the maryland department of health tested the sausage and found salmonella. if you bought sausage from that event, throw it away. >>> this morning, the u.s. melitary is getting more involved in recovery efforts. troops joined the japanese military to launch a three-day search after those missing. 16,000 are still unaccounted for. radiation remains a major concern at the if you sushima plant, with ground water contaminate tld. so far, radiation has not impacted drinking water. and a deep plunge in car sales, the japan autodealers association said they dropped 40%. the sticker prices for most of the 2011 models for zion and lexus brands. the company decided to raise rates before this month a disaster. and used car sales are going up. some call it japan effect. dealers are turning to used models. an 11% rise in prices. corolla, focus, and other compact cars. >> we should get a better sense of how the economy is doing, most economists are optimistic about the report. also today, president obama heads to prince george's county. the white house said that president

live in maryland. the jockey club is banking on millions of dollars from the state horseman's association and the state itself just to break even. >> hopes are high for a big take from this year's preakness at pimlico. rob roblin has more on what is at stake on this opening day. >> there is a lot at stake and a lot of people were out here today for opening day. the real deal for the folks at pimlico is, they will have lots of promotions this year, building up to the preakness, and the whole idea is to get a lot of young people to start coming to the track. it is a place with a proud tradition. for over 250 years, people have been coming to pimlico for the beginning of the spring racing week. horseracing, the sport of kings, and few tracks have seen as many great horses. >> you just get a special feeling, the tremendous amount of horses that ran out here. there is a different feel when you come to pimlico. you get a little fired up, and that is how we are. it takes a lot of pride here in preakness week.

"casa de maryland", una organizaciÓn sola no lo puede hacer. construimos alianzas con los empresarios, con las iglesias, con todos los sectores progresistas, como tambiÉn con los sindicatos, y eso logrÓ que pasÁramos esta "acta del sueÑo". >>gustavo, los crÍticos dicen que si bien es cierto que, por ejemplo, los estudiantes indocumentados tenÍan que pagar en el pasado la cuota de extranjeros y que ahora van a pagar la cuota de residentes legales... >>asÍ es. >>...el que paga por esa diferencia es el contribuyente y los crÍticos dicen: "¿por quÉ debo pagar yo como contribuyente por una cosa que no es mi culpa?" >>mira, cuando los presidentes de los colegios y las universidades fueron a dar testimonios allÁ, dijeron: "es un problema de competencia, a los jÓvenes los tenemos que poner a competir". hay miles de espacios que estÁn vacantes en los colegios y en las universidades que nadie los esÁa tomando y esos jÓvenes tendrÁn la oportunidad de estar ahÍ, de ser los nuevos ingenieros, los nuevos mÉdicos, los nuevos arquitectos de n

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: the house will be in order. the committee will be in order. the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. what the republican budget does is turn back the clock on a fair deal for the american people. every person in this body today

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. speaker. everyone in this chamber loves america and everybody in this chamber wants to preserve the dynamism of this country and american exceptionalism. we also all agree that we have to reduce our deficits in a study and predictable way. the question is how we do that and we have very different views of how we should do that. later this evening and tomorrow we will debate a democratic alternative budget which will strengthen our economy, promote job growth and decrease the deficit in a steady, predictable and responsible way. but the republican budget is the wrong choice for america. i urge every american to read this budget because if you do no amount of spin can hide the fact that this is a wrong turn for america. it's a yellow brick road for the already prosperous but it's a dead end for the rest. just today we had an analysis come out from the former economic advisor to john mccain when he was running for president, mark zandi, the chief economist at m

so head to the maryland spca. thanks so much for coming in. you always warm up our fridays when you bring in the pets. >> finds them homes like crazy. >> isn't that the cutest puppy. >> a beautiful puppy. we need to get executive producer dan taylor to take that puppy home. off to a break. could you use extra cash? couldn't we all? abc2joce sterman has -- abc 2, joce sterman has tips on how to give yourself a raise without asking the boss. you may need that because prices at the movies have gone up and some are looking for alternatives to a night out at the silver screen. justin. >>> one more time, let's talk about the weather. we could mix in flakes. we got greg jackson who goes to school at north carroll high was showing pictures of the nearly two inches of snow. roads are starting to be wet up there and we make a play for rain showers. 48 today. not the best of days. but it will get better and we will talk about that and the opening day baseball outlook and spring is knock on our door. that's next. you want to get a great looking lawn like

