live from city hall. melinda roeder, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> thank you melinda. >> congress will start working on new financial regulations very soon. dictates new ways to do business on wall street that won't trigger another melt down on main street. democrats say the recent fraud lawsuit filed against deposition man sacks shows how much wall street needs to be reformed. all 41 g.o.p. senators signed a letter appoints this measure. which they believe will lead to more government bailouts. >> they are going to need, at least, one republican, if they can hold all the democrats together. to vote for this thing. so it will have to be, at least, a tiny doll lop of bipartisanship to get it done. >> there have been hints lately about a filibuster by republicans. >> fewer americans now say they trust the federal government. new poll figures released by pew research center indicate that growing discontent. michael buczyner joins with us a story. michael? >> jeff, according to 2500 adults surveyed for the poll, n

that city. the benjamins were the beginning of philanthropic jewish communities in kansas city and which was the model for a lot of philanthropy throughout the country. david benjamin was fred harvey's bank teller. he became the first full-time employee in the restaurant business in the 1880s he was dispatched to kansas city to set up the office and he and fred harvey's son ran the business in fact many years more than fred harvey did. fred harvey said an invention of the fred harvey to some degree part of the reason people thought he was a life for years after is that was his plan. the people land to the eckert in the business day today and were the bedrock of the comanche and kansas city for literally decades or david benjamin and of course freds some for harvey. he came into the business, he was forced to the college of the age of 19 to come to the business in the 1880s. he married and moved to kansas city in the late 80's, he and his wife were along the original couple set me up the hill, an

there was a lot of violence in our cities.ular and people putting political spin on some of the things the gangs were doing. the structure of the world we live been, we knew where our friends and enemies were in the cold war, in that clear, bipolar world, itself was coming to an end. oklahoma city was a few years after the fall of the berlin wall. there was no simple, bipolar world anymore. there were just a lot of fistfights around the world based on ethnic and religious and cultural and political and longstanding geographic grievances. but it was hard to get hold of anything. we moved from the cold war to an independent world full of positive and negative forces. we moved from an industrialized economy that built the greatest middle-class in history into an information age that open vast new vistas and open -- and post all kinds of new problems. more and more people had a hard time figuring out where they fit in. more and more people had a difficult time living with confidence and optimism in the face of change. it is true t

city council has introduced a bill that could change how much the city contributes to pensions, change eligibility for retirement and require police and firefighters to contribute more to their own retirement. but it's a measure that is not sitting well with union representatives. >> we have been offering for 13 months now to sit down and discuss the problems facing the pension system and no one has bothered to do that yet. >> we have known for a couple of years we have been challenged and struggling with bills to make adjustments to the fire and police pension fund and we have been unsuccessful with it. >> both the police and fire unions have hired an attorney and say they will sue the city if they're not satisfied with what the council decides. the city has less than three months to hash out a deal before the next fiscal year. >>> for health reasons it's probably not a good idea to swim in baltimore's inner harbor, but a local group sees future where swimming, fishing and even a triatholon would be possible and safe in the harbor. joel d smith is live at fells point this morning with

i remained at citi until january 2009, and so was present when citi's problems occurred. in my view, there were two primary causes of these problems. first, citi, like other financial institutions, suffered large losses due to the financial crisis. i am told that citi has subsequently analyzed the data made available in connection with the 2009 stress tests, and has estimated that the losses in citi's businesses, other than cdo's, were roughly comparable to peer firms. second, citi suffered distinctively high losses, as a result of its retention of super senior tranches of cdo's. i remember learning of these super senior positions in the fall of 2007, during discussions convened by chuck prince, with the most senior management of citi, to discuss by then what was considerable turmoil in the fixed income markets. in considerable discussion on the fixed income business, i learned that citi's exposure included $43 billion of super senior cdo tranches. the business and risk personnel advised that these cdo tranches were rated aaa plus and had de minimis risk. my view, which i

we not the worst city. it's what people are working with. we have hope in the city.more than ever. she recently lost her job because of a health problem. some encouraging news. the mayor's demolition plan has begun. on a personal note, i still consider myself a detroiter. it's been especially hard to watch what has happened to the city. i see some reason for optimism but, realistically, it could take ten or even 20 years. you can learn more about the people trying to turn things

the city and county and the naval academy were extraordinary.dinarily fast. >> in addition to those businesses, there are some apartments on top of them. the folks living there have been displaced as well. cox also from annapolis to night, gov. martin o'malley will kick off his -- >> also from annapolis to night, governor martin o'malley will kick off his reelection bid. the governor is expected to face former republican gov. bob ehrlich in a rematch of their 2006 gubernatorial race. meanwhile, another state leader is calling it quits. the state prosecutor for maryland says he will not seek another term. he notified the governor of his plans in a letter today. he has served as the prosecutor for the past six years and as you recall, oversaw the prosecution of baltimore city mayor sheila dixon. >> a baltimore father is behind bars after admitting to beating his 2-year-old daughter to death. 22-year-old retired -- tyrellan hammer is charged with second- degree murder. police were called to his house for an unresponsive chiles on saturday she was b

