kay.seems like a mainline motivation for september 11 was the jihad and the alternative conspiracy theories are us-based inside jobs but i wondered about major communist countries, whether or not there could be a conspiracy initially there because they provide weapons for these jihadist groups and also there have been mysterious explosions around 1990 and 2000 major communist countries and they also i think a better ability to penetrate airspace. do you think after the so-called end of the war, cold war, that the spies just disappeared or do you think they could have done something like that? >> well, one thing that america has gotten pretty good at during the cold war was determining when there was russian infiltration, and one thing about the russians is when they take someone side, if you look at the current russian support of the assad regime in syria, there is no subtlety to it. they are taking assad's side and a clear way so i don't think that would be the modus operandi. also going

. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> case workers and staff watched in stunned disbelief. an 8-month-old baby girl, covered in blood, her own mother holding the knife. wjz is live at johns hopkins hospital, where the child is being treated. mike schuh explains what happened. mike, this is such a horrible story. >> reporter: mary, indeed, it is. and the little girl is here at hopkins, with wounds to her neck and to her head. her mother is in custody. >> reporter: behind these doors, a gruesome scene. ama dendy looked across the street. >> the employees, they were hysterical, they were running outside, crying. >> they were running the state office, which runs the foster care for the city. it's here, where parents are allowed to visit the children they had taken away from them. >> the baby's mom was visiting with the baby and a social worker here at the location. at some point, the mother became irate, pulled out a long kitchen knife, and began stabbing the baby. >> when police arriv

kay warren joins me from new york. i had a chance to read your book.ow you would define joy. how do you see the can i have between joy and happiness? >> there's a huge difference because happiness is completely dependent on what is going on externally. i just got a promotion or a raise or had a new baby or, you know, i got a good report back from the doctor. it's all about external things that are good. but joy has to be more stable because it has to take us through the dark times. it has to take us through the times when, you know, you don't get a good report back from the doctor, when the person you love doesn't love you any morks when t more, when the economy tanks a little further. joy has to being more permanent. >> so joy comes from within? >> no, it comes from god. that's the point. god is the only thing that's and i believe in our lives. everything else about life changes. nothing stays the same. but godded is eternal, he's permanent, he's stable. so when we put our hopes for joy in him, then we've got a real possibility to experience on a dail

kai? >> reporter: well, vic, the man has been suspended for apparent abuse of powers. daniel thomas nicholson, iv, was suspended. he is the subject of a criminal investigation by the city and state attorney's office. >> one person contacted internal affairs with serious concerns and given those concerns, we decided to suspend the officer >> reporter: police said nicholson's own teenage daughter mariah was reported missing on april 20. according to "the baltimore sun," county police were investigating the case and nicholson went on his own search for his daughter. that's the reason for the investigation. nicholson's daughter eventually returned home. >> we have a history of holding individuals accountable and investigating all allegations and that's exactly what we're committed to doing in this case. >> reporter: ironically nicholson was the lead detective in the nationally pub sized barnes case. the teen was later found murdered in a dam and is not related to nicholson. the detective forced his way into homes while he was off duty. apparently his daughter called eventu

can you forward that -- afford that, kai? >> i don't think so. >> hanley ramirez's bat slips out of the hand, hits a fan on the elbow. watch that elbow. it grew its own hand. >> wow. >> the fan earned a welt and a bat. bottom 10, tied 2-2. waiting on third. ready to tag up and scoot home with the winning run. wilson ramos. nats win, 3-2. they lead the national league east division by 2 over the atlanta braves. >>> and not so bright a day, with the men's college lacrosse now. it cut them up into first half. and the first quarter, in fact. mitt davis gives the mids a 3-0 upper hand. the replay, real physical, you saw. navy goalie. watch this. sending ball up field. john goes down in the middle of the screen. that bum knee of his has been a problem before. nobody even touches this. >> he just goes down. we'll check on the status and let you know at 11:00. >> hopkins finally got on the board. zach palmer dug into his bag of tricks. does the machine care who scores? >> this is a big stunner. hopkins loses to navy today by a final

