violated the law. state police decline to do so. two police unions already voted no confidence in the police chief, saying he turned a blind eye. the governor told wjz he is not getting involved. there is an ongoing investigation, a spokesperson said, and we prefer to let that run its course. >> reporter: and for his part, leopold main tapes he has -- maintains he has done nothing wrong. he and the chief have no plans to step down. next, they asked options going forward. and they plan to resubpoena the chief, monday night. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the aclu is calling the police chief's refusal to testify inexcusable. chaos at long reach high school in howard county. punches are thrown between an adult and a teenager on school property. wjz is live. weijia jiang explains what sparks the violence, and how it's affecting students there. weijia? >> reporter: students and parents say what they find most appalling is that the adult is an outsider. he walked right on the campus with no problem, with a dangerous mission in mind. >> reporter: cell phone video captures the terrifying moment an intruder, wearing a black ski mask, arrives at long beach high school in columbia. police say the man you see in blue only identified as an adult from baltimore, threw a punch at a 16-year-old junior, a member of the football team. when the student strikes back, the adult drops to the ground, unconscious. >> he just knocked him out. >> reporter: the video posted on the website, world star hip- hop.com, has gone viral. many viewers are stunned. >> it is a frightening situation for the students. and it's obviously not something that we face every day. but the staff appeared to handle it very quickly and to the best of their ability. >> reporter: you can see staff members getting involved when a 15-year-old freshman girl at the school has a violent reaction to the fight. police say she is at its center because she and the football player had argued repeat lead. and the man who showed up at school was acting on her behalf. >> he was actually a friend of the family of a student there at the school. he had gone there to fight another student. >> kind of maybes you -- makes you nervous. you know, that anyone could walk on school grounds and approach a student like that. >> reporter: though parents like eric bell are alarmed. similar situations -- adult involvement in similar situations is becoming more frequent. last may, a mom encouraged her son to fight a bully. and here issue a harford county father jumps into a brawl, cheering his daughter on. in all three cases, video of the beating quickly spread online. >> reporter: and police have charged that 15-year-old girl in the video as a juvenile with assault. they will also charge the adult with assault. as for that student who knocked him out, they say he won't be disciplined because he was acting in self-defense. reporting live, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, weijia, thank you. the school sent parents a letter to notify them of the incident. counselors are on hand to help students who may be upset by it all. tense moments today at a gas station in northwest baltimore. a woman's car goes up in flames at belvedere and reisterstown road. luckily, the woman was inside the gas station when it happened. no one was hurt. the president of maryland's largest public university, hands in her resignation. >> susan aldridge says it is time to step down as president of umuc. the school still hasn't explained the reason for her mysterious absence. in a statement today, aldridge says she thinks this is a good time to resign. she will remain on administrative leave and will work with the university on special projects at that time. >> umuc serves 90,000 students worldwide, through its classrooms and online courses. new details on the violent fight that terrified an owings mills neighborhood. tonight, police say they think they know exactly what happened. mike schuh has the announcement from detectives. mike? >> well, kai, it was a chaotic scene, speeding cars, a passenger nearly bleeding to death. someone taking shots at that car are as it roared off to the hospital. today, detectives announced arrest. >> take a look at ronald williams agency neck. see the stitches? that wound nearly killed him. police say he is one of nearly five men this tuesday. into the into a fight. and was stabbed. police have recovered a weapon. but it's not a nice. they say it's one-half of a pair of kitchen shears like these. >> the suspect who was ultimately stabbed in the incident and one of the victims are old childhood friends. they have known each other a very long time. there was disagreement leading up to the stabbing. >> reporter: he's bleeding so badly, he almost dies. his friends pile into this white crown vic. when police arrive, everyone is detained. and it is this group, all 18 to 21 years old, who is detained for questioning. in addition to williams, ryan johnson, christopher ramgi, meresferguson and jackson are, as