warnings ignored. hours before a hopkins student was run over and killed, a man called police about the repeat drunk driver. >> tonight, an exclusive wjz investigation. how did police respond? and was it enough? >> hi, everybody. i'm sally thorner. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. serious questions are being raised about a 911 call police won't let the public hear. a man claims he warned police about the dangerous driver before the crash that claimed the hopkins' coed life. but his call, according to him, was ignored. tonight, he tells the story only to wjz's adam may. >> we have been asking about that 911 call for the last two days. and now, tonight, police admit there was a miscommunication and an attempt to get this drunk driver off the road before the accident. >> he just blasted off through a red light. and flew up the road. >> reporter: speaking only to wjz 13, nick walter said he followed repeat drunk driver, thomas megan for 13 minutes. tried to warn almost two hours before the campus. >> i went and called 911. but that's hard to get the message. so i hung up on that. and dialed 911. and when i got the operator on there, i said, i need to report something here. and i was told straight out that we don't take reports. >> what did you think when you heard that? >> i was sustained. i said, well, somebody has to know what's going on with this guy, he's going to hurt somebody. he's going to kill somebody. >> reporter: wjz requested a copy of the 911 call. but the police department would not release it. claiming it's part of an open investigation. a spokesman said the dispatcher misunderstood the caller, calling it a slight miscommunication. the police department will not offer any proof. but they claimed to have issued a be-on-the-lookout? but there's no record of it. no comment in the comments section. this was meighan being let out, after eight dui arrests. >> how could he even be allowed out on bail? >> we know at least one witness saw him driving erratically down eastern avenue, before walters called 911. minutes later, the hit-and-run, followed by -- by a 330 report. and another sighting at 5:30. there's another police officer in the city. and they could have been watching for this truck. they just took it upon themselves to ignore it. >> you feel like your 911 call was ignored? >> i feel confident it was ignored. >> reporter: now, on top of all of this, apparently there are some problems with the legal case. right now, the suspect is being held in jail on a handful of smaller charges. but so far, he is not facing any manslaughter charges. sources tell me that prosecutors are having a hard time actually placing him behind the wheel at the exact moment of impact. live at city police headquarters, adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam, thank you. wjz is filing a freedom of information act for those 911 tapes. and we will keep you posted on those developments. >> tonight, new disturbing information about the deadly medivac crash one year ago. investigators believe pilot error caused the crash and say the accident was preventable, with failures at almost every level. wjz stays on this story live. mike hellgren has complete coverage of the just-released investigation. mike? >> sally, the ntsb says the pilot never properly easy -- assessed the risks that fateful night. and said the weather became overwhelming. >> reporter: you're looking at the aftermath of the deadliest crash in their history. now, the ntsb reveals a major cause of the accident. and the pilot's proficiency during attempting a difficult landing during intense fog and driving rain. we >> we saw the pilot losing situational awareness from getting into inadvertent conditions because of the weather. we sua pi-- saw a pilot with a very heavy workload because he wasn't able to get into prince george's hospital. >> with accidents come consequences. unfortunately, some of these consequences were, four lives were lost, and mine was changed for the rest of my life. >> reporter: the ntsb found no maintenance issues but said the chopper lacked a safety feature that would have warned the pilot if he was too close to the ground. the pilot required turn-by-turn navigation using radar. until the pilot could see the landing lights. >> a number of things could have been done to prevent this accident. and unfortunately, that's also what we see in accidents, is that those things weren't done. >> reporter: wjz has reported extensively, on whether the pilot should have even been flying in such poor conditions. >> you guys able to fly for a mission? >> where? >> charles county, waldorf. where else? those guys never want to drive to the hospital. >> when you add that to the fact that it was very dark outside. >> investigators believe the pilot's descent was too fast. and he flew straight into the ground. >> you can only hope and pray that it will fix things and make them better. >> reporter: jordan there has gone through more than a dozen surgeries. she had her right leg amputated. and more than the physical pain, she said she lives with the emotional pain of being the only survivor in that crash and losing her best friend in it. >> mike, thank