federal judge says it should be decided in court. >> reporter: just about every phone has a camera, and when christopher sharp saw this scene play out during the 135th 135th running of peekness two years ago, he started to roll. >> reporter: the baltimore city officer tries to stop sharp who continuing to roll. >> turn it off. >> reporter: it was under that interpretation that the officer seizes sharp's cell phone, detains him and delights this video. sharp feels then as he does now, that it is his and anyone he's first amendment right to record police activity in a public setting, and that the seizure and dee least of his property was a violation of his person rights. >> the humiliation was enormous. also, i feel that it is

happening at a place that, what elhappening out there? who else are they doing this to. >> reporter: a federal judge thought the was worth exploring and dismissed the efforts of the police department to dismiss the case. its argument is already updated its policy in november, letting officers now the public can indeed record them in public places. >> out of the majority of the departments in the nation, you know, we're one of the first to promulgate rules, so take that for what it's worth. >> reporter: but what it too little too late? this is video shot just this past friday on cross street and federal hill. even though the new rule was just made public earlier that day, the person was more versed than the officers. >> all right, all right. you guys do know you have a standing order to allow people to record it?

>> reporter: the photographer's phone is not taken away, but he is asked to walk away. >> turn around, and walk. >> i'm leaving. >> turn around and walk. >> i'm leaving. >> reporter: well timed evidence the aclu used this morning to express the need for sharp's case to move forward, and firmly draw the lines of police activity versus the first and fourth amendment rights of the public. in downtown baltimore abc 2 news. >> the city police declined comment because of the impending federal case, but did say that second video from this weekend in federal hill is being investigated by internal affairs. now to the continuing coverage of the murder trial of george huguely. today, the prosecution introduced plenty of evidence from dna scrappings to photos of huguely's injuries. christian shaver is in virginia, and tells us why the testimony is key for the prosecution. >> reporter: the assistant chief

medical examiner here in virginia spent several hours on the witness stand, describing the many and severe injuries that yeardley love suffered. earlier in the trial, friends of love testified they saw her on the night before she died wearing nothing but her underwear, and they say they saw no injuries on her body. but today in court, the assistant chief medical examiner for the state of virginia testified that when he performed the autopsy on yeardley love, he saw visible bruises on her right and left leg, her left forearm, her left hand, her buttocks, as well as many bruises on her face including her chin, her upper lip, her lower lip, and also a large bruise and her right eye. under cross x-rays, attorneys for huguely attempted to show the injuries could have been caused with not as much force as the medical examiner talked about earlier. medical examiner did not give a definitive cause of death, he is

expected to be recalled at a later time, possibly as early as tomorrow to talk about that. we are covering the trial until we get a verdict, online and on air, we have an entire web page dedicated to the trial. you can find it by clicking on the featured stories on the middle of the home page, or by going to abc2news.com/lovemurder weather wise, temperatures are recovering nicely after a chilly frigid weekend, with windchills that never got out of the 20 he's. winds are -- 20s. winds are relenting. and these clouds rolling in from the west, will begin to potentially produce precipitation, as we go towards mid-morning. we are tracking the next weather-maker as it moves in from the west, you can see impressive storm putting down the wintery weather. heavy rain towards mississippi,

but we do think that will come through in a weakened state. still, the cans for showers, even snow showers through your valentine's day on tuesday. we'll talk about how the weather changes again on wednesday, and into the end of the week. at 5 minutes after 6:00, a rally going on in annapolis sporting same sex marriage in the general assembly -- supporting same sex marriage in general assembly. several lawmakers are scheduled to make speeches including keith mitchell. and later on tonight, family and friends and is survivors of domestic violence will remember those lost. the service is sponsored by the maryland network against domestic violence. it's going to take place in the state house of annapolis. the governor will be on hand for the 25th annual memorial service, while this event honors those lost to the abuse, it also celebrates those who survived. and it focuses attention on changing laws to reduce domestic violence, and to improve victim

safety. well, as word as the -- spreads, distressed homeowner are lighting up the phone lines at the attorney general's office. the hotline was shut down over the weekend, but look what happened this morning. volunteers fielded about 100 calls an hour. it make take three months before -- people with mortgages held by bank of america, city bank, jpmorgan, chase, and bank gmac or wells fargo could be able to refinance the loans, or have the amount they owe reduced. they just sounded just exhausted by the process, so the fact there was somebody there that could help them, having a counselor gave them hope that, you know, they may not have to go about this themselves. >> do you see anybody not busy? you can reach the attorney general's office hotline, here at the number.

