the ravens, jerry sandusky. >> we don't have to imagine until after the playoffs, but you can start the countdown. he told his teammates at a morning meeting today that he will end his career following the postseason. the impact will allies this season. he stands with his peers, the only player with 40 sacks and 30 interceptions. 20 forced fumbles, 20 fumble recoveries, a two-time nfl defensive player of the year, super bowl 35 in bp. if his career is parallel with franchise history. ray lewis has long since become the face and soul of the franchise. the first and last to where 52. he did not seem inclined to get to reflective today, he wants to

look forward. >> that moment to walk out of that tunnel on sunday, every person that as a ravens and to this day, we will favor that moment. i can't tell you what i will feel like when that moment comes. >> they have cherished playing with one of the greatest players ever. they will play in the final phase of an era. >> it comes as no surprise that after 17 years, he would finally announce his retirement. that statement makes it no less impact will. he wrapped up a team meeting by

taking the stage one more time. to let his teammates know that this was his last ride, that message landed with the ferocity of his tackles. >> we prepared for it mentally. my locker is right next to his. i can't picture baltimore without him. >> he is a guy that has put a hole in this game because of what he has done. people respect him for that. >> if they weren't properly motivated before, they are valid. >> we owe it to the organization. what he gave to the city, he

gave to his fans. that is something i've got to witness. >> he comes out, the crowd goes insane, and he does his dance. it might be his final time taking the stadium. >> ray lewis will also remain a constant, and not only a sports figure or hero, they think of him on the first name basis. they are joined with fan reaction to today's news. >> all you have to do is walk around and talk to people, mention he is retiring and

people get very upset. a lot of fans are saying to go out on top. >> every year it is a disappointment because you love the game. >> nobody plays harder or better than ray lewis. >> he is definitely a wise man. we thank him for that. >> one of the great whites and supports the this town has seen. we will miss him. >> that is the main motivation. >> his jersey was a bestseller. >> i always tell them to get re list because they will be able to wear it forever. >> you have to love him.

>> he was a halloween mask. >> many were surprised. >> why did he do that? bnl anything about it? that is a big blow to baltimore. >> he has played a long time. >> i am surprised and sad. >> everyone expressed their love and respect for him and his career with the ravens. >> they will miss him. >> i am sorry to hear that. that is a sad day. >> i think it is awesome, good for him. >> he will be an excellent coach. >> he would be a great coach,

wouldn't he? this stadium on sunday is going to be unbelievable when he comes out of the tunnel. they love you in baltimore. >> he will leave the game is arguably the greatest linebacker to ever play in the nfl. not everyone anticipated that 17 years ago. they drafted linebacker is the head of guerrillas. those three will not share the hall of fame podium with ray lewis five years from now. >> reaction is pouring in on facebook. he will make a great defensive coordinator for the ravens, hopefully they will keep him around. fans are supporting their der -- their favorite player. >> fire officials are going through $150,000 worth of damage.

emergency crews were called to the scene before 8:30 this morning where they found a double wide trailerand a boilera middle school in annapolis just before 9:00 this morning. maintenance workers were trying to fire up a boiler. smoke and middle school in annapolis just before 9:00 this morning. maintenance workers were trying to fire up a boiler. smoke and soot sent workers to the hospital. all of the kids were evacuated. 18 is on hand conducting tests and the crew is working to restore hot water. >> a suspect is listed in stable condition after being shot by a baltimore city police officer. they were conducting a traffic stop around 2:00 p.m. in the

3200 block when the suspect bailed out of the vehicle. police say that officer thought the suspect was armed but no weapon has been found. it was supposed to be a celebration to bring in the new year for a 10-year-old girl. it ended with her being shot. it happened just minutes in the 2013. we're live in the county tonight with more of what happened and the search for the shooter. >> family members have identified the little girl and she is in critical condition at a delaware hospital. police say she was injured when a bullet fell from the sky and lodged into her brain, something that is a very rare situation that police tells us to happen.

