we are following breaking news tonight from downtown baltimore. good evening. i'm kelly swoop. hazmat crews are on the scene of a medical leak. fire officials say a contractor accidentally hit a valve that caused a refrigerant leak in the hospital's air conditioning system. we are told patient, staff and some firefighters have been affected by the leak. we are told it is considered to be a respiratory irritant. now to a developing story. baltimore county police are investigating a shooting near east point mall. it happened at 1:30 this afternoon on north point road. two men were walking together when one took out a gun and shot the other. >> he fired several shots. we don't know how many times the victim was shot. my understanding is at this

time he's in surgery. we are hoping he pulls out so we can figure out what's going on here. >> officers are searching the area looking for the suspect. meanwhile two teenagers have been charged after a stabbing outside of the mall. it happened last night near buffalo wild wings restaurant. cops say they found an 18-year- old with a life-threatening stab wound. friends who were with the young man told police two suspects came up to them and started arguing. it got physical. the victim was stabbed with a nonlife-threatening wound. suspects ran off. they were located moments later. police don't think this was a ran dam act of silence. we are learning at the man charged in the deadly driveby shooting in washington, d.c. on tuesday. four people killed. five wounded. d.c. police requested arrest warrant for orlando carter in the death of a man killed

august 22nd. prosecutors did not move forward because of insufficient probable evidence. baltimore county police spent all morning searching for a woman who has been missing six weeks. police say she was last seen with her boyfriend. a search team combed the area all morning looking her signs of reagan. so far they have not found anything. police say the boyfriend is not a suspect but investigators say his story has changed since the disappearance. meanwhile her mother is left won everything what happened to her daughter? >> you cannot push it to the rear of your mind. it is there. you are constantly wondering what happened? >> the crimestoppers you ward for any information leading to the where abouts has been bumped up to $4500. if you have any information

call crimestoppers. howard county executive ken olman was rushed to the hospital. he suffered a massive nose bleed. the 35-year-old democrat has been county executive since 2006. money talk in annapolis. house of delegates has approved the state's more than $13 billion operating budget. abc 2 don harrison has reaction from lawmakers. >> reporter: in these economic times it is a challenge to keep your household budget straight. it is no different for the state budget. >> we put $830 million of hard cuts on the table. >> reporter: this year's state budget is $31.9 billion. it is $126 million less than

the governor proposed. >> affirmative 35. negative 80. the budget of the state of maryland passes. >> reporter: the budget this year will be the first time in 30 years that it is less than the previous years budget. some feel it was not cut enough. >> we are overspending ourselves. we are not making the tough decisions that we need to make. >> reporter: others feel this budget is appropriate for maryland in this economy. >> there is no reason to overdo its. we want to solve the problem today. and work toward a balanced budget in the future. there is no reason to overdo it. >> reporter: along with the house the senate passed its budget. there are still differences between the two such as funding for teacher pension . the differences will be resolved next week in a conference committee. >> state's money woes will likely be a major issue in the upcoming gubernatorial race.

robert urlich wants to take on martin o'malley this fall. on this week's square off they ask former first lady at her husband's decision to run. >> he said he was going to discuss this with family before he made the decision. >> oh, yeah. there has been a lot of discussion. i have been a proponent for quite some time. these he is a pro-- he's a process guy. he believes this is a good environment for maryland. >> square off is sunday night at 6:30 here on abc 2. meanwhile word tonight that governor o'malley's younger brother is joining the governorr governor's re-election campaign. he's been working as the chief of staff to jim smith. he'll be leaving that post. today christians around the

world remark good friday. this was the scene today at cathedral of mary queen church in north baltimore. dozens gathered for the cross. for christian's good friday marks the day jesus was crews fied. on sunday they'll celebrate easter. the day christ rose from the dead. live look from the inner harbor. gorgeous day weather wise. what's on tap for the rest of the weekend? >> fantastic weather on this good friday. we'll keep this theme alive into the weekend here. looks like more blue skies ahead. maybe a few more clouds on easter sunday. let's see how warm it got out there today. it depended and where you were. cool southeast wind off the chesapeake and atlantic.

mid 60s delmarva. low 70s baltimore eastward down the chesapeake. west you found 80-degree temperatures. this evening we hang out in the low 70s for the next couple of hours. sunset not until 7:30. we'll have dusk light after that. beautiful night to head out. we'll talk more about the outlook for the weekend coming up and when the next shot of some rain will be. all that in a couple. kelly. >> thank you, wyatt. the threat of hackers breaking into maryland's state government website became real today for the governor. fortunately it was just an exercise. a new company that provides cyber security is creating new jobs in a time when the state needs them the most. >> reporter: with experts in cyber security looking on, a high-tech analyst shows governor o'malley how to steal a password to a wireless network in a matter of seconds. >> if you log on to your bank account now that i have the

pass word, yes. >> reporter: just a laptop or run-of-the-mill i-pod or a small gadget your secure passwords can fall into the wrong hands. flu company at the inner harbor has grown from four employees to 22 in six months. it plans to double in size over the next year. >> the reason we put the company here is we thought people were here. >> reporter: with thousands of military jobs coming to maryland in the base realignment this is the jobs state leaders are counting upon. >> security assets will be located within a stone's throw of the thriving metropolitan center in places like nsa and aberdeen. >> reporter: while thousands of personal computer have fallen victim to hackers and identity theft is big in the country. cyber point international will focus on government, military and business interests from cyber attacks that in the end,

could impact all of us. >> with this password you could get on to her laptop? >> yes. >> and break in and steal this? >> yes. >> reporter: at baltimore's inner harbor abc 2 news. >> defense contract north continue . numbers are out. they are encouraging. new government shows the economy gain more job -- gained more jobs in march than any other month over the past three years. the job growth one as good as and listed had expected. president obama says it is showing things are turning around. he spoke today in a battery plant in north carolina. >> keep in mind when i first took the oath of office, we

