there have been reports questioning whether or not city council president jack young actually lives in baltimore city or in the district that he represents. good evening everyone. i'm roosevelt leftwich. today the politician believes he finally answer had the accusation by a media organization. brian visited the house where jack lives. >> reporter: on a quiet tree-lined street in east baltimore, city council president jack young had an open house. >> it doesn't make sense. >> reporter: inside young shows us around. from personal affects to the

dining room, to the bathroom. >> my razor. >> reporter: even his bedroom closet. >> this is lived-in for you? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: it all seems silly but after weeks of being accused not living in the city he runs he felt the need to open his home. this is the address listed on all city council forms. the question is whether or not the council president uses this home an inquiry backed up by a low water bill for the address. he showed us that bill admitting he doesn't use the address that much. he makes more of a home in this house, literally around the corner i live in baltimore city. i don't know what the issue is. i really don't. i wanted to put it to rest. >> reporter: young says he owns both homes for safety reasons. he had the east madison home since 1978. he says he challenged drug dealers one time on the corner. they threatened him and he reacted by moving his family around the corner.

he kept the address of the newer home private for fear of retaliation. only publy listing his madison address. records show he owns both home. neighbors vow for him too. >> i don't understand it. i don't know why they treat him like that. >> he has been here 16 years and lives here? >> he lives here. >> reporter: many neighbors say the same thing. spending more time in one than the other. jack young lives smack in the middle of east baltimore. brian keebler abc 2 news. house of delegate's panel says state workers need to be furloughed two weeks this coming year. they call for the state to skip cost of living increases, married pay and bonussed for the workers along with the ten furlough days. workers were also furloughed

for ten days in the current fiscal year. republican delegate wants attorney general to be impeached. his request has been rejected. it comes on recognizing out of state gay marriages. it was a 14-6 unfavorable vote. malicia members charged in an alleged plot to kill police officers were in court in michigan and indiana today. nine people are being held without bond all accused of a plan to kill and ambush police officer. they were part of the christian malicia. they were planning to lure a officer to a location with a 9- 1-1 call. the group planned to use explosive devices to kill more people at the officer's funerals. now for a look at tonight's top stories. 23-year-old volunteer firefighter has died from meningitis. first case in carroll county

this year. matt true died earlier this month after going to the hospital with a headache and fever. no one knows where he may have contracted the infection. but members of the volunteer fire company have cleaned and disinfected the entire building. people are still talking about former governor's robert urlich's decision to go after his old job. governor martin o'malley says he's looking forward to the upcoming campaign centered around moving maryland forward. there has been an outpouring of support around the country for a father of a fallen marine. appeals court ordered snider to pay $16,000 in appeals cost to the church. people are fired up about this. bill o'reilley offered to pay his appeals costs last night. baltimore city is teaming up with the parks for a big restoration project. they approved the project in

the park. it will restore the superintendant's mansion, grounds which sits on nine acres. the goal is to turn it into an urban ecological center for use of educational programming. there will be walking trails as well. >> we are really interested in improving public health in the city. parks are a wonderful way to do this giving communities access to recreational trails. >> construction on the project starts at the end of this year. it is expected to take 14 months to complete. if you want good news look at the window. blue skies. beautiful weather. that's going to continue into the easter weekend here. we couldn't have set the stage any better on the weather front. let's look outside. clouds clearing the area earlier this morning. after that it was nothing but sunshine all day long. still a bit of a breezy day. other than that it is tough to complain.

some of the wind gusts were south today around 21 down in d.c. gusting around 18 in york and baltimore. these winds keeping temperatures down from what would otherwise be probably a warmer afternoon out there. nonetheless, still a beautiful evening. 60s. mostly sunny skies. it will be mild through most of the evening. we'll talk more about the rest of the week here in a couple of minutes. you'll love how things shape up toward the weekend. it is tax season. as usual the rules are always constantly changing. the change in how your charitable donations must be documented. she is the first dancer to be booted off dancing with the stars. shannon talk about the big vote. kate gosselin makes a big plea to viewers. it is 67 degrees. you heard wyatt. it is going to be better. that's coming up. so, what do you think? i think i'th the preferred package. ( chuckling ) good choice.

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time a small cessna was in the area. moments later the controller figured there was a problem. that forced the united pilot to take evasive action leveling off to fly under the smaller plane. >> the two of them went down in that area just beyond the west end of the airport property. you could end up in the middle of a residential neighborhood or middle of a commercial district. >> the ntsb is investigating why the cessna was allowed so close to the plane. and trying to determine why an air traffic controller didn't have more control. one of the biggest problems with flying is dealing with the check-in package. as we see one airline at bwi marshall is working to streamline screening. >> reporter: bwi marshall airport unvailing a new state- of-the-art package screening system tremendous named for the

concourses it resides in baggage claim project is a system constructor air-tran airways. >> this system automates the pros is of taking your bag from the curb or ticket counter all the way back do the airline which will bring it to the side of the plane. it makes it more convenient for passengers. we'll be able to process more bag. >> reporter: air-tran is the second largest airline operating out of bwi marshall. it has seen the number of passengers increase from 946,000 in 2002 to over 3.3 million in 2009. which translates into more luggage in the system. >> we were maxing out the old system. we cannot add flights if we cannot process those people and bags. by having this new system allows us to continue to grow and expand at a very important airport. >> reporter: the cost of the project was $39 million. of which $10.8 million was provided by tsa. reminder was financed by passengers facility surcharges.

