[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] >> live, local, late-breaking - this wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> this is a constitutional vote. [applause] >> history is made in annapolis -- same-sex marriages passed by the senate and on its way to the governor's desk. first, 70 degrees in february? elide the view from our downtown skycam shows droplets of breaking. we will see we can make it up there. john collins is standing by with more on what we can expect this

afternoon. >> it will be a tough call with temperatures today. the key is clouds and sun and which way the wind is coming from. this is the latest radar and satellite imagery. if you look carefully, most of maryland is covered with clouds right now and we have east wind that is holding the temperature down in the 40's and 50's and once you cross the potomac the temperatures have jumped into the 70's. there is some rain out in the mountains so it will be a race to see it weaken shake these clouds and turn the wind around and whether we get rain or not. this map shows there is a moderate risk for some severe weather to our south and southwest. it is a confusing day and we will try to straighten it out coming up with the forecasted and managed. >> maryland makes history as the

general assembly votes to allow same-sex marriage. the bill is headed to the governor's desk but the fight may not be over. jennifer franciotti has the latest. >> the approval autopsy years of attempts by gay-rights advocates to get the same legal protections as other couples. >> how we go forward with references as applies to same- sex marriages. >> you don't change my religious beliefs. i am not changing them today. i believe that marriages between a man and a woman. >> same-sex marriage supporters rejoiced after final passage in the senate. >> house bill 438 has received a constitutional boats. [applause] >> the senate took up the house version of the bill which passed by the narrowest of margins after was amended. some delegates switched their position very the chambers to balcony's hong on every word

that of a state senator would be thinking highly of myself if i thought i could vote on something that would change god's law. >> we are going to make history because we are going to take another step, another important step, toward embracing every family in the state of maryland. >> a bill signing ceremony with governor o'malley could happen as early as next week. new video from us, a person is struck dead after emergency crews found the victim after 12:30 this morning along the tracks near the 400 block of webb lane,. it is unclear what the person was doing on the tracks. two more baltimore city police officers to go to jail for being involved in a kickback scheme with a rosedale auto shop.

they pleaded guilty to directing crash victims to majestic for receiving cash. they could receive 25 years in prison and 17 officers have been arrested in the extortion scheme and 15 have pleaded guilty. >♪ baltimore city's controversial bottle tax is getting a show of support from city school students. the baltimore education coalition toward one of the oldest high schools in the city and i hope the tour will bring attention to the worn down conditions that many of the city schools. the city's bottle tax will help pay for the much-needed repairs. >> it is not fair that the best schools are meant for main offices. i believe all classrooms should be equal, the same temperature and a comfortable area for students to learn in. >> school officials say it would

take more than $2 billion to repair the dozens of schools needed. and that was busted for impersonating a police officer. they stopped the man for speeding on january 19 very officers say he was driving a crown victoria and was dressed rifle virginia state trooper uniforms. investigators say they found other uniforms, weapons, and drugs at his home and police are asking many victims to come forward. >> as of today, we do not have any information that indicates that he has conducted illegal traffic stops or other illegal activity as a police impersonator. however, because of the extent of the paraphernalia and police equipment key has, we are concerned that he may have done that. >> he was charged with police impersonation back into thousand eight and 10 years before that, officers from uniforms, guns, and a makeshift firing range and

his baltimore city home. president obama's letter of apology for the burning of copies of the koran at a u.s. airbase in afghanistan has not done much. at least 17 people have been killed today alone. >> despite increased security trout afghanistan, protest is still going on and including here in the capital. hundreds of afghans are making their way here. the security is telling us to leave because it is not save. afghans took to the streets for a fourth day of protests primarily after friday prayers. friday is the holiest day of the week in the moslem world. afghan security forces were out in full force throughout the country anticipating more violence. in the capital, we saw protesters who were trying to attack western compounds. it was the afghan army that held them back.

demonstrators tried to attack the u.s. convoy and the nato commander here has apologized for the incident. and even the u.s. press and has apologized that has not stopped the anchor. anger. >> coming up, lots of talk and the campaign trail and imagined seeing your car get slammed by a train just feet from where you are standing straight ahead in dramatic video. it is hollywood's biggest night and we will tell you how to follow the oscars step by step

>> as we cover the world, take a look at it for fun -- forest fires burning in portugal. temperatures will be around 60 degrees this week and fires destroyed more than 600 acres of pine forest and brush and a natural part. of the flames sparked yesterday and have burned all night and the terrain makes it hard for crews to work but firefighters are making some progress. fans lined up outside and adidas stored in taiwan for a chance to official t-lin's shirt. the stores said they sold 250 of

the shirts in half an hour. lin is a guard for the new york knicks and became quite a celebrity recently because he was a harvard graduate rejected by several teams before catching the eyes of fans around the world as he led the new york knicks to several victories except for last night. incredible video of a close call -- two women narrowly missed getting hit by a train for the woman was driving with her sister thursday morning when she turned on which he thought was a road and got stuck on the tracks. two men passed by to help and they heard a train and they got out seconds before a train hit the car. no one was hurt. that was really lucky. still to come, we have heard that bird flew can kill you but now we are hearing it may not be as bad as we originally thought. new details are straight ahead. >> 8 tel: temperatures today and

