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[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> and the apparent case of road rage ends with a victim shot outside of the downtown nightclub. good evening, those shots were fired earlier this morning on east saratoga street. police have arrested james johnson in connection to the shooting. >> this case is pretty concerning because the current gun laws did not stop the
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suspect from pulling out a gun to solve the issue. >> it is going to be in baltimore. >> like the shots that ran out on -- rang out on east saratoga street. >> two individuals got into a dispute stemming from a road rage incident. the incident escalated and was complicated by alcohol and perhaps an argument over a girl. >> the shots were fired outside of an undisclosed nightclub on saratoga street. police have charged 25-year-old james johnson with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment, and various gun charges. >> the concern should be that the penalties for carrying an illegal gun in baltimore did not deter this man. >> that is just ridiculous.
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that is something that you should not be doing anyway. >> that is just crazy. i do not know what makes people want to shoot people. >> city police retool the patrol the late night crowd as the bars and the out. -- empty out. >> you have plainclothes officers and an extensive cameron network. -- camera network. >> he will highlight this case when he pushes for tighter gun laws tomorrow. >> thank you. the search continues for the person who shot a man in northwest baltimore. police responded to the 3000 block of wiley avenue shortly after 4:30. the man had been shot in the back. no word on a motive.
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fire investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire in baltimore this afternoon. that happened just after 3:00. it took firefighters just over an hour to control the blaze. egyptians demanded change, and now they got it. that want to know, where is the money? just hours after mubarak resigned, searches for his assets began. there is some dispute over how much he is worth. it is in the billions. egyptians say that it is their money and they want it back. something i also hope to see with tourism. >> it's out on a plateau overlooking cairo for more than 4000 years.
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the pyramids of giza, the only wonder of the ancient world still standing. today, it is very much alone. he says that he has never seen so few tourists in his 25 years. this is what it usually looks like. r. brown perhaps the most impressive man made monument anywhere. since that here -- tharir square erupted, the people that eat out a living on tourism are desperate for them to return. it has been this way since the crisis began nearly three weeks ago. egypt is losing nearly $300 million every day. this money would have been spent by people coming to see all of these magnificent sights. the people on the streets of cairo are betting their energy back. not where tourists go.
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that is egypt's lifeblood. an industry worth $11 billion and crucial to its image around the world. about 350,000 americans visit each year. in the heart of tahrir square, not much of a destination before this, is now a place to snap a picture. they hope that they will soon draw the foreigners back as well. he just reopened. his tourism business was shut down for weeks. >> we know that egypt will be good that one day. >> in a nation where everything now seems possible. >> you can follow the latest developments in egypt and follow
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the protests that led to the resignation. mothers, daughters, sisters, women showed up in italy for a day of dignity, protesting against the prime minister. he is accused of paying a 17- year-old ballet dancer for sex. they said that sexism is corrupting italian society and they are calling for the prime minister to step down. a judge will decide whether or not he will go to trial. president obama rolls out his 2012 budget tomorrow. the political fighting has already begun. it is set to slash a trillion dollars in spending by living within limits. republicans say that investing is code for spending more. there are cuts in forestry service, low-income heating assistance, even to community
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organizers like he used to be. >> this budget asks for washington to live within its means. >> this is not winning the future. it is spending the future. >> while republicans fight the president on the new budget plans, they are also fighting within their own party. president obama will be in our area tomorrow. he will visit students tomorrow. he will buy our key priorities in the 2011 budget and the importance of investing in education. when it comes to the economy, a valentine's day falling on a monday it made for a four-day weekend for retailers. they are seeing green cash and lots of it. >> at morton's steak house, they have been shining and cleaning
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and resetting tables a lot this weekend. falstaff for what has been called a fantastic four-day valentine's day weekend. >> today will be busy. monday will be extremely busy. >> this flower shop is usually closed on sunday. not on this day before february 14. there was plenty to do. >> on a thursday and friday, we are up about 40% from last year. >> especially because last year was really bad. the back-to-back blizzards made for a hard holliday for local retailers. americans will spend $18.6 billion on valentine's day purchases. that is nearly 6% more than last year and breaks down to about $125 per person. >> candy, chocolate.
