>> reporter: toyota introduced a new hybrid, the prius c in japan last december. it's the cheapst and most fuel efficient hybrid on the market. the company's hoping that the new model rekindle domestic demand. it's all part of toyota's recovery strategy. >> translator: to overcome the impact of the strong yen, we must sell cars we make in japan to customers in japan. >> reporter: toyota exports a large proportion of the cars it produces in japan. increasing domestic sales will reduce foreign exchange rates. the plan is off to a good start. the company received more than ten times the number of orders it had expected in the first month after the prius c was introduced. toyota has set an ambitious target for 2012. it plans to sell more than 9.5 million cars worldwide. that will be a company record. the company expects have the sales to come from emermging economies where the expansion of the middle class has boosted demand for automobiles. last month toyota decided to increase production capacity at a plant in thailand. the factory will be a center for exports to so

toyota's also eyeing emerging markets. the auto maker says by 2014, it will double production capacity in indonesia, the largest car market in southeast asia. toyota's vice president made the announcement at a news conference on wednesday. toyota already makes 110,000 cars per year at a plant in the suburbs of jakarta. they have a target output of 120,000 units a year. that will be in two years' time. indones indonesia's auto market is booming. overtaking thailand as southeast asia's largest market. many auto makers in the country are planning to boost production, despite growing labor disputes and demands for more pay. numbers just in from japan, machinery orders fell in december for the first time in two months. the cabinet office says major machinery makers received $9.5 billion worth of orders, down 7% in yen terms since november. that excludes orders for shifts and power plants. orders for manufacturers decreased by 7% and those of non-manufacturers fell by 6%. looking at 2011 as a whole, orders grew just under 8% fro

toyota is also eyeing emerging markets. eomnyayy 2014, it will double production capacity in indonesia, which is the largest car maet i southeast asia. toyota vice president yukitos funo made the announcement at a news conference in jakarta on wednesday. toyota already makes 110,000 cars per year at plant in th suburbs of jakarta. a new fto nrb currently under construction has a target output of 120,000 units a year, much higher than the original goal of ,0. this is all in two year's time. indonesia's auto market is booming. new car sales reached 0,0 last year, overtaking thailand as southeast asia's largest market. many automakers in the country aim to increase their market she bstg odti. that's despite growing labor disputes and demands for more pay. simply -- excuse me, simply, mitsubishi motors says it will op making cars in the netherlands. this means the automakers ending production in europe. factory workers are protesting the move. about 1,000 workers, or abt 3 ohe plant's workforce demonstrated at the site on tuesd

we also talked with jon bucci who is senior vice president of technology for toyota. here's that interview. and now joining us on "the communicators" is jon bucci who is toyota's vice president for advanced technology. mr. bucci, what are you doing at the consumer electronics show? >> guest: well, we're following our year one anniversary of launching an all-new mobile technology we call in tune, and in tune is the ability to take offboard content, web-based, and deliver it to the customer's cell phone. the customer then downloads an application, goes into the vehicle, pairs the cell phone with the in-vehicle hardware or display unit, and voila, it opens up several applications or apps that the consumer can then interact with safely in the vehicle using voice, steering wheel control or remote touch. and they open various or applications like bing for local search, pandora for internet radio, movie tickets.com and open table. and the most important thing is we do it in a safe manner fitting of a moving vehicle. >> host: well, start there. tell us about the safety featur

i am standing next to the 2012 toyota hybrid camry and over here, we've got the toyota highlander, two vehicles that earned a top distinction today from consumer reports. they are out with their list of top ten vehicles that are picked for reliability and performance. this year one auto maker really stands out. pushing vehicles to their limits. evaluating how well they do in an emergency situation. and how they handle every day driving. those are some of the 50 plus tests that consumer reports put cars through at its test track to find the best performers. that's not all. >> vehicle has to be reliable. you don't want to spend time taking your vehicle to the shop and all the money that might cost. >> and the vehicles have to perform well. when put through industry or government crash tests. >> toyota is back this year. out of the top ten picks, toyota took five of them. >> the camry hybrid is among them. the top pick for family sedan. >> the redesigned toyota hybrid gets an impressive 38 miles per gallon. >> in the family suv category, the toyota highlander is the top pick. and the toyo

