[applause] a great city is an ideal. a symbol for other cities. a great city embraces diversity.scrimination. a great city reaches into every corner of itself to assist those in need. a great city of quartz elitism and selfishness. a great city -rolls up it's sleeves and revels in the work it performs. a great city has no patience for idleness. a great city is one in which all citizens feel the warmth of community, the presence of safety, and the pleasure of dignity. a great city imagines its own bright future and it sets about to make it happen. please join me in helping to make these stains, these things that we are imagining today a reality in the city of houston -- please join me in helping to make these things, these things that we are imagining today, a reality in the city of houston. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] >> sent you, mayor parker. we are thrilled that you will -- thank you, mayor parker. we are thrilled that you will be sitting in that chair over at city hall. and now, the inaugural prayer. [applause] >> let us pray. o holy one, who we called by diffe

[applause] we are a city of opportunity and we are a city of optimism. we have a sense of partnering and a respect for our differences. houston is a city built on dreams, but our dreams are always powered by hard work. they are guided by common sense and they are inspired by creativity. i spoke on election night of this being an historic election. and my election made news around the world. now, houstonians were very surprised that they elected the first american of the major american city. we have a tradition of electing mayors not for who they are, but for what they believe we can do as a city. [applause] but, i do want to speak just briefly to those from my community, to those who are or or bisexual or transgendered. i have understand how much this day means to you. i danfield your excitement and your joy. but i can also feel your apprehension and your longing for acceptance. i will gladly carry you for word, but today is simply one step toward a tomorrow of greater justice. and when the time comes i will gladly pass the torch to the next in waiting,

[applause] a great city is an ideal. a symbol for other cities. a great city embraces diversity.great city refuses discrimination. a great city reaches into every corner of itself to assist those in need. a great city of quartz elitism and selfishness. a great city -rolls up it's sleeves and revels in the work it performs. a great city has no patience for idleness. a great city is one in which all citizens feel the warmth of community, the presence of safety, and the pleasure of dignity. a great city imagines its own bright future and it sets about to make it happen. please join me in helping to make these stains, these things that we are imagining today a reality in the city of houston -- please join me in helping to make these things, these things that we are imagining today, a reality in the city of houston. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] [applause] "m >> this past monday, a let -- atlanta's new mayor, kasim reed, was sworn in as well. here is a look at that ceremony. >> let's welcome to the stage the hon. chief justice of the georgia supreme court, who will admini

city. in addition, we have taken advantage of some financing programs through the finance america, which is stimulus related, that help us save $12 million in finance costs. that $12 million came right out of our general fund which means we can keep the money in their to keep from laying off people. mesa, arizona, over the last year and have had either laid off or through attrition over 10% of our city employees. so, $12 million, for example, in finance savings is a significant number. host: you talk about the number of people get laid off. your unemployment is around 8%, according to november 2009 figures. how has it impacted the bottom line of city revenue? guest: the hit has been horrendous din in mesa we are very much sales tax based. sales taxes are down double digits. in some months, 20%. our revenue base had been down between 15%, to 20%. when you have unemployment, those who don't have any money obviously don't spend it. the other affected is the chilling affect it has on those who

it's a nice city but it's really a government city. by the way, i'm not too worried that i won't have enough to write about california. all around the city are these yard signs from the sciu union, state employee and proud of it. and that just reminds you of the -- a lot of the people who live in the city are union members and they are quite proud of it. then i got into work and i couldn't get my city-run parking a pass to work in the city run garage and i had to go to city hall and wait in line. and people were nice. but that kind of surprised me. but of this bureaucracy but then i headed to the post office in downtown sacramento you have to go through the security gates to go to the post office to mail a letter and there is three security guards standing there putting my stuff through an x-ray machine and i waited in line and i told the clerk that i wanted to get a post office box because i'm in the middle of moving and he wouldn't give me because i needed two current address identifications to get a post office box which i explained

part in the city of rochester and the part in the city of brighton. and the infrastructure is inadequate to accommodate the university's planned growth which not only delivers medical, bio medical, bio tech types of research that we are moving for a mode for spinoffs and new companies to develop but we need funding for improvements in the interstate area near the university to accommodate that growth; otherwise, that growth won't be able to happen because the zoning and environmental reviews will show that the area can't support that. from a traffic perspective so that's another issue. to think about our institutions of higher education as economic engines and the relationship of that to transportation infrastructure. thank you. >> yes, ma'am. >> i'm the mayor of the city of waco, texas and i would like to ask first of all of secretary lahood for being here and answering our questions. >> thank you. >> i would like to ask what the thinking is in terms of long term funding for highways and bridges and the use of a concept of users of the one that pay.

