bob ehrlich is desperate, and he'll say anything to get elected. negative attacks the media have repeatedly called "dishonest" and "total malarkey." and why can't we trust bob ehrlich? because he raised taxes and fees by $3 billion then denied it... because he says he's for us, but made $2.5 million at a special interest lobbying firm. and ehrlich says he'll cut education again if elected governor. bob ehrlich-- a career politician we really can't trust.

it's not over yet, just one day after city teachers vote down a controversial new contract, the teachers union pushes for a second chance. what happens next? hello i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. city schoolteachers turned out in record numbers to vote on new contracts that would change the way they are paid and they rejected it. wjz is live at police headquarters. the contract would have paid teachers differently in response to student performance. good afternoon gigi barnett. >> reporter: the baltimore teachers union negotiated with leaders for 8 months on the proposed contract. now it's back to negotiating table. after two day vote,

schoolteachers say no to a change this the contract and the way principals will calculate their paychecks. thousands of the districts 6500 teachers voted. >> i'm voting against it because i feel as though i did not receive enough information. about the new contract. >> it's a great way to show respect for teachers. we know they are under appreciated and underpaid. it's a smart way to do it. >> reporter: the contract would do away with the teachers pay raises by tenure and masters degrees and the new would be based on achievement. the better students perform the better the money they receive. >> our teachers should not be thought as missionaries they are professionals we wanted to make sure that they got compensated as professionals which would make us competitive with richer counties. >> reporter: education experts watched out the teachers would

responds because the new contact would have give them more say in how the schools have operated. >> the schools have unique identities and challenges, that we needed to make sure that if a large number of teachers in the school felt they needed to do something in a better way, they could, it's not possible now. >> reporter: most teachers voted against the contract because they didn't have enough time to review it, they only had two weeks. the union will go back out to schools to give the teachers the education and the information they need about this contract. the leaders say they they will work with teachers when they are ready to go back to the negotiating table. >> teachers current contract ends the last day of this month. investigators are looking in to deadly construction accident in arundel county. it happened yesterday afternoon in gambles a roof collapsed at

wall chapel elementary burying a worker he died from injuries. developing story out of south of dallas texas where police say someone robbed a bank and took employees hostage. police are searching for a suspect after several employees inside a texas bank were held hostage during a robbery they were locked inside the vault while the suspects fled. all employees have been found safe. the robber is still at large. in the midst of the nationwide investigation in to foreclosures, judges could be given more power in the procedures. kai jackson has the latest on this. >> good afternoon. maryland judiciary is considering expanding the power after audits found hundreds of bogus affidavits were filed in court. judges would be allowed to hear cases if there is reason to suspect a affidavit is invalid. he could order the person what submitted the foreclosure document to testify under

penalty of perjury. the proposal would go before the court of appeals and next rules meeting on tuesday. attorneys general from 50 states are investigating claims mortgage companies mishandled documents and broke laws on foreclosing on hundreds of thousands of homes. races between reed and tea party endorsed angle. >> reporter: there was some good news for the senate top democrats this morning a conservative newspaper in his home state of nevada says he is backing harry reid. the paper says it does not support liberal policies but if he loses it could cause permanent damage to the mining industry. the endorsement comes a day after the debate between reed and his opponent, sharon angle. live in a middle class

neighborhood in reno nevada, reed lives in the ritz carlton in washington dc. >> she says he has been in washington too long. he says she is too extreme. >> my opponent dun like any insurance companys to have to do anything, against mammograms and colon os copys. >> reporter: reed is a top democrat in congress and republicans targeted him in their bid to take back the senate. race is one of the closeest and nastiest in the nation with both sides on the attack. the republicans also have their sight set on biden old's seat in delaware where tea party backed daled is facing coons. president obama is giving coon as boost today. democrats hold the edge in the race, with republicans expected to make big gains where else

they are taking nothing for granted. in washington. president obama has also campaigned in illinois trying to keep his old senate seat from changing hands to the republicans. it is a homecoming celebration more than two months the miking for several miners in chile. three have been released from the hospital and returned home to their families. more expected to be released today. the president visited them in the hospital yesterday. chile's mining minister says the tragedy proves the resilience of the human spirit. >> from the miners, we have learned that you have fight until the end. you never can give up. you never have to stop fighting. >> after spending 69 days trapped underground the men are global celebrities family members say they agree to pool and share the money made from

