[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> good afternoon. i am sarah caldwell president obama continues his road trip today, pushing the idea as he outlined in the state of the union on tuesday. >> it was like a dueling cross- country campaigns. republicans were stumping in florida while the president hit campaign-style stops in iowa and arizona. >> hello, arizona. >> president obama's road trip as sales pitch continues today, pushing the idea is from his state of the union speech to

voters in colorado. wednesday, was tax breaks for manufacturers brouto bring jobso the u.s. >> i want these guys to keep growing and growing and growing. >> also on the road, his republican rivals were heading back. >> the president of the united states make the case for rick santorum being the nominee of the republican party. >> mitt romney took aim at economic proposals. >> with the titanic, they could not see the icebergs. we can see the icebergs, and he is saying at full speed ahead. >> newt gingrich says that higher tax on millionaires would cause a dramatic decline in the stock market's. >> if he meant what he said, it would be a disaster of the first order. it would double the capital gains tax. >> gop hopefuls are gathering for yet another debate tonight in florida, ahead of the primary

on tuesday. >> in section 2012, the budget battle shaping up in annapolis as the gop freshmen take and gov. martin o'malley's tax proposal. state house republicans want to tear up the proposal and are in the process of coming up with their own plan. the governor proposes expanding the sales tax to digital products, including items like e-books, greeting cards, itunes and ring towns, and reducing tax exemptions for those earning $100,000 or more. the governor says he is pushing for repeals on several other taxes. republicans say no way. >> the average family is looking at $2,200 to $2,400 it hit per family per year from now until take a date.

>> no word on when the republican budget proposals will be released. a suspected terrorist plead guilty in federal court. 22-year-old antonio martinez pled guilty to attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. he was accused of scheming to attack an armed forces recruiting station in december 2010. he was arrested after he attempted to detonate what he believed to be explosives in a parked vehicle at the recruiting station he will be sentenced april 16. at a police officer in cecil county pleads guilty to hit and run what drinking and driving in november. officer david vogel entered the plea on wednesday. offials say the 11-year veteran crossed the center line and struck a truck and his personal suv before driving away. no one was hurt, and a vocal has been suspended with pay since the incident. a man is in police custody after a a meeting troopers on a chase through maryland and delaware. maryland state police say that a

trooper stopped the man on i-95 near perryville, but he took off, traveling the interstate at speeds of over 100 mi. per hour until he reached delaware. police say he cites what another vehicle. when he came back to maryland, he attempted to run down a trooper in his car. that trooper was able to hop a guard rail. jordan was caught when he fled into the woods. police say he had an outstanding warrant, was on license, and was in possession of marijuana and heroin. we are told this car lost control and struck a house just after 1:00 in the 600 block of central avenue west. the driver was taken to anne arundel medical center with non-life but some injuries. no word on what caused the man to lose control of his the vehicle. >> couple of days of sunshine, and it really warm temperatures.

skids with clouds and rain. moving into the area. northern baltimore county, back into much of the -- 3/4 of carroll county, and out west, rain shower activity. these rain chance and the amount of rent will be increasing through the afternoon and evening hours. i will have more on what this storm will do, and there are a couple of other things going into the weekend. we will detail at all in a few minutes. >> ravens are losing a key component of their defense. chuck pagano spent only one year as defensive coordinator, but he did such a strong job that he is not head coach of the indianapolis colts. >> -- is now head coach of the

indianapolis colts. under pagano, the ravens defense became one of the best in the nfl. by putting pagano in charge, the colts send a signal that the patent manning era is over. john harbaugh released this statement -- "we are so happy for chuck, tina, and their daughters. we will miss him and thank him for all he did for the ravens." of baltimore city school is getting our renovation banks to a generous gift from "the ellen degeneres show."

it serves students with special needs like cerebral palsy and spina bifida. they received a grant from ellen and her campaign toward needy schools. >> it touches our heart that out of all whole country, we are one of the city's schools that they thought could use the money -- one of the 50 schools that they thought it could use the money. >> we are told that the money will be used to renovate the schools bathrooms. the grants were made possible by a $5 million donation from a target. still to come, details on a recall involving baby rattles. foreclosure sales are down, but it may not be good news. first, a suspected thief shoots himself in the foot, literally. dr. patrick allen from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your pet questions. email petquestions@wbaltv.

>> former nhl player was skating with a youth hockey team in a newly built ring over the weekend in slovakia.

a number of youngsters were skating when suddenly the children, coaches heard a frightening sound of our roof collapsing. huge holes appeared in the roof, and then the roof came crashing down. thankfully, no one was hurt. a customer faces a masked gunmen trying to rob a sacramento convenience store. you can see the man is standing near one of the shelves when the mask to gone -- masked gunman runs in. he slaps the gun away and chased the suspect from the store. and not-so-lucky shot by a bank robber in brazil. you can see two armed men entered a small bank and grouped the customers and staff together but a third man apparently got a little nervous, accidentally firing a pistol and shooting himself in the foot. when the gang left the bank, one of them was limping.

the injured robber was arrested that night when he went to hospital but unfortunately, the other two men have not been found. still to come, a popular fast- food chain enters the breakfast business. a california town gets its first mcdonald's ever, but it wasn't without controversy. >> if we can say anything about the next storm, it is too warm for snow. but another rainstorm is coming our way. the insta-weather-plus forecast is just ahead. >> dr. patrick allen from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your pet questions. email petquestions@wbaltv.com.