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the vice chairman of the democratic caucus, mr. becerra of california. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. van hollen: three minutes. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. becerra: i thank the gentleman. i probably onet wean use the three minutes. mr. speaker, budgets are a reflection of our values and our priorities. jobs, economic growth, fiscal discipline, fairness, shared sacrifice. most americans talk about this all the time when they are at their kitchen table. it's not that difficult. so quite honestly the question before us is not whether to reduce the deficit, but how. budgets involve tradeoffs. the republican budget that is presented to us today along with this republican study committee alternative would say that we must, we must continue the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans in this country. we must continue to give a millionaire about $130,000 in tax cuts in thi

[applause] >> on august 24, 2010, the maryland department of education was pleased that maryland was awarded to enter $50 million for education. this was part of the race to the top program. this is a momentous event for the maryland department of education. let's take a step back and focus on the need for a good education in the first place. ♪ >> education is important because it allows one to become a literate, critically thinking, member of society and one can contribute to society in positive ways. >> i think the purpose of an education is to bring out a potential in kids, a potential that makes them successful. >> it is a socialization think g. that is an important aspect of education. that is probably why it started. it gets kids off the street and gets them into a controlled environment. at the same time, let's teach them to a three r's. >> the government revealed race to the top. >> with the race to the top fund, we will reward states that come together and adopt a common set of standards and assessments. >> the principles are detailed in which states would win federal fund

maryland's most powerful radar active again tonight. unfortunately we think the radar is gonna keep busy overnight tonight into the morning tomorrow. wet commute. we've got rain showers mixing with snow showers. hagerstown westward, tough commute, i-70 and 40 west. hagerstown back through cumberland. more precipitation coming out of the south. going to steadily shift eastward closer to balled. i think we could see that change over to some wet snow. should not acouple liu late to anything. got rain from centreville back through kent narrows and extending back through st. michaels, tillman island and east area right now. show you the current conditions right now. eh a pretty quiet nights. 40 degrees right now. humidity high, 97%, that light northeast wind is a chilly breeze to say the least. it has been cold the last few days, to give you an idea, look at this wintery start in manchester this morning. snow on the ground, finally meting off until mid-morning. deep creek snowy, how is this for the last kay of march. then late in the day we

>> their tradition, the maryland racing experience needs to stay in maryland. >> preakness is right around a corner on may 21. >> as we prepare for the preakness, you can take a look at some of the color has we have seen over the years and share your own on wbaltv.com. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> it was a spring nor'easter moving up the coast last night and this morning and still sitting of the coast of new england this evening, producing some snow across much of maine. rain and snow showers extended to southwest of the low pressure system into parts of pennsylvania and even in parts of western maryland. they will continue to do with that mixed bag of wintry weather for the weekend in garrett county. we are not done with the storm sitting of the new england coast just yet. keep an eye on all this rain coming across the ohio valley. the threat of more rain showers and maybe some snow in the higher elevations tomorrow. up in new england, it is still wintertime. 40 right now in boston with a rain-no mix. -- rain-snow mixed. expect some wintr

don't forget about good morning maryland at nine. the hot topic the kegasus. what do you think of it? do you think it's stupid or will bring people into preakness. >> it is getting support from jockey club. we want to know what you are thinking about. the news is always on at abc2news.com. what do you think of this guy? >> carroll county, two-hour school delay. it's not a joke. it happens. i am not crazy. >> not a april's fool. >> all right. >> update in 25 and 55 and we will see you then. [ dog barking ] mom! breakfast? in this house? in the morning i can use all the help i can get. that's why i love nutella, a delicious hazelnut spread that's perfect on multigrain toast and even whole-wheat waffles. it's a quick and easy way to give my family a breakfast they'll want to eat. and nutella is made with simple, quality ingredients, like hazelnuts, skim milk and a hint of cocoa. they love the taste and i feel good that they're ready to tackle the day. ♪ nutella. breakfast never tasted this good.

