that's the place where gilbert arenas' poster used to be. it was quickly taken down soon after the story emerged in january. only time will tell to see if gilbert arenas will be back with the wizards. live from the verizon center. >>> good afternoon, good evening. veronica johnson here in storm center 4. get your coat ready. pull it back out if you're going to be out tonight. the skies clear, temperatures will start trop idropping. here is the sky cam, we have gray across the area and showers down to the south around st. mary city. and down around hayes beach and south fredericksburg, all moving away from our area. in the 40s now. feels like we're in the low 40s. still a bit of a light wind blowing behind this weather system. the clouds, you can see them clearing out. western maryland, west central areas of -- west -- eastern areas of west virginia now, we're getting clearing skies. weather system moving away. cold temperatures tonight and below freezing. we have not seen temperatures below freezing yet this march. we will tonight, dropping

gilbert arenas. part of wt he's done here. >> a lot of guys with that stardom and that money from this town that's been in the league haven't done the things he's done in the community. >> reporter: the brady campaign to prevent gun violence tonight issued a statement saying that they believe jail time would have been an appropriate penalty given that this is arenas' second guns defense. >>> now dan hellie joins us on how the wizards are reacting to this sentencing. >> reporter: gilbert arenas spared jail time. now the rebuilding process continues for the wizards, voiding his contract does not seem like a realistic option at this point. so it looks like the team has no other choice other than to rebuild around the very man who tore them apart. the organization did release a statement late this afternoon saying, "we believe today's sentencing of gilbert can help bring closure to an unfortunate situation that's played out over the last three months." lbert admitted his mistakes and will may his debt 0

>>> gilbert, how you doing? the consequences he is facing for bringing guns into the verizon center. good morning, everyone. welcome to "news4 today." i'm kimberly suiters. >> i'm erin gilcrest. the news is juts ahead. a quick look at today's forecast. a beautiful moon out. chuck bell in the storm center 4. that means good things to come? >> if that's what you want, that's what we promise. the moon often looks bigger as it gets closer. it gives the appearance it is bigger. hanging out in space, it doesn't look so big. outside, clear sky. a setting moon. temperatures have taken a tomorrow many, down to 33 degrees right now here in the washington area. 32, fairfax county. 28, manassas, charlestown. martinsburg. >> 35, annapolis, quantico, virginia. nice day, bright and sunny. but it is going to stay on the way cooler than average side of things. high today only up near 50 degrees. anybody who is going outside, the national cherry blossom festival, getting under way today. temperatures in the 40s for that opening c

gilbert arenas leaving superior court, heading home tonight. but if the prosecutor had his way, the wizards star would have been locked up. the judge said he thought arenas did take responsibility for his actions, that he thought arenas was remorseful, that he thought arenas was a decent man capable of great generosity. this sentence came after arenas stood before the judge and said i'm sorry this all happed. every day i wake up and wish it didn't. i thought by lying i could protect my family, my teammates. i would rather keep friends and teammates than lose everything else. i'm sorry i hurt mr. crittenton's family, the city of washington. what we did was stupid and irresponsible. i'm sorry, again, i put everybody through this. after the sentence we heard from laura govan, arenas' girlfriend. >> we're excited and happy. >> reporter: as arenas walked into court for sentencing today, a little girl tugged at his jacket and asked for an autograph. he took a pen from his lawyer and signed her book bag. this all got started last december when arenas

. >> gilbert arenas spoke before he was sentenced. his voice was shaking as he said he was very sorry about all of this. he mentioned in the picture where he put his fingers into the air and made gun and gestures. after all of the bravado on the court, he sat motionless during the sentencing. after the judge spare him to jail time, he and his lawyers left the courthouse. he will serve 30 days in a halfway house, two years of probation, and to 400 hours of community service. >> this shows that we are no concerned about guns or gun violence. >> the attorney said he is basically a good guy who has learned his lesson. prosecutors say he broke the law and mocked the justice system. >> about the pistol display at the game in detroit was totally obnoxious. >> fans waited for news outside of the court house. >> i do not think the gun was a smart decision, but i do not think he should go to jail. >> this father says he is fed up with professional athletes' off court behavior. >> if you want them to teach your kids, you ought to reevaluate that

skied should gilbert arenas face jail time? >> he should get the same punishment anyone would, bring guns into the city or into the district, would get. i don't think he should get any preferential treatment for being a -- rich or famous or an athlete in the city. >> i do feel like he should pay some type of consequence of some sort, you know, not sure if it should be house arrest or anything like that. but he shoul have some time to think about his actions. >> everybody make msz takes. people should be able to go through what they have to do and then get over it and say, okay, yoknow what, i learned from my mistakes. you keep doing it then, i would have a problem. >> so you would forgive him? >> yeah, i would forgive him. i think most people should be forgi forgiven. >> gilbert arenas is suspended indefinitely from the nba. some people would like to see him on an nba court sometime in the near future. that's the latest here reporting live from the verizon center, john trippen, back to you. >> you'll remember the other man at t

