through this day. don take it away. >> sharon has wjz traffic control. >> we are keeping a close eye on 895 in the harbor tunnel. two problems right now on 895. first of all an accident in the southbound direction. originally reported in the northbound direction because the northbound direction was closed because of signal problems but when they were fixing those signal problems the accident occurred in the southbound tunnel, closing both tunnels. at this point both items are open but you can see the accident is on your screen and it could be causing delays, again that is in the southbound direction. otherwise though we have a new problem right now on 50 westbound. this one is a disabled vehicle, it is blocking the right lane on the westbound stand. watch for another problem, some fire activity on 95 southbound, that is past 32 possibly causing lane closures. if you are headed on the beltway no real issues as far as speeds go. speeds mostly in the 60s. there is a look at your average speeds. the average speeds in the upper 50s with 11 minute drive times. there is a live look again at your biggest problem of the morning the moment. 895 in the southbound direction just north of child street in the area of the harbor tunnel. back over to you, don. >> thank you. here is what people will be talking about today. a 5-year-old in northwest baltimore is dead. her father charged with her murder. wjz and monique griego are live outside city police headquarters. good morning, monique. >> reporter: good morning, don, good morning, every 1. right now police are not saying much. we do know it started with a frantic effort to save her life and is now a murder investigation. police say it started monday. investigators say a 5-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> police car sitting there but the lights weren't on but i just thought they was just looking around for somebody. >> the little girl later died. her death ruled suspicious, now a homicide. according to court documents her father, 22-year-old matthew carr was taken into custody on tuesday, now charged with murder. >> who wants to keep our child you know getting hurt or you know -- or anything happening to them you know what i mean? it is -- it breaks anybody's heart that has got any heart at all that -- >> in addition to first degree murder he faces a host of other charges. and carr remains in jail this morning without bail. police have not said exactly how the little girl was killed, don. >> thank you very much, monique. a hearing in this case is scheduled for march the 27th. an ohio community stops to remember three students killed in monday's school shooting there. last night hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil. police say t.j. lane has confessed to shooting five students, a third dying yesterday. 1 remains in the hospital. another was released yesterday. more coming up in our next half- hour. a line of severe thunderstorms -- excuse me, severe weather moves across the midwest causing a state of emergency in kansas. a twister was caught on camera in reno county there. so far one person is said to be injured, in missouri that same storm system injured dozens. rescue crews are out looking for more. mitt romney gains momentum with a double victory in michigan and arizona. susan mcginness has the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney moves on to next week's super tuesday contest with renewed momentum. >> what a night. thank you. >> reporter: last night he was two for two. he won the rhyme mayor in arizona and narrowly defeated rick santorum in michigan. >> we didn't win by a lot but we won by enough and that is all that counts. >> with two more states in the win column. romney is refocusing his effort on defeating the president. >> in a second term he would be unrestrained by the demands of re-election, if there is one thing we can't afford it is four years of barack obama with nothing to answer to. >> rick santorum finished second in both states, he said it proved this is a two man race. >> a month ago they didn't know who we are but they do now. >> one of the biggest issues for voters was a candidate's ability to defeat president obama. but recent polls show in a head- to-head match up here in michigan the president would beat mitt romney. nut gingrich by passed michigan and arizona to get a jump start on the 10 states in play on super tuesday. he is looking for georgia to be his first win since south carolina in january. >> the odds are pretty good we are going to carry georgia. >> reporter: ron paul hasn't won a state yet. >> we are still winning a lot of delegates, and that is what counts. >> reporter: the gop candidates have to win 1144 delegates to clinch the nomination. mitt romney leads that race. in northville, michigan, susan mcginness, wjz eyewitness news. >> 10 states will compete in next week's super tuesday and there are more than 400 delegates up for grabs. all eyes will be on wall street after it closed above 13,000 for the first time since 2008. it is rising after being nearly even for all of 2011. the violence surges in syria but a wounded british photographer escaped nonetheless. he was gin you ared the attack which killed two other journalists, the death toll in syria is estimated to be over 7500 people. and during discussions about a cease-fire at the united nations yesterday. the syrian ambassador abruptly walked out. >> anybody who heard the syrian ambassador should be aware his comments were borderline out of touch with reality. and i think it is a reflection to some extent of what is going on with the assad regime itself. >> activists in syria reported more than 250 people killed in the past two days alone. there are reports of heavy fighting there again this morning. the