you -- the aclu wants more. >> according to the aclu, the list includes information on a county councilman, the school superintendent, and women who filed sexual harassment suits against john leopold. they are seeking more records kept by anne arundel county police. the aclu says records show a clear pattern. >> the county executive was using the county police as his political opposition research team. >> those records also show evidence of a crime. the county police department admitted officers illegally access criminal history data bases to check the people on the list. >> that is a crime. that is very serious. >> the county school superintendent, a community activist, county councilman, and revenue filed sexual discrimination lawsuit against john leopold. >> it would be flagrantly improper. there is no doubt about that. everything that has come to light is also flagrantly improper. >> both john leopold and the police chief have an obligation to give a full accounting of what was done. >> there is no possible argument that what was done it was appropriate. given what we know was done, gi

from north baltimore with what the aclu is saying about a situation. >> the aclu is saying the arrest of minors should be handled differently than adults. they say the department violated state regulations when it comes to school of arrests. three girls and one boy were arrested yesterday for an alleged assault that happened last week. the alleged assault happened in southwest baltimore. police say the kids have been charged with aggravated assault after they were accused of threatening to put one victim's head under water at a lake. another victim claims he was assaulted at a nearby railroad track. it is not clear what happened. a relative of a victim was very upset by the arrest. he claims parents were not notified for several hours after the arrests. the aclu is not directly involved with the case. they say they are appalled by the actions of the police department. >> the department appears to be in violation of state regulations regarding school arrests. they're not to arrest children at school when it is just as feasible to have arrested them at home. the parents would have been

aclu attorney, david roke a. >> picking -- roke a. >> picking up dirt. this is not a legitimate law enforcement purpose. >> reporter: this comes after the police chief refuses to answer questions under oath before the county counsel. >> i would not want to break the law. >> his failure and unwillingness to do that is shameful, embarrassment, impproper, and in my opinion, renders him unfit to be the chief of police. >> reporter: the aclu is also demanding logs from the group leopold is going for access. >> leopold maintains his innocence against charges of misconduct in office. the state prosecutor indicted him earlier this month. >> reporter: and the aclu is also asking the county notify anyone who had their information illegally accessed. something that has not been done. we'll continue to follow this one for you. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. >>> several members of the county council are still pushing for the police chief to open questions about what, if anything, he knew about the alleged spying. >>> an update

the aclu -- the aclu said they are also outraged. >> they are in violation of procedures concerning school arrest. they are not supposed to arrest children during school hours when it is feasible for them to arrest the children at home. >> i hope this does not happen to any other families. i hope they learn how to do their job. >> a spokesman for the department said the actions of the officers involved is under investigation. we are live tonight at the juvenile justice center in downtown baltimore. >> the city officer involved in the deadly shooting earlier this week is been identified. michael gordon is under administrative leave after shooting one man in the northwest section of the city. on tuesday, borden was forced to shoot a 21-year-old after he emerged from his home waving what appeared to be a knife. the incident remains under investigation. meanwhile, police are trying to hunt down a masked intruder they say sexually assaulted a woman in northeast baltimore. the 18-year-old victim told police she was resting in her bedroom of around 11:00 when the suspect broke in and attacked her

the aclu was in annapolis today to testify in support of a house bill making it illegal for employers to require employees or those applying for a job to h. over their online passwords. now some companies have started to ask for passwords to sole home is groups like facebook, twitter, even your e mai. the aclu and those who support the bill say that request violates one's privacy and it is unacceptable. >> we want to make sure that employers respect the right to privacy, respect the right to a person's freedom of speech on their own personal email account. you keep an employer from monitoring their own business accounts, but it's really none of their business. >>> the most recent example was a division of corrections officer who was asked to hand over his password for a recertification interview. the aclu also wants an investigation into the allegations that anne arundel county executive john leopold told people to keep tabs on political opponents. they are concerned that leopold's actions would violate a law barring that type of surveillance. leopold was indicted last week on charges

