continues to come down in western maryland. we are tracking a huge cluster through garret and into hagerstown. we have another significant round of rain that will keep it on the wet side before finally we do start to clear up overnight and into the day tomorrow. take a look at the pattern. you can see nice clearing in to ohio. it is on the way. we will dry out and clear out tomorrow but in the meantime dealing showers and storms and concerns in western maryland if you are traveling to hugey stown -- flash flood problems and severe warnings up for parts of eastern tennessee and the south. this evening 40s, scattered showers, still a few storms to the west and tomorrow the big change in to the 60's we go. we will talk about how it unfolds in to the weekend straight ahead. >> a suspect has been arrested after shooting a deputy. it happened in cambridge when

the deputies tried to serve a warrant. the suspect shot the deputy and jumped on to the window. an 82-year-old man is recovering in a hospital after being shot by a home invasion. the man was in his bedroom when he heard a noise in the kitchen. he grabbed his gun and went to investigate. the victim confronted the intruder and the two wrestled and during the struggle the suspect got the man's gun, shot him and then left. anyone with information. asked to call police. . a man has been charged with

murder after police say he beat his 5-year-old daughter to death. what caused the beating will surprise you. roosevelt. >> reporter: the call came in late monday night. a 5-year-old unresponsive in the bathtub. when authorities arrived they it -- got her to the hospital they found something terrible had happened. police have charged this man, it 2-year-old matthew carr with first murder, childa bourque assault and endangerment. police say it happened in this house on calloway avenue and northwest baltimore. police say they got a call from the home saying she was in the tub and wasn't breathing. firefighters took her to the hospital but doctors say she was severely beaten. police focused on the father. >> i can't get in -- into why but i can tell you -- he felt the need to discipline her because as he stated she had a

bowel movement in her clothes. obviously he went overboard and has to face the system now. >> carr was arraigned this morning and is being held without bond. the detective said the mother was not in the home at the time of the death. abc 2news. >> thank you, police in hartford on the look out for a man who exposed himself to a pair of young girl ons a playground. it happened along todd road in belaire. two 13-year-old's saw the man exposing himself in small trees bordering a playground. they ran home and told her parents and they called police. the man was gone by the time police arrived. the police officer had this advice to parents parents and children confronted by that situation. >> don't approach and don't chase the individual. take a cell, call the police and let them know where are you seeing this. if you can keep a distance and keep an eye on them, try to do

that, if the individual flees give the deputies an idea of the direction so we can locate them. >> just two days before the playground incident children spotted a man exposing himself in bushes along a nearby road. this point police can't rule out it was the same suspect. concontroversy around a councilwoman. a week ago police tried pulling her over on the capitol beltway. instead they chased her for miles with a cruiser reaching 105 miles an hour. she was surrounded by police when she finally pulled over. she repeatedly cited her status but was only given a 90-dollar ticket and a warning for going 105 in a 55-mile an hour zone. >> you want somebody to vote for you have to show, have you

to represent yourself. for them to let her go it was me i would be in jail. >> me too. police say an officer is able to give a warning when handling speeding people. she said he was late for an aa pointment and regrets the incident. tomorrow the governor will sign the same sex marriage bill into law. he will sign the bill, that just passed both houses. the law will then go into effect next january. however, there are efforts to make the bill a vote on the november ballot. opponent also have to gather up 56,000 signatures by the end of june to make it happen. a state senate committee held hearings today to talk about budget balancing issues. the budget and tax committee is reviewing a bill that helps balance the budget by transferring money, increasing taxes and fees and eliminating tax credits and exemptions,

this as lawmakers thinking about changes to the governor's budget. senate president has warned of a doom day budget plan that's only cut if lawmakers can't agree he on a mix of cuts and new revenue to solve the state's billion dollar plus deficit. gas prices continue to climb. according to aaa the average price of regular is about $3.67 today. that's up two cents monday. midgrade, $3.81. we are all looking for ways to save and right about now reward programs that cut the price of the pump look good but do they really safe you as much as you think? >> reporter: the programs all make big promises but the fine bryant is another story. tonight at 11 we show you the