i'm kai jackson. mary bubala is off. today, the prostitution scandal takes center stage on capitol hill. president obama is angry about these accusations. >> homeland security secretary janet napolitano said that investigators will get to the bottom of the secret service prostitution scandal, leaving no stone unturned. >> let me be clear. we will not allow the actions of a few to tarnish the proud legacy of the secret service. >> reporter: napolitano's office is overseeing the investigating office. agents who were preparing for the president's trip to the summit of the americas are accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel room little. >> to your knowledge, is this the first time to date this has happened? >> over the past two years, the secret service office professional responsibility has not received any such complaint. >> reporter: of the 12 agents implicated in the scandal, nine are being forced out. three others have been cleared of serious wrongdoing. republicans are following the investigation closely t

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. >>> i'm kai jackson. mary is off. here's what people are talking about. attorneys in the george zimmerman, trayvon martin case meet again in court. randall pinks ton reports. >> reporter: florida ministers are asking for unity, now that george zimmerman is behind bars for shooting trayvon martin to death. >> people in the community feel as though the process of justice is working. reconciliation and healing is fostered out of an environment where there is repentance and forgiveness. >> reporter: it could be months before zimmerman goes on try. -- trial. the 28-year-old said he shot martin in self-defense. >> he defer deserves a bond. there. >> reporter: and a surprise status hearing, lawyers questioned whether the judge overseeing the second-degree murder case may have a conflict of interest. her husband works with an attorney who had contact with zimmerman. >> reporter: authorities are revealing new details about george zimmerman's jail quarters, where he's being held in isolation because of concerns about his safety. >> reporter: he's being held in a sk

>> thank you, kai.e on high alert, as the city prepares to host the olympics and celebrate the 60 -- 60th anniversary of queen elizabeth's reign. >>> a stunning story for the man whose body was found in a neighborhood gives us the story. >> at first, i seen him circle the block a couple of times. and then when he came back, i approached him, "what do you want?" he said that he was looking for a gun. "i need somebody to shoot me." >> he said that? >> yeah. i said, you're out of your mind. but i might be able to get the gun for you. how much money you got? >> he never got the gun. but he did meet jeffrey locker later, a little while later in locker's car. >> that's when he said again, i want you to kill me. i said, why don't you just go jump in the river? it's right there. >> what did he say? >> he said, i need it to look like a robbery. >> reporter: he said he wanted to make it look like a robbery so his family could collect the insurance payout. >> he was worried about not being able to take care of his

kai? >> bernadette, thank you. stay with wjz to get updated forecasts, and the latest weather watches and warnings, log onto wjz.com. >>> let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. >> hi, kai. hi, everyone. >>> northbound i didn't 95, we did have an accident. the delay there is back to the beltway. expect about 20 minute toss get through. -- 20 minutes to get through. >>> stop and go there from york road to dulaney valley. and a 15-minute delay from frederick to security boulevard. as far as accidents go, edgewood road at emerton road in harford county of the also, washington boulevard. westbound 40 at rolling road. and finally, in baltimore city, we have orleans street at north caroline. let's now take a live look, as you can see on the right-hand side of the screen. we have quite a delay there. 895 at moravia road. that does stretch back to child street. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's carpet, hard wood and laminate, too. you can call them at 1-877-75- bills.

kai? >> denise, thank you. >>> police say the boys panicked after the shooting and put turnage's body into a backyard and covered it with trash. >> opening arguments begin in the death of two teens in baltimore. >> reporter: there were two people in the car that struck the teenager that night. a man and a woman. he said she was driving. she says he was driving. now, it's up to a jury to decide who is telling the truth. >> it's been 10 months since 16- year-old courtney angeles and 17-year-old emerald smith were killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing martin luther king and pratt streets. for their grieving mothers, the start of this trial is filled with emotion. >> anxiety. some relief that we're finally here. at this point, knowing that justice will be served. >> reporter: the justice at that point is a guilty verdict for 28-year-old rubin dun. dun admits he was one of two people in the car that struck the girls. but he says it was his then girlfriend candidate ra miles who was driv

