Again, county officials still out here on the scene investigating just how this happened. Well continue following this developing story. For now, live in towson, meghan mccorkell, ween Eyewitness News wjz Eyewitness News. We will keep you updated as soon as we get more information. A man who gained national attention, after broadcasting his standoff with police online, faces new charges. And for the first time, hes speaking about the case. Wjz is live at his home in waverly. Investigator Mike Hellgren talked to him shortly before a Court Appearance this morning. Mike . Reporter kai, handcuffed in a yellow jail jumpsuit and rarely at a loss for words, he said his only chance for justice is through the press. The prosecutor called him an extreme risk to public safety. Reporter the home where James Macarthur broadcast his standoff with police, is now boarded up, as he fights for his freedom. The local blogger and journalist told me before a contentious bail review, that police have a vendetta against him and this he would never harm a soul. He was surprised to hear that his baltimore spectator website was still up and running. And proud of the worldwide attention his standoff received, heard by thousands. This is a ratings bonanza. A smash hit. Reporter the standoff began saturday. They said macanotherure made threats macarthur made threats online. But they say he was only joking. They filed new charges against him. Macarture claims. The judge did not buy his story. And she said she believed he was a danger to the public. Citing what she called his violent nature and criminal backgrounds in california and maryland. Macarthur said state delegates are representing nim in court. He did not show up in court. She said he feels like a caged beast. And somehow, smo some way, you guys keep messing with me. And this is the life i live now. Reporter so no bail for him. He also had a Mental Health evaluation. But the results were not available today. Reporting live in waverly, Mike Hellgren, wjz Eyewitness News. Mike, thank you. In court, a public defender represented macarthur and argued a 100,000 bail would be suspicion and argued that if he was released, he wouldnt be hard to track down. A mother released from the hospital. Vic is live with in what is next for this mother. Nicole fitzgerald was formally charged in his death. The 32yearold faces murder, child abuse, assault, and Reckless Endangerment charges in the death of paris russell. Fitzgerald has been in the hospital since sunday. After slashing her son, she tried to cut her own throat. Fitzgerald is being held without bond. Mary, back to you. Thank you. The little boys uncle and aunt says fitz gerald has been dealing with Mental Health problems. But no one in the family dealt with this. Theres been a harrowing stang operation going on. A weeklong in ocean city, ends with nearly two dozen people being indicted on drug charges. Police say 17 people are in custody and six are being sought. They were arrested following a sixweek investigation, in which officers made drug by buys. Investigators think the rise is due to an ongoing crackdown on Prescription Drug abuse. The university of marylands Womens Basketball coach helped bring the problem of Prescription Drug shortages to the national spotlight. And now, a prominent local hospital tells maryland lawmakers how the growing problem is impacting their work. Wjz is live. Derek valcourt explains how a drug shortage nearly affected surgeries at the Anne Arundel Medical Center. Derek . Reporter lawmakersmakers have have been hearing an earful about problems that they are being forced to deal with. Reporter as doctors at Anne Arundel Medical Center prepared for surgery on a late november weekend, they became concerned about their low supply of a drug needed to reverse anesthesia for patients after surgery. In fact, supply was so low, doctors considered cancellations. Fortunately, supply was identified. No ones care was delayed. But its an example of how hospitals have to continuously monitor their supply of critical drugs. Reporter drug shortages have become increasingly common. From 2005 to 2011, the number of drugs on the fdas shortage list has more than tripied. Tripled. How concerned are you about these drug shortages . I think the public needs to be concerned but not panicked. And every hospital in the state, and im quite sure every hospital in the country, is facing this same sort of difficulty. Reporter manufacturing problems. Drug companies favor eliminating drugs in favor of more profitable ones and middle men buy them at short supply and resell them at huge profit. This gained attention when university of maryland basketball coach brenda frese and her had husband spoke out after learning that a drug treating their sons leukemia was costly and in short supply. Congressman cummings is investigating this and cracking down. I think if its not criminal, it should be made a crime. Because basically, what youre doing is stealing somebodys life. So now, maryland state lawmakers are weighing in on this hot topic. Theyre trying to decide a joint committee on healthcare delivery, trying to decide whether there is any legislation they can push through that would help alleviate this drug shortage problem. Derek valcourt, wjz Eyewitness News. All right, derek. Thank you. New information tonight about the out of cuba, on a maryland man who is in prison there. Cuban Officials Say the u. S. Is lying about alan grosss health. And its unrealistic to expect cuba to free gross unilaterally. They want five cuban intelligence agent who are in florida to release him. Now, gross is three years into a 15year sentence for crimes against the cuban state. A recue on the side of the road, involving one vehicle in Harford County today. Just before noon, a car went