gerry has already journeyed north. >> the mood in the studio was as optimistic as it was. on sunday rate rise turns 25, so a lot of guys having a big birthday. the ravens are looking more comfortable. we have heard plenty about the history. good for ando, tom brady. they have a different history they used to motivate them. they lost to pittsburgh earlier in the championship game. he remembers the sting of getting so close to the super bowl. they understand the importance of taking full advantage of the opportunity in front of them a. >> you kind of do not want to have that again, so we talked to the other guys to give them a but it is something i do not want to go through again , and hopefully we can be successful. >> do not look for it to shrink any. we will tell you why a little later. >> more than just bragging rights on the line this weekend. it will that some savory seafood. more on this championship wager. >> baltimore and boston are known for their iconic seafood. they have a lobster and clam chowder. if the ravens and win this weekend, and boston's mayor says he pr

gerry has given me all kinds of tips. >> i would like to thank director leave for serving as vice chair in this past year. -- lee or serving as vice chair this past year. >> the executive director's service report. >> an afternoon. members of the board, public, -- could afternoon, members of the board, public, -- good afternoon, members of the board, public, and staff. a couple of capital project updates. one of them is switch replacement on the light rail lines. switches are what enabled the trains to move from one course to a different course and switched the direction on the tracks. -- switched the direction on the tracks. mta -- switch the direction on the tracks. m.t.a. was successful in securing stimulus funding from the government for this project. this past weekend they completed the first of 19 switch replacements. this past weekend it was at 35th and 36. we will be moving through the system, the light rail service system, largely to do these. it is generally a one day shutdown that is required. we will be doing these over the weekend. sometimes we will piggyback with other con

gerry sandusky has an exclusive one-on-one with joe flacco as he prepares for his first home playoff. that is tonight at 7:00 right here on tv 11. tonight the baltimore housing authority has found papers to block the sale of its vehicles and other assets to satisfy a $2.6 million lead paint judgment. the i team 11 news has been monitoring the story since the started identifying equipment that will go to auction. the proceeds are helping to pay the judgment awarded to a brother and sister were poisoned by lead paint and growing up in the housing projects. the authority said it cannot afford to pay judgments. a spokesperson said they want to resolve the unpaid judgments but they need approval in each case. a court hearing will be scheduled. tonight the baltimore county woman is awaiting her sentence after pleading guilty for hiring a hitman to kill her husband at a bar last year. today jacqueline martin pled guilty to first-degree murder for the shooting death of her husband. jacqueline enlisted the help of her brother and two other acquaintances to carry out the murder. a county man ac

they wore the jerseys of their favorite ravens. 11 news sports director gerrysan dufment s -- gerry sandusky has an exclusive interview with the baltimore ravens quarterback, joe flacco. >> scarlet fever cases found at a local elementary school. lowell melzer has more. >> amanda rice, principal at george washington elementary school in northwest baltimore said it is not something you expect to hear. >> i was shocked. >> thursday a parent called her saying their child tested positive for scarlet fever. so she said she moved into action forming the city health department telling her what to do. >> we sanitized all the rest rooms to make sure it is a clean, order earl, safe place. >> friday news of a total of three cases with one more suspected case, but city health officials say there is no reason for alarm for panic as the disease is actually a manifestation of strep throat and is easily treated with antibiotics. >> i think the dwsh there are only a few cases. if your child is treated with antibiotics, within 48 hours it is safe for them to return to school. >> as far as the symptoms are concerne

donned the jerseys of their favorite team. 11 news sports director and voice of the ravens gerry sandusky has an exclusive one-on-one with ravens quarterback joe flacco as he prepared for his first home playoff game tonight at 7:00 here on wbal-tv 11 news. >> and from purple fever to scarlet fever there's a scare at a baltimore elementary school. so far three students at george washington elementary school tested positive and there is concern because scarlet fever can be so easily spread between children and it is dangerous if left untreated. here's lowell melzer with the latest. >> my main concern is to make sure it doesn't spread. >> it is not something you expect to hear. >> i was shocked just hearing the word scarlet fever. >> thursday a parent called her saying their child tested positive for scarlet fever. she said she moved into action in forming the city health department who told her what to do. >> we sanitize all the rest rooms those children use. just to make sure it is clean, order earl safe place. >> friday, news of a total of three cases with one more suspected case. city health