40 '04 10-576 -- those forced in the foreclosure by the banks in the last tree years, you may be eligible for up to $2000. here's the latest on the future of our grand prix of baltimore, we should know within 48 hours who will put their foot on the pedal. the mayor is expected to negotiate a contract. it's believed to be a local group. the previous contract was terminated after the first year because the group failed to pay the city $1.5 million. and mayor walling brake held her third state of city address, and we herd her goal of adding 10,000 families to a population. she said that in her inauguration, but today she told us about getting enough funds to put more crime cameras up. here's roosevelt lift witch with words from the mayor. >> reporter: the mayor is talking about something that will affect homeowners directly, lowering their property taxes. the mayor made her third state of the city address before the

full council. rawlings-blake called it two years of progress. overall, violent crime is down. but she says she is proposing the largest property tax drop for whom horns in several decades -- homeowners in several decades. >> starting in this coming budget year, the average owner occupied home valued at $200,000 will see a $40 cut in property taxes away. the following year that, will increase to $200, and ramp up to $400 by 2020. [ applause ] >> other highlights in the speech, the mayor outlined a three pronged initiative to raise money for school construction, includes a $.03 increase in the bottle tax that would raise the tax permanently to $.05 for a bottle or can. the mayor is calling for the installation of 30 new crime

cameras,. roosevelt leftwich. from the city, out to frederick county, where students at an elementary school can ones again celebrate valentine's day. last year, the school officials had dropped valentine's day celebrations to avoid what they call inappropriate interactions between boys and girls. the principles said romance between the principal said romance had no place in the classroom. and this year, they can exchange valentines, as long as no food or candy is cloud. would you pay bills to a company that you knew was bankrupt? this is our scam alert, and smart sarah bart is on jeopardy. find out if she can win the college championship. and, 47 out at bwi, that was above average, we only expected

42, so no 2-degree winter weather. we'll talk about the potential of a somewhat wintery valentine's around here. it's coming up on abc2 news right after this.

students were inside, look out there, beautiful, beautiful day in annapolis, hope you get out and enjoyed it. look, now they're studying. wyatt's going to have a detailed look at the forecast in about 2

and a half minutes. painful to look! the price of gas continuing to climb. lundberg survey is out, regular gas has jumped $.12 in the past three weeks with the national average at $3.51, but it's worth here in baltimore, according to aaa, the average price of regular gas in baltimore, up to $3.56 a gallon, mid-grade, $3.71, premium, forget it! $3.84, all up to $.7 in the past week. now, to find the cheapest gas in your neighborhood or anywhere in the baltimore/washington, d.c., area, log on to abc2news.com, click on traffic, and then the gas price link, and there you can use an interactive map to find the cheap patience gas. if you hope tore a big cash pay out -- hope for a big cash pay outfrom the lottery, bad, you didn't win, there was one ticket that was matched. all six number, sold from from a

supermarket in rhode island. so far, the lucky winner, or winners have not come forward yet. >> we do not know who performed that ticket, or if it's a group of people. but the money is a prize payout. this if it will be $210 million if they take it out at once. >> here's the good news, the powerball jackpot for wednesday's drawing is at say million dollars, because of a new ticket price, and because of how many people bought the tickets recently, 51 million. that's pretty good. in a somewhat popular developed yo rental story -- video rental store , the fees are still being mailed out. >> reporter: there was no happy ending for hollywood video, the

rental chain filed for bankruptcy two years ago, but their efforts to collect debt lives on, thanks to late fees they are still allowed to collect. >> these were fees that people owed to hollywood, and it could total about $240 million. >> reporter: angie barnett with the better business bureau says to get that money, a third party has been sending out letters to some of the # million renters that -- 3 million renters that owe. if you get one, just don't blindly write a check. >> you want to ask them to provide proof that you actually owe that debt, and you want to make sure you are not paying for any additional fees. >> reporter: and that's happened in the past, several months ago, the collection company was hit with a court order forcing them to stop adding fees to the debt, and stop reporting people who didn't pay to the credit bureaus. the government is on the side of the consumer in trying to make sure that nobody's credit rating is damaged or blemished by the action of the third party

