of mayor stephanie rawlings blake. >> at least one city has a policy that governs the use of their stadiums skybox. why no such policy here? jayne miller is live in the newsroom with more. >> the mayor suggests she is only doing what other cities do. philadelphia put in place strict rules. and she defended her years of the city skybox, mayor stephanie rawlings blake acknowledged there are few rules of knowledge in the tickets. most tickets the passed ball season went to the mayor's family, political friends, supporters, and staff. even her campaign officials and public fundraiser were included. >> i'm sure you would like to think there is a deep philosophy, but there is no guiding principle. >> in philadelphia, they use specific roles. a spokesperson said too many of the tickets under a previous marriage going to political friends and and fighters. the policy spells out who goes where. >> two to city council coming two to employees, the rest and nonprofit organizations. no tickets can go to city contractors and their ticket can be used for political fund- raising. it also requires public di

now in the state of the city, rawlings-blake is proposing the largest property tax drop in decades. but the mayor's looking for ways to increase the revenue stream. she wants a three cent increase to the city's bottle tax and the money goes to improve city schools. >>> >> i am truly embarrassed by the physical conditions of some of our schools. our kids deserve better. as a mother, be a as -- and as mayor of the city, i am not going to stand by and do nothing about it. >> we will learn more about the mayor's proposal when she releases her budget expected in the next few weeks. >>> news time 5:35. news around the neighbors tv anchor in denver needed 70 stitches after an 85 pound dog bit her face during a live broadcast. kyle dyer wrote she can't talk because her mouth is stitchedshut and so blood can circulate in her lips again. she was injured on wednesday while doing an on-air seg men with the dog's owner and firefighter who rescued the dog from an icy pond the day before. >>> a bus driver in north carolina was honored for helping students escape as the bus caught on fire. kid and

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says there is no governing policy about its use, but kim dacey takes a look at one stadium that has a policy. >> as she defended her use of the city sky box at m&t stadium this year, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said there are few rules governing the use of the box. the guest list shows most sky box tickets went to the mayor's family, political friends and supporters, and staff. even her campaign officials and professional fund raisers were included. >> i'm sure you would like to think there is some deep philosophy that goes behind it. no, there is no guiding principle. >> that is not the case in philadelphia. that city uses city rules about its public boxes. nutter put them in effect because too many of the tickets under a previous mayor were going to political friends and insiders. the philadelphia policy spells out how many tickets go to whom. for football, six go to the mayor, two to city council, two to city employees. the rest to nonprofit organizations for special recognition. no tickets can go to city contractors and no tickets can be used for

we reached blake by skype. but her heart aching for those left behind. >> i'm sure the people arrested, i'm sure it wasn't their fault by any means, which makes it even more scary. >> reporter: among those charged, the son of ray lahood. sam lahood, who is head of the egypt office sforbidden -- is forbidden to leave care kire -- leave cairo. >> we said clearly that these actions could have consequences for our relationship, including regarding our assistance programs. >> reporter: blake hopes for a resolution that will finally lead to peace. >> they want to see democracy come the fastest way possible. they want to see violence end. >> reporter: blake says protestors welcomd -- welcomed support from ngos and said they were shocked to see so many workers charged. >> reporter: americans will face trial in egypt. six of them are banned from leaving the country. >>> a short time ago, presidential historian barry landau pleaded guilty to stealing documents from the maryland historical society. this is the first look

. >>> baltimore's mayor stephanie rawlings-blake wants to double the beverage tax. we will look at what it means for you. >>> all those stories ahead tuesday morning thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson the let's say hello, to meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. >> we are looking at a terrific tuesday because we have more of it on tap it will be cooler as the highs come in near 52. the rain will push in as we go into tomorrow. and then we will see another warming trend and feel the warming trend as well. so temperatures this morning not so bad. the temperatures are above average. we should be at 29 degrees for this time of the year. and that cold front finally starting to work in we are looking at 34 degrees into woodbine and baltimore that temperature coming in at 49 degrees. it is a little breezy this morning. the wind out of the northwest so making it feel like 41 but still that is well above average. as we go through the remainder of today, not so bad in terms of the weather because once again we will be above average. th

whitman, and for the girls, blake at springbrook. go to dc.highschoolsports.ne t to vote. >> he looks beatable today. on 11, hitting from the brush. doesn't hit the ball very far. he would lose that hole. down the stretch, tiger was solid on the 18. for par and the win. tiger buries the put and he lives to play another day, which will be against nick. he has been there. >> okay. been there, done that. we are done. >> good night, everybody.

