they had streets blocked off, fire crews and everyone from anne arundel county and surrounding counties was here. we're going to send it down to the ground. >> some good news to tell you about your on the ground. emergency crews have given the all clear about half an hour ago to reopen the mdot building behind me. some employees were let back in. the incendiary device was found on the fourth floor. let's take you back to when it's all unfolded. it was around 12:45 p.m. this afternoon when employees here at the building called 9111 an unnamed employee called -- called 911 when an unnamed employee opened a suspicious package. smoke immediately started pouring from it. there are no known threats to the mdot building. after the incendiary device was found, allstate meal worms were shut down. as far as with the address -- the package -- all state mailrooms were shut down. as far as to the package was addressed to, we are not sure. gov. o'malley told me yesterday that this particular package was addressed to the maryland transportation secretary. we do not know if she open the package. but it was open on the fourth floor of the building where her office wais. we will explain why this is being called incendiary rather than explosive. >> the bomb technicians examination of both of these packages, there were no explosives in either package. there was an indication that it was some sort of incendiary device. when the package was opened, that it needs -- ignited the incendiary action. that is what i'm talking about as an incendiary device verses an explosive device. >> eight people were actually affected by this, what is being called an incendiary device. the good news is that there were no physical injuries to any of these people. the person you open the package went to the hospital, and three others near it also went to the hospital. the other four declined going. but that is good news in the fact that no one received any physical injuries from this particular device. we do not know whether the transportation secretary was the one who opened it and if, in fact, she was at least injured emotionally by this. the hanover building will be open business as usual tomorrow morning. as we told you, there was another suspicious package found about half an hour before this one schear. -- this one here. for more on that, david collins. >> the package was delivered to d jeffrey building, the burk building right behind me. thankfully, the person who did open the package did it receive some singed fingers, but they didn't refuse treatment it was described as incendiary -- they did refuse treatment. it was described as an incendiary in nature. it was addressed to gov. o'malley. it was the size of a hardback book and was addressed to gov. o'malley. as a mailroom employee began to open a, a reaction occurred. >> this was the action by the employee. it was addressed to gov. o'malley. when the employee opened the package there was an initial flash of fire and smoke and a smell n.m. -- emanated from that reaction. the employee reported his fingers being singed, but refused any type of medical treatment. >> a state fire marshal were bought rendered the package safe. no explosive material was found in it. authorities are not in a position to say immediately whether the package contained a note or any other messages associated with it. this was in no way a bomb or an explosive device. >> incendiary reaction occurred, producing a small flame and fire as the package was opened. >> all the mail is supposed to be screened. officials declined to comment on that process. again, thank fully, no one was injured. >> gov. martin o'malley was in baltimore city today for the swearing in of maryland attorney general doug danziger wouldn't those incendiary devices -- you may remember one was addressed to him -- windows incendiary devices, you may remember one was addressed to him. -- gov. martin o'malley was in baltimore city today for the swearing in of maryland attorney general doug kinsler windows suspicious packages arrived. remember, one was addressed to him. >> what you see behind me is the area around the state office building at 201 west preston street, which is the scene of the investigation by the baltimore city police department helping out the state to investigate a suspicious package. no indication that anything had exploded here, but there is a package that has drawn some attention. let's listen to what the deputy health secretary told us a bit ago about why this investigation started. >> we had an opportunity to check with our mail room staff and ask if there were any unusual out of the ordinary packages that might have aroused some attention, and in fact, there was one. we get hundreds of pieces of every day. we have, as a precaution, ast the workers -- asked the workers to leave. >> officials tell us that the way that package looked suspicious, there may have also been a phone call made into the building about the package. that would have only increased suspicion. everything started to unfold about 3:00 p.m. this afternoon here, which was sometime after the flash an explosion of those earlier packages at the department of transportation at that the -- and at the office building in annapolis. the situation here is traffic. there is about a two-block section of martin luther king boulevard that is closed. officers are trying their best to manage the congestion that has been created here at howard street in particular. as everyone knows, martin luther king boulevard is a heavily used commuter route during rush-hour, especially the westbound side of it and that is what remains closed. we have been told it will be about 90 minutes before this scene was clear. we have only seen an increase in police activity in the last 15 minutes or so. we will have to keep you posted as they investigate a suspicious package in the mailroom here at the state office building that houses the state office building. >> we will continue to follow this story throughout the evening and the days to come. there are also constant updates on our website at wbaltv.com. and anne arundel county school employee is arrested after police said they found child pornography on his personal computer. gregory alan christy faces charges of distributing child porn. >> it was in april when police responded to this home on timber field plays for a report of child pornography on a suspect's personal computer. a search warrant was executed and several computers were confiscated >> -- were confiscated. >> we used federal assistance to analyze that evidence and we came back with these results. >> yesterday, the suspect, 