Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness News Morning Edition 20131024

Our bottom line at the top of this hour, it is much colder than that picture might have you think outside this morning. Seasonably colder. Sharon is watching other roadways, martys over at first warning weather. The current temperature is 44. Having said that with a breeze its 9 degrees chillier than this time yesterday morning. Sunshine through the day at lunch. 53. Just going to a high of 5 4 degrees. Thats with sunshine. That will tell you how chilly the pool of air that settled over the mid atlantic is. Welcome to big league fall. Don, take it away. Thank you. Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Two problems out there. One in the city, police activit. Watch for police in the area of west cross street between washington boulevard and saratoga. Watch for an accident 70 eastbound. This one is just after marriottsville road. Youre looking at an accident involving a downed pole. Apparently there was a deer involved in this one as well. If you are headed out on the beltway speeds still at full speed on the top and west sides of the beltway and on 95. Thats a look at 95 in and out of the tunnel. Theres a look at 895 and the harbor tunnel. Now wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning. Heres don. Thank you. Right now Police Across the state are looking for man who shot a Howard County police officer. Wjz and mike schuh are live outside shock trauma downtown where that officer is being treated. Good morning, mike. Reporter good morning. At last check 30yearold offick is in serious condition here at shock trauma. Now theres a 50,000 reward to find his shooter. It starts around 4 00 yesterday. Police receive a call about a man pacing outside this red pick up truck along route 1 holding a handgun. The man identified as 29yearold stephon prather. He opened fire, hitting officer steven houk, just 2 years on the force. Then the man ran off. I heard the gunshots. Aaron said he watch ed ed officer houk collapse as prather took off running. As the gunman jumped over the guardrail and ran into the woods another officer was running along the guardrail firing shots into the woods. Its not known if prather was hit. From sky eye chopper 13 you can see the densely wooded area. We have helicopters, dogs, officers on foot. Police are telling residents to take precaution. He should be considered armed and dangerous. We encourage any member of our community who may believe they see him or know where hes at to call us at 911. Officer houk is expected to recover. I got a chance to speak with him. Hes under the great care of the fine men and women here at shock trauma. We are blessed to have this wonderful resource here in baltimore. Reporter prather, its the second time hes been wanted. The other time was in North Carolina, it was a case of breaking and entering. Im mike schuh reporting live down at shock trauma. Back to you. Thank you. Anyone with information on prathers whereabouts should call Howard County or their local police department. In northwest Baltimore City police say a man who appeared to be breaking up a fight of High School Students is dead. According to the Baltimore Sun police say a group of students got into a fight yesterday near bell avenue and garrison boulevard. When an adult intervened he was stabbed and died at the hospital. One other person is wounded but expected to be okay. Prosecutors say the dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was connected to a triple murder. His friend told officers he participated in the killings. Three men were found with their throats slit on september 11th, 2011. He was killed during a shoot out with police. His younger brother, dzhokhar is being held at a medical facility. A conviction is overturned. Now michael scacle wants to be released. Hes the know few of robert kennedy. The judge ruled his attorney failed to adequately represent him and ordered a new trial for him. Here a verdict is in. A towson jury finds dr. Midei liable in a lawsuit. Hes accused of putting unnecessary stints into hundreds of patients, including a prominent cal developer. Here is rochelle richie. It took the jurors two days to reach a verdict. They struggled to come to a decision. Attorneys for the plaintiff in the case against mark midei walk out in victory after six jurors found midei breeched medical care standards in the care of glen weinberg. He claims he lost 50 million in business after scaling back to deal with matters of the heart. He was the director at st. Joseph. What i did is what i would want for myself, my mother, my father. They were treated appropriately and with the highest