governor hogan: i don't want to place any blame. i want to focus on -- our response has been incredible. as i said we acted instantaneously and i'm very proud of the effort by all of the state and the local partner departments who have been working together. our folks are in communication with the federal government and i plan to talk with the president a little bit later. we're going to make sure we provide all the assist that we can from the federal state and local level. we toured businesses that were burned and looted. we've met with citizens who have -- lost their homes and we've talked with -- we had a cabinet meeting before the community leader meeting. our insurance commissioner has already activated a rapid response to try to take care of the folks who have insurance. we've contacted the small business administration about the financial assistance for folks that do not have insurance. whatever resources are necessary from the federal state and local level, we will provide. reporter: can you talk a little bit what the immedi

governor hogan: no.s we had been working all week and called up the national guard. we already activated the emergency command center and when the mayor requested we brought them in. reporter: between 3:00 and 6:00 yesterday, you could do nothing? governor hogan: we did quite a bit but we waited until the mayor asked for us to come in. we didn't think it was appropriate to come in and take over the city without the request of the mayor. reporter: who's ultimately to blame? governor hogan: well,ry don't want to place any blame. i want to focus -- our response has been incredible. as i said we acted instantaneous. i'm proud of the effort by all of the state and the local partners have been working together. reporter: does this qualify, do you think or do you seek disaster relief? governor hogan: our folks are in communication with the federal government. i plan to talk with the president a little bit later. we're going to make sure we provide all the assistance from the federal, state and local level. we t

the bill has been sent to governor hogan.t would ensure that police are properly trained to interact with people with disabilities. >>> the district is showing off a new tool to alleviate flooding in the bloomingdale neighborhood. it's a tunnel boring machine. this device will be lowered into the first street tunnel next month. it will be connected to the 13- mile long anacostia river tunnel. at 11:00 this morning, there will be a symbolic blessing of workers and the machine with tap water. >>> injured service members are gearing up for the wounded warriors project soldier ride. the soldiers are being fitted with special bikes for the ?4;uxride through northern virginia, d.c. then annapolis. about 50 soldiers will be taking part. the ride starts tomorrow in lorton. the cyclists stop by the white house coming up on thursday. >>> a cargo worker falls asleep in a plane and wakes up a few hundred feet off the ground. >> in a few moments after months. fighting the united nations preparing to get involved in yemen's civil war. >>

first, governor hogan focuses on response to the conflict. governor hogan: hello everybody.eing here this afternoon. we have moved the governor's office here. we are currently running the entire state operation out of here in conjunction with our mercy operation center. as you can tell, we have a lot of assets on the ground here. we have toured the community's all morning, net with volunteers, community leaders. we just came from a meeting with some of the faith and community leaders throughout the city. we wanted to do some listening and talking them about their concerns, to see what kind of needs they have and how we can address them as quickly as possible. discussion primarily focused on immediate needs of the city, making it safe, protecting our innocent citizens property. we also talked about longer-term issues and how that might be the start of an ongoing dialogue with community leaders to see what we can do to address the longer-term issues and problems. the vast majority of the people in baltimore who are protesting did so in a peaceful way. yesterday, unfortunately,

national guardsmen behind me making quite a statement here and that is all because governor larry hogan activated that state of emergency. if we walk this way, i can show you some of the items that are keeping these national guardsmen hydrated and well nourished because the weather is warmer today and they're in heavy gear. we have bananas here. this box has some granola and there are bottles of water here to make sure that the guardsmen are staying mentally and physically hydrated here and well fit here. around 2:00 this archfternoon, governor hogan arrived at pier 7 and boarded a blackhawk helicopter that allowed him to survey the damage from above. prior to liftoff, reports asked the governor why it took so long to he declare a state of

the governor larry hogan, has declared a state of emergency here in baltimore. he called in the national guard after making that declaration. you take a look at the trucks that were laltimore tonight. 100 soldiers in the first response the head of the maryland guard says up to 5,000 soldiers could be made available to come to baltimore if those resources are required and asked for by the governor. baltimore police they are saying most officers who are out of the hospital were who were hurt from thelast night. several fires still smoking at this hour in multiple parts of the city. we saw some reports about a new two-alarm fire a little south of here on pratt street. the mayor here put a curfew in place. 10:00 tonight, nobody on the streets of baltimore after 10:00 tonight until 5:00 tomorrow morning. the school system here in baltimore is also shut down as a result of this. this is violence that is rolling into hour 13. all of this of course coming on the heels of the death of freddie gray. after he had been arrested and apparently suffered some severe spinal inj