. >> washington goes rogue in >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer -ving you forward. -- washington goes rogue in "safe house" -- he goes into the cold, going out again. he takes a wry anne reynolds along for the ride. -- ryan reynolds along for the ride. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealer -- moving you forward. -- "safe house" -- is worth three and a half stars. nothing is safe. also a terrible accident robs her of her marriage in "the vow." 2.5 stars. here is the weekend movie guide. four stars for the descendants. three stores -- 3 stars for the iron lady and the woman in black. that is the new movie. madonna has a movie -- "w.e." have a nice weekend. i march campbell.

the jump to toyota. now is the time to make the jump and send it over to manic monday. >> reporter: it's another manic monday. i wish it were sunday. [music] >> reporter: good morning, guys. manic monday at fells point. this is going to be a good one, i can feel it in my cold bones this morning. ladies and gentlemen, manic monday with the fly girl network. tiffany, come up. tell us about the fly girl network. >> a mentoring organization sponsored by the high school. our principal has been supportive of our adventures over the last two years. we serve students between 13- 17, in the areas of self esteem, healthy living and education. >> reporter: that's awesome. you are doing a great job. a fellow city college graduate, recognized, thank you. the big boss, the principal, give her a hand. i know this program is very important. >> good morning. yes, it is. it is encouragement for young ladies to take roles of leadership and empowerment as they move and transition in to the real world beyond high school and

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the new 2012 toyota camry se.s everything you love, nothing you expect. ♪ >>> ♪ >>> welcome to our "our world with black enterprise" her career as a tv vijay began more than a decade ago. since then, she's been in plays, starred in her own reality tv series. i recently caught up with la la vasquez anthony. ♪ i'm here with -- how should i refer to you -- broadway actress, host. >> the woman that does it all. >> the woman that does it all. i remember listening to you on the radio. you were a great radio personality. >> thank you. for me, i always, i'm never complacent. i want the next thing and what's the next thing? i'm always looking for that. acting is something that i always knew that i wanted to do. i was pretty good at it. i'm trying to find these cool ways to solidify my place in this other world because like you said i'm known in radio and hosting and reality, i have all of that stuff, you know, kind of covered and i'm trying to put my foot into this other side. >> tell me about this movie thing "think like

two people in the toyota refused treatment at the scene. the three who died will be taken for autopsies. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. 29 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic before you head out to start your day. >> a real mess in anne arundel county. >> we saw what it mess it was. the tractor-trailer accident in pasadena affected northbound route two on the ramp to pretend. -- route 10. take ritchie highway as your alternate. charles at lanvale, tracks accident. this is 97 at 100. this is frederick road. delays are forming. >> we will make it up to 50 this afternoon. you can see a system coming across the ohio valley. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. here's a better ide

this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and your local toyota dealer. back over to you. >> thank you. at the top of the news the traffic mess overnight that she just mentioned after a tractor- trailer overturned near the ft. mchenry tunnel, spilling ink everywhere, wjz and andrea fujii are live near the toll plaza. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. they re-opened this morning after being closed for eight hours and the driver who may have caused the whole mess was taken into police custody. just before 9:00 p.m. wednesday night a tractor- trailer traveling southbound on i-95 crashed just north of the ft. mchenry toll plaza. >> apparently it was carrying some large containers of printer's ink which spilled on to the roadway as well as 895 be neat. >> reporter: the accident completely shut down both roadways. a hazmat team was called to the scene and immediately got to work containing the spill. after several hours crews were able to get the truck upright and prevent more ink from spilling. now attention turns to the driver and exactly what he was d

the new 2012 toyota camry se.t's everything you love, nothing you expect. ♪ >>> welcome back to "our world with black enterprise." his acting career continues to evolve and diversify. i sat down with hollywood star laz alonso. how are you doing, man. >> i got to tell you i have never seen this many people on a set before. you need somebody to check the chairs and check the water and everything. >> i'm a high maintenance kind of brother. i need my water temperature right 72 degrees on the spot. couple m & ms. >> the truth is you're actually low maintenance. but you have so many fans these days. everybody wants a piece of you. everybody talking about you. everybody excited about you. >> honestly, this is something that for me i feel very blessed first and foremost. i give all glory to god that my career has taken off the way it has. especially in the last couple years. having the opportunity to work with directors like james cameron and spike lee always a dream of mine. this year the success and boom continues to he

