politicians maryland as ever -- has ever known. >> feels like an uncle or somebody like that, somebody from -- that was a family member almost to a certain degree. >> it's just like this, we have lost one of the greatest flowers of all. >> reporter: whether they knew him personally or not, he touched them and they wanted him to know just how much. >> he was a grandfather of baltimore city, he loved the city like it was his own home and always was and always will be. >> it shows you that he reached everyone like everyone could tell that he had a good heart. >> the way he acted, the way he got things done and he did so much for the city. >> reporter: and for that, the people are grateful. they know william donald schaefer was one of a kind, defining public service for a generation. >> wasn't about the politics or the perks. he cared about this city and he cared about this state. and he cared more about the people. there will be no other like him. >> and the music you heard was from his alma mater, baltimore city college, the choir there. you still have a few more hours to come out. they close up here at 9:00 tonight and now is a good time you can quickly get in at this hour. reporting live at city hall, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> thanks so much. our complete coverage continues with jessica kartalija, she is live with more on the extensive funeral planned for tomorrow. jess. >> reporter: fine roughly services -- funeral services are expected to begin here at 11:00 tomorrow morning and the church is expected to be completely full. at old st. paul's episcopal church they are preparing to celebrate the life of will i don't mean damaged -- william donald schaefer. >> yes, people definitely knew and treasured him here. >> leaders and the choir will be singing, and maryland my maryland and a couple of other songs. >> reporter: laney sax, senator barbara mikulski and m fumy will reflect on his life. >> he believes so much in using public office to help other people that when he saw people using public office to help themselves, it turned him off completely. >> he was a baltimore original. we will never see a william donald schaefer. >> reporter: the homily on lobs given -- will be given by reverend luther star. >> he knew there was a god and that's the way i left him and that's the way i'll leave him on wednesday, in the hands of a god who loved him, as much as he loved god and the people. >> reporter: the church can seat up to 850 people. they do have overflow seating set up next door at the tremont grand hotel where people can watch the service on television. schaefer then taken to delany valley memorial gardens. >> the movements, holding the casket, all the movements with the flags, all the movements with the firing party, the rifles and also down with the buglers to make sure they are all in position ready to go when the event happens. >> reporter: his body will then be moved to the cemetery's mausoleum. we are told there will be a speaker system set up out here on charles street so everyone standing outside will be able to listen to the funeral services. live on charles street in baltimore city, i'm jessica kartalija, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you. he'll be laid to rest next to hilda may. check in for completely coverage of the funeral for william donald schaefer gets underway here at 10:00. we want to update the breaking news on a serious accident. sky chopper 13 remains over the scene. captain mike perry you have an update? >> reporter: yes, edgewood harvard county northbound i95 between route 24 and 543, a single vehicle accident, the vehicle went off the roadway and rolled upside down. we were originally told two people inside, however, there was one adult female, she has been rescued from the vehicle and has been taken to a waiting ambulance. as you can see, two lanes of northbound i95 south of 543 are blocked and the backup extends for about 2 miles back to the baltimore county line so if you're coming out of baltimore county heading north, expect delays along i95 as maryland state police are conducting the investigation. no word on how serious these injuries are. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry. we now know the identity of the second dead body found in the susquehanna river not far from where phylicia barnes' body was found and police believe there was no connection to her death. wjz is live, derek valcourt has the latest on the mystery. >> reporter: two bodies found on the same river, the same day just a couple of miles apart and police say this appears to be just a coincidence. two bodies plucked from the susquehanna on the same day, missing honor student fleecea -- phylicia barnes found north of the conowingo dam. and 53-year-old daryl harper lived recently in cockeysville and moved to syringes with his wife -- richmond, virginia with his wife. >> harper had apparently told a relative he had threatened suicide, said he was going to jump off a bridge. >> reporter: police say harper checked himself into a hospital in east penn pennsylvania that sits along the susquehanna. he has a history of depression and suicide attempts. his body found miles away south of the conowingo on