. >> and i'm denise koch. >>> oil spill fallout. they are talk about the disaster in the gulf. bill plant has the story. >>> the report says they were not able to handle the spill or not fully candid with the american people about the full scope of the problem. besides faulting the administration for its initial estimate, it singles out karen brownert for her unfolding response to the disaster. in an early august show, browner said that most of the spill had already been taken care of. >> scientists are telling us the vast majority of the spill was contained. almost three-quarters was captured, contained and skimmed. >> reporter: but reports now show that the oil could still be there. in late april, the white house denied a request from government scientists to make

i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. >>> 26 miners out. only seven to go. just moments ago, claudeio akuhn was brought to surface.

i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> a california man risks his life to save a child who was abducted from her home. kendis gibson reports with the story. >> reporter: victor perez recognized the truck in the surveillance video from television news reports. >> i just took the chance to follow the truck. >> reporter: he cut off the driver. they exchanged words. then perez saw the girl who had been abducted while playing outside her home monday. so he cut off the driver again. the suspect then pushed the girl out of the truck. perez stayed with her until police arrived. >> she was terrified. she said twice, i'm scared, i'm scared. she asked me if she was going to be okay. and i said, you're okay for now. and just waited for the right people to get there to help her out. >> reporter: the little girl had been sexually assaulted. police arrested 24-year-old suspected gang member, gregorio gonzalez. they say he fits the description of a man who exposed himself to two girls

and o'malley and ehrlich will debate the issues and denise koch will be the moderator and they'll be broadcast here at 7:00 on monday night, october 11th that's monday after next. >>> and the ravens have their star running back back. he'll be on the field for sunday's game against the steelers in pittsburgh. rice was at practice yesterday after suffering a severe bruise to his knee. he says he's ready to play this weekend and trevor price is now a new york jet. he signed with the company yesterday. and as we said, the ravens are on the road to face the steelers. and you can see sunday's game live here at 1:00. >>> and the game will be followed by the post game shows. they're live from the field house in canton. a big day of football and football talk here on sunday. all live at wjz-13. >>> and we mentioned this earlier. dick gelfman's ride across maryland, there it is. we're having another fundraiser. we're going to use football to scare the heart out of breast cancer and stomp it flat. that's from 11:00 to 1:00 and we'll do a big tailgate. we'll have silent auctions and et cetera. w

. >> reporter: i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about tonight. >> even exchanges for the two men that want to lead maryland. wjz is live with complete coverage, political reporter pat warren breaks down the show down, pat. >> reporter: that's right denise, it's definitely something to see maryland gubernatorial candidates cramming eight years of bad blood over opposing policies into an hour long debate. it's the 2010 rematch of 2006. >> this is not a personality contest. it's not martin o' malley, bob ehrlich, it's about you. >> you count, you get the vote. >> you have a clear choice to make in this contest. >> reporter: governor o' malley and former governor ehrlich open old blood. >> he increased tolls and fees, and maryland was not making much progress. we were spending more but we weren't moving forward. >> the largest tax increase in maryland history. $1.4billion. that was your answer. you also transferred a couple billion dollars from existing cash accounts. you also took $3.7 billion of stimul

koch will be the moderator beginning at 7:00 p.m. here next monday night. and we would like to hear from you beforehand. what questions what you like answered. we'll make the suggestions by clicking on the link. >>> still to come at noon, home invasion murder. a man is convicted of killing a man and his two daughters. >>> stick around, we'll have the forecast coming up. ,,,,,,,[ female announcer ] after months of martin o'malley telling us "maryland is moving forward"... ...and moving maryland forward. [ female announcer ] ...this jobs report tells the truth... maryland's economy stalled. [ male announcer ] "we face an uphill struggle in trying to regain the jobs lost." [ female announcer ] o'malley attempts a cover-up, falsifying the jobs report to help his campaign. [ male announcer ] "whatever we can do to make it disappear, we need to do it. that's coming straight from the top..." [ female announcer ] martin o'malley. first he makes stuff up. when caught, he covers stuff up. we need a governor who tells the truth. >>> more than t

