golf and tennis challenge in miami, florida weather exclusive one-on-ones with ne-yo and robert townsend, all happening next. captions made possible by the u.s. department of education and central city productions, inc. >>> with the star-studded group of celebrities, entertainers and a who's who of corporate america, the pepsi golf and tennis challenge is one of the premier sporting and style events in the country. this year, more than 1,200 people traveled to miami, florida, to network, play, and relax. one of the great new voices performing at the black enterprise pepsi golf and tennis challenge is grammy-nominated singer and songwriter ledisi. i caught up with her a few hours before she took the stage. thanks for spending time with me today. >> thank you for having me. >> i heard you're ready for the big show tonight. are you excited? >> i'm very excited. >> this has been a long run for you, i mean, for the last few weeks, last few months you've been everywhere. everywhere i look i see you. >> yeah, you know, god is good. >> every time i turn on the radio i hear not just about the alb

is for a value of $1 .997,608 to be split between the two projects at 2235 third street and 178 townsend street. the agreement that was before you two years ago and indicated that the childcare operation was to include an infant care along with toddler and preschool aged children. however, subsequent to selecting the operator for the childcare center, it was discovered by the departments of children and their families and through the selection process that the infant care required separate outdoor space which the property cannot accommodate. therefore, the project sponsor and the operator approached planning, dcyf and c.a.c. about amending the agreement. while disappointed by losing the infant care, both departments are amenable to this amendment, a letter from dcyf in connection with the childcare interagency committee indicated their support for the amendment citing the urgent need for childcare at all ages and the need to bring them online as soon as possible. the eastern neighborhood c.a.c. was also amenable to amending the agreement but wanted any known cost savings associated with

townsend robert off the entry pass. the move and the reverse finish. off the glass pretty strong. 33-32 townsend. 0-14 for the year. 57-50 victory. ouch 0-14. josh selvie first round pick. here in charm city, he had nine points tonight. 4-9 on the field. 113-93 grizzlies get their first one. >>> ovechkin scored twice tonight. the cavs win 3-1. first place in the southeast division. >> stan, thank you. and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> all systems are a go for a new year's eve. ball drop at time square, the giant light switch was lifted and the dress rehearsal took place today. the sphere has 2,600 crystals. more than a million people are expected to be on hand to watch the ball's one minute journey. >>> a little village gets a brand new church and it is built out of snow. warm weather pushed back the opening but the architect was able to finish his masterpiece. the snow church is 65 feet long and has a 50-foot power. the church seats 200 people but only 40 were allowed in you know because there's a fear too many people may raise the temperature and melt

. -- townsend hall center. -- townsend hall center. you can put a force field on him and be invisible! [ child 2 ] i call first player. no. i already called it. [ dad ] nobody's playing anything until after we get our homework done. thank you. hello? test drive's not over yet. [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. [ louder ] hello? but we still need your signature. right now during sign then drive, it's never been easier to get the all-new passat, the 2012 motor trend car of the year, for practically just your signature. that's the power of german engineering. visit vwdealer.com. >> approach is. >> it does. -- christmas approaches. >> it will feel like spring tomorrow, even though it is the first day of winter. 58 tomorrow. rain comes back thursday night and friday morning. christmas eve back into the 40's. maybe, just maybe rain or snow on sunday. >> thank you. nbc nightly news with brian williams is up next. we will see you back here at 11. [caption

. >> gun fire outside a townsend town center mall. live with late details coming up. >> a local family racing to save their teen daughter against a deadly disease. how you may be able to help. >> i thought it was -- i was being robbed. being taken advantage of. >> the hottest toys are expensive and hard to find. we have information on snagging this year's must have gifts. >> chance for a few showers form but when will the bigger storm arrive. your travel forecast as the news starts right now. >> we start tonight with updating breaking news. a murder at a popular mall. a man shot to death during the height of the holiday shopping season. we are live in townsend tonight with the latest. >> reporter: that's right. let's take the two issues separately. first the murder. one man has been killed, police have not released his identity and have no suspects. the second is when this happened and how. outside one of the busiest areas in the area. the mall never actually closed. still, this is very unsettling to everybody. we caught this woman ar

