complete coverage continues with kai jackson, south baltimore and i see kai you have the candidate there with you. kai-- >> reporter: i'm sorry we could not get audio there from kai's camp. of course he's there with pat jesemi. >>> former governor set the stage against governor o' malley. and no surprise, governor o' malley is the pick by the democrats. we are running the results of some of the other races at the bottom of the screen. we'll try to do that for you this evening. >>> one common problem, low voter turn out. in baltimore city just 13.6% of registered voters hit the polls today. that is way down from 25% in the 2006 primary. in baltimore county, voter turn out today was slightly lower at 12% compared to 33% of turn out in 2006. now those numbers reflect only today's votes not those from maryland's new early voting day. early voters represented 2% of eligible voters. >>> the democratic nomination for baltimore county executives is up for grabs tonight as we've been telling you. campaign 2010 continues now with mary bubala. >> you know what a great crowd here. you guys are reall

kai jackson reports on the response, the shooter and the doctor. while jessica cartalia has reaction from a witness. we begin with deric valcourt. >> reporter: the shooters brother is telling wjz news that his mother had rheumatoid arthritis and several complications. when the doctor was explaining that her latest surgery did not go well and she may not walk again, the shooter snapped. >> they just locked everything down. >> reporter: s.w.a.t. team in gear rushed to the scene where dr. david cohen had just delivered news to a patients son who became so distraught with the news that he shot the doctor. >> last seen running into the room, brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother who's confined to the bed. >> reporter: the injured doctor was rushed into surgery with a gunshot to the abdomen while police evacuated the eighth floor and scrambled to subdue the suspect. >> it is possible he's barricaded in a room. >> reporter: as s.w.a.t. teams secured the eighth floor of the building police tried to make contact with perta. but they soon re

>>> hi, i'm kai jackson, marry -- mary bubala is on assignment. >> tornadoes were threatening the area today. there are ominous skies today. outside right now, a flash flood warning in effect and more rain is on the way. we'll go to bernadette woods and we're tracking live doppler radar. >>> well, we changed our weather at the tern from last week to where it is now. and we'll show you what it means for us, it means a lot of rain, thunderstorms and even the potential for flooding. we saw a warning or two today. we have the bands from the south and moving to the north. they'll continue to move our way. and there's more to the south and we'll take you in on a few areas and we'll show you where we're dealing with this thousand. and a little bit in carroll county, that's making its way to the north and lighter rain at this point. that's going to change. you can see the heavier rain and that's moving to the north and we have more where that came from. we have flood warnings because of this. where we've seen the heaviest rain so far, you can see montgomery and carroll county and baltimore cou

. >> hi, i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. there the tropical system is slowly arriving and in hours, we'll see the heavy rains and high winds. nicole dropped several inches of rain in florida flooding roads. bernadette woods and bob turk are tracking nicole. >> take a look at the radar we're tracking the rain all the way to cuba. you can see i the rain from the south all the way down to the cuba and florida straights. that will continue to effect the east coast and throughout the entire day tomorrow. because of the amounts of rain we're expecting, we'll have watches that will go into effect tomorrow. a flash flood watch for the area and in the southern portions of the bay, a high wind watch as well. it will be a nasty day. bernadette woods has more on the storm and how much rain we'll get. >>> well, this is the latest on nicole, the tropical storm became a tropical storm at 11:00. it's moving to the north, north east at 10:00 miles per hour. and it's skirting over the atlantic. you notice, it stops at this point. it's importa

. >> i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >>> floodwaters surge 3 feet deep in arcadia, wisconsin. rivers and streams continue to rise. entire neighborhoods are being forced to evacuate. >> basements are knee-deep in the floodwaters of wisconsin. and backyard swing sets are out of commission, while pumps work full-time to drain flooded properties. the city of arcadia is about 100 miles southeast of minneapolis, and it's taken the brunt. >> a lot of people are amazed. >> reporter: floodwaters surge through downtown, driving hundreds of people through their homes. roads collapsed into craters. and roe boats became the best form of transportation. city officials are keeping a worried eye on bulging rivers. >> and we're trying to plan for the river. right now, it's extremely high. >> minnesota is also in a state of emergency. hundreds are evacuated after thunderstorms brought up to 5 inches of rain turning backyards and basements into a flood zone. jeff dub says he's used to the weather. but

