painful cuts to education, and temporary tax hikes for the wealthy. it s fair and it s temporary and it s half of what people were paying in 2010. reporter: despite the budget challenges, brown says california must maintain its status of the land of dreams, and he renewed his commitment to renewable energy and urged lawmakers to support innovation, including the high speed rail project. as governor, i signed legislation to study the concept. now, 30 years later, within weeks of a resized business plan, it will enable us to begin construction before the year is out. we will have 50 million people by 2050. how are we going to get around without all tuternative transportation. reporter: education leaders say if they don t plan on to the plan, children will be impacted in a huge way. what if there is actually another $4 billion cut. i think it s scare tactics. does anybody really believe they will close school for three weeks. these are scare tactics. republicans
and the winner is embracing hope. reporter: embracing home is what visitors to the smithsonian have been doing for decades. in washington, betharker, fox 5 news. it is magnificent. the news keeps coming. here s brian now with the news edge at 11:00. first she s in. then she s out. then back in. and now annapolis mayor dom knee says she s drop nomin ys she s dropping out of the race and this time she means it. the former white house aide calling it quits. will thomas has the news edge on maryland now. reporter: the stakes were high. the mayor s seat in annapolis potentially a historic outcome but questions about the personal finances of democratic nominee persisted. today she bowed out. trust me, zina pier will be pierre will be back. we ll be even stronger and we re going to win. reporter: her strongest supporters didn t want to hear this from their democratic nominee for annapolis mayor who was poised to become the city s first black mayor. i regret tha