. >>> a boy is going to court against his mother over an account on facebook. she says that he wrote things about driving in his car at nearly 100 miles an hour so one day when he did not logoff, mom posted things on his account and then changed the password. the boy who lives with his grandmother decided to file a complaint and now his mom has been charged with harassment. she talked about it on hln's "prime news." listen. >> we had a very good relationship. we were very, very close. he told me things about himself that most parents only dream that their kids would tell them. >> when was the last time you spoke with him? >> i haven't spoken to him in probably two weeks maybe. maybe three. >> if you could speak to him right now, what would you say to your 16-year-old son that filed this complaint against you? >> i was so afraid you would ask me that i want him to know that i love him. i do care about him. i know he doesn't understand right now and i'm not doing this to hurt him in any way or, you know, make him look bad. i'm doing this because i love him. >> her

now the same center is taking on facebook. then, what vehicle is in your garage? it could be among thousands on tonight's recall list. >> the heavy rain continues this evening and actually the rains continued all the way out into the midwest. the forecast is just ahead. thundershowers over the city at bwi marshall and downtown, 53 >> you could face some traffic tomorrow if downtown baltimore is part of your committee. three lanes have been shut down for repairs. transportation officials say you should expect major congestion and delays. >> please remember to be patient, watch for the posted signs, and be mindful of the right turn right at that intersection at lombard. trucks and buses are prohibited from making that right turn. it is very tight because of the lane closures and the work we are doing. >> the lane closures are expected to last for two weeks, so be sure to wake up with 11 news today. we will have the latest traffic conditions beginning at 5:00 a.m.. the same u.s. senator challenging carry-on bag fees is now taking on facebook over privacy. senator char

log on to facebook or you can send us an e-mail at cnn.com/hln. ld the post office stop delivering mail on saturday? we'll be sharing your responses later on. >>> rescued from a sinking ship. the emotional moments these families were reunited after a brush with death. >>> earlier we asked what you think about plans by the postal service to cut delivery on saturday. we are getting lots of responses on our facebook page. here's just 1 of them from bob. bob writes, every other day should be sufficient. who really cares whether they get their bills today or tomorrow? i'd be fine with once a week. and here is what alana says, having the post office open on saturday is a necessity for some folks, but in these economic times i could live with mail five days a week to keep snail mail alive. martha, not so crazy about this considered. she writes, next stop, we deliver our own mail and still pay them! so what do you think? should the postal service get rid of saturday delivery, or is this just a denial of service to taxpayers who deserve it? log on and let u

. >>> become a fan on facebook. you'll find us on facebook at wsjr with maria. >>> now a look at the stories coming up in the week ahead that may move the markets and impact your money. earnings season rolls on with reports this week from dow companies caterpillar, dupont, 3m, exxonmobil, procter & gamble and chevron. tuesday leadership from goldman sachs appear before a senate subcommittee to discuss the fraud charges against the firm. on wednesday the federal reserve's open market committee wraps up a two-day meeting. we'll be watching for any signs that the fed plans to raise interest rates. and of course the language about the economy always key. on friday we get the first reading of the gross domestic product for 2010's first quarter. gdp is the broadest measure of the u.s. economy and typically a market mover. finally today having lunch with some of the media's most powerful ladies the new york women in communications matrix awards were presented. they honored such as tina fey, sheryl crow and gail king presen

one we're going to talk with you on our facebook page about anything you want. teresting comments on there already. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in our facebook feedback segment the we want to help you get your weekend start off right. the first two fox 45 fans to post the code word in our facebook wall will win a copy oftar on dvd. are you ready. >> yeah you are n today's code word is blockbuster. go to facebook.com/baltimore. and before i turn to meteorologist steve fertig, i bet 20 people have already gone. >>> you can't win anyway. >> i know. >> but you do need to see this movie. >> now i'm really feeling out of storts. sorts. >> and you're the movie buff. >> it didn't appeal to me. i feel the peer pressure and i'm going to have to see. the high pressure brings us a little bit of sunshine today. you mixed that up. it's friday. here is the deal, we got the high pressure for today. 5555 degree55 degrees at the bu. a couple of showers trying to move through. really it's last night the frontal boundary a cold front pushing through.

