wjz traffic control. it is wjz, maryland's news station. it is the top of the hour and some people don't have to commute to work, their jobs move with them. the rest of you should listen to sharon right after marty's first warning weather. >> let's look at how we got to this beautiful day start. skies cleared out wonderfully last evening. temperatures averaging 3- degrees cooler than yesterday in the low to mid 50s. 78 at lunch going to a high of about 81. 77 this evening. setting sail soon here is sharon. >> if you are just about to head out still only minor issues to get in your way. watch for police activity in southbound 152. investigation of an earlier accident involving a deputy. we still have the accident in the city in the clearing stages at odonnal street. traffic light still on flash in howard county. police are directing traffic there. fire activity continues on northeast road between west bell air. if you are headed out on the belt way average speeds on the top and west side still looking good with 11 minute drive times on both. looks like sun glare could be your biggest issue at this point. remember wjz 13 is always on. for traffic information all the time you can log on to wjz.com. an arrest in a much talked about robbery and assault case was all caught on camera. wjz and gigi barnett live. good morning. >> reporter: good morning don. good morning everyone. howrd county police say there were dozens of witnesses at that restaurant that night but they were able to hunt down the suspect with the help of people who weren't there. surveillance video catches the crime as it happens. one woman pinches another woman and then steals her purse. >> i heard someone yelling. so i went over there and i saw the victim on the ground. we went over the tape and saw it was an assault and a robbery. >> reporter: someone watching the assault on the news identified the attacker as jessica white. >> it was distributed all over. from that we derived several tips. >> reporter: investigators say the 24 year old victim spotted white in a police lineup. >> we were happy to link to the media. that sort of thing never happens here. at the same time it got done what we want today have done. >> reporter: this morning white is behind bars. she is awaiting a bail hearing. >> thank you very much. police say white got away with a bank card and 15 bucks in cash. a security guard is behind bars accused of running a prostitution ring. he was arrested after a 16 year old told police she had been force today sleep with at least 8 clients. a big drug bust is made at dulles international airport. an x-ray machine detected 97 heroin pellets with a street value of about $100,000. us airways is investigating how another man managed to stow away on one of the planes. he made it up the entire east coast. >> reporter: it is not the first stow away incident for us airways. this time it was an employee who somehow snuck on to a plane in tampa tuesday morning. police say he hid in an unpressurized compartment. the employee made it to charlotte douglas airport in north carolina where he was able to board a second plane. that is where the jig was up. the worker was taken into custody. >> he being an employee of the airlines he should be the last one to do something like that. >> nothing surprises me on airlines. >> reporter: us airways would only say we can confirm we had an incident with an employee this morning and are working with the proper authorities. >> he was in a secure area but he was authorized to be there. >> reporter: the tsa is investigating whether the mechanic improperly used his credentials to access the plane stating the credentials were revoked immediately. this stow away incident comes months after a teenage boy got into the landing gear of a us airways plane. tiz dale flew to boston but died during the flight. his body was found on a route planes use for landing at an airport. the charlotte security -- the national guard is rushing to finish a levee. the main levee protecting that town has already been breached. this year's flooding of the mississippi river can create the largest dead zone in the gulf of mexico's history. the low oxygen levels can be the area roughly the size of new hampshire. prosecutors in the trial of casey anthony are down to the final witnesses and can rest their case today. >> reporter: casey anthony's mother was one of the prosecution's final witnesses testifying for the second time tuesday. she broke down and cried several times as she talked about the items found with her granddaughter caylee's body. >> i remember caylee's teddy bear was missing. >> reporter: as cindy left the stand it appeared she mouthed the words i love you to her daughter. the defense is expected to start their case thursday. they say caylee was not killed but instead drowned in the pool. there is speculation whether casey will take the stand. >> i think she is going to have to take the stand. it is not selling well especially in light of all of the lies and inconsistentacies told in the past. >> reporter: casey's former defense attorney says she believes she is innocent. >> i believe she didn't commit the crime based on things i'm obligated not to talk about. there is no real proof there was a murder at all. >> reporter: if convicted of murder anthony faces the death penalty. earlier this week jurors were told testimony could conclude by the end of next week and deliberations could begin around june 25. it appears wedding bells will not be ringing for hugh hefner this weekend. his fiance has called off the ceremony. t m z is reporting she wanted a bigger weekly allowance than she is currently receiving. one swing of the bat ended the night for the orioles in toronto. >> in the air. it is deep rightfield good bye. a walkoff homer. >> that is the 11th inning. the final score 6-5 blue jays. the two teams will play up there again tonight. the road trip will continue closer to home in