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Meteorologist tim williams with answers in this first warning Weather Forecast. Eyewitness news saturday morning is seconds away. Good morning. Welcome to Eyewitness News saturday morning. Im gigi barnett. Im meteorologist tim williams. The temperatures are in the 30s across the region. Good morning. Very mild yesterday, i liked it. Yeah. That actually helped us out today. It warmed up the road. Make it difficult for what came down last night and today to stick to the road. You will wake up to snow out there on the car, grass and bushes, that kind of a deal. Not too much going on this morning. There is another wave of precipitation moving across the region. Now were in the up side of the temperatures for the day. Well start going up here around sunrise. This is the wave now. One last night. This one will provide a chance for showers closer to the coastline it will develop into a storm again that will move up to the northeast. The temperatures are above freezing. With that our temperatures are going to be close enough to freezing, they could pulldown cold air to give us flurries throughout the day and the afternoon. The temperatures up the 40 degrees. We will answer the question, when will it move out of here in first warning Weather Forecast, in a moment. Thank you, tim. First, heres what people are talking about today. A woman robbed right outside of a Anne Arundel County mall yesterday. The suspect ran away from the scene, leading place on a wild chase. As Meghan Mccorkell exchanges, wjz Eyewitness News was there. Reporter good morning. Witnesses are saying that they saw the suspect driving erratically, nearly hitting people, followed closely by police. Weaving through traffic at dangerous speeds a Wild Police Chase ends in west baltimore. All right. Reporter the driver of this suv, 49yearold bennett was arrested after he crashed into the row home. He was dodging in and out of traffic. We were scared. We thought he was going to crash into us. Reporter Police Pursuing bennett after he robbed a 36 yearold woman at knife point. She was getting into her car and she pulled a knife and demanded her purse. She stabbed her in the hand. Witnesses described his car. It was spotted by a state trooper on 295 who tried to stop him. He kept going. It is very dangerous. Reporter managements at Anne Arundel County released a statement to wjz Eyewitness News. From sky eye chopper 13, you can see the Massive Police response. On the ground, we have Maryland State Police. We have the Baltimore City police, baltimore sheriff. Reporter the suv left a massive hole right here in the side of this building. A City Building inspector had to be called in to make sure that the structure is stable. Bennett is facing Armed Robbery and assault charges. The stabbing victim is expected to be okay. Meghan mccorkell, wjz Eyewitness News. Thank you, meghan. The department is saying no officers were injured in the chase. It has been almost two weeks since someone fatally stabbed a teen during the ravens victory parade and no arrest. The 16yearold is laid to rest. Rochelle ritchie with the latest. Reporter these pictures caught the final moments of live for 15yearold smith. It was unnecessary for a fight to breakout and he was stabbed. Reporter the person in purple is the suspect in his murder. We know it is an isolated incident. The victims knew their attackers. Reporter his funeral this afternoon brought broken hearts to say goodbye. Family and dozens of his fellow students from patternson high school. Nobody has died. Reporter this, this, this is they are going on with our Young Children today. Reporter on february 5th, Baltimore City celebrated the ravens super bowl win. Police are saying smith and several other people got into a fight. He was stabbed several times. He had a heart attack on the way to the hospital and died. The city network is the most Important Service that police have to track down his killer. Theredics are reviewing footage. Reporter it happened in the middle of the afternoon with thousands in the downtown area and police, but that did not stop the attack. It is awful to here. Reporter many are hoping those who recognize the person in purple will not stand by and not let him get away with murder. Two other people were stabbed during the attack. They survived. Rochelle ritchie, wjz Eyewitness News. And police are asking someone with information to come forward. New information in the death of fugitive cop killer, Christopher Dorner. Police believe that he took his own life. Police discovered dorners body in a cabin in the San Bernardino mountains. Officers are not sure if he was killed in the gunfire, the flames or own hand. He killed four people, including two Police Officers. The officer is reviewing a report that responding officers may have initially set fire to the cabin. Investigators are calling the fire accidental. President barack obama takes his gun control message back to his hometown of chicago. He is vow to use the full power of his office. This is after chicagos murder rates skyrocket. Tara mergener reports for wjz Eyewitness News. Reporter president barack obama wiped waterer as he honored the six adults who died in sandy hook elementary. They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care. Reporter family members accepted the awards on behalf of the woman who are among 18 to receive the nations second highest civilian honor. The president ial citizens medal. Marys school psychologist. The high honor. All that i can hope that if i was in the same situation, i would have what they had to run out the door. Reporter after the ceremony the president left the white house for chicago to rally support for his state of the union proposals. Including tighter gun control. Last year, there were 443 murders with a firearm, on the streets of this city. 65 of those victims were 18 and under. So, thats the equivalent of a newtown every four months. The head of the National Rifle association, Wayne Lapierre responded. It is not about keeping kids safe at school. That wasnt even mentioned. Lapierre renewed his call for more armed guards in schools and accused the president of politicizing the sandy hook elementary tragedy. Tara mergener, wjz Eyewitness News. The president is pushing for new bans on assault weapons, magazines, and background checks. A major cleanup effort is underway in russia after a meetierler explodes over a small town, watch this. That created a shock wave. The force shattered windows in 4,000 buildings and at these 1,000 people were injured. Russian leaders saying 50 people remain in the hospital with nonlifethreatening this morning. Another natural phenomenon came close to earth yesterday, a 150foot asteroid passed within 17,000 miles of the plan. That is the closest fly by for a rock of its size. It happened hours after the meteor strike, but that is coincidental. Are is superman. Before you head downtown, one of the major arteries is shutdown for the weekend. Light street will be completely closed as crews replace a pedestrian bridge. It will reopen before rush hour on monday. Crews are replacing the bridge that connects the garage to harbor place, because it is corroded and rusted. Avoid the area. All right. Thats the natural stuff that is crazy. We deal with floods and rains and hurricanes. Asteroids and meteors. Yeah. You know, i was i heard that so many different angles of cameras had the meteor because people have you know, car dashboards and police cars and things like that. They had so many different angles. That is crazy and frightening. A lot frightening. None of that for us today. None at all. Were looking at a little bit, this morning is not as tricky as the other mornings. We did have snow showers last night and rain and snow showers, but the key is that we started yesterday off in the 30s. We got up to the, almost 60 degrees. Yeah. In parts of the area. Everything was so warm. By the time the rain and then snow came down. The roads were so warm nothing has stuck to the roads. But you cannot discount the fact that there could be slick spots this morning. Temperatures are very close to freezing. 