. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake announced her choice to replace ed gallagher. some are questioning our choice of harry black. he had a number of issues when he held the same position in virginia. lowell melser joins us with the latest. >> he was the chief financial officer for richmond from 2005 until 2008. according to published reports, he had a difficult time in the job because he was caught in the middle of a political boxing match between the mayor and the city council. there is some question as to whether he will bring any of the drama to baltimore. >> it is my pleasure to welcome back home to baltimore mr. harry black. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake proudly announces her choice for the new director of finance. he is a part heights native and graduate of dunbar high school. he will most likely takeover for ed gallagher who is retiring. he held a similar role in richmond for three years with great controversy. the majority of the richmond city council did not approve of black. in retaliation, wilder claimed the power to hire and fire for the city counc

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and first lady katie o'malley shared their support with attendees and talk about the likelihood of the bill passing. >> i think is close. that is why there is a big lobbying effort. hopefully people will see that it is about families. it is about getting over prejudice and about making sure we protect families. >> i think it has a very good chance of passing. i don't know the actual numbers are, because i stay out of all of it. i just hope and pray that the people, the good people of the state of maryland, will come together around this issue and vote for tolerance and equality in marriage. >> naacp president benjamin jealous was the keynote speaker. he spoke about his transgendered brother and the need to need no discrimination everywhere -- to end discrimination everywhere. >> the organization with strong connections to the fight for lgbt rights. >> he talked about ending school bullying and a voting rights. the biggest applause came when he vowed to help the maryland lgbt community. >> the non-profit sector in the state of maryland, we will be there

council president jackie and -- yes -- jack youngblood. >> it could put him at odds with stephanie rawlings blake. lowel mesler is live with the latest. >> both council president yawned and mayor stephanie rawlings blake says there is no bad blood between the two. he said the mayor's press secretary attacked his opinion secretary attacked his opinion on the grand

the first is suppprt from mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. bealefeld also oints to the introduction of targeted enforcement... that's where officers go after criminal... with guns.... in hopes of getting violent repeat offenders off city streets. a new year's eve party gets out of hand in odenton.police say this man... michael daniels, of d-c, wws drunk at a party and when anotterrman tried to throw him out of the house.....daniels stabbed hhm.it happened around 3:30 sunday morning... the 26 year old victim was stabbed in the leg, and is expected to survive.daniels is charged with assault and reckless endangerment. still no word on the conditions of two people involved in an altercation in white marsh.police say they're investigating a fight where ... at least one person was stabbed.... and another person was struck by a car.the chaos erupted around two sunday morning.the victims were rushed to nearby hospitals. now back to candace dold and that tragic canton on fire... fireeripped through a string of rowhomes on new years day. candace dold i

baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and maryland's first lady katie o'malley shared their support with attendees and also spoke about the likelihood of state lawmakers passing a marriage equality bill. >> i definitetly think it is close. but that is why there is a big lobbying effort. and hopefully people will see that this is about families. this is not -- it's about getting over prejudice and about making sure that we protect families. >> i think very good chances of passing. i'm just hopeful. i do not know what the actual numbers are because i stay out of all of it. i just sort of hope and pray that the good people in the state of maryland will come together around this issue and vote for tolerance and equality in marriage. >> opponents of marriage equality site religious convictions or previous warnings of the bill in their opposition to the bill. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. state lawmakers had found some common ground on some issues. they stood united in annapolis, pledging to work together on with a call quality of life issues which include legislation that

the first is support from mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. bealefeld also points to the introduction of targeted enforcement... that's where officers go after criminals with guns.... in hopes of offenders off city streets. a mother in california is accused of running over a pedestriaa... while driving drunk.and to make matters worse... police say she had hhr four chillren with her in the car at the time.the alleged incident happened on new year's eve.the suspect... 29-year-old lanesha thomas... is now facing several &pcharres... including endangering her children. year's tragedy... is a new averted....thanks to a couple of good samaritans in salt lake cityy city.over the weekend... a car carrying a family drove off theeroad... due to icy conditions.the car plunged into a frigid river.while the father managed to gee out... his three children were stuck innide.moments later... a father and son... who happened to be driving by... saw what was happening... and ran to their rescue. m. carlson says: "the man next to me started yelling, my son, my s

we caught up with baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and boston mayor menino.y have made a wager. >> also tonight, a joppa man is under arrest, accused of firing shots during a road rage incident on i-95. police say he pulled out a hand gun and started firing while he and another driver were cutting each other off starting at the white marsh exit and ending at the mountain off ramp. police traced him to his home where they sit -- where he surrendered. he was released today on $50,000 bond. the maryland court of special appeals has taken baltimore housing authority off the hook for $2.5 million in judgment awarded to two lead paint poisoning victims. today, the appellate court overturned the decision, ruling that the two victims, a brother and sister, had waited too long to make their complaint. we're still waiting for the attorneys involved to see where the case goes from here. >> if you had a few extra million dollars to share -- to spare, how would you spend it? a philanthropist has made a sizable donation to make repairs after last summer's earthquake. >> th

