disaster that ended up unfolding on route 50. at least a dozen people saw the car with three teens as a navigated through oncoming traffic early saturday morning. tonight, we have obtained the 911 takes that captured their pleas for help in the final minutes before the crash that killed four people. kerry cavanaugh has the latest for us. >> the call for dealing mixture of emotions. callers were worried that others would not be so fortunate. most of all you hear an overwhelming sense of confusion about how the sedan carrying three teenagers wound up traveling the wrong way on two major highways. >> i don't think they had a clue they are on the wrong side of the road. >> everyone who passed the red chrysler realize a car was charting a potentially deadly course as it continued against traffic in anne arundel county. >> all the sudden i saw these

lights. >> callers describe flashing their headlights to get the driver's attention in the wee hours of saturday morning. the warning fell to reach 19- year-old britney and walker, who was behind the wheel, according to police. >> i hope you get them and everyone is ok. >> police could not catch up with the car before it crashed, killing locker and heard two 18- year-old passengers. rescue workers had to attach -- that had to cut them out of the wreckage. it is unclear how the teenagers wound up traveling on the wrong side of the road. karen says it does not make any difference when it comes to her grief as a family friend. >> it is so sad, because they are going this -- going through

the same thing that i have gone through. it is a shame that for lives are lost like that. >> police say they saw how a small amount of marijuana in the chrysler. investigators are awaiting toxicology reports on the driver, britney walker. she had pleaded guilty in october for driving on route -- 9 miles an hour and a 60 mile zone near hagerstown. >> new tonight, some scary moments for a pilot and passenger planning at bwi marshall airport tonight. officials a private jet overshot the runway and landed at a grassy area around 6:45 tonight. we are told no one was hurt and air travel was not affected. an investigation is underway. authorities in western maryland or involving a deadly crash in hagerstown involving a tractor- trailer. happen this afternoon around

3:00 on i was 81. the driver of a truck was killed. the truck driver and passenger for taken to a nearby hospital. the accident shut down the interstate in both directions for several hours. repeople recovering tonight after crash forced the car to overturn in east baltimore. we are told two cars collided around 5:45 this evening near 21st and remount avenue. all three victims were taken to area hospitals. no word on their condition or the cause of the crash. prices at the pump could be going up a lot more if the governor gets his way. the governor outlined his proposal to that that would apply to the senate rejected the state's 6% sales tax for gas. that means gas prices would increase over the next three years. the tax on gas has remained the same since 1992 and is a separate tax that does not include sales tax.

>> without a consensus to raise the sales tax by a penny and dedicate that, the next best available option, it seems to me, would be to repeal the current exemption on the sale of gasoline in the state of maryland and phase in a 2% a year, the current 6% exemption, and have a break in there in case gasoline were to spike in any given year, to put a mechanism in place within inflationary present spirit >> the estimated $613 million would be used to fix roads and bridges and expand mass-transit. governor o'malley is expected to testify tomorrow during a senate hearing on the proposed marriage quality act. tonight, busloads of protesters from across the state gathered in front of the state house in opposition of the bill. kai reed joins us live from annapolis with the latest. >> about 200 of those protesters

gathered in front of the state house tonight. they say they are not only concerned about protecting religious freedom, but about the impact of redefining marriage in the state of maryland. >> this bill will cost to take people -- will cause people to think of what our governor's wife called us, cowards. >> demonstrators came from all over the state. singing, chanting, and carrying signs in protest of same-sex marriage. the maryland marriage alliance, a statewide group of religious leaders, scheduled a rally to protest the civil marriage protection act on the eve of the bills' first committee hearing in the senate. >> he means what he says, and he says what he means. and god said marriages between a man and a woman, and that is the way it should be. >> i support the governor's bill that protect religious liberty but allows families to

be protected, regardless of a couple's sexual orientation. i am here because this is about family, and not discriminating against the american family because someone is gay. >> reporter say -- supporters say this bill is meant to be broader and more inclusive and limit punitive action against religious organizations that choose not to perform same-sex marriages. laughters version passed the senate but fell five votes short in the house. >> even though the language in the bill suggests that we may not as a church responsible or held in contempt of law, it still is so ambiguous that it suggests that there is still a possibility. >> this will eventually comes down to the political will of the legislators. we got close last year, really close, and i think it is going to pass this year. >>% committee hearing is scheduled for tomorrow

afternoon. kai reed, wbal-tv 11 news. >> maryland center robert chokoloskee joined governor o'malley for the ribbon cutting ceremony. the center brings together internal scientists and human behavior researchers to examine and approve internal problems. the new center is one of only three in the country and is supported by the national science foundation. tonight, a former baltimore city school teacher's assistant is fighting for the benefit she expected to receive after taking advantage of an early retirement incentive program. rebecca belon left the school system in june, but later received a letter denying her application. her attorney blames the school district, saying it made an error by having her complete and sign the wrong form. she says she does want where she was promised. >> i was what was due me.