you. the ntsb reports that the downed helicopter also had data but didn't know how to use those systems. breaking news on the flight that overflew its destination by 150 miles. moments ago, the faa says it has revoked the licenses of those two pilots. the pilots admit they were on their laptop computers, going over schedules at the time. laptops in the cockpit are prohibited by northwest airlines. a man has been arrested on charges that he dragged a baltimore city police officer down the street with his vehicle. vic is live in the newsroom with details of the arrest. >> police have been searching for 27-year-old ricky hughes since october 1st. police say that's when hughes fled from officers who tried to arrest him on a separate case. a police officer put his arm through a window in hughes' vehicle to stop him from driving away. but hughes kept going and dragged the officer five blocks before he freed himself. another officer fired shots into hughes' vehicle. but hughes still got away. the regional warrant apprehension task force arrested him in baltimore yesterday after a city wide manhunt. >> police say the officer's body armor saved him from serious injuries. convicted sniper john allen muhammad will die by lethal injection when he's executed next month. that's the word today from at virginia department of corrections. muhammad was given the choice between lethal injection. muhammad is scheduled to be executed november 10th for the murder of dean myers, one of the 10 people killed in the shooting spree. there is new information tonight about the events that led to false reports of gunfire near president obama on the 9/11 anniversary this year. the coast guard training exercise on the potomac river september 11th sparked fears that washington was under attack. a newly released internal review shows the coast guard unit didn't know the president would be in the area. the report concludes the exercise was a bad idea, but it didn't violate any coast guard policies. we're coming to the end of a gloomy and wet tuesday. take a live look outside over baltimore tonight. the rain has moved in. and it appears to stay that way for a while at least. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating live doppler radar. we had a bit of a break today. now, it's back. we've had drizzle and light rain. but there's more on the way. a whole batch to the south of us. we're stuck in the upper 50s. batch of rain in from virginia. around the city, now. not a whole lot. in fact, we've kind of cleared out. light drizzle and light rain north and west of the city. up to the north of us, a little more across southern pennsylvania. solid rain, south of d.c. into virginia. and that will be with us during the overnight. eastern shore is pretty quiet. but you'll see the rain. it's all quite a bit this morning. we'll keep watching the rain. it's going to be a wet overnight into tomorrow. how much rain will we get? bernadette has a look at some of the numbers. bernadette? >> that's right. we have another slug of potentially heavy rain coming our way tonight into the first part of tomorrow. and this is how it's all going to add up. over an inch over most of the eastern shore, as bob was already saying, has already gotten an inch. with this next round coming, between an inch and an inch and a half. slightly west, farther. but still a decent amount from this storm system here. it will get out of here later tomorrow. and we'll have that and your forecast shortly. funeral services were held today for walter brooks, jr. he's the 18-year-old college student who died last week apparently from the h1n1 virus. derek valcourt reports, his family and friends say goodbye. >> reporter: it was standing room only as more than 500 people packed into the heritage community church in severn to pay their final respects to maryland's latest flu victim. >> reporter: denise brooks and walter brooks senior didn't think they would be here. their son walter jr. battled what was likely the h1n1 flu. >> it was damaging in his extremities. if he does make it in the 10%, he will have no hands or feet. >> reporter: doctors tried to save walter by amputating his legs. but it was too late. walter was one who loved to perform and entertain. at his funeral, friend after friend, reflected on his personality, his courage, and his love of nature. many wearing rape bow ribbon -- rainbow ribbons. >> walter was actually the reason many people came out. he made it okay to be gay. >> someone that young and someone that alive, just having to go through all of that. it's just tragic. >> it's heartbreaking, honestly. he was a good guy. >> reporter: family members say they hope walter's death serves aa -- as a warning. his friends say they aren't taking chances. >> i went to the doctor's yesterday, to get the swine flu shot. but they didn't have it. so i got on the list for it. >> you did that for walter? >> yes. because of walter. >> i hope people understand this is a serious thing. don't take it lightly. if you feel sick, go to the doctor. >> reporter: walter brooks is being laid to rest. a memorial fund is being set up in his honor. >> thank you, derek. stay with wjz for complete flu watch