reward. Attorney byron morgan said many are not argued. You have to go through about 100 cases before you find one case thats good enough. So the vast, vast majority of these the lawyer rejects because there isnt a case. In 2009 st. Joseph Medical Center sent letters to hundreds of dr. Mideis patients warning them they may have received unnecessary stints. Midei said it was 90 . After they reviewed everything 0 . The percentages were for blockages in the blood vessels. Dr. Midei was in the courtroom when the verdict was read. He showed little to no emotion. Damages are expected to be discussed next week. Today police are investigating a strange incident at a city school that led to five children falling ill of eating or using something. The students were taken to the hospital from the Reach Partnership school in northeast Baltimore City. Its not clear what the substance was or where the students got it. The Child Division is work being the hospital. Amazon. Com is choosing baltimore to open its next Fulfillment Center. Today leaders are applauding the news. Linh bui has more on potential impact. Amazon, the Online Retail giant is coming to charm city creating more than 1,000 full time positions. Its a great day for baltimore and im very pleased at the work that was done in order to make that happen. The 1 million square foot facility will be built at the former Gm Assembly Plant in the port of baltimore. It will look similar to this warehouse. This location in baltimore is one of eight new warehouses planned across the country. According to amazon each city has a Large Consumer base. Amazons moving towards sameday delivery. The new Fulfillment Center would serve the baltimore washington area. Employees will pack and ship goods. That would be perfect for me. I love that kind of work. Ive been doing that all my life life. Amazon said it will pay 30 more than the average retail job plus benefits include a 401k, health care and prepaid tuition for college. I will apply. I will be the first one there. Economists said this will bring energy to the area and could attract other fortunate 500 companies to baltimore. They realize business is going to that area, there must be a reason. They look at our demographics, cando work force and think about baltimore too. City leaders said this is more proof that baltimore is open for business. If you shop on amazon. Com once the center opens maryland residents will have to pay a sales tax. Reporting in southeast baltimore, linh bui, wjz Eyewitness News. No word on when construction or hiring will actually begin. The red sox win game one of the world series, playing the cardinals up in boston. In the first inning the Sox David Ortiz grounds to 2nd and the cardinals go for a double play. They drop the ball. Then with the bases leaded mike napoli cleared the bases for the 30 lead. The red sox go onto win 81. The same two teams in boston tonight. A new report says the orioles are valued at more than a billion dollars. Bloombergs news said the club is worth over 1. 1 billion. The teams stake in masn, ticket sales and sponsorships put them over the 1 billion mark. They are one of 10 billion dollar baseball teams. Most of the teams on that list i think youll find theres a large broadcast entity. Yeah, the yankees are number one. They say most of the money comes from yes network, yankees entertainment system. So its the angels, the os, the rangers, the phillies. Not on the list would be the marlins, white sox and the mariners. Yeah. And the oakland as. There are bigger cities than baltimore that arent there. Yeah. It all has to do with the broadcasting. I want to show you something. Weve been looking at all this morning. This is at table rock in garrett county. A plow has gone by that road. You can see right in here at the intersection where its still kind of slushy. We had snowfall in western maryland yesterday. A high of 54 degrees today, partly sunny by breezy. Tonight is going to feel like the upper 40s. That 54 is 10 off normal. Theres frost warnings, and frer tonight. Im going to show you what area s you expect the growing season to come to an halt. Gigi barnett joins us. Its the weekend of halloween. Well, its the weekend everybody is going to celebrate halloween. Zoo is boo. How is it going . Reporter its going pretty good. You want to get a jump on halloween. I guess some parents do. This is the 30th annual zoo boo. Coming up were going to introduce you to marty, the porccupine. The details straight ahead when the Eyewitness News morning edition continues. ,,,,,,,,,,, good morning. Its 40 degrees right now. Actually, it just dropped to 39. These are realtime temperatures. Now 39. 