mayoo stephanie rawlings-blake announced a new 5-year deal with a new promoter...wnforce raaing."the group willlrun the baltimore grand wwekknd... froo thhs year through 2016.the new contract includes safeguards to protect the city from losing millions of dollars n unpaid taxes... llie it did last year. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake 55:48 i think it's in our best interest for our local economy, the best interest in the city, that we ove forward, but move forward without any risk to taxpayers 57 the contract will go to the board of estimates next wednesday for a final vote. city council president, jack young... who's expressed opposition to another racee.. alreadyysays his vote will be "no." g-m could be saying "you''e hired."they'rr expanding to baltimore county countygovernor martin o'malley toured the plant in whhte marsh, yesteday... where construction is underway on a new electric motor facility. phe company is developing hybrid technology that could help create hundreds of manuffcturing jobs..the ggal is to bring jobs back to the 3hem to other countries.cing

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blake: man, i think you're a really good singer. i just -- i know i'm country.singer. chris, that was so exceptionally beautiful. that was the most... thanks. that was wonderful. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. and you're obviously american. [ laughs ] right? oh, i'm from kansas. okay. [ blake laughs ] that's right in the heart of america right there. why that song? man... i'm in awe of it. i love that song. i wanted to come out -- you know, i felt -- this is my voice, and i've -- it's been hard for me. i've been at it for a while, and i've tried to sort of shrink my voice down to fit. but i decided for this show, i was gonna just sing like myself. christina: whoo! [ cheers and applause ] i think throughout my entire career i've pretty much spoken as being an individual. and you know what? something that really spoke to me was when you said, you know, "i try to shrink myself down "to fit into, you know a stereotype or a box or something like that." and sometimes there are voices that come along that you can't shrink down, and you have to just let it shine and l

blake: man, i think you're a really good singer. i just -- i know i'm country.singer. chris, that was so exceptionally beautiful. that was the most... thanks. that was wonderful. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. and you're obviously american. [ laughs ] right? oh, i'm from kansas. okay. [ blake laughs ] that's right in the heart of america right there. why that song? man... i'm in awe of it. i love that song. i wanted to come out -- you know, i felt -- this is my voice, and i've -- it's been hard for me. i've been at it for a while, and i've tried to sort of shrink my voice down to fit. but i decided for this show, i was gonna just sing like myself. christina: whoo! [ cheers and applause ] i think throughout my entire career i've pretty much spoken as being an individual. and you know what? something that really spoke to me was when you said, you know, "i try to shrink myself down "to fit into, you know a stereotype or a box or something like that." and sometimes there are voices that come along that you can't shrink down, and you have to just let it shine and l

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and her two appointees on the board voteed in favor. while young and pratt opposed the deal, citing financial concerns. young also said the city should focus on more important issues, such as improving youth recreation. >> the city fired after accumulating $12 million in debt. >>> maryland senators the wait until tomorrow to take up the legislation. opponents of the measure idea the delay to prepare their amendments and arguments. the house of delegates narrowly passed that bill friday. >>> 60-degree weather in february. right now, we're enjoying temperatures normally experienced during spring. but we're also tracking some rain headed our way. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating our conditions. bob? >> all right. let's take a look. you can see some clouds out there. take a look at radar. there's a little batch of shower activity. far western maryland. but to the west of us, there is more activity. looks like a better chance of shower activity literally later tomorrow night, into friday morning. as another fronts and

