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WJZ Eyewitness News At 5 November 6, 2013

Cell phones are being picked out of students hands. A lot of people are just talking with headphones, talking about their parents and friends. Reporter but also, the suspects, described as three young men. And the method, using a knife to threaten the robberies. Never this blatant. Thats what is scary. Its time after time now. Reporter putting this community on high alert. Reporter and Goucher College is not commenting at this hour. They say thats because these incidents have not happened on their campus. Reporting live in towson, mike hellgren, wjz Eyewitness News. Mike, thank you. Now, mobile phones were taken in both attacks. Were following breaking news right now. Major backups near providence road in baltimore county. Sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene. Lets go to captain jeff long with more. Hi, captain jeff. One victim was extricated from that silver car you see there. Three vehicles involved in this accident, on the inner loop of the beltway. This is right at the cromwell bridge road exit. So coming out of towson, on the inner loop, you run into this. Only one lane getting by on the right. Significant delays on the inner loop. Were also seeing . Backups on the outer loop, as people drive by and take a look at this. Reporting live from sky eye chopper 13, im captain jeff long. Back to you. All right, captain jeff, thank you. Well get an update on the situation with Kristy Breslin, later in the newscast. The identities of two men shot to death in Upper Fells Point are just released. Denise is live with the latest in the newsroom on this. The shooting happened in broad daylight. And both men were shot in the head. Sky eye chopper 13 was over the scene in the 200 block of wolf street. Police have identified the two victims in this case, as 30 yearold carl bahrain. And 25yearold curt bahrain. Officials confirmed the victims are brothers. Medical units were called to the scene. And despite their efforts, both men did die of their injuries. Police say they were shot execution style. No arrests have yet been made in this case. Police allville no word yet of a motive. Mary . City police are also investigating a third homicide in east baltimore on east oliver street. No arrests in that case either. A former Maryland School for the deaf employee, arrested and charged with sexually abusing adolescent girls. Today, a Howard County jury hears from that suspect. Wjz is live at the Howard County courthouse. Derek valcourt is there and explains, the jury got to watch video of his police interrogation. Derek . And that interview took a while in part because Police Needed to use sign language interpreters. But they insisted any physical contact on his part was innocent. Several girls, accused 38 yearold Clarence Taylor of sexually abusing them. While he served as a dormitory counselor for the Maryland School of the da deaf. They testified taylor would touch their behinds or brush up against their breasts while giving them hugs. He would text them, exchange inappropriate messages, and three women said he even asked to see lewd pictures of them. Police showed an interrogation, when in which he said, im not a sex offender. Any touching was accidental. Kisses were on the cheek. He admitted to inappropriate texts to one girl, but said she sent him an unsolicited topless picture because she was infatuated with him. He said, i tried to counsel them on situations but never touched them or anything like that. His defense Attorney Says in some ways, it helps the defense. Because hes being able to be seen by the jury not as this guy sitting at the defense table. They see him, they see his emotion and how he loves his family and they see how these allegations are completely false. Reporter prosecutors have not been able to produce any evidence of the text they say taylor exchanged with these now teenaged girls. Taylor himself is married with a wife and two daughters. His wife has been standing by his side throughout this ordeal. Were live in ellicott city. Derek valcourt, wjz Eyewitness News. Derek, thank you. Its unclear if taylor will choose to take the stand in his defense, once they take it in their own defense. A pair of robbery suspects. The pair may be responsible for robberies at several gas stations and queens stores in the carne parkville area. Police say the male suspect often wears a delivery drivers uniform. And the female suspect, occasionally wears nurses scrubs as you can see in the picture here. Anybody with information should call county police. A living hell. One of three women reveals more of what her life was like in this notorious house of horrors. Jessica kartalija joins us with more of Michelle Knights incredible story. Jess . Reporter well, kai, knight was lured into castros home in 2002. Today, she talked about what it was like when he kidnapped two more women, abusing all three of them for years. Reporter held captive in this Cleveland House of horrors, Michelle Knight, amanda berry, and gina dejesus, were kidnapped and abused by ariel castro, for years. He said, i can abuse you, and nobody will care. Reporter now, Michelle Knight says in addition to being physically and sexually abused, she was emotionally abused as well. To have somebody come in your room, day after day, telling you, your family dont care about you. You never had a family that loved you. Reporter knight was the first of three women kidnapped. I had to help him drill holes in the wall, to put the chains through, to hook us together. He was forcing you to prepare a new torture chamber for a new victim . Yes. Next came amanda berry, then gina dejesus. And i could hear somebody screaming, get off me did he rape her in front of you . Yes. After being raped multiple times, knight became pregnant. This is now in your third year. How many times did you miscarry while you were in captivity . Five times. And. Did he brutalize you every time he found out and. Every time got worse than the other. Reporter knight was allowed outside just twice. Once to dig a giant hole. Was it big enough to be a grave . Yes. For one