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Last year was difficult for Maryland's crab industry. But as WAMU's Dominique Maria Bonessi reports, this season is already promising to be much better. And, in Cleveland, Ohio, many low-income neighborhoods lack trees. A new campaign is trying to bring greater "tree equity" and help the city stay cooler as the climate changes. NPR's Dan Charles has the story.

Just over 4.8 million people in the U.S. have now received a dose of the coronavirus vaccine, though 17 million doses have already been delivered to states. Dr. Oscar Alleyne talks about the issue and possible solutions. And, Congress will certify Joe Biden's victory on Wednesday, as pro-Trump protesters march in D.C. to decry what they consider a stolen election. WAMU's Dominique Maria Bonessi has the latest.

Across Maryland, Republicans are trying to capitalize on Governor Hogan’s popularity. Especially in Baltimore County, where Republican Al Redmer faces Democrat Johnny Olszewski for county executive. John Lee, who covers the county for WYPR, says the vote could be an upset. Listen to his reporting from the campaign trail here. And listen to the candidate's debate on today's Midday at noon.Then, WYPR reporter Dominique Maria Bonessi looks at the debate over whether the city should embrace an “eye in the sky.”

Today, several perspectives on the murders at the Capital Gazette Newspaper. On Thursday afternoon, a 38 year-old man from Laurel shot five people dead and injured two others at the offices of the Gazette on Bestgate Avenue in Annapolis. A little later in the program, WYPR’s Dominique Maria Bonessi will join Tom on the phone with the latest on the investigation into the shooting. Tom also speaks with security expert Dr. Keith Williams, vice-president of Support Services at Admiral Security, a company that guards buildings like the one in which the Gazette is located. We’ll hear from Jamie Costello, an anchor at WMAR 2 News whose own newsroom was attacked a few years ago; from Dr. Paul Nestadt, a clinical psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who studies gun violence; and from Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists.But Tom's first guest is Indira Lakshmanan, a columnist for The Boston Globe, who holds the Newmark Chair in Journalism Ethics at the Poynter Institute, an organization that provides training and resources for journalists around the world.,,,,,,,,,,__Officials say that all of the victims in the Annapolis shooting were employees of the Capital Gazette. Their names are:Rebecca Smith, 34 - Sales Assistant. Smith was recently hired as a Sales and Advertising Coordinator for the Capital Gazette.Wendi Winters, 65 - Special Publications. Winters won various journalism and public relations awards for her work in the public relations field. She was the founder and organizer of the annual P.R. Bazaar, and wrote for an array of magazines, newspapers, and online sites aside from her work at the Capital Gazette. She covered news as the community reporter and was a columnist.John McNamara, age 56 - Editor/Reporter. McNamara worked for the Capital Gazette for 20 years. He was the editor of the Bowie Blade-News and the Crofton-West County Gazette.Gerald Fischman, 61 - Editor/Writer. Fischman is a Pasadena resident. He wrote Capital Gazette's editorials and edited the editorial page and handled editing for The Sunday Capital.Rob Hiaasen, 59 -Columnist/Writer. Hiaasen started his career as a staff reporter for the Baltimore Sun before beginning his career as an assistant editor for the Capital Gazette in 2010.A vigil to remember the victims will be held tonight at the Annapolis City Dock at 8:00pm.

[It’s Primary Day in MD. We’ll have complete coverage of the results of today’s election tonight at 9:00, with the WYPR News Team deployed throughout the region at various campaign headquarters, and analysis with Jean Marbella of the Baltimore Sun, John Willis of the University of Baltimore, and political strategist Catalina Byrd. Tomorrow, we’ll break-down the results with Jayne Miller of WBAL Television and Andy Green of the Baltimore Sun. But today on Midday, a little break from politics. Coming up in just a minute, it’s another installment of Tube Talk. But before we begin talking some tube, let’s check in with Dominique Maria Bonessi of the WYPR News Team. She’s at a polling place in Baltimore on this primary day…]And now, as promised, another installment of Tube Talk. Our tube talkers are Bridget Armstrong, producer of several Vox Media podcasts including Vox.com’s pop culture podcast I Think You’re Interesting, and Jamyla Krempel, WYPR's digital producer. They stay in the know about what’s hot and what’s not on TV. By day they are mild mannered producers. By night they are protectors of the pop culture landscape. For hours, they toil, shrouded under duvets, their faces bathed in the magical glow of Light Emitting Screen Diodes. With remotes at the ready, a cup of tea in hand and significant others ignored, forgotten, and shunned, our tenacious tube talkers ingest hours of Television, as a public service, to bring us news and reviews of the good, the bad and the utterly unpalatable.

We begin the show today with an update on the resignation of Baltimore City Police Commissioner Daryl DeSousa. WYPR reporter Dominique Maria Bonessi attended Mayor Catherine Pugh’s press conference this morning. She joins Tom in Studio A.Tom’s guest for most of the hour is David Linden. He’s a professor of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the former editor of the Journal of Neurophysiology. Linden writes books about our brains, and in his latest opus, he says the public is “inundated by a fire hose of neuro BS.”He wrote the new book, called Think Tank, with more than three dozen fellow neuroscientists. It’s a collection of essays about our brains and the biological roots of human experience. The essays address questions such as, “How are children’s brains different from those of adults?” “What can monkey brains teach us about advertising?” And “How do our brains process pain?”David Linden and a few of the book’s contributors will hold a panel discussion about the book tomorrow afternoon at 1pm at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience, and you can also catch Linden at Greedy Reads in Fells Point on June 4 at 7 pm.We livestreamed today’s show on the WYPR Facebook page. If you missed it, catch that video here.

On this edition of the Midday News Wrap, we speak to NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson, Baltimore Sun Opinion Editor Andy Green and longtime columnist Barry Rascovar about several news stories including, Sen. Al Franken’s apology for sexual harassing a reporter 12 years ago, the tax code revision passed by the House yesterday, and the status of the Senate plan, now that it’s tied to repealing the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act. The News Wrap begins with some context on Jeff Sessions’ testimony this week to the House Judiciary Committee, the on-going Russia investigation, and the special election in Alabama. NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson joins us from the studios of NPR in Washington. Here in Baltimore, Police Detective Sean Suiter, a 43 year old father of five children, died yesterday from injuries he received when he was shot on Wednesday afternoon in Harlem Park while investigating another murder that had taken place in this violence-ridden neighborhood. There has been a verdict in the Trial Board Hearing for Lt. Brian Rice, the highest ranking officer involved in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in 2015. He has been cleared of all charges. Later in the show, we speak with WYPR’s Dominique Maria Bonessi, who was at the University of Baltimore this morning when the verdict was announced.

On Wednesday Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh released her plan for curbing the spike in violence in the city. Her violence reduction plan takes a holistic approach to fighting crime. The mayor wants more training for police officers, increased access to housing and jobs, and free community college for Baltimore city public school graduates. Critics say the Mayor’s plan lacks accountability and measurable goals. Dominique Maria Bonessi is WYPR's City Hall reporter. Edward Jackson is a professor of criminal justice at Baltimore City Community College. He’s also a former Baltimore City Police Department Colonel, who retired from the department in 2004. He was recently appointed by Mayor Pugh to Baltimore City’s Community Oversight Task Force. They join Tom to discuss the mayor crime plan and a crime reduction plan put forth by the city council's public safety committee led by 2nd district councilman Brandon Scott.