swab inside their cheek after an arrest violates their fourth amendment, which guards against unreasonable search and seizure. >> when you just put a suave and someone's cheek and you are then able to compare that sample of dna with all the known samples that were left at crime scenes at the past, this is racist line, by as blind, you can actually find the person who committed the crime and also the person who did not commit the crime. >> this decision is based on the case of alonzo king jr. a dna sample taken at the time of that arrest turned out to match the dna sample taken from a 2003 rape victim. that led to the indictment of king for the rate and his ultimate conviction. but the only risk of privacy was when the defendant broken to a 53-year-old woman's house and raped her at gunpoint.

>> the attorney-general says " the court does not reconsider its ruling in the case, the state intends to seek review of the judgment before it the ninth state supreme court." >> there is a chance it will win the case and prevail. this is different than fingerprints at all. >> late this afternoon, we received a comment from steve mercer from the state public defender's office. he said motions to reconsider are rarely granted. the city is fighting against the argument that more dna samples are better for law enforcement. he said curtly there is no reason for police to ever stop expanding in finding other reasons for the collection of dna. gary sims, wbal-tv 11 news. >> tonight a 17-year-old boy is in stable condition after stabbing in harford county. share say the boy is managed to flag down an office around 7:15 monday evening and said he had been attacked by several unknown suspects.

that was on apple ridge court in edgewood. anyone with information should call the harford county sheriff's office. a new youtube video has some in the community calling for the badges of five baltimore city police officers who said they went too far. they were arrested and charged with inciting a riot and disorderly conduct at a recent jobs march. the video shows the rest after police told protesters to clear the streets do you can see that the police used pepper spray as they got him to the ground and handcuffed him. he says he was not fighting the officers, but the police office -- the police department is standing in get -- standing by the action of the officers. >> officers arrived to try to get them settled and on to decide what. >> i covered my face. i was not resisting arrest, i was just landing, and they kept on spraying me. >> he says he plans to file

internal affairs complaint on the officers with the backing of a group called the justice for trayvon martin committee. >> political consultant on trial for the robocalls and the 2010 election says he has been thrown under the bus by the former campaign above early. jayne miller is live at the mid to courthouse with details for us. >> julius henson is charged with election law fraud, but in his most extensive comments today since being charged in the case, he said all he was doing is what political consultants do. >> why am i responsible for a decision that was not mine to make? >> that was political consultant julius henson, questioning the state's motive for putting him on trial. had his lawyer put it, he jumped over the line in the 2010 governor's race and went to rob for republican bob ehrlich in his rematch with democrat martin o'malley picture except he rode

the now infamous robocalls that was sent to more than 100,000 voters in the city and prince george's county. prosecutors say the call used fraud to suppress the black vote and by suggesting the race was over before the polls closed. >> they are saying you cannot register people to vote unless they are in person, or we need additional id. that is oppression. political campaigning is simply trying to get your voters to the poll and have the other guy stay home. >> julius henson says it was not his called. he said the was only an adviser to the early campaign and that no decision making authority bge he had note decisionmaking authority in the bob ehrlich campaign. -- he had no decision making

authority. >> an aide to former governor bob ehrlich today said he did not know whether henson had been paid. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the prosecution rested today in the trial of the brothers accused of beating a black teen while patrolling for the of the park's jurisconsults neighborhood watch group. the president of that group today said he believes that eli werdesheim acted in self- defense, based on what he heard on the group's radio transmission and his conversations with werdesheim. today the other defendant, avi werdesheim, actually jumps to the aid of a person watching the trial. >> protesters are gathering around the world on this may day to speak out about the economy. the first significant demonstration since the occupy protest last fall. >> the protest rally here

started about 20 minutes ago put labor, civil rights, and immigration activists gathering for at the city for the past couple of hours. 1911 flew over the demonstrations at the post office and the washington monument. -- skyteam 11 flew over the demonstrations. they encourage workers and students to take a day off in solidarity against income inequality. >> baltimore city residents who pay taxes here in baltimore, stop giving our jobs away to out of town workers. that is what i want to say. i want to tell the mayor that. stop giving our jobs away to out of town workers. >> we need better jobs. we really do. we need better wages, health care, everything. >> several representative from labor unions aren't scheduled to

speak at the rally. -- from labor unions are scheduled to speak at the rally. >> today baltimore city announced war emergency lane closures for the j.f.x. make sure to have your seat belts fastened. beginning thursday night, all northbound lanes will be closed from 10:00 p.m. until 9:00 a.m. daily. rob roblin joins us live from northwest baltimore with a look at some alternative routes. >> city officials say this job is going to take until at least the end of the month. look for closures and changes, so you better just keep up with what is going on on the jones falls. city officials say additional lanes must be close to get the repair work done. the excavation that is just guarding is in the left lane, but the grouting is going to be in the middle and the right lanes. all three lanes are being

affected by this process. >> you have no choice but to close. >> exactly. >> commuters have adjusted to the lane closures for the most part. complete closure on the j.f.x. will be done from 10:00 p.m. until 4:00 a.m. beginning on thursday. >> it starts thursday night it 10:00 until 4:00 in the morning. it will be every night. there is going to be drilling to inject route, which is basically concrete. >> this is how the traffic will be diverted. during the closure, northbound traffic will be detoured onto the north avenue-28 streak exit. motorists should continue left and left on 29th street back to the northbound j.f.x. there will be southbound closures as well. on thursday night, there will be a second lane closure al-islah

of the downside to finish up the maintenance holding the barriers together -- a second lane closure thus outside. -- a second lane closure on the south side. >> the plan was announced today by the state highway administration about construction in arundel mills. as part of $5 million traffic improvement situation. they believe it was the best choice for the area as it will function more safely than the current configuration. connections with arundel mills boulevard will be closed starting in early may for about a month. the project will be completed by sometime in midsummer.