this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and your local toyota dealer.nd marty, back to you. >> all right, christie, thanks a lot. >>> you know that is an amazing shot. ron, you are a pretty tall guy. how tall are you? >> i am 6'1". >> you are 6'1". >> right. >> look at ron standing next to that tire. >> isn't that unbelievable. >> and you are a big guy. >> yeah, unreal. monster jam, monster trucks here all weekend, a couple of drivers nice enough to join me, gravedigger, how you doing. >> doing great. >> you are the king, the zenith, right? >> yeah, the pinnacle. >> the pinnacle. what do these tires weigh. >> each one weighs 750 pounds. >> wait a minute, say that again. >> 750 pounds. >> my goodness gracious and what kind of power you got in there? >> gravedigger runs a 540 cubic inch chevrolet. it is about 1500 horsepower. >> man oh man ochefitis. >> you are going to do that. >> yeah make a little noise. >> here is joey. how you doing. >> doing good. >> how long you been doing this. >> two years. >> second year. tell me about this car -- truck. >> it i

we also talked with the senior vice president of technology for toyota. here is that interview. >> now joining us on the communicators is jon bucci for advanced technology. what are you doing at the consumer electronics show? >> we are following our year one you anniversary called entune and entune is the ability to take off for content, web based content and deliver it to the customer cellphone. the customer then downloads an application, goes into the vehicle, pairs up the vehicle with the hardware display unit, and it opens of several locations or apps the consumer can enter interface with like steering wheel or remote touch and there's been very is applications like bing for local serbs, pandora for internet retial come iheart for internet radio, movietickets.com and open table and the most important thing is we do it in a safe manner sitting in a moving vehicle. >> start there. tell us about the safety features, because there's a movement now by the ntsb to prevent cell phones from being used in cars and here you're talking about is essentially surfi

watch toyota tomorrow morning. nina? >>> 20 years ago today, political leaders gathered in the dutch city of maastricht to realize their vision of an integrated europe. well, what a difference a decade or two has made since then. as greece teeters on brink of a disorderly default and the rest of the region dreads the possible domino effect of that, the european union and its own common currency, the euro scarcely looked so shaky. i spoke to the former british finance minister lord norman lamont who told me he doesn't need hindsight to see what originally went wrong. >> i didn't believe the euro was a good concept or a workable concept. my abiding memory of that negotiation was the germans insistence on two things, one that the european central bank should be modeled open the bundes bank. the latter point has gone out of the window in the present crisis. the german insistence in that explains a lot of why germany today does what some people consider the minimum possible to keep the euro afloat. >> from what you're saying,

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we had decent guidance from toyota in particular.sony has been downgraded to bbb-plus by s&p, not a good one for that particular one. and here in hong kong, a big boost for property stocks. beijing said it would help first time home buyers. >>> let's just update you with news coming in over the course of the show. this just into us now. the european aviation safety agency si that all airbus a-380 planes are to be checked for cracks in the wings. some of you may recall this has been an issue brought up over the last month or so. it coming after the australian airline qantas saying it was grounding one of its a-380s on wednesday. cracks had been discovered in its wings. while these checks are being carried out, this is the second directive that all a-380 airbus planes have to be checked for these cracks. it has to happen within the next three to four weeks. they're saying it's a stepped measure, and they will publish this second interim directive. that follows up on the first directive some three weeks ago. this has been going on for a

federal safety regulators are looking into reports of fires in the driver's side doors of 2007 toyota camry sedans and rav-4 suvs. the national highway traffic safety administration says that the problem could affect as many as 830,000 vehicles. >> when is valentine's day? >> looking for something sweet? the cupcake that may just break the bank. >>> today with tony's table we're in naples above the bay in naples. the port city is just beautiful. from the boats floating in the harbor to the views across the bay of naples. and we're going to do one of the greatest dishes from the coast of naples an sicily. now what that is? pasta with clams. [ non-english language ] so we're in the kitchen right now with chef marco. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: i have to confess it's one of my favorite dishes. it's simple to make but the ingredients have to be good. we are starting with the best fresh clams and herbs. you have the olive oil and garlic going. what do you do next? the french clams are added to this hot pan along with fresh parsley and as that begins to cook the chef gets the past

we also spoke with jon bucci from toyota. here is that interview. joining us on "the communicators" is jon bucci who is vice president for advanced technology. what are you doing at the consumer electronics show? what we are following our year one anniversary of intune. that is the ability to take off board content and deliver it to the customer's cell phone. today then download an application that goes into the vehicle. pears it with the and the hickel display and it opens up several applications that the consumer can interact with in the vehicle using voice, steering wheel control, or remote touch. it opens the various applications like bing, pandora, iheart, movietickets.com, and open atble. we do it in a safe manner sitting in a moving vehicle. >> tell us about the safety features. there is a movement now to prevent cell phones from being used in cars. here you are talking about potentially surfing the internet while driving. >> for us is a curated environment. we take a hand in designing the look and feel the -- it is not quite surfing the inte

