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taxing your gas. the governor's new plan that will drive your gas up. here's what people are talking about tonight. >> a brand new sales tax on gasoline on top of the state tax we already pay. that's what governor o'malley wants to pay for transportation projects. the new plan could add 20-cents to every gallon. >> reporter: the governor announced a proposal that would add 20-cents per gallon of gasoline. maryland's gas prices could

soon be the fourth highest. >> makes me want to go back to texas. >> reporter: in a interview with vic carter, o'malley says he knows it's going to a struggle. >> i know it's not going to be easy. but there's things that if we don't get them done, we end up paying in other ways. >> reporter: the 6% on gas would be phased in over three years. so for the three preponderate $48 you pay now, by next year you'll pay $3.54. with the full 6% it'll be $3.66 a gallon. political opponents say the governor's plan hits too close

to home. >> people have had enough. the families are struggling, the governor is living in a nightmare. >> when you add everything up, gas and everything else beside that that has increased in price, absolutely. >> how bad is that, the poor guys out here working for a living. >> reporter: o'malley says his proposal would put people back to work on transportation projects. sky chopper 13 flying over the scene in northeast. police tell wjz a group of men stole a lawn mower from a near by store. when they tried to escape they hit another car. a man died after he was thrown to the ground. four of the men ran away and are still on the lose tonight. another fatal crash touched down interstate 31 for hours. a tractor trailer crossed the

median and slammed into three cars. a man in one of those cars was killed in the crash. the northbound side of the highway is still closed right now. driving the wrong way on rout 50 in the dark of the early morning. a head on crash leaves four people dead including three teenagers. tonight mike hellgren has the 911 call if teenagers who tried to stop the tragedy from happening. >> we have a two vehicle collision. >> reporter: you can hear first responders as they rush to the scene of mangled trucks on highway 60. the wreck was so bad one of those cars bursts into flames. >> oh my god he's on the other side. >> i was mainly concerned he wasn't coming right at me. if he gets that far, there's going to be a real problem. it doesn't look like he was weaving. it might have been that somebody got on the wrong side of the highway, there's no traffic and they didn't realize it. >> reporter: three people died including two teenagers.

according to police and published reports britney walker was with two friends heading south on the northbound lanes of interstate 47 and somehow continued the wrong way on busy highway 50 headed west where she collided head on with a bmw. >> i'm trying to think where the heck did he get on at, unless he did a turn around or something and got confused. he, she whoever it is. >> reporter: state police are still investigating how someone could go so many miles until the wrong lane on this particular stretch of highway. i drive it every day. it's terrible yeah. it's horrible to hear. something like that can happen. because you can just imagine if something like that happens it's going to be deadly. >> reporter: police are waiting for toxicology tests to come back. they tell wjz speed was a it factor in the crash. it will take some time for police to piece all of this together as four families plan

funerals. in anne arundel county. tensions rise in washington as police crash with protesters at a occupy camp in washington, d.c. park police officers stunned that man with a taser in mcpherson square when he removed warnings from tents. police are trying to enforce a ban on camping in the park. but so far protesters are refusing to budge. gop presidential candidates make their push for votes. tomorrow's results could be a turning point in the race. >> oh beautiful, for spacious skies. >> reporter: mitt romney sang to supporters at a rally in florida monday night. one of several last stops before tuesday's republican primary. >> with a turn out like this,

i'm starting to feel we might win tomorrow, what do you think? >> reporter: the latest polls give romney a lead over gingrich. a suffolk university poll even suggests that lead is as wide as 20 points. >> i know the speaker is not real happy. speaker gingrich, he's not feeling real happy these days. i know it's sad. >> this is the most important election in i think my lifetime. >> reporter: gingrich has been appearing with herman cain and robert reagan. >> we elected a moderate in 1996 and he lost. mitt romney is more liberal than any of those candidates. >> reporter: romney has been outspend 4-1 in florida.

still, his hardest task is finding supporters even with all those ads. gingrich and romney have each won one state. a win in florida would crown one of them the true front runner and send them into nevada's caucus with a lot of momentum. danielle nottingham, wjz news. rick santorum and ron paul have not campaigned in florida for days. paul is focusing in voters in maine while santorum campaigns in missouri and minnesota. a show down building in annapolis over same-sex marriage. tonight hundreds rally around legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry. both sides are pulling out all the stops before tomorrow's hearing. >> reporter: debate is front and center in annapolis, and people on both sides of the issue are taking a substantial doubt. >> god bless marriage between one man and one woman. >> reporter: it's a rally for

rights in annapolis monday. in this instance, the crowds gathered argues about the white definition of marriage. they oppose same-sex marriage and want the state to define it as a union between a man and a woman. >> marriage is what holds the family together. without marriage you have no family and you have no society, it will then just crumble. >> reporter: same-sex couples want the right to get married in maryland, currently they don't have it. >> reporter: last week governor o'malley showed his support for same-sex marriage. he supporting a bill to make it legal. >> sometimes in our empathy that we feel with those who are treated unfairly, we respond to the sort of hurt of injustice. the inequality of our love,

with words of hurt instead of words of healing. >> marriage is between one man and one woman. this is something that comes from long high. >> reporter: a recent washington postshowed that the majority of marylanders right now are in favor of same-sex marriage but that margin is narrowed 60 to 25%. tonight's rally was held by the maryland marriage alliance. the hall of famer fell off a stage. robinson leaned back on his chair and fell back. robinson is still in the hospital while doctors treat his broker shoulder blade. are you ready for a gallop on the sand? you may soon be able to go

horse riding on the sand in. there's a catch, you have to bring your own animal and if you don't clean up after your horse you'll be fined $500. >> wow, yeah and that's a big fine for a big mistake. >> revenue generating, yes. highway horror, we'll hear the dramatic calls for help during a deadly pile and one decision that could have prevented the deadly crash. if people knew what my kids went through and the pain and suffering they went through, they should have gotten more time. >> a maryland dentist heads to prison for a con. why the victims say the time does not fit the crime. a big warm up headed our way. i'm bob turk, i'll have the complete forewarning forecast coming up next. ♪