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced her choice to replace ed gallagher as the new finance directorsome are questioning her choice. harry black had a number of run in 20 held the same position in richmond, virginia -- issues when he held the same position in richmond, va. >> blacks served as the chief financial officer of richmond from 2005 until 2008. he had a tough time while he was there. he was caught in the middle of a political boxing match that involved his mayor and the richmond city council. there are questions as to whether he might bring any of that drama to the city of baltimore. >> it is my pleasure to welcome back home to baltimore mr. harry blackm. >> the mayor proudly announced her choice for finance director. he will most likely takeover for edward gallagher who is retiring. black held a similar role in richmond for three years. it was with great controversy. according to published reports, the majority of the richmond city council did not approve of black, who was wilder's >>> the city council sued and won but not before he put in three years. >> they transformed f

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake named baltimore native harry black to become the city's finance director. as lowell melser explains, some question her choice after learning of a number of run-in's black had while in the same position in virginia. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake proudly announces her choice for the city's new director of finance. harry black, a park heights native and graduate of dunbar high school, will most likely takeover for edward gallagher not, who is retiring. black held a similar role in richmond for three years under then mayor doug wilder, but it was with great controversy. according to published reports, the majority of the richmond city council did not approve of black, it was wilder's choice. wilder claimed the power to hire and fire staff members for the city council and then hire blacks as deputy chief administrator. the city council sued and won, but not before black put in three years. >> the city of richmond transition from a council manager former government to a strong mayor form of government. as a result, there was tremendous tension between the c

some politicians agree with the change including mayor stephanie rawlings blake. connecting with the presidential cycle might be moo are popular because a move would shorten the terms of those serving. >>> and new for you this morning, the tsa says despite extra efforts in security at the airports, people are still trying to sneak guns on the plane. since 2007, tsa officials say the number guns they find at checkpoints is on the rise an average of 4 guns a day have been found. passengers are allowed to travel with guns but only if they are checked in the baggage declared and placed unloaded into a hard container. >>> and today montgomery county policeman will receive an award to fr congress for behaviory. -- behavior -- from congress for his bravery e learned about gunman in silver spring and helped hostage and provided information to other officers on the scene. the gunman james lee was shot by police before he could detonate a series of explosives. >>> sports now becomes news especially on a monday morning. it's play off time and tim tebow connected with thomas

mayor stephanie rawlings a blake shared support with the attendees. >> i definitely think it is closed. that is why there is a big lobbying the effort. people will see this is about families. it is about giving -- in getting over prejudice and making sure we protect families. >> i am hopeful. i do not know what the numbers are. i stay out of it. i hope and pray the good people in the state of maryland will come together around this issue and vote for equality. >> naacp president was the key speaker. he spoke about the and -- the need to end discrimination everywhere. >> an organization with strong connections for the 54 lgbt rights. he drew the biggest applause when he vowed to help the lgbt community. >> we will be there in the masses to make sure you will get your identity and anti- discrimination bill passed. [applause] >> the cited religious convictions or previous wording of the bill in their opposition to the bill. gov. martin o'malley is expected to speak of the conference. >> despite the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage and other hot topics, they have found common ground o

stephanie rawlings-blake and maryland's first lady shared their support with attendees and spoke about the likelihood of lawmakers passing a marriage equality bill. >> a do you think it is close. that is why there is a big lobbying effort. hopefully people will see this is about families. this is about getting over prejudice and making sure we protect families. >> i'm just hopeful. i do not know what the actual numbers are. i stay out of that. but i hope and pray that the good people of maryland will come together around this issue and vote for tolerance in marriage. >> opponents of marriage equality site previous warnings of the bill in their opposition to the bill. nadia ramdass, wbal-tv 11 news. >> if a baltimore gets is lawmaker, the city will regain control over the school system. a bill would appoint the control to the mayor. it is time for that to change, says mitchell. >> this is not a knockout and dr. alonso or on the current school board. it is a way that the baltimore city can control the school system and continue to progress and move forward. >> the mayor favors more fundi

stephany -- move to seize dozens of vehicles from the baltimore city housing authority, mayor stephanie rawlings-blakes out. and we're live in east baltimore with out 40's are speaking -- reaching out -- h >> city officials are taking steps to cut down on violence in baltimore youth. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced collaboration's that have significantly reduced violence among the youth of the city. among those efforts, the prevention program where law enforcement officials work with schools to prevent crime. the numbers, they say, speak for themselves. >> it is hard to imagine and in 1999, there were 168 children shocked in baltimore city -- shot in baltimore city. by comparison, this year, there were 28. >> they're working to build on that success, making progress by providing opportunities for young people and intervening in what could become a cycle of crime >> and now, your 11 insta- weather plus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> light snow and flurries from about baltimore city south down into northern virginia. it changes to rain in southern maryland, but you can see