the same day as barnes. police say it appears the two deaths are not related. >> any connection whatsoever to the phylicia barnes case? >> at this time investigators have been able to make no connection and have found no connection between harper and the phylicia barnes investigation. so certainly haven't ruled anything out at this point but there is no connection right now. >> reporter: the identification of harper's body doesn't help baltimore police or the family of phylicia barnes whose body was discovered naked with no outward signs of trauma, ending the nearly four month search for the missing honor student who disappeared while visiting her sister in northwest baltimore. >> now we know where she is, it kind of helps but now we got to take is it a step further and figure out why and who and to get that person blind bars is -- behind bars is critical because they could do it to somebody else. >> reporter: police not officially ruled harper's death a suicide. the medical examiner's office still working to determine an exact cause of death of harper and for phylicia barnes. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you, derrick. harper is a military veteran with a history of comprehension -- depression. investigation continues. dozens of police rushed to the intersection of gay and fayette to break up a large group of rowdy teenagers. two teens stabbed not far away and now police trying to determine if there is a possible connection. in all, police say there are around 100 teenagers on the streets there last night. six of them were arrested for disturbing the peace and there have not been any arrests so far in the stabbings. was it a hate crime? that is the question prosecutors must answer tonight after a transgender woman is savagely assaulted inside a baltimore county mcdonald's. weijia jiang spoke with the mother and the victim and each has a different view on the attack. >> reporter: the video went viral in an instant. now it's state prosecutors who are scrutinizing it, investigating if the vicious beating was a hate crime. >> there's a lot of information out there concerning the situation of the victim and it's something that we need to look into to see if that was the motivation. >> reporter: that victim, 23- year-old chrissy polis tells us she was attacked because she is transgender. >> you don't have to explain yourself to nobody. be who you are and go as you are but people don't want that to happen and this century it sickens me that it has come down to this result. >> reporter: various civil rights group helped the young -- 18-year-old tee ona -- tianna brown face charges. >> we know what it was about. >> reporter: we spoke with brown's mother who did not want to show her face on camera but confident the fight was not driven by hate. she tells us her daughter says it was polis who got physical first. >> don't care whether you're black, white, mexican, big, fat, whatever. she has a lot of gay friends, a lot of them have been in my house but then you're going to try to make one person out of a villain and she is not. >> reporter: but polis' mom disagrees. >> i was scared, crying, upset and then i was angered by the people that were humiliating her. she deserves everything coming to her. >> reporter: the assistant state's attorney says the office will know within a week or two whether hate crime charges will be filed. if brown is found guilty of one, the count carries an additional 10 years in jail. denise. >> thank you. weijia, the mcdonald's fired the worker who took the video. will this warm streak continue and what about the chance of showers later on? meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are keeping a close eye on a storm system moving this way. >> we have showers around. most of the action now pretty far west of us, across western maryland, garrett county and a little bit activity to the south has dis dated but -- dissipated but good risk of some areas seeing heavy downpours. down toward oakland heavy showers moving in that direction and moving pretty much from southwest to the northeast area. around the baltimore region, it's pretty quiet for now but still a risk we might see a shower coming later tonight. still a little bit of activity going on south of the baltimore area across southern maryland a little bit of light stuff and even more across portions of virginia and in the carolinas, we see something of that moving in our direction. possibility some areas could see strong storms and that's why the weather service, the severe storm center has a severe thunderstorm watch in effect essentially until 9:00 tonight for washington, allegheny and garrett county in westerly maryland. next couple of days, bernadette woods has the latest on that. >> part of the same storm system that is moving our way. so this is how it works out for us. the storm prediction center has issued a slight risk tomorrow in the green area that if any thunderstorm gets going it could become strong to even severe and then that shifts off to the east on thursday as the storm comes through. the other thing on thursday, we could see heavy rain in any one of these thunderstorms that does pass through our area. a lot going on. we will have a