gerri wills is host of the business report and this is a new harvard business study and despite the good news harvard hasd news. >>gerri: they surveyed 10,000 harvard business school graduates and they said the u.s. is becoming less competitive as an economy. >>shepard: we knew that already. that part of our economy hasn't worked in 20 years. we have not added a net job in 20 years. >>gerri: businesses add jobs, big businesses export them overseas. >>shepard: new businesses add jobs. new business. gear small small craft -- >>gerl companies. small companies. >>shepard: aren't the vast majority added jobs? >>gerri: the real problem is the kodaks of the world. you would expect them to expand, you would expect g.e. to expand but they hire people overseas. >>shepard: because? >>gerri: taxes, lower wages, they have a last excuses. >>shepard: but they are not punished. >>gerri: they are rewarded, bigger benews, higher stock prices. >>shepard: you can hire people overseas for this much money, right, and make a lot more money, and sell the stuff here? >>gerri: you got it. i know. >>shepard: great, isn't it? thank

has taken center stage. jerry rry sandusky is -- gerry sandusky is in the studio. >> the focus of falls on what others say about joe flacco. the patriots'quarterback did not practice today. beyond that, we would have better -- a better chance of getting information out of the cia joe flacco did practice. some said flacco book "kind of rattled and did not have a hold on the offense." the ravens quarterback does not consider the comments a big deal. it is a close game and a strong locker room. it read is not going to hurt the team with careless comments. he took a calculated risk to motivate flacco and the offense to play the game of their lives this sunday against the patriots will the defense tries to slowdown tom brady. >> it was a little funny to me. it is what it is. we talked about it. it is not that big of a deal. >> the game cannot get here fast enough. there is anxiety leading up to the game. it is really on your mind. hopefully, we can do a great job. i am looking forward to it. >> ed reed did take part in practice. he suffered a sprained ankle last sunday against the houston tx. >> the was notably abse

. >> gerry sandusky will have more on chuck pagano's departure. >> fan reaction has been pouring in on facebook. >> cannot say i am is a product he is moving up to a head coaching job for "michael seems to express the sentiments. the colts have already took from us once. a series of burglaries and all with one suspect in custody and another dead after a crash in baltimore county. aaron mccoy died at sea crashed into two other vehicles and a utility pole. police believe he was involved in seven burglaries. they say jernard tolliver helped him. we are told polymer bailed out of the car, but was later apprehended. three others involved were treated for minor injuries. a federal jury said today that a frederick county sheriff's deputy is not liable for a man he shot with a stun gun. his parents were seeking $150 million in the case. he testified that he tasered gray twice after he failed to obey commands. a former crew member turned whistle-blower will have to wait to land a huge reward. two shipping companies were sentenced to pay $1.20 million in fines after pleading guilty for illegally

gerry sandusky. here's more on the passing of an icon. -- jerry sandusky. >> it has now become a place of mourning and reflection for legendary coach joe paterno. >> it's heartbreaking. >> this is very hard of us. >> for all of us who knew what a good person he is. >> his family released a statement saying, "he died as he lived. he fought hard until the end, stayed positive, bought only of others, and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been." in his final months, they clashed head-on with the child sex allegations against his story assistant, jerry sandusky. there were allegations about what he knew or what he did or did not do, it caused him to lose the job he loved. >> it is so sad that a good man had to go down that way. >> the assistant coach became a key witness and maintained a discreet distance. >> i will respect his family and just remember -- remember him privately. >> penn state football fans of all ages and walks of life made a pilgrimage to say their goodbyes. school colors and raw emotions proudly on display. >> he was more than just a coach. >> left behind what he h

team coverage. 11 news reporter has reaction from fans and greg tolan has a super bowl preview, but first, the voice of the ravens, gerry sandusky is live from foxborough with highlights. it was so hard for us back here. for you guys that close to the game, i can only imagine how devastating it was. >> absolutely overwhelming to a point where it's hard to describe. the only way i could possible put the feeling into one word would be a four-letter word that would get me fired. you'll just have to understand that there are some places emotions go that words don't follow and one of those places was here in foxborough with a loss. torrey smith from joe flacco showing his tremendous athleticism. a -- athleticism, a 28-yard touchdown. brady would answer in the fourth quarter on fourth and goal, a one-yard leap over the goal line to put the patriots back in front. cut to the chase. final minute of the game. 30 second left. flacco to the end zone. lee evans has the ball in his hands but it's stripped away by sterling moore. no touchdown and to the ravens' disappointment, no review called for from the booth. 15 seconds left, bil