on our facebook fan page, we posted the following question.agree that the united states is a christian nation? here's what some are saying. building a wall of separation between church and state as it should be. we would love to know what you think. find the story and watch it and leave your comments on facebook. >>> pretty soon many families will be walking to a great cause. it's all a part of the and wall bands on the bay. many will be jamming on the chesapeake bay to raise money for the weber center. this morning, the doctor is here along with one of the creators of this event. good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you for joining us. i'm so excited. any time you talk about music, i'm there. tell me about the band on the bay event. >> we started the event to raise money for the center at kennedy and it's a concert and auction for four local bands, a lot of good food and beverages and we have the red skin cheer leaders coming to auction off the items and we the governor coming with his wife and they've been coming all five year, great supp

did this mom go too far by altering her son's facebook account? log on to cnn.com/hln. >>> a family who sent their adopted russian son back to that country alone is now talking to cnn. in a phone call to cnn his adopted grandmother says the russian orphanage where they adopted him seven months ago misled them about his mental stakt and other issues as well. on thursday the family put him on a plane back to russia saying he's violent and mentally unstable. the move outraged many russians and u.s. officials are now investigating. >>> a 17-year-old boy is dead and several other people wounded in what police describe as a shootout at a crowded shopping mall here. police in miskoeg gi, oklahoma, say it's not clear if the teen was involved in the shootout or was just a bystander. the mall was packed with people going to a festival. they ran when four or five shots were fired. >> people running and screaming everywhere, and, like, pulling the gates down on their stores, like pulling their signs in and saying that somebody had a gun and they were shooting and ev

on. so why hasn't facebook got it on?ed through the button for kids includes if someone online says something inappropriate, it is important for you to tell an adult you trust or report directly to us. it is vital that you stop the chat with them immediately. and their rule number one for a parent, if you understand the internet and understand what the risks are, there are a number of things you can do that will make your child safer online. facebook wouldn't give us an interview but e-mailed this statement. facebook is a leader in online safety. our experience affirms there is no single answer or silver bullet that makes the internet or facebook safer. >> bottom line, it's making sure that the information users need to keep themselves safe is there and that they know when to reach out to law enforcement and get help. >> reporter: carrie aftab is an internet safety expert and adviser to facebook. she believes facebook is doing all it can. the rest, she says, is up to us. and is, i suppose, offline. >> it's not a matter of

i know you love to get on facebook. >> mike: sure. >> how many of you guys are on facebook. he constantly tweeting. >> mike: one guy. >> jump on the internet in record time. beautiful screen. and everyone says is this the iphone killer? >> well, it's not really yet. but it's the fastest smart phone on the market it sets the bar even higher until june, or july, when the next iphone comes out and they are just six months trying to one up each other mick mike competition is big thing. announcement last week and you were one of the few people to see it the ipad. >> everyone knew this thing was coming. and all the press reports about it. so it's very difficult for a device to live up to all of this hype. but, i spent about 45 minutes playing with this thing. and i have to say it's an incredible device. and it absolutely is snappy, super fast, i'm able to browse the internet. watch movies, read books, and this is the real killer here are that all of how just bought an amazon kindle for christmas got it for christmas. this is going to make that thing look like a 1920s device. >> mi

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ali and i will put them on facebook pages, christine romans@cnn and ali velshi. to see what you're recommending and whether it's right for pup it's your own personal preference. thank you, mitch. >> thanks, christine. appreciate it. >>> all right. next, meet america's future financial experts. >> we have to look out for the dividends. >> i like checking the dow. >> my favorite stock laps to be apple. >> apple has been good to her. she's made a killing on apple. they started young at this school in chicago and learned using real money, a lot of money. $20,000 per class. $20,000 per class. the details, next. car insurance. >>> so, ali, my 4-year-old wants a new train. i said, i don't have the money right now. he said, mommy, let's go to the grocery store and buy some. >> buy money. that's a good one. >> apparently that's where he thinks money comes from. i need to work on the money question already at 4 years old. ale when did you first learn about money? >> well, i started investing at a young age. i think 11 when i bought stock, which i really liked. as you and i

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if you're on facebook and go to cnn.com or yahoo!wap. >> i assume that when you do something like that it's -- i think maybe it's because i'm somebody who has worked on campaigns and everything i say is usually somehow on the record unless i say it's not. i just assume that's going to be something that's shared and out there for everybody for the internet to see. >> the senators want to change it so that you have to opt in as opposed to find your way to opt out which is more user friendly. >> makes sense to me. >> let's move on to stories on to today. the president will spend the night in des moines. he's making several stops in his small towns. you might call this his reconnecting with middle america tour. his approval rating among rural voters has dropped from 68% right after he took office to 41% now. this is not just about iowa and 2012. cornell, the democrats know a lot of the congressional races run through small town rural america. when it comes to the banking crisis, federal spending, they're among the most i won't call them

