felony charges in the three states where it's actually illegal to film the police those of the massachusetts maryland and illinois however one of these three states just might be changing their ways it consequently protected in illinois under their eavesdropping law which prohibits anybody from recording audio of public conversations without the permission of everybody that's involved in that interaction so anybody who violates that law could face up to fifteen years in prison as you can imagine most illinois police are all in favor of being protected under the current rules and the fraternal order for eternal or. police backs the law saying that it keeps the public from making baseless accusations against officers and then attempting to back their false claims throughout the videos and i find their fear of baseless claims being made against them a little bit hollow seeing how citizens are the ones that are subject to baseless claims made against them by cops all the time more recording of police to citizen interactions would almost certainly prevent this but it looks as if the cops are only interest

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it was sold here if maryland, massachusetts and new jersey. >> do you own a little tricky bike helmet? have a recall to tell you about. bike helmets from china sold at bike shops and other stores august 2006 to november of 2011 are now being recalled. little tricky helmets don't comply with safety standards. no injuries have been reported and you can call the company. >>> if you are into colleges this is your facebook. it's called time live line and it's come for you to make the change. facebook founder introduced the new format in december. it's a new lay out with everything sort by month and year to make it easier to relieve your own online life. you get seven days before it goes public after you make the change, giving you time to highlight the good stuff and hiding the posts that aren't so interesting. it's easier than you think and facebook does most of the work for you. >> cd's may join albums in history books. all about the digital down loads now. the first ever in 2011 digital music sales passed cd sales. the down loads accounted for more than half of all the music sales last

the pastery is sold here in maryland and massachusetts and as well as new jersey. >>> anish you've hot debate. many of us gearing up for the battle over same sex marriage. in the 2012 legislative session that begins on wednesday. sherrie johnson has more on what to look forward to. >> reporter: well, charley, those for and against same sex marriage will square off in the 201 legislative session. unlike previous years governor o'malley will response outer bill and pretty much says in videos produced by equality maryland and other groups the videos are aimed at gathering support to change maryland's law and also allow same sex marriage. but some ministers with the maryland marriage alliance disagree with same sex marriage and say allowing same sex marriage would infringe on their rights and beliefs. >> i am governor martin o'malley and i am a governor for marriage equality. as free and diverse people of many faiths we choose to be governed under the law by certain fundamental principles among them equal protection for every individual and the free exercises of religion without government

the 53-year-old ex dentist practiced in massachusetts but lives in maryland now, and some of his patientsorted getting nasty infections from the paper clips in their mouth. >>> we have a 9news update. the u.s. air force says they found no criminal conduct with a photo of personnel with an airmen took a transportation course. the photo landed on facebook, as you might expect, but an air force review was meant to found that it was meant to be reinforce the they could be killed if they did not pay attention loading and unloading aircraft. >>> caught on tape, a rescue just in the nick of time. take a look at this dash-cam video from a patrol car in texas as the deputy -- that's a consider out there in the middle of the water sinking fast. two women inside screaming for help. he calls in for back up and then he screams into action. >> they were yelling help us. help us. hurry. everything they can. as i was breaking the window, they said i can't swim. instinct i just basically bear hugged them both and tried to get up. >> luckily he could walk out of there. the deputy managed to get both woman

new jersey, pennsylvania, new mexico, arizona, germany, virginia, the philippine islands, massachusetts, maryland, and of course texas. throughout his service he was awarded many medals of commendation, including the silver star, the legion of merit, the meritorious service medal, the air medal, the afse commendation medal, and the army commendation ribbon. upon retirement, he received the distinguished service medal in 1971 at randolph air force base in texas. the hannigans retired to allen, texas, and were active parishioners at st. jude's catholic church. while there he volunteered his legal services and his wife's typing to many church members. jack and marian raised a large irish catholic family with six children. while the family is spread across the country, the love that jack and marian held for them is a bond would forever unite the clan. jack is survived by his children, john f. jr. united states air force retired colonel of colorado, mary ghetto of arizona, barbara clark of massachusetts, joan johnston of massachusetts, dr. jim hannigan of austin, texas, and kathy hoagele of dallas, te

