they pay lares company to come to their city. -- they pay larry's company to come to their city.we have had some help from washington like on the finance bill. our delegation could never do enough for us but senator schumer has worked very hard. michael mcmann is another who has worked hard from the beginning. our problem is not the federal government. we have to make new york city be the reason people want to come there and stay there. >> one thing you said about job creation is that when you start talking about the financial community, you were talking about jobs in new york city. >> we are talking about police, fire, teachers, we pay them from the taxes that the finance industry generates them what is the difference between you and larry with respect to federal regulatory reform making its way through the senate? second question, if the bill that is making its way through the senate was in place, would we have avoided the economic recession we face? >> i think the measures that are contained in the christopher dodd bill would vary substantially have reduced the factors that ca

the city has had trouble paying into the plans and the values reportedly slipped to 40% to 50% of their future liabilities. the city and unions acknowledge the current system as broken but haven't agreed on how to fix it with the july 1st deadline quickly approaching. a spokeswoman for mayor stephanie rawlings-blake tells abc2 news -- "under the current pension plan members can retire as early as age 40 with full benefits"mayor rawlings-blake supports comprehensive pension reform because she believes police officers and firefighters deserve good retirement with you it must be -- but it must be what the city can afford. >>> baltimore-based cordish company is suing the anne arundel county elections board claiming it overlooked fraud in the petition drive to put the slots issue before voters. a citizens group that operates laurel and pimlico are fighting the proposal. the jockey club says the casino will put laurel park out of business. >>> the weather front today, generally cloudy early on. then sun broke out later this afternoon. we're tracking a couple of showers primarily east of balti

capture cops on camera, city police argue they can arrest you for video taping them doing their job. >> crime and justice reporter investigates whether it is legal. joy. >> karen, youtube video of baltimore city police officers arresting a m woman preakness has many people wondering if person who record thad video broke the law. take a listen. >> taking a picture. >> officers concerned over cameras eyes witness tell me a lot of people were taking pictures and recorded has this scene. an officers did their best to make sure that evidence was erased. >> they were telepeople not to pak pictures. one yes man next to one my son's friend memory was erased. >> it is perfectly legal for people record what police officers and other public officials do in their public performance of their public duties. >> the acl u says it all comes down to a reasonable expectation of privacy. >> joy thank you joy. a s.w.a.t. team converges on neighborhood. a man locked himself inside a house along wood well road near german hill road around noon today. officers canine and rifles surrounded the home. they say

they have apparently revised the long idea of taxing commuters who make their living in the city. and now this has been around for many years, but they require a congressional approval for them and the suburban lawmakers have made darn sure that it never happens. but thieves from falls church in virginia says that they are all for it. they have an offset credit for that jurisdiction tax. so a commute attack would not increase my taxes if they were to reduce their sales tax as a sweetener, they would decrease. i would rather have that go to dc than to virginia, for a large portion of the northern virginia taxes, that are sent to other parts of the state. and it is an interesting point, steve. have you heard about the fact that they would decrease through the revenue going to your home state by the amount of that mentioning the detox? your neighbor, mark, from the church says that the city does not deserve that windfall. and let's see. i can ride the metro. i drive to work, pay for parking, grab a bite to eat. tax dollars. washington, d.c., they received the highest per capita feder

the city has had no trouble paying into the pension plans which reportedly slipped to 40% to 50% of their future liabilities. the city and unions acknowledge the system is broken but haven't agreed how to fix it with a deadline quickly approaching. a spokesman for stephanie rawlings-blake tolls us under the current pension plan members can retire as early as 40 with full benefits. rawlings-blake supports comprehensive pension roreform because she believes firefighters and police officers deserve good retirement but must be one the city can afford. >>> the battle for slots at arundel mills mall is heating up. the trial began today over the proposed slots casino. the cordish company is suing the anne arundel county elections board claiming that it overlooked fraud in the petition drive to put that issue before voters. a citizens group and the maryland jockey club which operates laurel and pimlico are fighting the proposal. the jockey club says the casino will put laurel park out of business. >>> confuse seems to be spreading -- confusion seems to be spreading tonight as the gusher in the gu

joel d smith is live at the city of baltimore where councilmembers think they can meet the numbers in their own way. good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, megan. the city council thinks they can do this in their own way. they have stopped the mayor's idea of the a bottle tax that would have raised $11 million. and they have relaced with taxing the parking, and the poker machines. they could soon be taxed up to $5,200 per machine. yesterday the council taxation. they promised to approve the tax getting to the revenue. the mayor thinks that number could be close to $50 million, really needed to avoid the cuts to the police city. they want to fine anybody who has an illegal operating in the city. that in itself could create a problem. >> glaglamglaglam blears would u have a machine in the back room. >> if we're going to i have meaningful conversation, we can't do to through press conference. >> reporter: the mayor hasn't reviewed the council's plan but no matter how they get the money, the mayor says she needs $22 million otherwise jobs could be a as a result. a million dollars will b

