of mayor stephanie rawlings blake. >> at least one city has a policy that governs the use of their stadiums skybox. why no such policy here? jayne miller is live in the newsroom with more. >> the mayor suggests she is only doing what other cities do. philadelphia put in place strict rules. and she defended her years of the city skybox, mayor stephanie rawlings blake acknowledged there are few rules of knowledge in the tickets. most tickets the passed ball season went to the mayor's family, political friends, supporters, and staff. even her campaign officials and public fundraiser were included. >> i'm sure you would like to think there is a deep philosophy, but there is no guiding principle. >> in philadelphia, they use specific roles. a spokesperson said too many of the tickets under a previous marriage going to political friends and and fighters. the policy spells out who goes where. >> two to city council coming two to employees, the rest and nonprofit organizations. no tickets can go to city contractors and their ticket can be used for political fund- raising. it also requires public di

now in the state of the city, rawlings-blake is proposing the largest property tax drop in decades. but the mayor's looking for ways to increase the revenue stream. she wants a three cent increase to the city's bottle tax and the money goes to improve city schools. >>> >> i am truly embarrassed by the physical conditions of some of our schools. our kids deserve better. as a mother, be a as -- and as mayor of the city, i am not going to stand by and do nothing about it. >> we will learn more about the mayor's proposal when she releases her budget expected in the next few weeks. >>> news time 5:35. news around the neighbors tv anchor in denver needed 70 stitches after an 85 pound dog bit her face during a live broadcast. kyle dyer wrote she can't talk because her mouth is stitchedshut and so blood can circulate in her lips again. she was injured on wednesday while doing an on-air seg men with the dog's owner and firefighter who rescued the dog from an icy pond the day before. >>> a bus driver in north carolina was honored for helping students escape as the bus caught on fire. kid and

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mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says there is no governing policy about its use, but kim dacey takes a look at one stadium that has a policy. >> as she defended her use of the city sky box at m&t stadium this year, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said there are few rules governing the use of the box. the guest list shows most sky box tickets went to the mayor's family, political friends and supporters, and staff. even her campaign officials and professional fund raisers were included. >> i'm sure you would like to think there is some deep philosophy that goes behind it. no, there is no guiding principle. >> that is not the case in philadelphia. that city uses city rules about its public boxes. nutter put them in effect because too many of the tickets under a previous mayor were going to political friends and insiders. the philadelphia policy spells out how many tickets go to whom. for football, six go to the mayor, two to city council, two to city employees. the rest to nonprofit organizations for special recognition. no tickets can go to city contractors and no tickets can be used for

. >>> baltimore's mayor stephanie rawlings-blake wants to double the beverage tax. we will look at what it means for you. >>> all those stories ahead tuesday morning thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson the let's say hello, to meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. >> we are looking at a terrific tuesday because we have more of it on tap it will be cooler as the highs come in near 52. the rain will push in as we go into tomorrow. and then we will see another warming trend and feel the warming trend as well. so temperatures this morning not so bad. the temperatures are above average. we should be at 29 degrees for this time of the year. and that cold front finally starting to work in we are looking at 34 degrees into woodbine and baltimore that temperature coming in at 49 degrees. it is a little breezy this morning. the wind out of the northwest so making it feel like 41 but still that is well above average. as we go through the remainder of today, not so bad in terms of the weather because once again we will be above average. th

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. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-plate delivered her third state of the city address today. she wants to grow baltimore by 10,000 families in the next 10 years. carey kavanagh is live it city hall with more on today's address. >> stephanie rawlings'-blake placed a heavy emphasis on the goal of growing the city by 10,000 families over the next decade. she believes that people will move here if they can count on good schools, a feeling of safety and a reasonable commute to work too well paying jobs. to that extent, the mayor wants to extend the free bus service. she says connecting emerging neighborhoods to downtown jobs is key. >> today i am proposing that we extend the purple line of the circulator up to 33rd street, connecting 10 stations with johns hopkins and the charles north community, serving as a catalyst for future growth. >> tonight at 11:00, we will have more on her take on crime, taxes and the embarrassing state of baltimore city schools. >> thank you. today president obama unveiled his budget for fiscal 2013. it calls for nearly $4 trillion in cuts over the next

