this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city, to the counties, to your neighborhood, now it is complete coverage. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> good afternoon, i am don scott. >> and i am jessica kartalija. >> and here is what people will be talking about today, breaking news in annapolis where the state senate has voted to censor ulysses curry. weijia jiang has this report. >> reporter: he addressed the senate floor and asked his colleagues not to censor him but they did anyway and then he gave a public apology. this exactly what an ethics

committee recommended the senators do because he failed to kiss disclose a quarter of a million dollars he received from them in exchange for favors. you will remember he was acquitted of ethics charges but they said he should be censored and they voted in favor of that, so he will be immediately and permanently moved from leadership positions and barred from being the chairman of subcommittees or committees, you will remember he was the chairman of the very powerful budget and taxation committee. he is no longer allowed to hold any kind of position like that. again breaking news, a short time ago maryland senator voted to censor ulysses curry. we will have much more coming up for you. for now live in ap in

annapolis. >> as she said we after following all the developments and will have much more today at 4:00, 5:00, and 6:00. >> they will come together to debate the same sex marriage proposal. ron matz has more. good afternoon. >> good afternoon, jessica, the house is expected to reconvene at 12:30 after calling a recess yesterday evening after 15 minutes. whether the bill passes or fails could come down to as little as one or two votes. now republican wade koch from baltimore county has apparently changed his vote, now supporting the bill. his change of heart could be a deciding factor. the house did pass one amendment to the bill yesterday, pushing back the effective date of same sex marriage to january 2013 instead of this october. jessica, back to you. >> all right, ron, thank you. now, if the bill passes maryland would become the 8th state to legalize same sex

marriage. >> there has been what is being called some eye opening video in the george huguely murder trial. his defense is trying to stop the lacrosse player from going to prison for live in the death of his ex-girlfriend yeardly love. wjz and adam may are live outside the courthouse. good morning. >> reporter: good afternoon, don, very interesting testimony today by the defense. they put on the stand george huguely's aunt, from the pittsburgh area, she came down here to visit george huguely the night before yeardly love died and she narrated the video taken from a popular bar that they used to hang out near campus. in the video she said you could see george huguely and yeardly love holding hands. now why is this so critical? well, it plays into the defense theory this was not a premeditated beating death of yeardly love and the jurors seemed fixated on the fact.

they were watching this video and played it a couple of times where george huguely and yeardly love were holding hands, and this happened actually a couple of days after there was a threatening e-mail, where huguely said that i wanted to kill you, so it is going to be interesting to see how the jury takes this, also on the stand a high school student who saw yeardly love hit george huguely with a purse a couple of days before the e- mail. so the time line goes according to the defense, they got into an argument. she hit him with a purse, a couple of days letter the threatening e-mail, and then a couple of days after that they are seen holding hands then yeardly love turns up dead. so the defense has rested for the day because one of the defense attorneys is still very ill and testimony here will continue again tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. don, that is the latest from charlottes vifl, ville, back to you. >> stay with us, we will bring

you the latest from the courtroom on air and on line at wjz.com. >> we are following breaking news out of baltimore county. we are being told lock raven high school students are back in school after being evacuated this morning. the stool was evacuated around 10:00 after a school resource officer smelled a strange odor. hazmat teams are still trying to determine what that odor is. we will bring you more as the information becomes available. meantime, people insouthwest baltimore who have been without heat or hot water the past four days following a gas main break could have it restored tonight. the break happened tuesday on the 300 block of millington avenue, crews are checking each of the 900 affected homes and businesses to make sure it is safe to turn the gas back on. >> weather-wise today started out foggy and damp but shaping up to be a pleasant afternoon. a live look outside right now, blue sky and fair weather clouds but what have you heard about sunday? we are about to get the 411

from our first warning weather team, marty bass in the outback and tim williams in the weather center. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. you have set the stage for this. the bottom line is we have mild temperatures today and tomorrow. right now at 52 degrees, with temperatures in the 53s across the area except for far western maryland at thre. at 37. we will be in 50s across most of the state. that places us milder than yesterday, 7 degrees or so warmer today than yesterday. high pressure in the forecast, right now just dominating the area, dry air dryic us out from yesterday and that does does warm us up. for more we send it out to marty bass. >> jim, thank you very much. good afternoon, everybody, let's go right to radar and

show you this developing area of low pressure. going to look right between dallas and essentially texarkana, that low is going to track itself toward georgia and through the carolinas. got a nice graphic showing the suggested exit off of the east coast. as it passes to our south it is going to start flinging moisture our way but it should not grab really cold air until it is off the coast and that moisture flows somewhat abates. a bang-bang timing type of issue. overnight saturday might not going below freezing, day side on sunday not anywhere near freezing. about 40 degrees, so what are we left with? a winter storm with no umphf but a lot of mess most likely snow hitting and sticking on non-paved surfaces. but there is another twist to the story and it comes monday morning. meteorologist tim williams will talk about slippery details shortly.

