kim dacey joins us with details on the julius henson trial. >> julius henson was paid more than $100,000. he is accused of teaming up with paul schurick to come up with a strategy to keep black voters at home. the robocalls that went out were part of that effort, in violation of state election law. >> i am calling to let everybody know that governor o'malley and president obama has been successful. >> according to filings, a defense expert will testify that by the time the calls went out, the race was already decided, suggesting julius henson says those calls pose no harm. on the witness list is henson himself. the trial is expected to begin today with hearings and motions henson argument by g that the argument against him is defective. >> possible delays in baltimore city after a sewer overflowed. crews were dealing with the spillage into the gwen's falls. this began on sunday. crews were still working on it silverman yesterday. this kerrey was shut down yesterday -- this area which shut down yesterday. >> a store was robbed in bel air. police are looking for a white man in his early 20

. >> julius henson was paid more than $100,000 by the ehrlich campaign in the 2010 election season. he is accused of teaming up with former ehrlich aide paul schurick to come up with a strategy to keep black voters at home last november when ehrlich was trying to unseat democrat martin o'malley. the robocalls that went out to voters in baltimore city and prince george's county were, state prosecutors say, part of that effort, in violation of state election law. >> i'm calling to let everyone know that governor o'malley and president obama have been successful. >> according to pretrial filings, the defense expert will testify that by the time the calls went out on election day around dinner time, the race was already decided, suggesting henson will try to convince jurors the calls posed no harm, because they wouldn't have done any good. on the witness list is ehrlich himself, his wife, kendall, and city comptroller joan pratt. today, the trial is expected to begin with hearings and motions and an argument by henson that the indictment against him is technically defective. kim dacey,

julius henson is charged with trying to suppress the african- american a vote in the last gubernatorial election. >> julius henson was paid more than $100,000 by the bob ehrlich campaign during the 2010 election season. he's accused of teaming up with aide paul schurick to come up with ways to keep black voters at home last november. andocalls whenent out according to prosecutors are in violation of election law. >> i am calling to let you know that governor o'malley and barack obama have been successful. >> the defense is that by the time the robocalls went out, the election had been a decided and that they did no harm because they would no longer be any go -- would no longer have done any good. bob erlich will testify and even his wife may come up during trial. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> an important to recall for women. still ahead in the "consumer alert," the bacteria that could make you get the hell and a popular product it was found on -- make you get the bill and a popular product was found on. >> all these thoughts twirling at around in my head. >> >> a collision between e i

paul schurick is accused of conspiring with julius henson to keep african american voters home by logic robocall telling them the election had been decided. his attorney says his client committed no crime. jayne miller is covering the trial a lot of the latest tonight. the search continues for whoever vandalized a middle river neighborhood. >> kim dacey is live the police headquarters with more on the damage done. good morning. >> police think the vandals struck overnight from saturday into sunday morning in the 3700 block on holly grove road in middle river. residents say it is usually a nice neighborhood and they have had no major problems. but yesterday they woke to find a swastika and other messages spray-painted on several cars and fences. those residents are upset by the incident. they spent a lot of the day sunday trying to undo the damage. police don't have a description of the suspects. neighbors think it may be a group of teenagers they have seen around the area. >> these kids -- there's a lot of better things that you can be doing with your time than vandalizing people's prop

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they blame ehrlich's campaign manager julius henson. but on the stand, she said the robocalls were meant to be repsychology. >> this was to say, my vote is for ehrlich. he's down and out. i'm going to go out and vote for ehrlich. >> she said it was her fault it went to registered democrats, not republicans. saying she used phone lists she already had, rather than generating new lists of republicans. >> i used lists of previous clients because i was being lazy. it wasn't out of anyone asking. it was my decision to use the list. >> reporter: late tonight, the state rested its case. the defense begins its case tomorrow. they have a list of some 30 witnesses. among them, they are expected to call former governor bob ehrlich, and former congressman elijah cummings. >>> and campaign consultant julius henson is scheduled to go on trial february 6th. >>> new allegations in the case of jerry sandusky. now, one of his alleged victims is fighting back. andre fujii has more. >> reporter: the man says sandusky abused him more than 100 times, startin

julius henson is accused of being behind the robocalls. the trial against henson was postponed to february after the judge recused himself from the case. henson worked with bob ehrlich and they were charged with violating election laws. >>> he has been dodging our questions for months but today joce sterman finally went face to face with an annapolis paver accused of overcharging his customers by thousands. >> reporter: after backing out of a plea deal, tommy clack said nothing, giving -- said nothing regarding a scam. do you think it was fair to charge these people $16,000 or $30,000? our questions were met with silence today as we met face to face with tommy clack after trying to track him down for months. he is charged in more than a half dozen cases for acting as a contractor without a license. that's just the start. clack has been banned from business in two other states and brought his operation here where the maryland home improvement said he has victims. victims said clack showed up with extra materials and offered a discount but i