. >> if mayor stephanie rawlings- blake has her way, you'll be paying more for sodic in baltimore. she wants to raise the bottle tax. kim dacey has more. >> the new bill was introduced last night and then there were rallies in support of and in opposition to this new proposal. folks in the beverage industry gathered to voice disdain about the proposed bottle tax hike. they say the tax is hurting their business. the mayor wants to raise the tax from 2 cents to 5 cents and make the tax per minute. she wants to improve the city's schools and is willing to look at other revenue streams. >> we sat down and we talked to the industry about alternatives. i have not gotten any -- >> cui recognize that the mayor and the city council have serious problems to solve regarding our city schools. in unfair tax on beverages is not the way to resolve this issue. >> there's no timeline on when the city council will take a final vote on this measure. it appears the mayor has enough votes to make a pass. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it appears maryland educators want to drop the no child left behind

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. >>> stephanie rawlings blake will deliver the third state of the city address. follow the remarks on twitter at mayor, srb. speaking to the council chamber at city hall. the remarks begin at 2:30. >>> mayor expected to finalize agreement with operator of the grand prix this week. in a statement friday , the mayor said the city would announce turns of a five year deal on wednesday. rawlings blake has not said who the city is negotiating with to operate the racing festival. they terminated contract with racing development after they failed the pay 1.5 million dollars they ode to the city. >>> time for ravens news, and the kicker says teammates helped him putting in everything in perspective. he accepted an alumni award in des moines. teammates support has been impressive. let's talk about the weather. we have been talking about the temperatures and the windchill, it feels like we are in the teens, you've heard me talk about the dew points or measure of the moisture in the air, or in the teens this morning. a big factor in the weather. we are going to be plenty of

baltimore mayor mayor rawlings- blake will give us a speech tomorrow. >> mcnamara is expected to talkorrow at around 2:30 in the afternoon. she expected to outline her other plans to improve baltimore. when mayor rawlings-blake delivers her third state of the city address, she will outline her plans to improve education and public safety as well as her goals to make a progress strong record >> i think they are equally important because they all fit in as components of what she announced early in her term would be the major focus of her administration which was to attract 10,000 new families to baltimore. >> political analysts say the increase could help the city make up for the approximately 30,000 people left between the previous two census report. >> crime statistics have dropped compared to previous years. but a spokesman says that she was to build on the numbers and will unveil their idea to make city streets safer. she is expected talk about her plans to cut the cities property tax from $2.26 to $2.20 by the year 2020. it is a realistic goal, but it still puts the city at a much

rawlings blake has not said who the city will be nee negotiating with. they failed to pay 1.5 million dollars it owed to the city. >>> breaking news, pittsburgh area, live pictures of the fire at the mystic mountain ski lodge. investigators say a worker in side the lodge made the first call around 8:00 last night, that fire is still burning. at the peak, 150 firefighters on the scene as well as pennsylvania state police and medics, one firefighter was treated for smoke inhalation, no word on the cause. >>> hollywood video maybe closed but can they still collect their overdue fees. >> why the better business burreau says before you write the check, make sure you owe them money. >>> welcome back. they went out of business months ago but the late fees from movies rentedded from hollywood, they are coming in. joce sterman has more on the letters that may end up in your mailbox. >> no happy ending for hollywood video, they filed for bankruptcy two years ago but efforts to collect debt live on, thanks to late fees they are allowed to collect. >> these were fee

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mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to ride it to 5 cents and make it permanent. the bill will be introduced tonight. lowell. >> people in support of this new bill were rallying here at the state house, or rather city hall. earlier today, and number of people were rallying against it in the beverage and grocery industry saying it would kill jobs. it will be introduced at city hall tonight. it is like deja vu all over again. >> this is real to us. this is not something that we're trying to exaggerate in any way, shape, or form. >> like they did a few years ago, they are gathering of of bellaire road to voice their disdain about the mayor's proposed hike in the bottle tax. >> this tax is having a devastating impact. lost sales been reduced hours meaning less jobs for hard- working men and women in baltimore. >> as part of the better schools initiative, she wants to collect $23 million to secure more than $300 million in bonds for city schools. she plans to do it by raising the bottle tax from two cents to 5 while making the tax permanent. >> we sat down and spoke to