kai? >> thank you. he faces life in prison if convicted. >>> more trouble for the u.s. secret service. there are new reports about agent misconduct in el salvador, again, involving prostitutes. tara mergener reports for wjz from the white house. >> reporter: cbs affiliate kiro traveled to elf salvador to investigate tips that they hired prostitutes there. they spoke with a u.s. government subcontractor who says last year, he partied with agents at a san salvador nightclub, with agents days before president obama was to arrive. >> he says he repeatedly saw them exchange money for services in the club. and on at least two occasions, they took escorts back to their hotel room. >> reporter: the source agreed to speak on the record in light of the recent columbian prostitution scandal. in a statement, they say they are aware of the reports. and any information will be followed up in an appropriate manner. >> reporter: the white house declined to comment on the new allegations, but says the pres

kai jackson is looking at what's fueling the fires. kai? >> reporter: brush fires have been around maryland. authorities say the danger is just heating up. >> all it takes is a spark in conditions like this to ignite a wood fire, brush fire. >> reporter: a combination of a short fall of rain during the week, low moisture in the ground, and high wind created perfect conditions for devastating fire. >> my house, my neighbor's house. >> reporter: the u.s. geological survey said the mild winter had little to no snow melt. represented by wind and orange dots. there's a danger of wildfires along the east coast. >> they said you better get out of here. it's getting close. >> reporter: there was a red flag in baltimore county that expired, however, because of the conditions, open burning in baltimore county, they're encouraging residents to be careful with discarded cigarettes or even using your fire grill. >> thank you, kai. will we see the rain? bernadette woods will show us the forecast in just a few minutes. >>> we learned tonight that the pros

. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> it is the end of an era in human space flight. study, the space shuttle discovery flew into maryland, right into history. danielle nottingham reports for wjz, thousands watched the most traveled space shuttle on its last mission. >> the shuttle discovery drew cheers as it soared over thousands waiting for a glimpse of the space shuttle's final journey. >> that was pretty awesome. >> that is, like, amazing. >> reporter: after 39 missions in space, discovery wrapped around the washington monument and u.s. capital, on the back of a 747. it dazzled shuttle watchers at its new home, the smithsonian air and space museum in northern virginia. >> that was awesome. i don't know. it was just great. >> reporter: the phelpmans came all the way from connect dect -- connecticut to get the first perfect shot of discovery, making its smooth landing at dulless inter-- dulless international airport. >> it was worth the wait. >> reporter: this is the shuttle nasa

i'm kai jackson. and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. that breaking news just into the wjz newsroom. long-time powerhouse producer, and abc's new career's eve, rocking eve host, dick clark, has died. details surrounding his death are unclear. but clark had suffered a significant stroke, back in 2004, forcing him to retire. the tv legend also suffered from type 2 diabetes. clark has been married three times and has three children. he started his career, hosting "american bandstand." he was affectionately called america's teenager because he never seemed to age. dick clark, dead at age 82. wjz will have much more on dick clark and his death, coming up, all new at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. >>> shocking new scandal. photographs of u.s. troops in afghanistan, that appear to show soldiers, posing next to bodies. danielle nottingham reports for wjz. the u.s. is launching a criminal investigation. >> reporter: top u.s. officials are strongly condemning photos the los angeles times published that appear to show

kay bailey hutchison is basically leaving politics this year.tion of the senate. olympia snowe is not running for re-election in the senate. lisa murkowski is in the senate because she ran as an independent last year. she lost the republican primary to a conservative republican challenger. these are women that are liberated a bit from the political games that the rest of the republicans in washington are playing and have to play. >> i think that's so smart in looking at the individual circumstance of these women that feel like they can speak out. that goes right to, i guess, the most important pragmatic at least political question here which is whether or not this shift in position by the republican party, whether it's going to hurt them among republican women or whether this is only something that hurts them among independent women, potential crossover voters and potentially even some men who see themselves as being alienated by these issues and otherwise seeing themselves as in the center. is this something that's really only for independent v

because of michael kay that blew up into a national story. they want an apology from him.your breath. >>> last night in the nba, the charlotte bobcats made history. they won only seven games all season. seven. last night against the knicks, they had a chance to save themselves from the distinction of having the single worst single season winning percentage in the history of the nba. bobcats owner michael jordan, why does he even come to the games anymore? in the third, mike bibby finds amar'e stoudemire, that sums up the season. and, yes, history was made. the knicks beat the bobcats 104-84. they finished with a 7-59 record. that's ai winning percentage of.106. so the bobs pass the 1972 sixers officially as the worst team in nba history. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe," vice president joe biden throws down the gauntlet on mitt romney on foreign policy. >>> when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch "30 rock" do it live. not once but twice last night. celebrity cameos everywhere you look when "way too early" comes back. we lo

