actually have capitalism in this economy anymore or do we have credit to them as our guest richard duncan puts it he's flown half way around the world from thailand to explain to us what this means and why he fears civilization could survive a true crisis of criticism plus we'll talk about what role the abandonment of the gold standard has played in fostering this type of credit ism plus what the future could bring for gold as a monetary metal this as billionaires george soros and john paul said have again loaded up on it they ramped up their gold holdings or at least holdings of the largest gold backed exchange traded fund this is according to an f.t.c. filing yesterday that businessweek reported on and as the u.s. continues to run trillion dollar plus a budget deficits the question remains unanswered as to how long this can continue because look one major foreign creditors slowly unloads u.s. debt look how another is stepping in and increasing its holdings look at what's happening right behind me with china and japan and japan staggering debt as we know has withstood collapse for two de

against duncan in firearm and drug cases.he alleged plot was revealed where duncan was in custody. >>> charges have been dropped in the custody case. they were arrested in may after police say they were found naked inside a parked vehicle. the trial was set for next week. the prosecutors dropped the case because they says there isn't enough evidence. he was the prime suspect of disappearance of robert gardiner who disappeared while the two were on vacation a year ago. ♪ >> athletic muscle flexes again in the 2012 olympic games. day seven action, two gold, one made the london track and field debut, and another plays a key role in the basketball run. one the biggest draws is michael phelps 21 and still not done. the baltimore native wracks up another gold medal to add to his career total, winning his last individual competition, 100 meter butterfly. he turned to eat out le klos, and russia who tied for 2nd. phelps has one more race to go before the final curtain call in a relay event that's later today. >> throughout the olympi

against duncan in a firearms and drug case.he alleged plot was revealed in television conversations where duncan was in custody. >>> charges have been dropped against jerry. jerry and carol were arrested in may after police say they were found naked. the trial was set for next week. prosecutors dropped the case because they say there wasn't enough evidence. jerry was the prime suspect in the disappearance of robin gardiner who disappeared while the two were on vacation a year ago. ♪ ♪ >> athletic muscle flexes again in the 2012 olympic games. day seven action, two with gold, one made the london track and field debut, and another plays a key role in the basketball run. and one the biggest draws at the olympics, michael phelps. 21 and not done. he picks up a medal to add winning his last individual competition, the 100 meter fly. he turned in a final 50 meters to beat out south africa and russia and russia tied for 2nd. phelp has one more race to go before the final curtain call in a relay event later today. >> throughout the oly

secretary arne duncan spent the day with more than 800 teachers.e says that school districts must become more creative in how the structure raises. duncan says they should consider shifting funds and federal and state education budgets to pick up the tab. >> i think one pool of money is title ii money. the same could be said at the state and local level. we need to have everything on the table. >> duncan says half of the nation's new teachers quit within five years. nearly 1000 baltimore city students will get new school uniforms this year thanks to john hopkins. university held its second annual adopt a school uniform drive today. in addition to their uniforms, the students received a treat. a gesture greatly appreciate it by the parents. >> we were able to invite 450 students pick up their uniforms. there was an ice cream social. >> a lot of people cannot afford to get uniforms. this is a good thing that people decided to do. hopkins are doing a lot of the things for the city and the community. >> last year, they supplied uniforms to 120 students

. >>> update on michael clark duncan.e's been in the hospital for more than three weeks. >>> coming up in the next hour, imagine having your luggage waiting for you at the gate as you get off the hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney mobile magic, on verizon. you wouldn't happen to have an apple ? find characters, access wait times for the park you're in, and enjoy premium features when you download disney mobile magic, powered by verizon. >>> welcome back at 4:58. the first lady will make her third appearance on the "tonight show" next week. michelle obama will sit down with jay leno and talk about the london olympics, live with mr. obama and children at the white house. last january she promoted her let's move campaign to get kids excited about fitness and healthy eating habits. she managed to convince vegetable hating leno to try apple, sweet

secretarr of education arne duncan kicks off the school year today... meeting perry hall high school in s at baltimore county. duncan fielded questions about the obama administration's education reform, ncluding concerns over raising sallries to retain quality teachers. "iq: lots of folks say its in their heart.. oqq for young people, for our country, for ed" education." the president has requested $5 billion for education reeorm in his 2013 budget. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?brandi proctor has our traffic 3 fined... for... cutting class..... 3 the state that could soon charge parents... if their kids skip school.. and how much they would have to pay! 3 3&"collapsing nats.. oh shhh." shhh.. a dramatic collapse in court.... the judge's words moments earlier, that sparked this response. an... extra hand in the kitchen... / what happened ...when the cooks... at... cafe hon ... put... the... "robb stir"... to the test. 3 --adblib weather tz-- well another great thing about all this walking i've been doing is that it's given me time to reflect