>>> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking b we have breaking news, a house fire in dundalk. let's go to captain mike perry. >> reporter: this is in the 1800 block of east holland in dundalk, baltimore county. the firefighters called for heavy smoke showing from the third floor of a single family home. firefighters just now starting to get a good knock on it. we still have dark smoke coming out of the attic but firefighters are working on it. there's no word of injuries or cause. >>> the island of bermuda take as nearly direct hit from hurricane igor with destructiontive -- destructive winds. we have more from dave price. >> reporter: igor's eye passed 40-miles mile ber -- miles from bermuda. it knocked out electricity to more than 20,000 people on this island of 68,000. the streets of hamilton, the capital, was under water and littered with debree. residents of bermuda, long used to tropical weather, left the streets deserted. >> safety first. we can always rebuild. we already know to rebuild. >

. >> i'm kai jackson. >> confusion and chaos. a gunman shoots a doctor inside johns hopkins hospital and shoots a relative before taking his own life. derek valcourt is following what happened. mike schuh and andrea fujii have reaction. wjz is live at the scene with the story we've been following since just before noontime. we begin with derek valcourt. >> reporter: it has been a chaotic situation here at one of the country's most prominent hospitals as a gunman was inside his room upset with the care that his mother was receiving, shot his doctor and then later we learned shot himself and his mother. police say 50-year-old warren davis shot a doctor on the eighth floor of the nelson building in the massive johns hopkins hospital complex after he became emotionally distraught over his mother's medical condition. the doctor collapsed just outside the doorway of the room, and mr. davis was last seen running into the room brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother, who was confined to the bed. >> reporter: hospital emplo

i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> you have severe weather clouds rolling in. sevore thunderstorm warning around. several surrounding counties. outside now, gray clouds. wjz is live with first warning weather. >> severe storms. northern harford county until 5:30. take a look at radar. one cell coming from york county is very strong. moving off to th

kai jackson has the story. >> reporter: the swimmable bay is very few people would argue the question is how to get to that point. the chesapeake bay is hailed as maryland's greatest natural resource. for years pollution and run off have strangled the bay and the fragile life that's in it. >> we gather today with one clear message, we must restore the health of our waters and of the bay. >> reporter: and now they are asking marylanders to help restore the bay's health with a call for clean water in the state. >> we're here to rally for clean water and we're here to valley who has drawn the line in the sand and said it's time to stop the pollution. >> reporter: floating wetlands like these are being tested. experts say what these have is absorb pollution, run off and other things that kill the water and underwater life. keys is making sure the smaller bodies of water that feed into it are themselves clean. baltimore's interharbor is one of those smaller bodies of water. a recent report card was not encouraging. >> you look at the harbor, we get a big red f. not good. >> reporter: the p

teen pregnancies are down nationally and here in baltimore, as kai jackson reported. there's a plan to reduce them more. >> reporter: the birth of a child is among the most wonderful experiences in life. when teens are the parents, a happy event can be overwhelming. >> you need to be mindful and learn the proper ways to put your child to sleep. >> reporter: there's a new initiative in front of a crowd. she wants to reduce the teen pregnancy and infant mortality in the city. >> children of teen mothers have high rates of medical and educational problems. today, we'll talk about what can be done to reduce teen births. >> reporter: the data from 2008 shows that the teen birthrate was 64 births to every 1000 spanish and african american having the highest teen rates. >> teen mothers are less likely to graduate. and a child born to a teen mom is 50% more likely to repeat a grade in school and is also more likely to drop out of high school. >> to lower the birthrate,the city is going to improve access to sex education and improve availability of services and involving commu