i don't want a lot. i just want to pay off my house and try to live comfortably. >> calling it a legal matter, baltimore city public school officials did not comment. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake named baltimore native harry black to become the city's finance director. as lowell melser explains, some question her choice after learning of a number of run-in's black had while in the same position in virginia. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake proudly announces her choice for the city's new director of finance. harry black, a park heights native and graduate of dunbar high school, will most likely takeover for edward gallagher not, who is retiring. black held a similar role in richmond for three years under then mayor doug wilder, but it was with great controversy. according to published reports, the majority of the richmond

city council did not approve of black, it was wilder's choice. wilder claimed the power to hire and fire staff members for the city council and then hire blacks as deputy chief administrator. the city council sued and won, but not before black put in three years. >> the city of richmond transition from a council manager former government to a strong mayor form of government. as a result, there was tremendous tension between the city council and the mayor, and a lot of staff such as myself got caught in the middle of it. >> he said he was pledging loyalty to his boss. further digging found that was not the only lawsuit black was involved in. according to a published report, the city council in richmond school board also sued both black and wilder after they tried to evict the board and its instructions from their city hall offices. the two men also launched a lawsuit. but the mayor in richmond at that time that was a very strong

personality. from that standpoint, we had to work around that to manage what we were supposed to do. >> black insist the situation with mayor wilder made his job difficult but said he had a good record when it came to his job, point out that his three budgets, which were independently audited, all came out as an unqualified opinion audits, which means accurate. >> the fate of black lies with the city council. council president jack young says he will be weighing all the options. >> we talk about second chances, and i believe that even if there is some background stuff there, we will work with them to overcome those issues that he has. i will be looking it that. >> that was lowell melser reporting. coming up tonight, a key endorsement today for maryland state senator nancy jacobs.

which prominent republican has thrown in his support? >> i just don't think that gingrich can really take the vote that is needed to win the presidential election. >> just hours until the polls open in the florida republican primary. but experts say newt gingrich is facing an uphill battle. and the tally is then, how the unseasonably mild temperatures may have contributed to record numbers for this year's polar bear plunge. >> a little bit of snow on hd doppler passing north of us, there is a spring like warmup coming our way. 34

dax in tonight's commitment 2012 report, the former governor has thrown his support behind united states senator nancy jacobs in her bid for congress. jacobs announced you received the endorsement of her fellow republican. he described jacobs as a kind of competitor taxpayers need to shake up congress. tomorrow is the biggest day so far of the 2012 race for the white house. a tiebreaker primary between mitt romney and newt gingrich in the huge and diverse swing state of florida. late polls show romney a double- digit lead. steve handelsman has the latest from tampa. >> mitt romney tonight in central florida had his grandson some of the families jubilation. papua today looked relieved.

>> i am beginning to feel we might win tomorrow. what do you think? >> rahm the altered his tactics after losing south carolina. -- romney altered his tactics. he went after gingrich and floor debates and on tv. and a coffee shop today in tampa, florida in said the ads steer them away from gingrich. >> i see both sides bashing each other. i am just very undecided. >> need gingrich said tonight he has decided not to quit. >> we are going all the way to the convention and we are going to win in tampa. >> appearing with herman cain. >> speaker newt gingrich. >> gingrich claims he can take the primary tomorrow. >> the polls are all over the place. we got word of a new poll an hour ago that says we are now tied, 35-35. >> but every public barbara --

survey shows run r the winning by nearly two-e. his aides say in a state-by- state fight still to come, mitt romney will not let up again on newt gingrich. steve handelsman, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can follow the candidates in the race for the white house, plus keep track of who is in and who is out and who is leading the pack, all on the politics page of our website, wbaltv.com. things may be heating up in florida, but bitter does not begin to describe how cold it is in alaska. people in their banks had to endure 49 degrees below zero -- people in fairbanks. anyone who has to go out was advised to bring an emergency

road kit with blankets. it was anything but a deep freeze for this weekend's polar bear plunge, which likely contribute to this year's record numbers. wbal-tv is a proud sponsor of the event. professionals tell us more than 14,000 raised a total of $2.50 million for the two-day event, and you can still dominate. just ahead, you can continue -- you can still donate. there is a link at the top of our homepage at wbaltv.com. if you spent any time outside this weekend, you noticed how incredibly excellent the weather is for january. it has certainly been unseasonably warm. we got people walking, jogging, and just enjoying the mild winter so far. >> that is remarkable, i am telling you. it is really something.

