. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

what is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number 1, we are insolvent. >> dan miller is the harrisburg controller. >> my office is projecting a $15 $15 -- $15 million dev sympt we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and the payroll is $1 million every two weeks. if we can make payroll and pay that bill, we have no money. it's very bleak. >> bleak, that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hough to wall street and can't make the payments on billions of dollars -- millions of dollars of bonds. harrisburg don't have a credit rating. >> people are not moving in. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november, 1981, when voters elected steven reid mayor. he remained in office 28 years, a tenure marked by a public building boom, financed by a series of big debt deals with wall street. the first n1986. -- in 1986. harrisburg borrowed $390 million to build a dam on the susquehanna river. regulators blocked the dam, so harrisburg paid that

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell homes, people aren't moving into the city. businesses don't want to locate here. >> how did it come to this? the story begins in november of 1981 when voters elected democrat steven reid mayor. he would remain in office 28 years, a tenure marked bay public building boom, financed bay series

years later harrisburg issued bond to buy the team. price tag $6.7 million. then an attempt at wild west museum. he spent over $8 million over 16 years on artifacts from six shooters to doc holliday sword. much of the collection is stored in this warehouse. the museum never opened. national civil war museum did open in 2001 at a cost of more than $30 million. >> we have all got togethhat tor in one town. you are a nationally scaled national tourism. >> these are all of the ideas. they weren't vetted through the public or town hall meetings. >> linda thompson was on city council from 2002 to 2010. >> this is what they needed to do. these were his explanations when challenged on it. >> the challenges wouldn't come until the finances collapsed under the most expensive. >> this incinerator was the biggest problem. it never worked like it was supposed to it burned up hundreds of billions of dollars. some people call this the incinerator from hell. >> originally built in 1972 before reed took office the plan was supposed to generate profit by charging fees to burn

dave unkovich on the other hand is done tending to harrisburg. resigning in frustration. >> we are at a point where you literally could not kick the can down the road. so broke than you just need to deal with the problem. >> now. >> yes, now. >> up next, the battle over pensions and benefits. fox business network's lou dobbs with that story, after dobbs with that story, after the break. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually say that. >>> welcome back. as you have seen, cities with big dreams and big bills have come here to wall street for the cash to finance them. but even more towns are going broke not by issuing bonds is but by issuing pro

dave unkovich on the other hand is done tending to harrisburg. resigning in frustration. >> we are at a point where you literally could not kick the can down the road. so broke than you just need to deal with the problem. >> now. >> yes, now. >> up next, the battle over pensions and benefits. fox business network's lou dobbs with that story, after the break. this is the plan for back to school. introducing share everything, only from verizon. a shareable pool of data to power up to 10 different devices. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. by what's getting done. measure commitment the twenty billion doars bp committed has helped fund economic and environmental recovery. long-term, bp's made a five hundred million dollar commitment to support scientists studying the environment. and the gulf is open for business - the beaches are beautiful, the seafood is delicious. last year, many areas

this is the beltway at the harrisburg expressway. the accident is in the median and not impacting traffic as to exit on northbound 83. 70 west of the beltway building traveling eastbound over towards the beltway. a nice start on 70 in towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. not a bad day if you're out on the bay. waves around 1 foot. it is 78 degrees downtown at the inner harbor. low to mid 70's elsewhere. 72 in randallstown. we should be in the 70's with mostly sunny skies by lunchtime. an isolated thunderstorm this afternoon with a high near 94 degrees. it will be more humid and it will feel like the upper 90's. >> arnold schwarzenegger was a bankable star. >> now a more studied actor steps into the lead role in a remake. we have more in this morning's box office preview. >> it is all a mistake. >> colin farrell is an accident assassin in "total recall." this remake find some in a funk over his ho-hum life. scientists can implant memories. he opts for the secret agent package at it erases images o

