i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> we have breaking news right now. one of maryland's most beloved political personalities is in the hospital. vic is in the newsroom with more. >> schaefer is recovering at st. agnes hospital, after coming down with pneumonia. schaefer's friend says the 89- year-old schaefer had some trouble breathing about 9:00 last night. he was taken from a charlestown community center in st. agnes hospital. he is said to be doing much better today. the former governor, controller and mayor is responding to antibiotics. but we are told he has good days and bad days, as far as overall health is concerned. >> okay, vic. thank you. >>> laney lebeau sacks said she expected schaefer to spend another day or two in the hospital before being released. we'll have more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a teenager is charged as an adult with a violent attack on his own grandmother. 14-year-old hassani garrett is charged with assault. the victim, shirley garrett, is in crit

mary bubala with more. >> reporter: about an hour ago wjz learned that 14-year-old hasani garrett iseing charged as an adult for attacking his grandmother with a hammer. it happened thursday morning in the 800 block of east 34th street in waverley. investigators say garrett struck the 66-year-old woman several times with the hammer while she was sleeping. police say he was angry about the way she treated him. after the attack he called 911. the woman is now listed in critical condition. detectives say garrett admitted to the crime. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 14 is the minimum age that someone can be charged as an adult in maryland. >>> a university of maryland college park student killed in his off-campus home, now two men face murder charges. police say 23-year-old deandre williams and 23-year-old stephan weaver killed justin bishop over cash in january. both suspects are charged with first degree murder. >>> another midshipman expelled from the naval academy as part of an ongoing crackdown on the use of the synthetic marijuana known as spice. an academy spokesperson says the so

. >> i'm mary bubala on the chesapeake bay watershed in maryland. republicans want to block about $40 million in funding to clean up this polluted waterway. they also want to roll back e.p.a. limits on arsenic, mercury and other toxic chemicals in the air and water-- regulations they say stifle economic growth. >> i'm jason derusha outside minnesota's busiest emergency room. one of the sticking points is the president's health care law. republicans want to block its funding, which they say is the next best thing to repeal. but democrats argue that such a move would add to the deficit by $5.7 billion. >> reporter: administration officials preparing for a shutdown warned today that farm loans would be halted, as would mine safety inspections. even the annual cherry blossom parade in the nation's capital would be canceled. 13 high school bands-- including the fair hope, alabama, pirates are heading to d.c. anyway after raising money for two years. >> it's disappointing but when you take trips like this you have to be ready for anything, i guess. >> rep