75 humidity. A bit of a breeze out of the southwest now at 3. Generally throw the day a northwest flow at 8 to 10. Barometer is a 29. 98. Oakland now at 30, many areas in the upper 20s in western maryland. 39 cumberland, 37 hagerstown and elkton, 46 easton, 39 ocean city, 40 pax river, almost 40 columbia and westminster, 37 bel air, low 40s annapolis and kent island, 45 rock hall. None of this unexpected to be quite honest. Its actually going to be a very, very nice five days sun wise. Total sunshine for the next five days. Were going to stay on the chilly side, averaging 10 degrees below normal day and night side. Look at this lake effect coming off after lake erie. Heres the widespread view. I think its impressive. Not just counties around our metro, but look at this, all the way from new england theres a froze advisory or freeze watch or freeze warning. We have a freeze watch in effect for maryland from 95 west. Youve got plans saying youre going to bring the plants inside, bring them inside. 54 is going to be the high. 34 your over night low. Tomorrow a high of 54, 56 saturday. Almost 60 sunday and monday. Tuesday 58. Don, take it it away. Thank you. 17 past the hour. Here is sharon at wjz traffic control. Good morning. We cleared up one of two problem s, that Police Activity in the city is gone. We have that accident on 70 eastbound after marriottsville road. Its an accident with a downed pole. Seeds just a little bit slow in that area. Speeds doing great still on the beltway and on 95. Theres a live look outside at 895 at the harbor tunnel. A little braking as you approach the tunnel, other wise doing fine. 95 and the tunnel also problem free. This traffic report is brought to you by your maryland toyota dealer. Do you dream of all the places youd like to go . Toyota is ready to take you there. Now is a great time to find a great deal on a toyota at buyatoyota. Com. Lets go places. Thats one ugly animal. Yeah. I just wish you could have seen when sharon was finishing her traffic report that animal comes with its own handle. Reporter yeah. Pick him up again. Its like a flint stone vacuum cleaner. Reporter we were commenting about the smell too which you cant get a whip of. It smells like. Onions and aarp arm armpits. This is marty the porcupine. Hs one of our south american animals. Hes not happy about this weather, thank you. He does not care for it. Hell be hes one of our animal ambassadors. We will have lots of animals out. Reporter youre celebrating the 30th anniversary of zoo boo. Thats right. We have costume contests, the ps smash. They are hundreds of pounds and the elephants make them look like a tick take. They smash them quickly. Thats at 11 30 tomorrow and saturday and sunday. Reporter kids can see the animals get special treats too. Thats right. We have a fun hol wean end halloween enrichment for them. Its fun to come in your costumes and go to the chimp forest. They look checking everybody out. Reporter its a big costume parade. Are they mandatory . No, theyre not. We like people to come in cosgaa tume. We like the kids to come because theres a costume contest. Its a big event for us. Its our biggest event of the year thats a nonfundraiser event. Its free with admission. If youre a member its free anyways because you paid for your membership. Bring your kids out in costume. Its the safest place to trickortruck in baltimore. Reporter you get a jump start on it. Right. You can maybe just answer your r on halloween so you dont have to go out there. Reporter 10 00 to 4 00, starts tomorrow, runs through sunday. Marty here still smelling too. You wont have to smell him. Reporter marty, hes nothie you. Back to you on tv hill. It depends which phase of the moon you catch me in. Thank you a lot. Thats true. Still to come on wjz this morning. Im Alex Demetrick. Coming up, beyond the day you by behind the numbers of marylands,,,,,,,,,, 6 24. Marylands black bear population is growing. Hunters are being allowed to harvest more of them. State officials have raised the limit that can be hunted. Wjz is in western maryland where the hunt is playing out right now. Here is Alex Demetrick to explain while Natural Resources police say its a good thing. As Deep Creek Lake settles into autumn trucks pull in and out of a department of resources checkin station carrying dead black bears. Theres no restriction on size or age. Theres a promise. What we promised is we would never wipe out the bear population with this regulated opportunity. There was 500 bears in maryland when it started. Today its estimated at 1,000 so the harvest quota is up. 30 bears were taken the first year in 2004. This year between 95 and 130 will be taken as their range has spread from