a 39-year-old man described by police as having a lengthy history of violent crime. that life ended about 1:30 this afternoon. >> he was laying to the side of the van, dead. just got shot up. and i don't know what he did, what happened happened. >> what happened came at the end of a stakeout in ceilings a series of armed robberies. they found out he had an appointment with his parole officer at a building off mount hope drive of as the man hided for his show, detectives approached the man pulled a powerful handgun out of his car. >> he produced an incredibly large 50 caliber revolver and engaged the detectives in a brief but violent gun battle. >> the shooting happened in front of the gateway school of speech and learning. this mother who did not want to be on camera said the school was not locked down and there was security present. but the firepower of a 50 caliber weapon could have easily claimed an innocent bystander. >> it takes rounds bigger than the diameter of your thumb and equally as long. i think idiots carrying guns on our streets are violent criminals and i think they're morons and i think they pose a danger to you and me and everyone that's going to listen to this tape. i think they pose a danger on all of us. and we're going to work our tail off to get them out of the city and put their tails in jail, that's where they belong. >> it's not known yet how many officers returned fire. none of the officers was hurt. we do know more about the suspect. we don't have a name but he was 39 years of age, released from prison last year after serving time for robbery and handgun violations. he was drew to stay on parole through 2012. there will be a news conference later this evening at baltimore county police head quarters where we hope to learn more. kai, back to. >> thank you. as we told you this the second police involved shooting in two days. yesterday police shot a suspect who they say shot two people in south baltimore. michael guest died last night at shock trauma. police say he had an extensive drill record. tonight a search for the person responsible for a deadly hit-and-run that left an elderly woman dead. live at county police headquarters susan collins with more on the victim and the suspect vehicle. >> reporter: right now police only have the broken head lamp but hope someone may have witnessed this 5:30 a.m. fatal accident. on busy eastern avenue in north point, the 70-year-old woman is struck. police break the news to delores strait's husband, a retired longshoremen as he drinks his coffee. >> love to see who did it. love to see them go to jail. because they should be stopped. >> the mother of four leaves behind more than a dozen grandchildren and two great grandchildren who are shocked and angry someone could be so callus. >> very furious. i cannot believe someone would just hit somebody, just keep on going. not stop to even see if she was okay. >> strait was discovered at 5:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of eastern avenue at 54th street. her family believes she was crossing eastern avenue to get to the bank for cash, then she would take a bus to a city market for food. her family says the italian woman cooked every day and always went out to buy fresh meats and vegetables, for spaghetti and meatballs or lasagne, feeding neighbors and family. >> she's very early riser. she doesn't like to be in part of the big hustle and just wants to get her stuff done and get moment. when there's not a lot of people out. so that's why she liked to go really early. >> police need witnesses or someone who sees the damaged car to call. >> from the evidence recovered at the scene, the best we can tell that the vehicle was a mazda. >> don't know the color. >> no court color, no other description. we only have the headlight and some of the glass at the scene. >> anybody who just couldn't stop or wouldn't stop, i mean, they have to live with that. i'm hoping somebody knows somebody with the mazda and sees that it was in an accident recently. >> now the broken pieces of the headlight had the word mazda printed on them but unfortunately that doesn't let police know was it a car or truck. back to you. >> thank you, police ask anyone with information to call, there is a reward offered. guilty. that's the plea from a man who prosecutors say stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the mta. police say an electronic trail led to the arrest. we're live downtown, mike hellgren has more on the suspect 3 his plea made a short time ago. >> reporter: kai, he was wearing a very nice suit and 4 an iphone with him in court. he will have to forfeit his assets or cash to pay the agency back. he is not in jail tonight but did have to surrender his passport. federal investigators used electronic codes from the fair boxes on mta buses to track down an employee who took a massive amount of money from them. wjz was in court as pattawi pled guilty to stealing money in fares. >> we knew the government and his counsel negotiated the plea in advance of seeking an indictment. >> pattawi worked theover night shift where he was largely unsupervised. cash would come in and he secretly used a portable electronic key to access the cash boxes, hobbly 16 and00 times. >> i wouldn't have gone forward with it, i didn't think justice was served by. >> pattawi handled radio communication repairs for the mt arc. the thefts happened between january 2007 and march 2008. regular writers were stunned at how someone could take so much cash. >> in that industry that's a bad sign. you trust your employees with kind of responsibility of handling money, and to have one of them do this hurts. >> he admitted to the judge he had a few drinks last night before making the plea and admitted his guilt and the possibility he could face years in jail. >> i find it hard to believe there's that much money in the boxes. they hardly ever have them working. >> they were working a number of these buses we worked it out to $250 bus. sentencing will take place february 22nd. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you pattawi lives in whitemarsh. breaking this is on eastbound 70 near the beltway. chopper 13 over the scene, captain mine mike with more. >> reporter: we are in woodlawn along i-70, westbound, where utility contractor truck, a pickup truck, is overturned in the median strip of i-70, westbound. initially it was called as a rescue. apparently the driver has been taken from the vehicle. he is in a nearby ambulance. this is blocking one lane westbound i-70, so the backup now extends well back on to the baltimore beltway. so you can expect delays in the area. the maryland state police just arrived, it's unclear how long it will take this to be cleared up. so during the evening rush-hour you can expect delays in the area of i-70, westbound at woodlawn. back to you. >> thank you very much. investigators are working to determine what caused a deadly fire at a baltimore county motel. it happened in the 7900 block of po lass ski highway after 3 this morning. rescue crews found a man inside 3 was rushed to bayview medical center burn unit, where he died. three teenagers are accused of defacing a local high school with graffiti. howard county police say the vandalism happened at mount hebron high. the three 15-year-olds arrested all attend the school. it happened on december 5th when the teens allegedly spray- painted racist graffiti inside a portable trailer at the school. in tonight's flu report, hundreds of thousands of h1n1 vaccines for children are being recalled. but officials say there's no need for parents to worry. >> reporter: children the affected age group are supposed to get two doses of the vaccine one month apart. health officials don't think children need to get vaccinated again. even if they got two doses from the recalled lots. 800,000 swine flu shots for children are being recalled. tests show the doses lost some strength after they were shipped. >> the recall is not because this vaccine was bad. or dangerous. the recall is because they didn't have the confidence that this vaccine would do as well as they would like. >> the recall involves pre- filled syringes for kids ages 6 months to three years old. the is for skis control says the vaccines were distributed last month and most have been used. >> we believe the vast majority of these doses have already been administered based on the high demand we've had for vaccines. >> the company is voluntarily recalling the vaccines and says these lots passed all quality controls and met all specificiations required by government agencies at the time of shipping. federal health officials are stressing that parents do not need to worry because even if the vaccine is not as effective, it's still protects and is not harmful. kellye lynn, healthwatch. we're always on, check in for complete flu watch coverage for details on local clinics and important information from the cdc any time, log on to wjz.com. more breaking news right now. well-known evangelist oral roberts has died. he became one of most famous ministers, founding a multimillion-dollar organization and an oklahoma university in his name. a spokesperson says he died of complications from pneumonia in california. he was 91 years old. another pleasant december evening. enjoy this while you can, folks. colder temperatures are moving this way. bob is in the weather center with the update, first warning forecast. >> we've got some clouds, clearing out. and tonight it will get chilly again, even last couple nights. look at radar. nothing is far as precipitation, but temperature- wise look at that, back in the 30s already to our west. we're settle in the 40s, low 50s. still mid-50s in south of that chilly air headed for our region over the mountains later tonight. look at cool again, down to around the freezing mark and tomorrow we'll be lucky to get up to 40 but it will be sunny. >> sounds good. thank you. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5, millions of households on high alert, a window blind recall impacting families across the country. the injuries that prompted it. six maryland schools and six different counties are recognized for excellence, coming up on eyewitness news. >> tiger' wife in the public eye and there's one thing missing from the photo now gaining lots of attention. and the updated weather forecast with bob! ♪ ♪ i'm cool like that, i'm cool like that ♪ ♪ i'm cool like that [ female announcer ] there's a smarter, cooler way to get your clothes brilliantly clean. and it's a turn for the better. ♪ i'm cool like that, i'm cool like that ♪ [ female announcer ] tide coldwater. it's specially formulated to clean in cold better than the other brand does in warm. ♪ cool like that and by washing in cold, you can save up to $10 on your energy bill with every 100 oz bottle. and that's cool. tide coldwater. get out of the old and into the cold. ♪ i'm cool like that more damage in