united beats the kansas city wizards, their first victory of the season.'m sorry i had to do this. >> slow motion -- >> that was super slow motion. >> 1973, by the way, was the last time. >> yeah, right. we know better, we're back with the >>> street cars are making a comeback in the district. the city showed off cars, they in washington decades ago, city officials decided to bring them back to ease air pollution. one of the neighborhoods the street cars will service, the street car system is scheduled to begin running at 2012. >>> millions of people coast to coast bought tickets for the mega millions jackpot last night. only one person had the winner, $266 million to a woman who works in the newsroom at the nbc station in los angeles. her husband recently lost his job. no word on whether she plans to keep hers, but she did show up today. she left early because it occurred to her, wait a minute, what am i doing here? and so she left. >> they're never going to see her again. >> i hope [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted. it was

but the city had argued that these applicants had filed their discrimination charges too late, that the time to do it was 300 days after the city announced it was going to use these test scores. >> suarez: now the court has ruled in the past on cases involving a time line and ongoing discrimination, most notably in the lily ledbetter case. this time they said that the ability to sue wasn't time limited. how do they explain that? >> first of all this case involves discriminatory or disparate impact cases. and there you do not have to prove intentional discrimination. those other cases like the ledbetter case did involve that. but justice scalia who wrote this opinion, he looked at the language of the statute, what congress had written and it spoke specifically to when an employer uses a practice that has a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. and uses, he said, means that an employer's practice if used down the road not the very first time but even down the road can still give rise to a discrimination lawsuit. and that's what he said happened he

as far as them wanting to raise rates it is not our fault that the city did not maintain their see sewer system. >> reporter: even with the water increase it is still the cheapest than all utilities. 16-ounce glass of water is a penny. a shower costs six cents. if you want to keep it that way the city says it has to improve the infrastructure. roosevelt leftwich abc 2 news. >>> tonight students at virginia university will hold a vigil tonight for the lacrosse student who was found dead inside her offcampus apartment monday morning. her former boyfriend kicked in her bedroom door, shook her and hit her head against the wall several times. he is charged with first degree murder. a viewing for love will be held friday in towsen for 2:00-7:00 and 7:00-9:00. funeral services are set for saturday at 10:00 a.m. in north baltimore. at the cathedral mary our queen. >>> the land lord called to report the [ inaudible ] and neither she norher boyfriend would answer their door. when police arrived at their house they made a grizzly discovery. >> once we made our way inside we found two people decease

always knowing that their city is a target. always looking to find out information to prevent anything from happening to their citizens. how about police officer wayne radigan of the mounted unit troop b? the fire department of new york , the new york police department bomb squad. look, they put their lives on the line. . they could have gone much slower. that's not their job. that, no one knew, could have been a deep bomb explosion. they put themselves on the line. we respect them rather than simply pat them on the back. we must commit ourselves, both sides of the aisle, to make sure that we are always there for our first responders and not simply be there to say thank you. but beforehand give them the resources that they need to defend america and its neighborhoods. the new york police department bomb squad, bond the regular day of duty. -- beyond the regular day of duty. led by lieutenant mark tory and other first responders. the federal bureau of investigation, united states customs and border protection. we know he was fin

. >> water rates in the city have increased every year for the past five. the county set theirwn rates, so the amount of increase will vary depending on the county. as far as city residents are concerned, they could see their bill go up $80 a year for their water. water main breaks seem commonplace in the baltimore area, with more than 1300 in the last year. >> major water main breaks last year _ and the importance of funding infrastructure improvements. p!r5>> aging pipes under the cy are the main cause of those breaks. the bald receive public works department is hoping to raise water -- baltimore city public works department is hoping to raise water rates. it will cost the average family $80 a year, or $20 a quarter. >> i don't like it at all. >> while the increase will be tough to take for some families, most customers and it something needs to be done to stop the water main breaks. >> on the back end, to have the rush for these emergencies is not a good thing. being proactive and putting an actual price on the water customers will save a ton of money in the long run. reall

