mayor stephanie rawlings-blake takes exception to his arm checked -- armchair order backing. david collins is following the development. he joins us from central booking. these two politicians have been very close. of his she is one biggest supporters. when o'malley was mayor, there were lines at central booking waiting to get in. -- mayor have stephanie a lake will have none of that strategy -- mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will have none of that strategy. governor martin o'malley is wondering out loud whether there is a connection between fewer arrests and a rise in murders, all the while a trend in nonviolent crime is down. >> there is pretty downward movement for some time now. where there is more violent crime, murder and shootings, kicked up -- kicked up at certain points -- ticked up over several months. >> mayor o'malley employed zero- tolerance policing. skyrocketed. but a third of those wrongful arrest cases were so weak prosecutors dismissed charges. the naacp and the a.c.l. eight -- aclu filed a lawsuit. >> i think the governor is seriously out of touch with what

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says she is cautiously optimistic that the race will return that jp grant, the managing partner with the race says that may be difficult to pull off. come back into 2014-2015. would be difficult to build the momentum again. it took us two years to get to this point. if we take the time off, can we actually put on the event? we have sponsors lined up. it makes it a little difficult to put on a race. >> so many entities are involved and why one suggestion works for some others couldn't make it. attendance was up 16% over last year's race and so was local sponsorships. blake stephanie rawlings- says the event set a tone and a message that baltimore can handle big events. the city is a vick m of its own success. race organizers plan to take a step back and regroup however, at the moment, there are no discussions regarding bringing the race back in 2016 or beyond. 11:00.ming up tonight at david collins, wbal-tv 11 news. >> baltimore county police are investigating a hit and run in towson. a 42-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle at york and stevenson and we a

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake: "no one deserves to live on a block with blighted houses." money: recently acquired through a federal mortgage fraud settlement... will not go to rehabing old homes, terrell: "wow." rather... tear down vacant ones. james larry jordan, oliver: "we are in the oliver community, and we're knocking down houses that needed to be knocked down a long time ago." four homes on east lansing street... the first of 500 more to be torn down. man: "10 million to knock down 500 houses!" james larry jordan, oliver: "ain't nobody lived in these houses ever since i was little." ronald lang, sr.: "it's a sad day. i knew people who lived in those houses." jamie brown, oliver: "tear it down. ain't no use. ain't nobody paying for it. ain't nobody buying it." it's all a continuance of the city's vacants to value program. jamie brown, oliver: "vacant, vacant, vacant there's a whole lotta vacants around here, yo." james larry jordan, oliver: "it's a big pile of rubble and they've got 1-2-3 more houses to knock down on that side." (nats: cat knocking down wall) ronald

mayor stephanie rawlings blake alleges the police best edition will be thorough. >> it is horrible.he tragedy. police officers were there. i've heard from them that they haven't seen an accident like that. >> angels family members frantically tried to reach her all day to save her daughter went into labo

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we have mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. such a play -- pleasure. g time at the rawlings conservatory. tell us a little bit about the history. obviously when the people hear the name rawlings, they suspected might be part of your family and it actually is. >> it is. my father was a big supporter of the conservatory and the zoo at jewel would hill park and it meant a lot to him as a young boy growing up in west baltimore and because of his support, governor o'malley >> while he was still mayor, had the conservatory named after my father after his death. my family is very, very pleased. we are excited to join in the celebration of the 125th birthday. >> what does the celebration and tail? it,hen you think about baltimore was so different 125 years ago. the conservatory was not an oddity. landscape ofthe baltimore and all over the country. it is now the only glass and steel framed conservatory still in use in baltimore and the second oldest in the country. we are going to have a series of celebrations to kick off a special birthday. >> it has undergone

baltimore's mayor stephanie rawlings-blake said it sndzs the wrong message. >> we're showing our children that the federal government cannot function. they're showing us that the people that we send to washington to do this, the work of the people can't figure it out. >> reporter: some people aren't happy that members of congress won't get paid. jeff hager, abc2 news. >> if there is a shutdown it will not impact all government workers. aberdeen progress of ground is telling people to show up. a government shutdown will affect government contracts differently. it's not just apg. maryland is home to ft. meade. a good place to find them is at michigan barbecue. they sing the national anthem to support support -- show support for the country. >> this should never happen. the government should never shut down. they're supposed to have people in place that know how to deal with. all they are worried about is taking care of themselves and not the people. >> this looming shut june has people fired up over social media. it's trending on twitter. we'll continue to follow this conversation throughou

let's bring in my guests, mayor stephanie rawlings blake from the city of baltimore and gregory thomasity for new york city schools. thanks to you both. >> sure. >> mayor, i want to start with you. i know you participated in a meeting that president obama held this week with a group of mayors. as a mayor of a large city what do you make of this idea of putting more guns in schools? mean, aren't we trying to keep guns out of schools and away from kids? >> i think the example you showed in the lead-in shows just why it doesn't make good sense to put more guns in schools, and i think it's unfortunate because more -- the most amount of kids that we're losing is not in the schools. it's where the legislators can actually do something. it's on the streets, and if we could tighten up gun laws and get more illegal guns off the street we'd reduce the number of youth we're losing to gun violence. that's a serious issue and i think it's unfortunate that they are using these very horrific tragedies, school tragedies to obfuscate the real deal. >> right. you know, school safety also is not just abo

bolt hoar is getting rade for the annual book festival and tomorrow mayor stephanie rawlings-blake andother officials will make the announcement. the festival will teak place september 27th through the 29th at mount vernon place featuring more than 200 authors illustrators and book signings and there will be live music and a asortment of food and drinks. >>> look at that. they will dry out parts of north and central new mexico. the area including albuquerque was pounded with heavy rain this weekend. look at that. drivers are having a tough time getting around because of the flooding mud slick roads. so mike a bad situation here. but, there rather but here, people are waking up to great temperatures. >> yeah. do not complain about your weather or your weather forecast here because it could be that. you know. >> not like that. >> no. this is easy. we are lucky. it's been beautiful. yes it's been hot and cool but they are getting slammed out to the west. look at the number this morning. 67 in the city. st a gentle southwesterly wind at 5. and we have 60s along 95 and you have a couple 50s

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake: "i know that we'll 500 homes ...represent... just three percent ...of the city's... estimated... 16 thousand... vacant homes. one new jersey town... is spooking little kids everywhere... by canceling halloween! in gloucester township... the council approved a resolution asking parents to restrict halloween activities to private parties.. and not to allow children to trick or treat. and if they do go door to door they ask the kids to be home by 7 p-m. nat sound: "it's for the safety of the community not only for the children but for the adults, the houses." nat sound: "when people read this they're going to turn out the lights and lock their doors and my children and others children who wont get out till 645 are going to be denied an entire hour." the recommendation is voluntary. they're won't be any fines or penalties if families don't any fines or penalties if families don't follow it. manny machado was taken away on a stretcher yesterday... the good news the orioles got regarding his injury... next in sports unlimited... getti