we'll be back. >> thanks for watching wjz, maryland's news station. much more ahead on the cbs eaching news with katie couric. the job report means good nene,, >> couric: tonight, it's the best jobs report in two years, signs the economy is rebounding. but for the long-term unemployed, there is a new obstacle to finding work. i'm erica hill. also tonight, massacre in afghanistan. thousands storm a u.n. compound, killing workers to protest a florida pastor's burning of the koran. a survivor's story. stranded at sea after the tsunami in japan, man's best friend is rescued-- three weeks later. and crashing the big dance. the team and the coach no one expected to make the final four. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> hill: good evening, katie is off tonight. slowly but suredly u.s. economy is gaining strength. today the labor department reported the numbers of jobs b

still in the 30's at parkton and westminster and western maryland, to. oakland is 20 degrees at the noon hour. you can see a swirl of the clouds here. this is the low pressure center. the eye of the storm, so to speak. biggest is now -- biggest snows under our banner. this whole storm is spinning to the northeast, eventually pulling out of our area. we're still kind of under its influence. this is the snow and rain spinning around behind the storm. there are elements of energy behind a system that will keep us under right through tomorrow. there is a distance out to the west we will have to deal with. it does not stick to its outp -- itis not straigh and doesn't restrict itself out for a while. the basic weather story -- a lot of that will be no. at the pennsylvania line. there may be a few breaks for sunshine here and there. 47-52 for the high. northwest winds gusting as much as 27 miles an hour. insta-weather futurecast shows a little speck of activity this afternoon and evening -- sprinkle activity this afternoon and evening. more of these disturbance

and now maryland leaders are trying to change the law here to restrict those protesters here in maryland. a supreme court decision allowing the westboro church to protest at funerals in the name of free speech is not the end of the debate. >> we have not slowed to so far and we will not. >> let them have their free speech but keep them away from the people who are grieving. and just the signs they put up it's inhuman. >> reporter: matthew schneider died in afghanistan. his father supporting these new bills. >> my sons and hundreds of thousands other men and women have died to protect freedom of speech. and to have a group of 80 people degrade it and mock it is disgusting. >> i have not found anybody that's in opposition of this other than aclu. >> reporter: the aclu says other laws have been ruled inconstitutional. including one that intended to keep pro-life activists 15 feet away from abortion clinics. but those pushing for the bigger buffer zones say the current law of 100 feet is not good enough. >> it's very close. it is very close. i kept thinking, if i were mourning a family membe

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the maryland department of health tested it and found salmonella. health officials say if you bought the sausage from that event, throw it away. >>> we have tom back with us now to talk about the weather for the weekend. no fooling, tom. >> i'm certainly not with the weather we've been through, no. i don't think we can take any fooling. we've had this unusually chilly, damp and sort of dark pattern? and you no finally we're getting some sunshine breaking out. this is mood enhancing sunshine. we've been suffering from solar deprivation for the last couple of days. even though there's quite a bit of cloudiness, we've had some breaks in the clouds. that's the live view from our skywatcher camera which towers over. out in the distance is loudoun county. right now 45 at reagan national. the gusts there just recently was around 25 miles an hour. radar scanning the sky. we are getting a few sprinkles north-central maryland right near the pennsylvania border, but those should stay to our north. temperatures around the region climbing into the 40s. this is g

tienen que vivir en maryland y tienen que casar buenass notas. >>> jóvenes de deben empezar a estudiar en colégios comunitarios y después tran transferirse a la universidad. >>> la ley no incluye aspecto de ni graduación. >>> realmente no cambia su estatus de migración ni cambia posibilidad de cambiarse. >>> jóvenes indocumentados podrán empezar, pagando como residentess legales a partir de julio, se espera que el gobernador firme la nueva legislación a finales de mes. >>> claudio, noticias univisión. >>> la crisis de california ha convertidos hasta los niños más pequeños en activista, cientos de menores junto a padres de familiass marcharon para exigir que se mantenga los dineros para centro de cuidado infantil. >>> mi hijo esta en uno de estos programa y trabajamos y después ellos no van a poder ir a estudiar y también nosotros ya no podíamos ir a trabajar porque nuestros niños no están en la escuela , varios con tino gerentes fueron vistos marcharon alrededor de sus guardo rice. >>> van van a decir el futuro de los departamento de bomberos esta identidad ofrece, serv