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>> kai, thank you.rman admits to shooting the teen as he walked in the florida neighborhood, but says he acted in self-defense. >>> we're learning more about a utah mother who disappeared in 2009. before she vanished, susan powell sent out several e-mails to friends and coworkers, saying she feared her husband could harmer. josh powell was considered a person of interest in her case but never arrested. back in february, powell killed himself and their two young sons in a gas-fueled fire in washington state. >>> three florida siblings involved in a multistate crime spree learn their judgment. today, they sentence 27-year- old dim do herty for his part in a bank robbery and high- speed chase. hours later, his sister lee doherty, received her sentence. the trio still faces, -- charges in florida, where the alleged crime spree began. >>> with the placement of one beam, the tallest building in new york is once again in lower manhattan. >>> one world trade center surpasses the empire state building. >> the re

kay points out i am still interested in the attempt to kill president reagan. 31 years ago i am afraid it this point* he tries to the bout bush's son was dying with the suspect's brother. neil bush silverado having dinner with scott hinckley of the would-be killer of the president. vice president confirms and neil bush conceded they were going to meet. what does this mean? that is the appearance of a

. >>> plus a special conversation with his wife kay about overcoming adversity. >>> then -- mitt romney. >> this is not the time for president obama's hide and seek campaign. >> it's thinly vailed -- >> it's game for the general election. that and more with our powerhouse roundtable. george will, peggy noonan, david khal i khallian and chrystia freeland. >>> good morning, everyone. happy easter and happy passover. george stephanopoulos has a well-deserved morning off. we have seen a renew discussion with the role religion plays in our life lives. to the gridiron. >> when i'm praying before game, during games, it's i'm asking the lord for strength whether i win or lose. or i'm a hee oh or the goat. >>> this holiday morning, we begin with a conversation about faith in america. with fas or the rick warren of saddle brooke church. it has 200 outposts around the globe and his book the purpose-driven life has sold more than 30 million copies. he may be the nation's and world's most famous and influential pastor. happy easter. >> happy passover to you. >>> your easter sermon is titled trusting

kai is in the newsroom to explain. president bashar assad says there are contingencies. >> the full plan is for a cease- fire starting tomorrow. but syria's army is using the final hours to inflict as much damage as possible on the opposition. the u.s. and others are skeptical assad's regime will fully comply after several previous failures. syria ignored the previous attempts to call it back. president assad said his troops reserve the right. >> they estimate the u.s. conflict has killed nine people. >>> the university of california davis releases an online report on the pepper spraying of students by campus police last fall. >> a uc davis task force says the incident, which was caught on video, could have and should have been prevented. the students were part of occupy wall street camps in november. the camp says officers should have considered other alternatives first. >>> nine suspected illegal immigrants are dead after the van they were riding in crashed in south texas. investigators say the driver lost control la

kai? >> the orioles are back home, one week from today, when they open up a nine home-game stand. >>> we're following breaking news right now in southwest baltimore. sky eye chopper 13 over the scene. captain mike perry above with more. captain mike? >> hello, mary. we are in southwest baltimore, along frederick road. near the city-county line. apparently, an armed carjacking, occurring in the western district. police spotted the vehicle. they chased it down here to frederick road, where two suspects bailed out of this minivan. one was apprehended close by the scene. the second ran into a wooded area. if mark will pull out, that's going to be the wooded area that is down to the right of where mark is looking right now, with city police, fox trot helicopter, and other units responding to the area, they were able to take the second suspect into custody. now, police are searching the area for a possible gun that was used in reference to this event. both suspects in custody, have been taken to

