the officer stopped a car driven by ricky thomas for running a stop sign. thomas was ordered out and ran. the camera captured what happened next. thomas was confronted by another officer. he puts his hands up and was under the officer's control. officer brigs catches up. it's what happens next that lands him in trouble. they say you should be able to trust a police officer to act appropriately. although they know all city police are not like this, it's behavior that can't be tolerated. >> we pay the police to protect and serve. not to abuse and harass. i'm sure he's been trained enough to know what is excessive. >> the police turned over the video to the internal affairs

who gave it to the state's attorney's office. >> it was brought to court. the officer was given a probation before judgment. he faces an internal investigation oar already although help couldn't comment, officer brigs is suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. the city police are obligated with having the police officers do the right thing at all times. >> when they see inappropriate behavior, please report it to internal affairs. we will investigate it. it demonstrates hour commitment to do -- our commitment to do so. this is the bpd holding itself accountable. >> reporter: pending on the county come of the investigation -- depending on the outcome of the investigation, officer brigs could lose his job. baltimore police arrest four

men for a murder outside the towson center mall just before christmas. >> reporter: evidently this started inside the mall and ended up outside. rodney pridget of towson was shot. police credited cameras that picked up 35-year-old jermell brandon following pridget through the mall and talking on the cell phone. he is seen calling 31-year-old frank wmedz -- williams. williams brings in 19-year-old tyrone brown and 44-year-old william ward to the mall. >> it -- the camera was absolutely essential in helping us solve the case. the video footage enough would not have been enough. we want to give full credit to our detectives who have spent countless hours since this murder going through all of this

footage. >> now police believe pridget was clearly targeted but the reason for his murder, we don't know yet. all four suspects have been charged with million dollar and all are locked up at the detention center. jamie costello, abc2 news. right now an update to an evaluation and the use of social social numbers of the deceased. back in november, joce sterman exposed problems with the death master time and how social security numbers are getting into the hands of thieves. >> reporter: today in our nation's capital, the house ways and means committee put the master time under the microscope. they summoned people to find out why the social security numbers of the dead are getting into the hands of identity thieves. we first shed light on this problem in december when two area fame police went through an agonizing loss of a climbed only

to have the child's social security number stolen. one man's daughter died of cancer and then became a victim of identity theft. >> it disgusts me to know that people are preying on deseased children. specifically that they did that to my daughter, as a father, it makes me want to kill them. >> what we would like for congress to do is do assert if ication program to make sure they're using to to proconsumers from fraud -- it to proconnect consumer -- protect consumers from fraud. >> reporter: without this some deaths would go unreported. the hearing was convened by sam johnson. he is chairman of the social

security house ways and means committee. he's pushing the bill that would stop the social security add min strags from making this public. if you want to get up to date, go do abc2news.com. you'll find our story on the home page. joce sterman, abc2 news. >> could tractor-trailer rigs as long as a 737 be driving on a highway near you. it's being proposed. the american energy and infrastructure jobs act would mean $260 billion over five years to fund highway programs. it's a controversial provision allowing heavier tractor-trailers by increasing the federal weight limit from 87,000 to 97,000 and could be 10 feet long are, a total length of

more than 100 feet. a california woman took automaker honda to court over the gas mileage claims a los angeles judge ruled in her favor. here's what heather peters had to say about her big win. >> it's justice in a very small place but it proves that sometimes the little guy wins. >> now the judge ruled that honda misled peters when it claimed its civic hybrid could drive 50 miles on a gallon of gas. peters said it never got past 42 miles and when she had the car reprogrammed it dropped to 32 miles an hour. the judge awarded her more than $9800 in damages. honda plans to appeal the decision. well, not a lot of sunshine out there today, rain in some spots but still the temperatures are a lot warmer than usual. so what's on tap for tonight.

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart for a look at that first forecast. wyatt? >> it's all perspective. much cooler than it has been but we're above average. average high 42. take a look to the west. showers are to the east. showers pushing offshore. clouds blowing. we'll see partly cloudy skies the remainder of the evening but the chance for rain down to nil. 50 in baltimore. 46 in frederick. these numbers headed quickly into the 40s later this evening. we'll call it variably cloudy and cooling off. we profile those coming up. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. in democracy 2012, donald trump is endorsing mitt romney,

not newt gingrich. today the reality tv star, who decided not to run himself made the announcement. gingrich lost in florida and is trailing badly. gingrich said he knew trump picked romney. >> i'm just watching in amazement. >> reporter: why is it amazing? >> some people have this knack of gathering attention. >> reporter: you're talking about donald trump perhaps. >> donald is a force of his own. >> trump's endorsement found with a price. people were nearly three times has likely say they wouldn't vote for a candidate that was endorsed by trump. we got some new details about demi moore's health scare. coming up why ent's who arrived at her home were so shocked. it may be one of the most bizarre legal cases in florida, what length a billionaire is

going to to keep his fortune. plus, pennsylvania's got it's punxsutawney phil. how long do we have to deal with this weather coming up.

tonight. we're learning more about demi moore's health scare. by the time emt's arrived, they found a barely conscious demi moore. she was so thin and weak, they thought she was suffering from a deadly disease. she has been tore meanted about her -- tormented about her body and her age. closes -- sources close to the store said her insecurity is part of the reason for herly the

with ashton kutcher. hoboken is saying no thanks to new jersey shore. it would alaw jersey shore to spin off there. she said safety is the reason for denying the permit. the production company said it would star snooki and the company could appeal and said it appreciates hoboken's consideration and hopes to work with the city in the future. well, newt gingrich didn't get an endorsement from donald trump today but he's hoping with a movie star connection with brad pitt. he wants pitt to play him in the movie of his life. the rpt presidential candidate -- republican presidential candidate said the actor looks nothing like him. so far, there's no comment from pitt or his people. the weather has been wonderful but the groundhog has spoken.

