we will see the klaus the ground through the majority of the afternoon. -- we will see the clouds stick around. it looks like the showers will taper off tonight. we will have more when we come back. >> in today's session 2012 report, gov. o'malley believes he is a few votes short of passing a same-sex built in the house. he met with supporters said asad. last year's summit was approved but it never made it to a vote in the house. -- he met with supporters last night. a state senator could learned his punishment for ethics violations. he is accused of failing to disclose the paid work for shoppers food warehouse. the committee could deliver its recommendations later this week. in our nation's capital, the budget battle is underway. president barack obama delivered his 2013 budget to congress and some republicans are calling it a campaign document. we have the details from washington. >> members of the administration will be on capitol hill to defend the president's strategy. a special delivery for congress. president obama's federal budget arrived on capitol hill with a 3.8 trillion doll

that is a violation of the equal protection laws, and it's klaus a violation of the due process clause. >> are we view in the view of the way the supreme court has told us to decide constitutional issues that the broadest should be avoided and the in a are rowest adopted. are we free to do anything other than california's repeal of an initiative constitutes a violation? your closing speech would require a holding that any state that did not permit gay marriage would be in violation of the constitution. there say possibility i think in this case of saying that proposition 8's withdrawal of the right of gay marriage from gays and rez beans. lesbians is unconstitutional. lesbians is unconstitutiona under the circumstances they enjoyed that right, given every other aspect of marriage and all that is taken away is the honorrific designation. are we free to go beyond your ruling in your favor? a holding of the repeal to the right to marriage, the right to use the label "marriage" and to receive -- >> from do i what i think is, i think the answer to your yes is that you could decide this on t

and i would like to start with klaus. have you a perspective on your specific business and the world? >> yeah, i think when this panel was put together, the big question was, as always, how do you all have to reshape your business, and frankly, i think there are a couple of new things that have come out more strongly, but there are also a couple of things that we have to remind ourselves of to not forget. and i would start with that one, which i would call the neutral north, and it hasn't changed at all. i've always talked about the megatrends, and they continue. they continue to set the undertone. we will have 3.5 billion people on this earth very soon, a lot of them will live in environments that will change drastically, we have the middle class. that is still there and will be there for, i would say, at least the next 20 years, but it is important for companies and leaders to adjust to that. i mean, you have to look at those markets, that you are present in those markets, expand in those markets, and for us, it's not j

klaus will thicken up tomorrow -- clouds will thicken up tomorrow. we will let you know how much know we are expecting. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. >> have a good one. >> follow breaking news and weather any time at wbaltv.com, and stay connected with us on facebook and twitter. >> this is a wbal-tv 11 editorial, from president and general manager dan joerres. >> in an attempt to raise $613 million for transportation projects, governor martin o'malley is proposing the application of the state's 6% sales tax to gasoline purchases. the additional sales tax would be phased in at two cents each year for three years. admitting the tax hike will not be popular, the governor noted the severe traffic problems on maryland's roads and bridges that could be corrected with funds from the tax increase. some lawmakers would like to make a firewall that prevents funds from being used for anything other than transportation issues. a gonzales poll of maryland voters showed 76% oppose a gas tax hike, despi

blaming capitalism for corporatism safety and before last week's davos world economic forum founder klaus schwab said capitalism in its current form is no longer fits the world around us larry summers also at davos claiming we need to reform capitalism your thoughts what are they going to agree with them the world we have right now does not really fit the world around us where i would disagree with them is that they seem to think that what we have is a capitalist system although it is very clear for anybody who looks at what's going on that it's really not a couple system it's much more of a corporate a system and by corporate a system i mean it's a system where the government controls the workings of the market economy in a sense of deciding who gets to produce what in a sense of putting priorities on economic production beyond the overstep on the individual freedom of citizens in the country so in a corporate the system you find the government interfering in order to save companies that feel under the pretext that they're being too important or too vital for the working of the market ec

klaus - icy spots -- clouds and then sunshine into this afternoon. temperatures will drop back into the 20's tonight. we will be watching a front moving in torrow. you can see the clouds of thickening up as we go into the evening hours. friday night into saturday morning, an area of low pressure will build in. we have a chance for some snow late friday night and into saturday morning. everything will pull off the coast into the afternoon on saturday appeared the best chance for snow would be a saturday morning and the afternoon would be just fine. 45 today with sunshine this afternoon. some snow moves in a friday night and saturday morning. high temperature into the 30's on saturday. 36 on sunday. a chance for some leftover snow flurries and back into the 40's next week. >> another way to get help with your taxes, this time on your smart phone. there is a new application from the irs. this is designed to provide taxpayers easier access to helpful information about your taxes. you can check on the status of your refund and received simple reminders to

management and those who talk to his clout klaus marital member of the social democratic party of germany and a member of the german parliament and george cole senior director of communications for the senior director of the communications workers of america union gentlemen thank you both for being so completely for being here with you being available to us why is there such a disconnect between the telecoms german operation and philosophy of business and that in the united states. mr burton if the this is true they can then so because this klystron is the to put them in the treatment of. this then this then the between true and the view is that. mr cole when you're an american here watching this. what are your thoughts.

