same-sex servants, religion servants focused on president obama's stance on same-sex marriage. just days after president obama announces his support for same- sex marriage, pastors and priests around maryland are taking to their own pulpits to have their voices heard. derek valcourt explains the president's comments has folks on both sides of this issue fired up. >> reporter: the president hopes it will help sway votes in his favor. when president obama announced that his position on same-sex

marriage has evolved. it angered some pastors. he is so upset he has told his members he will not support president obama. >> people get that this is about human dignity and i applaud the president for standing up for human dignity. >> reporter: and maryland will take center stage on the debate. they are now close to gathering the signatures needed. catholic church leaders say the president's remarks are helping get signatures for their side. >> in fact, i think it might be a call to action for people to really express what they believe. >> reporter: so far in every state where same-sex marriage has been on the ballot it has been rejected by voters, but same-sex supporters believe time is on their side.

>> i think things are definitely shifting in our direction here. >> reporter: majority of americans support same-sex marriage that includes most democrats, independents, catholics and nonreligious voters. >> reporter: many african american pastors say they will still support the president this november even though they may not agree with him on this one issue. derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right, derek, thank you so much. the president's announcement that he supports same-sex marriage comes after north carolina ban same-sex unions and wrote that into their state's constitution. fire officials say they found heavy smoke and fire in a repair shop then it spread to the roof of the building. fortunately no one was hurt and so far there's no word on the cause of the fire. police make an arrest in a deadly stabbing in northwest baltimore. it happened around 2:30 this

afternoon on hart heights terrace. a 30-year-old man was stabbed in the chest and later died in the hospital. a possible suspect is in custody being questioned by police right now. several baltimore neighborhoods are on edge tonight. investigators have just released new information about a string of daytime burglaries. >> reporter: in the north har tford area detectives are seeing a trend, home burglaries in the middle of day. >> it's terrible. this is a nice neighborhood. i didn't even know about all of this. thieves struck a home three times and twice on pioneer drive. tonight police are renewing their warning to stay safe. >> lock your doors, lock the windows when you're not at home but more importantly if you see anyone suspicious call police. >> reporter: now police are canvas neighborhoods and passing out safety booklets to

homeowners explains how thieves break in. it all starts with a knock at the door. >> they received no answer at the door, they will then go to the rear of the location and attempt to gain entry. >> never had any burglars or anything like that and now it's just -- >> reporter: neighbors say they are also starting to see more alarm sales men. >> somebody stopped bid about two days -- stopped by about two days ago to offer us security. >> reporter: gigi barnett, wjz news. >> anyone with information is asked to call police and tipsters will remain anonymous. this year 163 names were added to the fallen officer memorial. including william torbid. members of the department are expected to join torbid's family for a candle lit vigil

in d.c. a beautiful mother's day. clouds started to move in but the morning was perfect. bernadette woods live with an updated doppler radar. >> we did have some rain approaching but cloudy most of the day. we'll show you doppler radar, not all that much yet but you notice that to the west that's a different story. and it is moving east ward. so here's what we've got, just a sprinkle or two around townsend. northwest of that look at this thunderstorms that has popped up and there's a lot more where they came from that is going to continue to track our direction not only tomorrow but over the next couple of days. it is still pretty mild outside. temperature wise even with those clouds coming in we're in the upper 70s for most of the state now 54. we'll have your forecast coming

up, adam. all right, bernadette, thanks. on may 23rd, mark sullivan and inspector general edwards are expected to testify on a homeland security committee. so far nine secret service members have been dismissed from duty. quite a stunning admission, j.p. morgan chase ceo admits mistakes were made with trading that cost his bank 2 billion, with a b, billion dollars. >> reporter: the man who runs the nation's largest bank is apologizing for $2 billion worth of trading losses. >> we made a mistake almost unforgivable. >> the strategy we had was barely debted. barely monitored it should have

never happened. >> reporter: last month he was wrong to ignore warning signs but admits the bank is not in danger of failing. >> it's still going to earn a lot of money this quarter. it's not like this company is jeopardized. we hurt ourself and our creditable we have to fully accept and pay the price for that. >> reporter: that's already happened. the price of j.p. morgan stock dropped friday. more than three years after the financial prices, some lawmakers say the banking industry is still taking on too much risk. democratic senator carl leven pushed a piece of legislation called the vocal rule that hasn't taken effect yet. it's designed to stop banks from making certain types of trades. >> we have to be careful that the legislators are not undermined to weaken the rule by putting in a huge loophole. >> reporter: diamond insist it is rule would not have applied in this case because the trades

in question were designed to hedge against risk, not make money for the bank. in new york,duarte j era ldino. >> the debate is just beginning. there are several reports that top chase executives could resign tomorrow. on this mother's day, there's a new list of the most powerful moms in 2012. number one is spanx founder blakely. today's show coanchor anne curry, angelina jolie and boyonce. the list is by working mother magazine. we have a lot more to come on wjz eyewitness news. a fatal fire when flame ripped through a japan hotel. tonight they are searching for a cause of this devastation. also destructive weather, flooding in china forcing tensover thousands of people from their homes. now the threat of other naturaldisaster is on a

