but i am confident that the people of egypt can find the answers, and do so peacefully, constructively, and in the spirit of unity that has defined these last few weeks. it is not just in cairo and across egypt, people all across the world have been watching this revolution unfold, including egyptians who were living here in maryland now. gary sims continues our team coverage live from woodlawn. we are at the islamic society of baltimore. we found egyptian americans who were very happy with what happened and very proud of what has happened. not only here at the islamic society but throughout the area. we also felt people who have been joining in on the celebration who are from other countries. the celebration extends from cairo to baltimore. this store owner shares his joy with customers. he has handled business while at the same time watching the protests and calls for egypt s president to step down. now that president mubarak has left the country, he is offering custome
scenes of civility, peaceful demonstration. i am happy that he stepped down and that a popular, nonviolent revolution could take place. i am still a little concerned about actually seeing the protesters get the true democratic reforms that they want. he wonders about egypt s big to. again, we don t know what else they are going to do. it is a day of celebration, but true reform needs to take place and the military needs to give up its power to a non-military civilian leader, possibly. i will be kind of hesitant until i see it done. some egyptian americans tell us that those concerns will be addressed, or right now they are just enjoying the moment. reaction spread quickly on line. one facebook fan rights, well, i hope they get the freedoms they are looking for. you can share your comments and see videos of today s developments at wbaltv.com/e gypt. nearly two dozen state lawmakers are standing behind a bill to decriminalize marijuana in maryland, and the measure h
community. so the bank is celebrating the 100th anniversary and helping out a local family center and how to you can help them out because they need help. and we will talk pets and vets dr. monty will be here answering e-mail questions right. yes. write it down if you have a question for the good doc, whoa love it and answer it for you. you have to e-mail us so morning show at wmar.com and when he comes on with the segment, we will get your e-mails answered here on the air. all right. can we show the video later maybe next week of your dog trying to climb steps. really. yeah can we do that. my dog can be put on television any time. it s unbelievable. let s go to the hot topic of the day. it s what s going on in new york. new yorkers on food stamps may have to come with up cash to pay for sugar sweetened drinks. the mayor michael bloomberg and governor david paterson are hoping to add sugary drinks to the list of banned foot stamp purchases can i wi includes al
i couldn t stand what was going on there. administration was not only sweeping it under the rug, they were aggressively keeping teachers from saying anything. reporter: administrators say they do not tolerate attacks and are working extensively with gilmor. two years ago, they also drew attention for this violence. there are more threats now on them. than there have ever been. it s getting to be out of control. reporter: the gilmor incident has sparked new worries over classroom safety. parents and teachers hope it will get them this behavior. make sure they keep the school police and the school administration in the loop so we can start addressing these problems before they get out of hand. reporter: and we did request an interview today with school ceo dr. andres alonzo. we are told he was available. mike, thank you. gilmor has more than 500 students from prekindergarten through 6th grade. a crash killed an elderly man and his wife. police say umar burley wa
yes, courtney and brittneyer here. the american cancer society will be here. meantime, we ll get your two cents with an interesting story going on in harford county. it s sparking a lot of debate about what s accepting and what s not in terms of videotaping. we ll hear about that in a little bit. first, today s hot topic. it s all orange. the orioles. they open the summer home game in three hours. the gates swing open at noon and everything starts five minutes after 3:00. despite how badly the birds have been for more than a decade, this year we re seeing the seeds blossom a bit. youth leads to excitement. good morning there, linda. reporter: good morning, guys. we are ready. look who s ready. it s the bird, our favorite bird in town. things are revving up here. there is a line that s starting to form. these folks are hoping to get the last standing room tickets that are left. joining us now live is monica. i understand there is a sold out crowd but there are