their belts. our colleges, our universities, our counties and our cities, they're all doing their budget hearings right now and they're perplexed that congress would consider moving forward. now, the gentleman from georgia talked a little bit about past spending, and i think as we talk about deficits and the debt that the gentleman from georgia and i probably agree -- and i know i certainly talked with president bush and i think he did, too, many times, i felt that president bush spent too much. c.b.o. says when you look at the years of republican control from 1994 to 2006, our average annual deficit was about $104 billion per year. and then you go in and the gentleman has the chart that shows what happened when there was democrat control of congress, the three years that they have hait, 2007, 2008, 2009. well, our $104 billion a year deficit, which was way too much. we should never have a deficit or it should only be in extenuating circumstances. we all support a balance budget, we support a balance budget amendment, we support bringing that in like the r.s.v. did last year having a balanced bud

their business practices with arizona. it would urge d.c. to divest in bonds issued in arizona. it will block cityds from being used to support participation in any event held in that state. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad says he may know where osama bin laden may be. he says in d.c. in may this in response to a claim that bin laden is living elsewhere. he claims bin laden and george bush were colleagues in the oil business and says mr. bush is harboring him. the white house is not responding to this accusation. >> investigators believe the suspect in a failed car bombing bought a gun to the bill months ago. michael bloomberg once terrorists suspected of being banned from buying guns. the task force began investigating faisal shahzad ins 2004. after becoming a u.s. citizen he moved his family back to pakistan. he has admitted he underwent bomb-making training. >>> the government issued a new requirement for airlines to check the no-fly list within two hours of changes. a check, the name of the bombing suspect, faisal shahzad, but the airline did not notice the notification that there was an addition to th

more than 800 children were reported abused last year in baltimore city, their average age eight years old. >>> the west baltimore man abducted at gun point from his home has been found shot to death in a van yesterday. it is likely the same van witnesses saw him forced into when he was and dunthd. police are still looking for those responsible. >>> parents and children are urged to be on the lookout for a suspicious man seen approaching students yesterday. police say a man tried to lure a girl from baits middle school, another girl told police a man grabbed her arm, but she managed to get away. >>> hundreds of jobs at j.p. morgan chase appear to be heading for the chopping block. they are closing their credit card center in frederick at the end of the year. they are said to be apart of a larger plan to increase efficiency with the company. >>> during a tour of an elementary school the other day first lady michelle obama found herself talking immigration reform with a second grader here in maryland. the girl more or less admitted her mother was in the country illegally. >> reporter: fi

it is hard for people to circulate within their cities and between regions.ard even for iraqi officials who asserted that they would start to remove these concrete harriers throughout baghdad, they then face powerful distant-- disincentives to dismantling the security infrastructure that divides baghdad and very sad ways. i was also's-- because we spent time in the north as well as in baghdad you feel strongly the economic and even social pow in the country is being redistributed. that the investments, the improved roads, the shopping malls are all in the north and arabs come to the north, because it is a place wher you can move around more easily. there are different sets of energy and dynamism in the north. baghdad, kirkuk, these are cities that are crumbling. there is no construction. the is no capacity to invest in new infrastructure and very little reconstruction. the last thoughts on iraq and the regional dynamics, virtually all iraqis blame their neighbors for doing something bad to good. iran is the mother of all meddlers, turkey's engagement is seen

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city council members came up with their own tax plan, but they say it may not generate enough revenue. we're live at city hall tonight, and we will have the latest coming up tonight at 6:00. police are investigating an accident that killed the dog and sent a couple of people to the hospital near the intersection of woodland ave. a car ran up on the curb, no word as to what caused the accident or of the weather was a factor. the search continues for whoever gunned down in a bar owner. he was found around 2:30 on saturday morning. he'd been shot as many as nine times. police say they had no motive, but they have said that a couple of unidentified men were seen running from the scene. >> preliminary numbers from the fbi show violent crime in the u.s. was down for a third straight year. last year pose a decline amounted to a 5.5% drop compared to 2008. the biggest decline was in the south, down 6.6%. robbery, murder, aggravated assault and forcible rape fall under the violent crime category. property crime fell for a seventh straight year. this comes as the justice department visits maryl

their man. the main suspect in saturday's failed new york city bombing.faisal shahzad and they believe he attended a terror camp in pakistan. >> reporter: as the investigation unravels, the prime suspect as you just said faisal shahzad will likely face several terrorism and ec pleasive charge, including terrorism transcending national borders and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and he nearly got away. he's 30 years old, faisal shahzad married to an american woman, two children. investigators believe he drove the suv into times square saturday night rigged with a crude bomb. customs agents captured him shortly before midnight monday just moments after boarding a plane set to leave j.f.k. headed for dubai. the plane was later pulled back from the runway when agents wanted to question two more passengers who were later released. here's the order from the tower. >> actually i have a message for you to go back to the gate immediately. >> reporter: "the wall street journal" is reporting disad was headed back -- faisal shahzad was headed back. almo

