heat for hundreds of bge customers in southwest baltimore as chris continue to work to repair a damaged gas main. that problems started with a water main break and grew worse from there. crews working on a broken water main damaged a nearby gas line early this morning. >> now, hundreds of customers are trying to figure out how to prepare their meals and heat their homes without natural gas for the next several days. kai reed joins us from southwest baltimore with the very latest. >> b d has a very big job on its hands. as to tropicana korea each affected structured report any injured aired at broken gas mains. now they have about foreign customers to go. -- the view from above only tells half the story cook. >> i have water but no gas. >> i don't have gas or water.

>> a piece of asphalt fail, forcing water into a gas line. now bge has to go door-to-door to shut off the gas to about 900 homes and businesses before they can get the problem fixed. >> we still have to get into each building, turn the gas off, -- now have about 400 customers to go. we are talking about hundreds of homes that we have to access. >> once the problem is fixed, they will return and turn the customers' gas back on. the entire process can take several days at least three while diana and her neighbors go without heat and a long list of other convenience is. >> i got my hot played out so i will be able to cook a little something. -- got my hot plate out.

we will make it. that is all we can do. >> a few hundred customers also went without water as it streaked and work to repair that water main that was a problem at the very beginning. the gas is a much bigger issue at this point. anyone who has not been in contact with the de should call that number on your screen -- who has not been in contact with b d e. >> 18 cents more a gallon is what you could be paying if the governor's transportation bill goes through. that is the story which first broke on wbaltv.com. the governor's proposal will apply the state sales tax at the pump, but increases would be delayed if gas prices increased by 15% in the previous year. the governor gets his plan will be a tough sell.

>> getting this through the victory did through the general assembly will be a very heavy lift. -- getting this through the general assembly will be a very heavy lift. >> the governor's same sex marriage bill is one step closer to becoming law tonight. if you subscribe to our breaking news e-mail alerts, you may already know that the measure did pass at the state house tonight. they did vote to send the bill to the full chamber. the full house is expected to pick up the legislation tomorrow. there is no word tonight on when the senate will address the issue. you can see how the debate has grown over the years. we show you each side in those on our website, wbaltv.com. >> advocates pushing for funding for school construction projects told the mayor and city schools chiefs present a united front.

in the mayor's state of the city address on monday, the mayor criticized alonso's plan. her proposal calls for more modest plan. >> i am hoping she will be communicating her support to annapolis so there are no mixed messages. >> the mayor's office insists the mayor is not opposed to dr. alonzo's plan. >> anne arundel will cut ties with a firm that plan to build a $20 million a charter school. the school, which was originally set to open this year in laurell, would have addressed overcrowding in three other elementary schools, but school officials say they are already in talks with another company to build a new school that will now open in 2013. >> i think it will make a world of difference. we have excellent schools here, but when you are over the limit,

to alleviate that it will automatically make this a better school of giving us more school choice for the neighborhood. >> we are told the new building is expected to seat more than 700 students. >> house and senate negotiators have reached a tentative agreements to reduce the payroll tax cut. it would be extended through the end of the year and would deliver about 20 extra dollars per week to every worker. the jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed would also be renewed. >> let's pass the middle class tax cut, pass the extension of unemployment insurance, do it before it is to lake, and i will sign it right away. >> the measure would add about $100 million to the federal debt. the hope to send legislation to the white house as early as this week. >> a man is in serious condition after an industrial accident in

harford county that have been at around 0:00 this afternoon -- it happened at around 4:00 this afternoon. a male employee was working on a tractor when the jack supporting it collapse, pinning him underneath. police have not released the identity of the victim. police are looking for a suspect who gunned down a man in east baltimore. he was shot through the window of a family dollar stores at around 6:00 last evening. the victim was taken to hospital, where he died. there is no word on what sparked that violence. >> more testimony in the murder trial of george huguely that must have been difficult for family and friends of yeardley love to hear. to medical experts took the stand, one of them who conducted the autopsy. they both agree that the cause of the brain injury they found in the 22-year-old senior was blunt force trauma to the head. they said she actually died from an irregular heartbeat,