35 at bwi marshall. The outlying areas are colder. So take it slow this morning. Things will meltdown nicely. You will wake up to snow on the car and the bushes and the grass this morning. 35 is the temperature. 96 humidity. As you see, temperatures are hovering around freezing in parts of the area. Winds are pretty light right now. The winds are going to pick up. This system as it continues to move across the region and gets to the coastline is going to intensify and move to the northeast. As it starts to form along the coast. We are expecting to pull down colder air than what is in place. That is the air that is sinking into the mid atlantic. As the system continues to progress off to the east, we are expecting a coastal storm to the northeast. There is snow on the north side of it. There is a bit of a transition there. Because of the temperatures we are on the rain side now. We cannot rule out snow showers as the temperatures again start to get pulled down. There is definitely cold air close by. As it moves out. The winds move out. The High Pressure builds in. The high with the low, it moves out wednesday and through tomorrow and the temperatures in the 30s. For most of today and a bit of a wind chill out there, but the high is closer to 40 degrees. Our sunrise is at 6 56. 39 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies. Cannot rule out again light snow showers through the afternoon and evening. Flurries this evening. All right. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning welcome back to Eyewitness News saturday morning. 16th day of february. We are looking at rage from the snow showers that moved through last night. Another round is moving through. The temperatures are going to rebound. We are above freezing across most of the area. A daytime high of 39 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies and colder than yesterday. Of course, not colder than 60 degrees. 23 degrees tonight. Flurries in the evening. Partly cloudy skies. Then tomorrow, 34, windy and cold with sun and times of clouds. Temperatures around 34 degrees. Your the exclusive eye witness news first warning fiveday forecast is coming up. Thanks, tim. First, heres what people are talking about today. New details are immerging in the murder arrest of south africa olympics hero. Oscar pistorius. He is knowns a blade runner, he sobbed as he was charged with murder. Police are saying that he shot his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp four times. He is in custody until a bail hearing is on tuesday. Jesse jackson, jr. , the son of the civil rights leadser charged with misusing Campaign Funds and his wife, Sandi Jackson is charged with campaign fraud. The charges might be a surprise, the enormous amount of money involved is there. Reporter the Justice Department dropped the bomb today on once was chicagos powerful political couples. Jealousy and Sandi Jackson. Jesse diverted Campaign Cash to support a lavish lifestyle by his wife. Both husband and wives agreed to the charges and hope for leniency in sentencing. Sandi jacksons attorneys released this statement. I suspect also she will be basically throwing her future in the hands of a federal judge and hopefully, this judge will decide whether one or both or neither do time. Instructor since 2007, the jacksons filed false tax returns and Campaign Reports to conceal an outrageous personal spending habits for luxuries 582,000 in charges, 167,000 directly from the Jackson Congress campaign fund. 40,000 for a watch and 10,000 in childrens furniture. 5,000 for fur coats. Now, because of the plea agreement, a judge will chose from an agreed range of sentences from probation to jail time. The former congressman could face up to fiveyears and his wife, Sandi Jackson, a year and a half. A 19yearold daycare worker is charged with rape and the adduction of a 5yearold girl. Police are saying that kristina registers posed at the girls mother and took her from the classroom on january 14th. They walk a few blocks to a home where a man was waiting. The child was found at the park the next morning wearing a t shirt. The girl provided Police Details to the home. Caught on tape, a suspect leads police on a highspeed chase and then crashes into a patrol car. Look at this, in just a matter of seconds the driver slams into this police cruiser. Investigators are saying he was traveling 140 miles per hour. If you watch again, you can see the officer is out, outside of his car and got away just in time. Wow. Luckily, you know, training kicks in. Youre not when there is a chase coming and you are on the highway, you find coverage. Police are saying the chase started after the suspect, johnson, refused to pullover for a traffic stop. He was killed in the wreck. Oftenerize saying his 5year old son was inside of the car. The boy sustained serious injuries, but survived. Onto other news, a Popular Group of action heros celebrating a major milestone this week. The Power Rangers for 20 years. The multicolored superheroes appeared back in 1993. The show was the most watched program in the u. S. A. They took to the streets of new york city. The show can be seen in more than 150 markets around the world. All right. 35, 37, 38 . You know, i think about it yearold power ranger. Well, they look great. 20 years and they are 15. If they start with 15, and that is which power ranger would you be . Oh just pick a color. Well, i would not be the pink one or the yellow one. Those are probably the girl ones. Blue. Okay. Maybe green. All right. She doesnt want to be the girly one. The pink. All of the girly ones do kick butt. Yes all of them do. Okay. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning [ no audio ] the temperatures in the 30s. Windy tomorrow, going to be pretty cold through the day. 47 on tuesday with rain. 41 and 39 with the return of the sun on wednesday and thursday. A familiar site is returning to baltimore east. Underarmser going to open their doors this weekend. Jessica kartalija has more. Reporter good morning. Under armor announced it is officially opening the doors joining the many other stores and restaurants here in harbor east. The energy is hitting harbor east. The store opens its door on saturday. It is mantastic. This is the biggest presence of under armorler anywhere in the world. Henry stanford, the Vice President , is saying the store will be a model for growth. It is more than a store. It is a lab to learn. Reporter some is unique to baltimore, their shoes are front and center. Half of the store is just for women. Were building an amazing, amazing womens business and showing our commitment to that right when she walks into the store. Reporter and adding to the stores creative vibe. This giant screen made up of 330,000 lead lights. Reporter with a prime location along the water. They hope to gain more national exposure. We are so pleased to have them here in harbor east. It is a good to retail destination. Reporter it joins a long list of resteelers. We had j. Crew, anthropology. Cosmetics. Now they are opening up within the span of just a year. Reporter people have been stopping by and peaking in the windows of the store. It you are interested it opens today at 10 00 a. M. Jessica kartalija, wjz Eyewitness News. When a lot of customers. The store is boosting the citys bottom line. Most of the contractors are from the baltimore area. The store is 25 employees are all from the city. I guess there will be no sales there today. You know, discount sales. No, maybe not. Bring your wallet, too. I bet you need it. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning welcome back to Eyewitness News saturday morning. Im gigi barnett. Im meteorologist tim williams. Here at the bottom of the hour, the temperatures are in the 30s and above freezing across most of the area. That is a good thing, we are expecting precipitation. The above freezing it will be rain. Okay. We have seen rain showers and snow showers from last night. That was the first portion of this system. The second portion that you see right now has not cleared the area. Not much going on right now. It will continue to push across the region. Right now it is poised to move across the 95 corridor, with most temperatures above freezing were going to see rain, but like yesterday, this system can pulldown cold air and see light snow showers throughout the day. Not expecting real accumulation. 35 right now at bwi marshall. Now forecast high with a chance of snow showers in the afternoon. 39 and expect the temperatures to drop around freezing overnight. Slick spots this morning and we will talk about the the exclusive eye witness news first warning fiveday forecast coming up. Thank you, tim. First, heres what people are talking about today. Incredible video out of russia where a meteor explodes above a rural area, injury ag thousand people. As Edward Lawrence reports for wjz Eyewitness News, many thought the world was coming to an end. Reporter the meteor exploded over a small russian town and caused a shock wave. Glass shattered injuring hundreds of people. This woman went to the hospital with a bloody arm and others with cuts on their faces and heads. The explosion rocked a mountain range. Cameras throughout the area caught the meteor as it streaked across the sky. Scientists are saying it was the size of a bus and traveling 33,000 miles per hour. Some fragments fell to the ground. The meteor came without warning, stunning a canadian hockey playing living in russia. I heard this loud bang and live in the 34 story building. The lights are shaking and car alarms going off. It was just incredible. Reporter a zinc factory was badly damaged, the roof and wall collapsed. Meteor strikes with a large impact are rare. These things happen once every few decades. Wjz Eyewitness News. The European Space agency is saying the meteor is not connected to the astroid that passed close to earth yesterday. A Wild Police Chase breaks out following the stabbing at a Anne Arundel County mall. The driver of this suv, 49year old benefit was ufrusted after he crashed into this row home in west baltimore. He led police on a highspeed chase after stabbing and robbing a woman in the parking lot. Witnesses are saying the suspect was driving erratically through the city streets. He is dodging in and out of traffic and he was going to run head into us. We were scared. Doctors are saying the stabbing victim is expected to be okay. Bennett is facing charges. Prosecutors are saying the former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing love should not be given a new trial. Last month, lawyers for George Huguely filed an appeal, arguing that their client was denied the right to a fair jury and other allegations. Prosecutors have rubuffing those claims. He is serving a sentence in virginia for the murder of yardley love. More questions swirl this morning about whether anyone will be able to collect the 1 million reward offered in the hunt for christopher coroner. Several people are lining up to claim that money, but it could be a long Legal Process first. I believe it was my call that directory led to the end of the largest manhunt. Reporter fighting for the 1. 2 million reward. Reporter this scout leader wants his fair share. It was Christopher Dorner. Reporter when Christopher Dorner carjacked his truck earlier this week, he immediately caused the san burn deany deputy patrolling the area. I said, paul he took my truck. Reporter and he told police where to find him. Where was he headed . Down glass road. Are was he found dead . Down glass road. Reporter he is saying that he is entitleed to half of the money, to share with the couple who was tied up. The mayor offered the reward leading to his capture, but those who put up the reward may try to stop payment. If they dont pay that out, it kind of justifies the things that Christopher Dorner complained about. Reporter the los angeles pd had so many the the queer inquiries into the reward. So, they released this statement. What is going to happen next time when they put up a reward. Everyone is going to laugh at them. Investigators are saying dorner killed four people including two officers and wounded three others. Maryland lawmakers are working to ban illegal marijuana or synthetic marijuana. In annapolis, lawmakers have introduced measures that would make the manufacturer, possession or sale of synthetic paul illegal. This kind of pot is known as spice or k2. It mimics the affects of thc. The ingredient in marijuana. But it is not derived from the plant. Photo of a Grammy Nominated rapper with two state troopers sparked controversy this morning. 2 chainz was arrested on drug charges. Now, as kai jackson explains, there are questions about the troopers conduct during the arrest. Good morning. How are you all doing. Reporter if you have never heard of rapper 2 chainz. He was on 2 broke girls. When i die, every man. True. Reporter well, those who dont know the story of 2 chainz. He is definitely not new to the scene. Reporter but 2 chainz received now love on valentines day after being pulled over by Maryland State Police. This is a photo of him with troopers . Im tired. Reporter the rapper was a passenger in a vehicle in easton, the trooper stopped for speeding and smelled marijuana. They found it and paraphernalia. They were arrested and as a result he was late to a scheduled concert. He apologized. He was like im sorry. I got arrested, but im here now. Reporter 2 chainz also appeared on cbs Grammy Awards show and Maryland State Police are conducting an investigation into who initiated the picture of troopers posing with 2 chainz. He was generous enough to pose with the troopers. Reporter he was cited for having marijuana and paraphernalia. He was released. He faces a possible year in jail and a 1,000 fine. Kai jackson, wjz Eyewitness News. All right. 