trouble for toyota. the national highway traffic safety administration is looking at fires in toyota vehicles. this could affect more than 800,000 vehicles. so far six fires have been reported. the fires apparently start in the door's power window switch. there is no recall for the time being. >> good gas mileage is what consumers are looking for. ford, toyota, honda are making fuel-efficient vehicles. organizers put a 40-mile-per-gallon sticker on fuel-efficient cars. for a look at all this year's cars go to wbaltv.com and click on "slide shows." >> a programming note. our tax experts will be here tomorrow morning. if you have a question e-mail us at taxquestions@wbaltv.com. >> valentine's day is almost here. we have gift ideas when we come back. first a look at events going on around town this weekend. i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself and so, college was a dream, when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was going to do it, but i knew i was going to get that opportunity one day. and

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.g you forward. >> the last time virginia hit spots, it was the 2006 season. year, they have not gotten back since. they meant that mark this year with four games to spare. virginia had home court advantage today against maryland. watch him on the screen. distance, drains it. mike scott is there to put in the rebound. 25 points for scott. later in the second, harris nailed to the jumper. cabs win. virginia tech hosting georgia tech now. over time. hudson makes of the buzzer. senior day at george mason. all the the great time -- late second, mason up by two of. that will do it. they hang on to win 75-71. there you go back. that was pretty. in a season that already had so and downs, i can almost guarantee capstans are still ear to ear about -- caps fans are about lastar to ear night's victory over florida. power play, so aggressive. that is why the great a is the great a. tied at 1. a hole in the net. that will do it. they play tonight. the wizards were on the road in utah last night. thi

the traffic report is brought by your toyota dealer, visit your toyota dealer, now is the time to make the jump. now is the time to send it over to manic monday. >>> i went home two years ago, like tomorrow night, got my son, we shoveled 36 inches of snow off the deck because i was afraid another 36 was going to collapse. we are shoveling 36 inches of snow off the deck to prepare for another 36 inches of snow. i said, yeah. >> just warming up. >> ronnie, good morning, how are you? >> reporter: we are doing great. jimmy is behind us. ron, think about it, both teams played in the super bowl. last night they come to mt bank stadium next season. think about that. >> stadium next year? >> reporter: i'm sorry? >> both teams are going to lose to the ravens next year. >> reporter: absolutely right. manic monday, happy to be here. thank you for coming out here. tell us about north american trade schools where are you located? it's all kinds of trades that you teach. >> we offer 7 trades, welding, h vac, industrial, electric. >> reporter: thank you, thank you for coming down this morning everybo

tiger came deske toyota sports brought to you by your local toyota dealer.orward.u >> here is a player on a hot streak. he plays for the other team. the new york rangers had a win over the flyers. madison square garden. third. bang. the rangers on a two-one break. -- third period. carson the third, john carlson. less than one minute to go. for a combo. around there. anything? no. the rangers hold on to win 3-6. the georgetown men's basketball team is incredible. a career high 12 points today. 5 hoyas hit double digits. green penetrates down the court. there you go. caisson clark would do the rest of the work. in the second half, clark goes downtown and nails it. than 3:00 to go. a beautiful look. a beautiful shot. the win 31-61. >> we have to focus on we are supposed to do. defense has to get tighter. offense has to get tighter. second half. the pasco's inside to hawkins. scores -- the pass those inside to hawkins. 30 seconds to go. they get in on the action. no good. miami hangs onto win this one. tiger struggled on the front nine. frustrated, as you can te

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> are you sure you want to talk about the capitals? >> usually they are the bright hope in washington. they still can be. i have faith. on the surface things look bad for the washington capitals. they are at risk and matching their longest losing streak this season on -- and they are without backstrom. in reality things are not that bad. they are only three points out of playoff contention. four points behind first-place for the southeast division. ovechkin will be back tonight after being out with a lower body injury. they have a chance to turn things around against montreal. >> to cannot worry about what is going on. the past is past. you have to worry about tonight and the future. there are points to be had. we are still in the race. you have to go and perform. >> will said. it may be far from the perfect maryland season, but earlier against miami the terrapins got the perfect results. they won 75-70. terrell was sensational. what is most telling is how he play

