claimed he became violent, raped and kicked her. >> the final decision rests with the court and the judge. and the bail was reduced to $150,000. >> reporter: james lives right around the corner from the canton crime scene, where someone left a memorial message to the fallen officer. neighbors here say limited street parking often leads to arguments but never before the kind of violence that took officer stevenson's life. >> doesn't seem quite right. that somebody should commit that kind of crime over a parking spot. >> in court this morning, a public defender asked that james be allowed to have bail, citing his ties to the community and his 2 1/2 years working at a jiffy lube. but the judge wasn't hearing it after bail got denied. his next hearing is set for mid- november. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> an attorney for sean james has not returned calls to wjz for comment on this story. a high-profile murder trial is coming to a close tonight. in baltimore county, dennis tetso is charged with killing his wife. and just hours ago, he took the stand in his own defense. mike hellgren has more on final arguments in this case. mike? >> reporter: dennis tetso was the real star here in court today. jurors were hanging on his every word. he said that he did have his wife's phone tapped, that he followed her, but he would never kill her. >> reporter: prosecutors claim dennis tetso was upset with his deteriorating marriage and his anger over an affair with another man led him into a rage, leading him to kill her and hide her body. but tetso told jurors, i'm not lying to you. i didn't do anything to my wife and i don't know where my wife is. >> they already said in the opening statement, there is no direct evidence, there is no smoking gun. >> reporter: tetso also explained why he tore down missing persons posters for tracy. he said they covered his house and his car, and they were put there by people who believed he had something to do with it. the first search was my parents' property. they accused me right off the bat. >> he said scratches on his income were from a gold chain and not from a struggle from his wife. >> reporter: police say he changed his story the night she disappeared, the night she was supposed to attend a concert with her lover. reports say that her car went through the harbor. and his cell phone was used in the same area. and he was also tracked in glen burnie. during the trial, the prosecution played fiery phone conversations between dennis and tracy, arguing over their relationship. >> you think i'm stupid? i'm not. >> yeah, well, you think i am as well. >> reporter: and he testified, i never laid a hand on her, never touched her, never grabbed her or anything like that. i never believe in hitting women. >> reporter: here's where we stand right now. in the morning, the defense will do its closing arguments. then the prosecution will have a academy closing. -- second closing. then this will go to the jury. they are expected to get it sometime tomorrow afternoon. >> all right, mike. thank you. the judge today rejected defense motions to dismiss the case, based on lack of evidence. four people died when a helicopter crashed onto a maryland highway last year. tonight, we know why it happened. denise is in the newsroom with the new report from federal investigators. >> the ntsb says pilot error was probably the cause of a july 2005 crash near boonsboro. went down on interstate 270, after hitting a power line. the final report says that nord off exercised poor judgment when he chose to fly on a dark night in adverse conditions. the group was returning from an event where they gave charity helicopter rides to children. >> and they also ruled the crash accidental. police say underaged drinking also played a huge role in sending three students to the hospital. it happened outside a popular bar. as weijia jiang reports, area businesses are cracking down on fake ids, at least for now. >> reporter: university police say the weekend which was the first weekend after the stabbings, was a lot calmer than usual. the question is, how long it will remain that way. >> this was the scene in downtown college park, less than one week ago. around 1:30 tuesday morning, three university of maryland students are rushed to the hospital. after police say 21-year-old leonardo ramos stabbed them outside a bar. police say it was the bloody end to a fight that started inside the thirsty turtle. and that all of the students involved were drinking under age. >> they were trying to get in the bar. and they were like, thirsty turtle lets everyone in. >> reporter: university police say the past weekend was a tame one. all of the bars near campus, including the turtle rejected fake ids, presented by underaged plants. >> it's been very slow. there hasn't been as much people walking around. and word on the street is that folks are not coming from catholics university and buses to get into the thirsty turtle now. >> reporter: but many students we spoke with say the turtle's crackdown is only temporary. and sooner or later, the drinking inside will start again. >> i think they're just doing that because of the stabbings, to counteract that to make it seem better. but i think they'll start letting people in again. >> reporter: the police chief is skeptical, too, pointing to the three siitations in the past year. -- citations in the past year. he's pushing to padlock the door. they will decide whether to revoke the bar's alcohol license. >> reporter: since this first broke out, we have reached out to the owner of the thirsty turtle multiple times for an interview, or even a statement. but as of yet, he has yet to respond. all of the victims have been released from the hospital after being treated for nonlife- threatening injuries. dozens of baltimore county homes are being affected by a water main break tonight. the break happened at back river at beechwood and linhurst roads. the water caused damage to a nearby home. about 50 houses and a dozen businesses all without water, as public works crews continue with repairs. skies are overcast, as we take a live look outside. is there rain headed our way? wjz is live with first warning weather. bob turk is tracking live doppler radar for us. bob? >> well, between 2:00 and 3:00, we had a little batch of rain move through the baltimore and baltimore county area. moved up toward the north and east. that's all gone. pretty quiet. all