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. >> this is the last known posting by brian bets on facebook. wow, what great weather he writes, grilling out having a cocktail and the post stopped. his body was found 24 hours later inside his silver spring home with a fatal gun shot wound. >> my parents and i just want the person caught. and we know that they are doing everything that they can. >> montgomery county police today said despite previous reports, they do not believe bets had a huge cookout that night with a lot of people at his home. they believe the gathering was much smaller. the list of people who saw him alive last, much shorter. >> have you had a chance to think about what you think might have happened that night? >> yeah, you know, i have no clue. i have no clue. i could not imagine anybody wanting to hurt him. >> investigators say someone talked to bets on the phone at 11:30 that night, but they aren't revealing that person's identity. and one week later, police have a recovered, stolen suv, and not much else to go on. next thursday would have been brian bet's 43rd birthday

facebook here. it's revolutionizing the way you surf the web. 400 million of your closest friends are already on thee. sharing statuss, sharing pictures of the kids, now a new feature allows facebook and other websites you visit interact. you can see a web that parallels your interest and associate connections as long as you're locked in on facebook. you'll be able to share your particular likes on your profile without leaving the websites. just by clicking like buttons next to musicians or news articles. facebook could gain valuable insights about millions of consumers and help it sell even more advertising. >>> he's not even in kindergarten yet but a 4-year-old boy saved his family because he jumped into action when a fire broke out. >> i was pretty violated and disgusted right away. >> a mix-up in wal-mart that's xrated. >>> let's head to new york with the latest in business news. >> reporter: good morning, in today's moneyscope report, president obama visits the heart of the nation's financial industry. the president will be in new york today making his closing argument for financial reform. he'

and it's also posted on our facebook pages as well. ln and on chuck and christi's pages as well. christi, a lot of people are saying that they're fine with it as long as you present the whole picture. >> not have a but two different sides have two different views of what the whole picture. >> don't they always? >> yes. >> that's what makes for a good debate. >>> you have ever been to smoky mountain no not the mountain range in tennessee, north carolina. we're talking about one in the philippines. apparently it ain't pretty. it's part of our look at our urban planet, and richard roth is in new york talking more about this. hi, richard. >> reporter: hello, christi. yes, we're here outside of central park. an oasis here, new york city would like to make this city more green. plant a million trees. we talked about that last hour. new york, this is sort of misleading. i mean the city isn't always so spotless and clean, in fact i don't think they even have that more garbage pails around. i think that they're worried about people leaving thing

. >>> and later, an extraordinary gift of life from one facebook friend from one to the other. >>> main round of rain overnight tonight through early tomorrow morning but by the time you're going to get up we are see a warm front shoot through and temperatures will actually rise. mild, even rather humid on sunday morning. then comes the threat for possible severe weather in the afternoon and evening hours. i've got the complete details and your full forecast coming up. oo >>> the state of arizona passed what some say is the toughest immigration law in the entire country. the new law would make it a state crime to be in the country illegally. police would also be allowed to ask anyone to prove their legal status and demand to see a driver's licence or state i.d. >> what they are giving is the tools to the law enforcement officers of arizona. the same tools that we now have given to the border agents. >> this state of ours, arizona, which we all love, has entered a very dark, shadowy period of its existence. >> that law brings forward racial profile which we fought so hard to end in this

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to join in on the discussion, e-mail us at cnn.com/hln or go to our facebook page at richelle carey/hlnmakers in nebraska have placed new restrictions on abortions. last week, they passed two new laws, including one requiring women seeking abortions to get psychological screening and another that bans abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. ryan smyth is a host for "in session" on our sister network trutv. he spoke to chuck roberts about what the laws could mean both inside and outside nebraska. >> ryan, there's two facets of this nebraska law. one would end late-term abortions and the other would require a woman seeking an abortion to have a psychological examination. will that pass muster, constitutionally? >> that's a good question. we don't know for sure yet. it depends on how it's crafted. this may disrupt a case called planned parenthood versus casey. so here you're talking about a lesser term, 20 weeks. in that sense, in order to challenge this, you have to challenge that ruling. >> and would they have to prove that a fetus would feel pain? >> that's what they have to do. and righ