garrett and allegany counties east into washington and frederick counties. Were averaging about three cubs per hunt. Its slowing the growth. The bear population continues t. Groups opposed to the hunt see that control as unnecessary. Weve heard these arguments time and time again from the department of Natural Resources. We have to look at the land mass thats out there in western maryland. Its a huge land mass for these bears. Only bears seeking more room are now being spotted in central maryland backyards. Because of crop damage, farms have become hunting grounds. He made a hard right and went up the edge of the corn field. I was about 80 yards away and took a shot. The bear this gentleman took was a prior nuisance bear that we captured. This is a hunt that directly targets some of the problem bears. Alex demetrick, wjz Eyewitness News. Hunters arent the only ones taking black bears. 50 bears have been hit and killed by vehicles during the past year. Thats about half the number thats being hunted. Next up this morning right here on wjz. An exchange of gunfire and a Howard County officer is shot. Now theres a manhunt underway for this man. Im mike schuh, a live report from shock trauma next. Im Tara Mergener in washington. Developers of healthcare. Gov shift the blame for problems. Who they say is responsible coming up. A lost super bowl ring. Hear where you may be able to find it. If youre just about to head out we have some minor delays out there on the roads. Well take a look at our Speed Sensors and cameras in just a few. Mma back in charm city with show gunfights at the arena. The man who helped sanction mma in maryland john raul is on coffee with. One of the good guys. Stay tuned, its the morning edition, well be right back. ,,,,,,,,, it is 6 30. Thats a live look at the newly narrowed section of russell street where the casino is under construction. Sharon will have traffic after martys first warning weather. 39 degrees on tv hill. Thats going to be about 5 off of what it normally should be at this time of the day right before dawn. That 39 is 8 chillier than this time yesterday. 53 at lunch on its way to a High Temperature of 54 degrees. 10 off of normal. Don, take it away. Thank yu. What awaits you on the way to work and or school . Here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Good morning. If youre just about to head out we only have one accident. That accident 70 eastbound just after marriottsville road. Its involving a downed pole. It was involving a deer also. Theres minor delays there. Starting to be some minor days on the west side of the beltway. 47 is now your average between 795 and 95. A 13 minute drive there. Speeds slowing also on 95 southbound between white marsh and the beltway. 44 is your average. Once you get to the tunnel it looks like everything is running smoothly into the tunnel. Thats a look at 95. Theres a look at 895 at the harbor tunnel. Now wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning. Heres don. Thank you. Police are searching for a man who shot a Howard County officer. Mike schuh is live outside shock trauma where the officer is being treated. Good morning, mike. Reporter good morning. 30yearold officer steven houkt eran of the force is in serious condition here at shock trauma. For the second time in 2 years a man who they suspect hot houk is wanted in a manhunt. It starts around 4 00 yesterday. Police receive a call about a man pacing outside this red pick up truck along route 1 holding a handgun. Three officers approach the man, now identified as 29yearold stephon prather. He opened fire, hitting officer steven houk. Then the man ran off. I heard the gunshots in my car. Aaron was driving near by. He said he watched officer houk collapse as prather took off running. As the gunman jumped over the guardrail and ran into the woods another officer was running along the guardrail firing shots into the woods. Its not known if prather was hit. From sky eye chopper 13 you can see densely wooded areas where he disappeared. We got helicopters up, dogs out there, officers on foot. Police are telling residents to take precaution. He should certainly be considered armed and dangerous. We encourage think member of our community who may believe they see him or know where hes at to call us at 911. As for officer houk, hes expected to recover. I also got a chance to speak with him. Hes under the great care of the fine men and women here at shock trauma. We are blessed to have is this wonderful resource here in baltimore. Reporter so theres a 50,000 reward for the apprehension of prather. 