meant to stop people from going out to the polls. the same agency that took down mayor dixon would not confirm if they are investigating too. political consultant julius henson admits his company ordered them and came up with the message for the ehrlich campaign who paid henson hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> the state has other things to do, find only jobs. there's no intention to make that call. >> reporter: ehrlich did not answer the controversy but did talk about the campaign. >> for those, everybody out there with their down in the mouth and feeling like had their teeth kicked in. we're very disappointed. >> reporter: ehrlich probably did not know about the call or contents. henson had an attorney neil jenny, i contacted mr. jenny today. he declined to comment on the case. he wouldn't even confirm if he had been retained. no one has been charged as a result of this ongoing investigation. we want to update the breaking news in baltimore county. a fire creates a spectacular fireworks show of sorts. captain mike perry with more -- it was big sparks here along -- this is broadway road just wet west of falls road. you're looking at a fire truck now, this is what we were looking at, we're about 25 minutes as a tree branch came down across power lines causing the power lines to break and then touched the ground and that call set off a big fire as the electrical lines, a lot of many thousands of volts going into the ground. now fire officials did close broadway road in both directions. this is right around broadway and woodland for some period of time. pge arrived, now all that is burning is a very small ground fire and it's quite dark here as most of the power along broadway road here in the green spring valley is down. seems like a couple of dozen houses are affected by this. as soon as they make this scene safe, they'll reopen broadway road here just west of falls road. right now it remains closed as fire officials continue to get this smoke and flames out then figure out what's going on with the electrical wires, back to you on tv hill. campus on alert, police looking for the men who robbed a woman making it a deposit at a bank branch. >> reporter: the suspect ran up to her and tried to take the money. after a brief struggle, the suspect was able to get some of her money. he was young, only in his 20s about 5'6" tall. he was wearing all black including a ski mask, a baseball cap and hooded sweatshirt. vic back to you. >> anyone with information is asked to call townsend police. well, it sounds like the plot of a video game itself. armed bandits holding up a store, making out with items expected to be hot this season. derek valcourt has more on the crime. >> reporter: part of what makes this robbery unique, why it's grabbed headlines across the country is what these robbers stole. 100 copies of a highly anticipated video game that hasn't even been released yet. >> you won't move without boundaries. >> reporter: call of duty black ops it's being billed as one of the hottest releases of the year. such huge sales expected that video stores plan on holding a video game release party. >> it's so customizable that's what's awesome about it. you can customize your characterrers, -- customize your characters, customize your weapon, it's all you in this game. >> reporter: they locked clerks and two customers in a back storage area. then stole cash, video cities and about 100 copies of the soon to be released game. detectives expect the robbers are the same men seen here robbing another game store in alberdine. >> if they sold them early they could make so much money. >> they're going to undercut the retailers and it's 100% profit. >> i just want to play it as soon as i can, so -- >> good news for some video game fans, the game stop store here in bellaire not going to let a little robbery get in their way. they will be going ahead with their midnight release party tonight. >> the party goes on. thank you derek. anyone with information is urged to call the hartford county sheriff's department or you can call metro crime stoppers. 1-866--7-lockup. a har tford family is homeless tonight after a fire. firefighters are on the scene trying to figure out what caused the fire to erupt. firefighters say a working smoke detector lively saved a woman's life. it woke up simmons at 6:00 this morning. you can see the damage on the home. the flames moving in, simmons jumped from a second floor landing in some bushes. simmons suffered injuries and is being treated at shock trauma. it appears to have startedded in the basement. a short week for the ravens to prepare for their next game after a big win in miami, atlanta is next. sports director mark viviano is live with reaction. >> reporter: reaction is, they would rather not to this. they will move forward with the momentum of a victory that gives further fuel for what continues to be a play offseason for baltimore. >> the ravens are one of the best teams in the nfl this year and one of the best at home over the past decades. sunday's history is the raven's seventh straight win. they dominated the dolphins with a stifling defense that produced three interceptions and two quarterback sacks. the offense included another strong performance from quarterback joe flacco who's not throne an interception over the course of that home streak. one of his favorite receivers continues to be hundreding back ray rice who had another big game. >> now it just feels good to be hitting strides. we're putting our points, our defense has ever ray leading the charge and you know, it's just great to see our offense hitting strides. >> reporter: everybody is contributing everyone punter sam cook who cut the dolphins out of position and completed the pass to carrie williams to complete a fourth down play. everything seems to be going the ravens way for a tie for fourth. next