full comfort coming up -- forecast coming up shortly. back to work for some nfl players less than 24 hours after a federal judge lifted the league lockout but is there any work for the players to do? sports director mark viviano joins us with the latest on the labor front. mark. >> reporter: denise, the doors are open, but there is little to no business to do because the nfl remains in sort of a holding pattern. they are awaiting a request for a stay on that judge's ruling that ended the lockout. all quiet at the ravens facilities in owings mills. the team says the doors are open to players but it turns out the players aren't allowed to work out or meet with coaches. the league says it needs a few days to sort out the situation before giving back -- getting back to business. many legal maneuvers remain. players around the league showed up for work, steelers quarterback charlie batch arriving at the practice facility in pittsburgh. lorenzo alexander made a visit to redskins camp but players found out that a lifted lockout does not mean welcome back. >> weird it felt like you were sneaking into the club. no, it really ended up being, you know, just a little awkward but it wasn't so bad. >> i couldn't call it making a statement. i wanted to work out. this is where i train at. it's easier for me to get a workout here, i don't get interrupted me. people don't come up to me asking me about the lockout so it's easy to stay focused. >> reporter: new england patriots players hosted a lockout breakfast for charity focusing on the future of reaching an agreement hopefully soon. >> it's all about getting back to the table. it always has been from day one. this will definitely help out in that effort. >> i am very much a proponent of face to face, sitting down, negotiating and keeping it in the framework of where i've seen most successful negotiations happen in all my life, football or otherwise. >> u.s. district judge susan nelson will announce her decision as soon as tomorrow on whether to honor the owner's request for a stay. later in sports, a ravens player in possible trouble off the field. i'll have details ahead. back to you for now. >> looking forward to that. thank you, mark. wjz 13 is always on. check in for complete coverage of the ongoing nfl labor dispute. we will keep you updated on the negotiations if and when they resume. finally official after five years katie couric has decided to leave the cbs evening news. expected to leave the network before her contract expires in early june. in a statement cbs news says quote there's a lot to be proud of during katie's time at evening news. cbs news like katie herself is looking forward to the next chapter. no word yet on a replacement. there is some talk it could be "60 minutes" scott kelly. that is just one of the rumors floating around out there. nothing confirmed yet. still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news safety ratings. find out how the newest electric cars stack up in the first ever rankings. taking their fight to the internet. i'm pat warren, coming up on eyewitness news, people opposed to in-state tuition for undocumented students are taking their battle online. a toilet decorated with a cell phone and wires. i'll tell you why the man who made that quote protest art says he never intended it to be taken as a possible bomb. that's next. if you like summer, enjoy this hot, dry weather while it lasts. more changes coming. stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. complete coverage continues with an -- with denise koch, vic carter and first warning weather with bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods, and sports with mark viviano. >> it's wjz, maryland's new station. ,,,,,,,,,,,, petitioning in cyber space. marylanders can now vote online if they want to put in-state tuition for illegal immigrants up for a vote next year. a bill passed by the general assembly earlier this month is still stirring a lot of controversy. >> reporter: chanting yes we can at this rally in march, undocumented students moved lawmakers to break the barrier preventing them from taking advantage of the cheaper tuition rates afforded to students who are residents of maryland. >> this is the last chance i have before i go out in the real world and start working, as like a manager at mcdonald's or a dollar store. that's a good job but not the job i want. that's not my career. >> reporter: but the bill being challenged by lawmakers who are asking voters to go online and sign a petition to put it on the ballot next year. >> the way they are going to do it is by gathering signatures with their families and neighbors and even going to shopping centers and collecting the signatures and i'm going to be with them every step of the way helping to bring them to referendum in the year 2012. >> reporter: opponents of the bill call it unfair. >> at a time when marylanders continue to struggle to pay their bills, their food bills, their gasoline bills, their electricity bills, their college tuition bills, this state and this general assembly is offering taxpayer provided benefits to people who are not even here legally. we find that that's wrong. >> reporter: but supporters continue to believe