. >> hi, kai. yeah, there's already been 115 brush fires in ann arundle county, in just the past week. now officials are sounding the alarm about the dangers. >> reporter: a four-alarm brush fire ignites in anne arundel county sunday. it took nearly 100 firefighters to douse the blaze, which burned more than 2 acres. it came up quickly. and with the wind, the fire came up within a couple of feet of the road. >> reporter: a warning is issued, banning any open burning. >> banning any camp fires or fire pits, things like that. you cannot do that right now, due to the potential for that fire getting away and starting a large brush fire. >> reporter: high winds ask dry vegetation could be a recipe for disaster whrk it comes to fire. -- when it comes to fire. >> any small fire can immediately progress to a large fire in a matter of minutes. >> reporter: and it's not just maryland facing the dry conditions. there are record low daily stream flow conditions up and down the east coast. >> it will be really

kay bailey hutchison, other republican women have agreed that these attacks on women's reproductive health is bad for the party. it's bad for america. let's look at where ryan takes us and where romney goes. cutting day care. what do women depend on? they depend on -- working women. cutting education. what are women depending on to equalize this? >> that's not true. >> of course it's true. mitt romney wants to decimate the department of education. paul ryan -- that's exactly where mitt romney's taking pit p that's going to disproportion e disproportionately affect women. >>> more from our round table coming up. we're also going to hear from my colleague brian williams who's going to talk about his exclusive interview with president obama this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the successful raid in the killing of osama bin laden. >>> later, general election preview. on a lighter note, "saturday night live" style. it's all coming up. >>> "meet the press" is sponsored by ge. imagination at work. [ male announcer ] you're not the type of person who sets goals

he was charged in her death but a jury acquitted kai on murder. but her family hired an attorney and sued kai in a wrongful death lawsuit. kai is now accused of shooting jau at close range in july of 2008. a previous trial in that case in 2010 ended in a hung jury. >>> police in santa rosa are hoping surveillance photos will help them track down an arsonist. the man on this imagine set at least six vehicles on fire sunday. on west third street and fulsome road. he targeted vehicles left unlocked and took property from some of them before setting them on fire. if you have any information contact the santa rosa police department. >>> a new report reveals what's really in some nail polishes being marketed as nontoxic. janine de la vega tells us many of the products contain a dangerous combination of chemicals known as the toxic trio. >> this one has a purple sparkle. >> reporter: the department of septic toxic released a statement that mislabeled nail polish may be endangering nail workers. many of the nail products actually contained dangerous level

he was charged in her death but a jury acquitted kai on murder.ut her family hired an attorney and sued kai in a wrongful death lawsuit. kai is now accused of shooting jau at close range in july of 2008. a previous trial in that case in 2010 ended in a hung jury. >>> police in santa rosa are hoping surveillance photos will help them track down an arsonist. the man on this imagine set at least six vehicles on fire sunday. on west third street and fulsome road. he targeted vehicles left unlocked and took property from some of them before setting them on fire. if you have any information contact the santa rosa police department. >>> a new report reveals what's really in some nail polishes being marketed as nontoxic. janine de la vega tells us many of the products contain a dangerous combination of chemicals known as the toxic trio. >> this one has a purple sparkle. >> reporter: the department of septic toxic released a statement that mislabeled nail polish may be endangering nail workers. many of the nail products actually contained dangerous levels

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kai jackson. back to you. >> al-qaeda is believed to have key analiates in yemen, somalia, iraq and africa. >>> new details as the inditement accused of killing his ex girlfriend's sister is unsealed. police believe that johnson stranged barner haves at her sister's attachment back in 2010. then dumped her body in a plastic tub. the teen was visiting her sister for the holiday. johnson texted can called full lisa 500 times during a three month period before the visit. >> what was really surprising the number of times he made contact with my little cousin. it was just hard, hard for me to accept and even think that a man of his age would be in contact with my little cousin it way that he was. >> her buddy was found months later floating in the river. the medical examiner is saying that the cause of death was officiation. yesterday, a judge denied johnson bail and called him a potential threat to society. >>> this family of murdered native love, continuesility fight for justice with a civil lawsuit

. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> the secret service is cleaning house. three unnamed agents are being forced out in response to a prostitution scandal that is shaking up the agency. >> reporter: three secret service agents are out of a job for their involvement in the columbian prostitution scandal. and lawmakers expect others soon will be. >> my understanding is there will be more resignations coming in the next day or so. >> reporter: already, one supervisor has been fired. another supervisor forced to retire, and a third agent resigned. eight others remain on administrative leave, with their security clearance suspended. some members of the team allegedly hired prostitutes, after a night of partying in cartagena, ahead of president obama's arrival. congressman peter king says there is no evidence drugs played a role. but says the agency's investigation will be thorough. >> a number of them are right now undergoing drug tests and polygraphs. >> reporter: the white house has

kai?> thank you, bern dote. -- bernadette. >>> one of the key tools in the prevention of colon cancer is the colonoscopy. this is an exam that lets a doctor look inside the entire colon. if the doctor is looking for polyps or small growths or signs of cancer. patients are given medicine to help them relax and sleep until it is finished. doctors will decide how often you should have a colonoscopy. usually, it's once every 10 years, depending on your risk for colon cancer. >>> you should also talk to your doctor about whether or not you should start having tests before the age of 50. >>> also in health watch, new research shows a link between dental rays and brain tumors. teresa garcia has the story for wjz. >>> 65-year-old gloria conroy has been getting dental x-rays every year for as long as she can remember. >> it didn't bother me. because i don't want root canal problems. i don't want cavities. >> reporter: but according to a new study in the journal cancer, the radiation from frequent d

i know you remember it well, tim. >> we do, kai. as a matter of fact, i think you reported from the scene down there during that time. there has not been a twister as powerful as la plata since then. another ef4 near la plata. and others in garrett and allegheny counties. those date back to the 1920s, 1940s and back up into the 90s, of course, and then 10 years ago, for the la plata tornado that we're tauging about. and as -- talking about. and as the enhanced fujita scale shows, ranging from 100 to 200 miles an hour. la plata, since then, has a state of the art warning system it didn't have at the time. only 1% of tornadoes reported are ef4 or 5. >>> maryland sees an average of 3 to four tornadoes per year. >>> the second leg of the triple crown is just weeks away. and underarmour may have a different starter. kevin plank is on a mission to get people excited about maryland horse racing again. >> reporter: underarmour ceo, kevin plank wanted to get maryland back on track. and he's doing just that. purchasing the historic saga more

kai? >> thank you. it could be months before the case goes to trial. >> a student is arrested during a fight at a softball game in hampdens. sky eye chopper 13 is there. wjz confirms an 18-year-old female student from reginald f. lewis high school is charged with assaulting students from the academy of college and career exploration. members helped break up the fight. >> reporter: a school bus crash in anne arundel county leaves a man hurt. police say the bus collided with the car this morning in odenton. near the intersection of telegraph road and bedson avenue. the driver of that car was taken to shock trauma with life- threatening injuries. no students were on the bus at the time. >>> supporters and opponents have a plan to increase the so- called bottle tax, take their fight to city hall. over the next hour, a committee will examine the issue and hear passionate testimony from both sides. wjz has more. derek valcourt has more the hurdles that they are facing. >> city police believe they have enough

>> rescue operations just wrapping up, kai. we're here in the vitint of -- vicinity of falls road at the jones falls expressway. this goes underneath of the exit ramp there off the expressway, opto falls road -- onto falls road. apparently a person stumbled down. he was trapped there briefly. firefighters were able to get him into a stokes basket. they needed to call rescue 1. a piece of fire apparatus to assist them with this angle. the slope here so steep, the fireman could not get him back up to clipper mill road. placed in the waiting ambulance. he's going to be transported to a local hospital. no word on the man's condition or how he got in this ravine. but the rescue operation is wrapping up a moment ago. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. a firefighter sent flieling into the air -- flying into the air during an explosion. >>> vicious dog. the man risked his life to save children from an attack in the nation's capital. >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, flames and

