. >>> ray lewis will join the jets antonio holmes along with comedian sinbad at the rally tonight. >>> jessica kartalija is in the newsroom. >> reporter: in less than an hour, the anne arundel council meets. the council issued tier with a subpoena earlier this month but he earlier said he would not testify. the council wants to know what he knew about john leopolds misuse of his police detail. denise. >> all right, thank you jessica. wjz is at the county council meeting tonight and we'll have more at 11:00. >>> the u.s. supreme court takes up the constitutionality of president obama's health care reform law. it is a closely watched legal battle that could have a big impact on the health care system and the 2012 presidential campaign. danielle nottingham reports for wjz from the supreme court. >> reporter: the heated debate over president obama's health care law reached the steps of the supreme court. hundreds protested outside as the legal justices started hearing three days of testimony as to whether the law is constitutional. monday's session detailed on whether the law should go th

. >>> well thousands of people including ravens star ray lewis are also turning out for a rally tonight in the city where trayvon martin died. complete coverage from sanford florida. >> reporter: the parents of trayvon martin gathered with supporters at a church outside sanford florida to defend their son. >> they've killed my son, and now they are trying to kill his reputation. >> reporter: the unarmed 17- year-old was gunned down last month in a gated neighborhood. the shooter claims he fired in self-defense. zimmerman has not been charged. >> even in death they are still disrespecting my son. >> reporter: news that trayvon martin had been suspended from school because they found traces of marijuana in his notebook. >> whatever trayvon was suspended for, it doesn't matter. >> reporter: a friend of zimmerman says the incident was not racially motivated. >> there's a gap from the time that george got out of the vehicle and that the gun went off that we don't know what happened. >> reporter: a special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee the case. in sanford florida, randall pinkston

does it get any better as an inspirational speaker than ray lewis. do no break.e going to do what we do. what he does is knock people out. >> cool experience for those jung people. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. no breaks. i'm dan ashley. for larry beil and spencer christian we'll be back in one hour over on channel 7. thanks for watching. we appreciate are your time. bye for now.

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. >>> a large rally is planned to zabford, florida, ray lewis is expected to attend it. >>> we have an update on our breaking news out of afghanistan. it has been confirmed the two nato troops shot to death this morning are british soldiers. it is said an afghan in an army uniform opened fire at the navel base in southern afghanistan and was in turn shot to death by coalition forces. >>> the u.s. is paying the fails in the afghan shooting rampage. $850,000 was given to the families. robert bales is charged with killing them. he could face the death penalty. >>> dick cheney is recovering after a heart transplant operation. the 71-year-old has had five heart attacks. a small heart pump was what was keeping him alive no the past few years while he was on the waiting list for a transplant. he is now recovering at the hospital in virginia. >>> two years after it was signed into law the supreme court takes up the president's healthcare reform law today. the justices will hear three days of arguments in what some say is the biggest case before the nation's highest court in decades. here is su

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. >> ray lewis on saturday is not a bad thing. >> not a bad thing at all. >> don't miss today's primetime cbs lineup. at 10:00 it's another episode of the police job. stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. finally, a big day for the cookie lovers. oreo is turning 100. a century ago the first oreos were whipped up at a man has to -- at a manhattan facility. >> there is nothing like an oreo without ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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he is almost as tall as ray lewis. >> reporter: if you are interested in winning any of these fabulous electronic items, memorabilia, if you visit the fan cafe tomorrow or sunday or next weekend, there is going to be a secret code you are going to find inside here that you will text to the radio station and you will be up for a drawing. all kinds of neat things and the bobblehead is not available. >>> tomorrow, high school juniors and seniors are getting a chance to get the dress of their dreams. they take dresses and give them to girls who wouldn't be able to afford a dress. march 3 at the baltimore marriott, located at 110 south utah street in downtown baltimore. it's first come, first serve with a limited number of available dresses. >>> a bag manager is feeling grateful to s.w.a.t. officers. how she narrowly escaped a gunman. >>> and a fight in the couple, what the judge decided that set this off. >>> california man recovering fromm a gunshot wound tonight after shot during what police say was an attempted bank robbery. the man walked in to bank t bank with a shotgun and demanded c

