doug gansler thank you for joining us. i want to get to the foreclosure agreement. this google issue is on the foforefront everywhere. pepeople startining to figure out what is going to happen to them on march 1. >> what google is doing is invadingng up on everyone's privacy.. the questi is it isis it propriate. >> on march 1, that is the date they have said. >>hat is ing on right now most people do not realize they can g go into your accounts and use your information to give e to advertisers. they are going to take all of their platforms and c combined it together so they will have a deep and rich profile on anyone they want to have no matter what part of google that you use. they are going to combine e it all and sell it to advertrtisers. >>egislators just recently discovered this gmail data mining with a can take all of yo information about your contacts and from itn the google plalatform. they say it is a service provided to consumerers because now they can better tailored to you what is he went to learn about or need. what is yoyour warning? >> it is where you

derek valcourt explains what gansler is so concerned about. >> reporter: gansler is calling for a new ceo. he blasts their new privacy policy that goes into effect just next week. >> reporter: frequent computer users know the power of google. >> reporter: using the google browser becomes habit. >> reporter: maryland's attorney general knows it, too. that's judge he's raising, alarms. gansler wrote this letter to google executives, on behalf of attorneys general from 36 states, calling their new privacy policy troubling, saying it appears to invade consumer privacy. >> what are they doing with this? how are they storing? >> is it safe from hackers? save from-- safe from identity theft. >> here's the problem as the attorney general sees it. under the new privacy policy, share your information with any of the google products. say, for example, you do a google search. that search, your information, even the websites you visit, will automatically be shared with all of the other google products. google says it uses all of that information to make sure you see advertisements relative to your

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they also want attorney general doug gansler's amendment. >> maryland's most powerful radar showing shower activity. not much, though, very light rain out to the west. perhaps some of this could come in bringing light showers. fairly breezy conditions. you can see 18 in german town, a stean -- sustained wind. falling through the 50s, into the 40s. we'll talk about how much milder things get and look at a big change for the weekend. >>> today baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake unveiled the plan to increase the healthy food options at the lexington market. it hopes to increase demand for healthy food, local produce and fitness activities. it's all part of the get fresh public market's initiative, which the city hopes to respond-- exspand -- expand. >>> president obama, the first lady and former first lady laura bush joined in on the ground breaking museum for the national museum of african-american hex and skull culture. it will showcase artifacts and reflecting african-american history. the president says the museum is a long time coming. >> it's also fitting that this museum has

. >>> doug gansler is among those trying to push the limit of alcohol drinks. >>> a blaze in east baltimore, a vacant home went up on east 24th and barclay streets. a firefighter fell through the floor inside and taken to shock trauma and expected to make a full recovery. >>> due to the holiday weekend, jurors will deliberate this case wednesday. emotions ran high during closing arguments in charlottesville, virginia. the prosecutor broke down as he told jurors about love's final moments before huguely forced his way in to her apartment near the university of virginia and beat her to death. defense attorneys say huguely never planned to kill her and should only be convicted of involuntary manslaughter. >>> please stay with wjz 13 as the trial continues. we will bring you the latest on air and on line at wjz.com. >>> same sex couples are closer to being able to marry in maryland. advocates say the battle is far from over. ron matz is live in the newsroom with the latest on the debate. >> same-sex marriage advocates scored a win in the house of delegates at the beginning of last weekend. frid

thank you, attorney general gansler, comptroller franchot, for your work in protecting the dignity of every individual and advancing the common good night and thank you, my colleagues in county and municipal government who have the battle now believe on the front lines of the jobs recovery and dance of the quality of life in these extremely challenging times. thank you to the men and women of law enforcement, corrections officers, committed u.s. attorneys and state attorneys throughout our state, it was hard work has driven a violent crime down to the lowest levels in 30 years. [applause] and thank you, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, for baltimore's extraordinary leadership in saving lives and driving a violent crime down to record lows. [applause] thank you and welcome to embassador -- the ambassador of mexico, ambassador michael collins of ireland, the ambassador from japan, and the ambassador of korea. and thank you, katie o'malley and attorney general current, and meet members of the cabinet for your high confidence, effectiveness, delivering results and caring about every citize

thank you attorney general gansler, thank you treasurer kopp, controller fran show for your work in protecting the dignity of every individual and in advancing the common good. and thank you to my colleagues in county and municipal government who have battled nobly on the front lines of our jobs recovery and the defense of our quality of life in these extremely challenging times. thank you to the men and women of law enforcement, correctional officers, parole and probation, juvenile service agents, committed u.s. attorneys and states attorneys throughout our state whose hard work has driven violent crime down to the lowest levels in 30 years. [ applause ] >> thank youroll links blake fos extraordinary leadership in saving lives and driving violent crime down to record lows. [ applause ] >> thank you and welcome to ambassador arturo sarukan of mexico, ambassador michael collins of ireland, ambassador ichiro fuj saki from japan and ambassador duk su han of korea. thank you katy o'malley and thank you to the members of the o'malley brown cabinet for your high competence, effectiveness, delivering

