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meantime, it is true with a few strokes of a pen -- history with a few strokes of up hundred same-sex marriage legalized in maryland. hello. i am sarah caldwell. gov. martin o'malley made it official in the state house, but many are determined to stop same-sex marriage before it starts next year. jennifer franciotti has the latest. >> the general feeling among supporters and opponents is that the measure will make it to referendum, but both sides disagree on the outcome. a week after its final passage in the legislature, gov. martin o'malley makes maryland the eighth state to legalize same- sex marriage. >> we're making history for maryland families, same-sex couples, raising children, and also, couples who have lived together possibly for a long time and want to get married. >> i am so happy for all those

people who waited so long and had their dignity demesne. it was really special. we have worked hard for this day. >> the law is scheduled to take effect january 1 next year. >> we have a plethora of churches around the state. >> opponents are working to get eight referendum on the november ballot and yet the issue before voters. >> even in polling, the citizens of maryland are going to stand up for this issue and vote this thing, that marriage is between one man and one woman. >> it is going to go to referendum, no doubt about that, but the advocates, governor and i come are going to do everything we can to make sure marriage equality is the law in maryland. >> the dead line to collect signatures is june 30. >> in order to stop

discrimination against their goods, baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings but issued an executive order this morning that stopped police officers from asking about citizenship status. this comes days after u.s. immigration officials said they would be checking the immigration status of people are arrested and booked in local jails. right now, baltimore city police are investigating an early- morning shooting. we are told the man was waiting for a bus at greenmount avenue when he was shot twice. that was around 5:30 this morning. the unidentified man it is taken to hospital, where he is in critical condition with gunshot wounds to the shoulder and chest. more tornadoes causing damage proposes have been destroyed in alabama. no word on how many or if anyone has been injured. the same storm system is moving

in our direction as we take a live look from the skycam. it looks ok now, but we may be seeing some rain this afternoon. john collins has the latest. >> the storm system that produced possibly that tornado in alabama -- we are waiting on information about that. it is getting closer, and in west virginia, rain shower activity is moving in. scattered showers and thunderstorms. some on the leading edge of that is evaporating before it hits the ground. not really actual rainfall has hit the ground yet. back in west virginia, down in south carolina, kentucky, that is rain activity. let me change the picture is slightly. northern alabama, there is a little star activity that occurred earlier this morning, two or three hours ago.

we have more information on that. what this storm is expected to do to us in just a few minutes. >> gas prices are dominating the presidential campaign in the run-up to super tuesday. candidates on both sides say they will ease the pain at the pump. >> gas almost $3.75 a gallon as president obama says cleaner cars will bring it down the price. >> it will save the typical family $8,000 at the pump. >> he urged congress to get rid of a $4 billion a year that washington gives oil companies and gave his most detailed rebuttal yet, showing the u.s. making more oil now than when he took office. republicans say he cannot take credit for that. >> those decisions were made by his predecessor. he has cut in half the number of

leases on federal land. >> the deliberate dishonesty of president obama. >> newt gingrich is claiming that rick santorum is no conservative. santorum is blasting romney, saying he does not support employers opting out of health coverage based on religious objections. romney quickly changed that. they will not split michigan's delegates evenly. republicans decided to give romney more. >> after the fact, but the rules, rewrite the rules. >> michigan republicans say they is debated -- they is to be that the delegates as intended, but santorum claims it was a backroom deal. >> controversy continues over the president's policy over contraception insurance. an amendment that would allow

employers and insurers to opt out of the mandate was defeated by a narrow 51-48 vote. republicans say the mandate violates first amendment rights to religious freedom, but democrats say the moral objection offense too broad. >> i believe what this does is protect first amendment rights. >> they would no longer have to offer breast cancer screenings, server or cancer screenings. all they have to do is say "oh, i am really sorry. we believe prayer is the answer." >> religious groups are already exempt from the mandate. according to a spokesperson of archie still, -- rg steel, executives gave no explanation for the hall. out tolan was hammered secure its credit. the way people move through downtown baltimore is about to change as the city looks to

demolished the skywalk. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake kickoff a demolition. in the 1960's and 1970's, skywalks were all the rage, but in 20 to all they are considered an impediment to retail. >> we are a encouraging downtown workers and families to walk on our baltimore streets and utilize hopkins plaza at lunchtime and on the weekends. >> worker begins at the feet of this month and is expected to take six to 10 months. here is what is coming up. it has been a rough week for an ohio school rocked by a deadly shooting. today the students are making some progress. touching sign of support from a nearby school. we know that schools are constantly in need of money, but wait until you hear how much baltim

at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. students are back in class after the debt the ohio shooting. the school basketball team faced off against players from nearby madison high school. the opposing team came dressed in black chardon t-shirts in a

sign of respect. the game was supposed to be played on monday night but was postponed after the shooting that claimed three lives. a california teacher has quit his job to move in with an 18- year-old former student. the 41-year-old taught business and computer classes at this school in modesto until he left his family and resigned to move in with the 18-year-old, one of his former students. the two have moved in an apartment together, saying they wanted to follow their hearts. it does not appear he broke laws, but he could face charges if the relationship began before the girl turned 18. still to come, it is frozen and full of snow, not the best place for garden. we will tell you why this area of norway hundreds of thousands of seeds just in case. >> big storm out west, and it looks like a severe weather has already popped up.