the tiger woods scandal. we are getting a closer look at house his wife as continued her daily routine despite the controversy. the report on the one noticeable change in her appearance. >> reporter: tiger woods woods wife elin is caught filling up at a gas station. it's not what is in the picture that has people talking. she's not wearing her wedding ring. and without a band is creating headlines around the world, including elin's home country of sweden. >> even respected columnists are writing that she should just dump him. >> so does the ringless finger mean she's leaving him. it seems everyone has advice. >> i just think she needs to move on because he clearly cheated on her. >> i think it's best she leaves him. >> and there's yet another revelation in this scandal that never seems to run out. there are reports a canadian doctor who treated woods and other athletes is being investigated by the fbi after he was caught with performance- enhancing drugs. there's no indication tiger was involved. woods has not talked since the accident, but a tv station is airing an interview he did before the scandal broke. during it the interviewer asks, family first and golf second? always, woods says. right now, tiger is giving up the game of golf as he tries to figure out his next move. janet choy, cbs news, new york. a new usa today poll shows a record-breaking drop in tiger woods' public favor. it's dropped 33%, woods posted an 85% favorable rating in june. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with sharon. >> reporter: our biggest issue at this hour is going to be on 70, we have a live look from sky chopper 13 of the problem, a utility truck that's flipped over. it's in the median. you can see causing quite a damage, 70 eastbound just approaching the beltway. the delay runs back to the tlaxiaco river bridge so do watch for delays there. i don't suspect that will be gone any time soon. two wrecks working in the city, one them only parkway at denson, another at west lexington at north kramer. debris on 83 southbound at -- watch for that with scattered metal in the road there. meantime, 95 northbound still jammed to the beltway, it will take you four minutes with an average speed of 50 miles an hour. there's your drive times and speeds for the beltway. the slowest spot the interloop. there's live look at 95 again, jammed to the beltway. there's the west side. back over to you. >> thank you, sharon. it was the big day for six maryland schools as they received state blue ribbon status for their excellence in education. in tonight's school watch report, andrea explains the school's next step could be national recognition. >> reporter: it's a proud day at eastern technical high school in baltimore county. they along with five other schools received blue ribbon status for maryland. >> sense of pride that work really hard to get the status. >> blue ribbon schools are recognized for their high patch performance and significant improvements in reading and math. beside eastern tech, northern middle school was recognized. new mark elementary. napolitano all honored today. there are many national blue ribbon schools awarded every year, and in the last six years every maryland school nominated has won. many of the schools students are economically disadvantaged but administrators say it doesn't hinder their learning. >> in our case all kids are achieving, whether free reduced meals or black, white, craze an, all kids are achieving at a high rate. >> they have high expectations for all students and they look at each child and were data driven and we work on individual plans, success plans. >> students we spoke to say they're excited for the honor but already knew their schools were special. >> we work really hard during the day. we work for ourselves, we work for our futures. we didn't realize how much like it really means to the whole school in general. for the schools in the top 10 percent of state schools. national blue ribbon awards 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almost near 60 degrees today. and last night we stayed in the mid-40s most places. look at the actual temperatures and these are at -- marshall high of 58. low last night of 45 on the normal high is 46. the normal low is 27. and the records, 70 and 6. big range here in december. look at this, one above in bismarck right now. one! three in minneapolis. chicago down to 16. 19, south. 38 memphis. the hot spot, miami, 80 degrees. nation's -- naples 84 this afternoon. here in baltimore down to 49. and boston is beginning to drop. to the west, cold returns moving in our direction. they'll be here tonight and for the rest of the week temperatures will be at or below average. 49 here. 30 in oakland. 