prosecutors showed jurors a note she wrote after a conversation with julius henson. it read -- "suppress turnout in the black community, 100,000 votes." but russell denies the calls were an attempt at voter suppression. rather, they were reverse psychology. >> the call was literally meant to stimulate voters that would not have been in support of o'malley or the democratic administration. this would stimulate the voters to say, "hey, my vote was going for ehrlich. he is down and out. i'm going to go out and vote for ehrlich after i heard this call." >> julius henson is also facing charges in the case. his trial is set for early next year. as for paul schurick's trial, the defense is set to begin their case today. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. three people are behind bars, accused of going on a crime spree that included armed robbery and kidnapping. police caught the suspects after their vehicle crash. the suspect targeted at least a dozen people. this pre include the armed robbery of seven people -- the spree. >> they have to establish criminal records. o

julius collins, one of the instructors, heard noises in the back room.n he went to the door, he saw what he believed to be a robber leaving. the robber turned and charge him. you see julius here in this surveillance footage in the white tank top. he's trying to detain this alleged robber. as the robber is pummelling his genitals. while julius is on his cell phone with the cops. >> i would like to hear the 911 call. like -- ooh, ooh, ooh. >> hold on, i got to flip this guy over my back real quick. >> julius never throw as punch. never hits the alleged robber. manages to detain this guy for 15 minutes, waiting for the cops. >> what are you looking for, trying to rob a taekwondo shop, black belts? >> he was looking for computer equipment. some martial artists, those are good people to rob. the criminal was charged with a burglary, in illinois, a class ii felony. >> i'm going to that taekwondo, because this guy is talking on the phone, getting kicked in the genitals. and detains this guy for 15 minutes. >> i would like to sign up for julius collins' classes.

she worked for julius henson who had been hired by the ehrlich campaign. she said henson wrote tthe text of the call. prosecutors showed jurors a note sh. russell denies the calls were an attempt of voter suppression. they work reverse psychology. >> the call was meant to stimulate voters that would not have been in support of o'malley or the democratic administration. this would stimulate to voter to say that my vote was for ehrlich and he is down and out. >> julius henson is also facing charges in the case. his trial is set for early next year. the defense is set to begin their case today. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> we know the identity of a deadly shooting. officers found 29-year-old kenneth davis on tuesday night. he had been shot in the head. police have no suspects or motive. >> police have arrested a young mother. after trying to rob another bank, stephanie lynn schwab led them on a chase in a stolen vehicle. she's accused of a crime spree that began in virginia. >> occupy protesters -- their permit has been denied to remain in mckeldin square.

we want to welcome julius robinson from union bank, as well as food bank executive director paul ash. welcome, guys. >> thank you. >> you have a huge check to give to us. tell us what have you for us today. >> we have a check for $30,000 which will go to the food bank. and it represents an ongoing commitment on the part of union bank to help out the food bank. you know, these last couple of years, things have been very, very difficult in america. and the food banks represent a wonderful resource for people who find themselves in some unusually tough situations. >> and for you, as kind of a leader of union bank, how did you motivate people to donate this year? >> we've been really proud of the way our employees have really come out. we are going to do about 44,000 hours of volunteerism. so it is not only a question of our monetary capital but leveraging our unit capital as well and it is part of the culture of the bank to really get involved and support the communities in which we do business. >> and paul, i'm sure you guys really appreciate this. i mean $30,000 check. >> it is very si

you know, whatever. >> jimmy: julius is even better. why not? julius the toy pig is very cute.gift that you ever got as a kid? >> polly pockets. >> jimmy: yeah. polly pockets. >> you know. >> jimmy: i had a sister -- wasn't me who got that. it was my sister, of course. [ light laughter ] but what was polly pocket again? she lived in your pocket? she's a little doll that lived in your pocket? >> she -- she was just very small. >> jimmy: yeah. she probably would live in your pocket. [ light laughter ] >> i could eat, you know, the clothes. i don't know. >> jimmy: you could eat her clothes? >> yeah, it was -- they were miniatures, and i didn't know, you know. >> jimmy: they weren't edible clothes. you just ate them. >> no. yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: gabby, what's wrong with you? you can't eat her clothes. all right. ' i don't think there's supposed -- all right, here we go. roots? it's our pal, gabby, over here, okay? [ light laughter ] all right. she's really hoping to get a toy pig this holiday season, but her favorite gift -- she'll never forget -- was polly pocket, and

