joe harrison was undecided. but now the decision has been made in the future of baltimore county schools is unclear. superintendent's jo dr. joe harn will not be on the job. >> i do not intend to seek another term. >> he kept his announcement short and to the point. he will be leaving the job when his contract ends next june. >> it was my decision. 12 years is unprecedented for a school system of this size. >> he made board president aware his decision on monday. he would not confirm public reports that the board had already decided not to extend his contract several weeks ago. he announced that the search for his replacement will begin immediately. >> i have established a committee to begin an institute -- to begin to institute. -- to institute a search -- i have established a committee to begin to institute a search party. >> i feel very fortunate. i had an opportunity to experience a great kids, a tremendous staff, good support, and it is a good time to move on. >> after remaining silent the first day of the t

harrison. strike one. >> joe: ball three. how about the deal that texas pulled off with atlanta back in 2003? harrison was a part of it. that is a strike at full count. texas came away with neftali feliz, saltalamacchia. that trade was july 31, 2007. drafted 2003 by atlanta was harrison. he comes back to get avila. pitch off the hand. back, but out. [ applause ] we'll pull donny youngblood off the bag but the tag got him. two away. >> tim: elvis andrus made 25 errors on the season. most of them were throwing areas. gets under this throw. but corraled by michael young. >> joe: hmm. a little closer than it first looked. with two out, nobody on, it will be jhonny peralta who homered last night. well hit in to left. and now sinking on a line. murphy. the inning is over. so 1-2-3 inning. in the third we go. game four, in detroit. no score. e.?úúúarúúo? ayay the first thing you got to do is make a car that's worth building... one with character and conviction... that has all the luxury you'd expect. then you put in an 8-speed transmission that gets 31 miles per gallon. that ombination of luxury and

after more than a decade in charge of baltimore county after joe harrison explains why he's stepping down as superintendent. >> for 12-years in a school system with over 100,000 students as diverse as we are, we're 12 consecutive years of academic achievement is unheard of. i'd like to go out on top. >> harrison is retiring at the end of this school year. he says he's trying the improvement the students made during his tenure. >>> the man in charge of baltimore -- in charge of baltimore city schools is making decisions tonight. dr. andres will roll out a plan to close at least a dozen schools in the next 2 years. the schools targeted will have a low student enrollment. he has already closed 12 under performing schools. >>> a maryland girl goes prime time. she's just 11 years old. she's already appearing on a new cbs hit show. wjz is live and pat sat down with the family to watch the little girl's big debut. >> pat, that's exciting. >> reporter: it was very exciting. a gifted man finding a gifted girl in the area. and we get to see what she can do. >> it's the worst possible circumsta

. >>> superintendent joe harrison announced tonight that he's leaving the school district when his contractxpires next year. that ends his 12-year run leading the district. his replacement will be in charge of the 26th largest school district in the country. >>> workers -- maryland health group wants to raise tobacco tax by a dollar. they're paying $2 per pack just in state taxes. state lawmakers have to approve any tax hikes. >>> life is the finish line. and it's joined suzanne by lighting pink for breast cancer awareness month. the ponies, well there's still the usual color. >>> coming up, what grandmother does the unthinkable, the punishment she's facing for killing her own granddaughter in a crowded mall. >> what? >> because we had to. >> cruel and unusual the odd way some students were forced to spend their time in detention. >> reporter: supply high in demand. why a university of maryland basketball coach is crying foul, that story next from college park. >>> a great weekend shaping up. i'll have your complete forecast coming up next. ,,,,,, i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i

joe harrison will tell us more. we'll hear from him today. >>> it's been raining hard over the past couple of hours. but a tornado touched down in north virginia. this is video from a facebook page from virginia. there were reports of downed trees and damaged homes and power outages. but no one was hurt. no serious injuries reported thus far. >> that is a good news but a lot of confusion in college park with three separate alerts sent out. i talked to many of you about the confusion because they were getting alerts by a text message. but the students said there was nothing from the weather service. we have more on that coming up. but thankfully nothing transpired. this morning, we may still have to watch for the potential of severe weather. we've got 65 in win oak, wind up to 35 miles an hour. currently they settled down. they will pick up again. watch the bright clouds making a return. now we're stirring up the atmosphere with a wave of low pressure spinning in virginia. and rain just begig

