veteran of the police force. >> any of the state's attorneys working this case knew brian and had tremendous effort respect for him. >> it's not sean james' first arrest. in fact, last month, he walked out of jail, after posting bail in this case, where an ex- girlfriend claimed he became violent, kicked her and tried to rape her. prosecutors lost their legal battle to keep him locked up and off the streets until his december trial. >> ultimately, the final decision rests with the court and the judge. and the bail was reduced to $150,000. >> 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. >> didn't seem quite right. that someone should commit that kind of crime over a parking spot. >> reporter: in court this morning, a public defender asked if james could be released, citing his ties to the community and his 2 1/2 years working at a jiffy lube. but a judge wasn't having it, wasn't hearing it at all. and he denied bail. and the next hearing will be mid-november. >> all right, thank you very much, derek. an attorney for sean james has not returned wjz's phone calls for comment on this story. an argument turns violent for people in baltimore county. mary is live in the newsroom with details. >> reporter: the argument was between a 15-year-old and a 50- year-old male acquaintance. it happened around 1:30 here in the parking lot in the 8600 block of petri-way near the pinero restaurant. police say the teens stand the men in the neck and ran from the scene. he was arrested a short time later. the victim was rushed to bay view hospital. no word on his condition tonight. charges are pending against that teen. vic, back to you. >> police are trying to determine what the argument was about. >> witness for the defense. the man charged in the murder of his wife, even though her body has never been found, takes the stand in the murder trial against him. wjz is live at circuit court in towson. mike hellgren has closing arguments in the case. mike? >> reporter: the jury should start deliberating tomorrow. dennis set at the time -- dennis tetso admitted on the stand that he recorded his wife's phone calls, he followed her and had her followed, but he said over and over again that he did not kill her. >> reporter: prosecutors claim dennis tetso was obsessed with his deterioreating -- deteriorating marriage and that he was upset over an affair. but he 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 mission persons posters for tracy, saying they covered his car and his house and were put there by those who felt he killed his wife. he said that's the same reason he didn't participate in searches. the first search was my parents' property. they accused me right off the bat. he said scratches on his neck that police took pictures of were from his gold chain and not from struggles with his wife. in interviews with police, he changed the story of where he was the night she disappeared. the night she was supposed to attend a concert with her lover. evidence sos her car went -- evidence shows her car went through the tunnel. police also tracked his phone calls to glen burnie, where her car was found. 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. >> well, yeah, you think i am as well. >> reporter: despite their fights, dennis tetso testified, i never laid a hand on her, never touched her, never grabbed her or anything like that. i never believe in hitting women. >> now, dennis tetso told jurors that he lived in the home he shared with tracey,um until a -- up until a few months ago. he said he never got any life insurance money. he now has a new girlfriend. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. the prosecution says even though tracey tetso's body has never been found, the evidence shows there is no doubt she is dead. fatal fight, a deadly helicopter crash in western maryland. jessica is live in the newsroom with results. >> reporter: ntsb says pilot error was the cause of the crash that took four lives. the helicopter crashed near boonsboro last july. the report says pilot jeffrey nordas of howard county exercised poor judgment when he chose to fly back on a dark night with bad weather conditions. the chopper went down after it struck a steel guide wire. all four people on board were killed. >> thanks, jessica. the helicopter crashed within minutes of taking off. cracking down on underaged drinking. many believe it is a problem on most campuses. but a violent incident brings it into the spotlight. some students say it's only temporary. 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 ask that all of the students involved were drinking under age. >> i was like, how do you 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 much walking around. and word on the street is that folks are not coming up from catholic university in buss to get into the thirsty turtle now. >> reporter: but many students we spoke with say the turtle's crackdown is just temporary. and sooner or later, the underaged will start drinking inside again. >> i think they're just doing it 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 turtle's three citations for separate cases in the past year. he's pushing to padlock the door. the liquor board will decide whether to revoke the alcohol license. >> reporter: since the story first broke, we have reached out multiple times for an interview or even for a statement. but as of today, he has yet to respond. reporting in college park, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, all