-- ray lewis did both. he decided to end his career with the final round the playoffs. spending a lot of time with his children while rehabilitating his arm injury seemed to have settled the issue that it was time to move past football. his peers elected and the 13 pro bowls. a super bowl mvp. now he wants to close out a career with one more run at the super bowl. >> i don't have an injury that will pamper me. i have played the game at a very high level and a very tough place. i will make my own declaration. i will make this last run with

my team. i will give you everything i got because this is my last one. i did not come back for the end of the first round. >> he has had two owners, three coaches, six coordinators, 16 quarterbacks, and thousands of fans. the one thing you can't put a final number on is how many fans love ray lewis. >> everywhere you go, he is the face of the ravens and has been since he came here. how they don't just like him, they love him like they loved and johnny unitas. when they heard the news, most fans were surprised. >> why did he do that? are you kidding me?

do you know anything about it? that is a big blow to baltimore. >> he played a long time. >> that is a shocker. surprised and sad. >> i am sorry to hear that, it is a sad day. >> asia win for the hall of fame decided that enough is enough. >> could not ask for more from a player and it is hard for us. >> one of the great sports this town is known for. >> that is their main motivation. >> it goes without question. it will be sad to see him leave. >> his jersey was a huge seller

and he had a halloween mask. >> i always tell him louis because they will be able to wear it forever. >> he is just one of the greatest, he is an icon. you have to love him. >> he is an impressive athlete, an impressive motivator. >> i am sad to see that. >> i am glad to see him do everything he has done for the city. >> this place, the stadium will be unbelievable. the reporting live, wbal tv 11 news. >> the fiscal cliff fix is a done deal. tax rates will go up for individuals making more than

$400,000 a year and married couples earning more than $450,000. capital gains and income is raised to 20%. the legislation also includes a permanent fix for the alternative minimum tax. college tuition and a one-year extension of jobless benefits. it does not address the debt ceiling in the kick the can down the road on defense and domestic spending cuts. while leveraged another recession, the u.s. will likely see sluggish economic growth around 1%. maryland lawmakers say a lot still needs to be addressed. >> we have gotten some good things done, but it is not enough. the lesson that i hope we learned is that democrats and republicans need to come

together much earlier in the process to get confidence and predictability to the american people. >> i don't want all of the energy to be sucked up by dealing with fiscal problems. we have immigration, the affordable care act. >> we should be able to find a way to deal with it in a much more same fashion. >> there are other things hot expected to be discussed. it calls for new rules to tighten access to guns for the mentally ill. live downtown with more details. >> police will take guns away from people deemed to be dangerous. if adopted, the new

recommendations would have a lot more people involved in determining who should have i done, when it should be taken away. >> we try to make recommendations that are common sense recommendations. the task force recommends new requirements of mandatory reporting by educators and social workers. police would immediately seize firearms wants a report is made and confirmed, provided that a judge agrees the individual as dangerous. they say it is balanced by the courts involvement. >> they say there is a potential for violence. i would suggest that we are erring on the side of public safety.

>> also recommended is a process to restore the rights and a mental own this barrier. >> there should be due process where someone could petition to have their gun rights restored. >> these recommendations were sent to the governor and legislative leaders that also a new gun laws will be proposed. reporting live, jane miller, wbal tv 11 news. >> a young girl was in critical condition after being hit by a stray bullet during a new year's eve celebration. they say just after midnight she and her cousins were watching fireworks outside their home. at the same time, residents were firing guns into the air.

>> the next bed she was on the ground. nobody knew what happened and they did not see anything suspicious. hugh is just on the ground. >> the bullet fell from the sky and lodged in her brain stem. he if you have information, call the police station. >> a pizza hut employee had to defend himself while delivering a piece of and was demoted. they spoke with the corporate office today. we are joined with an update. >> the past several weeks, he was petitioning to get his job back and we found out he was successful. >> i was afraid for my life.

>> he was delivering on the evening of december 14 when he was attacked. he was in the same area a co- worker was robbed at gunpoint a month before. he grabbed a fiberglass temple and hit it up his sleeve. he said five guys around him. >> he needed to get money, he sucker punched me against the door. i dropped the temple into my hand and i covered my face and started swinging at them. >> they found and arrested the 13-year-old and 214-year olds. he got a call from human- resources the city violated the policy that drivers are not

allowed to carry weapons. since then, he says he is struggling to make ends meet. >> when i was moved to an inside position i was technically given a raise, but it was a lot less than i was making as a driver. >> he says he was not demoted, the hours were not cut as a result of the incident. he remains employed in the situation is being handled internally. >> i think you should not punish a driver if they have to defend themselves. >> we found out he was given a driver job at a nearby pizza hut.