39- year-old gregory alan christy, was arrested and charged with one count of distribution of child pornography and 10 counts of possession. >> what we were able to determine through the center for missing and exploited children that these were known victims. in other words, these were victims from other locations, other jurisdictions, cases that had been adjudicated. they were already in his database. based on that, we charge for these. -- based on that information, we brought these charges. >> he has been in our school system since 1996. april of 2010 he was a physical education teacher at hertling woods elementary school. we became aware of the allegations and immediately reassigned him where he had no contact with children. he has been there since until yesterday. he has been immediately suspended from employment after the charges were filed. >> at this elementary school gregory kristie was a key teacher. >> there is no information that any of this conduct to place on the school campus. >> there is no evidence that is linked to anyone in anne arundel county or anyone at the school. >> and still ahead, parents panicked after research was released in the late 1990's linking vaccines to autism. now that research is being called fraudulent. >> continuing team coverage of the incendiary devices straight ahead. >> we will see >> we want to bring you up-to- date with the situation we have been following today. at 12:30 p.m. and at 12:45 p.m., two separate incidents of suspicious packages that prompted the invest -- the evacuation of about 300 state employees. both devices were incendiary devices and both did go on. again, we have crews on those and are following this story very closely and will bring you the very latest when we have new information for you. the u.s. army tonight is trying to figure out why its largest post saw a record number of suicide that this year. in fort hood, texas, many have killed themselves are suspected of planning suicide. it is to a half times the national average for that age group. the army says it is working to reduce the trend and has assigned more than 170 peter health workers to the post. -- 170 behavioral health workers to the post. in tonight's medical alert, a story that has shocked many people. it is all a lie, that is what the british medical journal is saying about the landmark 1998 study that linked autism with child with vaccination. tonight, that study is being called an elaborate fraud. but dr. intelsat study stands by his research. >> in 1998, -- the doctor behind the study stands behind his research. >> in 1998, the study that links to travel with autism to vaccines has been called an elaborate fraud. dr. andrew wakefield has been accused of misrepresenting or altering the medical history of the patients the study was based on. >> activists around him have been able to spread anxiety and bring it across the atlantic to the united states with the result that we are now seeing parents inches about vaccinations. >> but wakefield is standing by his study. >> i have read the allegations on many occasions. he is a hit man that has been brought in to take me down because they are very concerned about the adverse reactions to vaccines that are occurring in children. >> the medical experts said he has long had questions about the study. >> we keep trying to convince parents that the most important thing they can do to protect their children in general is to have been immunized. >> the british medical journal that originally published the study retracted it. >> wakefield is that a conference in jamaica and says despite being stripped of his medical license in britain, he will continue his work. >> they know that these children are growing in number. >> medical experts say measles cases in britain and the u.s. went up after vaccination rates dropped. >> this report comes as a new study finds the vaccine may have cut the number of chicken pox related hospitalizations. the cdc says 50,000 fewer cases were reported between 2000- deerow 6. that is the time that most children received -- between 2000-2006. that is the time most of received the vaccine children should be immunized at 12-15 months and again between 4-6 years of age. >> now, your 11 insta-weather plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> quite a bit of sunshine today, but the clouds are moving in from the west and so is some light snow. it is already picked up on the hd doppler. there's the possibility of flurries this evening in parts of northern frederick county toward hagerstown. and certainly, heading back into western maryland. around the media baltimore area, no substantial snow until after midnight and heading into the early morning for a rush hour. -- friday rush hour. changes in the mountains to the west. you can see in pittsburgh, already working to that area. here in baltimore, another dry day. no rain or snow in our region today. a good deal of sunshine got the temperature into the upper 30's, but still halt -- still shy of the normal high of 41. right around freezing to the north of baltimore. also toward the eastern shore, not much temperature change in that direction 20 -- in that direction. 20's around oakland and strasbourg. burg.ost all of this will be speaking to our region late tonight and tomorrow morning. after midnight, the possibility of light snow flurries as the clouds began up. cold temperatures overnight, 21-28 degrees. this clipper is named that because it is a fast-moving thing that clips on true. the main area of low pressure in the northern michigan, but different trails from that. there may be an area of low pressure developing as a tracks through the mounds and into our region. another system diving south and east might bring some snow to the midwest and the ratings game in kansas city heading into the weekend. -- the ravens game in kansas city heading into the weekend. our best chance of snow tomorrow will be early in the day. lights the possibility of spirit -- light flurries or snow through the day tomorrow. the best chance is north of us and into the mountains, but a light accumulations way down there on the lower end of the scale. for most areas this will be a light dusting of snow tomorrow morning. we may even get some sunshine by tomorrow midday into the afternoon hours. a light accumulations of snow and a westerlies' at 10-15. the trouble is that it is coming in the morning hours. that could complicate rush-hour. one-3 inches around deep creek with a high of 19. around here, snow showers and a light dusting of snow and eventually up to 37. a few flurries around salzburg and ocean city. temperatures de