this is all too familiar to sarah blake, who grew up in columbia, howard county. >> it was scary. i got tear gas. people were handing out gas masks to us. >> reporter: blake had been studying abroad in egypt for a month during the fall of hosni mubarak. this month, the chaos that has engulfed the country for 19 years, led to 19 americans being blamed. >> i think that the people who have been arrested, i'm sure it wasn't their fault by any means, which make its more scary. >> reporter: among the charged is the son of ray lahood. the president's transportation secretary. sam lahood, who is for the international republican institute is forbidden to leave cairo. the crackdown could halt aid to egypt. every year, the u.s. gives them $1.5 billion. >> we've set up consequences. >> reporter: blake hopes for a resolution that will finally lead to peace. >> they want to see democracy come as fast as possible. they want to see violence end. >> reporter: says -- blake says her egyptian friends were happy to see ngos come and they were shocked to see so many arrested. >> reporter: americans fa

the group is pushing rollings-blake to ensure it is used for the city's purposes, not the mayor's. >> it exists because of taxpayer moins money. they really could be used. used in a way that helps the city as a whole. >> we asked the mayor if a sky box was under investigation. he refused to answer. you can read his statement at wbaltv.com. i'm jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> an honor for maryland congressman elijah cummings who was honored for civil rights. that award was presented by county executive ken almond. it comes from the house committee on oversight and reform. >> coming up, we'll show you a special show local kinder garteners put on to -- some local kindergarteners put on. >> and our "education alert." >> we're going to get some snow today. it doesn't look like a lot, but we'll talk about it coming up in the ins >> rain and snow is split, really. the i-95 corridor, you begin to get rain mixed in. we get a mix around annapolis up to near baltimore, and then it becomes a light snow. we have only had minor accumulation. out ahead of the cold front. that will be coming throug

. >> if mayor stephanie rawlings- blake has her way, you'll be paying more for sodic in baltimore. she wants to raise the bottle tax. kim dacey has more. >> the new bill was introduced last night and then there were rallies in support of and in opposition to this new proposal. folks in the beverage industry gathered to voice disdain about the proposed bottle tax hike. they say the tax is hurting their business. the mayor wants to raise the tax from 2 cents to 5 cents and make the tax per minute. she wants to improve the city's schools and is willing to look at other revenue streams. >> we sat down and we talked to the industry about alternatives. i have not gotten any -- >> cui recognize that the mayor and the city council have serious problems to solve regarding our city schools. in unfair tax on beverages is not the way to resolve this issue. >> there's no timeline on when the city council will take a final vote on this measure. it appears the mayor has enough votes to make a pass. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it appears maryland educators want to drop the no child left behind

. >>> stephanie rawlings blake will deliver the third state of the city address. follow the remarks on twitter at mayor, srb. speaking to the council chamber at city hall. the remarks begin at 2:30. >>> mayor expected to finalize agreement with operator of the grand prix this week. in a statement friday , the mayor said the city would announce turns of a five year deal on wednesday. rawlings blake has not said who the city is negotiating with to operate the racing festival. they terminated contract with racing development after they failed the pay 1.5 million dollars they ode to the city. >>> time for ravens news, and the kicker says teammates helped him putting in everything in perspective. he accepted an alumni award in des moines. teammates support has been impressive. let's talk about the weather. we have been talking about the temperatures and the windchill, it feels like we are in the teens, you've heard me talk about the dew points or measure of the moisture in the air, or in the teens this morning. a big factor in the weather. we are going to be plenty of

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baltimore mayor mayor rawlings- blake will give us a speech tomorrow. >> mcnamara is expected to talkorrow at around 2:30 in the afternoon. she expected to outline her other plans to improve baltimore. when mayor rawlings-blake delivers her third state of the city address, she will outline her plans to improve education and public safety as well as her goals to make a progress strong record >> i think they are equally important because they all fit in as components of what she announced early in her term would be the major focus of her administration which was to attract 10,000 new families to baltimore. >> political analysts say the increase could help the city make up for the approximately 30,000 people left between the previous two census report. >> crime statistics have dropped compared to previous years. but a spokesman says that she was to build on the numbers and will unveil their idea to make city streets safer. she is expected talk about her plans to cut the cities property tax from $2.26 to $2.20 by the year 2020. it is a realistic goal, but it still puts the city at a much