. >> maryland beat out massachusetts and virginia to get that number one ranking. a man was shot in northwest baltimore on liberty heights avenue around 10:00 p.m. last night. there is no word on his condition or why he was shot. criminal charges have been filed against a man and a teenager after they gave a woman quite a scare. somebody's leaned out of a car and pointed out what appeared to be an assault rifle at her arm. the woman called state police who pulled the car over. 23-year-old todd gori and a teenager or charged with assault and reckless endangerment. medicare has been defrauded. larry bernard pleaded guilty for using nursing home patients and billing the government for work he never performed. >> new controversy surrounding the baltimore grand prix. the mayor has apparently lost the support of jack young. kim dacey joins us live with the details. opinion letter starts out admitting that he supported the grand prix when it was first proposed, but now he argues the city should not pursue the race in the future and to direct its resources elsewhere. [no a

everyone educated in terms of -- >> but should impose get the private sector was right now in maryland, massachusettsemployers are saying listen, if you want a job you have to tell us your passwords we can go on that private side. >> bottom line is, that are laws governing any essays. there are certain things employers can ask answer the simplest cannot as. an employer cannot ask your marital status. so an employer cannot use that information against you in a hiring decision. if that employ -- >> but how do you prove a? >> but there are -- do we need additional loss? i don't know. there are laws on the books right now. one story i did last summer, which was, opened my eyes to a lot of what information employers can gather on people, there's a startup company called social intelligence, and they're running their business like the way a credit reporting agency runs their business. so what they do is they provide employers with, like a social media credit, like report come on potential employees. and what they do, however, for employers is that you'll gather every single thing that you have ever said in

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massachusetts. you are watching "good morning maryland." that's not boston >>> that's atlanta. we're back in a bit. >>> 20 minutes until 5:00 and all the 2000 people returning home this morning after 82 mile per hour winds spurred severe wildfires near reno, nevada. a total of 10,000 people were forced to be evacuated. we know at least 20 homes have been destroyed. officials say a full assessment may reveal even more damage. there was one known fatality, but no other details have been provided right now. >>> time for a check of the forecast here. it's a bit warmer, about 10 degrees warmer this morning, lynette. >> it actually is. and you know what, though, temperatures this afternoon are going to be a little bit colder than what we saw yesterday, so cold front sliced through and that's what we're qug to be dealing with as we go throughout the day. satellite and radar right now not picking up on a whole lot, but definitely a few more clouds out there. that's what's holding the temperatures up as well. we can see those temperatures right now, 35 into joppa, arnold right around 35

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. >>> tonight, there's a recall for rugula pastries, sold in maryland, new jersey and massachusetts.packaging neglected to list eggs as a main ingredient. so far, nobody has become stick. the recall batch was distributed between november 2nd and december 22nd. >>> we've got the upc number and more information on our website at wusa9.com for all that information. >>> still to come on 9 news now this sunday night. >> he said, you have your dog tonight. he'll be at home with you tonight. >> she got a happy ending for a missing search and rescue dog. stay with us for that. >>> and a terrifying fall for a young woman when her bungee cord snapped. >>> and as we're kicking off for another work week on monday, here's a look at your wakeup weather. make sure you've got your coat on in the morning and bring out the umbrella. a chilly start in the 30s. by 9:00, 35 30á to 35. a chance for showers and flurries. we'll talk about that when i come back. >>> violence today at the occupy oakland site in california. six people were arrested in downtown oakland on charges of vandalism, assaulting a poli

. >> colorado, maryland, minnesota, massachusetts.y close to what finland could be. >> but an american classroom is likely to be far more diverse, featuring many different languages and ethnic origins and have a great deal more poverty. only 4% of finnish children are poor, while in the u.s. the rate is over 20%. >> i've been in these classrooms in the united states. and when i would see these huge diversities and poverty, i'm helpless. >> can an education system overcome poverty? and can the u.s. create an army of great teachers like in finland? next, we'll talk to the man who's spending billions of dollars to answer those questions. forty years ago, he wasn't looking for financial advice. back then he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future. but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement planning for our military, veterans and their families. now more than ever, it's important to get financial advice from people who share your military values. for our free usaa retirement guide, call 87

