the governor revealed a spending plan that shifts much of the burden to the counties and you the taxpayer. we have the break down for you. >> we often hear it's not easy to live on a teacher salary, the pensions and benefits cost about a billion dollars each year. >> probably the only one that covers 100% of the costs. >> reporter: to help address the deficit the governor plans to shift half of the pension burden for teacher or approximately $240 million back to the county. the governor suggested school boors may be less likely to make salary concessions and negotiation was unions if they will incur the impacts on the pension see you. hartford executive david craig said state mandates like requiring full day preschool fueled the hiring of more teachers in the first place. >> limit the ability to expand the number of teacher those

have which is also a lot of the thing that the state hassin sifted, they are the one that has changed the class size, from 25 to 23 for elementary school. that means have you to have more teachers. >> reporter: the governor has proposed capping income tax deductions and rolling back, exemptions for those with household incups above 150,000. >> a family of four earning 150,000 would pay $191 more. >> reporter: one out of five would pay the higher taxes. they make no mention of a gas tax hike. at the state house,abc 2news. >> if approved the proposed income tax hike would generate about $300 million and about a third would go to the county. the governor says the budget lawmakers go to work -- what do you think are the most

important issue? a poll out and they did this last week and they only talked to registered voterrers and the economy and jobs were the biggest concerns, almost 49% file feel this way. that is the first time that number has been below 50% in two years. education as a distant second at about 12.5%. taxes 11% and the deficit in 4th. just 5% concerned about that. the latest now from howard county where police say they have found and questioned a woman in connection to the town home where 40 dead animals were found in columbia. about half of them were found in a freezer, the other half didn't get food, water and heat. the national aquarium said a person of interest in the investigation used to work for them but police have not released her name. maryland state police have now charged a baltimore county man with injuring a state trooper in a hit and run on

sunday. the 30-year-old matthew woods was charged with failing to remain at the scene of an accident and other charges after turning himself in. police say he was driving on 83 when he hit jason james who was doing a traffic stop. james was taken to the hospital where he was treated released. ward fled the scene but troopers say media coverage let them identity him. the department of natural resources promotion to catch the snake heads appears to have been a success. anglers caught 81 in a contest to help get rid of them. one, dutch baldwin caught 266 them using a bow. using a bow. that guy is good. another man caught a 16-pound snake head also using a bow. the dnr is promoting them for seafood lovers to help get rid

of them. there was a sign of winter today in the area. flurries fell in westminister and we caught them all. that was actually what they call lake effect snow and it called down in a hurry with temperatures in the 50s into the low 30s. how cool will it get for tonight? wyatt joining us now with the forecast. >> reporter: it'll be a lot colder at 20s. with the winds letting up later, it's wind chill in the 20s already. north and west i tell you can see what is left of the lake effect streamers, briefly moved out of pennsylvania and reached down into western maryland including clipping carroll county. those are a done deal now. zoom in, look at the wind from the northwest. five to 15, gusty, the 30s feeling like 20s with the wind chill factor. how about farm? temperatures climbing through the 30s. up to 41, less wind so i think  tomorrow will seem mildler to you but by tomorrow night

things start to cloud up again, chances for snow flurries, we have all that in the weekend coming up. >> it seems ravens fans just can't get enough, showing off their purple passion. now a brand new t-shirt fans can get. look at this. it's ray lentless. it went on sail here. they are made by nightmare graphics and you can find them at many sport stores, ray lentless. and you have until midnight tonight to try to win tickets to the game. the ravens are giving out a golden ticket to a lucky fan tomorrow morning but you have to show your team pride to get it. >> reporter: it has folks run around four counties and baltimore city. we will tell you where one of the spots is right now. the team has spray painted golden ravens heads in different places in baltimore city, county, howard county,

hartford and carroll. what you have to do is take a picture in front of one much them and up load it to the ravens facebook. the team will pick one lucky person for ticketsw. he will tell you where one is. it's at the townsend town mall. that's where we found aaron johnson trying to get a picture of all of them. >> have been to downtown inner harbor and took the first one and then made our way out here and now we are going to columbia. we went on nfl and looked at the familiar pictures and some people had like a background in some of them and we used -- that's the inner harbor and -- there is harbor place so it's between them. >> reporter: while you only need to find one of them to send in you -- if you want to send in the five you have to be at a different golden raven each time. the contest runs from midnight tonight and the winner will be picked from all the photograph

that are sent in tomorrow morning. good luck. abc 2news. >> get out the numbers to tell everybody where they are. >> i know at -- i know where three of them are. >> that's good. that's go. go. >> the focus of the facility should be about sunday's game but first, we have to get rid of the comments we heard last night on the radio. much of the media had different questions to ask today. appearing on ed was critical of the ravens performance and said the quarterback seemed rattled by the texans. at the team conference they say it's not a distraction and everybody has talked it out. >> i think we all just comment on the things we neat to do better as a team. so it's -- we just know what we have to do to get it done is to play better. >> that was on the radio

station. now it's time to get serious and everybody feels good in the locker room and they are getting the game plan together for the big game and despite what is swirl around baltimore and the country about joe one person was complimenting him, hines ward, here you want to feel my forehead. do i have something? while on the nfl network show total access he said joe is a winner saying he has to play a great game against the patriots with you he can win. is he a winner. that's from hines ward. the ravens and the patriots looking past the game to make sure they are ready for the super bowl. that included a look at the colts facility. this say picture tweeted by the pr guy brian mcarthy. visiting the practice facility yesterday. should they win on sunday they will use the practice facility leading up to the super bowl.