41 couple per land. in the south 53. still very mild ocean city 51 over in washington. around the border, some 40s now showing up and it's just going to get chillier overnight tonight so prepared for a cool night compared to what we saw the last couple nights. winds out the west-northwest continue bringing in the chilly air mass from canada across great lakes. and bus it's cold air across the warm lakes, snowshowers right now. this is typical lake-effect snow, essentially we've got high pressure in control but when the wind comes across the lakes it picks up that moisture, it goes up squeezing and out like a sponge in the form of heavy 94 activity. some areas appear -- 10, 12 inches by later tomorrow. to our south shower activity continues on the gulf coast. low pressure may develop down here and it may pass just to the south. we've got a lit closer on saturday night and sunday and we may be just cold enough for a little wet snow and or rain mixture late saturday or sunday. little hard to tell what will -- it will get this far. but just possibility on sunday it might see some snowflakes in the area. to the north, definitely say snowshowers, from cleveland and across our western new york, lots of lake-effect snow going on right this minute. high cold air moving in, high pressure moving from the midwest. it's going to be dry, basically sunny and the next system in the south. may bring us some clouds and some precip saturday night late into early sunday. winds tomorrow may gust as high as 25 knots, that's why they put the small craft advisory on the bay. bay temps still in the low to mid-40s. clearing out it, will be chilly, seasonally cold. 32 in the breeze, feel colder so tomorrow sunshine, colder than today. and breezy. and 18-degree drop. tomorrow's high around 40 degrees mark. so most of the day only in the 30s tomorrow. >> whiplash. >> okay. reality. still ahead on eyewitness news at 5, the debate over guantanamo. new details about the -- of baltimore. >> looking for a buyer. i'm pat warren. coming up on eyewitness news, who is in on the auction of pimlico and laurel and what this means for -- [not understandable] >> the sweetest way to celebrate hanukkah! the story coming up right here on wjz. good evening. thank you for staying with eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. we have breaking news to report to you, there's been a pedestrian struck in anne county. chopper 13 is over the team. mike? >> reporter: we're ornery vera beach road off fort smallwood road where a pedestrian crossing from a shopping center was struck by an automobile. that person is down now being rendered assistance to by paramedics, police are on the scene. they have closed rivera beach road in both directions. this is going to be just north and east of fort smallwood road so you can expect delays. no word how serious it is now, police just arriving a few moments ago. back to you. >> thank you, captain mike perry reporting live over river beach. the field of bitters for racetrack is expanding. the outcome could have an impact on the location of slots in anne arundel county. someone who whose roots are in maryland horse racing. >> entertainment and bankruptcy plans to auction pimlico home of the preakness intent month, one of bidders is their former owner jody francis who said with a new owner they can compete. >> i look at that as like the calvary coming over the hill. to save the day. because the reason that the message has not gotten out up until now, i believe, as to why laurel would be such a desirable site and be able to get to market so quickly is because the racetrack and the entire racing industry has been in a shadow of a huge black cloud created by this bankruptcy. >> the bid was thrown out because it didn't put the money required. and the license has been awarded to the cordish company for slots at mills. but there's still support for slots it at the track. >> i've long believed we would be best off if slots were kept at the tracks because part of the rational was we wanted to keep horse related agriculture in maryland with all jobs that racing supports. >> the anne arundel county council delayed a decision to zone the area and also considering a proposal for slots. the council votes on monday. >> i have my fingers crossed hoping they deny the zoning. >> the auction is january 8th so if the county council approves the mills location what does that mean for laurel. >> then what you're looking at is someone buying the tracks to preside over their funeral. >> with all these uncertainties, the future of the preakness and horse racing in general in maryland is still up in the air. post-time, january 8th. pat warren, now back to you on television hill. >> the company is also bidding on the racetracks but wjz's calls for comments were not returned. a landmark vote by the washington, d.c. city council on the subject of gay marriage. denise joins us with how the voting went and what is next. >> reporter: the council voted overwhelmingly to legalize gay marriage in the nation's capitol. 11 of the 13 councilmembers voted in favor of the measure. hundreds of gay marriage supporters turned out at a rally prior to the vote. mayor fendi promised to sign the bill, then it will go to congress for final approval. opponents say they will try to get congress to overturn it or attempt to get it on the ballot for the voters. >> thank you. if the district approval then same-sex marriage licenses should be issued starting mid- march. millions of households are on alert after one of biggest recalls in u.s. history. alexis reports for wjz involving popular window coverings posing a danger are children. >> reporter: linda kaiser's heart breaking story is a warning to all parents. >> i walked into the room and my daughter was in the court corner of her crib with her head down and unnatural position. >> cheyenne was just a i year- old when she was strangle by the cord from a window blind and other tragedies have followed, leading to this massive consumer action. more than 50 million roman shades and roll-up blind are being recalled. retailers are offering customers free repair kits. the consumer product safety commission says eight deaths have been