in a statement police chief james teare said quote i continue to work with the fop and its members. our current membership will include quality of life initiative and initiative that's transparent to the public, media and profession. i'm honored to serve as recount recount police cleveland continue to have full faith and confidence in all police department members and our crime fighting strategy. they're asking the council to create a committee that would have oversight of the police department that -- he said he would take the actions to the county council tonight. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. >>> also in anne arundel county tonight a man was rescued from a burning home. this happened in the 434500 block of -- 4500 block of richie highway. a man was pulled from the house and taken to bayview. the case of the fire remains under investigation. >>> two firefighters were injured when a ceiling collapsed. crews were called to the 400 block of kings college drive just before 1:00 this morning. firefighters who were using a pipe pole were hurt when pieces of the ceiling fell on top of i

anne arundel county council has subpoenaed the case against county executive john leopold.chiif james teare must appear monday to answwr questioos about his involvement in the political indicted earlier this month on charges of misccnduct in office.he's accused of &pordering officers to driieehi to area parking lots for sexual encounters with a county employee.the indictment alleges teare was awwre of leopold's behavior, but ook no action. she was electrocuttd six years ago whill playing softbbll t druid hill pprk... this week her family is working to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. else.14 yyar old deanna green touched a fence with a deadly current.the city blamed a fencinggconttactor.tuesday the greens asked lawmakers to tighten standards for eleetric testing by utility companies. (green) "and we truly believe that this looing child was a child offgoddis going to change the course across the united states. thii is a start. we need to start ii our own state, right here in maryland and they need to pass this bill and make it a law in her name." name." b-g-e opposes the bill ...

police chief james teare is fighting efforts to force him to testify. residents are demanding that he attend the meeting. the council has served teare with a subpoena. earthquake could cost the baltimore archdiocese millions of dollars. the tremor did $5 million in damage downtown. cracks in one of the domes have grown. repairs will close the cathedral on weekdays for eight months beginning in june. jackpot fever will be taking over. jackpot has grown to grown290 millio$290 million. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we start with a map view in glen burnie. there is a medical call that could cause some delays. 58 on southbound 295 coming down from 100. delay-free out of the white marsh area. on to the northeast side, moving well towards the west side. tapping the brakes beyond liberty towards baltimore national pike. you can see the west side picking up in volume. some brake lights as it builds on the southwest corner of the beltway. this is white marsh and we continu

chhef james teare had previously árefusedá to involvement in the mmsconduct charggs agginst county executiveohn leopold. even though he complied ... cheif teare had very little to say he dodged questions about weather or not he took effective action when the county executive allegedly used police offfcees to drive him to sexual encounterss council meebers asked teare lots of questions about his ties to llopold and if he's fit to be chief. "iq: why would you continue.... oq: thank you councilman." councilman." chief teare insists he s &pstill aagood leader. debate on the presideet's healthcare reform law continueetoday ii the u-s supreme court.today... the court tackles the part of the law 8requiringá americans to buy health insurance. insurance.on monday, the arguements centered on the question of jurisdiction... áifá the supreme court could even rule on this riiht now. "the anti-injunction act" ... says people must pay a tax ... before they challenge it in court. thissis not ii thheinternal revenue code but for the purposes of ccllection and so why is this a tax? tax? it seems most of the j

police chief james teare. directty to the chief sayyng we have these issuessúhe's making us do thingsampaign signs down and obviously changing his colostomy bag, things that were hard to imagine." john leopold...has denied... the charges.bott he...and the police chief...say...they have no plans...to resign.john rydell, fox 45 news at 5:30. p see... our... entire interview.../ with.../ county executive leopold,,.../ ááuncutáá áágoáá to../ ./../ and... click on.../ raw news ...///. 3&tensions at city hall over whht to do about a big problem with the city's water billing s. system.a recently released audit revealed ttns of thousands of ccstomers have been overbilled. the audit also found hundreds of homes ended up on tte auction block because residentt couldn't afford their water bills. that's why several, members of the city council want to stop auctioning off homes with unpaid water bills until the city can fix the billing 1:19:16"well if they don't think it's a problem talk to some of the people who lost their homes because of inaccurate water bills"1:24:30 "when you don't give them a