off winters run road in joppa and wound up 40 feet down an embankment. Rescue crews made their way to the vehicle. They found a 20yearold man with serious injuries. They carefully remauved him. He was hoisted up to the road and taken by medivac to shock trauma. His condition tonight is unknown. Its cooler today than it was yesterday. But that is not stopping people from getting out. We found people out working. Working out at Lake Montebello today. You know what . Cooler weather may actually be better when it comes to working out. Good for your heart. Now, lets take a look at what is happening outside with your temperatures as they start to drop. Bob is in the first warning weather center, updating our numbers. Actually pretty nice out there. Sun. It was a little breezy this afternoon. And certainly colder than the last two days. Take a look at temps, just dropped down to 51. Way out west. Thats where the cold air is. 34 now in oakland. And 51, ocean city. 55 in washington. Right now, temperatures running 10 to as much as 20 degrees colder than yesterday. The only place that didnt change was ocean city. No change there at all. But tomorrow, lots of sunshine. It will be a cold day, compared to the last few days. So dont forget to take the coat and maybe some gloves tomorrow. Probably only staying in the 40s tomorrow. Hurricane sandy slammed into chris field, causing extensive damage. The state asked for help from fema. But Alex Demetrick reports, the agency and the white house denied that request because not enough damage was done. Reporter when sandy flooded chrisfield, saving lives came first. Is there water coming inside your residence right now . Yes, maam i want you to try to stay calm. I have my grandson with me. Reporter taking stock of the damage came next. My building took a big beating. Its the worst ive seen. Clearly, chrisfield took it the hardest, in terms of the Sea Level Rise and the tidal surge. And a lot of people have been swasmed out of their homes. Reporter after seeing the damage, the governor asked for federal disaster relief. Money for repairing infrastructure was approved. But now federal help cold front wonting help wont be coming to businesses and homes because not enough damage was done. At this point, the information doesnt support a major president ial disaster declaration because it is not based upon the trauma to the individual. You know our hearts go out to them. We need help. We need help. We cannot do it. Reporter the reason . Many who lost furnaces, first floors and roofs, dont have repairs. You know that youre going to have pay that much money out of pocket, which we dont have. We are a small town in a rural area. And youve got to look at the level of damage that we had, the level of the income in this area, which is extremely low. And take all of that into consideration. Marylands members of congress say they will restate that dilemma to fema, just as they did when floodwaters were still in the street, over a month ago. Alex demetrick, wjz Eyewitness News. Governor omalley said he will formally appeal femas decision. Baltimore county. Firefighters are on the scene of a house fire. Lets go to sky eye chopper 13 with more. Captain jeff long has more. This residence fire seems to be under control. Baltimore county Police Department or fire department, correction, on scene. This is on blooms bury avenue. In catonsville. Just south of frederick road. And with all of this equipment on scene, blooms bury avenue is closed between frederick road and mcrouteer avenue. And theyre directing traffic around. Reporting live from sky eye chopper 13, im captain jeff long. Back to you. We will bring you more information as it becomes available. And still ahead on wjzs Eyewitness News at 5 00. The countdown to the nisc will fisc the fiscal cliff is on. But thats not stopping house members from leaving capitol hill from a long weekend. The duchess of cambridge, the hospital treating her gets punked. Its become one of the city and the states Main Attractions. Im christie ileto. Coming up, ill have more on what a new report is saying about the National Aquarium and how it affects our local economy. And when will we see the warmer weather temperatures again . Any time soon . Dont miss the updated first warning Weather Forecast with bob. Its 51 degrees and clear in central maryland. The complete first warning Weather Forecast is coming up. Its one of baltimores favorite attractions. And support shows it is bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars into the city. Wjz is live at the National Aquarium do you want. Christie ileto has more on what this means for the local economy. A new report shows that most of the visitors are from out of town, that they spend big bucks here in the area. And that the National Aquarium is their main reason for flocking to baltimore. Reporter for deborah hanley, when you come to baltimore, there is one place you have to go. The aquarium. Today is my 60th birthday, and im skipping work to celebrate. Reporter thats the citys Main Attraction for handley and other visitors this year, according to a new report. Numbers show these underwater creatures show large crowds, draw 1. 4 million visitors to the state. And helps maintain 333 jobs. It helps us to understand the impact were making to the community. Reporter this comes as they received a nonprofit grant from the state. The 2. 