police officer john haile was supposed to keep an eye home, but investigators say the two in -- eye on him, but investigators say the two instead conspired to pilfer scores of bags loaded with hundreds of dollars of coins. in three years airlines allegedly deposited in his bank account $150,000 in unexplained funds. >> i am thoroughly disgusted and dismayed by the events that are alleged to have taken place by these two employees. it's a betrayal. reporter: here's 100 bucks in quarters. authorities say these guys were pilfering thousands of dollars nun rolled coins. so you can -- in unrolled coins, so you can imagine how heavy and bulky they would have been. like something out of a spy model, they say after their rounds they would stop here under this overpass. they'd take the money, stuff it in a plastic bag and take the bag, throw it in the bushes. then they'd go check in at work. then they'd come back here after work and grab their share of the loot and head home. authorities say all of this is captured on surveillance tape. >> i am not going to pay for them stealing stuff. i do not

metro officer john haile was allegedly arranging his schedule so he'd be the police officer keeping an eye on mcdade. visitors say the two men conspired for years to siphon off perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars. the police officer alone deposited $10,050,000 in unexplained cash in his -- $150,000 in unexplained cash in his bank account in just the last three years. >> i am thoroughly disgusted and displayed by the events that are alleged to have taken place by these two employees. >> metro has launched a top to bottom audit and relieved the revenue center supervisor of duties. metro says it's doing everything it can to make sure this never happens again. >> another cold day in washington and frow perhaps just a chance for some snow, but snow -- and now perhaps just a chance for some snow, but snow levels shouldn't be all that much. >> no. i have heard reports they've been treating some of the roads up 95, don't really understand that either, but here's the deal. we're still above freezing about everywhere, 40 downtown, mid-30s into manassas, gaithersburg and frederick, 34 in hag

federal court this afternoon revenue technician hour race mcdade and metro ran the sis police officer, john hail waived their right to a preliminary hearing. grand jury will now consider their cases. the men are accused of stealing thousands of dollars in coins from metro and using the money to buy lottery tickets the men were arrested last week. if they are found guilty, they face up to 5 years in prison. >> fox 5 monitoring metro, 24/7 if you see something that needs reporting send us your story ideas, pictures, video to fox 5 metro g mail.com. >>> the governor held his first tweet up to a face to face gathering of people who normally only communicate on twitter. o'malley tweeted during his meeting and discussed his legislative agenda he is the first maryland governor to hold a tweet out. >>> money talks but will it help lowest performing schools the plan is to give higher performing teachers incentives to transfer to lower performing schools. matt went to the first public hearing and joins us with details. >> reporter: the idea was first proposed by council chairman kwame brown the plan is to

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prosecutors say horace mcdade and john haile worked as a team to smuggle coins.the investigation began after a source reported that haile jaguar to a store in n a woodbridge with 500 dollar bags of coins to buy lottery tickets. the scheme paid off at first.haile won 32-thousand dollars llst year.both men have been suspended. a man is recovering this morning after falling into the inner harbor last night. night.our tower cameraacaught the flashing lights of emergency crews on the scene near the maryland science center around nine o'clock last night. the man was taken to the hospital... but there's no word on his condition. while gossiping may harm some reputations... it may also have some benefits for ttose who do it.researchers did a study and found people who shared what they saw reduced stress and had lower heert rates. 3 3 3 purple friday is off to a loud and crazy start in nnrth baltimorr. the fans are amped up for the conference championship game this weekend, and some will feel like winners ven before the game sunday. joel d. smith is live at alonso's where

mcdade, a metro employee since 1979, who prosecutors say had a scheme going with this man, john vincent hailetransit police officer since 1997. metro's general manager commenting earlier today said he was disgusted and dismayed by the charges. >> it's a betrayal of the trust of our customers, of washington metro itself and to the thousands of honest employees here. as a result of this, i've ordered to have forensic accountants to join the investigation to look at the existing systems, control systems, for the revenue system and to determine what more improvements have to be made to improve security so this doesn't happen again. reporter: according to a court affidavit, the scheme worked like this. mcdade and haile were assigned to what's called emergencies in which a revenue employee and a police officer work together. the two would service fare card machines that needed to be replenished with cash or emptied. according to the affidavit, the fbi received a tip last september a metro police officer was using bags of coins to purchase virginia scratch- off lottery tickets worth thousands of dol

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john and susan pledged $5 million to equip the new santa valley medical center in san jose. it is hailed as the largest private donation to any public hospital west of the mississippi. voters approved money to build the building in 2008, buts this no money to furnish it. that's where the $5 million comes in and the family are throwing in a bonus, too. they say they will match any other donations through 2013 up to 5 million. >>> teenagers help to paint mural were confronted by residents who opposed it. >> i have been here 40 years. >> don't touch it. >> the confrontation is over a mural that residents don't want in the neighborhood. a youth group painted the mural to promote peace. neighbors say it makes the neighborhood look bad. >> we want to improve your neighborhood. i try to keep my yard clean, my brother, everybody around here and we see that, open the window and that's the first thing we see, it's not right. >> reporter: on monday the mural was vandalized. police have no suspects. a $1,000 reward has been offered by the superintendent. >>> most of us are getting used to the idea o

hail mary is batted down by ed reed. the ravens face the patriots. after the game johnh was talking about his brother jim. >> we talked last night. he was pretty happy. i was happy for him bought he was fired up. i think he was really proud of his time. so i'm proud of him. i'm proud of jim. i'm proud of his staff over there. but i haven't been thinking that much about them to be honest with you. >> mike: vernon davis called it the grab. describing his game-winning catch to beat the saints. i can't watch it enough as this throw from alex smith on third and four nine seconds left made the grab possible. vernon played a supporting role all season, waiting for the breakout performance. he got it yesterday. seven catches. a postseason record for a tight end. 108 yards. it was worth the wait. >> i started telling myself that vernon, it's bigger than you. it's not about you. it's not about the amount of opportunities you get. look at the block game. you're helping your teammates. the edge all those things play a big role leading up to this point. it's major. all those other t

. >> you are right a hail mary they knock it down and tj yates did not have a great day but john and the boys move on to play the patriots. everything will get interesting next sunday as we have been saying all day, if you bring your c game up to foxboro, as tim tebow and the boys did you will get hammered they got roughed up big time saturday night, i mean brady, i look at the skill players on the patriots and go they are okay they got all these tight ends they utilize, tom brady is that good he makes those guys, elevates their play and they really got after tebow, saturday night, look at that hit, so defense, came up big against those guys, joe flacco in the offence they will have to get it done patriots offence will score points, it is that simple. >> absolutely right. >> incredible day if you are a giants fan to go into, hostile territory up in lambeau field, this was the number one seat, no way they are going to green bay and win. >> right. >> wrong. >> this is a hail mary, you got to knock it down. they didn't knock it down. so ely, alison. >> yes, you cannot spell elite withou

hail mary. >> thank you, john. that was very -- just rolled right off the tongue. you know, if you turned on the news last night in manchester, new hampshire, waiting for big news about the primary they're so proud of. the lead story, tim tebow is coming to new england. i kid you not. "morning joe" starts right now. . >>> the broncos have been in three overtime games this year, they've won them all. got him at the 40. thomas at the 50, to the 20, thomas to the 10, going on to new england! they win the first play of overtime. possession to close it out. >> good morning. wait, wait, wait? aren't we supposed to be covering politics? >> this is the politics of god. it's tebow, baby. tebow! >> good morning, everyone. >> let me just say -- let me just say, everybody always says, i mean, you know haleprin will tell you, you look in the index of your game change book, new hampshire is scarborough country, but today it's tebow country. and also there's one freak over here that thinks it's lsu country. >> hello. >> i'm deeply disturbed, mika. >> live at j.d.'s tavern in manc

new hampshire, and the funniest writer in america and hails from new hampshire himself, political satirist, p.j. o'rourke. let me start with you, john sununu. it would appear, mitt romney is in a good position. however, being the front-runner can be a poison chalist. we are seeing a slight softening in polls and massive acceleration in aggression from opponents. are you feeling a little wobbly? >> you know, obama was 13 points ahead when hillary clinton beat him last time, 13 points ahead the night before. so in new hampshire, we know people can change their minds very late, so you're always a little nervous until you see the results of the election. >> mitt romney is currently polling 33%, roughly what he polled at last time he tried in new hampshire and came second. although everyone keeps calling him the apparently obvious winner of this race, it would seem it may not be quite so clear cut. would you accept that? >> sure. i accept anything that is realistic and understands anything can happen in new hampshire. the real measure of what the result is, is after the result comes in. too many people are trying to be predictive or tryi

john. >>> in sports, what an upset. the giants trounce the packers in green bay. new york had everything going their way, hakeem nicks goes up high and pulls down this hail mary passend of the second. that puts new york up by ten. the giants d was on fire too. aaron rodgers gets sacked four times that forced the packs to cough up the ball three times. new york takes down the super bowl champs 37-20. it didn't surprise giants coach tom coughlin. >> we did know that some of the things we were able to do were in indicative that we could play with them and as we prepared this week, we felt the exact same way. we look forward to coming in and playing, as i said, and our players were excited about it. >> kind of top of the mountain and you forget how bad this feel is. after the 2009 season, we lost to arizona. it sucks. >> in the afc playoff in baltimore. the ravens much heralded the defense, choked the texans. they intercepted yates three times including a grab by ed reid. at the four-yard line with two minutes left. houston still had a chance to win it, but yates' hail mary pass ended up hitting the turf. no good there. ravens over the texans 20-13. here is next week'

because in case you didn't know, auld lang syne hails from the land of kilts and bag pipes. just ask john living song. yes, we sing it at new year's along with everybody else but for us it's part of the ceremonies and celebrations that we do all the time. ♪ >> reporter: to learn how it all got started, come with us to the morgan library in manhattan, where there's a whole exhibit on auld lang syne. >> well, individual words means old, long and since. we would not say old long since in english. for me the best rendition in english is for old time's sake. >> reporter: the curator says the story of the song can be found in the letters of the great scottish poet robert burns. burns was born in 1759 and known for poems and songs like coming through the rye. he was also an expert on old scottish folk tunes which is how he said he first came upon auld lang syne. >> burns said in one of the letters on view that he listened to an old man singing the song. it had never before been in print or manuscript until he wrote it down from that old man singing. >> reporter: historians believe that burns sub

hails from colorado, right? is she used to the cold, do you think? >> she's kind of used to the cold. thank you, bob. we appreciate your time. 410-261-2300 to donate. john, back to you. >> joining us now, a long and slacky guest from the -- a long and slinky guest from the zoo in baltimore. >> this is a ball python. they are a short, fat snake. they are not venomous. >> is he hungry? >> he already ate this week. they eat once a week, and he ate wednesday. >> what does he it? >> rats or mice. >> at the zoo he does not need to hunt prey so he's allowed to be a little lazy. >> we have an indian python named lucy. she's 16 feet long, 130 pounds. she's a three-person sthake snake. that's what we call her. you can see her on the ground when it is sunny out. even a couple days ago when it was 65, we had her outside in the sun, and she loved it. people either walk right by her or they are terrified and they stop in their tracks. >> what is going on at the zoo? >> we have a lot going on right now. if you cool off in the plunge, warm up to the maryland zoo. we have 11:00 to did 2:00. it gives you all the information about volunteering at the zoo. are a lot of dif

hail, all the way from central kentucky down to central alabama. >> keep a close eye on that. thank you, chad. >>> today's talk back question, should mitt romney release his tax returns? johnof our business as to what is on them. we as a country ask way too much personal private information from our presidents." more of your responses up ahead. >>> but first, here's some free advice from our cnn help desk team. today's questions deal with your credit report and when to cash out on your 401(k). here's poppy harlow. >> time for the help desk where we get answers to your financial questions. joining me, donna rosato, jack otter is the executive editor of cnnmoneywatch.com. thank you both for being here. donna, your question comes from susan in oxford, ohio. susan says, i've heard items on your credit report older than seven years are dropped. is that true ? >> there's a lot of confusion about that. it's true that late payments or debts that go unpaid do stay on your credit history for about seven years. but it really depends on what that negative item is. if it is an unpaid tax lien, uncle sam gets really upset about that. it can be on your credit report for at least 15 years

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