the greek hero achilles. i can't get a picture to put on tv. >> they hasn't invented the whatever it is. >> it goes back to greek mythology and the achilles heel, that was the clink in the armor of the battle. >>> take a look at the radar. a graphic we have for you, it is a clear sky. that's a beautiful picture. last night's rain, long gone onned -- and out of here. lower humidity. 68 at lunch, going to a high of 72. the normals are 72 and 50. it is going to be a beautiful week's end and weekend. ron matz has something to do if you're looking for something to go with mom to get her out of the house. take it away, pal. >> that's right. rivera's play replace. came in last -- replacement came in last night. he gave up 4 runs, tampa bay won the game. >> there you go. >> the achilles deal of the yankees. >> you got it. what a beautiful morning. you have to get outside this morning. lily levy is here. >> hi. >> we're doing great. the sill burn arboretum market day coming up saturday. we have it for you when the eye

tunnell suggs -- tyrell suggs has torn his achilles' tendon. >> via twitter and text message, he said all the things fans want to hear about such a devastating injury. other than it did not happen. how will he rely on his teammates to get him through? >> the reigning defensive player of the year seemed ready to break it down. achilles tendon put him on the sidelines. >> the first part of it is the shock and the invincibility factor is lessened. but then there is the, ok, what do need to do to get back? a lot of guys have had injuries and now you have the ability to draw upon their knowledge and understanding of how did you get back? it is not just the surgery that doesn't. it is the rehab that does it. >> it may be a partial tear but according to an expert, of union memorial hospital, it is not likely given his age and size. >> about a year you get 95% of the strength back. one of the key features of the tendon is you never quite get 100%. nobody who would study an achilles' tendon will rupture and return would expect him to approach anywhere close to a 95% to 100% that you are going

he entered his achilles' while working out in arizona, practicing the team's conditioning test. he will seek a third specialist. he believes he can return by late october or november. time will tell. a looks like top draft pick from alabama will get an accelerated learning curve. as for a timetable, we spoke to the local specialist. he points to the need for patients in the healing process. >> 85% might be better than 100% for the vast majority of the leak. -- league. there is a good chance that he could come back and play in the latter months of the season. >> despite an injury with this much impact, you have to go back to 11 years. we will look at the other players impacted by the injury. >> a leading economist at george mason university is taking issue with the budget process in maryland. she poured over decades of reports by the state's spending affordability committee. this panel of legislators and civilians make recommendations on how much the state budget to grow each year. her research finds that the committee has failed to keep spending in check for 30 years. she discov

generally a torn achilles requires extended time off to recover. he suggests he will play some of the next season. we will examine how the team and fans are dealing with the loss of the reigning defensive player of the year. >>> the yankees suffer a huge home to their playoff hopes. rivera's career may be over. he has saved more games than any other reliever in major league baseball history. >>> a reminder, the oriels have moved to boston to begin a three game series tonight. you can see tomorrow afternoon's game at 1:00 and sunday afternoon's game at 1:30 as we play the red sox add finway park. >> they may have some showers and some storms like we've had in boston. >>> this graphic gives you an idea of where the storms are moving through. we're on the warm side of this front moving through here now. it's going to be dragging across region. as a result, we're going to have potential ly some showers around thunderstorms. 87 -- and thunderstorms. . 87 our high. >>> at 6:11, who let the dogs out. that is a huge -- >> if you don't know the story about

it has been confirmed that terrell suggs partially toward his achilles tendon. we have details. >> charles suggs -- terrell suggs' injury. they gambled that courtney work.w would >> you cannot get caught up in i have to replace. his football intelligence is enough. because he was in a system of alabama with nick sabin, mitigation gap will not be as great. >> getting past the first month of rehab from surgery is a key. infection has derailed the recovery time in more than anything else. if particles are followed through, he should be ok. >> the re-irruption rate is not 0. if you -- that risk of re- rupter is there. hard workce and will be the key. >> he sees a specialist next week and will no more at that time. better now than august when he would have had no chance to play in 2012. >> one is guilty, the other set free. this after a jury delivers a split verdict in the trial of two brothers who were accused of beating a black teenager while on neighborhood watch duty. avi werdesheim was found not guilty. >> they kept their conduccompose during the verdict. there

