councilman calvin ball. several parents upset after finding out a school bus stop is right in front of a sex offenders house. the person living there has been convicted of sex abuse of a minor and other charges. the board offered alternative states. the parents may take the debate to the school board. the roads were clear. stacking up now for the ride home. it's going be dicey overnight. will everything be looking different on the roads tomorrow? let's check in with meteorologist, wyatt everhart, with a look at what is headed our way later on tonight. we are looking at a night we will see the weather deteriorating and past midnight, that's when the main snow is set to arrive. i am going to caution you, the air is drive. elevated moisture and so we are getting a false return here. you have to get out towards

west of frederick, in to haguers town to see light snow showers making it to the ground. winter weather advisory midnight tonight through tomorrow. key timing with the potent system than we have seen with the winter weather makers, this key timing is going to be for the core of the system to come through and extending in to 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning. we are looking good after that. this evening above freezing. early rain and snow showers will be liquid on the ground. overnight, we will get down the freezing and colder than that, we will talk about accumulations in the entire story with the storm and how your sunday shapes up, coming up. the push to bring same sex marriage to maryland picked up steam this afternoon in annapolis. o'malley urged lawmakers to support a bill legalizing the marriages. don harrison was in the packed hearing room as the governor

made his case. >> governor martin o'malley testified for a second time this session, in front of a legislative committee in support of same sex marriage in maryland. this time before a joint committee of the judicial proceeding and the health government and operations committee. >> the civil marriage of quality bill. >> reporter: he wanted to emphasis approach to this year's bill that won't penalize church if it chooses not to perform same sex marriage and talked of hopes for maryland. it's our hope that every child in our state has the opportunity to live in a loving, caring, committed and stable home. i am here today. >> reporter: this pastor supports the bill. >> this legislation in my estimation is an important step hnmoving our state and our nation towards becoming a more perfect union.

>> reporter: the hearing will be one of the largest and perhaps the longest in the 2012 session. on both sides packed the hearing room. one here does not approve of same sex marriage. >> i believe government should stay out be rooms and bathrooms and delivery rooms. >> reporter: if the bill passes it will happened here in the house of delegates where it failed to pass last year. both sides looking intently on how the house of delegates votes this year. in annapolis, don harrison, abc2 news. a million dollars is going to an arundel middle school and not everybody is happen ap about it. it's causing a rift between delegates. >> the money is going to bay middle school, performing arts. some delegates say the way the money was taken out of the

bunet and what it's spent for needs to be requested. most will go to improving athletic facilities, a gym floor and stage lighting and restrooms. remaining to replace lockers and make other improvements. the money was a grant obtained by michael bush who used influence to get the unused money for the district. republican members oppose the spending say bush did not consult everyone. >> i'm happy that a school in my district received the funds. i feel bad for the parents in the other school whose didn't have an opportunity to make their case. when you do something like this and leave people out, i don't think it's fair. >> bush said the no improvement had been made since the 60s and the facilities were in decrepit shape. motor tend auto show is back with the new vehicles that busy moms are going to want.

features like inflatable seat belts back up cameras and blind spot indicaters on almost all of the cars. the show is in baltimore through sunday. this year maybe easier on your wallet, a report shows people are bringing home more money. the median household income is up 4%. the study found income in december was down a few thousand dollars compared with 2007. some people are making more, the education gap between the rich and poor in america is growing. the new york times sites several reports that the number of wealthy students completing college grown by 50% compared to financially challenged students. it compares data to that from the 1980s. a bus driver hailed as a hero after the school bus she was driving caught fire. coming up, the 911 call that

was made after she smelled smoke. your home is probably your biggest investment, how to make sure you have enough protection.

a family trip to a beach ended in heart break after a 3- year-old boy was hit by a piece of driftwood and died. the boy's grandfather and is a- year-old sibling were hurt trying to stop the driftwood from hitting the toddler. it may have been caused by shifting sand the state investigation is underway after a bus fire in north carolina. see the video there. the charlotte mecklenburg bus students at home wednesday. six students and the bus driver who are hailing as a hero, escaped without injuries. the dramatic 911 tape is released.

investigators said electrical lvthe fire. routine maintenance every 5000 miles along with monthly inspections. they would not release the history report on the bus +-&t caught fire. there aren't elections this weekend but it is a very important time for the republican presidential candidates. how the remaining four are hoping to win over the conservative base. valentines day is less than a week away. some are celebrating the weekend.