it started with a science project at the trinity school in new york city. theirwith scientists from the rockefeller university and the american museum of natural history. the objective? just to see if they could extract d.n.a. from a bunch of samples they took from around the house, like feather from a duster, hair from a brush and stuff sitting in their frig. all the samples went to the american museum of natural history where this machine played a key role. >> the practical tool which will be useful in making the world a safer, more honest place. >> reporter: honest is right. it's a high-tech machine that can take a sample of just about anything, analyze it and spit out its scientific d.n.a. in a barcode. and every species on the planet has its own unique d.n.a. barcode. >> they can over the internet actually match that barcode to any of the barcodes that are available in the bowl database. >> reporter: it has more than 65,000 identifications. when you get a match, it tells you exactly what you sampled. >> an accurate match is a hundred percent certain. >> repo

their motorcades bring city traffic to a halt, causing untold miseries to the public. emperors and kings in our history were kind. what do you say about this? we are seeing this in our own country now. >> that's the way popular -- he's stating a very popular view. at the same time, he's become very much an islamist. he's holding fundamentalist views on almost everything. what his argument boils down to is that we are not following the presepts of islam. >> many young pakistanis believe this. of course, many of this is true. we still don't have a stable government. we have corrupt rule. the political leadership includes the military, both civilian and military. the united nations is trying to develop the nation. our economic indicators are also terrible. not as bad as afghanistan, but pretty bad. and countries like -- you know, we make enemies around ourselves. we don't take responsibility for anything. for example, the extreme -- extremism now in pakistan, we say the americans told us to fight the jihad against the soviets in the 1980's. this is all for the americans o

cities. to date, their attacks have been limited to pakistan, where they have killed more people than any other terror group there. those tactics could be devastating in the united states. >> if terrorist groups are going to use these clean skins, people we don't know anything about, if they're going to operate in small cells or as individuals, then we're going to see some successes. they're not going to be big attacks like 9/11, but they are going to be attacks and they will be successful. we will not always be lucky. >> reporter: shahzad's cooperation may have already paid dividends. officials in pakistan say they've made at least two arrests there of people directly connected to shahzad, one, his father-in-law, the other, a person who reportedly traveled to the u.s. to help set up the times square plot. martin? >> brian ross tracing the path of a would be terrorist. our thanks for that report. >>> when we come back, we'll turn to the world of sport, and one of its biggest stars. "nightline" goes one-on-one with king of the court, lebron james. [ male announcer ] what is performance? 0 to 60?

we can't have cities or states trying to pass their immigration laws. that's a federal responsible. the federal government has to step up stais time to fix this issue. the border is a state issue it's not a city of el pa el paso iss any other on the border. the federal government needs to deal with it. >> domingo. >> geraldo, it is a federal issue but the feds have not done anything about it. it's a little bit like geraldo if you were in the neighborhood pool with lots of kids and you see a child that is drowning, and the lifeguard is over maybe playing basketball with a movie star are you going to let the kid drown because the lifeguard is too busy. by the way the bill that i am introducing is not exactly like that. the one in arizona, it's only about a page and a half. racial profiling is illegal. there's information about that. i would love it if the feds would come in and do somethisom> debbie riddle is right federal government should be ashamed of itself. i know obama didn't expect to have the great recession on the 21st century when he started but he did say he would lo address

reported seeing him driving a blue sedan with dark-tinted windows >>> baltimore city detectives investigating one of their officers reporter: east chase street saturday afternoon, it's where an off-duty city officer shot a man who was trying to steal his personal car. tonight that officer is on leave, the suspect in shock trauma and the shooting under investigation. the officer was at a restaurant in the area when he her a car alarm go off and went outside to investigating and found it was his car. >> the suspect broke the window, when the officer approach he was inside the car, exited from the rear side. reporter: the officer yelled out and the man lunged at the officers. >> later we found a screwdriver on the suspect. reporter: the number of police-involved shootings are down. last year there were 8, this year 4. >> a lot of the previous shootings involved officers losing their weapons, we have focused on better training and we're at a 50% reduction of shootings. the suspect faces autotheft and assault charges. >>> a baltimore man laid to rest as police continue to search for his killer. martin disappea

the participation is especially low in a neighborhood, the city will try to boost recycling there. >> we would ask them to come to their civic or citizen association. we can do a mailing or door hang tags for that neighborhood. >> but some criticize the id tags calling it brig brotherism. >> i don't think that's something the city needs to keep track of certain people, you know, recycling or not. i don't think it's their business, i guess. >> i might rebel if i thought that they were tracing me because i did or did not recycle. that would be a turn off. >> i'm amazed with the 30% figure and think they should do what they can. >> in contrast to alexandria, nearly three-quarters of arlington residents recycle and several other jurisdictions like montgomery county, simply changing to the rolling carts minus tracking tags has increased recycling. now alexandria city officials hope they'll see the same results. >> and we thank you for watching news 4 at 5:00 tonight. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts right now. >>> now lye in hd. this is news 4 at 6:00. >> fieshls are closing a statue honoring veterans just days before memorial day.

