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speaking with reporters this weekend at the nfl combine, ravens coach john harbaugh admits that the ravenseen watching tape of to and that the team is interested in to calling him a good guy and a good player. the report is overblown as best and harbaugh was perhaps over enthusisticly. the coming days will tell. >>> the orioles, the first stage of spring training is coming to an end. this week they will begin an exhibition play. the talent level is rising and so are the expectations. they had a 64-98 record in 2009 for the 12th straight losing season. there's hope that this year it will be number 13 and they can break that spree. it's time for the new talent to start to perform. >> i think a lot of fans thought we made progress from 2008 to 2009 even though the number of wins diminished over that time. we introduced a lot of quality young players and i haven't made -- due to the fact that i would like to see us make more collective progress and wi how about over here? hmm... let's go back to the left. uh... waffling is back at dunkin' donuts with the return of the waffle breakfast sandwich

as the ravens prepare for the drafts they're looking to get better at every position.quarterback is no exepg. theexception.they have come up l way to workout joe flacco. they took flacco out to usc where he worked with a baseball pitching coach. they focused on the throwing motion with special attention paid to muscles surrounding the shoulder. he is no novice to the this kind of training. yesterday we reported that the ravens is getting i patient with left tackle jarod gaither. an unrestricted ful free agent. meaning that anyone who signs him will have to give the ravens a first round draft pick. gaither wants a deal and his absence was a protest. protest over. on wednesday, gaither said he will join the workouts on monday. >>> to florida, the orioles continue to play in a grapefruit league, brian matt tis to face the hot hitting st. louis cardinals. orioles up 2-0. he shoots one in the right field corner off of brian ma dis and right behind him is jason larue, the game is tied at 2 on the 2 run double. on the bottom of the 2, felipe lopez sent another one off of matm

corey redding is now a raven, once considered the top insnide the forced him to spin a couple of weeks o in the free agent marking, they don't have any other homes remaining in the starting line up announced o tennessee nick the draft. >> fan out he was going into the hall of fame because he was thinking about elrod, and thought about manager and -- great pitching here at the orioles and rabbit is going in the hall of fail, joining the late johnny, ray grew up and raised five 20 game winners, with the or goal. >> >> when you say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. >>> starbucks will foot the bill. if you buy a drink you get a baked good at in additional charge. you have to print out a coupon online or put it on your cell phone and show it. this end at 10:30. head to witness2news.com, and you can at the time a free coupon. >>> i don't know how long the line is going to be. >> dozens of neighborhood starbuck's just down the street. we have a descent sturt the day sun arias and smaller hail this afternoon, 57. near 40, 66 tomorrow, sunshine, that's a nice return with 65 on th

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the ravens were one of the teams that voted no to the change. i'm gerry sandusky. hope your day is off to a fantastic start. >> an autistic teenager from the chicago area has pulled off a feat correctly predicting every winner in the n.c.a.a. tournament. one website predicts the odds at about one in 30 million. he picked perdue to win the tournament. coming action the next half-hour of 11 news today. >> light rail service is not back to normal following the train crash in had ballet. coming up what commuters will have to do today. >> it is going to be a bidder will day today.

it happened just after 8:00 at loch raven boulevard and lochwood road. a bus carrying four special needs students hit a car carrying an adult and 3 kids. everyone was taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions tonight. >> reaction now to a transition team report that finds waste in city government. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake who took office last month, asked the committee to meet with department heads, and then report back to her with any recommendations. keith daniels is live at city hall with word from the mayor tonight. keith? >>well, jeff the report gives many examples of waste, and mismanagement, including the housing department, and its management, of head start. and then there is the issue of trash and vacant homes. >> it was boarded up, figured nobody lived there. >> ramona ross lived on milton avenue. and as seen, on so many other city blocks. >> one, two, three. >> her neighborhood is plagued with empty homes. creating a disensen five investment said city officials and unsafe environment say the people that live next door to empty h

