police found her daughters bodies in bowman's freezer after her third daughter escaped from the calvert county home. prosecutors say they are asking for life in prison without the possibility of parole. >>> three d.c. schools will remain closed because of massive budget cuts. brews monday re, brooklyn educational campus and turner elementary were supposed to be rebuilt. according to "the washington post" that's been delayed. d.c. school chancellor says the big issue is money and promises to rebuild were based on financial situation two years ago. but thomas harry jr. said it's a problem of over promising. rhee is scheduled to appear before the d.c. council today. still ahead a local tragedy. a commune says good-bye to a young girl killed in a weekend house fire. >>> plus calling all metro riders. the transit agency holds meetings for those who w >>> good morning. time for weather and traffic on this monday morning. we have a cloud cover and scattered showers all around the region from west virginia across virginia, maryland and the district of columbia. a few passing showers moving sout

. >> there is a battle of red tape currently brewing in calvert county. >> it is pending owners of waterfront homes against the federal government. as john rydell reports. at the center of the controversy, a tiny but endangered beatle. >> i love this home. >> from marsha's deck there is beautiful views of the chesapeake bay. home purchased 70 feet above water and look down there is signs of trouble. >> my gosh, 52 feet out there before. but with the heavy rain and heavy snow. we have lost, probably, eight or 9 feet over here right. >> to help reclaim the land, homeowners recently pumped tons of dirt, sand, straw in this area to stabilize it. but as you can see, we're only a few feet from the cliff. and they think it may be too little too late. >> but cyphert and other residents are powerless to protect their property. they blame government bureaucracy and some small insects. the puritan tiger beatle there was borrow in the sand but on the endangered species list and prevented water home front homeowners from taking the steps to restore the cliff. >> if you put any kind of mechanical or man ma

twbodies were found in her freezer in calvert county in 2008 after a third daughter escaped from thatouse. prosecutors s they are seeking life without the possibility of parole. >>> metro is asng for your thoughts on how it can close it's $189 budget deficit. it's holding a series of public hearings in the coming weeks to hear what riders think of this option. the first hearing happens tonight. news 4 megan mcgrath is live at the vienna metro station with more. good morning. >> reporter: it's quite a budget short fall, $189 million. and metro's board has to figure out exactly what they are going to do in order to close that gap and they have a number of different options availableut they want to hear from riders befo they decide exactly what to do. so there are a series of public hearings schedule over the next week and a half. six different meeptings. the first of which gets under way later tonight in vienna. the options being considered include a combination of fare increase and service reductions as well as possible changes in metro access fare structure. we could see staff reducti

calvert hall wins by 2. todd boseman has 3 straight 20- plus winning seasons.ncredible for a program that went three decades without of winning season. full house tonight. up in the first. kevin thompson with the easy bucket. holmes is unstoppable. buries the 3. bears ont h the steal. 6 points. 81-67, morgan is 23-9. women's basketball. 2012 points in her remarkable career. morgan down one. erin hawkins with the winner. 71-69, on the women's side. maryland makes it back into the national rankings. 23 in the coach's poll. they get there on the hot hands of vasquez. jordan williams takes rookie of the week awards. orioles began exhibition play on wednesday night. you cannot tell much from games in march. that is a waiting game for the second baseman. he suffered of herniated disk in his back in the off-season. he has had limited work in spring training. he took batting practice for the first time yesterday. the second baseman remains confident that he will not only are arrive ready for opening day but he will have big numbers because of the players all around him

bodies were found in a freezer in 2008 after bouman's third daughter escaped from their house in calvert county. that child is now in foster care. bouman kept collecting government subsidies for the other girls even after they were dead. >>> thieves stole tens of thousands of dollars from bank custer ins in alexandra by skimming money from the atm. the skimming device was up for one day at the whovia in the bradley shopping center. a technician noticed the device, it reads the financial information when cards are put into the machine. about $60,000 was taken from numerous accounts. wachovia is reimbursing the victims. >>> a report on a program that pairs soldiers were local rescue dogs. >>> the first thunderstorms of spring. will there be more to come? >> we'll final out what the recent warm weather m >>> some wounded warriors from walter reed are turning to canines. the humane society pairs the soldiers with rescued dogs. jim handily has the story. >> reporter: michael knows a thing or two about patience and perseverance. he received head wounds and lost an arm in afghanistan. now he is

there's another accident in baltimore at calvert street and northbound. you might want to look out for as well. megan and jamie, back to you. >>> 6:23. we lost a hollywood actor this morning. robert culp died from injuries suffered after a fall in his home. we remember robert as the star with i spy with bill cosby. remember that show in the 60s? >> no, i do not remember that. >> the show broke the color barrier by being the first non-comedy to star an african-american actor. robert culp was 79 years old. >>> is jesse james the new tiger woods? stories are popping up revealing the biker king may have been unfaithful to sandra bullock more than once. additional women are starting to say they had romantic relationships with james. they're all coming out of the wood work now, various women pedalling the details of alleged affairs to celebrity magazines. >>> dr. ez stevens will no longer be paged for work. katherine heigl asked to get out of her contract on grey's anatomy to spend time with her family. her last episode will be on january 21st. >>> and just bec