city council will start taking up the budget later on this week. >> no more guns --. >> dozens of city police and firefighters marched in front of city hall protesting budget cuts. they say operational cuts of any kind propose safety risks to them and the public. >> now retailers feel they will feel the burden of closing the budget gap. the mayor has propose aid four cent drink tax as one part of the budget solution. we have more on this. >> reporter: four cents may not seem like much but local retailer sass i it'll be hard to remain competitive and the tax will drive shoppers out of the city. health experts say soda isn't the best choice for helping your thirst but one aisle in highland town is dedicated to that alone. city leaders may go after it to make money. shoppers learning their favorite drinks may go up by four cents a bottle. bruce william social security making a plan of his own. >> it would impact me enough to travel one extra, two extra miles to baltimore county and buy my sodas. >> reporter: that's rob's fear. his family has run a grocery store for 80 years. he remembers

city officials argue that students use city services, but currently do not pay for them. >> other cities trying to get revenue out of their nonprofits, pittsburgh and providence are two examples. and a couple of weeks ago, the highest court in illinois ruled that a nonprofit catholic hospital in that state should pay a beverage tax -- a bad tax. -- bed tax. >> the historic clock in downtown baltimore is up and running again just in time for the morning commute. the clock has been in baltimore since 1911. it was only three years ago that the south side of the clock stopped ticking. today, workers finally reinstalled the hands. >> is great to have the clock coming back on line after three years of only being three- quarters functional. i look forward to having all four faces working on the skyline again. >> city officials said it cost $30,000 to cover the repairs. >> covering the nation tonight, at least three people including a state trooper are injured in a random shooting in virginia. it happened after 7:00 p.m. last night in agusta county. police say a man armed with a shotgun opened f

>> the rain is coming down across can the city.standing see the drops there on the camera 11:00. looks like we have 54 degrees, showers come down, wind out of the south at seven. humidity levels at 94%. across the region temperatures in the 50s. warmer temperatures off to the west. as the area of low pressure shifts to the east we'll see temperatures following that. tomorrow temperatures will go up and we'll get clearing and a little bit of sunshine. frontal boundary to the west of harrisburg, but that will continue to push on through, make way for some clearing later tonight. we'll see stars late late on and off night and by tomorrow morning we'll get plenty of sunshine. the showers will continue to push off to the east. quiet conditions on the future scan. showing not much activity for thursday into friday. quiet conditions. we have a condition that will miss us to the south on friday evening. the next one won't miss us on saturday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. so looked at our seven-day forecast: >> there's a lot o

orleans is not a great city?in the imagination of the world? >> i suppose if you're a fan of the music, which has rather seen its day, let's be honest, or the food, a provincial cuisine that many would say is too american. and of course new orleans has its advocates, but what about the rest of the country? >> hmm, provincial, passe, hate the food, hate the music, hate the city. what the [ muted ] are you doing down here, you [ muted ] vulture. >> john goodman, he spoke for a lot of people, who felt left behind. which was the single most engineering failure in history. the hurricane missed new orleans, the flooding did not. and since that moment, the federal response to it has been to meager and so grudging and there have been so many comments from around the country about, you know, why rebuild new orleans? it's below sea level, isn't it? great societies rebuild their great cities. and the response has left new orleanians looking at a different life. culture is what brought this city back. one crawfish buffet at

the city thus find a way to plug a $120 million deficit. under the proposed budget there were calls to lay off more than 100 -- 600 city employees including 120 police officers and 90 fair fighter, the police department would also lose the helicopter uni, the mayor hopes to reverse some of those with new taxes and fees, one thing proposing is a $0.04 tax on beverage containers, the budge et also includes cuts to programs that benefit youth and senior, wreck and parks would be hit particularly hard losing nearly 1/3 of the budget. the mayor has promised to try to avoid only of the deep cut, and will outline the revised budget plan later this morning at city hall. we are live at city hall, abc 2 news. >>> it is 6:33, more information about the investigation of the worst mine, will arrive today, at the scene of west virginia mining disaster, a tweak the day after an explosion claimed 29 lives, yesterday people gathered in churches to mourn the get r dead approximate honor their profession. >> -- [inaudible]. hell bound, this is the church at i

i think it's important the city gets in on the act of cleaning up for the spring. >> the city providespecial clean-up containers as well, which city crews will collect on monday. >>> a huge event to benefit animals in maryland. how much money was raised at the annual march for animals. >> i get what it's all about. >> "american idol" giÑ >>> the maryland spca's largest annual fund-raiser is a huge success. the march for animals took place today. animal lovers walked the one-and a half-mile track around the park to support the spca's mission of helping pets. >> most people bring their dogs to the walk, but we saw a giant tortoise. we saw a goat. and even a snake. >> yikes. more than $300 was raised for the spca and fox 45 was proud to sponsor today's event. >>> (music playing). >> "american idol" gives back. the star-studded special that raises charity this is this week. the season eight finalist helped out as well. he holds a special place in his heart for the food bank. >> i group up in a family that didn't have a lot of money. almost my whole entire childhood we ate out of second-ha