for the ravens a thursday night game in atlanta. so with our wjz fan cam we asked you how difficult will the short turn around be for the ravens? >> definitely going to be tough but these guys are professional. they're big boy, they have great staff, great coaches, i think they're going to pull out a victory for the town. >> they'll train, they'll go down there and eat good, they'll be right. >> i have no doubt that we're going to walk away with a win yet again. >> reporter: looking ahead to atlanta. ravens runningback mcclain -- espn reports the nfl is investigating this incident. and the there was a big tailgaters fan celebrating the ravens victory. the warehouse located right right outside of the stadium. we're getting a bit of a warm up. will this warming trend continue? we take a look at the shot of the moon from sky chopper 13. what a great great shot bob. >> incredible shot. that really is. >> was should say bernadette was helping us out. we were so excited about the moon out there. >> there's a for sale sign on that moon. a little bit of cheese. let's take a look at conditions. it's been windy, wet, there's still some rain around those southern portions of the jersey up the that way. as we head up to new england, that's where the real story is. and snow to the inland area. what will that mean for the region tomorrow. bernadette woods is taking a look at tuesday's outlook. >> that storm still making it's way to the north. so we're sort of just on that line. expect some clouds tonight. if anything on the way of showers, it's just extreme north eastern part of the state. that starts to move away tomorrow. partly cloudy skies and still breezy. however, by later in the week, it is gone. temperatures going to go up a few degrees in response. we'll have that forecast when we come back shortly. >> thank you, bernadette. >> maryland's 13th largest bank fails. and with it some of the hope for a swift economic turn around. pat warren reports k bank closed and emerges as emt. >> reporter: another bank closure that puts k bank on edge. the board of directors the directors decided to turn the bank over to investors and they decided to turn it over to emt. >> that came as a surprise, when it means now when i'm running around trying to find alternate, i can't find anything decent anymore. >> we have a continued pressure, particularly on smaller banks in terms of getting through this week lending environment. >> reporter: this man's fears were quieted after he was told that k bank was sold to emt bank. it's business as usual. in the event of changes in interest rate, you will be announced by emt. it is the second emt take over since acquiring bradford bank last year. >> i hope we stabilize in regards to have the bank failures. but it's impossible to say. there are a number of banks that are still finding difficult and a weak environment. and there could be more but it's impossible to say if and how many there would be. >> reporter: the future includes plans to close all the k bank branches and customers will switch to their local m & ts. reporting from cockysville, i'm pat warren. >> thank you, pat. and the k bank branch will close friday november 12. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. healthy options on the menu. the options you're children are being offered. i'm standing in what's been ranked the safest neighborhood in baltimore. i'm weijia jiang, i'll tell you where next. making dreams come true, the just opened baltimore center helping children of prison inmates. and are we in store for a pleasant week? bob has the answers, coming up. when i see people trying to sell and old camry, it makes me want to show 'em a new ford fusion. i can't help myself. i'm kinda ready to move up to get to the next level. fusion... yeah, i like it. ...i should probably brag about this a little bit. the projected resale value can't be beat by camry. 33 miles per gallon on the highway. wow. the sync system... gps correct. phone. yes. i love it. get our best deals. 0% financing and, as a holiday bonus, we'll give you $1500 to use toward your first three payments. holly has something she'd like to say. low crime, great schools, great communities. weijia jiang explains it's one neighborhood that's right here in baltimore. >> reporter: tom sparzack has lived in locus park all his life. >> it's safe, you can walk the streets at night. >> reporter: the historical waterfront community is ranked the safest community in the u.s. the chance of being a victim in a violent crime there is one in 381 compared to one in 77 city wide and one in 172 statewide. >> i feel like it's not a choice, i'll move in. >> reporter: so would many others. in recent years many high end developers have moved in. >> it's safe, you're close to the harbor. >> reporter: those who live here say it's an old habit that keeps everyone safe and that's simply checking up on their neighbors. >> we also have an active cop walk. which is citizens on patrol walk. we do every month. >> reporter: we watch our cars, you know, you go on vacation, they'll pick up your newspaper so it doesn't look like nobody is home. everybody is so friendly. >> reporter: friendly and proud. locust pointers point to the seafood and under armour headquarters. the domino sugar factory is are more reasons to keep it safe. locust point was also the áf ranked one of the hippest and trendy neighborhoods. shoppers are getting a helping hand from -- farmers are getting a helping hand from uncle sam. it applies for losses between june 1st and august 31st. a new afterschool learning center opened today in baltimore city with a special goal, mary joins us now with more. >> reporter: the park heights dream academy is enpowering a new generation of children who's parents are in prison. >> grammy nominated gospel artist fritz opened up his newest academy on a high node. mr.fritz has offered