we will get through it. >> reporter: in addition to the vote of confidence, stephanie rawlings-blake took home an award for excellence. jessica kartalija, wjz 13 news. >> thank you. it is unclear if stephanie rawlings-blake will fill her staff openings with members of dixon's staff. >>> let's turn to weather. we don't have to tell you it is a cold evening out there. a live look outside and you cannot see the frigid conditions, but you know it is a cold one. meteorologist bernadette woods is live in the weather center with the current conditions. >> we got up to 33, but when you factor in the wind chill, it was colder. let's show you first warning doppler weather radar. there is nothing going on in the area. we are down to 29 degrees right now. i want to show you after we drop into the teens. tomorrow, we don't warm up all that much. tomorrow's temperatures are still struggling to get to 30 degrees. when you factor in the wind, it will feel in the teens. the good news is, we could not tell you last week, we have a warm up this week. that is coming up in the forecast. >>> thank you. fir

rawlings- blake after the current mayor sheila dixon announces her resignation. rawlings-blake says she is more than prepared to assume her new position. >> i'm so glad that stephanie rawlings-blake is here, our mayor to be. >> reporter: praise for city council president and future mayor stephanie rawlings-blake. she, along with senator barbara mikulski and fred bealefeld were honored at a breakfast at martins west. >> we know that this is a tough time in our city and a time of transition, but as both a member of the delegation and the senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support. the mayor and the next several weeks and years coming ahead. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position, meeting this week with commissioner beale field and fire chief black. what do you foresee is your biggest problem in backing mayer? >> the budget. >> reporter: she also cites public safety as a priority. >> public safety and other city services. in order to do that, we need to get the budget under control. >> reporter: rawlings-blake will assume the job as mayor after current mayor sheila dixon resigns february 4th. >> i pledge as mayor dixo

stephanie rawlings blake doesn't get a weekend off less than a month before she takes over as mayor of baltimore city. mayor sheila dixon announced her resignation last week and rawlings blake said she's more than prepared to assume the position. >> praise for city council president and future mayor stephanie rawlings blake. she, along with senator barbara mikulski and city police commissioner were honored at a breakfast at martins west. >> we know that this is a tough time in our city. a time of transition. but as a member of the delegation and the senior member of the delegation, we pledge absolute support to the mayor in the next several weeks and years coming ahead. >> reporter: this as the council president prepares for her new position. meeting this week with commissioner bealfeld. >> what do you foresee as your biggest challenge upon becoming mayor? >> right now, it is the budget. that's the focus i have right now. >> in addition to the budget, she cites public safety as a priority. >> we have to protect our core priorities, public safety and other city services. but in order to

we certainly want to work with the mayor-in waiting, stephanie rawlings-blake, to be successful. baltimore will continue to be successful. our business requires strong public relationships and partnerships. the governor and i enjoyed a strong relationship with stephanie. we want to make sure that baltimore city continues to make progress. >> on a lighter note, you will watch the game today. what do you think will happen? besides a victory. >> it will be a tough game but with the cold weather in foxboro, it favors the running game and that means that we will be in good shape. i am looking for to sitting down and watching the game. >> thank you for coming in today. nice to see you. one week from today, our guest will be the maryland state attorney. e-mail your questions to sunday questions at wbaltv.com. we will be right back with more news. here's a look at what is coming up. >> in a special edition >"meet the press, harry reid apologizing this week from a controversial remarks about then-candidate obama. three key democrats announced their retirement this week. there'll be a squar