mary's and calvert county the activity is pushing away. we will tell you how cold it will get tonight. stay tuned. [ crowd cheering ] male announcer ] competition... it pushes us to work harder. to be better. to win. but sometimes even rivals realize they share a common goal. america's beverage companies have removed full-calorie soft drinks from schools, reducing beverage calories by 88%. together with schools, we're helping kids make more balanced choices every day. ♪ >>> a quiet end too the week on wall street. the dow ended up nine points to close at 10850. the nasdaq dropped two and the s&p rose a fraction. >>> john mccain is turning to the woman he turned in to a national figure for help these days. sarah palin is campaigning for the arizona republican in the toughest re-election battle he's ever faced. joel brown reports. john mccain and sarah palin joined forces again but with a new goal. he put her in the national spotlight in 2008, now she's trying to help to rescue his re- election campaign. >> it is an honor to stand beside him

it happened this morning and calvert street. >> [unintelligible] >> on monday, police were called after a series of threatening letters arrived at the courthouse and city hall. city hall was evacuated for a short time because one letter had a white, powdery substance in it. it was later found to be harmless. police say the written threats inside the letters were all similar. tonight there is a new salvo in the battle to keep more than a dozen catholic schools open. radio ad is accusing the archdiocese of forcing a low and middle income families out of baltimore city catholic schools. kerry cavanaugh has more. >> the archbishop reiterated that 13 schools will close in several months. many families are saying higher tuition will force them out of catholic education altogether. the recent decision to close more than a dozen catholic schools and the baltimore area sparked an outcry. some fighting the closures are taking to the airwaves. >> i am a catholic parishioners in the archdiocese of baltimore. i am saddened by the closure of the nine baltimore catholic schools. if you are a parishion

the weather so we'll show the game with the second most vote big rivalry match up at loyola visits calvertall in lacrosse and go one-on-one with trem blay on sports unlimited tonight. >> thanks. >> we are all starting to get spoiled by this weather e.cherry blossom coming out in dc you know winter is over. >> good to see tony back with the latest in sky watch forecast. welcome back. >> good to be here. you know what, cherry blossom overnight could be a bit of a problem. overnight low temperature 51 right now. gust northwest wind throughout the day gusting to 25, 30 miles per hour. hello. 27. very winter like for our overnight low pressure tonight as high pressure build ins. grab a blanket. eastern shore still has some rain down to salsbury and ocean city. clearing out and ocean city. clearing out but we have

we have an accident downtown baltimore calvert street northbound at eager street. want to take a look out for that. also, an earlier incident at west lafayette, pearl street. two left lanes get by in that area. >>> would you raise taxes or cut 600 jobs? >> mayor stephanie rawlings blake has made the decision, let's go live to linda sow, live outside of city hall with where the cuts are going to hurt. >> reporter: the mayor has made it very clear. these cuts are going to be painful, but they are necessary to balance the books. the baltimore city fire department and police department make up about half of the city's budget. if there's major cutting to be done, that's where much of it will come from. the mayor's proposal includes getting rid of about 200 police officers and 100 firefighters. more than half of the city's rec centers will close and the city's bulk trash pick-up program will be no more. >> could end up in allies, street corners. they can't trace them back. >> reporter: now we should learn more about the proposed budget cuts coming up at the next city cou

their bodies were found in 2008 in a freezer at her home in calvert county. prosecutors say they are asking for life in prison without the possibility of parole. >>> former presidents bill clinton and george w. bush are heading to haiti. the trip is part of the effort to raise money for the haiti earthquake relief. the form's presidents will meet with the haitian people, government leaders and others providing earthquake relief. >>> metro is asking for your thoughts on how it can close it's $189 million budget deficit. it's holding a series of public hearings in the coming weeks to hear what riders think of its options. the first hearing starts tonight. >>> megan mcgrath is live at the vienna metro station with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a huge budget deficit, $189 million and metro's board of directors has to figure out exactly how to close that gap and they've got a number of different options that are available to them and they are seeking, actually, input from riders on how they should do this. again, they got a number of differen

calvert. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for as much time as he may consume. calcal mr. speaker, i rise in support the -- mr. calvert: mr. speaker, i rise in support of the bill. i'm honored to represent the chapter of the distinguished flying cross society which is the primary sponsor of the memorial. last june i introduced h.r. 2788 which would designate a memorial. which is currently under construction at march field air museum as a distinguished flying cross memorial. it honors all current and former members of the armed forces who have been awarded the distinguished flying cross. the bill has a strong bipartisan support from both the committee and with 48 co-sponsors. the legislation is supported by the distinguished flying cross society, the military officer's association of america, the air force association, the air force sergeant's association, the association of naval aviation, the vehicle nam helicopter pilot's association and the china-ber ma in