washington wizards star gilbert arenas won't be going to jail.udge sentenced him to two yearss probation and community service, stemming from an incident in november. he admitted to taking four guns to thever irk zon center

so why did she want gilbert arenas autograph? because he is famous. arenas was serious going in but tears went in to to his eyes as he listened to the judge and as he walked out of the courtroom, a huge smile on his face he said all he wanted to do is make people laugh but the judge said to him, this was cherry more than simply a bad prank. this was seriously taunting a fellow teammate and the judge said don't mess around again. back to you. >> bruce, quick question. the prosecutor, the u.s. attorney made it very clear they were recommending jail time for gilbert. you used the word "fame "when referring to the girl who asked for her autograph. is there any sense whether fame factored in the ruling and did the judge give any reasoning why he didn't give any hard jail time. >> he did and very clearly and he said he wanted to be fair to arenas on both sides. he didn't want him to get off because of his fame or punished more because he was famous or wealthy and the thought the sentence was fair, especially considering that creditten don, who was clearly i

stately answer ring, simple get rich with federal symbolism, gilbert selected several design elements that made the building truly this thing. he chose as the exterior construction material the imperial marble from vermont which was stunningly looming as -- luminesce in sunlight. he employed high ceilings for detail in the public spaces to convey the gravity of the court's work. now for some, the court was simply too grand. some and likened it to the car -- to the temple at karnak and suggested that justice is right in on the backs of the elephants. a number came to the court only four arguments. as a result, when hugo black spoke to the court in 1937, he was able to select a choice corner office suite even though he was the most junior justice. but it was skillfully executed by tap and was not to create a building for the comfort of the occupants but to establish a home for the court that would convey to the nation and the world the vitally important and distinct role in the supreme court under our system of separated powers. as the white house search for the residence of president,

>> gilbert arenas stays out of jail. >> most people would have gone to jail for brandishing guns. >> you might be surprised at who says the punishment is fair. a local man pronounced dead, but then he came back to life. temperatures, recovering from the start of the spring in time for cherry blossoms? captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you could see that gilbert arenas stayed out of jail, a legal three-point shot. you might be surprised at who is perhaps supporting the decision. john is live outside of the verizon center. >> before answering to a judge this afternoon, gilbert arenas met a young girl outside of the courthouse. she wanted a photograph. he was sentenced to 400 hours of community service. an overwhelming majority of people that we spoke with and i believe that he got off easy. >> celebrities do not go to jail, apparently. >> interestingly enough, ken barnes did not believe he should have been locked up. >> he had a very macho image he was trying to put forth. imagine young kids in the community. >> lawrence started a grassroots campaign.

buenas noches, gilbert arenas de los wizards de washington fue sentenciado esta tarde. un juez ha ordenado al jugador de los wizards de washington gilbert arenas mago a pasar 30 dias en un centro de reabilitacion y como setencia por haber llevado dos armas de fuego al vestuario de su equipo sin autorización. tambien el juez robert e. morin lo sentencio a dos años de trabajo comunitario supervisado y a pagar 5 mil dolares los fiscales habian recomendado que arenas sirvieran tres meses en la cárcel. pero los abogados de la defensa discutieron adiciendo que su defendido, no merecia tiempo de cárcel para lo que describieron como una broma equivocada en el compañero de equipo javaris crittenton. gilbert arenas pidio perdon por su actos diciendo que todos los dias que se despierta hubiese deseado que ese momento no hubiese ocurrido en el boxeo despues de un par de aÑos en retiro hoy resulta que siempre si, erik morales vuelve a ring y enfrentara al nicaraguense jose alfaro. "voy a ser el primer mexicano en ganar cuatro titulos, el saber que pues, e

gilbert arenas pidio perdon por su actos diciendo que todos los dias que se despierta hubiese deseadomento no hubiese ocurrido se inicio la temporada regular de la mls 2010 y con buen suceso, tenemos el resumen del primer partido y lo que se le viene al dc united. arranco la temporada regular de la mls con la victoria del seattle sounders 2-0 sobre filadelfia union ante un marco impresionante de aficionados, los goles fueron anotados por brad evans a los 12 minutos recien iniciado el partido y de cabeza cerro la victoria el colombiano fredy montero a los 43. gano sounders al union equipo de expansion de la mls. dc united tendra su primer partido de la temporada regular mañana a las 8.30 de la noche kansas city contra el wizards. "si creo que va ser un partido que, que todos los seguidores y los profesionales estan esperando y creo que estamos listos y vamos por los tres puntos. ah va ser un partido dificil estamos de visita y hemos tenido una buena pretemporada. ....." ya ha pasado varias semenas desde que fue herido el futbolista paraguayo salvador cabaÑas de su agresor