it's the right thing to do. >> while i'm born in the u.s., i'm documented, most of my friends won't be able to go to college with me because they can't afford out-of-state tuition and i feel that's ridiculous. >> reporter: petition organizers admit they have their work cut out for them, they need 58,000 verdict signatures by -- verified signatures by the end of june. >> a spokesperson for the immigrant outreach group say they expect the attempt at referendum to fail. 2 million times a month people use the web to search through the incredible images at the hubble space telescope but now as mike schuh reports the programmers here in baltimore may turn scientific beauty into a game for iphones. >> reporter: while these i images are breath taking, most people see them on the web. now those who run this telescope directed one of their web programmers to turn these images into a game for your phone. >> it's basically a concept where you pick the one versus the other one. it's -- so like i like this one better, so i'm going to pick that one and then it gives you two moron dom -- more random ones. >> people come to our website and there are certain images they go to a lot but don't get to vote. they get to give us their opinion here. >> reporter: images you may have never seen before. images that are familiar, it's an app that apple featured for a week and a half on the front page of their site. >> the comments we have got on the apple site have been fantastic. people love it to death. >> i don't think the game will ever end because hubbell is always going to be producing great images. two years from now we might have come out with a new image. >> reporter: play at your own risk. being asked what you think about these is out of this world addictive. so if you play the game, you're actually helping to pick the most popular image and right now it's this one and as they develop this application more, they are going to be able to show you first, second, third and so on. at the home of the hubbell, mike schuh wjz eyewitness news, back to you on tv hill. >> so far this application is only written for apple mobile devices. you can download it from itunes. bob, got rain moving this way? >> perhaps. most of it's in the west but there's definitely a chance the next couple of days there could be some heavy downpours too. look at temperatures right now, a warm night after warm day. 80 degrees, humidity is up there at 58%. southeast winds at 13. the barometer currently holding steady but come back and take a look at that risk of showers right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, some showers, take a look at radar. most of the action is west of us but some of these folks getting pretty heavy downpours in a little bit of western allegheny, down by the shenandoah valley, that might make it into the region. with the you know set -- sun setting we are at risk. out western maryland, pretty good chance. take a look at temperatures, a warm night, 80 degrees, the cool spot ocean city at 69, 72 up with showers there, 81 cumberland. 77 d.c. the dew point is up now to 64, getting pretty sticky all considered for april. 82 up in bel air, 75 in appear appear -- in indianapolis. pollen all over the place. trees going nuts right now and very high pollen count across the entire region as the trees are pollinating like crazy. south and southeast winds keep us in this warm area at least for the next 24 to 48 hours. 84, 68 today, the average high is 68. the average low is still 45 degrees and the record is 92 in 1990 and 32 freezing in 2001. all right. big area of rain, once again the midwest in the upper plains have been plagued with storm after storm, most of them by the time they reach the east coast have weakened to a degree. this low is heading up towards the great lakes but the front associated with it with the heavier rain down here, much warmer conditions, very humidity. -- very humid. this front will cross our region on thursday, early afternoon. kick up showers and storms ahead of it, yes, there's a lot of moisture so the risk of a shower tonight, again tomorrow afternoon. the best chance coming late tomorrow night and thursday as the front comes through and we said we could probably see strong thunderstorms, heavy downpours, likelihood and maybe even gusty winds. finally the storm will go through the region, clear out on friday, cooler conditions coming in for the end of the week. gusty tomorrow and small craft advisory. on the bay, temp around 59 now, tonight, then wild scattered thundershower possible, 65 by morning and tomorrow sun and clouds, scattered shower, thundershower and then a better chance tomorrow night overnight into thursday afternoon. 