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so pie friends on myspace, i see them, my friends on facebook, twitter and here is the time saving part. when you want to update your status, you can do it once and then in technology terms, push it to all after the locations. if you are right-handing a small business or you are a social person who has different networks, this is a real time saver because i hear i'm doing great on facebook but i'm falling behind on my twitter account. i used to did my space and i would like to keep doing it but i don't have time to keep up with them all. one update goes to all the places. expect it to really transform social networking. >> you can access from fry asmart phone or computer. it is one stream. hence the term being streamlining your social network. >> and it is free. >> it is free. >> would doesn't love being able to get in the kitchen, get what you want to get done. we don't have 0 minutes anymore. those should be 10 to 15-minute meals. >> you are right. you? standard seems to be settling in around 10 minutes. what is interesting about this site, kitchen daily designed to be used daily put

lots of people commenting on facebook. her's one from susan who writes, i have an adopted child and four biological kids. love them all the same but will not judge someone without all the facts. abby posted, i think the mother was right f. the child had a mental disorder or was very abusive then i think the mother has a right to return the child. i know i would do the same. mac is on the line in little rock. you say parents should be able to return an adopted child? >> caller: no, i don't believe they should be able to. >> you shouldn't be. i'm sorry. >> caller: no. the reason for that is parenting is hard. anything can pop up with a child later in life. even if the child wasn't showing anything at that time it could later on. i mean, even when he's a teenager, you know. but i believe that you should educate yourself on what it's like to be a parent. it is hard. it's not like going to walmart and purchasing something and taking it back just because it didn't fit your needs or what you thought it would do for you. >> a kid i

trend on facebook. when boston couple as fixing $45,000 in damage to their home after a mob of more than 100 teenagers showed up uninvited. this happened when the parents let their 18-year-old son home alone when they went on a trip to paris. the teenagers who were not friends with their son announced a party on line. they called themselves "the home wrecker crew." >> he was acting out on line and turning that into real-life action and that is growing exponentially. >> this is upsetting families, what this has been like. this has turned out inside out and upside down. >> police have now arrested four teenagers in this case. >>> it will be a few days and the apple ipad goes on sale. saturday is the first day for sales. some analysts are predicting that 5 million ipads will fly off the shelf this year, even with a starting price of $499. it issupposed to combine your computer, your e-mail, your books and magazines into one small package. >> it will probably be a game changer. people have been waiting for

we are on facebook and took care. get in touch. >> you do not believe in politics? >> no. >> if you are lucky, one reporter will pop up in his backyard with a selection of cardboard boxes for memos for incoming ministers. >> [inaudible] >> steve smith checks and to say what this crucial swing vote makes of it. >> our economics editor will be counting days of political promises. we have invited the leaders of the three main parties to face- to-face interviews and we will be live every friday night. if you have still not had your fill, i will be here for a saturday addition to out to the campaign. -- saturday edition throughout the campaign. >> can setting a message to music helped politicians reconnect to voters? >> if that was not enough, we are asking for it or help to sort through the pamphlets and promises of the parties. if you receive an election pamphlet that strikes you as an unusual, we want to see it. perhaps it contains something that strikes you as odd or a glaring and order. send us your leaflets. tomorrow morning's front pages are preoccupied with the an

. >> this briefing will be available later on facebook per it is also available, video and audio csis.org. for those who use itunes, this will be on the beyond campus section itunes university. my colleagues, andrew kuchins, janusz bugajski, and sharon squassoni some of the top experts in the world and they have a lot to say about things that are associated with this visit. you will find an example of our critical questions. this is sharon squassoni's critical questions on the nuclear summit. this also be at csis.com. >> thank you. it is a great pleasure to be here. thank you for joining us. i promise i will not talk about my personal over-under and tiger woods at the masters, it up this week. the replacement treaty which will be signed on thursday, but i want to be aware of overselling the importance of this agreement. it is significant for the u.s.- russia relationships and also president obama's ambitious goals for nuclear security and for the reductions in nuclear weapons. i do not want to oversell it. if we did not have this first step, both of those agendas would be severely hampere

and become a fan on facebook. >>> this week has been a very special one for me. my new book "the ten laws of enduring success" hit bookstores this past week. in writing the book, i tried to identify what makes success a life long pursuit for some and what we can learn from their journeys. i tried to look at the economic slowdown and the recession and tried to figure out how we can learn from it and survive and more importantly thrive. former general electric ceo jack welch is with me and sir martin sorrell. i want to thank you for helping me with this book. >> thank you, maria. >> congratulations, on getting the book done. it's a terrific read. >> thank you so much, jack. i appreciate it. so let me ask you. what do you attribute your great success, sglak. >> if one assumes i had success -- >> oh, come on. >> i would say self-awareness. i would say authenticity is another word for that in my view, and an ability to rally a team around a vision and drive it to success. building great teams. around authentic behaviors. >> we're going to talk more about that. but mar

