while most of the football world is looking ahead the ravens are looking back. front office staff and coaches held their state of the team meeting today dissecting what went right and what went wrong last season. joe flacco lead the team deep into the playoffs for the second straight year. they hope to see more consistency next season. >> how many quarterbacks went through the whole season with that completely consistent season? one or two. maybe they are both playing in the next game. that's what we need out of joe. that's what we are building. >> other questions surround the ravens heading into the offseason including rumors that ed reed and derrick mason are considering retirement. >>> we are between storms here. that's a good thing. you have tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night to get ready for our next winter weather event. you have time here. that's the good thing. we had almost five inches at bwi marshall last night. belair three inches. we thought a three to five inch range would be accurate. new winter storm watch already up for maryland. more on tha

colts kicker matt stover played the previous 13 seasons for the ravens. media day brought thousands of reporters indoors out of the rain to pepper the super bowl participating with questions. peyton manning the most popular. freeney the most pursued, fielding questions about an injury. meanwhile, the crew is continuing to work on painting, the weather delaying that work. >>> coverage picks up sunday at 6:00, indy a five point favorite. >>> the new york jets fine their head coach rex ryan $50,000. the hefty perfect comes three days after ryan was caught on camera making an obscene gesture at a mixed martial arts event in miami. that made the new york papers of course, that led ryan to apologize but today came the team fine. he's like to receive fines from the league as well. >>> mike canubel got the scoring started with that goal. washington beat the bruins 4-1. the 11 point streak beat the cavs record which was set 26 years ago. >>> ravens owner steve bachati with ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> dozens of stars come together in hollywood to rerecord we are the w

the power quartet of harbaugh and cast held their state of the ravens press briefing today. they answered reporters questions for 40 minutes. one thing announced before the briefing with the media was that steve bisciotti is holding the line of ravens ticket prices for 2010. in the national hockey league the capitals are on a roll. last night's 3-1 win over the bruins was the club's 11th consecutive. their longest win streak ever. they go for an even dozen tomorrow night against the rangers. for more local sports news all the time, go to press box on line.com 24 hours a day. . >>> tomorrow on good morning maryland, fighting terminal cancer, and fighting her health insurance company where one woman is turning to for help. >>> plus the new heir in baltimore city politics as one mayor leaves and one epters. the storm moving in for the weekend. all that coming up tomorrow on good morning maryland. see you in the morning. . >>> that looks ugly, wyatt. >> you know it's big storm, kelly, when it's largest than texas. >> yes. >> heavy rain moving into louisiana,ar kansas. moving tow

the ravens are trying to figure out ways to get there. each of the last two years, they have gone deep into the playoffs. but ultimate goal fell short. today in the annual state of the ravens press conference. steve bisciotti, president cass, and os ozzie and john harbaugh all looking to the future. in particular the offense. all of them admitting there needs to be an upgrade. especially passing. but the question is what to do about it. >> do we want to improve at the wide receiver position? yes. because i think that will further enhance our running game. >> i think having a play maker on the outside, will help joe flacco become a better quarterback. so those things are very in place. >> a lot of attention on joe. and you know, joe looks like the kind of guy that is ready to do what he has to do to get better. and you know, if we pushed him out of his box, a little bit this year, i think this next year, it is time for him to do the things that we know he is capable of doing. >> there is a lot of room to grow into. joe is committed to that

and kristen berset has more on today's state of the ravens. including what drove owner steve bisciotti so crazy this season. "sports unlimited" starts right now. >>

. >>> in american football, the baltimore ravens have bot lost mark carrier to rex ryan and the new york jets. he has been hired to be the defensive line coach. >>> just three days before super bowl xlii kicks off in miami, colts and saints getting ready. everyone expecting a shootout against the league's most prolific offense. they set the over under at 56.5 points. that's the highest line ever in super bowl history. the sun finally made an appearance for the team's practices today. this is the first matchup of the top teams in each conference since wonderful and dallas met in the 1993 season of the aladmiration between the colts and saints is mutual. >> they have a lot of weapons. they are extremely explosive from an offensive standpoint. you don't know who's going to get on the board. they are like us in that sense. >> when you win 13 and 2 in the post-season, there's certain things you learn to deal with and whether we're playing a lead or behind, you got stress the importance of finishing with your players and i think our guys understand that and i'm sure indianapolis does, too. >>>

