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City Councilman Bill Henry is sponsoring four charter amendments that would shift the balance of power in Baltimore.  We ask him what they would do.

Then, Regina McCarthy takes us through the history of winemaking in Maryland, all the way back to the catawba vines planted by Thomas Jefferson's friend John Adlum in the early 19th century.

And on the 11th anniversary of the terror attacks, Tom Hall takes a tour of the Maryland 9/11 memorial at Baltimore's World Trade Center in the Inner Harbor.

Baltimore is organized with what’s called a "strong-mayor" form of government, in which the powers of the mayor far outweigh the powers of the City Council.  Sheilah talks about this form of government and how it compares to other systems with Eric Zeemering, Assitant Professour of Public Policy at UMBC. She also talks with Julie Scharper, who reports on City Hall for the Baltimore Sun, about the current power tussle that's taking place.