that is not the ravens decision, that's already been decided on by the nfl and whoever wins the afc championship will practice here at the facility. let us know if you are heading off, we will post the tweets on the website movement the owner of the carosuel won't back down after the city said it needs to go. the upper said he hasn't been able to make the payments. terribles say they have been trying to reach a solution but they sent the owner a letter saying it needs to be shut down by the end of next month and moved away from its location next to the science center by the end of march. >> 31 years in this place. i never thought they would want to get rid of it. this is just unbelievable to me

that they want to get rid of it. it's a historic, american icon. >> the city officials say that's what should happen. irene who is the director of special projects told us the bdc has tried to work with him for more than five years and we regret that we were not able to find a solution that would make it financially and operationly viable. the owner said he will fight to keep it open. we will have more on this story tonight with our christian on the news at 11. in a nod to one of the greatest civil rights leaders in our history, the newest citizens of our country were sworn in today, coming up what made today's certify moppy so special and what the newest citizens told us, what will be their biggest priority. and did you try it get on wikipedia today? they were shut down. what they were protesting with

the day off the web. . >> all right, now at the airport 57, that was just past midnight. midnight high temperature will be 56, the midday high 40. bottom line is we have a weather winter for you. get us your name at the website and you will be in the running. clear cold night but how long does that last? that's coming up.

? hit the last buton. >> you will be stopping off on main street for dinner. wyatt will be back in three minutes and will tell you why winter trying to get back in.

? celebrating the legacy of dr. king. it was a certify nonny ceremony. 25 became united states citizens in grand fashion. >> you stand here today to meet your next challenge. >> reporter: 25 new citizens from 25 country was american flags in hand and listening to every word as they become united states citizens. >> it's the wonderful thing about this country. you have a part of this great democr acy. it's a great country. >> the theme of the ceremony, celebration of a legacy, for these individuals the tree to three to five-years of learning

and all about their new country came down to this. . >> the constitution and and law of the united states of american. >> when the names are read. >> they have reached that prize, all are now american citizens. >> i always felt like american. now that i have -- the proof that i'm an american. it's a proud feeling. it's a very --. >> it's a proud feeling. i love it that i finally became >> reporter: this is the best country in the world.

abc 2news. >> manny asked them, what do you think the most important thing to look forward to in taking part and they said making a point to vote. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> it's a quiet night out there, still breezy, temperatures shifting today with that cold front that pushed through in dramatic fashion earlier this morning, brought a few flurries into western maryland and wins to all of us, cold northwesterly wind. we have ten to 20. most powerful radar, all clear now but a little activity earlier today from carroll county west out toward deep creek where they have flurries out toward the cumberland area. 27 in york, 33 in baltimore. feeling like about 23 with that wind chill and 30 winchester.

the numbers continuing to drop. below freezing. steady, northwest wind. that will continue to keep the chill on for about another four to five hours, that wind field will start to relax and get less bundy overnight but air temperatures dropping. it's interesting, the wind chill in the low 20s in spots, the wind chill factor will be even with the air temperature later tonight. the witness president winds let up. the temperatures keep dropping, it feels like the 20s. snow action to the west. upstate new york. getting still light snows, quieting down and cold air continuing to flown. the high pushing in. all that wind trying to funnel in. that will start to loosen up.

23 if you are sensitive to that all that may be good in to the day tomorrow. could clip maryland, could bring in snow showers. a new system could come in on saturday morning. overnight 24, less windy and colder, the two degree guarantee. quiet dame mostly sunny, more clouds late and tomorrow night we do look for clouds to increase. the chance for snow flurry actions, potentially -- into early friday and then the weekend shows that chance for a winter mix saturday morning, before we clear out and it looks good for sunday for all

your tailgating ravens game day parties, weather is looking good. mid-30s to upper 30s. >> all right. if you like to fly but you hate all the hassle of hidden fees, starring next week no more surprises, a new policy will protect passenger who buy tickets. a lines will are to include all mandatory taxes and fees in the advertised fares. bag fees and other options won't betised but you will have to be more clearly disclosed when you are ordering the tickets online so you can compare prices between airlines. it's a battle that is pitted hollywood against silicon valley with politics in the midexample today you may have noticed a number of websites got together to protest anti piracy legislation. they say its censor ship. what is behind the web blackouts and what you may have run into.

>> reporter: wikipedia, read it, gone dark for the day. even google joined the silent chorus a web protest against legislation the tech industry calls censor ship. >> we really believe that copy righted material should be protected, these two pieces of legislation are far to over reaching. >> reporter: the two bills, the stop online piracy act and the protect ip act aim to curb illegal down loads and streams of copy righted movies and tv shows, the main target, sites overseas, the legislation had been expected to move quickly through hill committees but laiders said wednesday they there is still a lot to be discussed. >> clear to many of us that there is a lack of consense us. >> reporter: tech leaders argue sites would be exposed to to many lawsuits. >> you are creating a situation that is nearly impossible for alarm sites but totally impossible for the next

facebook. >> reporter: supporters say it's important to protect copy right material and with it american jobs. the motion picture association of america said neither of these bills stop free expression but focus on illegal conduct which is not free speech. facebook and twitter oppose the legislation but did not join in the blackouts. s.o.p. a was a hot topic wednesday. in washington. >> we have a look at what's coming up tonight. is the coverage of the cruise ship accident making you rethink vacation plans in this may be a good time to book a trip. how lines trying to lure back worried travelers. and the future of shopping. a look at what retailers are doing that. and more plus the forecast. join us at 11. i want a baby.

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. all right. warming up in the low 40s with sun, less wind but watch out tomorrow night into friday morning, more flurries. >> all right. we will see you tonight. world news is next. 6:30, have a great rest of the night.