expensive phones at baltimore &pcityyhall. hall.how the city comptroller is ssepping up her allegattons. hello. i m jenniier gilbert.more static high-tech telephones for cityy- accusing the mayor of wasting taxpayer s money. breaking the law. anddthen trying to support.mellnda roeddr is live from city hall. with new information on big controversy that you saw first pon fox.. melinda? melinda? it s a spaa that began last take over control of the city s phone system.she claims it s cheeper to operate it all in-house. ather than rely on an outside company.but the mayor s plan requires some big switchers nd data inffassruuture.now shees being called oot for the priceettg. the comptroller accuses the mayor of spending more than 650-thousand ollars on roughly 80 telephones. the mayorrs office sayssit s more like 21-thousand. it seems the big differennc in those figures really comes down to the computer equipment and other echnology needed to support those phones.the comptroller is
shower this morning or some drizzle. maybe a thunderstorm during the evening hours. generally, a mixture of sun and clouds. will talk about the big time heat in just a few minutes. good morning. several problems in the city. we have fire department three activity in three areas. federal street and for the south just past ninth street as you travel on the south side. be careful in those locations. about 11 minutes travel time on the outer loop west side. five minutes to travel south on 95 from the 895 split. here s a quick live look at traffic. an update near york road. very light on the north side. towards the west side, things start to build past 795 approaching liberty. a smooth ride and problem free towards the white marsh area and the fort mchenry tunnel. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. the battle lines are being drawn over how to fund the budget. the mayor submitted her plan and the city council decided to go in a different direction. kim dacey is live with
priceless picasso. the mystery, baffling the art world now. and the frantic search to track him down. good morning, on this tuesday morning. and when you see that x-ray, it s amazing. unbelievable. that he s okay. 16-year-old boy out of florida, was out fishing. and took the spear right through his head. look at that. it went all the way through. he is going to be okay. we have the details, coming up. even doctors are amazed. today is the last day of spring. but you wouldn t know it. record-breaking temperatures all over the country. heat from chicago, to big d, in dallas. and a lot of that heat, headed right for the northeast. sam will be along with all the latest on that. coming our way. we re going to have the latest this morning on the jerry sandusky trial. that trial is so chilling and so sad. his team is mounting defense right now. sandusky has not taken the stand. his wife is on the witness list. she may take the stand today. we ll ask dan abrams ab
from the 895 split to the fort mchenry. 10 minutes to travel south on 95 from the beltway down towards 32. here s a quick live look at traffic. this is old court road. traffic is building just a bit but no sign of delays. this is 70 at 29. moving without delay. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. the battle over the baltimore city budget. the city council has rejected the mayor s budget proposal. kim dacey has the latest on the battle. the mayor says she does not understand the council s actions. they don t make sense to her. the council signal their intentions to go against her proposed budget. they did agree on raising the bottle tax. the council approved a measure to sell advertising space on the side of fire trucks. pete wilson believes the ads will be enough will bring in enough money to prevent three companies from closing. councilmembers made clear they are willing to to safeguard the fire companies, they voted to vote over $5 million from the mayor s
it s in a houston art museum. spraying paint in the shape of a ball. the mystery, baffling the art world now. and the frantic search to track him down. good morning, on this tuesday morning. and when you see that x-ray, it s amazing. unbelievable. that he s okay. 16-year-old boy out of florida, was out fishing. and took the spear right through his head. look at that. it went all the way through. he is going to be okay. we have the details, coming up. even doctors are amazed. today is the last day of spring. but you wouldn t know it. record-breaking temperatures all over the country. feels like the middle of august. heat from chicago, to big d, in dallas. and a lot of that heat, headed right for the northeast. sam will be along with all the latest on that. coming our way. we re going to have the latest this morning on the jerry sandusky trial. that testimony is so chilling and so sad. his team is mounting defense right now. sandusky has not taken the stand. h