>>> now "good morning maryland." >>> critics say this guy is inappropriate. others say he is going to get people to the infield. what do you think of the preakness' new mascot. >>> how did a officer's gun end up on city streets? that's what police are investigating this morning. >>> is this mother nature's april fool's joke is in the calendar says it's april 1st but in some parts of the country, it locks like january and one of those areas is here in the viewing area. >> including here. rain in some areas, but justin came in through a lot of snow. it's april 1st. let's send it over to meteorologist justin berk. >> some people think i am fooling and joking, but i wouldn't kid about this. really, snow is coming down hard. snow is sticking. it's a rough trip and i am not exaggerating that. as the road covered over on 83, near the pa line, and everybody had the flashers on and it was really an interesting scene. here's the parking lot in southern pa showing the streetlights filled with flakes, and yes it was starting to stick on some of the road and really coming

puedan pagar cuotas para residentes en las universidades de maryland. de un ahorro importante, porque estudiantes residentes pagan 840 dólares los que no lo son 24800 dólares >>> un jurado de el paso texas, declaró inocente de 11 cargos de perjurio y fraude y obstrucción ala justicia a luis posada carriles el cubano de 83 años presentaba acusaciones por mentir en su solicitud de asilo político cuba y venezuela lo acusan de la voladura de un avión comercial cubano en el 76 que dejó a 73 personas muertas >>> muy pronto este mismo mesx, las universidades públicas de arizona podrían verse llenas de profesores y estudiantes

president obama will be in landover, maryland this afternoon. he will be touting the clean vehicle fleet used by major companies in our area and across the nation. >> d.c. mayor vincent gray will be talking about the city's financial state now. he's going to release the budget for the 2012 fiscal year which happens this morning at the wilson building. >>> today was the day the d.c. circulator bus would resume its loop around the national mall but that line has now been shelved. ddot blames a sharp drop in ridership. >> roads in america are getting safer. >> in fact, they haven't been this safe since harry truman was president. a report out in the last few hours finds driving deaths are down sharply. >> that's a story that's new this morning. jessica doyle is live in arlington with a closer look at what is behind the numbers. good morning, jess. >> good morning to you, folks. of course, we're here in arlington, fairfax drive. main thoroughfare. as you reach for your keys, encouraging news for drivers. the roads haven't been this safe in a half of

, maryland reporting light snow. around d.c., we could see the light rain mixing in with some snow through this morning but no accumulations are expected. here is angie with oh my goff. good morning. >> thank you, anny. good morning to you. here is a look at what's buzzing in entertainment. music mogul sean carter better known as jay-z is the subject of an nba investigation. the league wants to know why he was in kentucky's locker room after the wildcats clinched a final four berth. carter congratulated the players after their game in new jersey. the arena is home to the nets and jay-z is a part owner of the team. however, nba rules prohibit team personnel from having contact with players who are not yet draft eligible. >>> a brand marketing company is suing brittany spears for more than $10 million. the pop star and her father renegotiated a royalties deal with the cosmetics company, elizabeth arden last year. the lawsuit claims the new deal cut them out of the commission on the spears fragrance line. the original d

he's at the maryland spca. together we can make a difference. we do this every friday. we've been doing it for 30 years. >>> we have a bumple to talk about -- bunch to talk about. great weather. can you handle 70 degrees on opening day? oh, yeah. >> what? >> yeah, meteorologist tim williams has the details. check it out. tim? >> good afternoon. we've been talking about the fluctuation in the temperatures. and some warmth building in from the southwest. it's starting to push in our direction. while we've seen light showers across the mason dixon line and light snow showers this morning we've seen a bit of a change. temperatures right now, 45 at bwi marshall. 67% relative humidity with that west wind coming in at 14 miles an hour. 29.51 is the barometer. across the state temperatures are just around 30 degrees in oakland, 46 ocean city. 42 over toward hagerstown and that 45 down in the nation's capital. around the immediate metro area, mid-40s and we will be going up as soon as this west/southwesterly wind starts to take hold. as marty mentioned earlier, got a little peek