that's when a trial gets under way for political operative julius henson. >> reporter: henson maintains his innocence, vic. and he says that the first amendment is on his side. >> reporter: it was a little more than a year ago, when phones were ringing on election night. robocalls from the campaign of republican gubernatorial candidate bob ehrlich went to 2,000 registered democrats, hinting there was no need to go vote. >> i'm calling to let everyone know that governor o'malley and president obama have been successful. we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> nothing in that call was not true. >> reporter: politico consultant julius henson admits he was hired by the ehrlich campaign to the tune of $125,000. but he disputes allegations by the state prosecutor's office, that it violated election laws and failed to disclose who paid for the ad. >> they should read the constitution. the speech clause in the constitution says that political speech is free. and that they cannot control the content. >> reporter: legal expert byron warnkin says

. >> reporter: wanda russell said she was told by her boss, campaign manager julius henson, to record the now-infamous robocall that suggested that democrat his already won at the polls and there was no need to go vote. >> relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: russell testified it was henson who told her not to record the required line saying who paid for the robocall, a call that she said was supposed to be counterintuitive. >> a call that was meant to stimulate voters who would not have been in support of o'malley or the democratic administration. that this would stimulate the voters to say hey, my vote was going for ehrlich. he's down and out. i'm going to go out and vote for ehrlich after i heard this call. so that's the motivation of counterintuitivity. >> reporter: russell said it was her fault that the robocalms -- robocalls were sent to democrats. saying she used computerized lists she already had, rather than create a new list of registered republicans. >> reporter: the defense is expected to begin calling their witnesses in

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he is accused of teaming up with julia's hinson in the campaign for governor in 2010 -- julius henson. more than 100,000 calls went out that election day, telling voters the election was over, even though polls had not closed. the challenge for his lawyers, getting a jury with an open mind. >> jurors were asked whether they were biased because schurick was white. only two of them said that had actually gotten the robocalls. the judge said his household got one of the calls, but his wife ended it. bob ehrlich himself may be called to testify. congressman elijah cummings may not want to, but the judge ruled today he is required to appear. schurick's lawyers want to know more about a different robocalls that came from elijah cummings about the same time the hanson call went out. >> i figured it had to be very influential or important person. how would they know that mr. henson's calls were going to roll, to be able to respond so quickly? >> it took most of the day to select a jury in this case and because of the notoriety of the case. the panel consists mostly of women, almost evenly spl

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the judge assigned to hear the case against julius henson recuse himself saying he could not fairly preside over the case because he is a political employee. -- appointee. henson is accused of using robocalls to keep black voters at home. the decision now pushes thehenson case to february. >> he was a recent appointee of gov. o'malley. he felt that it would be a conflict for him to hear this case. >> how hard is it to take on some politics in a case like this? i think it is impossible. >> the judge assigned to hear the hansen case in february was a appointed by ehrlich. the other defendants in the case, paul schurick, is to be heard later in the month. a police guard and has been discussed in the hands and kiss, but no deal has been made. -- a plea bargain has been discussed in the henson case, but no agreement has been made. >> you can listen to the robocall and see prior stories from jayne miller on wbaltv.com. as former prince george's county executive and his wife with for sentencing, we now have access to the wire tape recordings made on the day of their wrists. you can hear fbi agent

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>> political consultant julius henson it is supposed to -- is set to go on trial sometime in february. >> obama has come forward to charge she and herman cain had a longtime extramarital affair. his lawyer calls it an accusation of consensual conduct, but as steve handelsman explains, the candidate himself is denying this latest allegation. >> it is not as another sexual harassment charge -- it is not another of sexual harassment charge. gentrified claim she had a very determined cain. >> i wanted to come out and give my side before it was thrown out there -- ginger plight claims she had an affair with herman cain. she said she had fun, was blown around the hope -- urumqi country and put up in hotels for years -- she was flown are around the country. >> i was aware that he was married. >> did you have a 13-year affair with this woman? >> no, i did not. >> did you know her for 13 years? >> yes, but i did not have an affair. >> cain said he told his wife gloria. my wife's reaction was similar to mine, here we go again. we will show when the details become available that i didn't do anyt