denise koch is the moderator as you saw. it's broadcast tonight at 7:00. >>> a man is behind bars for hiring a man to kill his wife. he wanted a hit man to kill his wife, elizabeth. it's a shock to everyone, friends and family at this point. >> they were issues regarding the potential of possible out come of the divorce. apparently, mr. boyd wanted to avoid them. >> and she was planning on divorcing her husband and the police believe that was the reason for the murder-for-hire plot. and he's charged for murder now. >>> and it was a violent saturday night and sunday morning in the city. it's one that saw five people murdered and all five died in separate shootings. two could be related and so far, no arrests and according to the baltimore sun, there have been 164 homicides in the city this year. >>> there's a new grant for the police officers. and there's a -- this comes after it was discovered that the baltimore police department leads the nation in rape cases unfounded. >>> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake is meeting with th

i'm kai jackson. >> i'm denise koch. a startling confession after a 6-month-old girl is found dead in her crib. a father said he killed his daughter inside their baltimore home. kelly mcpherson spoke with investigators. >> reporter: police tell me that timothy lewis confessed to choking his 6-month-old daughter while she

. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> the fa a's new proposal directly affects the causes. but they don't include all of the recommendations from the ntsb. there is a broad impact it could have on safety nationwide. >>> the proposed new guidelines affect equipment, training and bad weather, all found to be factors in maryland's deadliest medivac crash. the faa calls their proposals comprehensive and significant. they're the first major step toward mandating safety reforms since a rash of deaths in 2008 including this chopper crash with five people on board. only one survived. >> i looked up to the star and said, god, save us. please. >> that night, the rain turned from bad to worse. >> completely fogged in. we're unable to land there. >> reporter: the new proposals would mandate better pilots and better risks for flying. it would also require a terrain warning system. which would require a new pilot flowing to the ground. >>> they're flying in challenging conditions. often

denise koch will be moderating. if you have a question for the candidates, submit by going to wjz.com and click on the link at the top of the home page. >>> it's now the longest war in u.s. history. and the war in afghanistan does not seem to be winding down. instead, the situation is getting more compicated-- complicated. joel brown reports for wjz from washington. >> reporter: the war in afghanistan is entering its tenth year. and the prospects for peace seem to be getting worse. relations between the u.s. and its key ally, pakistan, have become increasingly strained. in the latest incident, militants attacked fuel tankers and supply trucks in closed crossings in the pakistan- afghan border. that crossing was shut after a u.s. helicopter strike, mistakenly killed two u.s.- pakistani soldiers last week. the u.s. has apologized several times, but pakistan hasn't opened the border. >> reporter: the u.s. needs pakistan to help defeat the taliban. but there's a new report from the white house that accuses pakistani lea

. >>> denise koch will moderate. and we'd like to hear from you. what issues are you concerned about? what questions do you want to ask the candidates? submit your questions to wjz.com. by clicking on the link at the top of the home page. >>> we're following breaking news right now. above with more for us, captain mike. >>> actually, we're in howard county. two vehicles involved. looks like there is one of them on the roadway. you can see at least two lanes of southbound 95 are closed south of route 100. so you can expect delays in the area. traffic is beginning to back toward the city. back to you on tv hill. >>> a fall warmup is inside. bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods updating the forecast for us. we saw a little sun. we we're around 59 degrees now. as far as rain goes had to go up to portions of pennsylvania and new york. that's the rain we had today. a little batch over here over ohio, may swing by late tonight or during the day tomorrow. there's still a chance of a shower tomorrow. won't be as pretty, i think, as we saw this aftern

