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david collins did a fact check on one of the arguments. >> legislators often say prosecutors need thedeath penalty so they can use it as leverage. we contacted prosecutors in all 24 districts and ask them whether that was true. but at some surprising answers. -- we got some surprising answers. death penalty opponents from across the state converged on lawyers for a rally. >> e-mail then, knock on their doors. >> organizers support using savings of appealing capital punishment to strengthen services for surviving family members and to beef up law enforcement. >> a lot of the supporters disappear after the funeral is over. instead of using money to kill more people, it would be awesome if that money went to support victim services, to do outreach, to train homicide detectives. >> legislators often argued that prosecutors used the option as leverage to obtain a guilty plea. we asked prosecution offices in all 24 jurisdictions whether that is true. we heard back from 42% and they all said they support keeping the death penalty. it happened in the case against -- the prosecution use the de

wednesday, he sat down with david collins to discuss what he calls a life changing night. >> your actions in august broke the public's trust and jeopardized the public safety. if convicted, you face a jail -- you face a hefty fine and possible jail time. would you have to say to voters? >> i hope that individuals will look at the fact that i have been honest and forthright in not only admitted nick i was drinking, but the treatment that i have put -- admitting that i was drinking, but the tree and i've put myself in. >> you can find more on the politics page of wbaltv.com. you can watch the super bowl in style without spending extra dough. we will tell you how to give your tv a pre-gain to not. -- a pre-game tune up. >> the insta-weather plus forecast is just ahead. there is the city. you can see a storm is brewing. >> the ravens are back on the practice field today. the linebacker is one of just four ravens ever to have played in the super bowl. that burk is playing in his first super bowl. he said he is not losing focus. >> we are going to work. all the side stories -- if you are not pl

david collins has followed the debate and joins us from annapolis with the latest. >> no one minced words today. they called it a bogus pr that makes gun ownership something only the wealthy can afford. >> i ask you to ban the sale of military assault weapons. i asked a license for the purchase of handguns. >> the governor's state of the street address turned into fighting words for the gop caucus and even some democrats. some called it the equivalent of a poll tax. >> people have to be educated before they have the ability to the right to vote. >> opponents contend the proposal will cost each owner $432 to go through the process of digital fingerprint, training and background checks. others are also taking aim at the assault weapons he wants to ban. criticizing it is a ban on appearance alone, not firepower. they believe he is trying to eliminate firearms. >> an assault weapon is used in war. none of these firearms have the ability or would be taken into war. >> it is a stretch of the craziest person's imagination. >> advocates do not believe the governor is going far enough beefing of s

david collins has more. >> this is delightfully brown water. >> they greeted lawmakers on the return to the state house. they want to put a hold on drilling for natural gas until and unless they state completes a study of risks. legislatures were -- legislators were challenged to take a taste test. the 2013 session did not open quietly. they expressed reservations about the construction aid. it would use the funds to float bonds, to leverage to $0.40 billion for building repairs. >> is done in other states and is legal. it does not hurt the spending affordability of the state of maryland. it does not affect marylanders bond rating at all. the senate president replaced a member of the committee. securing the opportunity for a floor vote. the senate president who supports the death penalty is currently lobbying a capital punishment supporter on another committee. where the legislation has stalled for years. >> someone on the committee switched their votes to bring it to the floor. something like that. it is what is. it is in the interest of the public that this matter be brought to the

in 1996, the kevin collins foundation closed it's doors due to a lack of funding. david and ann collins eventually divorced, torn apart by the stress of searching for their missing son. in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: new at 11. police are asking for the public's help to find a missing 14-year-old girl. in hayward police say, maritza yanez left her house on patrick avenue and harder road. after an argument with her father. she has shut down her facebook page. and has not contacted any family members. since she was last seen on sunday. walnut creek police are investigating a violent armed robbery at the jewlery store.davidson and licht. it happened this afternoon at broadway plaza near main street in downtown walnut creek. witnesses say two suspects barged in, one sprayed employees with pepper spray while the other broke the display cabinets with a sledge hammer. police say a third suspect drove the get-away car - a newer model black infiniti sux f-x 35. >> also new at 11. police believe this man is connected to a deadly shooting at a pittsburg gas