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.ard. >> did the caps make a trade? >> they did not comment and it surprised a lot of people. -- they did not, and it surprised a lot of people. they are one point behind when the pack. 00 winnipeg. >> we were not interested in moving anyone out of here, and we did not. we would have added something to the team if we thought it would make us better. what transpired today, there was not anything there that blood had been the right thing for our club. >> -- that blood have been right for our club. " no deal today. with the capitals not making any deals today, they still have room under the salary cap. let's go to the nfl. heisman trophy winner robert griffin wowed everybody. he was the fastest time on all quarterbacks. the redskins have met with them and interviewed him. the redskins are prepared to offer a fortune to get that second pick in the draft. he was told by redskins people that they are prepared to offer picks 1 2 3 to move up. i will keep you posted. i remember the first time -

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> he used to play for the canadian spirit >> he did. he was a good one, too. the capitals are at home tomorrow against the montreal canadiens. now they are running out of time. last night in their loss to ottawa there was no sign of urgency. i told you that they have only won three games in the month of february. they are third in the southeast division which they have won the last four years. there are 10th in the conference with only eight playoff spots. britt mchenry was with the capitals all day and the players have to be feeling it now. >> at practice today they talked about being the odd man out. >> we are not blind. we read and see everything. we know what people are saying. what they're trying to regroup after a disappointing 1-3 road trip. they were bought out by the carolina hurricanes. -- blown out by the carolina hurricanes. >> we had huge expectations. it has been a rough go. we will look forward and say positive around here. >> got an update on the c

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> the capitals playing tonight? yes, they are. the capitals played their second division game at the verizon center. winnipeg is in town. this is a must win game. if they do not get it, it nullifies what they did the other night against florida. it moved the capitals to first in the division. it took them from ninth place in the no. 3ence to seed. he is 39 years old and has not goal in several games. of the next six games are on the road. tough place for the capitals to get a win. meanwhile in college basketball, the georgetown hoyas are looking on last night and thinking great opportunity the tournament resonate. -- boost to the tournament resume. he averages only 14 a game. really was a knockout punch. hoyas had one last chance and over time. is stripped from jason clark. hoyas lose by 3 in overtime. everybody still talking about do 13-2 run at the end of the game. austin rivers' three at the buzzer sets off a huge celebration. tie fores back into a in the acc.

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> did you know tiger woods wanted to be a navy seal? >> i heard that somewhere. >> they said he had to work on his short game. >> the top of the day is tiger woods showdown with a reporter. after he fired his swing coach he wrote a book about coaching the no. 1 player in the world. tiger woods thought about becoming a navy seal at the top of his career. today reporter asked him about it. >> i have already talked about everything. i have already commented on the book. is it in the book? ok. let's move on. >> that is a fair question, right? i am just trying to find out if it is true or not. >> i do not know. >> brian. have a good day. >> have a good day. the washington nationals have everybody talking. they have d.c. baseball fans fired up. they open spring ball against the houston astros on saturday. britt mchenry spent some time there today. >> at 24-years old storen is already a premier closer. today he talked about his evolving role in a bullpen that has only gotten better in the o

. >> the toyota sports desk.ught to you by your local tweeted dealers, moving it forward. -- your local toyota dealers. >> pitchers and catchers report. >> all the pitchers and catchers got their physicals today. the first people will doubt will be tomorrow. -- first full workout will be tomorrow. strasburg will be on the same inning count that zimmerman was last year. 150-160 innings no matter what. in september, they will shut him down regardless of a playoff race because he is too young too valuable. even if they are in the pennant race, they will set him down. the washington capitals continued to show consistency and they are right in the middle of the danger zone. they are playing the carolina hurricanes tonight and this continues. beat florida, get in the hunt. have not won two straight since mid january. six games in nine nights leading to the february 27th to trade deadline. they trail winnipeg by one point and will play another southeast division team tonight in carolina. the wizards continue their five-