. >> reporter: the aclu says the secrecy surrounding what they're calling mr. leopold's enemy's list needs to end. it cuts across party lines and also includes an anne arundel county police sergeant and former county employee. >> reporter: the aclu believes the spying scandal, involving john leopold is much bigger than first thought. leopold was accused of directing police to use the state criminal database, to dig up dirt on his political foes. and the aclu is demanding to know what information leopold may have collected on a growing list of people. >> literally, theft of taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: now including annapolis mayor, josh cullen. the process has now been destroyed. >> and delegate don dwyer. aclu attorney, david roca. >> picking up dirt on an opponent is definitely not a legitimate law enforcement purpose. >> reporter: the pressure mounts as the police chief refuses to answer under oath before the council. >> i do not want to break the law. so i do not want to answer. >> his failure and unwillingness to do that is shameful, embarrassment. impro

. >>> the aclu is frustrated tonight that the county's chief of police won't testify before the county council. he said that -- he said he won't respond to the subpoena because i call itself invalid. the aclu said he won't take a suspect to tell the council and the voters what the chief knows about the supposed enemy list the executive had. police keep about possible candidate that may run against them. the aclu said if he can't do this he can't preform the most basic function of his job, which is to enforce the law and if he is afraid of his responsible responsibility he has no business being the chief of police. we are at that meeting and will have a report for you tonight at 1. > >>> and state police are reminding everybody of a law requiring drivers to move over. it's to -- and traffic. violaters said the move over law could get heavy fines especially if someone is hurt in january. two maryland law officials were hurt in two separate incidents. >>> name the three great things about your mom? you gave me 11. there is nothing stronger than a bond between a mother and child and tonigh

the aclu wants more. they have filed requests for possible dociers. barry sims has the latest. >> the american civil liberties union is seeking more records kept by anne arundel county police on citizens who may have been political opponents or politically threatening to county executive john leopold. the aclu says records the group has already received show a clear pattern. >> the county executive was using the county police as his political opposition research team. >> aclu attorney david rocca says those records show evidence of a crime. he said the county police department admitted they illegally entered the data list. >> that is a crime. it is very serious. >> the list of people on which the police department kept dociers includes the school superintendent, council member jamie penoit and women that filed sexual harassment suits against leopold. >> it would be improper if it happened. no doubt about that. everything that has come to light so far is also improper. >> the aclu says the police chief and leopold have an obligation to give a full acco

our last speaker is from the aclu, who boasted about the actual ordinance before us today. scores, you have your three minutes. after that, i will ask the committee to ask questions, if the have questions about the ordinance. >> let me start with an apology to the interpreter. i will try to slow down. my name is john. i am here on behalf of 10,000 aclu members in san francisco who feel very strongly about these issues. while we care about the range of civil rights issues, the reason we have 10,000 members right now is because what has been going on post 9/11. we plan to let them know when their supervisors, when the mayor does on an import issue like this. personally, i have 25 years of experience working on police issues nationally and locally. i coordinated the aclu campaign against russia profiling and worked on a number of important policies with the sfpd, one of which is the intelligence policies that are the subject of this ordinance today. i wanted thank supervisor kim for her leadership, the three co-sponsors who are here, and the two other sponsors in the room. we

. >> the aclu says both the county executive and police chief have an obligation to give a full accounting of what was done. >> given what we know it was done and given the clear impropriety of what was done, it is incumbent upon the county executive of the chief of police to make sure the victims' are notified and given an opportunity to see what information was compiled about them. >> the aclu wants the police department to release all the names and contact all of the people who were on the list. so far, there has been no comment fraud at the county executive or from the police chief. -- comment from the county executive or from the police chief. >> governor o'malley defended his use of the taxpayer and skybox a day after we obtained the guest list fold of political allies, a family, and france. -- friends. >> the governor acknowledged the box is a perk. at the big home opener last season, id kgb -- it paid to be an o'malley. 15 of the tickets were given to the governor's family. responding to questions, the governor says there is no abuse of his use of the skybox. his guest list include

