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the dispute. and one prominent fan shares his today. for an industry that is making $9 billion in revenue, they can figure out how to divide it up. what s the effect of a lockout in march, when there are no meaningful games until september. there can be no free-agent signings. and the teams and players are barred from contact in the off- season months that are critical in building game plans. the owners and players are still meeting as we speak, in washington, d.c. there had been reports that the owners will ask to extend the deadline another week. so no official word from either side so far today. mary, back to you. okay, mark. thank you. and stay with wjz for the latest on the nfl labor digs pute. we ll update you and see if the two sides can finally reach an agreement. even looking at your phone while driving could soon be illegal in maryland. the house of delegates passed a bill. the senate will vote on the measure monday. a ban on talking on handheld mo ....
in addition to shared revenues, the owners want to limit rookie salaries. and the league wants to extand its regular season from 15 to 18 games. and one prominent fan shared his. it s making $9 billion a year. they can figure out how to divide it up in a sensible way. and be true to their fans. what s the effect of a lockout in march when there are no meaningful games in september? there can bene agents. players are banned from workouts at facilities. and they are barred from contact during the off-season months that are critical in game-building plans. the owners and players are yet to emerge from the plan. again, they have agreed to extend the deadline to midnight friday night. coming up later in sports, one ravens player on one controversial plan on how he ll be spending his time in the off season. i ll have an update for you coming up. that s it for now. tire wjz is always on. check in for complete coverage of this nfl labor dispute. we ll keep you updated a ....
rights of u.s. citizens and, at sat time time, stop the flow of drugs northbound, moneys and guns southbound. i would insist upon the legal restrictions that exist in mexico, as in other countries, respect to the intervention and the bearing of arms by u.s. agents. but in this subject, i ll have to speak to members of congress, particularly the senate to explore differential turntives. i think we have to look at all alternatives that are enabled to us by the constitution and the law, mechanisms of protection, special mechanisms of protection, clear limitation of the areas where we can collaborate, for instance. the criminals themselves, they tell us that they didn t know that they were attacking u.s. agents in their attack. so it s not that that s what they wanted to do, but i think, at any rate, this is still a very important sign that warning sign to all of us where we have to be indicating that we have to be very careful about how we care for all of our agents, not ....
reporter: so appalled was albert schneider, that he filed suit against the kansas church group. they don t have a right to terrorize families and single families out. and that s what they do. reporter: a federal jury in maryland agreed. but appeals took it all the way to the supreme court, which in essence, agreed with the church s first amendment defense. on dehalf of the majority, chief john roberts said speech is powerful, it can stir people to action, move them to tears and as it did here, inflict great pain o. the facts before us pain. on the facts before us, we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. reporter: the only dissenting justice in this case was samuel alito, who said he would fight the nation s commitment to the freedom of speech. he said that the country in no way should tolerate verbal vicious assaults, his words, like the one that happened in this case. thank you, derek. coming up new at 5:30, some of your comments about this c ....
marine matthew snider was killed in iraq in 2006. a small group of westborough baptist church members stood outside, chanting and holding signs, god hates dead soldiers and others. right now, there s nothing stopping westborough from going to your daughter s wedding. reporter: a federal jury agreed with snider, awarding him $5 million. but appeals took it all the way to the supreme court, which in essence, agreed on the church s first amendment. chief justice john roberts said speech is powerful. it can move them to tears, or as it did here inflict pain. we cannot react to that pain by punishing the speaker. today, westborough baptist church is claiming victory. our first reaction is thank god and praise his name. our secondary reaction is nothing has changed except this. this case put a mega phone to the mouth of this little church. reporter: the only dicenting opinion from this dissenting came from justice alito. he did the freedom of speech does not prote ....