awaiting a verdict. jurors deliberate the fate of the consultant accused in the

robocalls scandal. >> when a verdict could come down. hello, again. >> here's what people are talking about today, a jury is back for a second delay of deliberations against one of the two men accused of sending misleading robocalls to voters in 2010. political consultant julius henson waits to learn his fate. >> reporter: the jury has been examining this case for about 4 hours. they are trying to determine if those calls amounted to election fraud. >> julius henson remains con confident a jury will clear him of any wrong doing he wrote and sent on behalf of bob urlik. >> vend indication is a great thing. i would say that i'm fort fied by tens of thousands of people praying all over this country and we'll be victorious. >> the state prosecutor built

his case trying to convince jurors that they conspired together to trick african american voters into staying home on election night. they're robocall sounded like it was coming from democrats saying they were already winning, even though the polls hadn't closed. >> relax, everything is fine. the only thing left is to watch on tv tonight. >> henson maintains the call for a reverse psychology tactic meant to inspire votes for urlik. he said he was doing what the client wanted when he left off the legally required tag line. >> reporter: henson faces four criminal charges, two charges because that call did not say it was paid for by the urlik campaign and two charges that had to do with attempting to influence a voter's decision to go to the polls through fraud.

we will keep you posted. >> thank you. those charges are punishable by thousands of dollars in fines and up to 12 years of prison time. be sure to stay with wjz on air and on liar for the verdict -- on air and on line for the verdict. the second of woman who murdered last week will be laid to rest today. the funeral for brenda brewington will be laid to rest today. she was shot and killed by a homeless man inside the episcopal church a week ago. the church is reaching out to the family of that man. a major drug bust in howard county. 30-year-old uni is facing several charges after they discovered him growing marijuana in the basement of his home. they found 340 plants worth more than $500,000.

he charged with position of marijuana, position -- possession of marijuana, possession with intent to distribute. a man convicted of murdering a state trooper gets sentenced for his crime. >> just a heart short -- short time ago a judge sentenced williams to life in prison without patrol plus 25 years. he was found guilty of 1st degree murder in the death of trooper brown. they say he shot trooper brown outside an apple bees in june 2010 where he was working as a part time security guard. he was angry after trooper brown removed him from the restaurant for being into -- intoxicated. >> he was also convicted on weapons counts. president obama's comment about same sex marriage is collecting criticism and

appraisal. >> president obama's campaign is already out with the new internet ad calling his opponent backwards on equality. his deck la indication wednesday -- declaration wednesday that same sex couples toub able to mary -- -- should be able to move moved it to the front of the campaign. the president's advisors help the announcement will fire up the democratic bate. >> it was meaningful to hear him support our community. >> it's not sitting well with some members of the hispanic and african american community who supported president obama in 2008. >> it has a potential of splitting the vote. it does from an african american based on christianity and politics. >> they admit their hand was forced over the weekend when

biden announced his support for same sex marriage. >> mitt romney drew a contract with the president. >> i believe marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. >> that contrast could be what forms conservetists up to mitt romney. >> the president's announcement comes as he comes to hollywood. at the white house, randall pink ston wjz. >> the president is respectable of those that disagree with him and does not intend to make this a key campaign issue. the house of representatives will vote today on a budget for 2013. the president said he would veto the republicans version. the pentagon will be hit with a $55 billion spending reduction. lawmakers have agreed on a

deal to raise taxes in maryland. governor o'malley unveiled his plan. they are expected to raise taxes on those making more than $100,000 a year. that applies to 16% of all marylanders. >> people are going to complain about revenues. at the same time there's cuts across the board for people that are going to feel it this their pocketbooks. >> the move will prevent a doomsday budget filled with millions of dollars in cuts. the special session will begin monday. take a live look outside right now. sunshine and blue skies with a bit of a breeze around as well. we've got complete first weather coverage with marty bass in the out book and tim williams in the weather center. >> good afternoon. you know, we're taking a look at a nice day improvement after rain for the better part of two days has