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he was born in maryland and gunned down in tucson. the memory of christina green's life. >>> it's a last day in america, for a group of exchange students. how their host school is raising funds to help japan. >>> i'm gigi barnett in owings mills. that story is straight ahead. >>> we want to see your favorite deals from the ballpark. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> 5:30. 47 degrees and spartly sunny. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. >>> a positive sign. the number of people who died in traffic accidents is down across the country. but in maryland, highway officials say there is no reason to celebrate. >>> it's estimated that more than 240 million vehicles traverse the roads of america. that presents millions of opportunities for accidents and fatalities. but they say they are actually down. >> i certainly want to see the numbers go down. >> reporter: the national highway traffic administration says they have dropped. in 2010, 32,788 people were killed. it's the lowest number of highway deaths since 1949. >> it is ver

there are wintry showers in western maryland, southwestern pennsylvania. we had snow on the ground in much of the state, including carroll county. i think it could happen tonight although less numerous showers. we'll see a few raindrops and maybe a few flakes flie. i know that's not what you want to hear. temperatures around 50. we go through the 40s with a few showers possible. tomorrow morning there could be a couple of early flaidges mixing in with the rain showers. the rest of the day we do warm it up. we keep the chance through most of the day. talk about your sunday and look ahead towards the orioles opener straight ahead. >>> the latest on the condition of hall of famer brooks robbins. he's still mat gbmc. he is being treated for an infection. doctors say he is responding well to antibiotics. the hospital has been flooded with phone calls from fanals. they are asking those who want to pass along emails, they will be forwarded to the robinson family. brooks turns 74 next month. >> tonight former governor william schaefer is in the hospital with pneum

and right around hagerstown not too far from frederick, maryland. so we got some stuff going on this morning. let's get for the graphics. want to show you the satellite- radar. you can see we've got the cloud cover all across the area. there is your precipitation pushing off to the north and east. i do think we'll get a break from the precipitation but can't rule out a few more showers moving in here later on during the course of the day. we'll have the cloud cover for the bulk of the day. that could present that activity. meanwhile, portions of the ohio valley, tennessee valley are cloud-free this morning. there are some breaks out there. temperature around the region, 39-degree in d.c. 38 in annapolis. baltimore, 37 there. 36 in frederick. quantico is at 40 degrees. fredericksburg is at 43 degrees. here is what the forecast looks like for today. certainly this morning, we have rainfall. we will continue to see some areas of rain, drizzle, maybe some snow mixing in for some of you to the north. it will be mostly cloudy today. maybe some rays of sun

there will be snow in western maryland. some of that activity could crop in the baltimore area, very limited but in will be around. on saturday afternoon i think we'll see a bit of an improvement though a few showers will be possible. sunday looks dry, i'm happy to say, partly to mostly sunny and jmly dry. it brings back the chance for showers but much warmer monday and tuesday for the first game. 35, mostly cloudy, breezy, chance of a few showers, early in the morning towards daybreak could be snow showers. saturday 35 with lingering clouds. take a look at the overall trend here. as we look ahead to the weekend. it will be breezy, sunday looks better. we wish we could have sunday's weather on monday. monday looks warmer but the possibility of rain, hopefully not a rain out and then the chance of a thunderstorm even on tuesday, so it's not perfect weather to start the orioles season, but at least this will be warmer. >> that's all that counts. if we have tuesday's weather -- >> it's cold and miserable. >> you know what, spe

. >>> alegría es lo que sienten los jóvenes latinos en maryland, tras la aprobación de la ley sb 177, conocido como el acta aquel sueño de mmaryland. >>> para mí significa más oportunidades y yo estoy bien feliz que ellos aprobaron eso >>> después de 6 años de debate kacandent candentes y trabas estatales. maryland es el duodécimo estado en aprobar una legislación que le permite a los estudiantes indocumentados pagar las mismas tarifas universitarias igual que los residentes legales. víctor ramírez presentó la legislación y dicen los requisitos que tienen que cumplir los estudiante. >>> tienen que ir a la escuela. tienen que vivir. tienen que pagar están pa cambiando sus impuestos por 3 años. y tienen que sacar buenas notas. >>> acuerdo con la ley los jóvenes deben comenzar sus estudios y luego transferirse a la universidad cambia by está solo un año de gra darse. y está más cerca de cumplir su sueño de convertirse en abogado. >>> es ñ alivio para uno no estará en la vida trabajar tanto para ir a la escuela. la ley no incluye aspecto migratorio. >>> no cambia en a