washington dc. live right here on wjz. and some hair raising moments for the crew on board a high tech racing boat in clamp catamaran. it throws the crew overboard. only one person suffered the minorrist of injuries. the crew was celebrating the 2013 america's cup race. we'll find out during the break how much hef's former fiance wanted. i am just kind of curious. i give my son 10 bucks because i think that is enough. how much do you give your wife a week? >> about 20. >> okay. >> i just slide the paycheck over. >> ain't it the truth? that man right there changed american history more than the beatles. absolutely. >> can you tell by looking there is a 60 year difference between them? >> respect of the hef. at 85 we should still be chasing women like that. at 85. >> chasing, catching or almost catching. >> no, i would say caught. the point well made. i want to take a look and talk crabs here. there is a big beautiful dome of high pressure sitting on top. what a shot we had an hour and 20 minutes ago of the moon setting in the western sky. i think it is one of the finest visual openings we had in almost 30 years doing the morning edition. 81-degrees the high this day. mostly sunny and pleasant. we were in the studio offair yesterday. we were talking about crabs. i had crabs this weekend and so did steve. steve made a good point. you can tell now that crabs are coming out of maryland. they are not coming out of texas and north carolina. the taste was beyond belief. it is a distinctive thing. the same crab meat is starting to hit crab cakes. tiz the season. >> if you can get ahold of hef, if he will give me a couple hundred a week i'll marry him. we are so happy to be live at pappus restaurant this morning. we are talking the new colossal courage crab cake. new team pappus. we'll tell you what it is all about when the eyewitness news morning edition rolls on. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating whole grain oats can 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[ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. 54, down a degree from when we started the show at 55. 80% humidity. a nice cool flow out of the north northwest. barometer is 29.07. below 50s western maryland. mid 60s patch river. 62 in ocean city. 54 down from 55 in columbia. bell air 55-degrees. dc59 rock hall slightly cooler. now we are 5-degrees cooler than this time yesterday morning courtesy of the slight breeze out of the west northwest. i don't want to paint a picture anything other than almost perfect this day's start. we are going to turn our attention south and west and look at this warm front moving our way. it has a little more heat and humidity. because of that the weekend forecast has changed. still going to be sunny but we are changing the temperatures to more summer like than spring like the last weekend of spring. 81 today a beautiful spring day. clouds 60 overnight. chance of an afternoon thunderstorm tomorrow. weekend taken from the low to mid 80ss to the upper 80s but with sunshine. 88-degreesicize going to be a beautiful maryland weekend. want to take a moment to remind you of our current contest at wjz.com just by answering a question about baltimore. you could be eligible to win a weekly national prize, a $1,000 amazon gift card. each answer increases your chance to win that prize. here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> we picked up one new problem since we last smoke. 95 northbound a little police activity on the shoulder not causing any delays. we have police activity route 152 there is an investigation of an earlier accident involving a deputy. watch for traffic lights still plashing on washington boulevard. in aberdeen fire activity on northwest road. a transformer fire. there is a look at your speed on the belt way. still everything at full speed. there is a live look at the west side at old court road. looking good there. there is a look at 95 just north of white marsh. you can see that police activity to the right and it is not slowing things down. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota moving forward. back over to you, don. i just checked hugh hefner's tweets. he must not be too broken up over this because last night he was playing dominoes with five women. >> are you serious? >> good for him, man. . >> >>: sounded like the swedish volleyball team. >> dominoes. >> there you go. life in the big mansion. what's up, man? we are at pappus restaurant in parkville this morning. check this out. this is ten ounces of heaven. pappus teaming up with the ed block foundation. it is all about kids, caring and courage. dinner at pappus restaurant last night they unveiled the 10- ounce colossal courage crab cake. a portion of the proceeds from all sales will go to the foundation. >> we feel like we are giving back to the community and promoting the fight to stamp out child abuse and to raise awareness. >> reporter: the foundation fights child abuse. nfl players come to baltimore in march meeting the kids at the local courage house. 70 to 100 kids had the chance to have a mentor. the kitchen is busy preparing the big crab cake. it is a special mix. some familiar faces were here last night to enjoy. >> we had so much greatness under this roof. had cardinal keeler here. it was tremendous. >> reporter: right now the colossal courage crab cake is available and you can have it shipped all across the country. named baltimore's best. >> we are so thrilled to be a part of this. we thank wjz for being here and helping to raise awareness, too. that is what it is all about. >> reporter: back life at pappsa restaurant i want to bring in sam. it is a great story how this started. how did it all begin with the colossal courage crab cake? >> it actually started with the saints versus the ravens. they said we ought to treat coach payton and the trainers and the coaches to a crab cake. sean has done a lot for us over the years. so they