obama spoke to governor hogan and mayor rawlings-blake. loretta lynch condemned the violence. >>> right now, lawyers are battling before the supreme court in an historic same-sex marriage case. advocates on both sides have been exchanging words outside the court this morning. megan mcgrath is live outside the court with what happened today. megan, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's a case that could make same-sex marriage legal across the country. and outside of the supreme court, we are hearing some passionate opinions on the subject. outside the supreme court, a clash of beliefs. a clash of ideas, at times heated. for some same-sex marriage is a question of civil rights and equal protection under the law. >> number one as a lesbian, i'm personally impacted by this. but as a person who's fought for equality for all members of society, so people with disabilities religious people, women, minorities. >> reporter: but same-sex marriage undermines traditional family values. >> for me it's all about the gospel of jesus christ. so we

larry hogan calling in the national guard. about 100 soldiers we understand here on the ground right now holding positions under the orders of the baltimore city police department. we want to show you some avoid -- video of national guard trucks leaving for baltimore. as many as 5,000 soldiers could be coming here to baltimore, that many being made available by the national guard. baltimore police say some officers that were hurt are out of the hospital. 15 officers hurt in the violence yesterday. six of them seriously. at least one we understand could still be in grave condition. the mayor here has put a curfew in place. that will start at 10:00 tonight. nobody allowed on the streets of baltimore unless there's a medical emergency or they are going home or to work. baltimore city schools will remain closed today. i want to sort of explain to you how this all got started here in baltimore. of course you'll remember not far from where we are right now there were protests. there were demonstrations that turned violent at a mall

maryland governor larry hogan declared a state of emergency here. as many as 5,000 shoulders could be made -- soldiers could be made available. at at least 100 on the ground as we speak in different parts of the city. we know one police officer who was injured here is in grave condition this morning. several others released over night and there have been fires burning across the city of baltimore, particularly in west baltimore, but the fires did spread into east baltimore as well. news 4 darcy spencer is going to have more on that for us in just a moment. city schools are closed today and the mayor here has -- while we are in the state of emergency here in baltimore, the mayor has decided there will be a curfew put in place at about 10:00 tonight and that will be until 5:00 tomorrow morning and that will happen for the next week or so as conditions might warrant, but again the flashing lights you see around me this morning are not the blue and red and white lights that we typically see from law enforcement. they are the yellow lights from crews try

governor hogan: it's finally had it in a new direction.berly: he was joined by leaders of the democratically controlled legislature. the sides clashed frequently during the legislative session. the spiky disagreements, hogan said most of the bills were passed unanimously by both -- despite disagreements, hogan said most of the bills were passed unanimously. a new way for families to save for children who face costly health care in the future. jeff goldberg shows us how. jeff: it's no wonder why the six-year-old puts a big smile on his mother's face. a child that today -- a smile that is even bigger than usual. >> it's a deeper emotion i don't think anybody can put into words. jeff: they joined other families with special needs children to celebrate the signing of the able act, short for "achieving a better life experience." thison of the virginia general assembly followed the federal government's lead to pass the able act. beginning july 1 they will allow individuals with special needs and their families to set up tax-exempt accounts like

hogan's office said the mayor waited too long. governor hogan: baltimore city was in charge. with the mayor called me -- leon: we are interrupting this to take you to the mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. mayor: wjhhy should those individuals who fall to get those jobs at cvs, what are they going to do? for the people who fought so hard to get that resource there so that humanity could be served and have a good place to get pharmacy and things they need, how is the looting going to help them? so you hear peoplere about their community and they want to be heard, but you cannot care and do what they did. >> what about those who say they are just angry? some of those we have talking to said it's time to make the community hurt. mayor: i understand anger, but what we are seeing is not anger, it is destruction of the community, the same community they say they are caring about they are destroying. you cannot have it both ways. >> what are you doing to get things under control? mayor: we are working around the clock to bring order. we are trying to bring calm to the city. we have wor

maureen: hogan was joined at the signing ceremony by leaders of the democratic controlled legislature. the two sides clashed frequently during the legislative session but despite disagreement hogan said most of the bills he signed were passed unanimously by both chambers. the governor said he accomplished the campaign goal of lowering taxes and reducing state spending. and we're waiting for see if governor hogan will sign legislation making uber, lift and other ride sharing services legal in maryland. lawmakers who approved the bill say it provides a level playing field with competitors including taxi companies. diane cho explains what the bill includes. die >> i love uber. diane: the legislation creates a separate transportation network for car services that means they will no longer be in the same category as taxis and limousines and would fall under the oversight of the maryland public service commission. uber released a statement saying "this decision marks a huge win for riders and drivers across the state who now have permanent access to safe reliable rides and the jobs they cre

governor hogan: no. what i told you is we had been working all week and called up the national guard. we already activated the emergency command center and when the mayor requested we brought them in. reporter: between 3:00 and 6:00 yesterday, you could do nothing? governor hogan: we did quite a bit but we waited until the mayor asked for us to come in. we didn't think it was appropriate to come in and take over the city without the request of the mayor. reporter: who's ultimately to blame? governor hogan: well, i don't want to place any blame. i want to focus -- our response has been incredible. as i said we acted instantaneous. i'm proud of the effort by all of the state and the local partners have been working together. reporter: does this qualify, do you think, or do you seek disaster relief? governor hogan: our folks are in communication with the federal government. i plan to talk with the president a little bit later. we're going to make sure we provide all the assistance from the federal, state an