. >>> i'm kai jackson. >>> and i'm mary bubala. 20 hour after the polls are closed, there's still to winner. >>> challenger bernstein leads jessamy by 1400 votes. mike hellgren is tracking the developments in the tight race. >> record theirly, when you have 100% of the precincts reporting and you get the vote count, it's assumed that's the final, but apparently, that's not the case for the city state's attorney. the vote ended this morning and 100% reporting and bernstein ahead of jessamy by 1400 votes. >> we don't know the totals yet. >> reporter: no one appeared to realize that not all of the votes were counted. a total of 27 tapes from six districts were left out and missing. >> from her understanding with a conversation from her people, this total approximately 6 to 10,000 votes. that's what she's hearing and again, we're waiting for the information to come from the board of elections and her people are down there >> reporter: jessamy's sports person says that the votes could make a difference, rendering the absentee ballots irrelevant to the out come of the race. >> reporter: no

i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about, a grim reminder of the cost of the war in afghanistan. nine killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. it is the deadliest such crash in four years. weijia jiang has more. >> reporter: 10 troops were keeled in the helicopter crash. cbs news reports it was an american black hawk and that nine of the dead are americans, within an afghan soldier. it's the worst helicopter crash for coalition forces in four years. officials don't know what brought down the chopper. the taliban claims insurgents shot it down but nato said there were no reports of enemy fire. sources tell cbs news the helicopter was flying a secret special operations mission in the taliban dominated region. these covert operations often take place under the cover of night. choppers are crags to getting around this rugged country with few roads. already this career 525 u.s. and nato service members have been killed in afghanistan, making it the deadliest year for international hall for

i'm kai jackson. now back to you. >>> thousands of workers at at steel mill face being laid off. according to our media partner the baltimore sun, between 1,000 and 1200 people could lose their jobs. >>> in sports it's sure to be a september to remember for the orioles who picked up another win. brad bergesen pitched a complete game. they sweep the blue jays out of town. the orioles get a day off today. >> ravens tightend todd heap says he's not sure if he will be able to take to the field. he said he lost the ball and had to make that dive to get the grab. he said he's taking his injuries day by day. when the ravens are on the road this weekend, you can watch the ravens and bengals in cincinnati sunday afternoon at 1:00. and a fun contest was held at a baltimore county synagogue. it was held at the hoe bree congregation -- hebrew congregation. >> all i can think of is vuvuzela. >> we were all caught up all summer long. we're plague the jets. monday night football game. the opening game of the season. it's the first game in their new stadium. having said that and having beaten th

i'm kai jackson. the nightmare is over for an american woman held for more than a year in iran. gel brown reports for wjz. it's unclear who paid the half million dollars for sarah shourd's release. >> reporter: sarah shourd put her 14-month nightmare in an iranian prison behind her with a message of thanks. >> i want to thank every country, every official and individual that's involved in this process. >> reporter: she spoke just moments after her release and boarded a plane to neighboring oman where her mother was waiting. >> i know how much effort has gone into this and i'm extremely grateful. >> reporter: shourd was arrested with two others, hiking near the border of iran- iraq. her fiance shane bauer and friend josh fattal were all charged with spying. initially short's family said they couldn't pay, but it's still not clear who did pay shourd's bail since the u.s. has no diplomatic relations with aran. the swiss diplomates handled. >> if the question was did the united states government pay anything for this release, the answer is no. >> the white house put out a statement

i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala here's what people are talking about. >> it is becoming more clear why a gunman killed himself and his mother. wjz has complete coverage of the johns hopkins shooting. mike hellgren is following the

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. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> we have two days left. starting friday it will be illegal to talk on a hand held phone while driving in maryland. weijia jiang has more on how top leaders want to make sure you understand the new hands off law. >> reporter: police say they are ready to give out tickets. they say every year hundredings of marylands lose their life because of that and they hope the new law will bring the numbers down. if you're guilty of this, be prepared to pay for it. starting october 1st, maryland law will make it illegal. >> we have top send a message that it's only a split second looking down and looking up that an accident can happen. >> reporter: this baltimore county deli gat join -- delegate joined others to talk about the new law. he pushed it to be a primary offense, meaning it alone could be cited. instead, it wound up as a secondary offense. so you have to be pulled owe over -- over for something else. the first time ticket is $100 and then more thereafter. >> most people who use cell phones know how to drive. >>

i'm kai jackson. >> i'm denise koch. thanks for watching wjz. there's much more ahead on ,, >> couric: tonight, sarah palin. can she see the white house from iowa? >> you betcha! >> couric: meanwhile, there are calls for a criminal investigation of another rising g.o.p. star. i'm katie couric. also tonight, ambush in afghanistan. american soldiers under fire. one is shot in the helmet and survives. a tree falls in brooklyn and more in queens, but was it a tornado that swept through new york city? and we'll end the week by spinning a few records and watching them go down. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. we don't know if sarah palin intends to enter the presidential race. the only failed vice presidential candidate in modern times who ever went on to win the white house was franklin

