because that's the only place it's really going. >> baltimore wasn't always a city in decline. it was once a shipping powerhouse, one of the largest seaports of the mid-atlantic states, and a major center of industrial manufacturing. >> in the late '60s, baltimore had industries like bethlehem steel, a huge ship-building industry, a very active port. >> neill franklin is a retired police major who spent 34 years in law enforcement. he's seen the decay first hand. >> late '60s, early '70s mainly, jobs started leaving baltimore. industries started leaving going overseas, wherever it ended up. it just wasn't here in baltimore anymore. but it was also around that time that richard nixon decided that he was going to start a war against public enemy number one: drugs. >> but it was president ronald reagan who turned that rhetorical war into a literal one. >> you have to show that you have a drug criminal problem. so how do you do that? through arrests. >> at a time when drug crime was actually on the decline, not on the rise. >> we went crazy arresting people for crack cocaine because

and a doctor from baltimore city health commissioner. does a statement hike governor chris christie help you as a municipal health official? >> politicians should base what they say on science and fact and evidence, not on what is appealing to individuals at any given time. we know vaccinations are the biggest sus cess, that they have saved thousands of lives. it used to be every school a child would get measle, and hundreds of children died every year. many thousands suffered damage, like brain damage, hearing and vision loss. to get to that point, to a point now where back in the year 2000 measles was considered eliminated. that is a big success story. tragedy. >> does having any doubt undermine the whole eddy fizz of using vaccines as a public health measure. >> i'm okay with parents asking questions. i don't see it as a problem for physicians to answer the questions of sceptics. i believe we should be transparent, it's worth it for parents to understand the risks and bent fits in either choice, to fact sinuate or not. the more that -

the state's attorney for baltimore city has set a news conference for tomorrow morning.e most recent case against johnson ended in a mistrial. johnson's first conviction was thrown out because the prosecution withheld evidence. >> a college basketball analyst lead not guilty to charges of soliciting a d.c. prostitute and greg anthony is free on his own recognizance for now. he is accused of using the internet to arrange an encounter at a hotel room in northwest washington. and that be back in court february 11. he may be a side community service. >> new information about the case building against war and sat -- warren sapp. he is accused of soliciting a prostitute and assault at the super bowl. he is also a dancing with the stars alum. the police say he admitted to being involved in the prostitution but denies the assault charge. >> in montgomery county, we are awaiting news of the montgomery county school superintendent jonathan starr. they are discussing whether to approve a new contract for starr. we expected update from the district tomorrow. tomorrow, the senate is

. >> i grew up in baltimore city. my mother and tpa *lgt father divorced when i was 9.was an only child. living with a black woman single raising as a single-mother i was exposed to a lot. i buffered a lot. i picked up a hypodermic needle and put it in my arm. i was addicted to heroine and cocaine for 17 years. >> you were looking for a father figure? >> i don't know if i was looking for a father figure. there was the mediate shift living with two parents then a month who was working and trying to provide and my father was distant -- >> do you feel the pain makes you a better father now. >> i know the journey has made me a better father. particularly when i had my first son, when i was addicted to drugs. i have healed the relationship to working on it. to my youngest son graduating in may from the great morgan state university and is a evening thaoer. >>engineer. >> common you had a special relationship with your dad? >> yes. i didn't grow up with my dad. my dad was truly my father throughout his life. he taught me everything. like from spirituality to sex with girls. y

baltimore city has the highest incarceration rate in the state for nearly 1400 per 100,000 population. >> if you're flying southwest today, make sure to check the status of your flight. the airline grounded 128 jets for safety inspections. it said it found those planes were overdue for hydraulic maintenance. it voluntarily took those jets out of service and reported the issue to the f.a.a. southwest cancelled 1/5 of its flights yesterday and expects to cancel about 20 more today. >> "7 on your side" this noon with the health matters alert about heart disease. a new study finds that too many women fail to recognize those symptoms until it's too late. heart disease is the number one killer of women in the u.s. some of the most common signs and symptoms that is include chest pain, shortness of breath fatigue and nausea. the symptoms can go on for several days or even weeks before a major heart attack. utility workers in new jersey are working to restore heat to about 300 homes after yesterday's gas explosion. take a look at this. a police officer captured the whole thing on his dash cam.

