captain mike perry is live with the very latest. captain mike? >> reporter: you're looking at a live picture of the northbound

captain mike perry is live in sky eye chopper 13. mike? >> yes. we told you about it a little earlier, vic. around 1:30 this afternoon, this piece of heavy equipment on the back of a tractor- trailer struck an overpass. this occurred at the outer loop of 695. at southbound i-95 on the southwest side of the beltway. now, since that time, since about 1:30 this afternoon, state highway officials have closed three lanes of the outer loop of the beltway, at southbound 95, as they were assessing damage to this bridge. this is the overpass right here at southbound 95. it struck a very large sign on the front of this structure and then a beam underneath of the bridge. now, they've closed the right- hand lane of southbound i-95 also. this is just to help workers assess the damage to the bridge. apparently the integrity of the bridge is okay. and they are allowing vehicles to run on it. there were no injuries as a result of this accident. but it's caused major delays to traffic, especially along the outer loop of the beltway, coming from the liberty road ar

captain mike perry has the very latest for us. captain mike? >> hello, mary. we know it happened a little before 3:00 this afternoon, on putty hill avenue. at wilson avenue. this is just east of harford road. baltimore county police and pere received a call from

let's go to captain mike perry with details. >> hello, kai. we are on east joppa road between perring and the beltway, where a car has struck a scooter alongside the roadway. now, the man that was riding the scooter was knocked off. he has been taken to a waiting ambulance. and as you can see, police have completely closed eastbound -- this is going to be eastbound joppa road, between perring parkway and harford. westbound traffic is moving. but eastbound is completely closed as police continue their investigation. there's no word on how serious these injuries are. but as you can see, it's causing quite a traffic problem, all the way back into east towson. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting live. >>> and still ahead on eyewitness news rat 5:00. -- at 5:00. not what you would expect to see in new jersey. the chaos when a man finds a bear, sleeping in a basement. >> here we go. >> go, low. >>> what went wrong? a new report reveals the cause of the crash that killed popular race car driver, dan weldon. >> a shooting at this barber shop i

captain mike perry has more on this. mike? >> reporter: it has been a busy day for baltimore city and baltimore county police. the police in towson apparently trying to stop a car on york road, right in downtown towson. this occurred between chesapeake avenue and towson town boulevard, on york road. while trying to stop this vehicle in the foreground, it fled from police and then crashed into this taxicab, occupied by three elderly females. and the driver of the cab, of course. now, at this point, it's not known how serious the injuries are to anyone in the taxicab. the people that were inside of the car that fled from police, jumped out of the vehicle and ran. they were apprehended by baltimore county police here in the towson district. now, police do have york road closed in both directions between chesapeake and towson town, as they continue their investigation. apparently at least one suspect in custody for sure that we know about. another person of interest being detained. the folks that were inside the taxicab have been

captain mike perry over head with details. >> if you're on i95 in the roseville area expect major delays. a track for trailer carrying a large piece of steel. the piece of steel has fallen off of the truck and landed on the roadway blocking two lanes of i95. this is just south of 695 on the rosedale area of baltimore county. the delays now extend on 95 all the way back to the tunnels on both 895 and i95. so, if you're working your way out of the downtown from the 95 area, you may want to consider route 40 as an alternate or cutting through one of the city roads that lay here is substantial. it appears that it's going to take some time for some heavy wait a minute to show up for state highways to get this piece of steel back into the truck. expect major delays in the area, big problems for drivers coming out of the downtown back over to you. >> occupy dc members clash with police, dozens of protesters are arrested after refusing orders to leave. andrea fujihi reported the area declared new tensions with police. >> reporter: in all 31 occupy dc protesters were arrested sunday morning after

let's go to captain mike perry with new details. >> it occurred at 2:55 on the inner loop of the beltway from the northbound jones pauls

. >> thank you very much, captain mike perry. >>> a desperate search under way for a missing baltimore county man who disappeared in an area reservoir. mary bubala is in the newsroom. >> reporter: after three days of searching teams have found no sign of charles duckett. duckett disappeared in the tridelphia area. his boat eventually washed ashore without him in it. duckett works for the sanitation commission which runs the reservoir. montgomery county officials have coordinated the search along with several other agencies, back to you denise. >> duckett has worked for the wscc for 12 years. >>> there's questions about the capture of an american by al- qaida. why would they capture him? >> reporter: winstein is a prisoner and it terrifies those who know the marylander. >> it's gun wretching. i can't -- it's gut wrenching. i can't imagine if it was my husband or family. >> oh my goodness, especially since he was coming home. this was his last assignment. >> reporter: the terrorist group which has weakened in influence is using winstein to make big demands. >> including the end of all ai

. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting live. >>> well, after a day of heavy rain yesterday and snow in and areas, things appear to be drying out. right now, it's clear. but it's chilly. bob turk has a look at what we can expect tomorrow and the next few days. bob? >> take a lock at tomorrow. it will -- look at tomorrow. it will start off below freezing. temperatures will be up in the mid- to upper 40s. some clouds tomorrow night. and the front will go through. it will cool us down on saturday, to 42. sunshine on sunday. high of 44. monday and tuesday. a little milder, back up above normal. 48 on monday. and 50 on tuesday. now, in today's energy savers for the holidays, approaching, you can light your home, using the same amount of light for less money. upgrading 15 of the inefficient, incandescent light bulbs in your home. could save you about $50 a year. for more information on how you can become an energy saver, go to wjz.com. scroll down the right-hand side of the page and click on our special section. denise? >> thank you, bob. >>> police in florida say they have found the

the perry campaign today to ask whether mike huckabee's dvd also made rick perry change his mind, change her mind about giving birth, even if it would kill her. no word on whether rick perry will continue watching movies o abortion. in an interesting and risky gambit from the perry campaign, governor perry decided to weigh in on one issue that up until now had not been fodder in this presidential race. >> it really disturbs me that nearly after nine years of war in iraq that this president wouldn't welcome home our many heroes are a simple parade in their honor. >> we've been talking about this issue for the last few days on this show. i guess i should not be surprised to see this turning up as a partisan issue in a presidential campaign. but i am surprised. and rick perry does seem really desperate right now. i am a person who leans toward the idea that there ought to be a parade to mark the end of the iraq war. but i recognize that it's complicated. and everybody should note that this is by no means an uncontroversial position among iraq and afghanistan veterans. and current service me

captain mike perry, thank you very much. >>> an army veteran is murdered inside a chinese restaurant. and tonight, police are asking for help to solve the case. >>> vic, police are still searching for two suspects in the fatal shooting of 52-year- old freddie jones. he was gunned down on halloween inside the yao brothers carryout on greenmount avenue. detectives believe the men in this surveillance video are responsible. and anyone who recognizes them should call police immediately. a teenager has already been arrested in connection with the crime. he's 17-year-old mar quell jones. he was turned in by family members. >> the yao brothers had been plagued by family violence. >>> tonight, the wife of allen gross is speaking out, amid a new push to set her husband free. wjz is live. mike hellgren reports on who is now concerned for gross's plight. >> it appears cuban president raul castro, a missionary who was visiting with him said that castro told him that he understands that failing health concerns and the concerns of gross's family. but the two never discussed release. >> he looks def

captain mike perry, what can you tell us? >> reporter: hello, mary. it's not a horrible crash. but a three-vehicle accident. northbound i-95. between washington boulevard and 395. or 295. in the northbound right lane. three vehicles involved. as you can see, it is clearly causing delays along northbound 95. the backup extends almost all the way to the beltway at this point. up 95, expect delays as maryland transportation authority police are on the scene, conducting the investigation. all the accident is over to the right shoulder. back to you on tv hill. >> captain mike, thank you. >>> dna evidence helps anne arundel county police make an arrest in an unsolved crime. police say keith dooly is now linked to a summer home robbery invasion. police say on august 14th, dooly forced his way into an elderly couple's home on redwood avenue. dooley is already behind bars for unrelated charges. >>> new information about a robbery on the towson university campus. police identify the suspect as 47-year-old larry mcknight. he's charged with robbing the pnc bank inside the university union.

complete coverage -- captain mike perry is above it with more for us. >> we are, indeed, over top of the southwest side of the beltway. this is the outer loop to 695 and i-95. we're about 1:30 this afternoon, this truck that you referred to, with an excavator on the back, struck the bridge overpass. at i-95. and a sign. what you're looking at is about 15 pieces of that state highway administration apparatus. they are here, surveying the damage. apparently a sign was struck and has been removed from the bridge. but there is structural damage to a girder underneath. and that apparently is what is holding things up here. three lanes of the outer loop beltway remains closed at 95. and the backup here is extensive. but work continues here. no word on how long state highways or the state miswill continue their investigation. of this accident. back to you on tv hill. >> captain mike. thank you so much. well, our complete coverage does continue now, with wjz traffic control. wjz has a look at that. kristy? >> captain mike has said, the three right lanes are blocked. that has your delay now p

the perry campaign today to ask whether mike huckabee's dvd also made rick perry change his mind, change her mind about giving birth, even if it would kill her. no word on whether rick perry will continue watching movies o abortion.ç in an interesting and risky gambit from the perry campaign, governor perry decided to weigh in on one issue that up until now had not been fodder in this presidential race. >> it really disturbs me that nearly after nine years of war in iraq that this president wouldn't welcome home our many heroes are a simple parade in their honor. >> we've been talking about this issue for the last few days on this show. i guess i should not be surprised to see this turning up as a partisan issue in a presidential campaign. but i am surprised. and rick perry does seem really desperate right now. i am a person who leans toward the idea that there ought to be a parade to mark the end of the iraq war. but i recognize that it's complicated. and everybody should note that this is by no means an uncontroversial position among iraq and afghanistan veterans. and current service

