child abuse and second degree assault. >> through our investigation we did determine that this mother's actions, she did encourage them to fight and it did place both these boys at risk of physical harm. >> reporter: neighbors we talked to say this time around it's the mother who needs to get a lesson. >> she was doing the right thing but in the wrong way. >> the only thing i would have done differently, is i should have gotten in touch with the other child's mother first. >> reporter: she faces the possibility of facing 33 years in prison. >> thank you, very much derek. white was not placed under arrest but she was issued a summons to appear in court. still no charges, nearly 24 hours after two hopkins students are involved in a possible hit and run. it's the latest in the string of accidents near campus. >> reporter: that driver has been released from police custody as police are trying to determine what if any laws he broke, and right now they're reviewing some critical piece of evidence. investigators are reviewing surveillance video. they are investigating a possible hit and run accident involving two john hopkins students early saturday. >> i think the important message for all of students is you need to walk defensively. >> reporter: a university spokesman would not comment on specifics, but police say the driver who may have been drinks was stopped a few blocks from the scene. right now it's not clear if he was intoxicated or if the students share some of the blame. >> people coming homes are driving and people coming from the bars are walking. so there's a lot of confusion i guess. >> we've had a lot of incidents this year. >> reporter: miriam frankl killed just a few blocks away from this latest accident, officials say there's a construction project under way. >> it's going to make it safer for pedestrian. >> reporter: that project costs millions will not affect the restaurant district. >> it gets really busy in this area. they are open 24/7, late at night there's always a ton of kids here. >> reporter: the district attorney would only say they are carefully reviewing the case. >> reporter: both students are expected to recover from their injuries. updating breaking news from last hour. a serious accident in essex. >> pretty bad accident denise. this is orems road and entrance road on the martin boulevard middle river road area of essex baltimore county. four people in total being transported to the hospital. a priority one patients which is pretty sick. at least one person was trapped inside of this dark suv for a period of time. they have been extricated. two other people are going to be transported to local area hospitals. there's another vehicle a little farther down the road which ran through a fence. perhaps bounced off a utility pole. one person from this vehicle is being transported. police have completely closed. this is going to be orems road near entrance road. which is just a little bit left as they continue their investigation. there's no word on the latest of this accident. but a very serious accident, everyone here is injured. >> all right, thank you captain mike perry. take a look at the scene of the outer loop. baltimore firefighters used a ladder to get the driver out of her car. the woman was taken to st. joseph medical center with nonlife threatening injuries. pakistan's prime minister fires back against u.s. allegations that his government may have helped hide osama bin laden. danielle notingham the reporting. >> reporter: pakistan's prime minister tells his government that they were not harboring osama bin laden. the pakistani government was concerned about how the discovery of osama bin laden in their country would be perceived in washington. within hours of president obama's announcement that the terror leader was dead, a lobbying firm representing pakistan's government started making calls to members of congress denying anyone had protected the al-qaida leader. president obama says the u.s. will investigate whether osama bin laden had a support network in the country. so far his national security advisors say there's no evidence anyone in pakistan's government was part of that network. the obama administration is pushing for access to osama bin laden's three widows who are now in pakistani custody. they're hopeful cooperation between the two country. will allow that to happen. >> we remain confident that we will be able to cooperate with the pakistani government. >> reporter: the white house says it's important to maintain a good relationship for national security purposes. washington, danielle notingham, wjw eyewitness news. the leader of al-qaida released a statement denouncing osama bin laden's death. and president obama will be holding a town hall meeting, you can watch it right here on wjz. all eyes on the mississippi river tonight. you are looking live at memphis tennessee right now. we're hoping to give you that live picture. the river could crest later tonight. there's the live picture. more than 1,000 people in low lying areas are being told to evacuate. down street flood gates are being opened trying to prevent any flooding in new orleans. we'll have more on the flooding coming up at 6:30. no such danger tonight, a live look outside, it is dry, it is warm and spectacular. just like it should be for early may. bob turk and bernadette woods are tracking this delightful pattern we're tracking. >> not even a cloud to be found. portions of the wisconsin and michigan a batch of rain in between really fine weather and it will continue. take a look