. >> new tonight after 12 years on the job baltimore county superintendent joe harrison say this is year will be his last. he made the announcement late this afternoon. he is out west and scheduled to return to townsend tomorrow. no reason is being given but on tuesday the board voted not to give him a new four year deal. his last day will be on june 30th of next year. under his leadership schools have seen rising achievements. >> police are look for a person who shot a woodlawn man. he was found dead on tuesday outside his home. his name is ronald gibbons. he was shot several times. someone called the police the night before saying they heard shots. still not clear if the two incidents are related. >> we don't know whether that call was connected to this homicide, but it's something that the investigators looking at. >> right now police don't have any information on a suspect or possible motive. >> a 20-year-old woman had no choice but to jump. she came face to face with a pair of robbers and then took a leap out of her second story window. this happened at the windsor mill apartments.

joe harrison spent the better part of his press conference talking about his record as baltimore county goes the first african-american school superintendent reports he tried to put to bed any intention that he was forced out of his job. tim tooten has been covering doctor harrison since his first day of the job. >> this is sound a lot like a farewell speech, but he still has eight months lead with his contract. that means eight months left on the job. >> we can leave with my head up high appeared >> with a roomful of supporters, he spent the morning trying to set the record straight. >> i believe it was march 10, 2010, in print, joe harris and stated that he would not seek another term -- a term appeared >> was going to do it last year. i was going to do it this spring. i was born to do it in december. what's the outgoing superintendent says he was not regretting his time on the job in baltimore county. as he prepares to leave, he gave himself plenty of high remarks -- high marks for his record on what will be hard to match pre >> 12 years -- that is a pretty good run for anybody. 12 y

. >> joe: matt harrison is scheduled for a game seven, if we get there.n, there will be questions about him being -- in the end it goes down as a caught stealing. it looked to us as a hit-and-run. the question from la russa when craig got back to the dug-out, we believe it may have been a play put on by the hitter albert pujols. the pitch was high. he was thrown out. cardinals had a hit and three walks. did not score. and now craig is hit. that will bring the tying run to the plate. here in the ninth inning with pujols walking in. >> tim: earlier in the count, feliz threw a breaking ball. he tries another breaking ball. it slips out of his hands. and freese walks and nolan ryan can't watch. don't blame him. >> joe: and now pujols. >> joe: tying run at the plate. breaking ball in for a strike. >> joe: dangerous foul ball in to the seats. strike two. the only game pujols has produced runs, that huge game three with his three-homer night. >> joe: 98 miles per hour. missed ball one. >> joe: ball two. >> tim: two curve balls, two fast balls. 2-2. >> joe: pujol

. >>> after a decade of being at the head of baltimore county schools, joe harrison explains why he's stepping down. for 12 years in a school system with over 100,000 students with this diversity, it's an unheard of achievement. i would like to go out on top. >> the search for his replacement is underway. >> meanwhile, the head of baltimore city schools is facing tough decisions of his own. the baltimore son says that dr. andres alonso will close a dozen more schools in the next two years. the targeted schools will have low student enrollment and old buildings. since 2007, he's closed 12 underperforming schools in baltimore. >>> a maryland girl goes prime time. she's already appearing on the new cbs hit show. pat warren sit down with the girl and her family. >> reporter: good morning, a cbs series makes a local girl a star. it's the worst possible circumstances for tasha. >> it still hurts more than before. >> show me where it hurts. >> here. >> reporter: but a best case scenario for eden. >> i saw a commercial when i was 7. >> reporter: at 11, she's on her way, first, a wireless comm

. >> joe: matt harrison is scheduled for a game seven, if we get there.own as a caught stealing. it looked to us as a hit-and-run. the question from la russa when craig got back to the dug-out, we believe it may have been a play put on by the hitter albert pujols. the pitch was high. he was thrown out.