make money, like saudi arabia was less than $40 a few years ago and now it has to be $80 for them to make money, so ... >>gerrihe number come from? that is the big question. we have seen a huge pressure on prices for some time. >>shepard: you can catch gerri weeknights on fox business network at 5:00 eastern time and hurricane in oxford. bad news for 12 million online shoppers, zappos reporting a hacker has breached the website security network and may have accessed personal information including names, phone numbers and mail addresses for tens of millions of people. but the c.e.o. of the company says the hack did not affect any credit card or payment information. the mail account holders yesterday apologizing and urging folks to change their password. so if you have used zappo you have an e-mail on how to do that. a new legal challenge to president obama over what some republicans call an attempted power grab. a like report on the president's recess appointments ahead. and big trouble for o.j.: he is behind bars for kidnapping and armed robbery and now he is about to lose control of a very pricey mansion. wak

gerri: michael williams is resigning. folks wonder why. there are many reasons. he has been at fannie mae 20 years three as the c.e.o.e has been on the hot seat. congress investigating the c.e.o.'s from fannie mae and freddie mac testify in front of different panels and the s.e.c. now filing civil fraud charges against the predecessors. and congress is saying we are going to reduce your pay and get rid of your bonuses. the fact he resigns is not surprising. >>shepard: i was sad to hear host southeast -- hostess is going bankrupt. >>gerri: rest assured we will continue to get twinkies because they will rate in bankruptcy. that company is saying, it is labor costs and pentagon costs that are keeping us from being competitive with provide values and they will try to get rid of that debt in bankruptcy but they will condition operating. >>shepard: ever had a fired twincy. >>gerri: no and i did not feel lesser for it. >>shepard: i am lesser now that i stopped eating them. >>gerri: were they good? >>shepard: gerri, everything fried is good. gear gore you are from the south. >>shepard: good. good. gerri willis, you say you c

has changed. i got pregnant when i was on the "today" show -- >> also with gerry. >> it was reported that it was to. it was to enhance my position here at nbc. and it's just very interesting how the idea of being a working mom has morphed so much. and really i think it's been reflected in this particular show. >> how is it seeing everybody? >> today has been great. >> somebody said it was like a college reunion. i think it's more like a high school reunion. those are the people you wanted to see. high school reunion you want to see. you've heard the buzz in the background. tell me about your kids, who's in college, oh, my god, you're a grandparent. there's been that sort of catch-up. i think that's what the audience would have loved to have been in on, frankly. >> yeah. >> they've grown up with all of us on this show. they're curious to know the baby i left the show having just had is now a junior in college. oh, my god. where did the time go? >> yeah. seeing hugh downs and knowing that he flew here by himself and we share the same birthday. he's going to be 91, i think. >> you're going to be 26. >

gerry sandusky. >> the ravens picked the right year for home team and venice. -- advantage. winning every home game has become of the signature of this ravens team. ravens beat houston in week 6 at and the m&t bank stadium. they won that game coming off a by. redding already feels a positive effect of watching football the past week and instead of playing. >> i was just talking to some of our coaches and talking about how good i feel. i lost a few pounds, working really hard. reflecting on myself and watching how i play. things i can correct from the last game to this game, meaning the houston game. things i messed up on. how i can correct my footwork and my hands and my eyes and my technique so i can come out and play that much better than i did in weeks 6. >> the kansas city coach inherited an impossible situation. a comeback story. they gave cornell, a former browns' head coach, a three-year contract. the chiefs played so well that they remove the interim tech from his coaching title. the green bay packers has taken a tragic turn. the body of the offensive coordinator was found in a river in oshkosh

the staff has been sent home for a few days to decompress from the loss. gerry sandusky will talk about the candidate at 6:00. >> thousands gathered on the campus of penn state university today to talk about -- to pay their respects to joe paterno. it was a moving ceremony led by people whose lives the legendary coach helped shape. > ♪ >> at penn state, thousands joined in an emotional, a public farewell to legendary football coach, joe paterno. >> we are here to celebrate the great man's life. >> among the speakers, the men shaped by paterno over his nearly half century at penn state. >> up until today, i considered being the quarterback of the 1992 championship team the greatest honor of my life. today, that has been replaced by being here. >> paterno was laid to rest on wednesday. he was the most winning coach in college history. he was not even five and a half feet tall, but two players and fans, he was a giant. >> he has left us with life lessons on and off the field. thank you for being a father to all of us. >> the focus was on happy times, but it was imp