chief james teare must appear monday to answer questions about his involvment in the political corruptionthis month on charges of &pmisconduct in office.he's accused of ordering officers to drive him to area parking lots for sexual encounters pith a county employee.the indictment alleges teare was aware of leopold's behavior, but took no action. 3 a.../ maryland ...nntional guardsman .../ killed in ááisáá.../ laid to rest....today .../ at... arlington national cemet. gathered .../ aa... the trinity... assembly of god .../ ii... lutherville monday .../// áátoáá... honor...// army major... robert marchanti..../ááheáá... was killed... last onth .../ ááwhenáá the... afghan ...interior ministry.../ attacked.../.ááheáá leaves behind... a wife... / 4--children.../ and... 3.../ grandchildren. 3 some of the city's most city is coonidering selling he many of its landmarks....with live downtown tonight where there's a lot of reaction....jeff... 3 3 herr's our question of the day... do you think its a good idea to sell off the city's historic landmarks? go to fox- baltimore dot com and tell us what y

today the hief insisted he s -3 still a good leader. 3 phief james teare dodged -questions from reporters as hh -3 walked into tonight's council meetinn. the cootrovery surroundinggthe chief stems from alleeations he did not take effective action when co executive john leopold allegedly was engaged in misconduct. 3 "iq: why wouud you pontinue.....oq: thank ou councilman." 3 3 &3 ootrage over the death of trayvon martin.. the unnrmed - florida teen shot and killed by neighborhood watchmangeorge zimmmrman. 3 & 3 ---what do we want justice, when do weewant it now--- nnww-- 3 hundreds marched in downtown -3 baltimore odaa.. it was an amazing show of soladaritt for a ttenager phat's become a symbol of injusticc.. and thh new face 3 profiling. the protest started at the inner harbor, thhnnon o baltimore police headquarters before going to city haall 3 ms. allwine) "i'm out heree beccuse i'm outraged, i was sick, sicc when i read about this." (mm. rrcker) "i mean what type of message are they sending byysaying, ok, you can shoottthis young black boy down and you don't get locced up for itt" it."

council has subpoenaed the police chief to testify in the case against county xecctive leopold.chief james teareto answer quessions about his involvement n the politicall corruption case.leopold was indicted earlier this month on charges of misconduct in office.he's accused of po area parking lots for e him - pexuul encounters with a county employee.the innictment alllgessteare was aware of leopold's behavior, but took no action. st. patrick's dy pprtying leff a big mess in canton this phey made some mistakesswith g - crowd control. control.this was the scene follooing st patricc's day &pfestivities at canton square. well as the squarr.it's left many in tte community to containers and public wed open - urinatioo without ssuing any citations. 3 11:55:29 i walked through here and it wws packed it was kind of like the reeorts that it was like the preakness which was open air drinking which is pbnormal for st patricks day square 11:52:43 11:52:43 ,3 12:34:10 where the baallwas dropped was with the officees we aaerted them to this early in the morning and they conninuee to allow the patrons to drink

police chief james teare."some brought directly to the chief saying we have these issues úhe's making us do things that are well beyond our job responsiblities you know from driving him around for these campaign signs, to pull campaign signssdown and obviously changing his colostomy bag, things that were hard to imagine."john leopold...has denied...the charges.both he...and the police chief...say...they have no plans...tt resign.john rydell, fox 45 news late edition. see... our... entire interview.../ with.../ county executive leopold, .../ ááuncutáá áágoáá to../ fox baltimore dot com p/../ and... click on.../ raw news ...///. 3 3 we're following breaking news out of southwest baltimore, where homicideedetectives are on the scene of a double shooting.police say two men were shot on west mulberry street near north grantley street. one died at the scene, the other was taken to the hospital in serious condition. no word on a suspect or motive. two boys are in jail tonight.. accused in the hooting death of a 13-ye

earlier this week, the police union cast a vote of no confidence in police chief james teare and executive john leopold. >> this sends a strong signal. you're literally saying we don't have confidence in our leadership. they need to step down. that's a strong message for rank-and-file police officers and firefighters to send to their bosses. >> the fire union says these votes prove the county government is dysfunctional. >> a rationally charged message sprawled all over the grounds at towson university is creating tension on campus. 11 news reporter jennifer franciotti live at towson university with the story. jen, what's going on there? >> hey, you're absolutely right, racial tension here at towson university after the words white pride were written in chalk on area sidewalks. last night, students held a for her toum talk about the issue. it was the student youth group, youth for western civilization, that's taken responsibility for using chalk to write their messages all over campus. speaking on behalf of the group, wearing a shirt with a confederate flag, matt heimbach defended their ac

