back. the senate is still debating the bill to legalize same sex marriage. we are waiting like everybody else. the latest on when it may go down. first, your money, your home, our focus on the potential gas tax increase. have you received a phone call, a robo call yet? it wants you to tell the government what this could mean phoria, for those of how live inside a home that you could really loose your nice deduction at the end of the year. roosevelt is what the governor wants to do. >> reporter: realtor is homeowners say to take a piece of the mortgage interest deduction right now would taka away cash from the pockets of hard working families but could to help things grow sometimes have you to cut back. silvia was taking advantage of the mild weather to get the roses in shape for spring. she and her husband were some of the first to live on this street and the one thing they

have gotten every year is a nice deduction on their taxes. she said she is more worried about her children and grandchildren if the state takes a piece of the interest deduction. >> i think that would be quite hard for a number of younger people, particularly in our case it wouldn't impact us so greatly but certainly younger people who have large mortgages and are unable to take as much off. it's definitely difficult. >> reporter: the governor's proposing to cap the home mortgage deduction for taxpayers making over a hundred thousand dollars year. if the income was more than 100,000 you would see a 10% reduction. if you make 200,000 or more the reduction would be about 20%. >> tell your legislator. we fled to encourage homeowner ship, not make it harder. protect the state mortgage interest dedunk. >> reporter: the association realtors has been lobbying to get lawmakers to leave it

alone. they say reals state is responsible for about 20% of the economy and contributes about half of all local revenues. realtors say the market is sleepy now and folks just starting to wake up to low interest rate that are now available. they say now is not the time to make people think twice about buying or selling especially a 5th of the economy is at stake. >> there is some appeal but the weaker consumer confidence in how long they have to rely on the benefits of which this deduction -- are very important. the more difficult it is to convince the industry into recovering. >> realtors will hold a rally on lawyer's mall in annapolis next wednesday morning to convince lawmakers to go against the interest deduction cut. they are hoping to meet with many of them face to face as they try to step up their lobbying efforts. >> tens of thousands of baltimore city can county water

customers can look for credits on their bills after an audit exposed over charges on the billing system. more than four million dollars of refunds came from failing to check water meters on a regular basis. short on inspectors the city used past meter readings to assess charges and many hadn't their their use measured in more than four years. constituent has promised to replace the old meter was new automated system in the next couple years. >> all the meter also be replaces, there will be no meter reading, the meters will directly report in realtime the readings and i can access those it readings myself with my internet or my smart phone and see whether -- what's going on and catch it before a bill even arrives. >> reporter: mary said one woman got a 6,000-dollar water bill that was reduced to $134.

the audit turned up new customer who never received a bill at all. those people owe the city money. baltimore city firefighters and hazmat teams on the scene that have underground fuel tank leak going on right now in cherry hill. you are getting a live look. it this will put you near south side academy. nobody has been hurt but workers are trying to figure out what caused this leak. we will keep following it and bring them to you as soon as we find out. >> weather wise its been very knight, well in to the 06's. 20 degrees above average is and some spots at or above 60, just below at the airport, downtown still at 6o washington still another 61 right now. the radar little bit of activity just north and west of hagerstown. winds light. i point them out because we expect a ramping up of the

winds, you can see the high wind watch in effect through the day on friday that. may well extend into central maryland. winds could gust to over 80 but temperatures will rocket into the low 70s. even by noon tomorrow, extremely warm, before we go much colder and windier tomorrow night. we have all the details on this and the complete weekend forecast in just a minute. >> all right. how about that? a 59-year-old man on home detention for pretending to be an officer and police are trying to find possible victims. police say this is the man . he was pulled over while wearing a virginia state police uniform. the officer who pulled him over found he wasn't a state trooper, never had been. he was driving a ford crown vic with emergency lights, a laptop, spotlights, siren and video monitoring system though that didn't work. detectives searched his home and found more items that a real police officer would have.

