. >> baltimore is my adopted home. i moved here more than a decade ago, i quickly fell in love with its neighborhoods and its rich history. i'm adam may. as a reporter that covered the death of freddy gray, the rioting that broke out afterwards and the bloodshed and murder it struck me that too many stories are going untold. stories of people trying to solve root problems, problems like poverty, joblessness and drug addiction. tonight we highlight the inspiring stories, the innovative ideas of those who are trying to save baltimore. >> i love it, it was challenging, something i had never done. >> bernadette buxon celebrated her first anniversary working in deconstruction. tearing down some of baltimore's vast stretches of abandoned row houses. >> just the drill, it is not as easy as some people think. to drill a door is sway ask a some ways a door, to take out a drill, it looks easy but it's not. a lot of other tools now. >> the 52-year-old woman from east baltimore didn't plan on working in deconstruction. she was a t

. >> baltimore is my adopted home. i moved here more than a decade ago, i quickly fell in love with its neighborhoods and its rich history. i'm adam may. as a reporter that covered the death of freddy gray, the rioting that broke out afterwards and the bloodshed and murder it struck me that too many stories are going untold. stories of people trying to solve root problems, problems like poverty, joblessness and drug addiction. tonight we highlight the inspiring stories, the innovative ideas of those who are trying to save baltimore. >> i love it, it was challenging, something i had never done. >> bernadette buxon celebrated her first anniversary working in deconstruction. tearing down some of baltimore's vast stretches of abandoned row houses. >> just the drill, it is not as easy as some people think. to drill a door is sway ask a some ways a door, to take out a drill, it looks easy but it's not. a lot of other tools now. >> the 52-year-old woman from east baltimore didn't plan on working in deconstruction. she was a t

nothing at all like the riots baltimore saw four months ago. or the violence plaguing baltimore this summer. with a record breaking number of homicides. putting 2015 on pace to be the deadliest year in decades. >> there is no other schizophrenia since the freddy gray -- >> jill carter is a mayoral candidate and daughter of a civil rights activist, often branded radical by mainstream maryland politician he. >> what is the root of the anger and distrust that so many in the city has are towards city hall? >> based on reality, based on being treated like they were inhuman. the poorest more vulnerable people because they can't afford adequate housing and then you criminalize those same people. there's a boiling point that would have to necessarily just come and i think why have reached it. >> carter has argued that class has kept too many baltimoreians. >> downtown baltimore, they say whose city? our city, it's their city -- they're treated if it's the city for city hall and frankly tourism and middle class black and white people. that's the way the

up west baltimore and up into baltimore county.the system was created in a way that does not run through residential neighborhoods. it runs only to business districts. and runs up at a baltimore county business districts. and when there's a desire to have another light rail stop, like we were able to get a football team, we spent tens of millions of dollars creating a light rail stop for the stadium. but there was one community that refuse to have a light rail stop. community called ruxton who said they did not want that element on public transportation in the community. so, if you are riding the light it will stopmore, every three minutes and suddenly not stop 15 minutes. thoseat's as it passes communities that objected to having a transportation system stop in their communities. transportation is the key to unl ocking these closed in like the one you saw and was baltimore. people getion is how to jobs that exist not largely in the center of baltimore but on the edges of the community in baltimore county and howard county. they al

however, this is baltimore. baltimore had the highest population of free african-americans and many of them did fight and contribute to the defense of baltimore city, for them the "star spangled banner" was the flag of the free. i hope that eventually in our nation's history everybody would be free. just different perspectives on this. on a day like today with a spyglass, armistead could look over the wall and see the white sails of the british ships and realizes he has to do something. reinforcement will brought in. it is my intention to have a flag so large the british will have no difficulty seeing it from a distance. hey, if the british want to have these invasion scares, we are going to be ready. a lot of people come up and say that's where betsy ross comes in, right? ok. mythbusters right here. first of all, true, betsy ross did exist. true, betsy ross lived in philadelphia. true, betsy ross made flags. and she lived during the revolutionary war. no linkage that she invented the american flag. she may have

blockbusting in baltimore. and by the litigation which the legal defense fund participated challenging segregated public housing in baltimore, thompson versus hud. few realize baltimore played a pivotal and pioneering role in introducing residential segregation to northern cities when the city council of baltimore passed the first municipal ordinance requiring residential segregation in 19 too big of the talk of the nation. people from cities all over the country called the city council to baltimore to find a how did you do it? send us the bill. send us the language. baltimore taught the rest of the country about how to create municipal ordinances requiring residential segregation. i want to talk what i think are too underappreciated elements that as you move forward, particularly in the affirmative fair housing kind of dicey to draw some attention to it and i do so because they are issues that are very current and baltimore today. because baltimore's history of housing segregation provides a window into what i