82 tomorrow, turning cooler for thursday and a lot cooler and drier for friday and the start of the weekend looks really pleasant. >> good. >> thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight, royal security. no chances are being taken when it comes to the wedding of prince william and kate. see what's being done. disaster averted. police catch up with the man who tried to set up a bomb inside a busy mall. and deadly spring storms, tornados, flooding and more. it's not ,,,,,,,,,, it's the little things in life that make me smile. spending the day with my niece. i don't use super 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with victims tuesday and toured the small town that was practically leveled. >> everything started crashing, i braced the door as best as possible then it all went. >> reporter: in jacksonville, arkansas, the local high school is severely damaged but everyone is thankful the storm hit at night. >> no students involved, no parents picking up children, no teachers, no staff, nobody was here when it happened. >> reporter: now the severe weather is moving east and cincinnati floodwaters from the ohio river forced circumstance cirque du soleil to cancel performances and postpone the season opener at the river downs horse track for the first time in 25 years. >> it might not flood into the barns but you can't take the chance. >> reporter: resident in kentucky and -- residents in kentucky and tennessee are bracing for rains and flooding. >> and first warning weather coverage continues with meteorologist bernadette woods with more on this active pattern of storms. >> it's unreal how they keep firing over the same areas and i want to show you first warning doppler radar because in the same places that got them yesterday, there is another round of really strong thunderstorms and tornados developing and this is really -- this has really popped over the past 2 1/2 hours. notice the dark colors from this angle indicating how heavy this is, the hail and numerous tornado warnings out already. now, in addition to that, i want to show you this graphic because this is a pattern we have been in for a while and when even they start to die out a little bit as far as their thunderstorm activity goes, they are still maintaining the heavy rain and that's why we are seeing the flooding issues. already for april it is reported as the most in tornados ever for this month. now, the all time month is in may of 2003. we are not quite there yet and hopefully we won't get there. but today is not going to help that issue. adam. >> thanks. in custody police catch up with a man suspected of leaving a pipe bomb inside a colorado shopping mall on the anniversary of the columbine high school massacre. earl moore was captured at a grocery store. police have been looking for him since last week. that's when the bomb and two propane tanks were left at a littleton mall. moore was released from prison two weeks ago on charges that he a robbed -- that he robbed a bank. the fbi has a motive and says it does not appear to be related to the columbine tragedy but not saying much more about the case. it is art, political protest and bathroom humor rolled into one but the electronics attached to a decorated toilet created a bomb square in -- scare in towson. we have more. >> reporter: this is the toilet placed outside the towson courthouse in february plastered with political literature and a cell phone with gooky eyes. the bomb squad shut down streets but the designer says it's his political statement about racism. >> you got people locked up in america, more than any other country. >> reporter: shorty davis who used to run a barbecue stand has been locked up since that day. his lawyer argues he's no potential terrorist and he should be released on bail. >> it may not have been a wise decision. he's certainly guilty of littering and bad judgment but not placing a destructive device. >> reporter: today a judge ruled she will grant shorty bail of $10,000 cash if his friends can raise the money, he can get out before trial. davis plans to plead not guilty, saying he didn't intend this to be a false destructive device and he may enjoy the attention that a trial would bring. shorty has been putting protest toilets all over for several years. he says he's never before been considered a threat. >> the toilets has been in -- have been in washington, d.c., been to new york city, been to chicago. >> he views himself as artistic but also as a voice for protests against a racist society. >> reporter: susan collins, wjz eyewitness news. >> a court's psychiatric test showed shorty davis is competent to stand trial. his lawyer says he's quirky but quite intelligent. a fight inside a hotel near the airport ends with an arrest. 29-year-old timothy hall accused of pulling a knife during the fight inside the marriott hotel in lincecum and cutting a 28-year-old man. the victim suffered superficial wounds but a security guard was cut on the neck trying to break up the fight. hall is now charged with two counts of first degree assault. and nine men from delaware a- - are charged with assaulting two men on the boardwalk in oceanside. one of the victims was robbed of his wallet and cell phone and each suspect is charged with assault in that case. at this hour, the body of william donald schaefer continues to lie in repose at city hall downtown. you're looking live at the casket which is in the rotunda of city hall. hundreds of mourners have streamed troup the building today to take a -- through the building today to take a moment to pay their final respects of the former mayor and governor. viewing continues until 9:00 tonight. and then tomorrow a huge turnout is expected for schaefer's funeral at