at these temperatures locally. beautiful out there right now, 72. so pleasant, the cool spot ocean city, winds came off the water at 63 and 67 up in oakland. bernadette has a look at our weather pattern setting up for tomorrow and really for several more days today. >> it's the same weather pattern we're going to be in the next couple of days with one storm wedged offshore and another one stuck in the middle of country. between the two in that dry flow with sunshine. just occasional clouds from both storms but that's about it. it's not until later in the week that the storm starts to head our way. the wind was in kentucky but a lot of cheering was going on here in maryland. that's because the trainer lives and works in fair hill in cecil county. as alex demetrius reports, animal kingdom is on his way back to compete in the preakness. >> reporter: people at the fair hill training center were watching every move on tv. >> then he broke free and that's all i thought is we're going to get it. >> reporter: and he did. animal kingdom who's specialty is returning on turf is trained by grand motion who's own home turf is fairfield. >> he's such an amazing animal. i wasn't sure he was going to handle the switch off to dirt, but this is an amazing horse. he's a special horse. >> reporter: we're all very exciting. >> reporter: that's true for those who work with grand motion. the fact animal kingdom is a florida horse doesn't dampen the thrill. >> i don't think you ever expect to win it. you know it's just like surreal, it was surreal. >> it's like a dream come true, everybody wants to have a kentucky derby winner. >> reporter: animal kingdom should arrive here wednesday and remain here until just before the preakness. >> he will probably take it easy when he gets here. in the way of training just go out and hack. and then a week later we'll start training for the preakness. >> but for now, animal kingdom will be able to run about with other horses. stunning study, while rates of autism in children may be much higher than thought. fighting foreclosure, what the state is doing to help embattled homeowners. when i got hit, they didn't expect me to live with a leg. and she survived a crash, and now she's taking steps because of baltimore medical center. and more rain on the way, should we get used to it? we'll find out when we come back. a new medical technique involving stem cells is giving new hope to people of serious injuries. >> reporter: after a horrible car accident a woman from new jersey is told her leg will have to be amputated. but as you're about to see, stem cell surgery right here in baltimore changed her fate. >> exciting. >> i'm nervous and excited. >> reporter: susan has not walked in a shoe for almost 15 years. but that's about to change. injuries from a car accident left her with hardly any bone in her right ankle. but a new procedure involving donated stem cell allowed her to regrow bone in susan's ankle. >> these stem cells are harvested from cadavers from patients who are donating organs. the cells come from fat tissue. >> reporter: the stem cells are placed on a small bone sponge which dr. meyerson then transplants in the patient and it stimulates production of a new bone. susan's ankle and foot are now strong enough to walk in a shoe. >> this is pretty exciting. let's go. this is very exciting. >> it didn't hurt as much as i thought it was going to. >> and there you go. congratulations. >> thank you, so much. >> reporter: this is great news after susan was told she would have to have her leg amputated. but susan runs a 10-acre horse ranch and works in children's therapy. >> what is your message for others? >> never give up. the internet was amazing. the i may be able to go on the trail on the horses. >> reporter: she'll be back in baltimore in about three months for a follow up visit. >> stem cell therapy in orthopedics is relatively new, first introduced in january of last year. fighting foreclosure, the state of many of ád m. maryland is the first to use federal money to help homeowners. >> reporter: it's maryland's effort to rescue homeowners from foreclosure. and governor o' malley is encouraging homeowners to take advantage of it. >> i was going through a divorce, then my company went through downsizing, i did take a big large pay cut that i was struggling to keep my home. >> reporter: a home that would have been lost she says without the help of the counselor and the state's emergency mortgage system yeme program. >> when i was going through the struggle i used to ask god, where is god and why me. but she's the person god sent. and showed me the guidance. >> reporter: ema also prevented lisa barnes from losing her home. >> i just want to say thank you. >> reporter: the o'malley administration wants to share the story. >> both mrs. mally and barnes saved their home not because someone like bob mcman knocked on her door. but by picking up the phone. >> reporter: homeowners are encouraged not to hesitate. >> i say it from the bottom of my heart, i'm not going to cry. but i suddenly get it. >> reporter: if your mortgage is wait, do not wait. pick up your phone and call. 1-877-462-7555. see i can recite it as well but i was getting a little nervous with the cameras rolling. >> reporter: fewer than 200 applications have been sent in so far, but 17 of those have been approved. reporting live from medfield, i'm pat warren, now back to you. >> $40 million have been allocated to help those behind on their mortgage get up to date. total of $2 billion will now be redistributed among 50 states and the district of columbia. 