. >>> ravens quarterback joe flacco was out in california earlier this month but he wasn't catching rayswait until you hear what he was doing next in sports. >>> warm and mild for

the attacks took place just after 10:00 last night in the 8100 block of locke raven boulevard. there is no word on the suspect. another delay in the trial of twin brothers accused of setting fire to a pit bull. they were supposed to go on trial today. their father who is also charged decided to have a judge decide his fate. prosecutors will wait until his trial concludes before going after the brothers. the police say they have so the rape case for nearly rigid from nearly seven years ago using dna. the 31-year-old faces charges of first-degree rape in the attack of the 13 year-old girl. the victim was walking home on july 2 of 2003 when she was attacked. dna recently linked bellamy to that crime. >> charges are pending against the driver of a tractor-trailer that collided with a train yesterday. investigators say 53-year-old mark caused the crash when he drove into the train's path. the driver remains hospitalized with serious injuries. the tracts warning signal devices were properly working at the time of the crash. to see how the accident affected the schedule, and go to wba

that will be followed by a visit to the ravens in week 2. 5th time in six years that a geographic rivalwill scare off in the preseason. first road trip will be week 3 when they visit the meadowlands to take on the jets and they wrap it up with a trip to phoenix to take on the cardinals. exact dates and start times for the preseason games are expected to be announced in the next couple of weeks. nats and cardinals from jupiter florida. monday's opener. willey harris, oh, my goodness. he overran. that is a problem. harris stayed in the game even though he got hurt. two runs scored. harris bruised an ego. guzman may not be the starting short stop but he is in the line up. his bat is hot. double off the wall that scored harris. nats had 15 hits. >>> last night at verizon center another high scoring loss for the capitals. washington gave up five goals in a 5-4 overtime defeat to the senators. caps have dropped three straight games which prompted the coach to be asked if this season was reminding him of last season when washington finished the regular deal by dropping four of the last ten gam

. >>> coming up could the ravens be interested in newly available receiver terrell owens?ear what coach john harbaugh has to say. >> reporter: and testimony continues this morning in the murder trial for three cult members. i'm megan gilliland. the graphic details revealed on the stand.. >> reporter: he is credited with taking the schools to brand new >>> welcome back to fox 45 early edition 5:28 is the time. i'm pa fris harris. -- patrice harris. let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and see what we can expect.

meantime, little raven wyatt is slowly recovering. she had been in a coma for sometime, amazing back in school and physical therapy. her injury has inspired a call to action against violence across the city. megan gilliland, fox 45 early edition. >>> a robber armed with a gun breaks into a home but he was met by a homeowner with a gun of his own. before the suspected robber could get out of the home he was confronted by wasn't the residents who grabbed his own gun and shot the suspect dead. neighbors in this quiet area are defending the resident's actions. >> i'm not saying he is deserving. but you break into the home. it's terrible. you got to do what you got to do. >> that's the way everybody grew up around here. you protect your own. >> police aren't releasing the name of either men involved. they say it's unclear why that home was targeted. the homeowner is a tow truck operator and runs the business from the home. >>> a man who was the victim of a robbery attempted last week is found shot to dead in his home three days later. poli

you can't exactly say the ravens are sitting around waiting for the graft. thedraft.moved yesterday to a address another need. he spent six years in detroit making a 3rd round pick in 2003. gerard edwards signed with buffalo last week. redding had two tackles last season. to sarasota where the orioles had the day off yesterday, their only day off of the spring. they take on the florida march s in jupiter. there's a chance that the second base man could see the first action of the spring this week. he felt no pain if his back. and the manager was encouraged and making plans to have roberts make his debut later this week. >>> form manager, and miller served as pitching coach from '78 to '85 when he left to manage the minnesota twins. he returned to baltimore as pitching coach and took over as manager for two seasons. oats served as a coach before being elevated to manager when robertson was fired. his record is the 5th best winning percentage in club history. he died of a tumor in 2005 -- of a brain tumor in 2005. >>> while six teams will continue to chase the champions

followed by the ravens at home with the jets and the cardinals on the road. kind of a long trip.o set a new standard. if they lose at new orleans, they will go 0 for march and record the first winless march in the history. the losing streak as you well know is that 16 games. when they took them for the final four, many believed including me that he deserves a life-long contract. he seems to be getting that. a little bit at the time. extending that through 2016. he's lead them for 12 straight winning seasons and perhaps the greatest cinderella story in modern sports. >>> jd martin was one of three candidates to be the national's fifth starter as the spring training draws to a close. when they handed him a bus ticket today to syracuse, he kind of knew he was out of the running. scott olsen and garrett mock are the last two pitchers standing for that job. not on jupiter. john lannon in his last start. looking pretty good. just two unearned runs for him. getting some help from that man, christian guzman trying to play his way back into the starting lineup. rbi triple there. he starte