. >> the toyota sports desk. brought to you by your local toyota dealers.ing you forward. >> now, that was a football game. >> i was thinking about you. >> it was spectacular. >> everyone is still talking about the super bowl. the giants are the world championships again. -- champions again. you can break this down into just a few plays. both quarterbacks were playing at such a high level. welker had to make tehhe catch. it would have been a first down and a game changer. the giants come back and this pass to manningham is perft. how he kept his feet in is phenomenal. that gave new york and the key. now they just need to score and go home. just a great play. >> eli put the ball out there man. after i caught that, i just figured, and we all were thinking "we are going to win this." >> the giants still needed to melt the clock. 2nd and 6, just open the gate. hamad did not know what to do. he decided to score and give tom brady 57 seconds to play. >> there is only two ways to go. they had some timeouts. you are either going to run the timeout, kick a field goa

zim >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> the washington nationals are faces to theiree franchise. the most prevent is ryan zimmerman. here tod baseman is quite a while. he agreed to a contract extension this morning upranteeing to keep them through the 2019 season. the agreement contains a narrow clause and adds six years and $100 million. he also agreed to a clause for with theon to work years afterr five retires. yes. pretty good to be ryan today.an >> i am excited to be a part of this organization. the whole team showed up to make nervous to talk to everyone. i am happy to be part of this clubhouse. i would not have done this with any other team. >> good for him. d.c.ood for let's not forget about stephen straus burk. -- strasbourg. his spring training on march 4. a 2.54,. i would say he is a pretty good player. the general manager told the media -- >> if that were to happen, i am would do something of that sort. now, we have a lot of talent. talent can only go so far. we are really working hard ear

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.ing you forward. >> every family is dysfunctional degree.tain going through some growing pains. made it official announce that he is transfer. not unexpected. he has been talking about this the season.d of has two years of eligibility left. about 12 guys have left since the end of the season. youngo'brien is a quality a class act with a whole talent. he is the acc rookie of the year. toled a frantic comeback west virginia. he did not quite suggest to the but he got hurt. he will transfer. that is a big hit for the maryland terrapins. the capitals are entering the danger zone. mean this. they have gone into the tank. washington is ninth in the which meanserence, looking on the outside in. they play san jose tonight. they need mike greenback. -- mike green back. they need to play with a sense urgency tonight. >> we have to win our games to make its. >> we will not get in there. that is the bottom line. they have to make the playoffs. knuble will probably be a healthy scratch tonight the

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.you forward. 18 games been a long without mike greene. the defensive line and finally -- returned to the lineup tonight. he could not help the caps overlook mistakes tonight. there he is. first time playing since january 7. this is why he is so good. puts it away on the breakaway. later in the second, they get on the board. cleaning it up in front of the net. final seconds, you have to do something here. the capitals lose this 12-one. the hoyas came in today tied south florida for fourth place. georgetown had even more incentive to win tonight in providence. three.n drains the steals it., simms he finds jason clark. there you go. up by 13. hasr in the second, simms it. 63-53. virginia had a home court advantage today against maryland. ago, tied. there to put to the rebound and. 25 points. pretty good. second, there you go. virginia tech is hosting georgia tech. 25 seconds to go in overtime, this is unbelievable. hudson nails it. they win 74-73. senior debt at george mason. george mason

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> they are doing the right thing here. maryland head football coach has removed all stipulations and restrictions from danny o'brien 's release. he told his former quarterback he could have the release and go anywhere except a future opponent or vanderbilt. i understand opponents, but come on, vanderbilt? it was a huge uproar. why punish a good kid? today he remove the restrictions and give the unconditional release. the acc has filed a former -- a formal complaint with the sec and vanderbilt. the capitals closed out a four game road trip against ottawa. ovechkin has been limping and they have been coy about him. now he is a game time decision. they are coming off of a 5-1 loss to carolina. they are in the danger zone for the playoffs. it is becoming painfully clear that the team has been average at best playing 500 hockey. they are running out of time for the playoffs. some great goaltending last night. how about the goalie? he made five saves and the flyers won

. >> that toyota sports desk -- brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving new ford. >> day two of the nba's fastest and hottest rising face-off. the mavericks came off a -- another star shine -- the lin- sanity continues. whatever works for them, keep doing it. j r smith kicks it to win it right there in the corner and mails the three. smith came off the bench with 18 points. lin would get another look. he is fired up. so is the crowd. three minutes to go winding down -- all day, another three. lin finishes with 28 points and 14 assists. florida showdown now -- hosting an ohio -- down court and up for the layette. the heat never looked back. -- up for the lay up. if you switch to espn, you see the top 10 matchup in ladies to. maryland vs. duke and the rivalry lives on. the lady terrapins beat virginia, giving the coach 300 career wins. expert -- back to business today. no good. 51-59 -- the crowd is into it. duke would tie it up -- pele up is no good. terrapins regained the lead. closing seconds, duke with the ball, they get the movement and swing it around. a huge block fr

