getting sued. >> several lawsuits on behalf of patients were filed today stemming from the case of dr. nikita levy, the obgyn who police say killed themself up the learning he was under investigation for secretly a photograph in patients during exams. >> hundreds of dr. nikita levy's patients have contacted lawyers for more information and and and the pursuit of justice. the lawsuits claim the hospital should have done more to keep an eye on dr. nikita levy. >> she is among the first former patients to file a medical malpractice and negligence lawsuit against dr. nikita levy's former employer, a johns hopkins. authorities say he committed suicide this week after they began investigating him for secretly photographeding and

video taping patience during exams. >> i would like for all his patients to receive some sort of compensation. >> the attorneys representing patients are currently able to gather more informational about what happened because of subpoena power. >> we look forward to finding out what happened. >> police say there were at least 1100 patients addendum is scarce in 1988. most of them do not know a thing where photographs are videotaped and if so, what's levy did with the images. he represents 685 of his patients and filed for one of them in the hopes of making it a class action lawsuit. >> believe johns hopkins has failed in its duty to be sure they are safe. >> they claim john's hopkins

knew or should have known of dr. nikita levy's alleged conduct and that the hospital bridged their duties and standards by negligently failing to discover, stop and report dr. levy. the client also claims this went dion photos and videos to battery -- this went beyond photos and videos to battery. in a statement earlier, the john hopkins hospital said they fired dr. nikita levy a day after an employee anointed -- an employee alerted officials what was gone. >> the man named to oversee that police training academy is now leaving the department to take another dog. just last week, the police commissioner named major joseph smith after a serious incident a

week and a half ago. now a lieutenant colonel will assume command. >> safety is top priority. my goal is to make sure the academy is the safest the environment for our officers and bring it to the national forefront >> two of the six officers who were suspended after the shooting have been reinstated. this comes after work --wor dht e hast the wounded traine been released from hospital. the guidelines that followed include no weapons allowed within a state sen area area and a safety officer should be present and require all role

players to respect each other to make sure no weapons are present. >> an alleged case of baltimore colts in. they claim he was running an animal rescue the abused animals instead of helping them. mr. gear says that is not true. tonight he is free on bail and telling his story. attorney is an's animal lover. he is accused of animal cruelty. >> i agree to represent him because i believe in him. >> he was arrested thursday and charged with 23 counts of animal cruelty. prosecutors say they found 18 puppies and five dogs living in deplorable conditions. >> stacked in crates that in some cases were too small for them to turn around. the conditions were felt safe.

>> baltimore county animal control says 4 dogs had to be unionized, 3 went to other rescues and the rest were adopted. >> there does not appear to be any facts to support any allegations, of animal abuse. >> gear says he saved animals from kill shelters. >> he does not make a lot of money doing it. he is looking out for their help in well-being. but his name has been destroyed in the industry. >> the three largest animal shelters in the area said they had never heard of him or have no relationship with him. the last 8 months they say they have been fielding complaints that dogs were being sold on craiglist, they were sick and living in filth. >> this so-called rescue

operation has been on baltimore county's radar since last october. >> gear is worried about the dots that will be put to sleep because his rescue its shutdown. >> the baltimore county police say a woman was hurt after being attacked by her own pit bull. it happen this afternoon in the 7600 block of north pointe road the two dogs then ran away. both were late found but one had to be shot and killed a black officers because of its aggressive behavior. -- and killed by the officers because of its aggressive behavior. >> the committee signed off on a measure late last night with the following amendments -- lawmk akers tighten the mental health provision.

the gun licensing fee has been reduced and the renewal fee was cut from $100 to $20. the fire arms training hours were reduced from 8 hours to 4. the state police have the authority to regulate gun shops and gun enthusiasts can own fire arms that have only one copy caught -- copycat feature of a firearm that has been banned. hoper served in the executive director of the oliver economic development corp.. she also served as a liaison between government agencies and businesses. >> the new county executive of anne arundel county says she is ready to tackle the job. laura neuman was sworn in this

morning. she replaces john leopold who resigned after being found guilty of misconduct. she recess she remains undeterred -- she says she remains undeterred. >> let's let the county council elected a new county executive. >> the one nobody knows it in about. >> mine isn't as one for excellence in anne arundel county. we will be a leader of the dead of the state of maryland. >> she was the ceo of the howard county economic development authority. >> the supreme court is expected to hear oral arguments listed the maryland asked whether police can collected dna samples from people under arrest. in the past, maryland require people convicted of serious crimes to provide dna samples but in 2009, the law changed so that people only arrested on

certain violent crimes have to provide dna samples. the samples were then compared against the database of dna evidence from crime scenes of on assault cases. those samples have led to 43 convictions. the ap reports 29 of those convictions could happen without the change in maryland law. those suspects dna with the been collected under the old lot of they had been convicted. some attorneys argue that is not all and that taking dna is vital to solving crimes. >> the white house is painting a grim picture of unprotected national parks as a result of the automatic spending cuts due to begin march 1. >> $85 billion of costs are set to kick in but the white house and lawmakers are still deadlocked. >> with washington in panic mode again, some in this town say

this is just another manufactured crisis. from countdown clocks to hashtag headlines. >> where is the president's plan? >> and doomsday predictions. >> this is not an attraction. people will lose their jobs. >> the days of 11th-hour negotiations are over. >> think back to the debt in debate, is a cliff and now the massive government cuts. >> in many such a crisis that is unnecessary. >> a crisis curtail this past week on capitol hill. when lawmakers return from recess, the fight starts all over again. >> nothing happens until maximum political pressure. >> no one knows better than jim manly. >> the political process is broken. there is a lack of willingness to compromise. >> partisan politicking, the

normal? >> for a democratic system, this is bad. we hope the legislator will be able to put politics aside, said at a table and come to some agreement. >> the president and congress have until march 1 to reach an agreement. the president told reporters hope springs eternal. >> have berger cookies gone the way of twinkies? the factory has been quiet in the company posted a statement saying the shortage was due to a family illness. but the city health department's as it jet down production because the facility was operating without a full license. the family told 11 news it helps to presume reduction -- production next week and apologizes for the shortage. >> get ready to pay more on paybge bill. -- pay more on your bge bill.