. >>> stephanie rawlings blake announced a plan to manage the baltimore grand prix race. after a public review, the final contract is now up for vote and happening today. sherrie johnson joins us here to explain what this means. >> a few changes to make things a little bit better. racing is headed back to baltimore for a second year w a few minor management changes. the city's board of estimates is expected to approve a 5- year contract with new promoter down force racing. the 2011 baltimore grand prix, was a success, but had bad management. it brought in $47 million for the economy. and the former grand prix promoter, baltimore racing development was the center for lawsuits for not paying the bills. the contract has safeguards in place to protect the city from losing money. the city can inspect financial records at any time to check out the group's debt. the contract calls for keeping the races finances private but race organizers say city hall could choose to reveal the information. down force racing will hold events if baltimore on labor day weekend, 2012 through 2016.

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mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and her two appointees on the board voteed in favor. while young and pratt opposed the deal, citing financial concerns. young also said the city should focus on more important issues, such as improving youth recreation. >> the city fired after accumulating $12 million in debt. >>> maryland senators the wait until tomorrow to take up the legislation. opponents of the measure idea the delay to prepare their amendments and arguments. the house of delegates narrowly passed that bill friday. >>> 60-degree weather in february. right now, we're enjoying temperatures normally experienced during spring. but we're also tracking some rain headed our way. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk are updating our conditions. bob? >> all right. let's take a look. you can see some clouds out there. take a look at radar. there's a little batch of shower activity. far western maryland. but to the west of us, there is more activity. looks like a better chance of shower activity literally later tomorrow night, into friday morning. as another fronts and

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will promote the clean community competition and will announce cash prizes to the winning community association. >>> and spring training begins for major league baseball which means the o's will be back in action. games get underway march a 5th and they will play the rays and pirates. >>> the company that controls the empire state building is filed to hold an initial public offering for the 81-year-old skyscraper. it would allow people to invest in the property. they estimate the building to be valued at 2 1/2 billion dollars. >>> the mob museum opens today in las vegas and it opened on valentine's day to remind people of the 1929 st. valentine's day massacre. >> al capone and bugsy. >>> if you want a low-key valentine try what is that? >> cadoba is how i say it. >> we will go with it. a special promotion if you go in and kiss someone you get a buy one get one free deal. what does kadoba do in. >> a mexican themed restaurant. >> taco bell? >> exactly. higher end, though. >> okay. you have to clarify who you have to smooch. we are going to keep with the valen

. >> reporter: mayor rawlings- blake and school super intendant, andres alonzo are asking the state for a school funding plan. instead of a project-by-project basis, the bill creates an annual $32 million block grant. >> you need to start the ball rolling when it comes to getting enough funds in the work to take a serious -- make a serious effort toward performing and improving our schools. >> i'm for everything that brings money to the school. >> reporter: city officials agree the job is too big and too expensive to accomplish without special consideration from the state. >> reporter: mayor rawlings- blake told the committee that the condition of baltimore city school buildings is unacceptable and that it's time for the quality of the facility to meet the achievements of the students. reporting from annapolis, i'm pat warren, back to you on tv hill. >> and the mayor, of course, is also asking for a city bottle tax to help pay for school construction. >> what a remarkably mild february evening it has been so far. live look outside right now. hard to believe march is almost here. actuall