italian cruise ship stranded in the indian ocean is now being towed to the nearest port. the ship is expected to reach the island tomorrow. it is being tugged by two tugboats in addition to the fishing vessel which started it. they lost power after a fire. they are expected to bring flashlights and bread to them later today. back here an on-line sports betting site seized by the federal government and the investigation was conducted right here in maryland. meghan mccorkell has more on the site's billionaire founder who could soon be wearing handcuffs. >> reporter: good morning, calvin ayers has been called one of the richest men in the world but it is how he made his money that could land him behind bars. basketball, football, hockey and more, officials say gamblers here in maryland bet on it all on the website, now the site has been seized by the federal government. >> you cannot operate offshore and transmit your operation into maryland through the internet. >> that is why prosecutors are going after the executives, including founder international playboy calvin ayers, a billionaire mtv crib toured his costa rica compound and named one of people magazine's hottest bachelors. now he is accused of running an illegal gambling empire. the indictment reveals undercover officers opened account from june 2009 to 2012 and bet on sports and received winnings. >> they traced their funds and found 10s of millions in gam beaming proceeds were being transmitted through bank accounts here in the united states. >> on his website he released a statement, saying it is clear it is legal under international law and in the case of these documents it is also clear the rule of law was not allowed to slow down a rush to try to win the war of public opinion. prosecutors say their focus, winning the war on illegal gambling. arrest warrants have been issued for airs and the other 3, although none are in custody yet. >> if convicted they face up to 25 years behind bars and the company faces a million dollars in fines. a councilwoman was let off the hook despite speeding. the officer who pulled her over issued her a ticket and a warning. they are reviewing that officer's actions. be prepared to see changes if you travel through white marsh. it will soon be experiencing delays and reconstruction. the state is expanding i-95 and replacing the bridges that are on top of it. the new changes will link the state's express toll lanes the so-called lexus plains lanes we have been talking about and hopefully decrease congestion there. he reports good news about his surgery. nick markakis says he is feeling great and looking forward to the season. but buck showalter says he will not play until march the 10th, which is not that far away. this is his 7th year in the majors. nascar responds so one of its drivers tweeting during the daytona 5 hunt. brad keselowski sent out tweets from his phone while the track was being repaired. he posted photos and messages during the red flag stoppage as marty showed us, nascar encourages the interaction it says as long as tweets were not sent out while somebody is driving. >> you are not liking driving with your knees going 200 miles an hour. >> with a big left turn coming up. >> well, i will -- i will rube ruin my quad if i do. >> yeah, don't do that. >> what a deal, what a deal. i just logged on to twitter to see if anybody is tweeting. it is a privately owned company and they know it is a good idea to have your employees relate to the customers, it is amazing how many people are up and tweeting. all right, that big slug of moisture is heading our way. we have been watching rain north of the mason dixon line. i don't think it is going to get here until later but ultimately that is a day's worth of rain couple lighting before it ends. take a look at the day part. this is our normal high. the reading will be 49. the high this day right around 50 degrees. got a little bear joining us, three of us on the set this morning. isn't that cool? the herman and walters samuelson children's hospital at sinai sent that over. it is a great story and ron matz is covering it for us and on the scene right now. good morning. how are you, pal? >> good morning, doing great. i have got one do and we have also got the doctor, good morning. how are you? >> good morning. how are you? >> good. it is a fabulous building. it is a fabulous building. tell you ,, working in public relations is not for the faint of heart. i love what i do, i enjoy the work, but it's a very hectic pace. strayer university met my needs in terms of my family, my work-life balance. the fact that leading companies are hiring strayer graduates is impressive, but it's not surprising. these companies want us so badly. i'm felicia blow, and i earned my mba hi, my name is rafael and i am from baltimore and good morning wjz. >> well, good morning, thanks so much for being with us. again i have got baltimore on the radar screen. here to the right. i just want to take a look at this slug of moisture that is on the leading edge of a warm front that is actually going to get us up to 66 degrees today, moving our way, going to define this leap day weather. there are your current conditions. western maryland right now mid- 30s, 42 haggerstown, 42 dc. those are your current temps in those locations. a great damp day with seasonal temperatures, that warm front means business. we are going to have more showers on saturday but nothing really comes our way that is going to give us a winter punch. it will get chilly at the end of the fie day though. 50 degrees is going to be the high today, 45 tonights, clouds are going to break up. tomorrow we will see it go to 66 degrees. we will keep it at 57 friday. 62 saturday. 