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which ends in december 2014. they include councilmembers and legislators. john hammond, the acting county executive right now, has said he is not interested in keeping the job. by from annapolis, david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> prosecutors rested their case today against michael johnson, the man accused of killing north carolina a teenager for leisure barnes. they heard a taped phone call between johnson and a female friend. he can be heard talking about the case and laughing. they hope will prove to be incriminating, but they called the conversation irrelevant. also taking the stand, a neighbor who saw he -- who said he saw johnson wrecking hard to remove abn from where he was -- a bin where he was staying.
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it is a family affair in new orleans, as john harbaugh and jim go head-to-head in super bowl xlvii. >> is that down for a joint press conference to talk about the day. mindy basara and was of the ravens, gerry sandusky, are there. how did it go today? >> it went spectacularly well and it sets the tone for a unique super bowl. usually on super bowl friday, they have separate press conferences. for the first time ever brother match up, they sat down and talk to the media together. it really set the tone. when i know this is competitive, but it's a very collegial atmosphere. >> they are very different. that was quite evident today. >> brothers, yes. identical box not even close. watch the mannerism the before the historic press conference. john thomas smiling and relaxed.
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jim nervously chewing his nails. and then the fun began. >> in normal friday practice. we will move on from there. it's your turn. >> i concur. >> would you hire your brother? >> yes, definitely. and i would work for him, sure. >> i concur. >> a philosophical commonalities? i would be hard pressed to spell philosophical right now. >> maybe even commonality. >> it proved of natural a the idea they both became coaches. one brother will suffer a painful loss, but there will be no hard feelings from the winner or the loser. >> the possibility to take away a dream of his to the bill your own, is that hard at all? >> no. [laughter] >> the band of brothers will be
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on the sideline. that will be the band of brothers in that competition. >> jack harbaugh house earned some much credit for molding his boys and to world class coaches, but do not forget about their mom, jackie. >> can you find one or two things you have learned from your mother that you apply in your coaching career? [laughter] >> basically made it very clear that we were to have each other's back no matter what. >> as you can see, the ravens fans are the ones making the noise. [cheers] >> they are ready to go. we have seen so many ravens fans in fansxlvii apparel. -- fans in super bowl apprel. it may cost like it, but it
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might not be real. lowell melser has more on that. >> 200,000 people are expected to show up. with that many people coming, up skimmers are licking their chops. there are fake merchandise and even fake tickets. but the record crowd expected for the superbowl, federal officials say saddam artists will be out in full force and nothing is off limits. >> my personal favorite is this counterfeit superbowl ring from superablexliv -- supeer bowl xliv. here, someone has gone out and actually counterfeit the ring. >> baker jerseys, baseball hats,
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t-shirts. they are heavily counterfeited. they showed 11 news these two ravens web sites. the one on the right is real. the one on the left is fake. >> there is nothing baltimore or ravens about it. >> we've of the affairs and asked if they're more aware about the targeting. >> we're not buying it in there, but on the streets? i would be concerned. >> another popular fake item, a ticket to the game and there is nothing a fan can do as they are turned away. >> it is horribly sad for people who bring their whole family down. they get scams and there is no recourse because these are generally cash exchanges. there's nowhere you can go to file a complaint. after that, the scam artist is already out of town.
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>> they said they searched reputable businesses. >> we went to stub hub. they already had the ticket in hand. we are picking up down here. >> both government and nfl officials say to do your research. >> be careful. but it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. quite the nfl says there is nothing they can do for people who come here to the super bowl this year with a fake tickets. in years past, they were able to try to sell them a ticket at face value, but this year, this event is sold out. coming up by 11, we take a look at super bowl by the numbers. as an example, concessions. they are expecting to sell 15,000 units of notches. that's just a sneak peek. we take a closer look tonight at 11. live at the super bowl, mindy,
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gerry sandusky, back to you. >> we will be careful with what we buy. right now, the popular color in new orleans is purple. >> purple everywhere. check it out behind us. so much excitement. >> back to you. >> back to you, guys. >> it we heard them loud and clear. from roblin is out on the town celebrating this purple friday. >> we are here. look at all the fans. they're ready for sunday's game! happy fans. super bowl sunday. we've been here for two or three weeks, and they're fired up and taking ravens to the super bowl. it's purple friday everywhere.