chile into the weekend. a few flurries link ring into saturday with a high of 32. monday andr 30's tuesday next week. we will check the forecast for the ratings game in kansas city. >> we continue to follow breaking news tonight from hanover and annapolis where two incendiary devices went off this afternoon. looking at live pictures right now of the state office complex in the mount vernon section of baltimore. a huge complex there where a third suspicious package was found that investigation is still ongoing. i may be mud, but i have standards. mops? please. some of them have bacteria. ♪ and they try to pick me up? ew. i'm really hard to get. uh! ♪ what about love?! [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can grow bacteria. swiffer wetjet's antibacterial solution eliminates 99.9% of bacteria that mops can spread around. i like your pad! [ male announcer ] swiffer cleans better than a mop or your money back. >> the fight over health care is back on capitol hill, but this time republicans have to vote. steve handelsman has the latest tonight from capitol hill. >> rushing to repeal health care reform. -- reform, house republicans order a recitation of the constitution. democrats joined in. cut they's vote to internal house budget was bipartisan. unlike the fight on health care. a repeal of the healthcare lob would likely die in the senate and democrats got a new dollars and cents argument today from the congressional budget office. >> a vote for repeal is a vote to increase the deficit by $230 billion. >> but republicans are using their new majority muscles to help force a house vote. >> we are rushing this to the floor. >> next week you can vote to undo this but no hearings and no discussion. >> speaker john boehner will not been done what he calls obama- care. >> it will ruin the best health- care system in the world, bankrupt our nation and ruined our economy. >> do you think it is a waste of time to have a house vote? >> no, i do not. >> president obama named bill daley his chief of staff, brother of chicago's mayor. >> need this to say, there is a smidgen of knowledge of how our politics work. you might say, a genetic trait. >> in the health-care fight, the obama approach so far it's hands off, until the repeal drama plays itself out. >> and the story of incendiary devices and suspicious packages continues to unfold in maryland. there was a third of suspicious package at the state office complex on west preston street. now we are hearing that another suspicious package is being investigated at the baltimore courthouse downtown. we will bring more information m [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot. pastrami. don't dare call it a cover band -- unless you're talking about covering freshly baked bread with layer upon layer of flavor-packed pastrami. this sub lays down power cords of tasteocity with pickles, mean licks of mustard and riffs of melty, bubbly cheese. catch 'em before the fresh toasted tour leaves town. subway big hot pastrami. crank up the flavor at subway. >> live, local, late breaking, you are watching wbal tv 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd which stands stovall, donna hamilton, dore insta-weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd continues now. >> and we continue to follow all of this breaking news today, considering these incendiary devices that been sent to office buildings. seems to beconcern ca at the baltimore county courthouse. >> about an hour ago, emergency crews gave the all clear and remaining employees were allowed to go back inside the mdot building in hanover. those that remained were on the fourth floor where this incendiary device was found. let's take you back to about 1:00 p.m. this afternoon where this was an active scene. it was around 12:45 p.m. when employees called 911 when an unnamed employee opened a book- size package when it gave off a puff of smoke and a sulfur smell. hazmat crews were called in and bomb attacks from the state fire marshal's office as well. there were no known threats to mdot and after this device was found and one in annapolis, allstate mailrooms were shut down. the package did have a return address on it, but that information was not given out. according to gov. martin o'malley, this package was addressed to the maryland transportation secretary. we do not know if she opened the package, but it was on the fourth floor where she has her office. the state are marshall talked to reporters in more detail about that incendiary device. >> there was some initiation of both packages, because there was that reported puff of smoke. there was no fire. there was no explosion. there was no white powder. >> as far as injuries, the good news to report, there were no physical injuries done to anyone here. there were eight people affected by this. the person who opened it, that person went to the hospital, as well as three others. four others declined to go. we have not been told whether or not the maryland transportation secretary was the person who did open this package. state officials tell us that the mdot building here in hanover will be open business as usual tomorrow morning. now for a developing situation at the state office complex in baltimore city with a possible third package found there. we're going to turn things over to jane miller, who has more on that part of the story. >> we have been sealed off here and around the state office complex at mount vernon, baltimore, since about 3:00 p.m. it started about 3:00 p.m. there was a package that drew suspicion, and then there may have been a phone call that was also made into the mail room, or into the building at 201 west preston street building. authorities were alerted as baltimore city police were the ones that responded here. you're looking at martin luther king boulevard looking westbound. that is closed off. there is a lot of disruption in this part of town because of traffic. and the baltimore city hazardous vice unit is here using a robot, etc., to try to thoroughly evaluate the package that has drawn concern here. they have been at it for about almost two hours. they're also using k9 units through the building some of the employees were sent home. not everyone in the building, according to the deputy health secretary. just before we arrived here about 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, we revel to catch up with the governor. she was -- we were able to catch up with the governor. he was on his way to the swearing-in of district ensler.y gansevor we asked him how worrisome the two devices were that were designated. here was his response. >> we liv