-- city dome? >> beats me. >> apparently you don't know as much about the metros as i do. >> sure don't. you are much more metro than i am. >> >> the oregon party doesn't want them to crash. anybody who dresses like hitler should not be teaching the noise's children. that's exactly what the judge ruled against greg. >> i was not hitler. it was is a character from hogan's heroes. and let's just say the teacher didn't dress as hitler. >> i would rather make a joke about it. >> everyone assumes the teacher dressed like hitler. >> he called on people to dress as hitler. >> he m on had to shave the bottom. >> he was evil hitler with a goatee. >> jim you mentioned this guy's plan saying obama is an alien is something they would say on the play ground? maybe he got the ideas from his kids. >> good point. >> geico voice over guy died. how do we know bar ter left the message? he left his name which probably helped. >> hi, andy. >> well i thought it was the graphic. i was unaware it was part of the deal. >>

is that impacting the city?to a certain extent it is even though it is a little off in the federal waters. it shows how important economic and national security is based on the drilling we do here. you know this and have been a great advocate of it. we are losing 100 yards of our coastline every 30 minutes. that protects the gaslines that produce over 30% of the nation's industry. pipelines could be more compromises in the next 100 years. the security will be compromised. it is very important if we are going to drill we do so safely. we protect that as well as the people in the southern part of the country. 85% of us in the country live in coastal areas. again, katrina and reitsa were not just about new orleans. there are a lot of lessons that the nation can learn from us. that is one of them. tavis: finally in your role as lieutenant governor you have been in charge of tourism and culture for the state of louisiana. i know you're going to bring that experience and all of those contacts to the city of new orlean

there is just untold damage number in yazoo city. the hometown of our governor, haley barbour that has been obliterated using his words from earlier today, just a large swathe of destruction from the mississippi river all the way to the eastern edge of alabama, all from what seems to be one tornado that they said was three-quarters of a mile wide and possibly an ef-3 with winds up to 150 miles an hour. >> unbelievable. listen, we know it hit a big part of your state, as you said, three-quarters of a mile wide. there are some reports that said it was up to a mile wide. so that's incredible damage, tough economic times for not only cities but states as well. what about your resources there. >> we, thankfully, prepare for these kind of things, we keep that set aside. we have all the state agencies right now working together to provide resources to all these communities that have been hit, everything from the red cross, the salvation army to our department of transportation, public safety, department of health, all of these resources are

it bothers me when i see these things happening in my city and your city. do not know how to route that out. it would be wonderful. i have many good friends in the oklahoma legislature. it would be wonderful if they came together and said, -- if they shot that idea down and said that is not acceptable. i do not know how we make that happen. it is a good question and a very disturbing question. >> any other questions? no? let me ask one final thing and we will let you get back to your day. i want to ask about another way of looking at the spikes in this kind of activity. on the one hand, we're going through demographic change. on the other hand, along the same line, we do have economic strains on average families. income has been strained since the 1970's. under george bush -- president bush, the median income actually declined after rising under president clinton. we did not see this kind of wave, as we did in the early 1990's with president clinton and unified democratic control of congress, as we do today with president obama and unified control of congre

that's thermal radiation wave pulses through the city. this isn't fire, but heat from the explosion so hot that it ignites anything in its path. >> that circle identifies the region within which there would be harmful radiation to anyone on the shore. >> the gas would burn for 50 minutes and it would be long enough to devastate the city. >> it's an enormous fire. we've never seen anything like that, i hope we never do. >> as long as lmg is shipped into harbors like in boston, the threat remains all too real. >> trying to run this kind of business and all crowded ports where a lot of people live nearby has got to go. we've got to get the danger offshore and then there's no problem. >> while this would address the problem of safety, it does nothing to change the fact that gas is a fossil fuel and harmful to the environment. planners are going back to the future and looking once more at nuclear power. national car rental? that's my choice. because with national, i roll past the counter... and choose any car in the aisle. choosing your own ca

