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henson said paul schurick approve the robocalls, went out to 100,000 voters in baltimore city. paul schurick was found guilty of election rocks and the sentence included 30 days of home detention and 500 hours of community service. he also told jurors that voter turnout is the most important element in any election. >> all campaigns finally depend on turnout. hopefully your side gets more votes than the other side. that is democracy in america. to say that it is something illegal about that or something underhanded about that is simply not true. >> julius henson believes the case against him has been political. attorney was in court, but schurick was not. the agreement was reached that if schurick was to testify, he would say that he authorized that robocalls. gary sims, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a big revolution today in washington. federal officials said the terrorist bomb plot revealed yesterday was disrupted because the cia had a source inside al qaeda in yemen. homeland security officials say no major changes need to be made to u.s. airport security. the talisman has the latest

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he said paul schurick approved it. calls went out to voters implying that the race was over, even though the polls were still open. he maintains that he did not run the show, and he was an adviser. >> i told them the correct thing to do. they refuse to do it. >> based on his reputation, the jury said because he knew better, he should have done the right thing. >> you have to follow the election laws. you must follow them to the letter. >> prosecutors declared their pleased by the verdict. " we thought it was the right thing to bring the case. it was brought -- it was right to bring the charges that we did. >> the case is not over. julius henson and his attorney want a new trial. the prosecution considers it baseless. >> the previous verdict against paul schurick and the fact that they did indicate that he was responsible for that authority line. >> julius henson says this case costing millions of lost consulting fees. he plans to donate campaign opposing the same-sex marriage. -- join the campaign opposing same-sex mar

at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> defense attorneys want to force paul schurick to take the stand. schurick's attorney said his client will exercise his fifth amendment right not to testify should that happen. >>> turning to sports the orioles will try to start a new win streak tonight with the texas rangers downtown. game one of series was last night. brian matusz was on the mounds hoping to give the bullpen some rest after the victory on the red sox. but snyder had six rbi for the rangers on the night. the texas team wins 14-3 snapping the five game win streak for the birds. >>> the kentucky derby champion is in town this morning. i'll have another arrived at pimlico late yesterday and he's expected to hit the track for the first time tomorrow. the horse was a 15-1 long shot at the derby. >>> here it is 11 days? 12 hours -- four minutes. to this year's preakness stakes. it's fantastic. >> uh-huh. >> and i guess all will be assembling here as we move through the -- through the middle and latter portions of this week. it was d. wayne lucas who first started a tra

paul schurick was convicted in december on similar charges. in deliberations today, we did hear from the jury one time. they sent out a question just before lunchtime saying they wanted to get a copy on the instructions on all the charges. the price -- the judge provided them with that after lunch. they did not hear another word until they said they were ready to go home and will be back at it tomorrow. >> in the high-stakes election year with polls putting the economy as the top concern among voters, the issue of same-sex marriage has dominated the political combat -- conversation. this comes in the wake of president obama's public endorsement of gay marriage yesterday. >> political strategists say the president's endorsement of same- sex marriage is a risky move, one that may or may not pay off or may not pay ormo off for him politically. >> same-sex couples should be able to get married. a new ad.ng a new i'-- romney is steering clear of the issue and as directly at odds about it. he said when it -- directly asked about it. when asked, he s

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there is lots of talk a lot of concern about whether paul schurick would testify. he was not in court, although his attorney was there. the prosecution and defense made an agreement and finally told the jury that if schurick were to testify, he would admit that he authorized that robocalls. barry simms, wbal-tv 11 news. >> breaking news right now from howard county. captain roy taylor is over the scene. what is going on here? >> this is shepherd lane, about a mile north of 108. howard county fire crews along with police are at this location. a car crashed august side of an embankment and ended up upside- down. we do not know the severity of the injuries involved here. there's only one lane at a time in this area open walt howard county police investigate this accident. >> within the last 60 minutes, police have released the names of two people killed in a multi vehicle accident this morning in harford county. confirmedf's office there were both killed. rob roblin was at the scene. >> the accident happened at around 10:00 a.m. this morning here on route 152. you can