coverage. for a complete loose of clinic locations and who is eligible, log onto wjz.com. the mayor and a prominent city businesswoman come to the agreement about an icon. mike schuh explains what is going to happen to the cafe hon flamingo. >> reporter: momentum has been building for weeks. but it wasn't until recently that they were invited back to the perch. >> reporter: this was a flamingo that never flew the coop. along the way, it gave recognition for hampden. but then the owner of cafe hon got this letter from the city. a permit was needed. $1300 up front. >> a sad, sad day for baltimore. >> reporter: the owner directed the artist to remove the bird. so last week, it came down. but today -- the glasses at cafe hon are all the way full. >> if we walk to the table together and we communicated, and i think that's important. >> reporter: on the lawn in front of city hall, a radio station held a flamingo fundraiser for a local charity. and invited the mayor and the owner to come to an agreement about the flamingo. >> mayor dixon believes that it's part of what makes baltimore unique. and unusual and interesting. >> reporter: interesting enough that the city took a hard look at what it already charges the cafe. and also took a look at the size of the bird. >> they just recalculated it so that they're not double taxing me. >> reporter: so instead of $800, she'll pay $400. and the mayor agreed to a sign on 83, pointing to hampden's business district. >> if it took a pink flamingo to create an opportunity to have a voice, then that's what happened today, which i think is really important in the city of baltimore. >> reporter: back now live, the artist is on his way back. he will make a mold, turn it into a fiberglass perma flamingo that will be back up on the wall by christmas. reporting live. whiting did not know how much it would cost to have the bird rebuilt. nor when the expressway sign pointing to hampden would be added. >> the flamingo rises from the ashes. still ahead at 5:00. a promising young football player, murdered on his college campus. tonight, who police have in custody. i'm alex demetrick. coming up. imagine a walk to work and falling right through the sidewalk. that story as eyewitness news continues. hundreds of school kids got a different kind of lesson today. ravens' quarterback joe flacco paid them a visit. i'm andrea fujii. that story coming up on eyewitness news. and take another live look outside on this gloomy october evening. when will the rain let up. bob has your answers. in the updated first warning weather forecast. it started with a walk and a walk gives way. the busy accident happened on a busy baltimore corner. a portion of steel great gave way shortly after 8:00 this morning. an unidentified man was walking over it when it happened, plunging into a utility air shaft. another passenger saw it and called 911. >> it fell about 12 to 15 feet from the bottom. quickly determined he was conscious and alert. suffered bruises and abrasions. possibly a fractured ankle and we're not sure what are the injuries. >> the man apparently was conscious throughout his ordeal. why it happened was unclear. although it looks as if a metal rail, supporting the grate bent and gave way. i don't know what to say. but seems like somebody really screwed it up. >> for those passing by, it was something of a shock. >> that's awful. >> oh, my gosh. i'm hoping he's okay. >> does he need a lawyer? >> baltimore says the grate belongs to bank of america. and it was allowed with the understanding that b of a would maintain it. by this afternoon, repairers were well under way, even if the accident makes the ground feel a little less solid. >> no more steel grates for me. that's for sure. [ laughter ] >> alexalex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> the machine's condition was not released, although the fire department believes he did not suffer major injuries in the fall. if you're waiting for somebody to get home from work, let's check on the roads with sharon gibala. >> the rain and the roads never seem to mix. including an accident on 195. watch for a crash on aberdeen. also, no. eastern at south lakewood. lock raven at the alameda and east pratt at south gay. 95 northbound still slow from eastern avenue. 83 nobody on jfx. jammed between chase street and north avenue. there's a look at the top and west sides of the beltway. 21 miles per hour as your average is 28 minutes. there's a live look at the west side. you're looking at a 16-minute setback there on the inner loop. between 95 and security boulevard. this traffic report is sponsored by susquehanna bank. doing what counts by offering you superior senior checking. open your account at can any susquehanna office. back over to you. one thing you can say about this weather, the trees are beautiful. >> really? >> yeah. >> and leaves are very slippery. be careful when you drive it. let's take a look at temperatures and conditions. humidity at 57%. winds are light. barometer falling just a tad. look at the rain after this. oh, man. >> all right. it's soggy. >> the ducks are very happy. for most of us, it's been kind of a sinus headache kind of day. we warned you about it. we got pretty good rain overnight. half inch or more some places. some spots from the lower eastern shore. and southern maryland picked up over an inch. and there's more to come. look at this down to the south and southwest. i think by afternoon, we'll start seeing maybe some partial clearing. possibly we might see a little drying and some sun. temperature-wise, we have been stuck in the 50s all morning long. 57, cumberland. 