. >> reporter: chairman mel franklin says if the council didn't raise park taxes now, it would cost even more next year, but baker says no tax hike is justifiable unless every penny goes to schools. >> chairman franklin said i was myoptic about education. he's right. we've improved in public safety and health and economic development. the thing that we have left is education. so we disagree fundamentally on what would move this county forward. >>> so contrast all of this with baker's plan which was reflected by the council. baker wanted to raise property taxes 15% and spend every dime on schools and raise school performance from the bottom in the state of maryland into the top 10. that's not happening. now if he doesn't want a tacks increase for parks and recreation to happen -- tax increase for parks and recreation to happen, the county executive said he's got the votes to override this veto and he'll decide whether he's going to veto the rest of the budget and draw a line in the sand there. 1 thing is for sure, he's starting a conversation about funding county education they haven't ha

the county council chairman mel franklin said the override avoids the 15.6% increase next year. baker hinted the next step could be a court battle. franklin says, quote the prospect of a county executive suing would be self-destructive and self-defeating and irresponsible. >>> job buts in the montgomery county schools next year, last night, school officials voted unanimously to practices a $2.32 million budget. the plan cuts funding for textbooks. and delays the second year technology rollout to provide classrooms with chrome book laptops. officials hope it will close a $53 million funding gap. >>> i'm megan fitzgerald at the live desk. golden state warriors might say it was a long time coming. the warriors are officially nba champions. as you might imagine, fans took to the streets to celebrate. the warriors defeated cleveland cavaliers in the nba finals last night. fireworks went off after fans enjoyed the moment. after all, we're talking four decades since the warriors pulled this off. they haven't won since 1975 when the warriors defeated the houston bullets. >>> the band ha

the county council chairman mel franklin said the overrides avoids a 15.6% increase in property taxes next year. baker wanted the money for education. franklin said the prospect of a county executive suing this council would be self-destructive, self-defeating an and irresponsible. >>> we're watching developments out of texas where what's left of tropical storm bill is dumping heavy rain as it move it's inland. we'll learn about the damage. >>> the weather story here is a break from heat and humidity storm 4 meteorologist chuck bell has what to wear. >>> breaking news in upper marlboro. a massive fire has some road closures here this morning. in that area. how to get around that >>> breaking news in upper marlboro right now, chopper 4 over the scene of this massive fire at a restaurant and liquor store. this is marlboro pike, dower house road and old marlboro pike. right now a lot of those roadways are shut down. still have yellow line delays. no problems in maryland. 270 on the beltway looking good. 66 inbound. not so bad. ten minutes behind, listen to our friends on wtop when you ho