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.you forward. >> georgetown played their final tonight against the fighting irish. the irish have been red hot the last couple of weeks. will pick it up in the first half. and nice pass to jason clark. if you thought that pass was w about this one? he slammed it home. georgetown, 59-41. for hockey fans, there was a lot k tonight about the caps before theing a deal 3:00 trade deadline. the general manager said no deal is the best deal. more mistakes made at the trading deadline than any other time in our business. you have a lot of managers had that first- round pick. we were not going to make a mistake. capitals -- he is still from the concussion septums -- concussion symptoms. they still have room under the cap on the off chance he return before the end of the regular season. the panthers have beaten them twice this year. 55-54. seconds, stop, pop, no, sir. 55-54. the celebration continues. the girls championship, st. john's. -- no good. falcons win that game by three. congratulations,

this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you, don. >> thank you. i want to repeat also caroline county schools are two hours late because of the fog on the shore. carroll county schools are operating on time as far as we know. we got the two words mixed up earlier. someone back in the newsroom apologizes. >>> here is what we are following, a landmark battle brewing over same sex marriage. andrea fujii is live with more on the show down. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that debate was supposed to take place last night. but with the vote now so close it is re-scheduled for today. debate begins today on house bill 438, same sex marriage, but which way the vote will go remains in question. >> the situation is very volatile and -- and a change of one or two votes could determine the outcome of those passage or failure. >> but thursday night the house recessed after just 15 minutes. the only order of business was passing an amendment to push back the effective date of same sex marriage to january 2013, instea

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.oving you forward. >> live in college park talking about the terrapins. >> thank you very much for my dad appeared we the servicesed by of those men. it all starts at 9:00 here. boston college is a young team. have nine freshmen on their roster. they beat florida state the day. the continue to get better every game. for the maryland terrapin, it been a tough time for them. turgeon is working overtime. teamies have hit this hard. towe were really starting get it. it is disappointing. i feel for the team. nobody expected us to be any good. thought we were starting to be better than everybody be.ght we were going to are back to square one. is a work in progress for us. it is nothing we can do about it. move forward and try as a team.er >> the head coach mark turgeon. jeremy lin continuing his tear through madison square garden. his assists will definitely go up. the best story in sports. the assists last night in first half. guard, my field attempts have been really high. i do not think t

♪ >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers -- moving you forward. >> thee in a tight race the panthers. these glues it could end up the plant went up. in a second. up down 1-0. a score. was tied at 1. the paint is get it to the front. watch white. -- the panthers get it to the front. what white. the puck gets up and over. first ruled no good. then it counted. that is a big loss for the caps. john thompson that there will sleep well. with the defense. defense, they are to be paid georgetown the get go. from to beat. this -- georgetown controlled this from the get go. the left side. takes it to the rack. georgetown wins 58-44. uconn's fourth straight loss. the coach that ejected from this game. he had to leave. the terps went on a run. threes in the second to tie the game at 69 at the end of regulation. holds on to beat the 90-86. the was its problems continue. they have lost 48 -- the wizards problems continue. they have lost 48. orlando has beat washington eight straight times. are battling. they led by four points. he was nice, 19 points. there was too mu

. ♪ >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers.rward. >> it was a crazy night in the phone booth. just two and a half minutes left, winnipeg scored twice in two minutes. this goes off the backboard. what a great shot from a tough angle. one-zero capital. this is a great pass. there was a tight window and it was 2-0 washington. this is a six on three power play. still no problem. thinking, a two-one. get it back and a wild shot. almost from the blue line. bounce and the jets win in a shootout. of those hockey players that happens and hockey. goes for you sometimes and it against the sometimes. let's go to college basketball. the hurricanes ran out to a 22- half lead. tech kept fighting back. eric green drive and gets fouled. they were within seven. the hurricanes got on another run. goes for the bonus. like a scope, miami rolls past virginia tech. are 2-6 in the acc. hokies are 2-6 in the acc. this, where is troy emperor? there he is. they played the first round of the pebble beach pro-am and the headliner, tiger woods, who is tryin