of today, charged with attempted murder and assault. off camera today, scared neighbors are glad to hear this. >> there was a dispute between these two individuals in particular. and that is why this occurred. this is not a random attack. >> reporter: a shooting two blocks away, right after that stabbing is connected to this case. the crown vic has a bullet hole in one of its panels. two people in the house had minor stab wounds. no one inside the house has been charged in connection with this incident. police say they have been told, money might have been what started the trouble. >> reporter: all five are currently in the county detention center, awaiting arraignment. one of the men, jeffrey jackson, he is also charged with marijuana possession. reporting live in towson, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> police are still investigating the shooting. and no arrests have been made in that part of the case. updating the breaking news in the controversial death of a florida teenager. the sanford police chief is temporarily stepping down, amid outcry over the fatal shooting of trayvon martin. danielle nottingham reports for wjz, with the growing demand for justice in this case. >> reporter: evelyn freeman drove three hours to attend a rally for trayvon martin. >> i was just compelled that i had to be here, as a parent, to just represent and get justice for this young man. >> reporter: demonstrators, including the reverend al sharpton, are expected to fill this park. it's near the community where neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman, shot martin dead. the unarmed 17-year-old was walking near his father's house last month when zimmerman saw him and called police. >> are you following us? -- him? >> yeah. >> okay. we don't need you to do that. >> reporter: zimmerman, who has not been charged, said he fired in self-defense when martin takenned him. the case sparked outrage nationwide. martin's parents met with federal officials who launched a civil rights investigation. >> our son is your son! >> reporter: demonstrators want zimmerman to be charged. and the local authorities who handled the case are under intense scrutiny. >> reporter: the sanford city council passed a no-confidence motion against the police chief over the shooting. >> it is apparent that my involvement in this is overshadowing the process. therefore, i have come to the decision that i must temporarily remove myself from the position as police chief for the city of sanford. >> reporter: zimmerman could still be charged. florida prosecutors will convene a grand jury next month. danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> florida's stand your ground law has been in effect since 2025. 20 other states have laws. moisture in the air may slow the visibility in the commute. and conditions were gloomy during morning workouts. right now, the skies have cleared up. sun is shining. temperatures are soaring. >> temperatures really did jump from the 60s to the 70s. some spots even got into the 80s. i'll show you that in a minute. first of all, very interesting shot. during the morning and early afternoon, all of that caused clearing on the eastern shore. and out to the west, where it got quite warm. take a look at the day. you can see how things got cleared up. and right now, a few leftover clouds. and temperatures have really jumped. 80 degrees now in cumberland. 77 in easton. 76 in washington and hagerstown. we're now at 71. still a bit of a breeze off the ocean. it's not going to get that warm. but tomorrow, that 80-degree stuff should be all over the place. could probably break a record or two. take a look at this graphic. everybody in the eastern half of the united states. with the exception of northern extreme new england. should be near unseasonably warm record temperatures. then we get rain headed our way for the weekend. mary? another republican presidential candidate will make a campaign stop here in maryland. on tuesday, newt gingrich will visit the state house in annapolis and meet with business owners on main street. mitt romney was in town yesterday in arbutus and frederick. this comes ahead of maryland's republican primary on april 3rd. as summer approaches, maryland's most popular beaches, adding free events for visitors. ocean city will offer new deals for the public, every night of the week. including fireworks shows every night. and a laser light show every friday. the dew tour will also return in july. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. a pilot loses control. the investigation into this helicopter crash caught on tape in afghanistan. police take on a terror suspect. a violent end for the man who murdered jewish students in southern france. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a supreme court decision could help open the prison doors for a convicted child rapist in maryland. that story as eyewitness news continues. weather changes on the way. bob has more coming up with his updated forecast. ,,,,,,,,,, it's oysternomics 101. you start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. animal hoarding in harford county. more than a dozen cats and a dog are rescued from a bel air home. wjz is live. andrea fujii explains, that's not all animal control found inside. andrea? >> well,ault, animal --ault, animal control found nearly 30 dogs and cats at the home, including two that were dead. >> reporter: this is one of nine beagles still at the bel air home on lockery room, where animal control seized 17 animals last friday. the harford county humane society now has the 16 cats and this beagle, who they say were living in poor conditions. >> reporter: there was probably smells and feces if the dogs and cats weren't getting out. there's probably some disease that was going on in the residence as well. >> reporter: they say the rescued animals were living alongside a dead dog and cat inside the home. but are in relatively good health, rescued just in time. >> reporter: must not have been really good if there was two deceased animals. >> reporter: homes in this neighborhood are few and far between. but the humane society says it was neighbor complaints that sparked this investigation. >> reporter: they say these dogs were left because they have enough food, water and shelter. but as the case is under investigation, it is possible they could be taken, too. >> i think that people do this certainly not intending to be a hoarder, but to help the animals. >> reporter: the humane society says this is not the first time they've taken in the homeowner's animals. last summer, she was fined for having too many, but paid the penalties and received them back. >> reporter: now, harford county requires any homeowner who has more than five animals get a kennel license. but the humane society says this homeowner doesn't have one. reporting live, andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, once animal control completes its investigation, the seized animals will be put up for adoption. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on our roads now. here's kristy breslin, live at wjz traffic control. delays pretty much everywhere. 70 westbound, heavy in that direction, from 29 to marriottsville road. on the west side inner loop, a 20-minute delay now, from frederick road over to security boulevard. and on the north side inner loop, slowing there from charles street around to york road. average speed at this point, about 40 miles per hour. northbound on the harrisburg expressway. that's pretty jammed up there, from shawan road to belfast. same situation northbound 95. delays stretch there from the 895 split to whitemarsh boulevard. and a couple of new accidents to update you on. perring parkway at putty hill. and also, green mount avenue at 28th street. let's take a live look. you can see, there's still a lot of cars out there on the beltway, west of york road. and we'll take another live look. a lot of congestion as well. that's 295 at 32. this traffic report is brought to you by volunteers of america, where 100% of local donations go to helping people in our area. go online to cars helping people.org, and donate a car now. earlier this week, we aired a story about ed hale and mistakenly reported that he owns the first mariner arena. the city, in fact, owns the arena. ed hale owns the baltimore blast, which plays there. baltimore's president's cup returns to the city. gigi explains after the inaugural year, more high school teams are signing on to play. >> reporter: more than a dozen city high school baseball teams want this trophy on their mantle. it's the president's cup. the prize that matches up private and public school players. [ applause ] >> reporter: today, the city unveiled plans to bring it back for a second year. >> you miss a noise. >> reporter: last year, council president jack young brought the tournament to baltimore, to unite public and private school players on the diamond. it worked. this year, some big names, like o's hall-of-famer, chris foils and jackie robinson's daughter sharon robinson, are teaming up to help. >> they have to develop this strength of character and make some really positive leaders in their community. >> they have no idea right now what is in store for them. i think it's going to -- just going to help the competition to try to get to that game. >> reporter: that's because the championship game will be played at orioles park next month. >> it's going to be an experience of a lifetime. i mean, it's everybody's dream. >> reporter: this year, though, the tournament has a twist. the city wants wants to spruce up its fields before the game, so it launched a fundraiser, called growing the game and raised $83,000. until the orioles added more money to the pot. matching dollar for dollar. [ applause ] >> it's not just the field. it's also the equipment. we have to think more about the equipment and how you can best provide the equipment. you need a place to play. need a nice field. >> and the city will get those nice fields. soault, that's