denise coke -- denise koch is the moderator. there's time for us to hear from you. >>> well, remember the rainy, gray days earlier in the week, we're paid back and it's nice in the area and these are ships out in the inner harbor. and wjz-13 has -- the ravens play the broncos and we have the coverage -- and tim is in the first warning weather center. >>> well, the first thing, marty doesn't have his jacket on. we're in the first full week of october and the temperatures are nice and enjoyable. look at the temperatures across the state. the coolest spot in oakland and 69 in pax river and ocean city and 71 at baltimore and 74 in washington and the d.c. suburbs around the mediate area and everyone's on the 70-degree range and the winds are light. lighter than yesterday. we were in the double digits yesterday. things are calming down nicely. this is going to translate into all of the activities into the weekend. and for more, here's marty bass. >>> good afternoon, everyone, let's get to it. queue the music. 1:00 sunday, the russell

. >> i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. >> a deadly scene this morning after police find a man gunned down outside his home. it happened earlier today in finksburg, carroll county. as weijia jiang reports, another man was found dead just doors away. >> reporter: police say the victims have had a contentious relationship for years, that they used to be neighbors who would argue over things like property lines. now both men are dead and police do believe this is a murder-suicide. an aggressive search for the man police believe murdered 48- year-old steven focht came to an end after maryland state police found him also dead. investigators say 911 calls led them to focht's home in finksburg. he was shot to death lying in the driveway. >> as daybreak came this morning, the trooper on the perimeter near a house about two doors down saw a body in the backyard of the residence that turned out to be the individual troopers had been searching for believed to be the suspect in the shooting. he was

. >>> hello everybody i'm denise koch and here is what people are talking about tonight. a mystery that haunted the family and friends of kayhill for five year, she disappeared, her body never found. but today a baltimore city judge found her husband guilty of murder. >> reporter: tears of joy flowed as tracy kayhill's loved ones got the news they were waiting for. juries believe there was enough evidence to convict her husband dennis of second degree murder. >> it has been to hell and back if i can say for the last five years, we're just constantly looking. you don't know where she could be. >> reporter: dennis kayhill's fiance left the court in tears. >> the evidence was prejudicial, it was inflammatory and the result was a conviction. >> reporter: the key piece of evidence was a surveillance vehicle of tracy kayhill's car was being driven after her death and it was locked with an alarm. and dennis was the only one who had it. >> wherever she's at right now, she didn't want to be there, somebody put her there. >> reporter: dennis showed little visible emotion when he he

. >> and i'm denise koch. >> baltimore teachers just rejected a new contract that would have tied teacher pay to how students perform in the classroom. it was a proposal that had both sides up in arms. >> reporter: the union says it's not giving up. a radically different contract proposal brought school officials to vote out thursday night. not enough yes votes were cast, but the district is not dropping the idea. to base salaries on student performance. >> parents aren't held accountable, students certainly aren't so why are we the only ones ever held accountable. >> reporter: more than 1,500 voted against the idea and 1,100 voted in favor. people say they weren't given enough information. >> every time you ask them for information, they say it's still in preliminary stages. >> when i voted for barack obama who's the president of the united states of america, i did not stand in line this long. >> reporter: the line snakes through three hall ways all the way to the doors of the school. only 500 people voted yesterday which means 6,300 people have to vote today within three hours. >> we ha

. >> good evening i'm vic carter >> and i'm denise koch and here is what people are talking about tonight. >> here is mary bubala. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court will make a major decision in albert schneider versus the founder of the westboro baptist church. it's a case that started at a maryland the marine's funeral more than seven years ago. that's when the church protested feet away. albert schneider says his son wasn't gay but that matthew was targeted during the protest. with signs that said thank god for dead soldiers. >> it's hard enough to bury a child, but to have this go on too, it's like somebody kicking you in the face. >> reporter: schneider sued the wanesboro church for causing him stress. he thought the church would go bankrupt and stop protesting at hundreds of military funerals. but an appeals court overturned the case siting freedom of speech. >> my son and hundreds of others have died to protect freedom of speech. and to have a group of 80 people degrade it and mock it is disgusting. >> reporter: the case is shaping up to be an important test of first amendment ri