. >> reporter: i do have a good friend, ray lewis, his head is a little wobbly today. all right. we are inside the fan cave, which is if you like to hangout in your basement, this is your dream basement, all the stuff in here is going to been given away this weekend. i want to take you to the person responsible for bringing this interesting neat electronics in to the basement. this is bruce. tell us about what people can find. >> this weekend, next weekend, finds the 55-inch tv from sony. 10adp, high-definition. we will give the tv away. the way you have the opportunity to win a tv would be by using a super text, you have to come to the man cave to find out what the secret code is for the secret text. you will be entered in the contest to win the tv this is a 55-inch sony, a nice television. >> you have something in your hand that you said to me before people would enjoy. >> a one touch remote control. the marriage saver. this is what you want to have when you have a man cave. this can operate your lights, it can operate the television, the cd player, it can operate ab

name for himself as a former undrafted free agent who found his home in the starting lineup next to ray lewis. he plans to visit with the denver broncos tomorrow. if mcclain leaves, then another former undrafted rookie free agent becomes the heir apparent. to maddis' credit, he looks better. top of the first, chavez julie one to right field. palm trees and gone. -- drilling one to right field. chris davis not nearly as productive, a swing and a miss. -- pitched four scoreless innings. his second straight outing with four scoreless innings. a single to left field. it is in the bermuda triangle. detroit beats the birds, 4-2. the round of 64 has some of assets. loyola would like to pull off the shocker on the second seed. we can show you the score, right now, 46-31, ohio state in front of loyola. they have about 17 and a half minutes left in the second half. some syracuse escaped with the wind. e win. the second half, the orange trailing. they come up with a turnover. 41-40, syracuse. sutherland hits it from the wing. syracuse hangs on to avoid the biggest upset in tournament history. opening st

nba hall of famer patrick ewing and nfl star ray lewis demanding justice for the unarmed teen killedy a neighborhood watch volunteer. martin's family now plans to sue the homeowners association. the attorney for the shooting is revealing more about a possible defense strategy. he says george zimmerman suffered injuries in a scuffle with the teenager and fired the fatal shot in self-defense. so let's get more on this developing story and what is shaping up to be a busy day for those demanding justice. martin savidge is in sanford. good morning, martin. >> good morning, carol. you're right. >> reporter: there are tloof factit has been one month now since trayvon martin was shot and killed by george zimmerman. no doubt about that. george zimmerman has admitted he shot and killed the 17-year-old youth. the point has been he has maintained throughout that this was self-defense. there are a lot of people who disagree with that and many of them are planning to be here in sanford around 4:00 this afternoon. there is going to be a protest march and make its way to the civic center where this

ray lewis was drafted 16 years ago by the ravens. two years later the colts took peyton manning.hey have set the standard for excellence in the nfl. peyton manning when not in his career with the colts. peyton manning and the owner food back together and they are expected to hold a joint news conference to announce that peyton manning is moving on. the colts' expected to take with the firstck pick of the draft. the team -- peyton manning is due $28 million. the colts traded johnny unitas. anything in pro sports is possible. the orioles made a couple of trades during the off-season. the birds in fort myers to play the red sox pitcher chris tillman, his first action of the string. he did give up three runs in two innings. wilson betemit with the good swing. this guy is a good hitter. he drives and two runs. the red sox win 5-4. a big upset in college lacrosse. the terps were ranked number fourth in the country and kamen and beaten. -- and came in unbeatn. the blue jays shut out manhattan. you don't see many shutouts in college lacrosse. lee coppersmith with a goal. in 14 years.t pe

he started every game and is considered a key on the defense playing alongside ray lewis. ravens followed up on the promise to address special teams. he stays for a three year contract. kick and punt coverage not good. they give up three returns for touchtowns. that i signed corey graham. he signs a two year contract. peeves a big part of the chicago special teams unit that's been one of the best in nfl. >> i knew there was opportunities there. if you show what you can do in baltimore, they'll galveston give you a place to play. >> we need to cover kicks. we have good specialists. that core group needs to be more dominant. and these are the types of guys to help us do that. >>> sean council died was also added. he played seven seasons in the nfl and signs a one year deal. baltimore will be his 5th team. >>> in baseball, counting county to orioles opening day. it's two weeks away. they'll play a friday. plays host to the boston red sox who used mostly backup players today. adam jones continues to make a case that he should be the cleanup hitter. jones displays hour. and pit

ray lewis iii. the son of the star linebacker will play for the hurricanes like his dad did.t lake mary prep near orlando, florida. he rushed for nearly 2,000 passing yards this season. and he's a hard hitter on defense as well. >> wow. that's great, mark. ♪ ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ [ male announcer ] want your weeds to hit the road? hit 'em with roundup extended control. one application kills weeds and puts down a barrier to stop new ones for up to four months. roundup extended control spray once. stop weeds for months. roundup extended control girl: i want to tell you about my friend. his name is ben. ben learned about a homeless boy who had an infected tooth, and the boy died. that made ben really sad. he wrote a law so every kid can see a dentist. we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. >> pelley: tonight, one of the biggest penalt

nfl stars ray lewis and san antonio holmes will join protesters this afternoon outside of where he died headed home from a store carrying a back of skittles and ice tea. george zimmerman told a 9-1-1 dispatcher the teen looks "suspicious," and he followed him although the dispatcher said we don't need to you do that but zimmerman said there was a confrontation and he shot the teen in self-defense. today, on fox, a long time friend defended zimmerman against accusations he targeted trayvon because his race. >> we don't know what happened from the time george got out the car and the time he actually was face-to-face with trayvon martin and the gun went off. what we see with the reaction has come from a mischaracterization from the very beginning of george zimmerman as being whites. a mischaracterization of george zimmerman as being racist. that is what brought us to this point. >>shepard: actually, it was that george zimmerman shot an unarmed teenager. according to the orlando sentinel zimmerman told them trayvon martin came after him and was the first to attack. and phil keating is in fl