about 1 -- so altogether, that's about $166,000 to spruce uple the fields. they will also teach the rec and park division worker how to better maintain those baseball fields. >> 16 teams will play in the tournament. that's twice as many as last year. >> it's such a fantastic eervets, too. i -- event, too. i hope they do as well. >> baseball. probably get cold. watch. >> no, don't say that. >> it will be chillier, i think, actually. let's take a look at temps now. 71. dew points pretty high. humidity pretty high. east/northeast winds high. barometer now falling a little bit. we'll come back and take a look at what we hope to be a very warm friday and some rain this weekend. turn left. the passat is one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. not that we'd ever brag about it. turn right. come on, nine. turn left. hit the brakes. huh? how'd that get there? [ male announcer ] we can't hide how proud we are to have nine 2012 iihs top safety picks. so we're celebrating with our "safety in numbers" event. that's the power of german engineering. right now lease the 2012 passat for $219 a month. nice. >> yeah. we got some walking around the reservoir. and that would be -- looks like it is right down the hill to me. >> druid lake right down there. there we go. beautiful afternoon, after the fog finally cleared out of here. tomorrow morning, maybe a still a chance of more fog. low clouds for a while. and it clears out and should get warm tomorrow. some temperatures to the west of us today. we're in the low to mid-80s. detroit was 82. that warm air should be in our region tomorrow. the only problem is, the bay is still cold. any winds off the bay would keep those areas a little cooler. let's take a look at temperatures now. very pleasant afternoon. 77 in easton. we're down to 71. 70 in elkton. 80 the warm spot. and those 75- to 80-degree temperatures. those should dominate the area tomorrow. ocean city. 65. d.c., now up to 76. locally, 71, westminster. and the upper 60s by the bay. 71, cumberland, and baltimore as well. light northeast wind. tomorrow, there will be a weak front coming down from the north. no clouds really with it. but we may have that morning fog to burn off. the wind should go a little further south and southeast. that should bring us in milder air, at least in the afternoon. and then tomorrow night. clouds and shower activity to the west. also, this front across southern quebec is going to slide down to the south. these two combine across the mid-atlantic. we have a good shot at getting decent rain here saturday and sunday. looks like temperatures will be cooling, as that front comes down. the winds go back to the ocean component. over the weekend, temperatures probably around 60 to low 60s. and some 50s and 40s, probably. if we get some of that chilly air in. scattered rain maybe by late friday night, early saturday morning. maybe a thundershower, that front. and a good chance of just plain old rain. and maybe cool rain and decent rain on sunday. this front is going to slow down as it heads toward our region. the warm air for a while tomorrow. front coming down from the north, kind of in between a series of fronts. warm air, cool air coming from the north. an overrunning position. warm air has been forced over top of that cooler air. and that creates a steady kind of rain, which may be here on saturday night and sunday. we're back almost two inches below normal for the month of march. we could make up some of that deficit this weekend. and fortunately, yes, it's the weekend. but we've had so many great days, not too many complaints. east winds on the bay, becoming south/southwest. at around 5 to 10 knots. sunrise, 7:05. sets at 7:02. bay temp, 54. came up 1 degree. tonight. overnight, partly cloudy to clear. mild. maybe some fog by morning. and the low to mid-50s tomorrow. mid- to upper 50s may get to below 80s. the record tomorrow is 82. we could tie that record tomorrow if we get the extra hour or two of sunlight in the morning. >> okay. we'll see. thanks, bob. still ahead. treatment for a painful condition. how this maryland dog is benefiting from breakthrough technology. the president puts the keystone pipeline on fast track. why the move is drawing criticism. and could it help gas prices? i'm ron matz with a new twist to the little italy film festival. how you can help choose some of the movies. the story coming up, here on wjz. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection, and because usaa's commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. it is just before 5:30. 