were already moving towards what some thought was a great depression. we were loosing about 700,000 jobs per month. >> the unemployment rate remains at 9.7%. this week the u.s. postal service submitted a proposal to cut out saturday delivery. regulatory board in congress would have to approve such a change. it would mean roughly 40,000 job positions will be cut. sandra tags along with a carrier, who like many others, is worried about his job. >> reporter: loaded up, ready to go. mail thriver yous -- deliveries are on the way. >> i have any walking shoes on today to tag along with you. >> reporter: he's thread many miles in this neighborhood. >> what has been the biggest challenge in terms of being on the job 17 years? >> older you get it is the physical part. regardless of how my body feels in the morning i still have to

come out and walk three and a half miles with the bag on my shoulder. >> reporter: now he's worried about whether he'll be able to keep on working. cash-stopped postal agency is proposing to cut saturday deliveries, cutting 40,000 jobs saving $3 billion a year. letter carriers would be hit hard. >> how will that affect your job? >> we'll take six days worth of volume and compress it into five days. >> reporter: not the mention the communities they become a part of. >> i'm sure netflix wants movies delivered on sunday. i'm sure prescription drug companies want their medicines saturday. >> reporter: they worry that the carriers and the customers

will be the real loosers. >> let's try to protect the job jobs. >> it will take at least six months before the regulatory board and congress comes to a decision about whether or not to change the postal schedule. enjoying your favorite dishes without packing on the pounds. coming up, it may not be as difficult as you think. food for thought from a celebrity chef. do you want a new ipad? how long one man has been waiting in line to get his hands on one. right now looking at westminster. currently sitting at a lovely 75 degrees. wyatt has the full details of a great easter weekend coming up in a few. [ male announcer ] it's our hottest offer of the season,

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we all love comfort food even if our waistlines disagree . select chef rocko puts a healthy twist on a food that makes us feel good. we have the details. >> reporter: fried chicken, onion rings, brownies, they are called comfort foods making us feel better but adding inch toss our waistline. our celebrity chef says extra inches are not a requirement. >> as chef i knew i could make them healthy and taste good. >> reporter: he threw out the time honored techniques for making the foods and develops new ones. >> i flash fry it at the end so it only absorbs three

tablespoons of oil. which produces 200-calorie fried chicken. >> reporter: what about onion rings? >> you bread crumbs. >> reporter: if it is sweeted replace the holy trinity of bad thing, carbs, fat and sugar with beans. >> black bean brownie. it is something a crazy chef could think of. i got a brownie down from 1,000 calories to 30 calories. if you want to be healthy you have to cook it yourself. at least every once in a while. you have to be in control of what you put in your body. >> speaking of healthy eating in an effort to fight childhood obesity. children will get a dose of activities to promote fitness at the annual easter egg roll. there will be a sports zone and dance center on the south lawn. performers at monday's event include justin beiber and cast

of the television show glee. the old egg roll. we see it every year. >> i have not made it yet but one day maybe. >> well the kids will have nice weather for the hunts all weekend long. there is a big one on fed hill tomorrow. beautiful blue skies. cooler along the harbor. along the bay because of the water temperatures. man, beautiful sunny skies. loving it. let's look at fed hill. i tell you, nice, nice weather out there. light breeze. you can see it on old glory. underarmor with the new logo looking good. look at our temperatures. 71 bwi marshall. beginning to cool off a little bit. there is the southeast breeze. you hear the term south breeze. you think it would be a warmer breeze. not this time of year. water is too chilly. southeast breeze cooling things down. maryland science certain. not a bad looking night going

on there. a lot of people out and about. weather net cameras in motion you can see a few, thin clouds today. for the most part fantastic weather. high temperatures warmer as you got away from the water here. 63 annapolis. almost 20 degrees warmer towards gaithersburg. that's the difference it makes with the chilly winds off the water. atlantic ocean in the 40s. chesapeake running in the mid 50s. you can see what that has in terms of an affect on temperature. 83 charlottesville. hagerstown up around 80. 72 easton. that's the story up and down the east coast cities. cooler than everywhere else in the east because of the cooling effect of the atlantic ocean. let's look at what's coming our way easter weekend. not a lot. few thin clouds in

pennsylvania. we'll probably see passing clouds tonight into tomorrow. i still think a dry and sunny day on saturday. you can see weather getting more unsettled out here where the warm stuff is in the midwest. there are lining line showers and thunderstorms like -- showers and thunderstorms lining up. sunny day saturday. as the boundary slides through easter sunday probably brings us more clouds. the rain will stay south towards virginia beach. here's your forecast tonight. 4. mostly clear. relatively mild overnight. your saturday 74. two free guarantee for bwi marshall because it will catch a cool southeast breeze but areas west of baltimore out towards westminster you'll find

temperatures around80. 52 with a few passing clouds. seven-day forecast. easter sunday all the bunnies excited about this one. we are talking 76 and a lot of sunshine. probably up to 80 in the west. warming up toward tuesday. chance for rain comes in wednesday, thursday and friday. enjoy a nice, sunny dry stretch of weather while we have it. >> thank you, wyatt. we are getting down to the wire. opening day four days away. this afternoon the birds took on the new york yankees down in florida. third start for the o's. gave up four runs in the first. settled down after that. birds went in the 9thth with a 6-4 lead. game ended in 6-6 tie. live look at the inner harbor. ñ

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hay. anyway seven-day forecast. beautiful blue skies through the weekend. mid 70s. nice tough. >> have a great night. we are back at 11:00. [ male announcer ] it's our hottest offer of the season,

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