bad news if you were working for an early spring. >> as i look at the cloud on gobbler's knob, many shadows do i see. weeks vive winter it must be. >> not a happy group. thousands turned out for punxsutawney phil's annual weather prediction. it has been forecasting for 126 years and seeing his shad dhow 99 time -- shadow 99 times. storm facts.com says his ac a si is not as high. the maryland zoo's leopard made his on prediction today. it appears the leopard predicts the weather. if this is winter, you can give

me six more weeks of this. >> if you're going to bet between two animals and a battle, do you want to take the leopard or the groundhog? >> i'm with the leopard. >> six more weeks of winter. make six new weeks of winter. >> we'll be cooler for the weekend. it's cooling down today. you felt. it here's the flag. you can see the breeze coming out of the north and west. 46% on the humidity. winds northwest at 16. and as we take a look at some of the weather through the day today, it was a pretty looking day, had some nice blades of sunshine coming through the clouds over the close is a peek. these are our time lapse views from kent island. baltimore a mix of sun and clouds, temperatures warming up into the mid-50s.

now they're beginning to drop out there, cool and calm on the seven river this evening in annapolis. very little going on here. a little bit of rain we had earlier this morning mainly from bwi southward well offshore, so we're dry from ocean city all the way out to the mountains in the western part of the state. it depends on where you're watching. 34 in oakland. 43 in hagerstown. near 50 in ocean city. but for the most part this is still above average. chilly north wind beginning to drop. average high temperatures this time of the year 42. 44 in another day or two. it's still above average when we're way above 50. you can see the winds gusting to 26 in baltimore. 30 in winchester. highs getting up close to 60, 59 at the inner harbor. mid-50s across most other spots.

tomorrow 50, 52 toward downtown and south baltimore, but as we look to points just south, you get out of the city, the outlying areas around the city, probably upper 40s to 50 tomorrow. take five degrees off. sunshine on tap. partly cloudy and the overall pattern pretty quiet weather. the -- to the west we have a high pressure cell. this will keep the northwesterly winds flowing in out of the upper midwest which will continue to drop the temperatures. eve as the sky -- even as the sky clears out, you can see that big dome. we're watching this weather system coming out of the midwest. this, depending on the track, could bring us a decent round of showers saturday night into early sunday, perhaps some

wintry showers for western maryland. overnight down to 32, clearing skies, getting colder overnight. mostly sunny and a bit colder. your forecast we fall to 34 with clouds on the increase and staying chilly. here's the seven-day forecast. as we look ahead, we will cool things down. we'll cheap that chance for showers saturday night into early sunday rand dry weather next week as things get call and it looks like on the mild side again. that's toward next week. kelly? >> february is black history month. today there was a celebration at the university of maryland. faculty and students viewed a 15-minute documentary on wall perked carter. carter was instrumental in baltimore's civil rights movement. his daughter, delegate jill carter, talks about her dad's legacy. >> i think it's a story that needs to be told, even taught in school. children need to know kind of

the heroic efforts that were done by him and so many others to give us what we have now. we have a lot more to go but certainly we are in a more comfortable place. >> the documentary also featured a performance by the union baptist church choir. you know carrying your baby full term is ideal. coming up how doctors are trying to stop that trend using an innovative new program. that's coming up in tonight's health news.

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email and paper books with e books. a study shows we could benefit by replacing a doctor's precipitation pad. with electronic ones. they found that errors dropped when doctors used computers. the most common problems were unclear, incomplete or illegible orders. planned parenthood has received $400,000 from donors after it lost money from susan g. komen. planned parenthood said comben cut its funding because of pressure. alzheimer's disease spreads like an infection in the brain. that's according to a new study. research ares found that mice

with an ab normal protein linked to the disease travels along the brain jumping from neuron to neuron. they are hoping to slow or stop the progression of the disease. lung desease is the third leading cause of death. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or copd includes emphysema or bronchitis. the symptoms include constant coughing, shortness of breath, high amounts of mucus, difficulty breathing and wheezing but you can manage it through medication, oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation. abc2news.com is your place for all the health news you need. log on to find all the information as well as different health categories. coming up, a mother accused

of leaving her young children alone in a van for hours. why doctors say a medical condition could be the blame. a billionaire accused of murder and a controversial adoption. >> everyone knows kids like to stick things in her mouth. what a special needs teacher did to try it get her kids to stop that's making some kids furious.

getting you up to the minute on some of the top stories. a video released show has police officer who appears to punch a man. it was caught on a city police camera and the department turned it over. the officer in the video was

given probation but he is facing an internal investigation. four men are in custody accused of killing a teen last december outside the to you sown town center. 19-year-old tyrone brown, jr. pulled the prigger but three others were involved in the killing of rodney pridget who was shot and killed outside the nordstrom's. and cases involving the social security numbers and the deceased. the hearing is part of a bill called keeping i.d.'s safe act. abc2 news investigator joce sterman will continue to follow the hearing. the latest tonight, a tragic accident last june claimed the lives of a young anne arundel couple. now the bar that allowed them to

drink, even though they were underage, is facing serious sanctions. >> i note owners of the bar. it's a tragic situation. >> reporter: the mayor is talking about the events that led to the death of the two. they died in a motorcycle crash shortly after leaving the bar and grill. they were there with other friends, all under the age of 21. now the bar is being punished for letting them in. >> to my knowledge it's the largest sang -- sanction. the lns will be stripped for two weeks and the type is $6,000. the owner did in the want to talk on camera because the case