vendor. >> reporter: and the collection agency can't tack on its own fees and play tough guy as it works for hollywood video. thanks to the order, that's a role that's been left on the cutting room floor. if you have questions, contact the attorney general's office, and find more information about this story along with many of our scam alerts from the previous two years. on abc2news.com. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecaster find most accurate by weather rate. >> well past 5:30, but you can see some daylight here as we go towards 6:15. and air temperature right now, pretty comfortable stuff, 43, relative to the weekend where we just couldn't get above freezing. especially on sunday with the windchill, into the teens, this monday, an improvement in the weather, no question. and boy, it was captured well by

many of our abc2 weather bug cameras, you can see brilliant skies, not a cloud in them until late in the day. a fiery sunset here, gorgeous finish to the day as it so often there is at hemingways, baltimore, we see just some high thin clouds in the afternoon, no precipitation, and how about the wintery scene that is western maryland after the weekend, getting snow out this way, pretty good skiing to be how the out to the west. maryland's most powerful radar showing clean sweep tonight, that should hold up through the overnight into the morning commute, as we go towards mid-morning, we could see enough moisture moving out to produce showers, maybe even snow showers. temperatures too warm for that. low to mid-40s still, and winds steady from the west, but lighter than they have been until about early this morning when the winds were gusty up over 20. windchill factor, minimal, mid-30s is what it feels like. trend showing just some passing clouds, dry conditions, these

are not rain-making clouds just yet, but looking further, you can see the main moisture with this next storm system is set to push in towards midday, and certainly mid-morning into the early part of the evening, putting down some impressive snows in southern illinois, kentucky, and heavy rain towards mississippi. dry air treks further east, and so we think that and the moisture, not favorable conditions for this to hold its strength, or come through with much significance, but potentially we stop at 10:00 a.m., that's a round of snow showers, that could make things slick. quickly moves out, and we're left with a cloudy afternoon that could still produce some hit and miss rain showers, maybe a brief wintery shower, and we dry out for wednesday, but just know on valentine's day, you could see some wintery showers and some slick spots on the roads. overnight, 28, clouds increase

rather cold, 48 tomorrow, so through the mid-part of the day, any precipitation we get will be just rain showers. it's early in the morning and later in the evening where some could mix with snow. and then scattered mixed showers, light withinning, very light -- ones, very light, considering the facts there could be some slick spots on he willed surfaces. looking -- elevated surfaces. chance for rain showers on thursday, end of the weekend, low 50s friday and sunday, so we bounce back nicely, but i wanted to show this. we did get a chance to do some snowboarding, out at whitetail, so those who say we didn't have a winter in the mid-atlantic, we actually did for a weekend, at least. >> it was good snow. >> all trails -- >> you didn't fall down, did you? >> maybe just once or twice. wyatt everhart on valentine's eve. last week, we told you about a college senior on jeopardy.

well, she won, and she's going to be on your tv tonight in the finals. sarah bart was a wild card entry, but smoked her competition from duke and gw. more than doubling the combined total of her two fellows, now, she's one of three finalists who will compete in the final two days of jeopardy's college chap ship, and it's a story -- championship, and it's a story to tell. >> it's just a great experience, and the culmination for my vacation, it was the pinnacle of my winter break, and when i got back, everybody was welcoming about it, and friendly. like oh, you're the jeopardy girl, good job. and i'm like, yep, that's me. i'm famous right now. >> there you go! no matter how she do, she is guaranteed to walk away with $25,000, if she wins, she will earn $100,000. we'll have to huddle around the tv to see how she does right

here on abc 2, jeopardy starts by 7:00, and then wheel of fortune. pleasant night, wyatt will be right back with another look at the forecast, and we'll tell you what's coming up at 11:00. ♪

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lots. >> if you're trying to find a new job, how would you feel if you found your your competitors could be lying about it -- how companies with cracking down on fakes in the workplace. one school, one white, one black. we're going to look at both sides at 11:00 p.m. >> another quiet evening out there, we don't have the wind and freezing temperatures, that's nice, still 30s, we should stay above freezing. tomorrow, by hour, we'll start off coal, some wintery showers after about 8, 9:00, and we'll see rain showers. not a lot, just want to

emphasize that. >> new details to tell you about in the whitney houston death, next, with diane sawyer. >> have a good night.