> talk about chestnuts roasting on an open fire, jack frost i hope stayed away from the party in townsend tonight. ♪ [ music ] . >> now isn't this pretty cool? ice was nice in the heart of town center. ice for the sculptures and fire from roasted chestnuts. it's a way to highlight the downtown area and get people into the christmas spirit. >> lot of the businesses work together on these events. they partner in like one -- like -- they will bring in a jewelry shop, they will bring in a gift shop, so all the shops in townsend do things together and it's not just about one place, it's about being strong together. >> it's a great way to bring people into the heart of town after hours and give them a chance to window shop a bit for the holidays. >>> tomorrow if you are looking for something festive you can go down to annapolis. they will host the holiday boat show. boat owner also show off the christmas light decorations throughout the harbor. road around the harbor will be blocked off. it's suggested, you park at the navy marine corp memorial stadium and catch the shuttle. >>> the blast and r

the effort benefits the abilities network in townsend. the organization provides services for people with a variety of disabilities ranging from autism to epilepsy. if you bring in something you can get an autograph. players believe it's really important to give back. >> it's a blessing. definitely a blessing. it's always great to have a good time. i love our fans. >> there was also a silent auction. >>> an abandoned house is essex has some residents blood boiling. the house has been a mess for years and those around it want something done. charlie with tonight's click to fix report. >> reporter: the home in question sits at 114 mason avenue in essex. it's surrounded with properties for people take care of what is their but this collapsing home is amite on the neighborhood. >> previous residents didn't take care of the house and they were forced to leave the home. >> reporter: since then the house has sat empty serving a house for teens to hideo. >> i think in turn, by lighting candles, to see in the dark and to stay warm is how it caught

and george mason beats townsend. that's your sports minute. i'm hakim dermish.a great day. >> go patriots! george mason patriots. next up is reporter's notebook, a look at stories affecting your community. >> we'll be back in 15 minutes with the morning's top stories and your sunday forecast. >> good morning and welcome to reporter's notebook. i'm jim handly. we're talking about a change in how d.c. deals with drivers with expired plates and registration. we're also going to talk about metro. marion barry's plans to run again. and the d.c. attorney general expressed some concern -- criticized elected leaders for not speaking out on unethical behavior as much as he would like to see it happen. what did you make of what came out of that meeting this week? >> i'll go first. well, i'll tell you, the attorney general isn't the only one who has been criticizing elected officials for trying to basically ledge slate themselves through their own bad behavior. of course not every council member has been indicted or touched by scandal but 5 of 13 have. that is quite a few.

greg townsend was hit by an suv on saturday night. the collision happened on the inner loop near northpoint boulevard. investigators believe thompson was trying to cross the highway. he died at the scene an investigation is ongoing. several residents from morgan hill are looking for a new place to live after a fire. crews were called just after 6:30. it took about 20 minutes to get the flame under control. nobody was injured. the home suffered extensive damage. >> and then becomes a homicide victim after he's gone down in cherry hill on sunday. police responded just after 11:00 p.m. to find a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. he later died. no word on a possible suspect or motive. this time lester baltimore city had 220 homicides on record. some news. about 10% of county school students were suspended at least once during the school year. that is the high is rate in the state with the exception of the eastern shore. most suspensions were given for insubordination, the suspect, and classroom disruption. >> now traffic pulse 1

police tell us that there is a shooting inside the parking garage at the townsend center. police dispatch tells us a male was shot in the upper body outside of nordstrom. >>> a milder start ott -- start to the week. how is the holiday week shaping up? >> take a look at the forecast for tomorrow. lots of clouds. temperatures close to the upper 30s. chance of rain tomorrow very, very slim. there may be a few showers. good chance of rain here, wednesday 56. 43, 55 on thursday. another chance of a little batch of rain thursday night and friday morning. we're back up to 50. saturday cloudy skies in the afternoon and evening. 32-36. there may be a little rain perhaps north and west of the city. a little bit of wet snow could mix in before it ends sometime on christmas day. that's about the best we can do at this point, denise. >> thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. ravens head coach john harbaugh talks about the rough night his defense had against the chargers passing game. >> mark has the story live from the team's training facility coming up in sports. ,,