have losses like this you going to start to see the ugly side of things.meanwhile, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. continues to stand by the grand prix.... insisting it's &pa good bet for baltimore... (mayor bite from pkg 20:40:38) "it's an important parttof baltimore's plans o move forward."officals from the department of transportation defend the race too.... they peleased these documents to us defended the spendingg claiming...."the project waa million under budget, rrpaving nine lane miles on major downtown streets used by days aayear. "but it's also part of a growing tab.... and vendors who provided prrvate services are still waiting for their payday too ----insert bite from file pkg 01/02/12) "it was a big lesson learnewd for us... they weren't."while some city leaders say they'll pursue new investors... are push to bring the race back next year... citicc say... it's time to give up on the grand prix. (jack young) 17:36:13 "and i donnt think that right now we should be focusing oo a gran prix race at this time."if it is toocome back.... he mayor will have to hurry.... the clock is ticking..

tiff.good morning patrice, there's word that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back two skybox tickets to attend last weekend playoff game against houston... that she had given to city council president jack young. young.it happened... shortly after young publicly called for an end to the baltimore grand prix.the two have been in dispute over the race recently.right now, it owes about 12 million dollars to the city, state and various vendors. 20:45:45"i already made my statment about the grand prix there's more important things to deal with in this city than to be focusing on the grand pri" prix."we called the mayor'' office to see if there was a connection between the race and the ticket take back... but we never got a response.as for young... he tried to downplay it all after yesterdays city's board of estimates meeting.he did find a way to get to last weeks sold out game though.he was able to get box seats from ray lewis.young now says, he will be paying ray back. he says he wants to follow the ethics law the city council aaporved a few months ago that bans gifts.live from m and t b

director.mayor stephanie rawlings-blake introduced harry black to the city council monday.black worked in &prichmond virginia as chief administrative officer.while there he often clashed with the council and school system. he was also sued trying to their offices at city hall. (black) "in terms of the impact on baltimore, there'll be nooimpact, a lot of lessons learned from that experience, i look forward to working with the council members here in terms of open communications, supportiveness and responsivene" responsiveness." black would replace d gallagher... who is retirinn.but he must first be confirmed by the city council. 3 3 the stakes are high... in today'ssflorida primary. as greg black explains... the winner will get all of the state's 50 deeegates... and a chance to distinguish himself in a racc that has had three contests with three different winners. 3 four republican presidential candidates are on tte ballot for today's florida primary. but most recent polls suggest it's a two-man race -- with mitt romney way ahead..."with a turnout like this, i'm beginning to feel ww mig

. >>> tonight mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and other representatives met to talk about what the city is doing to curb juvenile violence. it's coming down to making sure the youth have plenty to do. >> we must continue to work together. we need to provide early intervention and diversion options to young people who make mistakes and enter the juvenile justice system. >> the mayor has repeatedly said one of the main goals is to have wñrçó move intoiliesbti9dçó baltimoreÑi and reducingçów3 vie mfáxdÑi interested. primarily in the d.c. area, also anne arundel and creeping into the city. so for bwi southward, there are some travel headaches. give you a closer look across the narrows into the eastern shore. easton getting banding. air temps have fallen. the heart of this has been through the d.c. area making for a headache, lower visibility, slushy spots on the road. yes, we were above freezing. you can see the back side will clear out over the next few hours. i want to show the air temperatures which have dropped below freezing. 31 rock hall. and easton also at 33. i want to show you da

one final housekeeping note, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says that earlier today she cent of those crabcakes as part of the losing end of our bet on this game. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> i would say i hope they enjoy them, but i really don't. fans are still grieving tonight, almost 24 hours after yesterday's down to the last minute loss. kathryn sent us this photo of a very disappointed reagan stand. she cannot believe it. -- a very disappointed ravens fans. remember to send us all of your best pictures at wbaltv.com. >> to women and a toddler or recovering after an early- morning fire ripped through their home in northwest baltimore. kim dacey has details. >> i heard some yelling outside. i woke up and looked out of the window and saw the house on fire. >> that houses in the 300 block of south fulton avenue. firefighters got on the scene around 6:00 monday morning in hunt -- found heavy smoke and fire on the first floor. never say 2-year-old child, a young mother and grandmother lived in the home. -- neighbors say. >> all i heard was that a mother and her babies jumped out

baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and the paltz -- boston mayor have placed a greater -- a wager on sunday's game. the boston mayor has pledged a lobster dinner and rawlings- blake has pledged crabcakes if the ravens loses. >> a man is out on bail today after police say he fired shots at another car in the case of road rage on interstate 95. lowell melzer has been tracking these developments and is live at police headquarters in pikesville. >> police are calling this a very serious situation. they admit it could have had a far worse outcome. they are telling us a driver on interstate 95 became so enraged at another driver that he took a couple of shots at him. >> anyone could have been hit. it could have caused death and injury on the interstate. just completely illegal and inappropriate, and very dangerous. >> a strict reminder to drivers concerning road rage after a joppa man is arrested for allegedly firing three shots and another driver. he got into an altercation with another driver near exit 67 on i-95 north. after jockeying back and forth with each other, police say he fir