. >> the aclu calls it illegal. >> it's beyond appalling. it's complete perversion of the political process. >> the information included criminal records, medical records, real estate records, and news reports. >> it also has the police chief under fire. >> we need to do what he do. say that he's denied any wrong doings. the county executive has said the truth will come out in the court process. that wjz i've witnessed news. >> the aclu announced today the request even more files. they believe the county executive ordered on other politicians and their families, both democrat and republican. >>> traffic moving on the beltway after this big mess. a tractor-trailer carrying hate cops fire on the outer loop between green spring avenue after firefighters put out the flames, it took crews several more hours to clear the hay off the highway. >>> a rough landing for this plane at the wi. the nose gear collapsed as it landed this afternoon. neither the people onboard were hurt. the accident did not affect any other planes from taking off or landing.

. >> reporter: the aclu is demanding what they call a county executive. the state prosecutors claim leopold has security details to keep on political opponents. >> it's expressly forbidden by the law, so how is a top ranking government official spending time on this conduct is just outrageous. >> reporter: two got leopold to step down. the head of the international brotherhood of police officers is outraged at the protection staff to drive him to clean up his urine. >> the county will become once word spreads of the indictment to the country. >> reporter: follows a no- confidence vote. >> i was surprised to see 100% of the members who voted to vote that way. >> reporter: leopold had denied wrongdoing. he told wjz, i continue to work with the members and honored to serve as police chief and continue to have faith and confidence in all police department members. >> if there were reports of police officers turning a blind eye, i would say, shame on the chief. >> reporter: the aclu is especially worried about what he was collecting on the opponents and how lo

it comes from the aclu. -- out the door. it comes from the aclu. he was keeping records on citizens who may have been political opponents. the list might include a county councilman, at the school superintendent, and two women who filed sexual discrimination suits against john leopold. some records show evidence of a crime. >> the county executive was using the county police as his political opposition research team. >> john leopold has been indicted on charges of misconduct. >> the governor was talking up his same-sex marriage bill before a group of catholics meeting in baltimore. the four members of the national catholic minister, the governor said he is confident it will survive referendum. >> i truly believe that ultimately, the voters of our state will once again come down on the side of human dignity. >> the governor's brother, peter o'malley, is leaving the chief of staff position in the baltimore mayor's office to join a baltimore law firm. he will be counseled in the firm's city office, focusing on government relations. he has been the may

. >> and the aclu wants more. find out what they are asking for. county executive john leopold. >> accused. the soldier charged with shooting 16 afghan villagers. "11 news saturday morning" starts now. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> good morning, welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm jennifer franciotti. lisa has the weekend off. why and i've kerry cavanaugh. first we'll get a look outside with john collins. >> and same to you. >> where is your green? >> because of technical reasons, i cannot wear it. there's a green wall. we can't do it, or i'd be nowhere. >> you'd be the invisible weatherman a. >> yesterday was an in-between day. tough to warm up. we were spoiled by temperatures of 80 or so. we were expecting warmer temperatures, but the clouds hung around a little longer than expected, and we wound up cooler. typical high this time of year is 54 degrees. we're splange complaining because wre -- and we're complaining because we were only in the 60's to near 0's yesterday. most clouds have gone south. there are sp

the aclu is not happy with the anne arundel county and police chief who refused to testify about the indictment of a county executive, john leopold. john leopold s. -- but the aclu is expanding the inquiry into whether members of the police department conducted illegal background checks against leopold's political components. -- political opponents. >> table games in six of them locations is meeting some resistance in the house. some delegates are concerned the state admitted to pass by adding a site in prince george's county before the other five locations are fully operational. >> we are going to look at each piece of that bill and see what we can keep, what we cannot, and what we need to add to the bill. quite the bill provides a 7% revenue increase for slot operators and allows the same company to run two casinos in maryland. the senate passed similar legislation on tuesday. state law requires any expansion of gaming be decided by a voter referendum. >> can you wrap your brain around being a half billion dollars richer? >> n9o. no. >> letting the kids have a shot. a group of kids