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does your homeowner's insurance policy offer conch to replace your house should something unfortunate happen? 96% of people asked, say they do have homeowner's insurance. but nearly 30% of those say it's been two years or more since they last reviewed their coverage with their agent. >> review your policy every year is a great idea. it allows you to comparison shop the rates you are paying and also to have a conversation to make sure you have appropriate coverage. >> reporter: if you've done remodeling, you want your coverage to reflect that. >> also, your belongs, you buy something, buy jewelry, buy e electronic equipment. >> reporter: one of the biggest misconceptions is your coverage will go down because the housing market 1has urdown. >> just because your house may 4amean your

insurance value has &c#ygone g? based on replacement costs, and the cost to rebuild your house may be going up. >> reporter: when you get your notice, talk to your agent about whether you need to adjust your coverage. >> factors that affect homeowners, homeowner's othe year to replace. the construction type, whether fra that also has quite a bit of a bearing. >> reporter: did you get engaged or inherit grandma's old jewelry, your homeowners posted on your policy. >> for a list of tips to help you, log on to abc2news.com, click on lifestyle and that's where you will find angie's list. already seeing the beginnings of our weather beginning to go downhill in

maryland. the beginnings of the beginning. it's early stages. to the west, you can see where the significant precipitation is, and it's out towards west virginia. this is really again just the onset of precipitation, i was checking the service reports, precipitation hitting the ground, hagerstown, winchester, westward, garrett county, not much with the light returns over the baltimore area. here as we take a look at the inner harbor, 43 now, so we are well above freezing by 11 degrees. not so much llto the west. tonight with the temperatures dropping, the snow coming in, winter green, we can see, the snow making its way in outxsy:&% the west. couple of snow showers here, extending in to the evening, a more significant band of snow in deep creek lake here on the western edge of our state. see the snow overspreading the area from west to east. accumulations in the high country, one best skiing

weekends of the year this weekend. frost bug , the snow is coming down as well. winter warnings, across our state. basically, all of our northern counties, northern baltimore, does not include the city this time around or the bottom half of the county. further west, carol, frederick, beyond, winter storm warnings in garrett county. temperatures colder to the west, safely above freezing. in fact, this could come down as rain mixed with snow at the beginning. we will see a complete change over to snow and left with an inch to two. temperatures above freezing today. another reason why the ground will not allow the snow to stick well in the beginning. it won't take long with the overnight arrival. one of the key differences with this winter weather maker compared to the last two, this is arriving overnight. it will not have the daytime power of the sun working from

the top to keep things above freezing. a different scenario with this. it's a slightly potent system. see the snow overspreading already, midwest and all going to take a dive southward and up the new england coastline. gusts over 406789 windchills down in the teens, a cold weekend tomorrow in to sunday. here is the timing, see the snow picking up in intensity towards 2:00 a.m. , the key window, advisory midnight, key timing for the worst is 2:00 a.m. to 7:00, 8:00 in the morning. after that, this will sweep out to sea. we will see wrap around snow showers through the day tomorrow. lit keep it wintery around here, cold and blustery, too. sunday, does look dry with flurries in to sunday morning. cold, cold weather overnight saturday in to sunday. we haven't seen much of that this year. overnight 32, 1-3-inch totals.

carroll county and northern baltimore. 37 tomorrow with snow showers, tapering off to this flurries tomorrow night. s that snow ends, the winds pick up. they will be with us through the weekend in to sunday as well. blustery conditions, we will struggle to get out of the low to mid-30s. what a change that will be. we will bounce back towards valentines day. >> wake up tomorrow, like wintery, wake up monday, spring again. >> riding the waves here. >> i hate it. at least you get your skiing in over the weekend. >> i think this is the weekend. >> cool. good stuff. we are switching gears now, democracy 2012, mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich are speaking at a convention held by conservatives. renae joins us now. >> reporter: a big day. the candidates, they absolutely

know how critical it is to  conservative base, after all, passion could translate to support behind one candidate and that is what all three candidates are fighting for. >> rick santorum,. >> mitt romney,. >> newt gingrich. >> all eyes are on washington today and three speeches delivered by three men who hope to make dc their pertinent residence. >> we are going to win by making barack obama and his stale policies a rival in the race. apologize f the apologies and principles that made the country great. >> reporter: then came mitt romney. >> thanks for this extraordinary crowd. >> reporter: looking to repound from his disappointing performance in tuesday's primary contest and revise what some call fading support within

his base, romney striking a conservative tone. we intend to change washington, not accommodate it. >> reporter: momentum on santorum's side for the moment, gingrich tried to reestablish himself as a conservative candidate. you may have noticed, it was one candidate missing, we are talking about ron paul, he was invited to speak at the event there and declined opting to remain on the campaign trail. ee the results of the caucuses. what do etduyou expect? how important is all of that? >> reporter: saturday is

maine's caucus. they have 21 investigates checking 21 delegates up for grabs. none of the candidates, except ron paul paid much attention. mitt romney has an event planned today and two events tomorrow morning. last night the washington post broke the news that the office of congressional ethics is investigating the chairman of the house financial services =ílj÷1+rv=z

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make sure you are prepared with abc2 news which starts right now. school bus drops off children in from of a known sex offender's house vteveryday. i'm brian kuebler, the controversy surroundsing that and the fight by parents to get the bus stop moved. new evidence introduced and a chilling tape played where george huguely is on trial the latest coming up. +sh+ ti4jì% we start tonight with % weather for f;fyou ulswto -ydea looking live at a picture of i- 70, u.s. 29. we have a bit of a back up, no snow or rain to speak of. that's coming. what is coming and how much, slow th how much xñ+qó'g