2 chainz work, he was nominated for best rap song, performance and rap album at this years Grammy Awards. Tiffany is suing costco over the counterfeit diamond engagement rings. The rings became their famous names and being sold by the Warehouse Club chain. The jeweler is saying costco members believed they were purchasing tiffany products. Costco declined to comment. A word of advice, if youre looking for a tiffany ring, go to the tiffany store. How come nobody asked that question . I know. If you dont see the tiffany in the blue box, but if you see the tiffany blue box, youre assuming it is a tiffany ring. Not from costco. Yeah. You never know. You never know. The deals are adoptnt at costco. We will see. Were looking at a pretty decent day today. Overall not quite the near 60 degrees day that we had yesterday. We topped out at 59 degrees yesterday. Our average high now is, were going up, every so many days, every three days or so our average high goes up 1 degree. We are at 45 degrees. So, were making that turn and run towards spring. Yesterday it was really unusual, i mean we have averages. We dont typically talk about the normal high, but the average high. Because we get the 60 degrees days and then the 30 degrees days. So, our average now is at 45. For this date, but yesterday we got to 59. Today not so much. We will be around 39. 35 right now at bwi marshall. 34 is your dew point. The humidity is at 96 . Temperatures are ranging from 19 in oakland to 39 in washington, d. C. Winds pretty light right now. Enjoy that, they are going to pick up. The storm rolling through is making its way to the coastline, the second phase of this. As it does, two things will happen. We will see a development of this storm along the coast as it starts to intensify and moves to the northeast. As the does, the pups in cold air that is not too far away. We are at 35, but maryland, ohio and West Virginia the temperatures 20. Detroit, 14. Washington that is the colder air that is sinking into the region. The last portion of this system moves through. The first came through last night and brought us showers and snow showers. This is moving through. The colder air to the north. Snow, a mix, freezing rain and sleet. Were in the rain mode now. As the storm starts to move onto the coastline, it does intensify. It starts to move away and High Pressure builds in. We will start to see the winds pick up through the afternoon. You will also likely pull down light snow showers. Again much like last night with temperatures above freezing. No accumulation expect on the grass and bushes. The next rain is monday and tuesday, again, rain event, because the temperatures will be too high. 39 degrees today. Mostly cloudy skies. With a few snow showers around. The winds will pickup tonight. Look for mostly cloudy skies. 23 degrees is your low. Windy and cold tomorrow. Dealing with a wind chill in the 20s tomorrow. The temperature as high as 34. Then 38 on monday. 47 on tuesday. There is the rain that were talking about. 41 and 39 on wednesday and thursday. All right. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning a live look over baltimores inner harbor. 35 degrees in maryland right now. The exclusive eye witness news first warning fiveday forecast is straight ahead. First, some los angeles catholics doge want their former archbishop to help select the next pope. The organization is saying it opposes the cardinal taking part in the country crave after a cover up. The group has started an on line position. Asking him to remove himself to the conference. Pope benedict xvi will step down on february 28th. Prosecutors charge olympian Oscar Pistorius with murder of his girlfriend. We have a report for wjz Eyewitness News. The man who inspired the world could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Reporter Oscar Pistorius held his heads in his hands and sobbed as prosecutors accused him of the murder of his girlfriend. The 26yearold is charged with killing Reeva Steenkamp in his home. Prosecutors are saying pistorius shot his girlfriend in the Early Morning hours of valentines day in a possible domestic dispute. Family members issued a statement, insisting that the spinser not guilty of murder. Police are saying pistorius shot the supermodel four times in the head and upper body. Local media reported gunshots blasted through a bathroom door. The shooting is making headlines around the world. The sprinter was nicknamed blade runner for his running blades. One of his hobbies was target shooting. A wright the New York Times magazine got a surprised invitation last year. We went to the firing range. We shot his 9millimeter semi automatic pistol. Reporter police are saying they recovered a 9millimeter pistol, the same gun believed to be used in the killing. Pistorius will remain in custody and is due back in court next tuesday. A bail hearing is scheduled next week. Police are expected to reject the request. Take a look at this home explosion caught on video in north alabama. It happened just as crews were moving into to put out a grease fire that quickly spread throughout the house. The fireball knocked three firefighters to the ground and sent others scrambling for safety. Firefighters are saying that an oxygen tank caused the explosion. No one was injured in the blast. Millions of couples exchanged kisses on valentines day, but not like this couple in thailand. They were lip locked for 48 1 2 hours setting a new world record. Their lips had to Stay Together at all times except for bathroom breaks. Why does she not look happy about that. Because she had to kiss him for 58 1 2 hours. Yeah, but they get something for it. A big certificate. All right. I get is this certificate. She will never kiss him again. I know. 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The husky that was killed dugout of its yard and join another dog that is running loose. We located the owner with the dog. There is no history with animal control. They are a wonderful breed. This is a dog breeder. You must work it. Because it is a working breed. If it not, it is going to get destructive. Reporter the one dog got away and the where abilities are unknown, doesnt bring peace of mind for sharon and her neighbors. Im still in fear, because the one dog is at large. They didnt deserve to die that way. People should keep their dogs contained. Reporter Alex Demetrick, wjz Eyewitness News. And the second dog may be a shepherd husky mix. Call animal control if you see it. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning well, today going up to around 39 degrees. Rain and snow showers through the day and the afternoon. No accumulation. 34 tomorrow and windy conditions. 38 on monday. 47 with rain. 41 and 39 with the sun returning on wednesday and thursday. San francisco was recently named americas happiest city. It may be because of events like this one. Hundreds of people got together for the 8th annual great San Francisco pillow fight. Pantments could only hit someone else holding a pillow. That is the rule. One was happy and had a good time, except for those who had to clean up the feathers. They were taking out their frustrations. Yes. Ravens. Ravens. We know. All right. Thats the first hour of our Eyewitness News saturday morning. There is another hour of Eyewitness News saturday morning straight ahead. Good morning. Coming up next on Eyewitness News saturday morning a robbery outside of a busy Shopping Center leads to a High Speed Police chase. Good morning. Im Meghan Mccorkell. Police, shifting through the ashes. Police look for new clues about the last moments and life of Christopher Dorner. What they are saying about the deadly shootout. And it is fire in the sky. Thousands look on in shock as a meteor burns over russia. The latest on the damage. Taking a live look outside in our area. A wet start to the weekend, but it will be a little bit more sunshine today . Will we see that, please, tim. Meteorologist tim williams has the answer in first warning Weather Forecast. Eyewitness news saturday morning starts now. Good morning. Welcome to Eyewitness News saturday morning. Im gigi barnett. Im meteorologist tim williams firefighter. Temperatures are in the 30s this morning. If you havent been outside yet especially depending on where you are, you will wake up to snow on your car. That is right. Snow on the grass and bushes. Not too much on the roads. Thats a good thing. It will not slow you down today. We did have a basically a burst of snow come through here last night. Started off with rain around sun down and then the snow came through and cold air. That was the first wave and the second wave now, gray skies and not much rain. It is moving across the area. As the moves to the coast. It is a coastal storm. Pulling down coastal air to the west. That will present wintery snow or mix around the area. 36 at bwi. Our daytime high with snow showers through the afternoon. 