. >> reporter: hello, everybody, i'm denise koch, a 16-year-old maryland girl is behind bars tonight accused of plotting with her boyfriend to kill 5 members of her family. it happened in dorchester county. kelly mcpherson spoke with the girl's family. >> i spoke with the girl's father and sister. they didn't want her to date this boy because they thought he was a bad influence. they certainly did not expect to be gunned down in their own home home. >> it seems that we have some difficulty with the story. let me explain to you what happened. police say in dorchester county that the two 16-year-olds used text messaging to set up this plot and that the 16-year-old boy -- i believe we have the tape. we'll roll to it now. no good? i'm sorry for the technical difficulties. the two are behind bars right now on $500,000 bail. they are charged with attempted murder. no one was injured in the attack, reporting live. >>> all right, thank you very much, kelly. we will try and get that tape a little later. one family member, the girl's aunt was injured by bullet fragments. >>> a bitter -- reache

. >>> hello everyone i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about tonight. >> a 6 -month-old baby dead and his father is charged with murder. kelly mcpherson has the reaction and the reaction from the family. >> the father confessed to choking his pay by girl while she was crying in her crib. the baby's maternal family says this could have been prevented. >> reporter: chloe lewis was a week away from turning 6 months old when she was strangled by her father. her father and sole guardian brought the baby to the hospital telling doctors she had stopped breathing and believed it was sids. he later admitted he had choked her and it was not sids. >> we knew that he was not a responsible father. >> i sat down personally with one of the social workers and i told her specifically that i did not feel my gut feeling was telling me that he does not, that chloe does not need to go with him because of all the things i heard. >> i was there with him when chloe was born. he would always tell him what he should do and he would

. >> and i'm denise koch. >> it's happening right now. we begin with the rescue. crews are waiting the first arrival of the miner. you see the wheel turning there to the right, that's the cable bringing the first miner up from the surface to the surface from down below. he was loaded into the pod some time ago. a rescuer went down, loaded him in there and right now he is on his way up to the surface. sandra hughes reports for wjz on the amazing progress being made right now. >> reporter: the long awaited rescue operation got under way with a mining expert entering the capsule for the long ride down. his job will be to prepare the trapped miners. the men of the first few miners have been released. florencio avalos, mario sepulveda and carlos mamani who is from bolivia are believed to be the most skilled in the group and will be brought up first to help with any problems during the remainder of the rescue. tuesday the chilean president arrived. >> i hope that today, tonight this long journey will end with a very happy ending. this story that started as a possible tr

. >>> hello everybody i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here is what people are talking about tonight. >>> americans visiting europe are urged to be vigilant after threats of terror attacks surface. why some americans aren't changing their plans. >> reporter: most here are on alert but not alarmed. the intelligence is just so vague. still travelers are asked to take common sense precautionings. the state department issued an extraordinary alert to americans traveling in europe warning against terrorist attacks there in mayor cities where security has been tightened at tourist sights and transportation hubs. >> we believe we have credible information that justified the alert. >> reporter: sources say osama bin laden and other senior al- qaida leaders are behind the plot. the trained operatives may have already been dispatched to carry out attacks mod modeled after the one in mumbai. >> i wouldn't say we have specific information about a particular place, a particular time, but we have sufficient information that justified the issuing of the

we've received hundreds of questions and denise koch will no doubt ask them tonight at 7:00 >>> and the nfl's only undefeated team coming into week five suffers the first loss. -- here's mark viviano with the win that keeps the ravens on top. >> reporter: good morning, the broncos came to town boasting an electrifying passing game and it was an easy raven's winch it was nothing fancy, nothing special. give it to rice and the ravens kept hammering the defense. rice rushed for 133-yards and the short score made it 14-0. and the denver passing game had its moments and when the ravens pressured, sacked here, resulting in a seven yard loss. mcgahee put the game away and round in for a 30-yard touchdown scamper. they kicked the broncos, 31-17. >> it was a great day to get the running game going. now, we have to carry it throughout the rest of the season. >> they know we'll run the ball in there and they know it and it's a matter of getting the job accomplished. it was an important win for us to get where we're going and we had to win this at home. and the ravens proved the passing game and th

i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. >> a resounding no from baltimore teachers that would have tied pay to children's performance. teachers he

