and that's just is what it is as a black artist in baltimore from baltimore when you come from baltimore especially if you come from the street if you take on a profession like professional artists, you don't get the luxury to sit back. you and just do art. you also have to be saving the lives of. at least 47 honey. other people right nobody's to say, oh my god. he takes these amazing pictures and then he goes drinks alcohol and he goes out on dates like nobody's going to say that. nobody's going to nobody's going to say that. they're going to say, what are you doing for the community? what are you doing for the people? where come from? so in actuality. if you get it, if you got a deal. for $100,000, it turns. into $20,000 because of the amount of people that you are, you may be taking of and mentoring and looking out and trying to do things for and trying to put on and trying to set up and it takes to exist in that space. is that dangerous? i did it. i'm not going to do it again. but i know i know. but no. and it is dangerous. but i just think about once again, you know, going past is m

look, hello, baltimore. [applause] is there any union organizers in the house? you're making a run, man. brandon scott, thank you for the passport to the at the great city. governor, lieutenant governor, i can't tell you how much i appreciate you being here and the money you've committed to make this work as well. two of my best duddies in the united states congress, no hyperboles, two of the best united states senators i have ever served with an i served there for 36 years. ben and chris. quasi mfume -- qweise mfume, that's the guy i call. you helped us get so much of this doab including the prompt we're here to celebrate. thanks to the members of the maryland delegation and congressman john sarbanes, he and his dad and i talked a lot about amtrak. spent a lot of time working on it. dutch, you're still here, aren't you? dutch, good to see you. as well as steny hoyer. steny, hell of a guy. for real. [applause] i kidded steny for years, he represents the western shore of delaware. we call the delmarva peninsula. steny, you're the best, one of the greatest champio

the book is baltimore city and this is a question for, mr. williams, because you wrote most of the essays and you first introduce us to some of the the challenges of some of the schools in baltimore, the teacher, the student. why so much of the book on? baltimore, what made what stood out to you about that city in the book i wrote some chapters on transparency and home life and listen the the results the grade point average of kids in that school when you talk about almost 56% of the students has less a 2.0 average, almost 1.4 average. i mean, that's almost unheard of. and when the school system tells you there's no such thing as ghost students, that school students in the classroom, you go out and find students have not been in the classroom for two or three years and the schools system is being paid on those students. and you file a lawsuit in realize that the school board never itself, they lie to you, they tell you whatever they want you to hear because they don't think that you're going to have the resources go and sue them and judge rul

that's used to jail black citizens in the city of baltimore. if we just use just any portion in the percentage of that, to put that back into the community, that was what will make us safer. it is not make the black community safer by having to police patrolling it day and night. and basically, antagonizing black people shine in terms of the system here. the one thing i do want to make clear is as a former prosecutor, as a black woman. during the pandemic, i was sitting in my car drinking a cup of coffee, and a police officer pulled up behind me with flashing lights. and you cannot imagine how my heart must have been palpitating back and forth. and i knew i wasn't doing anything. and it ended up at the end of the day, he just went around the i was evidently blocking a part of a parking lot, but i should not have that fear that something was had happened to me for drinking a cup of coffee because a police officer pulled up with flashing lights and that is black america. thank you for sharing that experience with us. alexis, let me come to you. d

coli in the drinking water at three locations in west baltimore, a predominantly black area, leading to a boil water advisory. in a hearing the department of public works said infrastructure failures were to blame. >> it was the result of aging infrastructure. >> reporter: but matthew who oversees bought more's major infrastructure projects said it's a multifaceted problem. so are you saying what you're saying and what city officials were in line, they were sort of definitive in stating aging infrastructure definitely contributed to it. >> it is definitely something that is affecting our whole system. whether that particular case was caused by the aging infrastructure, it's really hard to tell. >> reporter: we've also talk today some baltimore residents who say when they open up their tap water it's brown. what's your message to those people? >> that is a very, very concerning thing to see. the brown is a concentration of the iron. it technically is perfectly same to consume. it's not attractive, and if you wash clothes with it, it will stain your clothes. so we understand that. our

