meghan mccorkell has more. >> reporter: good morning.he man accused of stealing that memorabilia is now charged with hit-and-run for nearly killing a biker during the get away. >> jefferson davis. >> reporter: for 20 years, jason has been collecting cherished civil war memorabilia. >> i had major dealers wanting to buy my stuff. >> reporter: but this summer his most prized possessions disappeared. $68,000 worth of artifacts stolen from this home. >> it is a lifetime of collecting. >> reporter: police traced the threat to this man, 30-year-old jason bohn, a man that is considered family. now, a startling new revelation. police believe that he tried to make his getaway in annapolis, he hit a bikewhere his car. then took off. leaving that man fighting for his life. when police found bowen's car, this is what it looked like. damage to the front windshield, consistent with hitting a person. another big clue. the side mirror was missing from the suspect's car, the same mirror as the scene. >> the mirror had blue tape on it. >> i had no idea ab

reporting live, meghan mccorkell. >> thank you. the proposed legislation is modeled after an animal abuse registry already in effect in massachusetts. >>> the captain of the crippled cruise ship in italy officer a new excuse. he says he accidentally tripped and fell into a lifeboat in the middle of the chaos and that's why he didn't stay with the ship. rescue workers have called off their search for survivors. 11 are dead, 21 still missing. the captain is under house arrest, facing serious charges. >>> a grandmother of four is facing deportation. the woman's family is fighting to keep her in the united states. >> reporter: six years ago, 59- year-old josephine vega came from mexico. she wanted to raise her four grandchildren. today her family and friends rallied to keep her in the u.s. in the coming months, vega faces deportation back to mexico. in june, he was arrested for driving without a license. the policy temporarily freezes deportation for illegal immigrants who have no criminal records. >> if the program has been implemente

i'm meghan mccorkell.t investigators originally that was a deadly fire turned into a brutal murder investigation, the turn in the case that surprised everyone. >>> presidential candidates tackle some hot button issues before the upcoming new hampshire primary, what the voters want to know. all aboard, big changes on the way for marked trains running between baltimore and washington, d.c. >>> we're in for warmer weather this weekend. what a gorgeous start. meetology, tim williams with the details in your first warning weather forecast. >>> i'm mike schuh live. this is my daughter's doll. why in the world am i standing out in the parking a lot holding a child's american girl doll? that is the question. the answer when we return. >>> good morning. welcome back to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm jessica kartalija. gigi has the morning off. >> i'm tim williams on the first saturday morning of the year. we are in january and the temperatures more spring-like than winter-like. the skies are clear for today.

i'm meghan mccorkell, live at the lexington market station. details of the firefighters daring rescue. >>> getting ready. fun and games at the ravens complex, as the team hits the practice field for their big play-off game. wjz is the place for complete coverage. >>> wet night ahead. how much rain could we see in the next several hours? the first warning weather team is updating the forecast. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now.

meghan mccorkell has more. >> reporter: minutes after broad neck high school's dismissal. two teens traded bunches surrounded by a crowd. >> about 75 kids filming on their cell phones and cameras to post on youtube and facebook later. >> reporter: 18-year-old was hit in the head, fell to the ground and started having a seizure, but the 15-year-old kept hitting him. by the time pair medics got to the scene. the 18-year-old was injured and airlift today shock trauma. >> he has life-threatening injuries. that's a priority one patient. >> reporter: the victim is a former student at the high school. we learned that school officials are cooperating with police, even though this didn't happen on school property. neighbors are saying that the corner is a trouble spot. >> the kids smoke weed. they fight, they argue. they drink. everything goes on across from school property. >> like dozens of kids. but they think they are tough kids. >> reporter: now, they are hoping this will result in more police presence to prevent anyone else from getting hurt. meghan mccorkell, eyewitness news

. >>> a child with autism beaten at his bus stop as a crowd watches, as meghan mccorkell reports the entire thing was caught on camera. >> reporter: a crowd surrounds him near his bus stop, someone with a cell phone camera shoots this video, suddenly this boy repeatedly punches caleb in the head. >> all of the kids just wanted to watch the fight, just so they could see someone get hurt. >> caleb says he never threw a punch. >> i don't know how to fight back. >> his parents found the video on facebook. they say their son is the target of constant bullying at the middle school. >> he has complained he has punched, pushed kicked but most of it is name calling and threats. >> they have been in contact with the school. >> i guess i am helpless. what can i do? can't go to school with him every day. >> they would not comment but tell us they take incidents like this seriously. in a statement to wjz the school says it conducted app investigation an investigation into the matter and this child has been charged. caleb hopes it never happens again. >> i hope it accomplishes that people will jus

we are live, meghan mccorkell is live. >> reporter: it was robert richardson iii east sister who call the police to say her brother had shot and killed their path .e investigators say 16-year-old robert richardson iii confess today killing his father and then dumping him in the pond. police were called to the home on monday night. >> and what they found indicated somebody had been shot. >> and police started a man hunt for teen. he was spotted on the road. >> he turned into the parking lot and didn't make it. >> here in the parking of of this church, richardson crashed his car. but, they caught up. >> it wasn't a normal situation. we heard a lot of screaming. >> neighbors tell us they worried the father maybe abusing the teens. >> he would be working at something in the yard and just screaming. and verbally abusive. >> we got police records showing a dozen calls to the home 234 just the--in just the past six month. >> it is sick. >> we just hope and pray that things are not going on in people's homes like that. >> reporter: and richardson is a student in the high school. he was going