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 where her son thurgood graduated from high school in june of 1925. in the fall of that same year he left for lincoln university in oxford pennsylvania. in his senior year at lincoln thurgood married vivian bure, a university of pennsylvania student known to her friends as buster. after graduation in june of 1929, the couple moved in with his parents in baltimore. and by the summer after college he had decided to continue on to law school. since his first choice, the university of maryland law school was segregated and off limits to blacks his only alternative was a night school with a poor reputation on three floors of a brownstone in washington dc. and in the fall of 1929, he began classes at the howard university school of law. thurgood marshall :i had to commute between baltimore and washington, which meant i got up about five

prosecutors say that he was an inmate at baltimore city detention center. while he was there, he used contraband cell phones to direct gang activity out on the streets. prosecutors say that white made the prison safer by instituting a no stabbing policy among gang members. as part of a reduced sentencing plea deal, he testified against others in the drug smuggling ripping. drew peterson is facing charges in a murder for hire plot. he was convicted of killing his third wife during a 2012 trial. that case was reopened after the disappearance of his fourth wife, stacey peterson. he is now serving a 38-year prison sentence and state and local prosecutors say while in prison the 61-year-old tried to hire someone to kill the state attorney james glasgow. >> a few dozen students and parents are rallying outside of the montgomery county school headquarters. it comes ahead of tomorrow's discussion by the school board about later school start times. the options include pushing high school bell times by 35 minutes or having elementary schools start the school day firs

. >>> and right now in baltimore city prosecutors are holding a news conference where they are expected to indict a man again for killing a teen phylicia barnes. he threw her body into the susquehanna river four years ago. atd first he was convicted of murder but was set free after a mistrial last month. a judge then ruled there wasn't enough evidence r a new trial. now prosecutors say that they will appeal that decision in the conference today. >>> and new at midday we know how six family members died in a huge mansion fire in annapolis. the medical examiner says the parents and four grandchildren died of smoke inhalation and burns. they said the fire was an accident. we also learned that there were no sprinklers in the home at the time of the fire. w l in the uk taking up a controversial measure. should doctors be allowed to make babies using dna from three people? and why many call it life saving. >>> plus a special exhibit opening at the library of congress. the rosa parks collection is including her thoughts at the age of 12. i bring the gift of the name your price tool to help you

at 11:00, lost it by 1:00 a.m., on finding 11,000 ballots, you know, in a locked classroom in baltimore cityd wife." >> it's not -- [ laughter ] >> so there is that aspect of it that drives a lot of this, but i think the more important important point in any effort to have a conversation with the black compliant really goes to where nia left off. that's the perception and the reality have merged. and whether there's actual or perceived efforts to block my access to the ballot box, that's what i'm thinking and feeling. for all the lunches that you want to have, for all of the efforts of outreach, which i hate that term. i banned it when i was rjs chairman, because it means nothing. at the end of the day you have to stand in the well of the community and address those concerns. when you have the voting rights act sitting on the floor of a republican congress and the party which was the arbiter, the part of making this law reality is doing nothing to address that, that continues the perception that you really don't care about what's fundamentally important to us. >> do you think there's a perce

baltimore city's top prosecutor explains why this is not a case of double jeopardy. >> as i indicated before this is not double jeopardy. what we're doing is essentially placing this case in the posture it was at the moment that the judge declared the mistrial. so we would be entitled to prosecute this case and that's se enchly what we're doing now. >> johnson is the ex-boyfriend of felicia barnes' sister. he was released from jail two weeks ago. a court date has not been set. >>> late developments in the grisly murder of another isis hostage. a jordanian pilot was killed tonight. jordan is vowing revenge and that may include the execution of the prisoner jordan was willing to trade for. this afternoon, isis released a 22-minute video that is far too graphic for us to show. it appears to show that pilot in a cage being burned alive. president obama commented on the horrific development right after this video was released. >> just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. >> it's not clear when this murder took place. jordanian authorities say they have

