long. >> they won their case in court 15 months ago. the housing authority has refused to pay the $2.6 million judgment, leaving it cannot afford to. >> everybody, especially the housing authority, should know they are not above the law. when they have a debt, they have to pay it. that is an over a year and three months and they have taken no steps at all to pay these children for their brain damage. >> the vehicles tag today include a pickup truck. the housing authority says this will hurt their operations. >> this is his vehicle. >> he uses it -- >> it is assigned to him? >> does. >> of the lexington terrace

high-rise was demolished by the city in 1996. an internal housing memo in 1991 suggest the housing authority was well aware of my have the lead problem -- it mayb have the lead problem. >> liability is enormous. the housing authority have taken the position of sticking its head in the sand. the brain damage that all these children have will not go away. >> our request for an interview with the mayor was refused. a spokesperson issued a statement think this involves complex and ongoing litigation, and as a result, we are declining to comment. >> i wanted to be a nurse. >> but? >> i cannot, because i have a fourth grade to fifth grade reading level, and it is hard.

>> an official told us that agency is involved in the resolution -- term of cases involving unpaid judgments. one other note, the jeep you saw in the story is one of 34 take- home vehicles used by the city's housing officials. >> a local video has gone viral. it shows a baltimore city police officer being attacked by a man while trying to wrest another suspect. we're drawing live from city police headquarters downtown. >> police tell us they have arrested manual imel in connection with this assault. the shocking video shows just how dangerous and volatile baltimore city streets can be. just a word of caution, some of the video you are about to see is a little graphic. >> i cannot describe it as

anything less than attacked. take a baltimore city police sickened by this violent attack on an officer caught on tape and posted on the internet. you can see while police are trying to detain one man, another suddenly appears and boldly printed an officer in the base. >> while office service dealing with him, the first man comes out and attacked the officer. police identified the man as manual imel. investigators say he has previous charges involving terrorism -- here when in the probation violation. the victim officer was on routine patrol.

the suspect you see in the video that police are detaining on the ground that threatened officers so they had to pay attention to him. now, while police were tried to detain him, he attacked the one officer, enabling the suspect on the ground to get away. these are individuals that put the airline -- lives on the line, and i think it is a sobering reminder of what these men and women go through. >> police have charged it with assault on a police officer. as far as the other suspect is concerned, police tell us they know who this person is and have issued a warrant for his arrest. >> thank you. baltimore city has recorded its first homicide of 2012. we are told bruce r. roister

was found slumped over in his car around 9:45 last night. he was rushed to a nearby hospital suffering from several gunshot wounds. right now no word on a suspect or possible motive. police in annapolis are trying to figure out it to cases of indecent exposure are related. the suspect on the left followed her into an idaisle at a cvs pharmacy and then exposed himself anyone with information should contact the police appeared to g. testimony continued of the man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at a skating rink. >> today jurors got to see this surveillance video from skate works. the video shows the victim, also the man on trial as they

tried to walk through the roller rink. they got to hear about a police investigation. >> the first baltimore police officer to care about the allegation testified. they told jurors they were working security on august 14, 2010, when a 12-year old girl was crying hysterically, shaking and asking for her mother the girl claimed three boys to worker to a back storage room to forced -- tooook her a back storage room and force her to perform sexual acts on them. the court charging documents, perry admitted using this storage room for sex, but denies any involvement with the victim. >perry it was 24 at the time was identified by the victim

appear. hankins admits he did what is shown on surveillance video, he put his arm around a girl and walker to the storage room. with him. he said he never saw perry do anything to the girl. he admits to line to the police in changing his shirt. he also denied raping the girl. he called her a willing participant, someone he wanted to have sex with your d. >> if convicted, perry could get life in prison. hankins faces charges in juvenile court. is set to face sentencing in may. >> the state board of public works has approved the demolition of the university of maryland college park. the board voted to tear down

existing residents to make way for a new mansion. officials believe the current building is unsuitable as a resident or venue for important fund-raising events. the comptroller voted against the idea of building in a mansion, citing budget constraints at the university. cost estimates topped $7 million. >> stay with us. much more straight ahead on 11 news at 6:00. >> including a new push to get voters out for this year's presidential election. to go i am salley kid in washington. -- >> i am salley kid in washington. one dropped out. >> only one raven has super bowl experience with the team. great with shares its experience. -- ray lewis shares his experience. to go a few snow showers moving

through. we will check those out, and the warming trend in the seven-day forecast. 33 downtown.