the anne arundel council wants to ask james teare questions about john lee hoe old.pold was indicted earlier this month for misconduct. >>> staff sergeant robert bales met with his attorneys for the first time yesterday at fort leavenworth and says he doesn't remember much from the night he killed 16 civilians. records show bales was having money problems, owing $1.6 million in a security fraud case. >>> republicans are voting in illinois. 54 delegates are at stake in the state. kelly and lynette will have more in a couple minutes. >>> brace yourselves for some gorgeous scenery. this beautiful scenery was shot in fiorina, norway. now, this is a beautiful area that has some high mountains and goes all the way down to sea level. and what you're about to see, some crazy mountain biking from 3,600 feet all the way down to sea level. so the guys who were biking here called norona ambassadors, an outdoor clothing store in norway. and they are testing some single-track mountain bike clothing. these guys are billy from the swiss alps and alex from sweden. what they're trying

. >> reporter: the fraternal order of police will meet to decide if police chief james teare should step down. he is accused by some of not take enough action after learning the allegation of the leopold. he is accused of misconduct if office. the state prosecutor says leopold used his executive detail which is funded by taxpayers, to drive him to parking lots and wait while he got into another car and had sex with a county employee. the indictment alleges he made security drive him to locations where he could steal campaign signs from the competitor in 2010. the indictment claims the security complained to the superiors including the police chief. >> it's my understanding the drivers their supervisors and others went to the chief himself and went to others in the chain of command and they were reporting this behavior on a consistent basis and waiting for some relief. >> reporter: the police chief released a statement saying "i have no intention to resign and i am going to continue to serve anne arundel county like i have for the past 25 years. leopold is vowing to fight the charges in c

the case against -- police chief james teare took no action after officers expressed concern over leopold addressing them to conduct activity. subpoenarney said a was invalid because he could end up disclosing relevant police information. council members are discussing the issue and another subpoena. >> the republican presidential race heads south again this weekend. tracie potts has the latest from washington. ys two.s dates t to describes stick the election with rex santorum st. four more years of president obama is better than mitt romney. >> instead of taking air risk of what could be the candidate for the future. >> newt gingrich disagrees. he says all republicans should back mitt romney. >> there is no doubt that whether it is -- we would have no choice. it would be a disaster. he is voting radical and incompetent. the competition -- >> advisers are urging rick santorum to get out of the race. and recalled those comments disappointing. he is behind by double digits. instead of playing catch-up, on thursday mitt romney was courting lawmakers on capitol hill and raising money, almost

police chief james teare complies with a subpoena and shows up at a county meeting. he was called to testify against john leopold. he said he could not comment on the case because it is still being investigated by a grand jury. >> i would be breaking the law. i do not want to break the law. i declined to answer questions. >> he faced the threat of a second subpoena. >> do you feel lucky this morning? $363 million. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> 250 bucks. [laughter] >> 34 degrees on tv hill. driving distracted. >> pink slime. the company that produces the says it is save. fe. >> this is the beltway at the b- w parkway. >> welcome back. 38 degrees. a chilly start on this tuesday morning. we will see plenty of sunshine today. below freezing in the northern suburbs. 31 in parkton. 34 at the airport. it will be a little on the breezy side this afternoon. not as breezy as yesterday. we will make it up to 55 later today. we will co

despite protests, police chief james teare did comply with a subpoena to show up at a council meeting. .e didn't have much to say he said speaking out could jeopardize the ongoing investigation. >> i would be breaking the law. i do not want to break the law so i decline to answer questions that would cause me to do that. >> the leopold case is scheduled to go to trial in september. >> today is a day to dream big. folks hoping to win the mega millions jackpot. the jackpot stands at $363 million. you can see the drawing tonight at 11:22. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. how big of a lottery jackpot would it take to force you into an early retirement? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> wouldn't have to be that big. >> that would do. >> 34 degrees on tv hill. like a crews might be a good option. >> deadly wildfire in colorado. >> wait to hear how much is going up in smoke. >> we have a touch of winter this morning. we will check the forecast going into the weekend. >> word of an acci

it's buuiiess as usual hereefor policc chief james teare....ncil members are tryiig to figure out.. what did teare and what ddd he do about it? rq: that subpoena subpoena anne arundel countt council members say they wwnt annwers.. clarity in a case that'ssbeing called a civil investigation. council members issued a subpoena to police chief jjmes teare... next monday's counccl r at refused to show up. some council members say, they're not surprised.(benoit) "i mean &psecrecy and deeeption are leopold's behaviorrrecennly and this ii just a continuation of that.."(keith) "teare is not charged with a crime.. a spokesserson says he's unavailable for commenn. but his attorney says he advised his client not to crimiial investigaaion." earlier this mmnth, a grand pury inddcted county executive john leopold.. he's accused of 4 ccunts f misconduct in office anddis chared with one county funds. prosecutors ssy leopold used his taxpayer funded police security detail to perform political and personal tasks, including arrggnging frequent ssxuaa meetins with