julius henson is charged and the trial is postponed until february. >>> an original autographeddrawing by walt disney before he hit it big will go up for auction in reno. it is estimated to be worth $350,000. >>> the new labor deal is rat night this time in time -- ratified this time in time for christmas. it would require them to play one set of back to back to back games. in an outline posted on twitter, the plan is a 66 game regular season ending 10 days later than usual. >>> looks like shoppers have broken a record spending 52.4 billion dollars in stores and online since thanksgiving day. that's up from 45 billion a year ago. 226 million people shopping in stores and online this weekend that's up from 212 million last year. look at some of the video, though. hectic and chaotic. 44% of consumers said they bought for themselves. they were selfish. that leaves stockings to be stuffed. it is safe to say the season of giving is start of off -- tart starting off with record spending and will likely continue today. we expect to continue with cyber monday. there are plenty deals online. so

troffer julius henson is a scheduled to go in trial in february. >> 5:38. new findings on how often women should get mammograms. >> if your child plays soccer, be conscious of how many times double could hit their head. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what items have you regifted? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> we have closures in both directions on the harrisburg expressway. we have to >> welcome back. good morning. temperatures already in the low 60's. you can see some raindrops on the lens. the rain will pick up in intensity. nothing showing up on the radar around baltimore. you can see some rain in the mountains and this is moving towards us. the forecast for today -- sprinkles to start and temperatures are not going to move much. the lower end of the 60's. the seven-day forecast is coming up in just a few minutes. >> a new study adds to the debate over whether women in their 40's should get routine mammograms. many

paul schurick is accused of conspiring with julius henson to keep african american voters home by logic in robocall by telling them the election had already been decided. fire cause a heavy damage to a greenhouse. the flames spread to the greenhouse on sunday afternoon. the cause is under investigation. >> authorities say they did not expect felt like in the death of an inmate. michael malpass was found unresponsive in his cell. he had been at the detention center for about a week. officials have not said how he died. some people in middle river are upset and said their property has been vandalized. kim dacey joins us live in towson with the latest. good morning. >> police think the vandals struck saturday night into sunday on holly grove road. neighbors say it is usually a nice neighborhood and the use it did not have any major problems. they found a swastika and several other messages spray- painted on several cars and fences. they spend a lot of day on sunday to try to undo the damage. police did not have a description of the suspect but it could be a group of teenagers. >> these kid

julius henson will stand trial in february. follow the trial on a website, wbaltv.com. >> a former u.s. army ranger will get a new trial. the court of appeals ruled that gary smith must be allowed to introduce testimony regarding his roommate. smith was convicted of second- degree murder for shooting mcqeen in the apartment that they shared in gaithersburg. >> the fire department has issued an apology after emergency medical services -- curtis graham is blind and uses a service dog to get around. he was hit by a car when crossing the street. he was told he would be denied treatment unless he left his guide dog behind. he was paid a visit. >> i accept the apology. they are going to extend trading to more paramedics so they know in the future if something like this happens again that they know the service dog has to go with that person. >> his guide dog was so traumatized that he was sent back to school to be retrained. and in our boat stable is back in business a few blocks down the street. the mayor joint business leaders for t

the trial with julius henson was postponed until february.e judge decided he could not fairly preside over the case. is accused of making robocalls to suppress the african-american vote. >> good and bad news about niacin. what medical researchers suggest doctors do when prescribing it. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. will the return of the old orioles look do anything to revive your interest in the club for the 2012 season? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the weather could impact your morning rush. we have some fog and some what >> welcome back. 5:50. upper 50's in the suburbs. that is a live shot from maryland 100. you can see the visibility is down. some drizzle and fog to start the day. we have some heavy rain across the lower eastern shore counties, north of cambridge. in baltimore, just sprinkles. that will be the case for the next hour, at least. heavier rain will move in. the best chance for steady

. >> julius henson is also charged in the case. the first hint herman cain may not stay in the race. it is not a decision to drop out but evidence of the impact the allegations are having. >> in a phone call, cain said this has been a clout that they are taking an emotional toll and he is reassessing whether to go forward. >> i don't see him sacrificing his family. >> some think he is don. >> if you want to be president, you have to be up-front and honest -- some say he is done. >> in a foreign-policy speech, he stuck to its message. >> life can seemed impossible. it is never easy when there is so much on the line. >> he called ginger white's allegations of unfair fabricated. voters are reassessing, too. >> they bring out another lady. come on, you guy. >> sometimes when there is smoke, there is a fire brewing. >> a woman is not going to come out and say something this embarrassing if it is not true. >> on tuesday he skipped a party out of the limelight about whether the former front runner will run at all. a campaign ad in i what