of the victims in the stabbing have been released from the hospital, after being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries. >> the former chairman and publisher of the afro american newspapers here in baltimore has pass away. -- passed away. john murphy died saturday. he was the grandson of the founder of the afro and worked for decades at the paper. starting as office manager. he retired in 1986. we want to update a breaking story from last hour, a nasty sewage overflow situation in northeast baltimore. sky eye chopper 13 was over the scene just a short time ago. sewage, as you see, is spilling into the herring run, near argon drive. at a rate of about 200 to 300 gallons a minute. obviously, you should avoid that stream. crews are trying to get the overflow shut off. after a sunny morning and a beautiful sunday, the sun has gone m.i.a. a live look outside now. an overcast, cool monday. wjz is live with first warning coverage. bob will update the first warning forecast. clouds moving in. a couple of sprinkles and showers across northern sections. now, a few more hours. a few more rains to the north. take a look at radar. across central p.a. sort of skinny light band. some of that is going to be heading into our region during the overnight, into tomorrow morning. it looks like just a little bit of rain. then tomorrow afternoon, things clear up. we expect to see a little brightening as we saw in some spots this afternoon. not a lot of rain. temperatures pretty much where they should be this time of year. vic? >> thanks, bob. the ravens are picking themselves up off the turf after a hard fought loss in new england. sports director mark viviano is live. >> reporter: victories are tough to come by when you play on the road in the national football league. so the ravens find themselves feeling a bit blue on this monday, as they look at yesterday's game as a possibility road victory that got away. >> flacco. to heat. >> it had the look of another signature win for the ravens. a 10-point lead. but that signature was not complete. tom brady interest the patriot -- and the patriots played the part of eraser. the ravens' signature win faded away. >> it's one of those things, you know, we department 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 3 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. >> it's just another loss. a disappointing one. like they all are. but i think it's one that we're going to have to move on from pretty quickly and get ready for business next week. >> while the players move on, the pain for some fans can linger. we ask 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 to a win at the 20-yard line. just can't do that. >> the play calling was pretty terrible. >> reporter: a lot of criticism for the play calling. and we'll hear the coaches' response to that. coach john harbaugh spoke today at his news conference. i'll have that later on in sports. back to you, vic. >> never a shortage of monday morning quarterbacks. ravens are back home this sunday. and if you don't have a ticket, you can watch it here on wjz 13. see the purple birds host the buffalo bills, sunday at 1:00. still to come on eyewitness news. the abcs of cpr. why the american heart association is making radical changes to its guidelines. fatal fire and finger pointing. allegations that the city fire department may have contributed to a man's death. a better, faster way to diagnose sick children, takes effect today in maryland. i'm mary bubala. how the breakthrough could save lives. that story just ahead. and starting the week on a gloomy note. stick around for the updated first warning 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. @ bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. 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 asking questions and pointing fingers. the fire station in question may have contributed to the man's death. >> that's right, vic. budget burdens have forced fire companies into a closing rotation. the fire house right behind me was closed over the weekend. and fire officials from the union now say that contributed to a fatal fire. 51-year-old james weis loses his wife, -- life trapped in a fire in his home. >> we got up the steps. we heard him yelling, get me out of here. but we got up the steps and it was like huge flames started flapping the wall. >> i regret not running up there. but i did try. i didn't want to die. >> reporter: in better times, truck company number 23 would likely have responded to the griffis street fire. but it was out of service as part of rotating closures put in effect to save money. >> this is unacceptable. this right here is very unacceptable when they're two minutes away. >> reporter: firefighters were able to respond in a timely manner. but today, firefighters went door to door with safety reminders. asking the city to be mindful of risks. >> we have to stop these rotating closures. these rotating brownouts as they're called. and have these companies -- all of the companies open 24 hours a day, seven days a westbound. >> reporter: today, family and friends set up a small memorial in honor of james weis. chief kevin cartwright says the response time was 3 minutes, 54 seconds. well below the eight-minute standard set by the national fire protection association. >> sure, it's unfortunate that we have to effect these rotating closures. however, we're confident in the resources that we have by