>> nobody knew what happened, nobody saw anything suspicious. >> she is talking about her 10- year-old niece that was visiting her over new year's. just as the clock struck midnight, she and her other cousins went outside to watch a fireworks display. when they went to go inside, she collapsed. we were like, what are you doing on the ground? she did not get out. >> she was hit by stray bullets. area residents fired off guns to celebrate the new year. >> i believe that this point,

one of the rounds struck the child at the top of the head. >> the adults performed cpr thinking she must have passed out. it wasn't until paramedics arrived at to occur to the hospital that they found out the tragic news. >> it went through the back of her head into your brain stem. >> police are trying to figure out the caliber of the news and have been going door to door. neighbors tell us they have confiscated some guns. they are beside themselves dealing with the situation that investigators call extremely rare. >> basically they got taken.

>> in critical condition tonight again at a delaware hospital. they are asking anyone with information on the shooting to call the deputies. we are live tonight at cecil county sheriff's office. >> such a freak accident. still ahead, out of the driver's seat and into the kitchen. >> a delivery man was demoted and he wants answers. corporate officials say that he went too far. >> the lowest number of fire fatalities on record. continuing the downward trend. dodged the question today is will the fallout from the fiscal cliff? make compromise more likely? the answer seems to be no.

>> the weather system passing to the south,

>> if you were hoping washington learned a lesson, think again.

if anything, experts think the compromise could make a battles even more contentious. >> wall street had an amazing day of growth, more than 310 points the biggest daily gain in more than a year. but washington still has plenty of fights ahead in the coming weeks. >> a lot of republicans say they will fight harder now, humiliated by their loss in the fiscal cliff crisis. >> president obama celebrated by going back to hawaii to finish his vacation. wall street celebrated the fix with a stock rally. 98% are relieved, no tax hike. back on capitol hill who -- >> everything is not ok. >> some republicans along with democrats upset at the speaker

for delaying a vote on aid to the victims of hurricane sandy because of the cost. he is signalling he is back to the hard line for the budget fights ahead. >> we will focus on spending coming at us, medicare and social security. >> the fight over defense cuts in social service spending. postponed by the fiscal cliff deal. another debt ceiling crisis like the one last year that damaged the credit rating. president obama vows no repeat. >> i will not have another debate with this congress on whether not we should pay the bills they have already racked up. >> the president thinks he is not going to negotiate, think again. he is not emperor of the planet. >> it might take a default,

another downgrade. serious economic consequences to told us back to some kind of reality. that is a frightening prospect. >> of the congressional scholar says it could look like a tribal war appear. >> the agreement doesn't address all the fiscal problems, but they're coming together to avoid part of the economic turmoil. >> i really admire the republicans that came together with us so that we would not go into sequestration. >> the lesson i hope we have learned is that democrats and

republicans need to come together much earlier in the process and do it in an earlier way. >> we are breaking down how the last minute deal has fallen into place. lower and middle income taxpayers are big winners, but there are also big losers. we have the details on the mobile application. >> and now, your forecast of the chief meteorologist. >> moving across the region early this morning producing a little precipitation on the radar screen. from baltimore south ocean city, that was fairly early in the day. and it could be a little sunshine to enjoy even though the weather system brought some cold air. we only have 37 at the airport, the morning low quite a bit above normal. i believe we'll get below 31

degrees for midnight tonight. if the temperature will be adjusted before we end the day. a 71 degree reading in 1876 and 0 for the record low 1968. if already down to 29 degrees in westminster and hagerstown. temperature is dropping in the low thirties as well, 19 in oakland. the only thing keeping the temperature of the little that are the wispy clouds and of the of cloudiness on the eastern shore. with this very dry air and light winds, i am thinking 16 in some of the colder valets north and west of baltimore overnight. probably clear and partly cloudy skies, five minutes until 5:00. reducing these thin clouds, no precipitation here. just that touch of cloudiness.