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>> in the "consumer alert," for clotures are making a smaller portion of american home's sales. 20% of all homes sold during the third quarter of 2011 were foreclosure sales, down from 22% in the third quarter. unfortunately, the dropout and because more banks are holding back properties with people with errors and not necessarily because the market is improving. thousands of infant rattles are being recalled. according to the company, they violate federal standards because it handles are small enough to fit into a child's mouth. contact 415-824-2004, or visit

the website for refined. a town in california is getting the first mcdonald's ever. no big deal, right? it wrong. the decision has divided the community. half the population is seventh- day adventists, and some parishioners consider the vote an affront to holistic wellness. how healthy is the town? it has no liquor stores and has been tobacco-free for 30 years. "national geographic" call that one of the four healthy as cities in the world. taco bell is launching a new breakfast menu. it consists of 11 traditional practice items, including a scrambled eggs, bacon, and hash browns, but also includes tortillas. it will be available at 750 restaurants nationwide starting today. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> gray day, low clouds, and

rain coming in. i have circled the baltimore area. this first batch of rain coming in from northern virginia, west virginia, into frederick county, carroll county, moving into harford county. there is more to the west, several waves of it. temperatures are cold enough that they are getting on wintry mix. the snowy or wintery part of this will be ball to our north. well to our- north. we are getting a the pennsylvania line. mid-forties around baltimore. software, temperatures are in the 50's. something going on here, changes in the color. it will save our temperatures today, but tonight, temperatures will be steady or rising. here is a larger view of what is

going on. all the moisture coming from the south, tennessee, kentucky, more moisture in the great lakes. this will last into tonight and even into tomorrow morning to. we are on the north side of the front and getting southeast wins. once the front gets into pennsylvania, that will moderate temperatures somewhat. it reaches of the way back into the mississippi valley. strong storms in alabama this morning. could be strong activity at there tonight. here you see the warm air coming in ahead of the storm. rest of the country is chilly. not extremely chilly, but winter-like cold. burst of warm air ahead of this storm.

showers, cloudy, chilly, variable winds at 10. we don't want of a much during the day. again, tonight, temperatures will be steady or go up a little bit. 5-10 not spirit and a water temperatures have settled to write around 40 degrees or so . watch the time line here. rain is coming into our area now. much more comes in overnight. and tomorrow morning, this is 7:00 tomorrow morning and there is still quite a bit of rain. the front is not through yet. by 10:00, 11:00, 12:00 or so, everything starts to move out and we get some sunshine in the picture. tomorrow's our shower could still be kind of wet -- tomorrow's rush ouhour could still be kind of wine. another clipper setting up for late in the day on sunday.

more of a chance for snow, because temperatures will be colder. 51 the high on friday morning. 40's and 30's over the weekend. the second clippard on sunday may produce snow flurries. >> dr. patrick allen from falls road animal hospital is here to answer your questions with this adorable rottweiler. >> already 16 lbs.. >> i would just leave him alone before i get it in. let's get to some questions. theym guessing by the way are freezing and at that they are buying something over the counter. i would look at some of the prescriptions. you can talk about things like

revolution that worked really well. i probably would not recommend that. i have not heard that one before, but i don't think it would be the best idea. i would stick with something like and a magne -- like an omega-3 supplement. that is an interesting one. i would be curious if they are getting into something out in the yard. see what they are doing at home they have passed it reflects, try something like pepsid ac.

>> e-mail your questions to petquestions@wbaltv.com, or visit our website. "medical alert," most of us know how it physically feel to be overworked, but a new study shows that working long hours can have an impact on your mental health. those who worked more than 11 hours a day board twice as likely to develop depression as those who worked eight hours a day. occasionally working overtime could be beneficial, but making it a long-term have it appears to have an negative impact on mental health. coming up next, your lottery numbers and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast.

>> tonight at 5:00, baltimore officials want a bigger say in what happens in our city's public schools. johns hopkins is revealing a sophisticated new building that

aims to make patients and families more comfortable. we get a sneak peek. and how this year's polar bear plunge is bigger and better than ever. and now your maryland lottery numbers. >> good afternoon. brian johnson with the maryland lottery. time for the pick 3 numbers. up next, pick four, but a new $2 powerball is here. the powerball is more than a powerful. visit mdlottery.com for details. pick four.

the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> john is back with another look at the forecast. >> maybe some flurries or snow showers. the larger storm is the one that is coming in today, and eat is too warm for us now. rain is in our forecast on and off again today through tomorrow morning before i find it dries out. most of the weekend will be all right, but we could see the flurries and snow showers on sunday. >> we are getting lucky, for those that for for rain. thank you for joining us for 11 news at noon watch tonight at 5:00 with donna and stan. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter.