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counties, to your neighborhood, now it is complete coverage. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> state of the union. the president takes center stage as he makes his case for a second term in the white house. >> how experts say he plans to win over critics. >> hello, again, i am jessica kartalija. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are tank about today, president obama gets the chance to talk directly to 10s of millions of american tonight when he delivers his state of the union address. as the president fights for a second term analysts expect the economy to take center stage. susan mcginness reports for wjz from capitol hill. >> reporter: president obama is putting the finishing touches on a speach he hopes will convince americans he should keep his job. his third state of the union address is expected to center on the idea of economic fairness. it is not a new theme for the president but his top aides say

the speech includes new proposals to help the middle class. >> these are common sense ideas, investing in american manufacturing, making sure that we are seizing a new era of american energy, working on the skills and education for our workers and a renewal of american values. >> the president is also going to offer new plans aimed at shoring up the housing market. >> republicans say they are more of the same and house speaker john boehner called them pathetic. >> he said it is about politics not policy. >> it is like that. >> he faces an uphill battle. on capitol hill, susan

mcginness, wjz eyewitness news. >> see his third state of the union address right here on wjz, complete coverage begins tonight at 9:00. >> at the state house the governor is making good on a promise to introduce a same sex marriage bill. it includes proposals to keep religious leaders and others from being forced to perform them. former governor bob urlich helped an aide on trial. he used left over campaign funds to pay for defense attorneys for paul shieric. the sun also says the use of campaign funds to pay for an aide's legal defense is not clearly addressed. >> sadness and scandal after police charged a priest with

indecent exposure. mike hellgren tells us what the church is doing about it. >> reporter: good afternoon, he worked in towson and they notified church leaders, it is a misdemeanor charge. it does carry the possibility of jail time. the archdiocese has stripped a police of his duties. police say they found him with his pants down. they say they stepped up security since the incident. >> it is very fortunate. we don't condone it in anyway. he made a mistake. you know he was a priest but he was still a person. >> late at night, i don't believe there was hardly anybody else here and they just happened to come in. you know the police just happened to come unand do a routine patrol and caught him pack there and it was very unfortunate. >> father bullock lived and

worked at the church of the immaculate conception. in a letter to parishioners they asked him to get an evaluation. he wrote i realize this may be shocking but i wanted to share this news directly and ask for your prayers for father bullock and for our parish. and he is of course considered noibt innocent until proven guilty in court. >> he worked in sai berna park as well as towson. >> the man charged with firing a rifle at the white house is expected to appear in court. he is expected to plead not guilty. the secret service he fled after firing but was arrested

days later in in pennsylvania. thousands are expected to pay their respects to joe paterno. penn state fired him two months ago in the midst of a child sex abuse scandal. his son says he doesn't want the scandal to tarnish the memory of his father. >> we are celebrating really a 61 year career at penn state, 85 years of a live lived at a high level of integrity, morality, and loyalty to penn state, so obviously we want all penn staters to feel welcome. >> another public viewing will be held tomorrow followed by a private funeral. >> the fog has gone and taken a lot of clouds with it. a live look outside where it is turning nice and sunny. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage, marty and meteorologist bernadette woods are updating weather conditions, marty is enjoying

the outback, let's go first to bern. >> hello, everybody, temperatures up to 54 degrees. 57 at the ocean and 45 degrees at oakland, compared to yesterday, 18 degrees warmer at this time, almost everybody warmer except just long the corners of the state there where we did start to warm up yesterday afternoon in oakland and also ocean city but for the rest of us it is a much nicer day, for more here is marty. >> good afternoon. it is just so comfortable out here. i can feel the sun on the sleeve of my coat. life is good right now and will remain so through the next 5 days, sunshine has. >> reporter: ed r eturned to the area. tomorrow look off to the lower left side of your screen, rain approaching believe it or not that will come with an additional push of mild air. we are going to get kind of

wet, thursday, thursday afternoon, thursday night into friday. how much so? meteorologist bernadette woods with those details coming up shortly. you can keep that winter coat in the closet through sunday. now back inside. >> thank you very much, marty, now off-season ravens none. the coach is reported in indianapolis today interviewing for the colts head coaching job, this past season was his first in charm of the defense and his team ranked third when it came to fewest yards allowed against them. >> still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, behind the numbers what analysts are saying about rite romney newly released tax return and how it affects his campaign. >> divers return to the capsized cruise ship in it al. what they found today. >> what a difference a day makes. plenty of sunshine out there and nice temperatures, meteorologist bernadette woods will be back with our complete