that's used to jail black citizens in the city of baltimore. if we just use just any portion in the percentage of that, to put that back into the community, that was what will make us safer. it is not make the black community safer by having to police patrolling it day at night. and basically, antagonizing black people shine in terms of the system here. the one thing i do want to make clear is as a former prosecutor, as a black woman. during the pandemic, i was sitting in my car drinking a cup of coffee, and a police officer pulled up behind me with flashing lights. and you can not imagine how my heart must have been palpitating back and forth. and i knew i wasn't doing anything. and it ended up at the end of the day, he just went around the i was evidently blocking a part of a parking lot, but i should not have that fear that something was had happened to me for drinking a cup of coffee because a police officer pulled up with flashing lights and that is black america. thank you for sharing that experience with us. alexis, let me come to you. d

that's used to jail black citizens in the city of baltimore. if we just use just any portion in the percentage of that, to put that back into the community, that was what will make us safer. it is not make the black community safer by having to police patrolling it day and night. and basically, antagonizing black people shine in terms of the system here. the one thing i do want to make clear is as a former prosecutor, as a black woman. during the pandemic, i was sitting in my car drinking a cup of coffee, and a police officer pulled up behind me with flashing lights. and you can not imagine how my heart must have been palpitating back and forth. and i knew i wasn't doing anything. and it ended up at the end of the day, he just went around the i was evidently blocking a part of a parking lot, but i should not have that fear that something was had happened to me for drinking a cup of coffee because a police officer pulled up with flashing lights and that is black america. thank you for sharing that experience with us. alexis, let me come to you.

we have seen this in baltimore and washington dc. the challenges that kids have today are not the challenges that i had to face when i was growing up in a warm environment with food on the table, parents that loved me, reinforce the art of learning. and my father who only got a third-grade education and my mother who got a sixth grade education emphasized, i did not get an education, i had to work on the sharecroppers farm. i had to do this in order to make ends meet. i don't want this to be the outcome for my children. my parents emphasized, through their own stories, about how much more they wanted for themselves, the only satisfaction that they would ever get is to put the onus on their children to do better, to get a better education, make the parents proud. it is a very complicated situation. i have learned this, it doesn't matter what their background is, what kind of crisis they might find themselves in, when kids really want to learn, they can learn and they can make that classroom their footstool. i don't think learning has

it was baltimore. baltimore pd confirming that michael harrison, the police commissioner, is there on the ground right now getting briefed by investigators, and we are told that at this moment he's actually offering an update. so we should be learning more. but these are pictures coming from our colleagues at wbff. and you can see what is a very active scene as we can now confirm, according to authorities, that among those injuries, at least one person was injured fatally. one person dead. and additionally, authorities there on the ground also confirming that a small child, six years of age, is currently in critical condition as a result of this shooting. so, again, at least five people who were injured at this point. authorities not confirming if that one individual is confirmed dead is among that number. initially at least one six-year-old that has been injured. this is obviously extremely devastating when it's -- when you consider what happened here. but, again, this investigation still in its very

bottom line on this now in baltimore, baltimore is a real pioneer there. and the way that same way the baltimore is a pioneer of racial segregation and ordinances. baltimore is one of the first places that creates one of these anti-cop arcane ordinances. the case in 1910, it's called swans cocaine ordinance. mike casiano written a terrific article about it in the book baltimore revisited. just an incredible story, the way in which baltimore is a place that very much innovates these kind of crime control measures that are entirely racialized. and so we've seen and also creating both internal borders and order. and we we sit here on greenmount avenue, one of our internal borders here in baltimore. so i want everyone to say thank you to ben before i turn it over to question. and i think we're happy to take your questions. there's a mic here if anyone wants to ask particular things. have the gentleman on the back over here and we're going to go around here, which is why i ask that you keep your rather truncated because there's so much to unpack there. we could

when i cast the line was written article -- baltimore revisit. at an incredible story of the wear which baltimore is a place that very much innovates these kind of crime control measures that are entirely racialized. >> and creating internal? borders >> the way we sit around fremont avenue, along one of our internal avenues in baltimore. i want everyone to say thank you to ben smith before i turn it over to questions. [applause] and i think we're happy to take questions, there is a mic here if anybody wants to cause. we have the gentleman in the back. >> and when i go around and -- keep your questions rather truncated, there's so much to unpacked. we're gonna be here all night, keep the questions brief and truncated. we'll take at least a few questions. we always invite diversity of questioners. so, please think of some things that you may want to ask. >> my name is thomas, i say -- afghanistan and all that. i've been in foreign countries and all that. -- they're doing good. [inaudible] but you can understand, man, if you're in a foreign country

