sally kidd, wbal tv 11 news. >> and a casino announced a major expansion plan today, including hiring some 1200 new workers. we are joined now from our randle mills mall with more with david collins. >> they are even looking farther down the road of the expansion, including building a hotel and conference center next to the casino. ♪ >> know when to fold them, know when to walk away ♪ >> he took a chance of building a casino during a recession, to have table games and hired ball hundred more people for his maryland live location. >> what are we going to do with these 1200 new people? about 800 of them will be directly related to the table games themselves. >> as soon as the regulations regarding table games are complete, they will have craps, roulette, poker tables, and more. the target date is early spring. they are also offering a tuition-free dealers school, and they will have to audition. >> they will have to learn proper chip handling, cards shuffling, money management. >> maryland live sits on 12 acres next you are on the show mills mall, and the casino is surrounded by hotels a

sally kidd is in washington with the latest. >> the pentagon is looking at two years' worth of messages exchanged between what general john allen and jill kelley, a petraeus friend and married mother of three. defense secretary leon panetta says they are looking at 2000 pages of the documents and exchanges between john allen and jill kelley, a former liaison at u.s. central command. it described the tone of some of the emails as flirtatious. >> might you right now is, let's see what the investigation turns upper and what the congress and the committees are able to determine as to what exactly took place. when >> kelley's brother said she has done nothing wrong. what she is very dedicated says something like this is just a fluke. what she had complained to the fbi several months ago about receiving threatening emails from paula broadwell, a biographer of david petraeus. petraeus resign dollar friday and. >> this was a personal indiscretion, as far as we know. why someone would be personally indiscrete is their own problem. whether they would do that in an e-mail is beyond my imagination.

. >> i am sally kidd in washington. new details about the petraeus sex scandal and by members >> a national think tank says newgate marriage laws will generate at least $166 million in spending in the next two years. it is estimated nearly 18,000 same-sex couples will exchanged vows in the first three years after the new laws are in effect. wedding related spending for in- state couple is expected to be about $16 million in maine, $63 million in maryland, and $81 million in washington state. it does not include out of state same-sex couples that travel to those states to marry. the red cross has employees that trend to go on strike of a new contract was not reached. they were extremely disappointed with the timing of the threat with superstar sandy straining its resources. the new contract will last for the next three years. >> the risk for autism may be higher in children whose mothers contracted the flu or had a fever for more than a week during pregnancy. that state included nearly 97,000 children born in denmark bet

sally kidd has the details from washington. >> the latest numbers don't show any significant changes, give each side a new talking point. >> oh! oh! >> the president touted the new jobs report in every campaign stop in ohio. >> today our businesses have created nearly 5.5 million new jobs. >> spring field. >> this morning we learned companies hired more workers in october than in any time in the last eight months. >> some had a different take. >> unemployment is higher today than when barack obama took office. >> romney told supporters in wisconsin the president failed to deliver. >> he said that he was going to lower the unemployment rate to 5.2%. today we learned that it's actually 7.9%. that's 9 million jobs short of what he promised. >> the labor department said the unemployment rate rose 7.9%, up from 7.8% in september. but the report also showed that voters added 171,000 jobs in october and hiring is stronger than first reported in august and september. the longer term trend is also a mixed bag. >> we've got about 160,000 new jobs per month over the past two years which is enoug

sally kidd is live in chicago with the obama campaign. >> president obama dropped by the chicago campaign office to thank volunteers. he placed a few calls to campaign workers in swing state wisconsin. >> we feel confident we've got the votes. >> many polls open with long lines. >> i am concerned about medicare. >> the turnout they moved into its final inning. >> for us, it is just making sure our voters get out. >> campaign advisor said the president has multiple pathways to the electoral votes he needs to win. >> mitt romney only has one pathway, through ohio. and we are winning in ohio. >> that was sally kidd reporting from chicago. >> one of the biggest issues along the east coast is finding a place to cast those votes in the storm ravaged the northeast. >> of voters say they are relieved they were able to vote at all. many of them are still without power, but despite all the chaos, officials want to make sure everyone's voice has a chance to be heard. >> i am sure there is going to be a little bit of chaos here and there. that is just natural when you have a big disaster like sandy,

here's a look at what's coming up next at 6. >> i'm sally kidd. new twist in the petraeus sex scandal. why another top general is under investigation coming up. >> u.s. catholic bishops say it they are on a collision course with president obama. details ahead. >> the trial of a buoy state student accused of murdering her roommate begins today. i will meltzer. 11 news at 6 starts now. meltzer.well [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> we begin with two reading news stories we have an appalling. one hour ago, we reported a high speed and crash in howard county. first, the man who accused the elmo puppeteer kevin clash has now recanted his claims. he says it was consensual. in response, "clash is relieved it has been put to rest." identity of the accuser has not been identified. the latest on a story we broke on 11 news at 5, a high-speed crash after the car was stolen. on south 95 and route 16. the stolen vehicle wrecked. it was equipped with

sally kidd, wbal-tv 11 news. >> david petraeus was scheduled to testify at a thursday hearing on the benghazi attack. now a deputy director will testify in his place. some lawmakers say that at some point they will need to hear from david petraeus. >> now involved is the twin sister of a woman at the center of the story. jayne miller has more on the story for us. >> the story still has a long way to go to completely unfold. in montgomery county, the twin sister of the woman who got the fbi interested in petraeus' saliva is being sued for $100,000 in unpaid bills. >> 37-year-old phil kelly, described as a volunteer and special liaison to the military, is identified as the woman who put the fbi on the trail of petraeus. paula broadwell is the woman with whom petraeus was allegedly having an affair. petraeus resigned on friday. jill kelly lives with her husband, dr., and her twin sister, who shares the same house. the twin is pictured here to the left of petraeus, her arm draped around him. natalie is currently being sued in the demme county for failing to pay her lawyers the in a divor

sally kidd has the story. >> republican pollsters say changing demographics have finally caught up withhe gop. >> paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to the campaign. >> it was not enough for republicans to capture the white house. president obama won big among latinos, women, and younger voters. >> that reflects his record and also the approach of the republican party, to paint itself out of the mainstream. >> even some agree the grand old party has an image problem as the party of rich, old white people. the percentage that is why it has declined from 81% to 72%. >> the trying to get a larger and larger share of a smaller and smaller section of the electorate's it makes you run a lot of votes. >> he says there is a lesson for republicans going forward. >> we need to get better about communicating republican values to hispanic voters, asian voters, and the younger voters. that is the wave of the future. >> there is disagreement over what to do, which way to go. republicans are saying it is time to move into the middle while hard-core conservatives say it

. >> i am sally kidd in washington. the president weighs in on a scandal engulfing two top generals. >> you are watching wbal tv 11. live, local, latebreaking. this is 11 news at 6:00 p.m.. >> good evening, everyone. our big story tonight at 6:00, two young men dead, their mother wounded, in a shooting. >> 11 news reporter kai reed joins us live outside police headquarters. what do they know about this case so far? >> right now, they are looking for a group of suspects in this case, and they believe the victims, two brothers and their mother, were targeted in this case. and deputies responded to a call of shots fired last month, and they found all three victims