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it is not everywhere but it's definitely in west baltimore and east baltimore and certain other parts of the city. it's devastating. i want people to have hope in my home town which it doesn't look like there's a lot of hope in certain areas of the city right now. >> let's focus on the months following the unrest after freddfreddy gray's death. we know arrests were down, homicides went up. and the former police commissioner said this week and i'll quote him here, part of the crime rate increase was that police officers took too need and they are doing that like other officers. do you agree that the police have pulled back, and is that a good or bad thing? >> well, you know, the police erica went from one extreme to the other. they went from an extreme of overpolicing, excessive policing, abusive policing and then after freddy gray's death and six baltimore police officers were arrested and charged in involvement in his death then they went to the other end of the spectrum. residents couldn't find a police officer in their neighborhood. and so yes, i heard also, when former commissione

city of baltimore?ning us is rob winehold, a former justice department chief of staff for community oriented polici services, also a former baltimore police department director of public affairs. good to have you with us. >> pleasure to be here. lou: after listening to the mayor, her reasoning, her conduct and the way in which the city of baltimore is responding. can you tell me one reason why a person would live in the city of baltimore? >> i've got to tell you the city of baltimore is a wonderful place. great fabric of folks, hard-working people, and it's a shame the national news media and the world has taken a hard look at baltimore. they've seen riots, fires, slit fire hoses, stumbling leadership, they've seen the theatrics of the state's attorney, and most importantly tomorrow we're taking a hard look at the officers that stand trial at this point for the death of freddie gray. all of us never want to see someone's life lost, but the officers deserve due process, a fair trial, and when you add up

will remain in baltimore. at least one person was arrested as protesters gathered outside the courthouse this morning. >> the people united will never be defeated. the people united will never be defeated. the people united will never be defeated. >> all six police officers charged have pleaded not guilty. gray died in april after suffering a fatal spinal injury while being transported in a baltimore police van. just yesterday the city settle with the gray family on all civil claims for $6.4 million. joining me now baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. mayor, thank you very much for being with us. first, your reaction to the judge's ruling the case should not be moved outside of baltimore. >> i think the judge made the right decision. it will be helpful as we work to heal our city that the public knows that the jurors will be selected from the peers of the officers who work in the city as well as freddie gray. >> and, also, let's talk about the civil case. i saw that you said that this is obviously separat

tom akerman is live for us outside the court in baltimore.at is the judge considering at this hearing? >> reporter: well let me first tell you that police report that they have made at least one arrest among the demonstrators who were apparently blocking traffic in a high-frequency traffic zone in the area, a few blocks from here. but the demonstrators as a whole are small in number, 30 or 40, far smaller than the thousands who were on these streets after the death of freddie gray. the judge will hear motions on first of all to summarily dismiss the case. also whether to separate the trials of the six officers, the most serious offense charged against one officer with second degree murder, and also to -- this could be at a later hearing, whether to actually move this case out of the city of baltimore. the lawyers are also demanding that the prosecutor who filed these charges initially be removed from the case, arguing that she violated baltimore and maryland law, by uttering some prejudicial statements which could have an effect on the outcom

