teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> officials say it will be a couple of weeks before the exactunt of cocaine in houston's system is released. >>> coming up next, howard has the weekend forecast. >> oh jc, if we can only make it last. it's unbelievable out here today. temperatures right now almost 20 degrees above the average high and we still have the rest of the afternoon to warm up. we're going into the 80s, 78 already in arlington. look at this. 79 in bethesda. i'll have the weekend forecast unfortunate going to change. 9news now at noon returns in just a moment. >>> we've been combing through the day's daily deals e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts and here are some. how about some free gas. cricket will be pumping free gas tomorrow. check out the exxon mobil at 13,820 smoke town road in woodbridge, virginia. the first 50 drivers can get up to $20 in gas and this event begins at 10:00 a.m. >>> how about a trip to cabo san lucas? mexico? google offers is featuring a four night stay at the los cabos golf resort for $275, there is a discount of 83% a

teresa garcia takes a look at these promising new findings. >> reporter: for years tim fury had a hardff the pounds and keeping his type 2 diabetes in check. >> i would go on a diet and lose weight and it would slowly sneak back on. >> reporter: doctors at the cleveland clinic enrolled him in a study. >> i would go on a diet and lose weight and it would sneak on. right after the surgery, within about a week or so, i no longer needed medication for my diabetes at all. >> reporter: the study looked at 150 obese patients with poorly controlled diabetes. patients were given one of two types of weight loss surgery plus medication to treat the disease. a third group just got the medicine. the surgery patients lost more weight and achieved normal blood sugar levels better than the group just on medication. >> the patients at the end of one year, they were on an average of less than one medication for their diabetes, and, in fact, about 40% of the patients were on no medications. their diabetes essentially went away. >> reporter: 26 million adults have diabetes in the u.s. about 30 to 50% of t

teresa garcia has more. >> reporter: terry was not always toothless or bald. a lifetime of smoking left her with cancer of the larynx and she wants would-be smokers to know it. she's one of the toe pack company -- tobacco users who appear in a new campaign. the graphic images will appear on tv, in print and social media. >> my fingers started to go piece by piece. >> reporter: the government wants to shock viewers with painful true stories about the effects of tobacco and show that smoking not only kills, it also cripples. >> smokers may commonly think that they're just going to die a few years younger and while it's true that smokers die younger, it's also true that they live sicker. >> reporter: the three-month campaign costs $54 million, a small amount compared to the $27 million a day that tobacco companies spend promoting their products. the cdc says much of that promotion is aimed at children. >> for every person who dies from smoking, at least two new young smokers take their place. >> reporter: the cdc is hoping to persuade as many as 50,000 smokers to

i'm teresa garcia, cbs news, hollywood. >>> good morning. thank you for watching 9news now at 5:00 a.m. i'm andrea roane. >>> i'm mike hydeck. blue ivy, beyonce's back. good morning. nice to see you. here's monika santami. she has traffic. i'm stuck on the blue ivy thing. i don't get it. >> bite your tongue. >> we need the rain gear all day. >> not all day but at times. like this morning, especially east and northeast of d.c., we've got some showers, even rumbles of thunder. i live in upper montgomery and it was rocking and rolling for a while with some of the showers this morning. they're pretty hefty downpours and that will slow you

teresa garcia, cbs news, los angeles. >> the cleveland clinic says it will continue to monitor the patients in the study for the next five years. >>> sitting too long may increase your risk of dying. researchers in australia found 200,000 people ages 45 and older. they found those who sat at least 11 hours a day were 40% more likely to die within three years. the average person spends 90% of their leisure time sitting. >>> so could stress be a contributor to alzheimer's disease? a study on mice found chronic stress can trigger the growth of protein in brain cells. the proteins have been linked to alzheimer's. the proteins were found in the part of the brain that collects memories. >>> here's some good news for chocolate lovers. a study in the archives of internal medicine finds people who eat a lot of chocolate actually lose weight. or they weigh less. antiox distants in dark chocolate can be good for the heart. researchers say more study is needed before chocolate can be considered a diet food. >>> you can hear sandy our director applauding in the next room? 4:52. it's time for the questio