torn achilles' keith mills will have more when the joins us later in sports. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. how much do you think the injury to terrell suggs will impact the ravens this season? you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 6:10. 60 degrees on tv hill. no more bake sale cupcakes. they are being banned from some schools. >> baggage fees almost as expensive as tickets. >> justice is about to be served to the man accused of plotting the september 11 attacks. >> we expect more thunderstorms to develop this afternoon and details on the super moon. >> we are looking any new problem near on 95 on the beltway. we will check for closures at bank of america, we're lending and investing in the people and communities who call baltimore home. from funding to help a local business expand their operations... to financing for an organization which provides affordable housing for artists... and partnering with a local hospital to help expand patient care. because the

surgery for a torn achilles' tendon. >> i took 40 or 50. i think ipod got it in half the time. -- i got it in hafl tlf the ti me. >> his trainer trained last year's preakness winner. he wants to give him extra rasps and play him next month. the jockeys scheduled to ride him to pick up a ride on tiger walks. as the weather starts to warm up, more and more money people will make the weekend track to the ocean. i can promise you will not find ways like this one that became a world record. this has been certified as the new record holder for writing the tallest wave ever, 78 feet. he served off the coast of portugal. the tallest ever ridden successfully. he says he almost did not go surfing because he felt beat up from may fall a previous day. surfers are like fishermen. there is always a bigger one out there. >> no pressure. it is just a mother's day on sunday. >> i know. it is going to be a nice start to the weekend. the clouds are going to thicken and there will be some rain on sunday night. we should give most of the dray dry. >> have branc

>> suffered a torn achilles tendon. it's a stunning setback of what's supposed to be a quiet off season. the ravens are rocked with news that their star line backer is headed for surgery. in recent years, terrell suggs has dedicated himself to become one of the feared pass rushers in the nfl, but it's the pursuit of fitness that brings him down. he suffered a torn achilles tendon. potential injury depending on the severity of the tear. suggs is amazed some people have written him off. the line backer vows to be back as soon as october or late as november. it's a scenario that has ravens fans concerned about their team's usually dominant defense. they called him to wjz 105.7 the fan. >> we got it from a stand-up point now. step up now. it's going to be a tough year. i think we can still make the playoffs, but it definitely got a whole lot harder today. >> among those called in to fill in for suggs, rookie up shaw who ravens picked in the draft last week. vic? >> thank you, mark. >>> the national aquarium in baltimore tak

suggs suffered a torn achilles tendon during off season training in arizona. it's a potentially season- ending injury, depending on the severility of the tear. speaking to the baltimore sun, suggs says he is anased that some people have-- amazed that some people have written him off. he vows to be back as late as october or early november. ravens look at fill-ins. among them are three-year veteran paul krueger. ravens' top draft pick this season, courtney upshaw, who is brand new to the league. and untested linebacker, sergio kindle, who hasn't played a down yet. it's a scenario that has ravens fans concerned about their team's usually dominant defense. they called in today to wjz f.m., 105.7, the fan. >> we have to look at it. they gotta step up. so they can prove themselves. they're not going to get double teamed. so the teams don't know about them. that might be a plus for us. >> it's going be to be a tough year. i think we could make play- offs, but it definitely got a whole lot harder today. >> i'll have more from one of the ravens who may be counted on t

one doctor has told suggs he has a partial tear of the achilles tendon. another, though, has diagnosed a complete tear. the difference to be determined when suggs visits a specialist in north carolina next week. and he will have surgery. suggs says he is not writing off his season yet. he believes he could be playing pie at least october or november. >> and we will hear more from mark on terrell suggs' injury, coming up new tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> key evidence in the julius henson robocall trial is presented in court today. three documents seized by the fbi, appeared to support plans. the defense is presenting its side of the case. and julius henson is expected to take the stand tomorrow. wjz talked exclusively with henson about his testimony, coming up new at 5:00. >>> frustrated final words. handwritten documents of osama bin laden goes online. in a collection of letters, bin laden reveals his plans and his concerns. >> reporter: right up to the end, osama bin laden was plotting terror. a collection of letters letters from his time hideout shows h