could he be that stabilizing force tore gilbert?r as you said because he is a free agent at the end of the season. you know, they are good friends. some of the best ball that wizards have had collective as of late is when they were together in the back court making music happen. the thing that is still the question is larry hughes, does he still have anything left in the tank. is will gilbert how will he respond, he hasn't a full season since his last surgery. but the fact that they did play well together, the fact that they did have chemistry i does -- i think does speak highly boykins the wizards haven't had a defensive minded player since hughes left boykins because larry didn't care who got the shots. he would be the one ta strapped up defensively. when i was in philadelphia, we drafted larry uses first and that's the reason larry brown said he loved him that much boykins they need to point guard back. >>> we're not done. still to come right after the break, there are a few nominees for our player of the game award. we'll let yo

plus, why it now seems likely that gilbert is going to jail.athing report from his prosecutor. 9sports coming up. >>> it's time for 9sports with brett haber, the best sports in town. >> how do you think he felt about investigators from the polk county sheriff's office in florida poking around the team facility today looking into steroid allegations the day before the caps play sydnie crosby and the penguins? two detectives looking into caps after douglas nagel was arrested this morning for steroid distribution. the caps declined our request for an on camera comment on the matter. the nats play the tigers, had this to say through the team president. >> i never heard the guy's name until i saw a report this morning. i don't know of anyone associated with our organization that has the slightest knowledge about anything having to do with this. i don't know how we can have less association with them. >> all right, that's a denial. ironically, the nats are in polk county, florida tonight. that's where the tigers play and that's where this investigati

here is jennifer gilbert and jeff barnd with the "late edition". >> i cannot spend money we do not have. >> doomsday budget for baltimore. what could happen to city services? >> and justice for a serial rapist. the new punishment he faces tonight. >> and changes in student aid. how it will meet another government expansion. >> live, in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. drastic budget proposal is now on the table to cut baltimore city's $120 million deficit. >> and a lot of people are not happy with the proposed cuts. >> it includes more than 600 layoffs. police aviation, marine and mounted units will be eliminated. seven fire companies will close. 90 firefighters will be losing their jobs. and 29 recommend centers will shut down. >> the recommend centers are closed they have nowhere to go. and gang leaders look at this as an opportunity to recruit the kids. >> what we did is try to look at the money that we have. look at the priority. and act accordingly. >> the mayor is expected

>>> gilbert arenas set to be sentenced friday on his felony gun charge. prosecutors sayhis lack of remorse and guilty plea is enough for put him behind bars for three months but the judge could sentence him to up to five years. he admits bringing four guns to the verizon center in december after a heat the argument with a teammate. both were suspended for the season. >>> college students in northwest are on high alert following several burglars. a student woke p and found four men in her bedroom. they made off with everything from ipods to flat screens, even social security cards. they've targeted mostly off- campus housing stealing more than $10,000 in prerty from georgetown triewnts. >> it was a shock. i heard one of the roommates went to bed at four and he woke up at seven and everything was gone, their tv, playstation, i- pods, laptops. >> i think a lot of students haven't been practicing the right kind of safety around their house. a lot of it we hear is unlocked doors, things left unattended.

parece que la situacion del basquetbolista gilbert arena estaria complicandose por sus comentarios, aldo dentro y fuera de casa. el base los wizards aparentemente tiene un pie en la carcel, y es que en una entrevista a una revista dijo que posee cerca de 500 armas, al tiempo que los fiscales que sigue su caso en su conta pidieron al menos tres meses de carcel, segun la parte acusadora, arenas no ha mostrado arrepentimiento y mintioo en como y cuando ocurrieron los hechos. gilbert arenas esta acusado de introducir armas de fuego al locker de su equipo sin permiso y de amenzar a un compañero. segun los expertos dicen que podria tener libertad condicional o hasta cinco años de carcel. en lo deportivo anoche el verizon center, gerald wallace sumó 17 puntos y 19 rebotes además de que consiguió sacar por faltas a dos rivales en el tiempo extra y los bobcats de charlotte establecieron récord de equipo con partidos ganados con una victoria por 95-86 ante los wizards de washington. el triunfo fue el número 36 de la temporada para charlotte, uno más que el año pasado. la derrota en cambio a