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and the inner harbor, "today" was in town with natalie morales to kick off purple friday. she even tried the scroll downs with abram marine -- squirrell dance with ava marie. >> they were sharing their support for the team. >> we are headquartered here in baltimore. we love our ravens. >> down at the state house, the elected officials were showing their purple pride. >> what time is it? back again time. >> what time is it? >> game time. >> >> it young or old, everyone loves the ravens. give me an r give me an a give me a v
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give me an e give me an n >> ravens! >> a big crowd for a big rally. along with some of the cheerleaders, everyone is behind their team. >> i am so excited. we're going to go all the way. there is no doubt this is our year. >> they're going to pull off. ray lewis is motivated. this is let go's year. >> i cannot wait. i wish i was there. everybody does. >> 35-14, ravens. >> for ravens great michael mccrery from the 2000 super bowl team is confident the ravens will do the job on sunday. >> talk about a team that has kept something going and have the heart and the passion to
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fight through anything. the ravens are a perfect example. >> we are back here at bill bateman's. everybody ready? one, two, three. [sings ravens theme] >> ravens derrin for sunday. we're having a ball. we are going to the super bowl. reporting live, rob roblin, wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> things to all the fans there. the super bowl frenzy heating up in new orleans with two days left until the big game. or all the latest, tune in to ravens special later tonight with mindy basara and the voice of the ravens jerry sandusky for the ravens countdown beginning tonight at 7:30 right here on tv 11. >> i think we proved we have the best fans in the country bar
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she left with one parting shot to her critics say in the refusal to accept the fact of the attack in libya are regretful. she told american foreign service worker that she is ready for some rest dr. blogging 1 million miles in the air. seceding her senator john kerry. >> no-covered roof tops this morning as rush hour picked up. the road conditions right a little bit slippery, especially on secondary roads. >> it was really slippery. everyone was fighting. everywhere i go, people are sliding. this is not the right kind of weather to be in. >> your tires are out of control. >> luckily, the storm quickly passed. we will check in right now with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. he will tell us what we can
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expect later. >> your 11 insta-weather + forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> we made around two coming in tomorrow night. the fox town that st. james academy, they were right on top of things today. barometers, barometers, weather balloons, all of it in a beautiful setting there. hello, fourth graders. i had a great time this afternoon. a little slippery the seven men with the system running across the mid-atlantic. it was really right on schedule. but down about what we thought, and injured two in spots. parts of central delaware around over with almost 6 inches. the closer to the coast, more moisture was brought in. really a dusting to an inch or two in spots, but you could see how quickly it was moving
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president don threw between four and nine. behind it, gusting wind and cold. we were 11 below the average for the day. we have been getting progressively colder through the afternoon. 25 in salzburg. look at the mountains. this is a warning. if you're going to the mountains this weekend, it's really cold out there. 5 degrees in oakland. the wind chill makes it feel like 11 below zero. single-digit suggest to the north and west of baltimore. breezy conditions will ease up a little bit, but the cold is hanging around. the good news tonight is that the wind will come down to 5-15 miles per hour. this will be getting quickly out of the radar range, but the upper midwest as important for the weekend as a new batch dropping into minnesota and iowa, approaching chicago.
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this will be zipping along moving in our direction very quickly and will probably get here with some light snow tomorrow night into sunday morning. the current timing keeping quiet during the day. it looks like the snow will hold off until after sunset. we will get some light snow and shower is going lingering into early sunday morning. a few additional flurries or showers may pop up, but most of the activity will be late saturday night and sunday morning. mostly cloudy tomorrow in the snow coming in the evening. southwest wind, 6-12 m.p.h.. most locations beginning around 9 or 10, we will start to see some accumulation and a dusting to an inch or two in the baltimore area. it forecast your heading west, the high tomorrow only around 19. two or 4 inches of snow and more
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accumulation likely in garrett and allegany counties on sunday. snow showers tomorrow evening continuing into sunday with highs in the 30's. look for some scattered showers and that summer and possibly mixing in. york fortunate enough to have to is the super bowl and you are heading down there tomorrow, the weekend looks good. in the 60's for a high. partially cloudy. a lot more like winter up this way. mid 30's on sunday. staying in the 30's for monday through thursday with additional snow showers tuesday and wednesday. >> from the susquehanna by export center, this is a love and sports. >> with your live from just outside the ravens team hotel in new orleans where preparations are winding down and tension winding up. today, the practice that the same facility. it worked out a deal so both teams could use the st.'s
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college practice field instead of the ravens practicing on the two-lane practice field -- tulane field. they held a joint press conference and they had always held separate ones before this. the first-ever brother vs. brother superbowl with all kinds of new standards being set. both praised each other and their mentor and dad, jack. this day, this week, this super bowl. it may show more for the power of family. one of these guys going out the lows on sunday. >> i would love to work for jim. it would be the greatest thing in the world. it would be an honor to have him
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here. you always want to give it great coaches and there is none better than jim. >> other than jack. roger dell held his annual state of the game a press conference -- roger goodell held his state of the game. concussions and head injuries on the very top of the list. not the four recuring players but the future of the game. president obama recently said he had a summit, he was not sure he would let them play. penn lot of mothers are concerned about the safety of their songs in the game of football. that is what the commissioner has made job one priority one insuring reduced injuries for the future. >> we have seen an escalation in discipline. we're trying to take these
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techniques out of the game. i think it was about four years ago at this very press conference when i said we have to take these hits out of the game that we think have a higher risk for causing injuries. the focus was on defensive players. i stand by the record. we have made those changes to make the and safer. >> from this point forward until they kick off, players are off limits to the media. that filing gave me a chance to spend some time cruising around town today and getting a sense of the fans who continue to flood in for the big game. come on along for a walking tour of the french quarter pinnules you and i discovered this afternoon. ravens band out number the 49er fans 5, 6, 721. -- 7 to 1. there's no animosity between the
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