. >> what exactly is the fiscal situation in harrisburg now? >> well, number one we are insolvent. >> dan miller is harrisburg's controller. >> my office is projecting that we would have a $15 million deficit this year and i think we are just going to struggle from pay check to pay check. we have $1.6 million. we have a health insurance bill that needs to be paid and our payroll every two weeks is a million dollars. i mean there you go. if we make payroll next week and pay that bill we have no more money. a bleak situation. >> bleak. that about captures it. harrisburg is deep in hop to wall street and can't make the payments on millions of dollars on bonds. it has gotten so bad harrisburg doesn't even have a credit rating any more. >> it is difficult to sell

no problems to report on the harrisburg expressway. it will be delay free from shan road down to 695. this is traffic in overly, traffic picking up at bel aire road, but pretty easy ride up towards towson. traffic not the same case on the northwest corner of the beltway. that outer loop really starting to jam here at old court road and it's going to get even worse as you make the drive down towards liberty road. that's a look at your abc 2 time saver traffic. megan, over to you. >>> we've seen her so many years by her son's side, cheering him on in the stands. when cal ripken's mother was abducted, we all wanted to know who did this, but no one wants answers more than the ripken family. today cal ripken, jr. will talk about this and he's doing it first here on abc 2. sheree johnson has more on what's happening. >>reporter: we are live here at camden yard where at 10:00 this morning cal ripken, jr. will address reporters about his mother's recent abduction and return and then at 7:30 this morning, he'll also appear on "good morning amer

if you are headed to 83, a live look at the harrisburg expressway, no problems at york road. remaining nice and clear onto the jfx. parkville, harford, the outer loop jamming up, that will continue up towards providence road. over to you. >>> parents this is something you will want to listen to, the snoring that you kids maybe doing could be serious. >> apnea can aif anything can affect children. all children or teens are recommended to be screened for the condition. >> you stop breathing multiple times while you are sleeping, each if you are not aware. >> once it is diagnoseed the condition is treatable. >>> parents with a newborn son, the american academy of pediatrics is issuing a poí1sñ statement on circumcision. new scientific evidence ties circumcision to a lower risk of acquiring hiv. the aap, the benefits are not great enough to recommend routine circumcision. the risks include pain, infection or minor scarring. >>> the dread you feel when your doorbell rings and you spot a salesman. >> some have the knocking things, causing problems. a knock at the door interrupted

if u using the harrisburg expressway, here is north baltimores clear from shawan down towards 695. if u headed to the west side, traffic is starting to pick up on the outer loop, wilkins avenue. a 13 minute ride from 79 a, towards 95. that's a look at your time saver traffic. now for a look at the forecast, we are joined by lynette charles. >>> good morning, we have patchy fog out there, check out manchester, in to carroll county this morning, we see some light some clouds and also that patchy fog plaguing us through the rest of this morning. the temperature in manchester cool, 57, edgemere 53. these temperatures will go up, especially through the next several days. take the sweater with you this morning. take the umbrella, because maryland's most powerful radar, we are dry, we have the chance for isolated showers and storms to pop up as we go in to the afternoon. i'm going to walk you through it hour by hour, we have the patchy fog, temperature 67 degrees, by lunchtime the mix of sunshine and clouds that temperature close to 80. in to the afternoon, around 3:00, temperature at 83,

here is a live look at the harrisburg expressway. nothing to get in your way at shawan road. an easy ride towa

if you are using the harrisburg expressway, here is what it looks like in hunt valley. everything go to be up to speed. nothing to get in your way as you do head down towards 695- 6789 as far as the beltway is concerned, here what is it looks like in parkville at harford road. inner loop nice and clear down towards 95. it is starting to pick up on the outer loop but no significant delays from 95 all the way up to 83. that stretch will take you 11 minutes. traveling on the outer loop from 795 down towards 95, you are looking at a 12-minute ride. >>> we could get a legal ruling on whether a stay will remain in effect for a new law on pit bulls. >> the special session that challenge the court of appeals ruling that all pit bulls are considered inherently dangerous. the law makes owner as well as landlords liable if the pit bull attacks. now, for the stay is removed, local animal shelters really worry about seeing an influx of pit bulls and pit bull micks from people would rent homes. however, the man whose son was mauled who is behind this bill, he says this is a good thin

