cities with even bigger tree loss problems are new orleans, houston, an albuquerque. >> even have noticed a lot of changes going on downtown. construction is a common sight these days along the pavilion with lots of new tenants preparing to live in. bubba gump shrimp is moving in. upstairs, ripley's believe it or not will call the light street home. bringing the occupancy rate of the pavilion of to 95%. >> you have to work with what the public is looking for, what visitors are looking for, so we have adapted to that. i think our customers are not only tourists, but they are local residents that have increased significantly in the last years, and the office workers that work in the core of baltimore city. with the new attraction and new restaurants and new retail, it covers those bases. >> along with all the new tenants, some of those who were already residents are renovating. and now, your 11 instaweather plus forecast. >> yesterday was 67 degrees in downtown baltimore. today, 10 degrees cooler. that front did not go through and make a difference, but still committed to other 50's, signif

senator bill payne and i had the opportunity to meet with a family of michael snyder, an albuquerque man who was murdered by his wife, and then secretly buried him at his home for eight years. michael's sisters terri and laura, as well as michael's mother alleen, are here today. please stand. [ applause ] michael's wife said, he had simply gone missing. simply had left, and sadly, her secret was kept long enough that the statute of limitations had run out. so this killer will serve only a few years for a murder that should have kept her behind bars the rest of her life. that is not right, and we are going to change the law and fight to ensure that no one is able to murder someone in our state and get off easy or get away with it completely by simply letting out the -- the clock run out. that is wrong. i am confident that we can work together to solve our pressing public safety needs. the democrats, republicans, and andy. we can do it. strengthening megan's law to ensure sex offenders can not live in secret in our neighborhoods, allowing amber alerts to be issued when them in harm's w

. >>> an albuquerque woman who thought she was putting her dog to sleep had to say good-bye to her pooch her chihuahua named lola to the vet after it was attacked by another dog. the vet told her lola would probably die if not euthanized first. four months later, an animal clinic contacted the owner about changing information recorded in lola's microchip. turns out, lola went to a second-chance clinic, and veterinarians there saved her. >> if they would have come to you and said, "we saved your dog, it's going to be $1,500," what would you have done? >> i would have said, okay, put on my card. >> lisa gossett says she's going to let the dog stay at her new home because she's happy there. >> and that employee that made the decision to send little lola to the shelter was fired. >>> well, let's get a look at the big political conversations ahead this morning. we're going to start with chris matthews. >> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on "the chris matthews show," republicans are scared stiff. the guy who was supposed to be inevitable, mitt romney, is having real trouble talkin

. >>> an albuquerque woman who thought she was putting her dog to sleep had to say good-bye to her poochihuahua named lolo was attacked by another dog and a veterinarian told the owner lola would probably die if not eighteenth nized first. four months later, an animal clinic contacted the owner about changing information recorded in lola's microchip. turns out, lola was living with another family. the woman said she was never told her dog might survive. >> if they would have come to you and said we saved your dog, it would be $1,500, what would you have done? >> i would have said, okay, put it on my card. >> the new owners changed lola's name to tinker. lisa gossett says she'll let the dog stay at her new home because tinker is happy there. >> very generous. both owners obviously love the dog. >> it's a bizarre story. >>> as david gregory was telling us, the presidential election is about eight months away. >> yes, he was, but yesterday there was a different sort of presidential election going on at nationals park. it was the annual nats mascot tryouts. candidates dressed up as washingto

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. >>> a saxophonist who serenaded bart passengers in san francisco has been arrested in an albuquerque cold case. ronald brewington is charged with shooting to death a 37- year-old woman in 1987. although he was using an alias, he was commonly referred to as the jazz man. even passed out christmas cards to bart leaders. >>> a new report is detailing the final moments of two firefighters last year. they were killed while battling a fire in the city's diamond heights neighborhood. a report says a large window in the house blew out, sending in a rush of oxygen that turned the small fire into an inferno. it says temperatures reached 700 degrees and the extreme heat melted the men's radios. it's still unclear when the radios failed. >> we'll never know because we don't have vince it tony here. we do know there were three attempts to contact vince and tony prior to that window failure, which we feel led to the fatal event, and eventually, and four attempts after that. >> in december state investigators fined the don't $21,000 for what it called serious worker safety violations during the inc

police arrested him at an albuquerque gas station for probation violations.they learned it was his wedding day, they arranged a rather unique ceremony. >> obviously, they had the compassion to go ahead and allow the ceremony to occur, but we were also safe about it. >> to marry them at pump three, which i thought was really funny, and at the time i thought, well, i guess you were part of the wedding party, and you are all the groomsmen. >> married at pump three. a justice of the peace married rogers and his fiance as the officers looked on. rogers is now being held without bond. >>> and this morning robert f. kennedy's son douglas is facing child endangerment and harassment charges. he is accused of knocking down a new york nurse during a confrontation over his newborn son. our national international susan candiotti has more. >> was he defending his rights as a parent and protecting his child, or refusing to follow a nurse's order? douglas kennedy was visiting his wife, molly, in the maternity ward about two days after her c-section and said he wanted to take