based on documents obtained by the aclu, we know the fbi it targeted the chinese-american community. these assessments were based on harmful, offensive, racial stereotypes that undercut the core values we stand for. by restoring oversight, we believe the ordnance can rebuild trust quickly eroding in the immigrant communities we serve. we hope san francisco can safeguard our civil rights and embrace rather than alienate the diverse communities in our city. thank you. supervisor kim: thank you. >> i am a psychologist and i would like to discuss the psychological impact on the individual's. there is the denial phase and day experience hyper vigilance, increase reaction and intrusive repetitive thoughts. their feelings get disturbed and there behaviors, they have difficulty concentrating and emotional instability, sleep and dream disturbances. the physical symptoms are diarrhea, sweating, nausea. they experience a lot of difficult things. compulsive repetition and sometimes various forms of self a vacation like using a call or drugs. there is also a denial that they go through and a host

the aclu is calling the situation appalling and a national disgrace. details are coming up at 6:00. >> getting kids excited about reading and an early age is the goal the new program being tested in baltimore city. details are straight ahead. girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. >> a pilot program is encouraging students to read. teachers say it is working. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake visited schools with dramatic results. jennifer franciotti has more. >> he made one for each boy and girl. they made up their own stores. >> she loves reading in the kindergarten class. all the kids do. they know why reading is so important. are readingartners all kinds of news stories than

me now, the director of the aclu's speech and technology project.e did the idea come from that your facebook isn't private? >> some people think the idea facebook privacy is already and oxymoron, people are exhibitionists and equate privacy with secrecy. when we talk about privacy, we talk about not keeping things secret from everyone but having control over our information. people use facebook the way they react with people in their lives. i have different information available. it's understandable why employers might be tempted to get access to this, just like to see what dvd's are in your closet. >> there are variations to this, having to friend the h.r. manager in order to get the interview. >> again, there at least, the facebook user has the option of controlling that person's access. when we talk about demanding a password, not only does that vital the privacy of the job applicant but hundreds of that pepper's friends. once the interviewer cap log in as me, they can see things that my friends have chosen to share with me and not others. >> the

still the attorney for the aclu of maryland said. >> we can respond to serious behavior without criminalizing the very young children the way the police did in this incident. >> reporter: the parents of those children were also upset that they weren't told about the arrest until after the children were taken away to juvenile booking. the aclu said the group is only monitoring the situation, not taking action against the city police department at least for now. abc 2news. >> new tonight arson charges for a 12-year-old. police say he brought a flare gun onto a school bus and it went off. the driver 28 students were able to get off. seven were treated for smoke inhalation. it destroyed the bus doing about $45,000 of damage. >>> city police are trying to find the man who assaulted a woman in her home. it . the woman said a marked man wearing golf gloves attacked her in herbed. anyone with information should call police. >>> a bill to help develop a off shore wind farm is going to the senate. the house of delegate as proved it today. utility customer who have to pay about a dollar and 60-cents mor

the aclu really wants to know exactly how long mr. leopold had been keeping has enemy lists or these files on his opponents. and exactly what information is in them. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the brotherhood of police officers represents sergeants and lieutenants in the county's police department. >>> we want to update breaking news in northeast baltimore, where a car has slammed into a building. captain mike perry is over the scene now in sky eye chopper 13 with details. >> reporter: hello, vic. we are in northeast baltimore. this is bel bel air road and glen arm avenue. police were attempting to stop a station wagon, southbound on bel air road when that station wagon fled from police. he was fleeing at high speed. then they tried to make a left- hand turn the wrong way on glen arm avenue. spun out of control and collided with a house on the corner of glen arm avenue and bel air road. now, the person driving the vehicle, apparently claimed some minor injury. police did call paramedics to the scene. that p