the next chance is a minimal chance of precipitation doesn't show up until the second half of the weekend. a sunny thursday, high temperatures close to or below the normal for this time of year. showers near the lakes, right into the first part of the weekend. a day like today with a little more sunshine, temperatures bus -- just below the normal with sun coming up on thursday morning in the western maryland mountains. only 25 tomorrow with flurries and snow showers on friday with a high temperature of 22 degrees. and we bounced back to 40 tomorrow, 41 friday. temperatures in the low 40's with mostly sunny skies thursday and friday. 39 degrees tomorrow, 40 for

friday and saturday. a flurry or snow shower at the raven's game, whether continuing to the early part of next week. >> the governor of pennsylvania filing a lawsuit against the n.c.a.a. in the jury sandusky sex abuse scandal. >> officials plan to welcome the children that escaped last month's shooting that killed 20 children and six adults. >> a new year and a new spending plan in the works. coming up, what howard county

>> fire officials looking back at the 2012, 22 people lost their lives but the lowest nuer on record for the city. it was the third year in a row that the numbers have declined. that never to further reduce fire fatalities, the city is

still installing smoke alarms to anyone that call 311. 5200 alarms have been stalled over the last year alone. >> in a medic alert, doctors encouraging men to use the internet to get their medical questions answered. a revised version of the tool can predict the spread of prostate cancer and health men decide if surgery is their best option. the tables of sean men previously thought not to have a good prognosis could be cured with surgery. it is based on a study of men treated. >> now a university study says you may want to avoid for tell us if you want to be successful. it is a sugar commonly used to sweeten food and drinks and appears to trigger changes in

the brain that can lead to overheating. their brains did not register the feeling of being full like they did when they drank with simple glucose. it doesn't mean it causes obesity but they know that the percentage of overweight americans has skyrocketed with the increased consumption of fruit does. engineers have figured out that the virus and flourishes in best with humidity levels below 50%. it does not mean that you can't get to the louvre in the summer, you can. they can grow in humidity close to 100 present time. but it typically runs from october to may. >> of those people look miserable in that video, don't they? the survivors are back in the classroom today. their experience will be as

painless as possible. >> there is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of the innocent victims. the house majority and their speaker. >> harsh words from republicans and democrats after the speaker moves to delay aid to the victims of superstore and sandy. dodge a pizza delivery driver was punished for defending himself on the job

>> employees taking the pizza hut corp. to task, he is being punished as he says he was attacked while delivering a pizza. since then, the employee says he has been demoted to a job where he bakes enough -- he barely makes enough money to support himself. >> we are joined live with more. >> we just got a call from the corporate offices just before we went on the air tonight saying that there were going to reinstate him as a driver, but it has been a struggle for him for the past several weeks.

it was around 7:30 the night of december 14 when the 24-year- old, a delivery driver pulled up to a halt on link in court. an area where a co-worker had been robbed one month earlier. >> the house had no lights on and people walking around the side of the house. it was suspicious to me. >> he pulled a fiberglass pole and put it up his sleeve and walked to the door. he was surrounded by five guys. >> i thought he was getting money, he punched me on the face against the door. i dropped the pizza, how hydroxy temple into my hand and i grabbed it and i came down and covered my face and swinging at him. >> he ran off and sam called police.

they arrested a 13-year-old and 214-year-old. it is what happened next. he got a call from human- resources that told him that he violated the weapons policy, drivers not allowed to carry weapons. he was moved to a job working in the kitchen. he says it is not a demotion but he says he is struggling to make ends meet. >> i averaged $11 or $12 an hour. when i was moved inside, i was technically given a raise, $7.50 total. >> he was not the motive, his wages were not lowered, and his hours were not cut as a result of this incident. >> the situation is being handled internally.