. >>> baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake comments of the city council's decision to turn their backs on our proposed bottled beverage tax. she says she is anxious to hear their ideas hit. some of the ideas include new fees on billboard ads, increased parking meter rates. the mayor says she is open to any suggestions. >> i know that from the press conference, they have some ideas as well. i look forward to actually seeing them. we have to take what their proposals are at work with finance to flesh them out. >> she is reviewing the proposals to see if they will cover the revenue that she says the bottle tax would have generated. >>> 6000 people will be out of work in frederick by the end of the year as a credit-card company shuts down one of its call centers. jpmorgan chase has shut down the center, citing the need to increase efficiency. the facility will be phased out beginning this summer. >>> the fight over the proposed slots at arundel mills mall is heading to court. -- the company is suing the elections board, saying that it overlook fraud in the petition drive. the trial i

we're going to go live to music city where country's biggest stars are helping their neighbors. all next on "larry king live." >> larry: good evening. lawrence taylor, nfl hall of famer, maybe the greatest football player ever, was charged today with third-degree rape and patronizing a 16-year-old prostitute. he was arrested in a suburb, a holiday inn suburb in new york city, the holiday inn was in the suburb. taylor was not asked to enter a plea at his court appearance today, but his attorney strongly denies the charges. now, his wife was booked to appear on this show. lynette taylor called us just 25 minutes ago. she told me that she has complete faith in her husband, that she loves her husband and that she believes he was setup. that this was all a plot to kind of nab him by enemy. she didn't go into detail. she said she was going to go into detail on this program tonight. unfortunately, 25 minutes ago, she canceled. we begin with mark geragos, the famed criminal defense attorney. later we'll get into the bret michaels' story, and of course more on this as well. what do you m

their homes. >> howdy! >> reporter: music city's famed grand ole opry, heavily damaged in the flooding, kept its 85-year streak of live broadcasts intact last night elsewhere. >> we will go on. the show will dry out. the house will dry out. the costumes will come back. we'll get some more guitars. but right now it's the songs and the spirit that we're riding on. >> reporter: city leaders caution the ride ahead will be tough with losses expected to exceed $1 billion. for the perrys on the west side, fortunate to have flood insurance, they are hoping to get back to normal. >> i'm afraid next time it could be life. >> reporter: just not sure if they want it to be here. ron mott, nbc news, nashville. >>> here in new york, the man accused of the botched would-be car bombing in times square is talking tonight to interrogators trying to learn more about why he did it, what he was so angry about and where he might have received some help. we have two reports on it tonight beginning with our justice correspondent pete williams here in new york. >> reporter: faisal shahzad wasn't in court today, still answering the fbi'

philadelphia down to baltimore, where mary will in time make the star-spangled banner and their departure from city leaves an opening for betsie ross and her daughter, clarissa, who moved home, ironically from baltimore to join her mother in the flag-making business and so in the run-up to the war of 1812. betsie ross gather a staggering order for flags and this is what is most moving and exciting to me. in one order, she's asked to make 46 garrison flags with all dispatch for the arsenal. these are large flags. i calculate in the book, thousands of stitches it would have required and so, betsie, her daughter, nieces, the whole family would be set to work to deliver these flags. there is one order for a set of 6 flags that are 18 x 22 and that is 32 square feet and at the time her house was 46 square feet on any given floor and i don't know where they were made but these were tremendous orders the family depended on in this period and clare race sa a-- clarissa and betsie ross, kept the letters going out and it was the core of their business, and they continued to make venetian blinds and curtains

city business. david benjamin was a jewish immigrant from london whose family settled in leavenworth or if you would know making can see better his brother offered benjamin for their many statutes. the benjamin's was the beginning of philanthropic jewish communities in kansas city, which was very much the model for a lot of us throughout the country. david benjamin was fraternities bank teller. he became fraternities first employee in the restaurant business in the 1880's who was dispatched to kansas city to set up the office here and he and fred herbie fund within the business, in fact, for many years more than fred herbie did. granary was no mention of fred herbie consent decree. part of the reason that he was about because that was his plan for the people he ran his business day today and with the bedrock of the business community and can see for literally decades with david benjamin and of course for a time, ford heartbeat. for darby came into the business. he was forced to leave college at the age of 19 to come in the business in the 1880's. he married a nifty kansas city late 1880's. they were by the original couple of them at quality hill. he was a quiet po