71 degrees and mostly sunny. good evening. thanks for staying with wjz. here's what people are talking about tonight. his victim thought he was locked up for life. but a bad decision by the supreme court may set him free. baltimore schoolteacher, john meresbacher was convicted of child rape back in 1995. alex demetrick reports, his appeal to get out has been strengthened by the high court's decision yesterday. >> reporter: john meresbacher last went free, repeatedly raping his student at this catholic school. >> i'm grateful he's off the street. >> 17 years later, murphy is worried that about to change. >> what we're on the verge of now is just a grave moral and legal injustice. >> reporter: it centers to an appeal by meresbacher, that his lawyer didn't tell him of a potential plea deal if he pled guilty. >> he has already been in prison over 10 years. that means he could be released from prison. >> reporter: it could happen. now, the court has ruled that defendants must be made aware of any plea deals. but then he would have to change his plea to guilty. >> i didn't do any of these things. and all i want is a fair trial to clear my name. >> i would like to hear john meresbacher say that he raped, brutally raped, and continually raped, 10, 11, and 12-year- olds. >> reporter: the petition to keep him in prison has over 10,000 names am including cardinal ryan, who said the abuse had an enormous impact on these people, first as children, then as adults. i fear that granting his request to be freed from custody, will cause further harm to those who have already greatly suffered. >> i am tired of being tortured by him. and i do not want to see this happen to another child. >> reporter: john meresbacher is now 70 years old. his appeal for release will be heard in federal appeals court next month. searchers bring more bodies to the wreckage in the costa concordia. vic is in the newsroom with the efforts to find it two months after the italian cruise ship crashed. >> reporter: the number of bodies discovered is brought to 30 with two still missing. the ship hit the water. divers have been combing the half-submerged ship since then. salvage teams are removing it from the ship. >> the ship's captain is under house arrest, facing charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship. >> a dramatic conclusion to the standoff between a terror suspect and police. the man accused of killing 7 people in southern france is now dead, after a fierce gun battle at his house. tina kraus reports for wjz. >> reporter: french commandos stood down after a deadly 32- hour standoff in toulouse. the siege ended with gunfire and explosions at the apartment of suspected killer, mohammed merra. the 23-year-old was hiding in the bathroom when police stormed his home. prosecutors say merra had several guns and opened fire on police. officers shot back, hitting him in head, as he threw himself out the window. police negotiators say in hours before his death, merra admitted to killing a teacher and three students at a jewish school this week, and murdering three french soldiers earlier this month. detectives say merra filmed the killings and was proud of them. merra, as seen in this amateur video, claimed to have links to al qaeda. he called the attacks payback for the killing of palestinian children and the french military's involvement in afghanistan. president nicolas sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if merra had any accomplices. merra said he had traveled to afghanistan and pakistan for terrorist training. officers wanted to take him alive, but the extremists promised he would die fighting. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> and u.s. officials say merra was added to the u.s. no-fly list in 2010 after troops picked him up in afghanistan. he was briefly detained and then returned to france. breaking news about the deaths of whitney -- death of whitney houston. a coroner rules the singer and actress died from drowning and heart disease. and signs of cocaine use were found had her system. we'll bring you more information as it becomes available. a frightening helicopter crash is caught on tape in afghanistan. the american apache helicopter appears to land too quickly and slams into the snow on the ground. the helicopter flips and its props are flinging across. miraculously, no one on the ground was hurt. the u.s. army is investigating the cause. a u.s. marine faces punishment for his critical remarks of president obama. on facebook. camp pendleton marine stein started a paged called armed forces tea party. on it, he called the president a liar. stein is facing discharge proceedings. sergeant stein says he will fight the charges. the keystone pipeline. today, the president put the project on fast track, hoping to help ease u.s. gas prices. tara mergener reports. some critics say it's a little too late. >> reporter: hell -- >> hello, oklahoma. >> reporter: speaking and pushing oklahoma, the pipeline and crossroads of the world, the president ordered a fast track to the oil coast. >> there's a bottleneck pipeline here. because we can't get enough of our oil to our refineries fast enough. >> reporter: this is the third leg of a larger keystone excel project, designed to run from canada. >> the whole issue of the keystone pipeline has generated obviously a lot of controversy and politics. >> reporter: earlier this year, the president rejected the earlier portion. >> here he is standing