. >> reporter: the area runs between townsend and the essex, area, people say a lot of people speedn. this case, it doesn't -- they aren't saying if speed had anything to do with it. a lot of people we talked to said that's a factor on this two lane section of the avenue and now they say they are worried it'll get worse here in the near future. we will talk about that tonight on the news at 11. for now live in baltimore county. >> thank you. >>> this is like watching a movie or a tv show. those of you in the highlands area looked out the window to see a stream of police cars chasing a white car through the neighborhood. it ended with gun shots. >> reporter: a description of the car involved went out last night because baltimore county police say it may have been used in a robbery. an officer saw the car at around 11 and the driver took off. that officer gives chase, the suspect gets on interstate 97 and then the state police pursuit. the car went into baltimore and the county cops pursued then it goes in to the city and they pursued. by the time it ended more than 20 cars with sirens

i actually used it and i scored a spot on the second and townsend and i was like a block away. this application is awesome. it is the best invention in the world. i love my s.f. park app. if i car moves, it shows you. i will have that on their so i have it on the screen and i will see one open up. it is very cool. >> this is the kind of experience. when was some excited about parking decks changing that perception is difficult. >> you hoping no one else sees that same open spot. that is the only thing. i down of this the couple of months ago when i first came out and i do use it. i love it. i think that is the kind of stuff that, in san francisco, being where we are in silicon valley, i don't think there's any other city that is doing this. we would be a leader. i could not find anything for any other city. nothing for street parking. i like the fact that we are the innovator. >> we are the first city that has this information. cities around the world are watching our experience here. i think it is a great example of our indian -- innovative leadership. commissioner dooley: on

i actually used it and i scored a spot on the second and townsend and i was like a block away. this application is awesome. it is the best invention in the world. i love my s.f. park app. if i car moves, it shows you. i will have that on their so i have it on the screen and i will see one open up. it is very cool. >> this is the kind of experience. when was some excited about parking decks changing that perception is

you never would think, especially townsend. >> alisha was shocked by the news. >> they have a good system of telling us what is going on. there will update you on that. and to be in the university is crazy. >> police tell us they still have not arrested the suspect as they are interviewing him and gaining more information so they have not release his name. they have told us that they believe this person is not affiliated in any way with the university. >> fire crews have their hands full battling a fire. and happened in the 2400 block iof blue circle. a lack of hydrants made it more difficult to get this under control. no one was hurt. >> a bridge inspectors were called in to assess the damage after a vehicle hit an overpass on the beltway. the vehicle was carrying construction equipment when it hit the i-95 bridge over the outer loop of 6-95. it happened at 1:30 p.m. this afternoon and causing delays during rush hour. the crash knocked off a highway sign and caused damage to a beam and a catwalk. seen tonight.the sea police followed the vehicle. investigators say one person was taken int

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he's been on the run since the deadly shooting of hell's angel member steve townsend during a funeral service on october 15th. >>> a community organization in contra costa county will hold a fund-raiser for the family of a fallen vallejo police officer. jim capoot was kill maryland the line of duty last month. today the peace officers alliance will told a dinner and a raffle all proceeds from the event will be donated to officer capoot's family. >>> the lines get longer and longer. people began arriving before dawn to get a box of food. damien trujillo joins us live where the giveaways will last all week. >> reporter: the doors didn't hoping in 9:00. it's been nonstop ever since here at sacred heart. this line goes around the block here. organizers say the need is bigger than before. they worry they might run out of food. since 2007 the numbers have gone up by 70%. today and tomorrow they'll hand out more than 3,000 food boxes to the poor. and because the need is so great they are forced to give out food bags. usually they have food left over from the thanksgiving food drive. this yea

. >> officials at townsend town center released a statement saying that they are working with investigators to maintain the security and safety of our shoppers and employees not to just one incidents occur. >> thank you. tonight, police have identified a man shot by an office director home invasion-robbery. 27-year-old christopher bernard faces charges including attempted murder after investigators say he entered a home on wall for wrote wearing a mask and carrying a a.j. -- on warford road wearing a mask and carrying a gun. >> 8 child is this -- a child lied about being abused by his father so he would not have to go to school. he was severely believe while attending two schools and officials did nothing to stop the attack. principals say they never received written documentation from the parents that the student was being bullied. an allegany judge said bail at $350,000 for shonenae liggins. liggins murdered mccoy at an off-campus party last month. a trial date has now been set for april 30. they may have been kicked out of their downtown davis, but occupied baltimore -- downtown digs, bu