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notice heavy rain around baltimore at that time. because of how humid and muggy it is outside as we get into the later afternoon nd aeveniand ev think we will be tracking some downpours and the chance for some thunderstorms. it is soggy outside for most of us. once we hit 8:00, still tracking rain in parts of the area. will start to dry out around midnight. the latest on what you can expect for temperatures for the remainder of today. >> right now, a big rally forming on capitol hill against gun violence. alison parker's fare ither is t. she is the virginia reporter that was shot and killed and her photographer, adam ward. megan mcgrath is down by the capital where she just talked to one of the organizers. >> reporter: good morning, barbara. you could see behind me all of the people that had gathered were on the senate side of the u.s. capital. there are people that have been personally touched by gun violence. their stories are tragic and very sad and compelling. there are a lot of different stories among the people gathered. among

to baltimore we go. to throw out charges against the six police officers accused in the death of freddie gray. the charges ranging from murder and manslaughter to second-degree assault. not a one of those officers was in court. they all waived their right to appear. meantime, outside that courthouse emotions running high. protesters, activists demonstrating, calling for justice. police did make one arrest, we're told, though thus far it has been a peaceful day there. freddie gray died in april while in police custody. jean casarez has been inside that courtroom. the judge we know thus far today hearing these two motions, you know. we know that the trial will go forward and will be prosecuted by the state's attorney marilyn mosby. what can you tell me about what's going on right now? >> well, right now they are in session. this might be a long one because the other motion to be heard today was in regard to the six defendants, the six former police officers, should they be tried together? thud she be split

the defense will argue this trial cannot stay in baltimore.at riots and yesterday's $6.4 million settlement for the gray family has already biassed a potential jury pool. jean, i want to start with you. what's happening now? >> well, you see the protesters right there. we figure there are about a dozen of them. and the whole issue is they know this is a pivotal decision. this community wants this trial here in baltimore. this is their case. this is what happened to them. but the defense is saying, and they have said it through motions, they don't believe that the six police officer defendants can get a fair and impartial trial in baltimore. why? because it's everything that we watched on television, they experienced it live here in may. the burning, the looting, the violent crimes, the property damage, all of that was in the name of freddie gray, for justice for freddie gray. in addition to that, schools were closed and everybody in the city had to comply with the c f curfew. the defense is saying that it is true, that they cannot get a fair a

juan williams: thurgood marshall was born in baltimore maryland in 1908. and it's just 12 years earlier in 1896, that you had the supreme court ruling in plessy v ferguson. that's the ruling that says that "separate but equal" is the law of the land in the united states. the supreme court is affirming the separation of the races. larry s gibson:at the time of the civil war, baltimore had the largest free black population of any american city. and through a combination of laws, and in practices, the city became much more racially segregated around about the time when thurgood marshall was born. narrator: marshall grew up a short distance from downtown baltimore on the west side in an african-american neighborhood scattered with european immigrants. his father william worked as a waiter on the railroad. a man with a sharp wit who was sometimes described as cantankerous, he would visit the baltimore city courthouse and then argue the cases with his son over dinner. his mother norma was an educated articulate woman who taught in baltimore's segregated schools

. >>> now to baltimore, a pivotal day in the freddie gray case. gray died in april from a severe spinal cord injury he suffered in police custody. now, a judge has made several keel rulings-- key rulings, he ordered separate trials. he rejected a bid by defense attorneys to get state's attorney marilyn mosby thrown off the case. the defense said she tainted the jury pool when she announced the charges earlier this year. here is jay windle gordon. >> i thought that was condescending, disrespectful to the attorney's office. >> the judge is expected to consider a request by the defense to move the trials out of baltimore. >>> protesters return to the streets there as the freddie gray case moved toward trial, another round of demonstrations is expected around 6:30 this evening and garrett haake is live at baltimore city hall around the corner from the court house. what are we expecting to see? >> reporter: the demonstrators from the black lives matter movement and others who came to support and demonstrate against the police officers got most of what

there has been no civil litigation -- miguel marquez is in baltimore outside of city hall. >> reporterk the mayor is going to tell us why she thinks it was prudent and smart to do it right now. this will certainly further divide an already divided city. it already is both sides of the spectrum, saying that it is either too much money and it comes at the exact wrong time or they should have held out and gotten a lot more. lawyers from the freddie gray family likely would have filed suit in federal court seeking many more millions of dollars, the lawyers and the mayor will say. so doing it now was heading off a long and tough and expensive legal battle for the state. the problem is that there is a change of venue hearing for those six officers tomorrow and people believe that this will deeply affect the judge's decision about whether or not those individuals can get a fair trial here. at his hearing last week, the judge suggested that he could probably get -- or at least go through the process of trying to get a jury in baltimore before deciding to move it elsewhere. now that may change