on the northern portion. ask say this part can go. and put one foot on the other side. that part can't. >> reporter: this election year, some americans are already paying more than $4 for a gallon of gas. the republican white house hopefuls are telling voters president obama is to blame. >> the president refuses to open upon lands for oil and gas exploration, particularly oil exploration. >> reporter: the president says the u.s. is drilling more. and that more production won't change prices at the pump overnight. >> reporter: >> the main reason the gas prices are high right now is because people are worrying about what is happening in iran. >> reporter: on this trip, president obama made three other stops in battleground states to defend his energy policies. at the white house, tera mergener, wjz eyewitness news. >> and the white house says it will review the northern part of the keystone pipeline if the company that wantness to -- wants to build it can find an alternate route. stay with wjz for complete coverage of campaign 2012. we'll continue to bring you the latest on air and online at wjz.com. frightening figures, a new report says local companies are dumping toxic waste into maryland's waterways. environment maryland says in 2010, nearly a million and a half pounds of dangerous chemicals like arsenic and mercury were pour said in local lake, ponds and rivers. mostly -- most of that dumping happened in the baltimore area. particularly curtis creek. the group is calling for tougher regulations. time for a quick look at some of the stories you'll find in the baltimore sun. more on the repairs to the dome of baltimore's basilica. a guide to a very big weekend in college lacrosse, including johns hopkins, versus virginia. and reviews of this week's new movies, including the hungered games. for these stories and more, remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. one of the last search and rescue dogs from 9/11 lives right here in maryland. she was suffering from a painful condition until her homeowner took action with breakthrough technology. >> reporter: red is a search- and-rescue dog from annapolis but has traveled across the country. her missions include hurricane katrina, the la plata tornadoes, the pentagon after 9/11. >> reporter: it's like finding 70% of the human remains. so that helped a whole lot of the families actually get closure. >> reporter: 9/11 was red's first search. today, she's one of the last 9/11 search and rescue dogs still alive. she retired last summer, due to severe arthritis. >> it would be nice if her arthritis, if she felt better that she listen -- okay. i'm crying. >> reporter: heather did some research and found that there's an animal hospital in northern virginia that does breakthrough stem cell therapy for dogs. >> reporter: the burke animal clinic is just one of a few animals across the country that use stem cell therapy. the vets harvest one to two, activates the stem cells and reinjects them back into the troubled areas. >> i've got about 28 dogs. and of those dogs, we've had about 75 to 80% of them had gone very well. >> reporter: the vet's own dog has had stem cell treatment and is doing well. >> hopefully within about two or three months, she'll be more comfortable. wanting to play more. >> the technology was developed by a company called medivac america. for more information, go to wjz.com, and click on local news. it is expensive. it's about $1800 to do the procedure. it takes about four hours. so some of the other details there. >> okay. still ahead on eyewitness news tonight. brought back to life. new details about the incredible rescue of a soccer player who collapsed on the field. protestors caught in the act. what this video shows them doing inside a new york city bank. bob turk. first warning weather center. may break a record temperature tomorrow. i'll have the exclusive first warning five-day forecast. here's today's report from wall street. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we want to protect the house. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, right. but... home security systems can be really expensive. so to save money, we actually just adopted a rescue panther. i think i'm goin-... shhh! we find that we don't need to sleep that much. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. there's a new twist to one of baltimore's most popular summertime events. how viewers will help choose the people in this year's little italy festival. >> i had bad luck. >> reporter: as always, moonstruck will open the little italy film festival. but this year, you can help choose some of the other movies. >> but as we were out there every friday night, working the film festival, the public would come up and start giving us suggestions. >> . >> reporter: you can pick what you'd like to see. customers are having fun. putting their favorite titles in this bucket. >> yeah, they love to put in their suggestions. and it's like they're getting picked for something. because it's their suggestion. >> reporter: this year, for the first time, and after many requests, the festival will show "the godfather." >> and we really had never wanted to show it because it's rated r. but also, through swank productions in new york, you can get toned-down version of the movie. >> reporter: family-friendly, italian theme films are preferred. this baltimore tradition is now in its 15th year. >> it's important to the neighborhood. brings people together. a lot of comradery. watch a film, talk to each other. it's great. >> reporter: ron matz, wjz eyewitness news. >> the festival opens friday, july 6th. for more information on how to make movie suggestions, log onto wjz.com. >> our weather has cleared up nicely, after a foggy start this morning. it is a gorgeous evening as we take a live look outside at the inner harbor. and believe it or not, our temperatures could climb even higher tomorrow. i think we all believe it. bob has a look at our forecast for the next five days. >> after 2:00 in the afternoon, we officially got to 76. tomorrow, maybe even a little warmer. we could get to the record. record tomorrow is 82. let's call it 79 by late in the afternoon. may get up to 80, 81, 82. all depends on how much cloud cover we have in the morning. looks like the forecast. changes, shower and thundershower activity possible saturday. low 60s. maybe even upper 50s. rain likely on sunday. clearing out. look at that. much cooler. 60, 43 on monday. and 62, 38, on tuesday. now in today's energy saver. match pots to their burners. a six-inch pot on an 8-inch burner, weighs 40% of the heat put out by the stove top. that's pretty interesting stuff. for more information on how you can become an entry saver, go to wjz.com, scroll down the right-hand side of the page. and click on our special section. we're following breaking news right now. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. captain mike perry with more. >> this is north highland street and fayette street in east baltimore, where a pedestrian has been struck. apparently a child was hit by a car, outside of a chinese restaurant and strip mall. apparently there is some injury to the child's leg. you see paramedics here working on him, getting on the back board. they're going to take him to an ambulance and then to the hospital. it's not clear how serious has injuries are. he appears to be conscious at this time. but you see they're working pretty strenuously to get him out of the road. there is a large crowd here. police do have fayette street closed in both directions. it's going to be just east of north highland street. so expect delays in the area. back to you on tv hill. >> all right. captain mike. thank you. the fbi confirms that a woman found in north dakota, the remains found, are those of a missing montana teacher. 43-year-old sherry arnold, disappeared while jogging in january. her body was found about 50 miles from where she worked. the fbi did not reveal what led them to the location. 23-year-old michael spell, and 48-year-old lester van waters have pled not guilty to aggravated kidnapping in the case and are awaiting trial. an incredible revelation about a soccer player who collapsed during a game in england. doctors are now saying, fabris muama was essentially dead for about 78 minutes before his heart started beating again. paramedics used a defibrillator to shock him 15 times after he went into cardiac arrest during a match last saturday. he's still in intensive care, in serious condition. but he is responding to questions. preparations are under way for pope benedict's visit to mexico. as monica villa miczar reports, many hope his arrival tomorrow will raise the spirits of a nation in turmoil. >> reporter: workers are cutting the grass, sweeping the streets and putting up barricades. last-minute touches to welcome the pope. truckloads of army and police are also trickling in, to protect pope benedict xvi. the country is in the middle of a drug crisis. the violence has killed nearly 50,000 people in the past six years. the pope says he is traveling to mexico to support its people. >> it's going to bring us -- help us bring peace of mind. and we need that, especially with all of the violence that has been going on in mexico. >> reporter: the entire historic district around the cathedral will be closed off to traffic during the pope's visit. 