he sat down with david collins to discuss what he calls that life changing night. >> your actions back in august broke the public's trust. jeopardized public safety. if convicted, you face jail time and possible expulsion from your state house seat. how do you square that with voters? >> that is something i have to man up to. i hope that individuals will look at the fact that i have been honest in admitting i was drinking and the treatment that i've put myself in. >> you can watch the complete interview on the politics page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> some contentious testimony as heavily klan takes the heat -- hillary clinton takes the heat from members of congress. she took personal responsibility for the lapses that led to the deaths of four americans. >> if i found he did not read the cables from benghazi, i would have relieved you of your post. >> we had four dead americans. was it because of a protest? what difference at this point does it make? we have to do everything we can to prevent from happening again. >> some feel she is being targeted by republicans to derail any aspe

david collins is keeping score and has details for us. >> there are more gas tax increase ideas floatinghan fumes around gas pumps. >> some 06 those ideas are starting to coaless. my hope is we can get a critical mas around that. >> the legislation allowing local government to raise the tax by two cents a gallon but they can only use the money for local transportation projects. >> we have hundreds of billions in transportation projects then they say don't raise the gas tax. so basically i'm putting it back on them. >> the senate president likes it so much he proposes allowing them to raise it by five cents a gallon. and some suggest selling it to a private operator and use the funds to help pay for light rail expansion in baltimore city. >> they don't want their constituents to continue subsidizing mas transit funds. >> no other state has that type of dent as i. so anywhere we are providing an alternative funding source is very positive. >> the discussion includes raising the sales tax by 3% or a separate 3% sales tax statewide. last year governor o'malley favored raising a 6% gas tax. >

david collins joins us with a session 2013 out date. >> despite a number of high- level meetings, binders full of details available, lawmakers find the plan troubling. the governor has been briefed but has not taken a position. >> ha city schools are in rough shape and the cost is estimated to be $2.4 billion. >> but how do we pay for it? >> of what the state to provide $30 million a year for the next 20. the block grant will allow the city to float $2.4 billion in bonds to upgrade the system. the money would be used to rebuild and replace school buildings over the next 10 years. officials argue they are not asking for more money, just predictable funding. >> it is a very vague asked. -- big ask. $30 million a year is unbelievable because we are binding another generation of governors and legislators. who knows what kind of depression or recession or fiscal downturn the state might take. >> another component of the plan calls for creation of an independent school construction authority that would oversee the program. officials contend there are not enough resources. and concern that the o

david collins, wbal tv-11 news. .uthorities -- >> authorities were called to the crown plaza hotel three times overnight. the first time was for a fight that got out of control. just before 2:00 this morning, they were called back to the scene for a drug overdose. police say it was all happening at a large party. the final call at 3:00 was for a stabbing. the victim is expected to recover. >> an investigation under way in hartford county in a crash that claimed the life of a teenage driver. it happened just after 1:00 the morning. the 17-year-old lost control while trying to go around a curve and plowed into oncoming traffic. he died at the hospital. the driver of the other vehicle was not injured. this is the seventh traffic- related death in hartford county in 2012. another accident on the inner loop of the belt way. authorities say around 3:30 this morning troopers pulled over a car. when the trooper return to his car, he was rear ended by another car. police believe that that driver fell asleep at the wheel. >> no

david collins has been looking into the issue and joins us now with more. >> the legislation is named after heather sinclair. house committee members seemed spellbound by her testimony. >> i believe that therapist abuse is an epidemic, and is a silent one. >> heather sinclair is on a crusade to expose a secret horror. she is lobbying for to build named after her. >> the board did not do their job. the police did not do their job. >> heather's father sexually abused her, but her mother would not let police investigate. she gave committee members of videotape she made of her life story. at the tender age of 12, she started taking pills to numb the pain. >> they sent me to children's hospital and put me on medication and that is where i was assaulted by male nurse. >> even as an adult mother of a 4-year-old and an eight-row. >> why did plan to kill myself. >> she saw professional help. she shared her innermost anxieties, fears, and hopes, with a licensed therapist based in columbia. the therapist demanded sex in return. she says he threatened to kill her and her family if she reported hi

david collins joins us with more. >> opening day of the session is a lot like baseball at the start of the season, a level playing field and everything is possible. opening day. at time of optimism and energy wrapped around the spirit of cooperation. the house unanimously elected michael bush speaker. he humbly accepted and get a shot -- shout out to his committee men. then he reflected on what the chamber means to him. >> it is a laboratory for democracy. everyone's views are welcome here. >> would have to go back three decades to find someone other than mike miller as president. the body elected him as leader once again. michael melido about this in the top leadership position. joked aboutalley this. >> you have managed to keep the creative tension that has allowed us to do the people's work. >> issues are too numerous to name but they include gun control legislation to repeal the death penalty, a possible gas tax or sales tax increase to replenish the state transportation fund and a measure that gives baltimore city and guaranteed stream of 32 million per year for school renovations