teresa garcia has more on when the stars hit the stage. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: blake shelton is onef the big names rehearsing for the 47th annual of country music awards this sunday. it's a big night for shelton. he's performing. he's up for two awards, including entertainer of the year. and he's co-hosting the show, with country legend reba macentire. >> nobody is paying attention to what i have to say. >> blake is a hoot. you never know what he's going to say, ever. but he's usually on his best behavior around me because i threaten him with his life. >> give him a little kick? >> a big kick. >> reporter: also up for entertainer of the year is kenny chesney. he leads the pack with nine nominations. brad paisley. taylor swift. ♪ [ music ] and jason aldean round out the category. and aldean says he can't believe the year he's having. >> to show up and actually be up for six is kind of crazy. but obviously very exciting. >> reporter: there's a lot more music this year. 24 acts will hit the stage sunday night. that is the most ever in the awards show history. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: n

teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> people living in another 6500 homes have been put on standby, in case they have to evacuate. >> exotic animal owners are fighting against new permit fees and caging requirements. the measure would ban new ownership of lions, tigers, and other exotic animals. current owners could keep their permits until 2013. the new permits, they say, is too expensive. authorities were forced to kill almost all of the animals that escaped from a farm. >>> mare selive in the newsroom with more on how much we're shelling out now. >> well, vic, there is no letup in the rising price of gas. right now, triple a reports the national average rose to $3.99. that is the 19th consecutive increase. here in maryland, people are paying an average of $3.94. that's up a cent from yesterday. and 5 cents cents from just last week. it is 26 cents more than we paid a month ago. and 36 cents more than this time last year. gas prices are up nearly 19% for the year. but still lower than the record high of $4.11, back in july 2008. back to you. >> more than two-thirds of americans di

teresa garcia reports for wjz.least two people have died and the search is on for a missing woman. >> reporter: planes are dropping fire retard apt outside of denver for a second day. winds have been light. >> we are hopeful this is going to be a good day. air support. lots of firefighters odon the ground. >> the u.s. forest service is now in charge of the operation. and more firefighters are arriving to build containment lines around the 7-square-mile blaze. >> they have been coming in from all over the country. arizona, new mexico, south dakota, utah. lots of local firefighters from across the state. >> reporter: an elite search- and-rescue team has been brought in to find the woman missing since the fire started. she lives in a severely damaged area. at least 28 homes have already been destroyed. and another 900 evacuated. >> do what we can to take care of those folks who lost so much. >> reporter: the red cross has set up a shelter at the high school in the town of aspen park. >> we've had many residents come b

in new york, teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> two of the largest tobacco companies have issued statements, neither addressing the campaign. but both acknowledging the dangers of smoking. >>> also healthwatch, tips for how to solve a problem millions of americans experience every day. it's called dry eye. the list of possible causes is long. including hormonal changes, medications. doctors suggest using a humidifier and not wearing contacts. they also say using artificial tears and taking oil flaxseed may help. >>> ravens sign a free agent. >>> ravens sign a free agent. but more players fly the coop. , girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. >>> well, mark is going to dazzle with more really, really big numbers. he's here with the wjz the fan spor

in new york, i'm teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> the american cancer society, and other health groups, released similar recommendations today. >>> we have breaking news out of annapolis now. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. let's go to captain mike perry with more. mike, what's going on? >> hello, kai. we've just had a medivac from the naval academy ice ring. this is located obviously on the north side of the severn river, across the naval academy. firefighters called here a short time ago, for a traumatic injury. it's not clear who was injured or how they were injured. but we know it occurred at the naval academy. firefighters called for a medivac. trooper 6 landed here. the patient loaded on board and is now en route to shock trauma. on a second note, there was also a second medivac here. an infant was taken to a local fire station. and that infant is now also being medivacced to -- correction, to johns hopkins, children's center, with an unknown injury. obviously, it's serious or they wouldn't have sent him there. but two separate medivacs from the annapolis area. back

teresa garcia reports for wjz. now, high winds are fanning an intense wildfire, just outside denver. >>> plumes of thick smoke are spreading over parts of rural jefferson county, southwest of denver. the lower north folk fire started monday and has burned more than 3,000 acres. high winds spread the fire quickly. at least 15 mountain homes are destroyed. residents have been grabbing belongings and rescuing their animals. >> i'm really scared. and i'm getting stuff ready to leave. >> first time in 36 years, i had to move to get out of here. so heavy duty. >> it's kind of scary. it's real scary. so we're just hoping this doesn't blow this way. >> reporter: flames still flicker inside the charred rubble of a house. and another blackens into a shell. the fires have spread so quickly, that crews have had to shift to rescuing people. about 900 homes are evacuated and more are threatened. >> praying that the fire goes around our house. but it got our neighbor's house that's a couple of miles up the road. >> reporter: rows