. >> colorado, maryland, minnesota, massachusetts.e to what finland could be. >> but an american classroom is likely to be far more diverse, featuring many different languages and ethnic origins and have a great deal more poverty. only 4% of finnish children are poor, while in the u.s. the rate is over 20%. >> i've been in these classrooms in the united states. and when i would see these huge diversities and poverty, i'm helpless. >> can an education system overcome poverty? and can the u.s. create an army of great teachers like in finland? next, we'll talk to the man who's spending billions of dollars to answer those questions. [ monica ] i'm away on a movie shoot and it hasn't been going exactly as planned. cut. cut! [ monica ] i thought we'd be on location for 3 days -- it's been 3 weeks. so i had to pick up some more things. good thing i've got the citi simplicity card. i don't get hit with a fee if i'm late with a payment... which is good because on this job, no! bigger! [ monica ] i may not be home for a while. [ male announcer

. >>> you are watching "good morning maryland" that's a live shot of boston massachusetts. that's where we are headed coming up sunday. the afc title game. ravens-patriots and we are back in a bit. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> and welcome back on this thursday morning. more money for states affected by natural disasters coming this year. the usda made the announcement yesterday. more than 300 million will be added to the department of transportation. maryland will receive more than $7.5 from that fund. but the state will not get more money other states -- $7.5 million from that fund. but the state will not get anymore money. toc cay lose cay tornado is getting 6 million as well. >>> lynette, it's cold outside. >> it is cold outside. you can see the numbers behind me. you see the 16 glaring into towson and these are basically your actual temperatures. as we check in the fact there's not a lot of winds out there. but it doesn't need to be a lot of wind. check out arnold around 3 miles an hour sustained winds. well, it's making it feel like 20 and makes it feel

. >> maryland beat out massachusetts, new york, and for the results. click on wbaltv.com. >> thank you. right now baltimore fire fighter is being treated at the burn center for injuries he sustained while finding a house fire in brooklyn. firefighters remain on hand to knock down the flames. we are told the home was occupied at the time but we are working to find out how many people were inside that if there are any injuries. >> to that police in anne arundel county are investigating two, invasion of that happened and less than a week. police tell us three armed men wearing masks and forced their way into the home, ransacked the place and stole the victims suv. it was later recovered near carolina avenue. police are also looking for two suspects after a home invasion and zero downtown. >> baltimore police have made a second to arrest on an attack of what of their officers caught on video. police trying to detain one man when all of a sudden and other man appears -- coming up right here, there is one man on the ground. out of nowhere a guy runs up and s

right now in maryland and massachusetts massachusetts employees are saying listen if you want a job youhave to tell us your password so we can go on that private side. >> there are laws governing employment in the united states. there are certain things an employer can ask and certain things an employer cannot ask. one thing an employer cannot ask your marital status so an employer cannot use that information against you in hiring decisions. >> but how do you prove it? >> but there are, do we need additional laws? i don't know. there are laws on the books right now. one story i did last summer which opened my eyes to a lot of what information employers can gather on people, there is a social company called social intelligence and they are running their business the way a credit reporting agency runs their business. what they do is they provide employers with a social media credit report on potential employees and what they do however for employers is, they will gather every single thing that you have ever said in a chat room, posted on flickr, put up on any one of the many instagram's s

. >> maryland received a grade of b + and. massachusetts, new york, and virginia to get the number 1 ranking. in session 2012 coverage, as lawmakers kicked off the first day of the general assembly, governor o'malley offered an alternative to their proposed 15 cents a gallon increase to the state gas tax. the governor brought up the idea of raising the state sales tax from 6% to 7% during a radio show. he told the host that revenue from the increase could plug the budget deficit and help replenish transportation funding. >> if we were to raise the sales tax by another penny, it would be a broad based thing to do, and it would enable us to do a lot of the things that have to get done in the course of this session. >> top aides say the proposal will not be included in the budget the governor plans to submit to lawmakers. the senate president says he doubts the sales tax increase would pass the senate. he favors raising the gas tax. looks like the city council president wants to put the brakes on the baltimore grand prix. he writes that despit