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>> probably a hundred dollars going towards food. >> i probably would split dinner with my boyfriend and go out to a museum or something. >> ladies, men are spending on average over $158 for valentine's day while the average woman will spend only about $75. the average couple married for 19 years, they say that plaster is the key for them and they can never go wrong with a gift of jewelry. still in need of the perfect gift? we can help a bit. had to wbaltv.com for the top gives that you do not want to give her. >> and dozens gathered for a candlelight vigil at the very
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spot where a continental flight went down two years ago outside of buffalo, new york. the crash prompted changes in safety regulations, which the airline industry is trying to water down. charles schumer called on the faa to help those efforts. a bizarre fall killed a man. the man was reportedly on his way to the chicago theater when he fell three stories down a parking garage. they want to make access easier to different levels of the garage. two young boys were killed when the flames ripped through a family's apartment. a neighbor was on his way to work. >> i saw a lady hanging her child up side of the window. i ran over to meet her. she shouted out, are you sure you are going to catch him?
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she dropped him and i caught him. i wrapped him up in my jacket and went away from the burning building. >> the baby and mother were seriously injured and remained in the hospital. coming up, if laughter is the best medicine, we will show you how you think that a big dose of it. we will look at borrowing's biggest passenger jet. find out who could it be that showed up for the grammys in this shell. >> are you can think of to combine fire and ice. >> one man's attempt to go above and beyond. we will take you inside of his igloo. >> temperatures warmed up a bit. we will talk about the really mild readings in just a moment. right now, it is 52 in the airport. stick around for the details. stick around for the details.
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>> what came first, lady gaga or the egg? lady gaga came to the grammys in a grand entrance. it is said to be atvs to her " bourn this way" album. they rolled up the biggest passenger jet that the company has ever made. it was introduced to 10,000 workers that brought their family and friends along. more about the story.
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>> that is another spectacular boeing show, this time for the intercontinental passenger jet. for the people that designed and built this, it is a legacy dating back to 1970. >> i did it on top. >> he brought his son. the plane is so big, he could not fit it all into his cell phone camera. >> it is still beautiful. >> this is the biggest airliner that boeing has ever built. >> it starts with the shape of the 747, and then that is all new from there. >> its seats 150 more passengers. >> 40 flying passenger, we have a brand new interior. >> the passenger version is the second 747-a.
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the purse was a cargo version that flew a year ago. >> from the pilot's perspective, there will not be any difference in the handling quality. >> this is about a year behind schedule. the biggest problem is a wing of vibration. parts of very few technical problems to resolve. i think we have our arms around them. >> they are already flying be -380.bigger airbus a >> of one local teenager is seeing his generosity pay off with habitat for humanity. he raised $300,000 in new apartments but dips and donated it to habitat for humanity. a new cell phone -- a celebration took place.
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>> it was amazing how the love and the people that worked with habitat and the help that i got along the way and alexander and his family and the multitude of people. this was just amazing. >> children from the baltimore hebrew congregations performed during the celebration. we have seen some pretty spectacular celebrations this winter. take a look at this. richard built an igloo with a fireplace inside. he said that he just wanted to go above and beyond, which might sound like a bad combination. the two paired quite nicely together. >> i used a bucket that our dog food was in. i built it like he was a cinder block building.
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if we do get more cold weather, i will probably finish it off and put a roof on that. >> is that not amazing? that is so cool. he says that his friends have been entertained and he is planning something bigger and better the next go around. >> now your insta-weather forecast. >> if you look carefully, there was water dripping on that fireplace. we are warming up. that the blue would be melting over the next few days with -- igloo with the melting over the next few days. the rains they to the north of us. another storm system will be passing to our north tomorrow. most of that will miss us as far as precipitation is concerned. today, the big news was relatively mild temperatures at the airport.