suggested a crab cake. there is only one place to get a crab cake and that is pappas restaurant. >> reporter: and you had the big event the other night. you had a big crowd. >> it was great. i called steve and he delivered 15 crab cakes to sean and we suggested that we give the coach a little larger crab cake. and that was the beginning of the colossal crab cake. >> reporter: steve pappas come on in here. we appreciate all you do. the courage crab cake is available now. where can people get it? >> they can get it at my seafood carry out. for shipping at pappas crab cakes.com. >> reporter: of course this is great for you, you are giving back to the community. >> so proud to be part of that courage awards foundation. they do so much for children of child abuse. for us to be able to give back in that manner means so much to us because children are the most important part any public and private sector. >> reporter: thank you, steve. we appreciate you coming out. justin, hats off to you and the chef, chef wilson. thank you very much. appreciate it. check it out. the colossal courage crab cake. i know you have. better than an evening with hef and playing dominoes. >> could do both. marsen won the domino game. something tells me hef ain't sweating it too much. >> i don't think he is. thank you very much. from pappas restaurant, have a great day. >> here is the website. well done. coming right back with more of the eyewitness news morning edition. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we are continuing to follow breaking news in athens, greece. it has swelled to more than 20,000 people. riot police fired tear gas into the crowd. the protesters are outraged about a series of governmental cutbacks. lawmakers say they need to make cuts to secure international rescue loans and to improve their bond rating. next up this morning right here on wjz. >> reporter: two baltimore city teenagers killed crossing a busy intersection. the driver takes off but now police say they caught up with them. >> reporter: a brazen crime caught on tape. the suspect is now behind bars. how howard county police captured her. i'm gigi barnett. the answer is ahead. getting busier out there on the roads. we'll show you traffic camera pictures and let you know if there is going to be any congestion in your way. baltimore girl. internationally recognized premium jazz singer. she is here to talk about something going on saturday that is putting baltimore on the map. you are not going to believe what is happening and who is going to be in the city saturday night for an awards show. >> yes. exciting. hollywood is coming to baltimore. 6:45. the morning edition continues right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is wjz tv baltimore. good morning maryland. now don scott, marty bass and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control. it is wjz, maryland's news station. it is the bottom of the hour. sunshine is streaming into east baltimore. another nice day start. sharon will have traffic right after marty's weather. skies cleared out beautifully last night. i know a lot of you saw the international space crews over the city. right through the middle of the firework goes the international space station. 70 at lunch. high of 81. mid 50s now. mid 70s at dinner. what awaits you on the way to work? here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> two new accidents in the city. one with possible lane closures. the first is on north baltimore and one on indian head drive. watch for police activity on southbound 152. also, traffic light still on flash in howard county. police are directing traffic on the scene. we are starting to look at delays, as well. down to 47 miles per hour as your average on the westbound. we can take a live look outside definitely starting to see more volume. delays aren't far off. toyota buy right the first time and you'll save more in the long run. >> the top of the news this half hour two girls best friends forever die together in a hit-and-run accident. this morning adam may has reaction from their families. >> reporter: 17 year old smith and 16 year old courtney angeles were best friends since kindergarten. monday night they were run over. both girls died minutes apart. >> it wasn't like you hit a deer. you hit two kids. how could you not stop. >> reporter: the family left devastated by the accident. >> if i could wave a magic wand i would have them both back. >> yes. >> no parents should deal with what i'm dealing with now. >> reporter: soon after the crash police found the car near the airport. >> there was damage which indicated that this vehicle may have been involved in an accident. >> reporter: detectives interviewed two people in the car. >> courtney was walking with emerald because she didn't want her walking by herself. >> they were safety conscious. >> reporter: courtney's older sister has this message for the driver. >> i hope they rot in jail. i hope they think about this every day. >> i want them to feel what i feel. i want them to feel pain and hurt. if they are in jail and they have children they won't get to see their kids the way i'll never get to see my daughter again but to a grave yard on her birthday and christmas. it is not fair. >> reporter: police are currently reviewing surveillance video from the area. they will be handing over findings to the state's attorney's office who will determine charges. adam may, wjz witness news. >> if you witnessed the incident please call baltimore city police. an update on the greek town woman mauled by a pit bull. she is still in intensive care and she was already being treated for diabetes and high blood pressure before bitten. an assault and robbery caught on camera inside a howard county restaurant and this morning police say they have the attacker in custody. wjz and gigi barnett live in elicate city. >> reporter: good morning everyone. howrd county investigators say they