harrison went 3-2/3. lohse went in to the fourth. didn't get an out. >> joe: ball one.on jay has not been in on the bunt. he is 0-4 and waiting on deck. here is a 1-2. and left centerfield. that is down and will go all the way to the wall. descalso will score from first. it's another rbi double for molina. it's 15-7 here in the eighth. >> tim: the fourth rbi of the night for yadier molina. whose brothers bengie and jose were in st. louis. we have talked about it, the only three brothers to win world series rings. and yadier is trying to win his second. the pitch was up from low. descalso took over at a pinch runner scored easily. >> joe: now jay. ball one. watching mcgwire i got a chance to be around the team, the cardinals when mcgwire was playing and setting the home run record, back in 1998. he passed maris. he won a title with the a's back in '89, with tony la russa. i think in some ways the cardinal worse win this world series. he will get as much, maybe more in some ways out of it, because he has taken to coaching. it hasn't surprised la russa, but it might have s

harrison, the starter on the left went five. full count. >> joe: that will find the seats. trivia question: the origin of the word "southpaw." another name for a left-hander in the early days of baseball, pitcher's left-hand usually faces south when delivering a pitch. the 3-2 is down and away. a lead-off walk. the fourth walk handed to the tigers in this game. ogando comes out of the pen and walks cabrera. >> tim: ogando threw six fastball to get to that 3-2 count. and then cabrera fought that ball and then he fouled one off. then he tried to go to the slider. and missed down. >> joe: adrian gonzalez, the goe gonzalez, the left-hander with his coat on. neftali feliz trying to get the blood flowing a little bit on a cool, wet night. victor martinez homered last night from this side of the plate. ball one. while we say "oblique" to be more specific is an intercostal injury. it's down around the side in the low back. it bothered him last night, the slow home run trot. but he has not bowed out. >> joe: this is during pre-game. when victor martinez reaches under the back of nel

joe hairston. >> we are waiting for dr. harrison to let us know it is hairston to let us know. he intends to make a public statement shortly, and we will wait to hear what he has to say. >> that is not what joe hairston told 11 news during this exclusive interview. >> right now, it is business as usual for joe hairston. >> you sense that what you are hearing, he wants to stay around, or should the board be looking elsewhere now? airston as had a very long tenure and has a long record that he can be proud of. >> his contract does not expire until next june, so why all the talk now about his future? >> i feel very good about how the school system is operating right now, the direction we are going in, and obviously we will wait to hear from him and see what the next appleby. >> the board of education is supposed to have the final say on his future with the district. >> i know we have a great school board right now with some fresh faces. i know they are very interested in dili on the progress we have made in the school system. i know they are very clear about their mission to be ve

. >> joe: when this series resumes after a travel day tomorrow, saturday night it will be matt harrison, the hard-throwing left-hander, against kyle lohse. then holland and edwin jackson in game four. that's the plan as of right now. ball one, just low to matt holliday. that is saturday night right hear on fox on the air at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. >> tim: what a riveting game. >> joe: two of them. >> tim: yep. >> joe: berkman with a small lead. berkman, two steals during the regular season. was caught six times. he was 2 for 8. he's 2 for 2 this postseason. stays put. just low again. 2-0. remember freese is out of there for defensive reasons and descalso is on deck. holliday, 23 home runs this season. takes on the inside corner. 2-1. on the outside corner. good pitch. 2-2 >> tim: you hear that expression a lot, perfect pitch. nobody is going to hit that pitch. nobody. ball 3 and berkman will get a head start at first. >> tim: that's why that 2-2 pitch with two outs and the runner at first is the key pitch because if the pitcher misses, then the runner at first is running on the play

. >> joe: when this series resumes after a travel day tomorrow, saturday night it will be matt harrison, the hard-throwing left-hander, against kyle lohse. then holland and edwin jackson in game four. that's the plan as of right now. ball one, just low to matt holliday. that is saturday night right hear on fox on the air at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. >> tim: what a riveting game. >> joe: two of them. >> tim: yep. >> joe: berkman with a small lead. berkman, two steals during the regular season. was caught six times. he was 2 for 8. he's 2 for 2 this postseason. stays put. just low again. 2-0. remember freese is out of there for defensive reasons and descalso is on deck. hoiday, 23 home runs this season. takes on the inside corner. 2-1. on the outside corner. good pitch. 2-2 >> tim: you hear that expression a lot, perfect pitch. nobody is going to hit that pitch. nobody. ball 3 and berkman will get a head start at first. >> tim: that's why that 2-2 pitch with two outs and the runner at first is the key pitch because if the pitcher misses, then the runner at first is running on the play a