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reverend townsend was talking about the filmore center and safeway, i don't blame them. i would not want to be involved with all that corruption. data need to be involved with all of that and become a nickel, dime -- they don't need to be involved with all of that penny, nickel, dimeb.s. [tone] >> last time we came before you, we were in support of the conditions that were bad and we were supposed to implement those plans and the renewal committee decided not to include the community and those plans. that has been the problem from the get go. we have not a market street area where it's all

reverend townsend was talking about the filmore center and safeway, i don't blame them. i would not want to be involved with all that corruption. data need to be involved with all of that and become a nickel, dime -- they don't need to be involved with all of that penny, nickel, dimeb.s. [tone] >> last time we came before you, we were in support of the conditions that were bad and we were supposed to implement those plans and the renewal committee decided not to include the community and those plans. that has been the problem from the get go. we have not a market street area where it's all business, we have a residential area and business area and most of the residents don't and businesses and have had a fair share. i run an agency in the community myself and i tried to get some support in getting the cleaning contract to put some men to work in the community. i'm upset now that dpw has a contract. that is someone else's deal now. that has been the problem -- the residents in the community, we have not seen eye to eye. the cbd board was not here last time, they are not h

the first building of mission bay, third and townsend -- i am sorry, third and king, it is a rock site. if you go further into mission bay, it goes from rock to week bay mud. -- weak bay mud. this is on the folsom? >> the old wonder bread bakery. a little bit higher up. >> that particular building, if you look closely, the rock has actually receded back because of rockfalls. it was too expensive to put in foundations, so the foundation for that building is right on the surface. over the years, the rock face has receded to the point now where the flooding in the face of the bluff come together -- the footing and the face of the building and the bloc come together and are exposed. >> the confidence in the building is starting to be undermined. down at the bottom of the hill, out towards the bed, there are all kinds of uses there. what on earth would they be doing? >> what you are looking at here, two things occur along the south waterfront. one, sand that is dredged from the sacramento river is actually put on barges and brought down into the bag at pier 80 and 92, and then they stockpil

. >> we got -- >> reporter: in townsend. >> its cool to be in first place. look good on paper until somebody yelled cannon ball. talk about twilight's least gleaming. find out who was behind the stunt like this. . >> and taking the live look froth northern baltimore. we will talk about the heavy rain and wind. that's all coming up. >> you ever go online and book a room where you think $55 at the ritz is unreal and then find out it is. the real deal so you don't get reeled in. we return in 60 seconds. . >>> this is dublin california tuesday, we have new video tonight of a stunfor a tv show called myth busters after a mishap busted up a home. the test was to blast this ball through several barrels of water through a wall before hitting the bomb range. it missed everything though and hit a house. >> very loud boom and she thought a tree fell but -- not -- a cannon ball landed on the roof. >> after going through the home it smashed through a window of a parked van a few hundred feet away. nobody was hurt. >>> an australian citizen sentenced to a year in prison a

i want to take a look at the townsend weather camera.ou can see things wet and very mild out there. now this is what when we get a few flakes overnight it'll be hitting the warm paved service way above freezing and they will be wet and i don't see much accumulation, here is what we have in terms of current watches and warnings, mainly a flood watch and a flood concern for the i-95-quarter up through philadelphia. including baltimore and dc. you have extreme western maryland where you go about more than 3,000 feet in elevation, winter storm watch here, west of cumberland, winner storm warning for garret. >> temperatures in the low 60s to upper other's. a mild night. that's bringing up the mild air. we owe it to that and as we take a look at the visibilities, we get unrestricted northeast maryland. down toward dc and southern maryland. near 100% with the breeze -- i won't be surprised to see dense fog overnight into the early morning hours, rain wise, just a few showers now as we work into the morning it'll be a headache. you know how it i