. >> i'm denise koch. >> governor martin o'malley and bob ehrlich held their second vigorous debate. our political reporter pat warren was there has the candidates clashed. >> reporter: the running debate about raising state revenue in the gubernatorial campaign may be as tax together voter's state of mind as

. >>> hello everybody i'm denise koch. >> and i'm mary bubala. a nine car accident snarl

i'm denise koch. vic a off today. >>> people in north texas are assessing damage after a series of tornadoes tripped through town this weekend twisters destroyed homes and damaged schools. >>> a powerful tornado demolished this home late sunday. it's one of five houses severely damaged when the storms ripped through the town 45 miles south of dallas. >> we're in the storm! [ indiscernible ] . >> reporter: a storm chaser captured the power and furry of the tornado. winds up to 117 miles per hour tore the roof off of a building and destroyed the baseball field. light towerrer were bent and freight cars were blown on to the field. and so far, only minor injuries are reported after a truck overturned. to the north, another twister ripped apart homes. and one of the residents said it began as a hailstorm before a funnel cloud moved in. >>> and within a matter of a minute, it was jerking my house up. >> and while the residents are assessing the damage, the officials are setting up temporary classrooms to ge

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. >>> hello everyone i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter, here is what people are talking about tonight. >> a corruption

. >> i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter. don't go away. much more on the "cbs evening news" with katie >> couric: tonight, banks repossessing homes in record numbers. but are they doing it it legally? wait until you hear who is signing some of the paperwork. i'm katie couric. also tonight, after 10 weeks in darkness, those chilean miners are basking in the spotlight and their newfound celebrity. control of congress is up for grabs, and independent voters could be the deciding factor. we'll listen to their american voices. and clint eastwood-- actor, director, and that legendary line. would do you it for me? >> you'd be tough to resist. 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. the numbers are staggering-- american homes are being repossessed by the hundreds of thousands. more than 800,000 so far this anar.

i'm denise koch. >> i'm -- vic carter. >> sadness continues in the death of the rutgers student who took his life. >> reporter: silence sunday night on the rutgers campus. >> i think we share a conviction, firm conviction that everyone need as safe environment. >> reporter: several hundred people were at a candlelight vigil pleading for tolerance and remembering tyler clementi. he learned that his roommate secretly had a web cam and invade his privacy. >> i'm very angry. >> reporter: the problem is not limited to clementi. a survey found 25% of gay college students report ac target of harassment and discrimination. only 7% of u.s. schools offer support programs. while his former classmates continue to mourn, the two accused of harassing clementi could face five years in prison. some students say that's not enough. >> i don't know in that's enough to make up for what they've done. >> ravi and wei have been keep lag low profile. >>> a scrr ri is deliberating in the case of a deadly home invasion case. >> the superior court case gave jury instructions in the case of steven hayes. the 12 jur

i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >>> finally free. more than half of the chilean miners are pulled. the 23rd miner is on his way to the surface right now. kai is in the newsroom with an update on the progress at the rescue site. kai? >> the 22nd miner came up a short time ago. this is a live look at the mine in chile, where just minutes ago, that 22nd miner, samuel alvalzo was rescued. the family is waiting. begeno will be the 23rd pulled. >>> it's called the phoenix. so far, no problems have developed. and the process is expected to be completed overnight. the men have been trapped a half mile underground since august 5th. since that collapse. and it buried them under 700,000 tons of rock. >>> requests are now pouring in for the miners to tell their tales of survival. there is also word of movies and book deals. >>> the worst may be behind the chilean miners. but they still face a number of health concerns. what doctors are saying about their condition. >> many of the miners look healthy. but they face a number of challenges. their w