joe hairston is expected to discuss his decision to retire from the baltimore public schools. dr. harrison has served since july of 2000 of superintendent of the baltimore county public schools. >>> and developing story for you this morning. a man is critically injured after he was shot in the back several times. it happened yesterday in the parking garage at the university of maryland medical center. investigators don't have a suspect but police will tell you more about the case coming up in the next hour. >>> a big day for tech savvy people out there. the i4s is coming out. sherrie johnson is standing by with a preview. some people are standing by and they're excited about what the new phone will offer. >> reporter: the anticipation is building. they cannot wait for the doors to open at 8:00 a.m. this morning. apple is releasing the new iphone 4s. and we have the store manager gave green to talk about the new product that is hitting stores today. what can you tell us? you have one in your hand. so we get to see it. >> good morning and welcome to iphone 4's launch day. this is the new iph

joe hooker lives in the area and has a security system. >> people should keep their doors locked tight, and purchase an alarm or dog. >> reporter: in glen burnie, don harrison. >> call 410-222-6135. >>> a frederick man has undergone surgery after a stabbing in westminster. he is free after posting $25,000 bail after allegedly stabbing dominic miller in the parking lot outside the cinema at 7:00. >> there was some sort of disagreement. an altercation ensued. a man reached into this pocket and got a weapon. >> the victim drove to a local business and called police after the stabbing. >>> we are dry again today and we got sunshine. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. it will stay that way as we go through the rest of the evening. the satellite is streaming in, moving in from the west. now they're coming in from the south. that's going to be our rain maker as we go into tomorrow. in the meantime temperatures looking pretty good and feeling good. we're in the 70s into annapolis and cambridge, mid-70s. upper 60s into york and hagerstown and we will start to drop into the 60s as we go through the rest of the evening. we will be mostly dry and mostly cloudy. the

. >> joe: when this series resumes after a travel day tomorrow, saturday night it will be matt harrison, the hard-throwing left-hander, against kyle lohse. then holland and edwin jackson in game four. that's the plan as of right now. ball one, just low to matt holliday. that is saturday night right hear on fox on the air at 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific. >> tim: what a riveting game. >> joe: two of them. >> tim: yep. >> joe: berkman with a small lead. berkman, two steals during the regular season. was caught six times. he was 2 for 8. he's 2 for 2 this postseason. stays put. just low again. 2-0. remember freese is out of there for defensive reasons and descalso is on deck. holliday, 23 home runs this season. takes on the inside corner. 2-1. on the outside corner. good pitch. 2-2 >> tim: you hear that expression a lot, perfect pitch. nobody is going to hit that pitch. nobody. ball 3 and berkman will get a head start at first. >> tim: that's why that 2-2 pitch with two outs and the runner at first is the key pitch because if the pitcher misses, then the runner at first is running on the play

harrison was the intended receiver. let's receive another update from the studio from robert flors are. >>> penn state and illinois. derrick gimpky, tig field goal, off the upright and joe win number 409 surpassing the great eddie robinson for most wins by any coach in division i history. other scores. oklahoma state rolls over baylor 59-24. guys. >> mark: robert, thank you. 4:09. he lot the football. west virginia looks like they have it. nova is getting ready to throw, just lost the handle and west virginia recovers around the 37 yard line of rutgers. wrnz boy, nobody touched gary nova on this play. he's back and moving up in the pocket, which is nice. as he tries to put his left hand on the ball, he loses it. now the defense. excuse me. defense has to right up and make a play. >> mark: julian miller, number 97, recovered it for west virginia. the third rutgers turnover. 6:05 to go. you would think, ray, as successful as west virginia has been on the ground today they would want to eat some clock here. >> ray: i would expect them to continue to run the football. >> mark: west virginia has won the last 16 meetings with kwut gerz. there's that clip. alston is runni ning