in store for us. first, we want to get to this breaking news. a man in a wheelchair was run over by a train at the saratoga mta station at the lexington market and taken to shock trauma. police are still trying to determine how it happened. let's take a look at your drive. we'll take you downtown. you can see everybody trying to make it out after a long day at work. we'll have more details on some of the roads that are jammed. let's find out when the rain will let up. >> it's not going to be letting up anytime soon. heavier rains as we go into the next few hours. you can see the more significant

rains coming through d.c., rockville through the laurel and savage and jessup area. this will keep pushing mort. get ready for a heaves -- heavier downpour. you can see there's more where that came from down toward fredericksburg. recapping the rest of the evening, we'll fall through thee mild tomorrow but don't let that fool you. more on our next january cold blast. just got out of work and want to make this home, kelly swoope will find out how the roads are. >> let's take a lack at some of are cameras, 83, traffic moving slowly but that's typical this time of the year.

95, 22, traffic moving well there. we don't see major backups. 895 moving smoothly, no problems there. looking at u.s. 50 moving smoothly. a lot of people taking it slow because of the rain, but, really, 69345 at wilkins avenue bunched up. take it slow. a lot of rain. the temperatures are warmer than they could be and we're not seeing rough freezing spots. bail denied for a harford county 16-year-old accused of killing his father and dumping the body in the pond. we go to roosevelt leftwich. >> reporter: it was the first court appearance for robert richardson the third. he's accused of shooting to death his father. his half sister and mother were in court to show his support but they had nothing to say. the 16-year-old will remain in

jail. the judge felt richardson would be a flight risk. he shot his father last monday and dumped his body in a pond. a pretrial hearing has been set for the 17th in harford county circuit court. reporting live in harford county, roosevelt leftwich. we have an update on the dog that was thrown off a balcony sunday night from two stories up in owings mills. today we checked in on the dog. he was taken to the fall lts road an -- falls road animal hospital. animal control said the dog has a fractured eye socket, contusions and serious bruising. >> it will be several weeks before he's fully recovered. once he is fully physically recovered, we'll look at where he will spend the rest of his

days, whether he's made available for adoption, that's the outcome of legal proceedings as well as his medical conditions. >> gary wallace, jr. is charged with animal cruelty and is being held at the baltimore county detention center on $250,000 bail. in baltimore county animal control was called out to o rems road where someone found a puppy in a box. he was discovered in a small box on a night where temperatures were freezing and sitting in his own urine. they have one someone -- someone interested in adopting mars. well, mike miller and michael bush may break records. we may long for the 6% sales

tax. the governor hints at raising our sales tax again. abc2 news don harrison at the statehouse. >> reporter: maryland's legislators gathered in annapolis to find out how to spend the state's money. everyone is having financial problems, so the fight for every penny can be intense. governor o'malley has proposed an option for a gas tax increase and now a possible one cent sales tax increase. >> we must be strong enough to make the right cuts and right investments. >> reporter: not all legislators are on board with tax increases. >> we're not spending the money we currently take in which is billions of year in the current gas tax that's advantageous to marylanders. >> reporter: it failed last year and is up for debate this year. >> we'll probably move forward

quickly on the issue and try to decide whether this mr. pass the senate or -- will pass the senate or not. >> reporter: if the same-sex marriage bill does pass, it will probably go to referendum and the voters will decide on the ballot in november. we'll have more tonight on abc2 news at 11:00. it was a long and stressful fight for some of the candidates in new hampshire but not for mitt romney. the current front-runner came away with a substantial win last night. ron paul did surprisingly well, finishing second. now attacks on romney are ramping up. some of romney's competitors say he needs to get used to it. >> they think they clan get through -- can get through a general election with obama and

axelrod and not answer tough questions, that's the formula for guaranteed defeat this fuel. >> the super pac is spending $3 1/2 million on ads and romney's other democrats will ask for his tax returns. turn around. there he is, ray rice but it was a fake and this hurt so much he had to peel it off. undefeated at home, undefeated in the division. fifth straight playoff appearance and some of you are still questioning the talent of joe flacco, but not his coach. >> joe flacco, as we said, is our quarterback. he's the ravens quarterback. we think he's a great player, great person and the best is yet to come.

he's like every quarterback. you watch the curve. you see the good, not so good. joe's been overwhelmingly good. >> joe flacco is the only quarterback who reached the playoffs in every season. joe flacco. don't forget. we want to see you showing off your purple pride. upload the pictures. just head to abc2 news slash facebook. join abc2 news for the way to indy. it will air before the game at m&t bank stadium. we'll get you ready for the game. it starts at 9:00 on sunday morning. we have a consumer alert to tell you about right now. ford is recalling nearly a half a million mini vans and sufficient's because of two

mechanical problems. they're from model year 2004 and 2005 because of mechanical issues that could cause a loss of power. the escapes from 2001 to 2002 are being recalled because of a leaky brake fluid cap. this surveillance video was released. it's about a man who they slay is wanted in connection with the vandalism of two westminster schools on christmas day. a man with two bricks broke three windows at wen chester school and walked in. they found broken windows at the middle school next door. they are asking if you recognize the man call 410-386-2900.

recount recount police are looking for d-anne arundel police are looking for two men who forced their way into a home and robbed them. the two armed men broke in took some money and rain to the woods. officers searched but did not find them. students at piney orchard had to be held during the search. family and friends of a remarkable young man who lost list battle with cancer lost his battle with cancer. maybe you've been working out, so it's about time to indulge in a good meal. a preview of what baltimore county -- baltimore county restaurant week has to offer. our two-degree winner is jay

grifen. you get a storm umbrella. you'll need that tonight and into the day tomorrow. we'll talk about when all this rain gets out of here and what's after. it's coming up.