meet raven. she was born with hiv. >> how did i contract it? my mom gave it to me through breast milk, well my father gave it to my mother and my mother gave it to me through breast milk and um, you know my mom at that point in time, she didn't know that, you know, she had it. >> i found i was hiv positive and then i didn't have friends anymore, people didn't know how to treat me. people didn't know how to act towards me. i had to eat lunch by myself everyday. i had to walk to class everyday by myself. >> some people think that you can catch hiv by you know, the sharing of a cup or a hand shake, or a door knob, or a toilet seat. none of those things are true. you cannot catch hiv through any of those methods. >> the good news, the disease can be avoided. abstinence, or not having sex, is one way to protect yourself from getting hiv. but just waiting until you're older isn't enough. even adults are warned to take steps for what's called "safe sex." >> my name is marvelyn brown and i am hiv positive. >> in addition to writing her autobiography, m

the two ravens are closed. the metro rail is reporting normal service.e will take you live to a picture. 270 traffic is beautiful. the traffic closest to the screen is southbound out of frederick. 66 is building in we are good inside the beltway bandit 95 degrees i the beltway. 95 in virginia. >> not a bad start to our day. it noticed the wind. it discussed the outside. --notiec the wind. it is gusty outside. to mron you will not feel the wind at all. notice the wind gusts. it is well into the 30s. 46 in leesburg. honeyytown at 47. it to 4 degrees for the afternoon high. -- 54 degrees for the afternoon high. the total sunshine is very comfortable. it to be noticeably warmer than what we had yesterday. 57 degrees for the high temperature yesterday. it will be gusting to 35 miles an hour at times. same story tomorrow. partly cloudy tomorrow. the wind will die down. i think it will be in the upper- 30's. it will be noticeably cooler when he stepped out tomorrow morning. by tomorrow evening, you may need to the umbrella. there is a little bit of sunshine. it

. >> reporter: we are in lock raven. one gentlemen who is not angry about it. glad that it patsed. >> i provided that my tax dollars go toward health care for all. i think health care is a right. >> reporter: do you have health insurance? >> yes, with my employer. >> reporter: do you know anyone that doesn't? >> i know people that work and they don't and think should have it, they end up paying a lot of money when they have health problems. >> reporter: is that the main reason you support it? you don't think people who get sick shouldn't be able to get premium care? >> exactly. everybody deserves health insurance. >> reporter: what do you think about the fact that no republican supported this? democrats pushed it through. there is alot of debate about the huge price tag it's going to cost a lot of money. what are your thoughts on that? >> they have their own constituents and obviously, their constituents are the people that don't want to pass it, that think they will be paying too much into it. >> reporter: at a person who hats seen folks who don't have health

the raven. >> sounds good. >> very nice. >> yeah, yeah, nice, huh? >> all right.eeling a little badder about march now. cheers. >>> and for more on this battle of brews check out washingtonpost.com/food and places to go out and enjoy beers. check out nbcwashington.com/aroundtown. i needed one of those after my gators hit the dust so early in march madness. >> you're feeling better about march? >> yes. >> and so will we as we get more sun, veronica? >> that's right, we're all going to be feel better because it's going to be mostly dry and even a few degrees higher than what we were today, 65 degrees. as far as the skies go, we've got clouds overnight. clear to mostly cleesh lly clea clouds will be returning. sun sets at 7:24, we've got a perfect triangle in the night sky with mars. it's waxing, nearly full. look sout high up into the sky, after sunset. 48 to 49 degrees early tomorrow morning. clouds will be here. 47 to 52 there. upper marlboro. your high temperature in 70. only in the 50s on friday, as the rain moves out about midday and back to sunshine for saturd

because we did so well, they're talking about bringing the ravens. >> you can expect another game, we're trying to work on the promoter areas. we're going to come in this year. we'll get another few teams to come in this year. it's great for baltimore. >> absolutely. and of course, jonathan comes from south africa. that's where the world cup's going to be in 77 days. who's counting, right? >> i'm counting. >> what's it like for your country? >> i think it's massive. it's going to be such a boost. obviously if you've seen invictus, they're trying to portray the same kind of impact it'll have for the country. >> i was asking kevin, is it better to get an olympics or world cup? >> i'm a soccer guy, i'll say world cup. it's always spread out across the country. they don't allow to play just one stadium. it's great for our countries, but world cup enhances the economy multiple states across the country. >> let's just concentrate on the game. monday night, right here. your fabulous first mariner bank arena. let's put it up on the board. that'll be game number two. that's where we clinch, right