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a separate jury convicted paul schurick. he served one month of home detention and must complete 500 hours of community sense. >>> sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene and captain mike perry has more. >> we are at franklin and monroe, denise this. is in southwest baltimore. where a baltimore city medic unit, as it was transitioning through a center, was struck on the side by a sport utility vehicle. we do know of several injuries. apparently none of the persons on board the medic unit. they did, however, have to call a second ambulance to take their patient, which they were apparently transporting to a local area hospital. several ambulances were called for the vehicle that struck the ambulance. we know those several people were taken from that vehicle. and then taken to a local area hospital. no word on their condition. city police have pretty much closed off monroe, or franklin and monroe here. mostly monroe street, southbound. so you can expect delays coming southbound out of the north section of baltimore, as police cont

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thank you. >>> a separate jury convicted campaign manager paul schurick in december. he served one month of home detention and must complete 500 hours of community service. >>> one of the women murdered inside a howard county church is laid to rest. this afternoon, the family gathered at the home of reverend mary marguerite turnage. >> seems like everyone i spoke with at that funeral today, used the same words to describe reverend cone. warm and caring. >> reporter: sad hearts today outside of the cathedral of incarnation, as hundreds turned out for the funeral of reverend dr. mary cone. >> what kind of loss disowng this is for the -- do you think this is for the community? >> last one. >> st. peter's episcopal church in ellicott city, had been feeding douglas jones regularly. but he was turned away, after becoming belligerent. and he came back with a gun. >> she was very spiritual. she was very giving. >> reporter: reverend cone just married this couple a couple of years ago. >> is it tough to make sense of this tragedy? >> yes. >> reporter: many say reverend cone wa

and he blamed convicted coconspirator paul schurick for leaving off the required authority tag line. >> it comes down to mr. schurick, in the early campaign, had to -- it was their responsibility, to put an authority line on that call. i recommended that they do so. i went around them to get them to do so. they refused. that is not my responsibility. >> reporter: that jury has already deliberated for about eight hours. that is just about twice as long as the jury deliberated in the case of convicted coconspirator, paul schurick. we're live at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> okay, thank you. wjz will bring you the verdict as soon as it happens. >>> president obama's declaration that he supports same-sex marriage, is drawing strong praise and criticism. and it could have an impact on the november election. right now, polls show americans are basically split right down the middle on the issue. the obama campaign already released a new ad, accusing mitt romney of being, and i quote, backwards on equality. romney says he believes marriage is between a man and a wom

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paul schurick was convicted on siiilar charges. you can hear everything henson has to sayy.. go to fox baltimore dot com... slash raw nees. attorreys for two brothers baltimore teen during a - community-watch patrol in december 20-10 ...will present their defense todayyattorneyy for avi and eli werdeeheim requested an early end to the trial tuesday... but a judge denied it... saying there was enough evidence to support the charges. the wife of a former top aide to john edwards was back on the stand tuesday... in the cheri young defended takkng a video of the house and items belonging to edwards' pregnant mistress in 2008.she said it wws tooshow proof that she was taking care of rielle hunter with money giien to her. prosecutors say the monee given to the youngs to take care of hunter were illegal campaign donations.edwards faces uppto 30 years in prison if convicted on all ounts. presidenttobbma made a surprise visittto afghanistan tuesday... on the one-year anniversary of the mission that killed 9-11 mastermind osama bin laden.as mary ellen hopkins explains... he's heading b

paul schurick served one month of home detention for the same charges. >>> many charges are dropped against the suspects accused in a brutal attack on a baltimore tourist. denise is in the newsroom with the update on this potential beating caught on tape. >> reporter: more than half of the charges filed in this case have now been dropped. baltimore police arrested four people. the beating was videotaped and widely viewed online. but court records show prosecutors have now removed 13 of the 24 charges against the suspects. so far, it's unclear why the state's attorney's office made the decision. mary? >> all right, denise. thank you. the victim, a man from alexandria, virginia, was robbed, stripped of his clothing, and left unconscious in the street. >> the drought watch expands in maryland, after several months of below-normal rainfall. meteorologist bernadette woods is in the first warning weather center, with more on the area affected. bernadette? >> reporter: that's right. you have to remember that a drought is a long-term event. and we have rain moving our way. but because of the long-t