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gilbert is suspended for the remappedder of the season. alonzo gee, who played four years at alabama, was not drafted last year. he had a nice pick in the d- league. he had a season high of 34 points. >> phil: they're working on trying to get bynum those 20 assists. that was his 19th. >> steve: blatche on a fading jumper. andray adds to his total, now 23 points and 9 rebounds. under 2 minutes to play here in this one. and andray blatche has the double-double. >> phil: that's his 10th on the year. >> steve: 1:30 to play, pistons set to improve to 23 and 23-42. a pass to gordon, but he's called for traveling. >> phil: bangor ton wizards will get it back but they're down 98-83. >> steve: it was nip and tuck early. thornton with 16 points. he's made all six of his free throws. hamilton started on fire. he went 6-9 in the first. once again, washington's turnovers and points off of turnovers have really hurt. last night they allowed atlanta 32 points off of the turnovers. the pistons lead it. the wizards look like they were going to climb back i

gilbert, professor gilbert is a professor at southern illinois university.hat determined that the system did not properly detect electronic malfunctions. and, of course, we understand that toyota disputes these results saying that professor gilbert's tests required a manipulation of the system that cannot actually happen on the road during driving conditions. and then let me ask about the 2007 study done by nhtsa. it was done on the lexus. they concluded that there was no defect in the electronic system. i understand you've been critical of that study. but i'd like to ask toyota and mr. ditlo about those three analysis. and ask when this sort of thing is done, are they peer reviewed? who takes an outside objective look at it? people have a right to hire an attorney and make an assessment. toyota has a perfect right to do an assessment. and then nhtsa assessment, i guess that was done internally, perhaps. they contracted that out. but is there an accepted peer review process to look at the methodology and tell us whether it was skewed one way or the other, wh

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the judge could sentence gilbert arenas up to five years. both players were suspended for the season. >>> college students in northwest d.c. on high alert after several burglaries. the most recent yesterday morning on 36th street in georgetown just off campus. a student woke up and found four men in her bedroom. the crooks have made off with effect from ipods to flat screen tvs an even social security cards. across town at howard university, one student woke up to find masked men in her home threatening her with golf clubs, knives and bricks. no one has been injured so far. >>> prince william county mother in jail accused of attacking and stabbing her baby- sitter. investigators say she forced the bainy sitter into a home in woodbridge, stabbed her with a pair of scissors, cut the victim's hair and forced her into a shower. >>> a horrifying crime caught on tape near manassas. surveillance video showing a robbery in progress at the quality inn back in january. the man points a gun at a 22- year-old hotel worker, foreigns her to empty a cash d

more trouble for the washington was medstar, gilbert arenas. prosecuting -- prosecutors are accusing him of trying to cover of a confrontation with a teammate. courtney robinson has the details. >> guns in the wizards locker room, antics, and now i cover- up. the u.s. attorney has placed gilbert farina us behind bars for at least three months. >> do you think he deserves probation? >> probation. >> you should get probation. >> a sentencing memorandum from prosecuting -- prosecutors say that he delivered self-serving accounts as to why he had four fire -- four firearms inside of the verizon center. the locker room incident wound up having both players bringing guns to the locker room. in part, they read the story, "when you got out there were 3 guns on your chair saying to pick one. i will take the blame." feeding guilty in january, another player is serving one year of unsupervised probation. according to the attorney, rina's -- arenas should only have to deliver a public apology. others are less forgiving. it wanted to serve time for incidence

there is a new twist in the gilbert arenas scandal. former star tried to cover up his complication with a teammate. this comes days before his scheduled to be sentenced on gun charges. we are live upoutside with details. >> good morning. this cover-up could really hurt irinas it comes to sentencing. -- areans when it comes to sentencing. the prosecutors say they would ask for more than six months. they are good to ask for at least three months, saying he deserves jail time. >> what really happened inside of the wizard's locker room december 21? according to prosecutors, lies in the cover-up. >> it is said to an area and people get so involved with themselves to that they canno think about what is right and wrong. >> it to fills the birds get conflicting accounts to why he had four fire arms. his teammates was involved. they reported they got into it following a fight december, ending with both bringinguns into the locker room. >> i do not believe they have enough evidence. but prosecutors say they do in the form of a text message "your

the washington wizards' gilbert arenas may be headed for jail for three months. you may recall he was suspended by the nba. he then pleaded guilty to one felony count of violating washington, d.c.'s, strict gun law. he'll be formally sentenced on friday. the wizards have struggled without arenas but made it interesting with bobcats. under ten seconds to play. down three. al thornton stop and popped from beyond the arc and the game was tied. the extra frame was all bobcats. everybody beats the wiz. they lost their 12th straight, 95-86. >>> this time he settled for 36. final minutes, knicks up four. they pulled the nuggets to within one. a jumper in the lane. the knicks won it 109-104. >>> big changes yesterday regarding nfl's overtime policy in the play-offs. beginning next season if they win the coin toss and kid a field goal get as chance to score. they made the change after 15-year study shows that the team that won the coin toss won the game 60% of the time. >>> finally, what a goal, what a time. argentina. the goalie with the free kick from some 70 yards away