rawlings blake has not said who the city will be nee negotiating with. they failed to pay 1.5 million dollars it owed to the city. >>> breaking news, pittsburgh area, live pictures of the fire at the mystic mountain ski lodge. investigators say a worker in side the lodge made the first call around 8:00 last night, that fire is still burning. at the peak, 150 firefighters on the scene as well as pennsylvania state police and medics, one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation, no word on the cause. >>> hollywood video maybe closed but can they still collect their overdue fees. >> why the better business burreau says before you write the check, make sure you owe them money. >>> welcome back. they went out of business months ago but the late fees from movies rentedded from hollywood, they are coming in. joce sterman has more on the letters that may end up in your mailbox. >> no happy ending for hollywood video, they filed for bankruptcy two years ago but efforts to collect debt live on, thanks to late fees they are allowed to collect. >> these were fee

rawlings blake has not said who the city will be negotiating with.e city terminated the contract with baltimore racing development after they failed to pay $1.5 million they owed to the city. >>> temperature was 14 degrees and finally warm enough. >> what brought hundreds of people out and why they were able to pull this off. >>> tomorrow is valentines day, how you can turn up the heat in your relationship for the holiday. tips and things you need to know coming up in the health report on this monday, february 13th, that's a live look at amsterdam, ice in the river. you are watching good morning maryland. back in just a few moments. >>> 200 people braved the winter weather, on sundays for the city's snowball competition. the event had been postponed because of the severe cold gripping europe. when temperatures hit 14 degrees, officials said it's warm enough to participate. >> the u.s. got a taste of winter this weekend as well, a picturesque scene, with the white stuff falling saturday. see the white house and capitol building, all of this as snow fe

if you are and you mentioned blake, you mentioned o.j., even casey anthony, what do those cases have in common? the fact is that there was excellent defense representation. they really did a job on the prosecution's case in blake's case he had the gun there he is the only one with the motive. simpson the mountain of evidence. this guy was so guilty. but he had the dream team. they did just enough to mud upthe waters and play the race card in casey anthony's case it was the csi effect also that jose bice brilliantly exposed. where was the cause of death? with the csi mentality that many jurors have where is the videotape? where is the forensic evidence? >> bill: don't have a slam dunk the jury is more likely to let you go on reasonable doubt. the word is reasonable and i think we have become unreasonable now in many of these capital murder cases. >> i am not going to argue with you. >> bill: letting these people walk around. >> i'm not going to argue with the outrage that followed the verdicts. i happen to understand the verdicts in casey

mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to ride it to 5 cents and make it permanent. the bill will be introduced tonight. lowell. >> people in support of this new bill were rallying here at the state house, or rather city hall. earlier today, and number of people were rallying against it in the beverage and grocery industry saying it would kill jobs. it will be introduced at city hall tonight. it is like deja vu all over again. >> this is real to us. this is not something that we're trying to exaggerate in any way, shape, or form. >> like they did a few years ago, they are gathering of of bellaire road to voice their disdain about the mayor's proposed hike in the bottle tax. >> this tax is having a devastating impact. lost sales been reduced hours meaning less jobs for hard- working men and women in baltimore. >> as part of the better schools initiative, she wants to collect $23 million to secure more than $300 million in bonds for city schools. she plans to do it by raising the bottle tax from two cents to 5 while making the tax permanent. >> we sat down and spoke to

. 6 for 6 in the first half. 20 points to twin issue with 24 lake. 360 spin with authority. 21 for blakef in. jubing ahead late fourth quarter 2 of the 22 clip up by adduce get ready for the agony. know. wing 3 attack paul with little runner there. 197 warriors. i saw who blocks the shot. warriors the finish the great and they end tremendous game losing streak. 104-97 warriors the final. knicks hosting the net nets, new jersey sensational playing pick and roll mellow jumper atlanta this see here and chen the dray tonight. barren davis sighting even. ex warrior first action as knicks scoring 3 points in 10 minutes. reveals throwing it down. all who stov with 8 3 and 38 point points. quiet insanity for 1 evening. 100 to moo. on the baseball a have large anonymous team about to add one large personality in the form of ramirez. former red sox dodger including are graduate to 1 year deal for 5000,000 at kind of man around the fear hitter in the game. gate up with his wacy person a and efforts ick he could flag out and he still has drug who nose what he becomes raiders. randers didn't think ag