now we will throw it back inside. >> marty, thank you. whitney houston's family is gathering today in new jersey for a private viewing. tomorrow is her funeral and some of the biggest names ebb entertainment will be there. allison harmon reports houston fans are flocking to new jersey to say their final goodbyes. >> reporter: the funeral home is reportedly hosting the family for a small private viewing of the late pop star. for days fans have been paying their respects here and at the nearby knew hope baptist church. the site of her funeral and where the singer first found her voice. >> i wanted to come today and pay my respects because it might get so crowded i won't be able to get in here. >> in fact a full 6 blocks around the church will be closed to cars and people tomorrow for houston's private funeral but her family is allowing the service to be broadcast on tv and streamed on the internet. viewers will get to her a right

that franklin and stevey wonder sing. kevin costner is expected to be speak, so is clive davis, her monitor. despite early reports houston's ex-husband bobby brown was asked to not attend he will be part of the service. >> i think they should be there. >> reporter: her body arrives here and its doors have been closed ever since in preparation for the funeral. at the funeral home fans can leave a message. fans will be reminded of her passing when flags are flown at half staff tomorrow. wjz eyewitness news. >> houston was found dead in a beverly hills hotel last week. authorities say it will be weeks before toxicology reports are finished, showing whether or not she had any drugs or alcohol in her system. >> simm still to come a work place shootout involving two

federal agents. where it happened and what casualties resulted. >> social media job seekers, find out if we make the list. >> outside it is warm, actually, what can you expect for the rest of the weekend? your complete first warning weather forecast is still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams. [ clanking ]

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search, which specializes in finding digital careers looked at cities and baltimore came in at number 6, they found the government, schools and others are incorporating twitter. new york would be number 1. >> interesting, you would think southern california. >> yeah. >> still ahead, the fog and dampness have moved out of the area but will snow move in over the weekend? the full first warning weather forecast now just two and 1/2 minutes away. >> but first here is a look at today's midday stocks and last night's winning lottery numbers. medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money.

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we are sitting here talking -- >> -- okay. >> -- okay -- >> -- finishing the -- this tank, tank has an interesting story. tank is 14 years old. >> oh. >> yeah, now for some reason tank's owners had to give him up. so we we won't bother speculating there, the fact is it is a 14-year-old dog, still has a few good years in him and needs a good home to spend his time there. this is a thunder shirt, they love it, it makes them feel

like they are being hugged. there is the number to call. he is a jack russell terrier mix, you can give him an easy time what is supposed to be the good time in his life. mr.basement does believe the government can make a difference for pets that need a home like tank but he doesn't want anything to do with it so is it what it is, tim, let's talk about the thunderstorm or what could be. >> tomorrow is nice, 52 degrees right now, we are at noon at 52. the average for this date is 47. 31 is your dew point, air is drew, northwest wind at 18, around the state 37 toward oakland, 54 on the shore, 49 elkton, the immediate metro

area, temperatures upper 40s to about 50, 52 clum by, a 51 annapolis and 51 on kent island, winds with a northwest flow to them, really not even keeping us in the cool zone, northwest wind taps into cold air, not this time. a lot of sunshine and northwest wind is only tapping into air that is very much like we are up around the great lakes, every 1 is in the milder range. what we have now is a disturbance forming around the gulf that will make its way in here saturday night and start crossing the southern states and by sunday morning into the afternoon it is going to start crossing just south of us and out to sea. we are still watching how close it is going to come, the closer it comes the more snow, the farther out the more rain. it is still formic and still the path path is developing but we are going to see mostly the ground warming up and have mostly a wet snow event but as marty mentioned monday is the problem because whatever is

down on the ground sunday night when the temperatures drop down into the 20s could freeze and that could be a problem on monday morning. fortunately it is a holiday weekend, so with that said, 56 degrees sunny, breezy, tonight going down to around 30 degrees, we will have your 5 day first warning weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> thank you, tim, thanks. >> you are welcome. >> still to come at noon a new study on autism and when it develops. details coming up. >> wjz 13 is always on, here are the top stories on wjz.com at this hour, for instant updates and the updated ,,,,,,,,

in today's wjz health watch new research suggests autism does not appear suddenly in young children but instead develops over time during infancy, using a special form of mri they were able to detect significant differences in brain developments starting at six months, they had older autistic siblings. >> check back in today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, we are in annapolis monitoring the same sex show down. we will bring you the latest on that. parents there is a recall on a popular infant pain ,,,,,,,

44 almost 50, four shy of 60, that wednesday if i am not mistaken we are cruising out of february, a little bump on sunday which could be 10,000 times worse but we are a

cruising pretty good here. >> tonight's primetime line up. at 10:00 blew bloods and stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> thanks so much for watching eyewitness news on wjz 13, maryland's news station, i am jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> tim williams. >> and i am marty bass, we will keep you abreast of any developments ,,,,,,,,,,,,

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