moved out. some of the higher amounts of the rain totals, berlin just over 1.5 inches of rain, glenn don 1.13 inches, bel air 1.19. you get over to parks and columbia just under 1 inch. bwi marshall, which is really important there, just over a quarter of an inch. a lot of folks wondering how we can talk about being in moderate drought when we've had rain. it's all in the location. if it doesn't fall over bwi it almost doesn't count. we continue to track the rainfall totals. the temperatures, 63 at bwi, 63 on the shore. 8 degrees cooler

than yesterday. what is that going to mean for us as one system moves out and another one moves in? sending it out to marty. >> reporter: thank you very much. i have to tell you, it's windy out here. you can tell that we are definitely in deep middle spring. front comes through, pressure great. we have a steady wind on tv hill right now of 14 miles an hour. it's nothing but spring mrenz ends please ends. tomorrow the wind is going to -- we are going to lose this wind. how nice is it going to be this weekend? we have the good job today in the weather center. tim williams with those details coming up shortly. now back inside. ravens running back ray rice takes some time to congratulate local students on their efforts to eat healthy and stay active. sglz i'm about take --

>> i'm about taking care of my body. it's about fuelling your body the right way. >> ray spoke with students at old mill middle school north in millersville this morning. it was part of the fuel up to play 60, annishtive set up -- an initiative set up by the nfl to fight childhood obesity. the oriels are playing a double header today because of last night's rain out. sunday it will be m asn on wjz. they are taking on the rays sunday afternoon at 1:30 live here on wjz 13. a great way to celebrate mother's day. >> bemay -- we may head down there. a deadly attack in syria. what happened and who bombers were targeted. ing -- targeted. >> a look at today's olympic lighting ceremony in greece. >> tim williams will be back

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it's partly sunny, breezy and 63.

the complete forecast is coming p. ing -- coming up. in syria two powerful explosions rocked the cities over night. syria's interior minister say 55 people are dead and hundreds are hurt. it's believed the bombers were targeted forces loyal to the president with antigovernment forces having killed hundreds of people since a cease fire went effect. jurors have begun deliberating for two days now in the trial of the murder of jennifer hudson's family. in convicted on all countses he faces life in prison. the fbi continues its search for two missing girls. adam may

mays is accused of -- mays is accused of kid mapping the younger girls after killing their mother and another sister. murder charges have also been filed against mays' wife. he was added to the fbi's 10 most wanted list yesterday. the count down to the summer olympics is underway. a torch lit this morning. it will take a week to tour around greece. the relay will end on july #20e7 at the open -- 27th at the opening ceremonies. i had to big up a new pair sneakers for my leg of that t run. >> yeah. >> your complete first warner weather forecast is coming up. >> first we're going to take a at today's midday stocks and

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a comfortable afternoon. it was maybe i don't know how many hours ago, but there was a man walking across that bit of water

there. jessica was going to catch him if he happened to come down. we didn't get that kind of a problem. rain held up just long enough for mr. well len da to -- well linda to go across. right now we are in the cool zone. that rain cooled things down, winds picked up as low pressure is moving out and high pressure is moving in. 63 right now, our normal high is 72. were going to get -- we're going to get right about there for today. 50 in oakland, 64 on the shore, around the immediate metro area 60 westminster, low to mid 60s across the rest of the state. look at these winds, 20 mile per hour winds from the

north coming in across hagerstown. we'll have these winds through the day drying out most of the surface rain on the ground. we're still in the range -- all the temperatures in our region are where we are. we're going to go up here as high pressure dominates the forecast. you see the low pulling out and high pressure is going to take over. clear skies and drier conditions for the next -- well, if for the forseeable future. as that high sinks, warmer air moves in and we're going to look for a nice stretch heading into the holiday weekend. today breezy with intervals of clouds and sun, 73, down to 45 tonight. marty will have that five day forecast coming up. >> thank you. we like it.

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welcome back sunshine friday, saturday and sunday. mondayly partly sunny -- monday partly sunny. temperatures still in the mid 70 as we move through mother's day. back inside. >> the pretnus is coming up. unbelievable. where does all the time go? >> away. >> don't miss tonight's cbs prime time and stay state of -- stay tuned for eyewitness news at

11:00. >> thank you for joining us. >> we will see you this afternoon. enjoy this beautiful weather. i hope you have a tee time. have a good day. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,