. >> reporter: that's right, kai. and some of the family members said they did believe from the beginning that johnson was somehow connected in the murder and disappearance. and they say his arrest is a step in the right direction. >> reporter: at city police headquarters, members of fizz lishia barns agency-- phylicia barnes family say they suspected johnson. >> i suspected from the very beginning that it was him. but just suspecting someone, that is not enough. that is just -- it is just not enough. >> reporter: johnson, who had taken vacations with the barnes family, wasn't involved in the search for phylicia, something her father found odd. >> we've still got a long way to go. not going to claim anything yet until people are behind bars. whatever mab the consequence. maximum punishment, maximum penalty. >> not a day has gone by that i have not done something. >> reporter: barness'ess' cousin, harwe watson says johnson's arrest is a start. >> this is just a start. we're not going to solve it overnight. but this is

it's a good sign for the city, kai. >> it is denise, this is a big honor for baltimore's luxurious four seasons hotel and a promising sign for development. the four season's is a trendy hotel. employees have just learned that traveler has named it one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. >> it means a lot. it's the beginning of a great path that we have ahead of us. a great looking hotel, we're here to keep accomplishing ourselves. >> reporter: the four seasons appears to be the next link. business they hope will promope shotting and promote more stores. >> it'll make the east a bigger shopping area. >> the four seasons baltimore competed with hotels around the world for this vote. they were critiqued in a number of areas including food and amenities. the hotel received high praises for the popular bar. they did critique the spay saying it could have been better with better skilled workers. and this summer several stores are set to open including anthropology, lulu lemon and mac cosmetics. >> thank you, kai. the luxury's hotel royal suite will cost you $6,000 a night. >> in order

-year-old said she is still having nightmares after getting a call from a coordinateer at her son's kay care center saying she saw a male employee on top of her son with his pants down but the mother said that call didn't come until two days after the incident. she said she asked the coordinator why they weren't told earlier. >> she said at the time -- this is a first time anything like this happened and she didn't know what she was supposed to do. >> reporter: the police report shows a third day actually passed before someone called the daycare -- before they called the police. now today the daycare center which is part of the zion baptist church is closed. one parent said she was told it was shut down because of a licensing issue. >> all right. few clouds today, beautiful weather on the whole and with the early morning clouds for the most part diminished, little bit of additional active weather off shore. this over the atlantic waters, couple of showers on the radar and that's it. otherwise we are pretty nice out there temperature wise. 71 still in the city. 67 in the state capitol. w

i'm kai jackson, reporting. back to you. >> thank you, kai.asino is off susquehanna and there's another at the beach. >>> a series sweep of the blue jays. the birds hosting the jays downtown last night. adam jones was breaking the 2-2 high in the 8th with a home run. that's the center fielder's sixth of the year. in the same inning, davis went deep for the bird. the orioles win 5-2. the team is now tied with the tampa bay rays for the lead in the american league east. >>> and the oakland as come to town for a series that begins tonight. and on sunday, masn on wjz. you can see the ods and the as on -- os and as on wjz at 1:30. >>> a couple criticized for grabbing a foul ball from a child at a baseball game is firing back this morning. >> and they caught the ball. [ cheers and applause ] >> oh, my god, they can't give to it the kid? wow, they're actually, like, rubbing in it the kid's face. >> as you saw, the boy starts to cry uncontrollably when he doesn't get the ball and was tossed to him. the couple tells a dallas tv station they had no idea

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force, i think we were all very grateful that kay decided to come out of retirement to help us. [appluse] we all think she has been very instrumental in the insured its posted, getting us public, as quickly as possible, posting the draft maps, and we really would not have been able to do it, stayingwe appreciate all the hef the people who have supported us, but i think you were really a crucial member to our team. we just want to say thank you. >> i will not be back in ten years. >> one last word then if i may. last kind of prerogative of the chair. again, it's been really a plesh working with each of you as i commented a moment ago there were many who expected this to turn into some kind of political fight of progressives and moderates and everybody in between on opposite sides and it did not materialize because we didn't allow it to materialize. so i really appreciate each of you for that. and again, to kay and -- who was everywhere all the time which was just incredible and we appreciate that, to the city attorney's office, just incredible support, always available and always

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