that's still romney's achilles heel. very few are genuinely excited about his campaign.h men have their pluses and minuses. a long way to go until november. >> november is far away. >>> moving on. prominent roman catholics are sending a message to the president now with legal action. the university of notre dame, the catholic university of america, and two archdiocese are among those suing the obama administration. they oppose the president's mandate requiring most employers provide coverage for birth control. members of the clergy oppose that mandate and say it violates their religious freedom. >>> president obama is telling war-weary americans they cannot wait for afghanistan to be perfect as the u.s. withdraws its troops. the president laid out some war strategies with nato leaders in chicago. obama said the u.s.-led coalition is committed to bringing the war in afghanistan to a responsible end with american military out of that country altogether by the end of 2014. >>> in other news this morning, more federal agents are now under investigation for involvement with p

>>> >> terell suggs tore his achilles and said he will be back.e asked a doctor what happens if he doesn't go for surgery. >> you can treat them without surgery. they do it all the time in europe it used to be the standard here. the rerupture rate is very high. that is not zero though even with surgery. you can take a high performance athlete, there is some risk of rerupture. >> he said i consider myself to be a player of the people and you know there is nothing i love more than playing for you. he had the best year last year. >>> we will be right back. [ glass clinks ] [ mom ] it's mother's day. a day to thank me for all of the little things. like being the only one who knows how to turn on the dishwasher. happy mother's day, family. you love me. [ male announcer ] buy any kfc 10 pc meal or larger and get a free double chocolate chip cake. . >>> all right. here is kelly with a look at what's coming up. >> got a great concept. a new way to bring a new family member in. we will talk to a couple using social media sites to try to be first time paren

suggs tore his achilles. he will likely have surgery next week. he said he absolutely would be back on the field before the end of the season. keep your fingers crossed. >>> heroes come in all size and there is no better example than the parkville sisters who saved their grandpa. bill learned they prepared for that moment early. >> baltimore county what is the address? >> my poppa fell in the bathroom and he is on the floor. he needs help. >> reporter: emily and riley soak up the attention. at six and four they deserve it. in march when their grandfather was watching them he fell, and it was bad. >> laying there and emily came in and said are you okay? i said no i'm hurting. >> reporter: amazingly the girls knew what to do. >> my little sister riley got the phone and dialed the number. >> reporter: riley was three. >> i did all the talking. >> reporter: is he awake and is he talking to you? >> -- he is a wake. >> i'm proud. >> reporter: it's because of mom they knew not to be afraid and stay calm. at 1. >> they have -- they have been taught about

the linebacker underwent surgery today to repair his torn achilles' tendon. the general manager says we're confident he can make a full recovery and the ravens have not set a timetable for his return. he has said he plans to return before the end of the upcoming season. the high school across storming gets under way at john united stadium. the cardinals posted a 14-2 record in the regular season. patrick to steven kelly to carter brown for the score. plenty of offense. plenty of grounds, too. ryan finds him for the left- handed rocket. the easily knockoff st. paul this afternoon 16-3. stick around, tam tasselmyer with a look at the seven day forecast. >> some more unsettled weather will showers tonight, tomorrow. thursday will start to see the clouds clearing up but still a lingering showers. highs in the '60s on thursday and friday. 70's on saturday morning. 41 degrees. overall, a nice weekend because the sunday rain does not get here until late in the day. >> finally, before we go, a salute to a fabulous man behind the camera. there he is. he has been here

he tore his achilles in arizona. doctors need to see if it's a full tear or partial. he has missed one game his last nine years and through the twitter he said he can't wait to run out of the tunnel and prove everybody wrong. he went to doctor -- we went to a doctor today with this kind of injury. will he make it back this season? >> my suspicious is that it's possible to safely go back late in the season meaning his chance of reinjury is not so great at that point, that it's safe to go back. my -- the other thing i would say is that he probably won't be at full capacity until 2013 i would guess. >> reporter: he is coming off his best year many he got to the quarterback, he made tack manies, forced fumbles. he said -- i can't get it done with the player of the year, playing in only nine games but i can help us still win the sire bowl. i consider myself to be a player of the people and you know there is nothing i love more than playing for you. in the meantime it's next man up for the ravens. >> memorial tonight outside the san diego home of former nfl star junior seau