reveallthat members of the county first complained of howwthey were treattd to their own boss chief james teareolice chief teare...to resign. political science professor dan nataf... says the indictment...could be a damaging blow...for the remainder of leopold's term. (nataf) "it'' never good to have something hanging over your head, which unproven now, has still cast doubt on judgement, on conduct." (leopold) "once....the motivation."john leopold...is suggesting...politics...could be behind thecharges.and hee says...he has no plans to resign. johnnrydell, fox 45 news at ten. 3 in... a statement.../ ááanneáá arundel... county's police chief.../// says.../ ááheáá will not.../ resign. see.../ our... entire interview... with.../ leopold, .../ uncut.../ ááatáá fox baltimore dot com.../ ááclickáá on... raw news. 3 3 3 33 3 3 3 the biggest batch of delegates for the republican nomination is up for grabs tomorrow... ...and it lloks like just about every candidate will ggt . some.an average of recent polls shows former massachusetts governorrmitt romney still leads the race overall......but we checked

the county council called a brief emergency meeting after police chief james tear refused to testifymbers subpoenaed the chief to do so under oath about allegations his boss, county executive john leopold, directed him to illegally access the state criminal records database to dig up dirt on political enemies. council chairman derek fink. >> maybe he didn't know about anything but the fact that he is not willing to come talk to us is concerning. >> he explained his client's refusal saying it could impede the open investigation into leopold and claimed the subpoena was invalid,they voted to issue it secretly. >> so it has snowballed into one big black eye for the county and hopefully we will sort things out. >> chief tear serves at the pleasure of the executive and the counsel has no power to get rid of him. he wrote this letter to the head of state police asking that agency to investigate whether any of his officers violated the law. state police declined to do so. two police unions already voted no confidence in the chief, saying he turned a blind eye toe leopold's alleged wrongdoin

james tear senior is the police chief. the baltimore sun reports last night a vote by the fraternal order of police tallied an overwhelming lack of confidence in the chief and in the county executive. leopold is promising to fight the charges against him. a spokesman says neither man has any intention of resigning. >>> virginia governor bob mcdonnell has signed off on that controversial bill this afternoon requiring women to have an abdominal ultrasound before they get a abortion. abortion providers across the state must start complying with this law in july. this bill originally called for a more invasive type of ultrasound, but after weeks of protest outside the capital, lawmakers amended that bill. attorn >>> attorneys who are suing virginia tech over the massacre five years ago went after the campus police force today. lawyers for julia pride and aaron peterson says campus police botched the response to the shootings. today, they questioned the virginia tech detective who responded to the first killings on campus, step

. >> reporter: police chief james teare walked into council chambers. >> i'm hoping he'll tell us the truth and give us answers. >> reporter: they have questions about how much the chief knew that john leopold had the security detail dig up dirts on his opponents using the data base. they didn't get many answers. >> i don't want to break the law so i respectfully decline to answer questions that would cause me to do that. >> reporter: the chief says talking about the case would be a violation of the secrecy of the grand jury. the aclu which also wants answers disagrees. >> it doesn't mean that the chief of police should be thumbing his nose at the county council and the citizens of anne arundel county. >> reporter: the chief is still confident he can do the job. >> i serve with great distinction and honor. >> reporter: but some council members aren't happy with the silent treatment. >> not only am i frustrated but i'm sure many of the citizens out there that have e-mailed us and called us and contacts us repeatedly are frustrated as well. >> reporter: the answers may need twight until

the police union already voted it has no confidence in chief james teare and county executive john leopold, who was recently indicted on charges of misconduct in office. >> this sends a strong signal. you're literally saying, we don't have confidence in our leadership, they need to step down. that's a strong message for rank-and-file police officers and firefighters to send to their bosses. >> the fire union says the fire and police votes prove the county government is dysfunctional. >> in session 2012 news this morning, a senate committee takes steps to fill a billion dollar hole in the state budget. to save $239 million next year, the panel is phasing in a proposed split of teacher pensions with local jurisdictions and raise income taxes. the committee green lighted a plan to hike taxes by .5% to those making $5 hundred,000 a year and .25% for those more than making that. the budget moves to the full senate next week. a new poll shows 52% of maryland voters would support the same-sex marriage bill if the election were held today, and 44% would be against it. the survey of 600 voters was