reported since 2001 and more than a dozen near strangulations. the problem is not just dangling cords, but the ones hidden inside, which can become looped around a child's neck. >> and it's a defect in the products that a lot of people don't know about. >> as you can see here with this roman shade, if a child puts their hand through the side, this cord becomes a choking hazard. owners say their customers are always concerned. >> their biggest concerns are cords that are long to the floor. and also that are looped. >> robert and susan still remember their son's screams when his neck became caught in the cord of a roman shade. >> he was pulling trying to get free and it was -- pinching tighter and tighter. around his neck. >> collier survived but his parents will never forget their brush with tragedy. and stories like his are leading more consumer experts to recommend window coverings with no cords at all. for more information on the log on to wjz.com, and click on our consumer page. after one hour of deliberations a jury con districts a man of first degree rail and several over charges. roger irvin was found guilty of rape in august of 2007. he was also convicted of burglary and gun charges. he is scheduled to be sentenced in february. the man accused of killing chandra leavy faced new charges against him in court today. he plead not guilty to threatening a witness in the case. he already pleaded not guilty the first-degree murder charges in april. levy, a federal intern, was killed in may of 2001. her body discovered a year later in rock creek park. united states is moving forward with plans to have a nature of terror suspects held at guantanamo bay stand trial in the united states. and one suspect has ties to maryland. he lived in baltimore before moving to pakistan. he is labeled as a high value suspect by the u.s. government. counter-terrorism officials say he met suspected september 11th mastermind sheikh khalid mohammed and played a range of rolls in terrorist plots. and it president obama announced as many as 100 terror suspects will be moved to u.s. soil. >> reporter: as many as 100 terror suspects will soon call america's heartland home. today the president ordered the federal government to buy the maximum security prison in thompson, illinois, and get it ready to hold guantanamo bay committee containees. >> the president has great confidence in the military of this country. those are the people that operate guantanamo bay. those are the people who operate a facility in thompson. >> the president's announcement helps them keep a campaign promise to disclose the detention center at guantanamo bay, cuba, and also gives new life to an almost empty prison about 150 miles west of chicago. the facility costs illinois taxpayers $120 million to build in 2001, but budget problems have kept it from fully opening. the the new detainees will come with $1 billion in federal funds and thousands of jobs. >> people are desperate for good jobs. and the jobs we're talking about here are some of the best. >> one of detainees that could end up in the illinois prison is self-proclaimed mastermind sheikh khalid mohammed they will be try here in new york in federal court. not a military court. that decision sparked protests and some new yorkers are worried the trials will provoke more terror is tax. now some folks from illinois feel the same. >> i don't think anybody with a serious face is making the argument that this makes the united states safer. >> illinois lawmakers also question whether it's constitutionally legal to house the detainees on american soil. the obama administration considers some of them too difficult to prosecute, or too dangerous to release. so the plan is to keep them there indefinitely. terrell brown, cbs news, new york. in all, there are 210 detainees in guantanamo bay. time for a quick like at some of the stories you'll find in tomorrow morning's baltimore sun. the breck grants for a dozen colleges and universities. who bought the copycat build on on north charles? and what they plan to do with it. and meet the prosecutor sworn in tomorrow as a circuit judge. for all of these stories and a lot more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun and remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz first weather team. this will be the fifth night of han ca /?txuron matsuzaka reports even one of busiest times of year for one baltimore bakery. >> reporter: from the hanukkah house on park heights avenue to the national menorah in washington, old friends are getting together. >> i woke up this morning, turned tv on and say, [not understandable] i haven't seen him in a long time. >> it's time to celebrate hanukkah. >> well, we have an advanced -- so it's very festive for us. we have our own special gift this year. >> and there's no busier place than goldman's kosher bakery in the falstaff shopping center. >> probably next to rosh hashanah it's like we've been doing that for 45 years. and we're making right now for hanukkah, making lots of donuts and lots of cookies. >> fancy dradles, menorahs and special cookies with familiar faces. holiday cookies too. each one hand-cut. >> lots of special orders, pictures on them, make bigger 1, put pictures on them. but everything is handmade. >> he got a chance to help make some of the delicious donuts. these are israeli donuts filled with jelly, marshmallow or caramel. they will sell thousands, hanukkah week. >> round 'em up. get to the 36 