and maryland avenue in the stretch near 4th street and massachusetts avenue that ongoing investigation of a fatal crash. beltway through maryland no early incidents to report including the bridge, i-2730. no surprises in the rain there. that's a look at the dry. jessica back to you. >>> the time right now is 6:20. next in sports, virginia takes on a big east foe and the nationals add some veteran support to the bullpen. >>> all right let's get another check on our question of morning, it is -- >> look at this. our facebook friends most of them women are weighing in this morning. brenda says -- not sure if brenda is speaking from experience here. >> we want you to keep those guesses coming and we'll reveal the answer at 6:49. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to help. i knew someday i was gonna do this walk. if i can do this, you definitely can do this. we can do this. we can all do this togeth

once again, maryland beat out places like massachusetts, new york and virginia. the national average score is a c. >> we all have to remember, this comes down to the classroom. dr. samillie is the state's superintendent. he says maryland earns high marks. prepares high schoolers for college. and keeping highly qualified teachers in the classroom. but school leaders statewide aren't exactly celebrating just yet. >> we have to remember, we're not done. there are still areas we need to work. and we will continue to work to continue to eliminate the achievement gap. >> so that means there's room for improvement because the grade that they want is an a. the state says it wants to increase test scores, especially among minority and low-income students. vic, back to you. >> okay, gigi. thank you. >>> schools in washington, d.c., south dakota and nebraska, ranked in the bottom three districts nationwide. >> well, good for us again. >> it's great. >>> let's take a look at the weather. big changes headed our way. it's been so crazy this winter. but we've got more cold air f

massachusetts where it's legal. should they wanted options, new jersey, washington and maryland might become available. savage joins us. since when did presidential debates start sounding like the maury povich show? >> knut in outer space? reports that some science fiction authors agree that gingrich's ideas about it began on the internet ... progressive politics with an edge. these are the young turks: unique voices ... a common goal. they took their message to the streets and started a movement. now, there's no turning back. the number-one news show on the internet meets the only independent tv news network. the young turks on current tv. >> well, if nothing else, a gig campaign could prove a single individual can keep an entire candidacy afloat. the individual is not newt gingrich. if the pattern holds, billionaire casino mogul can propel newt gingrich to the candidacy and beyond. meanwhile, a group of democratic senators decry the supreme court decision that made it all possible. the beneficiary of aidle son's money, the pro gingrich super pack winning our future says it's spending $6 million on te

once again, maryland beat out heavy hitters, like massachusetts, new york and virginia. most other states ranked somewhere in the middle as the national of national average score is a c. >> we have to remember, this comes down to the classroom. >> reporter: dr. john semillie is the state's superintendent. he says maryland earned high marks for its pre-k program. prepared for keeping high schoolteachers in the classroom. but statewide, they aren't exactly celebrating just yet. >> reporter: we have to remember. we're not done. there's still areas to work. and we need to continue to work to eliminate the achievement achievement gap. >> that means there is room for improvement. the state says it wants to increase test scores, especially among minority and low-income students. kai, back to you. >> schools in washington, d.c., south dakota and nebraska ranked in the bottom three districts nation wide. >> washington, d.c.'s public transit system is in hot water, following release of the video showing dozens of shocking collisions and close calls. vic is in the newsroom with det

. >> maryland beat out massachusetts and new york to win the top spot. on to our web site at www.wbaltv.com and click on "education." >> training for a triathalon is daunting. now kids can enter. kim dacey has more. >> freshman phys ed coach. >> we are training kids to ride bikes and walk. >> six howard county middle and elementary counties called "learn to try." it teaches students an easy way to exercise to stay fit throughout their lives. >> they really embraced it once they saw they could do it. they set goals. they tried to achieve their goals, and they did. once they were successful in doing so, they lost weight, they felt good about themselves. they were proud, and the whole class came together and bonded from it as well. >> the students started slowly. they even got to visit a pool to learn the basics for swimming. for some students the experiences were new. >> i have been in a pool but not seriously swimming. this time i got to learn the different strokes and how to swim for a triathalon. >> students admit they were skeptical at first, but once