their final postseason game against rapid city ended in a double overtime battle. it's no surprise they sent four players up to the american hockey league. they play at the allen event center and folks should be proud to have such an accomplished, dedicated team representing their community. i've seen them and they're good. i had the privilege to cheering them on. i wish the team and its players all the best. congratulations. god bless you. i salute you. and as the fans like this year, dread the red. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york rise? mrs. mccarthy: to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. maloney: mr. speaker, this is a chart prepared by the joint economic committee which i call the v-chart, not for victory or total victory but it certainly shows success and that we're trending in the right direction in our economy. the red bars on the chart represent the job losses under the prior administration. the last month of the bush administration this country lost over

touched the lives of 11 million people in five spades, who depend on coal for the majority of their elises citylso here -- for the majority of their electricity. i am also here for the tens of millions of electric consumers. in my judgment, this bill helps give the transition right to a low carbon world. it helps get a clean and modern power system in a manner that protects family budget and protect american factories that depend on affordable power. the bill also creates incentives for clean coal and nuclear, two key technologies that must be in accelerated in their deployment going forward to achieve our national goals. this bill will indeed protect consumers and a charge of the course for our future. -- chart the course for our future. it is time to work of the details and come together for the american people and make is still a reality for all, and most importantly, if you take any message away from what i am saying, take this message away. we can protect consumers while we pursue our clean energy goes. thank you for this opportunity to be here today. [applause] >> i am president of the en

it also won't allow people in the district to grow their own plans and calls for city officials to haveupplier. five dispen serz will be open. -- dispensers will be open. maryland and virginia have not approved medical marijuana bill. >>> and i'm meteorologist topper shutt with your wakeup weather. a nice evening will translate into a very nice morning again going eastbound on 66 will cause some problem with sun. sunshine, 59-69 to start. winds west, southwest. we'll talk about the potential of a thunderstorm on thursday and look ahead to the weekend which, of course, includes mom's day. >>> crimes these days seem to be going down. >> it's quick. it seems to be quite easy. >> and on in the rise in our area. >> where your car is most likely to get hit. >> it was almost $3,000. >> and how to get your stuff back after a smash and grab coming up next on 9 news now. >>> taking a quick look now at news from across the nation, in california, police are trying to figure out why a mother would stab her 3-year-old son more than 20 times. witnesses say she then pushed the toddler down a staircase.

it found the cdc used flawed data to assure city residents six years ago their tap water was safe. a lot of questions focus on whether the water is safe to drink now. the dc water and sewer authority says yes. >> all the monitoring we are doing is showing the numbers in our distribution system are well below the areas of concern. i must say we want no lead in the system. we have an aggressive program to eliminate lead. >> reporter: wasa is offering free tests of tap water to ensure its safety. >>> a proposal to tax soda in the district has gone flat, at least for now. that's because council members oppose the proposal during budget talks. they want to tax sports drinks, teas and sodas at a penny an ounce. it could generate $9 million to spend on healthy school initiatives. council members are considering extending the 6% sales tax to drinks when it votes on the budget next week. >>> we have just learned today that the lion cub born tuesday at the national zoo has died. the male cub was found dead in the lions den last night. tests show it died from pneumonia that was caused by stra

our big story at noon today, three baltimore city police officers to turn themselves in for abusing their authority in dealing with a teenager. accused of picking up two teens along north gilmore st. in 2009. one of the teens was released in east baltimore. michael johnson was taken to howard county and left without shoes, socks, or cell phones. his attorney is commending the state's attorney's office. >> i think it is a good thing because we have not seen that many cases where officers have been charged with excessive force. >> the three officers have been suspended without pay. they face numerous charges, including kidnapping, and assault. new information this afternoon about the murder of the university of virginia student. a police say 22 year-old told them that rage caused him to kick in the door to his ex girlfriend's room early monday morning. court documents say that during a fight, he repeatedly shook loved slamming her head against the wall. the defense attorney says that her death was a tragic accident, not a case of premeditated murder. a howard county family continues to push