scoreness and duncan hilts -- scoreless and duncan hits a grand slam. 4-0 indians. bottom four, pennington singles scoring one. a's scores three times. they cut the deficit to one run. 4-3. 4-4 tie. 4-4 night, including his fourth hit. 5-4 a's. they win 6-4. they are a half game out. no melky cabrera, no problem for the giants in san diego. orange friday in san diego. big inning for the giants. pagan rbi triple. rbi single. sandoval with a single. pence, blanco and matt cain and pagan dribbles one. 13 batters and score 8 runs in the inning. matt cain was dealing. striking out will venable. swinging. 8 innings, 4 hits, one run. the dodgers lost. giants lead the national league west by a half game. little league world series. mextaking on -- mexico taking on canada. look that great catch. full extension for the outfielder. vancouver beat mexico. final score there 13-9. nfl pre- season week 2. the goal of every team is to get through it injury free. no such luck for the raiders tonight in arizona. to the desert. raider fans fired up. 1st quarter. darren mcfadden looked

i didn't hear that a couple days ago mr duncan and i thought he made a lot of the points but the key area that i disagreed with him in is that he believes that there's almost a perpetual infant component of high government spending that will make you maintain throughout history now if that would be the case i would have to wonder what would the social bank balance sheet look like in twenty fifty eight hundred quit really and what would our deficit be like with all this project there just astronomical numbers and my common sense tells me that that there this level of criticism will hit a tipping point to the limit and in addition to that i think the people already exhibited in distain for this level of government spending is i think it's going to be a lot of blowback from the citizens that will allow this to happen i suddenly think ok says in a key differences there and you think the market is going to win and have its way so when we get back we're going to talk about more of the nuts and bolts and details we'll have much more with peter baxter author of when terror dot com still ahea

duncan golestani live for us in london.o louisiana sheriffs deputies killed during a shootout. the deputies were shot to death while directing traffic on a highway west of new orleans this morning. two other officers were hurt. two suspects were arrested. police are searching for a third. no word on what happened here, a motive in this shooting. >>> and florida a&m has agreed to voluntarily, voluntary mediation with attorneys for the family of the drum major robert champion who was killed. the sessions are part of an effort to settle the hazing lawsuit by that young man's family. champion died last november after marching band members allegedly beat him during a hazing ritual. his family claims the university did not do enough to stop it. >>> and facebook shares hit an all-time low today. prices fell to less than $20 a share in trading this morning. after a ban expired that prevented early investors from selling. when the company went public in may, shares were 38. >>> "news nation's" gut check is up next. the obama campaig

duncan golestani was there today. >> reporter: julian assange once again stepped into the spot light. he stood tantalizingly close to the police officers waiting to arrest him but they can't, not while he is on embassy property. >> i ask president obama to do the right thing, the united states must renounce its witch-hunt against wiki leaks. >> reporter: sweden wants him but it is the u.s. government he fears. he claims the allegations of sexual assault made by swedish women are part of a plot to extradite him. bradley manning is charged with passing classified files to wiki leaks. >> he is accused. he is a hero and an example to all of us. >> reporter: with no sign of the standoff ending the diplomatic has been heating up. the decision to give julian assange asylum was done without giving into threats. back in london assange took his moment savering the cheers from the crowd leaving everyone wondering how and when he will finally leave. duncan golestani, nbc news. >>> in politics the candidates took a break from the campaign trail today but there was no rest for their surrogates who

they're going to be joined by superintendent and state superintendent duncan is speaking at perry hallgh school that's happening at 8:30. >>> all right. well on monday, baltimore city students will be heading back to school. abc2 news reporter she region son joins us with more they needed some of these renovations renovations. >> they're going to be quite for a treat when they head back to school. phase 2 includes renovating the old lee school building. once the entire 28 million project is complete. the off students wi-fi, air conditioning, voice over internet phones state of the art security system and lots of natural light. public can help students with the mayor tax and state's expected gambling all of that revenue will go towards education. >> we want to increase the educational capacity of our system and put the ultimate in technology in all of our schools. >> there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony on monday august 27th as students return to school to mark that new building she region son abc2 news. >> all right, well, we will choose individual tables and hard earned dollars to