. >>> stephanie rawlings blake announced a plan to manage the baltimore grand prix race. after a public review, the final contract is now up for vote and happening today. sherrie johnson joins us here to explain what this means. >> a few changes to make things a little bit better. racing is headed back to baltimore for a second year w a few minor management changes. the city's board of estimates is expected to approve a 5- year contract with new promoter down force racing. the 2011 baltimore grand prix, was a success, but had bad management. it brought in $47 million for the economy. and the former grand prix promoter, baltimore racing development was the center for lawsuits for not paying the bills. the contract has safeguards in place to protect the city from losing money. the city can inspect financial records at any time to check out the group's debt. the contract calls for keeping the races finances private but race organizers say city hall could choose to reveal the information. down force racing will hold events if baltimore on labor day weekend, 2012 through 2016.

. 6 for 6 in the first half. 20 points to twin issue with 24 lake. 360 spin with authority. 21 for blakeiff in. jubing ahead late fourth quarter 2 of the 22 clip up by adduce get ready for the agony. know. wing 3 attack paul with little runner there. 197 warriors. i saw who blocks the shot. warriors the finish the great and they end tremendous game losing streak. 104-97 warriors the final. knicks hosting the net nets, new jersey sensational playing pick and roll mellow jumper atlanta this see here and chen the dray tonight. barren davis sighting even. ex warrior first action as knicks scoring 3 points in 10 minutes. reveals throwing it down. all who stov with 8 3 and 38 point points. quiet insanity for 1 evening. 100 to moo. on the baseball a have large anonymous team about to add one large personality in the form of ramirez. former red sox dodger including are graduate to 1 year deal for 5000,000 at kind of man around the fear hitter in the game. gate up with his wacy person a and efforts ick he could flag out and he still has drug who nose what he becomes raiders. randers didn't think

third quarter, this time mo williams lobs it up for blake griffin. so don't want to be nick young right now. mm-hmm, just embarrassing. griffin hammers it down, finished with game-high 25 points. clippers crush the wizards 107-81, washington now 4-20. >>> big game in college park, maryland, hosting number 5 north carolina. end of the first half, terps up two. with a sick crossover, wow, hits the floater. take another look at this. are you kidding me? wow! team-high 20 points, maryland up three at the break. second half, alex lynn tries the pass, turns it over. kendall marshall late in the break dishes to john henson for the dunk. just over a minute to go, tar heels up four, harrison barns drives, pull-up jumper, got it. 18 points, north carolina rallies to beat maryland 83-74. interpr terps lose five of their last six. >>> 11:00 a.m. this morning, the students were buzzing at verizon center. georgetown in transition, henry simms, look at the big man, nice move, hits the jumper, part of a 14-0 run. simms had a team-high 13 points. second half, george

. >> reporter: mayor rawlings- blake and school super intendant, andres alonzo are asking the state for a school funding plan. instead of a project-by-project basis, the bill creates an annual $32 million block grant. >> you need to start the ball rolling when it comes to getting enough funds in the work to take a serious -- make a serious effort toward performing and improving our schools. >> i'm for everything that brings money to the school. >> reporter: city officials agree the job is too big and too expensive to accomplish without special consideration from the state. >> reporter: mayor rawlings- blake told the committee that the condition of baltimore city school buildings is unacceptable and that it's time for the quality of the facility to meet the achievements of the students. reporting from annapolis, i'm pat warren, back to you on tv hill. >> and the mayor, of course, is also asking for a city bottle tax to help pay for school construction. >> what a remarkably mild february evening it has been so far. live look outside right now. hard to believe march is almost here. actuall

blake to blake. meanwhile, you are vining was 8 for -- irving was 8 for 8.s shaq 146-143. >> get used to it. >> kevin hart cow bettering in fear as he towered over him. hart played well in the celebrity challenge. hart was actually the mvp and the ejecty. oh he is outraged. he was tossed out. 86-54 and that is your toyota sports report. >> he was listed at 5 foot 2. >> but he is fierce. "nightline" is next. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. have a terrific weekend. >> we appreciate your time. for larry beil and sandhya patel. have a great night.ñsñsñsñsñs÷su

