the victim's friend abdula omar and henderson pinned if man down pinning him in a sleeper man hold. they not only practiced self- defense but they defended everyone who was at that party. >> these guys who were there just for good times found themselves embroiled in a life and death situation. >> reporter: brown points out the gunman's extensive criminal history is evidence he was a serious threat. woodland has been in and out of court for multiple drug and other illegal drug charges. >> how many of us are confronted with a machine gun toting person at any given time. >> reporter: the men who beat him went beyond -- >> this is a big gun this guy carried around for who knows how long that night. and takes it into a birthday party, we need people to get angry at that and do something about it. >> reporter: if and when the gunman is released from the hospital he will face attempted murder charges, as for the two men who are accused of beating him, a judge released them on their own recognizants. weijia jiang, wjz news. >> the hotel manager says he has not comment. sally is live in the newsroom -- >> reporter: court records show the suspect 32-year-old williams jones was charged with assault in april 2008. however the charge was dropped when jones went to anger management counseling. the teen died, the mother remains hospitalized tonight. jones is charged with one count of firstdegree murder. >> thank you, sally. jones received psychiatric treatment in 2006. a controversial proposal is raising eyebrows tonight. the city's fire chief wants to close three fire houses and reassign the firefighters that work there. some say this would put the public in danger. wjz is live, kelly mcpherson has more on this proposal. >> three stations would be affected. this one pwhaoeubd behind me in east baltimore would be shut down. no engines in or out of this station starting january. the fire chief says they tried to do this back in july, but the community rallied and kept it open. they hope they can do the same this time. >> any time we need something, they are there. >> these firemen are our friends, these firemen are our neighbors. they're always here for us. >> reporter: the chief wants to shut down this station and two others and reassign the 60 to 65 firefighters to other poststarting january 1st. it's to save money as the state faces a huge budget shortfall. here are the three, truck 15 in broadway east would be used by a station in waiverly until it's own building is renovated. then it would shut down. engine 14 in carlton ridge would be used for storage. truck 16 would have just an engine and a medic unit. >> i'm elected to the city council, i know about the hard budget times, but i believe you have to find them in other areas other than the fire department. and the police department. those are our two life sources, we can't afford to write it off on the back of these engines. >> we've done everything we can. by taking these actions, the fire chief is giving up and saying, i recognize these engines will be closed forever and never reopen. >> baltimore city enjoys a very, very good fire department. probably one of the best in the country. we have real good response times. but definitely any time you close a company, there's going to be an effect on response time in that neighborhood. and in this case, where these three companys are located will be one minute, two minute slower getting to an incident. >> reporter: the chief and fire department leaders are here in this building meeting with the union, meeting with firefighters because this is news to everybody here in this neighborhood. the mayor does have to approve this change. her office tells us that this is a tough year with the budget. but the majority of the city's budget is the fire and police department. reports live from east baltimore, kelly mcpherson, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much kelly, we'll have the latest tonight at 11:00. it appears that chilly temperatures are sticking around. some parts of the state could be in for more winter weather. meteorologists bernadette woods and bob turk are updating our forecast. >> we have a few sprinkles to the west. down to 35 degrees, the winds are calm. let's take a look however, we do have in fact, a winter storm watch that will go into effect tomorrow. western sections of maryland, west virginia and southern p.a. there because they expect to see several hours of snow/sleet then some freezing rain. it could be as much as a quarter or more inch of ice on some surfaces by tomorrow night. later on, that's why they had the wait a winter storm watch in effect. if you happen to be watching the game in green bay and you want to know what the weather will be up there, 28 degrees tonight in green bay, maybe a few flurries, mostly cloudy skies. so a cold night in wisconsin. we've had some odd temperatures the last couple of weeks. bernadette takes a look at the trends. >> we all know it turns colder. we had a very mild november, here are the numbers coming in from the month. about 3.2-inches above for our average high, for the month of november. now to start off december, not too bad thanks to that one day in the 60s, it really helps boost up those numbers. but high temperatures averaging around 40. there's a potential for a winter storm starting tomorrow, then the cold air is going to settle by the end of the week. we'll have that later. in just an hour, the arredondo county count similar may vote to build a large slot casino in the mall. >> reporter: the debate in maryland that never seems to end. the county council is voting on whether or not to approve slot machines. it would be the biggest slot facility in maryland. 