. >> most talked about feature on a el i-phone being accused by the aclu being a spy for apple.he voice interface that allow users to speak command and get answers to question from his a female computer voice but incorporating to the aclu it's also sending personal user info to apple to stock pile cat a base. tech giant insist that information is simply giving it more context for command what you mean when you say call dad. mean time apple already sold out of pre-order for the new i-pad. if you order now there is a two to 3 week shipping delay. experts predict apple may sell more than 1 million tablet on friday when the latest version officially introduced. in comparison they sold 300,000 device on the day the original i-pad was introduced. >> big effort tonight to get the word out about a million dollar plan to elect try tie cal train. jerry hill and officials want to use high speed rail bond money and local trants important taition fund to convert cal train from diesel to electric power. they will unveil details about the plan tomorrow morning at the is cal train station in sa

. >> most talked about feature on a el i-phone being accused by the aclu being a spy for apple.oice interface that allow users to speak command and get answers to question from his a female computer voice but incorporating to the aclu it's also sending personal user info to apple to stock pile cat a base. tech giant insist that information is simply giving it more context for command what you mean when you say call dad. mean time apple already sold out of pre-order for the new i-pad. if you order now there is a two to 3 week shipping delay. experts predict apple may sell more than 1 million tablet on friday when the latest version officially introduced. in comparison they sold 300,000 device on the day the original i-pad was introduced. >> big effort tonight to get the word out about a million dollar plan to elect try tie cal train. jerry hill and officials want to use high speed rail bond money and local trants important taition fund to convert cal train from diesel to electric power. they will unveil details about the plan tomorrow morning at the is cal train station in san ma

what happened in that particular battle and the incredible effort that planned parenthood and the aclu and other groups, especially planned parenthood, put into that victory coupled with our work on the college campuses. we were 31 points behind two months out before the election. 31 points. we literally, i know planned parenthood put up offices, campaign offices overnight. i mean, threw them up. it was literally astonishing. and the incredible grass roots movement that took place in that state, i think it was something like, oh, thousands and thousands of phone calls that were made. over 412,000 phone calls made within a four-week period. 20,000 doors were knocked on. mississippians said no we're not stupid. we know this is masogoneous and are not going to change our constitution with this crazy personhood initiative and we defeated the measure by ten points in the end. i'd like a little round of applause there. thank you. it was a tremendous effort. but unfortunately, we lost when it came to voter identification measure that was on the same ballot. and voter identification measures a

of course, that's why the aclu and league of women voters has gone to the court and not the ballot box. it's interesting to me too that deborah bowen, a democratic secretary of state, you know, took the opposite position. it could be that she's right or arguable on the law but she didn't take the position to expand voting rights here. it doesn't seem to be an issue that democrats are coming out in front on to be advocates for felons. i mean, it's not a very popular constituency. >> belva: where is this in court? >> it was filed with the state court of appeals in san francisco, a court that potentially can issue a statewide ruling, and they're asking them to do something quickly so these folks can vote in the 2012 election. >> belva: all right. this weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in japan. a disaster which wiped out entire communities, claimed 20,000 lives, and triggered a nuclear meltdown. the tsunami also caused a $58 million in damage along the northern california coast, wrecking the santa cruz and crescent city harbors. paul rogers, you were in

i asked an attorney with the aclu what took so long to get the documents. she said to me that nick sometimes freedom can take awhile. in fremont, 7 news. >> russian president and presidential candidate romney are exchanging verbal pot shot. room any called russia no. 1 geo-political foe. and russia said i recommend all the candidates do at least two things. that they use their head when they formulate their position and that they check the time. it is now 2012 not the mid 1970's. well fast that was not enough it continued late today romney hit back. he says the russian clearly prefer to do business with in his words current incumbent of the what it house and president obama is trying to ingratiate himself with the kremlin. that's from romney today. >> tonight u.s. supreme court is considering issues at the very heart of the challenge to president obama health care law. high court listened to arguments on provision that requires americans to purchase health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. more tonight from political reporter mark matthe matthews. >>repor