the perry campaignç today to ask whether mike huckabee's dvd also made hirick perry change his mind, change her mind about giving birth, even if it would kill her. no word on whether rick perry will continue watching movies on abortion and wheth abortion. in an interesting and risky gambit from the perry campaign, governor perry decided to weigh in on one issue that up until now had not been fodder in this presidential race. >> it really disturbs me that nearly after nine years of war in iraq that this president wouldn't welcome home our many heroes are a simple parade in their honor. >> we've been talking about this issue for the last few days on this show. i guess i should not be surprised to see this turning up as a partisan issue in a presidential campaign. but i am surprised. and rick perry does seem really desperate right now. i am a person who leans toward the idea that there ought to be a parade to mark the end of the iraq war. but i recognize that it's complicated. and everybody should note that this is by no means an uncontroversial position among iraq and afghanistan vete

from olay. >> mike: we are back. >> we're back, let's continue with texas governor rick perry and the first question this segment from pam. >> thank you. >> governor, as the state continually fails parents and children through inadequate education. does the federal government have an obligation to intervene on the education of these children? >> no, and here is the reason why. if you believe in the 10th amendment, if you believe that those people in that state are going to impact the legislators, they will do that. and i think that is a situation that we would not ever find ourselves in, because by the time a school failed the children, or the parents would have intervened, the legislature would have intervened. our problem is we've got a federal government that's intervening too much with all of these different programs. so, i truly believe that the education of our children is a state and a local issue and the federal government needs to completely stay out of it. >> okay. and in essence-- talking about all of these programs, governor, would you be willing to get rid of federal assi

. >> mike: we are back. let's continue with texas governor rick perry. the first segment from pam bondi. >> thank you, governor, is the state continuually fails parents and children through inadequate education, does the federal government have the obligation to intervene on the education of the children? >> no, and here's the reason why. if you believe in the 10th amendment and if you believe that those people in the state are going to impact the legislators, they will do that. and i think that is a situation that we would not find ourselves in because by the time a school failed, the children or the parents would have intervened and the legislators would have intervened. our problem is a federal government who is intervening too much with programs. i truly believe that the education of the children is a state and local issue and the federal government needs to stay out. >> talking about all of these programs, governor. would you get rid of federal assistance for school lunch and pel grants. gi bill? >> absolutely. there is a better way to those dollars

ask your doctor about spiriva. >> mike: we are back. let's continue with texas governor rick perry. the first segment from pam bondi. >> thank you, governor, is the state continuually fails parents and children through inadequate education, does the federal government have the obligation to intervene on the education of the children? >> no, and here's the reason why. if you believe in the 10th amendment and if you believe that those people in the state are going to impact the legislators, they will do that. and i think that is a situation that we would not find ourselves in because by the time a school failed, the children or the parents would have intervened and the legislators would have intervened. our problem is a federal government who is intervening too much with programs. i truly believe that the education of the children is a state and local issue and the federal government needs to stay out. >> talking about all of these programs, governor. would you get rid of federal assistance for school lunch and pel grants. gi bill? >> absolutely. there is a better way to those dollars

let's continue with texas governor rick perry. the first segment from pam bondi. >> thank you, governor, is the state continuually fails parents and children through inadequate education, does the federal government have the obligation to intervene on the education of the children? >> no, and here's the reason why. if you believe in the 10th amendment and if you believe that those people in the state are going to impact the legislators, they will do that. and i think that is a situation that we would not find ourselves in because by the time a school failed, the children or the parents would have intervened and the legislators would have intervened. our problem is a federal government who is intervening too much with programs. i truly believe that the education of the children is a state and local issue and the federal government needs to stay out. >> talking about all of these programs, governor. would you get rid of federal assistance for school lunch and pel grants. gi bill? >> absolutely. there is a better way to those dollars

next, governor rick perry of texas. governor perry? >> mike, thank you. and boy, it has been a wild and wooly ride in this primary. i suspect that will stay the same. i hope everyone will give me a second look and look at my plan that cuts taxes and balances the budget and gets america working again. and it overhauls washington. in one of the ways it does that, we will put a part-time congress in place. think about that. send it back to their own districts to have a real job working in their home districts. that's the way you make a difference. i have lived a purpose-driven life, and our country is in trouble and needs us working together to take our country back. so i hope, again, that you will take a look at my plan and give me that second opportunity. i will promise you this, that every day i will work to make washington, d.c. as incon sequential in your life as i can. god bless you, thank you for your support and your vote. >> thank you, governor rick perry. our next candidate is congressman ron paul of texas. congressman paul? >> i thank you, mike. t