. >> reporter: governor hogan also told us that the president made it very clear to him that there were two separate issues. there was the issue of the rioting, the looting, the disorder but he said the president also tasked him with making getting to the bottom getting to the truth of what happened to freddie gray a priority. back to you. >> at the news4 live desk we have seen things settle down slightly at this hour but there is still a significant amount of damage being done tonight. baltimore county police and city police are tweeting that multiple cars are being set on fire this evening. our crews in west baltimore here have seen some of those cars at least three. none of them appears to be police vehicles but it is impossible to know for sure right now because it's dark and we're getting it very quickly as we drive by and shoot this. this appears to be a small store that was looted and then set on fire a short time ago. as many as 5,000 national guard troops -- there's that store. 5,000 national guard troops are going to be moving into the city tonight, fully armed and will patrol

governor hogan: i called the mayor multiple times yesterday.in: governor larry hogan says this executive order declaring a state of emergency for baltimore had been sitting on his desk for days. with baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake did not request state help until 6:30 monday evening, more than three hours after intense riot willing, looting and fires broke out. >> we did quite a bit but we waited until the mayor asked for us to come in. we didn't think it was appropriate to come in and take over the city without the request of the mayor. kevin: i asked the governor who currently is in charge of baltimore, he or the mayor? >> the mayor of baltimore had the city of baltimore police on the ground. quite frankly they were overwhelmed. all the rest of the boots on the ground came from us. kevin: she defends the mayor's actions. >> i think we baltimoreans in our wildest dreams did not think that baltimore young people would tear up their neighborhood. kevin: today, the governor boarded a blackhawk helicopter to survey damage from above as n

larry hogan is among them. we stee that we are waiting now for an appearance from governor hogan. he's the newly minted republican governor only in office for a few months now. he too, faces an immediate challenge here as the unrest and chaos erupts on the streets. valerie jarrett speeming with representative elijah cummings who had a high profile role in baltimore. it's from baltimore, of course. officials in washington at the white house certainly monitoring the situation at the department of justice. unfortunately, they've had a lot of recent experience with this kind of phenomenon and unrest on the streets of ferguson to staten island and new york city and elsewhere. we're waiting to see if they have anything else to say tonight, but they are watching it closely. >> i was going to ask you whether or not there was a lid at the white house or whether the president could still speak tonight? >> we do not expect the president to speak tonight. as far as we understand it there's a lid for uninitiated. the white house will tell the press when it they do not expect to make more news

so you saw in governor hogan, i think, in effect in a tough spot.e hasn't been asked to send the maryland national guard. he hasn't been asked to. so if you are him, do you choose to send them over the objections of the mayor of baltimore? he tried to defend himself today and take the high road just a few minutes ago where he said look i don't want to criticize the mayor but we were ready. we've been prepared since monday. we had the guard on alert within three hours and deployed within four. >> mayor stephanie rawlings-blake came out and did not directly address this lag of forces on the ground. but she did say it was sad to see these communities, these african-american communities and business owners lose their businesses essentially, and their storefronts. and here's what she said late this afternoon. >> last night was a very rough period for our city but today i think we saw a lot more of what baltimore is about. we saw people coming together to reclaim our city to, clean our city and to help heal our city. i think this can be our defining momen

we've heard senator hogan.the attorney general assured the president she would continue to monitor the events in baltimore and she also said the department of justice stands by ready to provide any assistance that might be helpful there. the white house gave a statement that the president spoke with mayor stephanie rawlings break about the situation and we're still waiting to hear from her. she did tweet out that after school activities for baltimore city schools was still on. that's the last report we heard from her. we've not heard from the police commissioner either. >> we've been waiting for an update of the cops. maybe we could find out the conditions of the officers hurt. we'd like to know if there have been arrests made or any progress. was there somebody behind this? was there an organizer? what about this talk of gangs that may have united to take out cops? where did that come from and did you catch any of those people? we've heard nothing. >> in 12 minutes pastors plan to gather at the new shiloh bapt

. >>> let's go live now to maryland governor larry hogan who's having a press conference as we speak. governor hogan. >> which has led to the introduction of property and put innocent marylanders at risk. there have already been over 250 arrests. and a citywide curfew will take place take effect at 10 p.m. this evening. maintaining law and order protecting innocent lives and property is our number one priority. we've also begun to assist the victims of yesterday's violence. at sunrise today i surveyed the damage done last night and thanks to law enforcement officers for their dedication. i started at the west baltimore precinct and the corner of northern avenue and pennsylvania avenue then went on to the mondawmin mall. during these visits i saw neighbors working together to restore normalcy to their neighborhoods. we have mobilized over 2,000 volunteers through the governor's office of service and volunteerism. this morning we moved the governor's office to baltimore city where we held a cabinet meeting where each state agency outlined their efforts to assist the baltimore city commu