washington wizards star gilbert arenas will be sentenced friday after pleading guilty to felony gun charges, this stemming from an incident in the wizards locker room. ahead, how long prosecutors want arenas to go to jail for plus a closer look at what he faces next when we talk with the former federal prosecutor. >>> also ahead, idol's top 11 will become the top 10 tonight. first, our panel of judges will weigh in with their thoughts on who should head home in idol chatter. >> i'm sorry? >> paige. >> we'll hear allison's pick coming up. >>> new rules about gift cards designed to protect you. and scheme at the atm that could cost you thousands. >>> it is now one minute after 7:00. let's check in with tony perkins and get a look at the forecast. it will warm up today. >> yeah, it will. it's cool start toot day. temperature in the 40s and low 50s across the region. that is not bad. we will see the temperatures warm up. yesterday, we topped out at about 54 degrees. we'll add about 10 degrees to that for our total today. currently, it is 50 degrees in washington. in baltimore, it is 45. dulles

musketeers with the basketball after the three-pointer from gilbert brown of the panthers.: the entry pass is key. you want to get your good free throw shooters, crawford, holloway around the basketball, making sure they're coming to the basketball and then a quick double-team if you're pitt. ian: on a bounce to holloway. back to crawford. playing keepaway. 24.5 remaining and crawford a 77% shooter will head to the line. jim: xavier did the right thing initially. they got the ball to holloway. so good coaching, stretching this game. and as we've seen a million times before. all the strategies go right out the window if you hit free throws. ian: and crawford is now 4-4 from the line. lyons checks in, replacing redford. chris mack, what an impressive coaching legacy at xavier. and now mack is closing in on a second-round victory for the musketeers. 27 for crawford. 69-6 3. brown another three, and he drills it! jim: same message if your pitt right now. ian: 16.9 left on the clock. out of bounds! they'll change it. the initial call from the referee -- jim: pitt now has to regr

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gilbert, professor gilbert is a professor at southern illinois university.ned that the system did not properly detect electronic malfunctions. and, of course, we understand that toyota disputes these results saying that professor gilbert's tests required a manipulation of the system that cannot actually happen on the road during driving conditions. and then let me ask about the 2007 study done by nhtsa. it was done on the lexus. they concluded that there was no defect in the electronic system. i understand you've been critical of that study. but i'd like to ask toyota and mr. ditlo about those three analysis. and ask when this sort of thing is done, are they peer reviewed? who takes an outside objective look at it? people have a right to hire an attorney and make an assessment. toyota has a perfect right to do an assessment. and then nhtsa assessment, i guess that was done internally, perhaps. they contracted that out. but is there an accepted peer review process to look at the methodology and tell us whether it was skewed one way or the other, whether the t

i am pete gilbert. >> thanks. coming up in the next half hour of 11 news today. >> and 18 year-old is in critical condition after being struck in a hit and run. the tells our necks. >> in washington -- the tells our necks. >> -- details barnetare next. >> in washington, we will have more on the health care reform bill. >> we [ female announcer ] pure cane sugar and the stevia plant. two of nature's sweetest wonders now in new sun crystals, the only 100% natural sweetener made with pure cane sugar and stevia. with just 5 calories a packet. new sun crystals all-natural sweetener. >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. news today.

and i've asked martin gilbert to ask you question. >> good afternoon. >> you visited basra in november 2006, as a result of your experiences then, and the events in the 7 months that followed, what other aspects of british policy in iraq that you felt needed to be changed when you became prime minister. >> my focus was on the area for which we had responsibility. and, i looked carefully, initially, of course with tony blair because he made a statement to the house of commons in 2007, of what we hoped to do to reduce the number of troops and improve how the iraqi army were policed and were trained and my determination was we created the context in which iraqis, i.e. the people of basra had more control over their own affairs and had to build up the training of the iraqi forces and the training of the iraqi police, and we did that. and, eventually, i think we have trained 20,000 iraqi forces, then we have to make sure that local government elections took place, so that there was some stability which was not the man of violence holding the ring, it was people who were directly elected who

. >>> there is a new twist in the gilbert arenas scaal. newly released the text messages show that he tried to cover a confrontation with a teammate curtis comes days before he is scheduled to be sentenced on gun charges them up what really happened inside the wizards of locker room december 21. according to federal prosecutors, lies and a cover- up. >> it is said when our young people are involved with themselves so they cannot think about what is right and what is wrong about. gilbert arenas gave conflicting reports as to why he had four firearms inside the verizon center. it has been reported that he and his teammates got involved into an altercation, both bring guns to the locker room. >> i don't think they have enough evidence that prosecutors said they have enough evidence. >> it is a black eye to the organization and we don't need that bad press. >> an apology by gilbert arenas and this picture is an example that he has no remorse. >>> prosecutors want him to spend three months in jail. his teammate pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor.

