>> they can't seem to find a way to make the budget like i do at home. >> they have stolen the money out of the transportation fund and they are not putting it back and if they put it back there would be no need for this. >> we just think it is a wrong time to talk about this gas tax. >> but supporters shaking gas cans also have a say. they see it as the only way to people the infrastructure and put people back to work. >> the best chance we will have and if we don't i don't know where we are going, maybe lock the gates on marylands and let them go around. >> both suspect the taxes will be siphoned off. >> they don't want to pay more in taxes but a major reason is because they don't believe that those gas taxes will be spent on transportation. >> so the options appear to be

pay more at the pump or burn more sitting in traffic, either way you pay. governor o'malley we are waiting for his arrival. as i said, it is expected to be upbeat because there are many good things that happened in maryland that many other states have not experienced but still the taxpayers are going to have to swallow some increases. >> we will have more on the 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 news. >> some sad news to tell you about in the world of entertainment, soul train founder don cornelius is dead. he was found dead early this morning with a apparently self inflicted gunshot wound. the case is still under investigation. it aired from 1971 to 2006. cornelius was 75 years old. >> we are learning more about a

wild run from police. police shot and killed mon pete chona after he stole a police car and threatened an officer. it started in baltimore county when he refused to pull of for a traffic stop, instead crashed his car, then police say he stole the police car. after another pursuit she was shot and killed in the city. >> investigators released more details about that wrong way crash on route 50 that killed four people. ron matz has the toxicology results. >> reporter: they say both drivers were under the influence when they collided head on. britney walker was driving the wrong way when she slammed into another car. 4 people were killed in that crash. police say the did receive 911 calls but a car going the wrong direction but they were not able to catch up to it before it crashed.

jessica, back to you. >> ron, thank you. investigators say a small amount of marijuana was also found in walker's car. >> prince george's county police make an arrest in their man dead in a well mystery. detectives say lynnwood johnson has confessed to killing lenny harris, police say they two each other and robbery was the motive. his body was the one found in a well in fort washington. he had been shot in the head. he was a well-known activist. the four remaining republican presidential hopefuls are all out west today following mitt romney's convincing win in florida. in spite of that newt gingrich remains confident. here is randall ping pinkston with the latest. >> reporter: mitt romney is on a roll. he says he is in a much better spot than 10 days ago. >> i have a good path ahead. i think if i can continue to

connect with people then i think i become the nominee. >> romney and his supporters spent more than 16 million dollars on ads after losing big. he says his battle with the house speaker is preparing him for a show down. >> i know the president is going to walk about him and disqualifying me. i want to talk about his record. the truth is he has not done the job he was elected to do. >> the same people who said i was dead -- >> despite the blow gingrich has no intention of stepping aside. >> we will contest every place and win. >> but his path is likely to be difficult. romney has more money and better organization in the upcoming caucus states and there is another potential

hurdle. florida exit polls show a widening gender gap. more than half supported romney, less than a third backth gink rch. rick santorum and ron paul skipped florida to campaign out west. both candidated called romney to congratulate him. gripping gingrich did not. >> because he is the front runner mitt romney is expected to start receiving secret service protection this week. >> turning to the weather where there is plenty to smile about. the calendar says february but it feels more like april. how long is it here? marty is in the outback and meteorologist bernadette woods in the first warning weather center, bern? >> yes, a fantastic afternoon is shaping p. we will start out with radar and show you a couple of showers made their way through. most of those are out of here. this is what it looks like on

radar, all part of a cold front making its way across the state. not a strong cold front. because of that take a look at the temperatures, 64 in baltimore. a little bit cooler not that far to our northwest but on this man we have got a lot of 60s still going on for the first day of february. so what is to come? here is marty with more on that. >> well, thank you very much, bern, good afternoon, everybody, got a couple of graphics for you that actually don't play into each other at all. so let's go to graphic one and let's understand it is going to stay mild through saturday. to be quite honest but the deal even sunday simples are only as far south if you will as a degree above normal, so we are living really large, not just us in the mid-atlantic but coast to coast. look how well north that jet stream is. which now leads us to a discussion of ground hog day. which is tomorrow. i could take six more weeks of this winter.

that ain't a bad thing. mostly cloudy skies. in punxsutawney tomorrow. at sunrise 32. very comfortage for the revelry. >> cocoa >> coca cola will be the only one you will see.

>> they are doing that. >> what one administrator is acaused of doing. >> it is a beautiful day and certainly doesn't feel like winter out there. meteorologist berp death woods will be back with her complete forecast. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jess carh ka carolina, and first warning ,,,,

police are searching for the gunman behind a brazen double shooting in st. louis, take a look at this video shot at a gas station last saturday. police say the gunman opened fire at a vehicle as it sat at a gas pump. two people were killed. they say they don't think they chose their target at random. >> it appeared to by this was a -- these guys -- these victims were targeted, three gunmen came up from the east side of the building, ran up on the vehicle and opened fire on the car. >> no arrests have been made and police do not have any suspects in custody. a third person in the car was not hurt. >> two new jersey police officers are caught on camera risking their lives to save a man from a burning vehicle. check out what the dash cam video shows from monday night. when they arrive they found a man trapped in the driver seat of a car on fire. wow, really on fire. they were able to get to the car -- get the car door open and pull the man to safety.