governor hogan: it looks like we may have to. tom: some of the money includes the 13 largest school districts. the prince george's county executive hopes that he does not withhold money for schools and health care. >> we are glad both the house and senate with this money in there, understood the priorities, and now we will trust the governor to spend these things to make the state better. tom: this is the maryland state house, live, where they are 58 minutes away from adjourning. there are still more bills they plan to vote on before this is over. a short while ago, the governor got a major victory. he was able to get rid of the rain tax, passing a bill overwhelmingly with republican and democratic support get rid of that tax, at least not record counties to impose that tax anymore. live in annapolis, tom roussey abc 7 news. alison: the hold on the books will have to you waiting until next year to be fixed. >> it will help survivors and help marilyn say if you want to have a baby, we support you. alison: under current law accused

larry hogan inviting in the national guard and imposing a state of emergency on this city. within the past hour or so the mayor of baltimore, stephanie -- anyway, she's the mayor of baltimore. her name is rollins-baker. that's right. she's been speaking -- rollins rollins-blake. she's been speaking to president obama who offered all his support including anything that she requires to keep the peace here in this city. now, what happened this afternoon is that there was a large breakout from school of some stupts at the high school. they went to a near by mall called the mondamin mall and there the police turned up rather heavy-handedly. it seems to be from that point onwards things went rather downhill, and the scenes you see on screen at the moment are not far where i'm standing where the funeral service for freddie gray took place earlier today. as you can see, there is a cvs store looted and the protesters are looting liquor stores and mom and pop stores in the area. they're moving through the city to the downtown and also towards the area known as mount vernon which is a

hogan's real name is terry. the two filed a police report. theallys are called "lies." tmz he approached his wife to talk smack about the wrestler and never put his hands on her. >> rise in crime is seen in walnut creek with shoplifting and other petty thefts downtown mostly happening in department stores. our reporter has the details. >> such a low crime area people would not expect it, that people would commit petty crime here for drug abuse. >> that could be why walnut creek is seeing the increase in shoplifting downtown. police say that many of the people are transients who use bart. >> we see a lot of folks coming from san francisco, a lot of folks that are addicted to heroin or other narcotics. >> they steal to support drug habits. local restaurants say more of their customers are getting purses snatched. >> absolutely. we are all talking and there has been a lot% snatchings. people are putting their purrs on the back of the chair. >> police are keeping close contact with per chaps and maintaining high visibility and dug undercover operations but the same criminal

the new push from larry hogan and rg iii and why this event at six flags was so important. kevin: why is a golf course dividing an entire community? i'm kevin lewis and i have the answer. tim: the redskins have yet to win against the canadiens, but they are in montreal tonight. i have the very latest. as abc 7 news at 6:00 continues. maureen: six flags held an anti-bullying pep rally today to prevent a repeat of last year's fright night problems. governor larry hogan is hoping to make the park more family friendly and to get the message across he brought rg iii. he told the teenagers he was the victim of bullying at a young age. robert griffin iii": you can change that. maureen: how your rogers was badly beaten, fell, cracked his skull, and went into a coma. a golf course has divided a large portion of residents. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis has details. kevin: this golf course is boarded up and the greens have gone yellow. the montgomery county golf course filed for bankruptcy. >> it would be great to walk outside of our door, take a bike and it would be right in

governor larry hogan did sign an executive order declaring a state of emergency. he is going to give a press conference at 8:30. we'll be there and bring you all the information at to what he says. hopefully at that point we'll also hear from baltimore city leaders as to how they're going to control the situation and what they plan on saying as a result of what happened today. >> can we talk for just a minute about the young man interviewed by scott broom i guess you could call him #youfeelme. i thought in his way he eloquently expressed his frustration. he said we have been asking for help. we knocked on the door. now we're kicking the door down. you might disagree and say this is a terrible day and in a lot of ways it is. he laid it out as a pretty frank manner, this is the frustration a lot of people are feeling. >> a lot of police officers mobilized to help try to contain what's happening in this part of baltimore from prince george's county police with 30 officers in the area of mondawmin mall, several of them who received some minor injuries. you've got stat

we just got a memo from the office of governor larry hogan in maryland. he says he's put the maryland national guard on alert so they can be in position to deploy rapidly and also says he strongly condemns the actions of those offenders who are engaged in the direct attacks against innocent civilians, businesses and law enforcement officers. he says today's acts of looting and violence in baltimore will not be tall rated. >> we also heard an interesting twitter statement from the baltimore orioles himself who's tweeted out it's more of vice president angelos. he did it saturday after he had to keep the game going or was worried he had to keep the fans inside the stadium. he said look, america's political leadership middle class jobs, working class jobs away from baltimore and cities and towns around the world in third world dictatorships plunges tens of millions of hardworking americans in to economic devastation then diminishing every american's civil rights protection to control an unfairly population suffering at the butt end of an evermore militarized

