Into the wall. The officer discharged pepper spray in an attempt to subdue the prisoner. That attempt was unsuccessful. Thats when they rushed to the scene and managed to subdue the prisoner. Reporter and investigators are stipulated expected to be out here for several hours. Weve learned that the prisoner was an adult male who was wanted on a burglary charge. Live at the university of maryland st. Josephs medical center, im meghan mccorkell, wjz Eyewitness News. Thank you, meghan. The hospital just released this statement moments ago, thanking the Quick Response of the Emergency Department and the um st. Josephs Security Team for resolving the incident quickly with no injuries. For the first time, a local blogger is speaking out with standoff police. He remains in jail tonight. Investigator Mike Hellgren tells us what he had to say. And what the judge said about him. Mike . Reporter and vic, he is a man who is rarely at a loss for words. He said he believes that getting his story out will mean justice. The prosecutor said he was 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 that he would never harm a soul. He was surprised to hear this 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. Just dont smash my well be waiting for you when you come out, mr. Macarthur. Reporter the standoff started saturday. They said macarthur made threats online. But he told wjz he was only joking. Adding to his problems, police say they found a shotgun andamo in his and ammo in his home and filed nigh charges against him. Mcarthur claims he never had a weapon. Reporter the judge did not buy his story. And she said she believed he was a danger to the public. Reporter ill citing what she calls his violent nature and criminal backgrounds in california and in maryland. Reporter macarthur said state delegate jill carter is representing him. She did not show up in court. He told me he feels like a caged beast in chains. Im just a homeowner in neighborhood, citizen in baltimore who just wanted to do his part to make this place better. And somehow, some way, you eye guys keep messing with me. And this is the life i live now. Reporter he did undergo a Mental Health evaluation. The results were not available today. So no bail. He, as we said, remains in jail tonight. Back to you. Mike, thank you. Macarthur accused police are trying to destroy his civil rights. Police have declined to comment about the case. The baltimore woman accused of killing her child, is out of the hospital and is being held without bail tonight. Mary is live in the newsroom with the latest on this. Nicole fitzgerald is facing abuse charges in the death of 2 yearold paris. You can see the wound she inflicted on herself attempting to cut her throat. When officers arrived at her home, they found a 32yearold holding a knife. They found her son dead from multiple stab wounds. Fitzgerald is also charged with assault and reckless endangerment. Denise . The little boys aunt and uncle say fitzgerald has been dealing with health problems. A man is arrested after going off an embankment. Just after noon today. The car went off winters run road. Coming to a stop. Rescue crews pulled a 21year old man from the car and he was flown to shock trauma. His condition is unknown at this point. Another troubling incident tonight, involving a local school and a weapon. Police say an Arlington Elementary School student threatened another student on a bus with a bb gun. The bus driver reported the incident. But the student hid the gun in school. A custodian found it. And the student was disciplined. The university of marylands Womens Basketball coach helped bring the problem of drug shortages to the national spotlight. Now, a local hospital tells maryland hospitals, the growing problem is impacting their work. Wjz is live. Derek valcourt explains how the shortage nearly affected surgeries at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Derek . Hospital officials told lawmakers it was a close call. They almost canc willed surger canceled surgery because of a shortage. Reporter as doctors at Anne Arundel Medical Center prepared for surgeries on a late november weekend, they became concerned about their supplies of a drug needed for anesthesia. In fact, supply was so low, doctors considered cancellations to their surgery schedule. Fshtszly fortunately, supply was identified. 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 tripled. How concerned are you . 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 the same difficulty. Doctors say manufacturing problems, Drug Companies eliminating older drugs in favor ever more profitable ones and middle companies that buy up medications in short supply and resell them at huge markups. The issue gained National Attention when university of maryland basketball coach brenda frese and her husband spoke out. After learning that a drug that helped treat her young sons lukeep leukemia was costly and in short supply. They led the National Cause to find a solution. He promises promises promises to crack down on prov tearing wholesalers. I think if its not criminal, it should be made one. Basically what youre doing is stealing somebodys life. Maryland state lawmakers are deciding whether they should weigh this on this topic, investigating whether theres any legislation