most likely because of brain stem injuries that disrupted the flow of blood to her heart. they agree that alcohol and drugs she took 480 b, what present, did not contribute to her death. -- of drugs she took for add. george huguely's murder trial is revealing a pattern of violence throughout his relationship with yeardley love, a pattern that some psychologists believe is too often ignored in college relationships. kerry cavanaugh joins us live in the studio with more on that story. >> friends of george huguely and yeardley love testified that they knew the relationship was volatile. this version of george huguely

is hard to reconcile with testimony that paints him as a violent, jealous boyfriend, capable of killing yeardley love with his bare hands. his friends told jurors that the lacrosse players drank heavily to the point that they considered an intervention. witnesses characterize alcohol as the tipping point in their stormy relationship, sometimes triggering violent fights. a psychiatrist says the scenario is not unusual on college campuses. >> alcohol dissolves like sugar in hot water and you do things that when you are sober, you surprise yourself. >> the doctor is hopeful that her death will drive home the reality of domestic violence in college relationships. the issue is gaining more attention through website

endorsed by universities like maryland and virginia, that urges friends and relatives to intervene. >> when you have the context of mutual respect in relationship, they will not feel lost and fill the need to join sororities in order to feel accepted. >> he cautions that anyone can get drawn into a dangerous relationship, and on campus dynamics make it harder to break it off. >> it is just a nightmare. >> george huguely friends testified they were so concerned about his heavy drinking they were considering staging an intervention around the time of la's debt, an intervention that never happened.

-- at the time of love's death. >> who gets the most valentine's day cards? and also, gifts or pets. >> an emotional standpoint. >> as thousands mourn the death of whitney houston, details about her much talked about funeral are made public. how loved ones are planning to memorialize the singer. >> rain and snow moving away from maryland, but there is more stormy weather in the forecast, coming up. right now, 44 at the airport and 48 downtown.

>> the family of houston today announced plans for private memorial service for the singer. it was originally thought a large scale more it would be held in the singer's hometown of newark, but it will be a private ceremony at the same church where houston first sang as a child. >> at this time, this is their private time. they have shared her for 30 something years. >> a longtime family friend will deliver the eulogy. >> a baltimore couple whose love

was literally against the law when they met and had a child back in the 1950's. more than five decades later, they want something from the state. barry simms explains. >> picture early returns to the place that held her captive more than five decades ago -- shirley returns. she was indicted and arrested. her crime? getting pregnant by a black man. now at age 75, shirley and her 76-year-old husband john visit the women's jail and reflect on how their relationship has endured. >> i know it has been a long time. >> pictures help tell the story of their 53-year marriage.

back in 1956, hair and clothing styles were a lot different, and so were social attitudes about interracial couples. the indictment claims shirley and howard, who was a white woman, unlawfully suffered and permitted herself to be begot with child by a negro. the penalties for it -- the penalty she faced, 18 months of five years in prison. >> i was not about to deny that i was the father of the baby. >> john was a 25-year-old musician performing with the ban call the honey boys. today, shirley still ask questions. >> how this all came about, and why they pursued me and not other people, and things like that. i just could never get answers.

>> shirley spent one night behind bars before getting bailed out, but that was just part of the ordeal. their son was taken away from them and placed in an orphanage in a home for colored infants and children and spent nearly two years there. explain what it was like. >> my son was in st. elizabeth's for quite awhile. i just that every day to think about -- and cannot believe it. how to get him home. >> shirley's attorney argues that the organs of the law that landed her in jail dated back to 1663 and slavery. a later version -- they say the law had never been enforced until shirley's arrest. >> i think that time they wanted

to take shirley and make an example of her. >> shirley had to prove she was working, had a place to live, and was married, to get her son back. after basic training, john came back and the couple married in 1958. >> we had to go to d.c. to get married. >> a judge dismissed the case again shirley, something she said she never knew because the attorney told her not to come to court on that day. the law was declared unconstitutional in 1957. the impact of it was to estrange shirley from her family for years. she says her mother did not get to know the grandchildren, and john, gregory, and terry, until they were adults. the billings have suffered quietly, and now they are only seeking one thing.

