not so much for mayor stephanie rawlings lake. according to internal e-mails, the use of the city sky box that day was to be a family affair. this is going to be a game. it is exclusively family in the box, the mayor's assistant wrote. the thanksgiving game against the forty-niners, the mayor's husband had a special request. i am requesting for tickets, for his brother and three of his fraternity brothers. guest get the tickets to the skybox at no charge. parking, food, and drink are included at no charge, courtesy of the taxpayer. >> i don't think they are excluded. >> the mayor repeated that rationale when asked about other frequent skybox guests. her political supporters, even campaign officials. guests at the october gain included three people who hosted a political fund raiser for the

mayor earlier in the year. a preseason game included the owner of apartment buildings who donated four thousand dollars to the mayor's campaign. unions often got tickets, including service employees union. >> the thing it is proper for your campaign officials to use that box? >> i think as long as they are city residents, there are no governing rules. >> i am asking as a matter of ethics if it is right for these -- for this box to be used by your campaign officials? >> there is absolutely no ethical violations. >> asked to recall any business she might have invited that she was considering moving to the city, the mayor said she will have to look at the list. >> the you see the use of that box as something for you

personally, or for the good of the city? >> it is something for the good of the city that i and my team personally choose to attend. >> some tickets were provided to religious leaders and to recognize city employees. core than half of them were given to the back mayor's the family, friends and political supporters. one group is calling on the mayor to make future guest list transparent and public. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> nearly $1 billion will be coming to maryland, part of a landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over the foreclosure crisis. sheldon joins us with what this

all means for marylanders. >> when everything is said and done, marylanders will get $960 million to help distressed homeowners to that settlement. it is i know how many people could come forward, but the state attorney general predicts that tens of thousands of distressed homeowners will benefit. >> this is just a first step, a liberal down payment for the havoc caused by the behavior of the banks. >> the state attorney general is pleased to announce that maryland will be receiving almost a billion dollars as part of a mortgage settlement with the big it -- the country's biggest mortgage servicers. the banks have agreed to the settlement in response to a nationwide investigation into an acceptable mortgage servicing practices. >> we have almost a billion dollars for people who are on the brink of being foreclosed on

or are under water, and another pulled for those who have already been foreclosed on. >> is the largest of its kind in maryland was the history. the biggest part will go to a homeowner relief program and the rest will be split between helping distressed homeowners and other initiatives. >> there are 42 pages of standards regarding servicing that will be used in the future. this behavior can no longer recapped on the people of baltimore, maryland, and the united states -- this behavior can no longer wreak havoc. >> we hope now there will be fewer people foreclosed on, fewer houses in the pool, and the economy can start to turn around. >> distress homeowners can file claims with the maryland state attorney general's office. 410-576-6300 is the number to

call. >> a guilty verdict for the inmates charged with murdering a maryland state corrections officer. lee stephens was down guilty of first-degree murder of corporal david mcguinn. the conviction makes stevens eligible for the death penalty. sentencing is set for next week. >> testimony continues today and the trial of george huguely, accused of killing yeardley love. first responders called to the stand described a chaotic and bloody crime scene and the jury got a firsthand look at some of that evidence. lowell melser has the latest from charlottesville, virginia. >> another day of reckoning testimony. not only did the jury get a

chance to see some of the most graphic pictures available in the case, but former teammates of george huguely testified that he was getting drunk more than four times a week during his senior year, and they were getting worried about him. so much so that they wanted to call an intervention. the day after making this thought, yeardley love was found dead and huguely was arrested. more tough testimony for yeardley love's family and friends expect as rescue personnel broke down the crime scene in morning testimony. it was the first time that jurors got a graphic -- o look at some of the more graphic photographs. one gmt told the court about 25 minutes past from when he was instructed by suv medical center officials to stop resuscitation. a charlottesville detective took the stand and described more than half a dozen photos of her

injuries to her face and body. the most revealing testimony came from michael burns, a lacrosse player who met yeardley love at the preakness in baltimore during their sophomore year. he said they hooked up from time to time, apparently while she was seeing george huguely. he testified that one time when he was visiting, he and a friend heard someone yelling for help in huguely's apartment. he said when they opened the door, they found huguely with his arm wrapped around love's neck, choking her. he then let her go and she ran out of the room crying. others testified he was drawn less than 24 hours after her death, attending a golf tournament with his father. they said one time love it him with her purse in a jealous, drunken rage.

taking this spec -- taking the stand, a computer forensics expert who went over various e- mails found on her computer, including the one we have all heard of where he wrote to her, "i should have killed you." testimony resumes tomorrow morning at 9:30. >> we have added several new photographs in the case. a special tribute and a slide show on wbaltv.com. >> president obama is granting 10 states waivers from the federal no child left behind law. the states have agreed to implement major reform. sally kidd has details from washington. >> president obama says he is taking this action because congress has repeatedly failed to act. no child left behind requires that all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014.

a standard many are not on track to meet. president obama is cutting a deal with states that want an exemption. >> if your willing to set higher, more honest standards than the ones that were set by no child left behind, we are going to give you the flexibility to meet those standards. >> relief that comes in the form of a waiver. the president is grinning waivers to colorado, florida, indiana, georgia, new jersey, oklahoma, and tennessee. >> it is a great opportunity to redirect federal funds into college in career readiness for all kids. >> states must have a viable alternative plan that includes new targets for achievement and help those that underperform. >> we will shine a light on those schools with gaps and achievement and work with them

to improve those results. >> critics say the conditions attached will only burdened state with problematic federal mandates. >> it is real overreach of executive authority. >> two reform bills were introduced in the house today that would give states more flexibility in the use of federal funds. >> coming up at 6:00, the possibly controversial moves under consideration at towson university. >> how the morning after pill may become available to students. >> quite the international situation. we will tell you about that, later in sports. >> rain and snow coming across the southern plains they get here by tomorrow afternoon, and another blast of cold for the

weekend. 39 right now at the airport, 44 degrees downtown.

a so-called morning after pill may soon be available at a vending machine in towson university. it would make the emergency contraceptive plan be available to students. one of the issues under consideration is funding. the machine could cost be to --

between 1200 and $4,500. >> it is more comfortable. you can just grab, no one is around. you don't even have to tell anybody. i think it is a pretty good idea. >> officials at university in pennsylvania recently installed the morning after pill vending machine on their campus. >> a carrolltowne the -- carroll county tech center program is the first in the state to receive national accreditation in metalworking skills. >> we need to make sure we are working with industries. this is what is available in the workplace. we have to have the same equipment in the schools that they will find in the workplace. >> students who complete the program earn college credits and also land high-tech

manufacturing jobs in maryland. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> some snow in the area yesterday. temperatures responded back to normal levels today with some sunshine and overall, precipitation is below normal. nothing to count as far as rain and snow today and temperatures right near the 44-degree normal high. seven below zero in 1934 was the record high. not nearly that cold today. manchester at 37. western maryland dropping below freezing now, and most areas around baltimore on to the eastern shore will be kind of cold tonight. 23 in the outlying suburbs, 30

downtown. the clouds are the first sign of a weather system that will be coming through here in about 24 hours. it is just now getting into the texas panhandle, but it is moving fast. we will pick up a chance for rain and snow showers tomorrow night and over the weekend, the arctic front will come sweeping through here on saturday. a blast of cold and snow showers with a fraud arising -- are arriving on saturday. it will not be long before it heads toward the mid-atlantic states tomorrow evening. sunny skies in the morning and then rain and snow showers by the evening rush hour. things will be moving quickly through the region in the next couple of days. saturday it will spread east as the arctic front comes in from the mounds and pushes toward the coast. tomorrow and saturday evening, the possibility of light

snowfall accumulations. sunday we will see clearing skies and a lot of sun, but it will be windy and cold. temperatures stuck in the 30's on sunday, generating snow showers up and down the appalachian mountains. a good weekend for skiing, but bundle up. you can see how it spreads to the eastern shore and a few spots may get an inch or to as the cold air or arrives with an arctic front. 44-49 tomorrow. tomorrow night, rain and snow showers as the temperatures begin to fall back for the 30's. only 19 for the high temperature in amounts over the upcoming weekend, with several inches and the highest elevations. rain and snow showers tomorrow night, and down around ocean

city it will be in the 50's again tomorrow, and then the arctic front sweeps through the lower eastern shore on saturday. a downward move from the 40's to only around 40 on saturday, and then that 30's on sunday. upper teens and low 20s on monday and tuesday. >> to their credit, the orioles have expanded their talents adding to a global effort over the past few years. like many businesses, that have started to find out a global marketplace brings all kinds of new headaches as they prepared to head to spring training next week. orioles got have been banned from all sanctioned high school and college games in south korea. it comes as a reaction to the signing abakan prospects prior to his senior year in high school. -- signing of prospects.

tiger woods paired with tony romo in the opening round today. tiger played it perfectly and set himself up for a birdie putt. the galleries like the celebrities as much as the golfers in the early rounds. that may explain why the crowds prefer to follow the stars. the past two years, morgan has gone to the n.c.a.a. tournament, but this year coughlan has the upper hand in the conference standings. a good rivalry with much

expected intensity. >> you don't have to win a game, as long as u.n. the morgan game. has always been that way, but that becomes the most important game on the schedule. it is not like we dislike each other, because that is far from the truth, but it just becomes a big game for everybody. >> traveling to do it saturday, looking for a signature when this season. it looks like the terps may have begun to get just the wrong time. an outrageous finish at noh carolina. a 10-point lead and it looks like the game might be over. a comeback just 47 seconds later makes it a three-point game.

a nail biter from that point forward. well outside, to win 65-64 win. they are red hot an honor roll, waiting for maryland on saturday. -- red hot and on a roll. >> he was kind of backing off a little bit. >> to get a game winner like that is just storybook. >> if the terps can be do now, they will increase maryland's hopes for getting into march madness. tom has a look at the forecast. is there more snow on the way? after this.

>> 0 billion dollars is headed to maryland. how the victims of the foreclosure crisis will benefit from a landmark settlement deal reached by officials. a change in maryland law that jurors now have to consider jurors now have to consider before

x the temperatures were not all that bad today, and tomorrow that stay above normal. then the front arrives on saturday. the storm system brings rain and snow friday night, a couple of inches possible on saturday. winter is trying to get here. >> thanks for joining us. we will see you back here at 11:00.

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