vic? >>> mixed signals from iran behind the scenes. country has made concessions about its nuclear facilities. in front of the cameras, its president continues to use harsh rhetoric against the united states. heather brown reports to wjz to see which will speak louder, actions or words? >> reporter: the head of the u.n.'s nuclear watchdog agency is now in iran. he's setting up an inspection of the country's uranium enrichment facility a plant fueling up an international firestorm. a plant allowing u.n. inspectors on to the moot meeting. a concession that put nuclear peace talks back on track. in a speech on saturday, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad blasted president obama. saying he made a big and historic mistake in denouncing iran for hiding the nuclear site from the world. the facility is partially hidden in a mountain and sits next to a melttry base heightening fears among the u.s. and key allies that iran is working to secretly develop nuclear warheads. the international community is threatening sanctions if iran does not fr

. >> reporter: vic, the officer likely escaped serious injury because of his bulletproof vest. yesterday the officer tried to arrest hughes in west baltimore as hughes drove off, drag the officer for five blocks. his bulletproof vest was shattered. >> the officer was treated for injuries. >>> the largest ever cocaine seizure in baltimore city results in a 20-year sentence for the man trying to stel. police found 90 counts in the black of this man's truck. murphy who has four children asked the judge for mercy and apologized to the court for what he did. sentencing guidelines called for 24 to 30 years in prison. >>> when then 14-year-old elizabeth smart was taken from her bedroom and helped captive for nine months it drew international attention and now she finally reveals the details of her horrible kidnapping. >> reporter: on thursday, she told her story in court for the first time. smart said that mitchell hiked up three miles up a canyon, where he and his wife had set up camp. he came and performed a ceremony, which was to marry me to him, smart testified and after that, he

how you can help vic gelfman here on sunday. that story coming up here on wjz. >>> a very lovely day outside right now. we're going to have a beautiful picture for you from mr. tim williams coming up. >>> wjz is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, for instant updates all the time, click wjz.com. >>> loving it. >> first day of october comes in like a land gem. >> we are already talking about when to change over the spring to summer -- i'm sorry, summer to fall plants. >> right. in patients. people still have plants that are in good shape. they're not dying out. so now i guess it's mum time. mum is the word. we're getting a nice look at the forecast. getting that feel like october, as kai mentioned, has come in. and it is definitely making its presence felt. 63. the temperature at bwi marshall. 40% humidity. winds currently at the west at 12 miles per hour. steady breeze blowing. and it is a nice, cool breeze. steady is the barometer reading. around the metro area, we're seeing 57. in oakland, cumberland. everyone else fall

we have vic with the latest on the investigation. >> reporter: it happened on east ordinance road. andrew gene cooley died in his truck. police want to find the woman he was traveling with. if anyone saw him on august 27th, you should contact anne arundel police. back to you. >> he was seen in the city driving a blue ford explorer. >>> yale president richard levins said improvements have been made to the building where annie le was killed. raymond clark has been charged with her murder. >>> more heavy equipment is expected to arrive in indonesia as the search for earthquake survivors continues. we have the report on one of the hardest hit areas in the country. >> reporter: two days after the earthquake, rescuers found a few survivors under the wreckage of collapsed buildings. the small success has reenergized efforts to find those still missing. most of the confirmed deaths have been in padang where most of the buildings have been destroyed. at what used to be a lounge, crews pulled one body from the wreckage. residents at this house tried to salvage their belongings. this woman is

i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter.'s what people are talking about tonight. >>> the number of h1n1 death negligence maryland sits at 9, with more cases reported every day. well, today, local lawmakers and health officials joined forces to make a much-needed plan. wjz is live at the state health department. adam may begins our complete flu watch coverage. >> reporter: a lot of people still have safety concerns about this vaccine. but they'll have plenty of time to possibly change their mind because the majority of shots will not be available for weeks, maybe even months. >>> the h1n1 vaccine is on its way to maryland. but many will have to wait. others may not want it. a new survey finds only 40% of adults plan on taking it. and only 51% plan on getting it for their

>>> hello, i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. >> more kids are showing up sick to school and the vaccine is not available. why there are new concerns if an outbreak hits. >> reporter: tonight, there are serious concerns of a big demand but short supply of hospital beds. the first day of october brings great weather and grave concerns throughout maryland. there could be a shortage of hospital beds if the h1n1 virus spreads rapidly. >> if the virus spreads so quickly, you know, and the hospitals are overcome, what do you do then? that's the question. >> reporter: to deal with overcrowding, hospitals are supposed to have what is known as surres plans. >> we have partnered with other hospitals to make sure we have the beds and the medications and supplies that we need to deal with any kinds of a significant outbreak. >> reporter: fear of the outbreak is large. on tuesday, a 14-year-old girl destiny parker died from the virus. leaving parents and those in the school system stunned. >> the maryland health officials say the first dozes of h1n1 vaccines will be a nasal spray. and availab

i'm vic carter. >> i'm denise koch.e's what people are talking about tonight. >> fears about the swine flu. more cases are being reported in maryland. and at least nine people have died from the virus in the state. wjz is live with flu watch coverage. healthwatch reporter kellye lynn with more on when the flu vaccine will be available and how to get it. but derek valcourt is live now in north baltimore with more on what is being done to prevent your children from getting sick. derek? >> reporter: a lot of parents at this school are worried. some of them very confused. so let's break it down for you. doctors are not going to be testing and doing blood tests on every single kid who comes in with flu-like symptoms. so health officials say it's important not to get too hung up on whether or not a school has a confirmed case of the virus. because the virus is so