. >> the state of the city will be the topic get city hall as stephanie rawlings-blake gives her annualress. kim dacey is live with details. >> this is the mayor's third state of the city address and she is expected to outline her plans to improve baltimore. when stephanie rawlings-blake delivers her state of the city address, she will outline her plans to improve education and public safety as well as her goals to make everything stronger. >> this was going to be the major focus which would attract approximately 10,000 new families to a nebaltimore. >> approximate 30,000 people have left baltimore. crime stats have dropped compared to previous years. she wants to build on these lower numbers and to make city streets safer. she is expected to talk about the property-tax to cut it down to $2.20. the mayor is expected to talk about funding construction projects for schools. this could generate millions but not enough to pay for all the necessary construction. of all the issues facing the city, creating good schools is the most important. >> first because it now begins to seem realistic. w

the state of the city will be the topic this afternoon at city hall as stephanie rawlings-blake gives address. >> kim dacey has some details on what we can expect to hear it later today. good morning. >> it is the third state of the city address for the mayor and she plans to outline her plans to improve baltimore. when baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake delivers her state of the city address this afternoon, she will outline her plans to improve education and public safety as well as her goals to make everything stronger. >> i think they're probably equally important because they all fit in as components of what she announced earlier in her term. it was going to be the major focus for her administration, which -- to attract approximately 10,000 new families to baltimore. >> a local polical analyst says that increase could help the city make up for the approximately 30,000 people who left between the previous two census reports. crime stats have dropped compared to previous years. a spokesman for the mayor says she wants to build on these lower numbers and will unveil her ideas t

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is launching an initiative to improve city school buildings.'s planning on submitting the better school initiatives. it will call for an increase in funding and this is going to be paid for because of the beverage container tax. >>> the governor is calling for spending to improve education, infrastructure and more. >> it's common census. we don't need the tax breaks, you need them. >> reporter: the budget includes cuts in defense spending republicans will roll out the ways to make it better in weeks. >>> the nation's top dogs are coming together to duke it out at the westminster dog kennel club show. this is in new york city. some of the winners last night include a dalmation and a german shepherd. the best in show will be chosen this evening. >>> okay, we have gotten this incredible story coming up in ten minutes energy -- ten minutes. it's going to make you scratch your head. let me show you the weather. you'll flip out. give us ten minutes. >> it's mild overnight. we're living large. 35 degrees on tv hill. 12 degrees warmer than this time ye

there is an i-team investigation into how the box is used. >> stephanie rawlings-blake acknowledged there are few rules governing the tickets. the -- most sky box tickets went to staff. even her professional fund raiser was included. >> i'm sure you would like to think there is some deep philosophy that goes behind it, but no, there is no guiding principle. >> a spokesman for mayor michael nutter said they put them in effect because too many tickets were going to political insiders and friends. it spells out how many go to whom. for football six to the mayor, two to city council. the rest to nonprofit organizations for special recognition. no tick tickets can go to city creditors and no -- contractors and no ticket can be used for fund-raising. it also requires public disclosure of everyone who uses the sky box on a quarterly basis. >> i think baltimore could benefit from a policy similar to that. the group is pushing rollings-blake to ensure it is used for the city's purposes, not the mayor's. >> it exists because of taxpayer moins money. they really could be used. used in a way that hel

we are here at druid hill park, rawlings conserve tri. a great place for the family to visit.in the desert room. we're in a room with desert plants. >> this is absolutely beautiful. >> it is not what you would call "hands on." i notice you are wearing gloves. >> and i rarely wear gloves. >> and we are going to work with some cactus today. >> you have to handle with care. this may not be a kids project. >> with supervision. i thought there would be more sand in this mix. >> if there is grittyness, you can see some of the sand in here , if you have good potting soil, this is relatively moist. it is great for this. we have good drainage at the bottom there. we are going to take some of these cacti and plant them. i use newspaper a lot when i plant them. >> you are wearing the gloves when you plant them. >> i am going to wrap this around here. >> that has some big thorns in there. >> we have them placed ready to go. >> make some space there. >> you can see, the root system for the size of the plant isn't deep. here we go. >> this guy a little top heavy. >> we're going to make sure