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teresa garcia has the latest. >> reporter: staff sergeant robert bales met with his attorney, john henryfirst time, behind the walls of fort leavenworth. brown is just now hearing his client's side of the story. >> you can't imagine a more difficult case, i don't think. i mean, every challenge. political ramifications. legal ramifications. social ramifications. >> reporter: bales could be formally charged this week for killing 16 afghan civilians. nine of them, children. people who know the 38-year-old father of two are shocked. captain chris alexander served with bales. >> no job too menial or dangerous. he would always get it done and get it done very well. >> reporter: the killings have sparked outrage in afghanistan. president hamid karzai says american and nato forces should pull out of the bases and return. but the mission has not changed. >> stabilizing afghanistan sufficiently so we can train up and transfer authority to afghan security forces. and withdraw our troops as we do that. >> reporter: bales joined the military after the 9/11 attacks and did four tours in the middle eas

channel immediately the campaign which begins monday will also give smokers advice on how to quit teresa garcia cbs news new york. >>> cruiser in the midst of a massive makeover at a home in san as say piles of junk have become so rampant that a house in south clements avondale they can be seen from satellite images since the home's owners are both to seize the county has taken ownership of the home and does oversees cleanup to trucks capable of carrying more than 70,000 lbs. are being used to clear up the debris crews are expected to be on the scene for two more days. >>> it will be the largest container ship at the port of oakland has ever seen and it's due to arrive next week in what could be a big shot in the arm for the bay area economy the challenge of getting such a large ship into the port. >>> this is the largest container vessel ever done into the port of oakland when the fabulous team to the golden gate next week to be carrying 12,500 containers if you stack them and to end the would go almost 50 mi.. >>> she is 1,200 ft. long and about a third larger than most container vessels ever

. >> reporter: his diabetes is in remission,teresa garcia. >>> time now for a quick look at some of thestories you will find in tomorrow's baltimore sun. a dozen robbery suspects are apprehended by police as they cut down on crime. >> a local drummer is the founder of his own tech start up band happy where music teachers can connect with students all over the world. look for the updated forecast from the wjz morning team. >>> baltimore will be marking the 20th anniversary of camden yards. one of the city's most known symbols will play a key. mr.bo is ready to swing toward the fences. >> reporter: nothing says baltimore like national beer and mr. bo. >> that's like the domino sugar sign, welcome home. >> reporter: this commemorative bo can will be part of the big celebration. >> now this celebrating the orioles is 20 years at camden yards is awesome. >> reporter: good news for nacho mamas. >>bo i think is the most beloved icon in baltimore. >> reporter: many o's fans can't believe the yard has been around for two decades. >> it's amazing, i just, it doesn't seem that long ago. it doesn't

teresa garcia reports with reports from the doctors. >> reporter: for years tim spere had a heart time keeping off the pound and keeping his type ii diabetes on check. >> i would go on a diet and lose some weight and it would slowly sneak back on. >> reporter: doctors are looking into whether weight loss surgery would work. >> after a week or so i did not need the medication for diabetes at all. >> reporter: patients were given one of two types of weight loss surgery plus medication to treat the disease. a third group just got the medicine. the surgery patients lost more weight and achieved normal blood sugar levels better than the groups just on medication. >> the patients at the end of one year they were on an average of less than one medication for their diabetes, in fact, about 40% of the patients were on no medication. their diabetes essentially went away. >> reporter: 26 million adults have dye -- diabetes in the u.s. for some surgery could make a big difference. but surgery comes with a risk, including digestion and gallstones. >> i feel like a million bucks today, i have enough

teresa garcia, wjz eyewitness news. >> the family recently moved to san diego county from detroit. allahwati's husband works for the u.s. army as a cultural adviser, training soldiers who are deploying to the middle east. >>> a dramatic rescue caught on tape, after a georgia man is burned and buried alive. he fell face first into several inches of mud and started sinking. the suction from the mud was so strong, it trapped a firefighter. both men were pulled to safety. >>> a crew of whale watchers saved the day. they were near dana point with they spotted a gray whale, trapped in 50 feet of netting. they managed to track it through the night and cut the netting off. once the whale was free, it swam up to the boat, raised its head, and disappeared into the sea. it must have been like ray "thanks, guys." >> i don't think that's moby dick. >> no. unless it's on vacation in southern california. >>> still ahead in eyewitness news. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich in annapolis. i'm pat warren, coming up on eyewitness news, we'll tell you what his message is to marylande