mike schuh, wjz "eyewitness news." back to you on tv hill. >> the damage is estimated at more than $4 million. >>> in tonight's wjz health watch report a senate report says that drugmaker glaxosmithkline knew about the heart attack risks tied to a diabetes medication years before the reports were made public. it's been inquired why the fda allowed it even after 83,000 heart attacks were caused over an eight-year period. in 2007, a warning was adding to avandia's label. >>> the first lady is leading a new push against childhood obesity. >> it is a nationwide campaign to rally the country around a single ambitious goal, and that is to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation so that the kids born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight. >> speaking to the national governor's association, michelle obama said childhood obesity is a health and financial crisis. noorly one in every three kids in the u.s. is currently overweight or clinically obese. obama says the nation must address childhood obesity as

. >>> i'm mike schuh, in columbia. a fifth grade teacher reprimands a student, kicks her out of the classroom, and pushes her out the door. today, police file charges. what happened next, when eyewitness news continues. >>> an manner classic comes to stage. celebrating the 75th anniversary. coming up, what local university choirs are teaming up with the bso. i'm gigi barnett. that story is just ahead. >>> and getting ready for a major snowstorm. don't miss the updated forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a two-week investigation has charges being filed against a fifth grade teacher. it is for what she is alleged to have done to a student inside her classroom. >> reporter: on january 13th, something happened inside mrs. tracy clay's class, that could ruin her career. >> the girl reported to her mother, that after a verbal altication from the classroom, the teacher physically pushed her. >> reporter: the principal wasn't notified. >> our investigators went to the girl's home, interviewed her and discover a red mark o

now a witness tells mike schuh, police shot a man who had already given up. >> reporter: on tuesday, in this block, police say a murder over disputed drug territory. >> what we have been on the alert for is any retaliatory violence. >> reporter: last night, police get a call about a man with a gun. >> the detectives made their approach to the suspects on foot. and as they came around the corner to the house, the suspect at least one suspect, immediately opened fire. >> reporter: a detective is hit. he returns fire. >> and his partner engaged at least one suspect in a gun battle. >> reporter: one gunman dies. the other is at sinai, near death. the wounded detective is a three-year vet, shot twice. he's brought to shock trauma. hours into her new job, the mayor arrives. today, the detective was released. the bullets missed nerves, bones, and arteries in his left arm. >> he was alert, up. he was able to talk. >> reporter: police say they recovered two guns. one from inside the house. and the other found on the porch. >> reporter: but here, the story takes a turn. the man with his back t

in northwest baltimore, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. >> police have yet to name the suspects. and citing a new police policy, the name of the detective won't be released until 48 hours after the incident. >>> president obama is once again talking about small businesses, and once again, bringing his message to maryland. kai is in the newsroom with more. kai? >> the president is planning to ask congress to temporarily expand small businesses. he spoke with small business owners in lanham. the president is also proposing to give small businesses a $5,000 tax credit for every new job created. with his poll numbers falling, the president continues to step up his focus on the economy and job creation. denise? >> thank you, kai. >>> in december, the national unemployment rate dropped from 10% to 9.7%. >>> still to come. super bowl countdown. for some people, the commercials are as fun as the games. >>> shot in the arm. why shock trauma is undergoing a major expansion. tire right when the city of annapolis needs every snow plow it can get, someone comes in the night and steals critica