. >> and a lot of kids from the baltimore ravens have benefitted from fedex's safe kids. it's a big thing. kudos for them. >> it's worked well in baltimore because, you know, people like ray lewis, ray rice, they've been nominated so many times over the years, so some of that money has absolutely gone to baltimore. q. players get nominated but the money comes and works for kids in the area. >> you got it. >> drew brees, brett favre, peyton manning, for the grounds drew peterson, adrian. >> it's great choices but all the people going online and voting, we will see which fan base is the most loyal. and it goes out there and gets it done. you know, i never forget people think like well, there is maurice jones-drew in jacksonville, but he can't win it because he comes from a small market. i don't know, just a couple years ago, that award went to fred taylor. so it is about the fans just being loyal to their players. >> i'm going to tell you how it comes from my football fan perspective. peyton manning as long as this guy is in the afc elwin 12 games a year and the ravens to g

what you can see is lock raven boulevard. that snow just started to stick a few minutes ago. you can see there is a coating of snow and ice on that road already. people are still out and about getting their last-minute supplies knowing they'll be snowed in all weekend. we are near a giant. there is also a dominoes pizza. drivers have been in and out constantly alling night long. since we have been here in the past two hours the roads have gotten pretty bad. it is as if people know there is a deadline coming, if not already here, people trying to get home. making sure they have all their last-minute supplies to stay in all weekend. a lot of people heeding the warnings of staying in. prepare for the superbowl. realize at the point you shouldn't be out at all. you should have gotten errands and food supplies in the house. wait this one out. it is getting bad here. >> thank you. >>> justin burke among those pulling double duty for the duration of the storm. he got tired of being inside so we sent him outside. he loves the snow. is that a snowball? >> reporter: i figured this woul

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how does steve bouchotte plan to operate his ravens franchise in that environment? even though we hit that finally in this deal, it's not going to hamper us that much because we have 10 guys that we don't have to worry about like he we wouldd have. i don't see it hampering our ability to do things. >> i think that this is an uncapped year. there will be real good players that are going to get cut and we have had a good success with the guys that got cut because of the cap situation that that particular team was in. i think that is going to increase our pool of players. >>> the deadline to get it done

we had earlier banding of sleet moving through, in fact around loch raven road to the east earlier, now filled in with just plain snow, as you can see, white all over the map. theres was a line between the pink as you can see around easton indicating the sleet. a lot of this area filling in where we earlier had sleet, now it turns out to be the snow moving in. we put things into motion as it moves from west to north to east. more snow is on the way, the dry air being replaced by the moisture and the snow. we have the set up that we had earlier we were talking about with the low pressure center off in the ohio valley, feeding the low. watch as this snow strengthens when it moves north. we have plenty of snow you can see it here indicated by the blue. as the low pressure center continues to move off the coast and the darkening of the blue an indication of the strengthening heading toward long island. we get on the backside of it snow and strong winds. notice the lines of equal pressure and high pressure building in. we are going to get high pressure to build in, the low pressure moving ou

ravens are looking at the roster in hopes of upgrading what is a fair team. one area of interest is receiver. every time one becomes available fans start clammering. well clammer away raventation. browns released stallworth. reinstated after a one year suspension. stallworth was officially let go yesterday. he was convicted of bwi manslaughter and served 24 days in prison. and he also gave the victim's family a financial statement. stallworth played one season for the browns after signing a seven year, $35 million contract in 2008. >> and some very good news about a former prep player of the week winner. right handed pitcher kevin jacob, profiled him in the spring of 2007. has gone on to greater things at georgia tech. now a junior. he has been named preseason all america by all america magazine. reliever for the yellow jackets. he struck out 24 batters season. 5 and 3 with a 4.69 earned run average and 22 appearances last year. >> and that's the late sports. back to you. >> round three of the storms is pushing through. under the winter storm warning un n you