once again, washington wizards star gilbert arenas will not be going to jail.was sentenced to probation this afternoon on a gun charge. >>> you know, nearly a quarter of the public schools in detroit are going to be shut down as of june. this is part of a plan to downsize the struggling school system and improve education, test scores and student safety. granted, those are all some pretty tall orders, right? well, one school in detroit is getting it right. and it could serve as a model far all of the others. here is allen chernoff. >> reporter: violin lessons for everyone beginning third grade. mandarin chinese is mandatory beginning in kindergarten. and individualized computer challenges reinforce what is taught in the classroom. in a city plagued with academic underachievement, cornerstone schools, one private and two charter schools that are part of the public system are overachievers. students on average test a year above grade level, and 95% go on to graduate high school. student here is come with no special advantages. half live below the poverty line. fo

gilbert arenas will be sentenced on the felony count. the plumber in phoenix, john mccain and sarah palin together in tucson, two hours, the former running mates will appear for a mccain senate rally. the arizona senator hoping to hold on it his seat. >>> gilbert arenas, not the only big sports news today. two other big names. pittsburgh steeler's quarterback ben roethlisberger is accused of assaulting a woman in georgia and she is still cooperating with police. he tells "usa today" she is going to be reinterviewed. the case is complicated with her having a blood alcohol level of more than .20% at the time of the incident. >>> alex rodriguez is meeting with -- want to know whether the doctor was distributing drugs to people in this country. joining me now, sports analyst, good to see you. is this more trouble or more of the same? >> more of is is same. in the past, he was hiding the fact that he had used steroids in this situation. not that's behind him and he hasn't stunk up the joint, the fact he's now a world series champion and has p

i'm jennifer gilbert. >> and i'm jeff barnd. >>> a drastic budget plan is now on the table to cut baltimore's $121 million deficit and many people are none too pleased with the proposed cuts. >> karen parks live tonight at battle city hall with the bad news about the cutting. karen? >> reporter: a preliminary budget is filled with drastic spending cuts, agency consolidations and service reductions reducing the city's overall operating budget by more than 3.7% over the previous fiscal year. now here's the bad news. it includes more than 600 layoffs, police, aviation, marine and mounted units will be eliminated, seven fire companies will close and 29 rec centers shut down. we spoke with the organization battlians united they have been fighting for several years to keep the city's rec centers open. >> the people in our community have a love for the life of the city and for the young people, and so we want -- we want to consent to closing down wreck centers. it's just not in the best interest of the young people. >> i cannot again spend money we don't have, so this budget reflects our projected r

the all-star, gilbert arenas is sentenced for bringing guns into the locker room. what was going on? we'll tell you right here. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> take a look at this picture. it says a lot about how high sarah palin's star has risen and how much political trouble john mccain is in right now. the 2008 republican presidential nominee is facing a very stiff re-election challenge in arizona. he's accepting help from his former running mate, despite their occasionally a little bit of rocky relationship during the campaign. palin was in classic form during her remarks about an hour or so ago. listen to this. >> a lot of things have changed since the last time we were together. one of those things is that john, nobody gave us a teleprompter this go around. so it's time to kick it old school again, resort the old poor man's version of the teleprompter, write my notes on my hand again. you know, many, many years ago, i competed in a pageant. yeah. you know what? coming then from an expert, i can tell you, he can win the talent and the deb

. >> reporter: gilbert says it is his three daughter that are the boss of him. that's why he's here. >> not happy with the way i am. i'm doing this for my daughters. my expectations will be to loose weight. but to change my about habits and lifestyle. >> reporter: it was family that brought bill reilly here. they are the ones that said it is time do something. >> they cornered me and gave me an intervention and poured their hearts out. >> reporter: we got his high school buddy and here they are. >> it will be kinds of a reminder of some of the days we played football together. back in the day. >> reporter: now they have had their picture taken they are weighed in and it is time to get moving. get results that they are hoping for. perhaps terry sums it up best. >> she wants to go for different reasons. i want health too. i want to be fly at 40. this is my second life. >> reporter: magan pringle abc 2. >> the couple that looses the most weight wins. you'll be able to follow the extreme makeover at abc2news.com/brick bodies. >>> today would have been an excel excel