paramedics and especially by firefighters. these are very, very committed people. >> a statement from the mayor's office says in part, mayor rawlings-blake budget funding made it better able to respond to fire emergencies. >> and funding for free smoke alarms has also been doubled. we're told by fire investigators that there were no working smoke alarms in this house. reporting live from southwest baltimore, i'm pat warren. back to you on television hill. >> okay, pat. thank you. one 5 fighter suffered a -- firefighter suffered a minor injury in the fire. >> people living in the back river community in baltimore county. sky eye chopper 13 was over the scene at beechwood and lynnhurst road. dozens of nearby homes and businesses were affected. in tonight's healthwatch report, a breakthrough in diagnosing sick children with a test that gives faster results. mary joins us now with more. >> denise, it is called the rvp. and today, the university of maryland hospital for children started using it. the goal is to save lives with near instant information. >> reporter: a simple swipe of a baby's nose is all it takes to quickly learn just how sick they are. 10 common viruses that lead to hospitalizations of hundreds of thousands of children each year can be diagnosed using the swab. and this machine at the university of maryland hospital for children. 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 signs and symptoms of the infection, as well as spreading the infection altogether. >> reporter: 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 misdiagnosed as a common cold. her grandfather, baltimore attorney has raised money called "our baby" to help make this test more available. >> we believe if they had used it, she would have had a chance to survive. and they would have treated her symptoms had they known it was a viral infection, as opposed to a bacterial infection. >> reporter: they want to expand access to the technology. right now, any doctor in the university- -- university of maryland system can order it. >> we're very optimistic that we'll be able to aid physicians and the management. >> if you'd like more information about the rapid test or our foundation, go to wjz.com and you'll find the link under health. time now to check in with bob. we saw sunshine. we saw rain overnight. take a look at temps now. pretty normal this time of year. 61. southeast winds, barely moving. and barometer holding steady. come by and take a look at that tuesday midweek forecast after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,, [ scott ] let's spread the word! hey, ladies! how are you? 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[ amy ] nowhere else online. here's a live look outside right now. it's cloudy now. but we had a great weekend. >> sure did. >> the sad part about it is the sun is setting already. yes. >> all right. >> but we did get a little sun this morning. and clouds quickly moved in. now, generally overcast. there are a few breaks here and there. and late tonight and tomorrow morning, looks like a little period of light rain. not a lot. but probably enough just to mess up your clean car. from the beautiful weather this weekend. let's take a look at temps and conditions around the region. mainly overcast skies. 61 here. 52 in oakland. and 66, the warm spot in washington. dew point still pretty low. still pretty dry air. 44 degrees. dew points are very close. in other words, when the dew point is about 59 to 60, it's a good chance we'll see rain over overcast skies or drizzle. when it's this far away from the temperature, it's pretty dry. which means you have to go up really high in the sky to reach the 44 degrees to have the clouds form. right now, the clouds are pretty high. they're pretty thin. southeast winds, very, very light in the area. generally to the north and northeast. which will keep us in moisture at least portions of the day. out to the west, a little batch of light rain across indiana, illinois, ohio and pennsylvania. that is going to slowly overnight sink a little further to the south. and that's why we have an interesting little skinny line of rain. look at that. it's like 50 miles wide. all the way out to indiana. to our south, there's a front. we have warm air riding over the cooler air that's in our region. and dryer air, creating a little light band of rain. it's called overrunning precipitation. and that's going to head down to the south. as the front continues to head further south, the rain will come with it. now, looks like a little rain. and another chance, we think, probably on wednesday. another ripple of low pressure rides to the south. slight chance on wednesday. mainly south of our region. and it remains generally in the cool to slightly-below normal temperatures. by thursday, a bit of a warmup, ahead of our cold front, which will cool us down for next week. northeast range, 5 to 10 knots. sunrise, 7:26. yeah. 6:23. about a minute and a half ago. let's take a look at the forecast then tonight. lots of clouds. a few passing showers. light rain overnight. 47. a little rain in the morning. and lots of clouds. and then some breaks we think in the cloud cover. maybe sun by mid or late afternoon. 64. pretty much where we were today. high today was 65. normal now is 66. >> okay. thanks, bob. >> very close. >> still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news. focus on facebook. and our personal information on how you can end up in the hands of ad