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justin izlar had courage, strength, determination. it took him six years to graduate from college because of cancer. justin died last week. today students and faculty at coppin gathered and road together to his funeral in

washington. >> reporter: it was may of 2010 when we first introduced you to justin izlar. he had a goal -- get a degree, but a degree became a battle of survival. >> it's been a long road for -- i had to take a lot of time off. >> reporter: justin battled osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that attacked his lungs. it took him six years but he earned a sports management degree from coppin state university. >> god blessed me so much and working so hard to finally get here. i really can't say how excited i am. >> reporter: a few months ago his health deteriorated. justin died earlier this month. his mother and family members were at his side. his mother said a sense of peace

comforted the family. >> i put my arms around him and kissed him on the head. i said mama's proud of you but it's time for you to take your rest. you're tired. you've been fighting a long time. it's time for you to take your rest. as much as it hurt, it was time for him to take his rest. >> reporter: justin touched so many lives. he was a member of a fraternity. >> he just told me to calm down, accept life for what it is and make the best of it. i'm going to mills -- miss him. he really stuck with me. >> he was humbled about everything he did. he was never overzealous. he took everything in stride. there was a humble peaceness. that's what i think when i think

of him. >> reporter: has family and friends gathered at cop pin state university to head to his funeral on wednesday, they remembered his struggles, but more importantly his spirit. >> his legacy is that -- just to go on. it doesn't mean it's going to be easy because it was not easy for him at all. >> he was close to his family, close to his church family, and he loved his brothers. when he left here, we knew where he was going and we knew he would be taken care of. we will miss him. >> reporter: although he is no longer here a part of him still lives on in our hearts. rest in peace, just thin izlar. sherrie john sornings abc2s -- johnson, abc2 news. >> a funeral for justin was held

in washington at new samaritan church on florida avenue. all right. quite a bit of rain still coming down, no question about there. there's a heavy band just creeping in through the southwest side of baltimore, but a lot of this rain stretching from rockville and frederick and i-270 extending through central anne arundel county all the way across the east. we're getting good rain. let's put maryland's most powerful radar into motion. real heavy band pushing up out of mitchellville, pg county, bowie, chester county getting more significant rain and all the way up into the south side of the city. downtown getting ready for the heavier rains. it's through the d.c. area

through waldorf. so we're not done yet. take a look at our hd weather bug camera, looking at federal hill, a lot of water on the camera. 4345 degrees right now -- 45 degrees now. the winds are east at 10 and gusting higher than. that take a look lou the -- through the day. clouds and the rain come down. damascus similar scenario. south and west the rain was coming down. how about a look at those temperatures. safely above any threat wintry weather. 44 in dulles. 47 at the beach. 32 in garrett county. most spots are well above the freezing mark. winds out of the east bring an atlantic and chesapeake breeze.

both of the water bodies are above freezing. some reduced visibility. keep in mind 10-miles is normal. it's tougher to see with the rain and mist. we will' continue to see this through the next several hours tonight right into the overnight and into early tomorrow morning but i think 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning before the whole ball of wax begins to pour out. you can see classic spiral, classic area of low pressure. this will continue to push out to sea as we get toward day break tomorrow. it's a double barrel potent system. heavy steady rains through 11:00. we should be dry for your morning commute. the pavement may still be wet, no new rain. thursday, cloudy, much warmer and windier. watch what happens as we go into friday morning.

cold front, some showers and some wintry showers toward daybreak friday. scattered showers and staying mild. your thursday forecast, 58 for your two-degree guarantee, variably cloudy, windy, warmer. we could see wet snow showers as we go into friday morning. so that friday morning commute could be a little bit of a pain as they say. this weekend we're talking about upper 30s and maybe variably cloudy on sunday. so game day looks good but seasonably cold. >> started on 40 on monday. that's cold and rainy. what a perfect night to grab a warm meal at one of the county's best restaurants. tonight is the first night of baltimore county restaurant week. we have three dozen restaurants participating. lots of them are offering free parking. we are an active

participant. a lot of the individually owned restaurants have come together to do a marketing effort. >> lunches and dinners and all the participating restaurants range from $10.12 to $30.12. all right. you go here, to vaccaro's for dessert. did you know they have the best cookies in the south? this is according to southern living magazine. >> sounds good, jaily. i can't wait. here's a look at what's coming up at 11:00. suzy or man has a new product. forget about 3dtv's.

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all right. still dealing with a lot of rain. we'll continue to see that overnight but it should be out

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