the aclu is requesting an investigation. >> leopold denies wrongdoing. he vows to fight the allegation and stay in office. >>> what is it? a small community on calvert county is on edge after a mysterious illness claims the lives of three people. adam may has the latest on the frightening situation in southern maryland. >> reporter: the victims are all members of the same family that were living in the same house inulousby. now there are new concerns that the illness could spread. >> reporter: calvert county hazardous materials team suited up two members on full respirators to enter the house. they're taking samples, trying to identify a mysterious microbe that has killed three here since thursday. the two deaths are the 58-year- old son and 51-year-old daughter of 81-year-old ruth blake. blake died of the same illness in the house last week. another adult daughter is also hospitalized in washington. all of them caring for mrs. blake when she became critically ill from a pneumonia- like illness. >> it is a pneumonia, due to some germ. >> i think this is

the aclu is crying foul. >> i just started crying. i said, my baby is back in a cell. she's 9 years old. >> two other 9-year-old girls and an 8-year-old boy were arrested by city police from an elementary school. >> they took the children outside in front of the school and said put your children behind your backs and put them in a paddy wagon. >> police charged the children for an alleged assault that happened last week on the 2500 block of tolley street. >> they allegedly threatened the victim they were going to put their head under the water, and another juvenile was assaulted on railroad tracks. >> they should never have been locked up in the first place. they are children. they didn't have guns. they are playing. >> loretta said she was forbidden to talk to her daughter the entire time she was in police custody and did not get to see her until midnight. >> she was not her normal self. she was shocked in a way but trying to hide it, like i'm ok. >> she and her father are upset about the way the police handled the arrest. the aclu is also outraged. >> they are not su

i asked an attorney with aclu what took so long to get the documents and she said to me sometimes freedom can take a while. >> embattled alameda county super vidor -- supervisor made a public appearance today, attending a meeting and returned to work raft week after treatment for alcohol abuse which followed a claim she was assaulted by her ex-boyfriend in a newark hotel. colleagues say she looks strong and healthy. >> she's a vibrant, young, rising star and we hope the best for her to be able to get back on track with initiatives that are so important to her like domestic violence and things like that. >> this 40-year-old is the wife of bill lockyer. >> mail service came to a halt today after a powdery substance made three postal employees ill. they clained of headaches and sore throats. the post office was evacuated and a four-block area sealed off. after inspection the substance turned out not to be hazardous. >> turns out to be a herbal remedy that this recipient was waiting to arrive from i believe vietnam. something that he had ordered for his son. >> authorities gave all clear afte

the aclu is expanding its inquiry. the group filed a new public information request with the department of public safety and the maryland state police. 59 degrees on tv hill. airplane passengers shopping to restrain their captain during a flight. >> and the supporting pink slime. will explain. >> this is 83 a york road. weather and traffic when we come weather and traffic when we come back. i love when i get to do a morning talk show. i'm always talking about t.j.maxx. i tell people how to look like a million bucks without spending it. fashion direct from designers. savings direct to you. t.j.maxx. let us make a maxxinista out of you. >> welcome back. 5:09. 63 degrees downtown with a few scattered clouds. the next chance for rain will be friday night or saturday. 52 in taneytown and and whisper. there's some colder air sweeping in from the northwest -- emmitsburg. we will be in the 60's this afternoon, a high of 63. it will be a breezy day. the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> new video is release

trying to say the administration is where the aclu is on this is absolutely wrong.are not there. >> number one you're making a policy argument there. with all due respect the poll seif the nypd has been pretty darn successful. it's clear from their absolute success in preventing things like the christmas bombing that would have taken place in manhatten. there has been muslim community groups that have actually supported, significantly suppo supported what the nypd is doing. this is publicly obtained information. this isn't private spying. this is publicly obtained information. there's been a little bit of a rush to judgment. the aclu had come out not surprisingly very strong on this in opposing what the nypd is doing without knowing the scope and details of their operations, which neither julian or i really know the details of. so that is an overstatement. the attorney general eric holder with due respect to the office of the attorney general making a statement that he was disturbed by a newspaper account and it's under review at justice department puts the nypd und