walker and davis as klaus two teenage passengers were killed in the crash. >> police have identified a suspect who led police on a pursuit. 26-year-old monpeet chona was shot during a confrontation on annapolis road. this began about 2:00 a.m. when he went through a traffic stop and crashed a car and stole a police cruiser when officers stopped to investigate. he and three other suspects led police on another chase that ended in a south baltimore shopping center were officers shot and killed him. >> it is believed that the suspect is the same individual police.as shot by police officers did recover a hammer from the vehicle. >> monpeet chona later died at shock trauma. >> 55 degrees on tv hill. a recall over certain birth control pills that may not work. >> what a tsa agent is accused of stealing. >> marijuana plants discovered in a new york building. >> we are previewing some artwork from harford county. >> we're checking on your morning commute. an accident along dundalk >> good morning. we're back with a live view from the skycam. it is currently 54 degrees. some rain chances as w

klaus will develop in kentucky and tennessee and then move into the washington area. rain developing already in western tennessee. we could have a few areas of light rain later this evening especially if after sunset. 44 degrees right now at dulles airport -- in d.c. and 39 at dulles airport. not a bad start to our wednesday. 61 this afternoon, 40's tonight. 270 on tomorrow. friday, still mild for the first act of the day mid 60's. and temperatures will drop by the weekend. periodically this afternoon it will be breezy. but especially saturday and friday, gusty wind. >> maybe this will help with the commute. vdot addressing delays on the beltway southbound and 66 westbound because of recent traffic pattern changes. to ease congestion, and vdot will restore exit 49, interstate 495 south to 66 westbound tour that will go from one ramps lane to two. and a fifth lane along 66 westbound will be opened. it's 37 degrees in herndon. >> where the markets start today and what the dow jones bounce back means for the nation's economic outlook. >> ♪ oh, come on, baby, don't you wa

. >> my name is klaus toepfer. i was honored to be the co-chair of the so-called ethics commission, discussing the phase out of nuclear power. this report was accepted more or less unimously in our parliament. >> o'brien: nearly unanimous? we don't do much of anything in the united states nearly unanimous. >> i believe it was a clear conviction. we will have the chance to change now. and therefore we have to make it a common endeavor to prove that this is a possibility for an economically important country. >> o'brien: astonishingly, for an industrial country of its scale, within a decade, germany is set to shut down all 17 of its reactors. >> o'brien: do you think that the decision is irrevocable? >> i don't think it will change. >> o'brien: you think it's set in stone? >> it's set in stone. >> o'brien: do you sort of have the sense that everywhere you look, with a couple of important exceptions, we are in the midst of writing the final chapter on nuclear power? >> i think it's the final chapter. it is a long chap

accord i according to s&p it was the addition of the collective action klaus that makes it a distressed debt restructuring. it follows a similar move from fitch. so what does he think of the eurozone crisis? robert shapiro, co-founder and under secretary of commerce under president clinton and president obama as well. good to see you. thank you very much, indeed. >> a pleasure to be here, are ross. >> we are also in this where the authority will decide on wednesday whether to review greek debt and decide whether a credit event has occurred or not. how important is that if we trigger cds? >> oh, well, it's potentially very large. the fact is we don't know how big an event it is because we don't know how many credit default swaps there are out there. there's no one who keeps track of them. officials in the u.s. government how many credit default swaps our institutions holding not only against greek debt but european banks which are in danger in this whole crisis and they said, well, we know how much sovereign debt our banks are holding but we have no idea how many credit default swaps the

. >>> a group hopes a tax will help a performing arts center named after polly klaus, they are petaluma get it on the bail. they would fund the class project. polly klaas was abducted from her home in 2003 and kidnapped. >> smart is a married woman. show tied the knot. she married her scott tissue boyfriend of one year. 22 queer old matthew gilmore. they were doing mormon mission work. they wanted to avoid the attention and she was taken from her home for 2002 and held for the months. her kidnapper is serving a live sentence. >>> a man survived being trapped in his car in the snow for two months. >> mostly cloudy skies. >> outside our doors this morning. >> whether we expect to see any sunshine and the possibility of a few scattered shower it is remains. -- few scattered showers remain. . >>> citrus growers in fresno are finding more evidence of crop damage. they say 35% of mandarin orange crop will be lost because of back to back months of freezing temperatures. 15% of the navel orange crop won't be sit to sell either. they survived 95% of cold nights. and consumers should expect to se