53 sunday. we don't even feel a chill until monday. sunny and 44. don, take it away. >> thank you. we have got tunnel trouble. here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone, well, it is not as big a trouble as it was earlier, that accident is on 895 southbound at the harbor tunnel. there is a live picture again not of as big of a deal as it was earlier. now it is actually outside of the tunnel off to the shoulder not causing delays. a new accident on 97 northbound at new cut road. speeds still looking good on your major roadways. there is your average speeds on the beltway, 38 miles per hour on the west side. that just came up. we will have to check and see if there is an actual inspect causing that delay. there is a live look outside at the beltway at 144. it doesn't look like we are seeing delays there. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealers. back over to you platery and y and don. >> all right. over to the ronster. >> there it is. we are live. the building behind me is spectacular, high tech kid friendly and family friendly. the new children's hospital here at sinai. >> we are absolutely excited. >> this is the new children's hospital at sinai. 26 private rooms designed to be child and family friendly. >> patient center care, family center care, families like it better, hospital stays are shorter, fewer readmissions to the hospital, fewer admissions to the emergency rooms afterwards, better outcomes. >> the three players who toured were all born here. >> it is amaze amazing. you feel a lot of love and the kids will feel that and help them get better. >> there is an aquarium, tvs and a playroom. >> we don't do anything other than watch our kids play, which is important, but if you need something done you have to go back to your room or the treatment room. >> this is a $29.5 million project, the majority coming from baltimoreans. >> we built this all on philanthropy. people were very generous with their gifts and what we provided was a legacy for the community. >> we are back live at the new children's hospital at sinai. proud to have the chairman. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? it is great. >> we are great. we did the tour yesterday. it was fabulous. >> we in joyed that, too, too, it was great. it was designed by them. the children's hospital here and this is a gift to our community. i mean this is a community hospital but we service a wide variety of services. we have kids who have general problems but we have a wide group of subspecialties so we treat kids with cancer, with gi diseases, diabetes, rare diseases, surgical problems, really a full-service hospital that is centered on the family and the patient. >> and you got to be very proud of the building because it is spectacular. >> you know you and i walked through it yesterday. >> yes. >> it has great features they are all private rooms so they respect the dignity and the privacy of the family and the patient. they are set up so the entire team can come in and engage the patient and the family and get their input and make plans together. and the facility was designed such that we could provide that level of care every day all the time. as you know there are also nice amenities in there, we have several different kinds of rules so we can ham kids who need to be protected from the environment, those with weakened immune system and special rooms for kids with infections and more intensive situations as well and then we have different rooms, a separate room for the younger kids and one for thed a a dolescents. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> it is a spectacular building here. we got a build a bear there. >> a great shot you hugging a bear. >> see you later. have a great one. >> all right, ron. >> talk to you later. >> still to come on wjz. >> harbor place gets its biggest makeover in three decades, i am adam may with a sneak peak at the renovations. who call baltimore home. from funding to help a local business expand their operations... to financing for an organization which provides affordable housing for artists... and partnering with a local hospital to help expand patient care. because the more we do in baltimore, the more we help make opportunity possible. 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really the most since we have made since the grade opening in 1980. >> he says they will be stunned. >> what is going to come. >> i don't know where we are standing but within the ripley's museum. >> so some weird exhibit could be here? >> very likely. >> this will feature chessy, next to hooters, which stays in business, other new restaurants, include bub a gump's shrimp and remodeled jay paul's now getting a new bar. >> they are on track and hope to have everything open by memorial day weekend. >> mccormick is also on inning up the world of flavors. shoppers will be able to match spices to their own personalities. now next up this morning, right here on wjz -- >> reporter: good morning, everyone. a five-year-old little girl is killed and i am monique griego. coming up we will have more on the family member police arrested. >> reporter: i am manuel gallegos in chardon, ohio, the community gathers to mourn the death of three students. we have that story coming up. >> dirt bike dangers, we will show you what is legal and what is being done. >> a second accident on the roadway is causing a big jam on the west side of the beltway. a live look. right now over to marty. >> a great coffee with coming up at 6:45. t-sizzle five joins us from the grid iron to the silver screen. you know terrell suggs just finished his 5th screenplay. and the coalition, one of them is coming out soon. he joins us on coffee with to talk put the hollywood side of a baltimore raven. you stay tuned the morning edition continues right after this. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> good morning, maryland. now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:30 on this leap day, 2012. visibility has been reduced since we have been on the air here and there is some stuff on the radar coming from the west. sharon has got something on the west side of the beltway as well. she will report right after marty's first warning weather. >> a gentle flow from the east- southeast, again a little bit of fog, the bigger issue is first warning weather doppler showing shower activity now in the area. it is going to be in the metro here i am figuring between 8:00 and 9:00, once you start seeing it rain it looks like damp through the day, keep an umbrella handy. now up to 37 degrees on tv hill, a difference of two degrees from yesterday. the normal daytime high is 49. that will be our lunchtime and evening temperature with showers, though, don. >> thank you. your rush right now from sharon gibala, wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone. it is busier, plenty of problems. the biggest one on the outer loop past frederick road, the jam from liberty road to baltimore national pike. also a new accident on 895. we cleared up that earlier accident on 895 southbound. now we have another one, that one just approaching the tunnel. another accident on 97 northbound, this one at new cut road. there is your speeds on the beltway. 21 miles per hour, so big delays. there is that back up, the outer loop, again this jam running from approaching baltimore national pike all the way down past liberty road. traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. back over to you, don and marty. >> thank you. at the top of the news this half-hour, the man sitting behind bars accused of murdering his young daughter. wjz and monique griego are live outside police headquarters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. police aren't saying much. what we do know is it started with a frantic effort to save this little girl's life and is now a murder investigation. police say it happened monday in the 3400 block of calloway avenue in northwest baltimore. investigators say a 95-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. >> police car was sitting there but the lights weren't on but i just thought they was just looking around for somebody. >> the little girl later died, he death ruled suspicious, now a homicide. according to court documents her father is taken into custody charged with murder. >> who wants to see a child get hurt or anything happening to them? you know what i mean? breaks anybody's heart that has got any heart at tall. >> in addition to first degree murder carr faces a host of other charges including child abuse, assault and wreckless in dangerment. and carr is being held in jail without bail this morning. police have not said exactly how that little girl was killed. don. >> thank you very much. a preliminary hearing is scheduled for march the 27th. the weather in the midwest is making headlines this morning. one person has died and more than a den injured after a possible tornado touched down in the southwest part of missouri. we are also getting reports of damage, including to one of the historic theaters in the city of branson. a state of emergency has been declared in kansas after a tornado touched down there due to the same storm system. the death of a maryland national guardsman in afghanistan is causing some tension on capitol hill. major robert marchanti was murdered inside a ministry building there, as part of a spike in violence after old copies of the koran were mistakenly burned. yesterday a senator questioned secretary of state clinton but the deaths and the u.s. role in afghanistan. >> my question is what do i tell his family. what do i tell his family today? was it worth it? because they are angry. people in maryland are angry. >> -- presence in afghanistan. we have been able to -- >> clinton says she can't justify anyone's death but insists they are making afghanistan safer. a pentagon report reveals unidentified remains from those killed on 9/11 were disposed of in a landfill. the report says a government contractor took the remains to a landfill in virginia. the ashes were reportedly from people who died in shanksville, pen vain and the pentagon and processed through dover airforce base. it is on the heels of an earlier investigation showing military remains mishandled at dover. we continue to follow a developing story out of alabama this morning. one person is dead there after a helicopter crashes during a nighttime training session. the coast guard helicopter crashed into mobile bay near point clear overnight. three people are still missing at this hour. a 4th crew member was rescued and taken to a local hospital but died overnight. the coast guard has two helicopters and a boat conducting a search for the missing three right now. three students are now dead in 3 wake of that school shooting in ohio, as the community mournings the shooter is making his first court appearance. here is manuel gallegos reporting for wjz. >> reporter: an overflow crowd gathered outside the church to mourn the deaths of three teenage boys russell king , jr., demy truss hughland and daniel parmatore. their pain is beyond belief lewising a child. >> his father first heard about it on the radio. >> i had a sick feeling in my stomach i didn't know why. i did. i really did. i was scared for him. i don't know why. >> a funny lovable kid. >> the suspected killer, 17- year-old t.j. lane arrived in juvenile court wearing a bulletproof vest. off-camera he sat quietly with his grandfather and two aunts and spoke only to say he understood his rights. >> yes, sir, yes, i do. >> the