all.good morninn patrice, there's word that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back two skybox tickets to attend last weekend playoff game against houston... that she had given to city council president jack young. young.it happened... shortly after young publicly called for an end to the baltimore grand prix.the two have been recently.we called the mayor's office to see if there was a connection between the race and the ticket take back... but we never got a response.as for young... he tried to downplay it all after yesterdays city's board of estimates meeting. 20:45:27"i really want to move forward, i mean we have a lot of important things that we have to do for this city and to talk bout tickets and sky boxes is not something i want to deal with right now" now"young did find a way to get to last weeks sold out game though.he was able to get box seats from ray lewis.young now says, he will be paying ray back. he says he wants to follow the ethics law the city council apporved a few months ago that bans gifts.live from m and t bank stadium, megan gilliland fox45 morning news. baltimor

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our government leaders including attorney general and baltimore mayor, stephanie rawlings blake takeo social media to spread the word. >> scam artists spend energy in trying to cause harm. >> reporter: angie with the better business bureau says some gets spent creating bogus social networking i accounts, a increase in the use of names and photos of officials used to set up fraudulent accounts. the accounts are used to strike up relationships. they are going to use the information and the more detail about you to customize or as we call spear fishing customize a scam directed towards you. >> reporter: the feds say some of the scams are work at home opportunities. in other cases , the scammers hit you with a sob story and ask for money. it's important to know who you are talking with. >> visit the government's website to see if there is a indication they are on twitter or facebook. >> reporter: those may have icons to click to go to their pages. if they don't, you could be sharing with a social media scammer. >> reporter: information on this and other scam alerts, head to abc2news.com,

mayor stephanie rawlings blake said she was evaluating all departments to petermine if changes nnededlefeld says the two have a great working relationship. "i'm not anxious to leave the place, i love and i take an enormous amount of pride in what we got done last year" year"baltimore had 196 murrers last year....the first time baltimore saw fewer than 200 3& gas prices.../ are... going up..../ ááwayáá up.....// ááaccordingáá... to... some experts,.../// ááweáá... may... soon pay.../ as... much as .../ 5 dollars.../ a... gallon..../ ááwhyáá the... hefty hike? áámelindaáá roeder.../ live... in.../ north baltimore.,, / with answers. prices have already jumped about 6 cents in the last week. but if the analysts are right... what we pay now... cculd seem like a bargainn, down the road. cost of crude oil is affected by international events - like political unrest in countries like iraq and iran.then... in maayland... there's the added worry of a taa increase. lawmmkers will soon be asked to consider a 15-percent - per gallon - increase... over the next couple years.if prices rise to above 4

one final housekeeping know, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake made a bet with austin's mayor, and she sent him some crabcakes earlier today. it would have been nice to feast on the lobster he would have sent her it had we won that game. lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> some of the biggest little ravens fans are among those the most shocked over the loss, like this six-month-old. number one fan chase, that is how i feel. you can check out all the work put into this great display. purple pride will not go away. share your photos on wbaltv.com. >> kind of gray in dismal day following the defeat as well. the temperatures have been rising and should continue to hold steady or rise overnight. the good news is that we are above freezing. any leftover drizzle and fog should not cause major problems because the temperatures will stay above freezing tonight. the main badge of rain and moister is moving away from us. the snow is confined to areas in the northern great lakes region. that is not a problem for us. severe thunderstorms are farther down along the gulf coast. we are in the best part of i

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake announced free tax help from the tax program. there are 20 sites in baltimore city and baltimore county. >> it really is more than just a tax return, making sure that people take advantage at this moment in time. they're also getting connected to other important services. >> this is the 11th year the cash campaign has helped families in need. >>> a drive-by shooting, multiple crashes and one man dead. what police said happened on a new jersey freeway. >>> and what a california couple was caught doing on surveillance in a pet store and why police are looking for them. >>> one person is dead after a drive-by shooting that caused several crashes on a new jersey freeway yesterday. they say someone fired shots at a driver on route 29 in trenton. cars around the car swerved and caused an accident but the driver of the ford was killed by the gunfire. >>> a connecticut man had a rude awakening when an suv crashed into his bedroom and landed on top of him. it took firefighters an hour to get the man free and he was badly burned. they trie

