was about to release $350 billion of taxpayer money and i said no. >> when the claims by would vote somehow for a sales tax increase he knows i voted against the increase. with my record against taxes, it is not believable. >> a recent baltimore sun poll showed a dead heat. with both of them splitting 40% each and 14% of voters not sure. 5% refusing to say and 1% say they're not voting in all. >> it will be close and appeal. we think on election day the voters in the district will decide they do not want the's team in office. >> fever -- these races come to human beings and what do the citizens believe about you in terms of what you have done and to your. from that standpoint, i feel good. >> with less than two weeks to election day, campaign strategy is key. it seems both plan to pound the pavement until tuesday. >> when i was state's attorney or congressman, the best way to lead people know who your and cut through the stereotypes is to meet people one-on-one so i've been doing my best to do that. >> we will meet a lot of voters and we will listen to what they have to say and let them know there is an opportunity for them to send a message to washington that enough is enough. we want some change and to balance the president's agenda in washington. >> both are confident in the voters. there is no doubt. they have a very long road of campaigning ahead of them in the coming days. >> with just a week to go before election day, there is a last- minute push for votes and money. among dog topics, the economic stimulus program the president signed into law last year. washington bureau reporter sally kidd joins us from our washington bureau. >> democrats and republicans have different takes on this success of the stimulus program. they are using those arguments to win votes. >> it is a prime target for gop attack ads. >> wasteful stimulus spending. the plan that failed. >> the $814 billion stimulus program failed because unemployment has gone up and the debt has exploded. >> the stimulus did not create jobs. unfortunately it took away our one opportunity for programs that would have worked and left us with tremendous drag on confidence in the business sector and for consumers. >> the washington post poll shows many voters are skeptical about how stimulus dollars have been spent. with 68% saying the money has been wasted. some analysts say while the stimulus might be -- economically it is a winner. >> every economist who is not on the payroll of a party hack says the stimulus has kept the unemployment rate from going even higher. >> the stimulus dollars flowing into his home town have made a difference. >> we have been taking care of our city. >> democrats credit the stimulus with greeting or saving 3 million jobs. -- creating or saving 3 million jobs. >> independents are divided over whether the stimulus has been good or bad for the economy. >> in the governor's race, we have been checking the list of the biggest spenders including some familiar names, who is on it and who is not. we have details. >> you wonder who is paying for those tv ads you see. this is a snapshot of the big money behind the candidates. the people who fuelling campaign. michael steele has steered clear of his home state but he has not forgotten his friend bob ehrlich. he wrote a check for $6,000 to the early campaign. the money came from a campaign account still used when he was lieutenant governor. other heavy hitters who lined up behind him include the law for from which she has taken a leave of absence. he got another 4000 from the u.s. chamber of commerce, big spender for republicans nationwide. each gave $4,000 in february. there have been 2357 contributors this year who have given at least $1,000. the account for $3.90 million. among martin o'malley's heavy hitters, lawyers union and the business interests who do not want [unintelligible] has given four dozen dollars. -- $4,000. the service employees union have given $18,500. o'malley has gotten some kennedy money. he is the son of the late ted kennedy. o'malley wrote a check to his campaign for $1,000. 190064 have given $1,000 to malley. the account for $3.6 million. >> some notables missing from the heavy hitter meslist. also the man caught int h the political storm, the constellation energy ceo. >> in our voters' guides, onalley says he will focus tax credits. you can get the details and see where the candidates for governor stand on our website,. >> marylandemore than 95,000 hat ballots statewide. more than all of the early voting in the primaries at 77,000. >> we have breaking news right now. >> a serious crash at this location. the fire department is trying to cut the roof off of that vehicle. getting the victim out. two people are hurt, we do not know how serious the injuries are. northbound russell street is shut down. >> in tonight's education alert. the baltimore teachers union has handed a contract. it is a deal that must be voted on by the rank and file. a majority of teachers turned down the district's previous contract offer. their complaint was the language concerning the teacher evaluation system. the second teacher contract could come in a matter of weeks. the school board is said to extend what is already on the table. >> there is shock and sadness after a beloved city judge died of a heart attack. more on john prevas. >> judge john prevas was at work monday. he called, and said he was not feeling well. he was taken to mercy medical center and he died last night of heart attack. >> he was a consummate professional. he had an insightful notion of the law. >> he dedicated his life to the law. his family said he had a fascination for karaoke. >> people could not believe that. he was the karaoke judge. he could not carry a tune but he had a great time. >> he was serious as he carried out his duties. >> john prevas was the perfect judge. he would listen, with close eye contact and you felt that you had a hearing. he was quite decisive. >> some of his senses were out of the ordinary -- sentences were ordered the ordinary. they claimed their stay in prison helped straighten out their lives. some cases did upset him. >> the cases involving children are heartbreakers. he did not like to sit in domestic court because he sometimes did not want either parent to get the child. >> the escape from the bathroom window of donte carter impacted his family. they were placed under police protection. he was a baltimore native and he remained close to his east baltimore routes. even dining last wednesday at the black all of greek restaurant. >> i am very sad. >> i am proud he represented my community the way he did. >> he was 63. his wife said even away from court, he