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53 was the high. morning lows were chilly. normally, 44 would be the high this time of year. we are nowhere near the record of 72 set back in 1951. annapolis is also mild at 52 degrees. only 46 in cambridge. there are some chillier temperatures off to ourselves. the clouds have helped to hold the temperatures up. 37 at westminster. and 40's in western maryland. the great lakes are relatively mild this evening with readings in the 40's. they have a lot more snow on the ground than we do. take a look that are satellite imagery. we see the scattered clouds
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overhead. here is the next weather disturbance that will be passing to our north. that is over northern minnesota. it will stay pretty far north. rain is not a huge threat. this will be a big feature tomorrow that will bring our temperatures up and make us about as warm as today. we will be on the windier side. the mild air looks like it will stick barack -- stick around. insta-weather futurecast showed a few clouds here and there overnight. tomorrow, this futurecast says that there will be perhaps a scattering of clouds. the best chance of precipitation looks like it will be out to our west. a sprinkle of to our northwest. the rain chances are not very high. it is calling for partly cloudy
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skies and temperatures in the mid 50's. we will mention the slight chance for a sprinkle. i do not think it is likely around the city. west winds gusting to 35 knots. then we will try out for a while. we will bring in some mild temperatures. look at the seven-day forecast. 54 tomorrow. we take a little dip on that front. 63 by the end of the week. by late friday and into saturday, we could see some rain. >> ole. ole. >> if you are feeling blue this valentine's day, let's hope that laughter is contagious.
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thousands of people gather every morning at numerous camps to this -- share in the hysteria. the giggling guru started laughing camps in 1995. it spread to dozens of countries. it is hard not to laugh. >> i know what we are sending john for his birthday. >> i have never had a laughing fit on tv. i am not planning on having one now. the orioles, much more
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but i'll be right there. ♪ [ screams ] [ people screaming ] [ tires screech ]
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♪ [ tires screech ] ♪ [ man screams ] [ man on radio ] l.a., the end is near. ♪ [ male announcer ] without all-wheel drive, it's the end of the world. with dodge all-wheel drive, it's just snow. ♪
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>> arrived they have. pitchers and catchers. even from early bird position players. spring training begins monday in sarasota. it seems that the orioles hit all of their marks in free agency. unlike recent years, they take the field healthy. the birds get ready to take the field on monday. >> our principal goal in a general sense was to try -- to try to sustain the success we have had in the second half of 2010 when we have the second- best record in the american league and do all that we can to support our coaching staff. >> some afternoon hoops in
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baltimore. loyola trying to keep pace. the greyhounds are 8-6 in conference. loyola cannot figure out what to do with elton frazier. we go the other way. one of his best games. a nice feed. 24-17. why not? they are up 12. from there, they are all loyola. the second half, he joined the club. a career-high 22. lyola saves the upper half of the standings. the washington wizards have kept pace with no one this season away from verizon center.
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0-25 coming into their game against cleveland. it was the unstoppable force against the wavering well. the cavaliers have lost 26 in a row. it was a good battle of the bad. it's the bill here. try to figure out what he is going to see. john wall on the break away. the breakdown. going that way for the top pick a lot this year. the rookie learns this lesson. 19 points, 13 assists for wall. he beats the buzzer. would you believe it? the street for washington dies. the wizards are winners on the road since the -- for the first time since last april. nascar is coming back. the qualifying portion for the biggest race of the year hit the road at daytona. a very good run for dale
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earnhardt jr. he takes the top spot. the only driver to crack 186 miles per hour. jeff gordon will start at his side. our last top, a lovely place called pebble beach. park golf tournament, part clown exhibition. every once in awhile, a cinderella story. bill murray was paired with a four-year veteran without a win. it is in the hole. he takes the lead at 14 under. 15 points for birdie. he has got it going now. he is having a good time. to the green. first place it is secure like a
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kid at a putt putt. murray having a good time. 11 news continues.

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