but he only wants one thing. >> i would like the job back that was paying my bills. >> we got word that he got his job back as a driver just now, a few minutes ago at another location. he says he is very excited. >> here is a look at some of the other top stories. this postseason will be the last times -- the last time raven's fans will see rayless suit up. he will retire at the end of the season, the announcement made at a regularly scheduled press conference, this is his seventeenth season in the nfl. the fire crews are trying to determine what sparked a deadly fire around 8:30 this morning. a double wide trailer was fully

engulfed in flames and it took about 40 firefighters to put out. investigators are trying to determine the victim's identity. an austin girl is in critical condition, the victim of what police believe was an accidental shooting. she was watching fireworks with her family new year's eve by when she was struck in the head by a bullet. police believe they were fired into the air as far of a celebration. >> the new school superintendent is about to presenter first operating budget to the board members. >> of the spending plan will be made public in 24 hours and a promise it will be strong on students. you're here with more on that story. >> it can be a painful process,

but they tell us that they will keep the spending plan with the price tag somewhere around $700 million that will protect the classroom, she says. >> on the job a little more than six months, to understand the critical needs facing children. she warns it will also be a year of setting new priorities. >> we will find a way to do what we need to do to protect our classrooms. >> we want to make sure that we have funding, to educate every child. >> she is the president of the pta council. she expects the group will have a say in the final budget. >> we want to review the upcoming budget and make comments and recommendations to the board of education as far as what we see about how the budget is allocated.

the dodge the education association says it is counting on the superintendent to make teacher pay of priority. >> the intention to make it the best paid in the state, this will make the schools even stronger retaining the best professionals in the country. >> our budget will reflect that. dodge in might be early to make firm commitments since it will take six months or more. >> it begins and ends with the school board, but not before the county council and the executive have their say. >> a school break that began with gunfire and 20 friends murdered will end tomorrow morning. >> we will tell you where they are going and what it means for

the struggling community next. >> details of hillary clinton goes a medical condition. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt. we perfected the pastrami sandwich -- filled with hot, juicy pastrami, pickles, yellow mustard and bubbly melted cheese. all piled-high on our signature freshly baked bread. made hot, toasty and just for you. and don't be afraid to put your spin on this deli style deliciousity -- add your favorite ingredients, like spicy jalapeños or crisp green peppers. get to your local subway and taste some perfect pastrami today! subway. eat fresh.

is trying to return to normal for sandy hook elementary students. this will be the first time the kids have returned to class since the december 14 attack when a gunman opened fire on their school killing 20 students and staff members. it is a winter wonderland. volunteers have worked to make it a special place for their students. >> planning to file a lawsuit against the n.c.a.a., he calls the agency's sanctions overreaching and unlawful. the organization opposed the $60

million fine in the wake of the character -- of the child sex abuse scandal. they do not want it spent outside the safe. >> secretary of state hillary clinton has now left the hospital. she was accompanied by her husband and daughter. they say they expect her to make a full recovery. >> truly shocking is what the human rights chief has to say about the 60,000 people killed in a series civil war. that is higher than what had been estimated. the real death toll was likely to be greater because the u.s.

and excludes reports containing and complete information and a significant number of the killings might not have been documented. >> one thing is for sure, we are in 2013. >> will take a look at what is going the have you digging deeper into your pocket. >> outrage after congress decides to hold off on

>> here is a look at what is coming up at 6:00. the most well-known baltimore raven will fly for the last time this season.

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something no one was expecting. >> that was a best news, it comes in very heavy weather, lots of runoff. one might have thought that be dissolved oxygen would have declined. >> oyster numbers on the rise again. there is still a lot of work to do. bb-plus grade is the second lowest since yearly assessments began in 1986. >> outrage from both sides of the aisle by a surprise announcement overnight, the decision not to allow a vote on federal aid for victims of super storm sandy, blasting jon boehner. victimslight of suffered another setback when the speaker postponed the vote on federal aid setting off criticism most notably from

fellow republicans. >> this was a betrayal. we can't believe this knife in the back was delivered to our region. >> not one member defended him, not the ones from new york or new jersey especially. >> how can we treated the entire region of the country this way. it is the most disgraceful action i have seen. >> they complain about the double standard for victims that received aid within two weeks. >> it is absolutely absurd. we demand nothing less than we have given the rest of the country. >> and again from fellow republicans. >> there is one group to blame for the continuedcome to a conc.

>> president obama urged him to change his mind. following an afternoon meeting, he promised the have a vote on the relief package by january following an afternoon meeting, he promised the have a vote on the relief package by january 15. for the loudest complainers, that was enough. >> more changes in the last hour and under intense pressure, he has agreed to a vote that will come friday for $9 billion to the national flood insurance program with another on january 15 for the remaining $51 billion. >> and now your forecast.