. >>> 18-year-old man is listed in grave condition this morning following an accident in north albuquerquely. the skate border was not wearing a let met at the time. >>> the republican race for the white house now turns to nevada and maine the caucuses there this weekend. alison burns reports mitt romney's big win in florida gives him a big advantage moving ahead. >> mitt romney is taking a victory lap on morning tv. he said in several interviews this morning he is feeling good about his chances to take the gop nomination. his win in florida was decisive. he captured 46% of the vote. newt gingrich finished second with merely 32%. gingrich is vowing to stay in the race and this morning romney said that the attacks between -- the two campaigns are toughening him up. >> each candidate has the right to stay in the race as long as they want to. i like the fact we will be honing our message. >> reporter: romney is already on the attack in nevada. here's the mailer his campaign is sending out calling gingricher rattic, unethical, and reckless. ron paul is hoping his strong organization will give hi

albuquerque at an even 50. salt lake city just a little cooler at 46. >>> a spelling bee lesson.pelling champ. well, red-faced school officials in memphis are doing their best to explain an embarrassing spelling error. but not many people are buying it. >> yeah. that mix-up was on the marquee outside of a high school where the word "welcome" was actually spelled w-e-l-c-m-o-e. welcmoe. you can blame a faulty spell checker saying it was a typo. but this sign of course has no keyboard or computer. clearly human error at play here. the school's explanation, "reading is fundamental. spelling oftentimes is not." >> reading, writing, and arithmetic. >> it's always bad when it happens to a school. remember the street sign here in new york that spelled "school" wrong? back with more "world news now" after this. t-h-s-i. ♪ how to get an a ♪ listen to me, baby, that's all you've got to do ♪ ♪ abc ♪ it's easy as one, two, three ♪ hey, it's me -- water. when i think about how lucky i am that i've had a pur water filter remove 99% of lead and microbial cysts... [ sniffs ] and then i think abo

albuquerque and beneficial rain in west texas. that's fantastic news. they are in the midst of an over a year long drought. most of our showers gone into southern maryland. we're in pretty good shape, a couple sprinkles possible, but that's about it and we'll see partial clearing. here's a look at the live doppler, most of the activity barely hanging onto southern calvert and st. mary's county. a good time now before this weekend's storm to download our weather app. 43 bethesda, arlington, 46 college park, 43 great falls and reston. so the lull before the storm, yeah, maybe. showers end early tonight. breezy and mild friday and still mild on saturday with fading sunshine. high clouds come in on saturday. showers ending early tonight, partial clearing and chilly, 34 to 40, winds become northwest 10 to 15 after midnight. by morning partly cloudy, breezy, chilly, 30s and 40s, still more like march than february and by afternoon mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant, need your shades, high temperatures 50 to 55, winds northwest 10 to 15. next seven days great on friday and we're looking at some clouds coming in sa

albuquerque. 36 in the twin cities. upper 40s here in new york and much of the northeast. 67 in atlanta. and an always warm 82 in miami. >>> coming up next after the break, the new rankings of the most and least dependable auto marks. >>> new debate in the powell family tragedy. should the dad who killed his two young sons be buried next to them? >>> and the alert about babby formula. arsenic found in certain kinds of formula. we'll show you what to look for when w >>> welcome back, everybody. cars are getting a little more dependable. in fact, a look at 3-year-old cars found dependability is at its best ever. the j.d. power survey says lexus, cadillac and porche are the most dependable. and chrysler, joj, and jeep are the least dependable. >>> overseas you markets mostly low because of delays in the greek bailout deal. hong kong's hang seng dipped 88 points. in london, the ftse opening lower. and on wall street, the dow lost 97 points yesterday, the worst one-day decline this year. the nasdaq fell 16 points after apple stock fell after eight straight days of gaines. >>> get ready for another i

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