. >> this morning, the aclu is crying foul. children arrested at their school. >> i just started crying. i said, my baby is in a cell. she's 9 years old. >> she was called to be told her 9-year-old daughter was arrested. two other kids were also arrested. >> they took the children outside in front of whoofer was watching and told these children to put their hands behind their backs and put them in a patrol vehicle. >> there was a lake in close vicinity and the suspects threatened a victim to put their head under the water, then there was another juvenile who was assaulted on some railroad tracks. >> they are children. they didn't have guns. they were playing. >> lorretta said she was unable to talk to her daughter until she was taken from police custody. >> she wasn't her normal self. it is kind of like she was shocked in a way but trying to hide it, like i'm ok. >> loretta and her father were upset with the way they handled the arrest. >> the police department is not supposed to arrest children at school when it was just as fe

in washington -- >> the aclu says it is not happy with the police chief. he refused to testify before the county about the indictment of the county executive. the county executive is accused of using his detail for personal use. they want to find out if the legal background checks were conducted on an appointment. in session 2012 news, and expanded gambling bill is meeting some resistance in the house. the bill provides 7% and revenue increases and allows the state company to run two casinos in maryland. some are concerned that the state is moving too fast before the other locations are fully operational. >> we are going to look at each piece of that bill to see what we can keep, what we cannot, and what we need to add to the bill. >> even if the house of votes in favor of the measure, it could be decided by a voter referendum. >> the day is beautiful. 70's. a different flavor today. we have some sunshine, but temperatures are down. nw winds at 15. a blustery day today. temperatures up through yesterday. the average temperature for the month of march was 5

the county police as his political opposition research team. >> aclu attorney david roca said those records also show evidence of a crime. he said the county police department admitted officers illegally accessed criminal history data base to check the people on the list. the list includes the superintendent. a community activist. county councilman jamie benoit. and women that filed sexual harassment lawsuits against leopold. >> it would be flagrantly improper, if it happened. no doubt about it. everything that has come to light so far is also flagrantly improper. >> the police chief said they have an obligation to give a full accounting of what was done, why, and what steps are being taken to ensure it does not happen again. >> there is no possible argument that what was done was appropriate. >> given what we know was done, and given the clear impropriety of what was done, i think it is incumbent on the county executive and the chief of police to make sure that the sprims are notified and given an opportunity to see what information was compiled about them. >> barry sims, wbal-tv 1

. >> reporter: the aclu is demanding access to what they're calling indicted john leopold's enemies' list. file it is state prosecutor claims leopold asked a security detail to keep on political opponents. >> it's expressly forbidden by the law and to have a top official engaging in this conduct is outrageous. the national head of the international brother hood of police officers is outraged at allegations leopold's protection staff had to drive him to sex encounters and clean up his urine. >> it will become once the word spreads of this indictment the laughing stock of the country. >> reporter: the paternal order of police. >> i think like anybody i was surprised to see 100% of the members who voted to vote that way. >> leopold has denied wrong doing. the police chief told wjz i continue to work well with the fop and its members. i'm honored to serve as police chief and i continue to have full faith and confidence in all police department members. >> if there was any basis for the published reports of the chief turning a blind eye to the county administrator's alleged activities the

the aclu calls them troubling and says they violate state regulations. however, police are defending them. >> reporter: baltimore city police arrested, handcuffed, three 9-year-old girls and an 8- year-old boy at morrow park elementary school, after a vicious fight last week. they're charged as juveniles in an attack on a playground, where according to police, one victim's head was placed under water. and another victim was put on railroad tracks. kimkimberly regger has children who attend classes here. >> it's not right at all. they should have handled it a different way. >> reporter: the grandfather of one of those arrested, told our newspaper partner, the baltimore sun, he's upset because he was not notified of the arrests. >> reporter: he also told the sun it was retaliation, after his granddaughter and the others were beaten with sticks on a swing set. police defended handcuffing the children at school. >> certainly, it's our policy whenever someone is arrested, regardless of their age. we handcuff them. not just for their safety, but also for offic

