jane miller has our report from baltimore. >> reporter: ordinarily bishop heather cook would be spendingy, holy thursday immersed in church activities. instead she was in circuit court answering to the multiple criminal charges against her. cook is accused of driving drunk, two days after christmas, and mowing down cyclist tom palermo along roland avenue. prosecutors say her blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit. she was texting while driving and kept going after the crash, returning more than half an hour later. during the brief court proceeding palermo's family sat right behind cook. no words were exchanged though cook's lawyer spoke with the family representative later. both parties spoke on the courthouse steps. >> we know this is the first step in a long process. so we're looking forward to having this resolved and to see justice. >> our thoughts and prayers are with the palermo family and miss cook can't say anything right now based upon the legal situation and the advice of counsel, but of course we're all saying our prayers. it's a horrible situation. >> repo

today heather cook pleaded not guilty in court. cook is the first female bishop of the church of maryland. her trial starts in june. >>> well, we'll get to the umbrella handy because tomorrow you'll need it. they are tracking some wet weather headed our way. >> yeah, a yellow alert tomorrow. not an all-day affair, but off and on. keep your umbrellas close. now here is a look at the radar. you can see the showers towards hagerstown and out towards cumberland and really down to romney and winchester. we talked about this earlier for a chance of the shower for the forecast tonight, well north and west of town. these might get as far to the east as hagerstown and perhaps even in to fred frederick. that's about it. and so what happens at 6:00 in the morning, well on the future cast, we have some showers. some folks will have a wet commute to and from work tomorrow and notice the coverage is not very extensive. but with that said we do have showers across the county, fairfax n to the district, montgomery, even in to prince george's count

jummy: baltimore bishop heather cook pleaded not guilty in that car crash that killed a cyclist. she was in court this morning. her blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit when she struck thomas polermo in december. the episcopal diocese of maryland suspended cook after the crash. a trial has been set for june 4th. the university of maryland says a racist and sexist e-mail allegedly sent by a fraternity member did not violate school policy. university president wallace loh says an investigation found the student was not breaking university policy and was within his first amendment rights. it was sent 14 months ago but recently surfaced. student agreed with the university not to return this semester. u.m.d. will hold a forum at 4:30 this afternoon to discuss this latest announcement. jummy: coming up on abc 7 news at noon, the one time texting while driving is allowed. and how it can help save lives. autria: plus a terrifying crash caught on camera. why authorities say the driver barrelled 60 miles an hour in the wrong direction and into a school bus. jummy: plus uber

heather cook aguyed to a june 4th trial date accepting that court date essentially results in a not guilty plea by default. her lawyer told nbc news there's a chance the case could be resolved before the trial. cook posted $2.5 million bail in january. >>> it could get more expensive to shop and park in the district if new mayor muriel bowser gets her way. >> she's submitted her first budget proposal today. she wants to raise the tax on parking garages and lots by 4%. the money would go to fund metro. bowser is also calling for increasing the sales tax from 5.75% to 6%. here's what she plans for that money. >> we also wanted to live up to the expectations of residents to invest in new priorities and what we heard time and time again is that we have to dedicate $100 million every single year to affordable housing. we have to close d.c. general. and we have to end homelessness. >> the budget has to be approved by the council. mark segraves will have reaction from council members and the community at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> he had an eye to the sky. first at 4, brand-new details about a teenaged p

heather nauert is going to be cooking with us next week with your mom? >> and brian. >> heather, you have a lot that's cooking now on headlines. >> i have a lot of news to bring you. iate we have a fox news alert. that midair flight scare for dozens on board a southwest plane as passengers start getting sick just 45 minutes after taking off, at least three people passed out. they thought it was a potential deadly air pressure problem. the pilots plunged the jet to a lower altitude. dropping 28,000 feet in just ten minutes. passengers now describing that terror. >> they asked to tighten our seat belts and we basically nose dived until we levelled out at 10,000 feet. that was pretty darn scary. >> that flight operating as united airlines express was headed to hartford connecticut. 17 passengers were checked out at the hospital and released. the faa is now investigating saying the cabin pressure did not fail and oxygen masks were not released. the story continues to change. we'll keep following it. >>> a tragedy accident to tell you about happening in the so

cooking with your family. you can tweet and facebook them. >> meanwhile heather nauert will be participating also. she has breaking news out of yemen not good. >>> it's an important story to tell you about. it is a fox news alert. and another u.s. warship is now being moved into position off the coast of yemen. possibly setting the stage for a showdown with iran. the pentagon confirming to fox news the uss theodore roosevelt will join eight other warships in place. as concerns grow about iran's role in escalating tensions in that region. the aircraft carrier is set to intercept a convoy of eight ships. as they are delivering weapons to the houthis. >>> another story, this coming in. egypt's ousted president morsi sentenced to 20 years of prison for killing of protesters. 12 other muslim brotherhood leaders were given the same sentence. he was the first elected leader. the egyptian military overthrowing that government in 2013. >>> back at home, hours from now, the penalty phase in the boston marathon bombing trial will begin. dzhokhar tsarnaev could be sentenced to death. prosecutors expected to e