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> what is leading the capitals? >> everybody they play. >> that is not funny. >> they played the panthers in florida again tonight. this is a measuring stick for the capitals. right now, the panthers hold first place in the southeast division and the no. 3 seed in the eastern conference. if the capitals lose, it will be a long and tough haul into playoff possibilities. if they win, they moved into striking distance of florida. >> the good thing about it is you control your own destiny. it is not like it's the only one game left. >> this is a team weaker really battling with for first place. >> it might have been the first -- the best first half they have played all year. almost 15,000 will be there. a lot of it has to do with uva. he scored 28 points, a school sophomore record for threes. maryland built a 19-point lead and it was showtime for nick. he seemed very comfortable at the point. tomorrow is the border war with nationally ranked virginia and maryland. vir

the two people in the toyota refused treatment at the scene. the three people who were killed will be sent to the chief medical examiner's office for autopsies. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> family and friends of a 13- rolled are still in shock -- of 813-year-old -- michael trulock fell out of the car and was struck by another vehicle. he had been drinking four loko 18 leaned out of the car door to vomit. >> he was the sweetest guy you'll ever meet. it is unbelievable that he is gone. it is unbelievable. >> loving, always in a good mood. he loved to have fun with his friends. he was a good kid. >> the sale of four loko is illegal to minors. >> counter members could vote to who will fill a vacant seat. he bigger focus is aon a racial slur. dick ladd reportedly used the term "gooks." they hope to make the board more diverse. so are voicing their concerns. >> careless speech will build and it becomes the basis for sometimes prejudice and we want to nip that in the bud and call attention to it. >> councilman ladd did issue an apology for making th

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> big stars are in town tonight. >> jeremy lin can put up 22 points against the wizards, i do not want to know what lebron james will do. to that we will get to see all of the big three to nine at the verizon center. the miami heat took a beating in orlando. miami is arguably the best team in the east. the wizards, well, they dropped five out of their last six games. as the players will tell you they know the crowd will be wearing a lot of black and red tonight. it is something they can use as motivation. >> we make it a good game. we have to cut down on turnovers. the crowd to help motivate you. >> it seems like they are against as for the first few quarters. it almost all are by the fourth. i guess that is how washington works. >> i am going to say a name and you repeat it. russell westbrook. he defies gravity. i do not think i saw a arm motion. he had a 33 on the night, but sacramento one. breaking news out of college park howard will be out the remainder of th

this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you. >> thank you. here is what people will be talking about today. the explosive relationship between uva lacrosse players from maryland, testimony showing a pattern of violence between george hugley and yardly love. here is adam may with the latest. >> reporter: prosecutors in the murder case against george hugley called medical experts and investigators to bolster their claim that yardly love was beaten to death. but defense attorneys went into great detail picking apart the testimony, trying to convince jurors they believe the cockysville native, who was intoxicated died after a mutual fight. she passed out from drinking and suffocated in her own pillow. the university of virginia lacrosse players had an off and on again relationship. witnesses described as unfaithful and argumentative. university of north carolina lacrosse player mike burns took the stand admitting he had a sexual affair with love. when hugley found out he heard love scream help me, he saw hugley putting love in a choke hold. he br

this traffic report is brought to you by toyota. >>> back over to you, don. >> thank you and here is what people will be talking about today. a local man serving with the national guard is dead in afghanistan. wjz and monique griego are live with what his family has to say about it. >> reporter: good morning. family members don't know a lot about what happened so right now they are focused on remembering the man they call their hero. >> he was the best soldier you could have been. >> aaron march chanti and his sister are mourning the loss the loss of their father. >>> saturday two soldiers a lieutenant colonel nell and a major were shot inside what was supposed to be a secure area, the military has yet to confirm march chapt i was hanti was one of them. >> we don't know what happened. >> they chose to remember how he lived. >> he loved her. >> it was like a love story. >> take care of mommy. >> take care of my sweetheart if anything ever happens to me so that is what we are going to do. >> for years march chant i worked as a ed as a physical education teacher. >> my father has been m

. >> the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. moving you forward. >> changes in monday night football coming? >> i do not think anybody saw this coming. monday night football is a big deal. i was the first side by a reporter on monday night football back in the day of the pro bowl and playoffs. any time they make a change in the booth, it is big news. from now on it will be a two man booth. he will now move to other espn shows like nfl live and countdown. this is a big blow. he loved the bright lights of monday night. >> we although the crowds in the tv audience, but it was important that the other players were watching you. it really meant something special. he knew that night all of the other teams were watching you. he wanted to play well. >> let's go to college basketball. the maryland terrapins play boston college tomorrow. they have to getterrell to buy into the program. he can shoot you into a game and can to you out of them. he was benched during the the duke game. he twisted his frustration about being --he tweeted his f