. >>> and a man is under arrest for breaking in to a model apartment in townsend. police say he got into three different units in a building on southerly road. he made dinner, slept in the beds, and used the display towels. the company that rents the building found him on december the 5th. he is charged with burglary and theft. >>> we knew this wasn't right. it was a case of social insecurity. we did a report on it back in april. tapped on the shoulders of senators, i think we made a difference. it's about when we die and how our social security number goes online. because of -- ancestry.com won't display the numbers of the newly dead. the move came after a group of four senators wrote to the website asking them to stop it. they said they will protect numbers of those who have died over the past decade and the numbers they do post will be behind a pay wall for members only. >> all right. out there tonight we have just seen clouds increasing at times, had a couple of stray showers pass just north of maryland through southeast pennsylvania earlier tonight, up toward

it happened last night just outside the nordstrom store at townsend town center. many continued shopping without even knowing the shooting happened. no one could leave the mall as people searched for shooter. mall officials did turn over surveillance videotape to the police. we do not know if security cameras caught the shooting. police have not released the identity of the victim. >> d.c. police are also trying to figure out who's responsible for a deadly shooting in northeast washington. last night homicide investigators were called out to the 1000 block of taylor street northeast. d.c. police aren't releasing much information, and no arrests have been made. >>> this morning two juveniles are recovering from a shooting. they were shot in the 3400 block of 22nd street in northeast washington. the two were conscious and breathing. no word on their condition. police have made no arrests in the case. >>> d.c. police are asking for your help to solve a sexual assault case. detectives say a woman was walking along blaine street northeast sunday night when she was appr

fran townsend, thank you very much. are talking about fran townsend about iran, want to mention that fran, along with many other former national security officials from both sides of the aisle, and nearly 100 members of congress, have publicly and privately worked to get the state department to drop its terror designation as a prominent iranian opposition group, that is the nek. that group operates principally out of iran. the european union did drop the terror designation a few years ago based on evidence provided that the nek has renounced and ended its violence that included civilian targets in iran. >>> here's a rundown of some of the stories up ahead. first the deadline for u.s. troops to leave iraq means a great homecoming for our nation's heroes. going to take you to a rock star welcome inside ft. hood, texas. >>> and u.s. workers could be looking now at a tax increase. what it means if u.s. congress doesn't act quickly. >>> then, former penn state coach jerry sandusky tells his side of the story -- again. but, w

total costs of war at least one hundred fourteen thousand iraqi civilians killed as well as one have townsend american soldiers millions displaced from their homes not to mention a one trillion dollars financial burden still the former occupiers leave behind some words of encouragement. i can say that with confidence that in the next twenty or fifty years iraq will be a leader here in the in the gulf region that rivals any country inside of the gulf region i think that iraq now is a safe and secure environment it's not a safe and secure is as it should be or it will be but it's it's progressing very well the american occupation of the rocks on the fall of the mantis regime the capture and execution of deposed leader saddam hussein and the implementation of a democratic government but now nearly nine years later he's the country better off the lead is up they've below him on the u.s. troops invasion of iraq and through thousand three hundred grave mistakes he committed made the situation here worse there are so many mistakes committed by the u.s. military leadership especially in managing civi

intruding drones will continue and may not be limited to a rainin border author and journalist asmer townsend but he said the incident is a clear breach of international. there's an r.q. one seventy advanced stealth reconnaissance drone which what i'm hearing is said they lost it over afghanistan last week others are saying must be busily looking at this drone and what a great way of. creating technology transfer this is an incredibly serious event and it's of course against international law the united states yet again breaking international law with these drones it's interesting that even some neo conservatives are criticizing obama saying well we're talking about nuclear facilities iran is thinking about a much bigger game and this is really about influence within the into region egypt is a big loss to the united states after the fall of the u.s. back to day to mubarak from the atlantic to the indian oceans and of course even greece backing some oil sanctions against syria against iran this is a case of the western media feeding loads of people the idea that these countries are isolated wh

well, again, carol townsend here schooling me on regifting.o have you. thank you so much. really timely here on christmas eve. a lot of people might need to go this route. >> exactly. you don't want to go to the mall. >> thank you so much. reynolds, i'm learning here. >> i know. it's amazing. everything is relative on things you can regift and not. just as a heads up, tomorrow afternoon after my three kids are full of punch and cookies i think my wife and i are going to regift our kids to you and your wife at your house. okay? only a temporary gift but still a gift all the same. consider it from one dear friend to another. >>> we're getting the gift of snowfall in parts of texas especially back toward parts of west testas, amarillo, lubbock. a light dusting. when you get into dplas it's all going to be rain in dallas. everything flowing from the gulf of mexico. some might be heavy but we aren't expecting any flooding or anything like that. we might also have a little snowfall forming in parts of the great lakes back into lake eerie talking abo