to the noise and that's going to have on rehearsal and recording functions >> thank you tim collin and david nickel. >> good afternoon tim collin. our members be looked at this project last year and i have to say it embodies everything we approve of in urban development but in particular we're excited particularly excited because this is the cities first step in hopefully, will be many more projects to come before you called student housing something patrick showed you earlier w in short seventy. we hope this is track attention and it will

to the noise and that's going to have on rehearsal and recording functions >> thank you tim collin and david nickel. >> good afternoon tim collin. our members be looked at this project last year and i have to say it embodies everything we approve of in urban development but in particular we're excited particularly excited because this is the cities first step in hopefully, will be many more projects to come before you called student housing something patrick showed you earlier was in short seventy. we hope this is track attention and it will help move forward for other projects. it is to get more students out of larger units and into the smaller units in the city. particularly i want to thank you the planning staff that did on this. a few of you have been there through the wool process. please move this forward >> thank you. >> good afternoon commissioners my name is david i'm with the college of the arts. where a 1 hundred and 6-year-old institution founded during the earthquake. the lack of affordable student housing in the city is impacting the ability of san francisco colleges to attract

to the noise and that's going to have on rehearsal and recording functions >> thank you tim collin and david nickel. >> good afternoon tim collin. our members be looked at this project last year and i have to say it embodies everything we approve of in

here's 11 news reporter david collins. >> doing this behind the wheel could give police a license toand tack a point against your driving record. legislation designating cell phone use behind the wheel as a primary offense is personal for a number of lawmakers. >> because of the fact that i am putting two young girls on the road. one has one and one will have one in a few years, a drivers license, i want to make sure there's every protection while they are throughout that they concentrate on driving. >> approximately 41,000 people drive while using a cell phone. and today's phones allow you to do much more than talk. >> now we can email, we can tweet. we can text and see somebody just sent us a picture. >> think about it. when you make a cell phone call, you heard it. it requires both visual, auditory, cognitive as well as manuel functions of the individual. driving is a full-time job. >> the new legislation is the one that banned texting while driving. >> personally i think we did it bass akwards, because as long as people have a cell phone in their hand they are going to try to do

. >> reporter: kevin collins' father. david. while still anguishing over the loss of his own son. joined mark klaas to search for his daughter. polly. when she was kidnapped in 1993. polly klass was later found dead the entire city was involved. this search began to take a toll on the family. >> we were still in shock. for the first couple of weeks and it is still hard to believe that he is gone. >> this was picked up nationally and it even was on the cover of newsweek magazine he was one of the first child to be featured on a milk carton. the remains of the boy remained a mystery. parents and eventually set off the kevin collins foundation. eventually, after setting up the kevin collins foundation they thought that he might never reach get home alive >> i think that he was deceased. i'd think most of my family feels that way. >> in 1996 they close to the door because of the lack of funding a. the foundation closed its stores and eventually it took a terrible toll on their marriage and they divorced. charles clifford, kron 4. japan them a new tonight at 8:00 p.m.we will have more

collin kaepernick down. he was a little overwhelmed, and the defense shut him down so just a total team effort. except for david ai acre's missed field goal. more business in the locker room because they have one more victory to go. >> larry: as you look ahead to the super bowl would you rather see tom brady or the har-bowl, jim versus john. i heard after the game jim was saying he is a big rave veps fan tonight. >> mike: i believe that. love tom brady, and he has enough superbowls. i'd like to see the brothers face each other. the harbaugh parents, probably be tough on them. but love to see the hard -- harbaughs in the super bowl. >> larry: he's seen enough of tom brady. >> ama: we had great weather for a niner celebration. looking live outside, meteorologist leigh glaser says some rain will be heading our way. >> larry: she has the latest after the ♪ we were skipping stones and letting go ♪ ♪ over the river and down the road ♪ [ female announcer ] at nature valley, we know nature comes together in amazing ways. that's why we bring together natural ingredients, like dark chocolate with toasted oats, or sweet g

