council member martin o'malley and i were all friends. she endorsed him as mayor, so there is a sense of [inaudible] she has always been under -- >> the day she puts her hand on that bible and is sworn in, she is running for reelection. there are other people who have their eyes set on becoming the next mayor. all of the decisions she makes, they are all geared towards her getting back. >> are you interested in being the president of the city council? >> i don't have any interest in being the president of the city council. as i have talked to some colleagues, and i said i would consider it as a caretaker, but i have no plans. i enjoyed my time at the bank. >> who would you like to see as president of the city council? >> i think jack kemp who has been on the council for many years. -- i think jack young. he does a lot of hard work. bill cole is another one. those are the two top ones, but we will have to sea. it could be a caretaker. >> i want to see someone who will bring stability to the council. >> thank you both of you. dr. kim hammon

governor o'malley insisted he wouldn't accept any extra pay and he says he hopes other state officials do the same. >> and it's a day of rev up for ravens fans. why'd victory over the raiders puts them in the playoffs. wjz has complete coverage of the win and we begin with sports director mark viviano reporting from oakland, california. >> and first half. >> reporter: the ravens appear to be cruising through first half. willis pushes oakland safety and he goes 77 yards for a second touchdown of the day. 14, 3 ravens. oakland look like a pushover. but the raiders respond with ten straight points. charlie to miller for a second quarter td. they pull within one point in the second half. and that's when the baltimore defense rose up with two turnovers. russell at quarterback picked off by ellerby who returns the interception 28 yards and the first of two oakland turnovers in the second half and the ravens would cash in on that one with the third touchdown of the game a 1-yard run and he will take them to the playoffs. ravens winners over the raiders to clinch a spot 21-13 the final. >> oh,

after a four-year tuition freez governor o'malley says he now supports a 3% hike.ohn henrehan, fox 5 news. >> thank you. >>> we have still much more ahead on fox 5 morning news. >>> complete devastation actually craig bosswell. the latest on the massive earthquake in haiti is coming up. >> reporter: the latest relief efforts for the country of haiti and how the u.s. government is helping out. i'm sarah simmons. i'm have a live report when fox 5 morning news returns. announcer: when it comes to fighting flu viruses, like 2009 h1n1, wash your hands and get your flu shot. regularly disinfect surfaces. and talk to your friends about doing the same. let's help spread protection against flu viruses like 2009 h1n1. pretty. ( laughs ) there we go. ( phone rings, laughter ) ♪ ( phone rings ) victory starts now. with the special k challenge™, you can lose up to 6 pounds... in 2 weeks. now with so many delicious ways to be victorious. lose up to 6 pounds in 2 weeks. join us at specialk.com. >>> welcome back. want to take you back out to montrose road and 270 where this tanker

>> this is not the first budget cycle in the o'malley-brown administration where we have had to look at costs and reductions. 80% of our budget goes to public health, safety, and education. the governor and i end with the general assembly will continue to put a priority on public education. have the number 1 schools in the country. we want to continue funding that at the historic levels we have. there are areas we have to look to do the most savings. we had to close some health facilities. we have reimbursement rates for hospitals and other providers. that is probably where we want to look as we look at the fiscal 2011 budget. >> we reported that former governor ehrlich's planning to get supporters out in annapolis this week to protest the o'malley administration's policies. >> we are focusing on what we need to do to solve the problems in maryland. with the school system, we have maintained college in state tuitions. compared to the prior administration, tuition went up 40% per we were able to drive down the violent crime to los we have not seen for three decades. >> do you anticipa

. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley is vowing to change state laws in response to the murder of eastern shore girl. 11-year-old sarah foxwell was murdered on christmas day. thomas legs jr., a former boyfriend of foxwell's aunt, is charged with kidnapping, although he has yet to face murder charges. he is a convicted sex offender. according to the "washington post," governor o'malley says he'll make a legislative response to the killing of a major focus when the general assembly reconvenes on wednesday. he has not laid out specifics yet for what he has in mind. >>> the husband of a missing utah woman is packing up his bags and moving out. friends and family members helped josh powell load items into a rental truck as he prepares to move from utah to washington state. both he and his wife, susan, have relatives who live there. susan powell disappeared last month. josh powell says he left her at home while he took their young children camping, although it was the middle of the night and there were freezing temperatures outside. police are calling josh powell a person of interest in his wif