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this is 34 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. the complete warning weather forecast is coming up. a deputy pulls two women from a sinking care. police say the women took a wrong turn and drove into the

water. a deputy heard their screams and quickly helped them out of the car. we're hearing 911 tapes from that deadly highway crash in florida. >> there's a lot of people on the floor. >> okay you see a lot of people. are they lying down? >> yes, oh god. >> reporter: callers reported crash after crash as they happened on interstate 75 in gainesville. 10 people were killed and more than a dozen others were rushed to the hospital. it's so foggy one survivor said he could barely see his hands but he clearly heard screams and explosioning as the cars piled up. >> all you could hear was the cars hitting each other, explosioning. you could not see anything. it was blinding. you never knew what was coming from where and i think that was the scariest part. >> reporter: police are being criticized because they closed

the road for an earlier crash but reopened it before the huge pile up. bad weather prevented the latest attempt to start pumping thousands of gallons of toxic fuel from the ship. there are growing concerns the fuel could leak causing a major environmental disaster. at least 17 people died when the costa concordia ran aground 15 days ago. 15 others are missing tonight and are presumed dead. a dentist with ties to maryland is headed to prison after he admitted to using paper clips during root canals. >> reporter: he walked into court in fall river massachusetts having already pleaded guilty to defrauding medicare of $130,000 over a two year period. he must pay back all of that.

monday he learned the other price he will pay, jail time. >> certainly some period of incarceration is necessary. >> i, i have attempted to temporary -- justice with mercy in arriving at a fair sentence in this case. >> it is the order of this court to punish by confinement to the county house of correction for a period of 2- 1/2 years. >> reporter: all but a year of that sentence is suspended. claire who now lives in craftton was shackled and handcuffed to begin serving his time right away. brenda armidian says the punishment is not nearly enough. >> he should have got more time. if people knew the pain and suffering my kids went to, instead of sending him to the

ymca or something. >> reporter: after the root canal, her son's tooth turned black and had to be pulled. the 22-year-old skipped out on jury duty after lunch so a judge slapped him with an odd punishment. he was forced to carry a sign around the courthouse to let people know what he did. he is also scheduled back on monday. a california based company has developed a new coiling that can proof your phone. the company describes the coating as a nano coating including all the components inside. right now the treatment costs about $60. will it work in the rain too. >> water is water. >> i would get it for sure.

>> it happens. >> yes. okay bob. careful. >> okay, yes. let's take a look at temps and conditions around the region. it's chilled down, pretty close to normal. we're at 34 now, 20 degrees. no wind at all, there's no windchill, humidity 66%. enjoy this cool weather because in the next days it's going back up. even out in oakland 37 degrees and it's been warming out there. some locations just around 31, 32 degrees knot of the city. the average is 32 and 25. and the records today 72 and four below zero. right now just about no wind. expect south of us, what's beginning to turn more to the south and southwest and that is going to allow very mild air. today out over portions of

missouri, illinois, arkansas, in the mid-60s. that is moving directly across the ohio valley into our region. we'll probably be around 60, 62 degrees tomorrow. the same thing for wednesday. then a frontal system to the northwest. maybe bringing us a few showers late wednesday. but even behind the front it's not that cold. there's a few showers across the west lakes as that warm air is riding over the chilly air to create a little pit of light precept. we had a slight shower, some spots picked up as much as a trace to an inch. right now pretty clear skies, looks like they'll probably stay that way. here comes that warmer air. a big jump tomorrow the temperatures. still mild on wednesday. but more clouds and this front is going to stall out. little area of low pressure will probably give us at least another chance of showers here on thursday. but still above normal temperatures. southwest winds five to 10 knots.

the bay temp around 41. so for tonight, clear to partly cloudy. there's some clouds north of us. going up in the morning, 52 degrees by the afternoon with a lot of sunshine. it'll feel just like an april day and it'll probably smell like april tomorrow. some things are beginning to bloom believe it or not. 63 on wednesday. with a chance of a shower late in the day. another chance of a shower or two on thursday, 63, 57. 50 on friday and a little bit cooler but partly cloudy skies 47 to start the weekend. denise. >> thank you, bob. the coach who helped turn peyton manning into a great is,,

well ravens fans all abuzz.

>> two words, all good. yeah the ravens made a major move today folks in bettering next year's chances of going beyond last week's afc championship loss to the new england patriots. the purple birds have hired former indy colts coach. the colts named former ravens coordinator head coach. meantime travel bay of a different kind for those super bowl bound new york giants including justice tut there in the blue suit. he talked about handling the game by getting to the snake.

meaning getting to brady. >> if that's the analogy they're taking i think our job is to protect the snake make sure he doesn't get his head cut off. >> four years ago in super bowl xlii they upset the then undefeated pats 7-14. now the pats favored by three. annual super bowl media day tomorrow. baseball now, among 14 nonroster players invited to o's spring training camp in s erasota. -- then on the ensuing

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letterman is next with jennifer lopez. that's it for us tonight. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. thank you for joining maryland's news station. we hope you have a great night.