. >>> new taxes and fees for city residents? did. >> the mayor's new plan that cory investors proposed police and fire budget cuts. >>> hi everyone, i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. >>> the mayor introduced her new plan to save the city's budget. she wants to raise taxes but says it could save jobs previous i couldn't go leon the block. mike breaks town the numbers. >> reporter: the city police and fire departments would get most of the money they have been fighting for but more than 200 city jobs would disappear and you'd pay new taxes on everything from hospital beds to beverages. mayor rolls blake laid out a new set of taxes which would restore funding to police and fire who decimated by a $121 million budget gap. >> from all whom i've spoken to, understands that there are going to be a shared burden, they want to make sure it's equity and want to make sure they can still move forward. >> reporter: while many would be restored, some have drawn controversy including a 4-cent bottle tax that some say they would hurt their b

deadliest gang in the city. two of the suspects are gang members, who worked at the coil safe streets operation in west baltimore. gardener carter, director of the east side safe streets. >> she has to do what she has to do. >> on the mayor's response, and what the new cuts in funding could mean to the program. >> i know it will be hard on all of us. especially for the outreach workers that, love doing what they do. you know, it will affect the community that we serve. >> safe streets is a program just over two years old. that relies on ex-offenders to turn drug dealers and gang members away from crime. and serve as mediators with police. right now police credit the group with helping to eliminating shootings and homicides, in the past six months, in elwood park and madison east. two safe street communities. now, with the mayor's move. >> we don't know how this will play right now. >> it is about safe streets saving face. >> safe streets is, you know, open to whatever investigation needs to take place to, clear

the city's department has just ordered crunching the numbers. paul robinson is the federal hill community association president and supports the bill. >> this is all about behavior modification. this is an issue involving responsible choices. >> police have already tried to use sheer numbers to crackdown on the -- to crack down on the crimes. but that these other areas of the city vulnerable. >> we want them to come and have fun, but be responsible for your actions. >> how often civil fines are paid now and hot -- how much money they expect to generate will be determined before the first public hearing on the bill. >> the debate over financial reform is heating up on capitol hill. lawmakers are getting ready to take up a fix for wall street this week. nicolo killion has details. >> president obama traveling out west for a fundraiser, but thursday he heads back to wall street for some fixes to the financial system nearly two years after the financial market meltdown. there should be a major showdown on the issue this week. >> we need to move and

the city has had 113 homicides this year.ponse yet from the governor, but chicago's police superintendent doubts that the national guard is the best solution. >>> the debate over undocumented immigrants in america is escalating with both cheers and protests for a tough new law in arizona. state officials are lining up on both sides of the controversy that has national implications. and protesters are promising to fight the new law. john blackstone reports. >> reporter: arizona's strict new immigration law brought hundreds of demonstrators back to the state capitol. the law, due to take effect in three months, requires police officers to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect may be an undocumented immigrant. >> i wouldn't feel safe. >> reporter: but a sheriff well-known for his tough policy says the new law is exactly what's needed and he's prepared to act. >> as soon as we come across any people here illegally, they will be dealt with. >> reporter: the sheriff says his department has arrested some 38,000 illegal

the increased fines could also help the city's financial crisis. in other half has been thrown into the ring for baltimore county executive. he is seeking be dramatic -- democratic nomination. the attorney says that after a yearlong, he will focus his -- focus on his constituents' concerns. both are seeking to secede democrat jim smith. speaking of leaving office, the state prosecutor announced that he is mark -- retiring. yesterday, he notified that the government that he would not seek another term. after serving as state prosecutor for the past six years, he will conclude his public service at the end of this term september 1. but arrangements for archbishop is set for thursday and friday. all ceremonies will take place at the cathedral on north charles street bridge public visitation will be on thursday from 10:30 to 9:00. the 13th bishop of baltimore passed away yesterday at the age of 96. coming up, after five days of being grounded due to a volcanic ash clouds, some plans are back in the air today. other airports are hesitant. we will tell y

it bothers me when i see these things happening in my city order of your city.'t know how to root that out. it would be wonderful. i have many good friends in the oklahoma legislature. it would be wonderful if they came together and said that that is not acceptable. i don't know how we make that happen. >> and want to look at it another way of looking at the spike in the activity. we are going through a democratic change. we also have economic strains on average families. some people have been strained pretty much since the 1970 cost. under george bush, all the demographic changes were continuing and we did not see this kind of wave as we did in the 1990's. to what extent is this not a long-term change in america kind of phenomenon? when you have a democratic control of government and they are seeking to advance the kind of programs that democrats want to advance which typically involve a more assertive role for the federal government. there are some that rockwell from this, is this more was a political or demographic phenomenon? >> i think it's that the debate

that's how we'll change this city. >> if you have information in either crime, call the city police. >>> a heads up for some commuters this morning. if you get on to the beltway and the harrisburg expressway, listen up. starting today, the traffic will be detoured so the state highway administration can continue. here's tim williams with more. >> reporter: if your travel rolls through the west end of the beltway, you may want to give yourself extra time. >> they'll close the ramp here to i-96 westbound and the northbound. >> they'll work on rehabilitating i-695 where it crosses the baltimore light rail line and they need to close the ramp and for motorists: >> if you're traveling to i- 695, detour through lutherville and go to the york road interchange. >> reporter: the $38 million project replaces the charles street bridge that's the round about. >> the two way stretch extended will be open for businesses and medical offices and that could be detoured throughout the spring and summer. >> reporter: it's a long term closier and the translation, allow for the inconvenience. >> and look