no word yet on why the car caught fire, one of tonight liberal arts colleges in the country is in hot water for faking students ast scores, an administrator now admits to exaggerating the scores sent off to college rank in surveys and doing so for the past 5 years, they helped the school gain a top 10 spot in the u.s. news and world report annual ratings. despite the scandal many students say they are not too concerned. >> i think the whole entire system like revolves around the sats, like there is so much pressure to get students into college and the student had to like in the first place feel the need to like create those scores that aren't like accurate. >> the administrator responsible has resigned and according to the school's president many scores were only inflated 20 points. >> give or take, what is 20 points on the sat. still ahead, a winter warm up is in full swing as we take a live look outside. your updated forecast is two and a half minutes away.

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now your complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> welcome back, everybody. what a beautiful afternoon to be outside. a little bit of a breeze going

on there, that is why we are seeing shaking, that is going to bring in cooler air but we are still way above average. wait until you see this forecast. here is a cold front going through that has kicked up the wins, there is not a whole lot to it. a couple of showers earlier today and maybe through the afternoon. the winds are turning around so the northwest that will knock down temperatures slightly, 64 at noon here in baltimore. we are already over 20 degrees above average and still going up. 57 in cumberland, 49 in oakland. here is the united states. we have been tracking this to show you there hasn't been that much arctic air. it is locked up to the north. so even though it is cooling down in chicago, it is still 39 degrees, so it is not that much of a hit. for most of this week that arctic air is locked up north and we will run above average. wait until we show you the five- day-forecast later. but here is that front.

there is another front in here that is going to affect us. it could bring us rain tomorrow before it gets out of here but again not a huge event for us and temperatures at that time will start to come down. so here that is second front comes in, it gets out of here. here is the cooler air on friday, highs still in the 50s, in the 40s by the weekend, today it is a warm 1 out there, up to about jeff degrees, the record is in the 70s so we are probably not going to break a record, tonight only down to 42, that is our average high this time of year. tomorrow 54 for a high, so still way above average even though we are not talking 60s and records, we are still talking 50s, so not too shabby, we will have that 5 day coming up. >> wow. >> i love it. thank you. >> who doesn't? still to come science fiction no more. hear about a new treatment that could let doctors read your minute. it is coming up in health watch. >> and wjz 13 is always on.

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in today's wjz health watch, it sounds like science fiction but researchers have figured out how to listen to thoughts. a new study at berkeley tracked brain activity as people

listened to normal conversation. researchers looked at that activity and were able to predict the words people were thinking. this could be a huge step for people who can't speak. >> and you want to be sure to check back in with wjz's eyewitness news today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, when we will more from the governor's state of the state address and the latest on the death of soul music icon don cornelius, join us for these stories and the breaking news at 4:00, that is right after dr. phil. right after dr. phil. >> and pl,,

welcome back, everybody. okay. five-day-forecast, marty, take it -- >> let's take a look at the numbers as you mentioned, through saturday above normal, which is 42, 54, 50, 47 and 49. but even monday 44 still a click or two above normal. let me go ahead and throw it back inside. >> all right. thank you very much. marty and right now the governor is addressing the maryland legislative session. it is the annual state of the state address, the governor walked into the chamber a few moments ago. he was greeted by a large ovation as is normal. he stopped to shake hands with many of the people in attendance on his way to the podium, he has big plans for this session including a possible increase on the tax on gasoline and trying to get same

sex marriage legalized. here is what he had to say a few moments ago. >> we are here because we care about people, all people, every person, every family and we know that in order to tackle the challenges at hand and to get all of our citizens back to work we must act as a people. five years ago in our first state of the state together i declared before you the goals of this administration, to strengthen and grow our middle class and our family owned businesses and our family farms. this remains the single overarching indicator of progress for our state and the better future that we seek for our children. there is nothing more important for a family's security and future than a job. we are all in this together. in this important work the state of our state is strong. [ applause ]

>> with tough but fiscally responsible choices we are moving our state forward out of an era of foreclosure and job loss and into a new era of job creation and greater opportunity for all. >> and wjz continues to follow the governor's address right now, much more for you today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. cbs's primetime line up also. at 10:00 the original csi. just tune in at 10:00 and then watch eyewitness news at 11:00. >> a rare beer is hitting store shelves and it may make a vice valentine's day gift. it debuted last year and sold out. now the boulevard brewery is once again releasing a limited supply for all you chocolate and beer lovers. >> a soccer game in england is brought to a stand stand when a protester does something bizarre. he handcuffs himself to the

goal, thus refusing to move. his reason had nothing to do with the game or the teams, he was protesting something about a discount airline. after several minutes police managed to cut off the cuffs and get him out of the goal and the match resumed. also clint eastwood will be in washington, d.c. today as he is honored by the smithsonian. he will receive the james smithson by smithson by centennial award and will do that. >> then he is going to handcuff himself to the door i heard. and we will figure out what he is protesting at some point. >> -- discount airline as well? >> it could be. you never know. all right. thanks for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station. i am jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> for marty bass i am bernadette woods. have a great day everybody, enjoy this warmth. we will see you back here at

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