interstate 81, that will begin to move around hagerstown and harrisburg, with light rain. we could see showers around areas like washington, d.c. so overall we've got beneficial rains, including central kansas. the drought still the big story out there. and the temperatures have been knocked down because of one and then two cold fronts across the country. today, 80s in the hartland. if you're in the east, many areas of light rain and showers, but not all that bad. >>> coming up, stocks tank, google gobbles and what's new in the dictionary? your first look at the morning's business headlines are straight ahead. >>> a playoff preview, remembering a red sox legend and the worst penalty kick ever. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. [ male announcer ] if you stash tissues like a squirrel stashes nuts, you may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec® liquid gels. nothing starts working faster than zyrtec® at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. zyrtec®. love the air. at relieving your allergy symptoms for 24 hours. ♪ atmix of energies.ve the world needs a bro

and this is 83 traveling north on the harrisburg expressway. everything up to speed on hunt valley from shawan to 695. and this is where the -- what it looks like in overly. no problems getting up to 83 this morning. charley over to you. >>> violent videos may be causing nightmares for your preschool aged children. a study find a link between the types of videos and tv show kids watch with possible sleep problems. those who watch age appropriate imloiives and tv shows what lower odds of sleep problems. -- appropriate movies and tv shows had lower odds of sleep problems. >> i would encourage parents to be mindful of the ratings and the content of the media they purchase for the children and not give into every thing that comes out. >> children whose parents watch videos with them reportedly had an easier time falling asleep and fewer number of nightmares. >>> before the kids start school, they need vaccination. baltimore county department of health is providing free vaccines for those eligible. you can take your child to the wood lawn health sen

harrisburg, pennsylvania. the city council there is blaming the former mayor spending all kinds of money on things like a wild west museum. now this is in harrisburg, pennsylvania. a minor league ball team. >> that's also to try to stimulate people to come to harrisburg, i'm not going to blame anybody on it. but i am going to watch the special because you asked me to and i will. now, you and kelly, megyn kelly, you two are going to be hogging all the air time at the conventions, both the conventions, right? >> bret: not your time. we won't take your time. >> bill: they want to get ratings at 8:00. [ laughter ] you and kelly -- you are the duo, right? >> bret: we are. >> bill: for both convention recommendation right? >> we are for the republic and democratic convention. >> bill: these are basically, and fox business network ray and i'm not saying this with any -- yes i am. i'm cynical about it. these are basically propaganda displays, right? >> you have been to a ton of these. >> bill: they have and they're fo

as we slide up into harrisburg going up to i-83 along i-76 you are going to be encountering some of that lightning across the area. lebanon getting in on that as well and we can see that to the north of elizabethtown mayor he had a -- elizabeth town and marietta more of the same. more lightning strikes around mount vernon around woodbridge and we are dealing with some heavier rain. we can see it in the yellow and oranges. being see them in a little closer and this is sliding of

if you are headed out to the harrisburg expressway no delays here north of 695. and it will remain nice and clear as you get on the jfx. using 95, here's a live look downtown at 395. altogether, you are looking at 15-minute ride from white marsh into the city. so, everything going to be nice and clear. the fort mchenry tunnel is in great shape and as we pull up other drive times notice 695 will be up to speed on the outer loop from 95 up to 83. that's going 11 minutes and no delays over on the west side. you are looking at an 11 minute ride on outer loop from 795 down towards 95. megan and charley. over to you. >>> many soft best 12-year-old base -- some of the best 12- year-old baseball players taking part in the cal ripkin world series. for the first time ever, a maryland team from boys made it to the championship game. saturday, boys from montgomery county beat a team from the bronx and yesterday, they met up against the team

and that would be the same case out on the harrisburg expressway. at shawan road everything is nice and clear. 22 minutes from the maryland pennsylvania state line towards 695. we are dealing with repairs on that massive water main break in downtown baltimore. and light street is shut down between baltimore street and lombard. the good news is repairs will be fenished within 2 to 3 weeks. now over to you. >>> okay. parents you know your children like to draw on just about anything and see what you have to look forward to? >> i know. parents want to encourage creativity but one virginia mom her daughter creativity land her in court. she has to complete 50 hours of community service is and you might wonder why. apparently for letting her 4- year-old daughter use chalk to draw on rocks at park in richmond. she was given a 325 dollar ticket. >> absurbed. >> my daughter is avoiding the chalk. she doesn't want to see chalk anymore. >> during the 50 hours of community service susan mortensen will have a repaint nearly 200 white posts and if she completes t