leyva was arrested in the northwest city. authorities say leyva was taken into custody after he showed a fake driver's license with an alias he had been using. his arrest comes a week after his brother was killed in a shootout outside mexico city. >>> one of the two nba players who reportedly drew a gun in a team locker room is talking to the media. joe carter has the latest. hi, jeff. >> gilbert arenas spoke to reporters yesterday but really didn't get into too many details about the christmas eve incident with his teammate. arenas was careful with his words saying he used bad judgment in bringing guns into the washington wizards' locker room. arenas also said that he does not gamble and that there are misconceptions in the various reports about the dispute between himself and teammate javarris crittenton. he wouldn't go into detail about other parts of the investigation but did tell reporters he has a meeting with law enforcement authorities tomorrow. >> the perception that things went wrong here, that someone pulled a gun

the city marked its first homicide for 2010.t believe it or not, this could be a sign the city police department's plan is working. police say an unidentified man was shot shortly after 3:00 yesterday afternoon in the 2300 block. he was pronounced dead at the scene. this time police have no suspect or motive. and the murder comes on the third day of the new year. that's compared to this time last year. >> despite ending the year with 237 homicides that number is still relatively low compared to previous years. city officials working to reduce that even further. joining us is police commissioner fred bealefeld. thanks for coming in. you told 11 news 2010 needs to be about more than just bad guys with guns. what did you mean by that? >> again, i have to stay in my lane in terms of what we can do to improve. i will be very vocal as i want to be about what the system could do. but in terms of what the police department needs to do, i think we could really chip in to this number in terms of the homicides and the nonfatal shootings wh

a nice city but really a government city. by the way, i'm not to worry that i'm not going to have enough to write about given how well run, efficient california government is. but one of my days in the capital, i'm driving from my apartment to downtown, and all around the city are these yard signs on the union, state employee and proud of it. that just remind you a lot of the people who live in the city are government employees, union members, and they're quite proud of it. then i got into work and i couldn't get my city run parking pass to work in the city rangarajan had to go to city hall, wait in line. people were nice, but that kind of surprised me. but as this bureaucracy, then i headed to the post office where the post office in downtown sacramento, you have to go through security gates to go to the post office to mail a letter. so there are three security guards standing there putting my stuff through an x-ray machine. and i waited in line, and i told the clerk that i wanted to get a post office box because i'm in the

half of our city uses the city water system. i think our projections right now is we'll hold our taxes flat another year. most of the mayors i talked to tell me that we think we might be able to get through this year. next year and the year beyond is when people are concerned. it has to be tough to make not that promise but a pledge or a prediction. do you think that things will get better or worse before they get better? >> i think they -- we're going to have one more year after this 2011-2012 where we're going to have still tight bel tightening. tough times, even though the economy is stabilizing and we're seeing somewhat of a positive uptick, still going take two more years before we can really sift through all this and begin to see more jobs coming into play and real estate market, housing, more housing sales. but for us, at least in alexandria, nochb us ever like to talk about raising taxes. the manager, city manager is putting together a budget based on revenue based sources and other cuts in reductions in programs and ser

city. is there any additional emphasis that will be placed on cities like ours that have extremely high unemployment rates? >> if you look at the guidance that we put on our website early on before we accept any proposals, this money is to put people to work. that is what our $48 billion is for. that is what the whole economic recovery package was about. we really took that seriously and we take seriously the idea that every dollar we spend, we know that people go to work. and in doing that, we dragged down unemployment. but most importantly, we give people hope and opportunity for a good job so they can take care of their families. our part of it has worked. the answer is, that is part of the criteria, to get people to work and to bring down unemployment in communities like racine and other communities around the country. >> we appreciate it, thank you. >> i'm with the mayor's office in meridian, mississippi. we wanted to thank you for the funding for our new interchange. that has allowed

>> i don't have any interest in being the president of the city council. as i have talked to some colleagues, and i said i would consider it as a caretaker, but i have no plans. i enjoyed my time at the bank. >> who would you like to see as president of the city council? >> i think jack kemp who has been on the council for many years. -- i think jack young. he does a lot of hard work. bill cole is another one. those are the two top ones, but we will have to sea. it could be a caretaker. >> i want to see someone who will bring stability to the council. >> thank you both of you. dr. kim hammond has answers to your pet questions when we come (announcer) itchy dry scalp? get new selsun blue for itchy dry scalp. strong itch fighters target scalp itch while five moisturizers leave hair healthy. selsun blue. got a clue? get the blue. >> how can you compete with that? dr. kim hamid joins us to answer your pet questions. -- dr. ken hammond joins us. i want to say go ravens. who is this guy? >> this is prince clark. he is a cold dog. it is cold for these little ball