weaver is being held in maryland without bond. since williams was arrested in the district he is awaiting extradition. >>> the director of the federal bureau of prisons is accused of drunk driving. 55-year-old hardly lapan was pulled over late last month when he was spotted driving erratically near his home in annapolis, filed a sobriety test and was charged with dui. lapan announced last week he's retiring in may. >>> new details tonight in the breathalyzer scandal in the district. questions are being raised now about how prosecutors in d.c.'s attorney's general's office used breath machines to get guilty pleas in dwi cases. paul wagner, what's the latest? >> we've uncovered documents showing prosecutors in the d.c. attorney general's office used a breath machine that had been decertified by the chief toxicologist to win convictions in at least two cases. in one of those cases a man was sentenced to serve six consecutive weekends in jail. on july 7th, 2010, d.c. police arrested a man in the district on success suspicion of dwi --

snow across parts of the southern pennsylvania and northern maryland. i feel out of season because i have orange and black and it's snowing. >> treat trust me, you will-- trust me, you will be able to go outside and enjoy it if it sticks around. moore's -- here's meteorologist justin berk. >> this is taken from southern pennsylvania and it was not sticking on the road at thattime. it was sticking on grassy surfaces. after this, interstate 83 was quickly covered over with the flashers on. and this is roughly around the 3, 3:30 time frame this morning. yeah, looking at snow. and that snow is causing issues around other parts of the area. so let's switch it over after seeing this. you will notice we had it in westminster. on the storm center weathernet camera, i want to show you from winters mill high school. watch toward the bottom of the screen, there's the snow around three in the morning. and the fields turn white. enough snow on the ground, and within the one to two inch range of many spots sticking on 140. personal accounts from some of the coworkers

continuing over to the outer loop in maryland. always good. between 95 over to 27 0, the few drivers out there moving at speed. finally, back over to the maps, 95 and the bw parkway, one smooth ride past 198 down toward the beltway. we'll take a look at 50 in maryland in my next traffic report at 4:40. andrea, mike, back to you. >>> once again, metro transit is trying to come up with ways to cover a $72 million budget gap. >> rather than ask local governments to help cover the difference, the transit agency, actually, the board, is considering service cuts. the cuts include rerouting buses, with low ridership possibly closing station entrances and increasing times between trains, any service cuts though which may be approved will not begin until september. 47 of the $27 million gap comes from postponing budget falls in the past. >>> today, maryland lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a bill aimed at ensuring the safety of your children. the school bus camera bill would allow local governments to monitor and ticket drivers who drive past a stopp

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they were brought up on plantations in maryland. the carroll fortune was supported by slavery and had been for generations. the sisters were presented in the carroll family tradition with body maids when they were very young by their grandfather, and they kept these body maids with them. they became sort of companions and stayed on until later in life, until their maturity. indeed, mary ann's trusted personal servants, they always called them servants. and, indeed, even addressed them with titles so the head seam stress was miss ruthie, the housekeeper was miss nelly and so on. and be henny johnson who was mary ann's slave -- servant -- accompanied her to europe where, of course, to england where, of course, as soon as she got off the ship she was free. but she chose to stay with mary ann, and henny died in king son on thames in 1910. she was the last of, if you might like, the family to survive. when mary ann died, bess -- she was looked after by bess and then by louisa, and an annuity was settled on her. other than that, nothing i

that is in north central maryland. temperatures across the region, cold start to the day. 39 in the district. 42 in fredericksburg. 37 in baltimore. winchester, 37. ocean city is at 44 degrees. here is your forecast for today. plenty of clouds. we'll see more morning showers and drizzle and mist, a cool start to the day. high today though about 50 degrees. that is more mild than we were yesterday. it will be rather breezy, winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 miles per hour and we are hoping we'll get some rays of sun in here the latter part of the afternoon. we'll have to see. >> let's check in with julie wright and find out what is happening out on the roads this morning. >> we've got some problems because we had that stalled car on the outer loop of the beltway over near georgia avenue. that has cleared. delays leaving 95 college park headed around in towards silver spring. southbound 95, 295 looking good out of laurel. no problems reported coming in from 29. southbound 270, you guys are busy on the top side approach