prosecutors said he admitted taking a gun and knife into the school and to firing 10 shots in the cafeteria. >> he chose his victims at random. this is not about bullying. this not about drugs. this someone who is not well -- >> law enforcement officials say lane will likely be charged as an adult with three counts of aggravated murder. thursday grief counselors will be at the high school. parents are encouraged to return with their kids before it re-opens friday. >> that is tragic. >> they say they reacted quickly but this small community is still in shock. >> a 17-year-old remains in serious condition at a hospital there this morning, after student was released from the hospital yesterday. back here baltimore city leaders are appealing for more funding to rebuild city schools. the mayor and city school ceo appeared in front of the general assembly yesterday asking lawmakers for an annual $32 million grant for school construction. city officials say improving the learning environment could proof to be too expensive without special consideration from the state. >> we need to start the ball rolling when it comes to getting enough funds in the works to take a serious -- make a serious effort towards performing and improving our schools. >> 70% of city school buildings are currently rated in poor condition. on another front the mayor is also pushing to raise the city's bottle tax to help pay for school reconstruction. also in the city a new push to get dirt bikes off the streets. as mike hellgren explains they are an accident waiting to happen. >> reporter: it is a dangerous baltimore tradition packs of dirt bikes on the streets with little regard for traffic laws. as our chopper shows you recent warmer weather has riders out in force. >> oh. >> in this utube clip a bike narrowly hits a truck. >> yeah, it is baby. i saw a couple of people get killed on dirt bikes. >> it is illegal just to own a dit bike. >> we have packs of dirt bike operators terrorizing neighborhoods. >> another video shows cops chasing them but they say their policy is not to chase but to stay back. >> leading these individuals on high speed chases doesn't work. >> people see them all the time. wjz asked them what they think should be done. >> it all depends on you know where they are riding them at. i think they need a place for them to really ride them. >> a place just strictly for them. >> as opposed to having them out -- >> -- streets you know. >> by law gas stations aren't supposed to sell fuel for dirt bikes and police can seize bikes not locked up. but none of that has stopped riders who have made the street theirs knowing it is hard for cops to track them down. >> at the end of the day it is a recipe for disaster. >> police have asked the public to report where they are stored. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> dirt bikes have been illegal for more than a decade. the nfl announces its first wednesday night game in more than 60 years, the reigning champion new york giants will open their 2012 season on september the 5th. the regular season has started on thursday each of the last 10 years but the league decided to do it in order to avoid a conflict with the president's speech. >> it is all i can do to say hey, giants play us, we will show you what we have done to you in the super bowl. >> and what we have done to the team in the super bowl in the past. >> okay. i want to show you something here -- well, we got to take -- well, look, combine just finished, draft is coming up, nfl schedule is announced and before long we will mentally start ramping up ravens nation. why don't we put that into high gear right now. >> okay. >> before i show you i want to show you the scene, keep your eye to the left-hand-side of the screen and let's watch our coffee with guest number 55 terrell suggs. what i am talking about. that is how you know terrel. you know him from a play that made him the nfl defensive player of the year. but i bet you don't know terrell suggs the screenwriter. there is so much going on with terrell suggs. >> yeah, filmmaker, period. >> terrel, you know what? he is a big kid with a lot of maturity, he knows exactly which direction he is going in. screen writing, hollywood, making movie, a t-sizzler you have never seen before. sharon gibala has our traffic control. we have got first warning weather and more and i am going weather and more and i am going to go hock ,,,,,,,,,, hi, my name is rex. >> and my name is britney. >> i am from baltimore city. good morning, wjz. >> good morning. >> good morning, all thanks for being with us, a punch of rain sitting out to the west, what you are seeing is its northern extent. we have seen rain around the mason dixon line. it will get in towards us around 8:00 or 9:00, keep an umbrella happy, right handy. those are your current conditions. it is an easy forecast day. this big warm front sitting out to the west. there is winter weather again up to the north and northwest. multistate path of wintry mix that we are missing again. location has worked for us all season long and continues to do so. another batch of showers comes in on saturday after today's rain. this big dome of high pressure is going to give as very very mild start to march. periods of rain today. 50 degrees is going to be your high. rain abates tonight. 