it won't cost the city police officer or firefighters. under the mayor's plan property taxes won't go up, but several other taxes and fees will. the income tax and hotel tax will go up, along with parking fees and fine. in the some neighborhoods, meter rates will double. the mayor wants to create a new energy tax on your bill and hundreds of city employees will still be laid off, but city police officers and firefighters would not be. the city council will now consider her proposal. >>> you can almost count on it now like the sunrising in the east. it's spring so gas surprises are on the rise again, too. they're up $0.4 in last week and will probably keep going this that direction for a while. joel d smith is live in ellicott city with more on what we can expect relief. this isn't the news people want to hear early in the morning,

cities experience a spike in crime. last week, 40 people were shot in just chicago alone. >>> we're finishing another unseasonably warm day. it is still very, very nice out there. bob is in the first warning weather center, updating these warm temperatures. bob? >> believe it or not, at 6:00, we've reached a high for the day, which is really unusual for this date. 90 degrees. yes, it ties the record on the day. take a look at radar. we've had clear skies since about 9:00 this morning. some clouds did move through with showers early on. but we're up to 90. humidity down to 24%. temperatures in the region, very warm. they will cool off a little bit tonight. but going to be very warm for this time of year. 79, oakland. we're at 90 here. 90 in bel air. 81 by the water in rock hall. and it's cooler by the bay. of course, 87 in westminster. tomorrow, a day just like today. >> all right. thank you, bob. >>> get ready for another baseball season. the orioles kick off the season tonight. and then their home opener is friday. wjz

inner city school, queens collegiate, really fabulous school. people what they thought of wall street. they said all crooks. one kid said it was rigged. they obviously get away with everything. i tried to explain to them that in the end you can't own money in a checking account and make any money. gold has gone up. these were difficult concepts. i tried to use simple procedures. real estate not coming back. that in the end stocks remain the best game in town and you always have rotten apples. every single era has rotten apples. the goal is to avoid the rotten apples and realize that there are some riggings. donny, some things are rigged. >> in every business. okay. rotten apples. jim cramer you're in charge of regulatory reform. you have geithner's ear. tell him what needs to be in there that's not. tell him what needs to be taken out, what's already in there. make it work, buddy. >> all right. transparency, transparency, transparency. when you look at what happened with lehman baer they hid what was wrong. people who hide things should go to ja

even those citi did not underwrite these mortgages, citi provided warrants to the investors that purchasedhem. these reps around warrants guaranteed to the investors that the mortgages were underwritten to citi credit guidelines. in june of 2006, i discovered that over 60% of the mortgages in delegated flow were defective. and by defective i mean the mortgages were not underwritten to citi policyfied lines. citi had given reps and warrants to the investors that these mortgages were not defective. and the investors could force citi to repurchase many billions of dollars of these defective mortgages. this represent ad large risk of loss to shareholders of citi. i attempted to get management to address this critical risk issue. i started issuing warnings in june 2006. these warnings were in the form of e-mail, weekly reports, committee presentations and discussions. i even requested a special an investigation from the management that was in charge of internal control. and that investigation confirmed that we had very serious problems. and i continued my warnings through 2007. but, citi contin

city. rachel wilson's family wants $35 million. she was killed in february of 2007 after being trapped in a burning building during a training exercise. an investigation found more than 50 violations of national fire safety standards resulting in the firing of a division chief and two lieutenants who were in charge during the exercise. the lawsuit contends the city fire department was negligent. her death led to a restructuring of the fire department's training department and played a role in the resigning of the former fire chief william goodwin. >>> state police -- concerned residents gathered to get updated on a long running controversy. a liquid natural gas pop line proposed from maryland to pennsylvania. residents are worried about their safety and the possible impact on the environment. >> if they dredge the toxic sludge from around the steel point then it'll just poison the whole bay. >> it's scary. when you look at -- when you look at the possible -- ways it can affect us in the eve

cooler in ocean city. move through the state through the day and probably not getting out of here until late night into the midnight hour and then we will dry out. and on the future scan model we will see the showers hanging around for the north especially today and continuing through the evening and tapering off by later in the late night. here is what is ahead the frontal boundary pushes through. we warm things up behind the warm front. the warm front brings in monitoring temperatures. here is the showers and cool today, cooler and warming through the end of the workweek but cooler for the weekend with showers on saturday into early sunday. what is happening on the roadways right now? here is candace dold with the traffic edge to let you know. >> reporter: thanks, steve. we are focusing on 95. you can see the brake lights from whitemarsh boulevard all the way down toward the beltway. we don't have any incidents on the corridor. it's unfortunately the sheer volume that we have to deal with. it does ease u