the state's attorney for baltimore city made an announcement on the second indictment of michael johnson this morning. the most recent case ended in a mistrial. his first conviction was thrown out because the prosecution withheld evidence. she was from north carolina and disappeared while visiting family in baltimore in 2010. her body was later found in the river. culpepper county deputies are hoping that quarters could lead them to criminals after an early morning home invasion. around 3:30 yesterday morning police say two armed men with masks forced their way into an elderly woman's home outside of culpepper. while they were there, they stole cash firearms a pocketbook and prescription drugs and a large amount of quarters. so police are now asking any businesses that suddenly get a payment with a large amount of coins to give them a call. alison? >> leon, the spreading measles outbreak is quickly becoming a political issue that doesn't follow political party lines. the latest figures show more than 100 people have been diagnosed with the disease in 14 states mostly in the western half

this happened in 2013 at the baltimore city detention center. say the gang members of the black gorilla family ruled that jail. they smuggled in cell phones so they could direct crimes outside, and they were having sex with the guards even impregnating them. 44 people, inmates and corrections officer, have been indicted now. this case sparked harsh criticism. it led to some personnel and technology changes in maryland's correction facilities. and tonight two guards two inmates and a kitchen worker are among those convicted. >>> after a very public hacking scandal, the held of sony pictures is stepping down tonight. amy pascal is leaving her role as co-chair. she's considered one of the most powerful women in hollywood. but she came under fire after the hacking that was said to be inspired by the movie "the interview." the hacking included embarrassing e-mails by pascal that revealed racially insensitive remarks. she plans to launch a new production venture with sony. her replacement has not yet been named. >>> pulling over people on i-66 using f

extra tight in maryland prisons after a scandal involving smuggled drugs and cell phones in the baltimore city detention center. >> d.c. water has completed its investigation into a water advisory that was issued for parts of northwest back in december. >> so this advisory followed reports of the water smelling like petroleum. rebecca cooper at the live desk now with what the investigation found. rebecca? >> alison and leon good news and bad news scenario for anyone drinking d.c. water. the good news, d.c. water ran several tests at 140 different sites and they did not find petroleum in any of the sources collected. the bad news -- well, it's two fold. first, water officials say they still simply don't know the source of the smell even though if it was they reported in northwest d.c. in december. for anybody who did drink the water, investigators say there's a strong possibility that there was petroleum contamination but because the chemical that quickly changes from liquid to gas and then simply evaporates they may have failed to catch it while it was still in the water. still, alison and leo

the use of private surveillance cameras in police investigations is growing, and baltimore is one of the city'sing that trend. vinita nair has the story. >> reporter: 10 years ago this part of west baltimore lived up to its reputation. >> back then, the drug activity was open-air market. >> no, "no man. >> reporter: the neighborhood, made famous by hbo's gritty crime drama "the wire," became synonymous with gang activity and violence, an image that bakery owner james hamlin has said has been hard to shake even as the area has improved. >> perception is not the reality but as you know perception is the reality. so the whole idea is to change that. >> reporter: which is why hamlin says he signed up for a new program that allows police to use footage from his shop's private security cameras. >> these are the different cameras that we have. >> reporter: hoping better surveillance will deter crime and help revitalize his street. >> the idea was to make folk understand that we can bring business back to pennsylvania avenue, and it can be safe. >> reporter: baltimore already has 700 security cameras a