39 degrees. First warning Weather Forecast is coming up. Thanks, tim. First, heres what people are talking about today. A woman is robbed and stabbed right outside of a Anne Arundel County mall, it happened in broad daylight. Police are saying the suspect ran away from the scene and leaving them on a wild chase throughout the streets of baltimore. As Meghan Mccorkell explains. Wjz Eyewitness News was there moments after the chase came to a sudden end. Reporter good morning. Witnesses are saying that they saw that suspect driving erratically, nearly hitting people followed close lay by police. Weaving through traffic at dangerous speeds, a Wild Police Chase ends in wisconsin baltimore. We were scared for our lives. Reporter the driver of this suv, 49yearold bennett was arrested after he crashed into this row home. He was dodging in and out of traffic. We thought he was going to run head on into us. We were scared. Reporter Police Pursuing benefit after he robbed a 36 yearold woman at knife point in the mall parking lot. She was getting into her car and she pum adknight and demanded her purse. She struggled and he stabbed her in the hand. Witnesses identified his car as the green suv. It was spotted by a state trooper on 295. This is very dangerous. Reporter management at the mall released a statement to wjz Eyewitness News from sky eye chopper 13, you can see the Massive Police response. On the ground, weve got Maryland State Police. Weve got the Baltimore City police. Baltimore sheriff. The suv heft a massive hole inside of the building. A city build nothing spect hardware to be called in to make sure the structure is stable. Bennett is facing robbery and assault charges. The stabbing victim is expected to be okay. Meghan mccorkell, wjz Eyewitness News. Reporter and the department is saying no officers were injured in that chase. It has been almost two weeks since someone fatally stabbed a teen during a ravens victory parade and still no arrests. As the 16yearold is laid to rest. Rochelle ritchie has the latest. This pictures from a Baltimore City Police Camera caught the finest moments of life for the 15yearold smith. It was unnecessary. They were fighting and he got stabbed. Reporter the person in purple is the primary suspect in his murder. What we know this far, it is an isolated incident. The victims knew their attackers. Reporter the funeral this afternoon brought broken hearts to say goodbye. Families and dozens of his fellow suspects from patterson high school. Why. The things that are going on with our Young Children today. Reporter on february 5th. Baltimore city celebrated the ravens super bowl win police are saying that several people got into a fight. Smith was stabbed several times. He had a heart attack on the way to the hospital and died. The city Camera Network is the most important source that police have to track down his killer. Detectives are reviewing that footage. Reporter the fight happened in the middle of the afternoon with thousands in the downtown area including police, but that did not stop the brutal attack. It was awful to hear that. Reporter reporter many are hoping those who recognize the person in person believed to be responsible will not stand by and let him get with murder. Two other people were stabbed during the attack. They survived. Rochelle ritchie, wjz Eyewitness News. If you have information on the stabbing call police. New information in the death of fugitive cop killer, Christopher Dorner. Police believe that he took his own life during a shootout with officers. Police discovered his body in a burnt out cabin in the san burr dino mountains. Officers were not sure if he was killed in the gunfire, by the flames on his own hand. He killed four people including two Police Officers. Meanwhile, the department is refuting a report that responding officers may have intentionally set fire to the cabin. Investigators are calling the fire accidental. A major cleanup effort is underway in russia after a meteor explodes over a small town. Watch this. Well that fireball created a shock wave that could be felt for miles. The shattered windows and 4,000 buildings and about 1,000 people were injured. Russian leaders saying 50 people remain in the hospital this morning with non life threatening injuries. Another natural funonman, asroid came those to earth yesterday, it passed within 17,000 miles of other planet. That is the closest of its size. It is happened hours after the meteor strike. Wjz Eyewitness News is following breaking news this morning. A firefighter is injured battling a 2 alarm fire in howered county. It happened this morning in columbia. There are few details, but the fire displaced nine residents. One firefighter was treated for a minor injury at the scene. No word on what caused the fire. Before you head downtown, you should know one of the major arteries is shutdown in baltimore this weekend. Light street will be closed from conway to prat streets a crews replace a pedestrian bridge, it will reopen on monday morning. They are replacing the bridge because it is corroded and rusted. Avoid the area. All right. I keep looking at the video from russia. I just wonder, as a meteorologist, if a meteorologist predicted or, you know, forecast the meteor. I cant say that i have ever looked at a forecast and said 30 chance of a meteor today. It is so bright. It looks like the second sun. All that come on the dates of the mayan calendar, people would have been running for cover. I know. Nothing that here. Thank goodness. We do have snow showers. A few more before the day is out. 35 is your temperature now. And 35 is the dew point. We are seeing showers rolling across the area. We are going to be dealing with another round, much like we had yesterday evening of light rain and potentially light snow coming down before this afternoon is over. No accumulation is expected. The temperatures are above freezing. The system is likely going to pulldown cold air before it is said and done. Winds from the westnorthwest at 3 miles per hour. Around the state, the temperatures ranging from 19 in oakland to 32 in cumberland. Winds are pretty light right now. Mostly from the northwest. Thats our flow. They are going to pickup through the afternoon. The system that were watching is going to continue to progress across the state with the cold air close by. You can see the darker blues indicating the temperature drop in baltimore, virginia, ohio. Those are the temperatures that are going to be hovering. The system came through in one wave. The first wave that you see offshore. The next wave coming through. This the cold front, an arctic front. The low that will develop as the system makes its way to the coastline, it is going to intensify. We are in the rain zone here. Temperatures are above freezing. The cold air around new england. This storm is going to impact new england and new york, the, the areas, the same one that was hit last week is going to get impacted again. The storm is going to intensify as it makes its way there and High Pressure moves in as the lows move away. The pressure is going to build. The winds will pick up. Tomorrow, well be dealing with a wind chill that feels like the 20s for much of the day. The temperatures will get up to the low 30s. The next chance of rain is on tuesday. Milder temperatures associated with that system. We get back up to the 40s. Not quite up to the 60 degree range like yesterday. Today, our sunrise is officially at 6 56. Trying to see my own typing there and lows again down to 23 degrees tonight. Not before the day time high of 39. For tomorrow, windy and cold with sun and clouds around. 