joining us this morning is senator ben cardin. good morning. this week we saw you on capitol hill, calling for uniform standards in terms of reporting and investigating sexual assaults. >> it is clear that the sexual assaults are not being reported. investigating police officers are not referring to any of the cases. we want uniform information, so the first thing we are asking for is good statistics. >> what can you get the federal government to do in terms of legislation? >> we can provide additional tools and make it clear what losses. in some cases, sexual assaults are classified as a different type of crime. >> something else you have been working on, the passage of the small business jobs and credit act in the senate. what will it do? >> it feels good to come along and it will create jobs. right now small businesses are having a difficult time getting credit and this will allow them to get loans from their banks, opening up the possibility for more jobs in the community. >> there has been all kinds of talk about community access, where ar

democratic senator ben cardin is weighing in on the controversy of the bush-era tax cuts. joins lisa robinson to discuss about what will likely be a big issue come the election in november. many republicans argue that tax cuts should apply to everyone, even the wealthy, but democrats are backing president obama's proposal to only extend the cuts to families making less than $250,000 a year and individuals making less than $200,000. >> this is not the time for middle income families to pay more in taxes. >> cardin says congress is also focusing on tax cuts for small businesses to help expand job growth. and new reports from the u.s. census bureau ranks maryland as the fourth wealthiest state. alaska rounded out the top. mississippi ranked worst with a median income of $35,693. nearly half of bermuda residents are reportedly without power as they endure hurricane igor's winds and rain. the storm near the island of the category one hurricane just before dark. powerful waves reached nearly 15 feet and are wearing away at the beaches on the island. there was a homecoming sunday

. >> meanwhile, maryland democratic senator ben cardin is weighing in on the controversial bush-era tax cuts. yesterday he joined our lisa robinson to talk about what will likely be a big issue at the ballot box in november. though the tax breaks were put into place in 2001 and 2003, they're set to expire in january unless congress extends them. republicans argue the breaks should apply to everyone, including democrats back president obama's proposal of only extending the cuts for families making less than $250,000 a year and individuals who make less than $200,000 a year. >> the bottom line is, this is not the time for middle-income families to pay more in taxes. we're going to do everything we can to make sure that never happens. >> senator cardin says congress is also focusing on tax cuts for small businesses to help expand job growth. >> after yesterday may seem like the ravens have a long season ahead, in case you missed it, the ravens lost to the bengals 15-10. quarterback joe flacco is taking a lot of the blame. he threw four interceptions. some say this was his worst game as q.b

and a programming note -- senator ben cardin will be our guest tomorrow morning. if you have a question, send them in. >> it is 57 degrees. still ahead, dr. kim hammond joins us to enter your pet questions. >> the horse rescue in howard county is caring for six critically ill horses. >> it is a beautiful saturday morning. we have little bit of rain. we'll talk about that. >> now, your insta-weather-plus forecast with meteorologist tony pann. >> it is a beautiful saturday morning. temperatures have warmed up. it is 62 degrees at the top of the hour. the barometric pressure is high. if we often get that this time of year, starting off chilly, and winding up my old. we are still in the 50's up north. 65 in stevens bill. we are picking up some thin cloud cover. nothing of consequence. we do not expect precipitation. we can see some rain across the midwest, west of chicago, crossing lake michigan. one thing to notice is for the first time this year i have seen a little snow mixing in. that is a sign the seasons are changing. temperatures are in the 30's around the u.s.

. >> a programming note, senator ben cardin will be our guest on 11 news. e-mail your questions to sundayquestions @ www.wbaltv.com. >> it is 6:10 in the morning. if are you looking for a job, you are not alone. >> voting is one of those issues few people want to talk about. what a local high school is doing to prevent the problem. >> tony up next with your insta-weather plus forecast. today is the day i double down. [ male announcer ] the kfc double down. double meat, double cheese, double bacon. double awesome. get yours today. so good. ♪ so s-o g-double-o-d good >> a beautiful shot downtown with the stadium lights on. 60 at the airport, 59 at the inner harbor. it is a sign we will wiped up with decent weather when the barometric pressure is that high. by the time it gets to the afternoon, temperatures will climb into the upper 70's later on. it is chillingy now. 49 in tawnytown. 65 in perryman. clear skies. a little cloud cover up in pennsylvania. most of that will stay north of us. some high, thin clouds will stay west of us. it will make for a sunrise.

ben cardin will be our guest on "sunday questions." sundayquestions @ www.wbaltv.com. >> 5:10, 58 drezz on -- degrees on tv hill. doctors are urging mothers to get flu shots. the benefits for mom and baby ahead in medical alert. >> right now you are taking a live look outside. that's downtown baltimore, m&t all lit up. tony has your 11 insta-weather plus forecast next. stay with us. >> welcome back. the time is 5:14. 53 at the airport. 60 downtown. as is typically the case, there is a spread from the city to the suburbs. it is a quiet but cool start for us on this saturday morning. by the time we get into the afternoon, temperatures will have jumped into the 80's. it will wind up being a very nice day. chilly in town. it is 53 degrees in rising sun. so you might want to take a light jacket or sweater. at the present time we have mostly clear skies. there are a few high, thin clouds up in pennsylvania. it is going to be a beautiful sunrise. you will see a lot of sunshine during the day. the closest precipitation is out in the day. but o

