controllers falling asleep on the job. >> tonight questions answered about your safety and the changes being made. good evening i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. >> and tonight the chief of the air traffic control system reseened. >> reporter: the faa is making big changes and cracking down. the faa says an air traffic controller at the reno air base was sleeping on the job. >> at no time and i want to stress, at no time was safety compromised. >> reporter: the reno flight landed with assistance from air traffic controllers in california. the air traffic association is outraged. >> i believe this is an outrageous situation that will not fly through on my watch. >> reporter: several sleeping controller incidents have been accounted for this week. the faa now promises to put new overnight controllers. still passengers seem split about what to do about the controller who fell asleep in reno. >> you have too many lives at stake. for something like that i would recommend for him to find another place to work. >> we're human, we all make mistakes. >> reporter: back to you. >> kai, thank you. and bwi already employed two traffic controllers overnight. and a window washers in baltimore was in a predictment today. >> reporter: on the side of this mass building. he's 120 feet or more dangling over the ground. mike lusk saw it all. >> a man hanging on the side of the window. a window cleaner. >> whatever went wrong. and firefighters don't know what it was. >> the safety harness fell from the side and he just had his head on the window. >> he was just ready to get down. >> reporter: others inside that window at his feet, an aerial basket was sent up as far as it could go. >> he had a rope where he could not get himself farther and he could not get up, so he was stuck between two floors. >> reporter: he's transferred to the next closest thing to ground, that areas basket. soon he's lowered. his hands burned. and took a trip downtown. a coworker tells me that his friend is okay. just got a little shaken up. >> made me glad i'm a painter not a window cleaner. >> reporter: his name has not been released. live from towson. the window washing company has not returned calls to eyewitness news. a triple shooting leads police in a high speed chase. tonight we're learning it all started with a middle school argument. two boys ages 14 and 15 and a woman were shot in the turner station neighborhood of dundalk this afternoon. one city officer was injured in the pursuit. he is expected to be okay. and weijia jiang explains. she spoke to the victim's mother who says she's fed up with crime. >> reporter: blackwell was studying to be a nurse. but last month she was found murdered in her parents home. >> he brutalized my daughter for no reason. he tortured her to death. this was a peaceful child and he took away a jewel from us for no reason. >> reporter: for the first time since losing her youngest daughter, blackwell's mother spoke to wjz about the horrific crime. he admitted to stabbing blackwell twice for a wii and several games. >> i believe it's a more issue of why this predator did this to my daughter. >> reporter: police revealed blackwell and abdula were not linked romantically but knew each other from high school. abdula has a long criminal record. >> i am angry and i'm sick of baltimore city. i would love to hear his confession. i would love to stand face to face to this animal and ask him, why did you take my child away from me. >> reporter: we were also at kaufman stage who said they held several vigils on campus in blackwell's honor and will continue to do so. abdula is scheduled to appear in court next month. members of the westboro baptist church were back in maryland today protesting outside a school. but this time they were outshouted by hundreds. -- burgess high has banned students and parents from bringing food to school to share. and xavier montgomery rice has been thrown out of her house after falling behind on the rent. mayor montgomery wright was evicted yet for not paying $175,000 $175,000. wright montgomery is running for a second term. fighting the dream act. it's only been days since lawmakers voted to allow children of illegal immigrants to pay instate tuition. kelly mcpherson explains why some say the new legislation is wrong. >> reporter: it was a fiery debate in annapolis. now the arguments are intensifying across maryland with a threat of a statewide referendum. debate over illegal immigrants qualifying for instate tuition is far from over. >> it's like breaking my heart because this is my dream. i mean i want to go to college. >> reporter: the law goes into effect this summer unless a call for a referendum comes together in time. >> you can't have people violating the law and then receiving a benefit. maryland has become the disneyland of america for illegal immigrants. >> reporter: state delegate scott mcdunna is suing the state of maryland for allowing illegal students to pay instate tuition. here at the university of baltimore, a person who lives in maryland would pay about $21,000 a year. but out of state tuition is $30,000. that's a difference of $9,000 every year. >> it's not always about what's legal. but what's just. keep in mind a half century ago it was legal to keep african americans and white separated at lunch counters. >> reporter: with 52,000 signatures, the bill would have to wait until 2012. >> if a burglar breaks into your home, and he's successful at breaking into your home. does that mean you have to clothe him and feet him for the rest of his life? kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. a referendum could happen during the presidential election day next year at the earliest. now, hiring the baltimore city police department is looking for a few good men and women in blue. >> we don't need all american athletes. we don't need people with genius level iq. we will take them, what we really need, what we really are looking for are people who are dedicated to service. >> in a special hometown heros campaign, the mayor and the police commissioner are asking the community to help find baltimore residents to join the police force. the defendant is looking to fill 300 spots by the end of the year. orioles legend brooks robinson is home from the hospital tonight. robinson was released from bgmc where he spent two weeks recovering from an infection. the hall of famer released a statement saying he's on his way to a full recovery. bgmc received 50,000 get well messages during robinson's stay. the inner harbor introduced a new vehicle today. that's the sea dock's second tour boat. it's open for high speed rides starting tomorrow. bob says you will need a little jacket if you're going tomorrow. it could be colder. freak accident caught on tape. just minutes away what flew through the air and on top of a man walking by. the mental health issue katherine zeta jones is fighting. when you look at this house it makes you wonder how could anyone have gotten out alive. as soon as they jumped out of the window, flames started coming from left and right. i'll tell you how a teenager is being given credit for that. that's next. ,, ♪ let's see you fly now! 