of good factory jobs where it unionized and pay a lot of money are largely gone in baltimore and lots of other cities around the nation. >> host: i want to point out i got my l's "labor's love lost"." i apologize for that. it's an change in an applicable when it comes to committee matters? >> guest: change is inevitable. we will never get those jobs back and you can argue that we shouldn't. we need to produce things more efficiently than we used to but what do we do then with a large group of people who used to take those jobs and for whom they used to support a family life? i'm not nostalgic for the 1950s through the 1950s had its problems. very restrictive of what women could do so i do want to return the 1950s that the problem i'm writing about in my book is that the decline of this kind of working-class family based around industrial jobs has left nothing stable in its place. we don't have a new way for people to live the kinds of lives they used to do. so sure let's go off into the future must not try to go back to the past but as we do that how do we build them, integrate and young adults who d

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public health students so the one for the public health as a workshop and i send them out to the city of baltimorey have to find stories and actually get on the ground and work with communities. a lot of them will look at hiv heroin addiction because baltimore is the heroine capital of the country. they come up with the public off a public oath topic they want to explore and then they have to get on the ground and find a story and we get to the class and workshop it and i help them develop their ideas into a story swing the future if they want to tell stories about the research in what researching what they did they would have the skills to do it. >> have you had malaria? >> i have not. when i was sitting next to bill collins on the fellowship we would chop the heads off mosquitoes that had been infected so they would pick of malaria from the monkey house. they would bring them to the monkey house where they were infected with malaria that they would bring them back to the lab, sometimes two weeks to develop the egg sac and then we would put them on the mega- fighting machine, chop off their head

. >> the city was hit with nearly two more feet of snow bringing the total to a record breaking 74 inches so far this winter that is more than d.c. baltimore pennsylvania and new york city combined. people are still trying to figure out where to put it all. >> we can handle snow but we are running out of room to push it and we keep having storms. >> three consecutive storms leaving this home buried and officials had to shut down commuter train service today. and it's another dangerous day for driving and shoveling out. with so many digging left to do one penned a breakup letter to the snow, writing maybe next winter we can be friends but for now please lose my address. >> there is more snow in the forecast for boston later this week. marcy gonzales channel 6 "action news." >>> the white house has confirmed the death of an american woman held hostage by isis. kayla mueller was taken hostage, isis claimed she was killed during a jordanian air strike. president obama confirmed her death this morning but did not confirm how she died. he offered condolences to the family. >>> now flight 1825 landed in houston late last night after the nose gear

baltimore, philadelphia new york city combined. >> state plows had moved enough snow to fill gillette stadium 90 times. >> reporter: and at airports more headaches with 1.3 million passengers affected in the three storms slamming the northeast over two weeks grounding thousands of flights and costing the airlines $60 million and counting. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >>> and it's not over as we mentioned. there will be no rest for the weary. across new england with a new storm on the horizon. >> for more on what we can expect and the week we turn to accuweather stef davis. good morning, stef. >> thanks, ken shgs kendis and sara. mother nature is still giving us a blast of wintry weather for the northeast. arctic air filtering in across the country so it's going to be very chilly over the next couple of days and we're tracking another system that will bring more accumulating snowfall to new england for our thursday. the boston area can pick up another 6 to 10 inches of snow. so don't put those shovels away quite yet and bundle up if you're heading out to shovel. real feel tempera

s office calls baltimore a destination city for heroin traffickers because of its location and access along the i 95 corridor and it seems more heroin comes to maryland from new york and new jersey than from any other place. in attack supply -- >> the aim is to bring charges perhaps simultaneously in multiple states against multiple drug networks at once. >>> new at 6:00 tonight, a shopping center just reopened after bullets were flying during an attempted robbery of an armored truck. getting new reaction from choppers there. >>> a metro passenger trapped in that smoke-filled train a month ago ready to congress to congress about what he saw that day. >>> and the problems are training secret service officers. that is all composite as president obama is getting close to choosing a new leader for that agency. >>> first tonight very strong winds blowing in some bitter cold. the windchill could be below zero by tomorrow morning. >> doug i'm hearing from you tropical storm winds. what's that mean? >> well tropical storm-force winds at 39 miles per hour and the latest wind advisory has come