. >>> major stephanie rawlings- blake gives her goals. derek valcourt has more on the major's goals and how they could impact you. >> lower taxes and an increase on construction projects. >> we need to get baltimore growing again. >> reporter: mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says it's time to cut taxes for home values. the average homeowner with a home valued at $120,000 will see a $5 reduction by next year, $400 by the year 2020. >> under this year vacant homes do not qualify for the tax cut. vacant lots do not qualify and specklators and owners of blithed property will not get a penny of tax relief at the expense of everyone else. >> reporter: another concern the mayor addressed the condition of many city school buildings. >> i'm truly embarrassed by the physical condition of some of our schools. too many are without air- conditioning to keep kids in the classroom on hot spring day, too few computer labs, too many with water mountains that you can't drink from. >> reporter: she will submit a plan called the better schools initiative call

. >> mayor stephanie rawlings lake is defending the way she has used the city's skybox at m&t bank stadium after request reif -- after a request forced the guest list to become public. the city's docks which is owed by taxpayers -- the mayor demanded jack young give back his tickets. now the guest list for the box and the whole season is public, following a request we made it even before the flak over young's ticket. all are able to use the skybox, and it parking at no charge. in an interview, the mayor said she sees no problem, and even scoffed at the mention of the word perks. >> the city use of that box is something for you personally or for the good of the city. >> is something for the good of the city and i personally on my team choose to attend. >> will have much more of that interview at 6:00 at all code -- also details about who used to the box. plus, another group says the mayor is making a poor choice and needs to make a change. >> of." police have identified the woman killed in a head-on crash wednesday afternoon in perry hall. it was breaking news yesterday. police say she was

mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to raise it to 5 cents and make it permanent. lowell melser is live with more. >> they say it will help city schools, but for those in the industry, they say it will kill jobs. >> history repeating itself in baltimore city. >> this is something we are not trying to exaggerate. >> they gathered in front of the bell gardens buy right the voice disdain. >> this is what happens every time. >> it exempts milk, juice, a two liter or larger one. >> this is the secure $300 million in bonds for schools and she plans on doing it by raising the bottle tax from two cents to five and making it permanent. >> i spoke to the industry about alternatives and i've not gotten any feedback. >> she is willing to make it clear that she will look at other revenue streams but it seems to be popular. >> there are ways to level the playing field. >> this tax is having a devastating impact on our members. lost sales mean reduced hours and meaning less jobs for hard- working men and women in baltimore. >> sources are telling me that the mayor appears to have

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mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has set a growth goal for the city of baltimore.oday in her state of the city address, she said she wants to grow the city by 10,000 more families over the next 10 years. she plans to improve schools, hospitals and neighborhoods. she is also working to reduce property taxes with new initiatives in the city budget. >> a new report on the baltimore area housing market shows a drop in sales and inventory during the month of january, but things may be turning around. >> a month into 2012 and is still a buyer's market in the baltimore area. january numbers just released showed january sales dropped nearly 5% from january of last year. this local realtors says that could be because of the home buyers' credit that was offered by the government. >> it was the end of 2010 into 2011 that the sales picked up. if you are comparing this january 2nd last january, it might be a slight difference. -- this january 2nd last january, it might be a slight difference. >> she says that is one of the factors that could contribute to low inventory. >> the

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stephanie rawlings blake wants to raise it to $0.50 with a bill introduced at the council meeting. the pennies could generate millions of dollars to fix crumbling school buildings, business owners say the extra cents make no sense. >> the $0.02 tax really hit us hard. now they want to go to $0.05. it's going double the impact. >> our kids deserve better. sometimes it takes tough decisions to provide a way forward. >> if approved estimates project the increase would generate $10 million a year. the city council will have the final say. >>> turning to the weather there is very little to come plain about this afternoon. taking a live look outside on a sunny, seasonally cool day with a little bit of a breeze and lots of blue sky. we have complete first warning weather coverage. marty bass in the outback with a jacket on, bernadette woods in the first warning weather center. good afternoon. >> yes, another gorgeous one. we cooled down from yesterday. look at the temperatures out there. we are already up to 49 degrees in baltimore. that is our average high. we will rise this afternoon. l