>> president obama went to afghanistan in a secret and high security trip to sunni agreement with the afghan government that will guarantee a commitment -- to sign an agreement for after combat troops depart. the president will address the nation tonight at 7:30. his main message is the war in afghanistan is ending, but the u.s. commitment is not. nightly news with brian williams will have opal report on the president's trip -- it will have a full report. >> to lead, and the report takes aim at maryland's air quality. >> why the state is not meeting federal ozone standards new york officials say it is unlikely to get better anytime soon. >> john harbaugh had a lot of headaches to deal with after an interview on our morning radio show. >> warmer temperatures moving in today and a few thunderstorms are showing up on hd doppler.

we will track those storms, coming up next.

sunni report says maryland is not meeting federal ozone standards. there are signs of improvement, up from 85% in 2005. department officials said the stake will likely not meet upper ozone standards because 70% of maryland's air pollution blows in from other states.

the environment was the focus today during a tour by federal officials in baltimore. kids learn about the internal justice an elementary school. basically it is making sure that laws and regulations that keep the environment safe or applied equally, no matter what. some of the efforts include products to reduce stormwater runoff. >> the baltimore city council approved a major -- approved a measure to reduce the property tax rate by 20 cents by the year 2020. under the legislation, an owner occupied home assessed at $200,000 would see an annual tax reduction of $40 in 2013, and that would grow to four hundred dollars by 2020. supporters say the program would be paid for by reduced city spending as well as revenue generated by the city's future slots location. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> april 2012 was the 15th

consecutive warmer than normal month officially at bwi marshall airport. alaska with the normal month was january, 2011.

just 45 for the adult -- tarpaulin count. a sea breeze developing this afternoon. temperatures are in the low 80's around salisbury, over to cambridge. 84 in downtown baltimore right now, ladies back to frederick and any drop into the '70s back in the mountains. 70 is the normal high temperature. winds will shift to the east and northeast behind a fraud, and when the front goes through and high pressure builds in behind it, there is some cooler air here. tomorrow will be cooler than today as the front settles south. then there is another weather

system coming. each of these disturbances tracking through, generally from the upper midwest through the lakes to the southeast. they are triggering some heavy thunderstorms along those fronts. we have watches and warnings out in minnesota, indiana, and down into the carolinas. parts of western indiana, down in north carolina there are tornadoes possibly on the ground right now with some of those storms tracking from the upper midwest to the southeast. it is in that general area that we could see some strong to severe storms. a slight risk tomorrow including the western maryland mountains tomorrow afternoon. we will see that on the futurecast. the storms in the ohio valley tracking south and east, occasionally brushing past baltimore. that will happen tomorrow afternoon and possibly on thursday, some isolated storms in area.

tomorrow with the east wind, is cooler, 67-74 degrees. partly to mostly cloudy skies. on the bay, winds out of the southeast with waves averaging about a foot. western maryland, some hit and miss scattered storms and temperatures almost 80 degrees. warm weather and out in western maryland. showers in some spots on the eastern shore, a little cooler and then it warms up again thursday. down on the coast, the significant weather feature will be the sea breeze. the forecast, one day of cooler temperatures tomorrow then we are back in the eight's with isolated afternoon thunderstorms thursday, friday, and saturday. dreier and cooler weather coming in for sunday and monday. >> look at the \ ravens coach john harbaugh has dealt with

today. he spoke a simple truth and you would think he had defaced the u.s. constitution. in an interview this morning to promote an upcoming fund-raiser, he was asked about this that -- about reece and penalties. he said when things are all said and done, what happens -- no matter even if it has any impact on whether they won the championship or not, it has been stained. he did not say anything untrue. by the time the comments made the round on the internet and twitter.com you think the committee on un-american activities wanted to investigate him. this afternoon he released the following statement. he said marissa -- our reference was to the perception that came as a result of the recent actions. i totally believe that the patriots and st. coaches and players are no championships. there has been some distortion about what i said.

believe me, this will come up again in september when the ravens get set to face the new england patriots in the third game of the season. the orioles still liked to keep getting closer to beating the yankees. three plays separate the orioles from the biggest win of the season. mark teixeira is on base with the orioles up by one run. just two batters later, after seeing frustration from the manager, place of frustration on the scoreboard. a home run gave the yankees believe instead of giving them the time. covering the bag, tagged him at the plate. the orioles came up one run short. it could little dicey here on the mound. still looking for the first win of the season.

getting a start for new york at yankee stadium. the orioles plan to honor our province and on saturday, unveiling a statue inside camden yards. today they had to postpone the plans. they have rescheduled it for september 29. the 74-year-old robinson suffered a fall in january and continues to make a slow recovery. he did not think he could attend the unveiling because of his health issues. the capitals went into the playoffs as a favorite and then flopped in the past couple of seasons. in last night's game, they won over the rangers. credit for the second goal of the game. when you take a closer look, you will see that in the chaos in front of the rangers, the puck down this way to the net off the skate of rangers player. andskate pushes the puck anin

help even the series at one game apiece. sometimes it is good to be lucky, and sometimes lucky to be good. stick around for the forecast, right after this.

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