people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in

people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in college, and two more are on the

thank you, rhonda. thank you for being a great person. [ applause ] from the moment i took office, my goal has been to advance education for everyone. that's why we passed landmark education laws that are a model for the entire nation. laws that improve school report cards so parents have more information about the schools that educate their kids. laws that set clear benchmarks for teacher evaluation and put performance above tenure. laws that lay the ground work for a longer school day and a longer school year. our education reforms put the children of illinois first. that's moving forward and i want to thank senator kim lightford and linda chapel and many more who helped lead this effort. [ applause ] we also took a big step forward by passing the illinois dream act. to help immigrant families. in the years to come, more kids will go to college. more kids will chase their dreams. more kids will grow up to be illinois residents who work hard and contribute to society because of the dream act. i think i

i wanted anything to get inside. >> rhonda had to coach a third grader to open the door. when she did she put her foot on the brake. the driver was treated and released from the hospital. >>> well a college student in michigan has been sus spbded -- suspended after taking a creative writing assignment too far. the 56-year-old rolled about hot for the teach are. the professor complained and he was suspended but he said he had been inspired to write several previous's says about sex in more general terms. >> i kept asking is this okay? im-- am i good here? i kept getting a's. i want going to get off the a train. >> he said he's married and never tried to start a romance with the teacher and that his wife supports him. he is now appealing his three semester suspension. >>> sometimes things are too big. that's changing. mars said the days of the king size candy bars are over. >>> what does this sign mean, why drivers say it's far too confusing. [ man ] launch sequence initiated. -[ beep ] -15 seconds and counting. [ male announcer ] at kfc we have one mission: and t-10... ser

people like rhonda jones. rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in college and two more are on the way. thank you, rhonda. thank you for being a great person. [applause] from the moment i took office, my goal has been to advance education for everyone. so we passed landmark education laws that are a model for the nation. laws that improve school report cards so that parents have more information about the schools that educate their kids. laws that set clear benchmarks for teacher evaluation and put performance above tenure. and laws that lay the groundwork for a longer school day and a longer school year. our education reforms put the children of

mohamad in the public works department, rhonda simmons, give them all around of applause as well. at this time we have a special presentation. for naomi. bill hoskins. [applause] >> did afternoon. >> this is a treat to be able to present this to our keynote speaker. and on behalf of the african american historical and cultural society and the board, i was sitting there enjoying your presentation. also thinking that there could not be a better match for today's title of which we all know. i wanted to , when al williams was describing and introducing attorney naille kellie -- naomi kelly, he mentioned she had made and still is and will in the future make valuable contributions that will -- we will all benefit from. he suggested she should be honored and was picked to be the keynote speaker not because she is a woman or because she is african-american. not because she is incredibly capable but they left out two things. she is young and she is beautiful. so again on behalf of the african american historical and cultural society and board, it is a pleasure to present this to you. >> th

rhonda quagliano has been handling the questioning of some of the doctors. the question is, is she the one who was completely prepared to do all the of the rest of the questioning of these doctors because that is what's at issue here is how did yardley love died. if she was able to work through the night and briefed another attorney to do the questioning? we don't know. a little bit of a mystery as to whether the proceedings will go on today. we have to get back to you on that. >> all right. in the meantime, paul, i know you will be there covering this for us and we do appreciate your reports on the morning show. thank you. >> you'll welcome. >>> other news now. maryland state senator ulysses curry may have gotten off on federal bribery but he may get censured by the state senate to censure curry because he was paid $245,000 from the shoppers grocery chain. he was budget chairman at the time and never disclosed the payments. >>> and a baltimore judge sentenced an aide to former governor robert erlich to a one- year suspended sentence for fraud. they said it

co-counsel,ly's rhonda quagliani, calls out sick. we met in court at 9:30. we came back a total class 30 this afternoon. she was simply too sick to come back so the judge excused every one for the day. this throws a wrench and a machine. we're one full day behind schedule and it looks like instead of this case going to the jury by this weekend, it will most likely go to the jury sometime next week. at any rate, court resumes tomorrow morning at 9:00. the will keep a close eye on things and have another update tomorrow at 5 and 6:00. >> you can sign up for free e- mail alerts and we will send you any mel wants the jury reaches its findings. that is on wbaltv.com. >> a huge spill on i-95 that shut down southbound traffic for more than eight hours. >> police reveal what they think caused the tractor-trailer to crash. >> we will take you to rom. e. >> today's rain moving off the coast tonight. another storm could be brewing for the weekend. we will take a close look at that. 44 degrees at the airport, 48 downtown. >> the driver involved in the last night's accid