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how much time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gentleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place a plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant at arms will remove those responsible and restore order in the gallery. the committee will be in order. committee will be in order. the committee will be in order. the committee will be in order. the chair: the gentleman from maryland may proceed. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to begin my remarks from the beginning. the chair: is there ox? seeing none, the gentleman may proceed -- is there objection? seeing none, the gentleman may proceed. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my colleagues. as i said, nobody doubts that ev

the national kidney foundation of maryland. i'm going to talk to george kilborn, the spokesperson for the organization. you are having a very special event. the second year for an event. called sante. what is it? >> it's a terrific event tomorrow night at the b&o railroad museum. a food, wine, craft beer and spirits tasting event featuring some of the best restaurants in the maryland area. some are here. live music, a silent auction. terrific wines from black kelvin yards. >> reporter: the money goes to the kidney foundation? >> yes. 75% of the funds stay right here in the greater baltimore area to patient services, fund research and really help folks dealing with the condition. >> we have three great chefs to show you what you can get a taste of. this actually a bartender, brendan dorr. what is this? >> a red fruit fizz. >> reporter: it has egg in it? >> it does. what i'm going to be featuring this year is egg cocktails. flips, fizzes. what this is, is a variation. we've done this at b&o called a red fruit fizz. it has egg whi

the gentleman from maryland. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, may i inquire as to how much time remains? very seriously, mr. chairman, if -- the chair: the gtleman from maryland has 9 1/2 minutes. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. we all agree, we all agree we have to act now to put in place plan to reduce our deficits -- mr. chairman, point of order. the chair: the chair notes a disturbance in the gallery in contravention of the laws and rules of the house. the sergeant at arms will remove those responsible and restore order in the gallery. the committee will be in order. committee will be in order. the committee will be in order. thcommittee will be in order. the chair: the gentleman from maryland may proceed. mr. van hollen: mr. chairman, i ask unanimous consent to begin my remarks from the beginning. the chair: is there ox? seeing none, the gentleman may proceed -- is there objection? seeing none, the gentleman may proceed. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. chairman. i thank my colleagues. as i said, nobody doubts that every pe

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cbs reporter who contacted maryland davenport says davenport told her she sent the e-mail as a joke meant for friends and blamed the news media for blowing it out of proportion. now the chairman is asking davenport to step down. >> the e-mail is certainly very contrary to the message that we want to send to the voters. ethnic outreach and building the party and we can't have people that represent the party that are elected officials out making racist statements against people. whether they're the president of the united states or anybody else. >> although maryland davenport defends her e-mail, orange county republicans are moving quickly to do damage control. county republican party chairman is also asking for an ethics investigation into the incident. >>> don, thank you very much. >>> one of many around the country marking the tea party's second anniversary. this year tea party rallies were the place to be for republicans with a presidential ambitions like donald trump who sound very much like a candidate. >> george bush gave us obama and i'm not happy about it. okay. i'm not happy about

the start of baseball with a look at winter, next in sports. >> with me is maryland lottery official marsha. tonight's multi jackpot is estimated at $500,000. with me for the numbers tonight, thursday, march 31, we start the game off with 13, 36, 6, 23, 26 and 2. 13, 36, 6, 43 and 2. if no one wins, it climbs to $525,000. the next drawing is tomorrow night. it four winning numbers, visit wbaltv.comtv i'm a curious seeker. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i'm a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i'm virginia. i'm a target pharmacist and i'm here to answer your questions. >> credit to doctors and nurses at greater baltimore medical center with the first save of the cost -- baseball season. brooks robinson remains hospitalized tonight after a high fever and infections and him to hospital this morning. he did not say the nature of his infection, but earlier this evening he said that doctors aggressively treated his infection and he resp

in maryland we are moving forward and anticipate to take two stages in doing this. first, over the next year we are surveying existing practices and selecting best practices for drilling and fracking of the wells, these will cover all aspects of the preparation and design delivery and management material, drilling casing, cementing, fracking and waste disposal. after we develop this interim we will call to the gold standard and consider issuing permits for a small number of exploratory wells to be drilled in maryland and we will carefully monitor these to provide more detailed information that we can use in order to take the second step in our process using the data from the exploratory wells along with the result of other research gathering from the surrounding states and other areas. if we determine the gas production can be accomplished without unreasonable risk to the human health and in the environment but the department would then make the decisions on the applications for production wells. the commission will reflect all of these best practices and avoid publ