little pieces. it gets set up. it gets fried. and you do that about 100,000 times. >> a sweet time of the jewish calendar. the festival of lights, miracles and more. >> happy hanukkah, all my jewish friends. and i have a lot of jewish friends. >> nice to meet you. >> nice meet you too. >> yum! hanukkah marks the jewish victory over oppression at the holy temple in jerusalem more than 21 centuries ago. for more information on the holiday and golden's bakery, log on to wjz.com. i'm hungry! >> there were some cookies -- in the newsroom but -- >> they're gone now. don't miss the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. here's one of stories they're working on. >> an inside look at life on the streets. for those with nowhere else to turn. tonight runaways and the recession. only on the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> and still to come on wjz eyewitness news a terrible mistake, a woman's son missing and police now say her boyfriend is to blame. >> good news nor hollywood, the golden globes nominees list is in. the stars headed for a big win. cooldown in the works, 5-day forecast. >> but first here's the report from wall street of. dow is down we'll be right back. chili air moving 24 way and if you feel it, early next week, no major changes, just chilly air moving in. tomorrow it will be basically a sunny day but it will be on the chilly side. look at the temperatures, starting off in the low 30s with 30s, by evening we'll see some moonlight. not much. temperatures basically around 40 to the mid-30s all day long. and on thursday maybe only the upper 30s, 20s at night. 38 on friday. 37 on saturday. maybe 40 on sunday. a few rain and snowshowers certainly possible here about the middle of saturday night into sunday afternoon. >> thank you. the efforts to -- two missing climbers in oregon are stalled by another heavy snowstorm on mount hood. 24-year-old anthony vietti and 24-year-old katie nolan have been missing since friday. the body of their friend was found over the weekend. rescue kerrs say they're hoping the climbers carved out a snow cave on the mountain. family friends and police continue to search for a little boy in new york. police say the four-year-old vanrd from his apartment in newburgh monday. that's upstate new york. the boyfriend of the child's mother has been charged with reckless endangerment after investigators say he was not watching over the boy when he went missing. the mom has also admitted to having a strained relationship with the child's father. says she does not believe he's involved. the senate judiciary committee hears from rape victims today who say rape kits are vital to keeping rape assaults off the streets. congress passed the act in 2004 giving police the money needed to take on a backlog of thousands of untested dna rape kits sitting in storage. one victim describes how after six years her rape kit brought her rapist to justice. >> finally dna, revealed the identity of my rapist, giving me the sweet breath of validation and promise justice. i want every victim of sexual assault to experience this gift of renewed life and i am here today on behalf of those thousands of victims whose cases continue to sit on those shelves. >> officials say some of the cities with the largest backlogs include los angeles and detroit. they also estimate there are close to 10,000 untested rape kits nationwide dating back decades. democrats are inching closer to striking the deals they need in order to line up the 60 votes necessary to pass health care reform. joel brown reports from the white house, a key part of plan may have to be dropped in order to break the stalemate. >> reporter: president obama is pushing his fellow democrats to make health care reform a real. in a closed door meeting he told them now is the time to find the compromise today pick up the 60 votes to pass the bill. >> i'm absolutely confident that if the american people know what is in the bill, and if the senate knows what is in this bill, that this is going to pass. >> among the deals up for discussion, ditching a plan to let americans start buying medicare coverage at age 55. liberals came up with that idea as the substitute for a full- blown government-run insurance program known as the public option. but several senators including independent joel lieberman didn't like the idea. >> as i said to one of advocates of it, nobody between 55 and 65 will be able to afford this plan. he said that's not the point. we're just trying to work out a deal here! >> republicans are trying hard to block the bill. complaining about all the closed door meetings and the push by the white house and other top democrats to get it through the senate before the holidays. >> the administration it seems to me seems to be determined to force the health care bill on the american people, which the majority of citizens do not want or need. >> democrats will have to keep striking deals and easing the concerns of some critics. they'll need every one of their party's votes plus two more to pass the reform plan. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. >> the overall measure costing nearly $1 trillion over a decade is designed to expand coverage with a new requirement for nearly everyone to purchase health insurance. thousands of villagers forced to evacuate the area near the philippines most active volcano today after it showed signs of activity. at alert level raised overknight on the mayan volcano after and oozed lava and shot up plumes of ash. nearly 50,000 people live in a five-mile radius around the mountain. many of them evacuated indefinitely and sent to emergency shelters. a long-awaited day for boeing as the highly anticipated 787 dreamliner takes to the skies. the new fuel-efficient jumbo jet had a successful test flight although it was forced in flight early bad weather closed in and around the seattle area. boeing predicts the dreamliner will some day save airlines millions of dollars in fuel and maintenance costs. the company hopes to make the first delivery to a japanese airline late next year. looking impressive! check in with eyewitness news at 6 for the new stories coming up. hi, vic. >> hi, sally. a five-year deal with one of the most prestigious companies and the business it will bring to the region. speed cameras moved, officials say the program so successful in one maryland county, they're taking down the cameras. where it's happening. check in for more on these stories on the day's breaking news at 6. now back to you. >> okay. thank you. see you soon. the awards season begins in hollywood today with the announce. golden globe nominations. it leaves the film contenders with six nominations, among them best drama and acting honors for george clooney and anna kendrick. >> i want to see that! other drama picks are avatar, which i love, and precious which neither of us have seen. >> i did see that. >> she was nominated for best supporting actress. and sandra bullock best actress for the blindside based on a story of michael ort. >> the golden globes will be presented january 17th for the complete list of nomination, go to wjz.com, interesting thing about the blindside, that pretty much is blown the vampire movie out of the water. it really has. it's been interesting, i thought twilight new moon would be -- it was big for a little bit but blindside, blue it away. >> film critic here! >> i don't know about that. >> eyewitness sports is next. >> late in the football season, injuries can mean opportunities. i'll talk with the one raven who has the tall task of filling in for ed reeve when eyewitness news continues. for the ravens head into their next must win with a status of ed reeve uncertain. he's missed two straight games with injuries. the coach says it the team won't know until late they're week if he will be suited up to face the chicago bears sunday. tom has had interceptions in both the games he started including this pick this past game. i asked him about his performance in two straight starts. he gives credit to the teammate he replaced, ed reeve. >> i needed a player like ed reeve to watch and learn without being able to watch him and having gone alongside me could understand the game and play either safety spot. it's helped me out a lot and relieved pressure off and just been able to go offer the ball. but any time you get interceptions and games lining this, it's a team effort. it's rushes, corners, covering underneath and safety is just plain high. >> in addition to ed's injuries the ravens are thin at tight end. todd heath is nursing a ankle injury, smith also hurt. next injury report after practice tomorrow. in the monday night game, at san francisco, a chance for the visiting arizona cardinals to wrap up a playoff berth. but mike singletary and his niners are fighting for their own playoff lives. and they won this fight with some dominating defense. ahmad brooks cause kurt warner to cough it up one of seven turnovers forced by the niners. san from stays alive with an impressive 24-9 victory on monday night football. >> very excited about our team. i'm excited about our guys. excited about our staff. and we're go to enjoy this victory tonight. >> i'm optimistic we'll respond next week after this performance. but again, still have to go out and do it. you can't just talk about it. but i feel good about our team and the character that we're going to respond to this in a positive way. >> 49ers took the 7 turnovers and three times turned them into touchdown passes. alex smith and michael crabtree for 35 yards, san francisco still clinging to playoff hopes, they have the 6-7 record. coming up next hour, baltimore's carmelo anthony continues to light up the nba scoreboard doing so at a pace that has some folks saying he's anive in candidate. we'll have more on mellow on eyewitness news at 6. and you can catch me on the radio tomorrow morning on wjz p.m. at 10 a.m. >> always do! thank you. still to come on wjz eyewitness news, in east point a 71-year-old woman is struck and killed here by a hit-and- run driver. i'll explain how police are seeking the public's health coming up next. coming up right now on eyewitness news at 6 -- >> a major theft from the mta. i'm at the federal courthouse in downtown baltimore where an employee just pleaded guilty to stealing nearly half a million dollars from fair boxes. >> >> gunfight, a man is dead after a shoot-out in north baltimore. new at 6 a look at the powerful handguns police say the suspect used. swine flu vaccine recall, hundreds of thousands of doses meant for children are being sold tonight. >> what is the problem and is there cause for concern? >> mild disnight but is won't stay that way for long. first warning forecast is moments away. >> and all the day's breaking news, eyewitness news at 6 starts now! nickel and dime. an mta worker admits to stealing hundreds every thousands of dollars in spare change from bus fare boxes.