. >> to are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with standstill bob, donna hamilton, your hd forecast. -- with stan stovall, donna hamilton. >> an icon that comedian and his wife received a special contribution today. they hosted the a ceremony naming their community center after bill cosby. >> we were there for the ceremony and nadia joins us with the latest. >> the ceremony wrapped up just over one hour ago. with bill cosby involved, there's never a dull moment. they made generous donations to st. francis over the years and now the school wants to pay them back. on a beautiful sunny afternoon, a joyous moment for historical catholic schools and community centers on bail. [applause] sig prances academy dedicated their community center in honor of dr. bill and camille cosby on friday. the most generous donors in its 184-year history. they had donated $2 million to support scholarships for students through the years. >> through your generosity, the establishment of the doctor's bill and camille cosby community center became real. >> it is located in east baltimore and opened its doors

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captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- cracks were much in wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 with stan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5 continues now. what's the cost of. to reach a compromise. if state legislators do not act before july 1st, the doomsday budget will cut millions of dollars from public schools, law enforcement, and services maryland uses everyday. they say the state can survive the spending plan and that a special session to fix the plan to raise taxes is not necessary. >> gop members say while they believe that budget plan and appropriately increases spending that it does not require lawmakers to return to annapolis. lawmakers failed to reach a compromise to replace $512 million in spending cuts with a package including tax hikes and all the net savings. it is widely expected governor o'malley will call them back in an attempt to rectify the situation which would eliminate some 500 state jobs. the special session is not cheap. when the reconvened in 2007, it cost $20,000 per day and that lasted several weeks. >> it is an extraordinary expense. people around here seem not

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with dan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 in hd continues now. >> it has been 15 months since a two-alarm fire leveled a patio to the gap predicted the ground, sparked by a kitchen grease. >> -- level the patio to the ground. >> behind me is a beautiful site, people sitting at the bar having a cool one. the pub is open again. the word was out, the trolls village club is open again. pub is charles village clu open again. >> we actually have customers coming in. it is great. >> although is the same old pub, it is also lot different. >> i get a chance to walk around and everybody in show them is not the old controls village pub -- charles village pub. what they were used to is completely different. it is amazing. >> it was 15 months ago when the kitchen fire burned the pub. the customers say it is great to have it open again. >> i am friends with a lot of people that work here, so it brings back at home feeling. >> for the older employees, they are also back. it has been a long 15 months. -- for the o

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with dan stovall, donna hamilton, your forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> hundreds of high school students are spending part of their spring break on a college campus. they think it is time well spent. local boys and girls clubs today got some much-needed financial help. >> tim tooten has that story. >> high school students in the baltimore metro area toward the campus of buoy state university read from campus to the red carpet, and date learn to turn diplomas' into degrees. there was good and plenty of music. >> be on the fanfare, organizers said the goal is to expose high school students to what really matters, a college education. >> this student says his boys and girls club mentor is helping keep him on the right track. >> very important. >> what is interesting is finding out that they have incredible talents, and really just bridging the gap between their talent and the world. >> the diplomas to degrees program is already up and running in close to a dozen u.s. cities, and growing. >> this is a terrific investment. toyota has a longstand

in hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, your insta-weather + forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 p.m. in hd continues now. >> new tonight at 5:30 p.m., she is said to leave the -- to lead the no. 1 school district in the nation. today, she showed up on the job two months early. >> only to meet her soon-to-be staff and board of education. tyvon to -- tim tooten is live in the newsroom with more. >> they signed a new four-year contract, which means she has officially taken a job to run at maryland schools. the governor came to baltimore to show off the news state schools superintendent. >> i am privileged and honor to be here. thank you to the board for giving me this opportunity to serve the state of maryland. >> lowry says she was not job hunting, but could not pass up the chance to work in a state that such a -- an impressive resume. >> i love the baltimore area. it is kind of like coming back to myspace. >> a space she hopes to expand by doing her homework. come july, she plans to get the visiting schools close to the same. >> it keeps us focused and reminds us

but stan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer. 11 news at 5:00 in hd continues now. >> questions building who claimed she bought the winning mega millions ticket at a 7-11 in baltimore county. in his conference was held earlier this week and then she refused to talk to reporters. >> and now we're hearing her story. we have more on the mega mystery. >> mirlande wilson is stressed out claiming to have won the mega millions jackpot, $105 million after taxes. >> did you really win or did you make up the story? >> i did not make up the story. >> did you really win at? >> let me tell you how this does. >> she told me she one mega millions and hit the winning ticket. her co-workers say they are entitled. 15 of them pulled together and after to buy the tickets. she said she bought them at this 7-eleven a few blocks away. she sent a friend back to the 711 to buy a separate ticket for her and claims that it has the winning numbers. >> are you going to claim the ticket? >> bayh find it. >> did you lose it? you now have misplaced the ticket? >> mirlande reportedly hid the ticket in mcdonald's. [unint

you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd with stan stovall, donna hamilton, tom tasselmyer. 11continues now. >> here is what is happening right now at 5:30. years of construction are paying off with the move of hundreds of patients at johns hopkins hospital in to new rooms at the new $1.10 billion state of the art facility. the 1.6 mou in square-foot structure includes the charlotte bloomberg children center. >> 1.6 million square feet sounds huge. >> you can see it behind me. it is a massive structure. we are in the final day of this move. yesterday they moved about 200 pediatric patients and today and have the daunting task of moving about 350 adult patients, which is going on at this hour. it may seem like a difficult process, but as we saw firsthand, staff members are making it seem pretty easy. >> we are ready to move you. >> a second moving day, monday, at johns hopkins hospital and staff morse code for the tough task of moving more than 350 patients from the old building to the new state of the art tower. >> and the that the building was moving and that i would probably