person. There was a time in the house where i was going to die. Gina picks me up into her arms and tells me to come back. You cant go like this. I begged her to let me die. And she wouldnt do it. [ crying ] we found them. Reporter in may, the women were rescued by police. We ran out at the same time. And the first thing i said, after grabbing the lady is, were going home i wanted to kiss the ground that i was walking on and thank god for letting me get out of that hell hole. Reporter knight was the first to talk openly about what happened inside of that home. The other two women, gina dejesus, and michelle berry, are working on a book together. And kai, no word whether initial is involved in that. It is an amazing story of how they survived. Knight has nerve damage to her hand and vision problems that may be the result of living in dark conditions for several years. A big day on wall street, as the stock market pushes into record territory. The dow jones closes at an all time high, at 15,746 points, finishing up 128 points. The dow previous high was set just last week. The s p finished one point off its record high as well. Talk about a beautiful autumn day, taking a live look outside, from sky eye chopper 13, as the sun sets. I mean, it is just magnificent. Weve had mild temperatures today. How long will it all last . Wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. Meteorologist Chelsea Ingram is bob turk are updating the temperatures and the forecast for us. Well start with bob. That is one beautiful. Looks like the trees color out there almost. Beautiful sunset. We have clouds out to the west of us. But it was a mild afternoon. Look at temperatures now. Still at 63. Still 70 coming in there at cumberland. 61 in oakland. And 64, easton. Ask ocean city, at 61. Right now, temperatures running 7 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. Out to the west, look at that. Oakland is 26 degrees warmer. And cumberland, 22 degrees warmer than yesterday at the same hour. Theres a front to the west. Shower activity. And it will be in here late, late tonight. Into the morning hours. Looks like well see some rain. Not expecting a lot of rain. But it will be damp in the morning, probably when you go to work. But when you come home, you might even see some bright sunshine. Chelsea has more on that, coming up tomorrow and the end of the week, with chillier temps. Chelsea . Thanks, bob. You are exactly right. And we have big changes on the way with rainfall. Also, cooler weather. That cool front is going to come into the afternoon. With clearing afterwards. Behind that, well see cooler temperatures. And well really notice the chill, as we head into thursday night and friday. Just how cool will we get . Well, youll have to wait and see. And bobs updated first warning forecast. Now, lets go back inside. Thank you, chelsea. The ravens season hits a major crossroads this sunday, as they carry a threegame losing streak with a matchup into the cincinnati bengals. Wjz is live in owings mills. Sports director mark viviano has more on how the team is getting ready. How are you doing, kai . After a twogame losing streak, terrell suggs, declares a state of emergency. Now that its a threegame losing streak, suggs told me today, its devcon5 def con5. But spiking today, many of the speaking today, many of the ravens say all is not lost. Reporter back on the practice field, the ravens say there is not much about their game plan that they can or will change. And theres no question they have the right attitude and drive. Its about getting the right focus. Its our job to keep our heads down and move on to the next week. This week, its cincinnati, and try to get a win. Thats all we have to worry about. And all we can worry about. Any of these games can be the one. To where it finally clicks for us. And we Start Playing like we know we can. Reporter the ravens need only look back to last year. For the last time, they had a threegame losing streak. And they recovered from that to make the playoffs and win the super bowl. You have to go out there and continue to play, until its over. So i feel like its mathematically impossible for us to not make the playoffs, then going to keep fighting. And even then, we have more pride than to just roll over for anyone. Reporter cincinnati will come to town as a tough opponent. And today, some injury news for the ravens. Both players on defense, who missed practice today. Jimmy smith, starting cornerback, with a groin injury. And starting linebacker, darrell smith, out with a thigh injury. Well see how they progress through the week and if theyll be ready to play sunday against the bengals. More coming up next. Back to you for now. You can see the game against the bengals, sunday afternoon, at 1 00, live here on wjz. And still ahead on wjzs Eyewitness News at 5 00. And so everybody started everybody panicked. Everybody started running. A California Teacher injured in a shooting at l. A. X. , speaks out about those terrifying moments. Too close to call. Im pat warren. Coming up on Eyewitness News. A nail biter in the anapol i guess mayors race. Annapolis mayors race. A jury remains deadlocked in a lawsuit worth potentially millions of dollars. That story as Eyewitness News continues. A nice and mild fall day. But things are changing. Dont miss the updated first warning forecast with bob. ,,,,,,,,,,, it is mostly clear. Beautiful out there tonight. 