isaiah leggett joins us with what this could be meaning for local governments.ning us. >> thank you for having me. >> everyone is hurting from the federal government and state and local government. splitting the cost with the counties will save the state $239 billion what sort of impact will this have on montgomery county? can it ford it? >> certainly not. that is on top of the gaps that we fake, $135 million look at the proposal and that seems to suggest montgomery county will come out ahead and i think that is not the best deal and that is not a good deal for us. >> how do you respond to the governor's idea that sharing the responsibility makes the county negotiate the contracts and makes it, gives you more increment to negotiate the contract? >> that is not true. the school system operates an independent budget and we have no say, for example, on the salaries, on the many other things in the school system to see. and we look at the deal of the wall and that i pay a large amount of money and we're playing for the relief of the government talking about the chan

county executive leggett says letting the roads if they're unfinished it is not an option. >> we'll have an area that will be underdeveloped. we'll have frustrated citizens who are looking for amenities and roads and access and i don't think that that's going to count as long-term interest. >> leggett is proposed using $15 million in his capital spending plan to finish the roads. that plan is now awaiting approval from the county council. >>> this morning, people who want to keep the swimming and diving teams at the university of maryland are taking their case to annapolis. parents and students say they have a plan to raise $11.5 million. they met with the athletic director last night. they already have a million and with pledges for a lot more. >> confident in our ability not only what we've already done in just ten short weeks in terms of raising a million dollars, 50 key prospects but putting together a legitimate business plan that we are fully confident we can execute over time. >>> choosing the school i never, ever thought about this happening or obviously i think it would have hel

plus, i'll be one on one with montgomery county executive isaiah leggett, talking about a controversial proposal in just a moment. >>> today on one on one with montgomery county executive issa leg ate and he is calling at least one of governor martin o'malley's proposals as a non- starter. now, this -- these are fighting words! let's discuss what is specifically that you think is a non-start? >> the shifts of the teachers pension to the local communities. it will have a $41 million hit when montgomery county next year. and that number is likely to increase after that. understand that the real problems at the state level working diligently to resolve it. but i think this proposal resolves it too much on the backs of the local -- especially montgomery county. >> doesn't the governor feel that he's going to share these funds with the state and county and maybe give you more money? >> well, there's a little give and take here. we're going to give and give and we get a little back to what we give. >> i see. >> and so i've said to a number of people, i'll maintain the status quo rather than t

ike leggett handed out bags of the new safeway. volunteers are giving away bags and other locations as well. with the new year, the county's new feed takes into effect, charging 5 cents per disposable bad. >>> and man already behind bars for four sexual assault is facing trial in a 14-year-old rape case. the trial began this morning in hagerstown. prosecutors say dna evidence links him to a 1988 rape. he is serving 35 years in prison for sexual assault in montgomery county back in 2005. he is suspected of more attacks in pennsylvania. investigators say he disguised his face with duct tape and attacked his victims as they were getting into their cars. >>> coming up on abc 7 news that news, the queen of soul getting ready to walk down the aisle. a major news from aretha franklin. >>> next "anderson," secret ways to save big on everything. what to buy, when to buy. >> something is agreed to buy during a certain >> well, this is a new way to connect with media mogul rupert murdoch. in the 80-year old news court found there is tweeting.

county executive ike leggett will hand out reusable bags at the safeway at hillandale forest shoppinge silver spring around 11:00 or so today. volunteers will hand out the backs at king farm safeway in rockville. and then later at a little mibits hopshop. >>> brad bell has more on the same-sex marriage debate. >> a passionate the battle for both sides. those in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage made emotional and very personal appeals for what to them is a basic civil right. >> it would mean a great deal to my family, my partner, our child, dusters a we are no different than anyone. >> those opposed were equally ardent in their belief that marriage cannot include same-sex unions. >> marriage is about children and the good of society. to change its so that it is only a question of adult love fundamental extended the concept of marriage. >> nothing was decided last april. the same-sex marriage bill was pulled from the house floor, for lack of support. now both sides are gearing up again debate an issue which will dominate the upcoming session of the maryland general assembly and fro

i know leggett is releasing an important budget today. you can speak about that? >> it is the capital improvement budget and this is what the county is going to spend money on in terms of the facilities. i can tell you from the police department perspective, our buildings, the police stations, are typically very old and in need of replacement. our station on wisconsin avenue in bethesda has been around since the 60s. we have mold growing in the basement that we can't get rid of. it is deteriorating, the physical plant, and we have other stations that are too small to house the number of personnel that we have, so we are going to see a new animal shelter, a new bethesda and silver spring station so that is all good for the police department. >> very good. and congratulations on the arrest and thank you for being here with me, montgomery county police chief tom manger. when we come back, anny will have the forecast. >>> jc, showers coming to an end. but breezy and mild today. but get ready for the temperatures to drop once again. i have your full forecast, including