growing up in baltimore is part of it in the world because if i had grown up in baltimore i might not have been where i am today thank you all . >> thank you so much for everything. and i will i articulate this correctly. you black wearing teaching the world and the last few years everything has been so challenging, we're all exhausted but they're not listening to us. i am. >> i get it, okay. >> i'm afraid that we're all tired. >> we are all hired. >> i just want your thoughts on this. >> you all listening, you don't think you are you celebrate it. if you are here you celebrated for ketanji brown jackson. there you go. you're in n this room because your listening, i'm going to answer, she came i want to get jquestion . your listening black women and i'm going to tell you why . when you and i talked about your voting rights, the face of voting rights is black when but unfortunately voting rights is everybody your listening. when joe lyons numbers were really in the tank, and when joe and control during that debate with harris when she talked about busting first one, who was the first p

bottom line on this now in baltimore, baltimore is a real pioneer there. and the way that same way the baltimore is a pioneer of racial segregation and ordinances. baltimore is one of the first places that creates one of these anti-cop arcane ordinances. the case in 1910, it's called swans cocaine ordinance. mike casiano written a terrific article about it in the book baltimore revisited. just an incredible story, the way in which baltimore is a place that very much innovates these kind of crime control measures that are entirely racialized. and so we've seen and also creating both internal borders and order. and we we sit here on greenmount avenue, one of our internal borders here in baltimore. so i want everyone to say thank you to ben before i turn it over to question. and i think we're happy to take your questions. there's a mic here if anyone wants to ask particular things. have the gentleman on the back over here and we're going to go around here, which is why i ask that you keep your rather truncated because there's so much to unpack there. we could

bottom line on this now in baltimore, baltimore is a real pioneer there. and the way that same way the baltimore is a pioneer of racial segregation and ordinances. baltimore is one of the first places that creates one of these anti-cop arcane ordinances. the case in 1910, it's called swans cocaine ordinance. mike casiano written a terrific article about it in the book baltimore revisited. just an incredible story, the way in which baltimore is a place that very much innovates these kind of crime control measures that are entirely racialized. and so we've seen and also creating both internal borders and order. and we we sit here on greenmount avenue, one of our internal borders here in baltimore. so i want everyone to say thank you to ben before i turn it over to question. and i think we're happy to take your questions. there's a mic here if anyone wants to ask particular things. have the gentleman on the back over here and we're going to go around here, which is why i ask that you keep your rather truncated because there's so much to unpack there. we could

and at this baltimore rail tunnel project is going to d is, it will replace 150-year-old baltimore potomac tunnel. it's also going to create around 30,000 jobs, and it will increase train speeds from 30 miles per hour to 100 miles per hour. it could also save commuters nearly 450,000 hours per year as they commute along this railway. now, the tunnel is going to be renamed after the american abolitionist frederick douglass, who was born in maryland. and, in total, the entire project is going to cost some $6 billion. more than $4 billion of that is going to be coming from the bipartisan infrastructure law. geoff: so, president biden is at the halfway mark of his first term. as you have previously reported, the white house is now focusing on implementing the massive pieces of all the legislation he's signed into law. tell us more about that strategy, now that it's being put into practice. laura: so, the next few years, geoff, are going to be focused on implementing and selling the laws that the president passed during the first two years of his presidency. and president biden, just like durin

blight, low income, a lot of parts of baltimore hurting and i am a product of baltimore. i didn't grow up where freddie gray was, but he could have been my cousin. he could have been my but he could have been any one of us in here for real. and still to this day, there's no accountable city for his death with that said, i am i think every person. when i go into the press briefing room, no matter what president of the five, i take every one of you with me. each and every one of you is not necessarily just black. a woman is each and every one of you, because all of us feel, all of us are touched by very things that's happening in society. so when i go in, i go in understanding that illustrious front row, the illustrious front row will ask questions. ukraine answer and there's nothing. what ukraine needs questions. it will ask about, you know, the federal reserve. we need the information about the federal reserve. yes. but when they come to me, they want to get to me the questions about the water not being safe to drink in jackson while flint is still dealing with the issue,