>> the trial is set for february for julius henson. an outside prosecutor will decide whether to file charges against the circuit court. police say conaway may have pulled a gun against adam meister. the case is being handed over to avoid any conflict of interest. >> a man remains in shock trauma after a shooting in south baltimore. the suspect was brandishing two nuys. -- knives. no word on his condition or what sparked the incident. the president of the police union has been stripped of its powers after being charged with assault. he has been suspended with pay after an internal investigation. he is accused of accosting a driver while dropping off a fair re. westin could face further disciplinary action. >> a couple continues to recover after severe burns. >> it is horrible. >> she was running out of the house screaming. >> this happened on tuesday night on a home on liberty parkway. police say some type of a flammable liquid caught on to the couple's clothing and it ignited. >> you could just see her whole body was on fire. her head

. >> julius henson is accused of creating robocalls. a man accused of burning down a tire store is a free man this morning. jason hicks pleaded guilty on tuesday but was sentenced to 10 years and 100 hours of community service. prosecutors said he started the fire at belvedere tires. the store owner said he did not want hicks to go to jail. >> everything old is new again for the look of the baltimore orioles. they are using the cartoon bird logo. they are also bring about the orange jerseys for each of the homes 13 saturday home games. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. will the return of the old orioles look do anything to revive your interest in the club for the 2012 season? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. i like the orange jerseys. >> i do, too. an unusual security threat at the white house has agents scrambling this morning. >> no more secrets for connecticut couple filing for divorce. the unusual order laid out by the judge. >>

julius henson is accused of attempting to suppress democratic voters in the last elebs, his trial hasy. >>> more clashes between them. check out the scene in seattle, where police unleashed pepper spray on a crowd. at least one person was led away way in handcuffs. the protest here is being allowed to continue and some took a field trip. wjz and ab dre andrea fugii have the story. >> they were asked to leave. they rose up during a speech delivered by karl rove. >>> the interruption lasted several minutes. >> you know what? if you don't have the courage to sit here and then ask your questions you are just showing your moral cowardice. you just go ahead and stand in line and have the courage to ask any dam question you want or you can continue to show that you are a buffoon and do this kind -- >> -- movement. it all began in new york where police ousted protesters from the park. >> they take our generators -- they take our space we will move inside. >> reporter: they were allowed back in but without their tents and tarps, a judge ruled rights do not extend to peaching a tent. in baltimo

another former aide julius henson will go on trial in december. >>> a woman stepped off a plane yesterdayon and soon thereafter gave birth to a baby boy. a maryland transportation authority police officer helped deliver the baby using one of the rest rooms in the airport as a delivery room. mother and baby were taken to the hospital then, and they're both said to be doing well. no word on whether the baby's name is bwi. >> no word on that. or how far along she was in the pregnancy. >> hope they're both doing well today. >> time is 6:36. >> it is indeed. >>> ahead, a third attack frightening. >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic early on this monday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein in stormcenter 4. we have quite a bit of cloudiness around. just about 20 minutes away from dawn now. we have our temperatures in the low 50s in washington and the nearby suburbs in prince george's, arlington, fairfax, and montgomery counties. right near the bay on the tidal potomac, it's near 60 degrees. out in far western maryland and parts of west virginia, it's just in the 40s to near 50. els

campaign consultant julius henson is scheduled to go on trial on february 6th. >>> officers discovered $25,000 worth of marijuana inside a home in the 800 block of north cathedral street. police initially went to the home to serve an arrest warrant for the unrelated case. they recovered 9 pounds of marijuana andest arrested one man at the scene. >>> the rape of a 13-year-old girl leads to the arrest of a 61-year-old man in baltimore. how science helped police track down their suspect. >> police took a hard line on a suspect they arrested. >> an arrest. and there's really no other way to describe this individual than an utter animal. 61-year-old alvin wright was arrested by baltimore police. >> oh, thank you, jesus. thank you, jesus. oh, i'm so -- oh, jesus, i'm so happy. >> a 13-year-old girl was grabbed and forced inside. the house is so dilapidated. >> she fell through the first floor into the basement. our suspect then came in, viciously attacked and sexually assaulted her. >> reporter: the strongest lead came from dna samples left by the man on his young victim. because of the natu