34 degrees is the high. The average is 45. All right. Closer to spring. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning welcome back to Eyewitness News saturday morning. The 16th day of february. Were just a lot more than halfway through the month. Weve already had near 60 degree temperatures now into the 30s. 60 degree one day, now the next. It is hard to get a grip on what the forecast is doing, but for today it is easier than usual. Today, 39 degrees. Mostly cloudy skies with a few flurries around. Thats not too hard to call. 23 with a flurry this evening. Partly cloudy skies. 34 and windy and cold. Tomorrows wind chill in the 20s. Colder air around, sun and a few clouds. First warning Weather Forecast is coming up. Thanks, tim. First, heres what people are talking about today. New details in the murder arrest of south africa olympian Oscar Pistorius. The blade runner sobbed in court. He shot and killed his girlfriend, riva 10 camp four times inside of his home and a 9millimeter gun was recovered at the scene. Oscar pistorius is in custody until tuesday. Jesse jackson, jr. , son of the civil rights leader pleads guilty to federal charges. Jackson is accused of misusing 3 4 of a Million Dollars to buy expensive watches and fur coats. His wife is charged separately with tax fraud. Both have signed plea deals. Under the deal, jackson will have to repay the misused funds and possibly spend time behind bars. Caught on tape, a suspect leads police on a highspeed chase and crashes into a patrol car. Look at this, within seconds the driver slams into the police cruiser. He was traveling 140 miles per hour. If you watch closely, you can see the offer is officer is out of his car. Luckily, you know, training kicks in and you thought when there is a case coming and blocking the highway, you find cover. Police are saying the chase started after the suspect, johnson, refuseed to pullover for a traffic stop. He was killed in the wreck. His 5yearold son was also in the car. The boy sustained serious injuries. But survived it. A Popular Group of action heros celebrating a major milestone. The Power Rangers have now been out for 20 years. The multicolored superheros first appeared on our tv screens back in 1993. The show became the most watched program in the u. S. A. To mark the milestone the rangers took to the streets of new york city. The show can be seen in 150 markets around the world. It is a matter of art and humor with baltimore flavor. Critics describe the work of mark. All right. Wjz Eyewitness News is live at his gallery in federal hill. All right. Mark is joining us this morning. Good morning to you. Good morning. Good morning, baltimore. Good morning. So, we know that you have a new exhibit. Tell us about it. Well, black History Month, but i have something for the africanamerican journey. This year, it is called African American inventions. Okay. So, were looking at it now mark. You have a history with inventions. You are an architectural engineer by trade. So, you know about inventions. I was an engineer that was my last job. I left that in 1999 to become an artist and also im a proud graduate from baltimore. Okay. Okay. Tell us about this. Whats on canvas there. How did you interpret Architectural Engineering and design into this piece of art . There is a combination of the things i love. Im a big lover of mathematics, science, an engineer and also artist. So, is a combination of all of that. I was fascinated what i discovered about inventions and things we used to that we known know that africanamericans invented or created improvements to existing inventions. Wow. Im looking at all of it. I know the stop light. Potato chips. Yes. A gentlemen by the name of mr. Crumb. He invented the potato chip. He worked in a hotel. One of the customers was upset. So, he went in the back and cut in the slices of potatoes, cooked them in the oven and put salt on them and brought them out. Everybody loved them. He ran across a gentlemen by mr. Lay, who took it national. So, thats where lays potato ships came from. There dry cleaner hanger. Yes. The dry cleaner was invented by mr. Jenkins. This is interesting. It was first called dry scouring, it was really well known. So, he took that money to buy his family members out of slavery. He was the first African American to get a patent. You. We just scratched the surface, but we will come back and talk to you in about 20 minutes. How delightful you ask, tim. 1014 south charles street in federal hill. Reach out and give us a call. Perfect. Thank you, mark. Youre welcome. All right. Mark. Okay. All right. Coming up on Eyewitness News saturday morning all right thats a fifthfloor problem. Ok. Not in my house ha ha ha ha ha ha no no no not today ha ha ha ha ha ha jimmy how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico . Happier than Dikembe Mutumbo blocking a shot. Get happy. Get geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Today, 39 degrees. 34 tomorrow. Winds and wind chill in the 20s, but the remember of the sun through monday. 38 degrees. A chance of showers on tuesday. 47 and 41 on wednesday. 39 on thursday and lows in the teens. Drone strikes are under the microscope on capitol hill. A proposal to form a special court to review president Barack Obamas use of Unmanned Aircraft gets support from gates. Gates understand lawmakerss worries overusing drones to target alqaeda operatives and allies. But they can be used to fight terrorists abroad. New police, the service and Weather Service are exploring the use of drones here in the united states. Could the eyes in the ski see more than they are supposed to . This morning, Mike Hellgren reports on who is watching you and who is trying to stop them. Reporter good morning. Im Mike Hellgren. The Unmanned Aircraft are more common over the skies of maryland. This is the smoldering wreckage after a navy drone costing 170 million crashed last year during a test flight on marylands eastern shore. For many it was the first time they heard the powerful aircraftwise no one in the cockpits were flying above us. There is no stopping this technology. After who thinks they can put the jeanie back in the box, that is silliness. Er they used aircraft around the world. Wartime technology is coming home, from highways to your neighborhoods. Thousands of drones are keeping an eye on the weather to helping police keep an eye on you. You have men and women looking at monitoring providing control signals