host: again, your calls for senator ben cardin is from maine, jim on our independent line for senator cardin, go ahead. caller: good morning, gentlemen. senator, i just want to go over a comment you made about we have helped the iraqis at a great cost. it is true that we did have a great cost as far as the wounding and killing of our soldiers over there just to help them out. i want to look at the track records against iraqis. after the gulf war when we imposed sanctions on the iraqi people there was a cost of 500,000 deaths of women and children which madeline albright said that was worth the price. and once we invaded iraq, we're talking about hundreds of thousands of iraqis dead and the destruction of their country. so i want you to tell me with those two pieces there, how is that a really helpful track record without giving aid to the iraqis? guest: well, i'm going to agree with the premise of your question and that is i think president obama said last night we're not going to rehash whether it's the right thing or not to go into iraq, whether the policies of the previous administ

without further ado, let's bring up your friend and mine, the senator from maryland, ben cardin. [applause] >> thank you so much for your service to the people of maryland. the o'malley administration has put a real priority of service to our seniors. it is nice to be back. i was here a year-ago for some town hall meetings concerning health care. we had an interesting debate. it was more noisy but i thought it was a constructive discussion and the city council. we have worked together as a team to figure out what we can do to provide a more effective health care to the people of our nation and i'm honored to be joined in the federal delegation by senator mikulski. the majority leader of the house of our present is played an important role in the enactment of health reform and guided it to make sure that we stayed true to our purpose of universal coverage and cost containment. we have many people love worked on this. there are many things i could say about the bill that i want to start with one because i think that this is a fundamental issue. at long last, the nine states of amer

. >> senator ben card-in will be -- senator ben cardin will be our guest tomorrow on "sunday questionsony pann. we're off to a cool start for this time of -- we're off to a cool start. that is normal for this time of year. mostly sunny skies. high temperatures between 75 and 80. you will probably see a few high, thin clouds out there today. we don't expect precipitation. overnight, clear and cool. nothing unusual. temperatures drop back into the upper 30's and low 40's. it is always warmer near the city and that -- and near the water cooler. increasing clouds tomorrow. there will be a cold front that goes through sunday night. that could bring a chance for a couple raindrops. dry weather monday and tuesday. high temperatures in the upper 70's and low 80's. at the end of the week, it will feel like summer again. there will be a chance for a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. jennifer? >> thank you for joining us. "11 news saturday morning" finances in 25 minutes. >>> a beautiful fall-like, crisp day in new york. our thanks to our great crowd out here waving to all their family and

stephanie rawlings blake and ben cardin will put on their walking shoes for the start of the citycamg ighh and exercising often. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm chrikristen bbrret wwth a firstk at sports. anquan boldin was the target for flacco. 6 players caught a pass from -lacco. it wasn't the prettiest of wins but the ravens got it done against the division rival.3 ray rice cuts it back to the near siie, ak seem rates down ae ú%de line and is tripped up after a gaae of 25. joe flacco hits todd heap. crossing over the middle. the ravens tied end takes on 15. capping off the drive, get used to hearing this, flacco hooks up with anquan boldin with 8 yardd and a touch down. boldiin becomes theefastest to -et six catches. bolden gain, wide opee.n a he is taken down inside the 20, stayyng connection, this time no one is even close to the ravens number one receiver in the end zone. for bolden and flacco. the browns did not give in. jeromeeharrissn was inactive for today'ssgame. pay ttn harris ii storms through the lane. a pick up of 25, he had 73 yard3 rushing in the first half. later in

combat forces from iraq with an adviser to the iraqi parliament, noaa feldman, and ben cardin.eries on electoral politics continues with the affect of third-party candidates. we will be joined by richard winger. washington journalists live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. homeland security secretary spoke this evening. her 20 minutes speech concluded a forum on airline security. >> @ thank you for that kind introduction. it is wonderful to be here. it is a great honor to bear project to appear before you this evening. let me begin by thanking alpa and the nation's airline pilots for the work that you do every day to ensure that millions of travelers reach their destinations safely and securely. you literally keep our nation's airline industry flying and global air cargo moving. every day we can trust you with the safety of our families, the whole of the ones, our friends. the weight of the responsibility that you carry it is not lost on us at the department of homeland security. you remained one of our most important partners, not only in protecting our aviation system

democrats who are sponsoring the legislation, jim mcgovern of massachusetts and senator ben consideringin of -- cardin of maryland essentially are targeting 60 members of the interior ministry in russia, everyone from the police ministry to those holding high positions in the ministry. they don't want them to have visas to come to the u.s., they want them to freeze their assets. the group is basically upset because a 37-year-old lawyer who was investigating fraud for a $4.5 billion western investment fund there was basically tortured and then died in a russian prison a year ago. there's a lot more information about this, www russian untouchables.com, it's an amazing story of what the russian prison system is like right now. jenna: jennifer, let's talk more about this lawyer, we're seeing him on the screen, we mentioned he was trying to take down corruption there. what exactly was he trying to do, why was he targeted? >> well, there was a fund that was the largest investment fund back in 2005s the hermitage investment fund, it had $4.5 billion in assets. the russians started to slowly take over this fu