no jobs will be lost. as a matter of fact, air-tran increased its work force by 30 jobs. the new system also provides added security. >> we are simply networking and automating the explosive screening technologies which were already in use manually here at the airport. >> reporter: new baggage screening system will also further ease another airline passenger concern. >> air-tran has the lowest rate of lost luggage in the entire industry. less than half of the industry average. your chance is very slim. old system or new system. it even gets better today. >> reporter: at the airport i'm lamont williams abc 2 news. it is not enough to make sure you don't loose your debit card when it is in your hand. you need to stay vigilant about keeping your card safe. secure cameras catch sus pensions boldly driving up to a bank of america scanning the

device. they taped the out of order sign to other bank's atms so consumer would have to use the once they rigged. they snagged data for seven hours straight until an employee discovered something was wrong. >> it has a battery and antenna attached it to. it is pretty high-tech. >> authorities say skimming brings in one billion a year for thieves. rhode island is completely water-logged. look at this video here. flooding knocked out sewer, power and roads in the small state. at the mall the entire parking lot is covered in water thanks to a river that overflowed. all but one security guard got out. he had to be rescued. those that did get out left their cars behind. i-995 was closed a quarter of a mile because of flooding. it will close again over the next several days so inspectors can check the roadways for damages

that's something you don't see every day. a mall being flooded and 95. >> you are talking an elevated interstate. you cannot imagine the traffic jams if you had to drive north on 95. in all seriousliness, as beautiful as it has been today we are thankful it came in time. in maryland one more day of heavy rain we probably would have seen flooding here. high tides have been above average. we are drying out today. that's going to keep going. that's what we need. let's look outside. man, people out enjoying themselves in the inner harbor tonight. out on the boats even some of the drag boats it is 71 degrees. you got to love that. 32% relative humidity. you probably love that more. in a month or two it will be

more humid. it has been a breezy day. when that's your only complaint you are doing good. especially on the last day of march which historically can be nasty. maryland science certain still has time before sunset. beautiful south blue skies. watch the clouds. the jet went by. above on the camera line. good times out there. wind gusts around 23 from perry hall gusting today to 26 in columbia. these are exclusive weather net stations. it was gusty at times. state-wide you can see things quieting down a little bit in the last 30 minutes. you can see the gusts go away here across central and western maryland. still breezy across the eastern shore and southern maryland. temperature wise low 70s. 73 dulles. 76 down in charlottesville. that's nice. that's where we'll be tomorrow. we are well into the mid to

upper 70s as we going to our thursday. maryland's most powerful radar right now all clear. nothing out there. i expect to see nothing on the radar until we get into early next week. long, dry stretch coming our way. beautiful dry weather up and down the mid atlantic now. that's going to continue here. i'll show you the remnants of the pesky storm that brought us rain for the last two days. you can see the center of it defined on the the satellite view. back across the midwest right now there is nothing new coming our way. few high, thin cloud into west virginia. mild weather will be the story here in the next several days. really shifting from a mild pattern to a truly warm pattern. five degrees from the old record as the big area of tropical high pressure settles into maryland over the last

couple of days. pushing 80 in atlanta. pushing 80 toward louisville. st. louis was in the 80s today. 42 tonight. clear, cool, breezy weather. not bad. tomorrow even a better day on tap. 77 degrees. beautiful sunshine. warmer weather than we have today. tomorrow night 47. crystal clear. not as chilly. seven-day forecast. easter weekend, we are talking 80 on friday. not much different through the weekend. we'll hover 80 through monday of next week. great looking forecast. now with a look ahead to the news at 6:00 tonight i'm kelly swoop. gearing up for a rematch. robert urlich wants to take on incumbent martin o'malley. president obama says he'll allow more offshore oil drilling. possibly off the coast of virginia. what maryland environmentist are saying about the move. those stories and much more coming up tonight at 6:00.

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the first couple bid farewell from dancing with the stars. actress shannon dougherty found herself off of the show. herehere's george. >> shannon and mark. >> reporter: shannon dougherty is the first star heading home this season leaving pam to dance another day. >> you are like barbara walters all of a sudden.

i met some amazing people. i'll miss them. i'm miss mark. >> reporter: if she got to continue dancing she would have missed mark anyway because a knee injury would have temporarily sidelined him. >> there is no damage which is good. it is looking like six week opinion three weeks of a minimum. six weeks maximum recovery. >> reporter: although she is the first to go she accomplished what she set out to do. if only for a little while. >> for two weeks i got to see my dad smiling and be really proud of me. that's all that matters to me. >> reporter: viewer votes make all the difference in this competition. once your vote was factored in, pam anderson was in the dreaded bottom two, despite being in fourth place on the judge's leader board. on the other hand voters voted to keep kate gosselin. >> i'm so grateful to everybody who voted. please continue to vote. we all know my dancing isn't keeping me here.

>> reporter: the dance for aiden turner next week is the quick step which requires they remain joined at the hip. >> are we going to stitch ourselves together? >> in your dreams maybe. >> yeah, right. >> reporter: cheryl burke has designed their costumes for next week when they dance. >> i'm going to be naked. it is like a wrap around that comes here in a triangle. that's its. that's it. >> that's his cape. >> reporter: the remaining ten couples are already rehearsing for next week. where think -- they'll tackle the wailings or quick step. how do you teach your kids about hunger? really teach them what it means to go without. that story is next on abc 2 news at 6:00 which starts now.

it may be a repeat of the last gubernatorial race. robert urlich says he wants to take on martin o'malley this fall. state voters are already taking sides. good evening. i'll kelly swoop. >> reporter: this new race means that the two old ones will square off again as they bring a different philosophy to government. they have a lot of things in common. they are about the same age. have families with young children and have high profile spouses. they both want to run the state of maryland. how it should be run is where the similarities end. urlich and o'malley supporters have some things in common. both like sunny day and ice cream. that's just about where the similarities end there. if you want to know where each candidate's support comes from all you need to do is ask a