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paul schurick testified that julius henson cam up with the idea.pproved the approved robocalls telling voters that governor o'malley and president obama had already won. >>> it is cooling off. some spots hanging on like the inner harbor. eastern shore you're in the 40s. we veaf a new cold frontçó that will come through as a dry front overnight. it will drop the temperatures a little bit. the rest of the evening from the 50s to the 40s. tomorrow you wake up to 30s. we climb to near 50 in the afternoon. it's a cooler day tomorrow but still sunshine. how do things shape up for sunday and beyond? we talk about that coming up. >>> when this comes to being a firefighter or paramedic, the job can be very challenging and extremely busy. at one fire house, busy may be considered a big understatement. joce sterman explains what busy means. >> reporter: fire house magazine which compile last list of the busiest fire houses in the country said the busiest is john f steadman's fire station. that's on the corner of lombard and utah. it opened in 1973 and houses

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. >> schurick is to be sentenced in february, just as his co- defendant, julius henson, is set to go on trial on similar charges. the chair of the state democratic party issued a statement this afternoon after the verdict. "voter suppression has a long and disgraceful history in our country and the dirty tricks with seen in maryland are not new. the right to vote is precious and a critical part of our democracy paul schurick in the early campaign saw to take away that right for some of our fellow citizens." and that is a statement from the chair of the state democratic party. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> former prince george's county executive jack johnson today was sentenced to more than seven years behind bars for what prosecutors are calling one of the most audacious corruption schemes in maryland history. johnson pleaded guilty back in may to collecting up to $1 million in bribes during a seven-year conspiracy with businesses and local government officials. in exchange for bribes like airline tickets, it would help other businesses and companies through land and approval pre

suric, facing charges that he and campaign consultant julius henson, intended to suppress voter turnout with the 2010 robocalls that suggested they didn't need to go vote because democrats had already won at the polls. >> i hired him. i represented a majority democratic district. and we formed an employer- employee relation at the time. >> the first character witness called by the defense, ehrlich's lieutenant governor, michael steele, who called suric an honest man, of high integrity, a straight shooter. they also heard from former governor marvin mandell. >> straightforward. honest, never had a problem under any circumstances. >> reporter: the day for paul suric, started with a minor victory early this morning. the judge decided to throw out one of the criminal charges against suric, the obstruction of justice charge. the judge said in this case, the prosecution did not present enough evidence to prove the obstruction of justice. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> derek, thank you. campaign consultant julius henson goes on trial for similar charges in february. >>> gunshots fired

it was written by julius henson, a political consultant. he read me a proposed script and i approved it, he told jurors. was there any motivation of voter suppression, the lawyer asked. no, we were trying to get 3000 or 4000 people to leave and go vote. prosecutors say the call was fraudulent because it subjected the election was over before the polls closed. prosecutors tried to attack on that. by showing an e-mail from 40 -- >> do you think he would have done something like this? >> absolutely not. the paul i know is one that grew up in the head. he hung out on old york road with the brothers. i just do not see that in his makeup. >> he was an adviser to the 2002 ehrlich campaign. he now works with juveniles in dallas. he says paul has always been above board and says the case should not been brought against him. >> mr. henson will have his day in court. today we are here to support paul shurick. the jury gets the case. reporting from baltimore, barry simms. >> authorities continue their search for to the suspects in connection with the m

of all that was appropriate about grant, nothing would've pleased him more than julius heartfelt in thememory of the man she called you this. julia said, i his wife arrested in and was formed in the sunlight of his boiled up in great pain and now, even those beautiful light has gone out, it is as if when some far-off planet disappears and i have been come to light it your hands reaches out to me, falls upon me. thank you very much. caught back [applause] >> thank you. let me say again i very much appreciate that no twitching. it's noticeable when it happens. i am ready to do with your questions. i hope you have questions. i like the question-and-answer period after as i'm concerned, there's no questions. if i don't audience there, i will tell you that. and in a group like this, i'm sure there always is somebody who knows them and that i don't know. that is the time for me to learn. in any case, please, please come at me with your questions. yes, ma'am. sorry. this lady over here, please. go ahead. [inaudible] >> first, state president was the governor's wife, mrs. simon buckner command