you would have been in incredible pain. >> hogan says dr. gretzula himself exposed the alleged crimes. he went to police to say a staffer was stealing prescription meds. >> when the police investigated that person, that person the staff member then started to tell the police everything that was going on in there. >> no one answered the door at the couple's home where neighbors say they have four children and one who just survived cancer. >> there were no outward signs of drug use. >> no. they were out with their children as recently as easter morning, they were out there hiding several dozen eggs. >> you've got a dentist who is willing to put his career and his freedom on the line to risk all of this. >> hogan says his phone is already ringing, patients coming forward who felt pain and say they didn't get the proper sedation on their office visits here. he imagines there'll be many lawsuits that stem from these arrests. from berwyn, nbc 10 news. >> happening now, if you go through one part of center city philadelphia, you may notice the larg

we have been listening to a news conference from the governor of maryland larry hogan. there was also the maryland police superintendent and the national guard were all there. the governor had some very powerful words this chaos in baltimore is the worst he has ever seen. he has very powerful words the last thing they will do is escalate the violence, there is no way they're going to allow the city of baltimore to be taken over by thugs. a curfew has been put in place for tomorrow night in baltimore and the violence there today is raising a lot of questions in a neighborhood that has been hit very hard, a neighborhood that is poor, a working class neighborhood had a has been completely devastated today by this violence and the looting and the burning. we are now joined by phone from indianapolis meredith, by kurt smoke, the former mayor of baltimore, first african american mayor of baltimore and now a professor. sir what is your reaction to what you have heard and seen. >> well, obviously it's quite a tragedy. what's happened today with these people kind of taking advan

terry is the real name of hulk hogan. he said it is a lie.r put his hands on her. >> walnut creek has a rash of shoplifting at department stores downtown. many of the culprits are trance yeps who use bart to make the get away. many of them steal to support drug habits. local restaurants also say that more of their customers are getting purses snatched. >> absolutely. we are talking. there has been a lot of purse snatchings, people putting their purses on the back of the chair. >> it is a low crime area people would not expect people would exit petty crimes for drug abuse. >> police are keeping close contact with the more chants and maintaining high visibility and conducting undercover operations and are asking the residents to report any suspicious activity downtown. >>> 1.5 million pounds of dirt will be dumped on the levi stadium this morning for the monster jam and next saturday's monster energy super cross event. the field is covered with plywood to protect the surface. >> i thought those were on sunday. >> some day sundays. >> a warriors

amy: i want to go to maryland governor larry hagan -- hogan. this is just after he announced a state of emergency and activated the national guard to respond to unrest in baltimore. >> everybody believes we need to get to the answers and resolve the situation, the concern everyone has about what happened in the freddie gray incident. that is one whole situation. this is an entirely different situation. this is lawless gangs of thugs roaming the streets for causing damage to property and injuring innocent people, and we're not going to tolerate that. amy: lawless gangs of thugs. reverend jackson, your response? >> such language does not aid the situation. for example, those people, those bankers who engaged in subprime lending and took those homes and drove them out of middle-class -- what is their name? 111 killings in three years in one area. what do you call those who did the killing when there was no camera? when you look at 30% unemployment, money spent downtown for the new baltimore and pension money and banking money. so you have, as brot

we lost the hogan signal there. what we wanted to tell you is we've been seeing a lot of peaceful protests today. folks are saying they want to get the town back to normal but they're also telling us that simmering just underneath is that tension that can turn at any second to violence. >> the next question that has to be is the rebuild. how do we do the rebuild? >> hopefully we get some results. hopefully we get some rest. whatever happens happens. i can't do nothing about it! brad: well back live now. you can see one of the guardsman up here very peaceful standing patrol. people looking at them as an item of curiousity. the police are really deescalating their presence down here and they are hoping for another peaceful night in the hours leading up to that 10:00 curfew. in baltimore, brad bell, abc 7 news. maureen: thank you, brad. a first hand look at what a store owner saw the night that looters destroyed his business. still ahead in our continuing coverage, what the store owner says upset him the most as he wat

it was a scene of chaos that prompted maryland governor larry hogan to declare a state of emergency and activate the national guard. baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake imposed a curfew beginning tomorrow and lasting for a full week. there is a difference between what we saw with the peaceful protests those who wish to seek justice, those who wish to be heard and want answers and the difference between though protests and the thugs who only want to incite violence and destroy our city i'm a lifelong resident of baltimore. too many people have spent generations building up this city. for it to be destroyed by thugs -- >> right now, we take you live to a press conference being convened by the family of freddie gray, of course, the man who died in police custody. that is his lawyer speaking. >> look all around. look all around you. look all around you. so this is not an isolated problem, this is a community-wide problem. now, how many of you think this is limited just to baltimore, maryland? nobody believes that. we are a similar city to almost everyone in this country. and this is ha