. >> baltimore raven ray lewis is expected to take part in the florida rally. >>> angry marylanders take up the teens fight for racial equality complete coverage continues wjz is live at the inner harbour, more on a big march that will get under way tonight, mike. >> reporter: mary it is supposed to kick off here in an hour but people have already starletted to gather -- started to gather here one of three rallies in our area to kay they will then march to city hall. the death of trayvon martin struck a raw nerve in maryland more than 100 people came to rally in west baltimore in advance of a larger one at 5:00 p.m. tonight near the inner harbour. >> there is in way that a man, a young man, that has not done any type of crime, or any wrong should be stripped away from his family. >> trayvon martin could have been anybody's son your son my son anybody's brother, anybody's nephew. >> reporter: they said the martin case shows the need to make racial profiling illegal. >> why did you pick this person out in the first place with a was he doing that was so different from any other 17- year-old

stanford's run to the nit championship game tonight may well have been fuelled by the ravens linebacker ray lewis that was asked to speak to the team before tuesday's game in new york. >> no one can judge effort. so now you need to go out and show them that you are a different creature. now that i was five minutes ago. because i am angry for greatness. >> who is ready to run for a wall? a speech carried over against minnesota in the second half. randall scores to give stanford and 18 point lead. they win by 24, their second straight and 90 championship. at the stanford women will play baylor for a spot in the national title game, and if they win they may need to rename the farm. >> stanford athletes ♪ >> is there anything the slightest can't do? following last year's hit " i have bounce ". they wrote the lyrics and wrapped in hippie this video. it has over 40,000 is on youtube . the head coach did not wrap but had a lot to do with it. >> we had to sell it to her, we did not waste too much time doing it, we are always in the gym during exercise. >> ♪ too much homework is never too hard ♪ >> she di

mark has peyton ,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> someday, the reality is, the ravens will have to say goodbye to ray lewisen it comes to that day, it could be similar to what is playing out in indianapolis. sports director mark viviano has the story of peyton manning's emotional day. >> reporter: today marked the biggest transition for the colts since they left baltimore and moved to indy 28 years ago. peyton manning is the modern version of johnny unitas. and after 14 hall of fame caliber seasons, the colts officially cut manning loose. the qb accompanied indian owner jim ersay. this comes after manning missed all of the past season while recovering from three neck surgeryless. manning says he-- surgeries. manning says he still believes he can play at the age of 35 and is shopping around for another team. but it is hard for the four- time mvp to move on, after playing with that horse helmet. >> i have been a colt for almost my entire adult life. but i guess in life and sports, nothing lasts forever. times change, circumstances change, and that's the reality of playing in the nfl. and as i go, i go with j

parents will make a public plea for justice flanked by such notables as msnbc's own al sharpton, ray lewis and comedian sinbad. as calls for trayvon's shooter continue to boil over, his friends are defending him in public waves, taking to the airwaves in an attempt to clear his name. >> from what i know, the bottom line is, there was a life-and-death struggle in that instance. and someone was going to die. >> nbc news correspondent ron allen joins me live from sanford where the city manager is going to be holding a news conference within the hour. bring us up to speed about the march and about george zimmerman's side and how his friends are trying to get his story out there. >> reporter: well, the organizers of this march are trying to surpass the 20,000 to 25,000 people who were here last week for a demonstration to mark the anniversary and to support the family as they address the city commission in this town. all around this area, there are roads blocked off, there's extra security. government offices are closing early because they accommodate -- they anticipate they're going to have to

>> yes, to hurt, not to the legally hurt them but if you want to be the best, dick butkus, ray lewis,udes hurting people, football is a very violent sport. you can't run from it. >> you have a contract that pays you quite handsomely when you're playing. there's a system that players, not the coaches pay into the pot, right? and you get what, $1500 if you knock the quarterback out of the game? >> let's say we're making a run for the playoffs. we need plays to be made. we as a defensive backfields, we'll get together and say all right, whoever make the play the to change the game, we all put $1,000 in the pot and he gets the pot. so it's more of an incentive based thing we do for ourselves. i look at it as the same thing. we're paid to be football players, and i think all we did was reinforce it. >> if there's a pot of money out there, the argument against this i'll call bounty system, you don't like the word, is maybe you'll go helmet to helmet supposed to taking him in the chest. you want to knock him out of the game, fair. >> >> not fair to say. when i played the game of football, th

