this morning. the board of estimates is expected vote on baltimore city fire chief james claak a raise.this comes just days after we reported the closing of two baltimore citt ire companies. due to cuts.megan gilliland is here wiih more on why thh mayor says the timing is right.&good stephanie rawlings-blake is offering chief clacc a two percent raise. and plans to extend his contract. through . 20-18.he ssbeen leading the department for four years noww and makes more than 161-thousand a year.but the maaor believesshe deserves more and has earned a raise through his success on the job. (mayorr we ve had the lowest number of fire deaths in the city since the earlyy30 s, i m pleased with the workkof my fire chief and the department and i m glad that he s staying d onboardin a statement. chief clack says he s very honored chief. and is happy that the mayor has askee him to but givvng him a raise. comes at a time when fire companies are closing and fire fighters aren t seeing an
no deal. with the clock ticking, the lawmakers can t agree on a budget. what s keeping the two sides from reaching a deal? hello, i m don scott. and i m jessica kartalija. here s what people are talking about. that with less than 12 hours to go, there s still no budget deal. the lawmakers are working inside towards an agreement. if that doesn t happen by midnight, the government will shut down and workers will be staying home without pay. here s the latest from wjz. reporter: there are only hours left before the federal government runs out of money and shuts down at midnight. both sides worked all night. the house speaker, boehner says there s still no deal. there s only one reason we don t have an agreement and that s spending. reporter: but top senate democrat harry reed said that the sticking point is an item attached to the budget including health care funding for the poor. the republicans want to make it harder for women to get the health services they ne
when you get the verizon single line business pak and data protection pak. one of the many tools in the verizon small business toolbox. welcome to the 9:00 show. it s pouring out there. i m jamie costello. megan pringle, what happened? she sounds like the puddle on kennelworth avenue looks right now. she s come in with 104 fever before. just wants to work. feel better. we re going to meet janice jackson in a couple of minutes. you are an inspiration. wait until you hear this woman s story. she makes things happen. i just met her. we shook hands. i already felt your power. that s what it s all about. she s got this glow, seriously. come in, big smile. brick dickler is coming in. he s 13 years old, started a project. wait until you hear this. i m going to collect a couple of things. man, now he s going to go to a new house. the star of baltimore magazine is going to be here. the best of the magazine is out. but she can t tell us who is in it yet. it s a secr
reporter: at last report, 5- year-old raven wyatt couldn t speak, couldn t walk, couldn t flash that beautiful smile. police say 17-year-old lamont davis fired the bullet that hit her. but he should never have had access to a gun or even been on the street. sources say davis had been arrested 15 times before and charged four times while in state custody. but instead of locking him up, a judge sent him home with a gps monitoring unit, which he reportedly cut off. then to find out who did it was even more shocking. to think that the person who has that kind of record was still on the street. reporter: and she s not the only one criticizing maryland s system of juvenile justice. the ability for the system to address the level of violence that we see as prosecutors, just doesn t exist. the governor ordered a thorough review of this case. what i was most concerned about is the response time when it became evident to us that this particular individual had gone off the
we had some folks get off the train. looked like a couple dozen people. looks like now, they have cleared the scene. the train has left. the folks that got on that train got onto another train. looks like rail service has been reestablished both north and southbound. but you see investigators remaining on the scene cupghtding their conducting their investigation. we will, of course, follow this breaking news and update you on the latest information. the other story we re following tonight, the long arm of the law. it was the message delivered by capitol hill. frustrated by the growing use of cell phones by inmates. alex demetrick reports, it may take a change in law to crack down on jailhouse cells. reporter: locked gates and shackles. it may keep inmates off the streets physically. but it doesn t stop them from reaching out behind bars. we know it s a drug trade. we know they re involved in witness intimidation. reporter: and it s all being involved with smuggled