52 out in oakland. look at that. dew point and temperature very close. the air is just about totally saturated. that's why we're seeing some fog as well. north winds around the region. that will probably continue. and we do think we might see a bit of a turn more to the west, which could bring a little more dryer air in at least at the midlevels. so we could see just a touch of brightening in the afternoon. tonight, look at all of this rain across the gulf coast. scooping right out of the gulf of mexico. low pressure out across tennessee valley is going to pass across our region tonight. once it moves out, we might see a little clearing. but look at the solid rain from pennsylvania. all the way down to practically the gulf coast. low pressure with the -- warm front extending eastward. temperatures getting into the upper 80s and low 90s. that warm air surging. and hoping to create more precipitation in northern virginia. high pressure eventually moving in over the region. should maybe clear us out perhaps by tomorrow afternoon. at least i think thursday, we'll see some sunshine. and late friday or saturday, another front coming from the west, could bring us a chance of some showers saturday night into sunday. i know it's halloween. northwinds, 5 knots. tonight, we'll see rain. heavy at times. 52 and tomorrow, morning rain, fog and drizzle. maybe a little afternoon clearing, perhaps. being a little optimistic. could happen. 62 if woo get any sun at all. otherwise, probably around 59 or 60. better on thursday. >> all right. thanks, bob. >> at least for one day. still ahead at 5:00. a police dog overdoses on drugs. how the canine ingested meth. and how his partner is nursing him back to health. racial slurs on a school building. tonight, police investigate it as a hate crime. i'm gigi barnett in southeast baltimore. a live report is just ahead. h1n1 vaccine. the government says supplies are increasing. but clinics in maryland are still running out it's 5:29. 57 degrees with a light drizzle. good evening. thank you for staying with eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. tonight, police are investigating racial slurs found spray-painted over the walls of a city charter school. wjz is live in east baltimore. gigi barnett has new reaction from teachers and students. gigi? >> well, some students saw the racial slurs this morning as they walked to school. and no -- now some parents say the hard part of this will be explaining to them what it means. >> reporter: a fresh coat of paint covers the front doors at baltimore's high school in southeast baltimore. school police are investigating it as a hate crime, after someone spray-painted racial slurs and a swastikas on the front doors. >> big black letters. >> the school tried to cover the words with construction paper. but teresa spotted it as she dropped off her 16-year-old daughter this morning. >> to see this was like, are you serious? today? 2009? what's going on. >> reporter: in addition to the swastika, whoever defaced the building scribbled the n word next to "die." tonight, patients are learning more about it. >> i was afraid for my children. i really was. i was afraid for my children. because i feel like that we're going back to slavery times. >> reporter: city school leaders declined an on-camera interview. but in a written statement, wjz eyewitness news, they wrote, baltimore city public schools condemns this malicious act in the strongest possible way and is working with city and county police to investigate it. neighbors nearby are puzzled, too. >> i can't believe it. i just don't -- why would they do it? there's nothing wrong with the school. why would they do that? >> and that's what police are trying to are interest tonight. parents say the school is predominantly black, while the neighborhood seems racially mixed. but the next step now is to sit down with community leaders, parents and students and come to some sort of mediation over what happened today. a washington county man is sentenced today for the arson that killed his girlfriend's two young daughters. 38-year-old clarence myers was sentenced this afternoon to two consecutive life terms in prison. myers pleaded guilty in august to two counts of felony murder. he told police he was surprised how quickly the fire spread. 