. >> and i'm vic carter. >> the investigation is ongoing. a decomposing body was removed and taken to the coroners office. >> reporter: officials hope that the information they get here will tell them who she is, how she died and when. police statistics for crime in this neighborhood aren't available tonight. but residents are usually more critical if there is a problem. >> robbery, murders, rapes happen here. >> no, not in this neighborhood. >> reporter: so that makes what happened here all the more puzzling. workers for the telephone company opened up this manhole, what they found below will turn a stomach. >> once they opened the manhole cover, and gained entry the hole was filled with a 6-foot of water and it was actually a body appears to be of a male victim, decomposed. >> reporter: it wasn't until later that they realized it was a woman. before homicide and the coroner's office can do their job, the fire department has to figure out how to get the body out. they begin by draining the water then going down the hole. >> we have a team h

vic is in the newsroom with what they found in the sewer. >> reporter: workers were about to enter a manhole and they found the body of an adult white female. chopper 13 was over the scene near the belvedere shopping center. the body was found 15 feet in the sewer and in five feet of water. verizon workers pumped all but one foot of water out. units put on masks and air suits and were lowered to the bottom. kai, back to you. >> an autopsy is pending to determine the cause of death. >>> suicide public service announcements were made before steve mcnair died. the psas are being released this week. in one psa, steve mcnair states, live to see better days. >>> the search continues for the drivers who police say dragged a police officer five blocks with a car. this is 27-year-old rickey hughes. he is the suspect police were trying to stop yesterday afternoon. another officer fired shots at the vehicle. the officer being dragged fell from the car. his bullet prove vest likely saved his life. >>> uncertainly and worry across maryland as we wait for the h1n1 vaccine and hear about new cases

vic mizzy was 93. wow, his home in bel air.y being a songwriter paid well back in the day. all right. 35 minutes past the hour. we are watching -- is it hurricane rick? let's talk to bob. >> tropical storm now. >> now it's tropical storm. >> remember yesterday it was category 3 storm, 125-mile-an-hour winds. 180-mile-per-hour winds. right now only 65-mile-per-hour wind. you can see a little bit of resurgence mainly in the northern side of the storm. the center of circulation is right about here. you can see it there. it's keeping it from becoming a hurricane again. in the path of this, close to the la paz area and stretch into the mexico coast sometime probably thursday or friday. basically rains itself out over northern parts of mexico. some of the rain might get picked up by a frontal boundary, moved on in to texas and the lower gulf coast by this weekend. otherwise i don't think we'll see much of a problem out of this. great news. the other story, cold air setting up shop. 31 degrees in portland. temperatures all the way dow

. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >>> the weather is helping firefighters. they feared the flames would consume dozens of homes and ordered massive evacuations in southern california. but as teri okita reports, things are looking better. >> reporter: water tanks and helicopter hover over a wildfire that is about 200 miles east of los angeles. but firefighters are optimistic it will not get close to the popular resort town of wrightwood. mild winds, cooler temperatures and humidities are helping to ease the battle. crews have also been setting backfires to get the upper hand. >> reporter: but officials are warning residents not to let their guard down. they caution a sudden shift or increase in the winds could bring back the flames. >> reporter: the wildfire broke out on saturday and quickly turned into an inferno. crews battled walls of fire, driven by 50-mile-an-hour winds. thousands of residents were ordered to leave. but not everyone listened. >> all of the nice people left tow

but you know, vic ram pandit doesn't face regulatory issues. i mean, you know, clearly ken lewis does. whether that's the reason why he resigned -- i'm sorry, i've got a crick in my neck from holding the phone on my neck all day. but if that's -- you're laughing at me. >> you need a bluetooth. get with the program. >> whether that's the exact reason, because of regulatory issues i can't tell you. but clearly the difference between vikram and lewis, ken lewis is that listen, they both have problematic banks, they've both stabilized their banks. the difference is the regulatory issues which ken lewis faces. i will say this. it was karen who thought maybe an outsider might come. we put those five names up. i think that's pretty interesting. and i think the outsider may be an outsider who's actually an insider. now, two names that i heard that may get it are board members. a guy named bill boardman. i think he was the number two guy at bank one. somebody there knows exactly who he is. i don't know him. but i think the sort of inside candidate that

. ♪ vic mizzy sang the song himself. his manager says mizzy died saturday at his home in bell air.rote the theme song for "green acres" and songs recorded by doris day, perry como and billie holiday. >>> a swiss court denied bail for roman polanski, calling him a flight risk. that is despite his lawyer's pleas he would stay in switzerland. he's fighting extradition to the united states. he fled in 1978 before his sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl. swiss police arrested him last month. >>> a latina in hollywood is keeping her eye on the ball. you're going to hear the story about the spicy note that amy garcia sent every casting director in l.a.  not long ago, this man had limited mobility. last month, this woman wasn't even able to get around inside of her own home. they chose mobility. and they chose the scooter store! if you or a loved one live with limited mobility call the scooter store! no other company will work harder to make you mobile or do more to guarantee your complete satisfaction. if we pre-qualify you for a new power chair or scooter and your claim is

vic mizzy was 93 years old. >>> we have some new details in the alleged murder-suicide involving formerback steve mcnair. rafer weigel is here to tell us more on that. >> some people are questioning the timing of the releasing of this new information. police releasedes dased text messages between mcnair and the woman who killed him herself. she said she was so stress shed might need to go to the hospital and she asked mcnair for $2,000 for bills. police say mcnair transferred money to her account and the text also arranged the meeting between the two the night of the killings, this was after a cbs news report in which she said she would never commit suicide. >>> two weeks after rio was giving the olympic games a police helicopter was shot down in a gunfight with in a gunfight with gangs. 21 people died, including two officers, and this happened five miles away from one of the zone where is the olympics will be held. >>> and it is the most exciting the most rare play in the nfl. and it happened twice. the return for the touchdown. eddy royal became the first broncos player ever to run ba