4,750 machines, $450 million for the state. four votes on the arredondo county council will decide whether it goes hard or easy. easy if an approval, or hard if the council disapproves the proposal an the building goes home, as they say. >> the county government has to make a decision in order for us to move forward. >> reporter: the county council has delayed the decision for months. >> reporter: if zoning is approved, the state could see revenue in fiscal 2012, other wise the process starts over. >> we could not be moving forward, finally at a more difficult time than the national and global economy, but that's where we're at. you know, we do the best we can with the facts as we find themment and we need to move forward and when arredondo county makes their decision, we'll be able to move forward. >> reporter: county executives john lee has said he's cautiously optimistic that the council will approve the zoning. i'm pat warren, now back to you on television hill. >> thank you very much, pat. slots have already been approved in cecil county. according to our media partner the baltimore sun, williams says suggs knocked her down and poured bleach on her sunday. williams who identifies herself as suggs fionce -- because of injuries, suggs will not play with his teammates tonight. taking on the packers in green bay, they will keep their eyes on the prize. john viviano -- mark viviano joins us now. >> reporter: their push takes them to green bay under the bright lights of prime time. the ravens practiced in chilly temperatures here in baltimore and prepare for the ruckus green bay ground by piping noise during practice. but no malter what they did in owens mills, it is not quite like the real thing the ravens will face tonight in cold lambeau field. >> you know what comes with lambeau feel. you know the frozenness, and it's cold, and you know you see the snow on the ground and you see how cold it is. and it's just, just have fun man. it's just football. >> reporter: more important than the setting is the opposing team. green bay's defense is ranked number one, and their quarterback aaron rogers has a group of talented receivers that combine to give them a potent attack. >> it's just the schedule has fallen, it's been a tough schedule, that's what makes you better: we have to keep our eyes set on the play offs. >> reporter: the coach mentioned play offs. >> you have to fight to stay above water and we've done that. and we've fought to stay in contention and we hold our own destiny if we continue to do that. so it's another must win game for the ravens. a prime opportunity in prime time. >> you realize it's just another game you have to win. you don't put too much emphasis into it being monday night. the emphasis goes into it being a game that you have to win. >> reporter: and coming up just a little bit later on, we're going to head live to green bay where amber harris of masn is there to cover the game. >> let's hope she's all wrapped up. you don't want to miss all the excitement when the ravens clash with the packers. our coverage gets under way at 8:00 p.m. be there. >> monday night football. all right. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. tis the season for the flu, but tonight there's surprising information on just how the h1n1 virus and regular flu are spreading. i'm alex demetrius, coming up next, survivals remember the attack on pearl harbor. and new analysis on mayor dixon's trial and political future as we stay on this story. getting ready for more snow, stay with us for the latest morning forecast. wjz continues to follow the mayor, less than a week after conviction for embezzling gift cards for the needy. tonight there's new controversy surrounding a juror. >> reporter: one veteran political analyst believes the mayor should take a leave of absence. also tonight, that juror controversy, she won a mayor sweeps stakes, met a key witness and never disclosed it. major dixon spokesman tells wjz the mayor is inside city hall busy doing her job. but despite more public appearances, the fall out from her conviction continues to trail her. she was heckled at her own christmas parade. >> there's a long long journey between here and getting this case settled. it seems to get longer by the day. >> reporter: political analyst crayton believes the mayor needs to take a leave of absence. >> i think she should come back after people get over there. i think if she hangs on to the job too tenaciously right now they may come to resent it. >> reporter: she has a battle over whether her last trial was fair, including concerns that jurors were communicating about the case over facebook before the verdict. and