why baltimore. why was it built here? >> a lot don't rls baltimore was a major port of debarkation for immigrants coming into the economy. that's why some of the first churches were ethnic churches, lithuanian, polish, italian. they started up based on what happened here, this was a grand experiment. the archdiocese was not just the city of baltimore. it extended as far moth as main, as far west as kentucky and as far south as what became the state of florida. >> they are big archdiocese. >> for an archbishop travelling by horse back. >> building america's first cathedral included the smallest touches. >> little things like here in the cornices there are actually acorns. americana. >> and included the truly grand. >> how significant is the dome building. >> it's a 2-piece dome. 400 tonne of brick. it's a dome within a dome. with an opening center. that is the centre piece. when latrobe was designing this, he envisioned a smaller dome, but was influence the by an amateur architect by the name of thomas jefferson, who said

baltimore with all three.ustin forsett a journeyman before last season who was a revelation for this team. sets up a first and 10. able to make the first guy miss. inside the 15. i was just going to ask you if you called a time-out. jack del rio will take it here. as they will have one left and the two-minute warning with 2:25 remaining. a baltimore team that has come back from 10 down twice today knocking on the door year. >> clock management is critical in games. we saw it play itself out in day one. coaches not quite managing the time in situations like this. when teams talk about scoring too quickly or maybe, you know, bleeding time off the clock and then scoring. how about just score? the last time-out check you score a point it helps you. right now tied up 30 apiece, more than anything, the a baltimore ravens want to come away with points and more importantly they want to come away with a touchdown. >> flacco on center. play action. flacco rolling out. far side pass incomplete. intended for gillmore. tha

reporting live in baltimore south broom wusa 9. >> thank you. while that was going on inside the courtroom, outside protesters returnd to the streets of baltimore. >> numbers not as big as the demonstrations earlier this summer. garrett haake is live with that part of the story for us. >> reporter: things are quinear baltimore city hall in the court house now but there is a second round of protest expected 6:30 tonight. compared to april these demonstrations were relatively small but could be a preview of what is to come as the trials move forward. >> all night! all day! we will fight for freddie gray! >> reporter: outside the baltimore court house this morning, a few dozen demonstrators took up a familiar refrain. >> we want justice! >> reporter: surrounded by a roughly equal number of media members called for an end for perceived police violence and for a fair trial for the 6 officers alleged to be involved. >> moved out of the city of baltimore. we want it dealt with right here. >> reporter: the demonstrator's demands are evanly split. crimin

>>> right now at 7:00, protesters gather again in the streets of baltimore while inside the court house a judge makes big rulings for the officers charged in the death of freddie gray. >>> the feds have a warning for dc workers while the pope is in town, stay home or get ready for one heck of a commute. >>> first at 7:00, not a great day for the 6 police officers charged in freddie gray's deg. good evening, i am derek mcginty. today the judge in baltimore refused to throw out the charges but ruled they could be tried separately making prosecutor's jobs difficult. there was a small group of protesters to see what the judge would say and they are back tonight. garrett haake is in the thick of it. hopefully peaceful so far. >> reporter: completely peaceful, this crowd of about 25 demonstrator physical you want to take a look behind me, smaller than the hundreds and hundreds in april when the case was flairing up, they are representing a variety of groups. the folks here foosupport fred-- to support freddie gray's family got what they wanted in the courtroom, much fewer poep on the street.

it will be a very busy day here in downtown baltimore. we are expecting that hearing at 9:30 but beginning at 8:00 a.m., protesters, several hundred of them will convene around the courthouse in what they're describing as a peaceful demonstration and the mayor certainly hopes it will remain peaceful. freddie gray you may remember was arrested april 12, died of that severe spinal cord injury april 19. today a judge will decide if the charges against the six officers should be dropped, if state's attorney marilyn mosby should be taken off the case because they say that a jury could be biased because of her media presence, or if the officers will be tried separately. police admit they were once caught off guard during the rye yachts -- riots but now they're prepared. >> our intelligence is not predicting until rest. we do know that there will undoubtedly be some level of protests or presence by a lot of folks. >> we are going to treat a protest like a protest and a riot like a riot. it should come across loud and clear. >> reporter: the city