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[ male announcer ] join rapid rewards and enjoy unlimited reward seats, no blackout dates, and no red tape. ♪ it is 55 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete forewarning weather forecast is coming up. strong winds in turkey created dangerous situation. keep an eye on the metal shed on the side of the camera to the left. it will roll and send the man into the sidewalk. the clean it took several hours. the mother who drove herself and her four children into the hudson river had last minute regrets. according to her only surviving son, the mother said, i made a terrible mistake. he told the woman who found him that his mother had a big argument with his stepfather. susan collins talks with the family about this near tragedy. >> reporter: the fire started downstairs, so 15-year-old charlie nightly was the first to notice. his grandmother who had the boys for the night let him sleep on the couch to watch the o's game. >> it felt a little hot. i heard like a sizzling noise. i woke up and you could see the smoke and everything. so i started yelling for him and nobody was answering. >> reporter: charlie awakened the others. his 10-year-old brother jumped in his arms from the second floor. his grant parents got to safety. >> as soon as they jumped the window, the flames burst out coming from left an right. >> reporter: the boy's father raced to the scene not knowing the fate of his own children or his wife's parents. >> i think i ripped all the skip off the bottoms of my feet because i was running with no shoes. when everybody arrived at their home, everybody was safe. >> i'm proud of him. because my father just passed away. >> i'm proud of my nephew. if it weren't for him, they wouldn't be here. >> and you can get information on how to help on wjz.com. controversy in new orleans over the demolition of a home used for an hbo series. the show's producers and preservationists wanted the home renovated. the city respond bid saying the city was not interested in saving blithe. and news from katherine zeta jones saying she has been treated for bipolar 2. is characterized by severe depression and is milder than a classic bipolar disorder. one little calf shows that he is tough enough to survive a tornado. this calf was born just as a violent storm was passing through on friday. the tornado picked up the little guy, separated from his mother. somehow he survived the whole ordeal and was given the name twister. >> i'm telling you he doesn't want to get near that car. >> flying cows. >> an f2 tornado in virginia. that's probably the one we're talking about. quiet right now. will be quiet all day tomorrow. saturday we have rain headed our way. take a look at temps and conditions. it was a beautiful afternoon. we're down to 55, no wind at all. and the humidity still quite low. the barometer way up here. 75.4-inchless. 54 ocean city. 52 out at oakland. 51 in washington. locally temperatures low to mid- 50s. very pleasant. nice after this gorgeous day. don't get much better. low humidity. sunshine all day long. 54, 41 the averages. right now zero winds. but tomorrow the winds will start blowing again out of the easterly direction. and cooler temps beginning tomorrow. we'll be dropping out to the west. rain and snow activity. this low pressure is going to head out to the west. but it's going to drag a warm front toward our region and that will be friday night and saturday. what happens is down on south. we get warm air over running the cooler air. clouds are created and eventually you start seeing rain activity. showers drizzle by late tomorrow. maybe up to midnight and good chance to see rain. along with these much cooler temperatures here on saturday. by sunday, this should be through the region and the sun should be come out and warm us up once again. the bay temps around 51 degrees. tonight then just a few hard clouds here, 45 for the overnight. tomorrow sun and clouds. look for rain, drizzle showers on saturday. maybe saturday night maybe thunder in the area. 56, 50. 70 with sunshine coming back on sunday. 70 expected on monday. partly cloudy skies. maybe a shower by tuesday night. really just one bad day or wet day out of the next five. denise. >> all right then. three in a row. check in tomorrow morning on eyewitness news starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated forecast. and mark ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well looked for a while there like they were going to do it. the fan sports report. >> it's only april. but this is one of those nights, a night they'll have oriole fans angry and frustrated. but you're not going to get that from shorwalter. too many of those moments have been bad ones for the birds over the years. this one off to a great start. nick markakis a home run up. new york fights back. down by one run in the ninth. so the o's go to grey. his first pitch gets sent over the fence in right center field. a home run by jorge posada and that tied if game 5-0. it's a home save by grey. this one goes to extra innings. the yankees will get two runners on off reliever gonzalez. and swisher hits the runner to right. 5-0 orioles leads end up a 6-5 orioles defeat. they've now lost five in a row. the road trip now will go to cleveland. this reminder you can see the o's take on the indians right here on wjz this weekend. coverage will come your way saturday and sunday at 1:00. one of the best pitchers in baseball was at his best tonight. the phillies cliff lee mowed down the nat in washington d. c. he goes the distance in a 4- 0 shut out. that follows roy holliday's effort to give the phillies victories over the nats. players and owners return to the bargaining table today for the first time since the league imposed a lock out more than a month ago. they met for nine hours. they'll do it again tomorrow. even a bad day of golf is better than an office the meeting. kevin knox tried this ball four times each time ending up in the lake. that's the worse score in pga history. mom always said if you're going to do something, make it memorable. >> there were too many people watching. >> we can all feel better about our games. >> thank you, mark. in australia, dinosaurs are roaming the earth. >> what these terrifying creatures are doing at school. 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