old st. paul's church. wjz will bring you live coverage of the service beginning tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. quick look of the stories tomorrow. a changing dynamic in federal hill is pitting residents against bar owners. a look at ravens' draft prospects who follow other family members into the nfl. and a roundup of the area's best milk shakes which denise has not had in two decades. for all these stories and a whole lot more, read tomorrow's baltimore sun and look for the updated forecast from wjz's first warning weather team. >> i don't lie about sugar. always have a way of grabbing hold but spending thousands of dollars only to see a project blow up, that's the special calling. alex demetrick reports, it's all part of being a do it yourself rocket scientist. [ no audio ] >> unfortunately we are having difficulty with alex's package. >> reporter: the launch pad was a delaware farm field, the rocket a 20-foot tall scale model of a saturn b rocket. that's still smaller than this one steve eves of ohio launched in 2009. he made it as a tribute to the apollo astronauts who rode the real thing to the moon. >> the courage they had not knowing more than i know this is going to work is incredible. >> reporter: his flew fine, his saturn b, malfunctioned during separation of the first and second stages. >> it's all saying, either you're having a problem, you had a problem or you're going to have a problem. >> reporter: the maryland delaware rocket association supported not only that launch but also hosted a second saturn b built by another midwest hobby i.t. on this one timing off on the rocket's motors. >> that caused the rocket to virtually shred into 1 million pieces and we had two big chunks falling out of the sky. >> reporter: expensive debris, a rocket this size can cost $15,000, still the builder's wife was very supportive. >> said i want you to build another one. >> reporter: but because the parachutes worked on both stages of steve eve's model. >> that rocket will fly again. >> reporter: alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> and because a large -- the large rockets can reach almost a mile in altitude, the faa closes airspace to aircraft in the launch area. >> that sounds like a smart idea. >> yeah. still to come on eyewitness news tonight, a wild ride, wait until you see what happens when a car -- oh, this video is hard to look at. the car slams into the motorcyclist. we will tell you how this man survived. summerlike showers and storms again. i'll have the first warning five-day forecast. and wjz eyewitness news -- wjz 13 is always on. here are the top stories at this hour. for updates on all the day's news and the updated forecast anytime, log onto wjz.com. london police are on high alert. they are going to seal more streets ahead of tomorrow's royal wedding -- or royal wedding rehearsal is tomorrow. rita nissan reports for wjz. an early bird has already staked out his place on the street. >> reporter: john is the first of more than 1 million royal wedding watchers expected to line london's streets. he's outside westminster abbey three days early to get a better spot than he had for princess diana's wedding. >> i couldn't see that. i was too far away. >> reporter: british police have been preparing for massive crowds since prince william and kate middleton announced their engagement. the $30 million operation with more than 5000 officers is the most expensive in british history. >> they will be looking at people who have known -- who have known to have an obsession with the royal family. they will even be targeting people who they strongly suspect as perhaps planning a terrorist attack. >> reporter: it's a little more than a mile from westminster abbey to buckle ham -- buckingham palace. almost all of the buildings along the way are owned by the government. officers and sniffer dogs are scouring the area for hidden explosives. >> we have no specific intelligence to suggest a threat to this event at this time. >> reporter: small groups are promising to disrupt the wedding, including muslims against crusades which posted a countdown clock. >> i think there's a possibility that something could happen but i think what the police are doing is respect to the family and respect to the london people. >> reporter: police are asking wedding watchers to be their eyes and ears as they try to strike a balance between security and -- >> we'd like you to stay with wjz for complete coverage of the royal wedding. tune in for our live special coverage friday starting at 4:00 a.m. an army veteran in texas survives a scary motorcycle accident that was caught on tape. zack perez is now recovering from broken ribs and some torn muscles. take a look at the video of him right there on the freeway, on the bike between two cars. he is suddenly smashed between both vehicles. he flies off his motorcycle. he was left helpless lying on the road but fortunately traffic came to a stop before he was hit again. >> and i tried getting up. i mean, just too much pain. i couldn't get up. i survived iraq, then i come back home and almost died on the tollway. it should be the other way around. >> the guy is really lucky. zach also had a spleen