45 is your overnight low, tomorrow check this out, 60 degrees, partly sunny, a gentle spring like breeze on march the 1st. temperature roller coaster starts friday, 57 to 62, 53 to 44. those are those showers on saturday, the beginning of the weekend. that would be one of the cooler temperatures we have seen over the past many days. monday it was sunshine. don, take it away. >> thank you very much. want to see a ribbon of red lights on the beltway? here is sharon with wjz traffic control. >> reporter: that is what it looks like on the left side of the beltway. the accident is on the west side in the area of frederick road, so do watch for that and watch for huge delays because of it. we also have an accident, the second one of the morning on 895 in the southbound direction approaching the tunnel and one at new cut road, speeds crawling on the west side, the average speed 13 miles an hour, the drive time between 795 and 95 up to 48 minutes. there is a live look at that back up there at old court road. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. marty and don back over to you guys. >> all right, coffee with this day a man who defines play like a raven on the field. off the field just a really cool laid back guy with a lot of dimensions. this morning's coffee with is with terrell suggs. ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the morning edition, the man with many titles. terrell suggs, nfl defensive player of the year. huge round of applause. not bad. >> got one. i will give you another. congratulations. >> thank you. >> not that you didn't earn it. >> believe it or not we are not here to talk football though. we will tell you right now after this coffee with, we will go to wjz.com and do a little extra. but the interesting thing is you are one of my favorites you are so dimensional and the screen writing and the films. we just got done with the academy awords. >> uh-huh. >> and in your perfect world there is an oscar in your future. >> i hope so but we got to take care of business first and bring the city another lombardi but i try to work towards my academy award there. >> this is neat. this is team sizzle worldwide.com. first off go there -- well, go to films, at this point we will have to say you are an accomplished screenwriter. >> that is 5. >> that is 5. we are finishing most of the things that you got to spend your money on but it has been really fun. it has really been a blastt. now, if this is too private a question just knock me off your chair, knock him off his chair, are you funding this? do you have investors? >> it is here and there, sometimes, sometimes not but you never give up your secrets on how you make your magic, so -- >> -- don't care you wear number 55, they don't care you play football with the ravens, they don't care whether you are defensive player of the year, they want to see where the rubber hits the road. >> that is true. >> and that is cool. >> yeah, a lot of things go into making a good film, so we have pretty much been very fortunate to where we have not had any problems. >> you are teaching me something here, you not only shoot the film but spend the money afterwards. >> that is where the bulk should be spent, therefore you get a good quality product and something everybody wants to see, there is a lot that goes on from actual shooting the film to getting it ready for your viewer. >> those of you think you shoot illustrate -- >> you shoot it and cut it and -- >> no, i thought so too but there is a lot more to running plays than what y'all see out there on the field but like i say i love everything about it. the process is very -- is very fun, it is very flattering. >> have you ever started -- like by the way i just brought up -- >> coalition. >> -- coalition right there. very cool. hell hath no furry and fury and then you made the team. isn't that the truth. have you ever been in the middle -- because both don and i have -- rip ott out the piece of paper, and you think man, i am in over my head. >> yeah, absolutely. a lot of writers get writer's block but you go back and find your inspiration and take time away from it. for me fortunately, for the last six or seven months i have been doing football, so every script and everywhering session i am looking at it with fresh eyes so it is going good right now. >> very good. >> okay, so bring me inside the ropes during the season -- >> hiatus, straight football. >> straight football -- >> -- depending on how we performed on a sunday but it is strictly football during the season -- >> -- worldwide.com you will find a ton of information out that you never knew about t- sizzle. >> yeah. >> and that is what makes -- that is what makes it really cool, it being you lear and you being part of our lives because there is just so much more to you than knocking quarterbacks on their butt. >> there is, there is, but i mean i think you got to be privilegeed to meet the gentle giant behind the beast so to say but you know i love the fans of baltimore and whenever they want to you know get a 1 on 1 they can always go through the website and see what we are doing and come out and visit us so -- >> and follow t-sizzle on twitter. >> yes. >> if someone did not know you had a sense of humor, the first time you said where you went to school -- >> yeah. >> -- to me and i laughed so hard. >> yeah. >> no pun intended. >> people can tell you -- people can tell you where they were -- >> oh, sure -- >> where were you when -- when -- when -- when obama was elected president. well, i was here and there was a historical moment. where were you went terrell suggs -- what i thought -- yeah, you did. >> everybody said that, everybody said that -- >> -- yeah -- >> -- started because i was always saying my kids donnie and duke university and you know the announcers, they kept getting it wrong, oh, he is paying home age to his parents, and i was like, i say it every interview i am happy to be a father of donnie and duke, but they didn't get it right so i switched it up. >> listen, join us on ,,,,,,,,,, people keep asking me if that lady in the viva commercial is really my mother. they keep asking me if the 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