this, first reported on our news partner the baltimore sun. smith met mary cate fannon, a key witness and dixon who was there for the event. the juror told the sun she never remembered meeting fannin and never knew the event was sponsored by the city. so is this conflict enough to jeopardize the verdict? well probably not. but it still raises questions. >> that the people need to satisfy themselves, that one it was inadvertent, two it was not indicative of some underlying bias. >> reporter: the next big step takes place later this week when the mayor's lawyer will file a motion for a new trial. reporting live, mike helgren. >> mike, thank you. reporting live from city hall, wjz13 is always on, certain future of mayor sheila dixon, for updates and this story log on to wjz.com. they are the last link to one of history's most violent mornings. and every year fewer survivors of the attack on pearl harbor are alive to tell their story. alex demetrius reports, 68 years later. >> reporter: the ship becomes the focal point. thomas talbott was a marine that morning. >> it was hell on earth: that's exactly what it seemed like, when the bombs started falling and the flames started coming in. and see i had never seen anything like that in my life. >> reporter: 2400 americans were killed in the attack, 1300 more were wounded. >> and it was all burning, on fire. it was the first time anybody had ever seen water burn. and the only thing we had time to do is to help the people in the border. >> the oklahoma has capsized and flipped over. the virginia was heavily bombed. >> reporter: firing on japanese planes and failing honolulu's power plant. 68 years later, there are more empty seats, local survivors of pearl harbor flow well into their 80s and 90s. >> they are grown old and their numbers are greatly diminished, but the memory of their service burns bright. >> it changed my whole life, and it made me a believer in a higher power, i will tell you that. it was something that was chaos and i have never seen so much comradery, brotherly love in my life. >> reporter: friendships remembered with a wreath tossed upon the water. alex demetrius, eyewitness news. the coast gutter tanny was in service for 50 years, it is the last commissioned vessel to see action in pearl harbor. >> hard to imagine what those gentlemen are thinking now. all these years later. we have some weather to talk about. let's take a look at what's going now. we do have cloudy skies. humidity up to 35%. the barometer holding steady. we'll come back and take a look at weather headed this way, as our thoughts are with the guys up at green bay, but it's going to be cold here too, right bob. >> not as cold, there's going to be a few flurries, 30 here in oakland. we're at 35 now, 39 eastton the warm spot. ocean city 45. winds now very light. oakland 30 with a breeze of 12. looks pretty chilly out there. most places have very, very light winds. out to the west of us, allegheny, washington, montgomery and all of north virginia, west virginia and southern p.a. have the winter storm watch. this is primarily for some sleet, snow and rain late at night. it could see as much as a quarter or more inch of ice accumulation out to the west of us. low weather cold air. that will freeze on trees and surfaces on wires and roads and it could be quite slick out there tomorrow night. east of the region we expect just plain rain. a weak system passes to our north, we had some sprinkles. we did see a few clouds. along with that weak front, today is another system developing, it's going to quickly move to our west northwest. bringing warmer air with it, just before the warmer gets in here, that's why far western maryland could see a period of freezing precipitation tomorrow night. that's why they have that watch in effect. it'll start getting colder for the end, quite cold temperatures for the end of this week. the bay temp around 49, sunrise seven to 14 sets at 4:43. tonight, cloudy to partly cloudy, upper 20s, a little bit warmer than green bay tonight. and tomorrow, 44, cloudy skies by afternoon and rain arriving probably around the dinner hour. north and west as you mentioned, a mix likely. maybe an inch in some spots and could see freezing rain, as much as a quarter out to the west of us for tomorrow and into wednesday. >> okay. >> thank you bob. speaking of cold, speaking of green bay, big match up tonight as they are in green bay taking on the parkers, mark viviano is with us. >> reporter: let's go to green bay where amber is covering it how does it feel? you're there, you can feel it. >> thank god for long johns, that's to be sure. let me paint a picture for people who have never come to green bay, wisconsin. we just took the bus ride up here, and there is nothing for miles and miles around. it's farmland, you really get an idea of where all that cheese comes from in wisconsin. then out of nowhere pops up lambeau field. it's a unique place to play. it's a chance for the ravens to keep their hopes alive. when you talk to the ravens, they don't seem to be too worried about the weather. >> the frozen tundra and all the history it has behind it. once you get out there and kind of amazed by the field