2 years ago in North Carolina he bolted from police after a Traffic Accident stop. Im mike schuh reporting live from shock trauma. Don, back to you. Thank you. Anyone with information about prathers whereabouts should call Howard County or their local police department. The search for a missing autistic 14yearold in new york city has now expanded to the state of maryland. He was last seen october the 4th on Surveillance Video inside his queens new york high school. Hes running through the halls there. Eventually the surveillance cameras show him leaving the building. Family members say he loved trains and police are not ruling out the possibility he boarded one to come here where his older brother played football for the university of Maryland College park. The reward for his safe return is now close to 90,000. A massachusetts 14yearold is being held without bond this morning for the murder of a high school teacher. The story for wjz. Students and parents held candles and each other as they remembered colleen ritzer, a popular math teep er teacher at danvers high school. It was shocking. I couldnt believe someone woult to her. Everyone loved her so much. She was remembered in a moment of silence before game 1 at the world series at fenway park. More shocking is the person charged with the crime, 14yearold student phillip chism. They were each reported missing by friends and family when they didnt return from school tuesday. Court papers say the two knew each other but did not elaborate. Danvers Police Initiated a search for the teacher and discovered blood. Chism was picked up early wednesday morning walking along a highway. Investigators arrested him based on statements he made and on school Surveillance Video that recorded the assault. Chism pleaded not guilty and could be tried as an adult. The high school will be open for students to speak with counselors on thursday. Chism is due back in court on november 22nd. Federal investigations are raising concerns over the ceasars horseshoe casino under construction. They pulled out after a massachusetts project over an investors ties to organized crimes. One out of its las vegas businesses is the target of a Money Laundering investigation. Ceasars does not expect it to impact the casino here. Its expected to be opened by the end of next year. The developers of the troubled healthcare. Gov website are expect today appear before a Congressional Committee this morning. Here is Tara Mergener with the latest. Developers for healthcare. Gov will head to capitol hill this morning for hearing about the website thats been slow and unresponsive. The roll out of obamacare is nothing short of a debobbing l. Cgi federal, the main contractor takes partial blames. It said the ultimate responsibility is with obama administration. Its our job to hold them accountable. When it comes to obamacare theres a lot that needs to be held accountable. Even supporters are upset. I believe someone should be is held accountable. Rick nolan said the president needs to man up, find out who is responsible and fire them. The frustration that lawmakers who supported the Affordable Care act feel over the fact that a portion of it is not functioning at the level we want it to function is frustration shared first and for most by the president. Some democrats, including senator joe mansion are calling for a 1year delay of the 95 fine for not buying Health Insurance, saying americans shouldnt be punished for the governments faulty website. In washington, Tara Mergener, wjz Eyewitness News. The white house said its opposed to any delay in the individual mandate. It says besides the website there are three other ways that americans can buy Health Insurance on the market exchanges. Come this monday theyll be no smoking this parks in hagerstown. The ban includes all cityowned parks in the Downtown University plaza. The greens and golf course and designated areas at Municipal Stadium are exempt. It carries a 20 fine for the first and second violations and a 200 fine after that. More this morning about the pet treat deaths. A stronger warning for the fda about the jerky treats that may be sickening and killing thousands of dogs and cats across this country. Here is kai jackson with more on the treats made in china. The fda has received nearly 4,000 reports of sick cats and dogs. It dates back to 2007. Its itsest move through thd estimated that 580 est its estimated that 580 pets have died. Vomiting, diarrhea ande jersey jerky treats have been associated with this syndrome. The fda has been unable to pinpoint the problem. For pet owners like robin pier waiting is frustrating. You cant have so many healthy pups die and the one common denominator is the chicken jersey imported from china. In 2010 piers 2yearold pug bella died from