. >>> san jose police looking into a death threat against pro wrestler hulk hogan. it happened at mineta san jose airport three days before wrestlemania came to levi's stadium last month. hogan's wife jennifer said she was in the baggage claim area when another pro wrestler scott steiner told her he was going to, quote, kil terry, his real name. they are investigating him for making felony terroristic threats. >>> new affordable market rate housing is about to be built in san francisco. nancy pelosi and mayor lee broke ground for the first of several phases of construction. the alice griffith public housing development is getting rebuilt in bayview-hunters point. pelosi says this highlights a new chapter in the city's effort to upgrade aging public housing. >> we are setting an example for the nation so that we can say it works, you can do this other places. >> hope sf is behind the project. 256 units of multi-family public housing and surrounding areas will get rehabbed. >>> an old study on the feasibility of water desalinization is being looked at. dave cortese wa

that has governor hogan concerned. in silver spring chris papst, abc 7 news. maureen: thank you, chris. what's going on? doug: there's some storms out there. nothing severe yet. it is one severe thunderstorm warning in western maryland. heavy downpours, lightning and a lot of rainbows out there. show you a live look at what's happening right now and tornado watch in effect in the region at 10:00 tonight, no tornadoes or severe weather in the local area. we have cool images to share with you coming up from the weather bug camera in laurel. we'll share that with you. right east of laurel intensive thunderstorm that stretches on the east side of laurel and it stretches to the east over the chesapeake bay north of annapolis. but this is a live look at the camera right now and you're looking at that storm east of laurel dumping a lot of rain on the area. that's gnarly looking clouds and a little wisp of the bottom of the rain bow coming through. we've seen lots of rainbows. the cell comes through and if you have the back to the sun and rain ahead of you, that's whe

>> we're here with larry hogan. talk to us about why it was important to meet here?i came by to thank them. last night was a lot better than monday night. it was a combination, it was a team effort working with community leaders. i want to thank especially the naacp. there were community leaders, faith leaders across the city that helped us keep calm in the city and they pled with people not to conduct violence like monday night. they asked them to obey the curfew and asked people to go home and demonstrate in a peaceful way. that helped keep things under control. i came by to thank them for work they did in the community and to urge them to continue to help us throughout the week to make sure we keep things under control. >> we saw a huge police presence out there on the streets last night. that continues. how long do you expect it to continue? do you feel like last night was a turning point? >> it was a turning point. we still have some concerns going forward with flash points for friday and saturday. we just discussed that with kna naacp. they share concern for th

hogan initially pulled back on money for education and state employee pay to address a budget deficit. fairfax county residents got their first chance to comment on school funding at a public hearing today. supervisors are reviewing the 2016 budget passed by the school board in february. the $2.7 billion budget is $56 million more than this year's. the school board is now asking for an additional $14 million. another public hearing will take place tomorrow afternoon at the fairfax county government center. still to come a kidney donation to marion barry sparked a legal battle. and tonight, first words from the lawyers representing the late mayor's widow. and discrimination case out of nats park. why three former ushers are now suing because of their work schedules. but first, the mounting evidence against russia and the sensitive information the hackers may have seen. maureen: new questions tonight after a technical glitch left thousands of people without power. the problem at a power station in charles county caused yesterday's outage that left people stuck in elevators and a dark me

. >> reporter: tom hogan says milowicki started out viewing child porn but it progressed into using his job to target people. >> and that is exactly what we see with these type of predators. >> reporter: hogan is glad they're bringing a case against this man now, but caution this is kind of targeting is easier than ever with new technologies. >> i keep my eye out everywhere i am to make sure that my kids are okay. and every parent should do the same thing. >> reporter: because this deejay had exposure to so many young people the d.a. is asking anyone who had contact with him and may have concerns to call pennsylvania state police. drew smith, nbc 10 news. >>> a wet cold night out there, live look at boathouse row. not exactly great weather to be outside. >> nbc 10 chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is tracking the rain. >> and the rain will linger all night and all day tomorrow and into tomorrow night. flag blowing. drizzle across the sky. not a great night for baseball being but the rain may not be her have i enough for them to call game. terrible conditions for trying to h

the $40 billion spending plan caused a divide between governor larry hogan and democrats. hogan will likely use the money to offset a likely deficit next year. >>> we'll get a much closer look at hillary clinton's campaign strategy today when she meets with community college students in iowa. for now she's skipping the star studded high dollar private events and she's asking for small donations on line. experts say they may eventually top the $1 billion that obama raised in 2012. florida senator marco rubio faces an early test here in washington just one day after announcing his campaign for the republican nomination. he's slated to vote on a bill this afternoon that would give congress more influence over any nuclear agreement with iran. he's positioning himself as the ford-looking candidate. a little late this morning you can see matt lawyer's -- lauer's interview with rubio. >>> it's now been 150 years since abraham lincoln was shot at ford theater in d.c. the theater is holding a big memorial tribute. there's a candelight vigil on tenth street. the street will be shut