tutoring and mentoring to children who's parents are in prison. a new dream academy opened in pinnacle elementary. >> mentoring and tutoring, focusing on the most vulnerable and important people in our lives. >> reporter: southwest airlines announced an adopt a pilot mentoring program, introducing the two new pilots ready to work with students. >> they will focus on science, geography, math, creative writing and we will also focus on our flight value, or fearlessness, leadership, imagination, gratitude, honesty and tenacity. >> reporter: u.s. dream academies are located in ten cities across the country including several now here in baltimore. back to you. >> that's terrific. thank you mary. >> of course we know southwest, bags fly free, right. >> for now, for now. >> that's important. let's take a look at temps, they dropped a little bit but the sun is down that's since 5:00. west wind are calming down only six. humidity is 47%. the barometer way up. we'll take a look at a very nice week right after this. ,,, it's beautiful night outside. bonn was just talking -- bob was just talking about being out, walking our dog. >> it's a lovely november night. let's take a look at temps and conditions. got up to 63 degrees today. over the weekend it was only like 51, 52 that's pretty much what we are right now. temperatures have warmed up considerably. 55 in cumberland. ocean city coming in at 56 and oakland down to 43. clear skies, pretty much from about the baltimore area west. east of us delaware and jersey still have plenty of clouds to the north and northeast. earlier, we had a wind gust of 32-miles-an-hour between like 11:00 this morning and 2:00 or 3:00 this afternoon. wind were gusting between 55- miles-an-hour. they are calming down. big low pressure we talked about is now slowly sinking into the atlantic. interior sections, it's just cold enough that they are seeing snow. higher elevations up in elevations, still a little bit of rain and snow over portions of the northern new york. and a little bit of new hampshire. there. most of it is pretty much gone, the heaviest rain over boston, cape cod. that's slowly moving away. look at how clear the delineation is from delaware east and north. a lot of dry air still west of that storm system. for our region, as that storm moves away, high pressure moves in. winds generally going out to the west and eventually temperatures are going to stay at or above normal all week long with plenty of sunshine. looks like a really, really pleasant week considering it's you know middle of november almost. we're pretty lucky. northwest winds 15 to 20. a gust of 25. and we do have a small craft advisory. the bay temp around 58. tonight, clear to partly cloudy, generally not too many clouds expect east. 36 by morning which is just about normal. and tomorrow sunny to partly sunny. a bit of breeze, upper 50s which is exactly where it's supposed to be for tomorrow. so temperatures for the rest of the week a couple of degrees higher than that. we might even get some spots could get to the mid-60s by the end of the week. that would be very beautiful. no rain this week, we'll stay dry. >> as long as we don't have a hatch of more sting bugs. that's my only worry. >> it's still out there. it's been pretty cold nights that most of them are pretty gone. they are now in your house. >> lovely. thank you bob. coming up, unthinkable crime. a family tortured and murdered inside their home. now one of the killers learns his fate. coming up, shaving time to save lives. that story as eyewitness news continues. new egg recall, could they be in your fridge? details in consumer watch.h.,,,, it is just before 6:30, clear, 50 degrees, good evening thanks for staying with wjz. here's some of the stories people are talking about tonight. home invasion, rape and murder. a shocking crime in a western connecticut suburb. just hours ago one of the killers is sentenced to die. manuel gallegos has reaction from the only survivor, the husband and father of the victims. >> reporter: it was a unanimous decision, jurors condemned killer steven hayes to death for a brutal home invasion in suburban connecticut. pettitte was raped and strangled, her daughter mckayla was also raped and assaulted before her they were doused. the rest of the family remained hostage at home when the mother was forced to go to the bank and withdraw money. >> we have a lady at the bank who says that her husband and family are being held hostage at their home. >> makayla was a 13-year-old old killed in her bedroom, surrounded by stuffed animals. kayli had a great future. >> reporter: hayes attorney tried to portray him as a crook who had never committed a crime. manuel gallegos. connecticut has only executed one man since 1960. a stunning new message of terror for the man who may soon surpass osama bin laden as the voice of al-qaida. mary is live in the newsroom with the man and his message. >> reporter: a new video on extremist websites, alalaki calls on muslims to kill americans. al-alaki is calling for holy war against the united states. his influence militants involved in several attacks and attempted attacks including hasan, the man accused after a rampage in fort hood. he says all americans are the enemy and it's quote either us or them. vic back to you. >> thank you, al-alaki was born in the united states and is now believed to be hiding in yemen. president obama is wrapping up the longest trip of his presidency. he made a major announcement that could change indiana's role in the united nations. for the president this was more than just a diplomatic toast. the white house is hoping it's relationship with india helps revive the economy back at home. >> it's no accident that this is the longest time that i've spent in a foreign country since i've been president. >> reporter: the president announced new business deals between american