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moment. a hotel catches fire in japan trapping and killing seven people. 13 guests were staying in the hotel in fukiyama city when the fire hit. the fire was just too fast, three other people were hurt and right now police are trying to fig krur out what sparked this faye -- figure out what sparked this fatal praise. - - f a tal blaze. flooding waters are hitting china. three people were killed when mud slides broke down a bridge they were crossing. a 10 -month-old baby started screaming and saved their minnesota family. her mother found hot ashes

falls from the ceiling into her baby's crib. that's when the mother realized the home was on fire and started waking everybody up. >> she had just started crawling, she had screamed to the corner of her crib and she started crying. >> none of those falling ashes hurt the little girl. the home did sustain serious damage. took quite a bit of lifting but the enterprise is now separated from its high flying escort. engineers worked to lift the jet. the enterprise hitch add ride on top of that jet to the big apple. next month enterprise will be moved to a thug boat and transported to its final destination. there's a couple of them scattered around the u.s. that's probably the closest one if you're headed down to d. c. but the intrepid museum is a

cool place to go. >> very cool. >> happy mother's day. enough about space, happy mother's day. >> happy mother's day to all you moms and grandmas, all of you. hope you had a good one. it really was a fantastic day. we talked about it yesterday that carried into most of the day. we'll show you temperature wise it's still warm. we still have some rain on the way. and we'll have a forecast coming up when we return. ,,,,,,

the grayer clouds are moving in, maybe some of those mother's day bar-b-que and feasts could be in jeopardy unless you get them in now. >> there were a lot of people out for brunch today. that's what we did. and the place was packed with strollers everywhere, it was a

good time though. we have the clouds coming in. getting set up for the evening bar-b-ques. we had a sprinkle or two that's about it. owens mills it looks a little more threatening than it is. out to the northwest it changes. westminster a few more showers coming down. that was such a big thunderstorms it is weakening some what an moving off to the northeast. out in western maryland, there's a lot more with that came from. we're going to see that slow moving storm for the rest of the week. sunshine earlier today then the clouds came in and showers and thunderstorms coming out of those clouds. the winds though have turned around and warmed up nicely this afternoon. it is still 78 degrees outside in downtown baltimore. look at all after those 70s out there. we're going to be closer to that tomorrow, over all this

forecast, we're still pretty mild evening with the clouds around. here's that storm and you see it is a big one. it is still getting its act together. it's strengthening more as it comes our way. storms continue right into the day tomorrow and even into tuesday. take a look at this, this thing is barely moving. on wednesday still a chance for showers before this finally pulls out of here. over the next few days, we're still five inches below and the rainfall deficit and most of that has just come since march. so we do still need the rain out there. small craft advisory until 8:00 tonight. there's a chance for them again tomorrow with the winds out of the south once again, tonight, better showers and thunderstorms. tomorrow, going up to 71 degrees, more clouds around, scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. that continues right into tuesday. wednesday trying to get that storm out of here when it does

look at temperatures. we jump right back up to 80 degrees. >> sounds good bernadette. thank you very much. stan is here with what's coming up in sports. >> they didn't win but guess what, they are still in first place over the team they're battling with for first place. they lost to tampa bay today but the orioles still lead the east of the american league division by one game. that's right. we'll tell you more just as soon as we get back. ,,,,,,,,,,

stan is here with our wjz fan sports report. at the end it seemed that game could go either way. >> don't count out the o's. i think they've established that identity. man when their back is to the wall you better watch out.

because at one point they were looking 7-6. then unsuccessfully rallying. all together, aawwww. oriole birds giving mom a gift today. bird behind on the scoreboard 9- 7. shawn rodriguez throws the first two high that gets hardy home and it's 9-8. late in the 9th inning it's a different ball game right now. still a another chance for the birds to win. next batter, matt weiters, grounder to third. the long toss, he's bounced out. o-u-t, game time. >> we got hit with big situations and they did a big job today. and you know it's just a good ball game all around, what can you say. >> i can say try to do better

against the yankees who come to town tomorrow. at this time, the birds working at camp. >> i am going to go with the mind set to go out and compete. that's my number one goal. if i'm able to get on the field and make plays that's what i want to do. >> season starts september 10th when cincinnati comes to town. meantime, the quest continuing for men's division one collegiate lacrosse. john hopkins the second seed the hosting stoney brook. today's man with a plan, chris bollen, three goals, four assists. so maryland may face hopkins next week in annapolis. hopkins wins today over stoney

brook, 19-9. we told you about maryland and lee high. nascar, jimmy johnson on a restart on the granddaddy track of them all, darlington. danny hamlin second, tony stewart third. but the track known as lady in black suffered a black eye following an earlier crash on 7. an official was even knocked backwards as nascar investigates. lebron james last night named most valuable player in the league for third time in four years. hannsboro with the guaranteed boost. landing awkwardly. he stayed down for a while.

later came back, got back up. pacers led 46-42 at halftime. in the end, the heat won the series 95-86. that's a quick look at sports, see you tonight at 11:00. >> be sure to tune in at 10:00, it's a live reunion show after a season finale of survivor one world. that's followed by eyewitness news at 11:00. coming up at 11:00 debates same-sex marriage. how pastors are reacting to president obama's firm stance. building a skate spark in baltimore. how plans could throw plans off course. a janitor at columbia university gains a degree. for 10 years he juggled his full time job and one or two courses in a semester. finally today that ivy league

janitor walked across the stage and accepted the degree. the 62-year-old is now planning on working toward a masters. slowly but surely. that is dedication. >> that's wonderful news. >> almost inspiring enough to go back to college. i don't know though. it's hard work. >> relax. >> yeah that's hard work. >> that's like jail for you, ,,,