rick hess quoted arnie duncan president obama's education secretary saying class size has been a sacred cow and we need to take it off, give me and my wife a choice of putting our kids with a great teacher of 28 or mediocre teacher of 23, i know what i would choose every time. so, james class sizes, -- >> i don't know fit is true or not, the absolute conventional -- wisdom in the education establishment i'm sure this view is shared by many in the obama department of educating -- >> including arne duncan apparently. >> yes recent research shows class sizes are not the big determinant of performance. parents are skeptical you can argue about how big is too big. if romney is questioning the link between class size and performance, he's in the company of like i said, i would bet most of the obama employees on this issue. >> how does romney respond to this ad or should he ignore it? >> i think the ad is fairly preposterous. most parents and people who went through the school system understand the class size is irrelevant if you make smaller, you need more teachers increase the size of the te

. >> and chef d, chef duncan?tomatoes marinated with a little bit of olive oil, shallotts and sherry vinegar with maryland crab and avocado and a smoked tomato vinaigrette. >> you guys sit around and think how am i going to beat chef duncan or chef mark? >> it is a competition. >> and i don't want anybody to know what i'm doing, so i don't show everybody on any other day of the week. or tuesday. it is top secret. >> on tuesday, it is called the crab bash. >> the third annual crab bash at the hotel monaco. and tickets are $50 and get them at mission tism .com. >> and how much are -- mission tix .com. >> benefits the national aquarium. you go around tasting. and then you vote. >> you say 10 chefs. >> yes. 10 chefs and specialty judges, right? >> yes. >> i want to come down this here. >> and one way to vote is not move from your table, right? >> that could be good. >> keep eating. >> that's exactly right. >> tell us about these items. tell us about the wine market for folks. >> 921 east ford avenue in the historic fo

duncan kennedy, bbc news. >> we ask for your comments on this story. here are some of your thoughts. this person from china says when i started smoking, i never considered the branding of the packs. changing the packaging makes no difference to smokers. this person from nigeria says what we need is not different packaging but the control on where smoking should be allowed. and from liverpool in england, they say i don't care if cigarettes are packed with the crown jewels. if people want to smoke, they will. and a discussion. you can continue to have your say on that story or others on gmt today. if you are a twitter fan, sign up for updates. i'm posting updates on facebook as well, so please join our facebook page. we will have more on that a little later appear on gmt. i will speak to a doctor, president of the australian medical association. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today. a bomb has gone off in the syrian capital damascus near a hotel used by united nations observers. the bomb exploded in a fuel truck

here is nbc's duncan golestani. >> reporter: inside the courtroom, defiant smiles when the verdicts came. these three protesters are educated, middle class, two of them mothers. they say the whole trial has been unfair and decided to laugh in the face of what they see as putin's oppressive system. outside the court anger and a crackdown by police. even the chess star gary kasparov was arrested. this kind of reaction is one reason the punk band says it started protesting in the first place. this is the so-called punk prayer that got them arrested back in february. they stormed the altar of a moscow cathedral calling on the virgin mary to chase president vladimir putin away. it infuriated the faithful and the authorities. critics say the arrests were putin's personal revenge and this trial was simply an instrument of his oppression. >> putin is a man who likes to show his vengeance and for them it seemed like the perfect chance to do it. >> reporter: the trial brought international condemnation from stars such as paul mccartney, sting, and madonna who had the band's name written across her

>> this is duncan, a last- minute replacement who decided to hop in. >> high above it.et's get to the questions -- i love it. let's stick to questions. when a dog eats grass, is it allergies, or is it something else? >> many animals will do that and the vomit, but it helps to stimulate and called it down in the end. >> if they have a lot of vomiting, indeed to find out why it is there, and it is not usually the grass. >> our four-year-old siberian husky has very hard cough pads, and he tries to gnaw at them. any ideas? >> get some blood work. they share everything is ok. evaluate the diet. there are defiance -- diets that might have deficiencies in the zinc, switching to a better diet might be a good choice. there also dermatologists that could help you figure out what is going on. >> it could be something other than just the zinc deficiency. >> a absolutely. >> thank you for being here. >> stay with us. more news coming up . >> no problem. >> you are watching wbal t b 11. live, local, late breaking, this is 11 news saturday morning. >> thank you for joining us. another