and indian companies. the white house says that could mean as many as 50,000 new u.s. jobs. still many americans fear that u.s. companies are outsourcing jobs to india where wages are much lower. india's prime minister said his company's growth does not hurt the u.s. >> india is not in the business of stealing jobs from the united states of america. >> reporter: the white house is trying hard to cast this trip as a jobs mission. the president believes that voters concerns about the economy feel the big losses that his party took on election day. >> it is time for him to come meet us and say, fine let's bet back to the kind of things americans are about. >> reporter: the president plans to sit down with gop leaders when he gets back from this 10 day trip to asian. while the president is hoping his efforts will bring cheers at home, his biggest applause in india came after he said the u.s. will support that country's bid for a seat in the united nations council. it's not expected to happen soon but symbolically it could go a long way to better ties with a huge market. in washington, joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. next up for president obama is indonesia. the investigation to the gulf coast oil spill, the president of the commission found no sign that sacrifices were made to save money. they made several critical well designed decisions. the fbi here in baltimore is asking for your help tonight to track down a bank robber. this man held up the m & t bank on charles street late last night. he's in his mid- to late 30s. when he robbed the bank, he passed the teller a note saying, he would kill her if he did not give her cash. nearly 2 million americans suffer serious brain injuries every year. who makes up the largest group of victims. the trend of lending small amounts of money to help disadvantaged entrepreneurs start business. remember to look for the updated forecast from wjz's updated team on tomorrow's baltimore sun. and when it comes to heart attacks, any saved time is an edge. >> reporter: the calls is from paramedics to howard county general. >> rate of 107, the current blood pressure is 134 over 80 now. >> very good, provided continue to monitor and transport. start iv fluids would be appreciated. >> reporter: what follows is a wait for the ekg tape. a system called life net eliminates that wait. >> with this system what it does is it transmits the ekg right away. >> reporter: showing up not only on the er's monitor. >> it's also transported to the wireless device of the attending cardiologist. >> an acute coroner elevation heart take which means they need to be taken to the cat lab. >> with this kind of heart attack, time is muscle. meaning the clogged artery must be discarded and a stent placed as soon as possible. a head start in that race could mean a difference between life and death. >> howard county is among the first in the state to equip all of its ambulances with the life net system. >> that's terrific. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. fast food options. chains claim to offer healthier choices for children. but is this really a case. a teen beaten to death at a party. why he was singled out. i'm bob turk, the first in weather center, a dry and 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rescue the exhausted thief from the water before taking him to jail. more charges leveled against amanda knox in what prosecutors call a violent sex game in italy. a judge ruled she should go to trial for slander for saying police beat her during questioning. jessica cartalia has more. >> reporter: in court today, amanda knox burst into tears and said she just made her right to a defense and did not want to offend anyone. her testimony was backed up with a graphic demonstration. >> die, die, die, boom. >> reporter: come on, come on, remember. remember. remember. >> reporter: the confession made during that interrogation was a major element in the prosecutions case. as of last friday knox has spent three years in her cell. her appeal for being in jail for another three years begins in less than three weeks. that trail is separate from the initial crime. >> i think we're all starting to get a little more hopeful because we have such a strong case for appeal. there's nothing that connects her to that crime. now we have a judge who might actually listen. that judge has a reputation for not being afraid of going against a political grain which could mean good news for the knox family. >> this is going to be her chance once again to have this wrongful conviction overturned and you know she's looking forward to that. so we are as well. >> knox's lawyer launched a 50 page document requesting a review of forensic evidence. including dna samples they claim were mishandled and tainted. jessica cartalia. >> knox's ex-boyfriend was convicted and sentenced to 25 years. another case of salmonella. thousands of eggs were recalled due to signs of salmonella at the ohio fresh egg farm. those eggs were not sold at any stores in maryland. fast food restaurants have been offering healthy alternatives in their menus but are kids getting the message? kids like junk food despite how bad it is for them. >> you can swing into burger king and get a bk kids meal with a spectacular spider man toy. >> reporter: kids are getting a steady diet of fast food commercials. >> shrek is back at mcdonalds with a happy meal that has everyone talking. >> reporter: a new yale study of marketing by 12 of the nation's largest fast food chains finds children as young as two see three of these ads on tv every day. >> i have a son who is seven, and he's usually the one who, whatever toy is out, we have to go to mcdonalds. >> reporter: in response to the study, mcdonalds said 100% of our children's advertising in the u.s. features dietary choices that fit within the 2005 usda dietary guidelines