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that is more than washington dc baltimore, philadelphia, and new york city come becamed. >> the plows have moved enough snow to fill the stadium 90 times. >> at airports, more headaches with 1.3 million passengers affected in the three storms slamming the northeast over two weeks grounding thousands of flights and costing the airlines $60 million and counting. >> measles outbreak grows hitting solano county. the case is one of 19 new confirms cased in the past weekend bringing the total number to 121 since officials began tracking. there are 107 are here in california. the centers for disease control believes the outbreak began when unvaccinated people visited disneyland in december. disney is the parent company of abc7. >>> the health care enrollment deadline is sunday. at 4:00, trained specialists in california will here to take your phone calls and answer questions. we will give you the number to call on abc at 4:00. that is the health care hotline today from 4:00 to 8:00 right here on abc7 with "7 on your side" helping. >> two teens eight combined championships, giants and 49er le

weather advisories into the mountains of west virginia and anne arundel and the city of baltimore under a winter weather advisory for the possibility of snow. maybe atting up to as much as an inch. chances of rain and snow showers and they could come down hard enough to whiten the ground. the most likelihood is between 3:00 and 8:00 today. temperatures in the low to mid-20 said and you will need your coat first thing this morning and you may want to have a hat and umbrella as the hit and miss snow showers come our way. hourly temperatures are slow, but steady. later to around lunchtime with highs into the 30s to around 40. not that cold during the day. rain and snow showers ending between 5:00 and 8:00 turning bitter cold and wind chills below zero before midnight tonight. when we get cold we stay told. the seven-day forecast is coming thanks. police rounded up several people including teenagers in connection with a string of carjackings in the district. we spoke with some of the families targeted. >> not before teaching one family a tough lesson. >> i'm ticking myself as much as i am a

about 9:30 this morning and 10:30 into the city of baltimore. this is all snow.nd i-81. all snow fla continue through the remainder of the daylight hours. here comes the snow marching in all the way down to southern maryland. the mix will try again. this is where the computer is trying to indicate it changes over to snow and ice. the green is rapein. this is optimistic on how fast it's going to change. the ground and surface is so cold. here are comprehends of what the computer is thinking. five inches in washington and the european model 4 1/2 inches and the local model is why there is not 100% certainty. a solid two. three to five inches and maybe lower on the one to three side and 4 to eight inches. the seven-day forecast with snow changing to rain tonight. dangerous with the roads so cold. this will be a frozen road situation even with the rain coming to an end and staying below average. notice no more chances for snow at least n. >> hello, we were wonder figure you would like to buy girl scout cookies. >> they are about making the deal and how they are >>> s

city of baltimore, he is the deputy director of the institute for vaccine safety thank you for being with us here we have been looking at the situation in germany tell us how bad it is in the u.s. >> well, thank you for having me. we are the in the midst of a fairly small measles outbreak, at least in comparison to what is happening in europe. there's been 113 cases link today a outbreak in disney world in california. and so far it has impacted seven different states. >> why has measles made this return? it was something i lad as a child, and in the next couple of decades it seemed to welcome be eradicated, why has it made this come back? is it simply because some parents are reluctant to vaccinate marry children? >> that seems to be the big issue, in the u.s. we limb nateed measles in 2000, so when i say eliminated i mean there was no indigenous spread. during most parts oif year, there was no measles. what happens is people visit here from parts oif world where there is measles europe, a lot of measles in the philippines occasionally africa, and they import measles into the u.s. ty