>> of a yearly report on the chesapeake bay is out today and it might surprise you. >> of the new superintendent takes her crack at this year's budget. there are other demands, we will have the details coming up. >> it will be cold across the area tonight, tracking the wet weather to the south. 31 at the

>> the new school superintendent is about to present the 2014 spending time with the board of education. they have been on the job for six months now and will give details of the budget to board members on thursday. expected average price tag of somewhere around $700 million. >> it is frustrating. we will find a way to do what we need to do. >> the republic had a set on the budget, if it is adopted sometime late may. >> the announcement came today that under water presses were the only indicator in 2012, they were hurt by high water temperatures in the lower bay that washed sediment and

pollution and to the local waterways. crabs, oysters, oxygen levels. 32 out of 100 is up one. over the last reported in 2010 and four points since 2008. >> and now your forecast with chief meteorologist. >> a chilly second day of the new year with high temperatures falling short of what is normal for the second of january. 37 the high today, the morning low not all that gold for january. 31 as the current temperature. temperatures already in the 20's now at manchester, and in the far western maryland mountains. indications of a cold winter

night cummingtonite. just to the south of us, it will drain the region at times. mainly clear with light wind, it'll be cold. not much of a wind chill factor. there is a weather disturbance across the carolina coast, that is indicative of the weather pattern we are in, a split of the jet stream. the other is of the gulf coast. these are the main storm tracks that leaves baltimore right in between. that a quiet weatherford in a couple of days if not in a couple of weeks. have no big storms for the next couple of days. and hands snow showers, but an amazing that a day tomorrow, a

disturbance for the second half of the weekend where we get our next best chance any kind of precipitation. >> 36-41, the light west wind at 5 miles an hour during the day. single digits and 22 with snow showers kicking in. on the coast, including the delaware beaches, highs in the low 40's. we call for dry weather thursday and friday and the the first part of the weekend. ravens football could see some flurries, maybe a snow shower at times. back to the dry weather as pressure returns early next week.

>> from the sports center, this is 11 sports. >> everything that starts has an end. and for me, today, i told my team that this will be my last ride. >> on the cutting edge of a motion making the announcement earlier today. all entering the nfl in 1996, he got drafted ahead of religious. rayless says he prepares to say goodbye and they will make every one that passed over him regret it. he was to close out with one last run to the super bowl. he shared the decision with teammates this morning. none of the players leaked the news.

he has been playing -- he has not been playing since week 6 because of his injury but it will become one of the most powerful moments in raven's team history. brought on largely by his desire to spend more time with his kids triggered a lot of the motion. >> one of the hardest things in the world is to walk away from my team because that is my brotherhood. the only thing i ever play for is right there, to be there for so long. we are on the same path, and it absolutely hurts. you can never rebuild those bonds, those bonds are forever. we all need to enjoy what sunday will feel like. this will be the last time 52 plays in uniform at raven's stadium.

baltimore picture without him. it is like i am one of his kids and he is passing the torch saying i have to let you go. it is one of those days where you don't prepare for these kind of things. we will give all we have sunday. >> it gives you an idea of our emotional it will be on sunday. maryland will carry the momentum of a 12-game winning streak in the conference play, the longest in a decade. he struggled early trailing 14- 3. alex slammed down the put-back.

it might be the prettiest basket of this game. but it came after the easy steal and breakaway lay ups by howard. and maryland dominate the offensive boards. they did not let it stand, leaning. accounting for 43 points in this game. as it was a huge part of the night. maryland unstoppable as they had the fast break rolling, the freshman finishing off maryland pointing to the acc. we have the game day wild-card weekend and seven-day forecast coming out.

>> of this is where we're working on for tonight. ray lewis hopes for a super bowl sendoff. we will have more on the significance of the decision to retire.

a task force calling for new rules to tighten access to guns by the mentally ill. potential legislation as regent legislative action in light of the report.

>> a chilly forecast but no big storms on the horizon. the next significant threat comes sunday with in the football game with a few flurries in the area >> thank

you for joining us, everybody. >> we will see you back at