it is bounded by guerrero, san jose and duncan. if there was an interest in the broader move of that area into 8, it would be the broader rotation that i saw the other day. this is already in 8. >> we are good on 3919. moving down to the potential block of sunnyside, the overlapping block of sunnyside and glen park. >> what are the streets that this block is bounded by? >> mangel and congo. >> that is correct. >> is that the correct block? it is a population of 135 people. it would bring the population of district 8 to 3.22%. deviation for district 8 would be 3.22%. deviation for district 7 would be -0.48%. population, 135. >> i would like to see the current boundaries. thank you. >> may i point out that the map the sunnyside neighbors association provided us is very helpful. the neighbors association and the sunnyside neighbors association. if you look at that map, the ones north orf naples is not part of the sunnyside neighborhood. this is between the congo. i would look at the population and nancy if we could maintain the glen p

and, of course, secretary duncan, my boss, this afternoon.troduce melodee hanes, the acting administrator for the office of juvenile administered with office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention. which has been an excellent partner for the federal partners. helping us host webinars and generally being very supportive and all the work that we have done. this change 30 year career in public service and law worked as a deputy county attorney in the yellowstone county -- she also served as an assistant county attorney in the polk county in iowa attorney office. prosecuting major felony crimes. she's a great partner and i'm so pleased to welcome her. please help me welcome acting administrator melodee hanes. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> well, good morning. you're awake. good. well, thanks for the introduction. i am melodee hanes, acting administrator of the office of juvenile justice and delinquency prevention, known as ojjdp at the department of justice. and i am delighted to be here today. i just want to thank all of you so much for your efforts

. >> lewis found her way into the public eye in 2008, as a union delegate fighting then cps chief duncanngs. a ground-swell of teacher support got her to run for union president in 2009. at the time, the hyde park native was teaching chemistry at king college prep, after similar posts on the north side;at lane tech and almost 20 years at sullivan high. all that classroom experience didn't equal an easy transition to union leadership for team lewis. >> they had a steep learning curve in springfield dealing with city hall, dealing with the media. >> matt farmer is an education activist who says lewis' willingness to discuss race and class within cps, is spot on. >> we live in this barack obama era where people want to pretend we are a post racial society. no, we are not. karen went to kenwood high school in the sixties. she was the only black woman in her class at dartmouth in the seventies. after dartmouth, lewis attended medical school for two years at uic before following her parents path into teaching. she eventually married a cps teacher too. >> she understood that what she was teachi

duncan goal list stanny, nbc news, london. >>> much more ahead on today in the bay. coming up, strutting for a good cause. the u main society's 18th annual mud strut happens in a few hours. we will tell you how you and your canine companion can raise money for animals in the bay area shelter today. >>> before you step out the door, grab your umbrella, keep it handy. you can see the clouds building in san francisco. and they are quite dark. could be a precursor of some rain in our weekend forecast. we will break it all down for you coming up after this. i'll go east coast for the philly cheesesteak omelette. no, let's go to the heartland for the midwestern meat & potatoes sandwich. wait umm, yeah. try the seven regionally inspired dishes of the tour of america menu. only at denny's. >>> good morning, everyone, 7:14 is the time. looking out live this morning over san jose. meteorologist anthony slaughter here with the full forecast a few moments ago, i promised people not your typical august forecast. don't make a liar out of me. >> oh, no not going to be very typical.

what i care about now is me, timmy duncan. i don't like those people, but i don't have to associate with them. i can't tell you ten people's names, i've been in this building two years. i go to work 13 hours a day, i put the blinders on and i have to focus on me. think about $250 a month. i take care of the whole building as far as the electrical, the plumbing, keep all the machinery on line so the production can continue. mentally, it keeps me out of this world. >> prison jobs provide the inmates with small paychecks. for tim duncan, this money affords him basic necessities. >> if i can't eat it right here in my cell, i won't eat it. one, the main liners probably made it. no telling what they do to the food. chop up some jalapenos with my raiser blade right here that i'm not supposed to have. i got some roast beef, bbq sauce, steam the buns and put it together and eat it. i get pretty extravagant with the recipes in here, this is me. if i was on the streets i'd be eating the same way. this is my home, this is my environment,

it is bounded by guerrero, san jose and duncan. if there was an interest in the broader move of that area into 8, it would be the broader rotation that i saw the other day. this is already in 8. >> we are good on 3919. moving down to the potential block of sunnyside, the overlapping block of sunnyside and glen park. >> what are the streets that this block is bounded by? >> mangel and congo. >> that is correct. >> is that the correct block? it is a population of 135 people. it would bring the population of district 8 to 3.22%. deviation for