charles: governor larry hogan. you know, you can weigh in.itical correctness in this nation, has gotten to the point where communities police department, and systems are in ser citizens are in serious danger, the pendulum has swung too far, everyone is don't want to be accused of being racist or overly protective of police, and harmful. police are out of control? police feel like they are on trial, they are condemnd. >> they or trial. problem is that level of fear, leads to paralysis. that is problematic this is what we get as a result, this looks like a war zone, because someone does not know how to act ear leadership is afraid to take a position because of appearing in a way in a down want to appear. >> this paralysis, the basis you hit it, once you get into political correctness, you get into a gotcha mentally, he said that, and he said this. >> that is a landmine. >> that is what they are afraid of. >> it blows up in your face. >> you think post ferguson if we had seen looters put on trial, and actual punishment to those who destroyed nei

at this hour governor larry hogan is meeting with faith and community leaders. noon. the governor announced he's temporarily moving his office from annapolis to baltimore and plans to work out of state offices with his staffers. residents are coming out to clean up from the damage from the riots that broke out yesterday that lasted well into the night. one of gray's cousins said the family members will be out today helping clean up the city and today schools are closed and several metro subway stations have been temporarily shut down. a citywide curfew goes into effect at 10:00 eastern tonight until 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. with me on the phone is baltimore city councilman brandon scott, he's the vice chair of the council and has been walking the streets surveying the damage. brandon, thank you so much for joining us. >> no problem, thanks for having me. >> words resinated tremendously yesterday with people. you were very frank in your anger, what you watched play out there. how do you explain to people wondering why there seems to be such limited police pres

hogan does not want do that.to improve the scols in maryland beyond where theyre now. now he is holding school funding hostage. is getting contentious. it wilill be interting to watch. if they don''tt pass the budget on monday, they probably will get the 10-d-day extension. doug you have been writing about something not contentious this past week. that is the legacy of jim clark the c.e.o. who took over at a small construcon company a and grgrew it into one of the biggest in the wororld. he built fedex field, nanationals stadium. d.c. he built everything. rebecca: my friend said he gets the most reviews for puttinghe dunkin' donututs in thehe bethesda metro o statioion. he also gave s so much back to the community. the was a self-madee billionaire. he did not like a lot ofof media attention. dodoug: he was notoriously press shy. when i interviewed him in 2006 he boasted it was only the fourth interview in his career. i believe e it w the last in his career. rebecca: i never got one even though i admdmired him. th

. >>> after a night of rioting and looting, maryland governor larry hogan is promising things will be different in baltimore today. you're looking at a live shot from sky 9. the national guard has joined maryland state police as well as police from several other jurisdictions to keep the peace. we have live team coverage beginning with delia goncalves. she is there in charm city. delia, one big difference today, the community is also working very hard to take back their city. >> reporter: it in fact is a new day here in baltimore. as you said, a number of community members have come out here. just take a look. we arrived to flames lighting up the night sky in west pratt. >> where do we go from here? >> reporter: the wig shop across the street littered with debris. broken glass everywhere, most items stole gln disgusted a little bit. >> reporter: when the smoke cleared, hope rows with the sun. >> we just -- rose with the sun. >> we just have to continue to pray and hope and stand strong and solid on our faith that god will turn this city around. >> reporter: over on the notorious north

by now, we expected some form of response to governor hogan's statement. we made them very well aware of our news deadline. but we are still waiting for a response from mayor rawlings-blake's office. at the very latest in baltimore, i'm kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: thank you for that kevin. now, the cleanup that is under way here is actually quite remarkable. we've seen this from various vantage points where the residents have taken it upon themselves to clean up. wait a second we're being told to move out of the way as the police here are coming through. can you tell me what's going on here? are we being -- are we -- we're going to have to -- which way are you coming? are you going to drive over our cables. you're parking right here in front of us? we've been moved here for some reason. we don't know why. we don't know if this is -- let's see if i can crawl between these two trucks here and see what's going on here. come here, marty, can you make it through here? we have been moved from our locations now to a few feet further down the road here and it l

it doesn't go far as larry hogan wanted in trimming the state's deficit. brad bell live in annapolis this noon where hogan talked about some of the disagreements this morning. brad, what did he have to say? >> well, the governor also said the definition of compromise is both sides are not entirely happy. and he says they did work out some compromise and the legislature did adjourn last night at midnight as they're required to do. this morning, the governor has been in the second floor of the historic statehouse signing 120 bills into law. before that he took time to have a press conference where he did tell us he feels like he has accomplished many of the goals he promised the people of the state of maryland. primarily that he would reduce spending and cut taxes. >> while i have a number of concerns with the general assembly's actions on the budget, we ended the session on a high note by reigning in spending, cutting taxes providing record investment in education and changing the trajectory of the state. brad: two primary areas of disagreement. a 2% raise