denise koch will moderate the gubernatorial debate here on wjz 13. >> thank you very much. we want to hear from you. what questions do you want answered? submit your questions to wjz.com by clicking on the link at the top of the home page. >>> setting the record straight. the pros and cons of the question a slots referendum in anne arundel county, are locked in a conflict over who is telling the truth. political reporter pat warren has the latest in this debate. >> another volley in the battle of the slots in arundel mills. taking developer david cordish to task. >> arundel mills mall is a family-friendly environment. and a slots parlor just doesn't belong there. >> we stand by our commercial 110%. >> as if to say that what we run is a casino in the mall. that's not true. >> they know no such thing. >> to claim this is just bogus. >> the truth is, the arundel mills gaming facility will be in a separate building, completely separate from the mall. >> the casino is 30 feet across a ring road, from the mall itself. it runs the length of the mall from the models to the burlingt

denise koch will moderate the gubernatorial debate which you can watch here on wjz 13. >>> and if you have any questions for the candidates, we want to hear from you. submit your questions to wjz.com by clicking on the link at the top of the home page. >>> more is being between in baltimore. mike schuh spoke about two new laws. >>> in august, this owings mills cyclist was killed. in may, this sends a biker to shock trauma. today, these are on the mind of. >> at least every day, a mile and a half a day to work, i come this close to death. >> they launch riders into traffic. >> we in baltimore are becoming a. >> the approval was needed to make the bill into laws. to make city streets safer for cyclists. >> first, we're going to find some bike-friendly legislation. >> she signed them both. >>> they're not going to be replaced because of the bike aift issue. but they will will be replaced with one that goes this way. >> i know that. >> i know that this attracts people to live there and work there. >> a message confirmed by this commuter. >> the more sort of bike- friendly we can make it.

. >> i'm denise koch. don't go away. much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric, including the miners in chili being lifted to safety. we take you now to >> couric: tonight from disaster to rapture. joyous reunions in chile as those miners are rescued one by one. and the incredible ingenuity that saved their lives. i'm katie couric. also tonight, americans losing their homes in record numbers. but were all the foreclosures legal? a joint investigation is opened by every state in the union. and the night the world stood still to watch a miracle unfold before our eyes. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. was hard to imagine any kind of happy ending when a chilean mine caved in 10 weeks ago, trapping 33 men a half mile below the earth. but 27 have now been rescued and the rest will soon be on the w

i'm denise denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> albert snyder's father is in court. it is a case that pits a

. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> we, of course, want to update the breaking news wjz first told you about this evening. massive fire inside fort mchenry tunnel. forcing it to close down for a while. sky eye chopper 13 and captain mike perry on the scene. but first, kelly mcpherson is on the ground with more information. >> reporter: we're on the north side of the tunnel, where just a little bit ago, the road opened back up. so now there is traffic going north. although not much of it. be

mostly cloudy and 61 degrees. >> i'm denise koch. here's what people are talk being. >> the scene was bloody and violent. today, a connecticut jury returns a verdict in a double home invasion case that made headlines. sandra hughes made has the story. >> it took five hours to decide that steven hays is guilty of capital murder and assault in the murder of jennifer petit and her two daughters. >> some relief, but my family is still -- still gone. it doesn't bring them back. >> reporter: dr. williams said it was tied up and left for dead in the 2007 assault. his wife was subject to the -- sent to the bank to get money. jennifer petit was sent in to withdraw $15,000 and alerted the teller was what was going on in the house. her 11-year-old daughter michaela was also sexually assaulted. then gasoline was poured on the girls who were tied to their beds. then they set the house on fire. the police arrested hayes and an alleged accomplice who hayes says was the instigator as they fled the house. police have been criticized for not moving in