is there anybody here who has ever heard of john gilbert winant? several of you. fantastic. was interviewed. he said i have never heard of them. then he said i'd take him an informal poll of a number of journalists in washington. they hadn't heard of him the the. this man did an incredible thing in london. his own countrymen have never heard of him. let me just tell you why he is important. he arrives in london replacing joseph kennedy. he made it very clear to the british right from the beginning that he was there to share what they were going through. he steps off the plane and it says, there is no place i would rather be than here in england. during the worst air raid he would walk the streets of london while the bonds were still falling asking everyone he met what he could do to help them. he was very sincere. it was the first time for a lot of the british that they had seen an american do that. his warmth and compassion, his determination to stand with them and share their dangers was the first tangible sign that many had that america actually did care about what happen

jennifer gilbert looks at mission of hope to help those without a home [ cheering ] >> reporter: fromthe hill top view of ppionville, it's hard to imagine this was once an exclusive golf course. [ cheering ] >> reporter: now haiti's elite replaced by 40,000 homeless. >> this is going to be a long-term effort on our part. this has really crippled the country that was already, you know, very, very poor before the earthquake. >> reporter: the golf carts replaced by wheel barrels. >> the creeking of the wheel barrels, if i hear that sound, i know our flow is good. >> reporter: baltimore based catholic releaf serviced raised $90 million for haiti. today they're feeding the masses. >> we give 7,000 people food for 30 days. there's nothing better than that. >> reporter: food distribution runs like a well oiled machine. it has to. there's a thin line between control and chaos. >> so many people are -- 1 line. >> we prefer to have women in line. women are very respectful, very calm. it's very, very, very tough work. >> reporter: 200-pound bags of grain, flour, peace and vegetable oil. food for

gilbert personally selected several design elements that made the building truly distinctive. he chose as the exterior construction material and pure real marble from vermont which has a high content and makes the building stunningly luminous in some light. but for the interior she chose marble from alabama which is warmly fein and deeply textured. he then played high ceilings and the decorative detail in the public spaces to convey the gravity of the court's work. for some of the court was simply to grand harlan fiske stone likened it to the temple of karnak and suggested the justices should ride into it on the backs of elephants. [laughter] a number of justice is remained in their home offices and came to the courtroom for arguments and conferences. as a result when hugo black joined the court in 1937 he was able to select a choice corner office suite even though he was the most junior justice. william howard taft's vision executed by gilbert was not to create a building for the comfort of its occupants. rather he sought to establish a home for the court that would convey to

a serious and somber gilbert arenas on the way in the courthouse ignoring questions from reporters. >> will you sign it. >> but then stopping to sign an autograph in a scene so perfect some wondered if it was staged. he smiled at 7-year-old megan and put his name on her school bag. >> how do you feel about guns? >> bad. >> you don't like guns? >> no. >> what about that he brought guns in to dc? >> i would be mad. >> but you still wanted his autograph? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: how come? because he's famous. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: the 30 days in a halfway house is less than prosecutors wanted. they said arenas lied and failed to show any remorse. but it was more than the simple probation recommended by pre- trial investigators in arenas ' lawyers. the wizard's star's voice cracked as he apologized for letting down his teammates and the people of the city. the judge insisted he was sentencing the basketball star just as he would someone without fame or wealth. >> he found that despite aleen thats ' prior conviction on gun charges, he had no history of violence and that his intent was not

. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. >> familiar sight. cloud cover again over the state of maryland. >> it has been raining in baltimore. but are we in for something more? chief meteorologist vytas reid is here with what we can expect from the winter blast. vytas? >> good news jeff and jennifer, this is a mild storm for intensity. giving us precipitation through the night tonight in the form of rain and maybe snow. radar shows mixing southern tip of the state. and on the eastern shore, a little bit. going out further, over richmond, snow. and toward parts of north carolina. but bigger picture here shows the lowdown south traveling out over the atlantic. it will wrap in a bit of the moisture. into the colder temperatures. as the temperatures fall tonight. and give us mixed bag of precipitation overnight. what are we talking about. my forecast is about a trace, or maybe a little less than an inch across 95 corridor. mixing with that rain. so the totals are low. mainly grassy surfaces and roadways should stay with wet conditions, eastern sho

cruise along taking it on 695 from the jfx toward pikesville and >>> almost two weeks ago, jennifer gilbert and photographer darren d url ack traveled to haiti to see how the country is coping after the january quake. today we have a look at the mission of hope. ♪ ♪ ♪. >> reporter: it is a country about the size of maryland but with twice as many people. the poorest of the poor. >> this has crippled the country that was already, you know, very, very poor before the earthquake. >> reporter: even before the earthquake hit haiti was the poorest country in the western hemhemisphere, the houses builtf concrete and cement. you can see when the earthquake hit, the loss of life was so great. >> incredible all of the houses destroyed. >> reporter: joseph gerard came to haiti from columbia, maryland to help care for his wounded mother-in-law. he found a wounded nation. >> this is a place where i grew up. it's hard for me to imagine, you know the kind of destruction, the kind of misery. >> reporter: the city of port-au-prince may have lost 10% of its population. >> it's awful. this is going to be the