15-year-old nicole gross and her 12-year-old sister mary both died in that fire. a decision comes this week on weather -- on whether sprinklers will be required. baltimore building codes gathered to watch sprinklers in action. >> reporter: a fire is set in two mock rooms set up next to oriole park. one has a residential sprinkler system. the other does not. people at a conference on the international building codes are deciding whether to require sprinklers in all new homes. fire departments and burn victims want that change. >> the length of care is months. sometimes years. people with a severe burn injury. a physical recovery. then we have years of emotional recovery from that kind of trauma. >> reporter: it takes about two minutes in the room to catch fire and become fully engulfed in flames. >> there's never been a multiple fatality fire death in a sprinkler-based resident. it's basically for your protection. >> the fire catches but within minutes, the sprinkler releases. later, you can see there is less damage in that room than the one without a sprinkler. >> it was just devastating to us. and to just do anything i could. and my son would expect me to be here to do all i can to help other parents and young people not to face the same fate that he did. >> reporter: the cost of a residential sprinkler system in a new house runs about $2,000 to $5,000. the advocates say that's about the same you'd pay for a granite countertop in the kitchen. maryland's fire official says that's not much money. >> what a life would cost or a severe injury that may impact somebody for the rest of their life. >> reporter: the home builder's association tells wjz today, it would prefer to tell every new homeowner all about sprinklers but let them decide if they want to pay to install them. the federal government has just announced it will soon be easier to get the h1n1 vaccine. this morning, the centers for disease control and prevention said that more than 22 million doses of the vaccine are now available. last week, there were just 14 million doses on hand. the government has ordered 225 million doses in total. they leave people desperate to find it. anne arundel county scheduled hundreds of appointments in just a few hours. weijia jiang has the latest now in tonight's flu watch report. here in anne arundel county, they are not holding any open clinics. it's by appointment only. and those appointments fill up quick. frustration builds as demand for the h1n1 vaccine continues to increase rapidly. the supply significantly lower than expected because the companies that made it are not doing it fast enough to keep up. >> unfortunately, you can't -- even yelling at an egg doesn't make it grow any faster. what we're dealing with is an egg-based technology that the growth rate is slower than expected. >> reporter: and when health department does have doses, it's not for long. staff numbers -- member are only scheduling people in target risk groups. >> these are the target groups where we're seeing the severe disease, the hospitalizations and the deaths. so we really want to get to these groups. >> reporter: megan burtman's infant is too young to get the vaccine. but doctors urged her to get one. >> i had a hard time finding it. my clinic doesn't carry it. my primary care physician won't have it available for me for at least another month. >> reporter: here, potential vaccine patients have to go through a lengthy screening process just to get an appointment. but some worry that those who are not in target groups are still getting protected. >> i think they should have made a point to try to tell people that were at high risk to get the vaccine and everybody else to wait. >> reporter: that is the message from the government. but at first come, first serve clinics, it's difficult to regulate. >> tomorrow, maryland expects to receive its biggest shipment yet of the h1n1 vaccine. about 70,000 doses. with that added onto what we've received so far, and only about 10% of the population will be covered. reporting live, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> and stay with wjz for complete list of flu watch coverage. and for important information on who is eligible to get the vaccine. simply log onto wjz.com. hundreds of family and friends gather in orange park to say goodbye to slain summer thompson. the second grader was found murdered inside a georgia landfill. many who attended wore purple, sommer's favorite color, and carried purple balloons. summer disappeared eight days ago on her way home from school. investigators have followed up on more than 1200 leads but no arrests have been made. an arrest has been made in the connecticut stabbing death of a football player. >> reporter: well, kai, john lomack is charged with murder. but his lawyer says he was just trying to break up a fight. that fight led to the death of jasper howard. he was laid to rest in his hometown of miami. howard was killed in the early morning hours of october 18th, after attending a dance on campus. john lomax is not a student at the university. police did not discuss the evidence or motive, which led them to arrest him. the 21-year-old is currently being held on a $2 million bond. kai? >> two other people were arrested today in connection with the case. they are being held on conspiracy to commit assault and reckless endangerment charges. cloudy weather is still doing the test launch. the counterdown was halted. in the meantime, this animated video was created to show what the launch and travel pattern would look like. that's against blue skies, of course. this is part of the constellation program created to return america to the moon and beyond. time now for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. a mistake in a security clearance check cost a woman her job. everything you nide to know about this week's trendiest terror. the vampire. anyway, the baltimore blast is back and preparing to defend its league title. for all of these stories and more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun. and remember to look for the updated forecast. >> and twilight, right? >> exactly. the ravens air attack now just doesn't include joe flacco and his receivers. today, the team helped unveil ranks 1. take a look. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: todd heap and poe were on hand as the custom air tran plane made its debut at bwi marshall airport. also, staffers participated in a charity poll of the plane. look at that. that's impressive. their efforts earned the hospital a $10,000 donation from the airline. at the same time, hundreds of elementary school students got the visit of a lifetime from star quarterback joe flacco. dropped by two baltimore county schools. andrea fujii was with the students at chats wort elementary -- choots -- choots worth -- what the worth-- -- elementary school kids. >> reporter: they can thank fellow students, emma and john cobal. they won a drawing from f.m., 105.7, the fans. and the prize, a school visit from joe flacco. >> he got to come here. and take pictures. >> i just wish he would be our quarterback for the for almost every year. >> besides the fanfare, flacco had a message for the kids. >> whatever you want to do when you grow up, you have to make sure you get through school and go get a college degree. that's the most important thing. >> i thought joe flacco had great advice for us. he's a great football player. and i hope they win sunday. >> and joe flacco left a signed picture and his jersey. >> reporter: after chatsworth elementary, flacco visited the school of another contest winner. >> i enjoy everything with these kids. and you can tell that by the way they were having a lot of fun. >> reporter: a once in once in a lifetime visit that made the day and week for many young ravens fans. in reisterstown, andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> baltimore ravens will be back in action this sunday. they're at home, hosting the still undefeated denver broncos. you can see the game this sunday afternoon at 1:00 on wjz 13. stick around for the post game show. with mark viviano. he will have highlights and reaction. then it's air tran football. all live from the espn zone at the inner harbor. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. a new warning for shoppers. why police say gift cards are going -- are being compromised in retail stores across the country. i'm bob turk. more of this weather headed our way. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. first, here's today's report from wall street. well, we've got rain in the region. a lot of low clouds, fog, drizzle. take a look at radar. we have another batch moving in. take the umbrella. you will need it. we've got a wet night on tap. could see another half inch or rain right now before it finally cuts out. bernadette has a look at that day part tomorrow. bernadette? >> that's right. the rain is going to continue, on and off through the night. heavy at times, even. that's how we're going to start out our day tomorrow. as we head through the midday hours, still rain around. but during the late afternoon and evening, this storm will leave us but as it leaves us, mainly a few. we got a little rain tonight. a little more tomorrow. finally, by tomorrow after, i think it will probably end. 64. 64 more sun on thursday. 66 on friday. saturday night, may be a little more rain. sunday, maybe even more thunder. dry and clearing out. 60 degrees for the end of the week. a police dog in california nearly dies during a drug bust. the canine accidentally overdosed on the meth drug he found during the sting. blue is his name. and started having seizures, alerting his partner that something was wrong. >> he had a full-blown grand mal seizure. and started violently thrashing. i tried to help him out, control his head. but he was uncontrollable. he was violently thrashing for about 2 1/2 minutes. >> blue is expected to survive and be back out fighting crime. has partner is sleeping at the medical center with him. with the gift-giving season approaching, a warning about stolen gift cards. there are counterfeit gift cards. they set up a phony and used it to access the numbers. three people have been arrested so far. it may soon be illegal to get a divorce. >> that's really a conversation that should happen between the parent and a child. >> john marco has filed an initiative. his new website, called california protection marriage act 2010 got more than 1 million hits in his first week. middle aged men have had a higher risk of heart attack than women in the same age group. but that appears to be changing. healthwatch reporter kellye lynn with details. >> newly published reports show that the numbers are rising among middle aged women and falling among men. >> reporter: researchers say smoking rates for women may be partly responsible. and although older women may be more likely to have a heart attack than in the past, the research shows the risk of dying after a heart attack is improving for all age groups, but especially for younger women. >> the drop in death rate after heart attack was three times greater in women under 55 years old than in men who were the same age. i'm kellye lynn, with healthwatch. >> thank you, kellye. doctors stress that a healthy diet and not smoking can go a long way toward preventing a heart attack. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 for all of these stories and more coming up. vic is standing by with the preview. chilling crime. a teenage girl, gang rained at a homecoming dance, while bystanders stood by and watched. federal bonds how this could save you money. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news coming up at 6:00. madonna was on hand. and hands-on during her recent school groundbreaking in malawi. the pop star got her hands dirty. and when she dug up some soil at a site for a new girls academy. this will be a leadership institution to prepare future female leaders. the school will take about two years to build. >> hopefully they will not be material girls. [ laughter ] >> oh, man. >> eyewitness sports is next. >> i apologize. stan saunders here in the sports palace. the ravens are getting more focused, day by day, as they get ready to bring undefeated denver to town. we have more coming up when eyewitness news continues. well, the mlb series poll is now taken. >> there was a pole taken. and basically, they feel, the public, feel that the yankees are going to take this thing. >> they figure it's about time. we'll see how it turns out. game 1 in major league baseball's fall classic. going to be the yankees, cc sabathia -- the mound. how about new york's aj burnett. in fact, the yankees have been installed as the 5-2 favorite in their first world series trip in six years to the defending champ phillies in an 11-1 long shot. they say they're ready. >> 25 guys. we've played like a team. all we care about is winning games. feels good right now. and we have four more to go. and that's it. >> we'll hear from the phillies tonight at 11:00. ravens football now. the purple birds, actually favored by 3 points at home. favored by the broncos here in dharm city. >> all we can do is get better. and i think we came in with that mindset, in our bye week, saying, okay, let's review what we've gone over. kind of analyze your own job and what you're doing on the feed. that's what we've got to -- the field. that's what we've got to do this week. just put the magnifying glass on yourself. >> we control the football team. we control what we're going to be this year. it's always been the case. and because we haven't finished three games, we wanted to finish three games, doesn't mean that that's changed. so... >> though the ravens stand at 3- 3, just a reminder. ravens against those undefeated denver broncos here in baltimore, exclusively at 1:00 on sunday. stick around for the post game shows. sports director mark viviano. yours truly. then it's air tran football talk, with marty bass and mary bubala, live from the espn zone downtown. an action-packed ravens second only -- sunday, only on wjz 13. monday night football upon. against the host redskins, philadelphia speedster. desean. in the round play. two minutes into the game. great downfield blocking. not to be denied. a 67-yard touchdown. it was a redskins monday. they are 2-5 after falling. watch out. watch out. after falling through the eagles. in this nfc battle. 27-17. that's sports at 5:00. but stick around when we talk about tonight's tipoff of the '09 national basketball association. better known as the nba season. and and more on eyewitness sports at 6:00. >> all right. thank you, stan. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. racial slurs on a school building. tonight, police investigate it as a hate crime. >> reporter: i'm gigi barnett in southeast baltimore. a live report is just ahead. boss: so word's gettin' out that geico can help people save in even more ways - on motorcycle insurance, rv, camper, boat insurance. nice work, everyone. exec: well, it's easy for him. he's a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec: with all due respect, if i was tiny and green and had a british accent i'd have more folks paying attention to me too... i mean - (faux english accent) "save money! pip pip cheerio!" exec 2: british? i thought you were australian. gecko: well, it's funny you should ask. 'cause actually, i'm from - anncr: geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. coming up now on eyewitness news at 6:00. four people killed in the deadliest trash in medivac history. tonight, critical new details on the causes of the accident. calls to police about a dangerous driver, just before a johns hopkins student is killed in a hit-and-run. why no action was taken. hundreds turn out to pay their final respects to a beloved maryland teenager. i'm derek valcourt. that story coming up next on the eyewitness news. >> more rain headed this way. don't miss that story and the updated forecast. more breaking news coming.