra. >> it has memory foam that hugs a breast and gets good lift. >> ain't enough memory for me. >> we have charice, she's petite and her twin sister, charicia. tell us about the dress. >> this dress is never going out of style it's the classic diane von ferstenberg wrap dress. it flatters so many different figure, and ows a lot of cleavage, the way to d it with the right bra. >> you have the right color, how did you do that? >> it's if unto fine a fashion bra. every woman needs a plunging bra for wrap top, v-neck tops. for sweaters. >> if you can't afford all kind of color, get it in the white or nude. >> or black. black is a great classic. you'll be