of the precip across pennsylvania as you can see, and ohio. but slowly, but surely, that front associated with the rain will be slipping southeast. we expect to see it at least in the morning tomorrow. a bit of rain. i think by late in the afternoon, it will be pretty much done. maybe a little sunshine by this time in the day tomorrow. temperatures pretty much where they should be. we're talking mid-60s. kai? >> a blue monday for the fans of the purple birds. the ravens are coming off their most disappointing lost of the -- loss of the year. sports director mark viviano joins us from wjz.com to explain how fans are reacting reacting to this defeat. >> it is only one right now. what the ravens are looking at is one road game that appeared to be a victory that got away. >> flacco. returns for the touchdown. >> it had the look of another signature win for the ravens. a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter at new england. but that signature was not complete. tom brady and the patriots played the part of eraser, with impressive drives in the final quarter and overtime, the ravens' signature win faded away. >> it's one of those things, we didn't finish. but we really didn't play well consistently throughout the whole game. and that was the ultimate difference. >> reporter: the difference in the end was three points. an overtime field goal that completed the patriots' comeback and left the ravens to ponder what might have been. is this defeat especially painful? >> no. it's just another loss. it's a disappointing one like they all are. but i think it's one we'll have to move from pretty quickly and get ready for next week. >> reporter: the pain for some fans can linger. we asked you with the wjz fan cam, what's the worst part about the loss at new england? >> decision-making from the staff. the decision making was kind of tentative. we didn't really go for a win. >> i have a hard time getting over what mclane did. you can't push somebody at the 20-yard line in overtime. you just don't do that. >> the play called was pretty terrible. >> reporter: now, regarding that play calling, coach john harbaugh did speak at his monday press conference, and reacted moments ago that the ravens went too conservative. we'll get the ravens' responses at the end of the game. everybody is a critic. it's always next week. ravens are back home on sunday. and back on wjz as they host the buffalo bills. see that game here, live at 1:00 p.m. and still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at 5:00. saving lives with technology. the breakthrough in better diagnosing sick children. college football player, killed by a police bullet. why officers say they were forced to shoot. i'm alex demetrick. coming up, making frederick's airport safer. that story as eyewitness news continues. and is the rain on its way to maryland? the answer in the first warning weather forecast coming up. i like a party as much as the next gal but, come on. $60,000 for one dinner held by the department of justice. $66 per person just for bagels at one of the nasa's shindigs. i cracked down because big government shouldn't be funding big banquets with your money. some people say i'm a bit of a tightwad. i say, i'm barbara mikulski and i approve this message so you'll know i'm fighting for you. in today's healthwatch, a breakthrough in diagnosing kids that gives faster results. it is called rvp. and today, the university for maryland children's hospital started use it. the goal is to save lives with almost instant information. a simple swipe of a baby's nose is all it takes to learn just how sick they are. 10 common viruses that leads to hospitalizations of hundreds of thousands of children can be diagnosed each year with the swab. and this machine. the results are rapid. six hours, versus the standard 2 to 12 days. >> for some, viral infections, getting treatment earlier in the infection can help reduce spines and symptoms of the infection, as well as spreading the infections. >> the tests can detect the flu and other respiratory illnesses like rsv, which can be dangerous for babies. in 2006, little rebecca rabinowitz died when a severe virus was diagnosed as a common cold. her family has raised money called "our baby," hoping to make this test more rapidly available. >> they believe she could have survived if they had known it was a viral infection, as opposed to a bacterial infection. >> reporter: they want exposure to the test. >> we're very optimistic that the work we've done with this technology will be able to aid physicians in the management of the immuno compromised patients. >> if you'd like more information about the rapid test or our baby foundation, log onto our website, wjz.com. and click on healthwatch. if you're waiting for someone to get home from work, let's check on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, critionty. >> hi, kai. -- kristy. >> hi, kai. north side outer loop, slowing from 83 to providence road. a couple of brake lights from 95 to liberty road as well. eastbound 70, still seeing some congestion there as you make your approach to the beltway. average speed about 30 miles an hour. southbound 95, expect some delays from whitemarsh boulevard to the beltway on the northeast side. about 10 minutes to get through. and we have an accident to watch out for in the city. that's liberty heights avenue at west northern parkway. taking a look at at this time inner loop. 46 miles an hour average. and about 13 minutes to get through. let's now take a live look. you can see over there, west of york road. plenty of congestion. moving along, but still heavy volume. this traffic report is brought to you by dsw. designer shoes at warehouse prices. you can only find them at dsw. back to you. tonight, baltimore is mourning the loss of a prominent journalist. john h. murphy iii. former publisher of the afro newspaper. has died. he is the great great grandson of the founder of the newspaper. he was involved in many community activities. he was 94 years old. pilots say keep your head on a swivel when hand landing or taking off from frederick municipal airport because no one else is watching out for you. alex demetrick reports, that is about to change. >> reporter: air space collapses, the closer you get to the ground. around the runways of frederick's municipal airports, the space between planes can sometimes get tight. >> it's uncontrolled. you look out for yourself. you look