classroom. it s too much for one teacher. you can t have 30 kids in one classroom so you can t layoff teachers, you can t fire teachers. if i know another way to cut back, not with our school system. reporter: hairston says the system made stuff choices when it had to. class sizes have remained very stable, they have not gone up. we have been again very efficient with our resources where maybe in the last three or four years we have been able to identify areas in terms of initiatives and programs that we didn t think were yielding the results that we were looking for and we made some internal adjustments. reporter: those prior cuts will keep the school system from having to cut teachers now. other school systems across the nation have apparently failed to do. in baltimore county, jeff hager, abc2 news. even historically strapped budget systems like baltimore city plans to hire 100 new teachers next year. proponents of the teacher jobs bill says states like california
one guy got pretty badly hassled physically. but for the most part, it was over in a bang. reporter: israel said it did nothing wrong by intercepting the vessel. we needed the blockade because gaza is under the rule of hamas, which is an islamic organization that is sworn to defeat the state of israel. i certainly didn t expect to be the first person back. in this case, my colleagues, i m in the not even sure where two of them are. the purpose of this whole effort was to try to offer an opportunity for israel to say, let them come in with medicines. it s electric wheelchairs. let it come in. reporter: edward peck was on the flotilla with the group from the free palestine movement. late today, the white house said it supports an investigation into the raid. but president obama has not yet condemned the actions of the israeli forces. showers and storms moving across tonight. shows it s still humid with lots of clouds. wjz is live with first warning weather coverag