here his bachelor's degree in politics and university of maryland and massachusetts degree in political science from st. mary's university in texas and a moderate doctorate and strategic intelligence from the then joint military intelligence college. he's won numerous awards, national intelligence distinguished servos metals, the air force distinguished service medal, the coast guard distinguished public service award, department of defense service award and a host of other awards and decorations. he was named as one of the top 100 ip executives by the federal computer week in 2001 and has been a single by the naacp in the form of its national distinguished service award and has been awarded the presidential the comfort national security medal. i had the honor when we served on the council on foreign relations task force on the civil liberties and national security and i had the honor of working with the intelligence and national security supporting director clipper's thinking around the civil liberties and keeping the country safe. in both of those experiences with general clapper and

maryland by late tomorrow night. as you can see, some snow moving into southern new england and foxboro as well. the snow continues up in massachusetts. we will get several inches on the day before the game. we will hold onto some clouds and maybe even a sprinkle of rain on sunday. winter storm watches are in effect with ice and snow. also in the poconos and in northern new jersey. accumulations could be significant to the north. central pennsylvania could have a healthy 6 inches of snow and some of that could reach to foxborough by saturday afternoon. it will be a much more significant snowfall to our north. then the system pulls out and changes over to rain. north of baltimore of to the pennsylvania line, a 2-3 inch snowfall. and you get into higher amounts in south central pennsylvania. tomorrow, daytime temperatures will be above freezing, but below freezing tomorrow night. rain and snow and ice accumulations friday night into saturday morning. this in the western mountains. the eastern shore, a snow flurry or snow shower and then a rain mixed with snow on saturday. 40's tomorrow and 50's around ocean city on saturday. it gets a

maryland. i'm charley crowson. time for your abc2 news to go. this is a live shot out of fitchburg, massachusettsa suburb of boston. the shaky camera will show you what we're trying to reveal, snow along the new england area. that will effect the playoff game saturday night but more importantly, what is the weather going to be like here today for you? let's head to meteorologist justin berk with a check of the day's forecast. a lot of people are waking up to rain, not snow. >> right. but tomorrow morning that may be a little foreshadowing. good morning to you. rain getting out of here. we've had an inch of nearly two it came down fast and furious. some of you heard thunder overnight. we're watching in harford county, cecil county you're getting it. basically what we're looking at here on the wider view, heavy rain, new jersey, there's that snow in central and northern new england, also snow on the back side. it's this stuff that will swing our way, that could reach us with the arctic boundary, a quick burst. that would be between midnight and before sunrise tomorrow. today though the rain ending,

. >> maryland brings in top honors for the fourth year in a rote beating out massachusetts, new york, and virginia to have its schools ranked number 1 in the nation. the superintendent plans to defend the honor. he is not pushing any particular agenda, there is no doubt education will be front and center and he plans to become a familiar face around annapolis. >> this is important for us to monitor what happens in annapolis. there are hundreds of bills that is somewhat are reflective of a policy change for public education. >> the board continues to search for a new state superintendent. lawmakers are expected to be a part of that process. >> a man is in critical condition after being shot inside a restaurant in northwest baltimore. officers responded to the shooting on liberty heights wednesday night and found the unidentified victim suffering gunshot wounds to the torso. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. a boy confessed to killing his father. a judge denied bail for robert conley richardson iii on thursday. the judge says he considers the teenager to be a flight risk. he

>>> a dentist with ties to maryland is headed to prison after he admitted to using paper clips during root canals. >> reporter: he walked into court in fall river massachusettsg already pleaded guilty to defrauding medicare of $130,000 over a two year period. he must pay back all of that. monday he learned the other price he will pay, jail time. >> certainly some period of incarceration is necessary. >> i, i have attempted to temporary -- justice with mercy in arriving at a fair sentence in this case. >> it is the order of this court to punish by confinement to the county house of correction for a period of 2- 1/2 years. >> reporter: all but a year of that sentence is suspended. claire who now lives in craftton was shackled and handcuffed to begin serving his time right away. brenda armidian says the punishment is not nearly enough. >> he should have got more time. if people knew the pain and suffering my kids went to, instead of sending him to the ymca or something. >> reporter: after the root canal, her son's tooth turned black and had to be pulled. >>> the 22-year-old skipped out on jury duty after lunch so a judge slapped him with an odd punishment. he w