agenda also in washington we have michael hughes he's a journalist and foreign policy analyst and in harrisburg we cross to jeffrey lord he is a former reagan white house political director and author all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want but before we start our discussion here let's take a look at a very well known clip from h.b.o.'s program newsroom let's have a look. just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day there's some things you should know and one of them is there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world we're seventy literacy twenty seventh in math twenty second in science forty ninth in life expectancy one hundred seventy eight and infant mortality third in median household income. number foreign labor force the number four in exports we lead the world in only three categories number of incarcerated citizens per capita number of adults who believe angels are real and defense spending where we spend more than the next twenty six countries combined twenty five

that is for the water main breaks. 65 miles per hour on the harrisburg expressway. the major roadways are looking good. six minutes on 95 south down between the beltway and 100 in howard county. no delays. this is the beltway at frederick road along the west side. traffic is moving to just fine. this is 95 in howard county. things are moving fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> breaking news in howard county. a train has derailed with up to 80 cars spelling call. oal. >> we will have a live report coming up later in the hour. >> a deadly stabbing happened on monday morning in dundalk. investigators found the victim stabbed to death in the basement. he has been identified as victor portillo. there was a blood trail that led detectives to another house. >> was a lady and a baby inside. the gentleman looked in the upstairs window and told him to come down. they pulled him out. >> witnesses say police took three people away. following another developing story. police are investigating a serious shooting. investigators say a man was shocked just before 9:30 m

this is the harrisburg expressway at padonia road. traffic is moving fine north and southbound. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. a slaughterhouse in california is closed because of abuse allegations. the operations have been suspended. there was an investigation after receiving video that allegedly shows dairy cows being shocked and shot before being killed. the video was shot in july. bad weather is expected to fuel three of idaho's largest wildfires. they have evacuate two communities. the fires could spread faster and further because of gusty winds that are expected today and tomorrow. the home of golf's masters tournament is opening their doors to women as members. they'll have welcomed their first two women members. condoleezza rice and an investor nker will receive their green jackets with the club reopens this fall. >> southwest airlines raised fares by $10 and several other airlines were quick to match the increase. southwest carries big influence in air fails sales. when it leads in price hikes, others us

this is the beltway at the harrisburg expressway. looking good at the moment. some building volume in the outer loop over towards 795. 70 at 29 checks out ok. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the second special session of the year begins later this morning in annapolis. >> the main focus is not expanded gambling. jennifer franciotti is live downtown with a preview. >> the governor has pushed for this special session. he wants to get down to business. approving expanded gaming is far from a done deal. right now the casino's only have slot machines and electronic games. the bill would allow table games to be played at casinos across the state. they will consider other aspects of the governor's bill which includes whether or not prince george's county will have a new casino and whether tax breaks would be extended to casino operators whose business could be impacted by increased competition. some are questioning the merits the >> will we have his taxpayers that have been swindled in the name of more money for education. but that is what the last increase

everything moving well on the harrisburg expressway. five minutes to go south on 95 from a split down to the fort mchenry. 10 minutes to go south on 95 from the beltway to 32. here's a quick, live look at traffic. this is southbound traffic. still very light down to the beltway. 795 a little bit heavier. building closer to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. a man accused of one of the worst mass murders will be back in colorado today. james holmes is accused of opening fire in a crowded movie theater, killing 12 people. today attorneys are arguing about the release of information in the case. police arrest a man and accuse him of using a home day care center to deal drugs. he lived at this home and his girl's mother runs a day care center out of the home. the owner of home said he has nothing to do with her business. penn state university will unveil their new football uniforms this morning. the program is making slight changes to its iconic jerseys which are synonymous with the joker turner era. blue rib