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paul schurick was convicted of similar charges in december. >> a man was sent to life without parole for murdering trooper wesley brown in 2010. he was working and a part-time security officer went williams shot and killed him. >> was mitt romney perhaps school bully? there was a report that he attacked a good student in high school. tracie potts has more on that. >> president obama's $40,000-a plate dinner appears to be the biggest fundraiser ever. donations are pouring in since the president announced his support for same-sex marriage. >> making sure that everybody is treated fairly. >> vice president biden as apologize for forcing the president's hand. republicans say they will use this as a key difference between mr. obama and romney. for now, romney is apologizing after a report that said he believed a student in high school. mitt romney said he does not remember. >> i did some stupid things in high school. if i hurt anybody, i apologize for it. >> voters had mixed reaction. >> he was a bully them and he probably will be a bully now. >> look at somebody who did something 45 year

. >> he blames paul schurick. prosecutors have dropped more than half of the charges against the people accused in an assault of a terrorist. the state's attorney's office has decided to drop 13 of the 24 charges against the suspects. a tourist was beaten and robbed and this was all on camera. famousember of a daredevil family performed a daring stunt. scene was captured and broadcast live. nik made the crossing with relative ease. he will attempt to walk across niagara falls next month. >> was that a true hitch? everybody all went, "oh!" but he was ok. it was live tv -- it was great live tv. >> which side of the scale seems to be winning out. >> nature shows an arizona city who is boss. >> we're getting a sneak peek of the preakness hot air balloon festival. >> a couple of accidents we are tracking and a water main break tracking and a water main break blocking >> good morning. this is a live view from the skycam. the skies of mostly clear. morning andis getting excited for the preakness celebration hot air ballo

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. >> paul schurick was convicted in december in the robocalls case. henson is trying to convince jurors he is not criminally culpable because he was only an adviser to the campaign and had no decision making authority. he also argues he got left holding back -- holding bacthe . >> an aide to bob ehrlich said he did not know if hanson had been paid or not. he said they use reverse psychology to motivate voters to get to the polls. one witness testified that he thought the robocalls was a motivator to get him to go vote. >> we have some late breaking word in the werdesheim assault case. the state has rested its case. lowell melser has more from the mitchell courthouse. >> after more than a week of testimony from about a dozen witnesses, the state finally rested its case in the werdesheim beating trial, and there were some very interesting moments this morning as things got under way. shortly after testimony began monday morning, some tense moments after a woman watching the werdesheim trial, who art critic who we are not identifying, collapse. avi werde

and since codefendant, paul schurick, was convicted in december on similar charges. the jury in that case took about four hours to reach a decision. in this case, the jury has been added for a full day, part of yesterday, and will come back tomorrow morning. >> special detectives in anne arundel counties say prostitution business working out of the b.w.i. third marshall business -- airport hotel district, three women are facing charges for not only engaging in prostitution, but also using hotel room for sex. police discovered after tracking and had on a social media bulletin board, which turned out to be a front, they say, for a prostitution ring. investigators could not identify which hotel they were using. and stephanie rawlings-blake says she is confident she will replace outgoing commissioner fred bealefeld. it is part of a search made up of law enforcement and legal experts. he announced his retirement thing he wanted to spend more time with his family. the candidates will be part of his -- the candidates search will be part of the national role. it will be sele

reporter: but state prosecutor emit daffit built his case, trying to convince jurors that henson and paul schurick conspired together in order to convince african americans to stay home from voting election night. >> relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: henson maintains the calls were a legitimate reverse-psychology tactic, meant to inspire votes for ehrlich. and they claim he was just doing what they wanted when he left off the legally-required tag saying paid for by the ehrlich campaign. >> reporter: two charges because the robocall did not contain the line that says "paid for by the ehrlich campaign." and two charges of attempting to influence a voter's decision to go to the polls through fraud. at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> henson faces thousands in fines and up to 12 years in prison. wjz is monitoring deliberations. we'll bring you the verdict as soon as it is reached. >>> mdt owner michael andretti is now going to monitor the baltimore grand prix. this is the third company in six months charged with taking over