did a great job on julius pepperpepper you didn't notice the starters being out and i think he's got to be happy about that. i wouldn't push my luck. i would take rodgers out, maybe play him a half. but i would stoort rest those guys and try to minimize my chance of injuries next week. >> bob: you don't want several weeks off before the fwlof playoffs begin for them. i definitely would not play those guys the whole game. >> al: what's your take on the cowboys and giants? >> tony: these game games have always been close. they've been high scoring. it came down to which quarterback does well in the fourth quarter. i expect it to be that way again. they were down two scores, had the big touchdown to get it close. and then another throw to ballard to really set up the game-winning touchdown. he was the difference in the first game. i think tony romo has to step up and make some of those fourth quarter plays as dallas wants to win it this time around. >> bob: thanks, tony. we now turn to mike florio who l all the news oen week 16 tomorrow on versus. pike, the cowboys had a real scare with

julius henson is the political consultant hired by the campaign. he said it was a tactic practiced by both sides. he told jurors democrats -- there were signs suggesting president obama was on the ballot when he really was not. >> there is disparity in terms of this allegedly crossing the line of criminal prosecution, all these other things were just the septa politics as usual. >> prosecutors told jurors it was a clear attempt by schurick to keep black voters at home. times two question assured by the credibility and his explanation of the call as ridiculous. he may decide it was stupid, but that does not change the maliciousness of the it is. this is a sacred right, you don't mess with it. jurors went home for the night about 4:45 after deliberating about two hours. they will return in the morning. jayne miller, wbal-tv 11 news. >> european markets rebounded the day after leaders there agreed to new proposals to help save the euro. german chancellor angela merkel and french president nicolas sarkozy both called for changes to the eu treaty that w

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did a great job on julius peppers.pepper you didn't notice the starters being out and i think he's got to be happy about that. i wouldn't push my luck. i would take rodgers out, maybe play him a half. but i would stoort rest those guys and try to minimize my chance of injuries next week. >> bob: you don't want several weeks off before the fwlof playoffs begin for them. i definitely would not play those guys the whole game. >> al: what's your take on the cowboys and giants? >> tony: these game games have always been close. they've been high scoring. it came down to which quarterback does well in the fourth quarter. i expect it to be that way again. they were down two scores, had the big touchdown to get it close. and then another throw to ballard to really set up the game-winning touchdown. he was the difference in the first game. i think tony romo has to step up and make some of those fourth quarter plays as dallas wants to win it this time around. >> bob: thanks, tony. we now turn to mike florio who l all the news oen week 16 tomorrow on versus. pike, the cowboys had a real scare with

for political purposes regardless julius point is simply this with such legal systems in place any claims first and foremost should be farly investigated a point he hopes will be heard before the next humanitarian war is waged does are still your r t brussels. where for more on the situation in syria i can now talk to lawrence freeman from the executive intelligence review magazine joining us live there in the states well russia has said that the un human rights report on syria doesn't reflect the real situation in the country what is it that worries russia and china over the un stance. both russia and china are correctly worried about what is behind the policy in syria and also iran. unfortunately president obama is acting on a british geo political plan to force a confrontation with russia and china a military confrontation of which syria and iran would merely be the initial point but the real goal is a war to stop the progress that russia and china are involved in and of course this could result and i think the russians and the chinese are aware that this could result in world war thre

johnson met with grant at his and julius's summer cottage in new jersey to discuss the possibility of his writing articles about famous novels and campaigns. johnson found a man far different from the gruff warrior he expected to encounter. he wrote the man who we have been told was stalin and reserve showed himself to me as a person of the most sensitive nature and most human expression of feeling. grant, quote, gave me the impression of a wounded lion. a few with her to the quick and his proud name and daughter. he told me frankly and simply that he had arrived at long branch almost title list. julia who for eight years had the white house staff at her disposal did all the cooking for the family and guests. with johnson guiding him grant began to write about shiloh. the first of four articles describing his victorious battles. he found he enjoyed it and johnson was the first to discover that the same man who could write the clearest, most direct military airports and after action report and military orders was capable of descriptive writing that transported the reader into the middl

where the judge in the manning case comes from has been trying very hard to find a way to prosecute julius and i suspect that the one year torture of bradley manning in solitary confinement with forced nudity despite the record regulations the psychologist in quantico despite that they said don't do that to me is needed. that torture was because they want to maintain locate julia songe or the one manning to plead guilty they wanted to look that's what they want to meaning they did they were not able to break in with torture and they didn't get what they wanted so it's a real shame but i think that is also an example in this case the u.n. torture investigators still not allowed to meet with manning in the fischel capacity as another black eye view knows that i spoke to him very recently one man does the un special rapporteur on torture that's all he says he wants to meet with bradley manning kevin zeese a member of the bradley manning support network and always a priest. your insight thanks so much for me. for i will so ahead on r t taking the country by force the u.s. congress might not be