the four men are keyon beads, clifford butler, derius duncan, and david johnson. >> the shooter in the perry hall shooting remains under observation in a psychiatric hospital. the victim remains in critical condition after suffering a bruised lung and a cracked rib from the shotgun blast. we are told that they are working to close at a dinner plate-sized hole in his chest. he has been on a breathing tube for most of the week. meanwhile, perry hall looks to post the first football team sense -- first football game since the tragedy. >> that came will start and about one hour. tonight and through the weekend, expect this community to come together to put monday's tragedy behind them. >> may i help you? >> at this restaurant come but they are donatina portion of the weekend -- at this restaurant, they are donating a portion of the weekend's profits to the victim's family. >> we really hope he is going to be ok. that is all we wish for him. >> word of the good deed is quickly spreading throughout perry hall and beyond. >> i think that is wonderful. it is a tragedy in the community and ever

>> duncan, thank you.>>> investigators are looking for the motive behind a shooting in washington, d.c. the suspect was 28-year-old floyd corkins. this shooting injured a security guard now being heralded as a hero for being able to subdue the gunman. justice correspondent pete williams is live with more on this. what do we know about this floyd? >> he's been charged with attempted murder and illegally bringing a gun into washington court. he walked into frc's headquarters and told a security guard words to the effect, if i don't like your politics, he shot the guard in the arm before the guard subdued him while another guard called the police. he was carrying a handgun, two more ammunition rounds and also in his backpack were 15 chick-fil-a sandwiches. comments were made about opposition to guy marriage and investigators say that his parents told the fbi, and i'm quoting from the court documents, that their son has strong opinions with respect to those they believe do not treat homosexuals in a fair manne

rick hess quoted arnie duncan president obama's education secretary saying class size has been a sacred cow and we need to take it off, give me and my wife a choice of putting our kids with a great teacher of 28 or mediocre teacher of 23, i know what i would choose every time. so, james class sizes, -- >> i don't know fit is true or not, the absolute conventional -- wisdom in the education establishment i'm sure this view is shared by many in the obama department of educating -- >> including arne duncan apparently. >> yes recent research shows class sizes are not the big determinant of performance. parents are skeptical you can argue about how big is too big. if romney is questioning the link between class size and performance, he's in the company of like i said, i would bet most of the obama employees on this issue. >> how does romney respond to this ad or should he ignore it? >> i think the ad is fairly preposterous. most parents and people who went through the school system understand the class size is irrelevant if you make smaller, you need more teachers increase the size of the te

the secretary of education, arny duncan is set to speak, the connection between bullying and suicide. >>> you want your children to love school, not be afraid of it. for some they worry about the tests and concerned students will be bullied. >> this was the focus of the summit in dc. the education department unveiled a new ad they hope becomes a national priority for schools and at home. tv ad urges parents to teach kids about dealing with bullies, print ads shows how it can mentally damage children. education leaders want kids to understand how to deal with bullies. >> if you don't stand up for a child who is being bullied who, will be there to stand up for you? >> the focus was on way schools can stop bullying of students perceived to be gay or lesbian. >>> a report from the university of phoenix says a child is bullied every 7 minutes in our country. estimated p 77% of students are bullied mentally or physically. during the school years and 42% of students have been bullied in the past through social media sites or texting and email. >>> as you get your children ready for the next

secretary of education arne duncan. 4:48. there's a new twist in the d.c. campaign scandal.file crisis management expert >> . judy smith met with his chief of staff and other employees, but she says she's not working for the administration. smith's client and the past have included monica lewinsky and former idaho senator larry craig. now to the trayvon martin shooting, his mother is asking for $75,000 from the homeowners' association of the gated community where a son was killed. >> and she asked for an undisclosed amount of money from the state crime victims fund. george zimmerman pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder, he shot the teenager in self- defense. he's free on $1 million a bond while awaiting trial. >> coming up, heated moment at the olympics between the u.s. men's basketball team and argentina. [ female announcer ] with swiffer duers, a great clean ddoesn't have to take longer. i'm done... i'm going to read one of these. i'm going to read one of these! [ female announcer ] unlike sprays and dust rags swiffer 360 dusters extender gets into hard to reach plac

for our latest postcard, and in kennedy looks back to an olympics that is still regarded -- duncan kennedy looks back to an olympics that is still regarded as one of the best. >> the day in 1993 when sydney was chosen to host the 2000 olympics, the games by which it today everyone is drudge. records and laurie. it was here that the true heroine of the games shone through. the second aboriginal athlete in history to become an olympic champion. a major anniversary of the game. but she was not the only aussie to captivate the home crowd. 2 golds on the opening day, both of which won by the man who would be known as "be torpedoed." -- "the torpedo." no longer they were called "the best ever games." it was a triumph for australia. 15 golds. the $6 billion gains that will never be forgotten. -- games that will never be forgotten. >> day 14 at the olympic games in london. medals are being awarded at a rapid rate. we now go to andrew lindsay. another great day, andrew. >> yes, as you say, medals being handed out everywhere. the first gold medal in athletics for turkey. meanwhile, there was a recor