in landover, maryland, today, the president said democrats and republicans are close to a compromise. >> so given the encouraging news we received today on jobs it would be the height of irresponsibility to halt our economic momentum because of the same old washington politics. that's not what we need. >> the president went on so say that neither democrats or republicans should get 100% of what they want. >>> all right now to the crisis in libya. moammar gadhafi hasn't been seen in nearly two weeks but he apparently is getting weapons to his followers. >> we are ready. they are coming to attack my country, you know. >> where did you get this gun? >> gadaffi gave to everybody guns. >> there were some mixed messages from libyan rebels making plan to sell oil to earn cash to buy more weapons and cut a deal with a tiny arab nation kutar. gadaffi may end up staying in fire. >> gadaffi should not leave libya and that the libyan people should decide their future. >> the pentagon is preparing to pull u.s. war planes out of the mission over libya starting on sunday. >>> japanese and u.s. milit

one of maryland's most beloved political personalities is in the hospital. vic is in the newsroom with more. >> schaefer is recovering at st. agnes hospital, after coming down with pneumonia. schaefer's friend says the 89- year-old schaefer had some trouble breathing about 9:00 last night. he was taken from a charlestown community center in st. agnes hospital. he is said to be doing much better today. the former governor, controller and mayor is responding to antibiotics. but we are told he has good days and bad days, as far as overall health is concerned. >> okay, vic. thank you. >>> laney lebeau sacks said she expected schaefer to spend another day or two in the hospital before being released. we'll have more coming up at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> a teenager is charged as an adult with a violent attack on his own grandmother. 14-year-old hassani garrett is charged with assault. the victim, shirley garrett, is in critical condition. investigators say the teen struck his grandmother several times with the hammer while she slept because he was angry over the way she

maryland snyder told staff and faculity members all special ed student need to be euthanized and wiped off the face of theearth. parents are outrage and paul has been -- has an 8-year-old son with a tim. listen. >> the thought that he should be put to sleep like a dog, wow. >> the public school board held a hearing and voted unanimously to fire the school nurse. snyder says it was a bad choice of words and her quote, heart

fredrick, maryland, 36. forecast for today, mostly cloudy skies, maybe some sun late in the day, early showers, cool but more mild than yesterday. 40, i'm sorry, 50 degrees for the high today. we'll take that. it's still ten, 11, 12 degrees below normal, but it's better than 42 for a high. >>> yes, it. is. >> yeah. >> sorry. thank you. >> yep. >>> let's check in with a look at traffic now at 8:00. >> all right. not quite sure what happened to the rush hour, it was nice and quiet. but not the case any longer. accident activity to report. if you are traveling inbound on route 50, the highway, a crash westbound on 50. all of the westbound lane are blocked there. crash involving a overturned vehicle. no one is able to get by. in fact, the commute is starting to stack up inbound out of riverdale. as you can see, no one getting by at the scene headed over toward kennel worth avenue. better bet is the parkway, use that as an alternate route coming through headed into northeast washington. and now continue with the

we have some showers off in southern maryland. most of the showers now to the west out 66. a little bit of rain. and a little bit of moderate rain just north of chantilly on the north side of 50 there. a little bit of moderate rain also around manassas denoted there in yellow. where is this going to go in the next hour? essentially just going to move up the north through vienna and reston and great falls and bethesda and right around the airport in the next hour. all right. let's talk about what is going to happen. we're going to get dryer air in here eventually. we're still going to have a wet morning commute tomorrow. but the good news is, a dry evening commute. we haven't had that for a while. breezy friday and saturday. and a bit milder over the weekend. not quite up to what our expectations are, but at least a little milder. all right. tomorrow morning, this is why we think we're going to have a wet commute. showers light. nothing heavy tomorrow. look at the flakes all the way down to frederick and martinsburg tomorrow. could even see a snowflake around gaithersburg. b

peter ma reesy at the university of maryland and the president a stone's throw at landover, maryland at an event emphasizing fuel efficient trucks at a u.p.s. plant in landover, maryland and talk about the unemployment rate. we can expect him to say, yes, we still have a lot of work to do but look at all the things my administration has done, that payroll tax cut part of the last minute tax deal at the end of last year. energy policy he talked about last week, education. these are all long-term goals that won't do much to spur the economy in the short term but the president expected to emphasize the positive everything that he is doing as others point to the fact that inflation, food and grass prices as well as the housing market which started this entire crisis some two years ago, three years ago still showing signs of profound weakness. that is certainly not a good sign going forward. >> we just got a note from the white house that the president will speak about jobs when he's there talking about these fuel efficient fleet vehicles, u.p.s. among the companies that is really investi