removed after the accident. he says after seeing the video, he does not have plans to get back on that motorcycle. hybrids can help you save on gas and keep you safe too. the chevy volt and nissan leaf received the highest marks in crash tests. experts say the batteries in the car protects you during a crash. this is the first independent crash test of the electric vehicle. >> i hope the price comes down on those a little bit. i want one so bad. >> i predict it will. >> especially with the gas prices. here's a look at tonight's closing numbers from wall 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it up once again. we start off the day with partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. as we head through the afternoon, sunshine returns and that could give way to yet another round of showers and thunderstorms. for the rest of the five day, here's bob. >> that chance of showers and storms gets higher late tomorrow night and thursday until the afternoon, we could see some strong storms, particularly east of that region, 82, cooling down to 76. look at that, clearing out, 48 on thursday night, open the windows unless you've got allergies because there's a lot of pollen out there. 68 for a high of friday. with that cool air and the sun, maybe a brief shower in the afternoon, 70 on saturday and a lot of sun and some clouds at night on sunday with a high back up to 74. denise. >> thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight for the football field to the boxing ring to a positive drug test. a ravens player appears to be in some trouble. >> mark will have the very latest coming up 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negative. zimkowsky is unboughten in three fights this year -- unbeaten in three fights this year. no players showed up in owens mills today despite a judge lifting the lockout. players did show up to facilities around the league but only in select camps have they even been allowed to work out. the league is asking for patience. the players are growing impatient about getting back to football. >> we are basically showing we want to work. we are showing we are here, we are at work as scheduled. we want to get back at football. weapon want to continue to play football and we are eager to get back on the field. >> the federal judge who lifted the lockout yesterday is expected to announce tomorrow her decision on the owners' request for a stay on that ruling. in baseball, the orioles continue their home stand. it's the boston red sox now in town. buck buck showalter says he's not going to put the weight on this series. the effects of losing are evident. the os have dropped 11 of their last 13 games. the lack of hitting has been the biggest and most obvious issue. the os have a lineup loaded with proven hitters but even the veterans are failing. run production ranks toward the bottom of the league. i talked to third baseman mark reynolds who told me a pervasive slump has a way of spreading through a lineup. it is contagious. >> someone is hot, we are all hot. you know, if someone is cold, then we all go cold and it's just kind of been that way all year so, you know, baseball you need someone to pick you up. if you have an off day you need that pick that guy up and -- >> reynolds did break a streak of 22 straight hitless at bats. this is a hit that reynolds says he hopes ignites a hot streak. in the opener against boston the os will go with zach brittton. he is going to face them coming in baltimore red hot, winner to four straight eight of their last 11. sox is clay buchholz, jum standing -- upstanding in his career against the os. first pitch in about 15 minutes. you can see it on masn. tiger woods is nursing a couple of injuries. he suffered an injury to his left knee and achilles tendon while finishing fourth at the masters earlier this month. he is in a walking boot but his agent says it is a precaution not a serious concern. woods has had four surgeries on his left knee going back to his college days. he will miss the next tour stop at quail hollow in north carolina coming up next week. orioles-red sox tonight's, highlights tonight at 11:00. >> thank you. >> yeah. we will be,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, that's it for us. ,,anks for watching. >> couric: tonight, violent weather. a deadly tornado tears through a town near little rock, arkansas. rising rivers force evacuations in the midwest, and more storms are coming. with worldwide competition stiffer than ever, this american pre-k program is beating the odds-- giving kids a head start. if $4 gasoline isn't bad enough, now comes $3 coffee. what's perking up the price? i'm katie couric in london where the hottest ticket in town is for a seat back there at westminster abbey. the royal wedding. who's invited and who's not. captioning sponsored by cbs >> this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric reporting tonight from london. >> couric: good evening, everyone, we've come here for the wedding of prince william and kate middleton. we'll have more about that later. but first, the big story back home, dangerous weather. heavy rain today caused a southwest airlines flight from denver to skid off the runway in