during the american revolution france's hatred of britain prompted king louis 16 to the colonies. throughout the cold war europe and a divided germany were at the heart of the a nato alliance between between nato and the soviet union. washington struggles with budget cuts and shifts its focus to asia. what is next for the atlantic alliance? our next guest is fred kemp, president and ceo of the atlantic do council, an organization born in 1961 to foster close relations between the united states and europe. fred is an editor and the author of berlin 1961, kennedy, kruschev. >> i am a member of the atlantic counsel. >> and we are proud of it. >> the administration is in the midst of a strategic pivot from afghanistan and iraq over to asia. at the same time, there are growing calls from the political sphere and congress especially, let's pull american troops outside of europe. you think that that's a mistake. why? >> the term strategic pivot is a mistake. perhaps one moves troops outside of europe, but one has to think of the strategic pivot not of the united states, but of the west.

of the ball will be introduced and he said put this in ink the king will come out, the king and his dance, ray louisand that stadium will go sideways. >> we always expect that. across baltimore you are showing off your purple pride. we want to see your best fan photographs. you can up load them on facebook. >>> coming up days after a woman's body was found on the grounds of the home where the british royal family was celebrating the hole says police are no closer to identitying her. >>> and lots of people love them in movies and on tv but apparently the -- they didn't feel it was the right choice for their adds. why you won't see it. >>> and maryland is home to some of the best public schools in the country. maybe that's why kid from one local high school are getting noticed by nasa. Ã . >>> students at riverdale high school are making real big strides in technology. an advanced computer science class made it to the final round of the zero robotics competition. we show you how this competition is really making a difference for students. >> reporter: here in the advanced computer science class studen

this afternoon he will host king abdullah of jordan at white house and later tonight he will honor the world's series champion st. louis cardinals. >>> all right. check this out. sooner or later it's all going to happen and apparently burger king is ahead of the curb. they are thinking about home deliveriy. burger king. home delivery. yes. the fast-food chain is testing the delivery idea in some areas of maryland including gaithersburg and germantown. there's going to be a $2 delivery fee for minimum order of around $10. we want to know what you think about this. do you think delivering food is a good idea or it only further encourages laziness? go to facebook and let's us know -- let us know what you think. time for one more check of the forecast and like we said, we have been teasing this cheer all day you said you will do it. >> don't a a-- pay attention. >> i will hold up my end of the deal. >> we are doing this together we are family. satellite and radar picking up on some rain today. but the heaviest rain across the eastern shore and it's off to the south of us but we have another batch of rain moving in here as

he will be meeting with the jobs council this morning followed by king abdullah of jordan and this evening he will honored st. louis cardinals. >>> and for thee days beginning today, 300 foreclosure case will be heard in florida lasting 30 minutes each the judge will clear out all backlogs of foreclosures. it has some in the state upset. >>> and latest apple founder will no longer be getting his action figure. apple and jobs family pressured the toy maker to shelf the idea out of respect. in icon.com has agreed to halt production. jobs died in october from pancreatic cancer. >>> get ahead start and file your taxes e-filing begins today and corinne redman is standing by with a representative from h&r block of tricks to do iteffectively. >> reporter: we are live outside h&r block in towson. today marks a important day for tax returns because today is the first day the irs will accept e-fileed returns. and this is duane henderson with h&r block. first tell mow what are some of the benefits to e-filing early? >> good morning. this year over 140 million americans will file tacks by using e-file you will get the return m

louis. >> i went to my artist and said we need a warrior king, t- shirt for this guy. he is the great destroyer. >> fans can get their hands on the new shirts at baltimore sports and novelty. other stores, right around the area. >>> and don't forget to send us pictures showing off the purple pride. just up load the pictures to wmar facebook fan page. go to the website, abc 2news.com and share them >> we had great sun as well. you look at the satellite radar pictures, a if you flurries, points west but most of us in the sun also feeling the cold winds though and a big shift today. we stayed windy but winds not out of the south, sought of the northwest. much colder wind field this time of year. we felt the results today and tonight. wind chill factor, feels like temperatures below that freezing mark of 32. the rest of the evening in the 30s feeling more like the 20s, windy weather, we will talk more about when the next storm system shapes up. this all coming up. >> thank you. >>> police in hickory north carolina looking for a possible gunman on a campus of a community co

this afternoon the president will host king abdullah of jordan at the white house and then later tonight, the president will honor the world series champion st. louisnals. that's what's on tap for the president. >>> and joining the protest against two proposed internet regulation bills wikipedia english language site will be blacked out wednesday. beginning at midnight, on january 18th ring visitors will -- 18th visitors will see a protest message. back in 2002 he paid more than 500,000 dollars for a house in miami. reports now say o.j. simpson may be about to lose that home. who's taking over the property. >>> and she was trying to help mom in the kitchen. now her brother saved her from a near disaster. >>> a new study determines how babies learn to talk. this could help diagnose children with autism. all of that straight ahead in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland" including weather and traffic. we are back in a few moments. stay with us. i'm good about washing my face. but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena® naturals. developed with dermatologists... it's clinically prove

king of jordan at the white house. he will welcome members of the world series champion st. louis. >> looking around the region, authorities are the debating a 5-year-old boy after he allegedly committed a violent crime. he stabbed three people yesterday with what they're calling an edged object. the victims were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> police are looking for clues that will lead them to the person who abandon an infant who later died. the 1-week-old baby girl was found late sunday night on the doorstep of channing streets in northeast. a neighbor says the infant was wrapped in a towel but much of her skin was exposed to the freezing cold. she was rushed to the hospital where she died. police have not identified her. >> maryland school officials today will announce the awards in the blue ribbon schools program. these are schools that show high performance or significant improvement in reading and mathematics or on state tests. schools from baltseveral counties will be named this year's recipients. >> 7 is on your side with with recent signs about a

. >> reporter: the adoration for louis is why the shirt's creator said maryland needs one. >> i wanted to do a t-shirt of a warrior kingwhich is pretty much the way i see ray lewis. >> i love him. i truly, truly -- i think he's great. >> reporter: and the ravens' success is helping local businesses' bottom line. roberto cortez is one of 20 sports store owners, picking up the new shirts. >> it's very busy. very busy. these past couple of weeks, which is coming in here, picking up more shirts, trying to fill out the rack. >> this machine prints 500 an hour and they'll keep printing until the super bowl. >> reporter: with hundreds of shirts already on the store shelves. >> at $20 a pop, fans and entrepreneurs hope the ravens go all the way. >> we're going to knock the mess out of anybody. -- somebody. we're going to the super bowl. ravens, number 1. >> andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> the t-shirt company hasn't heard directly from ray lewis. but the nfl players association has approved the shirt. and remember, you can see the ravens face the patriots live here on wjz. the afc championship game starts sunday at 3:00.