and the face on soccer ball left near city hall. this situation so bad that one newspaper has now officially stopped covering the drug war after the body of one of its reporters turned up outside a motel with a threatening message of its own. since the president announced a drug cartel crack down three years ago, 15,000 people have been murdered. >>> nearly 50 degrees below zero. that's the wind chill in the dakotas right now. the cold temperatures are stretching to other parts of the country. whether or not you'll need to spend this weekend inside, coming up. plus what in the world at nbc? here is what we're going to do. we're going to take the number one late night line - up, blow it up, move it to prime time where it's going to sink like a bowling ball. and then we're going to move conan up and he's going to go from first to third. and then we're going to figure out who to blame or we're going to make big changes and they are coming and the details as we know them are coming up. >>> fox news weather alert and man, it is cold outs

baltimore is a very strong city with some very good people that can run the city.is going to overcome a lot of situations that has been occurring and still occurring. this is only going to actually be a new beginning. you know, i predicted slots. i saw slots coming in. i said they would be legalized over a year ago, november. we still don't have them. well, that is going to change. i feel like all of these delays, delays are going to stop. i think tiger woods is going to not get a divorce. shocking, people think he is. i think they're going to stay together, but i do see some type of counseling he is going to have to go into. this will be a long-term situations for him. i will say one thing for the ravens, those boys can run. i do feel something about the number 7 being he very important with the ravens in the future. , i have high hopes for them and i feel like they're going to come back we strong. i believe that americale miracll occur and remember, every time you hear a bell ring, the angels get their wings. >>> i hope we hear a lot of bells, that would be very

for two doctor charm city for two nights.second stop of the 2010 built ford tough series. >>> 6:54. you're either sad or breathing a huge sigh of relief. the holiday season is over. now time to take down the decorations and take down the tree. in howard county there's important information. you can take the tree to thal if a ridge -- alpha ridge landfill today through saturday during the day. make sure the decorations are off the tree. there are also several dropoff sites at hardware stores and parks. for a list of all the places go to abc2news.com and look under the top stories. >>> 6:54. a tradition that goes back a lot of years. the folks at the jarrettsville volunteer fire company make their train garden extra special every year. >> it's really amazing. just something wonderful to see. they have multiple train sets running and we're always live even at the train garden. volunteers spent the week putting together this christmas present for the community. the intricate display will be well worth the trip. >> i think it's re

i think this is the city court billing. look at that, 15, 15 is the windchill in new york city. a big part of the country. i can't tell if it's dark. which bridge is that? george washington bridge, gwb in upper manhattan. cold night in new york city and much of the northeast. even in the midwest there. jacqui jeras says we're expecting a nor'easter tomorrow and travel, travel delays in the northeast corridor is get ready on your way back home from the holidays. >>> meantime a smoky smell in the cockpit forced a delta flight to turn around and head back to boston this morning. delta flight 1379 had been in the air about 8 minutes bound for new york city when the pilot decided to turn back. the odor had dissipated by the time the plane and its 34 passengers returned to the gate at logan international airport. now, delta says its pilot was acting out of an abundance of safety. better safe than sorry. >>> american airlines is under the faa's microscope after the carrier racked up three botched landings in less than two weeks. you're looking at video of the worse of the incidents whe

they drive through the capital city. in this one we're about to show a dead body is lying in the corner. and here in the next one, one of the missionaries is treated a woman's injured foot. you can check these as well as other i reports out at ireport.com. if you have anything to stair with us upload. this video was uploads to the video website. it looks like it was shot after the quake hit. you can see the clouds of dust from the collapsed buildings billowing in the distance. we're all picking up some powerful firsthand accounts on twitter. richard morris, a well-known musician who manages the hotel wrote -- >> here's a chilling i-report to share with you from yvonne trim bell who has worked as a missionary in haiti for more than 30 years. here's what she writes, quote -- >> quite a chilling account giving us a sense of what it was to go through this experience, this ordeal besides the loss of life, this earthquake has also wiped out a keiland mark. this is a recent picture of the presidential palace. this magnificent s

the more mulch the city collects the more the trees come in.y says you have time to enjoy it because the mulching program will go on every saturday for the rest of the month. in chairy hill, i'm gee gentlemen barnett, wb "eyewitness news." >>> the city says make sure that all trees are clean and tinsel and ornaments are removed before setting them out to the curbside collection or get them mulched. >>> two twin brothers one born in 2009 and the other born in 2010. a florida couple welcomed their first son marcelo just before midnight december 31st and right after midnight, minutes later, stephan know he was born in the new year. the twins were ten weeks early but said to be doing well tonight. talk about a handful. >> oh, yeah. i'll bet you they will be bunding them up. >> oh, yeah. especially if they are up here tonight. it was brutal out there. >> even to go outside for a short time and warm up your car is rough. >> do that for me before the next commercial. >> it is definite i had cold out there. you can't short change it. let's talk about t