. >> i'm kai jackson. vic is off. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> still a lot of questions tonight about what fueled the blood shed inside that hospital room. wjz has complete coverage. mike hellgren has the latest on the police investigation. and gigi barnett reports on hospital security concerns. mike leads our coverage from johns hopkins sp

as kai jackson explains it's an effort sponsored by wjz to save lives by raising awareness about the disease. >> reporter: the numbers are staggering, between 40 and 50,000 men in the -- u.s. die of prostate cancer. >> from night one i was not going to allow that to beat me. >> reporter: chesapeake urology, prostate cancer challenge will take part september 26th. >> it's a nice fundraiser where all the proceeds go for prostate cancer research and advocacy. >> when james lily discovered he had prostate cancer he was proactive about his treatment. >> in the end what i did after talking with everyone, i opted for the radiation treatment and the seed implants. >> it's generally something that just people just get. only about 10% are passed down through generations and family. 90% of people who are diagnosed with prostate cancer have no family history. honorary chairman,. >> an all star line up of baltimore colts legends will be at the event. doctors are encouraged that when caught early prostate cancer get be cured. >> the objective is to have men come out and be screened with a simple t

>> i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> police say the suspect was upset about his mother's condition when he shot a johns hopkins doctor and then shot and killed his own mother before taking his life. we know the identity of a doctor who was shot. he was dr. cohen. derek valcourt is following what happened. mike schuh and andrea fujii has reaction. we begin with derek valcourt for an update on the identity of the gunman. >> reporter: police identified him as 50-year-old paul warren hardis of arlington, virginia. he has been responsible for creating hours of chaos here at one of the world's most prominent hospitals. police say just after 11:00 this morning, a patient's son became emotionally distraught as a doctor explained to him his mother's medical condition. the son then pulled out a gun and shot the doctor. >> collapsed outside the doorway of the room, and mr. davis was last seen running into the room brandishing the handgun in the direction of his mother, who's confined

. >>> hi, i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about tonight. rain and rising water creating dangerous conditions across maryland tonight. wjz was in rosedale today when pulaski highway quickly flooded causing firefighters to jump noon action to save a trapped driver. we're starting to see the storm's threat to area homes. jay chopper 13 over miller's island where high tide is moving in and threatening homes there. we have folks on kayaks that remind me of when tropical storm isabel rolled ashore three years ago. right now, the water pushing in on the inner harbor promenade. a live look outside right now. police have shut the area down and are urging city residents to stay away. wjz is live with extensive first warning weather coverage. let's go to bob turk and update the incredible rainfall totals, bob. >> take a look at radar. we are in a bit of a lull that won't last much longer. look at when's coming across virginia and the carolinas. extreme tropical moisture is moving directly toward our region. i well take a closer view and look at the ra

. >> i'm kai jackson. >> we have heavy rains from a tropical storm system that have been pounding our area most of the day. wjz was on north point blood in dundalk where the road was almost entirely washed out for much of the day in rosedale. firefighters take part in a swift water rescue. a drive around pulaski highway became trapped in some high water. outside right now, the winds are starting to pick up outside. the rain's still falling. you can see the winds by how it's knocking our camera around at this point. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk closely tracking the system. so how much rain has fallen and what's still to come? let's start with bob. >> take a look at radar. we're not done with this by any means. even though it's been quiet the last few hours in central maryland, look what's coming down to the south. a huge plume of moisture once again showing you how much rain has foulen. let's take a look at the current situation. very light rate around the baltimore area. heavier batches west of us. take a look at the rain