a subpoena for anne arundel county police chief james teare, the county council wants to know what, if he played in the conduct charges facing john leopold. the state prosecutor contends chief teare took no action after officers on the security team expressed concerns over leopold directing them to conduct campaign activity for him. the subpoena reportedly orders teare to report to the council in an order meeting next monday night. still no arrest this morning after tuesday's chaotic brawl in owings mills that left three people stabbed and several others injured. sky team 11 was over the scene around 4:00 yesterday afternoon when the fight broke out at a home on specter lane. one of the stabbing victims has life-threatening injuries. two others retreated -- were treated and released at northwest medical center. investigators say gunshots were fired, but no one was hit. and a baltimore city schoolteacher is recovering this morning after a student allegedly attacked her. we're told the teacher was inside the school store on campus monday afternoon when she had an altercation of some sort

. >> a spokesperson for chief james tear said the chief does not believe it is appropriate to commentthinks questions are best answered in a court of >> good morning. noticing a lot of clouds out there. cool temperatures. 31 at b.w.i. 30's in the western suburbs. only 20's in the western part of the state. the mountains will only get into the 30's. baltimore up to 49. same case in ocean city. clouds stick an for the majority of the day. snow possible as you head into garrett county. maybe even sprinkles into york county. a mix of rain and snow. down toward ocean city, a mix through the evening hours. seven-day forecast. 45 tomorrow. new storm comes in. it is snow, but it is to our south. 47 on tuesday. 60's by the end of the week. >> thank you, ava. thank you for joining us. 11 news continues in 25 minutes. we'll see you then. >>> we're back on sunday morning, march 4th, 2012. we've got a really nice, excited crowd joining us on the plaza. our thanks to them for coming out. spending part of their morning with us. outside on the plaza i'm jenna wolfe alongside carl quintanilla. lester

chief james teare had up to address his nvolvement &pin the misconduct charges against county executiveugh he complied little to say to reporters or to the council. he dodged questions about weather or not he took effective action when the county executive allegedly used police officers to drive council members asked teare lotssof questions about his ties to leopold and if he's fit to be chief. "iq: why would you continue.... oq: thank you councilman." 3 councilman." 3 chief teare insists he is still a good leader. debate on the president's healthcare reform law continues today in the u-s supreme court. court.today... he ourt tackles the part of the law árequiringá americans to buy health insurance.on monday, the arguements centered on the question of jurisdiction... even rule on this right now. "the anti-injunction act" ... says people must first pay a tax ... before it can be challenged in court. this is not in the internal revenue code but for the purposes of collection and so why is this a tax? tax? it seems most of thh justices want to make a decision about healthcare now.but at le

james and judy hodges cried a good cry, wiped away tears and said good-bye to their home for the second time in as many months. what hits you about all this? >> i just think, having to go through everything again. >> reporter: he was born in this house. they were married here. this is what it looked like before a tornado destroyed it last april. the twister that destroyed the home again today hit even harder. they're alive because of this shelter. >> one of those things. you know? ten months later, we got hit again. >> there's always a plan. god sees the big picture. we don't. >> reporter: today, the warnings and the sirens here first started blaring near huntsville. >> this is actually a serious situation. a tornado emergency. >> reporter: the tornado on the ground leveled dozens of homes, took pieces off the roof of a maximum security prison and sent nearly a dozen residents to local hospitals. the national weather service says wind speeds here were near 130 miles an hour. and the tornado was on the ground here for at least ten miles. >> when you start dealing with something over ten

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tears, and i know that god was with them. i don't know why this happened some. and then i only wish i could have done more. >>james: and thus reduce slightly into out campus, to delay is in accord with he has been charged with three counts of aggravated murder. the prosecutors say that he will be tried as an adult which could mean the ultimate sentence of life in prison >>justine: u.s. coast guard found the bodies of two more crew members killed in a helicopter crash in alabama's mobile bay. our commercial coast guard officials have decided to suspend our the search even though one other person is still missing. and now they will focus on recovery operations, why the chopper went down on a training mission is still under investigation. a federal investigation into the clinton they university scandal where-- investigation and to me penn state university scandal. federal authorities seem to be stepping into areas where the state attorney general's office has not won yet. three prosecutors were asked to independently review the subpoena protest that they received. they are exploring the possibility of a cover-up as w