baltimore is a great city. we're not las vegas. not atlantic city. we're baltimore. and it is a family townspeople come to the harbor. see the orioles and ravens. and spend the day. i think businesses have to use common sense. >> the stripper mobile is in st. louis right now but managers tell me it will be back in baltimore. no telling when. but it will be back soon. to continue to boost business. reporting live here in downtown baltimore. karen parks fox 45 news at 10:00 >> >> a toddler from aberdine that went missing in the state of florida is found in new york city. 3-year-old nathaniel fons went missing after his mother was arrested for using counterfeit money. gave her son to friends and today he was found in saint patrick's cathedral in new york city, unhurt, note in pocket with the mother's shame and number of florida police. >> police make an arrest in the murder of a 72-year-old security guard in waverly, 18-year-old troy taylor and 19-year-old michael hunter charged in the death of bowman. gunned down in the 2900 block of greenmount avenue april 8. >> this

the city attorney says the city has done everything it can to support the family. he says it is a very high standard to prove extraordinary look let -- extraordinary negligence. we did contact the wilson family in denver, and they had no comment. >> the mother of a 1-year-old boy who was starved to death by a religious cult has been sentenced. as part of her plea deal, ria ramkissoon was given probation for five years. she agreed to testify against the leader and five members of that cold in the murder of her son. >> still ahead, spreading harmony by running across america. we will explain. >> how about taking a swim in the inner harbor? i will explain this we are request, coming up after the break. >> ben roethlisberger learns his punishment, but will he served with the steelers? that is later in sports. >> the wet weather in the area right now could lead to a little bit of fog in the region later tonight. a slightly warmer day on tap for tomorrow. 53 degrees >> but prosecutors say a postal service employee has been charged in a criminal complaint with stealing of

i will not come to the city to pay extra parking.it's crazy. >> reporter: with -- even with all the cuts we're still talking about 250 jobs in the city that will be lost as well. but there will also be no property tax increase for city residents. none of this is set in stone. it's still has to be reviewed by the city council. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> 5:47. there's controversy surrounding a maryland police department in what appears to be a beating caught on tape. on the video university of maryland student john mckenna is singing a cheer, celebrating maryland's basketball win over duke. when he comes face-to-face with the park police mounted officer. he stops and actually backs up. from this tape it appears he was knocked unconscious by prince george's county police officers. mcken why's lawyer says there's only one way to characterize what happened. >> this is police brutality, pure and simple. >> however, charges against mckenna alleges an assault against a police officer and disorderly conduct. it claims mckenna was kicked

. >>> more reports of bullying at a baltimore city school. who is taking action. >>> pure greed. >>> maryland top prosecutor retires but not before bringing down baltimore's mayor. how widespread robert war bough says corruption is in our state. >>> collecting a check behind bars, who is accused of helping the inmate pull off the scam. >>> good morning. it's tuesday, april 27th. i'm patrice harris. more rain in the forecast. raining overnight and on my way into work this morning. will it continue? meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look at today's forecast. >> good morning to you. last night got pretty active in some spots. last night we had a tornado warning in st. mary's county, nothing materialize other than hail, and stormy weather. it will taper off to the east as we get the showers early on. generally improving weather. >> our way to a better day. >>> yeah. the showers moving off to the east. should be moving out of here later. the eastern shore may linger a little bit longer, generally looking at improving weather. 66 degrees in

leaders want to bring verizon fios services to charm city. a group of city council leaders will hold a meeting on the issue next wednesday. other region cities in the regie equipped with the fiber op. fiber-optic. >>> pride manages the ship but wants ownership to become eligible for private funding. the ownership transfer could be finalized as early as june. >>> coming up in the early edition, an entire generation giving back. >> we donate them to other places like soup stores. >> the creative ways they're helping others. >>> and rain from yesterday may have moved out of area but the fog >>> a foggy, foggy start to the morning. and meteorologist steve fertig is here to fill us on the details. >>> the sky hd radar is showing us some fog as a result of the rain yesterday. the rain is out of here. it's gone, however, the fog remains. here is what we're looking at, tell us rain moving off the eastern seaboard and out of here. we have a chance of rain coming in today. an isolated shower possible as the frontal boundary works in. it's the fog that

baltimore city police city homicide rate is the lowest since the 1970's. as of a brief -- april 1, 40 people have been killed in the city this year. that is down 33% from last year. it is too early to declare victory, but they are encouraged by the numbers. there will be more on this at 6:00 p.m. officials are still looking into the cause of a fire at a house last night around 1:30 p.m. this afternoon. when firefighters arrived on the scene, flames coming from the basement to them about 20 minutes -- took them about 20 minutes to get it under control. there were no injuries. >> today, attorneys appear in court on behalf of their teenaged clients accused of bowing -- bullying the girl who committed suicide in january. the charges include statutory rape and harassment. >> none of the teenagers are rain on felony criminal and civil rights charges appeared in court -- are trained on felony -- arraigned on felony criminal and civil rights charges appear in court. instead, their lawyers appeared on their behalf. prosecutors say unrelenting verbal abuse and physi