where the los angeles clippers left it late to secure a victory over the philadelphia seventy six ers blake griffin and chris paul combining for a game winning shots in the dying seconds as the pacific division leaders came away with an extremely narrow seventy eight seventy seven away when philadelphia started strongly with blackout lou williams among the five six players to school double figures with eleven points the clippers blake griffin was on song in the second quarter though a great move hey reading with a huge dunk well worth another look. drew griffin. then figure prominently in the final moments diving to save an errant pass rumpel the move resulted in pole draining a tough shot with just three seconds left over one of the league's best defenders and andre it. proved to be the difference as the clippers held on a seventy eight seventy seven win. now russian athletes are steadily becoming a major force at the paralympics although the winter games of the country's four say russia is slowly climbing up the ranks in some of disciplines as well all corresponded ramón course the ref ha

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will promote the clean community competition and will announce cash prizes to the winning community association. >>> and spring training begins for major league baseball which means the o's will be back in action. games get underway march a 5th and they will play the rays and pirates. >>> the company that controls the empire state building is filed to hold an initial public offering for the 81-year-old skyscraper. it would allow people to invest in the property. they estimate the building to be valued at 2 1/2 billion dollars. >>> the mob museum opens today in las vegas and it opened on valentine's day to remind people of the 1929 st. valentine's day massacre. >> al capone and bugsy. >>> if you want a low-key valentine try what is that? >> cadoba is how i say it. >> we will go with it. a special promotion if you go in and kiss someone you get a buy one get one free deal. what does kadoba do in. >> a mexican themed restaurant. >> taco bell? >> exactly. higher end, though. >> okay. you have to clarify who you have to smooch. we are going to keep with the valen

this is blake to blake.stanford man, landry fields getting some, the alley oop from kemba walker. and while they were playing, he was shooting lights out. team chuck beat team shaq. that's a wrap on morning sports. we will have more reports from schu about spring training later today. have a great weekend. i'm larry beil. >> and next at 6:30, surging gas prices. >> no, this is not normal. >> why californians are paying record prices and others are getting a gallon of gas for less than three bucks. and the fastest test yet to analyze the ♪ ♪ ♪ don't stop doing what you do ♪ have i paid my dues just to be with you... ♪ now with amazing tools like the hd station. share your pictures, stream hd videos and movies. all on your tv. or connect your 4g lte droid razr to the lapdock and unleash its massive computing power. even seamlessly video chat. all powered by the 4g lte droid razr. droid razr by motorola, just $199.99. and back for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >> good morni

first quarter, blake griffin loses it. east on the break here.n behind the back pass to dwyane wade. back to lebron. you take it. lebron led the east squad with 36 points. later chris paul off the backboard to kevin durant. one-handed throwdown. then chris paul bounce pass

blake to blake. meanwhile, you are vining was 8 for -- irving was 8 for 8.ck beats shaq 146-143. >> get used to it. >> kevin hart cow bettering in fear as he towered over him. hart played well in the celebrity challenge. hart was actually the mvp and the ejecty. oh he is outraged. he was tossed out. 86-54 and that is your toyota sports report. >> he was listed at 5 foot 2. >> but he is fierce. "nightline" is next. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. have a terrific weekend. >> we appreciate your time. for larry beil and sandhya patel. have a great night.8x8x8x8x8x8xs matt mccloskey entertains audiences with jokes about his weight. let me move this so you guys can see me. when he stepped on the scale it's tears that flow, not laughter. it's been two years since i've been on a scale and it's just hit me right now. twenty six years of pain had added up to almost 400 pounds. yeah i'm fat but because of you making comments i'm going to go eat something. i'm going to just go sit in my room and cry. but now, matt is ready to laugh, to

