, but joe reed will say we have 25 percent of african-americans reflecting the population of the state. so those are two examples of what went on behind the scenes. and we were told to don't get into a lot of the details about how it happened. you can read the book but those are two examples that sticks out because those are two examples that were referenced on the panel. >> that one occasion mentioned about howell heflin and the two black federal judges, that was a situation where howell heflin met with the black state leadership in a hotel room behind closed doors. as a matter of fact, howell heflin and a member of this audience, i won't name who, but a member of this audience with the only two white people in that room. and they talked about it and they said, judge devlin, we have supported you and we think that one of the things that the state needs or this country needs is more black federal elected officials. do you agree. and he suggested by the way, he was running. let me assure you, stealth leadership that i'm talking about, stealth politics, it wasn't always noble. it was oft

you talk about paul huppert and joe reed, paul hubbard would say it created a more republican district by joe read will say listen we got 25% of african-americans reflecting the population in the states of those are two examples of what went on behind the scenes and we were told don't get into a lot of the details. you will have to read the book but those are two examples that stick out because those are to example set for reference on the panel. >> that one case you mentioned about the two federal black judges, that was a situation where howell heflin met with the black state leadership and behind closed doors. as a matter of fact howell heflin and member of this audience, i won't name to but it member of this audience were the only to people white in the room and they talked about it and they said judge havlan, we have supported you and we think that's one of the things this state needs is, or this country needs is more black federal elected officials. do you agree? by the way, he was running. let me assure you, stealth politics that i am talking about wasn't always noble. it was oft

joe. that's what we are building. >> other questions surround the ravens heading into the offseason including rumors that ed reed and derrick mason are considering retirement. >>> we are between storms here. that's a good thing. you have tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night to get ready for our next winter weather event. you have time here. that's the good thing. we had almost five inches at bwi marshall last night. belair three inches. we thought a three to five inch range would be accurate. new winter storm watch already up for maryland. more on that in a second. right now 38 degrees at bwi marshall. northwest wind 3 miles per hour. sunshine. temperatures up around 40 degrees. clouds build in later in the day. frederick picked up five inches. again you can see a decent weather day. i want to show you this. our morning lows around 31 at the maryland science center. a lot of 20s across the board. cold enough to have the snow stick overnight. it was a wetter snow consistency that held accumulations down. high temperatures today a big rebound. 48 millersville. these are the weather bug sites. you can see the contra