the latest twist in the trial of george huguely, an illness for one of his attorneys, rhonda quagliana, no court today, just a temporary delay. >> the case will have to continue. they're not going to retry it. >> reporter: local attorney scott goodman said quagliana likely represented the next witnesses. george huguely is charged with killing yeardley love after breaking a hole in her bedroom door in may of 2010. his defense team said love died from suffocation, not blunt force trauma. on wednesday the defense called an expert on brain pathology who supported the defense's claim. >> that will be their role. >> reporter: leets mas will attempted to explain the bleeding by saying cpr could have caused it. the processtor said -- prosecutor said can you cite the jury to a single study and the doctor said probably not. >> he knew that the defense would have a witness who who testify that the cause of death was not blunt force trauma in hissen. of course, mr. chapman believes otherwise and believes any doctor who would say such a thing is not worthy of being call lad doctor. >> reporter: tes

. >> for that reason, rhonda and neighbors will never look at a certain landmark again this, tree which is a long way down. >> in a lab in uc berkeley they plug data into a map identifying two epicenters less than a mile apart. two beneath this tree on fifth street. >> ever hear of the franklin earthquake fault? >> never. >> you're on it. >> oh, my. >> the franklin fault is relatively new identified in 1980s probably not a major threat according to academics but two quakes in 24 hours? >> whenever there is an earthquake of a modest size, there is a probability we think it's about 5% of a somewhat larger than in the next week or so. >> to put it differently there is a 95% chance fifth street will be safe for a long time still to come meaning that this was on the front porch. >> i'm getting out of here. >> aside from that sign there is no serious damage not even in a local store, nothing would pop off the shelves. pemplts say they'll keep on eye on it. >> what you need to do to be prepared for a quake check out our quake tracker link. >> searchers spent a day looking for human remains ins

two attorneys represent george huguely, frances lawrence and rhonda quagliana. why couldn't lawrence have gone forward on his own? >> it could very well be that the witnesses were prepped by miss quagliana and the other lawyer might want those witnesses to be questioned by her since she knows how the questioning is supposed to go. organize-- >> reporter: huguely isrged with killing yeardley love. huguely has paid for them both. >> he wants his case done right the first time. since he has been working with both, he has the right to is a, no i do not want to go forwards in both are here. >> reporter: going forward might give him grounds for appeal if he is convicted. coming up at 6:00, we'll take a closer look the exchange from wednesday between the prosecutor and one of the defense expert witness. reporting from charlottesville, reporting. >> for up to the minute updates, follow christian. we've taken those tweets and built a timeline of everything that's been happening in the courtroom on our website. you can find it at abc2news.com/lovemurder no a scam artist w

rhonda russell is going to testify that the calls she recorded were a sort of reverse psychology. >> reporter: failed include the disclosure that the ad was coming come. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >>> the campaign manager is scheduled for sentencing next week. >>> it's a record, right now gas prices are higher than they have ever been at this time of the year. in the last week, gas prices climbed 10-cents in maryland. now some experts predict we could soon be paying $5 a gallon for regular. prices go up late february and into march. that does not take into account governor o'malley's proposed sales tax. the gallon of regular costs an average of $3.36. but today that will set you $3.52 a gallon. you can find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood by logging on to wjz.com. >>> brawls break out in a maryland mall because of shoes. it's not the first time shoppers have gone that far for nike's. >> reporter: think of the word composite. nike calls these their new composite foam shoes. and they had more shoppers than shoes. these sneakers caused near riot conditions on saturday li

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and rhonda is standing there faced with a run away bus fulls of kids scared to death.t is when she pulled out her supermom cape. >> i am running to the bus. and i could see he's having a seizer. >> wow. she motioned to one of the kids, open the door. she jumped inside, hits the brakes, stops the bus, everybody is fine. including the driver who had to go to the hospital. and now, well her kids have something really special to talk about. >> they sure do. >> supermom. >> unless she has like a preteen and they would be like, how embarrassing. >> there's always. that. >> always that. >> but all moms are super and she was exceptionally super. >>> temperatures more like march. we have a wimpy storm coming tomorrow. and something is coming saturday night and sunday, could be a mixture. >>> first things first, outside live. temperatures really not that cold. especially downtown inside the beltway. a lot of 40s. 42 at national. pressure is steady, 30.30 inches of mercury. wins south at 6 miles per hour. the dew point is 34. all right, a look at that time radar and satellite pic