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underwater search, so now 16 people are missing. salvage crews have started preparations to empty the fuel tanks but it could be days before the process begins. in this country mitt romney has released his last two federal income tax returns, they show he made about 22 million dollars last year and paid 3 million dollars, roughly 15% in taxes, his aides acknowledge he once had a swiss bank account but closed it in 2010. billionaire warren burr feet cited his low tax rate as a prime example of why wealthy americans need to pay more when it comes to taxes. >> newly released recordings are giving people a rare look into the final hours of john f. kennedy. they include discussions of conflict in viet nam, soviet relations and the race for space and the plans for the democratic convention, he was assassinated november 22nd,

1963. it is oscar time. the academy of motion pictures announces the nominations and there were snubs and surprises. edward lawrence reports for wjz on who is now in the running. >> reporter: martin scorsese's hugo leads the pack. the advent the advent churr the adventure picked up 11 along with those others. money ball is the baseball drama about the oakland a's 2002, it put brad pitt on the list for the best actor, along with the others.

this year's contenders run the gamut. bringing margaret thatcher to the big screen meryl streep is nominated for her staring role in the iron lady. her 17th nomination. she is up close glen close and others. along with martin scorsese woody allen is in the running for midnight in paris, setting up a show down between two of hollywood's heaviest hitters, edward lawrence, wjz eyewitness news. >> the oscar ceremony will be on february 26th, with the return of billy crystal as host. >> cannot wait. still ahead on wjz's eyewitness news at noon lots of sunshine as we look out this afternoon. your complete first warning weather forecast is two and a half minutes away. >> first here is a look at

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welcome back, everybody. it is the sun, it is a beautiful afternoon with that sunbursting out right now. we do have clouds from time to time but look at the

temperatures, up to 54 in baltimore, almost 60 degrees in ocean city. this is how much warmer it is than yesterday. 18 degrees at this hour. the reason the numbers are not as drastic on the sun is because the numbers did start to knock that fog out there yesterday. the winds are up out of the west pulling in warmer air. there is colder air out there but we are not going to get into that right now, what we are going to see is sunshine at least for today and clouds moving in tomorrow as the next storm approaches, here is the next storm. going to scoot across the south, picking up more direction and more so thursday into friday. when it does it is also going to bring another push of warm air, so temperatures actually go up before they go back down again with this storm. it will get out of here on friday and when does it that will set the stage, another storm coming our way on saturday that. one may tap into colder air and we may have something more

interesting with that storm saturday mixing with the rain but that is something we will keep you updated on, as far as today's forecast goes, no issues 58 degrees for our high, sunshine, tonight 34, mainly clear skies tomorrow right back up, up to 48, not quite as warm as today but still above average, our average is still 41 degrees and most of this forecast is going to be above average so we will have that 5 day coming up with marty in just a bit. >> thank you. >> still to come on wjz's eyewitness news at noon, spotting learning troubles before children are even in school. >> wjz always on. here are the top stories at this hour. for instant updates ,,,,,,,,,,,,

in today's wjz health watch there is new evidence an active brain may help prevent alzheimer, brain scans show those who participate in mental stimulation have lower levels of a protein linked to the disease. it backs up early research that activities may help protect against it. doctors are finding ways to

help diagnosis dyslexia before a child begins to read. it showed activity. the disorder leads to trouble with decoding and recognizing words of course. a trip to the emergency room can put elderly patients at a high risk for infection, they are three likely to develop respiratory or gastro intestinal infections it focused on none summer months when those diseases are the most common. >> be sure to check in today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, we are following the court appearance of a man charged with trying to assassinate president obama. and the latest from the viewing today for performer penn state football coach joe paterno. please joins us for these stories and more breaking news today at 4:00 right medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan...

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welcome back, everybody. what a beautiful sight that is. >> and it feels fantastic, too. to attest to that we send it out to marty. take it away. >> a gorgeous afternoon. we have got a fine run of weather. the five-day-forecast takes us to the 29th of this 30 day month, we are living pretty big. 30 on sunday but with sunshine, no sleet, freezing rain, no, all good. 48 tomorrow, showers on thursday, especially thursday afternoon and thursday night into friday morning. 48 degrees is going to be the

high on thursday. 53 friday. breezy on saturday, 45 and again 37 on sunday. so far we have been living pretty big this first month of the year. we will go ahead and throw it back inside. >> thank you marty. tonight's cbs primetime line up, 9:00 complete coverage of the presidential state of the union address. that is to be followed by an episode of the big bang theory at 10:30, then eyewitness news at 11:00. send comments to comments@captioncolorado.com captions by terry james, caption colorado, llc. and finally this noon starbuck's plan to put extra -- put an extra something special n your coffee experience gained new steam. the brand is expanding their locations where beer and wine is offers. starbuck's is doing a test run in the pacific northwest for over a year. that is served in the afternoon and evening. >> i am surprised they don't have bailey's because you know who would love bailey's in

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