. >> the state of the city will be the topic get city hall as stephanie rawlings-blake gives her annualress. kim dacey is live with details. >> this is the mayor's third state of the city address and she is expected to outline her plans to improve baltimore. when stephanie rawlings-blake delivers her state of the city address, she will outline her plans to improve education and public safety as well as her goals to make everything stronger. >> this was going to be the major focus which would attract approximately 10,000 new families to a nebaltimore. >> approximate 30,000 people have left baltimore. crime stats have dropped compared to previous years. she wants to build on these lower numbers and to make city streets safer. she is expected to talk about the property-tax to cut it down to $2.20. the mayor is expected to talk about funding construction projects for schools. this could generate millions but not enough to pay for all the necessary construction. of all the issues facing the city, creating good schools is the most important. >> first because it now begins to seem realistic. w

. >>> lebron james standing by his comment on twitter last week that praise to remember blake griffin'sunk over kendrick perkins in the win over oklahoma city. after the slam, remember, the dunk again, lebron tweeted his own big dunk a few days earlier had been second best writing blake griffin just dunked on kendrick perkins so hard i guess i'm number two. now kendrick perkins is not pleasedp. the big man taking offense saying, quote, you don't see kobe tweeting, you don't see michael jordan tweeting. at the end of the day the guys playing for the right reasons who are trying to win championships are not worrying about one play. i just feel lebron is always looking for attention. and he wants the world to like him. king james, though, says perkins is simply joining the blame lebron bandwagon, the heat star telling yahoo! sports i'm an easy target. if someone wants to get a point across just throw lebron's name there in there. you could be watching cartoons with your kids and you don't like it, say blame it on lebron. if you go the to the grocery store and they don't have the milk you l

blake, you wouldn't touch these guys right now, why? >> we've been bullish year-to-date, the group is up 24%. i'm turning very cautious very quickly here. i'm very concerned about cracks rolling over. we're coming out of turn-around season. we've got inventory levels pushing five-year average highs. and we're looking at very weak demand here. and i'm just very concerned that margins are poised for rollover, not to mention a lot of new capacity coming online on the gulf coast in particular. >> kevin, why is refining capacity as low as it is? it keeps going down year after year as demand goes down, but prices go up. i mean, what's going on here? >> that has a lot to do with the brent linkage of the gasoline price right now on a national average basis. that's because the marginal barrels are coming into the coast. capacity utilization is going down. it's got everything to do with the fact that today's drivers still have yesterday's cars, but don't have yesterday's bank accounts, yesterday's home values, they don't necessarily have yesterda

of course, blake griffin was in town, right? first quarter, mo williams to griffin for the one hander. l.a. was up early, 21-12. let's stay in the first quarter. wanting to get involved in this jam session. he drives in for one of his two baskets. final seconds of the first half, remember this guy? the former wiz sadr, butler dialing long distance, his three falls at the buzzer. he is 13 points. at the break. second half we go. how about more from mo williams and more from griffin. the dunk, he has a game high 21 points. the wizards get crushed. a six straight loss to the clippers, dropping to 4-20. >> i have to give them credit. clips came out font and i think we played on a back to back. sitting here waiting on us and they jumped on right from the start. but you know, that's a good team over there. you know, really impressed me, seeing them for the first time in person. >> looked like a fun game to be at, too. this is a big weekend for the capitols. not only do they have back to back games, and tomorrow against boston. but the

blake: man, i think you're a really good singer. i just -- i know i'm country.singer. chris, that was so exceptionally beautiful. that was the most... thanks. that was wonderful. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. and you're obviously american. [ laughs ] right? oh, i'm from kansas. okay. [ blake laughs ] that's right in the heart of america right there. why that song? man... i'm in awe of it. i love that song. i wanted to come out -- you know, i felt -- this is my voice, and i've -- it's been hard for me. i've been at it for a while, and i've tried to sort of shrink my voice down to fit. but i decided for this show, i was gonna just sing like myself. christina: whoo! [ cheers and applause ] i think throughout my entire career i've pretty much spoken as being an individual. and you know what? something that really spoke to me was when you said, you know, "i try to shrink myself down "to fit into, you know a stereotype or a box or something like that." and sometimes there are voices that come along that you can't shrink down, and you have to just let it shine and l