military predicts the west might decide on a strike against iran before class clouds gather over to rhonda pulling israel's accusations that there's logic state was behind monday's a time some diplomatic process about. international news life or mosco this is also here with me us with our thanks for joining us finest moscow says there's a significant risk the libyan scenario foreign intervention could soon be repeated in syria russia's foreign minister warns that a case is being built against the regime in damascus that could be used to justify external military action sergei lavrov was speaking to journalists during his trip to the netherlands. was that. russia's foreign minister a lot of press criticize the idea to put together the so-called group of friends of syria which could meet as soon as by the end of february would include several western nations including the u.s. and france arab countries and representatives of the syrian opposition and said you are better off says if this group will not include representatives of the syrian authorities it would mean the international community

rhonda warns ecstasy causes brain damage.that can be done to potential victims should get full support. another too many kids have no idea what is inside the blue or pink happy pill until it is too late. as an educator my experience with teenagers users was seeing the aftermath, usually the depression and janet says the biggest deternts is the family.

why after the latest visit by its inspectors to rhonda i.a.e.a. said the country wasn't fully cooperating the agency has been trying to stablish whether to iran's nuclear program is indeed peaceful. sultani iran's envoy to the u.n. nuclear agency gives his perspective on developments exclusively to our. i want to first with your permission to explain that the report is not really. having anything apart from before what they have said it namely referring to corporation is in fact the reference to the additional reporter call or some others or suspension which you are not of course going to follow because of the resolutions which we do not have any legal basis but since last time and according to d.c. por you can see clearly that all nuclear activities including enrichment are under the full scope safeguard of i.a.e.a. and each paragraph you see at least more than ten parts of this report which is clearly indication the results of the inspection is consistent with the declaration of iran the only thing is also new is about a detour round of negotiat

later today for more reaction on developments in and around syria i'm joined by middle east expert rhondasleen from the new america foundation think tank so countries like the u.s. the u.k. france saudi arabia qatar are actively supporting the syrian opposition here but with the opposition being so fragmented as it currently is and even al-qaeda now among their supporters do you think these countries actually have a clear idea as to who exactly they're backing among the opposition think they know which groups they are backing i mean they are backing great now primarily the sit in national council that also in conversation with the node in the political opposition in syria the national. committee they look at exchange. that. i mean that is the room definitely for creating a larger organization an umbrella for uniting the different factions in the opposition including this and see the seat in national council including the n.c.b. the national coordination body and including the free syrian army and other civil society activists you know one of syria's main opposition groups the syrian natio

well more on rhonda later this hour here on our team. in business we're looking at u.s. plans to remove iran from the world's financial clearing system known as swift and could this move backfire on americans themselves find out twenty minutes time. now the syrian opposition have accused the government of stepping up attacks on rebel held areas of the city of daraa the latest target meanwhile a high ranking religious leader was assassinated in the capital damascus reportedly for his political views now this comes after the president's announcement of a referendum on a new constitution which could create a multi-party system in the country but the proposal doesn't seem to have helped curb the violence but if an ocean of reports now from syria. so there's a damascus has started within you so this is the nation the shake of one of the mosques over done one of the districts of the capital was killed as far as local me days reported he was short a dad with five scholz this area may dawn is known to be very conservative people living here are supporting a very much pro-governm

people like rhonda jones.rhonda is a single mom who is raising five children on the south side of chicago. she works as a public high school counselor for a modest salary. she knows what it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck. year after year, the federal and state earned income tax credit has been her saving grace. she uses that extra money to help pay bills and support her kids through school. three of her children are now in college and two more are on the way. thank you, rhonda. thank you for being a great person. [applause] from the moment i took office, my goal has been to advance education for everyone. so we passed landmark education laws that are a model for the nation. laws that improve school report cards so that parents have more information about the schools that educate their kids. laws that set clear benchmarks for teacher evaluation and put performance above tenure. and laws that lay the groundwork for a longer school day and a longer school year. our education reforms put the children of

principle as you mentioned we are warning that couple of currencies including united states are trying to rhonda agency so that they can dictate from washington what vienna should do and that is why we don't not permit such a thing to occur and that is the whole issue that the agency as a professional technical organization should do its work and that is why you see they make me so many noses here and. then they do not let the agency to do its war impossible and that is why we want expect all countries including russia and others and i'm very proud please that last meeting in fact russia and china in bass of those along with a hundred counties of known and i movement poll together questioned what had to happen in fact namely the elise of confidential information that we need the mobilization of member states to prevent something happening in vienna which did give way these agency from me says actually that is what mean the. world to. me its technology innovation all the news developments.