>> the apology she should have gotten at some time from the state of maryland and from the city of baltimore. >> john wants it for me. it is a born in his side. he wants it for me. -- it is a:in his side. >> john send this letter to martin o'malley. >> the law has since been taken off the books, but the damage has already been done. i feel the state of maryland and the city of baltimore owes my wife and apology. >> they are still waiting for a response. >> i want closure for you. >> i am very simms. they would also like the city of baltimore to apologize to his wife, although he has not yet made a formal request. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer.

>> or rather mild valentine's day. the precipitation moving through today, just a few light sprinkle of rain. officially just a trace at the airport and the inner harbor. the los so far have not even gotten down to freezing. on this valentine's day, no threat of any wintry weather. in 1979, it was below zero, and in 1986, there were four inches of valentine's day and snow. northern sections of pennsylvania, pushing in new york state and new england, and just a couple of sprinkles and our region. the skies will gradually clear as we head toward morning. already some breaks in the cloud cover around baltimore and points south. by dawn, we should have partly cloudy skies. right now clouds are acting as a bit of a blanket. we are starting to get some

chilly temperatures north of us. light winds at sun up before 7:00, the first time since late november of last year that we get a sunrise before 7:00 a.m. the high pressure will try to come in behind this trough of low pressure but there is not a strong area of high pressure that will come behind it. it will be a little breezy behind this disturbance, but partly cloudy skies. you have to get all the way to the canadian border to get any significant cold air. not really very cold behind this. the first weather system arrives on thursday, so enjoy the sunshine and mild temperatures tomorrow. some what weather comes in on thursday. breezy conditions on friday and this week and there could be a storm to the south. depending on where it goes, it

could bring us rain or even wet snow over the weekend. tomorrow we get sunshine, temperature still above normal, along the breezy side. a small craft advisory on the day. snow showers in western maryland giving way to sunshine and then a rain and snow mixed on thursday. two more days of mild temperatures, low or 50's on wednesday, about 50 with some rain on thursday, and the same scenario at ocean city. sunshine tomorrow and some rain arriving on thursday. we have to watch saturday night into sunday. tomorrow is a mild day, thursday is wet, breezy conditions on friday. we may get some snow showers here beginning saturday night going into sunday. right now it looks like the bulk of that will be to the south of us. a high of 45 on monday. >> tonight is almost over, but

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>> if the weather forecast does not make you think spring, this forecast will. spring training starts saturday. the business side of baseball as the orioles avoid arbitration heading into spring training. al jones agreed to the new one- year contract. he will reportedly make a little more than $6 million this season. the orioles want to get a long-

term deal done with jones, but by getting today's short-term deal done, they avoid the bitter feelings of having a fight against their own player at the arbitration table. mattingly reportedly agreed to a new three-year contract. he had an amazing run last season with the tampa bay rays. he did it again, jeremy lin added tonight to the growing spectacle of let is now known -- of what is now known as linsanity. it came down to this, half a second left of regulation in, 90-87 the knicks over toronto.

amazing. you know you have done something really remarkable when you break a record first set during prohibition. the detroit red wings set a record for home win advantage. they face dallas tonight with the power play, 1-0 redwings. brad stewart winds up with a slapshot and the redwings 3-1 over the dallas stars. monitoring concussions has become a major focus in football at all levels. parents may soon sit in the stands and check on their smart phones whether their kid had a hit that requires evaluation. a texas company is developing an act that monitors the impact a

player's head takes. the parents would get an immediate notification if the player takes the hit that warrants evaluation. the technology remains under development, but has obvious, far reaching potential. >> the technology puts a shock sensor in the football helmet. it can attach to either an iphone or an ipad or mobile phone device that a coach or trainer would have. when an impact is heard, that alarms the coach, he can take a look and actually replay that hits and look at the level of impact. >> that is a fascinating story that could impact the future of football. football.

>> temperatures remain above normal for the work weeks. breezy conditions friday and we will keep our eye on a possible storm saturday night into sunday. it still looks like a decent storm somewhere to the south, something worth watching for short periods -- for sure. >> thank you for joining us. we'll see you back here t y

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