kidney failure. She said it was after she ate waggin tail tenders. Purina pulled the products. They insisted they dont pose a safe or health risk. The fda is sending all letters to the veterinarians asking that they provide samples from effected animals and continue to report onilness pgs report the illnesses. If you want to find a ravens super bowl ring you might be able to find one. She let a friend borrow it and they lost it. The nfl, ravens and Insurance Company will make sure she gets a new one. The old one is still out there somewhere in the water. My trunks are in the car. My face mask is not though. You can borrow one of mine. Coming up on coffee with, i , i know tony and hes a goods quality, classy, person. She would lend somebody her super bowl ring. She would have to be yeah, she would. Hang in there, toni. John brought mma fighting to maryland. It took a state law to change it. Hes one of the good guys. Something interesting is happening at arena. Theres show gun 9. Theres more than that. Sharon gibala has wjz traffic control, we have first warning weather and more coming up next. Stay with us. ,,, for sein a whole new way. For seeing what cash is coming in and going out. So you can understand every angle of your cash flow last week, this month, and even next year. For seeing your businesss cash flow like never before, introducing cash flow insight powered by pnc cfo. A suite of online tools that lets you turn insight into action. Just found a dunkindonuts pumpkin flavored kcup pack in my coffee stash best day ever mydunkin get two boxes of dunkin kcup packs for just 19. 99. Share your story. Ellicott city in the house this morning. Well done. 39 now, 75 humidity. A south west breeze at 3. Barometer is 29. 98. The upper 20s around the Higher Elevations in garrett county. We showed you yesterday and weve been showing you through the morning snow on the ground at route 50 and table rock. 3,000 feet in elevation higher in garrett county. Wow. 39 cumberland, 37 hagerstown, 36 easton, 39 at the ocean, 41 bel air, 39 columbia, the low 40s annapolis, kent island, mid 40s in rock hall. I want to show you something interesting. We were talking about this snowfall in western maryland. There could be additional flurries blowing around western maryland. Look at the lake effect. First time weve seen that this year. Chilly temperatures are settled in over the mid atlantic. Tonight we have a freeze watch in effect essentially from the 95 corridor and west. If theres any plants you were saying i think i want to bring those in, might want to try to keep them alive, do it before you go to bed tonight. Its going to get cold. Forecasting a low of 34. Thats for bwi. You figure in your neighborhoodd get to 31 or 32 degrees. Mild air right now. Its not that much warmer than whats over the region. It will be here as we end the weekend. 54 degrees will be the high this day. A bit brie brooe a bit breezy. Tonight 4, partly cloudy. 56, 59 and 58. Straight to Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. Good morning. We finally cleared up that accin 70 eastbound in the area of marriottsville road. Were hearing we have a new one on 95 northbound in the area of 175. Speeds slow definitely on the west sides of the beltway, beginning to slow on the topside outer loop of the beltway. On 95 southbound youre averaging 37 on 95 southbound between white marsh and the beltway. Theres a look at 895 at the harbor tunnel. You may have to brake as you enter the tunnel. Looking good on 95 at the fort mchenry tunnel. This traffic report is brought to you by your maryland toyota dealer. Now is the time to find a great deal on a toyota at buyatoyota. Com. Lets go places. Back over to you. Thank you. This mornings coffee with h john ralo. Ladies and gentlemen, welcoe don of show gunfighting to maryland. The maryland. How are you doing . Were doing great. We love having you come in. This is a local success story. How many years . Since 2008 was the first one. Right now were going on our 5th year. This will be the ninth event. Yes, sir. We started we do tour in april and october. The first one was in october. Its rolling around. Here we are again. This is our ninth one. How were the ratings for the last one . Do you get rated . The ratings do well for comcast. They asked for more content. Really . Yeah. Its just being able to assembla show that size to give them content. You know, youre in the tv industry, the cost of the production, lighting, audio and camera men that goes into it. When you say more content, more matches . With the two shows we do per year we make four tv shows out of it and do two bestof shows. We give them six programs a year. Theyre asking