. >>> the aclu sending out a warning to people who use siri on their new i-phones, it helps keep youhedule or provide answers but the aclu said that all of that spoken data is being tracked by apple. apple said the information is used to help improve it. >>> the feature is also the focus of a new lawsuit, face class action lawsuit against apple. the man proponent said it does president work as well as apple claims and he is a caution them of false advertising. he is hoping to end the sale of the newest i-phone and collect damages. >> a 23-year-old man, acknowledged guilt in the death of a woman he struck and killed with his bike. he plead guilty to it manslaughter and was sentenced to three years probation. last july he ran a red light and hit a woman who suffered head injuries. as part of his probation he will have teach bikers about safety movement an appeals court ruled a 22 year sentence for a terrorist was to right. he tried to set off a massive bomb at lax during the celebration. fouling his conviction he provided information on al- qaeda operations but later stopped cooperatin

immediately, the aclu, one of my favorite groups, attacked from the left.how holder held back information. different holder here. >> dana: i think when you become attorney general, maybe you do look at things differently. you have different responsibilities. what it was, two years ago, my former colleague and i bill burke who wrote for national review, we revealed information, broke news story which i haven't done maybe ever in my life even when i was a cub scout reporter, he had not disclosed he had defended jose padilla, the accused dirty bomber and he went through the whole senate testimony. >> holder had? >> dana: he, holder not defended by filed a friend of the court brief. >> kimberly: his law firm does. >> dana: he signed it. he did it. that is something that people look at now and say who is this guy? the policy sounds right to me and makes me feel safer. if george w. bush articulated this policy or gonzalez or manssoashashcroft had done it, y would have been worse. >> bob: we have our own woodward and bernstein. >> greg: if you talk about the about

mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> the aclu is requesting more files it believes the county executive ordered on other politicians and their families both democrat and republican. >>> we continue to follow this morning's breaking news in afghanistan, where a military helicopter has crashed overnight. we have video just into the newsroom. the chopper crashed into some houses near the afghan capitol of kabul, killing 12 turkish soldiers on board and two young girls on the ground. it is unclear what caused the helicopter to go down. >>> a lawyer for the soldier accused of sharing classified information with wikileaks wants those charges dismissed. bradley manning spent another day in court at fort meade yesterday. the military prosecutor says he downloaded and sent thousands of documents and cables to the antiscreesy website. the judge did not make an immediate ruling on manning's lawyer's request. if he is convicted he would spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> this morning baltimore city police are following new regulations after the death of one of their officers at the hands of

. >>> the aclu sending out a warning to people who use siri on their new i-phones, it helps keep youprovide answers but the aclu said that all of that spoken data is being tracked by apple. apple said the information is used to help improve it. >>> the feature is also the focus of a new lawsuit, face class action lawsuit against apple. the man proponent said it does president work as well as apple claims and he is a caution them of false advertising. he is hoping to end the sale of the newest i-phone and collect damages. >> a 23-year-old man, acknowledged guilt in the death of a woman he struck and killed with his bike. he plead guilty to it manslaughter and was sentenced to three years probation. last july he ran a red light and hit a woman who suffered head injuries. as part of his probation he will have teach bikers about safety movement an appeals court ruled a 22 year sentence for a terrorist was to right. he tried to set off a massive bomb at lax during the celebration. fouling his conviction he provided information on al- qaeda operations but later stopped cooperating. governm

the aclu says the response to a court order to reduce crowding the state is funneling billions of dollars to counties and much of it is going towards building or expanding jails. it contends that counties could release more inmates awaiting trial >> right now french police are in the middle of a standoff they say killed seven people over the last week. he has barricaded himself in his apartment building. three officers were wounded during a firefight earlier. police say the suspect killed three people at a jewish school along with a rabbi and three paratroopers. the suspect says he belongs to al qaeda and says that he killed to take revenge for palestinian children killed in the middle east >> mexico's recovery from the powerful earthquake yesterday. the 7.4 magnitude earthquake caused the injuries but no reports of any death. at least 10 aftershocks have hit since the initial earthquake. >> coming up, the unusual offer for a multimillion-dollar listing in silicon valley. >> are you ready to buy or rent a home? a trend that signals it may be cheaper to own your own house >> it is a slap i