they are concerned he may have been doing traffic stops prior to the arrest. if you think you may have seen him before contact the baltimore police department right now. here in abc 2news we are working for you and asked police what you can do if you think you are being pulled over by someone who isn't a real policeman. >> you have several choices. you can turn on your hazard lights, always acknowledge the officer that you are -- not fleeing from them. we don't want a situation where that happens. you can always drive to a lighted area or a populated area and pull over at that point. you can also call the police and say that you are being stopped and that you have concerns that it's not a valid traffic stop. >> the real police are also looking for a man they believe stole a batch of credit card from a woman in january and is now using them at several local gas stations. they say this man caught in

camera used one of the cards at this station. two others on the same day they were reported stolen. he is a bald white man with a medium build. he was driving a light blue mini vanf. you recognize him call crime stoppers. police are out there looking for two missing teens brook rain park. police say the 14-year-old and her 15-year-old brother were last seen yesterday morning, neither made it to school. police are asking anyone who may have seen them call the police. all right let's go to annapolis. the senate hasn't voted on the bill to legalize same sex marriage. the senate president expected a vote today but at 4:00 the efforts kind of held on there for more debate. the governor has said he will sign the bill but opponents say they will fight to bring it to the voters.

and protecting animals, three bills out there tonight. we will go down the list. first presbyterian first, pressure to crack down on puppy mills, another would require someone convicted of animal cruelty to pay the cost of removing, housing treating that animal and a third bill concerns, banning the sale, trade or possession of shark fins. at fort mead bradley manning has deferred his charges of making the biggest leak of classified information in history. he put off if he will be tried before a judge or a jury. a trial date hasn't been and the could go to prison for life. google is making changes to the privacy policy that will go into effect march the first but they are facing a lot of questions about this change. today, our attorney general sent a letter to the ceo asking

for a face to face meeting. he wasn't alone. 35 other states joined in, and google has been given a week to reply. google customers would give the company authority to use their information for all services and products. >> the bigger problem is there is no opt in and no opt out and what are they doing with the information? how are they storing it? is it safe,? is it safe from identity theft and hackers? do who are he giving it? >> there are consumer who would not have a problem with their personal information being share bud they feel there are many more that would and may not realize the potential danger. google has until wednesday to respond. the president has been playing very close attention to the rising rise in the gas prices. promoted his energy energy but

he used the opportunity to talk about the potential republican opponents. gingrich promised two dollars a gallon gas if he is elected. >> you can bet that since it's election year they are dusting off their three point plan for two dollar gas. ly save you the suspense. step one is to drill and step two is to drill and then step three is to keep drilling. >> his remarking while the average price nationwide is $3.58. here it's higher at $3.62. you can always find the best places to get gas locally on the website, right now it looks like the cosco in white marsh is the best, $3.43. go to the website and click on the gas prices tab. coming up, it's dinner time and we will chase you to your spice rack because what you have in your pantry may be the

cure to keeping you healthy. do you have the cutl chemical? we will see what your blood is predicting. ♪

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. tonight's health alert that cinnamon, your favorite currie dish they have hold the key to make you feel better. how common ingredients in your kitchen can get rid of all the achex pains. >> reporter: karen needed a pick me up. she was feeling burned out between work and taking care of her family she had a lot on her plate. >> i didn't have as much

energy, more cranky, i'm normally a happy person, easy going and i noticed that -- just was a bit of an edge. >> reporter: she turned to yoga and got help from a doctor. what she needed was a few common ingredients and it only took about a week to start feeling better. >> my children noticed, my 16- year-old twins noticed. that was like -- they don't notice anything about me. they were like mom. >> reporter: one of those is cinnamon known to help manage diabetes and improve your breathing health. >> it helps loosen up the secretions and gets things moving and can reduce inthere medication. >> reporter: also a spice in curry helps joint pain. the key is to take it in a high dose usually found in supplements. >> have you a reduction in your pain and in the

progression of the argument arthritis. >> very well studied and really great at helping support the white blood cells to fight infection. warm with spice a good diet they can work wonders for your help. >> i feel so much better. >> you will feel battener the morning. you ever have a migraine? you know you go through a lot of pain. a researcher in boston looked at data from more than 36,000 women and found a defense exhibit between high grains request depression. women with migraines and

depression. and forget mood rings, or fortune tellers, if you want to know how long your love will last check your blood. researchers looking for a way to predict the length of a relationship found that the amount of a chemical in a blood holds the answer. they tested 163 people in their 20e and tested them again six months later. couples who were still together were the same with the highest levels of the chemical in their blood. why are we suing highways for the -- there -- we are getting it right now and it's a good blood because it was beautiful out there today. i will take it over to wyatt because we are on 65 and this may be one of the greatest february days we have had. >> very warm today. about 20 degrees above average.

