the second debate became a fistfight rigid a verbal fist fight between mitt romney and newt gingrich. it is now five days away. steve has tonight's commitment 2012 update. >> mitt romney through the first punch at newt gingrich for calling him and the immigrant. >> the idea that i am anti immigrant is repulsive. >> utah may what language you would use to describe somebody that says the pouring a grandmother or grandfather -- >> our story is not 11 million grandmothers. >> many blame freddie mac for housing troubles. >> speaker gingrich was provide -- promoted to work for him. >> i have had enough of this. gov. romney it owns shares of both freddie mae and fannie met.

>> they thought about spending on states. >> i do not want to be the country who had gone to the moon first, turned around and said it does not matter. >> that is what got us into the trouble we are in now. we have to say no to this kind of spending. >> ron paul and rick santorum piled on. >> we have to be responsible in the way we allocate our resources. >> i think maybe we should send some politicians up there. >> newt gingrich cried uncle. >> no deal with four days to go. >> florida polls show newt gingrich down slightly and mitt romney up in a close race. >> thank you very much. you know we can help you keep track of the race for president. we're showing you the faux paus along the way.

be sure to click on politics at wbaltv.com. >> secretary of state is barred from parked rigid partisan politics. she says it is a bit odd not to take part of the election this season. hillary clinton told state department employees she is ready to step off of the high wire of american politics. the president is bringing campaign style tour to maryland. they are expected to speak to democrats during a retreat at the chesapeake bay high regency tomorrow. the president will lightly touched on themes outlined during his state of the union address on tuesday. barney frank is getting married. a spokesman for the massachusetts governor said he will marry his longtime partner. the wedding will take place in

massachusetts where same-sex marriages legal but a date is not set. he became the first openly member gay member of congress back in 1987. naacp president delivered the keynote address. sheldon is live downtown with what other notable guests were in attendance. >> tonight naacp president talked about his transgendered brother and said the concerns of the algae bt community are close to his heart. they are meeting in baltimore to discuss the best ways to

fight for equality in their communities. they say it is a coincidence that the conference was held in maryland or state lawmakers are debating a marriage equality bill. mayor stephanie rawlings a blake shared support with the attendees. >> i definitely think it is closed. that is why there is a big lobbying the effort. people will see this is about families. it is about giving -- in getting over prejudice and making sure we protect families. >> i am hopeful. i do not know what the numbers are. i stay out of it. i hope and pray the good people in the state of maryland will come together around this issue and vote for equality. >> naacp president was the key speaker.

he spoke about the and -- the need to end discrimination everywhere. >> an organization with strong connections for the 54 lgbt rights. he drew the biggest applause when he vowed to help the lgbt community. >> we will be there in the masses to make sure you will get your identity and anti- discrimination bill passed. [applause] >> the cited religious convictions or previous wording of the bill in their opposition to the bill. gov. martin o'malley is expected to speak of the conference. >> despite the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage and other hot topics, they have found common ground on some issues.

republicans and democrats stood united pledging to work together on so-called quality of life issues. beefing up social studies and civics in public schools, and protecting students from identity theft. >> 1% of the adults in this country -- or i guess in this world, have identity theft. 10% of children do. sometimes it is even babies, five months old. >> legislators are backing an income tax credit to offset the cost of getting a security clearance for federal jobs as well as a program or afghanistan iraq veterans. the bill was signed into law that would outlaw the synthetic drug.

bath salts can be inhaled or ingested. it mimics the height of cocaine. maryland passed a similar ban on bath salts of the natural october. you can read more about the dangerous effects of bath salts on our web site wbaltv.com. now in tonight's education alert, the city were regain control over the full system if the baltimore lawmaker gets his way. keith mitchell has introduced a bill that would return authority to appoint the school board and also the district ceo to the mayor. right now they jointly appoint a board members. he says it is time to change that. >> as i have stressed to my colleagues and others, this is not a knock on the dr. alonzo. is not a knock on the current school board. it is a way baltimore city can control its school system and continue to progress moving