. >> other speakers included secretary of education arne duncan. this is the third year that the summit has been held. >>> coming up, a truck speeding out of control in a parking lot killed a 7-year-old girl. what the girl's family are saying is the blame. >> and the extreme flash flooding that left some people stranded. >> don't forget to check out our weather map. you clan go to the news tab, scroll down and you will find information on tropical storm ernesto and maryland's most popular radar. we're back with more abc2 news coming up. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere. because that wonderful, bouncy, roll-around thing... had made you play. and that... had made you smile. [ announcer ] beneful. play. it's good for you. >>> a driver in texas hits six people in a parking lot, killing a 7-year-old girl. the little girl was in the path and there was no time to get away. sh

have clarity on what the borders are, but what was referred to with respect to mission street near duncan -- i'm just not sure exactly where those blocks are. >> i also saw that the trade- off between those blocks in the northern panhandle, the trade- off was new because it is a very easy trade off. >> thank you. and nothing other than what has already been raised. >> thank you. >> with the last one you mentioned, the 15th street to extend to valencia -- >> that was mentioned. it was not the last one. the last one we mentioned was -- no, that is correct. we did capture it. ok, thank you. >> i thought that was a repeat. because it is already at the freeway. and we have been dealing with that extension for a long time. >> ok, thank you. >> i had three items, but then i had a recall. i wanted to consider that three- way trade. if there is any interest in that, that was one to revisit. >> it is a revisit. >> understood. >> the second is the ucsf block we heard about today. i did not think that was on the list. >> we just made that move at the last meeting. >> right -- no, we did not. we consi

. >> ernie duncan he's going to be in perry haul today.educators about the future of their professions. he'll be joined by baltimore county superintendent dr. dallas and superintendent dr. lillian lowry this workshop is taking place at perry hall high school. >> actually role what is now massive slight sale. we're not kidding, look at this footprint was found on the green belt campus, now the store was very large. it was armored and it was a plant eater. it was very rare. the store actually tracks there are sometimes found out west or even in the british columbia area, but they're seldom seen in the eastern parts of the united states. >> so amazing, though. so laid back in baltimore and the first show is tonight. it's happening and this one was called. this one -- this one actually uses 3,000-year-old art. now the show runs through sunday here in baltimore. >> here is lanet. >> good morning, everyone. let's take a look at what's going on out there today. we have that trough of low pressure across the area. so with that i'm going to keep an

secretary of education, arny duncan is scheduled to speak at the summit. the dangers of texting and driving are well known, especially for young drivers. the tour is bringing a high- tech simulator and tools. they will be setting up at reservoir in fulton. >>> oreos are teaming up with underarmor to help injured military members. basically stuffing backpacks with underarmor and gear. they be distributed to the wounded warrior project. groups supporting marriage equality want to be part of your morning routine, asking same-sex marriage advocates to head to starbucks. dozens of other companies are taking part. drought situation across most of the country is growing worse by the day. president obama is meeting with the white house rural council to come up with ways to respond to the crisis. maryland students are enjoying the sum evasion. for high school students in indiana, the school year begins today. it's remarkable when you consider a few months ago a tornado ripped through the building, five months ago they sense rebuilt. 600 students and staff were in t

three men plotted to murder him after he refused to accept money or drugs to not testify against duncan. the plot was based on a recorded television, -- telephone conversations. the charges have been dropped in the indecent exposure case against gary giordano. gary giordano and carol ann bock where rest of their work found naked in a vehicle. prosecutors dropped the case because there is not enough evidence. -- gabby douglas and -- >> and multiple crash and evening rush hour. this was brought to you as breaking news. it happened at east baltimore street and north point boulevard. one person was taken to shock trauma and is in critical condition. six other people suffered less than severe injuries. some scary moments for customers and workers at a denny's restaurant. this total was not showing the flames shooting through the roof. the flames broke out at about 10:30 among the 1800 block. it took six fire departments about an hour to get things under control. thankfully, no one was injured. >> a deal has been reached between members of a baltimore county community and an assistant living