former ravens quarterback kyle bomber has announced his engagement to former usa pageant con advertise tenant carry jean. >>> tomorrow on food morning maryland, round 2, slamming into the area more than 20" of snow is expected with all stops. we'll have reporters all around the region. i'm jamie costello, we'll have that story, weather and traffic tomorrow on "good morning maryland." >> closed captioning is brought to you by luna. >> now more information. with luna there's more to love with less. so, now with fios, you have facebook and twitter on your tv. amazing. let me, uh, tell my family about this. okay. "facebook on tv." watch this. [ ding ] boom. cool. boom. nice. wait for it. and... boom? boom. [ male announcer ] facebook on your tv and three times more very satisfied customers than comcast. this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> one last look at the storm out for the evening here. as you take a look at this you can see we're getting still winter weather, freezing rain in annapolis, still snow in wa

command and control and the war fighter and you'll be glad to know that they had a big task force raven'sthe front of their part of the compound here. it has been a good experience and it makes you appreciate just how much other people are doing for us. >> the governor will return to maryland tomorrow. city police are still investigating a shooting and carjacking -- carjacking in north east baltimore. it happens in the 1300's -- 1300 block of stone what road. he was rushed to johns hopkins hospital where he was listed in critical condition. a second passenger suffered cuts to the face. family and friends gathered friday to say a final goodbye to the security guard police called a hero. funeral services were held yesterday for 37 year-old james ball. he was on duty at the bank of america plaza on charles street in downtown baltimore when he tried to stop a fight. police say someone pulled a gun and opened fire. they have no leads in this case. it is super saturday in baltimore county. local health officials are preparing for a third wave of the h1n1 by offering fleet slingshot. the clinics

we were talking about the patriots-ravens game, do you remember the first half? this is what the markets felt like today. that was mean, i'm sorry, out of line. >> caller: the stock i'm calling about is microsystems, mcrs. >> you know, this is a niche play, a technology niche play. global hospitality business. i still haven't reviewed the unbelievable starwood quarter today. everyone tells me i have to. but this kind of thing is too niche for me. i'm going to send you to cisco. why? because this very morning we heard cisco say good things. it's inexpensive. why should i fool around with something that's too speculative. i'm going to go to ryan in my home state of pennsylvania. >> cramer, boo-yeah from temple university. >> where my mom and dad went. boo-yah. >> caller: what do you think about allied irish banks, aib. >> you're really rolling the dice with that one? i remember i used to own a huge percentage of that after i had been to ireland twice and felt it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. but ireland has lost all fiscal discipline. i don't think so.

. >>> they ought to take notes from ravens fans. also today, a legal bombshell. a woman identified only as jane doe, claims that michael irvan sexually assaulted him at a hollywood hotel, hollywood, florida; police are investigating and have filed no charges. >>> we have icy hot ice from a night ago. washington cap, alex ovechkin, against the rangers, including this fancy piece of work coming up. watch ovechkin. he tries the puck and scores. as the capitals win their 12th straight. they beat the rangers, 6-5. that's it for sports at 5:00, gang. but coming up at 6:00, we'll show you how the maryland terps did. they are 5-2. they beat up on florida state. >> well, they just beat florida state. i don't know about beat up on. [ laughter ] >> but we'll show you how they did in in about 50 minutes at 6:00. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news. >>> baltimore city joins the entire state in dealing with near blizzard conditions. and this, all under a brand-new mayor. i'm weijia jiang in downtown baltimore, with that story next on eyewitness news. >>> coming up on eyewitness

and loch raven. meantime, 95 northbound just a little slow from 195 to the beltway. speed sensors down to 21 miles per hour there. 22 miles an hour, the slowest spot between 83 and 95 on the top side inner loop again. that's because of that accident at perring parkway. there's a look at 95. no delays there yet. 15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more on your car insurance. visit us at geico.com. 1-800-947-auto. >>> still ahead at 4:00. children targeted, just miles from the scene of the columbine shooting. middle schoolers gunned down outside of class. the teacher that came to their rescue. >>> new clues in the search for a toddler's family. abandoned at a gas station. police tell us this video will help find her parents. >>> and breaking news. tragedy at sea world. a killer whale attacks a trainer in front of a crowd of spectators. >>> here we go again. snow in the forecast. and high winds. the updated first warning forecast coming up. >>> we have breaking news out of orlando, where we're learning that an employee. sea world had just been killed. suddenly, a wh