but the president of baltimore's police union blasted the deal. lieutenant jean ryan calling the decision to settle at this time as, quote, obscene, and a ridiculous reaction on the part of the mayor and her administration. freddie gray's death set off the worst riot in decades. an unless by the walt street journal found that ten u.s. cities with the largest police departments paid out $248 million to misconduct claims in 2014. a 48% increase since 2010. >> this is not just in baltimore but across the country they need training on racial bias and police brutality. obviously instead of it getting better, as you said, it's getting worse. that's how we have so many settlements going on. >> new york city paid the largest settlement in its history this summer, $5.9 million to the family of eric garner, who died after an officer used a chokehold to restrain him. in that case and in the police shooting of michael brown in ferguson, month m officers did not face answered criminal charges. quite a different situation in baltimore where protesters outside o

a 48% increase since 2010. >> this is not just in baltimore, but across the country. they need training on racial bias and police brutality. instead of getting better, it's getting pores. that's why we have so many settlements. >> new york city paid 5.9 million to the family of er-eric garner. in that case officers did not face criminal charges, as in the case of michael brown. a different situation in baltimore, where protestors outside a court hearing for the officers made it clear what they are looking for. >> the police need to be held accountable the same which you hold me accountable if i break the law. >> a judge determined officers will be tried separately, and this week will decide if the cases will be moved out of the baltimore >>> in aisle -- illinois, the manhunt is on to find those that shot a police officer to death. law enforcement officers are canvassing the area, testing for d.n.a. the fbi ruled out video evidence they thought they had saying it is not relevant. they are juggling 185 leads, but say they do not know whom they are looking for. all they

in downtown baltimore. that was the scene of a large protest in april. earlier today these protesters taking to the streets of baltimore's inner harbor about a block or two from orioles ball park. leland vittert is live in baltimore. leland? >> greta, this evening's protests seem to be much more of a whimper than a bang. you can see a couple dozen or so [inaudible] they are outnumbered certainly by the police. two to one by the police here and you see how the police are handling this. no one is really concerned that it is going to turn into some type of violent riot it will be hard to show a greater difference. >> leland, we are having a hard time hearing you. i know that you can't hear very well there. i don't know if your mike is picking up the audio. we are having a hard time hearing you there. you might want to speak up a little bit. >> is this any better? >> not a whole lot. but we have got the point. you are there at a protest. we can tell that. and the protest is the result of a hearing today. and it

the baltimore police union sees this as keeping the peace by sacrificing police. union president says instead of letting the judicial system play out, the mayor has all but tried and convicted these officers. listen to him. >> how are you going to get a jury pool from baltimore city when they see the mayor give this kind of money. when they say hey, they've got to be guilty. >> a baltimore police officer said the kelly file that the settlement sets the stage for other people to try to hurt themselves in police vans so they too can file a lawsuit. when freddie gray was arrested back in april and placed in a police van he was not properly restained but it's unclear how he was injured. a judge will decide tomorrow if the six officers will be tried in baltimore. >> judge napolitano joining nenow. so they did it. they approved the board of estimates in baltimore, unanimously voted to settle this case, $6.4 million which is unprecedented on the eve of a critical motion hearing in the case. >> in every state in the union where there is a civil litigation or the potential

that's the latest from baltimore. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, chris. >>> arlington police are hoping this surveillance image of a car will jog someone's people any a hit and run crash that involved a 2-year-old. it happened in late august at the mcdonald's along columbia pike, not far from south walter reed. ber told that the car hit the 2-year-old, stopped so the parents could pull the child out from under the car and then sped off. the child is fine and the vehicle is a four-door silver cadillac. >>> disturbing allegations of sexual abuse against a child coming from a home day care near sterling. coming up, why deputies here in loudoun county think there maybe more victims. >>> plus, an alexandria woman hit and killed and left in the street. now, a witness is speaking only to news4 about how they think the driver trying to get rid of the evidence. >>> it could happen to anyone. a bogus criminal record put on your file. your file. how you can find out what what did iran's supreme leader get in the nuclear deal?