. >>> in the mail bag tonight, no sympathy at all for washington wizard, gilbert arenas that will beocked up at least for three months on gun charges. arenas is a repeat offender. mr. arenas has already had a bite at the apple of leniency and he blew past that gift and continued to conduct himself as the rules of society apply to him. he denied his crime and he joked about his crime. yes, mr. arenas should get jail time. then again, maybe he should get out of jail time because of his money and who he is, like others have. arenas should get the three months in jail. it's obvious he attempted to cover the whole thing up, and as an athlete and or celebrity, he certainly isn't entitled. and then there was this from nancy in virginia, reacting to vice president joe biden's comment yesterday. she says she wrote us after she wrote the white house. i have suggested the white house had better get a reign on the vp. the vp has done this before and to be quiet honest, too often. i personally am tired of hearing he has made yet another crude mistake with his mouth, enough is enough. first of all

to watch maryland take on michigan state in the second round of march madness and 11 sports pete gilbert was one of them. i guess you were working. >> and i got to work early for it. and putted mad in madness. the terps put together one of the greatest rallies in team tournament history only have to have their madness moment stolen away. down 16 in the second half, maryland climbed within one. ten seconds left. the a.c.c. player of the year delivers. terps up a point. michigan state doesn't call time-out. the best play are out with injury. instead backup point guard korie lucious, forever a villain in college park. rising up for the game win are as time expires. maryland's season comes to an end 85-83. >> i thought we did everything we could to win the game. in other words, you ask your team to put it out there and try to win the game and i thought we did. you have to give michigan state credit. they hit some big shots to counter what we were doing at the end of the game. >> i don't want to be best coach in the ncaa. you know everybody has that privilege -- not everybody has that privile

. >>> nba star gilbert arenas will not be going to jail. a judge sentenced the washington wizard suspended point guard two years of supervised probation and 30 days in a halfway house. he was also sentenced to 400 hours of community service. in january he pleaded guilty to charges he brought four guns into a locker room during a dispute with a teammate. arenas was facing up to five years in jail. >>> so how was your weekend shaping up weatherwise? we go to meteorologist reynolds wolf to find out. >> pretty interesting forecast for you because last weekend was the official beginning of spring and yet winter is still holding on to parts of the central rockies. here's what i'm talking about. if you look at the map you see a lot of areas shaded in green and back into parts of grand junction, colorado -- those are your winter storm warnings and advisories that will be in effect where some places in the rockies could see up to a foot of snowfall today. here's the reason why. you have of corps the scattered snow showers but this area of low pressu

wizards guard gilbert arenas will be sentenced tomorrow in d.c.uperior court on one felony account of violatin d.c.'s strict gun laws. the judge will decide whether arenas does jail time or gets probation. i'm dave feldman. will will be back to wrap up the edge right after this. >>> taking the edge off with a little eye candy. this is video from the victoria secreim

gilbert arenas avoiding jail time all together.a masterful job or did he benefit from a justice system that favors the rich and famous? we will look into that in 14 minutes. topper shutt. >> our coldest night in two weeks. here is your wakeup weather. if you're going out early tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. you'll need a jacket. temperatures 28 and 38. winds will be light. north easterly at 10. lots of sunshine. we will come back. take you through the rest of the week. yes, we have more rain on the way. stay tuned. >>> a judge sentencing a silver spring man. >> back in 2008 he drove two kidnappers to the home of a bank manager. the kidnappers held the entire family hostage overnight. the next morning they ordered hamilton's husband to drive them all to the bank to rob it. on the drive over the husband spotted a state trooper and purposesly swerved to get pulled over and get his attention. then with the kidnappers in the car he made a tough decision. >> i lunged over and i grabbed. because i figure like this. i didn't know bullets,whatever t

. >>> gilbert arenas will be sentenced friday on his gun charge.secutor is asking for at least three months behind bars. larry hughes who's in town with the bob cats tonight is very good friends with gilbert and has been giving him support and advice throughout. >> i think he's learned. you know, reality has set in. he's focused on you know, letting everybody know that he knows that he -- that he made a mistake and moving forward. he's a guy that i'm sure we won't judge him after the fact, after he served his debt or paid his dues, whatever the case may be. i'm sure the people that know him won't judge him after the fact because they know who he is. >>> still to come on geico sportsnite, sidney crosby on alex ovechkin, you're going to want to hear that. >>> after taking a puck to the face, dwight will be side lined tonight. a guy named his own price, wants a room tonight for 65 dollars. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, persuade him. okay. $65 for tonight. you can't argue with a big deal. introducing big deal days, get an exclusive sneak peak a