while on duty for his political campaign. he had her and the urine from the catheter back following back surgery. the judge did not find leopold guilty of a third count of misconduct and home misappropriation of county funds. thousands of dollars in overtime to try to conceal a personal relationship he was having with a female county employee. the attorney who talked to us about the ruling. >> we are disappointed in the verdict. it has been our position from the outset that the conduct complained of here represented poor judgment as opposed to criminal conduct. we do, however, respect the decision of the trial court. >> he was probably shocked because this is a man that clearly feels he can operate above the law.

this has been proven to be criminal behavior by this official, and i would say that never at any point in time did he think he would have to be held accountable for it. >> no date set for sentencing. the judge and attorneys will meet by conference call to determine when sentencing will happen. the county council has called an emergency session set for tomorrow at 3:00 and it is to declare a vacancy in the office of the county executive. the county council, by ordnance, can declare a vacancy if, among other things, the executive is found guilty and convicted of a crime in vote having malfeasance in office. john leopold has been found guilty of two counts of misconduct in office and the

county council will have an emergency session tomorrow to declare a vacancy in his office. >> thank you for all your reporting on this issue. the baltimore ravens in new orleans ahead of super bowl 47. today at the superdome, it was packed with photographers, reporters, and fans to hear from players and coaches. and some of the talks centered around religion and his alleged use of a banned substance. we are joined live from the superdome. this is a big story for the media. is this a distraction for the team right now? >> no, he has gone through this before, 12 years ago on the heels of the trial atlanta. for ray lewis, this is experienced territory, stepping into the national spotlight and getting hit from all angles. today, sports illustrated

claiming there is a link between ray lewis and a substance similar to hgh. swats is a company whose owner is on -- take a call between him talking about a banned substance. ray lewis did not want to promote a story that he said was 2 years old and would not give more attention to the writer of the story. he has used products from the company, but none of those products are on the banned substance list. >> that was a 2-year-old story that you want me to refresh. i would not give him the credit to even mention his name or his antics in my speeches or my moment. i won't even speak about it. i have been in this business 17 years and nobody has gotten up with me every morning and

trained with me. every test that have ever taken in the nfl, there has never been a question. to even entertain stupidity like that, tell them to try to get his story of love somebody else. >> the lightning rod story of the day, not the only story line to say the least. when you have to deal with a media day, ray lewis has experience from the 2000 super bowl. 49 players have never that in a super bowl. >> they could probably use some guidance. when you think of mentoring, you think of kids. but it happens on the football field, too. >> one of the more interesting stories comes from the center position. the fourteenth season, probably his final one. and a rookie, a young man for

whom he has become a mentor. you had better get used to some rapping. >> i hate him. but his mom makes good meatballs. >> you had better learn to deal with sarcasm and quickly. >> it doesn't take very long, i enjoy his jokes. >> but the sting of a quick burst of the town doesn't last. >> he has had it from the first day he has got here. he understands what he has to do and how he has to approaches work to be successful. i truly believe he will be a great player for a long time. >> he provides leadership and the mentor should. >> to be able to learn from a guy like that who has been around for a long time, very intelligent. it is fast how he sees things on defense. it has been great for me to learn from him. >> he is a great guy, a great

kid, if i can say that. worked his tail off. e does everything the right way. >> maybe the greatest lesson is that this experience must be fully appreciated. it is not a birthright. >> the first year you get here, we have all been closed before, and these guys right out of the gay, they get to go. it is a cool deal. >> he will pass the torch, but until then, unfinished business. >> even though he is a mentor in this situation, this is his first super bowl and could be his last game. >> ending in his first super bowl, the stories you never know if you get to this game. if you had better win when you get here. >> in addition to the live report from new orleans, we hope you'll tune in to raven's countdown.

the voice of the ravens will bring highlights from each day in the big easy every night at 7:30. >> switching gears to an education alert. a baltimore county expected to spend dollars, that money will go towards a lot of high-tech equipment. live in the newsroom with details. >> the recent connecticut shooting in the first day of school shooting called the speed up plans to try to make buildings more secure. >> most of the new security dollars will be spent in baltimore county elementary and special education schools. the plan is to replace outdated cameras and surveillance systems. >> how can i help you? >> channel 11. >> come on in.

>> they have tablets to monitor video. this technology will allow police to survey entire campus by way of streaming video. >> we have no greater responsibility as leaders than to protect our children when they go to school each and every day. >> he says the police chief in the school superintendent have been working on the plan for months. >> everyone recognizes this is the right time to take a fresh new look at the issue. what else can we do? what else is reasonable? dodge this comes after the shooting after the first day of school and the first few months on the job for the new superintendent. he supports the extra spending and is not relying on technology alone. >> every day, there is an incident we prevent because we have a system in place for kids to share incidents with school administrators, teachers sharing

with school administrators. >> they welcome the changes. >> of the more security we have, the more protection we have, the better. >> a new security plan will be announced in a couple of months. they set aside money for mental health services and hiring employees. they say the staff will also be trained to react to an active shooter. they want to improve security money and the new equipment could be in schools by fall. >> a life-changing operation for a new york man. a double arm transplant that took place in baltimore. he is described as courageous, upbeat, a young man who loves life and to serve in iraq in 2009, losing all four limbs during a roadside bomb attack. a team of doctors from johns hopkins, walter reed, and ucla,

performed a 13-hour operation where he received to arms from one donor. he will undergo six hours of had therapy every day for the next two years. they will stay in the area for patient care of the and monitoring. >> amazing and remarkable. >> still to come, live coverage from new orleans. >> introduced to a 49 that have some connections to maryland. >> keeping an eye on thunderstorms in

>> a big day here at the superdome, players, there he is right over my shoulder. >> he would not think there of be a local angle to the set for it is portion of media day. >> you take that with you when you go to the nfl.