the county's new school superintendent along with county executive ike leggett and other local leaders gathered at garrett park elementary school in order to celebrate the openings. >>> prince george's county police need our help! they're looking for 76-year-old of john hawkins. hawkins was last seen leaving his home in temple hills yesterday. according to police, hawkins suffers from diabetes and dementia and he needs medication. >>> still to come when 9news now continues, wrapped in bandages and demanding drugs, find out where this robbery suspect struck and what he took. and how you can help montgomery county police. we'll be right back. also, we're going to take a closer look at the republican presidential candidates as they set their sights on new hampshire. stay with us. >>> i'm one on one now with rene jackson. we're going to talk about the close race in the iowa caucuses. those running for a political nomination for the republicans, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> were you surprised by michele bachmann, the fact that she has decided to drop out of the race. >> no.

. >>> montgomery county executive ike leggett stopped by a safeway store in the hillandale area yesterday to promote the county's new bag tax. he handed out several hundred free reusable bags to shoppers. the goal is to help county residents get used to the new bag tax law. free reusable bags were handed out to stores in king farm. a number of stores including safeway shoppers, whole foods, giant have donated reusable bags for distribution. most of the bags are going to low income residents. >>> parking rates are going up in downtown silver spring and north bethesda. this includes areas along rockville pike, seven locks road, veirs mill road, montrose road and randolph road. parking rates have jumped by a dime an hour. about 600 meters are affected. >>> there is a new ad campaign in georgia and it is targeting childhood obesity and it is getting some criticism. the ads showed chubby kids talking about their bodies. in one tv ad, a boy asks his mom why he's fat. in another, obese little girls talk about how she is bullied about her weight and how it hits her feelings. she's pictured on a b

montgomery county executive ike leggett unveiled the capital spending plan which provides $50 million to complete three roads in clarksburg village and aurora hills. the county wanted to head off a plan by developers to charge homeowners for construction of the new road. >> we move forward with a plan that i think will get us beyond this point. that is now before the county council and i hope and expectation that they would approve this request. >> however, the new budget does not address incomplete projects like the clarksburg town center. construction on it is still not complete even though ground was broken more than a decade ago. >>> shrinking budgets are taking a toll on public preschool programs. new figures suggest roughly a quarter of the nation's 4-year- olds and more than half of the 3-year-olds do not attend any form of preschool. the national institute for early education research at rutgers university says children from low income families who start kindergarten without going to preschool start school about 18 months behind their peers and they may never catch up. >>> the

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county executive ike leggett said he doesn't know whether he will recommend pay raises because the county doesn't have the money to spare. >> baltimore's archbishop is being elevated to the college of cardinals. pope benedict xvi made the announcement regarding edwin o'brien. as a cardinal, he will become an advisor to the pope and will be eligible to vote in a papal election until his 80th birthday. o'brien is the fourth arch bishop washington to be named a cardinal. >>> a young, australian woman is lucky to be alive after her bungee cord snapped about 60 feet above a river. if that wasn't bad enough, once she got into the water, the current began dragging her toward the rapids. the 22-year-old had to dive down several times to try to free her rope from the rocks. >>> kate middleton turns 30 today. don't expect a big birthday blowout despite the rumors of an '80s themed bash, the duchess of cambridge will celebrate a private, low-key affair. the duchess and prince william took to the red carpet for a movie premiere in central london. >>> at 4:41, federal workers, listen up. you could be

. >> cents montgomery county's new file sent per bag block -- 5 cents per bag law will show pike leggetteers will hand out bags of three other locations including the safeway and rockville. >>> an ad campaign that is aimed at combating childhood obesity is under fire. critics say the tv ads are to blunt and stigmatize overweight children. the children's health care of atlanta is defending the campaign saying it is a wake-up call. about 40% of children and georgia are considered overweight >>> we're learning more about rescue ever to save three children trapped in a car submerged in an icy utah river. roger anderson was driving to a ski resort when he tried to avoid an accident. his car went off the road and down an embankment into the river. he escaped but two girls and a boy were trapped in the car filling with water. >> i jumped out of the car and ran around and jumped into the river and helped the father to get into the vehicle. none of the door handles would open up. i shot out the window. >> they jumped into the river and operated the car and got the children out. the boy had to be