. -- they suffered lead poisoning as children dread mayor stephanie rawlings-blake insists that the city cannot afford to pay the judgments without affecting services to the city's current public housing residents. lawyers said that like anyone else in debt, if the city refuses to pay bills, its property can be taken. >> once we get the list, we are going to deal with an auction and auction the vehicles off. it is going to be a public option, advertised in the paper. anybody can go and get on a non- federal vehicle. >> 21 trucks and vans, even what bought a -- one bobcat vehicle. residents at the university of maryland college park have put a building on the chopping block. the existing building has not been upgraded since 1991, and it doesn't meet current safety codes, making it unsuitable to live in or for hosting a president's events. the college park foundation plans to build a university house next to the original site using its own funds. ray rice is celebrating a big award today. afc offensive player of the week. there is no denying he deserves a. he led the nfl in yards this seas

more reaction after jack young birches maryland mayor stephanie rawlings blake to cut ties with the grand prix. lowell mesler has more. >> starting in august of 2011, our city will be home to one of the most exciting sporting event in the world -- a baltimore grand pre cure >> it was supposed to be one of the greatest things to happen to the city. now more than four months after the inaugural risk of breast and $47 million for the city, short of 70 -- the inaugural race that to brought $47 million for the city, jack young admits he supported the rest back in 2010. it is time to the race to go. >> i said i supported the race because i believed what the race was going to do. i did not have a crystal ball to see that it would not financially work for the city or the state or the people who had contracts -- contracts with the race. >> president young said the city's money would be best spent on rec centers, paved streets, and open pools in the summer. >> i did not realize that would be left behind. i do not think right now we should be focusing on a grand prix race at this time. >> when in th

the first is support from mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. bealefeld also points to the introduction of targeted enforcement... that's where with guns.... in hopes of getting violent repeat offenders off city streets. next 36 hours... you can tte - expect to see thousands of officers on patrol... and that includes the top cop..... 16:19:29 i'm gonna work my tail off to make it happen. you know why i'm optimissic? because i have 3-thousand people ouu there backing me up. and they're going to be backing me up tonight tomoroow aad thh next day and then the're gonna come in january 1st and we'rr gonna do it all over again. total for this year is holding steady at 196. but homicide detectivee were on the scene of a shooting early this afternoon.crimee tape sealed off the corner of baker street and mckean avenue in west baltimore.police say an adult male was found shot there around 2 pm.detectives interviewed everyone in the area including a store owner nearby.still no worddon the condtion of the shooting victim. if he dies, it willlbe murder numbe

. >>> for five things to know, mayor stephanie rawlings blake will hold a press conference to thank statend local officials for their role in reducing juvenile violence in baltimore. she will speak at 11:30 at city hall rotunda. >>> governor o'malley will sign an executive order recognizing tribes in the area. that's going to be around 3:30 in the state capitol of annapolis. >>> in peru, the trial of joran van der sloot is on holds in wednesday e said friday he is going to plan to "sincerely confess" to murdering stephanie flores and said he needed more time to consider the plea. >>> and a study claims australians and new zealanders are the biggest pot smokers. 15% of them used marijuana america they came in at 7%. >>> and people.com is reporting that music's biggest duo has bam power trio. the beyonce and jay-z welcome their baby girl blue evey carter. houston chronicle reports mom and baby both doing well. >>> we are days away from the ravens big playoff game against the texans. but as the ravens head into the playoffs, they are getting letters of encouragement from the youngest fans. c

commissioner fred factors haveeplayed a rooe in brinning the city to this support from mayor stephanie rawlings-blakee bealefeld also poonts to the introduction of targeted enforcement... that's where officers go after criminals with guns.... in hopes of getting violent repeat offendees off city treets. 20-12 begins withhtragedy for more than a dozen people in southeast baltiiore... after fire ripped through a string of rowhomes on new years day. day.it happened around 6-30 sunday morning... on the 9-hundred blocc of bouldii tteetop floors of several oo the homes within minutes. firefighters faced a few challenges trying to contain the blaze.they actually had to cut a trench in the rooffof many of he homes... to keep it from spreading. fortunately... nobody was hurt. many of the homes are condemned... but residents are hoping to find some precious tteasures. thh christtas presents i just got, i would like to salvage those, i had some jewelry, something from each of my kidd when they got havv been displaced beccuse of 3 the fire. we hear many of them are staying with relatives. relatives.investigators

. >> mayor stephanie rawlings- blake sent the crabcakes promised to the baltimore predicted the boston mayor. -- to the boston mayor. >> a number one fan chase is not too happy that the ravens season is over. you can check it all out and share your photos on wbaltv.com. a funeral and memorial to say farewell to legendary football coach joe paterno. today pennsylvania governor tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff to honor the former penn state coach. hundred stopped at a makeshift memorial or the statue of joe paterno stands. >> i think everybody here is very sad and with his passing. he was a great man. we all loved him. he was pinned state football. -- he was penn state football. registered a loss his battle with lung cancer. -- yesterday he lost his battle with lung cancer. starbucks will soon expand beyond its well-known copy. the seattle-based chain now plans to add alcohol to the menu. we are told by the end of the year, beer, wine, and more upscale food will be sold at selects stars. the expanded menu also includes snacks and hot black bread is already available at six