reports are he was playing basketball when he tore his achilles' tendon. the team issued a statement that reitz "we are in contact with terrell suggs and we will learn more." peter gilbert will bring us the latest on the injury tonight. of the big story -- a special session could be on the horizon for merrill lawmakers. leaders will meet with governor martin o'malley to discuss plans. jennifer franciotti explains how the plans could help lawmakers avoid the impending doomsday budget. >> the details of the special session will be handed out today but it looks like lawmakers will be headed back to annapolis. >> i think it is approved. we come to agreement what everyone else has basically signed off on. >> we hope we will have a session on may 14-15th, and we will come together and shake hands, get the votes, get it done and leave hair -- leave here. been in short, the leadership teams agreed with the revenue package house and senate budget conferees handed out the last day of the session. >> i think where we left was the idea of a small, probably point to 5%

she's more at home on hard courts such as fees but it's claimed which is the twenty five year old's achilles' heel however her fed cup captain show me up her piece of says should i put her has every chance of completing our sets by winning all four slams with game has really improved recently she had problems with her serve but has managed to improve this after injury if she manages to maintain a first serve percentage of over seventy five she's got every chance of winning roland garros her results on the red clay have been encouraging this season she's already won two titles on the surface in stuttgart where she managed to overcome the current world number one victoria azarenka and also in rome. however a former champion of the long goggles if you can feel it go this you can see sharp over breaking her dark of the french open this year to be honest i don't she doesn't have. to win you know between the place we all know that the french open is the hardest major to win and you need a lot of energy. understanding. how to be successful in the french over the. course and there is a great example

this is his achilles heel, is it not? >> the economy has always been obama's achilles heel. >> even the class warfare stuff doesn't work out for him. that's what i call ironic. >> both the occupiers and the obama administration have learned their class warfare rhetoric from the media. even the 99% and 1% thing was popularized in the media before they ever seized on it to go out and do smelly protests. so obama will of course attack, you know, attack romney who is saying he's wealthy. it's one millionaire attacking another. >> let me say something because the numbers coming out -- and these are numbers by the economists who always want to raise tax rates to 70%, but the numbers show the same evils that obama rails on against are happening under his administration. the rich get richer and the middle class get poorer. what's he going to do about that? >> i think it's true that wealth and inequality -- there aren't a lot of hope change signs at these rallies. i agree with that. if there's a president that occupy would look up

. >>> and the ravens linebacker suggs tore his achilles tendon and could miss the entire season. >>>ou have the news edge. the news is always on www.myfoxdc.com. back here at news edge at 11.

it's an achilles' heel. as chairman greenspan said here, using the central bank's balance sheet is a very attractive end run around legislative constitutional processes for using public taxpayer funds. we can do a perfectly adequate job of pursuing our monetary policy goals without holding anything but u.s. treasury security's honor at says site. i think that our lending authority is anachronism. it's a leftover from 19th century century central banking arrangements when the debt was far smaller. and i think that's going to cause us trouble in the years ahead. >> and what's the best way to go about fixing it, do you think? >> well, i've advocated we give serious consideration to tie our hands and leading central banks use of credit, make the use of public sector credit, may credit allocation which as chairman greenspan pointed out, constitutes fiscal policy the matter how you slice it. make that subject to congressional appropriations policy. if congress wants to do that, make it separate from the central ba

he tore his achilles tendon while work in arizona and is expected to have surgery next week.went to a doctor for a best guess at the prognosis. let's listen. >> my suspicion is that it's theoretically possible to safely go back and play football late in the season meaning his chance of reinjury is not so great at that point that it's safe to go back. but, my -- the other suspicion i have is that you probably won't be at full capacity until the 2013 season is my guess. >> he is coming off the best season winning the defensive player of the year award. on the twitter account he says i will be in a ravens uniform in 2012. the ravens issued a statement saying they will know more next week when suggs talks to a specialist. we want to know what you think. is he can't play well, how is it going to help in his role and who will step into that spot? head to the facebook fan page and weigh in and let us know what you think about suggs possibly being out for the seaon. >>> as it gets warmer there are more and more activities. and megan pringle is live downtown with a list of great ideas