450million of that will go to upgrade amtrak's rail system. maryland will also receive $22 million to replace the sasquahana river bridge. and take a look at temperatures. it's just so pleasant. 72degrees, that is the ideal temperature if you ask anybody. at least most people. 41 dewpoint very low, very dry. 32% humidity. north winds at seven, the barometer holding steady. we take a look at that rest of the week, really nice weather right after this. @ live look outside right now, there's some boats just ready to get out there and get in the water. >> it is glistening in the water there, just really, really pretty. really nice weather. if you're out on the water it's going to be a little cooler. temperature above the water is in the mid-60s. while it looked a lot warmer, 10 degrees warmer or so along the land. water temperature still in the low 60s. so if you're heading out into the water take a jacket or some type of wrap. and don't forget your life preservers, life jackets. conditions right now really pleasant. 73degrees the ideal temperature around here. ocean city with the wind off the water, 63. up in oakland even at 2,000 feet it's 67. dc it's 72 in hagerstown. we're going to have some bright sunshine, cool night, pleasant sleeping weather and really pleasant afternoon. friday night maybe we'll get our first shower as systems will begin to break down and head in our direction. mostly the east coast, pretty much from florida to quebec and ontario with mainly clear conditions. high pressure in control, a lot of rain if you see that but it begins to dry off. it's kind of weakening, off to the east low pressure off the coast of main causing clouds and some rain in cape cod. west of that it's just dry, severe clear, really beautiful. these by the way are the finger lakes up in new york. the finger lakes right there. that's why they call them the finger lakes because they look like little fingers right there. take a look at the forecast, tonight pleasant conditions, mild. there'll be a lot of warm air but it's going to stay there. wednesday, thursday and friday continue to dry. eventually we will start to see clouds but it will probably not be until wednesday night. tonight 35 with clear conditions, it'll be a nice cool night. tomorrow sunny, mild, few afternoon clouds. tomorrow back up to the mid- 70s. we did get up to 74 this afternoon. our normal high is at 72. beautiful. >> very close to normal. and maryland's seed school of maryland, they are awarding donors. >> they have been great friends and surrogate parents, we love you both very much. thank you, i give you art and pat lendell. >> she fell in love with the seed school two years ago and i was contagious. i actually became a believer. >> reporter: the modell's have been active with the school helping provide under privileged student a tuition free education. >> the kids encourage me to be smart. they do whatever they have to to make sure i succeed. >> reporter: the school has raised $20 million toward building two more dormitories, a state of the art gym and even cafeteria. >> we have seen our first class, grow and mature, we've watched them become better readers, deeper thinkers and caring citizens. >> reporter: with the help of donors like the modell's seed hopes to add more students and continue expanding their campus. students throughout maryland are eligible to apply to the seed school. enrollment is determined each year through a lottery, denise. >> thank you, jessica. the school first opened its doors in 2008 with its first class of 80 students. staying healthy and active. that's the message from baltimore city students today and it was delivered by none other than ravens wide receiver bolden. he also presented the school with a $2,000 check for fitness or gym equipment at the school. mix 106.5 and 101.9fm helped to sponsor this event. >> no question that's a man who's healthy. >> absolutely. still to come, on eyewitness news, surprise. >> meet the new baltimore city teacher of the year. so what school is she from? i'm andrea fujihi that's just ahead. a new chance at life, a new face for a man who lost it in a terrible accident. see the stunning videos. fast and furious flooding, trying to prevent a disaster along the mississippi. it is just before 6:30, 72 degrees and sunny. good evening thanks for staying with wjz here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. at any minute now the mississippi river may crest in memphis tennessee. putting more of the flood ravaged city under water. joel brown reports for wjz, the army corp. of engineers are trying to prevent similar flooding down river in new orleans. >> reporter: 28 flood gates were opened north of new orleans to protect the city from the rising mississippi river. >> there are record levels of water that are coming down to mississippi river all the way from cairo illinois down to new orleans. >> reporter: the spill way diverts millions of the gallons of water to the ponchartrain. hundreds of nervous residents came out to see the spectacle, this area was bone dry monday morning and now people are fishing. >> it's amazing just to see all this water. you know where do we go? where it came from? >> reporter: there are 350 gates along this massive spill way and that gives the corp. some operations. if the water doesn't decline, they can open more gates. >> it's going to be well over a million dollars lost. >> reporter: thousands of bracing for some of the worse flooding since 1937. the mississippi river is expected