politico, harris demanded to know why he why -- why he had to wait almost a month for the government subsidize health care plan for members of congress to kick in. >> i just ask a question because, obviously, every member is going to try to figure out how they will align their current health george with the new health insurance. >> -- health insurance with the new health insurance. >> it is hypocrisy. it is outrageous that a representative like andy harris, who oppose health care expansion in maryland and expansion of eight nationally is now upset because he cannot be on government-subsidized health care for a month. >> in an in your view today, harris claimed he was not talking about -- in an interview today, harris claimed he was not talking about himself today. >> not my family because i have health insurance. but anyone else who gets a job,

and the irony that anyone would go to the federal government, and most importantly, to our employers and say, you have to hoprovide health insurance. and if they get hired on the wrong day of the month, they have to go without for a while. >> and that raised another question. is he referring to his current coverage with johns hopkins and will he stay on it for the time being? >> several exotic animals stolen from a west baltimore nature center were found inside a home a short distance away. we spoke with police, who found the animals just this afternoon. >> this is a developing story we have been following this afternoon. police reported that they have recovered all of the stolen

animals and stolen goods that were taken from the carey married nature center. it were found at a home in the 5000 block of clifton avenue. they interviewed a man and a woman and at least two children who in -- who lived inside the home. many of these animals, and an insect, by the way, were very fragile, but found unharmed. >> officials of baltimore recreation and parks as well as the baltimore police department rescued a doesn't exotic animals from a house on clifton avenue -- a dozen exotic animals from a house on clifton avenue. there were two break-ins at the nature center, once over the weekend and again monday night. >> we did get a phone call about a house and that was our first priority, to be sure they were

unharmed. >> officials at the nature center were pleading for the animals to be returned to, as they would not be able to survive outside of the center. >> we get these guys in, they are injured. we have them and make them -- we rehab them and make them better. to have them taken is not bad. >> -- is bad. >> i cannot say that those kids did it, because i do not know. >> the animals were found at a home near lincoln park, which is where the nature center is located.

police are looking into whether they had some kind of inside knowledge of the facility as there was no sign of a forced entry. >> the windows were left unlocked and there was no sign of forced entry. >> folks here at the nature center are also not commenting because of the investigation. if there are any developments, we will pass them along. live in west baltimore, wbal tv 11 news. >> 6000 schoolteachers are set to vote for a second time on the new contract. but in spite of a massive public-relations campaign, there's still some opposition. we're live at union headquarters with that story. tim? >> some showed up earlier today to plead for more time to review this proposal. teachers turned out in record numbers to reject the first

contract offer, and veteran teachers like peter french who opposed the original offer, is among those hoping they will once again cast no votes. >> not much has changed. they made the language a little bit more floury, but it is really disrespectful that my union would bring us back a contract and not complete it. >> teachers were making sure that voting sites for up and running. unlike before, the ballots for the upcoming teacher vote will be cast on electronic machines. >> we have talked to over 3200 teachers face to face in conversation. i do not know what else we could have done to help teachers understand. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake in a taped message on youtube lobbied for a yes vote. >> i believe this is a huge step forward and an opportunity for

baltimore to shine. >> the teacher proposal calls for a new evaluation system and more pay. even though some teachers say they are not impressed with either proposal. >> we do things every day. just to insult us and say, oh, here's some money, that is not working for us. >> the new proposal calls for a 4.5% pay raise. >> the vote will take place until 7:00 p.m. this evening. to see the terms of the vote, go to our website wbaltv.com and click on education alert. >> we have some breaking news concerning the serious accident in queen anne's county. we get to skyteam 11 and captain roy taylor. >> this is route 8 just south around 50, you know, that a

bridge -- the bay bridge area. it looks like the road will be shut down for some time. at least two people are hurt, but other than that, the severities of the injuries we have not found out yet. >> a guilty plea today at the -- over the crash that severely injured charlie davies and killed a woman last year. the mother of the local woman is speaking out for the first time. >> ashleigh roberta of phoenix, that turn the davies just hours before she got into the car -- met charles b-dv said just hours before she got into the car with him.

>> rising u.s. star, charlie scheidies, but severely injured in a crash in arlington va. and would have to miss the world cup. but the world did not know much about the other victim in the crash, ashleigh roberta. she died at the scene. her mother is talking for the first time about her daughter's death. now the driver of the car, ashleigh's friend, marie espinosa, pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drunken-driving. >> i hope that no other family feels the pain that we feel every day. words cannot express it. >> court documents show that espinoza and davies were driving back to espinoza -- back to davies's hotel room, but espinoza loss control and crashed, splitting the suv in half. >> when i heard, i remember

screaming and screaming for hours. i remember calling my doctor and saying, please meet me, take my heart, take my vital organs. anything to keep my daughter alive. >> jennifer speaks to college kids to turn her daughter's tragedy into a life saving message. >> maria espinosa faces up to eight years in prison for involuntary manslaughter and five years for dwi. as for charlie d's, he broke two bones in his right to make and is in europe trying to revive his soccer career. >> it is supposed to make travel easier, but dozens of customers say it has made their lives more difficult. some of them of thousands of dollars for violations they say they did not know about. their complaint, on the heels of a story that aired in july. >> when we first reported the

violations, we talked to a maryland couple whose license plate was suspended, a license plate they did not even know they had. that struck a nerve with a dozen customers credit michelle is one of them. >> i was hysterical. >> she says that maryland police pulled her over outside of a tunnel. >> he said he was going to take my tags. >> he saiher tags were suspended because of tolls that she did not know about, she says. now she those thousands of dollars. another man says he has to monitor is the county because of overcharges. -- his account daily because of overcharges. >> some reagan's players spend their day off handing out everything from -- some raven's