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. >> reporter: that robocall already earned a conviction for paul schurick. because the message did not contain the legally required authority line indicating it was from the ehrlich camp. henson says he'll tell the jury it's not his fault. >> what do you hope to convince them? >> well, we're going to convince them that the call was not my responsibility. the call tag that is in question, is not my responsibility. it's outside the scope of an adviser. as a matter of fact, i advised the campaign to use an authority line. they chose not to. >> reporter: the prosecution has now reflted. -- rested. we're live, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. the jury is expected to begin deliberating the case next week. >>> yeardley love's mother -- yeardley love, of course, was the cockeysville native murdered at college, is taking more legal action. yeardley love's on again, off- again boyfriend was convicted of second-degree murder in february. now, love's mother has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university of virginia men's lacrosse team

intention all along and say henson should be held accountable, along with henson's campaign manager, paul schurick. >> reporter: wednesday, they will hear from the woman whose voice was in that call. rhonda russell will take the stand. she has been given immunity, in exchange for her testimony. we're live at the courthouse. wjz eyewitness news. >> henson faces two charges relating to lack of authority on the line of the robocall, and two charges related to voter fraud. >>> emergency construction on the jfx is about to expand dramatically. all northbound lanes will be closed overnight, starting thursday. sky eye chopper 13 is live over 83, as crews work to stabilize the ground under the payment pavement. then they will start fixing pipes tacould cause a major sink hole. mike hellgren will have a closer look at what is wrong. >> denise, take some alternate routes, if you can, overnight. there will be a lot of digging. and eventually, there will likely be closures in both the north and southbound lanes. >> reporter: making their case. opening statements in the trial of a political operative -- >> all

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. >> ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, has already been sentenced to home detention and community service for his role in the scandal. >>> a new york city plan -- man's remains are recovered. police say gaines is from upstate new york and vanished last month, while visiting ocean city with his family. police are waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine how he died. >>> a maryland man is charged with intentionally setting an apartment complex on fire. fierce flames in chevy chase, caused more than 1 million in damage. left more than 100 people without homes and injured two firefighters. investigators say 24-year-old abraham keeflet confessed but his motives are unclear. he was living at the complex. >>> dr. ben carson is internationally known for his skill as a neurosurgeon and his inspiring life story. but his position on evolution is drawing fire for some, where he will give the commencement address. wjz is live at johns hopkins. >> reporter: dr. carson is deeply religious. he is not an advocate of evolution. and that sparked a class discussion, which led several profes

. >> that robocall already earned a criminal conviction for ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick because the message did not contain the legally required authority line, indicating it was paid for by the ehrlich camp. the state prosecutor says that amounts to election fraud. but henson says he'll tell the jury, it's not his fault. >> what does it say you hope to convince them? >> well, we are going -- hoping to convince them that the call was not my responsibility. the auto call tag is not my responsibility. it's outside of the scope of an adviser. as a matter of fact, i advised the cap pain to use-- campaign to use an authority line. they chose not to. >> reporter: henson calls the prosecution's case thin. the defense has already begun to call their witnesses. they're calling character witnesses to talk about henson's truthfulness, ahead of his testimony tomorrow. we're live at the courthouse, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. the jury is expected to begin deliberating the case next week. >>> major delays for drivers, as a truck overturns and spills lumber onto the beltw

ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was sentenced to home detention and community service on the same charges. >>> as the doomsday clock continues to tick tonight, a decision about a special session. governor martin o'malley says the session will be held may 14th. it will last three days. lawmakers need to make changes to a budget that left the state with $500 million in cuts. the budget process fell apart last month, when lawmakers failed to pass an income tax increase, which would have prevented the cuts. >>> more on the funeral services planned for junior seau. >> seau's family says they will donate his brain to research for repetitive head injuries. the medical examiner's office ruled his death a suicide. it appears to be a self- inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. the family and other nfl players are worried the suicide may have been prompted by the brain disease, cte. it occurs when a person suffers multiple concussions. seau's doctors are hoping that doctors will be able to confirm that, once they finish researching his brain. >>> sad news from the world of music tonight

ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was sentenced to home detention and community service on the charges. >>> a carroll county man admits lying about a shooting shooting that forced several schools into lockdown. at first, 51-year-old john coker told police he had been looking for a shooter. but coker later admitted that he had accidentally shot himself. he is now charged with making false statements statements to an officer. >>> baltimore police commissioner fred bealefeld talks about his retirement. in a surprise move, the mayor announced that baltimore's top cop is calling it quits. pat warren talks to the commissioner about his reasons for leaving. pat? >> reporter: that's right. commissioner bealefeld says there is no drama in his decision to retire, other than the fact that he's turning 50 in august. and he's ready for the next phase of his life. >> reporter: commissioner fred bealefeld commands the 8th largest police agency in the country. and he still does his policing on the street. his dogged pursuit of bad guys with guns has led to some of the lowest violent crime rate