now the baltimore sun reports one officer is making incriminating statements about the others. paul beban has more. that cry of discretion and pain is the last time anyone other than a baltimore police officer heard freddie gray alive. after that the 25-year-old was loaded into a police van. after 45 minutes, he sustained severe injuries to his head and spinal court. his death causing the area to spiral into chaos. >> the death of freddie gray appeared to be the result of an injury when in gray was unrestrained by a seatbelt in the baltimore police department wagon. >> of the six officers involved, only the driver, officer cesar goodison junior faces a murder charge, the others face manslaughter, assault and other charges. according to the documents obtained by the baltimore "sun", officer porter warned officers that gray needed attention, gray pleaded "help me, help me up." porter arrived grey if he needed to go to the hospital and when he talked to the driver about gray's decision, goodison said he thought gray might be faking. another case said grey had a gays of gaol itis.

to include baltimore sister and anne arunde anne arundel , or annapolis.e the batch, bowie, east, a few more showers coming through our area the next couple of hours. right now, petersburg toward charlottesville. not going to get much more. one thing is for sure, our chance for this weekend has gone up a bit now. a bit of change to the weekend forecast. going to talk about that a little later. meanwhile, for next week, our chances are fairly low with what looks like, folks, a pretty cool pattern coming our way for next week. more like fall early fall, look at those temperatures again as we need 70 by 11:00. >>> david collie sentenced today, guilty of burning down his house in glendale after a judge order him to sell it in a divorce settlement. coli shot at sheriff deputies who came to evict him from his home. >>> 15 days ago, andy parker's daughter, alison parker, was shot and killed on live tv. today, he brought a powerful message to capitol hill. he challenged lawmakers to pass what he called common sense reforms to reduce gun violence. news4's steve han

as former mayor baltimore what , are your thoughts on the settlement, and this case?- i did not have all of the fact that the city solicitor would have had in settling that case, and i don't to get is really my place to talk about the merits of the settlement. honestly, the city thought it merited that settlement, and i can say this, though, policing is one of the most difficult and dangerous professions in our country. and it is important when we have incidents, when we have incidences that result in the loss of life, that we are forthright and that we address it very, very directly and that justice is done. that is what i learned to do as mayor. we used to do when hundred diverse integrity stings a year -- 100 reverse integrity stings a year. we constantly strive to improve training. our goals should be that for all of the tragedies that we are now seeing on our video cell phone tech elegy, there are things that actually work that can move our purpose to become more open and transparent, among them, body cameras, requiring all to report excessive force as christie,

meet the outreach workers trying to reduce violence in baltimore. how many smart phones, tablets, and other gadgets have you gone through in recent years? each of them would have contained gold or coltan. mined in the democratic republic of the congo, they should have long made the country very rich by now. instead the wealth is often used to fuel local and regional conflicts. our reporters adrian kriesch and jan-phillipp scholz traveled to the region. they learned that u.n. attempts to end the exploitation of miners is proving an uphill struggle. reporter: delphe kashabira has spent the entire night underground looking for gold, from 6:00 in the evening until 7:00 in the morning. that's a normal working day for him. the gold rush drew him to this mine in the eastern congolese province of south kivu eight years ago. delphe: of course it's dangerous. we do prop up the shaft, but stones still sometimes fall down from above. we also have to be very careful not to injure ourselves in the dark. and the further down you go, the harder it is to breathe. ox

adam may is live in baltimore. good morning.ave protests thus far been peaceful, and what are protesters telling you about why they are there? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, stephanie. one protester so far has been arrested. it was an individual that walked down to one of the busiest streets here in baltimore, and it looked like that person was in the road. police have not said what the charges are against this fairly well-known local activist. decides that there was a group of around 50 or so protesters that gathered in front of the courthouse before the hearing started this morning. and they were lined up to get inside. the peaceful protests rather quiet and small in size, but they are sending a strong message. >> protests speak for the people. we're tired of being voiceless. we're tired of being pushed aside. we need to have our voices heard. it's a free country, we have the right to free speeches, and we want these cops to serve every day in jail. >> reporter: some of the protesters have left their signs sitting right up a