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girl"] ♪ >> that is wide receiver derrick mason serenading some of his biggest fans. this kick off the third season of his karaoke to work. they spent all afternoon with

them. >> they were rocking out and enjoying that. some other ravens came out to help with this ceremony today. >> for several years they have been collecting coats and other personal-care items it is about much more than the clothing. >> the man residing at the help the mission in east baltimore got cheated -- got suited up today with new coats and hats and gloves. several raven's players and even the harlem globetrotters -- and harlem globetrotter was there. they hope to help these men get back on their feet. there are some of the biggest

raven's players. >> i came out last year. it is a lot of fun to hang out with some of the guys and see them do things for themselves. >> these athletes are not just giving out something warm to wear. they also have a message. >> i come from a less fortunate area myself. in order to get where i am today, somebody had to instill that in me as well. >> they're looking for support and they need support. >> it is a message not lost on the residents, who truly appreciate not only the clothing, but the camaraderie. >> it shows what the mission tries to do for all of the residence. residents.n >> it just shows that you're able to reach back to those less

fortunate. it makes me feel good. >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> it had been raining just about all day today. but the rainfall totals have been fairly manageable. not hearing any reports of any flooding or anything like that. generally manageable rainfall through the area. give yourself extra time because the roads are a bit slick. the heaviest rainfall will be to the south and east. more breaks as you head back into the mountains, but this storm center is still sitting far to our west. out over western ohio, actually, at this hour. it will continue on through our area through the evening and into the day tomorrow. the totals today in the almanac are not an impressive bunch

of rain. about a quarter of an inch to a half inch of rain. it looks like the temperatures me hold steady. a lot of warm air out of ourself. 60-degree temperatures may push up to baltimore as the system hangs on overnight. itself. tonight, and a west wind tomorrow. -- a south wind tonight, and a bus when tomorrow. a wind advisory for tomorrow. once it drags this front through, the winds behind it can get out into the west. it will be a breezy day tomorrow. we will see some sunshine, but it will be breezy. this cold front coming out of canada and the dakotas, that comes in on thursday. there is a shot of cold air coming in on thursday.

that batch might actually trigger some snow in the mountains before the week is over. moving north tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and the cold air rushes in at the end of the week. you can see the skies clearing out tomorrow as the wind kicks in at of the -- out of the west. snow in higher elevations at garrett county. it should clear out nicely by friday and into the weekend. overnight tonight, we are probably at the low temperature tonight, 47 to 52 or so. tomorrow, the temperatures will climb until we peek into the low to mid 60's. the wins will be gusting at of the east at 30 to 40 miles per hour. two to 3 foot waves on the open waters of the chesapeake. showers and cold overnight in western maryland.

the rain changes to snow tomorrow night and into thursday. the rain in the morning gives way to afternoon sunshine and the winds gusting at 40. 52 with sunshine on friday. high clouds on saturday. partly cloudy sunday and maybe some more rain coming in by next tuesday. >> which you from the ratings -- raven's facility in owings mills. they will note -- they know they will come out of this week's game with the 37-3 record or a 6-4 record -- with a 7-3 record or a 6-4 record, and they know the importance of the former over the latter. john harbaugh has the tradition in his three years of not losing two teams that have sub 500

records. the focus this week will not fall on carolina's record. the focus this week falls on the ravens push to get a key role in the playoff push. harbaugh and his players know it is a lot easier to look prime for the playoffs at 7-3 then 6- 4. >> we have to win this game to accomplish what we want to accomplish as a football game as a football team. t- i do not know what the response is sometimes, but these are good football teams we are playing. >> much more at 11:00 p.m. with the john harbaugh show. you will see that at 10:00 p.m. at wbal +. on comcast, channel 208 and verizon files for 60. -- 460.

if donovan mcnabb is of words -- worth upwards of $78 million, how much will the eagles' quarterback, michael vick, get at the end of this season? last night he does -- he ran for two touchdowns and it all added up to a 59-28 shellacking. it was the eagles' over the redskins. that would be vic kovar mcnabb and the redskins. michael vick becomes a free agent at the end of this season how much will michael vick ask for if he stays on this terror? r? on this tseat

stay with us. tom tasselmyer has your forecast, straight ahead.

>> tonight, a local college is changing its name. we will tell you what is behind this apparent trend. plus, updates on the theft of exotic animals in bal

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