. >> reporter: good morning, this is tyler, we are here at the 7- 11 at lock raven, you do have health insurance, but you don't have dental. you hope this bill will extend coverage and make it better? >> it's to help everybody out. that's the whole plan, right? that's how i see it. >> reporter: are you happy with the coverage you have, now? >> i would say so, yeah. i haven't had any problems with it. >> reporter: but have you people in your family who don't have health insurance. what has it been like for them? >> caused problems. when there is a type of sickness, for the most part, it's dealt with. >> reporter: right, your sister doesn't have health insurance, you were telling me. are there times she wishes she could go to the doctor, but she doesn't because of no health insurance. >> yes. she had to get her tonsils removed. >> reporter: that's got to cost a lot of money, when are you paying out of pocket? >> that's for sure. >> reporter: are you glad that lawmakers passed the bill? >> yes, it's good for everybody, really. helps everybody out. >> reporter: thanks, tyler, thanks so muc

. >> ravens qb joe flacco had a unorthodox way of preparing 'cause you've got options like creamy ranche not gonna be needing that. - she's right. - i told you. ♪ ba da ba ba ba shop on her own. so here's your moment of truth, mom. which 3g network would you trust to run apps like family locator, when it matters most ? when you want your 3g network to work, you want verizon. upgrade your family now and get an lg env touch. or get this samsung alias for just $29.99. plus add a line for just 9.99. but hurry - offer ends march 31st ! families can connect for less at verizon. but hurry - offer ends march 31st ! >> seven-day forecast looks decent for tomorrow. temperature wise. back to 65 degrees. but the clouds move in quickly. a shower will start to get closer as we move into the evening hours. looking at the rain building if from the west. rain friday. 59 degrees. gets out of here quickly. so saturday and sunday

familiar to fans here because the ravens were the first team ever featured on that show when it debutedn 2001. marvin louis's cincinnati bengals were on last year. now ready for hbo. >> good. >>> thank you, mark. >>> we'll ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

adaptation of michael lewis' book, michael is now starting on the offensive line for the baltimore ravensit's a nice story. lord knows sandra bullock, i think everybody is on her side right now. should be the happiest time of her life and she could use some good press. i gave it a "b." i think it's certainly worth seeing. her performance is wonderful. i think people who didn't see it, it's certainly worthy of seeing. >> if i recall properly, fantastic mr. fox, you like this one a lot, too, yes? george clooney? >> george clooney voices it. meryl streep voices it. directed by wes anderson. uses stop motion animation, technique made famous by the great ray harryhousen who last time it was for "clash of the titans" which is being remade and premiers next week. i like this a lot. it's a delightful film. i gave eight "b," too. i think it's worth we soing. >> george clooney, he's so busy. the other film that he was in, "the men who stare at goats." >> yeah, you know, the "men who stare at goats," clooney is good at it. there's a wonderful actor steven lange in it is also in "avatar." but when sa

you saw the video of the raven drawn the most widely used you can build your own version $41,000. so that means we have a flattening effect when it comes to war if not just the big boys can utilize the best technologies of the scandal and interesting directions one of the stories is of a group of college students that wanted to do something about genocide in darfur they held a fund-raiser and raised half a million dollars. upon which the college kids injured into negotiations with a private military company for the rental of a set of drums it would deploy to sudan how the negotiations with the private military company out of their dorm room. they have been between estate and a nine states actor by both sides flew drones against each other. hezbollah may not have a former military but still flew four drones back in israel but to have the trend what does that mean for the realm of terrorism? there is to ripple effects. line is that it reinforces the power of small groups and individuals against the states. new-line is a scientist for the pentagon if you gave me $50,000 i could shut

it occurred about 10:15 at a shopping center at loch raven boulevard.ictim is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. no word on a suspect. >>> after getting a few hints about it over the last few days, we now see how drastic cuts to the baltimore city budget are to date what is officially presented we're told that at $2.2 billion spending plan plans to close the budget gap without raising property taxes. it includes merging city agencies, eliminating positions, possibly requiring nonprofit institutions and hospitals and schools to contribute more taxes. it aims to close the $120 million deficit. >>> the city will not be paying extra money to pat the mayor's salary. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake, city council president jack young, and the comptroller are slated to give back the raises they were going to receive this year. city council members are receiving a $1,400-a-year salary increase, but it is not known if any of them plan to return their races. >> the weather should be quiet this morning. we will make it to the 60's this afternoon. a lit