. >> having more options is good especially if you have one less leggett to do. >> travel experts sayey are all part of the alliance, they are competitors. they will be scrambling to get the passenger. >> the additional flights as part of a two-year process in which u.s. airways and adult the swap landing and takeoff spots. u.s. air wis is already the most popular airline at reagan, and by early summer it will be up to 230 flights a day. >> it is hard because you never know what will happen in between. your flight can always get canceled like-minded and you never know if you are going to have to stay in and god knows where. >> many new flights are two cities with military bases. fayetteville north carolina where fort bragg is located savannah georgia and nonstop flights to pensacola, florida. >> i think it will be easier. >> with the expansion there will be 125 additional jobs that will be available at the airport. the flights take off on march 25. >>> thank you very much. from the air to the road, let's get a look at the traffic situation. mike joined us with the latest on the evenin

. >>> in montgomery county, executive leggette was trying to help get accustomed to the new bag lawful each paper or plastic bag given to a customer. he gave out hundreds of reusable bags at stores in rockville and wheaton and in jerl an town. he says the law is not designed to generate revenue for the county. >> if we get more money, we're not being successful. we would prefer to have more people using the bags. >> it will help with litter clean-up in the county. plastic bags are one of the most common items found in the streams in the county. >>> lawmakers in maryland busy bracing for a challenging four months ahead. the general assembly will tackle with several issues including deal with a $1 billion budget deficit. there are also higher tafls to solve the problem. same sex marriage and whether to expand gambling in the state are some of the other issues on the agenda. the 2012 season begins next week. >>> a mystery at a thrift store in maryland has been solved. some cash found mixed in with clothing has been claim. last week the workers at the st. james thrift shop in mt. airy foun

. >>> ike leggett spent art part of his day handing out reusable bags.day and they will pay 5 cents per bag, unless you bring your own, paper and plastic. and they go the paper storm water management, watershed restoration and litter cleanup. >>> and cool out there for every profession, including people who do this and we're going to introduce to you a local company making money by spreading messages, feldy. >>> and greetings from the verizon center. the caps are getting ready to play the flames and they got a strike go -- streak going. how they understand dale hunter's system now, who is coming up next in a live report. brian. >>> and gary's back with your frigid forecast. next. next.   . >> the caps ring in the new year playing their best hockey. the caps host the flames and are looking to remain red-hot. dave feldman joins us with more. dave? >> reporter: greetings, brian. they won three games in a row, the most since starting the game this season with seven wins in a row and that was under bruce bud row. they have a new head coac

. >>> montgomery county executive ike leggett will hold a public meeting on the county's budget. he says the county is $100 million in the hole. now tonight's meeting begins at 7:00 at the silver springs civic building. >>> you will be one of the people helping the balance metro's budget. >> today it takes up a plan to raise fares by 5%. it's a plan that has riders fuming. >> delia goncalves live outside the dupont circle station with reaction from riders and from metro. it's all about the escalators delia. >> reporter: that's right and you know in a good example of those escalators, let's just say those escalators because you know when you talk to residents and -- folks who have been walking off the broken escalators, they don't have very nice things to say about them. but look there's a broken one here at dupont circle. we're being asked to pay for the budget shortfall. video we shot a short time ago. metro has a $116 million short tall the make up and -- the rest about $66 million will likely be coming out of our wallets. here's abreak down of the proposed hikes. the numbers,

county executive ike leggett says he doesn't know whether he will recommend pay raises because the countyimply doesn't have the money to spare. now, the maryland general assembly reconvenes on wednesday and county officials are asking the state for more money as well. tough situation there, montgomery county. same situation in all of the counties right now. >> you were talking about the auto show. that's a nice-looking car. i notice cadillac is rolling out its first compact. >> no kidding. i didn't see that one yet. >> it is interesting. to look at the cars right now compared to where they were a couple of years ago, even 2004, it is amazing how the cars have changed in such a short period of time. >> if you're forced to do it -- >> remain competitive. >> thanks, jess. >>> a new film debut today about one of america's most treasured landmarks. >> plus movie credits have rolled for the last time at a local theatre. it is nearly 100 years old. we'll be right back. >>> it is 5:39. i'm outside on the weather terrace. it is on the cold side. winds are fairly light. our flag is sort of hanging

the county's new school superintendent joshua starr along with county executive ike leggett and otherleaders will gather at garrett park elementary to celebrate the openings. >>> today, the maryland board of public works is scheduled to decide whether to demolish the president's residence at the university of maryland. the existing residence was built in 1956 and it is no longer considered suitable either as a residence or as a venue for important events hosted by the college president. it is also -- it also hasn't been refurbished since 1991 and doesn't meet current safety codes. the college park foundation is planning to build the university house next to the existing residence using its own money. >>> if you rely on coffee to get you through the morning -- >> he does. >> plenty of it. >> you might need some extra change to pay for it, too. >> plus, there are signs u.s. carmakers can look forward to a very nice 2012. that's ahead in the next your money segment. we'll be right back. it is 5:38. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and