achilles heel to nato. i really think it needs to be addressed. >> thank you very much for your remarks. i was wondering when you did this report on europe yoon defense with others and you talked a lot about pooling resources and niche capabilities and european defense agency what countries could do. i wonder now that you're in government dp you see burgeoning trends in that regard since then. >> thank you. in particular as it relates to smart defense i was wondering whether you had any sense of the expectations prior to chicago in terms of associating partners to our discussion at 28 on smart defense. >> i wonder if anyone on the panel might want to comment on the link between smart defense and the nuclear issue in particular. i think it's already been mentioned. the uk decisions up to now to reduce investments in conventional forces in favor of maintaining the trident. in terms of smart defense with the panel think might be better to go the other way. >> we have four questions one on the intranato tension

corel suggs had surgery today to repair his torn achilles tendon., the team described the procedure as successful but gave no timetable for his return. it's possible he could miss the entire upcoming season. the ravens announced a significant free agent signing. veteran receiver and putt returner jacoby jones coming to baltimore for a two-year, $7 million deal. he's a five-year veteran having played his entire career with the houston texans. jones will reunite with his former houston teammate bernard koller, a raven for one season the hard-hitting safety will get three more. he signed a contract extension today. he had 75 tackles last season, forced three fumbles, and had one interception in his first news and in baltimore. we will see if josh hamilton can top what he did tonight tomorrow night. >> let's hope not very at. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more device

plus the you that's going to come up for europe is the achilles heel is the banks. i think it's a combination of british banks, french and german have lent about $1.2 trillion according to the bank of international settlements to coutries and raises questions to the financial strength of northern europe or the regions going together and reflects back to where the currency's going to go if you're a deep recession and have a recession in southern europe it will impact and slow german growth and if greece leaves it's gonna have a bigger impact and bigger drag on growth in europe and will filter into germany as well and ultimately the euro is $1.27 today to the dollar will go down. >> tom: maybe perhaps back to parody back to even? >> i don't know if we go back to parody but the trend is in that direction. >> tom: scott macdonald with mcs management. >> tom: more signs the housing recovery is re-building. more new homes were sold last month, compared to march. sales rose 3.3% in april, to 343,000 units. prices for new homes are up too. the median price, of $235,000 is u

. >> tom: that of course has been one of the achilles hooel here, no pun intended, which is the lack of fiscal control in the european union. is the dollar the sole winner if greece leaves the euro? >> the dollar, again from a short-term perspective, definitely stands to benefit from that, but i think we are also going to see flows to other safe haven currencys such as the swiss franc and we could also see more investment in emerging markets outside the euro zone. >> tom: some cracks around greece's permanence with the euro here continue to build. guido schulz, with afex. >> tom: another high profile insider trading trial getting under way today in manhattan. former goldman sachs board member roger -- raj gupta is charged with conspiracy and five counts of securities fraud. the charges stem from conversations between gupta and convicted hedge fund manager raj ran rat nam. it centers on one call in particular. it has raj rat man asking about rumors goldman sachs could buy a commercial bank. if convicted gupta faces up to 25 years in prison. meantime another regulator is digging deeper

about it -- a rather weak paragraph in the story, which is -- this is, of course, the achilles heel ofis story. he pledged he wouldn't break the story but he did. he broke the pledge. but the thing you need to kennedy, he was extremely that recall is an expression of the frustration that he had been seeing. and so he's defending kennedy

and this is-- the perennial achilles heel, politically, of democrats. and democratic, candidates, for president. including -- incumbent president whose are seeking re-election. they don't want to look soft. and with, us feeling that, you know, the europeans are about to screw everything up. indians are taking our jobs. and the chinese are eating our lunch. so forth. so on. to say, an interdependent world. says, boy, you are not protecting us. that is a fundamental difference. a fundamental factor. i think -- the president -- there is, he has got no way around that. between now and the election. he has the got to find ways to talk about it that if they don't sound robust, at least sound very, very optimistic. that's why i recommend to all of you, just read the text of the air force academy speech. it was reagan. morning in america. the sun is shining. we are going to be fine. but, i don't think the word -- exceptional appears in there. but not interdependent. >> i am curious given how much of the economic economic situat global economic situation is part