gerry sandusky joins us with a preview. >> joe flacco and the baltimore ravens had into unfamiliar territory in a divisional game against houston. only ray lewis has played on a raven's team that has won a playoff game. the two against him in january of 2004 and january of 2000. he is not going into it thinking he has to win the game by himself, but he knows the better chance -- the better he plans to better the chances for them to win becomes. since he arrived wednesday in of the lost some games. joe flateau likes of venturing into the unknown territory of a home playoff game. >> i think we have played a lot of high style environment in the last three years and we have gone in added that a pretty good job. this year we get to play at home in front of our fans. i think we will be able to use that energy that they create and get us going a little bit. >> you can hear all of my interview with joe flacco including talks of the growing less -- legend of his mustache. we will preview the game saturday night right here on tv 11. if you are still trying to figure it out, the sec's current players are -- more on the playoff game letter on in sports. >> th

has not been that cold. >>shepard: it was the last few days, though. >>gerri: true.pard: and you if don't get the fox business network for gerri, demand it. a day after police shot and killed an 8th grade boy who was armed with a pellet gun a father demands answers. >> he was a juvenile, a child, my child, and it is unnecessary. >>shepard: at a middle school in brownsville, texas. the 15-year-old refused to drop what they believed at the time to be a handgun. of course it wasn't a handgun but a pull let gun and we have the 9-1-1 call from inside the school. >>shepard: three shots from police, that proved fatal. people at scene believed the teen was a real threat. it was captured office dispatch recording that we are about to hear. trace is live on the west coast news hub. tell us of the recordings. >>trace: riveting exchange. at the end of the recording you can hear the shots. but before the police arrived the school says the student, 15-year-old, assaulted another classmate and grabbed that gun and was waving it and threatened school officials. the school immediatel

gerri willis is with us now. eastman kodak filed for chapter 11. eastman kodak haseen around longer than you and me together. >> 130 years, my friend. do you know they haven't had a profit in eight years? what's more, they have laid off 47,000 people since 2003. so they have had a heck of a time. >> shepard: different business model. >> digital. late to the party. what they hope to do in bankruptcy is sell the 3 billion or so in patents they have and make some cash. >> shepard: this report from the harvard folks who believe that the u.s. is losing its edge, surely that wasn't a very big surprise to many people. >> look, they are complaining about lower wages, risk in our political system. they don't like education system. they have lots of complaints. not a big surprise. at the end of the day, 10,000 folks who graduated from hbs. harvard business school. it's a sampling and a small one at that. >> shepard: that's true. nice to see you. >> good to see you. gerri willis catch her weekday on the business little report. 5:00 eastern time. 4:00 central on fox business ne

gerry sandusky sits down with quarterback joe flacco coming up. >> and america's weight problem. hasmerica reached its peak when it comes to obesity? >> and how this season has faten the -- >> in this morning's medical alert, 2025 is the goal for finding an effective treatment for alzheimer's disease. numbers are expected to triple by the middle of the century as the baby boomers get older. experts are hoping to find a way to treat the disease by 2025. a new study finds a drug recently approved to treat melanoma may aaccelerate the growth of another form of skin cancer. the study takes a close look at the drug zelberath. the drug triggers skin cells to quickly develop into squama cell cars nomias. doctors are excited they have discovered the mechanism behind how these new cancers develop. they hope to prevent them in the future. >> for anyone that suffers a heart attack in baltimore, your chances of survival got better. the fire department received a grant from the department of homeland security. the money will buy state of the art life-saving equipment for cardiac patients. each e.

gerry sandusky and myself will have all you need to know about sunday's championship game. make sure to tune in. >> feeling good about it? >> this team has way. >> some hotels get together on their own website. >> the possibility for more red light and speed cameras in baltimore county. >> coffee may be the key to preventing one of the most common forms of reproductive cancer. >> we will try out some rain for warmer temperatures. the complete forecast is coming up. >> several accidents including one blocking lanes on 50 this morning. >> a family was held. >> new romney is the man to beat. i have highlights from the latest gop debate. >> san diego, an orange, baltimore? tell us what you think. >> some rain in the forecast today but with warmer temperatures. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> i think the rain will catch up to everybody. up to everybody.