david gregry. like all other obama rules the rules do not apply to dianne feinstein. collind and rewound it. it doesn't stop a multiple victim public shooter, you can bring lots of guns and oh, by the way they're law breakers. it's a person defending her home who needs the extra capacity magazines. >> sean: we have a special report, i can't tell you about now, coming up later this week on "hannity". coming up next two former navy seelz. their reaction to what liberals claim is a fallacy that enhanced interrogation in fact led to osama bin laden. and then, he is a rich rapper who happens to have 11 kids, 10 different mothers. we brought you the story. now, the star says he knows how he end upd fathering near a dozen kids. have you to hear it to believe it, coming up straight ahead. she knows you like no one else. and you wouldn't have it any other way. but your erectile dysfunction - you know, that could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same

alex smith was the starter back then and facing collin kaepernick and involves david akers and he has with a 63-yard field goal and competeing to keep his job after making a career low 69% of his field goal attempts this season. the other wild card game is set for today. say hawks and redskins. our coverage begins at 1:00 this afternoon with the fox nfl pregame show followed by the game at 1:30. the winner of the seahawks, redskins game will face a game next week. >>> the texans will face the patriots on sunday. andrew luck will lead the colts against the ravens. the winner of that game will face the broncos on saturday. >>> good morning to you. off to a soggy start. improving weather for the sunday afternoon. giving awe live look across the bay and out towards the golden gate where i see a little bit of blue out there. we will see partly cloudy skies and dry conditions. i posted a three hour time lapse and see how active it was a few hours ago. this continues to shift to the south and east and we will be drying out in the second half of your day looking pretty good. even a few report

collin has sports, and tough night for the warriors. >> oh, it's one you just scratch from the schedule and forget about it. whether you lose by one or 26, a loss is a loss. davidaid it. that's my positive spin on the outcome. in green bay, the outcome we all expected. aaron rodgers and company set up [ fingers tapping ] [ rain pattering ] [ heels clicking ] [ female announcer ] yoplait light tastes great now... ♪ ...and feels great later 20 delicious flavors of yoplait light, now at 90 calories each. yoplait, it is so good! >> all right y. are you ready? 49ers and packers next saturday. a 5:00 kickoff. tbreeb grebe having their way with an undermanned minnesota team to set up the matchup. christian ponder in warmup early, tried to give it a go. couldn't with the injured elbow, joe webb got the start. hadn't thrown a pass all season. aaron rodgers, 274-yard, this for nine yards. webb, completely out of his comfort zone. can you blame him? 11-30, 180-yard yards and an interception. packers come to san francisco a week from tonight, a rematch of week one when the niners win to lambeau and won. >> they're a different team. teams find their identities throughout th

collin has sports, and tough night for the warriors. >> oh, it's one you just scratch from the schedule and forget about it. whether you lose by 26, or 26, a loss is a loss. davidee said it. that's my positive spin on the outcome. in green bay, the outcome we all expected. aaron rodgers and company set up >> all right y. are you ready? 49ers and packers next saturday. a 5:00 kickoff. tbreeb grebe having their way with an undermanned minnesota team to set up the matchup. christian ponder in warmup early, tried to give it a go. couldn't with the injured elbow, joe webb got the start. hadn't thrown a pass all season. aaron rodgers, 274-yard, this for nine yards. webb, completely out of his comfort zone. can you blame him? 11-30, 180-yard yards and an interception. packers come to san francisco a week from tonight, a rematch of week one when the niners win to lambeau and won. >> they're a different team. teams find their identities throughout the season, and we look at probably more of their past games, more recent, so we're going to have to find ways to block up their pro bowlers inside, and try to make in plays on the perimeter as well. >> sports talk there. can'

. >>> coming up, "new york times'" columnist gail collins, eugene robinson and moderator of "meet the press," david gregory. up next, mike allen with the top stories in the "politico playbook." first bill karins with a check on the forecast. >> the weekend forecast, good morning, stormy weather to meet you this friday morning. if you're in the ohio valley, grab the umbrella. the weekend weather pattern, we're watching winter returning in a big way to the west. and that's going to sweep slowly across the midwest this weekend. big changes for you in chicago. for the east coast, though, you stay mild. let me break it down. again, the rain heading for detroit, cleveland, columbus, cincinnati, it's going to pour about a half hour from now. it's beginning to exit indianapolis and louisville. in the west, winter storm warnings, salt lake city, billings, all the way through northern portions of the midwest including much of the dakotas. we actually have blizzard warnings in effect north of fargo. be prepared. if you're traveling in the northern plains, kind of some dangerous weather there with this storm s