i remained at citi until january 2009, and so was present when citi's problems occurred. in my view, there were two primary causes of these problems. first, citi, like other financial institutions, suffered large losses due to the financial crisis. i am told that citi has subsequently analyzed the data made available in connection with the 2009 stress tests, and has estimated that the losses in citi's businesses, other than cdo's, were roughly comparable to peer firms. second, citi suffered distinctively high losses, as a result of its retention of super senior tranches of cdo's. i remember learning of these super senior positions in the fall of 2007, during discussions convened by chuck prince, with the most senior management of citi, to discuss by then what was considerable turmoil in the fixed income markets. in considerable discussion on the fixed income business, i learned that citi's exposure included $43 billion of super senior cdo tranches. the business and risk personnel advised that these cdo tranches were rated aaa plus and had de minimis risk. my view, which i

to bring fios to the city of baltimore.es not have fios. >> unfortunately we have a long history here in baltimore. of this sort of treatment. by big corporations. whether it is banks or insurance companies, auto insurance, seems to be this prejudice that exists out there against baltimore. >> baltimore city council hearing on fios will be held next wednesday. verizon recently said it has no plans to expand fios service into any new markets. >> the pittsburg steelers will not have ben roethlisberger at the start of the nfl football season. after several mishaps, the league suspended big bent for six games. roethlisberger was also ordered to undergo a behavioral analysis, after which nfl commissioner goodell could shorten the suspension. either way he will be missing the ravens' game, come october 3. and the ravens make the first 2010 draft pick tomorrow. sports director bruce cunningham will tell you the names of some of the top offensive possibilities. coming up in about 40 minutes. on "sports unlimited". >> top contestant

that means baltimore city stands to gain from this. the new law could mean an extra 12,000 residents to help the city's political clout. the legislative lines would be redrawn. urban areas are applauding the decision. those in rural areas that have prisons aren't too happy about it. >>> with the month of may on our door stepcensus workers will soon knock on your door if you didn't send the form back. baltimore county police want everyone to be cautious when a stranger knocks on your door. here's some things to do to check. first, check on the person's id. workers will be wearing census bureau badges with their signatures on it and expiration date in full view. census takers will be carrying shoulder bags with the word "census 2010" logo on it. at no time are they allowed to invite themselves into your home. expect them to be in your neighborhood starting in may and run through july. >>> the deadline for returning the form has passed. some people may have turned in the wrong forms and may not know it. abc2 news joce sterman explains why

decent shower tryst over the city. right around the entire beltway. baltimore city getting rain. pikesville, timonium, lutherville you are getting rain. and towson looking at heavy rain also. down to the south of the city. looking at decent rain in glen burnie. over to annapolis. and eastern shore, we have rain coming down. in chestertown. you are not out of the woods either. as we see the showers. because of this warm air pushed off to the east as the colder air moves in. strong storms back west of us. but that has pretty much dissipateed and we are left with heavy rain through the overnight. dropping temperatures. 61 in baltimore right now. 43 in oakland. we have 80s earlier today. and that's all gone as we see on the next day planner. showers ending by morning rush hour. showers off to east. clouds breaking 58. and at noon 60. i will have a detailed breakdown now for the opening day game forecast and the weekend outlook in a few minutes. >> thank you, vytas. >> five people were arrested last night in annapolis, after a month long investigation. officers executed a search and s

so the city's attorney kent rich mond said that the city had in place a computer policy that said thereas no privacy in the use of the computers or associated equipment. it was a policy that was written and was signed by these officers. so they had no reasonable expectation of privacy. he also said that later when they received the pagers, there was a meeting in which they were told that the same no-privacy policy that was applied to e-mails applied to the pagers. later on one of the lower-level superviseors modified that policy to say, well, if you go over the character allotment on your text messages and you pay for them i'm not going to audit them. the city argued that that modification did not override the city's written no-privacy policy. >> woodruff: you were telling us that the justices were very interested in this case. >> it's a difficult case. chief justice roberts was probably the more skeptical person, justice, today during the argument. he said, well, look, we're looking at this from the officer's perspective. what is his reasonable expectation of privacy? he was told these

new york city kids are jaded.live busy lives we go out a lot, we have a show and we work full time, i make ketchup at home. >> you make your own ketch-up? >> yeah, because i don't want all sorts of stuff in it. >> mike: really? i mean what do you bang up tomatoes or something? >> pretty much. puree the tomatoes and put browned sugar and vinegar and simmer it. kick and easy ketchup. >> mike: you have time to make ketchup? you're on a television show and other stuff and you write a book. >> supermom. >> mike: you raise two children? >> you know, we only do as much as we can do. that's the thing. a lot of our parenting skills came under fire when we went on a reality show. nobody can be the perfect parent. >> we also disagree. the book is written in a he said/she said. >> mike: disagree over children? i'm shocked. >> one thing we try not to do is disagree in front of the children. if alex is telling off the boys or i'm telling them off, if we don't like what they're doing we keep a mouth shut until they go to bed and