drops between his legs to blake griffin. he would have 22 points and about 100 dunks tonight. east taking advantage of pitiful defense. lebron james had 36 points. the east down 9. later in the third quarter, the west's kevin durant on a steal ahead to kobe bryant for the dunk. he had 27-points surpassing michael jordan for the most career points in all-star game history. two of his 36-points, he earned mvp honors, west beats the east. >>> how in the world does this happen? ball in the back of a woman's shirt. last week lefty hit a ball i guy's shorts and now this. he lost his match to rory mcelroy. hunter in the final against mcelroy and backs off a putt. here's why. a mary poppins sighting. an umbrella is blown into the sky 30 feet, that is real. it was a strange day for golf. approach to the tenth hole from 179 yards out. this is better than good. lands on the green, nearly goes in. he won the hole. his fourth in the last five to give hip a 4 up lead through 10. mcelroy, a chip from 60 feet is good. he wins the whole. up 3 through 11. moving to 17. all he needs is to two pu

the state of the city will be the topic this afternoon at city hall as stephanie rawlings-blake gives address. >> kim dacey has some details on what we can expect to hear it later today. good morning. >> it is the third state of the city address for the mayor and she plans to outline her plans to improve baltimore. when baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake delivers her state of the city address this afternoon, she will outline her plans to improve education and public safety as well as her goals to make everything stronger. >> i think they're probably equally important because they all fit in as components of what she announced earlier in her term. it was going to be the major focus for her administration, which -- to attract approximately 10,000 new families to baltimore. >> a local polical analyst says that increase could help the city make up for the approximately 30,000 people who left between the previous two census reports. crime stats have dropped compared to previous years. a spokesman for the mayor says she wants to build on these lower numbers and will unveil her ideas t

district judge catherine blake is expected sometime this summer. denise? >> all right. thank you, mary. the lawsuit was originally filed six years ago, by the group coalition for equality and excellence in maryland education. >>> the race is on. the new promoter of the baltimore grand prix gets the green light from the city's board of estimates. the board approved the new contract by a vote of 3-2. the company that organized was terminated after failing to pay more than $1 million it owed to the city. >>> the weather is like this. for the grand prix, you won't catch anyone complaining. a live look now, how can this be the end of february? wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk are updating the first warning weather forecast. >>> couple of light, spring showers. take a look to the west of us across the mountains. very light activity. as we head further to the west, there is more out to the west. and that front is going to pass to the north tonight. but it might bring us a few showers tonight, later across the region. prob

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is launching an initiative to improve city school buildings.'s planning on submitting the better school initiatives. it will call for an increase in funding and this is going to be paid for because of the beverage container tax. >>> the governor is calling for spending to improve education, infrastructure and more. >> it's common census. we don't need the tax breaks, you need them. >> reporter: the budget includes cuts in defense spending republicans will roll out the ways to make it better in weeks. >>> the nation's top dogs are coming together to duke it out at the westminster dog kennel club show. this is in new york city. some of the winners last night include a dalmation and a german shepherd. the best in show will be chosen this evening. >>> okay, we have gotten this incredible story coming up in ten minutes energy -- ten minutes. it's going to make you scratch your head. let me show you the weather. you'll flip out. give us ten minutes. >> it's mild overnight. we're living large. 35 degrees on tv hill. 12 degrees warmer than this time ye

. >>> major stephanie rawlings- blake gives her goals. derek valcourt has more on the major's goals and how they could impact you. >> lower taxes and an increase on construction projects. >> we need to get baltimore growing again. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says it's time to cut taxes for home values. the average homeowner with a home valued at $120,000 will see a $5 reduction by next year, $400 by the year 2020. >> under this year vacant homes do not qualify for the tax cut. vacant lots do not qualify and specklators and owners of blithed property will not get a penny of tax relief at the expense of everyone else. >> reporter: another concern the mayor addressed the condition of many city school buildings. >> i'm truly embarrassed by the physical condition of some of our schools. too many are without air- conditioning to keep kids in the classroom on hot spring day, too few computer labs, too many with water mountains that you can't drink from. >> reporter: she will submit a plan called the better schools initiative call