future interviews, book or movie deal. a picture perfect afternoon around here. seasonal temperatures. take a look outside now. we should see evidence of sunshine. mixed in with fair weather clouds and a tiny bit of a breeze. wjz has first warning weather coverage for you. marty bass in the outback. nrs tim williams in the weather center, good afternoon. >> good afternoon everyone. definitely we are dealing with everything we are dealing with weather wise revolves around the nor east their rolled through yesterday. i want to show you first warning live doppler radar, nor'easter in to new england. all the rotation is doing one of two things bringing winds in to our region or bringing in what you see there, just a little bit of energy that dove out of the great lakes and south. that is casting the clouds out there that marty was talking

about gunking up the work. look at the temperatures. lack at 60 at bwi marshal. 262 ocean city. 46 closer to the north and west winds. 54 cumberland. winds not too extreme. 18 miles per hour winds at the airport. didn't stop important flights from taking off. 4 ocean city. 18 elkton. gusts in the mid-20s. could see them up 30 miles per hour. 33 in the last hour. the forecast is definitely dictating another activity that's going on this weekend, labor day more on that, out to marty bass. >> reporter: thank you very much. good afternoon. that area of low pressure is over new england. where the ravens are playing on sunday. let's go ahead and take a look at the forecast. the nor'easter should be gone. more importantly the winds should be diminishing. we will call it breezy winds 17 to 18 miles per hour. 55 degrees kickoff 1:00 here on

wjz tv 13, your ravens station. sunny conditions up in the boston metro area for the football game. sunny and warm conditions in the baltimore metro area for the football game. tim williams with the late weekend details coming up shortly. now back inside. rain or shine, going to be plenty of football to watch this weekend. catch the action here on wjz. join me, mark marty and damon sunday on wjz13, before the ravens head to foxboro, turps head south on saturday to take on the tigers in south carolina. that's live here on wjz13. let's hope you like football. still to come on wjz at noon, surprising end to an

anger management class. find out what september a woman to a hospital and another to jail. expensive parking space how a sports car ended up in the ocean. a live look outside this noon, winds picked up federal hill. your complete first warningwet forecast is coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

president bomb become may have passed health insurance overhaul legislation but the battle of health care reform could be heading to court. 20 states seeking to overturn the law can go ahead with parts of the lawsuit. represents including florida texas and alaska say forcing people to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. washington woman is recovering this morning after she stabbed while attending an anger management class. >> i thought she was going to punch and hit me. i felt the knife go in. >> police say the woman got in to an argument with a classmate and the other woman stabbed her

in the arm and shoulder. she needed stitches put says she is doing okay. the other student is facing serious assault charges. go people in california in hot water after they drove their vehicle in to cold water. they seemed to purposely drive a corvette in to the pacific ocean. when police arrived they took the driver and passenger in to custody. the driver will be charged and then fined for the time and effort it's going to take to remove the car from the water. >> only in san diego. >> high priced car to ruin that way. still ahead on wjz eye witness news at noon, take a live look outside, stay tuned, meteorologist tim williams will be back in 2 and a half minutes with the first morning weather forecast. ,,

imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes.

that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust.

i had a shitzu mix. she is a year and a half old. she is 85% shitzu. they don't spread dander and

they are real smart. she needs a home. she has been brought from shelter to shelter. came from the baltimore county shelter. they are great dogs. there is the number. together we can make a difference for pets that do need a home. >> look at that. good time of year, they don't like the heat. brisk outside. you are going to have a great weekend. new home and great weather. tim williams with the details. >> with the yellow scarf and that little dog you might have a kite. nice and seasonably cool, 60 at bwi marshal. 46 oakland. 54 cumberland. nor'easter starting to roll out of the area. creating a bit of a wind dynamic here.

show you how it's playing in to the forecast. several digits around the region. gusts in the mid-20s, 26 miles per hour winds at the airport. 33 down in ocean city. we have been talking about winds gusting to 30 map. wa we are seeing is the rotation around the nor'easter. creating energy diving out at the great lakes. the rain portion is moving to the south, it is casting clouds in to our direction. what we are seeing is a little bit of sunshine and clouds move in to the region periodically. temperatures level out nicely. we see a lot of sun through the weekend. we will be breezy today and tomorrow. tomorrow the baltimore running event going on, we will be dealing with cooler temperatures as that starts. sun sets 6:28. small craft advisory. winds on the bay, gusting up to 30. 66 today. breezy and seasonably cool. chance of showers as as long as the system is to the south. clear and breezy tonight.

42. 65 tomorrow. mostly sunny and breezy. marty will have your five day forecast in a moment. here are the top stories, updates and the news and first warning weather forecast, log on to wjz.com. we'll be rightht,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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