. >> some city schools have 70% of their seats vacant with a number of schools having more empty seats than students. >> i was here for the 10th through the 12th grade. >> reporter: for some alumni, disbelief and anger prevails. >> i am done. i am a catholic but i do not believe in the archdiocese. archbishop o'brien has broken so many hearts. >> reporter: in a letter to students this week o'brien explained i'm not from baltimore, my fathers and brothers did not attend cardinal gibbons or any other catholic high school in this area but this does not prevent me from understanding your loss and your great sadness. and that sadness continued on campus today. today they marked the last awarded assembly for all of the students here next to monday. on monday it is the last day of full instruction and class. then those final exams, graduation and then after that cardinal gibbons is gone. back to you. >> thank you. and tonight is gibbons prom, the last one ever. >>> you couldn't have asked for a more gorgeous friday. warm and mostly sunny. but will the warm temperatures be sticking around? wjz

their parents have risen significantly as a result. in chicago, or one development program has boosted reading and math scores using parental involvement. other cities like new york and boston, as well as one in florida, are empowering parents with information about their schools and education as never before. new york is holding monthly. academies on saturdays for parents. they provide child care, the subway access, and translation services in an array of languages. in florida, with did transparency, parents can determine not only if graduates of their local high school are going to college and jobs, but how their college and job market performance compares to that of other high schools in the state. our blueprint to reauthorize us d -- it supports -- it empowers families with additional high quality school options. support programs that ask families how they feel about their child's school and educational experience, giving parents a real voice in -- and opportunity to engage. increases the number of schools that concern as community centers and provides more than $200 million for certain neighborhoods, which will have excellent schools and compre

moved out of philadelphia down to baltimore where mary made the star-spangled banner and their departure from the cityeaves an opening for betsy ross and her daughter clarissa who was moved off ironically from baltimore to join her mother here in the fog making business. and so, in the run-up to the war of 1812, betsy ross gets a really staggering order for flags. and this is what's most moving and exciting to me. in one order, she is asked to make 46 garrison flags with all dispatch for the arsenal. i mean, these are large flags. i calculated the book thousands is to choose this would require. and so betsy, her daughter, her nieces, the whole family would be set to work to deliver these flags. there is one order for a set of six flags that are eating by 22 b. 18 to two flag and a five-time betsy rosses house was 436 square feet on any given floor. and so i don't know where these flags were being made, but these were tremendous orders that the family really depended on in this period. and in fact, carissa and betsy sent letters soliciting work to the navy story because they needed to keep those naval

. >>> with the city council giving a cold shoulder to her proposed four-cent tax on bottled beverages, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says she is anxious to hear theirget gap. among the ideas aren't new fees on billboard ads, increased -- our new fees on billboard ads and increase parking meter rates. >> i know that they have some ideas as well and i look forward to actually seeing them. we have to take what their proposals are at work with finance to flush them out. -- flesh them out. >> she is reviewing the council's proposals to see if they would replace the income the tax would have generated. >> storms are spinning out over missouri and illinois, and rain as far east as ohio and kentucky and tennessee. it should stay was to the mountains today, high-pressure over us keeping storms away. friday forecast is similar to yesterday. the-to-mid-80's for highs. plenty of sunshine today. beach areas will be in the 70's. >> another update at 9:55. how many ways can you be comfortable? an energy efficient infinity air conditioner by carrier can save you up to 56% on your cooling costs, while also reducing your impact on the environment. which is better fo

we just want the mayor and city council to do their job which is to keep the public safe. oo you're not keeping them -- you're not keeping them safe when keeping the police and firefighters concerned about what they are going to retire with. >> what do you want people to know? ? i think the most important thing is, we are dedicated to the citizens and we understand that the city is having financial problems. but, we also want people to know that we have been attempting -- it's almost like we've been trying to force the city to sit down with us and talk about this. it's been, like pulling teeth. as bob said, we put a proposal in 14 months ago. that didn't go anywhere. now we're being called into a meeting saying it's our way or no way. and that's not the way to fix this problem. >> what happens july 1st? >> july 1st, we're prepared to file suit in federal court but given we recognize that mayor rawlings-blake is committed to public safety as is the city council we're going to work as hard as we can with the administration to reach a settlement. if we can't reach a settlemen

citi, we do so because of the integrity and dedication of those who came before us. we can repay that debt by enhancing the quality and reputation of these great institutions. and by using their power to make the world a better place. and at citi, that is my purpose. as we move forward. so, mr. president, thank you for inviting me to speak here today. this wonderful group. i thank you very much. all of you. and i'm ready to take questions. [applause] >> so thank you very much, vickram. i think i'll just ask one or two questions and then we'll open it up for people to go to the microphones. i have a complicated question to ask at the beginning, not surprisingly, i suppose. i'm very struck by the way in which you characterized how the world got to the point it did in 2007. and how that world is likely to come again. so what you described was a world in which actors, whatever they thought, initially convinced themselves of things that turned out to be not true. or they felt trapped in a system where they had to act contrary to what they thought and hoped they could get out early enough. so that's the bubble. it's a mass hi-tara. -- hysteria. it's a psychological problem. and to