through the network to antenna as on the vehicle. This this is the Naval Air Station in st. Marys county. Wjz Eyewitness News gained access to the secure facility where drones are put to the test. The massive plane is controlled remotely by trained operators on the ground. Again, no pilot is inside through a series of censors and satellites. They also track storms like hurricane sandy, flying at high altitudes for very long times measuring wind speed and direction. You seeing things in higher detail. Reporter but they are not stomping there. Police departments could use droned a check cars, catch speeders and track criminals in baltimore and beyond. You can look and see the contents in the truck. And this the future . The answer is yes. Our Unmanned Systems are reliable. They are effective, they are under control at all times. Reporter but all of the intraeyes looking down add you with a little bit or no regulation spur alarms that drones could be spying. That is the computer pettable with our society and poses real danger unless we act to prevent it. Reporter matt is in charge of a Group Pushing for maryland to lead in the development of Unmanned Aircraft. He does not see concerns over spying slowing them down. Applying the protections in place with a new technology. There are very legitimate concerns that will cause many people to be wary. Reporter from the size of humping birds to helicopters and beyond, the next friend tear is above us. Mike hellgren, wjz Eyewitness News. Researchers predicting 30,000 drones in the skies by 2020. Wow. Still to come on Eyewitness News saturday morning welcome back to Eyewitness News saturday morning. Im gigi barnett. Im meteorologist tim williams. Here at the bottom of the hour the temperatures are in the 30s. We have a great start to the damp. A little bit damp. Showers rolled through here last night with showers have pretty much coated the grass and bushes, roads not impacted too much by this. The second wave is moving into the region now and will make it to the coast. As it does, it will intensify to the northeast. That could present for us snow showers through the afternoon. It pulls down cold air. 36 degrees right now at bwi marshall and around freezing to the west of the region. That will mix with the moisture as it is kicked back from the coast. In the forecast, we have a chance for showers through the afternoon. But the temperatures around 30 degrees will not allow for up complications. We will see an improvement over the next day or so. More coming up in your first warning Weather Forecast. Thanks. First, heres what people are talking about today. It is some incredible video over russia. Where a meteor exploded above a rural area injuring nearly a thousand people. Edward lawrence reported for wjz Eyewitness News, that people thought the world was coming to an end. Reporter the meteor exploded over a small russian town and caused a shock wave. Glass shattered injuring hundreds of people. This woman went to the hospital with a bloody arm. Others with cuts on their faces and heads. The explosion rocked a mountain range. Cameras throughout the area caught the meteor as the streaked across the sky. Scientists are saying it was the size of a large bus and traveling 33,000 miles per hour. Some fragments fell to the ground. The meteor came without warning stunning a korean hockey player living in russia. I heard this loud bang. Live in the 24 story building. The lights are shaking and car alarms going off and it was just incredible. Reporter a zinc factory was badly damaged. The roof and wall collapsed. Meteor strikes with a large impact are rare. These things happen once every few decades. Wjz Eyewitness News. The meetjure is not connected to the astroid that passed closer to earth yesterday. A Wild Police Chase braked out yesterday after a stabbing at a mall. One man is behind bars this morning. The driver of this suv, 49 bennett was arrested after he crashed into it row home in west baltimore. He led Police Officer on a high speed chase after stabbing and robbing a woman. She is expected to be okay. Bennett is facing armed rob hear and assault charges. Prosectors are saying the former University Virginia lacrosse player accused of killing love should not be give an new trial. Last night lawyers for George Huguely filed an appeal, saying that their client was denied the right to a fair jury and other violations. Prosecutors are rebuffing those claims. Hughley is serving a sentence for the murder of love. More questions linger this morning if anybody will be able to collect the 1 million reward offered in the hunt for Christopher Dorner. Several people are lining up to claim the money, but it could take a long Legal Process first. I believe it was my call that directly led to the end. Reporter fighting for the 1. 2 million reward. They need to do the right thing. Reporter this scout leader wants his fair share. It was clear that it was Christopher Dorner, he was coming at me with a gun. Reporter when Christopher Dorner carjacked his truck this week. He called the San Bernardino deputy patrolling the area. Paul, he took high truck. He told him where to find dorner. Are was he headed . Down class road. When was he found dead . Down glass road. Reporter she is saying that he is entitled to 1 2 of the money to share with the couple who called 911. The mayor offered the reward for information leading to dorners capture, but he is worried. Those who put up the reward may try to avoid payment, because he was not captured, but killed. If they dont pay that out, it kind of justifies some of the things that christopher donor was complaining about. Reporter the los angeles it so many incurs into the reward money, they issued this statement. Whats going to happen next time when they put up a reward. Everybody is going to laugh at them. Dorner killed four people including two officers and wounded three others. Maryland lawmakers are working to ban synthetic marijuana. In annapolis, many of them introduced measure to make the manufacturer or possession or sale of synthetic paul illegal. This pot is known as spice or k2. The mimics the effects of thc, the primary ingredients in marijuana. A photo of a Grammy Nominated rapper with two maryland state troopers sparks controversy this morning. 2 chainz was arrested on drug charges on his way to a concert on the eastern shore. Now, as kai jackson reports, there are questions about the troopers conduct during the arrest. Good morning. How are you doing . Reporter if you have never heard of rammer 2 chainz. She got exposure on cbs 2 broke girls. True. Reporter well, those who dont know the story of 2 chainz. He is not new to the scene. He has been around since the 9s. Reporter but he received no love on valentines day, after being pulled over by Maryland State Police. This is a photo of him with trooper as that barracks. You know, im really tired. Reporter the rapper was a passenger in a vehicle in easton county. The trooper stopped for speeding and smelled marijuana. They found marijuana andpaper funail you. He was arrested and late for a concert. He apologized. He was like. Im sorry. I was arrested. But im here now. 2 chainz also appeared on the Grammy Awards show on sunday, february 10th. Maryland state police are conducting an investigation into who initiated the picture of troopers posing with 2 chainz. He was gracious enough to pose with the troopers who busted him. He was cited for having marijuana and drug paraphernalia, he was released and faces a year in jail and a 1,000 fine. Kai jackson, wjz Eyewitness News. Thank you. Just in case you are not funilwhere with 2 chains. He was nominated for best rap song, album and at this years awards. Good advice. Another piece of advised to. Uhhuh. Take an umbrella. You need one early on. You will. If you are out and about yesterday evening you probably saw the rain and then the snow. Thats pretty much the same scenario today. The same system is moving through. Gray skies pushing across the region. It will be with us through the afternoon. Right now, 36 degrees. 