practiced a little lot, talking to people at the supermarket, giving them guidance on their legal questions. >> funeral arrangements have been finalized. visitation will be thursday from 3-9:00 p.m. and funeral services friday morning at 11:00 a.m. in west preston street. the judge will be buried at the greek orthodox cemetery on windsor mill road. >> the baltimore washington area is named one of the 15 worst places in the country when it comes to air quality. >> ravens training camp ca oming up. >> showers and severe thunderstorms to the west. see how it plays out in our insta-weatherplus 70 forecast. warm temperatures and we're in warm temperatures and we're in the >> police looking for a man who tried to abduct a girl. she was walking when a man tried to lure her into his truck. she was able to get away. unable to find a suspect. >> baltimore is on the filthy 15. it is among the cities in the nation with the most bad air days. because of that we are on the filthy 15 less. the maryland department of the internment says we have had some bad air days but over the years, air quality has gotten better. >> our air has gotten dramatically better in recent years. since the advent of the clean air act amendments of the 1990's, we have had the cleanest air in maryland. we still have a lot of challenges to go especially when it comes to autozone solutions. and fine particulate matter pollution. >> other cities include new york, philadelphia, dallas, denver, los angeles, and houston. >> now, your 11 insta- weatherplus forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmeyer. >> the morning low officially 62. one degree below what a normal high temperature would be. normal high as 63. we're on the other side of what is normal. not a record today. 73 the high at the airport. we had -- if we had any son we would be breaking through. fredrik at 72. across the bay to the eastern shore, temperatures in the low 70's. those mild temperatures go up to albany where it is 70 in boston. if you look west, the first sign of changing weather. temperatures in the 50's across ohio as a line of intense showers ruled east into the mountains. that area of whether it will survive the trip over the mountains. in this red box in area is a tornado watch. there have been upwards of 13 or 14 reports of possible tornadoes. that front will bring some strong winds especially for highlhigher elevations. if you're heading westbound, the on the lookout for strong storms and gusty winds. some showers will push into baltimore. it will stay warm tonight. the clouds wrapping around some low pressure. this thing is very intense and it is dragging down cold there. a blizzard warning out for north dakota. temperatures in the 20 and the front will be working its way to maryland tomorrow. showers and storms continuing through the day tomorrow, moving off the mid-atlantic coast and the skies try to clear bond thursday. friday, gusty winds following that front will drag in some cooler air. temperatures in the 50's friday. maybe even some snow showers. big changes on the way. tomorrow is the in between day. showers and storms. winds out of the southwest. western maryland, one more day of relatively mild conditions. a thunderstorm as possible. a chance for colder air and snow showers. over to the western shore, 71 tomorrow with showers and thunderstorms. lowerame scenario on the loa eastern shore. another mile day. 77 degrees around ocean city before turns cooler. highs in the lower 70's with a good chance for rain. skies clearing of thursday with highs in the 60's and chillier on friday. gusty winds make 58 feel cool on friday. sunshine and 62 in the afternoon. a nice finish to the weekend. partly cloudy on sunday with a high of 67. >> with you a ravens training camp where you can feel a different atmosphere. a chance for them to exhale after the win over the bills. a five and two record. they did not necessarily excited the reagan nation. -- excite the raven nation. a heart breaking loss. compared that to where they find themselves and it should not surprise you that the wide receiver likes the way things set up for the ravens. >> i think that is where you want to be. we love to be six and one but we are at the top. we are in the position to achieve the goals we have set up. >> much more tonight with the team president tonight at 10. 208 on comcast. watch tonight for a chance to win tickets. i mentioned it is a different atmosphere. joe flacco talking to the media. he was the jersey guy who vacations on the jersey shore. hairdo.loween upd >> i don't have to worry too much. it is like a character from "the jersey shore". >> he is going through some things. when you are young. >> the only thing that could top that is if tom tasselmeyer matches that for this 7 day forecast. imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message bob ehrlich pretends to be for the working guy... but he's not on our side. i thought i knew bob ehrlich, but then i found out... he raised property taxes on every maryland family... and business. he increased college tuition... by 40%. 40%. and i thought i knew bob ehrlich. he was against raising the minimum wage. made $2.5 million... working for a lobbying firm. $2.5 million? he's not really on my side. with this tough economy, we really need a governor on our side. ain roy taylor. r the vehicle would not stop and it ended up in a chase down and i-95. they ended up pursuing this vehicle. state police were able to get the vehicle over to the side of the road. traffic is starting to back up due to the police activity. we're not sure where the chase was started. we will update you. we will update you. >> i will stick with my hairstyle. 71 degrees with showers and storms moving through. the cooler air routarrive thurs. >> thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- public safety is a governor's most important job. that's why governor martin o'malley has instituted new dna and fingerprinting technology that's reducing violent crime... new, stronger domestic violence and abuse legislation... and o'malley passed new laws to better track and convict sexual predators, with even longer prison sentences. as a father of four, i know there's always more that we must do to protect our children and make maryland an even safer place to raise our families. women are charged 40% more for the same health insurance as men. domestic violence is treated as a pre-existing condition in eight states. women are abused by their husbands and then by their insurance companies. and last year they tried to end our coverage for mammograms and other preventive services. well i'm proud to say i got the law changed.