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baltimore, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake came out to announce the city's new get fresh lexington marketnitiative. the program is aimed at increasing the availability of health food options at the historical food market and eventually all of our markets. they looked at menu items and identified foods they thought were healthy enough to put their stamp of aprfl on at lexington market -- approval on at the lexington market. >>> spring training is a time to get used to the new faces. he says he is spending as much time with the new pitchers, including new pickups from taiwan and japan. veteran jason ham mel is getting into the bull pen and giving the bull pen a break eye want to give the guy who gives the bull pen a break and obviously win some ball games. can't control wins and losses but you can chew up some innings. that would be my goal. >> all right. rec lar -- regular position players have been arriving every day. tomorrow is the deadline for everyone. the first game 43 days away. we could play one today. we could play tomorrow. no one would complain. we'll be right back. >>> before w

not so much for mayor stephanie rawlings lake. according to internal e-mails, the use of the city sky box that day was to be a family affair. this is going to be a game. it is exclusively family in the box, the mayor's assistant wrote. the thanksgiving game against the forty-niners, the mayor's husband had a special request. i am requesting for tickets, for his brother and three of his fraternity brothers. guest get the tickets to the skybox at no charge. parking, food, and drink are included at no charge, courtesy of the taxpayer. >> i don't think they are excluded. >> the mayor repeated that rationale when asked about other frequent skybox guests. her political supporters, even campaign officials. guests at the october gain included three people who hosted a political fund raiser for the mayor earlier in the year. a preseason game included the owner of apartment buildings who donated four thousand dollars to the mayor's campaign. unions often got tickets, including service employees union. >> the thing it is proper for your camp

3 3 3 3 baltimore's city council will consider a big increase to the bottle tax.mayor stephanie rawlings blake wants to raise it froo 2 cents to 5 cents per bottle.megan gilliland is here with more on why she says it's necessary. (((meg)))good morning patrice, this was a big issue last year... when the city pproved a 2 cent tax... and that was compromise from the orginal 4 cent proposal.but now, the mayor wanns more.(((vo)))she says raising the bottle tax -- by 150-percent - is the only way to secure funding for improvements to city schools. but beverage distributors and supermarket owners feel it's unfair... they say he 2-cent tax has already hit their profiis hard. they believe the mayor is taageting them... a retaliation against them for fighting the tax so hard last year.(((sots)))"persooally i feel t is... deeend on.""at the end of the day, e need reveeue on the table so we can leverage those funds... improve out school system." (((vo)))the condition of city schools... is a mmst council membees agree they are in bad poined out part oo the reason is becaase students thhm.for now... t

28th. 3- 3 3 bbltimore's city council will consider big increase to the bootle tax.mayor stephanii rawlings blake wants to raise with more on why she says it's - necessary. good morning patrice,this was a big issue last year... whhn the city approved a 2 ceet tax... and that wws a compromise from the orrinal 4 cent proposal.but now, the mayor wants more. more.she says raising the bottle tax -- by 150-percent - ps the onlyyway to secure funding for improvements to city schools.but everage distributors and supermarket owners feel it's unfair... they say he 2-cent tax has already hit their profits hard. they believe the mayor is targeting them... a retaliation against them for fighting the tax so hard last year. "personnlly i feel it is... depend on." "at the end of the day, we need evenue on the table so we can leverage those fundd... improve out schooo system." pchools... is a concern.most cooncil members agree they are in bad shape... but some &ppooned out part of the reaso is becaase students keep trashing them. 3for now... the bottle tax bill was refered to a committee.it will likely comm

. >>> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake is mapping out her plan to improve city schools.ight, we get a look at a plan to find out exactly how bad things are. monique griego has more from parents and administrators. >> reporter: while parents are happy that the mayor is finally taking some action, they also want to know what took so long. >> reporter: old aging units, a dilapidated door. this is what kids in halliburton academy deal with every day. >> i think it's long overdue. the schools needed repairs, years and years and years ago. >> reporter: principal anthony rubio agrees. he gave a tour inside the school. he says teachers do their best to dress things up. but it's hard to hide the outside. >> it takes away from what we're able to do with the kids. >> reporter: so many baltimore schools look like this, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is making it her mission to improve things for kids by finding more funding for school construction. >> we are at a place where too many of our schools don't have air conditioning. too many of our schools have clouded windows. >> reporte

. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will give her third state of the city address this afternoonaccording to a spokesperson, she plans to unveil her ideas for making the city safer. she will report to talk about plans to cut the property tax to $2.20 by the year 2020. she's expected to talk more about projects -- funding construction products with eight tax on bottled drinks. >> test scores are going to go up. that is what keeps things in the city. takehe address will place in city council chambers at city hall this afternoon at 2:30. president obama is unveiling of budget for next year to date. republicans are already criticizing the plans that is expected to call for letting the tax cuts on those earning more than to order $50,000 a year to expire. -- more than $250,000 a year to expire. we will have more at 5:00 and 6:00. the people of athens are cleaning up the damage left behind by sunday's massive anti- austerity riots. parts of the city are still smoldering after rioters attacked buildings and businesses. >> the response on the streets of athens was dramatic and destructiv

it's a concern mayor stephanie rawlings-blake addressed in her state of the city speech earlier this week. >> reporter: too many of our schools have clouded windows. too many of our schools have nonpottable water. we need to do better. >> her plan, boosting the tax 2 to 5 cents, the city says it will raise millions and increase its school construction budget by 140%. >> we pray that you give us strength and guidance. >> reporter: more money is an answered prayer for this group. they're members of the build organization, a grass roots group that called on the mayor today to stick to her plan, despite the opposition. >> we need her to stand clearly with us on this other than issue. and this bottle tax will be a reality. because we'll push to make it so. >> i have to ask myself, what value has this city placed on my children? >> erica gonzalez is a parent. she says repairing busted doors, replacing windows and installing central heating and air in schools are long overdue. >> reporter: that's why bills says baltimore will raise more cash faster issue as it draws private businesses to th

. >>> stephanie rawlings blake will discuss federal legislative priorities for baltimore.l. >>> michelle obama and dr. joe biden will address the governors and spouses, discussing spouse employment and what the governors can do to improve job opportunities. >>> president obama meets with members of the national governor's association at the white house. the president and first lady hosted a dinner for leaders. mr. obama told the governors they had a friend and advocate in washington. >>> rains put a damper on the 500. bad weather prompted organizers to promote the race until noon today. carl edwards has the poll for the start of the race. danica patrick starts in the back of the pack due to a crash this week. >>> the water you drink to bathe your kids in and do laundry, is it safe? hershey's air delight. experience light and airy, melty bubbles. made from pure, delicious hershey's milk chocolate. hershey's air delight. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crÈme eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than ca

million dollars,, sunrrse.. it hurts.. it could - put us out of business...yet: mayor stephanie rawlings blake.. is announcing its agreement with a motor sports promoter to continue the evvnt through 2216. in a eleased statement the mayor says: ""ast years racing event generated $47 million in very valuaall in terms of baltimore.""where did the 47 million dollars go...? "dozens against the ooiginal promotee.. it.. ome vendorr... businesses---- are bareey staying affoat.. (jjnet)"ww act of business.. " alttough ut - baltimore plans o have a áánewáá-event organizer.. vendors.. like sunrise.. have lots of questions::how dd they knoo..theyre gonna make money and not get urt again..what are they doing this time to maae it different?"meanwwile.. -janet. has this to say to stephanie.. the mayor:(janet))"where is helping the vendors? phey city doos decide to move - forward... they will wanttto be paiddup front this time aroundd so they dont nddup on the losing end.. financially.. again.... lv dt kc fox 45 news at 100 the earch is on tonight for thh person ho killed a man in nortteast baltimore .