34 is the opportunity. 19 degrees right now in oakland. The temperatures are not budged above freezing in cumberland and hagerstown this morning. Winds are pretty calm right now. The winds are going to pickup through the afternoon and into the evening. A Small Craft Advisory going into affect at noon. Cold temperatures settling in for the rest of the weekend. The second part of the weekend tomorrow. We are going to see temperaturing getting into the low 30s. Today up closer the 40 degrees. As the front goes through, the colder air settles in. What were going to be watching now, were in the temperatures above freezing. Were seeing more rain right now. Snow with the colder air around new york and theres a bit of a mix in between. You can see the pink there with the frozen precipitation. Were going to have this portion of the system the front and the low moving close to the coastline. It intensifies as it gets there. As it does, it starts to pull in the colder air, kicks back moisture from the ocean. That will bring us a chance for showers and snow showers this afternoon. It does start to move away. The High Pressure butts up against the low. We get the wind. The pressure between the two systems. A wind chill in the 20s. A cold day, but we get the sun back. We will start to dry out. The next chance of rain comes on tuesday. The temperatures go up into the mid40s. 39 degrees today. Mostly cloudy skies. Otherwise flurries around through the evening. 23 degrees is your low with partly cloudy skies. Then tomorrow, 34 with the return of the sun. 38 on monday. Rain on tuesday. 47 and 41 and 39 on wednesday and thursday. Still ahead on Eyewitness News saturday morning as you can see, cloudy outside. 35 degrees in central maryland right now. A live look over baltimores inner harbor. The forecast is straight ahead. First, los angeles catholics dont want their former archbishop to select the next month. Characteristics united opposed the cardinal taking part in the conclave in light of his cover up of a sex abuse scandal, the group started an online position asking him to reuse himself from the conference in rome. Pope benedict xvi will step down on february 28th. Take a look at this home explosion caught on video in north alabama. It happened just as crews were moving in to put out a grease fire that quickly spread throughout the house. The fireball knocked three firefighters to the ground and let others scambling for safety. No one was injured in the blast. Millions of couples exchanged kisses on valentines day, but not like this couple in thailand. They were lip locked for 58 1 2 hours setting a new world record. They out lasted several other couples. Their limit had to Stay Together at all times except for bathroom breaks. Two days and ten hours . Yeah. Thats a we never did see what they won. Except for that big certificate. I need more than that. Is it worth it . Yes. He is one of baltimores talented artists and is putting those skills to use for black History Month. Now, wjz Eyewitness News is live in historic federal hill. Now, he finished a new painting featuring prominent black inventors. Mark. Good morning. Good morning. You are a stand up comedian, a poet, an architect by trade. What do you not do . Well, i would not do self inflicted brain surgery. Okay. How does that work . Well, tell us how you used your skills to incorporate into this new painting you have done for black History Month this month. Well, i wanted to incorporate, you know, thy love of math, science and also art. So, hopefully, one of these three subjects will encourage young people to try Something Different or consider a different type of career path for themselves. You are saying everything on this particular piece was created by an africanamerican inventor. I. Were looking at very common things. How do you think that we just dont know this . Well, i think a lot of it is because it is kind of obscure information. And it is, it is along the lines of like a scholarly type thing. A lot of scholars study this stuff. I wanted to make it palatable for every one. I created this piece and reproduced it in a very, very affordable print. If you like the piece, you can have one in your home for a really nice price. Im going to pick something out of here really quick. Golf tee . The gulf tee. Lets so, you picked a tough one, tim. I have to use my cheat sheet. It was created by george grant. He entered the Harvard School of debttle medicine 1868 and gradualed 1870. He was the first African American faculty member. So, i like the stories behind as well. Quickly, were running out of time. If folks want to see your work . Im glad they asked. 1014 south charles street in federal hill or call us. One more time, 4438720943. We will be glad to see you. Were open today 12 00 to 7 00. Visit us. All right. Mark. Thank you so much. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Still ahead on Eyewitness News saturday morning all right. Super reunion. Mary bubala explains how one raven fan used social media to contact the owner of a camera he found at the superdome. Reporter as ravens fans went wild inside of the superdome. Been saw something on the ground . I found this camera laying behind me. He picked it up, his friends said turn it in. You think that they will take the effort to find it. I said i have a better chance of finding them. When bill got back to his home he took the memory card out and posted pictures on facebook. It turns out the cameras belongs to a ravens fan and the photos were shared more than 5,000 fines. Facebook is blowing up with people saying i know this person. I will get in touch with them. There couples in the photos starting hearing from friends. Getting phone calls and texts and facebook messages. Reporter john and his girlfriend live only 15 minutes from bill and last night they met to exchange thanks and the camera. I cant thank bill enough. There is not a lot of people in this world today would take the time and the effort to do what bill did. I appreciate everything that he has done. Twine social networking and baltimore. Anything can happen. They had dinner together last night, and they reminisced all night long about that amazing super bowl victory for the ravens. Mary bubala, wjz Eyewitness News. Well, as a result, john was not aware the camera was lost until the morning after the game. Yeah. He just assumed he would never find it again. Well, well be right back. Going up to 39 degrees today. Lots of snow showers through the afternoon. 34 tomorrow. Windy, 38 on monday. A chance of rain on tuesday. 47 and 41 on wednesday. 39 on thursday. Thats our report for this saturday morning. Im gigi barnett. Im meteorologist tim williams. Dont miss wjz Eyewitness News tonight at 6 00. Well be back tomorrow morning at 8 00. Thank you for watching wjz Eyewitness News. Captions provided by caption colorado, llc. 18007757838. Comments captcolo. Com

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