>> starting in august of 2011, our city will be home to one of the most exciting sports event in the world. >> back in may of 2010 it was supposed to be one of the credits things to happen to the city, the baltimore grand prix. now, more than four months after the inaugural race that brought in money for the city short of the projected $70 million and left money and paid it to the city and more than $10 million owed to vendors,jack young who admits he supported the recent 2010 says it is time per the race to go. >> i said i supported the race because i believe what it would do. i did not have a crystal ball to see that it was not going to financially work for the city. >> in an op-ed piece put in the baltimore sun, the city's money

would be best spent on rec centers, paved streets, and open polls in the summer. >> i did not realize that would be left behind. i do not think right now we should be focusing on a grand prix race at this time. >> when the story originally broke, the press secretary seen here talking to the mayor sent to this photo of young sitting in an indy car saying -- >> ronald doesn't know his front from his back. if he had to get a job in the private industry, he would have trouble getting a job. >> he called the response highly

unethical. >> he has no credibility with me. i questioned his ethics. there it is. >> at a public up -- appearance thursday morning, there did not seem to be much tension between young and blake. >> we have disagreed before, it will not be the last time. >> president young says he would be open to changing his mind at would be open to supporting pretty the grand prix back but only if the vendors were paid up front. the boehner will have the final say because she has the majority of the board of estimates. >> governor martin o'malley is rolling out a jobs program designed to make a new housing affordable for low-income families. he is doubling funding for the housing initiative, a plan designed to close the gap of affordable housing while

putting 1100 people back to work. david collins joins us from the state house. >> this is part of the governors and less jobs bill rollout. the program is not new but the level of funding is and it will be financed through borrowing more money. >> you are witnessing state government at work. creating a private sector jobs in the process. the project is possible because governor martin o'malley is expanding a program called the reptile house works initiative. >> i know a lot of times we talk about home ownership but a lot of people make stable and committed homes in the rental properties and care about their neighborhoods. they will be able to raise -- it would now be able to raise their children with love it's not for these affordable properties.

>> this will provide money for up to 20 housing projects throughout the state. supporting the governor contends 1100 jobs appeared >> we can provide a low interest rate loan to the developer. that reduces the amount of debt on the property and therefore we can hold down the rent. >> the initiative is expected to leverage thousands of private sector dollars. the rental house works program is designed to address a lack of affordable housing. the shortage is expected to climb. >> this is a wonderful thing to happen and that the community. the housing that we were in was substandard. i know for a fact that the housing we have now, the residents are pleased. >> the initiative is being met with strong reaction.

a hartford county are present a says -- rep says -- >> in tonight's education alert, you may know by now maryland has been named the no. 1 school system in america which give maryland a b plus. tim tooten is live. >> there were a number of factors that helped put maryland over the top. student performance, graduation rate, and early childhood education. the state's work force policy and programs got an a, the highest mark. >> i feel like this is the free. because this is what i love to do. >> that is how rob describes his cyber security class.

his classmates are learning the kind of skills that could land them jobs after graduation from high school and college. the same could be said for the carpentry. >> i took this because i wanted to be different than everybody else. i thought it would open doors for me and give me opportunities to do better with my life. >> teachers it has not taken a lot for students to make the connection between what they are doing here and how it connects to the real world. >> with all the trades programs we haven't school, they are getting academic aspect of it also appeared >> none of this comes as a surprise to state officials who say career education was key to securing a position. >> it highlights our policies and track records with respect to preparing students for the work force. >> a focus is helping drive career education programs. >> we do a good job of preparing

them for both. we are making the tool back in the much larger for our kids. >> this latest ranking is a reflection of what is happening in local school districts. >> i think it says a lot about the quality of our classroom teachers. it says a lot about the leadership of our superintendent. >> see how maryland compares to other states. log on to our website wbaltv.com. >> we have breaking news for you. an accident on i-95 and the beltway. >> this is a southbound i-95, south of 695 on the southwest side of baltimore county where a tractor-trailer has crashed into a car. they have a two plant shutdown. the traffic is backed up all the

way past caton avenue. >> family and friends gathered to bid farewell to a bare lead soldier killed in afghanistan. he received a hero's homecoming. police escorted his body to the funeral home before a service today at the woods burrow. he was killed last month. he would be laid to rest with full military honors tomorrow at arlington national cemetery. >> we have more reaction to the youtube the video of u.s. marines allegedly urinating on dead taliban fighters. officials have condemned it and are now investigating. nicole is in washington and has the latest. >> the white house called the video deplorable, reprehensible, and unacceptable. >> the images have gone viral on the internet.

a group of u.s. marines urinating on the bodies of taliban fightrers. >> any individual whose involvement is confirmed will be held fully accountable. >> the pentagon has ordered an immediate investigation leon panetta called the behavior utterly deplorable and said he condemned it in the strongest possible terms of pure >> i do not know if the president has seen the video. he is aware of it and shares in the sentiment expressed pure >> hillary clinton also expressed her dismay. >> it is inconsistent with american values and the standards of behavior that we expect from our military personnel. >> she stressed the u.s. remains committed to afghanistan even though it comes at a tense time between two countries. >> there could be a tactical and

operational level repercussions for the u.s. troops still on the ground in those areas. a counter insurgency campaign which is what we are doing, the level of trust with the local population is essential. hopefully there is something that can be rebuilt as quickly as possible here >> the troops involved in the video are reportedly no longer in afghanistan. they have identified at least two of them. >> there is much more news ahead on a 11 news at since the clock. >> the baltimore ravens have to stop two tanks on sunday. we will take a closer look at the houston texans two step. >> a few texans are starting to show up in baltimore. a live report coming up. >> rain and snow showers moving