. >> paul schurick has served one month of home detention for the same charges. >>> governor martin o'malley outlines the game plan for raising taxes in the general assembly session that begins monday. wjz is live. political reporter pat warren has more on what to expect next week. >> reporter: that's right. the special session is expected to take the doom out of the day. they were supposed to pass the revenue package. and left a budget with a big, $512 million hole. >> i'm joined to my left by speaker mike bush. and to my right, senate president mike miller. >> reporter: the governor, the senate president and the speaker of the house, have agreed on what maryland taxpayers will have to pay to feed the government kilt -- kitty. >> we will be moving forward with a revenue package that will call upon about 16% of us who are in the top earning brackets of our state, to pay a little more. and that's the primary revenue measure that will be adopted here. >> reporter: the increase will help prevent $512 million in cuts to k through 12 education. it prevent hikes in college tuition. and it will pre

. >> reporter: back in december, bob ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was convicted by a jury, after his jury deliberated for a little more than four hours. this jury will now return to deliberate julius henson's fate tomorrow morning. live at the courthouse, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. those charges are punishable by thousands of dollars in fines ask up to 12 years of possible prison time. >>> an anne arundel county man is accused of attacking police officers in shady side. police say they responded to a 911 call on nick road and found 41-year-old rico smith, armed with a knife. that's when smith allegedly tried to grab an officer's weapon and bit a second officer in the leg. police used a taser to subdue him. he faces multiple charges, include reckless endangerment. >>> it's an issue, dividing the country. president obama's support of same-sex marriage is drawing reaction from both sides of the debate. randall pinkston is at the white house, with the latest political fallout. >> reporter: the president is off, raising money on the west coast, af

. >>> ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was sentenced to community service for his role in the robocall scandal. >>> a missing tourist is found dead in ocean city. the coast guard recovered the body of 22-year-old lance gaines on the bay near 32nd street. police say gaines is from upstate new york. he disappeared last month, while visiting ocean city with his family. police are awaiting results of an autopsy to determine exactly how he died. >>> the selection of esteemed johns hopkins neurosurgeon is drawing controversy. it stems from his beliefs on evolution. wjz is live at hopkins hospital. mike hellgren has the letter from several outraged biology professors. mike? >> reporter: kai, dr. carson is deeply religious. he is not an advocate of evolution. and several professors sent a strongly-worded letter to the school newspaper. >> reporter: world renowned johns hopkins newspaper professor is under fire. he is scheduled to give the commencement address. they wrote this letter to the school newspaper, after writing that carson didn't accept evolution. calling it a lack of ethics

ehrlich's campaign manager, paul schurick, was sentenced to home detention and community service on the same charges. >>> captain mike perry is above a scene. >> we are at west camden street at howard street, mary. with what looks like a light rail train, versus a car. looks like the vehicle was struck in the vicinity of howard and camden. at this point, it is not clear exactly how many people or if anyone was injured result of -- as a result of this collision. there are no medic units currently on the scene. we do have transit police on the scene. they blocked off camden street in its entirety. at howard. you can't get on from that direction as investigators continue to determine the cause of this collision. it's not known at this time. but it's not adversely affecting traffic on howard street. as you can see, investigators are still talking to the train operator. back to you. >>> maryland leaders agreed to a special session to resolve the state's budget issues. governor martin o'malley says lawmakers will convene on may 13th. the special session is needed because the general assembly

it was during paul schurick, bob ehrlich's campaign manager. on similar charges. last year, schurick blamed the entire legal problems of those robocalls on jewelius on trial, >> henson admits he wrote the infamous robocall. suggesting that they need not vote because governor o'malley had already won. >> we're okay. relax. >> the calls did not say, do not vote. the calls did not say the election is over. >> it also did not have the legally-required tag line, identifying that it was really from the ehrlich campaign. henson said he blames ehrlich's campaign for that omission. >> i told them to put the tag on it. they refused. i sent it to a second person. they still refuse. why am i responsible for a decision that was not mine to make? >> reporter: in opening statements, his defense attorneys told jurors that his client had been thrown under the bus for the robocall that henson insists was not intended to suppress voter turnout. and i said that was the purpose of the call in the first place, to motivate, to sway people to go vote. the state's own witness put on a wit

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