. >>> it's friday and that means it's your turn to talk with us on facebook page about anything you want. let us know what is on your mind and your response could air in the facebook segment. >>> avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time, it earned billions with a b at the box office and now it could be yours. sometime this morning we will reveal our secret code word and the first 2 fox 45 fans to post the code word on our wall will win avatar on dvd. go to facebook.com/baltimore to become a fan. >>> not a b. >> no, b, billion. >> not a t. >> trillions, no. >> i want my with a g gazillions. >> it won't cost anybody a million to get them. >> it's if my hands so it may cost them something to get it from me. >>> weather wise, patrice, we're looking at a nice day because have incomplement days coming your way that may be 2 to 3 days long part of sunday, monday and tuesday. in the meantime enjoy this one of the starting mild throughout the area. 56 in washington d.c., 54 in salisbury and up in hagerstown 52, just a little bit cooler as you go further points westward garrett county as y

on facebook, denise writes. they need to learn to spend less. most americans are learning to live on less money as it is. this is a lesson they need to learn. >> just go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. you can sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore. text your answer to 45203. enter fox 45 a for yes. fox 45 b for no. and your response may air on the "late edition" at 11:00. >> for the first time the nfl draft is being held in prime time. and the first round got underway this evening. ravens have the 25th overall pick in the draft. but we understand some major changes have been taking place minutes ago. kristen berset standing by live from the ravens complex in owe bins with the latest on what just happened a few seconds ago. kristen tell us all about it. >> that's right jeff. just a few seconds ago, we thought we would be hearing who the ravens picked but actually they traded their only first round pick to the denver broncos. move up to 25 and took tim tebow out of florida. so ravens do not have a first round

it's usually on a much smaller scale until they promoted it on facebook. t a real challenge for law enforcement on duty there. at least 33 kids were taken to the hospital. property damage, as you would expect may be everywhere. >>> getting the wounded to safety no matter the risk or the cost. it is the life of an army medic. we will talk to a few of them stationed in afghanistan. >>> three months after -- actually, to the day after haiti's horrendous earthquake, survivors are heading to higher ground. the first wave of haitians relocating this past weekend from tent cities that sprang up after the january 12th trembler. officials want to get earthquake survivors out of low-lying areas and into settlement camps that are less prone to flood. the island's rainy season increases chances of disease such as diarrhea, typhoid and malaria. they race up and down the battlefield picking up wounded soldiers and getting them to help in record time. pentagon correspondent chris lawrence goes inside the army's trauma unit and tells us the extraordinary lengths they go to

the first two fans to post the code word on facebook wall, will win a prize. go to facebook.com fox baltimore to become a fan, and join the conversation. let's turn to meteorologist steve fertig. did you have any good pranks played on you. >> no. >> you know around here we have a lot of jokessters. >> theater >> that's true. as far as sounding off you do not have to object anything neg. >> you don't want to be negative. >> it should be a terrific next several days. take a look at what we have as far as the sky watch hd radar. you're not seeing a whole lot in the way of rain, that is for sure. nothing in fact, there but nothing much in the way of cloud cover, a few clouds moving through. we will start with partly cloudy to mainly clear skies. we will be talking about the outside chance. see the rain in the central part of the country, maybe overnight saturday, into early easter morning, you might see a light shower passing through. most of that will be steering to the north of us, all we will be dealing with a few more clouds out there. temperatures that will st