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>> it is a big purple record -- while,. >> we welcome them up until 1:00 on sunday.

hotels are rolling out the purple carpet. i hear you have already spotted a few texans in town. >> we saw a few of them riding their horses down here with cowboy hats on. eye in just kidding. a few nice young man is showing up in town and a doing a little work. can you imagine getting off the plan, you see all of this purple. it is a purple will come to baltimore. >> they were in here causing trouble a little bit earlier. it is good. >> at first we did not even notice them. but here sitting at the bar at pickles pub or two guys from houston texans. one was actually wearing a houston texans player's jersey here and ravens country. >> how have people been treating you? >> pretty nice. they try to be as nice as possible without throwing me to

the curb it. wait until sunday, we will see what happens then. without getting into two -- without getting into too many bad words, it has been nice. >> we did not even get out of the hotel. the door guy got onto us. he said, you are staying at my hotel wearing that? you need to go somewhere else. >> hotels downtown are expecting even more texans to be rolling into town. >> we are offering special packages for football fans coming in as well. >> de you get a lot of calls and people looking for rent? >> we have seen a big pickup from last weekend. >> playoff football, there is nothing like it. nobody knows that more than len ny moore. >> we had a good bye week for the boys to heal and get their heads were it needs to be.

practice this week going into the game against houston. we are going to be fined. everything is together. >> when i was a kid, he was my hero. as an old man, he is still my hero. >> and now, your insta-weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a mile a day across the region and that means precipitation coming in later tonight will be primarily rain. a better chance to get snow and some colder air comes rapidly moving into the state. it looks like rain showers as we head toward midnight. even the mountains of west virginia, rains are pushing. just west of their through kentucky and as far south as northern alabama. they are catching some snow showers this evening. there is lots of cold weather coming in from the west.

travel delays from chicago. it might be the first time minneapolis goes below zero. they have never had a winter were the temperature did not go below zero. they have not had one get this winter. the latest it never happened was the 18th of january. they are looking at the coldest air of the season moving into minneapolis. all of that is growing in our direction or tonight and tomorrow big changes come our way. if you took the almanac people see a warmer than normal day. tomorrow we will go below that. that is where we will stay for the rest of the upcoming weekend. the next couple of hours it will still be mild. 52 degrees downtown. all across the metro area up from hartford to cecil county temperatures around 50. western maryland still above freezing but that is about to change.

winter weather advisory is hot and western allegheny and garrett counties. they are expecting several inches of snow. the front will slide into washington by midnight. as the cold comes in right behind the rain a could briefly changeover to flurries or snow showers. that would be very brief. is more concentrated to the mountains in the west. again out in those locations the potential is there for over half a foot of snow. it is good timing for the martin luther king extended weekend. for skiers heading in the direction that will have fresh ski on the slopes but it will be called out west. rainshowers after midnight with snow showers mixing in the north and west. temperatures will be down in the 30's and that is where we will stay. winds will be gusting over 40 miles per hour.

it will feel like it is in the teens and low twenties for a good part of the day tomorrow. 18 degrees on friday and 17 on saturday. if you're travelling west going up into the mountains, prepare for brutal weather that way. partly cloudy and the 30's for the next couple of days. lower eastern shore turning much colder friday and saturday. all this because of a frontwithe houston texans. they have a two step approach. step one, the houston texans try to run the ball early and often with foster. offensive coordinator chuck has plenty of respect for the texans. he thinks it is pressure up front. step on them early before the temple of their two step. >> always have to say you have to stop the run and you cannot afford to give up place.

this team is more than capable. they live and die by that. with andrea back we are going to be on point. you cannot give up the big play. >> we invite you to join us saturday night for our one hour preview of the divisional playoff game. pete gilbert and i will give you sat on the road to indianapolis. this time of the year in january is coach relocation season not only for coaches out of the playoff spot for some in. wade phillips is going to interview on friday for the atlanta falcons' head coaching job before getting back to work preparing for the baltimore ravens game. getting fired early this year is the new secondary coach of the

redskins. they have had back-to-back losing seasons under mike shanahan. baseball commissioner dud selick agreeing to -- bud selick expecting a new contract. if he fulfills the contract he will be commissioner until he is 80 years old and his tenure will span 22 years beginning back in 1992. that will make him the second longest tenured commissioner in history. the baltimore ravens put in a good day in practice and had great weather conditions for it. it will be the last day they have great weather conditions to prepare for the playoff game. tom tasselmyer will tell you why in the seven-day forecast.

>> residents will have their say on the proposed closing of the hamilton post office. that is

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>> colder weather coming in. a strong front after midnight tonight. gusts over 40 miles per hour tomorrow. tomorrow. >> thank