3 million followers from around the world are coming here to see him. one of the pontiff's goals is to bring catholics back. mexico has one of the largest catholic populations in the world. but it's losing members to less structured christian groups, including evangelicals. peter mary says there is a disconnect between the catholic church and the problems catholics face. >> do you think they're worried? >> i think. they seem to be reacting to the change. but you can't -- you can't hold people down. you can't. and it's with traditions. or you can't hold people down with doing what you tell them to do. >> reporter: pope benedict could have a tough sell to the people of mexico. since he refuses to stray from catholic conservative values. and lacks the charisma of his predecessor. monica vi -- via miczar, wjz eyewitness news. >> the pope's six-day trip will also take him to cuba on monday. check in with eyewitness news at 6:00 the for all new stories coming up, vic is in the newsroom with a preview. cause of death released for whitney houston. and one month ever after being placed on leave, the president of the largest college system steps down. wild brawl on a howard county high school. the latest on this video and the charges. check in for more on these stories. still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. this is mark viviano, with the orioles at spring training. where long-time star brian roberts has become a full-time mystery. we'll hear from him and his teammates about roberts' return, when eyewitness news continues. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, just about two weeks to go, until the orioles open. until then, they continue preparations at spring training in florida. sports director mark viviano joins us with an update on injiewrd oriole brian roberts. >> brian roberts obviously is the orioles' most accomplished player. he's been with the team the longest. but his stardom has faded because of concussion symptoms that have caused him to miss most of the past season. persistent headaches, dizziness. and aversion to bright lights. among the ailments that keep him from going full speed. but this week, he has been taking part in team drills. and i spoke to his teammates who sympathize with him. he believes he is going to play this year. but when he speaks of his condition, the tough part is not knowing when he'll be at full strength. >> with this, there is no time line as you said. and that's hard mentally, as much as anything. that you know, they can't tell you in six weeks you're going to be ready to go. >> to observe that. how does that strike you? >> it's hard. it's been great. because he's been able to be on the team and having him around, he's got a great personality. so hopefully he gets better out there. and we can have him hitting leadoff for us. >> it's scary. it's something you don't want to miss around. it's something you have to be cautious with. and we're all hoping for the best for him. >> reporter: now, at this point, it's considered progress that roberts isn't even able to watch the games from the dugout. there is no set plan for him at this time to play in the spring training game. birds were big winners over the twins in florida today. coming up next hour, i'll have highlights. plus the baltimore pittsburgh rivalry, leads to men getting ready to punch each other. i'll explain who and why. that's coming up in sports at 6:00. >> i can't wait to hear that. >> police arrest two wall street protestors, after video shows them vandalizing a manhattan bank. police say the demonstrators were seen pouring into a vestibule of an atm. they also said the group did the same thing on an outdoor stairwell. the suspects are tracked down from the license plate on the van they used. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. caught on tape. a school intruder. and a student, go head to head. and it all happened on school property. i'm weijia jiang, in columbia. we'll show you exactly what happened coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, it's oysternomics 101. you start with a u.s. senator named ben. by helping restore thousands of acres of oyster beds, he kept hundreds of oystermen on the job... which keeps wholesalers in business... and that means more delivery companies... making deliveries to more restaurants... which hire more workers. and that means more oystermen. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. coming up now on wjz eyewitness news at 6:00. posted on a website. why a person came on the school grounds to start the fight. >> buying scandal. i'm mike hellgren at the arundel center, where the county council called a special meeting after the police chief refused to testify. what they're going to do now. >> melee in owings mills. several people stabbed in a brawl. the suspect now in custody. and a motive for the violence. ready for the weekend. don't miss the updated first warning forecast. check in for these stories and all the day's breaking news. >> wjz eyewitness news at 6:00 starts now. knocked out at school. a maryland man, involved in a fight. >> the video becomes an internet sensation. now police are taking action. >> hello, everyone. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm jessica kartalija. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> a violent video goes viral. a major security breach as they confront a high school and the fists start flying. weijia jiang has more on the video, the fights and the fallout. >> what students and parents find most about this is that the adult is an outsider. he walked right on the school grounds without problems. and with a dangerous mission in mind. >> cell phone video