62 degrees in central maryland now. Complete first warning Weather Forecast is coming up. An unexpected showdown in marylands capitol city right now. The annapolis mayors race is too close to call. Political reporter pat warren explains, there has been a crack in the dam between democrats and republicans. Marylanders consider annapolis an idyllic spot, where all of the Political Drama takes place in the state house, not the local households. Reporter most of the time, we tend to take an attitude, where we step back and say, well, we cant really affect anything that happens here. Reporter but annapolis residents are divided almost evenly, between democratic josh cohen, and mike pantalides in a race too close to call. Michelle obalon. You are cutting yourself short. Reporter but the issues are driving this race in the twoto one democratic city that gave the lead to a republican over water bills. We had a huge vote. Water bills affect everybody. Reporter mayor cohen told wjz, renovations to city dock have also caused controversy, particularly plans to eliminate dockside parking. Thats not to change. Mayor cohen said, i am blessed to have been able to serve and give back to my town as mayor. The countdown begins tomorrow at 9 00 in the morning. Im pat warren, reporting from annapolis. Back to you on tv hill. There are only 27 absentee ballots. That will determine the outcome of this race. If youre waiting for someone to get home from work, lets check on the roads from Kristy Breslin at well traffic control. Hi, kai. Hi, everyone. Well, we have a major accident on the inner loop of the beltway that happened just a few moments ago. Between providence road and cromwell. At this point, there were three involved but only one lane getting by. Right now, you can expect delays back to reisterstown road. Along with that accident, we have a second one reported on the the inner loop of the beltway. Outer loop, thats also being affected. People trying to get a look at the inner loop accident. West side inner loop, backed up from 895, past liberty road. Northbound 95, no improvement there. Still a very hefty drive for you, from key highway to the beltway. 70 westbound. Stop and go there, from 29 to marriottsville road. Several new accidents out there. Marysville road, at Baltimore National pike. North broadway alt east. Alt east. And lets take a live look. It will be quite a delay for you on inner loop there at providence road. This traffic report is brought to you by mummies of the world the exhibition. You can get your tickets at maryland science center. Org. Back to you. Kristy, thank you. Well, millions of dollars are at stake in a towson courtroom. The jury that found unnecessary stents had been placed in a mans heart, are still struggling with what financial damages should be awarded. Alex demetrick, with the latest on the case involving cardiologist, mark midei. Reporter well, three times over the course of three days, this jury has said it is deadlocked and for the moment, that remains the case. Reporter in the first phase of this trial, the jury found former cardiologist, dr. Mark midei, had placed unnecessary stents into weinbergs heart. Fearing for his health, weinberg left the cordish company. But weinberg sued, claiming he lost potentially millions in income by missing out on development of cordishs maryland live casino. Determining that loss was the jurys next job. Any damages would be sought from the former owners of st. Josephs hospital, where midei practiced. Three days later, the jury came to a hung verdict. It came when one juror wrote the judge, quote, i cant do this any longer. I just dont see any progress being made. Reporter and just a few moments ago, the judged the jury if they were near a verdict. The answer was not yet. So the judge sent them back to deliberate more. And wjz will continue to monitor the jury until they go home or we get a verdict. A navy blimp that has been a few weeks hovering over baltimore is back. The u. S. Navys only manned air ship will be in the skies of maryland next week. It will conduct a weeklong test of experimental avionics systems that could help protect army and Navy Personnel around the globe. The blimp will fly near beltsville, maryland and to the northeast near baltimore city. Its temporary base will be near frederick. Its back. Its following you. Lots of people had questions the first time. Theyre lessening to me. Gotta go up there and fuel it. Lets take a look. Weve got very pleasant temperatures right now. But its going to get chilly again. 63. South southeast winds at 9. The barometer starting to fall. Well come back and take a look at the rain chance and cooler temps. Beautiful sunset tonight. Well be right back. ,,,,,, [ female announcer ] your eyes. They turn everyday moments into lasting memories. Trust your eyes to pearle vision. Your neighborhood eye care experts. Schedule your eye exam today. Pearle vision. Caring for you and your eyes since 1961. Beautiful, beautiful afternoon. Mild temps, sunshine for the most part. Just a few clouds coming through the area now. But look how warm it is. Still 70 in wer land. Cumberland. Were at 63. 63 in d. C. 64 in easton. Actually, it would have been a little warmer. But winds turning to the south and southeast, bringing a little cooler air off the bay and ocean. West of us, got up to 72 in cumberland. Even oakland was in the mid60s this afternoon. So very, very mild afternoon here for the first week of november. 63, bel air. Westminster. Columbia, and d. C. As well. 61 down by the bay. Weve got a light southeast wind tomorrow. During the morning, a southerly and southwesterly breeze, keeps us in the mild air. But we have clouds moving in from the west. Tomorrow we have clouds. Look for rain to break out. Probably during the Early Morning hours. Maybe 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 in the morning. Probably light rain. But looks like the front is going to move through very, very quickly. So the rain activity wont last long. Behind it, colder temps, yes. And generally sunny skies. A little snow, across northern wisconsin right now. Just moving out towards portions of ontario. Not a whole lot to the west. Rain activity through ohio, much of michigan now, moving off primarily, northwest of us. The front gets in here overnight tonight. And tomorrow, light rain, to about maybe noontime. And then it begins to clear out and turns cooler by afternoon. Things should brighten up. It will be breezy behind the front. Friday being loos like a cooler day looks like a cooler day. Temperatures back in the 50s. Pretty much where they should be this time of year. A slight warmup on sunday, mayine get up to around 60. Before another front approaches early next week. We keep going up and down, temperaturewise. 58, bay temp. South wind, gusting to 20 knots ahead of that front and

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