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. >>> nfl linebacker ray lewis and patrick ewing both expected to be at today's rally to show their support. >>> church services across the country and right here in the bay area also sending strong messages of support for martin's family. people at the baptist church in oakland wore hooded sweatshirts in tribute of the teenager yesterday. police say zimmerman saw the teenager walking into a gated community wearing a dark hoodie and thought he looked suspicious. >> in the case, there is a misperception about young black men. and the problem is that it's okay if a black man dies. >> over the weekend, zimmerman's friends and lawyer came to his defense saying he suffered a broken nose and a gash on the back of his head in that encounter with martin. >>> the wife of robert bales coming to her husband's defense today on the "today" show this morning. it's karilyn bales' first tv interview since her husband was charged with killing 17 afghan civilians. >> he loves children. he's like a big kid himself. >> and he is accused of killing nine children. >> right. >> innocent children. >> it's unbeliev

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. >>> they didn't make the nashgsca a 68 -- ncaa 68 team field, but with help from ray lewis, they getget one chance in life to do whatever you are going to do. to lay your foundation and make whatever mark you are going to make. whatever legacy you are going to leave. leave your legacy. >> yeah, lewis one of the all time great linebackers with the baltimore ravens. he just never figured a stanford connection but he is friends with one of the asis stand coaches and for the -- assistant coaches and they just exploding. exploding. anthony brown, 11 points, 5 reb rebounds. minnesota the opponent tonight and they weren't much of one. the assistant coach for johnny dawkins retires after this game. spent 30 years at santa clara, finishing up at stanford. that is it. 75-51, stanford finishes the year 26-11. it is their third national title. they won the nit in 1991 and in 1942 won the ncaa crown. they picked 68 team for the ncaa. if you are not good enough then you go to the nit. so, stanford had a terrific run. they got hot at the right time. let's be honest, the teams they played, but nonet

yes si jackson, al sharpton, ray lewis and sean combs among those addressing the crowd here. >> thankou. with us now is joe oliver, a friend of george zimmerman who spoke with mim over the weekend. good to have you with us. as i understand, you decided to speak out on your own, not because george zimmerman asked you to. when you spoke with him saturday, what did he tell you specifically about his interaction with trayvon martin and what happened leading up to this young man's death? >> i can't get into the specifics of that because that's the evidence that's going to be presented before the grand jury. that's one of the reasons why this has exploded to the level it has. historically florida law enforcement has been very forthcoming with any evidence they have in a criminal case, particularly when they have an arrest and particularly when they have evidence to make an arrest. casey anthony being the point in example. i don't understand why this is so different. i can only guess that the reason why is because it's the sanford police department, which has a history of racial tension. the

meeting and there reportedly will be some famous faces in attendance including the baltimore ravens ray lewis hall of famer patrick ewing. the big rally scheduled is for today at 5:30, tonight in atlanta, georgia. of course, atlanta is the city with the highest concentration of historically black colleges in the country. but the outrage is spanning nationwide. there have been a lot of rallies over the weekend. atlanta, the one scheduled to the. republican presidential candidates are speaking out about the incidents. newt gingrich sawcalling the shooting a tragedy saying local prosecutors should bring the case to a grand jury. rick santorum cawlling the case horrible and saying in spite of all of the outrage, the investigation should be left to local and state authorities. >>> in our big news, oral arguments are set to begin as the supreme court will hear and rule on the constitutionalty of health care reform specifically they will focus on the individual mandate and whether or not people can be forced to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. all of the information, audio and transcripts will

that we started the segment off with the song "ghostbusters" by ray parker junior, a direct ripoff of "i want to do drugs" by heuy lewis >> bob: do you believe in ghosts? >> greg: i don't. >> bob: they're there. they're there. >> eric: what is the name of the town? >> greg: no, there had to be a joke in there being clintonville, but i figured it was so obvious so why do a joke about boom, boom, boom with clintonville. >> bob: you did the joke. >> greg: i explained why i wasn't going to do the joke. >> andrea: it could be wind? >> bob: i'm telling you, it's so weird. this happened in two other towns in the last ten years apparently in the north of the united states. i don't know. telling you, on the ghost thing. i have heard them. i have the not seen them. but directly i had conversation with the old farmhouse. i heard them talking in old english. i was sober then. i'm telling you, they are there. i'm telling you there are ghosts. they won't hurt you. if you dismiss ghosts to out of hand, too much evidence of them. >> greg: no one has seen ghosts. >> bob: yes, they have. >> dana: the lady's whose hair turned white overn