next, governor rick perry of texas. governor perry? >> mike, thank you. and boy, it has been a wild and wooly ride in this primary. i suspect that will stay the same. i hope everyone will give me a second look and look at my plan that cuts taxes and balances the budget and gets america working again. and it overhauls washington. in one of the ways it does that, we will put a part-time congress in place. think about that. send it back to their own districts to have a real job working in their home districts. that's the way you make a difference. i have lived a purpose-driven life, and our country is in trouble and needs us working together to take our country back. so i hope, again, that you will take a look at my plan and give me that second opportunity. i will promise you this, that every day i will work to make washington, d.c. as incon sequential in your life as i can. god bless you, thank you for your support and your vote. >> thank you, governor rick perry. our next candidate is congressman ron paul of texas. congressman paul? >> i thank you, mike. t

next, governor rick perry of texas. governor perry? >> mike, thank you. and boy, it has been a wild and wooly ride in this primary. i suspect that will stay the same. i hope everyone will give me a second look and look at my plan that cuts taxes and balances the budget and gets america working again. and it overhauls washington. in one of the ways it does that, we will put a part-time congress in place. think about that. send it back to their own districts to have a real job working in their home districts. that's the way you make a difference. i have lived a purpose-driven life, and our country is in trouble and needs us working together to take our country back. so i hope, again, that you will take a look at my plan and give me that second opportunity. i will promise you this, that every day i will work to make washington, d.c. as incon sequential in your life as i can. god bless you, thank you for your support and your vote. >> thank you, governor rick perry. our next candidate is congressman ron paul of texas. congressman paul? >> i thank you, mike. t

next, governor rick perry of texas. governor perry? >> mike, thank you. and boy, it has been a wild and wooly ride in this primary. i suspect that will stay the same. i hope everyone will give me a second look and look at my plan that cuts taxes and balances the budget and gets america working again. and it overhauls washington. in one of the ways it does that, we will put a part-time congress in place. think about that. send it back to their own districts to have a real job working in their home districts. that's the way you make a difference. i have lived a purpose-driven life, and our country is in trouble and needs us working together to take our country back. so i hope, again, that you will take a look at my plan and give me that second opportunity. i will promise you this, that every day i will work to make washington, d.c. as incon sequential in your life as i can. god bless you, thank you for your support and your vote. >> thank you, governor rick perry. our next candidate is congressman ron paul of texas. congressman paul? >> i thank you, mike. t

perry's by mike toomey, his former chief of staff. the president's was created by a former spokesman, bill burton. >> as much as i love my friends in the white house and president obama me and the people who i work with are taking a break from seeing those people and talking to those folks and there is no coordination. >> reporter: today the pro-romney super pac brought bought $3 million worth of ads in iowa without consulting the campaign. they bought them anyway... they didn't consult the campaign but they did this exactly when romney needed the most help against newt gingrich. scott, this is just a preview of how the big donors behind these super pacs are trying to influence the 2012 campaign. >> pelley: a big change in the campaigns. wyatt thank you very much. the unemployment picture is showing more tentative signs of improvement. the labor department reported today that the number of americans putting in their first claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to $381,000. that's the smallest number since february. congress g

perry's by mike toomey, his former chief of staff. the president's was created by a former spokesman, bill burton. >> as much as i love my friends in the white house and president obama, me and the people who i work with are taking a break from seeing those people and talking to those folks, and there is no coordination. >> reporter: today the pro- romney super pac bought $3 million worth of ads in iowa without consulting the campaign. but they did this exactly when romney needed the most help against newt gingrich. scott, this is just a preview of how the big donors behind these super pacs are trying to sway the 2012 campaign. >> pelley: a big change in the campaigns. >> reporter: yeah. >> pelley: wyatt, thank you very much. the unemployment picture is showing more tentative signs of improvement. the labor department reported today that the number of americans putting in their first claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to 381,000. that's the smallest number since february. congress grills jon corzine about a billion dollar

mike, good evening, governor perry didn't get enough signatures in virginia? >> we just got it confirmed through the virginia g.o.p. when it came to investigating all the signatures. when the investigating was done rick perry did not have 10,000 qualified signatures and therefore will not be on the ballot for the virginia primary. it doesn't change his status in the run-up to iowa but it does, according to the g.o.p. in virginia keep him off the ballot. we have reached out to the perry campaign. they say they are looking into this. no official response yet, jamie. >> jamie: what about the vice president today weighing in on the g.o.p. race. what did he have to say about governor romney in particular, mike? >> that was interesting. the vice president of the united states penned an op. ed in the des moines register blasting mitt romney and his idea or plan for america. joe biden said that mitt romney's ideas would double down on the same policies that created the greatest economic calamity since the great depression. mitt romney's policies gambled with hard work

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