and in maryland governor larry hogan is offering democratic lawmakers a budget compromise. an agreement must be reached before the legislative session ends at midnight. hogan is offering extra funds for schools and employee pay raises but he won't release money democrats that are earmarked for certain school districts unless there's a budget deal. to virginia now where governor terry mcauliffe has appointed a new member of the board of visitors. he will place dr. edward miller. it comes after miller resigned from the board with a year left remaining in his term. miller told the daily progress he's stepping down because issues like rising tuition and declining funding for research aren't being addressed. james madison's university board -- has a board that has approved undergraduate tuition increases. in state students living on campus will pay about $19,000 in tuition and fees. that's a 3.2% increase. tuition and fees for out of state students living on campus will cost more than $34,000. that's a 2.6% increase. graduate students and fees will not change. and we are learnin

larry hogan the governor, said the national guard has been called up. valerie rawlings is -- stephanie rawlings blake mayor spoke with the governor. back to you. >> nepal earthquake, relief has been slow to come. com they were on saturday as well. but the reason, that this is happening is the protestors are to be believed and the leading >> thousand to the other top story of the day the catastrophic earthquake in nepal. survivors face more hardship living in fear of powerful aftershocks. the threat of food and water shortages as well. side by side, the living and the dead. one picture captures the hope and horror in nepal as rescuers reach a man trapped next to the body of his friend. unfolding across the country unimaginable destruction. more than 4,000 perished. thousands more injured. this hospital in kathmandu doctors treating people in the street. >> aid amputations whole limb amputations. >> the fear of aftershocks is driving thousands of people out of doors where there's limb protection from the elements. >> because of the sequence of the after-q

bill: governor larry hogan went to the mondawmin mall you saw in the pictures. he's at the mall at the moment and will hold a press conference at noon eastern time. there is a story crossing when they were asking him about the response the state gave and the city gave. he says he was waiting for the call for the mayor and waited until he got that call. once he did all the other across had been put into place. rod wheeler was here to see a lot of it. you were out at 3:00 in the afternoon yesterday and worked until 3:00 earlier today. how did this go from what pea pared to be rather peaceful. skirmish here and there depending on the day but largely peaceful to what we saw last night. >> the funeral ended at 2:00, 2:30. then a tweet went out on social media where all these kid met over at mondawmin mall. it was 34 to 3 police officers. -- to 36 police officers. and when i got here the police were running away trying to save their own lives from a bunch of kid. they went for the cvs. i was assistanting there in front of actual all these businesses and people were go

and these acts of violence and destruction of property cannot and will not be tolerated. >> hogan also said the state of emergency will remain in effect as long as it is necessary. >>> but hours before that violence erupted the family of freddie gray laid that young man to rest. mourners filled the church for the funeral and some speakers were calling gray a martyr who died in the cause of exposing police injustice and even though every single speaker said the protests must be non-violent there was no massing the sense of -- masking the sense of anger. >> after this day we are going to keep marching and demanding justice. get your black self up and change this city. >> the church put out a call tonight for all available clergy to gather there. dozens responded and they waded into crowds of protestors asking for calm a request that far too many ignored. >>> stay with wusa 9 news for the latest on the baltimore riots. we will be monitoring any flare-ups and the vie lens overnight -- violence overnight and on wusa9.com. we will be live with the latest tomorrow morning on wusa 9 news begin

. >>> new this morning a marijuana bill on its way to governor hogan's deck. would no longer be a crime to have pot paraphernalia. the house passed it yesterday. maryland decriminalized possession of less than ten grams last year. it also makes smoking pot in public a civil i fence. >>> hogan proposing a budget compromise 203 million would go to education, state employees would get 2% cost of living raise, and 24.9 million would go to health programs. lawmakers have until tomorrow night to pass a budget before the legislative session ends. >>> a busy week for virginia lawmakers as they head into a veto session. lawmakers consider looser restricts on surveillance technology used by police and discuss tighter gift rules for elected officials as part of a new ethics bill. lawmakers have been struggling how best to reform the state's ethics laws this following the prosecution and conviction of former government box mcdonald and his wife mourarine. >>> virginia and maryland working to be the redskins' next hope. "the washington post" reports that virginia governor

. >>> san jose police are investigating an alleged death threat against pro wrestler hulk hogan. it happened three days before he came to wrestlemania at levi's stadium last month. his wife jennifer says she was in the baggage area at mineta international airport when scott steiner said he was going to kill terry. they are investigating him tore making felony threats against hulk hogan. >>> levi's stadium is being transformed again. this time to host of a monster jam! this weekend. you can see from chopper 5 something tons of dirt on the floor of the stadium to be exact, they say it's going to take 500 truckloads of dirt. it's the first time that levi's stadium has hosted a monster ja events. >>> robots of all shapes and sizes, the block party one of the premier events for national robotics week. from small robots that can use a person's brainwaves to control games, scary, to large ones used in the battlefield, there was something for everyone including potential investors. >> we do have people from the venture capital community here with us. >> r2d2 made an appearance at the blo