>>shepard: and it has weighed on the market and the market does not believe that the makers of blackberry can handle this. >>gerriey named a new c.e.o. as you mentioned, and he is an insider people don't know, and at first i thought, this is good news, but, when the c.e.o. in a conference call said, no seismic changes, investors dumped the stock. they want big changes. >>shepard: well want for you on the fox business network weekdays at 5:00 eastern and 4:00 central on fox business network. newt gingrich is getting extra help in the campaign, and it is coming from ... president obama's re-election staff. next, why democrats are now attacking mitt romney and giving newt gingrich much of a pass. and senator rand paul and the bosses at t.s.a. do not see eye to eye on airport security. the senator's check point statement. this is trouble. rand paul made a statement. what do you thing of it? all energy development comes with some risk, but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitorin

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that's why gerry ford did not beat jimmy carter. the average person hasr, not just a matter of numbers. we had good news this quarter, very nice but until the average person believes it's getting better it doesn't count. >> what number is where it feels it's getting better? >> nobody knows. you can't measure it. the closest you might consider watching is the michigan consumer confidence index. >> which comes out later this morning. >> there's this gestalt and nobody really knows. >> people in michigan shouldn't be deciding how the country feels. if i was in detroit i wouldn't be feeling too great. >> i tell you something interesting, we talked about therlier. >> it's not really. >> romney is behind in michigan in eight points. i was shocked at that. >> how many times are you going to mention that? roment kn romney is winning a lot of the swing states. you're like a broken record. >> when you run on the campaign that you wouldn't have saved the automobile industry it's hard to think you'd win that state. >> this is little sorkin day. >> i'll take whatever

has been simpler. one of the ironies is the inventor of gerrymandering -- named after former massachusetts governor gerry actually un- gerrymandered their lines this time but other states probably should give awards for creativity for the most grotesque districts. host: which states gained the most seats and which with the biggest losers? guest: the biggest winner was texas, picking up four seats. the other big winner was florida, picking up two seats. big losers were new york and ohio, which each lost two seats and a smattering of other states who gained or lost one seat apiece. all in all, 12 seats changed hands so it is a continuation of migration from the northeast, the rust belt we have seen. but it is unclear who in benefits. even if texas is a republican state, the four new seats were largely driven by minority growth. that is exactly what the supreme court right now as determining whether hispanics or republicans ought to get more of those four seats. host: not the first time there were redistricting battles in texas. we were talking about jack abramoff and it earlier bear -- 10 years ago there w

gerri willis, watch for you on the biz. part of the best team. the willis report airs 5:00 eastern time, 4:00 in oxford on fbn. twinkies, the maker of twinkies hostess hashe 87-year-old company that brought us ho hoes and dingdongs and snow balls and wonder bread for that matter reports it suffered from high cost and rising competition. increasingly health-conscious u.s. consumers may also be an issue. however, we are told hostess has enough cash to keep iconic traits on the store shelves as it attempts to restructure. thank goodness. the feds hitting airlines with new rules. the department of transportation giving them two weeks to include all government taxes and other fees in advertised ticket prices. so those fees that you see there won't double by the time you get to the end of the email. and it can add up to quite a cost. some carriers are appealing the ruling. they also have to give customers 24 hours to change reservations without paying any rebooking fees. at least nine people reportedly killed in a violent showdown between a government and its own people and that tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. nigeria. day three of the nationwid

has that in him and barack obama as well. jenna: we'll watch this fight the way you've divided it, very interesting in the capitol journal of the wall street journal. thank you very much, gerryb. >> happy to be with you. jon: there's new information on that deadly cruise ship crash off the coast of italy as new audio recordings surface. the captain, raising more eyebrows with what he told his rescue workers. you'll hear why, next. >>> and will iran follow through on its threat to close the strait of hormuz and disrupt the flow of oil to the rest of the world? our next guest has decades of experience dealing with iran, he was a white house adviser during the 1979 hostage crisis. we'll ask him what the u.s. needs to do now. when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we were determined to see it through. here's an update on the progress. we're paying for all spill related clean-up costs. bp findings supports independent scientists studying the gulf's environment. thousas of environmental samples have been tested and all beaches and waters are open. anthe tourists are back. i was born here, i'm still here and so is bp. jon: right now we are hearing some disturbing new audio recordin