tomorrow even warmer. tomorrow night it all changes. don't get to used to it. let's look right now at the naval academy live. very nice looking weather here. 59 degrees, wind is calm, the pressure is on the rice. how is that? take a look at the climate, stats, how unusual was today? 65, the high, 47 the normal. almost 20 above average. this is a time of year we can get the extreme range. as warm as 78 and as cold as five above back in 1963. 67 was the two degree guarantee today. the weather through the day. it was fair weather cloud cover at times and then a lot of sun. if we had even more sun we would have warmed up even more. ocean city n is beautiful down here at the beach. a lot people walking the boardwalk with temperatures

over 60 degrees, even beach side, that was a very nice day for february. highs today you can see mid60s. yeah, way above average and as we come out just a little wider temperatures haven't fallen much. they will fall through the 50s through the rest of the evening. only extreme western maryland in to the 40s right now and winds right now very light, and changing. i point them out because they will ramp you through the day tomorrow, high wind watch in effect already for carroll, western in to the western half of the state and this could be extended further east into central maryland. also enhanced fire risk, not that many people do outdoor burning in february but that will be ill adviced tonight, tomorrow and into saturday. the air is very dry and now the wind wills becoming up. take a look across the area. scattered, very light rain newspaper to southern pennsylvania, some of that not touching the ground. the pattern quiet, we have a nice dry spot. that will move over us over

night. warm air will continue to surge in tomorrow. warm through midday. then by tomorrow evening, just past dinner time temperatures start to drop. cold air comes behind area of low pressure to the west. look at that warm air poised to the south. they were in the low 70s through much of the carolina's and virginia. that's what is headed our way tomorrow. just a chance for a few overnight showers, friday looks dry. maybe isolated shower or storm but a lot of the activity is just south and east of us, then the cold air flows in on saturday. overnight isolated shower but not much. as we look to tomorrow there we go, 72, near record temperatures and tomorrow night, then the winds really start to come up and turn northerly down to 38. the seven day forecast you get the idea. big shift saturday and sunday is. even those numbers seasonable for february. that's not below average and next week looking not as mild but still fairly good. >> i can hear it onto first t,

from baltimore. 2:00 right? >> yep. >> we continue to lead the way in mobile. offering right here. here we go. visit abc 2news.com/mobile and check out our growing list of apps and with them you can have access to the most accurate weather forecast, latest news, live streaming video 24-7 right there in the palm of your hand. lot of people are sign up. don't be left out. let's take a look at some of the issue as effecting your money. the bottom tax. we remember it was controversial when it went into effect. temperatures are flairing now that the mayor wants to increase it and several have said they are against it. so school administrators invited them to patterson where students tried to show the city leaders where the money would go and how badly it's needed if passed it could provide as much as $300 million in money. we will be back.

. breaking news, the maryland senate has just passed the bill to legalize same sex marriage by the count of 25-22. the governor said he will sign it, opponents said they will push to have it put on the november ballot. we will have more on this

development tonight on the news at 11. . again. we become the 8th state in america to offer same sex marriage once the governor signs it. all right. interesting. let's take a quick look at the evening forecast here. recap that. i want to say how nice it'll be the rest of the evening in the 50s, partly cloudy and then look at this. we are talking near record temperatures tomorrow for february. low 70's, if we hit the mid-70s we would hit the old record. the afternoon forecast. chance for a shower or storm. temperatures start to drop by 8:00 tomorrow night. let's show you the outlook for the weekend. much cooler, so if you like this warm weather you want to enjoy tonight and tomorrow. >> all right. thank you. going to be a great day and the big news, same section marriage has passed in the senate. all that and more coming up

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