we were in the store, the art store at halloween -- dance and art store at lock raven plaza and i was on doctor -- dresses and she was there. well, you're a blond bomb shell. there . >> well, i do need to wax. well, those dresses are nicer. come on out. >> 5902 york road. >>> pack up the pup and get ready to head outside. how you can get the most from yourur,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we're here with the spca and great out door tips and this is another character that lives up to his name. this is rascal. it's the perfect name for him, he's a beagle mix, we think, up for adoption today. isn't he cute? >> he's the only one like him. no litter mates. >> we took him from the city shelter, he's a lot of fun and he's up for adoption today. he has a lot of energy and it's nice that you can timely get outside with your pets and the weather's good. and i found fun things at dogma. >> yeah, mount washington and canton and great durable toys outside. you can wash them up and planet dog is one of the products. we have a fun football here. we have a football toy for your dog and frisbys are a lot of fun

the ravens logo put up during the play offs. man, isn't that a good omen or what.es are getting. en the spring is continuing to bloom and sunny skies and fair weather clouds and breezy, 68 degrees is the high and a fine day. we'll send it to sharon gibala. hi, sharon. >>> hi, marty, it's not bad on the beltways, either. we have an accident on 95 at 395 past 95 on the right shoulder and another accident in white haul and watch for that in vernon road and debris in the road there. and otherwise, 95 southbound, 9 minutes and there's a few looks at your drive times and speeds. topside is the worse and there's the delay. this is brought to you by toyota. there's been a lot of people wondering about the recalls, to get the facts and the latest information, go to toyota.com. >> and there's a political rematch for bob ehrlich and governor o'malley. >> reporter: bob ehrlich made the announcement yesterday. >> it will be the beginning of the two or three day tour and obviously, running for governor again. >> reporter: he was unseated by o'malley in 2006, he says this may loo

outer loop lanes are going to be to be clogged all the way down toward loch raven boulevard.fine toward 95. 95 is a bit sluggish through the whitemarsh region and the delays do loosen up at the 895 merge. farther down on 95, checking in at 395, let's show you that area near the sky rams, look at that, the traffic is flowing freely on the northbound lanes and southbound toward the beltway. on 95, traveling near the airport at 195, let's check in on that region for you. here it is a bit busy but no delays to talk about the northbound and southbound stretch. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. >>> thank you, candace. still ahead governor opall o'may goes to iraq while the general assembly is in session. now some people are criticizing that move. we want to know >>> former governor bob ehrlich criticized governor martin martn o'malley for taking a trip to iraq. ehrlich says he never so should gone during the legislative session. that is the question of the day, should governor o'malley should have take ebb the tri taken thee legislative session. our f

a time we are already projected next year to spend $1.60 trillion more than we would take on an ravenous. so, the congress would be forced to set priorities that they don't and have not done, regardless of who has been president and who is in control of congress. the priorities that need to be set have not been set. members of congress say -- we will do it all, and then they will kick the can down the road. but that can is being kicked at our children and grandchildren. host: the iraq war began in 2003. 800 or $900 billion later, how would that have been funded? guest: well, the amendment allows for an exception in time of war and an exception when there is a super majority vote, a 60% vote in time of national emergency. so, the issue there would be was there a time of war since there was no declaration? i would argue there would have had to of been a declaration of war in those circumstances -- would have had to have been a declaration of war. and but downturn last year, but congress could have voted -- and the downturn last year, and the congress could have voted, that is one year the

a time we are already projected next year to spend $1.60 trillion more than we would take on an ravenous. so, the congress would be forced to set priorities that they don't and have not done, regardless of who has been president and who is in control of congress. the priorities that need to be set have not been set. members of congress say -- we will do it all, and then they will kick the can down the road. but that can is being kicked at our children and grandchildren. host: the iraq war began in 2003. 800 or $900 billion later, how would that have been funded? guest: well, the amendment allows for an exception in time of war and an exception when there is a super majority vote, a 60% vote in time of national emergency. so, the issue there would be was there a time of war since there was no declaration? i would argue there would have had to of been a declaration of war in those circumstances -- would have had to have been a declaration of war. and but downturn last year, but congress could have voted -- and the downturn last year, and the congress could have voted, that is one year the