and the crowd, after that, it's football. >> it never really affected me, i don't feel like i don't like playing in the cold, i done know how it's like playing in the cold but it's not a big deal. >> reporter: the flurries are expected and when you look at how good aaron rogers has been for the packers, if anything that can cloud his vision, we welcome. to bring on the snow. >> my recommendations for you are hot cocoa and cheese soup. and i think you'll just be fine. >> there's plenty of that here. >> very good. amber harris covering the game for masn. we'll hear more from amber tonight. we send it back to you over at the desk. >> thank you very much matt. she might want to wear that cheese soup or put her hands in the hot cocoa. and our coverage gets under way tonight at 8:00 p.m. i'm feeling warmer just thinking about it. atm fee fight, a new effort to get rid of those annoying charges when you withdraw cash. it was a drug deal gone bad and an innocent woman was killed in the cross fire. and now her family it is just after 6:30, 35 degrees and partly cloudy. good evening thanks for staying with wjz. here's some of the stories people are talking about tonight. in tonight's flu watch report, encouraging numbers when it comes to the spread of the h1n1 virus. the worse may be over. >> reporter: the h1n1 pandemic may not be as severe as thought. the death toll could be about the same or even below the 36, 36,000 people who die every year of seasonal flu. still doctors remind everyone to stay vigilant. >> expectant mothers, children. >> reporter: to get the word out, the obama administration rolled out a new campaign pushing americans to get vaccinated. this comes as more vaccine is available. another 10 million dozes were distributed this week. and just when h1n1 seems to be winding down across the country, here come it is regular flu. this is the time of year flu season is just cranking up. >> the signs are all around us. coughing and sneezing, aches and pains. but it's also the cold season, and many don't know the difference between the two. >> the flu is a virus, the cold is -- i don't know something else. >> the cold is a virus, the flu is bacteria, i think. i don't know. >> reporter: there can be similarities like aches and pains, fatigue and a runny nose. >> sometimes people will describe it as the nose being turned on. like turning on a faucet. >> reporter: the differences, flu symptoms are often worse and can come on really fast. it can knock you off your feet within hours. fever and extreme exhaustion can last for a few days. but the flu has one extra weapon for protection. >> i'm trying to avoid it. got my flu shot and everything. >> reporter: and like any sickness, if the symptoms persist or get worse, call your doctor. in new york, drew levinson, wjz eyewitness news. for more on the h1n1 study and the differences between the cold and the flu, log on to the web md.com. the senate is now in its second week of defense over it's health care reform bill. there remain s a big divide. each side is offering it's own proposal, but some democrats are opposed, abortion rights say they will deny anything reform. sally is live in the newsroom with the latest details. >> reporter: the two pilots are now blaming air traffic controllers in part for the incident. as you recall, the pilots were out of touch with ground control for 77 minutes back on october 21st at their plane flew more than 100 miles past minneapolis. the pilots say they were distracted by looking at schedules, air traffic controllers say they repeatedly tried to reach the pilots to find out what was wrong. those pilots who have since had their licenses revoked now say the air traffic controllers did not coordinate effectively, they want their licenses restored. vic, back to you. >> the plane landed without instances once the pilots realized they overshot their destination. >> reporter: it was 11 months ago today the grandmother shelby wooster was shot in the cross fire of a drug deal gone bad. the drug dealer didn't like to be shortchanged. when she realized the man had not paid him, he gave chase and started shooting. around the corner was grandmother shelby wooster. >> we did everything together, we road motorcycles, we boated, we spent time with our grand kids, we were just unseparable. >> reporter: tonight, wooster's husband and family sat in the courtroom. >> i just wish there was more. i wish -- i wish that wasn't the way my mother died. that's just the way i feel. and i know that's harsh, but his family can see him, we can never see my mother again. >> reporter: the drug buyers who ran away from yates has already been sentenced for his role in the drug deal. yates himself now 27 years old insists he's innocent. and refused the opportunity to speak in court. >> there was no remorse, there was no statement from either one of them. they didn't even say i'm sorry, if they ever go up for parol, we'll make sure that comes out at the parol hearing. >> reporter: yates attorney say they will appeal his case. at the courthouse, i'm derek valcourt, eyewitness news. >> the drug buyer was sentenced in november to 35 years in prison. baltimore city fire officials have identified the elderly man. 95-year-old thai was found in the kitchen of his apartment sunday 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early this morning. the protesters came out to watch the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager. authorities say rioters smashed automobiles. 