meghan mccorkell, wjz news. >> no weapons in the fight. no charges yet against the 15 year old boy. >>> leader of the free world. president obama made a visit to cambridge. got a glimpse of the president. was in cambridge to rally democratic leaders for the retreat there. he's promoting his state of the union message. >>> maryland's first lady, katy o'mally is apologizing tonight for calling cowards for failing to pass same sex legislation last year. reaction to judge's remark. >> reporter: first lady katy o'mally voted against a similar bill last session. the gay bi transendered. didn't expect to happen. and cowards to prevent it from happening. there are delegates taking exception to that. >> they are angry. many members are very, very angry. >> reporter: criticized those in the house for their opposition. >> i'm not sure why. is it a religious thing? i hear a lot from legislatures saying i'm for it but i might not get reelected. which i think is lame. >> isn't that what most politics live for, to be reelected? >> reporter: said i regret

meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> this morning he is free on bond pending his trial. >>> a man convicted in the murder of a seven-year-old georgia girl is now dead himself. 20-year-old ryan brun was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead, apparently by suicide. he was sentenced after pleading guilty to raping and killing the little girl and dumping her body in a trash compacter. >>> in reno, nevada, the wildfire is still burning. the smoke could be seen from 10 miles away. there is report of a death but it is not clear if it is completely related to the fire. >>> even though a donor has agreed to fund the remaining repairs open the washington monuments that job won't be completed until sometime. it could last until august of next year. a billionaire history buff donated more than the 7 million dollars to fix the damage caused by last summer's 5.8 magnitude earthquake. >>> and with only one day to go before the south carolina primary republican presidential hopeful newt gingrich says he did not ask his wife for an open marriage and he grew angry when asked about it at the

meghan mccorkell has the latest on that. >> this was a daring rescue for firefighters who had to crawl on their stomachs, underneath that train to get to the man. >> reporter: witnesses saw a man fall right onto the tracks employs. >> when he tipped over. the train was coming. by a lot of us. trying to tell the train to stop. >> all i know is i heard them say the trin hit somebody. >> when firefighters arrived, i they found the man. he was conscious and talking to them. they put him on a back board and worked to pull him out. they had to pull him by a rope, probably over 150 to 200 feet on the track to meet the train. >> reporter: the victim then rushed to maryland shock trauma. >> he did suffer someitutions, some abrasions of other musk low skeletal abraise brations. >> reporter: we are told that man was conscious. lexington market station is back open tonight. reporting live, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> reporter: all right, thank you, meghan. and we'll bring you the latest on the victim's condition as the information becomes available. >>> residents are on edge. two arm

i'm meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> amazing story. of course, we'll have the latest on this breaking news, coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a car bomb attack kills a prominent nuclear scientist in iran. now, iranian leaders are accusing another nation of ordering the hit. tina kraus reports for wjz on who is being blamed. >> reporter: security forces in tehran surround the -- surrounded the car in a deadly attack. police say two assailants on a motorcycle stuck magnetic bombs to the car of the nuclear scientist. >> reporter: i saw the bikes speed by, this witness said, they were wearing black hats and had something in their hands. authorities say the scientists worked at a key nuclear facility. he is the fourth nuclear expert to die in a car bomb attack in two years. iranian officials accuse israel of dispatching hit squads to try to destroy its nuclear program. israeli officials deny the allegations but have hinted about covert campaigns. on tuesday, israel's military chief of staff said iran should expect more unnatural events in 201

i'm meghan mccorkell. wjz eyewitness news. >> and of course, wjz will continue to follow this story and have much more tonight at 11:00. >>> the debate over a same-sex marriage is back in the general assembly. governor o'malley introduces a bill he says will satisfy opponents. pat warren has reaction from both sides of the issue. pat? >> that's right. while governor o'malley says language in his bill protects religious freedom, religious advocates of traditional marriage in the house of delegates aren't so sure the government wouldn't eventually force them to recognize same- sex marriage. >> just say no. that's the option governor o'malley is giving religious groups that don't want to perform weddings for same-sex couples. o'malley hosted a breakfast for a coalition supporting his bill, to legalize same-sex marriage today. the bill is also written to protect religious groups from lawsuits, anish that may have -- an issue that may have prevented some from voting for the bill last year. >> it's our hope that

for now, we're live, meghan mccorkell, wjz eyewitness news. >> our complete coverage continues with sky eye chopper 13. captain mike perry has more information for us. captain mike? >> reporter: hello, mary. we have been on this scene for about the past hour or so. we do know that baltimore county police did some pretty good police work in northern baltimore county. this car was spotted, going across -- going -- i'm sorry. going across paper mill road, when a police officer radioed to the police helicopter. the police helicopter began surveiling this honda accord, which police believe was stolen at the time. they believe that both suspects in this vehicle were wanted for multiple burglaries in northern baltimore county, as meghan just told you. now, one of the suspects bailed out of the vehicle. that was up at jarrettsville pike, near merriman road. police quickly apprehended that suspect. he remains in police custody. and as you can see, this scene will remain here for sometime because the driver of that suspect vehicle did die as a result of this accident. this is now a fatal accident

meghan mccorkell has the latest for us. >> reporter: you can see that delaney vealt road is still shutn -- valley road is still shut down right here behind me, after the accident involving two burglary suspects. police tell me those two suspects were driving down delaney boulevard, in a honda accord. police had noticed them and there had been an alert put out for them earlier from a burglary. that's when the suspects tried to get away, after they noticed police behind them. they hit a