5 million that the state made available to us to help support that project was very, very important. To us, remaining vital and relevant, really providing new things for our visitors. Reporter the report also shows that people who come to the National Aquarium annually, more than half of them are from out of state. What does that mean for in immediaters . How do they benefit . Because people are coming from out of town, money that they spend else where, theyre spending here. Everyone from maryland benefit from that. Reporter translation, they spend on food, lodging, transportation. Money funneled back into our own city, our very own backyard. Reporter and because theres been so many outof towners in the last few years, they have been able to bring back a program that gives discounted rates to local visitors. Christie ileto, wjz Eyewitness News. As for the renovation, it is a 12. 5 million project that is scheduled to open next summer. And anticipated to be a big one at that. If youre waiting for someone to get home from work, lets check in on our roads. Mary, hi, everyone. If youre sitting on the top side inner loop, youre probably stuck in pretty heavy traffic. Delays stretch there from reisterstown road to harford. Average speed, only 23 miles an hour. On the west side inner loop, brake lights there from southwestern boulevard to security boulevard. 70 eastbound, youll see a lot of congestion as you make your way over toward the beltway. Northbound direction. Stop and go there, from 32 to the beltway on the southwest side. And as far as accidents go, northbound 29 at st. Johns lane. Also, loch raven boulevard at cedar croft. West rogers at northern parkway. And south monroe at washington boulevard. Lets now take a live look. As you can see, thats a look at the harrisburg expressway, moving very well in the southbound direction. But northbound, very jammed up there, from shawan road to belfast. And well take another live look. You can see issue things crawling along there. This traffic report is brought to you locally by papa johns. Dont forget to enter their 2 million givenna way to enter to win your chance for a free pizza. Back to you. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton will soon be leaving office and some new yorkers say they know what the former u. S. Senator should do next. A new poll shows more than half of new yorkers surveyed say they would like to see Hillary Clinton run for president in 2013. The survey released today also shows three quarters of respondents say they have a favorable impression of the outgoing secretary. But clinton may have other plans. She hasy peated has repeatedly said she plans to retire to private life, once her successor is confirmed by the u. S. Senate. Still no signs of progress between republicans and democrats as the yearend deadline to avoid tax hikes and spending cuts inches closer. No facetoface talks are scheduled at this time. But as Danielle Nottingham reports, president obama is continuing his push to sell to the american public. Reporter house members left the capitol in the middle of the fiscal fight. Theyre not due back until next week. But House Speaker john boehner is staying behind, ready to sit down with the president. We cant sit here and negotiate with ourselves. Reporter president obama is rejecting the republican propoise proposal because it does not raise taxes on households making more than 250,000 a year. The gop is offering to close tax loopholes and limit deductions instead. The revenues were putting on the table are going to come from, guess who . The rich. Reporter republicans say if bushera tax cuts are not extended for everyone, it will hurt the economy. And they invited Small Business owners here to capitol hill to make their point. Max olson opened an shrpses company this year. And is concerned he wont be able to add hmmees employees. You add their payroll and extra tax amount. And i may not be able to hire them because of it. Reporter im here to tell im here to tell you nobody wants to get this done more than me. Reporter the president said he wants to raise tax rates on just about everyone in the room. Were not insisting on rates just out of spite or out of any kind of partisan bickering. But rather because we need to raise a certain amount of revenue. Reporter the president said once republicans put rate hikes on the table, the two sides could find compromise. In washington, Danielle Nottingham, wjz Eyewitness News. Republicans say the ball is in the president s court. And say he should deliver an offer that can pass congress. An alabama woman is clearly the master of sugary confectious, infectious delights. It is quite obvious how ellen moore got her nickname, the ginger bread lady. You can see her building a masterpiece here. It took her 12 days. It is the most famous house in the country. Yes, it is the white house in gingerbread. And its completely edible. It is the centerpiece for an annual holiday lunch in birmingham. Wow. That looks nothing like what we can put together for the Kennedy Krieger festival of trees. Thats pretty cool. Showoff. Exactly. No, its good. Its good work. No, were happy. You ask eat it, too. I dont know if you can eat ours. I think we had glue. Yeah, there was some glue. Glu glue, nail, spackle am. Exactly. Feeling more like the holiday season. It is getting colder out. Northwest winds, 15. Making it feel like 44 degrees out there on your screen. Skin. The barometer on the way back up. Looking at chilly temps in the next day or so after this. Mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. Over the South Pacific in 1943. I got mine in iraq, 2003. Usaa Auto Insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. Because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaas commitment to serve the military, veterans and their families is without equal. Begin your legacy get an Auto Insurance quote. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. A live look outside from sky eye chopper 13 over our city tonight. Still a nice day. Yes. Certainly cooler. But still an awfully nice day forsome. Not too many complaints. Temperaturewise rooks right now, we have cooldown to 51. Its chill out to the w