they could pass that would alleviate some of the drug shortage. Derek valcourt, wjz Eyewitness News. All right. Thank you, derek. The fda has already tightened rules on drug manufacturers. But doctors say more needs to be done. More problems with speed cameras in baltimore. City officials admit they found another camera recording inaccurate speeds. Wjz is live on cold spring lane. Adam may has the latest black eye for the program. Reporter no question, this is one of the busiest roads in baltimore. And this camera here has some issues. Reporter this speed camera on cold spring lane near falls road has recorded 11,000 speeders. But now, after a handful of challenges, eight tickets have been voided because the camera was recording inaccurate speeds. The camera is having some kind of glitch that were told. But what kind of glitch, i really dont know. Reporter the city council, planning to hold hearings on the growing problems. An investigation by our media partner, the baltimore sun, also found problems with at least two other cameras, outraging drivers. I think this they should just give us all our money back. I think its a money maker. How many have they not caught that they have made errors on . Reporter in fiscal year 2012, drivers paid more than 19 million in fines. 4 million more than projected. Mate the mayor, speaking at a school, defends the camera program. I dont want anyone to get a ticket in error. But id rather face that person and correct that problem because you cant bring a child back. If we lose one because somebody thinks its more important for them to get to work, you know, five minutes late instead of 10 minutes late. The mayor assembled a task force to look into the cameras well before these errors became public. She tells wjz the cameras are making streets safer. Speed violations dropped by 80 last year. And the average speed of drivers down at 44 of 48 fixed camera locations. That means school zones are now slower. Reporter city officials point out, when you look at all the cameras in the city, the error rate right now is less than one quarter of 1 . Reporting live, adam may, wjz Eyewitness News. Adam, thank you. The City Council Investigation is expected next month. An Appeals Court denies the governments request to reconsider a controversial stop smoking campaign. The decision blocks a requirement that Tobacco Companies put large, Graphic Health warnings on cigarette packages, to show that smoking can disfigure and even kill people. The government has 90 days to appeal the decision to the u. S. Supreme court. Republicans and democrats are digging in their heels. If they dont find compromise by the end of the year, taxes will go up for everyone. And massive spending cuts will automatically kick in. Danielle nottingham has the latest on negotiations from capitol hill. 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 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. Now, the revenues were put in. Going to come from, guess who . The rich. Reporter Health Republicans say if bush era tax cuts arent extended for everyone, it will hurt the economy. And they invited Small Business owners here to capitol hill to make their point. Reporter max olsen opened an Insurance Company this year and is concerned he wont be able to add employees. You add their payroll, plus an extra tax amount. Then i might not be able to hire them because of it. Reporter president obama pressed his case tuesday with ceos of some of the countrys largest companies. And im here to tell you that nobody wants to get this done more than me. Reporter the president says he wants to raise tax rates on just about everyone in the room to balance the budget. 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. President obama also told Business Leaders he will not play games with the fashions debt ceiling. A string of unseasonably mild days continues right now. A live look outside. And not too bad of a day. But not nearly as warm as the last few days weve seen. Bob is in the First Warning Weather Center with the updated forecast. Bob . If you were asleep all day today, awake yesterday. And going out tonight. Big change. Because temperatures have been dropping. Down to 49. Now, its down to freezing. 32 in oakland. Thats coming our way. 48, ocean city. And we are running 11 degrees colder right now than we were yesterday at this time. In oakland, 22 degrees colder, as you see, out to the west. White a bit colder. And tomorrow will be a sunny, dry day. But it will be chilly. Temperatures only in the 40s. Probably only mid40s tomorrow afternoon. It will be colder next day or so. But even milder air coming back for the weekend. Big business for baltimore. The National Aquarium is one of the most popular Tourist Attractions downtown. And its raking in money. Wjz is live there now. Christie ileto explains why this is good news for everyone. Christie . Yeah, a new report shows that visitors are from out of town. They spend big bucks for the area. And the National Aquarium is the main reason they come to baltimore. Reporter for deborah hanley, when you come to baltimore, theres 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 hanley and for more than a million other visitors this past year, according to a new report. Reporter numbers show these underwater creatures draw large crowds, drive more than 300 million to the city and state and help maintain over 3300 jobs. It helps us to understand really the impact that were making in the community. Reporter the aquarium Commission Report comes just as the nonprofit receives a grant from the state to help renovate its rate trade exhibit. The 2. 