but for a city of this potential, and a city of this, the enormous goodness of our city, to still have this under current of shootings and homicides, it is frustrating. >> it is entering. we put up a map and there's only about a minute left here. we put up a map in the newsrooms and had push pens for inmurder, you can see they they're clustered i am not trying to go -- here but there is something to that. >> yeah. we are getting more people involved there's good new, two and a half years we have posted and sustained the lowest homicide levels in more than 20 years. i would hope again that people take that as a success and start coming back to the stands. right. no one is going to orioles game, you put a winning team on the field it will be full again. >> even ten more than previous. >> right just a little glaing right. >> think about really this is the time to jump on. we can get a lot more people involved. look at the work that dr. alonso is doing. great things are are happening in the city. we need everybody to jump on board with that. >> very cool in deed. listen our time is running

unemployment in your cities is far too high. because our metropolitan areas account for 90% of our economic output, they are the engines that we need to get started. last month, announced additional targets steps to spark private sector hiring by building on the tax cuts in the recovery act and increasing access to the loans they desperately need. i said we would rebuild and modernize even more transportation and communications networks across the country in addition to the infrastructure projects that are already scheduled to come on line this year. i called for the extension of emergency relief to help people who lost their jobs. you can expect a continued, and relentless effort to create jobs for the american people. i will not rest until we have gotten there. [applause] >> i also know that each of you worry about the long-term effects the economy might have on your children, under families, and of workers. you worry about what shape everything will be in when we emerged. you are focused on facing the problems of today and to

the city's option.t's a green alternative for people who want to recycle the trees or keep it for later. >> i said, if you want to bring it back with you, we'll be happy to fill it up. >> reporter: celeste says curb side collections will continue. but those trees won't see a mulch pile. >> they would have to be collected separately for us to treat them in a special way, mulch them in a special way like here. they do go downtown, where most ofous household trash is incinerated and turned into steam or electricity. in a sense, it is another green option. >> reporter: the city wants to give the trees away to communities and garden groups. >> if your tree is still up, the city says you have some time to enjoy it. that's because this mulching program will go on every saturday for the rest of the month. in cherry chill, i'm gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, gigi, thank you. the city says, make sure all of your trees are clean, all the tinsel removed. i took mine down today. it felt good to get

kansas city is on top.'s join dick enberg and dan faust. >> dick: the denver broncos are favored to win. they need help from two of those teams losing today and one of them being the baltimore ravens who have won. but meanwhile, kansas city is putting a punishing loss on the hometown broncos as they lead in the game 44-24. three unanswered touchdowns, a couple of interceptions. touchdown returns by johnson the linebacker and jamal charles having the greatest running day with 25 yards and they built up a huge lead. there's nearly another interception by brandon flowers, ducking in front of brandon floyd. >> dan: the kansas city defense adjusting in the second half. >> da >> dick: clock running to the five-minute mark. the tackle of daniel graham across the 40-yard line. as travis daniels up to make the stop. it was tied at ten at the half, and at 17, in the middle of the third quarter. and then the kansas city chiefs won only two games last year. they came on defensively and offensively. gaffney who had a br

baltimore city's naacp president -- chapter president said his organization will make sure the city follows through as promised. >> we're sending one of our representatives there to make certain all the belongings of the homeless are basically taken care of, that the-- just to really not make the homeless feel as though they're criminals or something that they're break the law. they're in very unfortunate situation that have them not having a place to stay. at the same time, we must take care of them. when you look at the fact that we have thousands of boarded up homes by the city, we should not have a problem of homelessness. >> the city has broken ground on a homeless shelter that is expected to open sometime next year. a recent study found there are 3,400 homeless in baltimore city. >> police are reporting an increase in crime. officials say new statistic shows crime is up 14% compared this time last year in that city. robberies and burglaries are up 18 and 38% respectively. police say college students and homeowners away for the holidays are being targeted. police say before leaving the

a city is a continuum. projects begun under one administration continue into another and perhaps in another. it may seem as if little progress is being made, and the compromises, the give-and-take of government can be a slow and difficult process. but we have a range of zero voices and opinions in the council chamber because no one of us has of answers and all the pieces must be heard. sometimes democracy is a little messy but we get there. and feared, i'm going to ask for your perseverance. we are in this together for the duration. you must commit your time and energy to houston. we've rise or we fall together. we succeed or fail to get their. actually i will ask for a fourth thing. as much as we try to and as hard as we work, and for all the right reasons that we do things, we will make mistakes and we will have failures, going to ask for your forgiveness in advance. [applause] i have already introduced my mom and i know how proud she is of me. though my dad died many years ago i know he, too would be ext