for more. Do you know whats in incredible about it, the fabulous baltimore arena became the home base for wwf, now the wwe. Frankly their monday night raw evolved from shows downtown at the arena. Its the same with show gun, mma if you will. What is with the baltimore arena and Contact Sports . Baltimore is a blue collar town. Were big sports fan, support the ravens and orioles. I think that people here are its kind of a rough and tumble town. I think people enjoy rough and tumble sports. You know, the wwe now, its a big entertainment industry. People really enjoy it. For us, i was fortunate to be able to get the law passed here. You know, now were drawing 5,000, 6,000 people down to the arena to come and see the show. Give them the cliff note version of why a law had to be passed. The main reason is the way the law was written in the past the Athletic Association could regulate boxing and kick boxing. They had to work that into the verbiage. Were doing it again saturday night at the baltimore arena. Its back again. Im sitting here looking at your list of sponsors here. Its amazing. It is huge. Thats just a handful. Atlantic remodelling, i have tom out because theyre our naming right sponsor. Bert and brendon have been great for us. Theyve been a sponsor for every show. Theyve been the lead sponsor for the last three and doing it for the next two. Theyre like contracted to do so. Im thankful to them. After party at mothers day. At the power plant. Let me ask you this , the tickets start at 32. What levels do we have . They go 33, 48, 78, 98, which are the floor seats. Those are sold out again. The 253 is a vip party. Two hours before we have dinner catered by valentinos restaurant, open bar. Comcast is big sponsor. Let me get to the after party. Thats what don wants. Let me know, ill put you on the list. That after party at power plant live is getting so big. One of the days its going to appear on the dirty. They have their costume contest there this weekend and are moving it up so it doesnt interfere with the after party. The after party will be over as we get to work. People can go online to ticketmaster. Com. Yes and showgunfights. Com. Thank you for come ing ing coming in. Youre one of the good guys here locally. We love supporting you. I appreciate the support you guys give me. Thanks. You have to start work ing out again. Seriously. Starting those pecs are begin together move. Get it together. Together. ,,,, what can you score at t. J. Maxx . Designer jewelry. The hottest beauty trends. The latest handbags. Style for your guy or your best friend. For less than department stores. Check out all the designer brands maxxinistas are scoring. 6 before 7 00. Here come your updates from sharon and marty at first warning weather. Right now on the chill 39. 54 today. Temperatures expected in the 30s tonight. Now here is Sharon Gibala at wjz traffic control. A new accident on 29 near 175, the Left Shoulder is blocked. A disabled vehicle in the area of baldwin on maryland 75. Youre looking at speeds of 45 on the topside outer loop and about 35 on the west side outer loop. If youre headed out on 95 about 35 is your average between white marsh and the beltway. Between the beltway and the tunnel the upper 40s. Theres a look at 95. This traffic report is brought to you by jiffy lube. Would you drink coffee thats a year old . Thats what your asking your car to do when you dont get the oil changed. Police across maryland are searching for man who shot a Howard County officer. A 50,000 reward is being offered for stephon prather. He wounded 30yearold steven houk when he shot him an then ran off. Houk is in serious condition at shock trauma but expected to recover. Dr. Mark midei was found guilty in breeching standard of care. Hes accused of putting unnecessary stints in patients. St. Joseph was also named in the suit. Jurors will start deliberating damages on monday. Investigates are looking into a strange incident at a school that left five children ill after eating or using something. They were taken from the Reach Partnership school in northeast baltimore. Its not clear what the substance was. Baltimore citys Child Abuse Division is working with the hospital on the case. Federal investigators are raising concerns over seesee over ceasars casino here. They do not expect those investigations to have any it packet on the casino here. A new report says the Orioles Organization is valued at more than billion dollars. Bloomberg news said its worth 1. 1. Their take in masn, sponsorship are set to help them be over the billion dollar mark. Theyre one of 10. Stay with wjz 13, marylands news station. Complete news, complete news,,,,,,,,,,, boopbeep