young.there's word that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back two skybox tickets to attend last weekend playoff game against houston... that she had given to young.it happened... shortly aater younggpublicll called for an end to the baltimore grand prix.we called the mayor's office to see if there was a connection between the race and the ticket take back... but we never got a response.as for young... he tried to downplay it all after yesterdays city's board of estimates meeting. 20:45:27"i really want to move forward, i mean we have a lot of important things that we have to do for this city and to talk bout tickets and sky boxes is not something i want to deal with right now" now"young did find a way to &pget to last weee's sold out game though.he was able to get box eats from ray lewis.young now says, he will be paying ray back. he says he wants to follow the ethics law the city council approved a few months ago that bans gifts. baltimore fans are known for supporting the ravens with their hearts, their voices... and their wallets. wallets. the most recent rankings have the ravens fan

we talked to stephanie rawlings-blake to see how the city is preparing for the big crowds. >> we have time doing crowd control and planning for large events. we saw some of that on new year's eve the way we changed things around for crowd control. >> the mayor says the city is always working on the way to better manage large events. >> fans showing off the purple pride. the ravens are -- well, they are super bowl bound. >> super bowl bound. >> aleis took this picture along -- alexis and lindsay took this picture with their cousin. you can join them by sharing your pictures at "u local." are you going to have your moustache? >> i don't know, i'll have to work on that. get out my eye liner. >> a deadly fire in harford county. the fire started in abbington fire officials found the body of a man on the second floor. david collins has more. >> an off-duty police officer casually driving by lombard court. the officer raced door to door. he was told an elderly man lived at 703. horace and another man that did not want to be identified called 911 while at the same time courageously put their

conference and talked about how things quickly turn today football, patriots lose, mayor stephanie rawlings blake will get a gourmet lobster and mayor menino says if the ravens win -- ravens lose, he gets crab cakes. >> i'm alooking forward to sending -- well, i'm looking forward to having you at one point -- >> she says looking forward -- >> no. i'm looking forward to having the experience at some point in the future, the distant future, having you experience a crab cake and then you will know the delicacy that is maryland crab cakes. >> oh, this sounds like a chamber of commerce speech. >> i gotta point this out, the boston mayor you see there, he is wearing his purple pride too. he's got the purple tie on. he knows the ravens are going to win. crab cakes, they would be sent from fetale's and no doubt the mayor is preparing for her lobster dinner. we want you to prepare to be with us on sunday for the way to indy, jamie costello and scott garceau are in new england. they'll have me at mother's. come by, enjoy the party. the way to indy right here on abc 2 from noon to 2:00 on sunday. >>> you ha

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. >> 11 news caught up with stephanie rawlings-blake to talk about how the city is preparing for the big crowds. >> we have spent plenty of time preparing for crowd control and large events. >> the mayor says the city is always stratjiesing on how to better manage large events. photos have been pouring into our "u local" page. these ladsies have the right idea. these ladies are super bowl bound. here is a cuddly photo. you can showcase your purple passion by sharing your ravens fans photos on our web site at www.wbaltv.com. click on "u local." 25 degrees. still ahead, peter franchot joins us for our "q & a." >> as we mentioned, temperatures right now in the mid 20's. the afternoon and seven-day i'm just a bit of residue left behind by some mop. why you... nobody's taken a shine to me in a long time. phooey. i don't need anybody...but you! ♪ i believe in miracles [ male announcer ] swiffer attracts dirt. used mops can push muddy water around. swiffer wetjet's new, upgraded solution helps prevent streaks and residue to reveal more shine than a mop or your money back. you're a fresh swi

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back young's tickets. young criticized the city's plan to run another grand prix. >>> a veteran's raven's player takes time to criticize flacco. mark viviano has more on what ed reed has been saying. >> reporter: well, maybe it's ed reed's version of a motivational speech, he broadcasts his comments, critical of flacco's performance. in an interview, he said he was rattled by the houston pass rush. he added that flacco can't play like that when they load to -- head to new england. he was sacked five times sunday. after wards, he said that the offense needed to fix some things. >> i thought he played very, very well. there are a lot of situations in the game. when he was under duress, he handled himself well. you just try to get better and improve and win in your football. that's what we value. >> flacco had a qb rating of 97 in the game. something that harbaugh said was a winning performance. i'll be in wince wince -- owings mills for the latest. >>> we'll bring you the afc championship game, live from fox

that is why stephanie rawlings blake continues to push for an increase in the bottle tax. >> none ofis in stone. until we have a definite plan, we have to push aggressively with all of the different ways to get there. >> the mayor is also banking on $1.6 million of slot proceeds. the city casino does not exist yet. to ship they plans burden of teacher pensions. that will cost the city another $50 million. the mayor argues the cost should be reduced because the city is poor. >> it must extend to teacher pensions. >> the superintendent also wants general assembly to increase the city's borrowing authority. the fluid as of this entire plan barrault's some lawmakers. one suggests to get your finances in order before coming to us asking for a guarantee of the funds. >> the end of a horrific chapter in the life of a doctor whose family was slain in a home invasion. >> a state of the art movie theater is >>live, local, late breaking, you are watching wbal-tv 11 news at 5:00 in hd. >> new at 5:30, plans are extensive. a 16 screen movie theater with 3200 seats and an underground parking garag