the coastal city has been especially hit hard.scue teams are on duty around the clock, but hope is fading for survivors. 64 people have been killed in the southeastern part of that country. >>> the danish cartoonist kurt westergaard whose drawings of the prophet muhammad angered the muslim world attacked in his own home. the suspect an ax wielding somali man with suspected ties to al qaeda. he is charged, he's been charged with attempted murder. westergaard escaped to a so-called panic room in his house. now efforts have been stepped up to protect him. he's been moved to an undisclosed location. >>> iran's opposition is battered and bloody, but still refusing to be silenced. on friday the politician whose campaign for president sparked the recent protests raised against the regime's efforts to subdue protesters. the family of mir hossein mousavi paid a price for his steadfast opposition when his nephew was killed last sunday. areza is watching all the protests. we're talking about this months ago during the first protests. they're

one day in the city of jerusalem, in the new city of jerusalem late entered in a very small and simplehome, where a woman was baking some bread, some-- she was the mama of israel. it was on the shabbat the. golda meir was the prime minister of israel at that time but there were no signs, almost no policeman outside, and we had visited her to ask where about one of the episodes that we wanted to tell in our book, old jerusalem which was such a key episode in the story of the birth of israel. in november, 1947, in the secret headquarters of televisa, there had been a meeting. the meeting was of ben gurion with a few aides and cool the was one of those aides. and ben gurion had realized that unless the jewish community of palestine was able to buy the arms and ammunitions that they would need for the war which was sure was going to break out on the 15th of may, 1948 when the state of israel would come to life, unless they were able to do that, they would be submerged by five arab armies that would immediately attacked jerusalem and the rest of palestine and the rest of the state of israel

police have identified him as 23-year-old christian of baltimore city. they ask anyone with information on the death to give them a call. >>> as maryland's unemployment rate climbs, state leaders are set to begin debating salary increases. governor o'malley and general assembly will discuss whether to give themselves pay raises when the legislative session opens next week. one option being considered is a pay increase for nearly 200 state employees. governor o'malley insisted he wouldn't accept any extra pay and he says he hopes other state officials do the same. >> and it's a day of rev up for ravens fans. why'd victory over the raiders puts them in the playoffs. wjz has complete coverage of the win and we begin with sports director mark viviano reporting from oakland, california. >> and first half. >> reporter: the ravens appear to be cruising through first half. willis pushes oakland safety and he goes 77 yards for a second touchdown of the day. 14, 3 ravens. oakland look like a pushover. but the raiders respond with ten straight points. charlie to mi

baltimore city reporting its first murder of the year. authorities say a man was shot to death shortly after 3:00 yesterday afternoon. happened here in the alley in the 2300 block of ocala avenue, in northwest baltimore. at this time there's no suspect or motive in this case. >>> a city police officer is recovering now after a crash involving three cars. the accident happened around 8:30 last night on york road near wood borne avenue, putting you in north baltimore. the police car crashed into a subway and another vehicle flipped over. we're told the officer hurt his leg but the injuries are considered minor. he was taken to shock trauma, no word yet on what caused the crash. >>> 6:04. maryland transportation authority police are seeking clues in the death of a pedestrian. the man's body was found along northbound i-895 at the eastern avenue overpass. this is around 2:45 yesterday. the victim has been identified. a 23-year-old man named christian kungachee from baltimore, pronounced dead at the scene. authorities are looking for drivers a

as a servant of this city. i'm looking out at so many of you who have also understood and shared in the effort. your service inspires me and will continue to inspire me as we face a set of responsibilities that cause each and every one of us to serve atlanta. with that in mind, i would like to share with you my vision of the shared responsibility that we face at this moment. that vision is a four responsibilities. our responsibility to our past, to our present, to our future, and most importantly, to one another. it is often said that to know where we are going, we must know where we have come from. with that in mind, i believe we must understand and acknowledge that the atlanta we cherish today, the atlanta where a movement of freedom that changed the history of the world had launched would it never have come to be if it were not for the combination of people and initiatives that have come before us. great mayiers like mayier williams who had the vision of an airport that has become an central engine of our ci

see that you may not abandon the city, that you cannot abandon the city >> instead berlin airlift is launched by a combined allied task force. >> their force assigned more than 300 airplanes and more than 20,000 men to the airlift and britain made a large congregation of both air. ♪ it was an observation without precedent and as a test of precision, of logistics and weather service. >> with 40 to 50 airplanes going simultaneously men's lives -- until the late stages they were flown in five different levels. this called for extremely precise air traffic control. >> some of us had bombed berlin and now we were keeping the same city alive. it meant we had to get more from each airplane and each man than ever before. >> the biggest was the call for utilities. it was packed in the g.i. pumpernickel. we collect bread. and milk for the kids. then medicine. every ounce of cargo was checked >> a new agreement signed in new york between them u.s.s.r. and the united states reaffirmed the removal of all restrictions on communications much as partitions and trade between west berlin and western z