a warm stuff is on our way. -- a tough cal

>> opening arguments began this morning inmate rutgers university stardom -- student who is facing 15 charges of a hate crime. he posted a video of two men kissing and as your may jumped from the george washington bridge. the murder conviction of george huguely has drawn college binge drinking back into the spotlight his attorneys stated

the 24-year-old engaged in a life rebel with sports, sex, and alcohol in testimony revealed he may have had as many as 20 alcoholic drinks the day before he killed yeardley love. substance-abuse experts say the binge drinking on college campuses, but more dangerous consequences. >> one of the things that have been noticing or the last couple of years is that the amount of alcohol on college campuses is getting to epidemic proportions. it is worse than i have ever seen and we are not just talking about drunk driving. we're talking about violence as we saw at uva. we are talking about date rape. >> experts say one of the best ways parents can prevent an alcohol-related tragedy is to talk to their kids about the dangers of binge drinking. ♪ in our commitment 2012 report, republican presidential hopefuls mitt romney and rick santorum

are facing off i had a decisive primaries in michigan and arizona next week. >> as mitt romney prepares to deliver a major speech. at detroit's ford field detail in his economic plan for cutting taxes and spending, he is hammering away at rick santorum for admitting he made a mistake backing president bush and no child left behind them as people go to washington and they vote for things they don't believe in. >> said you have to take it for the team but my team is the people of the united states of america. >> while santorum raised money in texas thursday, his campaign released this new advertisement. it is trying to label mitt romney as a hypocrite. >> today, romney's supporters will roll out this ad. >> i don't care how long it takes them a retelling the dramatic account of mitt romney's efforts a few years ago to bring home a partners missing

daughter. the suoper-pac that is nearly identical to another one four years ago. restore >> our future tells us about the future -- the foot is from romney's old media team but it blurs the line between campaign and super-pacs. >> now, your instaweather plus forecast. >> a very interesting day so far. in baltimore, we have a lot of clouds but once he gets south of annapolis and washington, the sun is breaking through and it has been sunny down and virginia so we're stuck in the 40's and they are in the 60's and 70's and we had some thunderstorms around harrisonburg and in the mountains of virginia and west virginia and they have calmed down but this is the cold front

so we are in a squeeze play. will the temperatures go up? it sounds like a soap opera. look at the difference in temperature is. 40's where you see the blew up to baltimore and return to green, in the 50's and 60's and 60's and 70's down to the south. you can see where the warm temperatures have ganged up against us and here is a cool front in west virginia. in the baltimore area, we have east winds coming off the atlantic ocean which helps bring in temperatures from northern new jersey but it has kept cloudiness out of the area and the temperatures down. the sun breaks through washington and annapolis the south and here are the storms to the west. there is the warm front to our south. it is having a hard time getting number and here is the cold

front coming through this afternoon. there is not a big opportunity for us to warm up. we could see some strong thunderstorm activity and the strongest is in the carolinas and georgia and that may take the steam out of the storm's we have in this area. our forecast is windy and kind of cold war to the south and showers and storms in the forecast, a 63-70 but we're only in the 40's now. it would make it to 63, i think we will be lucky. winds will be gusting past 30 miles per hour and high wind warnings will be in carroll and frederick county that starts at 3:00. we will have a wind advisory in our area around 3:00 and gail warnings on the bay. a four-foot shot of the open water. there's even a tornado watch in effect for south west virginia and parts of west virginia into the western carolinas. here is the cold front to the

west of us. everything goes through by 8:00 this evening and the last of the raid should be leaving the eastern shore and we drive out. saturday afternoon, we may see a few clouds popup that maybe even a snow flurries because it will be quite a bit colder over the weekend. we expect to warm up a little bit today. a lot of the area will be in the 60's and maybe thunderstorms or a snow flurries tomorrow and 43 degrees. 47 degrees on sunday -- on sunday with sunny skies and in the 40's all next week with rain chances monday and wednesday. ♪ >> a new study says the bird flu may be less deadly than originally thought for the virus which travels from a paltry two people killed more than half of those infected. researchers at mount sinai school of medicine say those figures only include the most severe cases.

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>> we have another mile day on our hands. >> it is chilly and baltimore, only 48 degrees at the airport with overcast skies and the east windsor but to our south, it is in the 50's and south of there in southern maryland, is in the 60's already and the difference is clouds. you can see clouds in the north half of the state and down in virginia, they are in the 70's. we see some rain in the mountains to the west. scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast and the high will be and 60's we we don't see some sosun, will not break out of the 50's. by tomorrow, we -- it will just be playing chile. mid 40's over the weekend and we might pick up a snow flurries on saturday and next week we are in the 40's as well. >> a lot going on, thank you so

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