more than washington, baltimore, philadelphia and new york city combined. so far this winter, over 100,000 man hours have been spent plowing the roads in boston, and when the snow has nowhere to go, they bring it here where they're piling it up by the story. they brought in the heavy-hitters, the big deere diggers, just to make room for more snow. mike o'neil has been working since 11:00 a.m. -- sunday. do these trucks ever stop coming in? >> no. >> reporter: nonstop? >> nonstop. >> reporter: the rest of the northeast hit hard, too. with snow and an icy mix on the roads. >> traffic is now at a complete standstill here on i-87 near albany. >> reporter: back in boston they're running out of room. so they're melting it with this. they are working feverishly here, load after load of snow into that giant snow melter, it can melt up to 350 tons of snow per hour. a lot of heat, a lot of steam, a lot of water too. but even that might not be enough. >> state plows have moved enough snow to fill gillette stadium 90 times. >> reporter: tonight, they're considering dum

today, former ravens player ray rice is apologizing, saying thank you to the team and to the city of baltimore. rice was cut from the ravens and suspended from the nfl after video surfaced of him punching his then fiancee in a hotel elevator's in a letter rice calmed his years in baltimore the best years of his life. he went on to say, "there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made. i hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me and i hope to make a positive difference in people's lives by raising awareness of this issue." >>> a group of high schoolers from washington state are calling out the host of the "tonight show" wanting to challenge jimmy fallon to an improv-off. >> so jimmy fallon sk versus fallon. here we go. the students in the improv class are huge fans inspired by this challenge, when they the comedian did his ew sketch on the "tonight show." the class made a youtube video and issued that challenge that way. it's already gotten nearly 40,000 views. >> what's the worst that could happen? you know? he could say no. which would suck. >>

addressing the city of baltimore and ravens fan rice said in part there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made. you may remember watching surveillance video watching rice punch janay palmer inside an atlantic city hotel elevator. his apology includes a message to the kids he's truly sorry for letting them down. league officials immediately suspended him. he won an appeal of his indefinite suspension. he's eligible to play again but has not been picked up by a team since the suspension was lifted. >>> new information on the western pennsylvania teen accused of stabbing 20 students and a security guard last spring. lawyers defending alex ribel are requesting the case to be moved to juvenile court. today the judge gave his attorney until march 15th to file that request. he could face decades in prison if he's convicted as an adult. >>> a fallen philadelphia police officer will be honored tonight. a vigil scheduled for officer john pawlowski where near where he was killed. they'll gather at 6 p.m. he was killed on this day in 2009. he was responding

. >>> ray rice apologizes to fans and the city of baltimore. this news comes on the eve of the one-year anniversary of his arrest for domestic assault. carol maloney joins us with details. >> ray rice wendy, is moving back to his home state of new york as he attempts to come back in the nfl. today he issued a statement to the "baltimore sun." his message, not a farewell or a good-bye but an apology. part of the statement, "to all the kids who looked up to me i'm truly sorry for letting you down. but i hope it's helped you learn that one bad decision can turn your dream into a nightmare. there is no excuse for domestic violence and i apologize for the horrible mistake i made. i hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me and i hope to make a positive difference in people's lives by raising awareness of this issue." ray rice is a free agent but has yet to visit or work out for any nfl team since being reinstated in november. >> thanks carol. >>> a bizarre twist not in a mysterious disappearance and presumed death of a boater. >> he was found

the measure introduced today would remove a mandate that nine counties and the city of baltimore impose a fee to pay for stormwater management. the jurisdictions would still have to pay for measures to help fight pollution from impervious surfaces that wash into maryland's waters with rain. >> coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00, a family turns to abc 7 for help nine months after they say police came to call and left a mess behind. >> and a little bit later, the court says he needs to be paid for his work. but find out why the city of rockville is keeping a contractor waiting. >> and the winter weather makes for a mess on a major highway. >> and i'm fighting back against crime investigator jennifer donelan. i'll introduce you to a young woman who truly knows what it means to fight back! she was in this crosswalk three months ago in a wheelchair when she was mowed over. her story next. >> police have dubbed him the fake firefighter and tonight, he's heading to jail. last april, police arrested 44-year-old kevin craft after a bizarre and unexpected rendezvous. montgomery county reporter kevin