for americans. while restaurants are highlights healthy choices in their ads, the study finds restaurants are automatically serving french fries and sodas with kids meals the áf meals most of the time. only 15 meet guidelines for older children. >> there's been a generation who have grown up on fast food and have more obesity. more diabetes, more cholesterol issues, more hyper tension. >> reporter: this new generation is also getting the sales pitch where they spend most of their time, online. >> it's the power of the red box. >> do moms say no a lot? >> yes, sometimes. >> probably more no than yes. >> reporter: carrie hartv saáeul says she is doing the best she can to keep her children healthy. >> all of the 15 meal combinations from subway or burger king. the worse combinations came from mcdonalds -- >> katie couric has a preview of what's coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. >> hi vic and denise. the surprising way fast food chains are targeting your kids. plus one of the most popular stories we've ever told. remember the one about the elephant and the dog? well the love story takes an even stranger twist. we'll have that and more tonight only on the cbs evening news, right here on wjz13 baltimore. denise and vic back to you. >> here are the latest numbers from wall street, we'l'l,,,,,,,, some welcome warmer temperatures to start the workweek. bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods are tracking those temperatures. >> what we're looking at is a pretty similar day tomorrow. we'll start the day with a bit of a breeze and cloudy sky. in the afternoon close to 60 degrees. the breeze will start to die down a little bit then we cool down tomorrow night for the rest of the five day, here's bob. >> really nice looking period of weather coming up. lots of sunshine, few clouds, still kind of breezy tomorrow. 38 tomorrow night, warming up to 60, 60 and 62. maybe even in the mid-60s by friday and saturday. a few clouds. 62 for us all, a pretty pleasant week. still to come, the ravens are on a roll after another big win. >> mark has the latest on the team, next in sports. ,,,,,,,,, i don't know who's numbers were right but it was a big spread there. >> toward the end. half of the season is over and it's been going great for the ravens. baltimore and atlanta, the debut of the thursday night series of nfl games. it's one that both teams would prefer not to play. a rare monday practice indoors in owings mill today. so a more leisurely practice and a game the players find unfavorable in the schedule. >> you're going to find way more players that say they don't like that game than like it. it's just a very, very very fast turn around. as you can see our style of practice on what coach thinks is best for us this week. really just make it a great mental week for us and really just heal up as much as you can and be ready to play on thursday night. the ravens move on from the win over miami but the league is not done with what happened yesterday. the nfl is investigating an alleged spitting incident involving ravens running back leron mcclain. crowder says mccain spit in his face leading to an angry allege between the players. >> [ bleep ] punk, leron mccain spit in my face and that's why i got mad. so the ref told me they didn't see nothing. they didn't see the spit hitting my face. >> me and the guy had words throughout the game. the entire game. you can see that on tape also. it's the heat of the battle. if something came up, and i had to get on him. it wasn't on purpose, or anything like that. and i said that, like i said i said that yesterday. with that whole situation, they can stay on that whatever, i'm on to atlanta, i have a game to play thursday night. >> crowder incurred the wrath of the ravens when he referred to receiver mason as an old man. mason had harsh words to describe crowder following that ravens victory. other nfl news, the dallas cowboys is the first team to fire their head coach wade phillips sent packing today replaced by offensive coordinator j.c. garrett. garrett was the guy the ravens offered their coaching job to but he turned down baltimore and the ravens hired harbaugh which worked out. the college basketball season tips off. it's the first of three at home for maryland this week. they play college of charleston on friday. buckley scoring on a rebound. and her first career hat trick. maryland is now 19-1, they await their ncaa pairing to be announced tomorrow. the the perps have won six national titles in their history. seven would be a great number, go ahead. add another one if you can. >> thank you, mark. we'll be right back. look at all the toyota's for sale. let's go with... i'm selling my toyota rav4. do you know anything at all about the escape? it's a nice light blue color. much like my eyes. my goodness, it's true. the mileage is extraordinary. 28 miles per gallon on the highway. it's a voice-activated sync system. all around, it's better than my toyota. get our best deals. 0% financing and, as a holiday bonus, we'll give you $1500 to use toward your first three payments. is it wrong to drive a toyota to ford's year end celebration? don't miss the prime time line up. and >> couric: tonight, they promised to fight childhood obesity, but the biggest change may be working harder than ever to get kids hooked on fast foods. i'm katie couric. also tonight, the death penalty in a horrific home invasion and murder. dr. william petit, the father and husband of the victims, finds little comfort in the verdict. >> the hole in your heart and the hole in your soul is still there. >> reporter: plus, the odd couple of the animal world, like a lot of relationships, this one's headed to court. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. in a perfect world, american families would gather each night about now for a healthy home-cooked meal. but for an