turned to the public for help in this case and they received it. surveillance video captured the crime as it happens. one woman attacks another woman inside a restaurant punching her and then stealing her purse. >> i heard someone yelling in the entrance hallway. i hopped over there and i saw the victim on the ground. we went over the tape and saw it was not only an assault bullet also a robbery. >> reporter: howard county police say someone watching the video on the news identified the attacker as jessica white. >> it was distributed online and from that we derived several tips from different people. >> reporter: investigators say the 24 year old victim spotted white in a police photo lineup. >> we were very happy to have the police leak the footage to the media even though it doesn't bring us the best press because that thing never happens here. it got done what we want today have done. >> reporter: police say the private party had a security guard at the event but in the video the bouncer is seen walking away from the attack instead of towards it to stop it. don, back to you. >> white is being held at the howard county detention center. two tornadoes have now been confirmed in hartford county last weekend. a weak ef0 tornado touched down. they were only on the ground for a few minutes but had winds between 6385 miles per hour. in arizona investigators believe they found the cause of the biggest wildfire in that state's history. they are questioning two people who may have abandoned a camp fire that started the blaze. the fire is said to be about 20% contained. it could be a momentous day for new york congressman anthony weiner. his pregnant wife is expected tew rive home today. weiner hasn't been seen around capitol hill this week. he may be days away from submitting his resignation. >> is it possible to get on to your business without him resigning? >> we are going to find out. we are hearing he might resign in a couple of days. >> weiner said to be receiving treatment after revealing that he did send pictures of himself to women via twitter. game 7 in the stanley cup finals tonight. the bruens will be facing the canucks. the orioles lose. and the loss game is the pitching coach announced he was stepping down. the 62 year old will be replaced by the bullpen coach. this was conners first season as the orioles pitching coach. the orioles have eight more games to go on this road trip. this weekend they will be close to home in washington dc facing the nationals. you can catch the action here on wjz 13. and potentially big news about the nfl lockout. there are multiple reports out that owners and players met yesterday to discuss an agreement. tbs sports.com quotes a source saying it is about 80% done. first off cbs sports is really on top of this. i think you can link to them through wjz.com. right now they seem to really have the foot inside the door. the guys are in shape. i'm on twitter and facebook in the morning. the pro football player of this era stays in shape through the year. it is a matter of getting the plays down and the timing down. that can be done in one month. if push came to shove. problem now is the business of football. you have to sign 100 free agents. you have to sign all the draft picks and that is the difficulty. i think we are coming up on about 80 days to the first game. the rubber has absolutely hit the road. give these guys 30 or 45 days and they are ready to play ball. it might not be mid season caliber but they will be playing pro football at a high level. right now it is getting the entire business moving forward. that is why time is of the essence right now. >> we'll follow it for you through the day. i just did a google search for mesa. only 4 million hits on you. here is mesa right there. mesa really is one of the premier smooth jazz singers in the world today. baltimore girl still comes home. this weekend is putting the music together for an incredible award show that we think you need to know about that is going to make you feel better. mesa joins us. we have sharon on traffic control and first warning weather coming up next. ,, you can see the cloud of smoke there. that is tear gas. they continue to protest the idea of cuts to governmental services. greece is in the midst of crisis. the bond rating has sunk to a new low as of yesterday. thank you very much. morning everybody. it is 54 degree with 80%h . slight breeze at 5 making it very, very comfortable. barometer at 29.97. low mid 60s. upper 50s east and in dc. mid 50s elton. below 50s. 49 at oakland. low 50s in cumberland. west minister and bell air 51 and 55. low 60s in rock hall. averaging here 5 degrees cooler. it is an almost perfect morning. want to turn our attention to this big dome of high pressure to a warm front sitting down to the southwest that is going to be here and through the region on friday. we had a change in the weekend outlook. it is kind of in our favor. we are going to kick temperatures up to near 90 and a little more humid. 81 sunny and pleasant today. overnight a few clouds passing. 60 your low. tomorrow we will mention a chance of an afternoon thunderstorm with a high of 78 with a much more realistic chance of thunderstorms friday. here comes the warm front. 88 sunday. 88 monday. last weekend of the spring. much more summer like than we thought this time yesterday. still beautiful weather. the rush right now from sharon at wjz traffic control. we are now looking at pretty significant delays on the west side of the belt way. we will show you a live look. you can see the west side outer loop is jammed at liberty road. we have two accidents to report two in the city and one with delays. another one on bell air road at indian head drive. you are going to watch to watch for police activity on 95 northbound on the right shoulder. we also have traffic lights on flash if you are traveling in howard county. police are directing traffic. there is a look at your average speeds and drive times on the belt way. you can see more significant on the west side in the mid 30s. you can take another live look at liberty road. slow going there. if you are headed out on 83 everything all clear at warren road. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. toyota buy right the first time you'll save more in the long run. toyota moving forward. mesa in the house. huge round of applause. one of my favorite people. i'll be somewhere and you are on satellite radio. this is heart and soul magazine right here. and this whole copy is to make you feel good about waking up in baltimore today. sometimes you don't know what is going on. believe it or not this national publication is published in baltimore. i did not know that. we are going to get these folks on a separate coffee. they have brought this huge awards show. they are doing it in baltimore this year. >> and they are honoring miss earn seen. she has been on here before. >> they could have done this in new york and l.a. >> hollywood. it is definitely hollywood style. it is something that baltimore needs. we need to see the red carpet. we need everybody to come out and take pictures and see the superstars. >> it is saturday night at the renaissance hotel which is the hotel at the gal leria. >> who is coming in here? >> i'm excited about robin gibbons. >> rebecca cruise. they have their own real aity show. >> nicole is from baltimore. and of course she is a great actress. she is being honored, too. we have a great saxophone player by the name of eric darrius coming in. i'm on tour with him me and jonathan butler and he is part of that tour. >> you are doing the musical coordinator for this? >> yes. kind of the musical director. my band leader is going to help me do the hard work. but i'm the music coordinator. >> this will be reported saturday night facebook tweeted out to the world. they report in various publications. radio, tv, internet on sunday. in other words, it is a big deal for baltimore. >> yes. >> is there going to be red carpet? >> yes. they want everybody to come down. in hollywood they is have scores of fans and they watch the stars walk the red carpet. it is going to be nice. i hope everybody comes. more information on the heart and soul.com and the heart and soul. >> check out the magazine and also the awards. you can click on to find tickets available. we are not doing this to sell tickets. if somebody wants to buy a ticket we want to let people know that is coming down. the renaissance is right across from harvard place. the entrance to the hotel is right there i guess water street. >> or south street. >> that's where your red carpset going to be. you can come down and check it out. it is a very cool thing. show starts at 8:00? >> i believe 7 or 8. >> figure red carpet 6:00. start lining up to check it out. >> it is going to be so fun. i'm really excited. >> we love having the wire and homicide here but be honest about it. some people say the wire and step away from it. this is a real positive. how is your summer? i want to talk about mesa. >> that's awesome. i can't believe it. >> you work hard for this. you really do. you are on tour with jonathan butler. jonathan has been on the show before. how many stops? >> nine more cities to do. >> reporter: just did the capital jazz fest. . >> >>: that was awesome. it was crazy. it is a lot of fun. right now i'm in the solo artist mode when i get back to singing with them i try not to control. i learn to shut up and sing. >> i got to learn to shut up and sing. new disk out? >> working on number nine called unchartered territory. it is going to be a little different. >> when it comes out come back and pay us a visit. meanwhile go to heart and soul.com to find out about the awards and be proud you live in baltimore and these people are making us proud this weekend. thank you for coming. >> thank you. we're going to scoot along. we have sharon and wjz traffic control and first warning and more coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, big dome of high pressure still runs the show. it is giving us this great day starting this afternoon with sunshine and a pleasant high of 81. send it over to sharon wjz traffic control. it hasn't been that bad of a morning on the roads just standard issues thencluding two accidents in the city. one on west baltimore street and another on bell air road at indian head drive. watch for police activity at white marsh boulevard. and traffic lights at gorman road. there is a look at speeds on the belt way. starting to get slow on the top side. 32 miles per hour on the west side. taking a live look outside that is 895 all clear at o dawnal street. everything is running slow on the west side with speeds in the mid 30s. this traffic report is brought to you by loyola university. back over to you. a woman is behind bars charged in a robbery and assault caught on camera. howrd county police say several people watching that on tv identify tornado attacker as 24 year old jessica white who has been charged with robbery, assault and theft. a woman mauled by a pit bull, her relatives say she is still in intensive care. her treatment complicated by diabetes and high blood pressure. animal control is still holding the dog. and the motor vehicle administration launched a new service. anyone with a driver's license can submit contact information to notify in case of emergency. you can sign up at m va offices or online at m va.maryland.gov. police news, weather and traffic still ahead. and up next breaking news surrounding congressman anthony weiner. his wife has just return today the country. the country. we will have the late,,,,,,,,,,, aaaa... aaaa... aaaa... aaaa... a caramel mocha iced coffee? ahhh! deciding is easy with the new caramel mocha iced coffee from dunkin' donuts. try this sweet combo today. america runs on dunkin'. 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