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>> how to combat low voter turnout is the focus of a new campaign by the naacp. today state leaders join members of the civil-rights organization to kick off project 2012. it will focus on registering

voters and educating them to make sure they vote during this year's presidential election. many factors contribute to residents not voting. >> there is lots of reasons that people can say people feel they do not mean that -- that people can say it does not mean anything to them. i think sometimes it is affected by what they see in their community or do not see. >> project 2012 officially 15.ed off as off january >> only eight votes separating the winner, mitt romney, from rick santorum. one contender called it quits today. sally kid has tonight's commitment 2012 update. >> michele bachmann is out. the rest of the field is moving on, and it is battlefield new

hampshire. >> after barely getting out a win in iowa, mitt romney moved on to the granite state. >> wrongly picked up an endorsement from john mccain. -- romney take up an endorsement from john mccain. >> rick santorum, just eight votes shy of the tie is hoping to build his momentum. he is taking his message to new hampshire. >> the message i share with you tonight is not an iowa message. >> political analysts say rick santorum will be scrambling to shore up his campaign infrastructure. >> ron paul finished third in iowa, followed by newt gingrich, who took aim at it from me during a campaign stop in new hampshire. >> i find it amazing that the

news media continues to say he is the most electable republican when he cannot even break out in his own party. >> the shell bachman -- michelle bachmann is out. >> the people of iowa spoke with the very clear voice, and so i have decided to step out. >> the new hampshire primary is on tuesday. and in washington, sally kid, wbal-tv 11 news. >> delegates are selected to attend the gop national convention in tampa, and they can vote however they choose. >> head to our web site wbaltv.com for more. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tom tasselmire. >> we will see how much sticks to the ground and how much it

reaches the ground. we show up for reasons no tracking back into maryland tonight. -- show flurries and snow tracking back into maryland tonight. you can see darker blue shades where heavier snow showers are reaching the ground, especially in northwest carroll county. in western maryland there are still snow showers coming in, too. this will be with us through the night or 1:00 when flurries and snow showers will be possible. certainly cold here. up and down the eastern seaboard, morning lows or 17 below zero in amounts of upstate new york. 17 degrees in portland, maine. 13 officially at b.w.i. marshall, the coldest since last february. single-digit to the north and west of us. cold into north georgia.

15 for the morning low at ocean city. nine degrees in westminster and york. three degrees f. mchenry. a very cold morning. the second straight day the temperatures did not get above freezing and baltimore. -- in baltimore. even tonight it will not be as cold as last night. temperatures are in the upper twenties to low 30's. western maryland not as cold as it was this time yesterday. snow showers passing baltimore tonight m. tomorrow we should get a little sunshine back in the area tomorrow, which will begin the warming trend. loews instead of going into the upper single digits, we will stay in the 20's for lows tonight with light southwest wind. back to normal for temperatures tomorrow. highs in the low 40's.

snow showers may be eager for an additional day in the mountains tomorrow. then it will clear out on friday, and the temperatures will start to warm a little bit. balmy by our standards f january. 54 on friday. partly cloudy skies, temperatures rising from the 40's tomorrow into the fifties on friday. there is the weather disturbance triggering the snow showers tonight. he did in the upper level atmosphere. it will appear in the next few hours. behind it skies clear and temperatures warm up dramatically. kansas city is 51. montana at 59 degrees 59 in bismarck. minneapolis at 35. that is the weather that will slow the march east over the course of the next couple of days. 43 degrees tomorrow. well above normal friday. 55 was sunny to partly cloudy skies.

53 on saturday. saturday night a cold front comes through. this will drop the temperature of it. back in the 40's for highs on sunday and monday. upper 40's tuesday and wednesday of next week. >> from the susquehanna sports center. orts >> the awards keep pouring in. thugs very much in the running for the nfl defense of the ndp award this season. players are ready steve refreshed. -- nfl defense mvp the season. even with the fourth straight trip to the post-season this year, the ravens team remain short on experience of getting to the super bowl. ray lewis does not hesitate to share what he learned from winning 11 years ago.

>> we did not know we were that good back then. but we knew that if we all came together long enough, we have the opportunity to do it, so we won it. that is what we have to tell these young guys. >> let's go do it right now. >> joe torie wants to go back out west with the l.a. dodgers. the former manager says he wants to sit in the owner's office. he left his position working for major league baseball to join a group of investors that will try to buy the dodgers. his group will have serious bidding competition. mark cuban and the former laker star from magic johnson, will likely put together groups to bid on buying the dodgers. on sunday maryland's basketball team opened the acc schedule. it they play like they did last night, they will plead a lot of people.

maryland ran its record of 10-3 looking like it would run away from the freshman alex lennon. they opened with a 16-0 lead. terell stockton for three. devon cherry top of the arch 43. under two minutes to play, one. maryland lead. stoglin got it. verlaine sidesteps the upset. they take a seven-game win streak. tousin travels to based drexel. the tigers have lost 33 straight games. one shy of the division 1 record. the longest life in college

basketball history stands at 51 games for all three divisions. and that belongs to the new jersey institute of technology. >> a motivated tiger team tonight in philadelphia. >> stay with us. tom is up next with the seven- day forecast.

>> investigators have ruled the fire was arson. the disturbing messages found on the exterior of the home. a fiery dispute between france, white and atomizer-- frank white and atomizer-- frank conoway and ato

>> it is nice to get the daylight hours. >> only a little bit. >> please and snow showers coming through tonight. the arctic air retreats. it is going aware. milder temperatures coming in. 43 tomorrow. 55 friday. 53 saturday. will all only a little bit going into saturday -- sunday and monday. >> nbc nightly news is up next. see you back here at 11:00. see you back here at 11:00.