forward. >> mayor stephanie rawlings blake says she favors more funding for schools. in other news tonight the man accused of plotting to bomb a recruiting center was back in court today. antonio martinez entered a guilty plea in federal court today. an undercover investigation revealed he tried to detonate when he thought was a car bomb outside of the armed forces career center back in november of 2010. >> he on to the bomb on his own after it was proof that -- presented to him by the undercover. he went to advantage. with a confidential source so he could see the effect of what would happen when he activated the bomb with the device provided to him. he did not do that until after he was informed that there were at least seven soldiers in the building. >> prosecutors have requested he be sentenced to 25 years in

prison. the pasadena teen admitted to a killing inside of a 7-eleven. three other teams are charged in that case. their trials are set for sometime later this year. tonight some baltimore. children received in an indirect -- valuable lesson by a navy seal. kai reed was there. she joins us with more on the event. >> it was more about focusing on the skills needed to be successful in life. on most days, the boys and girls club is all fun and games.

on thursday, youngsters got a serious lesson that they will not soon forget. >> it was about his experiences while being a seal and life after being a seal. >> abc will share the details of his left before and after becoming a seal. >> did you ever face peer pressure? >> we are not showing his face to protect his identity. he grew up in a rough neighborhood in brooklyn and said it their circumstances did not have to determine their future. >> no matter what the surrounding circumstances appear like, they have inside of them the ability to reach what ever they want to reach. >> navy seals are the navy's principal operations force. they are creek -- credited with killing osama bin laden in pakistan last year. the officer played a video showing some of the navy seal

experience and talk about leadership, goal setting, and mental toughness. >> i took away leadership e responsibility. >> the navy seal was at the boys and girls club for a reason. the pass for african-americans in baltimore is 6% higher than the overall rate. >> coming up on 11 news tonight, at john hopkins blazing trails again. the officials show of their new state of the art patient care facility. >> you did all you could do. you can go home now. >> a final farewell to legendary coach joe paterno.

one middle school has banned students from wearing the trendy ugg boots.

>> you may have seen this going up or down the street, construction is complete at the new patient care facility at john hopkins. the new building sits on 5 acres and houses 560 all private patient rooms. a 33 new operating rooms, and a full array of state of the art

imaging equipment. it beats the ever-changing needs of its patience and their families -- it meets the ever- changing needs of the patience and their families. >> you're scared to leave your child. with these new amenities, you have a bathroom in your child's room. you have the ability to order food and have a brought to you. >> the grand opening for the $1.1 billion facility is set for april 29. thousands gathered on the campus of penn state university to pay their final respects to joe paterno who died on sunday. others whose lives he helped shape gave touching tribute to. >> at penn state, thousands joined in a farewell to joe

paterno. >> we are here to celebrate a great man pose a life. >> -- a great man's life. >> up until today i consider being the quarterback of that 1982 national championship team, the greatest honor of my life. today that has been replaced by being here. >> in the most stirring tribute of all, n.j. paternal recalled his last words to his father appeared >> dad, you 1. you did all you could do. you have one and you can go home now. >> he was the winningest coach in major college football history. it was impossible not to acknowledge the scandal that ended his career. >> there is a villain in this tragedy that lies in that

investigation, not with joe paterno. >> fans found their own way to pay their respects. outside in the chilly rain, a few fans honored so paternal with a tailgate party. >> now is about celebrating his life. >> keeping the tradition and joe paterno legend alive. >>gerry sandusky will have more on the moral and the life and career of joe paterno coming up in sports. >> students at a pennsylvania school who owned a pair of the popular ugs boots might want to leave them at home. the minuscule has banned open top boots. that is because school officials say students were using them to

sneak cell phones and other items into the classroom. it has sparked outrage by parents. >> my daughter has not been raised on a silver spoon and i cannot afford to keep buying her new shoes when they change everything. >> the say the students can wear boots to and from school but they will have to change before entering class. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> the rain has held off for the most part of to the west of us. temperatures have been well above normal. 48 for the low. 50 at the airport. the normal is only 42. we are well above that. temperatures are expected to get warmer as we head toward morning. rush hour snowmen get and that all came down during the evening rush hour one year ago today.