to crest late tonight right around 48 feet. city officials are confident levies, and basins will hold back the water but they are urging residents in low lying areas to leave, as soon as possible. joel brown, wjz. and bernadette woods has a look at this record breaking flooding. >> we want to show you this graphic we have together for you. as you heard in memphis it's probably going to peak in the next 24 to 48 hours. it's going to take some time before it makes it's way to the gulf where it's headed eventually. you can see it's about a week away. baton rouge more than that. this is going to take some time. fortunately during that time. even though the next couple of days is still okay. some amounts of heavy rain in these areas in additional to severe weather. not a bad situation, we'll keep you updated. a 2-year-old florida girl vanishes, her mother eventually charged with murder. mary bubala has the details. >> reporter: anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caley in 2008. the girl's body was found in a wooded area near her grandparents home. the jury is selecting in clear water, about 100-mile away because of the large attention brought to the case. and police say the man was traveling on a yemeni passport but they are not sure what caused an outburst in a plane. the world's first full face transplant is speaking out. the before after appearance is stunning. manuel gallegus reports from new york. the images may upset some viewers,. >> reporter: 25-year-old dallas weins is getting used to his new face. >> to me the face feels natural. it feels as if it has become my own. >> reporter: it is a remarkable transformation from the way weins looked like before. two years ago he was on a construction job, he woke up three months later with his face burned off. >> he was quite literally a man without a face. he was unable to smell and at times had difficult breathing. >> reporter: more than 30 doctors, surgeons and nurses at briggam's hospital worked for 16 hours to transplant an anonymously donated face on to weins. the nose, skin muscles, facial animation and nerves are all new. >> i can never express what has been done. what i have been given. >> reporter: weins is still blind but he's now breathing through his nose and breathing again. his first aroma, hospital lasagna. >> i couldn't imagine but it smelled delicious. >> reporter: he wants to focus on caring for his daughter. >> i have seen her, and when she saw me she actually said, daddy is so handsome. >> wjz eyewitness news. >> the u.s. military paid for weins surgery and hopes to use what it learns to help soldiers with severe facial wounds. and gas prices fell in every state today led by 3-cent drops in illinois, michigan and wisconsin. the average price is now $3.69. we are paying an average of $3.98 holding steady for the last few days. that is still up 20-cents from a month ago. here is a quick look at what stories you will find on tomorrow's baltimore sun. food trucks are finding that they are not always welcome in some neighborhoods. and the men's lacrosse tournament bracket. for these stories and a lot more read tomorrow's baltimore sun and be a sure to look for the updated forecast. university schools has named it's best educator of the year from mount washington elementary. andrea fujihi shows us the surprise announcement in northeast baltimore. >> reporter: meet the new city schools teacher of the year margaret may. >> it means a lot to my career. i work hard. >> she's always giving us a chance to learn something new in a fun and interactive way. >> she helps everyone. >> reporter: this fifth grade language arts and social security teacher was chosen from 14 candidates in part because of her love of books. >> we're here to become better students and lifelong learners and hopefully they love reading. do you guys love reading? >> yeah. >> it's not just working out of a work book. she does really interactive thins. >> reporter: margaret may is now a candidate for maryland teacher of the year. the state winner then goes on to the national competition. michelle sheer was just awarded the title by president obama. >> that's what one group is going to be doing. >> reporter: it's been a tough year for may as her mom who was also a teacher recently died. but the struggle has been a motivation. >> my mom has meant a lot to me so i wanted to make sure these kids get everything they need this year to be able to move on an be successful. >> reporter: andrea fujihi. >> washington was awarded the state blue ribbon award last year. still to come, buried alive. saving a world class swimmer from a sandy grave. bob turk, more of this spring weather headed our way. i'll have the five day forecast. and here are the stop -- and here are the stop stories a mega bus driver has been charged with homicide. four passengers were killed when the double decker bus slammed into a low bridge near syracuse. prosecutors say the driver ignored about a half a dozen signs about the height of the bridge. an investigation is under way after a los angeles frozen food plant is destroyed by a mammoth fire. take a look at the smoke and flames as it was visible for miles. the blaze was fueled by 5,000- gallons of cooking oil. it took firefighters nearly five hours to put it out. there were no mayor injuries reported. a day at a beach almost turned tragic for a swimmer. police say the swimmer dug a 7- foot hole then jumped in. the pressure from the collapsing sand nearly crushed him. he was treated and released in the austrian team has been training in south florida. in tonight's eyewitness news watch. south korean research shows one in 38 children have traits of autism. a study placed the figure at one in 100. this shows how autism goes undiagnosed in many nations. a new report shows that children are becoming the victim of a growing scam. the findings say too many of them are getting unnecessary brain scans after being taken to the emergency room. >> braden glass is a safety active 3-year-old. but when he was one his mother feared he had a brain injury. at the pediatrician's office little braden tumbled off the exam table head first. >> the doctor came in, checked him out. said that he looked fine. and i said, that's not good enough. >> reporter: so leslie glass pushed her doctor to give braden a ct scan, only proved what her doctor had said all along, braden was fine. a new study looked at children with blunt trauma, the children who were observed first turned out fine. reducing the need for the scan. traumatic brain injuries may be making parents overcautious. >> i mean a few hours is often a good time to see if someone is going to be a deterioration. many studies looking at deterioration have focused on a two hour time window, more on a four hour time windy. >> reporter: glass was not willing to wait any hour to make sure there was brain injury. >> i want to make sure he was minimally exposed through a scan and know that things were okay. >> reporter: but doctors say it's a decision parents need to consider carefully. about 7 million ct scans are performed on children every year. katie couric has a preview of what's coming up on the cbs evening news. >> why some nursing homes are giving patients drugs they don't need. plus a father's life experience through books. denise and vic back to you. >> here's a look at wall street's closing numbers. we'll be right back. ♪ [ rock ] [ chattering ] [ man on tv ] 96309. 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[ male announcer ] want to achieve more with your money? pnc virtual wallet gathers your spending and saving in one place. credit and debit purchases, checks, bills, and other financial information. it lets you see the details as well as the big financial picture. so you can do more with your money. see what a complete view of your money can do for you at pncvirtualwallet.com. ♪ pnc bank. for the achiever in you. well mark is here with the wjz the fan sports report. we're doing the coach shuffle all over town these days. >> spring cleaning it's a coaching carusel that's for sure. he leaves the head coaching job that he had for seven years. now to return to villanova under jay wright. so the navy academy continues their search for a new coach. over the weekends arizona sean miller declined maryland's interest to sign a contract extension in tucson. mark brei says he's staying with the fighting irish. mark turgeon is the new name. turgeon is a kansas native, played for ku before becoming a head coach at washington state, wichita state and texas a & m where he has led the aggies to four ncaa tournament. and richie meed leads appearances in the tournament. but pressure grew with a 4-9 mark this season. the naval academy says meed will remain at the school as a professor. tony beaman steps down, from towson. dave tottle already being mentioned as a possible successor. the a's have a day off before they resume their home stands. seattle in town. lou scott diagnosed with a torn labrum in his right shoulder. that's an injury that would sideline a pitcher. but as an outfielder labrum should continue to play. the plan for now is to have surgery in the offseason. scott can still swing a bat but deals with pain when throwing from the outfield. he will continue to play outfield. likely to get more relief in the field from felix pie, scott and the o's have lost four in a row. the hitting has not been up to par. things just haven't gone our way. and it is frustrating, and there is sense, i'm guilty of it. i'm trying to hit, trying to hit the five run home run which is impossible. and trying to do too much. that's what makes this game tough. >> finally orioles hall of fame manager earl weaver is auctioning off nearly 50 keepsakes from his career including his 1966 world series ring and his hall of fame ring. 80-year-old weaver says he's selling off his memorabilia so his four children won't have to fight over it. david agreed to the arrangement and will divide the money expected to be $150,000 total. a live auction for earl weavers items takes place saturday in chicago. those rings are the prizes, they could go up to 20,000 a piece. but i mean earl, that's -- i want to get in on that. >> and you can't do it unless you're there i guess. >> in chicago, live auction. >> thanks, mark. we'll be right back. don't miss the cbs prime time line up. wjz news after >> couric: tonight, trouble in river city, memphis, tennessee. flooding drives hundreds from their home as the mississippi rises to more than 13 feet above flood stage. i'm katie couric. also tonight, the prime minister denies pakistan helped hide bin laden. but president obama is not so sure. >> we think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin laden inside of pakistan. >> couric: the government says nursing homes are giving patients anti-psychotic drugs that they don't need and could hurt them. and reading to your kids. your high school kid. it worked for them. 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. the mighty mississippi is living up to its nickname tonight, flowing higher and wider than any time in