the city of baltimore is facing a 50-million dollar budget deficitt but mayor stephanie rawlings-blake a money mess. in her "state of the city" address,,the mayoo outlinee her goals and priorities for the next year. her plans include a both a tax incrrase,... and a tax cut... as well as a proposal to close some city schools and remodel others. she's pushing for passage of a new bottle tax increase that would generate an estimated 23- million dollars a year she says the money is necessary to make improvements to schools. <"it's a new tax and it's one we need to pass now... make it happen now."> now."> the mayor also beginning this year. the cut s would be 2 cents on a dollar. city council must approve her final budget plan. 3 the race forrthe republicaa presidential nommnation... appears to be a tie between mitt romney and rick santorum. santorum.that's according to two national polls.the latest gallup daily tracking poll shows 32-peecent of registered republicans favor romney... with 30-percent favoring santorum.newt gingrich trails behind with 16-percent... and ron paul with 8-percent

it's a concern mayor stephanie rawlings-blake addressed in her state of the city speef -- speech earlierweek. >> too many of our schools have clouded windows. too many have nonpoitable water -- nonpottable water. we need to do better. >> reporter: her plan to boost the tax by 3 to 5 cents. and the school says it will increase by 140%. >> we pray that you give us strength and guidance. >> reporter: more money is an answered prayer for this group. they're members. build organization, a grass roots organization that called on the mayor today to stick to her plan, despite the opposition. >> we need her to stand clearly with us on this issue and this bottle tax will be a reality. because we'll push to make it so. >> i have to ask myself, what value has this city placed on my children? >> reporter: erica gonzalez is a parent and member of build. she says repairing busted doors, replacing windows and installing central heating and air in schools are long overdue. that's why build says baltimore will raise more cash faster if it draws private businesses to the table. >> if we come together as ci

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will deliver her state of the will take place at 2-30 this afternoon. it's streaming live at "live-dot- baltimore-city-dot-gov."you can also follow long through phe mayor's twitter feed "@mayor s-r-b"....or with the hashtag "state of tteecity." 3 the trial resumes today... in the yeardley love 3 george huguely is accused of killing the cockeysville native.... after a fight in her apartment... near the &punnversity of virginia. hugheley broke down in tears in the courtroom friday whhn prosecutors played the tape of his conversation with police after yeardly was killed.this week... testimony is expected to focus on the medical evideece in the case. prosecutors maintained shee huguely's lawyers have said her death was an accident. and stay with fox45 for continuing coverage of the yeardley love murder trial.you can get the latest updates around the clock.... on our facebook page....at facebook dot com slash fox baltimore.... and on our website, fox baltiiore dot com. and as with all of our content... it's free. a grammy awards tribute... andd more question

. >>> stephanie rawlings blake will deliver the state address. the speech also will be tweeted via the twitter feed. hash tag is state of the city beginning at 2:30. >>> rally set for today in annapolis in support of same sex marriage. those in favor lobbying lawmakers to host a rally as members in the senate and house consider moving legislation to the full chambers. >>> autopsy is complete on whitney houston. results won't be released until toxicology results come back, that could take six to eight weeks. the singer was found in the bathtub. >>> one area doctor is remembering time spent with whitney houston during high school years in new jersey. sherrie johnson has more on those two friends. >> news of whitney houston's death hit many people hard. folks still in shock and many remembering the good times and the pure enjoyment her music brought to so many people. a doctor has dusted off her 1981 yearbook to share personal memories and pictures. dr. maria went to mount st. dominic academy in caldwell new jersey. she shared home room, gym and fre

. >>> today baltimore city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake unveiled the plan to increase the healthy food options at the lexington market. it hopes to increase demand for healthy food, local produce and fitness activities. it's all part of the get fresh public market's initiative, which the city hopes to respond-- exspand -- expand. >>> president obama, the first lady and former first lady laura bush joined in on the ground breaking museum for the national museum of african-american hex and skull culture. it will showcase artifacts and reflecting african-american history. the president says the museum is a long time coming. >> it's also fitting that this museum has found a home on the national mall. as it's been mentioned, it was on this ground long ago that lives were once traded, hundreds of thousands once marched for freedom. it appears the pillars of our democracy were built often by black hands. >> the museum would be the first green building on the national mall. it's scheduled to open in 2015. >>> in today's tough job market, just landing an interview is often a real accomplishment