cooking ribs. there she is. heather and her mother share their favorite recipe.why try? at 62,000 brush movements per minute, philips sonicare leaves your mouth with a level of clean like you've never felt before, giving you healthier gums in just two weeks. innovation and you. philips sonicare. >>> hi, friends. good morning. back with a fox news alert. baltimore on reg with another tense night of protests. emotions running high and boiled over as a protester goes face to face with our own geraldo rivera. >> i see you. >> what do you sneh. >> i see a person sticking his face in my face and trying to stop me from doing my job. >> i'm telling white america stop not giving a damn about black people. >> weren't they giving a damn with live shot there is? protests now spreading coast to coast in new york city, thousands on the streets, clashing with police. stopping traffic. aggravating everybody. go ahead. >> robert moses is live in new york city with the very latest. all right. there were a lot out on the street last night, bobby. a bunch got arrested. >> yeah. good

heather never made that call. and there was more. ed told detectives he was surprised by the first question he was asked when initially contacted by the police. >> detective cook?" and i said, "yes, she's in the backyard." and he said "good, okay, so heather's, okay?" and i said, "heather's not my girlfriend. she's a friend of mine and we've been friends for 20 years." >> reporter: so if ed and heather weren't an item, and he was dating someone else, what exactly was going on? >> the detective wanted to hear from you immediately. once they learned a name. >> oh yeah, once they knew who i was. >> you were an important piece of the puzzle to them. >> yeah. >> reporter: detectives learned from ed that his relationship with heather went back decades, long before heather married chris. ed said he and heather met in 1993 when they were both teens living in florida. ed remembers they fell fast for each other. >> it was young love. they say you don't know what love is, but i do. >> reporter: ed said they dated for two years before he moved away. but that puppy love was something he never got over, even after heather married. >> were you still carrying that torch? >> y

cook for the crew? >> absolutely. >> heather nauert, we got a fried taco calling your name. >> i just saw cheese curds ond over there. >>> two british teenager are under arrest suspected of terrorism in the uk. a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old girl now free on bail. after getting picked up on suspicion of planning terror attacks. then here at home, homeland security chief jeh johnson now admitting that 40 radical americans who went overseas to join isis are now back here in the u.s. >> we have kept close tabs on those who we believe have left and those who have come back. and a number have been arrested or investigated. and we have systems in place to track these individuals. but you can't know everything. >> in the last three weeks there have been six americans arrested for trying to join isis. >>> a florida gun store owner no longer welcome at suntrust bank. the american gun and pawnshop's accounts now being forced to close for no longer meeting corporate objectives. at that bank. the store's owner believes he's one of several gun shops around the country being targeted by operation choke point. that fe

cook options for mystery. >> a young mother from memphis, tennessee who vanishes after she shed hundreds of pounds. could there be a connection? >> heatherife for the better. but heather really made it happen. she joined this dance aerobics class at a gym outside memphis and achieved a stunning transformation. >> were the pounds melting off of her? >> melting off. >> in 18 short months heather went from this to this. her girlfriends were with her every high energy step of the way. >> she didn't have one choice anymore. the world was hers. >> she is like look what i have done. you can see her spirit lighting up. >> as her new life began, so did the mystery. heather jones disappeared from her home. >> her car is in her driveway and purse, keys and cell phone were in missing. >> something is very much wrong. >> sounds cliche but she vanished without a trace. >> that's what made it difficult. we had no leads at that time on where she could be. >> heather's husband showed degrees a big clue. the night she disappeared, she sent an e-mail that sounded like a goodbye. >> it did not sound good. it sounded like i'm throwing in the towel. >> then d

cook together. >> your first and last? >> could be. >> i feel bad ever since you said garlic breath. >> i'm just teasing. >> no, she's not. >> heather,an continent because of chaos in so many nations. that brings us to our latest fox news alert. a survivor from a smuggler ship that overturned now says hundreds of people were trapped on that ship behind locked doors. refg rescuers are searching for as many as 900 of them on that boat that went down on its way to italy. >>> united airlines bans a cyber security expert from flying on a plane after he warns airplane computers could be hacked. >> there are two ways of doing it. we have focused on being physically in the airplane hooking up to the in flight entertainment. theoretically, you can leave devices behind and remotely get in through the on board wireless, correct. >> that is chris roberts, he told fox news he works to expose security risks before they're exploited by bad guys. he was stopped from boarding a flight. the airline says they prevented him flying because it's in the best interest of their customers. last week he tweeted about hacking on a flight. the fbi was waiting on

cooking -- >> confirmation. >> you got it? >> confirmation. >> with his parents. i cannot -- >> it's going to be great. who raised arthur? >> coming up this half hour. we turn to heatherrtugal. the truth prevails for the parents of madeleine mccann. she went missing on a family vacation there eight years ago. that family from the uk has just won more than $500,000 in libel lawsuit against the police chief who started the investigation against the family. a judge ruling the chief falsly claimed in a book that mccann died accidently. the family said the lies slowed down the search for their daughter who still has not been found. the investigation remains open this morning. >>> stunning new video captured on a helmet camera as a firefighter runs right into a burning home. take a look at this. and that is what those men and women do everything single day. we are taking a look at sacramento crews as they fight a fire at a home on sunday. no one was injured. the fire was stopped before it could spread to nearby homes. what heroes they are. >>> it is a miracle that they are all alive. watch this as an suv comes swerving down a highway in texas, headed right for a family of s

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