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. >> doug gansler is part of a multieye state settlement with j.p.morgan and citibank and bank of america. >> most money will go to help people with principle reduction to help keep people in their homes. >> since the announcement, the phone bank has been buzzing. >> this new settlement went into play. the caller was asking how it reached this agreement. it was reached following robo signing when bank employees signed off on millions of documents without investigating. now they are noticing a rise in foreclosures. >> things have gotten worse. one of the things that happened is the banks have been holding off on some foreclosures, so there has been an uptick recently in the number of notices and intent to foreclose. >> the people calling in now are in foreclosure or under water. their homes are worth less than their mortgages. some are worried because while their mortgage payments are current, they fear falling behind. usually she handles health related disputes. >> greatly stressed. everyone who called had a story about what happened and what they were experiencing. they were excited that

maryland's attorney general doug gansler was among those trying to get the alcohol taken out of four loko. >> grief counselors are expected to be at truluck's school. >> areoshot went on sale. it's been sold as a dietary supplement, so it did not require fda approval but lawmakers are concerned about young people who who overuse the product. >>> new plings involving highway -- legislation involving highway work zone cameras about be introduced it. would turn the cameras off when no one's working. he believes it's unfair to motorists to have the cameras on 24 hours a day. >> i'm not crazy about speed timers on highways. by understand when there's active construction it should be there. it's tweaking it. >> according to aaa last year almost half a million drivers were caught by speed cameras, generating $19 million in fines. >>> also in annapolis a bill that could legalize same-sex marriage is headed to the state senate. a committee is expected to act quickly with a final vote by the end of the week. the house of delegates narrowly lay proved the bill. opponents are planning to petitio

. >> reporter: in 2010, maryland's attorney general, doug gansler was also among those spearheading the successful efforts to get companies like the ones to produce four loko to remove caffeine from their product. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. grief counselors are expected to be on hand at the middle school where michael trulock was an 8th grader. >>> jurors will begin deliberations in the george huguely murder trial. >> reporter: the judge told the jury to wait until wednesday before processing all they saw and all they heard about the tragic death of cockeysville native,iard low -- yeardley love. >> reporter: george huguely faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge, making the stakes very high in the quest for conviction in the death ofiard low love. court is closed today because of the holiday and a grand jury day was previously set for tuesday. so jurors will reconvene wednesday morning. attorney byron warnkin tells me the wait could favor one side. >> time works a little bit to the advantage of the prosecution. because i imagine that t

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. >> reporter: maryland attorney general doug gansler says this state is getting the sixth highest cut of the settlement money, $960 million. that's based on the number of homeowners impacted during the mortgage crisis. >> we're getting more money in maryland than new york is. we weren't hit that hard. >> reporter: nationwide, up to 750,000 people whose homes foreclosed from september 2008 through the end of last year, will receive checks for up to $2,000. people like marilyn laviry. >> wells fargo foreclosed on me while i was in the midst of trying to get a modification. >> reporter: those who are under water on their loans will also be allowed to refinance at a lower rate. >> reporter: the settlement expected to help some 2 million americans, but it will not be any help to those who have loans with fannie mae or freddie mac. we're live, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> thank you very much, derek. if you want to know if you can get help under the settlement, call the maryland hope hotline. the number is your screen there. and you can also get that information on our website, wj

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. >> reporter: maryland attorney general doug gansler says this state is getting $960 million. that's based on the number of homeowners impacted during the mortgage crisis. >> we're getting more money than maryland and new york is. we weren't hit that hard. >> reporter: and up to 750,000 people whose homes were foreclosed between september 2008 through the end of last year, will receive checks up to $2,000. people like marylander laverne miry. >> wells fargo foreclosed on me while i was in the midst of trying to get a modification. >> reporter: but the help will go to those currently facing foreclosure. those under water on their loans will also be allowed to refinance at a lower rate. >> reporter: this deal is kidnapped to impact and help some 2 million americans. but it will not help those who have loans through fannie mae or freddie mac. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. if you want to know if you can get help under the settlement, call the maryland hope hotline. the number is 887-462-7555. you can also get that information on our website, wjz.com. >>

the 49 states signed onto the deal, that's the sixth biggest payout and attorney general douglas ganslers it's long overdue relief. >> the money will go directly to those who need it, those who need it now and those who are victims in the conduct of the banks. >> reporter: the district of columbia is getting $40,000,000.480 million will go to virginia -- is getting $40 million and for hundred $80 million will go to virginia. >> -- $480 million will go to virginia. the deal is to make good on the abusive practices of the five largest banks including pushing through foreclosures, delaying aid and using fake signatures on court documents. with this deal eligible homeowners who were behind or in danger of falling behind on their mortgages will be able to get a portion of their mortgage debt forgiven. homeowners who are current on payments but owe more than their homes are worth will be able to refinance to lower rates. those who unfairly lost their homes to foreclosure will get up to $2,000 they can still sue for damages. >> we finally have a little bit of good news that we're bringing some

a spokesman important maryland attorney general doug gansler says the money will help provide immediate relief to homeowners. >>> unemployment benefit applications dropped to the second lowest level in nearly four years. we are going to check in with courtney reagan. she joins us live with more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> good morning to you. what's a really busy market day shaping up to be that way. still many hours to go. glance over and see the dow and s&p have now dip mood the negative territory. dow is down to about 17 points after being higher this morning. and also this morning, greek prime minister stister announce deal to secure another round of bailout funding. all this greek drama is not over yet and it is at least a step in the right direction. meantime like you mentioned another positive report for the labor market. number of americans filing for jobless benefits fell 15,000 last week to 358,000. that marksing the second lowest level in four years. eastman kodak decided to stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and digital picture fr

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