r&b singer mario barrett and his mother got into an argument and the sinker pushed his mother.ow the mother told police she hit her head on the wall and feared for her life. march -- r&b singer mario barrett is charged with second degree a salt. >>> if you are pulled over you could be fined $45 and $100 for the secondary one. you have to be committing some other type of defense like speeding. >>> maryland is the 8th state to make talking illegal without using a hands free device. >>> the notification act will make it harder to make sex offender harder to register without delayering themselves homeless. declaring themselves homeless. >>> for president barack obama's chief of staff, a high profile sent off. an emotional bittersweet testament, then turned his eyes towards the windy city. here is more. >> reporter: for the president losing his right hand man, it is an end of an error that transformed a nation. >> he has been an outstanding chief of . >>> as the president says goodbye, it is a chance to press the restart button. emanuel tiered up and said he was worked hard but the

. ♪ >> reporter: baltimore born mario barrett reached stardom on the center stage and now, mario is athe center of. a police investigation. inside the high-rise apartment he shares with his mother, a fight broke out between them 1:00 friday morning. >> and officers responded and spoke to the victim, she was the mother of mare owe barrett -- mario barrett. the evidence of the scene bore that out. >> reporter: and there was a china closet shattered to pieces and she says it was because of mare mar -- mario and he shoved her. there she reported he shoved her and caused her head to hit the wall. she fears for her life as a result of his actions and the lawyer paints a different picture. it says, this is an unfortunate incident between a loving son and a mother who struggles to suffer with a devastating addiction. anyone knows the behavior that almost always accompanies their actions. mario supports his mother. >> reporter: barrett was released from jail on a $50,000 bond. weijia jiang, eyewitness news. >>> thank you, weijia jiang and he'll face a judge in november to face a second degree a

. >> we're learning more about the arrest and assault between mario barrett and his mother. >> a weirdof headline that caught you if you didn't know the back story. >> if you don't know who mario barrett is, you probably do know him and just don't realize it. he sang "let me love you." also a contestant on "dancing with the stars" so essentially what happened is baltimore police officers respond to a call about a disturbance at the home he shares with his mom and find her sitting in a lobby of a high-rise building. she basically says he went after her. they go to the apartment. they find a broken mirror, shattered glass, well, now the truth is kind of come forward, and apparently his attorney is saying this is just a boy who is trying to get his drug-addicted mom into some help. it was an unfortunate incident and went on to reveal he made a documentary and made it in 2007 that chronicles his attempt to get his mom off of heroin. so they say the battle between these two is not over, but this guy has a lot of fans, so it is a sad story and sounds like it was aggressive. the mom claims sh

police arrested mario barrett in his mother's apartment in phelps point early this morning. shantia hardaway claimed her son pushed her on to a wall and she feared for her life. mario is free on bond tonight. >>> a young life taken to soon. yardley love was just weeks away from graduating. tonight her friends and family are making sure her memory lives on. weijia jiang explains how tonight's o's game helped spread the message of one love, weijia jiang. >> yardley love grew up here in baltimore county excelling in sports. so there's no question why her family decided to start their foundation here. >> reporter: it's called the one love foundation, one because that was her athletic number as a lacrosse player and love for her name and heart. >> i think one love kind of says it all because people, people associate her with the way that she inspired people, just be happy. she was charismatic all the time. >> it will be for lacrosse, hockey. >> reporter: about half of every ticket purchased will go to building that field. the game got in more than $7,000. >> it's a perfect way to

they got into an argument which led to r&b singer mario barrett pushing his mother. she said she hit her head on a wall. she said she feared for her life and he is now charged with second degree a salt. today the state of maryland began a crackdown on the talk behind the wheel, talking on the phone while driving is a secondary offense. they will have to pay up, $40 offense and $100 penalties for subsequent violations. >>> maryland is in compliance with the sex offender notification act. it will make it harder for them to avoid registering if moving to another state or declaring themselves homeless. >>> this time it is nasa workers who will have casualties. they are laying off 1200 workers many who have been there since 1980s. 1,400 workers were let go. the layoff comes despite a 19 billion-dollar budget which extends the retirement date to the shuttle program through june of next year. >>> the white house is on track to produce the .5 million jobs and the openings will come from president barack obama's 800 billion-dollar stimulus law. two-thirds have been spent and

baltimore born mario barrett reached stardom and now, mario is at the center of a police investigation. detectives say that inside the high-rise apartment he shares with his mother, a fight broke out between them 1:00 friday morning. >> officers responded and spoke to the victim, the mother of a marrow barrett. and she alleged they were involved in a physical altercation and the fact of the case bore that out. >> reporter: the officers report said he found a china closet torn to pieces and she said he shoved her in the chest while screaming to her. she also revealed to the police he pushed her eight feet and caused her head to hit the wall. she fears for her life as a result of his actions. and his lawyer paints a different picture. he says it's an unfortunate struggle between a son and a mother who struggles with a drug addiction. and mario remains committed to supporting his mother. and he was released from jail earlier today on a $50,000 bond. we're live in baltimore. >>> mario will face a judge in november >>> and and roundable county -- anne arundel county police are investigating

the police arrested mario barrett yesterday. r claimed mario pushed her into a wall and she feared for her life. his lawyer said, it's an unfortunate incident. >>> and planning a trip soon. south west and air tran could be merging. that shall could be good new -- that could be good news for shareholders, but not for air travelers. there could be a big spike in airfare. >> south west could soon control 70% of the business of bwu. >> south west seems to have a good thing. >> and we found many concerned and the acquisition could ruin south west. and usually, when i travel, it's soul west -- south west. that's due to the second largest airline. one example, south west's low fairs to orlando were beat by air tran trying to gain business. economists say that the buy outcould also end the bargains. when you have a consolidation, the prices go up, not down. if you have the fewer competitors, the tendency is, i'll raise the prices. >> and during the recent disappearance, the average national airfare has risen to $328. that's up from 1995