>> the lowest temperatures around the eastern united states, cold air. we are getting closer to the coldest part of the winter. lots of single-digit and below zero meetings. 8 in detroit to start the day, 10 in chicago. the low for the day in baltimore has been 32, that is the current temperature before midnight tonight. it is 36 at the inner harbor downtown, 32 at the airport. we have 35 in richly, 33 on the boardwalk at ocean city. the only thing to keep the temperature up as a thin blanket of high cloudiness. most areas, mainly clear skies will send the temperature down into the teens.

it could get close to 15 or so and those locations. areas south and east of baltimore you have a little bit of cloud cover, there are two branches to the jet stream. one to the north of us, and off the newfoundland coast. behind that, you get the really cold arctic air. generating a lot of clouds with temperatures in the 40's. one tracking to the north, another moving off of the carolina coast. we really have some quiet weather before the next couple of days. no big storms on the horizon, just passing from time to time. bringing some showers until the western maryland mountains. 36-41 tomorrow, western maryland

will probably have some single- digit lows late tonight early tomorrow morning. good news for the ski resorts out that way. cool and dry thursday and friday, coastal areas with lots of sunshine thursday and friday with temperatures about normal. we will have the chance for a flurry or snow shower for the ravens play off game. >> we begin the consumer alert with market reaction to the bill that avoids the fiscal cliff. the dow gained 300 points today with european markets reporting large increases in training -- trading. the asian markets also posted

large gains, but despite the passage, analysts say we are not out of the woods yet. >> i think anybody that doesn't get this, they are deluding themselves. >> one of the issues will be the budget deficit. the rebound in auto sales shows no signs of letting up. new vehicle legislation will be the surge in new vehicles introduced in the u.s.. 43 new models in the showrooms this year with a 50% increase in the last year. 2013 will be expensive way comes to consumer products. they expect meat, poultry, and

dairy prices to go up this year. a lot of this has to do with last year's drought. local factors might be contributing. also going up, the cost of college. in-state tuition will rise almost 5%. shipping costs will also go up at ups and fedex. health care premiums will be on the rise. if you're not happy with the apple products, you're not alone. they were the most searched for return policies on line on christmas day even though five of the toch holiday gifts were out of products.

there might be confused with the various models available. other explanations include a faulty product, the raw memory size of the wrong color. there rose compared the last year. >> a new report with harsh recommendations when it comes to guns and the mentally ill. wide-ranging effects on anyone in health care, education, or law enforcement. >> they want you to win tickets to this weekend's game. they also want you to write the players some letters. details are next.

>> and the ravens are giving fans a chance to win tickets to sunday's game, taking on the colts the home. they're getting the fans involved. >> hundreds of them under the cover of darkness. in baltimore city and surrounding county, all with the word team beneath. the embodiment of the message to the players. this is what you should be looking for, the goldens dental.

there is one in secret locations. >> they will take a picture of themselves and have the chance to win tickets. >> holders will be picked up and put up at the facility. >> asking them to collect them at participating locations. >> it means the purple caravan is back and kicks off friday morning. >> it is a full day of purple pride. >> you have to love it.

>> as we build up to the sunday game, i get all you need to know when it comes to the tv special. we will get prepped for this weekend's game. that is all for us at 5:00. >> a new process to take guns away from people deemed to be dangerous. >> going out against hong the pizza hut corp. and winning. >> ray lewis gets set to call it a career. >> live, local, late breaking.

>> one more run as the model for legendary linebacker ray lewis says he announced he will retire after this season. >> that is the big story tonight, after 17 seasons. he is going after the lombardi trophy one final time. >> his first game since injuring his tricep may also be his last game when the ravens of the colts in the wild-card round. chatting with ribbons fans since that announcement. we begin with the voice of the ribbons that takes a look back. he is one of the greatest players in the history of football? >> you will hear that he was the best in the history of football. best in the history of football.