>> just working hard, putting in the extra work. >> there is the story line of playing against the ravens, a team he grew up watching. it is a real plan against them. >> is a hometown team for me and i am sure everyone back home is watching. to play against the ravens, it means a lot to me. when i was a kid, it was the the the redskins are the ravens. >> one of us is going to lose, but either way, maryland wins. dodge the wide receiver smith knows what davis is talking about. while the two did not play together, they do talk to each other quite often, they have a huge mutual respect. >> we are on offense, so we don't compete against each other but we both represent our teams and i am excited about it

and i am happy for him. >> like most of the players on sunday, this is his first super bowl, too. jerry has sports coming out soon. >> pretty good weather on the gulf coast, showers and storms approaching. it should move through the region as the evening wears on and into the day tomorrow. clouds and showers building up, but look at the temperatures. currently 73 with the south wind at 11 miles an hour. if you make the trek down for the weekend, it will not be quite as warm, but nice. nighttime low on the chilly side in the 40's. perfect football weather under the dome, but if you are out and about in new orleans over the

weekend, 40's at night. temperatures soaring with a warm front pushing past baltimore. 24 degrees warmer than this day. at falls short of the record set in 1975, tying the all-time record low a couple times in baltimore. one of those times as on the twenty ninth of january in 1963. we will continue tonight seeing temperatures all the way back in the western maryland at this hour, 67 at college park right now and 56. inland locations will stay in the 40's tonight at the normal high this time of year but watch for patchy areas of dense fog. the overnight temperatures may produce some thick fog. heavy to severe thunderstorms are breaking out with tornado watches and the fact.

no reports of factual touchdowns yet, the storm system in the 60's and 70's. >> arctic air pushing south and we will see the transition happen here during the day tomorrow and into thursday morning. the front will come rolling through and that is why the national weather service is indicating a slight risk for severe thunderstorms to break out tomorrow evening. the front actually gets here tomorrow night after sunset so it will limit the instability, but with a strong front moving through, thursday the front moves off of the coast. we have falling temperatures thursday and by friday will be cold enough so the next little one that arrives will produce a light snow maybe friday morning. it shows you how dramatic the temperatures will change from 63-68 to maybe snow friday morning. showers and storms late in the

day tomorrow, showing the temperature dropped and will head the mid 60's tomorrow. 55 thursday morning and friday, a cut in of light snow possible in the morning, snow showers laundering saturday and sunday with it we can high in the 30's. >> never know what is going to happen on super bowl week and that includes the weather. the dark clouds and rain that role lead over the superdome on media day. 5000 media members of the standing on the field today to talk to the forty-niners and the ravens. some media members wearing the strangest outfits you will ever see. a lot of members of the media actually brought microphones and pens and that's the talk with the players. you get the feeling this is like a birthday party.

all this attention is for us, players have watched this event for years as it has begun part of the staple of super bowl week but it has a unique sense of what you experienced that the media attention is all about the baltimore ravens. an hour and 15 minutes into the spotlight, one of the purpose of making it to the super bowl. >> everyone is there, i am excited about it. i can't wait for it to come down on thursday. the game might be a little different. you can be overwhelmed if you think about it. >> play how you have been playing to get one game done. and at the end of the game, when the zero was on the clock.

>> i don't think he is doing anything different. i don't think people were giving him the respect he was too early on in the season. i think he has played great all year, to say that we have been on the last couple of weeks, i am glad people get a chance to see him. >> bragging, he has been part of the podium time apologizing today for a comment he made shortly after the reagans arrived at the team hotel when he got to new orleans. flacco made the comment when asked about the cold weather super bowl next year in new york, he said the decision was "retarded." he apologizes saying it was a bad choice of words, wished he hadn't said it. he said he has a great relationship with special olympics and has had one for many years.

he did not mean to offend anyone and he definitely apologizes for it. on the topic of lightning rod comments, rayless in the spotlight today because of the attention drawn to him from an alleged story that alleges that ray lewis took a substance that was banned on the nfl's list of banned substance. it considers to be a 2-year-old story. the products he has used are not one that are on the nfl banned substance list. as we continue with the media day circus that is new orleans, the crowd continues to grow and the media continues to arrive. the good news is tomorrow practice resumes. that is because they will

practice at the exact time and will begin warming up for the super bowl. i presume that also includes the media. we're back with the seven-day forecast coming out.

>> a new acting county executive tonight after two guilty verdicts in the misconduct trial of john leopold. and meet the media on a super stage as ravens players are using the super bowl for noble purposes. purposes. le