another crash at calvert street at eager street.at the fort mack henry and the harbor tunnel. no problems to report in that area. no problems to report from parkville to towson and tr towso-- fromtowson to the 83. taking a live look at wilkins avenue if h we can pull that lie shot. no problems whatsoever. cars are cruising along the inner and outer loop lanes just fine. that's a look at the morning travis. for customized traffic reports, log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on traffic edge. let's send it back to you, patrice. >>> coming up, baltimore plans to slash its budget. with former complete commissioner has to say -- police commissioner has to say about the cuts. >>> the gang leaders look at this as an opportunity to recruit the kids. >>> next, more than half of the rec centers could be >>> new this morning, baltimore county investigators say that charges are pending against the driver of a trashing for trailer that slammed into a light rail train. the driver of the train had to be rescued and flown to shock trauma. she is cu

. >> one reactor is back online tonight at the calvert cliffs nuclear facility. shut down february 18 because melting snow seeped through the roof hitting a circuit breaker. inspectors will produce a report within 45 days. >> well, in the age of e-mail and cell phones, people are not sending as much regular mail any more. and head of the u.s. postal service said big changes needed to cut costs. postal service is $10 billion in debt. and the post master general said cutting down to a five day delivery week could cut that number almost in half. >> i do it every day. old school. i like the old way they did t done it in the 60s. every day, rain, sleet, hail or snow. >> i get bills every day. so one day a week, without no bills, that would be fine. >> well, the post master general is suggesting consolidating or closing local post offices and cutting jobs. rates for delivery would probably go up. >> that brings us to the question of the day. some mail delivery be reduced to five days a week? 54 percent say yes. 46 percent say no tonight. and 1 writes on facebook. the p

right now the radar realtime is showing just a few sprinkles here in calvert and st. mary's county near fredericksburg and charlottesville, just coming to near culpepper on the western side of it. that's not the main area of precipitation. just up a degree now, reagan national is at 43, near 40 in montgomery, prince georges, fairfax counties. parts of southwest virginia, perhaps southern west virginia, could get three to four inches out of this, but i don't think we'll have near that here. could get some rain in the metro area in the next few hours and some wet snow to the west, but all of it melting because temperatures are above freezing. a little light rain tonight and changing to perhaps a wet snow at midnight, but wet snow on streets and sidewalks by dawn tomorrow. a little wet snow accumulation by wednesday, maybe a passing rain shower through the rest of the day, but generally a drying trend and some westerly winds, too, bringing chilly weather. over the weekend, a warming trend with sunshine, up into the mid-50s by sunday, maybe even the upper 50s to near 60 b

weather watchers checking in from calvert county into garrett county. temperatures vary from the near 50 degrees by the bay to the 30s out in western maryland and west virginia. right now 48 in washington from columbia heights to oxon hill, franconia and montgomery village, temperatures in the 40s. eastern shore near 40. the view frshowing considerable cldiness coming in from the west. and later on today, clouds on the increase, highs in the 60s. rain likely tonight through midday tomorrow. windy and colder on friday. chilly saturday and sunny. maybe more rain late on sunday. jerry, how is the traffic? >> chopper 4 over interstate 66 at the capital beltway. so far 66, the toll road, everything coming in from the west seems to be doing well. elsewhere, 270 doing fine. but we have an accident on i-700 eastbound between route 40 and route 15. incident with an overturned car this is west of frederick eastbound on i-700. pat, joe, back to you. >>> thanks. >>> president obama signed the health care reform bill into law, but the health care fight is not over.

earlier accident in baltimore, north calvert street, east eager is clear. so there you go. we've got more of good morning maryland coming up in just a moment. >>> it is 7:27. in the news: deep budget cuts could seriously affect our public safety in baltimore. the city needs to cut $121 million to get back into the black. the mayor's proposal includes more than 600 playoffs. among those, almost 200 police officers and nearly 100 firefighters. the head of the city police unit says the mayor's proposed cuts go too far and at the next meeting of the baltimore city council, we should learn more about the new revenue streams the mayor plans to use to restore some of those cuts. they're crunching the numbers in annapolis. the maryland senate has given preliminary approval to the state's $13 billion budget. the senate has to cut $120 million. one of the largest cuts will come from the fund to help clean up the bay. it's been cut from $20 million to $10 million. a cut in stem cell research from $12.4 million to $6.2 million. reports this morning that former governor bob ehrlich plan

calvert. mr. calvert: mr.speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock. mr. mcclintock: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from ohio, mr. jordan. mr. jordan: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extends my remarks in opposition to this flawed health bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. dreier: the gentleman from florida, mr. miller. mr. miller: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman from california reserves the balance of his time. mr. dreier: mr. speaker, was there any time consumed? for half a second? the speaker pro tempore: the g