>> some icy patches possible

>> bge customers may be surprised when they receive their next meal. they got improved to increase gas and electricity rates and they begin tomorrow. >> bge plans to spend $3 billion over the next five years. officials say it is now possible without raising rates. 1.2 million customers depend on

bge for gas and electric service. brian struggles to make ends meet every month. >> the rates are already high enough. i do not know how they expect people to make it. >> they will see an increase on the bills starting saturday. according to the commission for the average customer, the increase comes to $3.30 a month for electricity and $2.70 for gas. >> that is probably reasonable. is just a tough time to do it with the added taxes and gas prices spiking. >> bge officials said the rate hikes are about improving and investing in imports doctor like pipes, wires and chins farmers. >> it is an emperor structure

have a system -- it is a very system.frastucture >> it does fall short of what we need going fowarrward. >> some of the money will go to state and federal mandates for safety and reliability products such as more aggressive tree trimming which could indicate widespread outages. >> this is something we will be doing more regularly. we will seek more adjustments to rates because we have such a man's in terms of investment that we have to make -- we have such demans in terms of of investments that we have to make. >> now your 11 insta weather

plus forecast. >> look the rain gauges. not a lot of precipitation but with temperatures near freezing, it does not take a lot. a little drizzle could cause of icy patches. about baltimore right now, in a little light drizzle. the heavier rain will be along the coast and the eastern shore was some wider range or drizzle around the baltimore area overnight. keeping a close eye on some steadier showers across the gulf coast. as long as the temperatures are hovering near freezing, be prepared to encounter in the and i see password to overnight -- to encounter a patch or two

overnight. much colder than the normal high of 47. below reason temperatures in western baltimore county. close to freezing for much of howard county. naer freezing in -- near freezing in cockeysville. the little mother on the eastern shore -- a little milder on the eastern shore. the airport has been at or below freezing for a good part of the evening. use caution, especially on colder surfaces, sidewalks, elevated bridges, those things will be more prone to freezing up overnight. a lot over the great lakes, this doug some heavy snow into the great lakes. that one is falling apart.

we're expecting temperatures to be above freezing for most areas. light rain tomorrow morning. clearing from the west. sunshine on sunday. another storm arrives towards the middle of next week. tomorrow, look for some rain. 42-47 degrees. rain tapering off in the afternoon. but weather early in the morning and then gradually tapering off in the afternoon. western maryland, wintry mix. icy conditions out there now. changing to snow tomorrow. flurries on sunday. eastern shore, can measure some of this rain tomorrow. 46 degrees. same thing on the coast. a chance for a steady rain

tomorrow than sunny skies and 50 on sunday. baltimore, watch for icy patches small morning. rain in the afternoon. mostly cloudy monday. sunshine sunday. another wintry mix tuesday of next week. >> from what i'm seeing on twitter, the first lady is on jimmy fallon. >> also we will have him give us a rundown on what to expect in late night. >> meredith viera and we go jaywalking. >> the first lady of the united states, michelle obama, is my guess. plus scarlet johanson. it is a great scope -- great show.

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>> now 11 sports. >> a big weekend ahead for the ravens. diving into early contract talks of joe flacco's agent. the ravens have until march 3 to

complete a deal to avoid having to use one of the two franchise tax on flacco. the retirement of ray lewis makes 59 the team's number 2 priority behind flacco. now matt birk is retiring. he says he has known for some time he would retire. the center mid the official announcement during a visit to an elementary school today. -- made the official announcement during a visit to an elementary school today. s comeuess i always back to just after the game on that deal with my teammates and my family. that moment, that long mome nt, i'll have that forever. that is a great thing.

>> days announcement -- #66 up to the front. he will not make and win a $20 million next season. another wild finished ninth. derrick lewis. check out this pass. beautiful. up 2. 8 seconds left of regulate . -- left of regulation. onto over time. under a minutes ago. down 2. gary johnson from the wing for a three. got it. in the other quarterfinals,

loyola at number two. mt. st joe's. sweet cross over. they had them workig today. the skoop. mt st. joe's advances. every orioles player we have heard from this spring and belize last year's playoff experience will help the team this year. -- this spring believes last year's playoff experience will help the team this year. the confidence is set to last a long time before october rises again. >> they are engaged. understand the level we have to be at to compete. i have to bcareful about stating the obvious to these guys because they will give you that look.

have a very long memory. they are excited to be back together again. >> the orioles announced they will wear a patch on their uniforms this season honoring the late orioles manager earl weaver. some of the orioles will have a moment of silence to honor the late weaver. >> that is very nice. is it true one of his sayings was the team has deep depth? >> i can't repeat most of the santa lahood rehberg -- most of his saints on television. on ost of huiis sayings television.

>> we have light precipitation and temperatures near freezing. be careful driving home. if you have to be out early tomorrow morning, there could be some black eyes. it freezes on contact with cold services, especially bridges.

winter weather advisory west of the bay. here's the rest of the weekend -- rain tomorrow tapers off in the afternoon. mid 40's. sunday, some sunshine. snow tuesday morning changing to a sleet and rain. >> bring it on. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org--

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