. >>> a former massachusetts dentist who admitted to using paper clips in root canals sentenced to one year in jail. dr.makal clair now lives in crofton, maryland but is no longer licensed to practice anywhere in the u.s. >>> another university of maryland student became the victim of a crime. this is video of the suspect. victim says he came up from behind as she talked on her cell phone near the library sunday night and stole the phone out of her hand. then he ran away. late last week, a female student was assaulted as she tried to get into her residence. neither suspect has been caught. >>> some great news for the nation's capital. d.c. ended the fiscal year 2011 with a surplus. >>> the sales tax does not aemploy to gas you buy in maryland but that might change soon. governor marten o'malley is asking lawmakers toed a the sales tax to gasoline. he says he knows it will not be popular but says he has to do something to help save the state's roads and bridges. -- governor martin o'malley is asking lawmakers to add the sales tax to gasoline. >> phase in a 2% sales tax every year for the next three years with some sort of braking mechanism in th

maryland. >>> just four days before florida's primary, mitt romney appears to have widened his lead there. a poll by quinnipiac university shows the former massachusetts governor with 38% support from likely republican voters. 29% support newt gingrich. just two days ago, the two candidates were in a statistical dead heat. >>> and both men were back on the campaign trail in the sunshine state today trying to win the latino vote entering a conference for hispanic leaders. they attacked each other on immigration policies. >> those people who have come here illegally should be able to be given a temporary status, a temporary work permit if you will, but at the end of a temporary period they would return home. >> and this is where i had a deep disagreement with governor rom any. the idea that grandmother's not going to be supported? the idea that she is going to self-deport? this is a fantasy. >> both candidates also declared support for a free cuba. florida's primary is tuesday. >>> it's another case of california leading the way on auto pollution. this morning, the state's air resources board unanimously passed tougher auto emissions standards. the plan

massachusetts where same-sex marriage is legal. frank announced he will retire at the end of this 16th term. >> president obama will pay a visit to maryland later today. he will speak at the democratic retreat in cambridge this bordick as part of his three-day tour which kicked off in iowa. >> construction is completed at the new patient care facility at johns hopkins hospital. officials offered a tour of the children's center at the hospital. the new building sits on 5 acres with 33 new operating rooms and a full array of imaging equipment. it meets the ever changing needs of patients and their families. >> as a parent, you were scared to leave your child. with these new amenities come you have a bath from located in your child's room. you could nafud bring brought to you so you do not to leave your child -- you can have food brought to you. this is the soon-to-be new place of work for hundreds of social security workers in baltimore city. it will replace the current facility located at metro west. city officials hope the construction will spur construction around the reisterstown mature station. >> a new discipline policy is looking to

maryland. millions of people in new jersey, massachusetts and connecticut left without power for several days. record-breaking storm blamed for three deaths including a 20-year-old man in massachusetts who was electrocuted. and that was the year are in wild weather. we can only hope that old man winter goes a little easier on us this year. in new york, janice dean, fox news. >>> all right, thanks, janice. be one couple's new year's resolution to start the year together forever. we'll have the story behind the romantic moment coming up. >>> and he is one of the most popular television ministers in america today. he will join us live with tips on how to start 2012 in a positive frame of mind. >>> well, this is for all of you hopeless romantics out there as more than a million new year's revelers waited for the ball to drop in new york city, a couple was talking about their three year relationship on the nivea kiss stage and when they were told they could kiss each other, this brave man took the opportunity to do something else. >> you can kiss. you can say i love you. you can do whatever you wan

. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley will travel to south carolina today to criticize mitt romney. he's expected to attack romney's jobs record from when he was the governor of massachusetts. o'malley will likely be an active surrogate for president obama during the general election. >>> comedian steven colbert's mock presidential campaign is looking more and more like a real campaign every day. >> if mitt romney really believes -- >> corporations are people, my friends -- >> then mitt romney is a serial killer. [ laughter ] >> he's mitt the ripper. [ screams ] >> colbert's super pac just released that add attacking mitt romney over his past as head of bain capital. the ad is a spoof of other ads produced by pro-newt gingrich super pacs. >>> virginia's ballot battle may not be over yet. rick perry is appealing a judge's decision to refuse to add him to virginia's republican primary ballot. attorneys for the texas governor have asked a court of appeals to order his name be placed on the ballot or ballots not be printed or mailed before the court considers his appeal. perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum, and jon huntsman failed to produce enough signatures last month to get

massachusetts. >> okay, and how about vernon davis? terp for marylandsity of maryland. >> oh, yeah. >> absolutely. >> we've got a dog in the fight. >> it is true. >> and the ravens. >> and the ravens, that's true. apparently, i've got a lot of dogs in this fight. who knew? the question is, do i have a dog in the weather fight? we'll talk about that next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> big changes are coming to airlines that could change how you buy a ticket online. starting january 26th, all airline ticket prices must include any government taxes and fees when the ticket price is made public. once it is added up, that can raise a ticket price by 20%. and all airlines will also have to tell you the cost up front of checking your luggage. >> all of the fees that the airlines will charge you will be listed, whether it's a bagga

maryland got especially high mark for its early education programs and for its college preparation for high school students. virginia ranked close behind with a b average, along with new york and massachusetts. the district was given a c-minus. >>> a scam warning from pepco. the utility company says nearly two dozen customers have received calls about a so-called green dot visa credit card to make payments. the call also advises customers to call another number and wire money. pepco says you should call its customer service number immediately if you're contacted. it has notified federal officials about the scam. >>> and d.c. police are trying to stop a rash of robberies in northwest washington. officers held a public meeting last night to discuss their efforts. investigators received as many as seven cases in a 24-hour period in neighborhoods near western and connecticut avenues. most happened during evening hours. investigators say the thieves have stolen cell phones to keep victims from calling for help. >>> today marks 30 years since the tragic air florida plane crash in the washington area. this happened during a snowstorm, january 13, 1982, near what was then national airport. the runw

maryland at east-west highway and 16th street. no issues here. in my next report, we'll talk more about construction at 4:39. back to you guys. >> thank you, monika. >>> former massachusettsnor mitt romney has won the 2012 iowa caucuses. he was declared the winner around 2:40 this morning. in the end, a mere eight votes made the difference. >>> and he edged out former pennsylvania senator rick santorum when the final numbers tallied, romney received 30,015. santorum received 30,008. the has been a long night. susan mcginnis joins us live with the latest on the ground there. >> reporter: good morning, guys. it was quite a nail-biter if you were watching. records were set last night. this is the closest iowa caucus vote ever in the history of the vote over four decades since it has been going on. in the end of course, the opening round looking for the challenger to president obama turns out to be mitt romney and he won by the slimmest of margins. mitt romney barely squeezed out a win in iowa with rick santorum trailing just eight votes behind. >> we're going to change the white house and get america back on track. >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor is pledging t

massachusetts. in our third story, they may soon have more options for a destination wedding with more states now considering legalizing same-sex marriage including the stated of washington, maryland if legislature can get by chris christy's political pat is it youring, new jersey. a bill passed new jersey senate judiciary committee, moving to the full senate where it's expected to pass. there's one large road block, governor chris christy has threatened to veto the bill not necessarily because he disagrees with it but because he doesn't think elected officials are the ones who should decide. >> i think this is not an issue that should rest solely in my hands in the hands of the senate president or the speaker or 118 members of the legislature. jersey decide. >> so instead of wasting time with the democratically elected legislature legislating, he wants to push it off to citizens so he doesn't impact a future presidential run. other politicians have shown more backbone. in maryland, governor o'malley presented a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. in washington state, a similar bill is poised to pass as a majority of legislators have come out in favor of the bill. >> gay marriage