tough time in our city and a time of transition. as a member of the delegation and senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support to the mayor in the next several weeks and years. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position. beating with the fire chief. >> what is your biggest challenge? >> right now, it is the budget. that is the focus that i have right now. >> reporter: in addition to the budget, she cites public safety as a priority. >> we have to protect our core private. public safety and other -- priority. public safety and other public issues. >> reporter: stephanie rawlings- blake will assume the mayor position after sheila dixon resigned on january 4th. >> i pledge to make it a smooth transition. we will get through it. >> reporter: in addition to the vote of confidence, stephanie rawlings-blake took home an award for excellence. jessica kartalija, wjz 13 news. >> thank you. it is unclear if stephanie rawlings-blake will fill her staff openings with members of dixon's staff. >>> let

murder of 16-year-old fred couch on the city's south side wednesday night.was a student at christian finger academy high school and now they're asking the public's help to find his killer. in september, the murder of another student was captured on a cell phone video camera. you may remember the beating death of honor student darren albert captured national attention. new information tonight about a van that caused the security scare along new york's times square last week. nypd officials are revealing why the van had been illegally parked on broadway for two days before it aroused suspicion. it seems the vehicle was bearing a windshield plate card belonging to fraternal group or police officers but the placard wasn't supposed to be used as a parking permit and the organization says he's not a member. so it was basically a bogus placard. the suspicious looking van forcing a partial evacuation of times square one day before the new year's celebration. but it belonged to a street venner dor. george friar has been hit with felony charge and released on bail aft

two others were passengers. >>> a baltimore city activist dies christmas day. how family and friends and loved ones will honor him. >>> some threats from al-qaeda tonight. why the white house is being criticized for how it is handling the war on terror. >>> you're not going to believe this, but there's a bear in the store. >> a bear runs wild in a grocery store. a wild shootout in produce with a 100% guarantee... means freshness is always in season. rancher's reserve beef, guaranteed tender, says you're always ready to grill. and now, safeway has a new promise. a commitment to thousands of new everyday low prices. so you can get what you want. when you want it. at the price you need. today... and tomorrow. that's our promise. and that's... ingredients for life. safeway. >>> a memorial service will be held to honor baltimore activist robert cough man. he died christmas day. he ran for many political offices and was a civil right's activist and socialist. his health deteriorated quickly after he was beaten by a tenant in 2005. he was 78 years of age. the service

there was little evidence of the city's police force.any haitians also began walking out of the city to reach rural areas that had sustained less damage. they had to cross roads made nearly impassable by rubble, twisted buses and cars, crushed by falling buildings and other debris. these images from a security camera showed the moment the 7.0 quake wrecked the city tuesday afternoon. a satellite image released by "geo-eye" gave stark evidence of the scale of the damage in port au prince, a city of two million. but among the rubble, there also were signs of resiliency. this group of survivors set up a spontaneous prayer service today. and evacuations of foreigners were continuing. by late today, more than 160 americans have left the country, with another 360 scheduled to go. about 45,000 americans were living in haiti when the earthquake struck. inside haiti, and overseas, the urgent effort to get in heavy lifting equipment and medical supplies escalated today. but logistical challenges were daunting. with power out, communications barely

minus 8 in rapid city, what it feels like in kansas city, minus 12. so you get the picture, it's cold. cold enough for maybe even some snow across florida. this is where the coldest air right now is, minus 15 is what it feels like in des moines, minus 36 and with those winds what snow is on the ground could cause some terrible visibility problems over the roadways across the northern plains. tonight's lows over the southeast, extremely chilly. 17 in atlanta, 21 in tallahassee. look at orlando, 27 degrees. so the cold air is going to be in place. i want to show you our future cast. we've got this frontal boundary along central florida, so we're going to see the moisture. will we see snow? 6 a.m. on saturday see that pink? that is an indication it's going to be cold enough for some frozen precipitation either freezing rain, speed, and/or snow flurries. we'll take a look at that. and the temperatures incredibly cold. we're going to certainly break some cold records this weekend. tallahassee, florida, saturday, sunday, monday teens and 20s. so we're going

martins west. >> we know that this is a tough time in our city. a time of transition. but as a member of the delegation and the senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support to the mayor in the next several weeks and years coming ahead. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position. meeting this week with commissioner bealfeld. >> what do you foresee as your biggest challenge upon becoming mayor? >> right now, it is the budget. that's the focus i have right now. >> in addition to the budget, she cites public safety as a priority. >> we have to protect our core priorities, public safety and other city services. but in order to do that, we need to get the budget under control. >> rawlings blake will assume the job as mayor after current mayor sheila dixon resigns february 4th. >>> i pledge -- mayor dixon pledges to make it a smooth transition. i've met with many agency heads. we're going to get through this. >> it is unclear whether rawlings blake will fill her staff openings with current members of dixon's s