so stop one was baltimore and this is his son robert. and robert rode from to baltimore about a two hour ride. and this is the only lincoln family member to ride what was called the lincoln special? that's what they called lincoln's funeral train. so he rode a grand total of 2 hours, and that was the only time a lincoln family member rode the train. robert did later meet the entourage, the funeral entourage in springfield and in baltimore where lincoln's coffin was taken, the exchange building where was viewed for an hour and a half. okay. so this was the shortest viewing time out of any of the stops and it's estimated that about 10,000 people viewed him during this time. so from there, he was taken to harrisburg where he was the funeral party was met with just an absolute deluge of rain. he was taken to the capitol. there were 25,000 people viewed him. and then from there the following day, they stopped at lancaster. his coffin was not. but lincoln's predecessor james buchanan, the 15th president, was in for the reception. lancaster sto

coli within the drinking water and three sites in west baltimore. the city briefly issued a boil water advisory but that is since been lifted. many residents remain weary though. city officials say the contamination was caused by a cascade of water infrastructure failures over the years. so, joining me now to answer some questions, maryland states and our cory mccray, mr. mccray and senator mccray, thank you so much. welcome in. can you tell us what is driving this crisis in maryland? >> cory, i thank you for the opportunity. i say that it's the aging infrastructure and the urban there is czech shunts. when you look at the water infrastructure, when we look at the roads, when we look at the bridges, our schools, our digital access. we know that we have the challenges. it is going to take the federal state and local government to be able to get to the finish line. >> i think there is some question over is the water safe and baltimore to drink right now? >> i think at this moment it is but remember, that we are under a -- and at the end of the day for

charles: we talked earlier about the second lord baltimore. in that painting there is an image of the state of maryland, a young man who does not get to maryland. next to him as an enslaved person holding a chicken and how apropos that an enslaved person is on the walls here and we have a black governor. >> history continues to be made in this building continues to stand. let's take a quick look outside to see the process of the outdoor ceremony. we see people gathering on the podium. the chief justice of the state's new supreme court will re-administer that oath of office. it seemed like there was a nod and a week about shortening that thing for years from now. that will be repeated in remarks from the lieutenant governor. there'll be an inaugural address. and if oprah winfrey is here she might say a word. charles: one of the things you are likely to note is the fact that the morgan state choir, which is the ambassador for the state, will be performing during this inauguration. remind yourself, he will be looking out on a crowd and in that cr

[applause] we will from west baltimore to westminster. the shared data so we can keep offenders off our street, and in welcome people who find a second chance back to our communities. [applause] i know what it feels like to have handcuffs on my wrist. >> me too. [laughter] gov. wes moore: we are not alone. i felt that when i was 11 years old. i know what it is like to stand with families and more in the victims of violent crime. we do not have to choose between being a safe state and a just one. maryland can and will be both. [applause] we are told that climate change is a problem for the future or something you worry about if you live in farmland or flood zone. climate change is an existential threat, and it is happening now in our communities. confronting climate change represents another chance for maryland to lead. we can and will be a leader in wind technology, and grid electrification and clean transit. [applause] we will protect our jewel in chesapeake bay. and address toxic air pollution that chokes our cities, and we will put mar

following this all closely in baltimore is laura barron lopez. tell us about president biden's announcement today in baltimore. laura: president biden was out here talking about improvements that will be made to what is the largest bottleneck for commuters onhe northeast corridor. what this will tunnel -- rail tunnel project will do is replace 150-year-old baltimore potomac tunnel and create around 30,000 jobs. it will increase and train speeds from 30 miles per hour to 100 miles per hour. it could save commuters 450,000 hours per year as they commute. the tunnel will be renamed after frederick douglass, who was born in maryland. in total, the project will cost some $6 billion. more than $4 billion of that will be coming from the bipartisan infrastructure law. geoff: president biden is at the halfway mark of his first term. as you've previously reported, the white house is now focusing on implementing the massive pieces of legislation he signed into law. tell us more about that strategy, now that it's being put into practice. laura: the next few

these two cars are at the baltimore highway railroad museum in baltimore, maryland. you may have seen these before because both of these specific cars were used in the movie amistad with john quincy adams traveling aboard these very cars. which leads me to another item, bob, the first rear road wreck in the united states also involved john quincy adams. that was in 1833. and you want to talk a little bit about that? >> i have my book here just by looking at it. he was nearly killed in the first railroad accident in the dead states on friday november 8th 1833. he was driving across new jersey to washington about halfway on the railroad, the transportation company. -- the speed was 25 miles per hour. and overheated bearing caused the coach to break, the cars careened down, the coach remained upright and no one it was hurt. but the one just behind, it had 24 passengers aboard, it was overturned. 15 were injured and a woman and child were mutilated beyond expectation of recovery. >> this is from a contempt report, bob, correct? >> correct. >> so quincy adams, even though