morning police- involved shooting sends one man to shock trauma, and baltimore city detectives are investigating one of their own. it is one of four police shoot sogs far this year but as gigi barnett explains, the number of shootings among officers is actually dropping. >> reporter: police tape liquors where detectives say an off-duty city officer shot a man who was trying to steal his personal car. tonight that officer is on leave. the suspect in shock trauma, and the shooting is under investigation. >> alcohol was not a factor in this shooting. >> reporter: police say the officer was at a restaurant in the area when he heard a car alarm go off. he went outside to investigate and found that it was his car. >> a suspect had broken the driver's side window went into the vehicle when the officer approached the suspect he was inside the car, exited from the rear passenger's side. >> reporter: the officer yelled out, telling the suspect to stop. that's when the man allegedly lunged at the officer who fired his service weapon striking the suspect in the knee. >> later at the hospital in the suspect's clothing we

however, they lost three of their last five games, including the second round upset in the miaa tournament in kansas city. their season seemed to be heading offtrack. most teams with such high hopes and high expectations would have easily lost that hope but the lady hornets were determined to overcome these setbacks and never let their dream of becoming a national championship team die. after a quiet trip home from kansas city to emporia following the loss and a little time together, they refocused and traveled to canyon, texas, for a tournament. they left with a ticket to the elite eight where they met some of the fiercest competition of the year. after wins against the technological university huskies and the gannon university lady knights, they headed to the championship game thism defeated the fort lewis skyhawks by a score of 65-53 to capture their first ever women's basketball championship. emporia state university athletics, coaches, student, alumni, faculty, and fans have much to be proud of after a season of hard work and dedication. after appearances in six national championship games,s the fir

their ride. we're having a rally down here at city hall. we're going to kick it off at 7:00 and we will be here until 8:30 so we can give people enough time to get to their jobs. >> where are you going to be all over the city all over the county and how many people are doing this? >> here at the tow downtown rale have 200 people. and we have over 1200 people participating this year. >> oh, my goodness. very success. this is very important to you guys. you are is trying to stress how this could be environmentally friendly. >> right. this is like a zero carbon kind of commute. it's very clean. so folks can just ride on the bike, and in the city, we're putting more bike lanes so folks can have an easy time getting around town on a bike. >> and a saver commute. enjoy the weather. it should be a great ride for you guys. >> thank you, megan. >>> for more information on bike to workday, just go to foxbaltimore.com/morning. >>> and a nice ride weather wise for next couple of days. sky hd radar not looking bad at all. a dry scan across the state and

and, the break happened on saturday, forcing people in boston and dozens of other cities and towns to boil their water. or buy it in bottles. bill: we're told a faulty piece of equipment, what bp blames for what could be the worst environmental disaster in american history, this is what the oil slick looked like, just after the rig collapsed last week and here now, an estimate of how far it spanned out. a brown tide now engulfing the delicate louisiana bayou. and, president obama was there on sunday afternoon, saying that bp must be held accountable. >> president barack obama: your government will do whatever it takes for as long as it takes, to stop the crisis. bp is responsible for this leak. bp will be paying the bill. bill: that was yesterday and today, doug suttles, bp, chief operating officer for, good morning to you and we have you on the telephone and tried to hook up the satellite link and our truck was told moments ago and it's a changing circumstance along the louisiana coast, we're two weeks into the disaster. and, oil rigs typically do not explode. why do we not know the cause for t

and that citi itself, shareholders are wiped out, top management's fired, their debt takes a hit, citie gone. and if that day comes, that means too big to fail is also gone. you really run a risk that if you're going to get out there and gamble like this and it comes up badly for you, that your business can be terminated. >> should goldman sachs ' leaders be persecuted criminally? >> well, you know, let's see what the facts show. i think you meant prosecuted, not persecuted. >> prosecuted. >> i just want to be sure. >> prosecuted and then we'll persecute them. >> everyone has their own job to perform here. that's what investigations are for. the evidence is being collected. you know, if the people who are looking close at that data think -- >> does it make sense to you that it's being looked into in. >> you bet it makes sense. >> that's why i understand the civil angle of this being alone. >> although, do remember, there's civil, and you keep looking. and so, civil does not mean there can't be a criminal charge as well. >> right. >> and let's keep in mind, this is one transaction. so,