as the sun comes up on the city. inner harbor, 21.he lows this morning in the area. 49% the humidity. temperature make it's feel like 10. elsewhere throughout the beltway columbia 15, randallstown, 16. here is the satellite picture. big, big area of high pressure. east of that rig line that runs from new york state, that's where the coldest air is. hetching to develop the clouds way outright now. reaching all the way down to the gulf of mexico whereat new orleans, it's 25 degrees, way below freezing. 36 at miami right now. atlanta, 18, 2 in kansas city, 6 in minneapolis, 1 in chicago. the air isn't as intensely cold. >> ravens football today at fox boro, it will be 23-27 with the wind chill, it will feel like 10-17 degrees. we could see a few snow flurries monday night otherwise no precipitation in the seven-day forecast. >> still ahead, our an list weighs in, why not invite a few people over to watch the game with a party. easy ideas coming up. see if your salon made the >> new year, new you, we've heard it before. here to sort throu

you can look at the city today and see the city that he envisioned. in the late 18th century. i he died in 1825. his estate was worth less than $100. in a sort of an unforgotten and. he was buried in a grave on a farm. there was a cedar tree planted to marcus gray. so at the beginning of the 20th century, glenn browne and other designers, city designers, daniel burnham, had the idea of finding him, honoring him properly, giving him a proper burial he had never had and recognizing the man who designed the nation's capital they did here. they brought him to the spot in 1909. and gave him this grave, a little late maybe, but better late than never. >> the way they have a range here is you often find the name of -- this is a u.s. air corps lieutenant. you'll find the name of the person who was in the service on one side of the tomb, and on the other side you'll find his or her spouse's name. so at arlington, the rule is that if you qualify for burial here, your husband or wife can come as well. and in order to save space in recent years, they have put people basically in the same

and it leveled this city. outside a school that was three stories high, the injured parents and grandparents of the children wait. but here, tragedy was averted. the school closed 20 minutes before the quake struck. well, this is a scene of utter horror. behind this ll, there are bodies piled three deep. there are probably scenes like this all over haiti. we don't know because it is very difficult to get to some of the outlying areas. but clearly, this death toll looks like being in the tens of thousands. it is the kind of horror haiti has never known. >> lehrer: haiti's pleas for help reached around the world today. newshour correspondent kwame holman reports on the building u.s. effort. >> holman: the scenes of desperation from haiti preoccupied official washington from the white house on down. president obama managed to get through to haiti's president rene preval on the telephone this morning. >> i pledged america's continued commitment to the government and the people of haiti in the immediate effort to s

even worse in kansas city, with a high of only nine degrees.again, below zero, and then as we head to the southeast, 25 for the high temperature in memphis, tennessee, brutally cold there, as well as in atlanta. we're looking at very cold temperatures for florida, miami, at 53. the normal temperature this time of year is about 75 degrees. so big changes there. also boston, the northeast looking cold. if you are looking for milder weather, here's a place to find it, los angeles, we'll look for sunshine there and a nice mild high of 78 degrees. so if you're looking for relief from all this cold, you want to head to southern california. that's where we're looking at the nice weather. in las vegas, 61 degrees and cold into salt lake city, with a high of 3 2rks right at freezing, that's a look at your saturday forecast, i'm meteorologist bonnie schneider for hln. >>> you may let a bad word slip every now and then. but one san francisco politician is taking it to another level. >> just updated my facebook status update. vowing that in 2009 i'll use t

the los angeles city council gave final approval to close most shops that sell medical marijuana. there are currently between 800 and a thousand pot clinics operating across l.a. but under the new rules, that number will be capped at 70. mayor antonio villaraigosa still has to give his approval for the ordinance to take effect. on wall street today, stocks made early gains, but those faded in the closing minutes of trading. the dow jones industrial average lost more than two points to close at 10, 194. the nasdaq fell seven points to close over 2,203. former republican senator charles mathias has died at his home in maryland of complications from parkinson's disease. mathias represented the state of maryland for 26 years in both the house and senate until his retirement in 1987.

i had just won the city council speeat. -- i had just won the city council seat.i was the youngest person ever elected in my city. i had political reality meet my optimism. the council people have been there for a long time and were not interested in what i had to say. [laughter] it took five votes to get anything done. i was good at setting records of being outvoted 8 to 1. i just did not feel like i was getting anything done. i had one of the most sophisticated politicians in america there at that time. he knew i would be a political problem for them. he started making my life interesting. he was tickineting my car wherever i part. the attorney general investigated why the city police were tapping my office phones. it was a really frustrating time. i began to question why i got involved with government, why i even did this. i was doing a good job as a young attorney. i was thinking government was not the answer. this was a waste of my time. i was coming home that night. i was living in high-rise housing. the tenant president as i was walking home greeted me. she