new york city has copied that. in los angeles, they found a decrease in hospitalizations due to food borne illnesses because of those letter grades. other cities have been following the lead of los angeles. getting restaurants to cleaning up their act is important and putting pressure on restaurants to clean up. >> we are talking about food safety and labeling. >> our next call comes from new orleans. mike on the line for independents. caller: maybe three things here. the fda is basically a joke. it's a branch of the food industry lobbyists gmos, rats won't eat this food. yet our government won't label it. europe has had the great sense to go ahead and ban these things. secondly,as pertain is a again etically modified item. in almost 85% of the sweetened products. and then of course, you have high glucose corn surup. it's almost like the government is trying to kill us. >> i wouldn't go so far but i agree the fda isn't doing the job it should be doing. in the past year, there's new management. these people really w

suit against the city. the family of rachael wilson alleges that the exercise that killed the cadet was grossly unsafe and that the department had a culture of ignorance and indifference to safety. the report cites the family is seeking $35 million for suffering and death. is that in baltimore councilman is seeking to replace outgoing county executive this november. he says he will kick off his campaign for county executive next week with a rally in towson university. he represented the sixth district for 16 years. he joins fellow councilman. former international olympic committee president has died. he was being admitted for heart trouble. he served as president from 1980-2001. he was widely considered one of the most powerful sports figures in the world and was also the first hispanic to head the ioc. he was 89 years old. coming up, the vatican is speaking out about the sexual abuse scandal. will tell you what the pope is assuring victims as the cover the world. the world. >> pope benedict is speaking out

city council president jack young says he is optimistic that the city will find a way to keep all ofe rec centers and pools open. but it could depend on the passage of the mayor's package to raise taxes and fees. >> we are looking at every enhancement that the mayor has and we will look at all and see what we can do. we have to have a long-term solution for the rec centers because the rec summers have been under funded. >> the city council is expected to make final decisions by the end of may. >>> maryland is changing wait it counts prisoners in the 2010 census. under a new law, the inmates will be counted in jurisdiction of the last permanent address where they lived before going to prison. previously inmates were counted in a second category. it expected to boost the population. as many as 50% of the inmates come from baltimore city. the census determines how much federal funding a community receives. >> we hope to respect the dignity of individuals upon release and hopefully they will become productive members of society. >> maryland is the first state to make this change. >>> com

here of yazoo city.ily in particular that we met as we arrived here, a couple by the name of robin ashley saxon. they were driving on a road right by here. their family owns this restaurant. there's a restaurant you see here behind me. they were trying to race to get to this restaurant because their family had taken cover in the freezer in this restaurant. but as you'll hear right now, they didn't make it on time. >> i get the sense from what you guys were describing to me you that were right in the middle, it was right on top of you lirlly. >> it was. it was glass, debris flying. when i got out of the car, thinking she was going to get out behind me, i looked back and she didn't even get out of the car. she was so scared. and i was standing against the building and debris was just flying by me, and it was hitting my legs, and glass was flying, and i said -- debris can kill me. i dove back in the car and said come on, we've got to go. we've got to go. >> ashley, what was it like for you? >> it was terrif

this city needs. just a few weeks ago, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced her doomsday budget that included drastic cuts to police, fire, personnel and services. there was great concern over jobs and pensions. >> the cut had already been announced in the preliminary budget and a neighbor rather deep and wide. it is our understanding if the mayor's revenue proposal passes either in whole or in part, then that will mitigate some of the cuts to our department. we're in support of that. >> the mayor came out with her initial budget in which she called for those cuts. and now she came forward with the split decision today where she hopes to offset those cuts with another package. but nothing is written in stone. >> it was billed at first as a protest, but morphed into a show of support for the mayor's plan. it comes with a big string attached, it has to pass through the city council. >> we know now what the mayors revenue package includes. i think we have a sense of how that would assist our departme

the oklahoma city bombing 15 years ago today.amily and friends of the victims placed flowers, stuffed animals and notes in the empty chairs that now symbolize those who were lost. then came 168 seconds of silence. the memorial stands at what was the site of the alfred p. murrah federal building which was, of course, destroyed in the blast. that building was blown up by a former u.s. army sergeant, timothy mcveigh, who looked to many like the kid next door. tonight msnbc will debut a documentary with audio recordings that have never been heard in public before, that reveal timothy mcveigh's own chilling confession. some are bracing to hear. our report from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: two days after the oklahoma city bombing, the world got its first look at timothy mcveigh as federal agents took him into custody. he would later say he was determined to look proud on his murderous attack on the government. >> i had to concentrate where the steps were going to be without dipping my head down. people would ta