5 Million Dollars that the state made available to us, to help support that project is very, very important. To us, remaining vital and relevant. Really providing new things for our visitors. The report also shows that after people who come to the National Aquarium annually. What does that mean for marylanders . How do they benefit . Because people are coming from out of town, money that they earn elsewhere that theyre spending here. So everyone from maryland benefits from that. Reporter translation, out oftowners spend money funneled right back here to our city. Our very own backyard. And because there have been so many outoftowners visiting the aquarium. They were able to bring back a program that gives discounted rates to local visitors. Reporting live downtown, christie ileto, wjz Eyewitness News. Thank you, christie. As for the renovation, it is a 12. 5 million project that is scheduled to open next summer. Baltimore is sometimes called the city that reads. The mayor Stephanie Rawlings blake. The mayor is joined by volar volunteers. It gets volunteers to help improve third grade reading proficiency. Royal pain. Wait until you hear the prank call made to the hospital, where pregnant kate middle middleton is being treated. Cliff hangers. Im pat warren. Coming up. Federal employees react to potential job cuts. Im Alex Demetrick. Coming up, fema gives the Cold Shoulder to people in chris field still suffering after hurricane sandy. That story as Eyewitness News continues. The brief, springlike break is over. Stick around for the updated first warning Weather Forecast. You know how much grandma wanted to be here for your fist christmas . You see grandma lives waaaay down here and you live way up here. Brian, your cousin, hes a little bit older than you he lives here, in chicago. And your aunt lisa lives here in baltimore. Uncle earnie . Waaay out in hawaii. But dont you worry we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays and cheerios is happy to be part of the family. You just ate dallas clear, 49 degrees in central maryland right now. The complete first warning Weather Forecast is coming up. Stiewbtszs often complain that adults dont listen to them. Baltimores Public Schools wants to do more about that. Dr. Dallas dance held a town hall meeting today, where students could ask him anything. Were going to be taking a variety of questions. Dr. Dallas dance, Baltimore Countys superintendent is connecting with students via face to face ask twitter. Its an informal, unscripted open questions. They range from questions about air conditioning in schools to more vegetarian options in cafeterias, to using smart phones in classrooms. I feel like it was very successful and thaty file like a lot of students got to express to dr. Dance their opinions and ideas. I wanted to have face time with the students but also have connection with each other. We dont provide many opportunities where students can interact with towson. We gave them the opportunity today. And you saw from where the students were sitting, they were not seeing necessarily with their home schools. And other high schools also participated by sending in questions via twitter. Others watched it on the live stream capable cable feed. Another town hall meeting is set for the spring. Marylands casinos continue to rake in the dough. The three casinos made 43. 1 million in november. Hollywood casino perryville generated 5. 4 million. And ocean downs took in more than 3 million. Super storm sandy caused millions of dollars in damage here in maryland. The worst, of course, on the eastern shore. Especially chris field. Well, tonight, the federal government has denied another request for emergency aid. And Alex Demetrick explains why. Reporter when sandy flooded chris field, saving lives came first. Reporter there water coming from the side of the residence now . Yes, maam. Iptdz you to try to stay calm. Ii have my grandson with me. Jazz sitting just above the bay, many in town took a hit. My building took a big beating. Its the worst ive seen. Clearly, chris field took it the hardest. In terms of Sea Level Rise and tidal surge. And a lot of people have been swamped out of their homes. Reporter the governor asked for federal disaster relief. Money for repairing infrastructure is approved. But now, help wont be coming to homeowners. Because not enough damage was done. Fema director craig fugate said at this point, it does not support a major president ial disaster declaration because not enough damage was done. You know our hearts go out to them. We need help. We need help. We cannot do it. Reporter the reason, many who lost furn as furnaces, first floors and roofs dont have the money to make repairs. It comes hard to know you have to pay that much money out of your pocket, which we dont have. We are a small town in a rural area. And you have to look at the level of damage that we had. The level of income we had in this area, which is extremely low.