150 people were arrested in athens. two apartment buildings are swallowed in flames. as you can see smoke was billowing from both buildings as firefighters worked to extinguish the fires. fire companies worked to contain the flames, police say both buildings were evacuated and no one was injured. details from a police report filed shortly after an accident involving tiger woods was released. woods who suffered facial injuries says his wife used clubs to help him escape from his crashed suv. woods refused to answer more questions about the injury, fueling speculations about a fight with his wife. a leading lawmaker speaking out about excessive bank fees, senator charles shummer is objecting to being billed twice after atm machines. plus a match in the surprise, why secret santas are giving away thousands of dollars to random people on the street. that's assignment america tonight, only on the cbs news. denise and vic, back to you. >> here's look at tonight's closing numbers from wall street. we'll be right back. get ready for another chilly night on tap. we look outside to see if there's any more precipitation coming our way. bob will update the five day forecast. but first, bernadette woods has a look at what we can expect tomorrow. >> it's interesting once again tomorrow, unfortunately. as we head through the afternoon, the clouds take over and a new storm is moving this way. winter storm watch is in effect. because this storm is going to start as a mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain. now, from the city south and east ward, this is going to be a rain event. but we could see some accumulating ice in those western areas before changing to a rain on wednesday morning. so for the rest of the five day, here's bob. >> looks like, the bulk of the precipitation will be over by about noon on wednesday. temperatures on wednesday up about 46. freezing on wednesday night, but it'll be clearing skies, 38, 29 at night. sunshine, 34 on friday. and 36 partly sunny skies here on saturday. denise. >> thank you bob. still to come, battle in green bay. >> the ravens get ready to well if the ravens were still here on saturday, let's hope they did a lot of running around in their short. >> they should be prepared as they head to the land of beer and brats. there are heating coils under the playing surface, and the field has been covered all day. players on that field now for pregame warm ups. the ravens will play a packers defense that brings the heat when it comes to taking the ball away. their take away tendencies are led by henderson. green bay leads the nfl on turnover fundamentals. >> covering the football, and those are the things that we need to focus on, because to me those are big factors in being successful. >> reporter: green bay has recovered nine fumbles and picked up 18 passes. they've done all that in just one games. joe flacco and the ravens offense will have their hands full in enemy territory tonight. our special coverage comes today at 8:00. e.j. henderson is done for the year, he suffered a broken left leg last night. his teammates were emotional after they saw their team leader go down with a violent injury. >> we were wondering. we feel bad for the guy, he's battled so much. we wish him the best. >> reporter: he is reported in good spirits today after surgery. his vickings lost the game to the arizona cardinals despite the feat, minnesota is 8-2. that's the second best record behind the unbeaten new orleans saints. carlson threw 28 touchdowns for the irish this season, 13 of them to tate. including a couple in their last game. college basketball, the university of maryland hits the softer part of their schedule after a run of four straight games against top level competition. the terps lost three of those four. including a tough match up with villanova wildcats third in the nation. a second half run brought them closer. he converts on the pass from mosley, 19 points and 12 rebounds for williams. but the terps could not corral a pesky villanova team. 95-86 final, maryland falls to 5-3, the terps take on eastern kentucky in college park on saturday. baseball news, former manager werzag elected to the hall of fames by the committee. also won three division titles at manager of the kansas city royals. umpire doug harvey was also elected today so a manager and an umpire. that umpire threw him out of games during his career. >> and of course you can tell when a salad's fresh express... ...and when it's not fresh express. at fresh express, we harvest every tender leaf at the peak of freshness, ...then capture that natural goodness for salads so consistently fresh and delicious... ...they're guaranteed. fresh express. consistently, deliciously fresh. that's it for us right now. we'll be back after the ravens beat the green bay packers tonight. i'm vic 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