when you add that, the windchills, it's negative to 3 in ocean city, negative 3 in hagerstown. zero in washington. that's cold. the wind advisories in effect until 6:00 p.m. this afternoon, this evening and it's going to be a very, very blustery, cold day. bundle up. we'll tell you when you can expect to see some calming of the conditions in a few moments. here's what people will be talking about this morning, more than one thousand people gathered to remember sarah foxwell, this 11-year-old girl found dead on christmas day. >> reporter: as sarah foxwell's short life is remembered, police are building a case against a convicted child molester charged in her abduction. at emmanuel wesleyan church in salisbury, mourners find it hard to say good-bye to a little child and so much associated with her abduction and murder over christmas. >> i never thought i would have to do this. >> reporter: sarah foxwell's body was found christmas day. a twice-convicted child molester is responsible. he dated the child's aunt for a while. >> we're going to put this man behind bars. >> reporter: po

the ite house has asked the justicdepartment to find alternative sites near new yk city. but a white house spokesman id the president remains commted to holding t trial in federal court. in fact, a number of influtial lawmakers in washington originally support holding the ial in new york, including senatodianne feinstein, who chairs the senate intellence committee. >> and i happen believe that new york city is able to hane this in a very professnal and definitively legal mner. >>arner: but the attempt to blow up an airliner over droit on christmasay raised new fears. d senator feinstein told nbc news yesterday: the administrati also faces increasing pressure to try all terror suspects before military cmissions instead. republican congressman pet king of neyork has introduced a bill to bar use of jusce departmentunds for trying guantanamo dainees in federal courts. king's fellow republan, mike pence of indiana, said tay some democrats may join republicans at least iblocking fundinfor holding the 9/11- relatetrials in new york city. >> this is a terrible idea t return the m

the city of baltimore recorded its first murder of the new year. it happened in northwest baltimore. an unidentified man was shot after 3:00 this afternoon. they found his body in an avenue and was pronounced dead at the scene. police say they have no suspects. a programming note to pass along to you. tomorrow morning, the baltimore police commissioner will be a guest on 11 news today. he will be talking about his department's plans for 2010. that is 11 news today beginning at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. for firefighters today, this day was a busy. the departments from baltimore city, baltimore county and other areas responded to service. strong winds hindered their efforts. one of the more serious scenes was in the 100 block of war pick shire lane. that one sent a 2-year-old to the hospital with what officials describe as life- threatening injuries. we are told a burning pot of food on a stove caused that fire. there was this fire in southwest baltimore city. the cause is still underinvestigation. no injuries were reported. the chief gave us this

some big time controversy in the city and bloomberg won narrowly.nd the owners of the nfl teams say their whole organization has gone green. fox news went to philadelphia to find out how the eagles are trying to help save the environment. that's coming up.  >> a fox weather alert for much of the country 2010 kicking things off in a cold way. here is how it looked in north dakota, you see there, that's right, it says minus 22 degrees and that's not the only place where the mergery dropped, too. meteorologist janice dean has the weather story, jd? >> gregg, we start off the year of 2010 with a chilly start for much of the country. these are our overnight lows across the upper midwest of the the northern plains, and this arctic plunge is going to go as far south as florida. these are the lows across the northern plains and upper midwest, but we've really got the coldest air right now bottled up. minus 21, that's not with the wind chill, that's actual temperature as we go overnight tonight. so, extremely dangerous wind chills. as i mentione

just to see downtown port-au-prince, a city i know well, a city i love, to see the national cathedral destroyed, the presidential palace, the front of it just collapsed, so many blocks decimated and so many people standing around, not sure where to go, what to do. they can't go back in their homes because they're afraid of these aftershocks. they're often standing by the bodies of their loved ones. because they don't want to abandon their loved ones. yet there's no place to take their loved ones. the hospitals are far away, few and far between. they're overwhelmed as it is. it's a desperate situation. until we start to see some major, you know, international involvement here, there's not going be much of a solution. because, as i said, the haitian government is clearly just not up to the task. right now it's the haitian people, the people of port-au-prince who are saving one another. >> larry: and physically how are you set up? how do the reporters operate in this atmosphere? >> you try to get here as quickly as you can. cnn has a great team and a lot of experience. this is what we do

and also mike lucich and the city editor for "the apalachicola times" covering this. david, what details do we have here? little camden you think on the vacation with grandma and grandpa and then things just take a tragic turn, right? >> yes. the father came home after a shopping trip in apalachicola. came back to the island and discovered his wife coming back from the beach soaking wet and she had -- she told him that she had killed the boy. he tried -- he ran to the nearby fire station and -- with her and ran in and said, she killed my grandson, arrest her, take her, take her, in his broken english. the fire department people rushed back to the house and it had been too long. the boy was dead. >> let's listen -- you mentioned that chief jay abbott, st. george island fire department, just talking about his reaction, just how awful it was. let's listen to that. >> it was sick. you know, 5-year-old. it's just -- i have four grandkids, 6 years old and younger. and to see something like that was just awful. >> again, it's awful. it's unthinkable. let's bring in wendy wal