out for yourself. there's nobody to radio to. >> there is a tower. but no human controllers or equipment. that's not what drew the crowd today. it was the groundbreaking for a new $500 million tower. >> to have the requirements to the control tower and control traffic coming in and out of here. i think you'll see a big safety enhancement to this airport. >> given the proximity, a manned tower means more than just a safer airport. >> it's also important for our national security. this is a critically important location, for homeland security. >> the new tower is being built with federal stimulus money. that means some construction work. but it's hoped a controlled airport also break more corporate jets. and corporate satellite headquarters. >> there's a great interest in private sector locating small corporate headquarters here because of the access to washington. >> one corporation already uses frederick. the wjz sky eye chopper 13 tower control, puts all pilots on the same page for safety. >> many of the aircrafts that operated under the old system were not required to have radios. now this will require them to have that equipment and additional equipment to increase safety immensely. >> reporter: because it makes 130,000 takeoffs and landings each year, a number expected to grow to 165,000. alex demetrick, wjz eyewitness news. >> construction of the new tower is expected to begin immediately and will take 18 months to complete. >> speaking of captain mike. breaking news. a sewage overflow in northeast baltimore. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. captain mike perry above it with more for us. captain mike? >> reporter: it's an ugly one. argon drive, at herring run park. apparently 200 to 300 gallons of raw sewage is now pouring into herring run. we have workers on scene. they have notified the maryland department of the environment. as you can see, it's bubbling up out of the ground. and going right into the herring run. at this point, health officials have not told us of any issues. but i would expect folks would stay away from herring run park for sometime as the amount and exactly what's causing this sewage overflow is not known. back to you on tv hill. >> you don't have to go in too close, captain mike. thank you. we'll continue to follow that story. that's for sure. >> definitely stay out of there. let's take a look at temperatures around the region. a lot of clouds. just a few sprinkles in a few spots. 63 now. barometer holding steady. come back and take a look at the tuesday midweek forecast after this. ,,,, imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message look at that. that's quite a scene. ominous. >> some clouds. some sun this morning. and gave way to some clouds. a few light sprinkles and showers move through the baltimore and baltimore county, carroll, harford county, and cecil counties this afternoon. it's all gone. there is still rain up to the north and west. we'll probably see some of that late tonight and into tomorrow morning. before things again get quieter. take a look at temps around the region. pleasant and normal. 63 here to the west. 61 in ocean city. the warm spot this afternoon, was d.c. a little more sun down there. 66. dew point is still low. this is pretty dry air. right now, very light. almost no wind at all. out of the north. there's a front down to our south. yesterday, we were in the mid- 70s. this afternoon, low to mid-60s. the front did move through the region. but it's stalling out in portions of our area. particularly across virginia. and because it's down there. some warm air is overriding. a little hear more humid. and clouds are being created. in fact, out to the west, you can clearly see a very fine line of showers that developed over illinois, indiana. look at that. a skinny little line this afternoon. that's going to be pressing southward. we'll see some showers in the morning. then by afternoon, most of these should be gone. now, wednesday will bring us another little chance of rain on wednesday morning. tuesday morning, a chance of a little rain. wednesday morning bituesday and wednesday. a lot of clouds. not a big rain maker. as the front. mild air here. cooler air. pretty chilly. the front is going to stay about where it is. and move it out of the area completely. and another chance of rain developing again wednesday. continue to generally cool to slightly below normal temperatures. by thursday, a bit of a warmup. then it gets chilly by the end of the week. sunrise, 7:20. getting pretty dark. mornings. tonight, then, plenty of clouds. at least most areas. and a little passing shower activity. 47 tomorrow. lots of clouds. a little rain. rather cloudy. and clearing late in the afternoon. like we saw. 64. pretty much where we were this afternoon. normal high now is around 66, by the way. pretty close to where we should be. still ahead at 5:00. fire controversy. a father dies after flames in a row house. why his community blames his death on budget cuts. justice for chandra levy, the man charged in her murder finally goes on trial. why, though, convicting her accused killer won't be easy. facebook security alert. facebook security alert. the hidden danger all facebook , martin o'malley -- he's taxing me like i'm rich. every time i go to the grocery store, i pay a little more. college tuition in maryland is going up. my utilities are going up... but o'malley would raise our taxes even more. jobs are leaving our state. will my daughters find jobs here? frankly, in this economy... i have no more to give. bob ehrlich -- he won't tax us like we're rich. he'll say no to things we can't afford -- just like we do at home. bob ehrlich -- because we can do better. ♪ just bench 6:30. 63 degrees and cloudy. good evening. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. a southwest baltimore neighborhood is asking questions and pointing fingers after a man dies in a house fire this weekend. fire union officials claim a station closing may have contributed to his death. pat warren has more on the response from the city. budget burdens have caused rotating closures. for fire houses throughout the city. including this one behind me. mayor stawg said that is not a problem as far as public safety is concerned. but that's small comfort to friends and family who think this fire station should have been open saturday morning. >> james weis. >> we heard him yelling. get me out of here. >> we got up and it