it cannot be any better than this. >> i think this weather is beautiful. i could run all day in this weather. i like it. one of the mildest winters i can recall. >> i like the warm weather better than a cold it is better than the cold. has been pretty good so far. >> last night it was slowing and tomorrow is going to be hot. this is very strange, but i love it. >> some spend the evening out enjoying the mild temperatures and catching a glimpse of tonight's sunset. >> red sky at night, sailor's delight. you have heard that before? fairbanks 51 below zero, a place called the north pole, alaska, 58 below zero. one unofficial weather station was teetering past 70 below. if that arctic air comes pouring

down, we are going to be in fort, but there is no sign of that. we are going to get into a southwesterly wind and some unseasonably mild weather for a couple of days, to take us right into the beginning of february. normally we are at 42. we are right at 45 officially at bwi marshall. on this day back in 1930, 9 inches of snow and the record low, four below 0 back on this day in 1873. a little bit of cloud cover is coming in from a system passing north of us. that will keep the temperatures up a little bit. hagerstown is at 37. look at oakland. here comes the warm air, hitting the mountains first, 43 degrees in garrett county tonight. this morning, partly cloudy skies. you see that system passing

north of us, mainly because of a warm front racing across the ohio valley into western maryland now. here comes the unseasonably mild weather. no sign of living cell. these are the highs today, 62 degrees there in southwestern kentucky a around paducah. 67 degrees of around kansas city. chicago hit 53 degrees, 44 in minneapolis. we will feel that here beginning tomorrow, 60 degrees is within shot. even on wednesday, the winds are still love the southwest but the temperatures will be mild. it will start cooling off a little bit going toward the end of the week, but tomorrow, 58- 63, partly cloudy skies and southwest wind. western maryland, almost 50 tomorrow and 50 with that view sprinkles of rain on wednesday. 60-61 degrees for a couple of days with just a slight risk of

an evening sprinkle on wednesday. the same scenario on the lower eastern shore. inland, temperatures in the low 60's. 5-10 knot breeze crossing the bay with waves around afoot. spring returns in the middle of winter. 61 to end of january, 60 to begin february on wednesday, with that 30% chance of a late- hour. on groundhog day, cloudy to mostly cloudy and a little bit cooler. still close to 50 on friday and saturday. by the end of the weekend, more rain my becoming our way. >> the ravens did not make its indianapolis, but they reject more on the newest member of the coaching staff, next. -- but more on the newest member of the coaching staff. >> the maryland lottery, let yourself play. >> tonight's jackpot has an

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>> now, 11 sports with gerry sandusky. >> the ravens one joe flacco to become one of the best quarterbacks in the nfl. today they are coach used to working with the best. he spent the last three seasons as the indianapolis head coach. before that he worked one-on-one with peyton manning as the colts quarterback. now he will work with joe flacco. he has a reputation for having an even keel personality.

we will all want to see how much jim caldwell bring to joe flacco came. eli manning arrived in indianapolis today, accidentally stirring up questions about his brother peyton manning. he backtracked to correct the implication that he knows something about peyton's future. as for the patriots, no misstep for eli after arriving in indianapolis. >> they are very positive team. they have tremendous players on both sides of the ball. they have a way of making comebacks at the end, and a quarterback who has been able to do that for a long time. both sides have to play our best football. we have to play for 60 minutes

pierre >> as opposed to playing your best not see -- yatzee, i suppose. what are you most looking forward to in the super bowl? if you are looking forward to watching the game, or if you are all about watching the commercials. standard text messaging rates apply. we have heard from more than 200 of you, and 72% say it will watch for commercials. nfl teams adjust quickly. today the oakland raiders introduce their new head coach who will try to stop the revolving door at raiders' camp. he becomes the seventh head coach in 11 years. six of them did not last more than two seasons. the former defensive coordinator becomes the first graders had coats not hired by the late al davis. -- becomes the first raiders

head coach not hired by the late al davis. >> those are things -- i am a smart enough guy that you learn those as to go along. i have a great mentor and some great resources aiken town on to give me advice any time i needed. -- great resources i can count on. >> spring training for the orioles begins in less than three weeks. the orioles continue to look outside the edges of the spotlight for potential. they ended -- added a right- handed pitcher who has obviously shown some flash is a special talent. he pitched a perfect game for the tigers. since then, he has shown magic. -- have shown little magic. the summer olympics begin in 178 days. the rider on the corner, but

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>> is cold in alaska in january. 50 or 60 below. around here, 60 above, tomorrow and wednesday. groundhog's day cools off a little with a sprinkle on thursday, but back to sunshine on friday and nearly 50 degrees. >> i am glad we are here. that is a look at our news. thanks for joining us. thanks for joining us.

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