i don't think this is funny because i'm a ravens fan. >> this is proof that god hates the ravens. >>bviously he doesn't lik hate buffalo bills. >> 8 lot of people are talking about the conditions right there. this one is from susan. i'm kent island, snowing hard, little bit of sleet mixed in. i have resigned myself over the fact that we have no control over mother nature so there's no use of complaining. >> it's your god given right as an american taxpayer. >> this one is from oj barns. where is the yellow shovel, megan. >> she has it out there and she has been shoveling hard all morning long. >> she has the shovel and has threatened punxsutawney phil so that shovel may be busier than we think. >> loving life, loving the snow. this one is always nice to hear. you guys are funny. that is why i watch fox instead of the stuffy old baltimore news channel. >> thanks, that's a compliment. we certainly appreciate that. it makes the show more interesting. we can chat and interact with you. just go to facebook.com/fox baltimore if you want to make your opinion known. and you will probably see

>> the raven and the shadow?t we are modifying existing classes. >> do you have estimates on what is planned for srb's in 2011? how much will be spent on incentives to phase out the others? >> 400-some million, about the same level we had. >> $400 billion for fiscal year 2011. stop loss related incentives -- do you have that? i can add them up. i have them on a different paper. >> we have time for two more questions. >> i want to ask abou arh. what alternatives does the army have? is there no money anywhere for redirecting that effort? >> the alternatives you're discussing is not going to be complete until april, 2011. until then, we do not know what the solution will be in regards to requirements. i anticipate that other than the money in the program now to complete the analysis of alternatives, there will not be money in the budget for arh until the 2012 budget. >> in the back. >> my question is about relocation in japan. [unintelligible] will you appropriate for relocation in fy 2011? >> i do not know anything

still have to see doctors that i have not seen that i need go see and still need to talk to a lot of ravens> you are still on the fence then? >> yes. >> don't clap. >> oh, okay. >> still to come on geico sportsnite, will the wizard find a way to get it done? >>> and mike green returns to the capitals' line-up this evening coming off the suspension. joe b and locker offer their perspective on what that means. >>> hey, you can win three caps tickets. go to csnwashington.com. register for your chance to win. take them to tame increase yhanc exc... what grndwithan d thhy eeare loshars. mom mov wirt natiomple vigand klook pisirstsmtp smargh t up th m verizon. >>> a magnificent goal for point number 500. >> ovie became just the 9th player in nhl history to reach 500 points in his first five seasons last night. guys like gretzky, bobby, mario lemieux and, of course, the great one had 914 points through five seasons. but no shame in not measuring up to number 99 but number 8 is doing fine, okay. lets gea to the guy who is will call the game at the top of the hour, joe beninati and craig laughlin. >

jamal simmons is a principle of the raven group, jamal? reagan grew. and he has a vast expanse as both a commentator, political consultant and a pundit and i just have to take that as a good friend of mine, jamal a summary we went to graduate school together, and every time i raised my hand to make a, jamal raised his hand before he had heard what i was going to say to disagree. [laughter] >> so i'm going to abuse my position as moderator today to disagree with jamal. so what i've asked our panel is to do is to comment on the political environment, and if they have any constructive ideas as to how to improve it that will be welcome. i think that maybe above just about everybody's a great right now but perhaps will come up with some interesting ideas. so we will start with you. >> i have just a few brief comments on this. i want to respond to things that have been set in the earlier panel. something more of a political context that the way i think about the politics of the issue is really boils down to this, is the country scared enough yet to do someth

>> joel packer with the committee for education funding and also the raven group. on page 33 of the book you list specific funding request for programs if the asea is not authorized. explain that a little bit more like how official these numbers on page 33. >> so it is our hope that the reauthorization will move forward and we'll be able to allocate the funding as the budget proposes. but that list is under the current program structure of what some of our priorities would be. >> and sort of a related question. it's my understanding that title -- the administration is not proposing at this point or through the budget formula changes in title 1? >> not at this point. >> okay. and the last question, on page 5 when you're talking about programs that are essentially under safra mentions 1.2 billion over three years for graduation promise grants for high schools which i don't actually think is in the house. the administration is proposing that be in the final version. >> i think that's under consideration in the senate. >> i'm saying that's -- >> we're supporting. >> an