dignity these include baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings blake pack the house as well. he recognized republican members and left the door open to their ideas. >> it is good to have the forces of two different philosophies in this chamber. at the end of the day i think we are better off hearing from all sides on every issue. as we go forward, i want to let everybody know that my door is always open. i want everybody to have the understanding that we all pull together. that there will be disagreements, but at the end of the day i hope we all leave us friends. >> there are too many issues to them, but they include same-sex marriage, redistricting, expanded gaming and their locations. it will talk about expanding the sales tax. governor o'malley is now floating an alternative to the gas tax. >> if we were to raise the sales tax by another penny, it would be a broadbased think it to do and it would enable us to do a lot of the things that have to get done and the course of the session. >> we will have more on the trial balloon of increasing sales tax. david collins, wba all

. >> reporter: today, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and other city leaders announced the theme for this year's mlk parade. it's "ask me about my dream." >> we believe that there is a generational responsibility to help our young people as they dream, and it's extremely important that we be dream casters and not dream killers. >> reporter: just like in years past, dancers, along with -- ♪ [ music ] ♪ various marching bands and community groups, will fill the parade route. this year, organizers are expecting 30,000 people to gather and line the streets in downtown baltimore. >> it really has become the people's parade. >> reporter: the parade will start right here at martin luther king boulevard and utah streets then head south and ending at baltimore street. >> reporter: and at the helm of all of the festivities as this year's grand marshall, it will be baltimore colts legend and hall-of-famer, lenny moore. >> and giving me the opportunity to be a part of this parade of the -- parade. again, folks folk i'm overwhelmed. i really am. >> reporter: they said this is not just a good example o

police say someone broke into mayor stephanie rawlings- blake's infinity earlier this month. the suspect opened her car door, but did not take anything. the mayor's security detail did arrest the man. in november 2010, a man was arrested for stealing the stereo for the mayor's husband's car. >>> remembering the man known as the voice of reason. hundreds of people today attended a public memorial for ron smith. the baltimore media icon who died recently from pancreatic cancer. weijia jiang has more on the emotional service. weijia? >> smith's wife says this was exactly what her husband wanted. not a funeral service, but rather a memorial for people to celebrate and laugh together. of course, there were plenty of tears, too. >> reporter: at goucher university, the main auditorium was packed with people who love ron smith. >> we called this a gathering of family, friends, and loyal lesseners. -- listeners. and i think everyone who was there today really saw their ron smith. >> reporter: the baltimore broadcasting legend died last month, after battling pancreatic cancer. known on

. >>> someone recently tried to break into a car that belongs to mayor stephanie rawlings- blake ander husband. it happened when the car was parked in the 4800 block of straw flower lane. there were several other attempted car thefts in the same neighborhood on that day. >>> the rainy morning here turns into a spring-like afternoon. outside tonight, it is mild in the skies. cloudy, but fairly clear. let's check in with bob turk. he's tracking live doppler radar. bob, it's so nice outside. >> take a look at radar. there are a few showers developing out to the west. along the front that will come across the region late tonight. maybe a brief shower, between now and about 8:00, or 9:00. it's just partly cloudy skies. and colder air moving in now. we dropped a little bit to 57 degrees. around the region, 50 in oakland, still 60, pax river. and 54 in cumberland. but it will be getting a lot colder tomorrow as the front comes through the area. temperatures will be struggling to get out of the 30s. really, a much colder and breezy day tomorrow. it's back to more normal january temperatures

even major stephanie rawlings- blake is showing their purple pride. and kids are putting pen to paper here in pikesville, doing just that. >> reporter: your neighborhood giants store has now become a post office. >> it's very exciting. the kids come in. they write their letters. they're very excited. >> reporter: kids of all ages have the opportunity to wish the ravens luck. >> you can submit your own letter. you can also write your letter to the ravens on this form. you fill out the information. they'll send you the letter back. it also puts you in the running for cool things like tickets to sunday's game, or the ravens' cheerleader, and poe visiting your school. >> reporter: the letters are then brought here to the ravens' practice facility in owings mills, where they're posted for the ravens to read. >> the whole atmosphere is fantastic. you can see support coming from the fans directly. they thought they read this through the art work. it's fantastic. >> reporter: the letters can be dropped off at any baltimore area giants store, where they can be