. >> you can play games, go on facebook, you can tweet. go on the internet and take a picture.ou can do a video and oh, yeah, you can make a phone call. >> starting october first, using one of these while driving is a secondary fence. police have to pull you over before giving these people a $40 ticket. they can use hand free devices. >> if i - because the measure is the same bill that passed the senate in march 18th it goes to the governor to sign it. as in the senate the house members tried to amend it to death. why stop with phones. >> pulling their leg law and i look over next to me and the guy - the house rejected all amendments and many bill supporters considered them trivial. the vehicle must be in motion. exempt adjusting the phone volume and to truck operators and even an amendment to exempt counties out of the bill. wbal. t.v. 11 knew. >> governor is expected to sign the bill and it will go in effect in october. legalizing medical marijuana is one step closer in maryland. a procedural rule allow pharmacies to dispense to patients that get authorize from their doctor w

on how much they will cost. but they're reaching out to people who are into social networks like facebook. >> like everyone rightow. >> pretty much. >>> coming up on this tuesday morning, extreme force by police officers, called into question, after the release of this videotaped beating. >>> and jackie kennedy's unforgettable voice, about to be heard again, more than 15 years after her death. [ female announcer ] grass stains, believe it or not, i have missed you. pollen in the air kept hunter cooped up itching his eyes and sneezing. but now i found zyrtec®. it's #1 allergist recommended. with children's zyrtec® he can get 24-hour allergy relief indoors and outdoors. ♪ now he can run wild... with the rest of the pack. with children's zyrtec®, he can love the air®. [ male announcer ] this week only save up to $12 on zyrtec® products at zyrtectv.com and in sunday's paper. >>> unusually strong storms dumped hail in southern california. flood advisories were issued for wildfire burn areas. but there were no serious problems. >>> as that system moves east, there will be snow and ice on i-15, from montana to ut today

you have found that when it comes to straight on social networking platforms like facebook, like myspace, et cetera, the biggest category of usage is men looking at women they don't know. >> that's correct. and, actually, when you look at what happens on twitter, it's actually the opposite. there is -- on twitter you mainly see men following men and not so much women. and women also following men. >> so there are the equivalent amount, equal numbers of men and women on twitter. yet men are far more likely to be followed hands down compared to women. >> that's correct. in many ways, it's not surprising. these sites are not disjoined from the offline world. they're very closely connected. you can very easily see how these results mirror what happens in the offline world. >> what do women do on things like facebook and twitter? >> women look at other women, mostly, on social networks. that's typical. >> what does that mean for businesses and advertisers? >> what it means is that, again, if -- what we need to understand is that basically people on these sites are trying to do two things. eit

jessica writes on facebook tonight. if it was anyone else they would be arrested and charged so why not the police officers? they are not different from us. nor are they above the law. >> just go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. sound off through facebook. send us a tweet @foxbaltimore. text your answer to 45203. enter fox 45 a for yes. fox 45 b for no. your response may air tonight in the next half hour. >> meantime, baltimore city police are looking for one of two people that carjacked a police officer from washington, d.c. last night. on harford road at 11:30. 18-year-old and a man took the officer's car at gunpoint. police found the car and arrested moody, they are still looking for the man at this hour. >> public works crews are working on a watermain break near the harvard tunnel. 20-inch pipe along keith avenue broke. water was shut off quickly. no word on what caused the watermain break. and late word at this hour, keith avenue has been reopened. >> the city breaks ties with a tax flooded communit

and we put this question on facebook and a loot of interesting responses. no one seems to belief this joel. >> reporter: hard to belief but they say it could happen. i took the polar bear plunge last year. i have been called very brave when it comes to wear. take a look at the water, i don't think i can get in there anytime soon. it's hard to imagine that. the group called the water partnership say it's been done and they can do it here. a 10 year plan to clean up the harbor. how? one the ideas is to create floating wetlands that will help filter the poluted water, reoxygen iced it and pull it out. the big obstacle to achieving all of this is money as usual. the clean up could end up costing hundreds of millions of dollars at a time when the city is facing a huge deficit. we went to the inner harbor and started people what d asking peo you think of this water. >> it's fine. >> it is really bad. it has high bacterial count that is off the gage of what is acceptable. so it is very, bad. it's a public health issue. >> reporter: the challenge is money through al

. >> bill: in another controversy, a marine on facebook is in trouble. >> he created this armed forces party patriots. he likes what the tea party stands for. he was going to go on another network and talk about the group and the controversy surrounding the facebook page. the military called the man, you might want to refresh yourself with the department of defense. >> bill: they didn't want him on television. >> he didn't go that far. he abandoned the facebook page and interview. >> bill: aclu says, you do have a right to political appoint your own time and can say it. >> you are right. the department of defense is really restrictive. you can't participate in any part of the debates whatsoever. even if you are not wearing your uniform. that would stop servicemen debating the next presidential election. this is in the department of defense directive. it sets forth what they can and cannot do. you can't in your uniform stand up at a rally and say, vote for barack obama or vote for john mccain because they don't want think u.s. military is going to do something if they don't say the righ