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>> baltimore city school board is reportedly asking school officials to stop spending too much. the school system paid more than $14 million in overtime the past four years as school budgets continue to be cut. most of the overtime was paid to temporary employees and the police force. right now the search continues for person who robbed a woman on the grounds of a glen burnie

elementary school. the victim was near the entrance of chesapeake academy wednesday morning when the man, who had just been spotted inside the school, attacked her and took her purse. >> i would say it was a crime of opportunity. he went into the school, asked for brochures. we are looking at that as maybe he was looking to see if he could commit this theft, and he later committed the theft in the parking lot. >> you are asked to call police if you know anything. an elderly woman sets off a security scare at b.w.i. 3 thurgood marshall airport after bringing a loaded handgun in her luggage. she says she simply forgot the gun was in the bag. it was detected at the security checkpoint wednesday morning. police arrested at her and charged her but let her go after she cooperated. they did confiscate the weapons. more about an alleged breaking and entering in harford county that left one deputy injured and two in police custody.

police heard screams while responding to a call in edgewood. when they got inside a house, they arrested two of three suspects but the third was able to break through a plate glass window and escaped, injuring the deputy. >> our deputy was severely cut. the individual that was fleeing dove out a plate glass window. >> they were cutting his shirt off. you could tell he was hurting. i saw another deputy carry his holster and whatever else he had on him into another car. >> they released to the deputy from a hospital but we are told he will need more surgery on his arm because of how bad the cuts are. police are still looking for the third suspect. the trial continues today against the captain of the capsized cruise liner off the coast of italy. the captain is under house arrest right now. he is being demonized around the world for his actions during the

capsizing, but people from his home town are rallying it around him. prosecutors say he caused the accident by bringing about to close to shore, when he struck a rock that for a large gash. north korean state television showed video of leaders threatening to kill south korea's president. rumors or that south korean military road defamatory remarks under portraits of the north korean leaders. it highlights the lingering animosity between the korean leaders. >> we'll start with a look at the radar here. we're beginning to see some rain moving in our direction. first band of what will probably be a couple of swipes or rain. this area right in here is probably not making it to the ground. this is all elevated train.

nice, rich, greene massive there with yellows in it. it reaches down into eastern tennessee and kentucky. in northern alabama, we had a news report of this particular little thunderstorm cell. we may have got to our first report of what is expected to be an outbreak this afternoon of severe thunderstorm activity. this is probably the line that will take off and move across kentucky and tennessee. it will not be a major part of the storm. only 50 degrees in annapolis and now. 54 in cambridge, 44 in ocean city. there is a warming trend out there to link these storms. these are all under storm cells building up.

near the low pressure center itself, over st. louis right now, an injection of mild air into this cooler air. it will trigger this real strong storm activity. typical spring pattern. 55 in st. louis, 72 in atlanta. this warm air will be the conflict area. high risk of severe storms. parts of indiana, ohio. slider risk to our west. later this afternoon, we may start to see two or three showers. one of the heavier chances, more significant chances for rain. the front comes in tomorrow

morning. there might even be some thunder in that. a lot of this is moving on to the eastern shore and pulling out of the picture. showers late, 53 to 58 for that high. how much rain will we get? half an inch or less. maybe an inch by the eastern shore by the time it all ends on saturday that a storm chance is highest tonight and tomorrow morning -- thunderstorm chances highest tonight and tomorrow morning. >> new at noon, did you know that there was a fall in a remote location of norway? it is called the global seed bank. apparently it is is thriving. >> this strange monolith

from ag mountainside on the rooftop of the world. it was planted here by american scientist, the world's first global seed bank. >> this will lead us back to the coldest place in the mountains. >> drilled a through permafrost and solid rock. the mine is four degrees fahrenheit. more than 700,000 varieties of our planet's food crops. north korea sits peacefully next to south korea. through a raging blizzard, samples come in. from the u.s., wheat, many amber waves of it.

>> it will allow agriculture to remain productive, to create food security, to adapt to climate change and water shortages. everything we want agriculture to be in the picture. >> in this extraordinary informant, the magnificent isolation, may be the safest place. some of the seeds here are expected to be viable 20,000 e years from now. >> that is really beautiful. up next, your maryland lottery numbers, and we will get another check of your insta-weather-plus forecast. [ clanking ]

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