Made up ofrce is current and retired Law Enforcement officials led by the former altar Baltimore City Police Commissioner fred bealefeld. It concluded for the most part that the police suburban is working like a well away old machine and that county executive newman would just have to make some tweaks. We did not see some problems. We side distraction at the command level that predominated the discussion. I think she has gone a long way to fixing it. The report consists of and recommendations, including hiring a permanent chief of police, which the county did with chief davis. Reviewing the structure of the apartment, revising officers get paid, and reviewing the internal investigation process, and hiring additional staff. On the issue of the protection unit, which ended up being a want either leopolds here, on leopold site there need to be changes. It had nothing to do with structure crop but people. And an executive report said it would be a work in progress. You can see a copy of th
This is wjz tv, baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Desperate plea. Baltimore county woman on trial for ordering her husbands murder takes the stand in her own defense. The torturous abuse she says drove her to have him killed. Hello, everyone. Heres what people are talking about tonight. The woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband says she had to or her husband would have killed her first. Carla porter makes her unusual defense. Have you ever seen him before . No. Reporter during her video taped police interrogation, she continually lied about her involvement at first blaming a robber. I just wanted someone to hit him for me. I didnt want any of this to happen. I didnt. What happened, carla . He was just being really mean. Reporter porter now admits she enlisted the help of several people including members of her family to hire hitman Walter Bishop to kill her husband in front of her at
Meteorologist tim williams in for marty bass and over at first warning weather. All i can tell you this morning is that your car windows will be steamed up because of the dew point and the humidity level is very high. A few showers out there. You might need your wipers early on. Expect thunderstorms later this afternoon as youre driving home. 66 oakland, 76 elkton, 75 ocean city. A high of 86 degrees. Look for peaks of sun that could fire up storms later in the afternoon. How are those cars, trucks and suvs doing this morning . Here is Christy Breslin in for Sharon Gibala at wjz Traffic Control. Hi, everyone. Although the roads are dry at this point we still have a lot of accidents out there. 97 southbound, a new accident just reported there after generals highway near hawkins road. We also have accidents liberty road at pike wood drive and 100 westbound at oak wood drive. The right shoulder remains blocked. Were starting to see some volume building around green spring avenue on the be
He takes the field with the atlanta falcons. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This fire was one of the most quickly spreading that ive seen. Firefighters battle a fastmoving wildfire in Southern California. The socalled silver fire has already destroyed at least 26 homes. Really hot. I mean i thought we were going to die. Officials have ordered nearly 2,000 people out of the area. My son called me and said did you know your mountains on fire . Im like oh heck. You sit there watching it get wet. Thats all you can do. Torrential rains sweeping across the midsections causing more flooding in tennessee. Literally floating. Everyone in pakistan to leave due to a specific terrorist attack. The president plans to take questions about the threat that shut down nearly two dozen embassies and consulates. I know what its like to sit in that seat. Im not going to secondguess the president and the secretary of state. 16 are holding the Winning Ticket but t
Morning starts now. This is wjz tv, baltimore. From the city to the counties to your neighborhood, now its complete coverage. Its wjz, marylands news station. Good morning and welcome to Eyewitness News this saturday. Im gigi barnett. And im tim williams. A comfortable morning out there, nowhere near steamy. Thats why we have averages, sometimes theyre up. Sometimes theyre down. Today at least the temperature is down a little bit, so is the dew point and the humidity. Its not as steamy as it was yesterday. If you were out at all yesterday it was very very humid outside. Today is less humidity, low dew points and the haze we have seen over the last few days is for now gone. The scan on first warning live doppler radar. The only shower we have is down near front royal virginia. We could see a shower or two pop up, but the chance for today is slim. 61 in oakland, 74 in elkland, 75 in ocean city. High pressure is pushing in that less humid air, and the conditions are drying out nicely. Bec