also, do not overlook the senior help supervisor, lisa o'malley. she has been spending a lot of time with us. i wonder she is here today. but thank you so much. also, the mta and the other departments involved, the police departments, the captain. therefore, i will say this year will be a good year and thereafter as well, under our mayor ed lee. thank you. thank you. happy new year. [applause] >> ok, so i have been working with the department of public works for over 11 years. when i took this job, i work with mayor ed lee. someone who has mentored me, guided me, given the advice, and, frankly, been able to get to where i am is the next person i am going to introduce. they are partner in this, and have done a lot of work with dpw. i have had the opportunity to travel to other countries to see how public works and how cities are being kept clean and green. welcome. [applause] >> well, i am not very good at clapping hands. i am very good at kicking behind, and to get things done. you know, the thing about mohammed and our mayor and our leadership in

lisa robinson. >> 51 degrees on tv hill. governor o'malley takes his tax police to the people. >> some frustrating news for homeowners in baltimore city. >> we will check the forecast for the weekend when we come back. >> there is an accident near the airport. we will check for >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. >> we will find out what punxsutawney phil thinks about winter. >> that has a ring to it. >> punxsutawney pann. >> what makes you think phil doesn't have groupies? >> but some hair on your chin -- put some here on your chin and you get your own day. some heavy rain around centreville at the eastern shore. temperatures are the 40's. i think we will dip off then climb back up to 49 or 50 later this afternoon. the rain should clear out and we will get some sunshine this afternoon. >> we have one problem near bwi along aviation boulevard. be extra careful as police are on t

o'malley's desk where he is expected to sign it. many of you sound off about same sex marriage. you know we find tammy says omg what's the world coming to. and lisa says this is great news how awesome. you know we want to hear what you think. log on to the facebook fan page and sound off. reporting live, sherley johnson, abc2 news. >>> -- sherrie johnson abc2 news. >>> a discussion is over the obama administration decision to require contraception coverage by health plans. religious groups are opossession the measure and women deserve to be heard on the issue says elijah cummings. >> madam leader i am obviously not a woman so i can never fully understand how central this issue is to the lives of millions of women across the country. but i am here today to support their right to exercise control over their lives and their bodies. and to make sure that they are never, ever, never, ever denied a voice in this debate. >> republicans say the obama policy is stomping on religious freedoms but democrats say it's not about religion and it's about women's health. >>> 6:46. a a -- and a recall. 3,000 siege and double jogging strollers have been recalled me

o'malley says he it. sign channel 8 will have an in-depth coming in -- coming up at 8 8:30. get to lisaiving it up on the nothing major to now.t right we will dazzle you with pictures the beltwayic on between new hampshire avenue and good on 270ue and d maryland 95 and 395 in virginia. take you to a slowdown the beltway and king street. some clouds are overhead and rain this of light morning along 66 and number in .airfax county bit in northern calvert county. possible this afternoon some of which could be severe and gusty across the today with a high advisory with gusts between 50-60 miles per hour. cooler into the weekend. >> we will be back debts -- at 8:56. ♪ turn around and say good-bye until then, baby, are you going to let them hold you down mangd you cry ♪ >>> there it is. our take on "bridesmaids 2." we'll keep our day jobs. right now, out to robin in the el capitan theatre. >> i miss you all. we're going take everybody behind the scenes for the governors ball. wolfgang puck will bring out the best. we have a deejay in the house. one of the hottest, spinning for madonna and jam