. >> reporter: today, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake and other leaders announced the theme for this year's mlk parade. it's "ask me about my dream." >> we believe there is a generational responsibility to help our young people as they dream. and it's extremely important that we be dream casters and not dream killers. >> reporter: just like in years past, dancers, along with -- ♪ [ music ] ♪ , various marching bands and community groups will fill the parade route. this year, organizers will be expecting 30,000 people to gather and line the streets of downtown baltimore. >> it really has become the people's parade. >> reporter: the parade will start here at martin luther king boulevard and utah street and head south, ending at baltimore street. >> reporter: and at the helm of all of the festivities as this year's grand marshall, it will be hall of fame legend moore. >> and giving me the opportunity to be a part of this parade. again, folks. i'm overwhelmed. i really am. >> reporter: the mayor said moore is not a great example of how someone can achieve their dream. but also a man who could h

mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is urging everyone to show their theirle pride. meanwhile, here in the county, the giants' store, kids are putting pens to paper to cheer on the home team. >> reporter: your neighborhood giants store has now become a ravens' post office. >> it's very exciting. the kids come in. they write their letters. they're very excited of. >> reporter: kids have the opportunity to wish the ravens luck. >> you can submit your own letter. you fill out the information. they'll send you a letter back. it also puts you in the running for cool things like tickets to sunday's game or the ravens' cheerleaders and poe visiting your school. >> the letters are then brought here to the ravens' practice facility in owings mills, where they're posted for the ravens to read. >> the whole atmosphere is fantastic. the fact that they get to see support coming from the fans directly. they thought they did the art work. it's fantastic. >> reporter: the letters can be dropped off at any baltimore area giants store, where they can be collected and delivers. -- deli

. >> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will attend the president's address as the guest of senator ben cardin. and you can see president obama's third state of the union, live tonight at 9:00, right here on wjz 13. >>> well, what a warmup, after getting our first taste of real winter. temperatures climb back up. take a live look outside. oh, my goodness. that looks like a summer sunset. or at least a spring sunset. there are still a few clouds out there. but we'll take it. wjz has more. meteorologist bernadette woods updating our conditions. we will start inside with bob. >>> we had a few clouds between 2:00 and 4:00. they're gone. finished as you saw. clear skies. look at radar. nothing around here at all. i mean, absolutely spectacular. i mean, very mild afternoon. nothing on radar at all. still at 52 degrees, west winds at 5. take a look at the rest of the readings. 54 in easton. 41 in oaklanding. -- oakland. that's our normal high. 50 in cumberland. and a 47 down by the ocean in ocean city. the dew point is much lower than it's been at 34 degrees. bernadette woods has a look at

joined by the major stephanie rawlings blake, the organization renned those killed in 2011 and tried to help everyone impacted by the violence cope with their grief. they hope they take it as a call to action. >> by midnight tonight, we saw the murders rise in 2011 and we start all over again. realistically, that's formality. if you think about all of the people still going and the majority of the killers are still out there. >> the city's homicide rate is hovering just under 200 compared to 222 at the end of 2010. >>> covering the nation this morning, one family is preparing for a tournament of roses parade as one float honors their young daughter. parents of a victim kill in a shooting rampage made a decision to donate her corneas. the organ donor float, they say, is a wonderful way to honor her daughter's memory. >> it's appropriate. she's looking down on all of us right now and she's proud. she's thrilled about it. and i can see how beautiful this turned out. and just aside from that, just getting back. regaining their sight or their life or, you know, if they had an injury so th

. >>> the baltimore sun is reporting that mayor stephanie rawlings-blake took back young's tickets thatd given him. he criticized the city for possibly running another grand ,,,,,,,, >>> i know that a lot of you didn't have time to watch the whole debate and didn't have time to watch the nine minutes. here's a five second synopsis of the debate. >>> all right. >>> that's about it. welcome back to "cbs this morning." >> we turn now to extreme sports which of course, seem to be all about the thrill. it's that rush of adrenaline an the daring athletes say that's what they live for. when things go wrong, however, they can pay a very heavy price. special correspondent jeff glor looks at a rash of devastating injuries in the world of extreme sports. good morning. >> erica, good morning to you. we noticed a few injuries happening in less than a week. extreme jumps and climbs, the next feat typically trying to outdo the last with the resulting risk. humans aren't supposed to fly. but jeb corliss comes pretty close. his extreme exploits have a huge following. this video alone almost nine million

. >> even though stephanie rawlings-blake has made a bet with boost's mayor, the town manager does notat, so he's making his own bet. >> we don't understand his challenge here in foxborough. is that stadium in boston? gee, no it isn't. it's here. i think it would have to involve some of our lobsters from the north for some of your chesapeake bay crabs which are fantastic. >> speaking of famous, a photographer from the "boston globe" got a kick out of seeing me dressed up in ravens gear, and he asked me to do the gronkowski spike. i played along, because it is not like he will be doing any of this on sunday. >> see how the cities compare at www.wbaltv.com. the purple pride is strong. share your photos at www.wbaltv.com and click on "u local." >> joe flacco's game comes with the most pressure he has faced. they had a heartbreaking loss to the steelers. he knows it is his turn. the voice of the ravens gerry sandusky had a chance to talk to joe flacco and talk about life under the microscope. >> you have a real feel for what the defense is trying to do? >> pretty similar. you have to win e