martin o'malley says fiscal policies. the march is being organized by the maryland chapter of americans for prosperity. >>> coming up, a change it and the plans for speed cameras and want community gets a green light from drivers. an attack is caught on tape. what led to this violent incident. and a videotape shows a suicide bomber who killed seven cia operatives. are you making it easier for bacteria to grow on your dentures? you are if you use toothpaste instead of soaking them in polident toothpaste is abrasive on dentures look, scratches where bacteria can collect and grow and bacteria can cause bad breath that's why i recommend replacing toothpaste with polident only polident is proven to clean without scratching and kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria don't scratch your dentures clean use polident every day >>> in a videotape of the jordanian doctor whose suicide bomber killed seven cia operatives aired on al-jazeera and pakistani television. it said it was carried out in revenge for the 2009 killings of attacks on

. >>> governor omaley -- o'malley may be having some competition.eorge will make it official wednesday. the former majority whip serving majority of affairs. he's been a sharp critic of his policies. >>> it's been the tallest building in the world. casting a shadow on all other buildings this morning. >>> many make a new year's resolution to lose weight. i bet it's number one or two. >> i'm sure it is. >> we will have a dietitian with us to tell us how to keep the goal. don't go anywhere. >>> here's a tall tale. the world's tallest building opening in dubai. the actual height is a closely guarded secret, but it's believed to be nearly 27 feet tall, just over half a mile. its observation deck on the 14 14th floor a -- 124th floor also sets a record. it will be apartments, offices, and a hotel designed by gorgio armani. >> what does it house? >> hotel, apartments, and the like. >> and more and more and more. >> i would love to know, i bet some of the upper floors don't have anything. >> you think? >> that high up? >> i wouldn't want to be in an office

. >>> governor martin o'malley is calling for tougher sex laws against child sex offenders. the recent abduction and murder of a little girl on the eastern shore has lawmakers asking how it could have been prevented. susan collins explains, the general assembly begins this week. the issue is high on the agenda. >> the man charged in the sara foxwell case had already been convicted of sexually abusing two other girls. now that lawmakers are heading back to annapolis, they'll be considering bills that could keep someone like that locked up. sara foxwell's body was found days after being taken from her bed in the night. the man charged thomas l'eggs jr. had dated the girl's aunt who was her legal guardian. leggs has been convicted twice with sexual child abuse. >> if we lose one child to murder, that's one child too many in our state. whenever these things happen, it inspires all of us to ask one another what can we do? what are the additional things that we can do to better safeguard lives of our children. >> the governor tells wjz he thinks lawmakers will debate a slew of bil

former cabinet members of former governor bob ehrlich could soon be in the runing to challenge martin o'malley. george w. owings will make his candidacy at a news conference on wednesday. the "washington post" reports that early you can himself is considering another run and that former secretary larry hogan would take his place on the gop ticket if he decides against t. >>> the tallest building in the world opens today. we'll take a closer look after the break. >>> business beat coming up. what can we expect for the stock mark net 2010. will we see the unemployment number start to go down? fox 5 morning news continues after the break. what's our fat of honey bunches of oats? the sparkly flakes. the honey-baked bunche the magic's in the mix. my favorite part? eating it. honey bunches of oats. taste the joy we put in every spoonful. we call the bunches in honey bunches of oats the prize in the box. well, now there's a prize inside the prize. pecans! pecans! baked into crunchy oat bunches. taste the delicious surprise in every spoonful. new honey bunches of oats with pecan bunches. betiful. >>>

o'malley. and in fact, barnaby was more popular than pm, so when pm died, it continues.in other parts of the daily press. >> this gives a new meaning to the infantile leftism. [laughter] >> first of all i was wondering, that's a presentation. i was wondering if there were two things i want to ask about, one was the eternal discussion within pm around the hitler-stalin pact and had the editorial stats are coped with the change in policy. and of course, my area of interest, which is how pm was treated later during what happened to pm contenders during the mccarthy era, if you could comment on those two points. thank you. >> first of course, the pakaf and for pm came into existence, so by the time transform was published there was a tactic the so many people who would later be accused of being communists, that when ingersoll announced to the staff committee brought the whole staff together and said, we are going to war. this is january 1941. this is after already hinting at it from the earliest parts of the first moments the paper existed, if there was this gigantic commone