. >> reporter: political consultant julius henson showed up for court, but court wasn't ready for him. judge peters recused himself. >> he was a recent appointee of governor o'malley. and he felt it would be a conflict for him for this. >> reporter: politics, unavoidable. since henson was a paid consultant, working for the campaign of bob ehrlich. henson admits he was behind the election night robocalls to 112,000 registered democrats in baltimore city and prince george's county, hinting there was no need to vote. >> calling to let everyone know that president obama and governor o'malley have been successful. we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: henson and ehrlich's campaign manager were both indicted on three counts to violate election laws, attempting to suppress voter turnout and for failing to identify who was behind the robocalls. henson maintains his innocence and believes his prosecution is political. >> so this is something by ben cardin, o'malley, just to punish people who disagree with what goes on in democrati

they blame paul suric and rontda russell's boss, campaign manager julius henson. but they said it was meant to be reverse psychology. >> this is to stimulate voters, saying, hey, my vote was for ehrlich. he's down and out. i'm going to go. >> russell said she used computerized phone lists of democrats she already had available, rather than generating new lists of republican voters. >> i used lists of previous clients because i was being lazy. it wasn't out of anyone's asking or anyone being explicit. it was my decision to use the list. >> reporter: also on the stand, several of bob ehrlich's campaign staffers who said they were presented with voter suppression proposal. but they say the campaign rejected that idea. and all of them testified they had no idea about the election night robocall. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> the defense is expected to begin its case tomorrow. we'll have more on today's testimony, coming up all new at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> out of control. a driver in middle river leaves the road, crashes through a fence and hit the house. the im

. >> reporter: politico consultant julius henson admitted he was behind the ad. but he disputes allegations by the state prosecutor's office, that the ads violated election laws, amounted to voter suppression, and failed to disclose who paid for the calls as required am. >> the state prosecutors and the attorney general of the united states should read the constitution. the speech clause in the constitution says that political speech is free. that they cannot control the content. >> reporter: researcher byron warnkin said henson's free speech defense may not hold up. >> it seems seems to me that they have pretty strong evidence that these robocalls were for the purpose of dissuading people from their right to vote. i don't think you have a first amendment right to that. >> reporter: if convicted on all charges, henson faces the possibility of up to 11 years in prison. former governor bob ehrlich's campaign manager, bob suric, faces similar charges. he will go to trial later this month. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> prosecutors have said there was no ind

another former aide julius henson will go on trial in december. >>> redskins wake up having finally ended the losing streak, but it wasn't easy. washington traveled to seattle to play the seahawks. they were down 17-7 when running back roy helu hurdles over the defender and scoots into the end zone. washington now down by only three points. next drive rex grossman steps back and avoids the pressure, steps up to get away from the pressure in connection with anthony armstrong for a thrilling 51-yard touchdown pass. the skins defense makes the lead stand up, and washington escapes with a 23-17 win. >> it's been a long stressful kind of season the last few weeks, especially losing and not really being able to get on track and being able to make a play is huge. >> the win puts the skins now at 4-7, tied for last place in the nfc east with philadelphia. next week they're back home against the new york jets, who beat buffalo yesterday and have a record of 6-5. >> makes mondays a lot easier, right? >> it does indeed. makes it a lot nicer. >>> it's 5:37 right now. another sex scandal hanging over

his name is julius henson.he has been accused of using robo calls to encourage voters in mostly african-american neighborhoods to stay home on the last election date. the cause tells supporters of martin o'malley and president obama to relax because the candidates had already won. henson said he didn't believe that the calls were illegal. >>> d.c. council chairman kwame brown has a legal tag displayed on his new prius. that was attached to his car outside the wilson building today. news4 reported last night in our 6:00 broadcast that the chairman was driving around town with no visible plates. brown told us the temp tags were destroyed in the rain. after our report, he got a replacement. the new tag expires on saturday. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords had a message for her arizona constituent. she record admin-long message in houston and it was posted on her facebook page today. giffords said she is getting better and misses everyone. >> hello, this is gabby giffords. i miss you. i miss tucson. the mountai

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the man at the center of those election day robo calls is set to appear in court today, julius hensonwas paid $125,000 by the campaign. if convicted he faces up to 11 years in prison. stay with wjz 13 maryland news station, up next >>> top of the hour as we welcome you back to he is ets. an in-depth look ahead at people getting help from the government that may not need that help. >> more than $300 million in farm subsidies is paying for rich guys' ranches and estates. some of them money went to men like ted turner and bruce springsteen. these programs are open to just about everyone regardless of whether you need the money or not. cheryl atkyson will have more on this report in just a couple of minutes. >>> but first, survivors of gun violence will be testifying on capitol hill later today. they're calling on congress for stronger background chucks for gun buyers. it's become an especially hot issue ever since the january shooting in tucson arizona, that killed six people and wounded congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she spoke about her recovery last night in her first interview on a