cnn's jeremy diamond joins us live from baltimore. so what more are we expecting from the president? >> reporter: well, president biden's about to step on stage here, flanked by an amtrak car and these railway tracks leading into this 150-year-old tunnel, which is now going to be replaced with a new tunnel thanks in part to the bipartisan infrastructure law. it's a $6 billion project. about $4.7 billion of which will come from federal funding. and it's expected to try and relieve this second largest bottleneck between washington, d.c. and new jersey, allowing trains to go up to 110 miles an hour instead of the current 30-mile-an-hour that they go through, causing massive delays. but of course this is part of president biden's overall salesmanship effort. a week out from the state of the union address. this is one of three events that president biden is holding touting some of these new infrastructure projects. he'll be in new york tomorrow and then in philadelphia on friday. and all of this of course leading up to a state of the union

baltimore. >> reporter: many found that answer misleading. during the campaign, moore was criticized for exaggerating his connection to baltimore. but he hasn't wavered. >> i'm not a baltimorean by birth. i'm a baltimorean by choice. i believe in this place. i believe in this city. i believe in the people here. >> reporter: there's a lot of work do? >> yes. yes, there is. >> reporter: now, as he gets ready for life as governor in annapolis, he is confident they believe in him. what do people in this congregation -- what do they ask you to do? >> don't forget them. the thing that they often say most to me, don't forget us. i am here because they revolutionized immunotherapy. i am here because they saw how cancer adapts to different oxygen levels and starved it. i am here because they switched off egfr gene mutation and stopped the growth of tumor cells. there's a place that's making one advanced cancer discovery after another for 75 years. i am here... i am here.... because of dana-farber. what we do here changes lives everywhere. i am here. d

homicides in violent crimes continued to surge in baltimore city and more must be done to get the most violent criminals off the streets. while our administration led the fight for more accountability in the local school systems more must be done to raise academic standards and to read root out corruption and mismanagement, to ensure that every child in maryland has access to a world-class education regardless of what neighborhood they happen to grow up in. i call on leaders in both political parties to heed the will of the overwhelming majority of marylanders and take urgent action to address these challenges. as i reflect on these consequential years in the history of our state i am grateful not just for although we have accomplished but for the way we have accomplished it. on that snowy day eight years ago when i stood on the steps of the statehouse to be sworn in as governor i warned about the wedge politics and rhetoric being used to belittle adversaries and to inflame partisan divisions in america. i vowed that day that the politics that have divided our nation need not divide ou

baltimore has been run by the democrat party for 53 years. what is the result of their decades of leadership? >> brian: well, we bore to see some change. kim klacik ran for congress in baltimore. did well, did not win. so, since you didn't get the congress spot, when the president shows up in baltimore, what was your take away? >> well, you know what, brian, first of all, good morning and thanks for having me. but, you know, president biden came to baltimore to take credit for a project that we, the taxpayers are funding. and there were two takeaways. one he disrupted traffic for hours to tell us how he is going to save us traffic time years from now but the biggest take away is that it took us 150 years to get a $6 billion upgrade to our infrastructure while we have been sending $40 billion plus to ukraine to secure their infrastructure. so i'm not very impressed. you know, in the month of january we have had 26 homicides and two mass shootings involving children. one of those mass shootings happened at 12:00 noon across the street from a hi

yesterday i was in baltimore for a similar announcement of the baltimore potomac, another critical juncture that was built nearly 150 years ago. no changes in 150 years. i walked through that sucker, too. you think i'm joking. i'm not. man, man, this has been, when you commute on high with every single day, that was my highway come when things are falling apart, over the next two years we will hit milestones with other projects including the east river title here in new york, maryland, the connecticut river bridge and we're not stopping at all. this was rail. earlier this month i was in kentucky with the republican leader of peer questioning over a billion dollars over the ohio and kentucky river to have been trying to fix for years and years. we are repairing the original bridge and building an entirely new one parallel to it. over that bridge today which keeps breaking down, trucks carry roughly $2 billion worth of freight goods every single day across that bridge now. from florida to canada. the bridge was built 60 years ago. folks haven't talked about fixing it for decades but now we ar