today scattered light rain showers and unseasonably mild. you can kind of look at this temperature map and see warmer air down to the south of us in this blue which in here. we're not going to call it cold. it is chilly for this time of year. that:dense air is locked in there as we head toward morning, more of the warmth we had to the south and west will spread in. 53 degrees in pittsburgh while in the 30's around hagerstown. a lot of the rain we see west of the mountains will be moving our way. rain chances increase. a little heavier rain overnight, and maybe a little clap of thunder as the warm front lives north. that should continue into the morning. early activity is pushing off the coast. we will see skies began to clear tomorrow afternoon and take us into the first part of the weekend.

temperature's rising through the 50's. unseasonably mild friday morning. showers and thunderstorms up until lunchtime. winds kick in behind this front. perhaps gusting over 30 at times. rain changing to snow in the mountains. much cooler air coming out west for the weekend. it will probably take until sunday before the cool air reaches the bay. well into the 60's tomorrow before it tries to cool off a little bit over the upcoming weekend. the storm system driving all of this is driving -- sitting off to the west of the mountains. it will push that far north by morning. a strong front arrives on sunday. slowly temperatures will back down. on sunday a stronger system pushes and from the west. it might bring an -- but the

time the weekend is over it will start feeling like january. almost up to 50 degrees by 1:00 in the afternoon on saturday. maybe a sprinkle passing through but not a lot of precipitation expected. when joseph in the upper 30's and water temperature running right at 40 degrees. nearly 60 tomorrow and showers in the morning. colder with a flurry or snow shower on sunday. highs in the '30's by monday. >> sure, around here we feel rotten about the outcome of the afc championship game. ray lewis has found good weather helps with bad news. >> tonight's jackpot is an

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>> in the end, one baltimore raven it did complete the road to indianapolis. he expects to get to indianapolis next week with the baltimore ravens. he get there ahead of scheduled and stayed there. nothing dour about shock.

he said he went from the toughest loss of his career to his dream job in the span of today's. his challenge now starts in indianapolis instead of ending their. >> i thought for sure i was going to be coming to indiana to play for a world championship. that is what i thought i was going to be coming here for. certainly not standing before you today as the next head football coach of the indianapolis colts. >> the tampa bay buccaneers found their new head coach today with the former rutgers coach. earlier it looks like they would hire kip kelley but that deal fell apart at the last minute. his most accomplished former player at rutgers plays for the baltimore ravens, grade rice. -- ray rice.

a family matter stopped him from traveling to the pro bowl, but nothing can stop ray lewis from honolulu. ray lewis would have preferred to entertain fans in indianapolis next week. if you have to settle for a fallback plan, hawaii has a whole lot of upside. as you saw earlier, thousands turned out to honor joe paterno. his former players arrived on a mission to defend the legacy of the man they call joepa. he arrived five years after the end of world war ii. five years later he took over the football program. he became the symbol of the university. while the fallout of chalice station charges against a former assistant coach led to the resignation of joe paterno, his

relationship with players will long outlast the shuttle that fell on him in his final days. >> he always reflected praise. he never thought he was the show. today, my teacher, you have no choice. today we are going to show you how much we love you. >> tiger woods comes into this season along their bird and by torn ligaments. he will have to come play and -- he finished four under par. three strokes off the lead. defending u.s. champ put together seven birdies in his round. he has the lead at 5 under par. sergio garcia should close that

gap. who needs three shots? one will do. hole in one for sergio. he is one over par. only the seventh wind of the season for the hopis. maryland record falls to 18-3.

>> warm temperatures means a system coming through tonight is rain and even steadier rains overnight early morning. thunderstorm possible before it gets out of here tomorrow. it leaves us with unseasonably mild temperatures to mile afternoon. a front comes through with a sprinkle. it drops the temperature sunday evening. the cold does not stick around. the middle of next week we warm back up into the 50's. we have a history around here until march. >> do not remind me. >> thank you for joining us.