as for julius henson? >> i have no thoughts. i'm here for paul. obviously mr. henson will have his day in court, but today we're here to support paul schurick. >> there will be closing arguments and then the jury gets the case. reporting from downtown baltimore, barry sims, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore city firefighters spent the night battling a three-alarm apartment fire in north baltimore. crews were called to the schesswood area before 11:00 last night. once there they were met with heavy flames shooting from a four story building. many residents say the fire caught them off guard. >> i heard the alarm. i grabbed my pants, didn't put my shirt or shoes on, and rushed out. >> officials say nearly 100 people were relow cate -- relocated. no words on what started the blaze. >> flames broke out friday afternoon along queen ann club drive in stevensville. a 47-year-old man was found inside the home. he was pronounced dead at the scene. fire police investigating. >> the a.t.f. is trying to solve a string of molotv cocktail attacks playinging the area. there have

julius henson goes on trial for similar charges.hnson is sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for excepting $1 million in bribes from developers. he pleaded guilty to extortion and evidence tampering. he was arrested as part of a probe. the judge felt he deserved a stronger sentence. >> fire department union leaders say there could be more cuts on the way. kim dacey is live downtown with more on that story. leaders say they held the meeting to encourage community members to reach out to their public leaders about their issues and that more cuts could be devastating. fire union members met with more than two doesn't leaders last night. officials have reported that fire response times have stayed in line or beat the national standard. firefighters have voiced concerns about rotating firehouse closures. >> right now we feel that we can barely cover the city. we have a tough time doing the job that as we have been sworn to do. >> the rotating closures were first implemented more than three years ago. the president of the

julius henson is scheduled to stand trial in february. jack johnson will be sitting behind bars for quite some time. he was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for septic millions of dollars in bribes from developers. he instructed his wife to hide cash and flushed a check down the toilet. she will be sentenced on friday. >> she was swept into office, but mayor stephanie rawlings blake is looking to make her own mark. officials celebrated with the mayor during her inaugural gala last night. she was sworn in earlier in the afternoon. she has a goal to bring 10,000 families back to baltimore. >> our number one goal is to grow baltimore, strengthen our neighborhoods, create new jobs and it begins in earnest today. right now, baltimore, we can make it happen. >> she challenged her own administration and educators to buy into growing the city while embracing less government. the governor says he is proud to be reelected as the head of the national democratic governors association. the 20 democratic governors reelected o'malley on tues

i wonder if i took every speech of the chairman of the fcc, julius genachowski, and let's see how many times he's mentioned the words internet versus media ownership or telecom interconnection policies, you know, the core of the '96 act, i think we would find a huge disconnect between the focus of his administration and what's in the statute. the words "internet" barely appear in the telecom act. you've heard this before, we're still regulate anything a very balkanized bucket. you're entitled to a telecommunications carrier, if you're coaxial carrier, you're a title 6 industry provider. but every type and every stripe almost all regulatory questions now are gray because the act doesn't provide clarity, and it creates jurisdictional disputes, it creates a lot of litigation. there's a heavy inefficiency in the statute. so it's either going to die under its own weight, and it's certainly growing in irrelevancy, i would argue. and at one point i think congress has to migrate us out of it. i think that's my thinking about it, migrate to a bit is a bit kind of regulatory world as opposed to

national is just a tool used in one round and round for political purposes regardless julius point is simply this with such legal systems in place any claims first and foremost should be farly investigated a point he hopes will be heard before the next humanitarian war is waged tesser still your r t brussels. and coming up shortly in a program reaching boiling point. the force which as you can see it's there should we stop because the people making will make you see. the little we have. of labor union members take to the streets of new york for that matter than take anomic inequality. in egypt results of the first stage of parliamentary elections are due to be announced on friday but the ballot has been boycotted by many protesters who are still demanding an end to the military rule while a record number of people turned out for the country's first free elections since the ousting of president mubarak many doubt it will bring any change our correspondent policy reports from cairo. this was the first of three rounds of voting for the lower house of parliament nine out of twenty seven p

as for julius henson? >> i have no thoughts. i'm here for paul. he henson will have his day in court, but today we're here to support paul schurick. >> barry sims, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore city firefighters spent the night battling a three-alarm apartment fire in north baltimore. crews were called to red cedar place adjust before 11:00 last night. we're told once there they were met with heavy flames shooting from the four-story building. many residents say the fire caught them off guard. >> somebody knocked on my door and i yelled at who is there, and i took a chance and opened it. then i heard the alarm. i grabbed my pants, didn't even have my shirt or shoes on, and rushed out. >> officials say nearly 100 people were relocated. at this time no word of injuries or what caused the fire. >> still no official word of what sparked a deadly house fire. flames broke out friday afternoon along queen ann club drive. a 44-year-old man was found inside the home. he was pronounced dead at the scene. the state fire marshall and police are investigating.

. >> i have no thoughts on julius henson. he will have his day in court. today, we are here to support paul shirrick. >> the defense will call two more witnesses on monday and then the jury gets the case. >> baltimore city firefighters spent the night battling a three-alarm apartment fire. crews were called to the 6300 block of red cedar place. before 11:00 last night. they were met with heavy flames shooting from the four-story buildings. residents say the fire, the mob guard. >> somebody knocked them off -- on my door and nobody answered. i heard the alarm. i grabbed my pants. i was in my underwear and i grabbed my pants and put a shirt on but not shoes. i rushed out. >> officials say nearly 100 people were relocated. no word of any injuries or what started the fire. >> maryland state police are calling a house fire in queen anne's county suspicious. flames broke out friday afternoon along the 200 block of queen and club drive in stevensville. police say 47-year-old man was found inside the home. he was pronounced dead on the scene. >> baltimore city pol

to thank jared bernstein for all he's doing and his predecessor, daniel boor run, and my friend, juliusmember that miracles happen, but miracles happen only when people put their minds to it and do their part. we saw today that there's a new generation growing up. rafael and deborah understand that it's a partnership, that we have to do our part in order for miracles to happen. yet so many of us have come to where we are because our parents, our grandparents came to this great country, and they started a life where they had no previous, no previous life before. we're here in a country where we celebrate our freedom, where we live with the opportunity for us and our generations to come after us to have great opportunity. and today it's particularly moving day. the president went out and greeted the returning colors with the troops who came back from iraq. it's a day when we welcome back the people who are represented here on our stage who fight for our freedom, and we're thankful to them every day. i think that one of the things about hanukkah that's so moving is that it is, it's a holid

but they say he was just following advice from julius henson. he called it a political misjudgment, a bad decision in hind sight he says it all seems stupid now but not he argued illegal -- hindsight. >> there was no conspiracy on the second of november. i think we established that. i think the testimony points to the defendant. >> the call did not identify which campaign it came from as required. henson faces a second trial. they have just been dismissed after telling the judge they were tired. they were ready to go home. they will be back here at the courthouse resuming their deliberations tomorrow morning, 9:00. live at the courthouse, derek valcourt, eyewitness news. >>> you will be there. derek thank you very much. if convicted on all four criminal charges henson faces a possibility of nine years in prison. >>> the search continues for a river man who went missing. the man vanished friday at the triafiat reservoir. he was inspecting an area for a deer hunt when he disappeared. his boat eventually washed ashore without him. duckett lives in

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accused coconspirator, campaign consultant julius henson is scheduled to go on trial next week. >> paul schurick faces the possibility of up to 12 years in prison at his sentencing february 16th. >>> a day after she is soarn in for her first full term, may stephanie rawlings-blake is throwing her weight behind a hot-button issue. >> gay couples need to be recognized by our government. >> it was released on line for the group marylanders for marriage equality. it is part of a push to legalize same sex marriage in maryland. in the ad, the mayor says all couples, regardless of sexual orientation, deserve legal protection. >>> it is report card day for baltimore city schools. students rank below the national average. but they are still making some important progress. wjz is live at city school headquarters. week jang explains the problem dragging baltimore students down. >> reporter: numbers show it's not numbers at all that seem to be giving baltimore students trouble. it's words. >> reporter: baltimore city elementary and middle school students are making some strides. >> we can all read

people who come to mind are feel like julius caesar, augusta caesar, alexander the great, bismark. brian: your immortals? arnold: the immortals. the political immortals. abraham lincoln, george washington. people along those lines. i came up with 26 of those people. ok. these, i think, almost everybody would say, these are the political immortals. and then i asked the question, what do these immortals have in common? are there any common denominators? lo and behold i found a number of common denominators. almost every single one of them had these characteristics. i then used these characteristics, 11 of them, in developing the political greatness scale. and tested the scale in terms of its reliability, in terms of its validity. it is interesting the scale correlated extremely highly with the amount of words allotted to these individuals in the encyclopedia brittanica or ensigh clowpeed yeah americana. -- ensigh clowpeed yeah americana. brian: what items? arnold: some of them have to do with conquests. this is how people evaluate political greatness. military greatness. more territo

he said the idea came from julius henson, saying he's the expert. i paid him $16,000 a month for good advice. he read me a proposed script. i approved it. he also said that he denied knowing about them leaving out the part of who was making the call. he said he assumed that would be included. >> derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> the defense also called nearly two dozen character witnesses to say that suric is a man of high integrity. >>> sky eye chopper 13 is over a horrific accident. >> this is northbound route 1 between 136 and the conowingo dam. two vehicles head-on. one, a pickup truck, towing a trailer, collided with another vehicle, southbound on bel air road. three people in all. seriously injured here. two people were inside the sedan. they have been extricated. fire officials are called for a go team from shock trauma to be transported up here to assist them with extricating that patient. we know at least two people at this point are certain to fly to shock trauma. they requested two helicopters to the scene. route 1, closed in both d

. >> julius henson will not be called to testify in this trial because he is facing his own in february. >>> three men are charged with robberies. they carjacked two people and robbed a dozen others. one person was shot in the leg and eye. they were caught after crashing their car following a high speed pursuit. >>> the people pitching tents downtown are still not doing so legally. a judge has denied occupy baltimore's request to remain in the square where they have been living for the past two months. the city says it cannot approve permits lasting longer than five days and notes policy bans the assembly of more than 150 people and sleeping in a city park but the leaders pledge to stay. >>> but up in boston a court has set to decide today whether the city can evict the protesters there. the city calls their in campment a tender box saying it is a fire fire is a fire waiting to happen. >>> and spending this night in new york city preparing a interview is gary giordano, he is off aruba but certainly not out from under the cloud of suspicion just yet. wjz and gigi barnett are live with th

the accused coconspirator in the case, julius henson, is scheduled for trial. in february, derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> paul schurick faces the possibility of up to 12 years in prison at his sentencing february 16th. >>> the ravens will go for their fourth straight victory when they take on the indianapolis colts sunday. mark viviano joins us now with more. >> the colts had been a perennial super bowl contender for a decade, kicking the ravens around for a decade with regularity. but the colts come to town with no victories. and no peyton manning. and the ravens are the team that are the super bowl favorite, which sets up this game as a major mismatch. >> so how can we add some spice to what should be a bland beet down by the dominant ravens? how about the history of the colts? who were once beloved in baltimore before they bolted? fans might care. but these ravens? >> colts have been gone for how long? >> '84. >> were you born yet? >> with manning missing, the ravens miss a shot at beating a guy who has beaten baltimore eight straight times, includi

. >> campaign consultant and indicted coconspirator, julius henson faces a separate trial in early february. >>> today, a judge throws the book at jack johnson. mike hellgren was in court today for the sentencing. >> a little more than seven years. and he must pay $100,000. johnson begged the court for mercy. and the judge told him, you brought this on yourself. johnson does not have to report to federal prison until february. we have video of him leaving the courthouse here in prince george's county this afternoon. he argued he was too old and sick to go to jail. the u.s. attorney says he must pay for taking bribes while in office. >> if jack johnson's story were a screenplay, critics would say it's too bizarre to be true. the facts were so egregious, the evidence was uncovered in the course of this investigation, the corruption was so brazen, the people would assume that it's fiction. but unfortunately, it is reality. >> now, johnson admitted to drinking heavily. and a judge ordered him into alcohol treatment. his wife leslie, who was on the county council will be sentenced friday for hid

campaign consultant, julius henson goes on trial for similar charges in february. >>> the campaign to set a maryland man free moves in a new direction tonight. alan gross is jailed in cuba. his family said quiet diplomacy has failed, so they're turning up the heat. >> reporter: this marks the arrest and imprisonment. his family is increasing the pressure on the castro family to reunite them. >> and i know that allen must be suffering more than i am. >> allen gross's mother makes an emotional appeal directly to cuban president raul castro. evelyn gross has terminal lung cancer and is afraid she will die before he is released. >> i get up in the morning. first thing i see in the morning is allen. when i go to bed, it's allen. i can't be without him any longer. it's not fair for him or his family or me. >> reporter: gross is serving a 15-year sentence, accused of smuggling illegal equipment into the country. gross claims he was only trying to help havana's jewish community. this week, they asked the churches of christ to meet with gross. gross has already lost more than 100 pounds. the p

this sounds very much like sort of julius caesar and -- >> it's an interesting bit of history. >> goingng. what was your take away? >> that speaker boehner doesn't like answering these questions. we asked about his role in the alleged coup that almost happened and he said that it's an incorrect rumor that he was a part of any of that. that elicited sneers around the woman. today he addressed it head on. he said he heard conversations but was not part of conversations and never tried to overthrow the speaker of the house. he talked about newt more than ever since newt launched his presidential campaign. >> i don't think any of the people who worked and served with newt gingrich have endorsed him so far. but he was more forward leaning today his strength and the fact he could be the nominee could have some something to do with this. >> they have both been around here for a long time. boehner's chief of staff was chose on the run the contract with america communications operation out of the rnc, i believe. they're close and remain friends. boehner gave gingrich advice on his campaign which

he said the ideas came from campaign consultant julius henson. saying, i paid him $16,000 a month for advice. he read me a proposed script. i approved it. he also said he did not approve not disclosing who was doing the robocall. he said he assumed that was something henson would do. >> the defense also called nearly two dozen character witnesses to tell the jury suric is an honest man of high integrity. >> reporter: unemployment slips to a two-year low. the jobless rate fell to 8.6% last month. a key reason for that, though, is that many are just giving up looking for work. >>> stocks have edged higher today. here's a look at numbers from wall street. the dow is down just a point. s&p down a fraction. nasdaq also down a point. >>> well, the ravens make a decision about the future of their training camp location. gigi barnett is live in the newsroom with more on this. gigi? >> reporter: well, the fans won't be happy. but the ravens are deciding to hold training camp at their owings mills facility from now on. for 15 years, the ravens' preseason t

meanwhile, his coconspirator, accused coconspirator, julius henson is scheduled to go on trial in early june. >> and former governor bob ehrlich just released this statement to wjz, saying in part, quote, while i vehemently disagree with the decision from the baltimore city jury, i do respect our legal decision. i do continue to support my friend paul schurick. >>> firefighters have been struck by a light rail train on west patapsco avenue in south baltimore. we're working to get more details on the victim's victim's condition on how this happened. buses are now transporting passengers while the light rail is stopped for investigation. >>> new information tonight about the sex assault inside an anne arundel county school. >>> a 14-year-old boy is now charged with attempted rape. the investigation began when a female student said he was attacked inside a bathroom. the suspect was served on a juvenile citation. he's been released to the custody of a relative. school officials have been working. >> police say the crime came to light when the school received an anonymous tip. >>> a once pow

he said the idea came from julius henson, saying he's the expert. i paid him $16,000 a month for good advice. he show mead a script -- showed me a script. i approved it. schurick also said he assumed henson would put the disclosing line of who was doing the call. >> derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> the defense also called nearly two dozen character witnesses to say that schurick is an honest man of high integrity. >>> 50-year-old durante urban is charged with breaking into homes and robbing them in pikesville last month. in both cases, the elderly victims who were also assaulted told police they recognized urban from the neighborhood. >>> a student threat is under investigation at glen burnie high school. officials increased the school's police presence, after they received a tip that a student planned to bring weapons into class today. no weapons were brought to school. the student admitted to making a threat. but police are not releasing any other information. parents are receiving letters tonight, explaining what happened. >> a big blow to

suric still faces charges that he and campaign consultant julius henson, conspired to suppress african american voter turnout, with the robocall that suggested that democrats had already been victorious. >> we're okay. relax. everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch it on tv tonight. >> reporter: in court, the judge blasted those calls, calling them clearly fraudulent. they claimed that it was counter psychology. but the judge insisted it would be a jury who decides. michael steele took the stand briefly to call suric an honest man, a straight shooter. >> reporter: the defense is expected to call another witness, including former governor bob ehrlich, who is expected to testify he had no knowledge of the robocalls. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> also on the stand today, former governor robin mandell and former governor ehrlich, more at 5:00. >>> howard county police are charging a howard county man with breaking into churches churches and preschools. webster is facing three commercial robbery charges. bethel korean presbyterian church. and lapetite academy. they als

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