supporters rallied at the site where an oakland achilles officer shot and killed her son. >> i want justice with the trial. i want to go to jail. >> an officer fired four shots at him last sunday near a foot chase. police say the 18 year-old pointed a gun as the officer and forcing him to shoot this senior. his mother does not buy the story. >> he would not have done that. he knows 20 gun at an officer would just because execution which is what happened. some >> my son is dead. we cannot celebrate his graduation. we cannot put his arms around him and tell him love them any more. >> he was fun-loving. he had a happy smile. he did make mistakes early in life and turned his life around. he wanted to make his parents proud. >> the officer who shot buford shot himself once in the foot. he's is on paid administrative leave. >> a woman in her 20s is expected to survive. police did not have a suspect in either case. >> authorities are searching for the missing teen sierra lamar this mother's day weekend. they have increased search times since recovering this vehicle. they will not say in how it is

terrell sugg has a partially torn achilles tendon and could miss all of next season. he insists he will be back by late october or november. >>> a huge injury last night. mariano rivera tore a ligament in his right near while -- oh, my gosh, can tell he is in pain. he was shagging fly balls during batting practice. he fell for the warning track and immediately grabbed his knee. . >>> another big night no bryce harper. he moved up to number three in the batting order and it paid off. he hit a tie-breaking rbi double in the sixth inning sending the nats to a 2-1 victory. >>> here is a way your kids within part of the nats hot streak. they are invited to fox 5 weather day at nationals park coming up on may 15th. tucker, tony, sue palka and some other special guests will be at the ballpark that morning with thousands of cool kids from across the region. the kids will see a special weather presentation, get to meet the fox 5 team and then stay for the game. now, it is not too late for your child's school to take part and to learn more about contacting the nationals for wea

which is of course the achilles heel in the story. he gave his pledge he wouldn't publish it, then he broke the pledge. what you have to understand about liebling and kennedy, liebling himself had been a war reporter and had been extremely frustrated by what he had seen. and that article is an expression of the frustration that he was seeing, not just -- kennedy becomes an exemplar of the problem he had been seeing for so long during the war. so he's defending kennedy, as by the way i think he should have, because he thought kennedy was finally resisting what had happened, what the government had been systematically doing, and had become so willing to be compliant, as he put it, that they were constantly saluting, that they had gotten out of the habit for thinking for themselves. the book, the manuscript, that julia's brought forward, her father's book, is -- there's quite a large number of books that are written by war correspondents during that war and some of them are very well-known. this book deserves to be up there with the best

and his achilles investment to usually money for retirement as of family support or medical treatment in many cases these people are very dependent on it up in greece cost austerity measures and ford prodded banking policies are already pushing some ordinary citizens to go to the most extreme forms of protest in turn to keep greece from completely going under brussels is also willing to shock through its actions which are. in the pockets if you abuse outside the greek state putting money into sobering bonds is supposed to be one of the safest ways of an investment but apparently not when it comes to greece as the bond holders thought we invested using what was supposed to be sound advice but as it turned out for many they would have been nor better off than if they had just rolled the dice. the board was going off to germany. and the vision and for financial misdeeds auntie's mex kaiser and states you have it also weigh in on the state told the euro's i'm coming up at nineteen thirty g.m.t. the kaiser report looks at the problems of financial hardship. little by little the e.u. commis

and that's the achilles heel of any democratic candidates including incumbent presidents who are seeking re-election. they don't want to look soft. and with -- and with us feeling that, you know, the europeans are about to screw everything up and the indians are taking our jobs and the chinese are eating our lunch and so forth and so on, to say as an interdependent world says, you know, you're not protecting us. so that is a fundamental difference and a fundamental factor and i think the president -- he's got no way around that between now and the election. he's got to find ways to talk about it. that if they don't sound robust at least sound very, very optimistic. and that's why i recommend to all of you, just read the text of the air force academy speech. it was reagan. morning in america. the sun is shining, we're going to be fine. but i don't think the word exceptional appears in there. but not interdependent. >> homi, i'm curious given how much of the economic situation and the global economic situation is part of your paper and your thinking on this, the question that bruce has pos