rule may note. he restrictions on how many points, where you can use the points and which products count toward them. it's not just as easy as buying and saving. >> we caution consumers, just do their homework before enrolling in the programs, read the fine print to understand the restrictions. >> reporter: tonight at 11 we will break down the rules to know how much you are really saving once you are ready to cash in. >> today is -- leap day and one couple in australia celebrated their birthdays together. that's because both of them have leap day birthdays. it's rare enough for married couple to share a birthday, let alone one on february 29th. the two were born in 1932, make be them 80 or maybe that's really 20. for those who actually born

on leap day celebrating one wirth day is a challenge. think of being a woman who celebrates a birthday on leap day and is pregnant with the child due late in february of leap year it ends up being a story of more than just crazy like. >> i was the first baby born in baltimore on february 29th that year. >> reporter: meet janet. she was born on leap day in 1960. so she is 13. >> it's her 6th leap year. >> reporter: her daughter was born on. >> february 29th. >> in 1988. >> reporter: making her. >> 24 but it's my 6th birthday. i love it. i wouldn't want it to be any other day. >> i could say the same myself. i like having the birthday. it's different. >> reporter: it's more than

different. that's amazing. what are the roads in that a mother and daughter were worth born on leap day in two different years. besides that they were both born on a monday, and both born at the same hospital. and in 1988, abc 2news was there for the blessed event. 24 years younger sharing more than the bond between a young mother and a newborn daughter, starting out life together, what are the odds? >> they are roughly around one in 4.2 million. you know better odds of winning the lottery than you do of being such a -- being born on leap year and the book of world records, for the most straight leap day birthdays in a family, there is only one other family that has like -- if i was to have a child we would be matched with them. >> reporter: and when she

decides to get married start a family of her own will she defy the roads and hope for a leap year baby? >> i'm not sure. i don't -- that's down the road. >> reporter: abc 2news. >> now the chances of a mother and daughter -- you would have a better chance hitting the lottery. it doesn't stop a baby from being born and jamie joins us live from where they are seeing quite a few birthdays this year. >> reporter: so far we have seen four, we have two more to go but will be reach the record, set back four years ago of eight here. we will find out when we come up next. >> and also coming up, talk about severe weather that was made this leap day. little difficult for people in the midwest. how strong tornadod leveled

some towns. >> we track that same system. 51, 49 would be normal. 51 was the two degree guarantee. take a look, next weather maker coming in as we speak. it's another round of heavy rain talk about how fast it gets out of here. ñ[=

. you're watching the station that works force you. abc 2news at six. >> a time l aps e look at frederick from the weatherbug camera. rainy, cold day and the next

round of heavy rain pushing in right now. wyatt with a detailed look at the forecast in just three minutes. don't touch though dial. for more than 19 hour wes have monitored how many babies born today and that's been hard work for jamie. he joins us now live from the hospital in townsend with the update on today's baby count last week it was four, but two on the way. >> reporter: we are still holding. we have the update for you. here is -- the -- daddy to be here. olga went in what time? feels like three weeks ago. >> yeah it's been like forever. >> reporter: how are you managing? >> just -- thinking more about the coming baby, making us more exciting. >> reporter: here is olg a's big brother. what is so she going through? >> still waiting.

>> reporter: there is a lot of drama, a lot of emotion, once you -- those doors open up. we have seen tears today, we have seen hugs today. we have seen kisses, emotional kisses, we saw grandma and it all started at 2:33. the first stretcher came home because diedra had a baby at d phone with the police getting instructions. >> told me to keep the baby warm and -- wrap the baby up in a towel and tie the cord and --. >> reporter: i believe you still don't believe you did it do you? >> [inaudible] >> reporter: amazing. >> excited. can't wait. >> reporter: boy or girl? >> girl.

olivia rachel. >> reporter: how is mom? >> good. got a leap baby. i know. it's crazy. try not to cry but it's hard. joy -- it's a good cry. >> it's -- i can't describe it. all that hard work and the nine moss of making sure everything is perfect finally pays off >> reporter: she looks beautiful. >> thank you very much. >> this baby is so beautiful and i just love her to death and i'm just going to suck the blood out of her. i mean it because i love her. look how beautiful she is. >> reporter: look how beautiful she is. you have -- any problems with being -- given -- having a baby born on leap year? >> no i think it's a very special thing to remember. >> reporter: good luck. get back in there and help her. do something. do something. >> coach her on.

>> reporter: there you go. listen we have four babies right now born, we have two more still to come and we will stay here until 11:00 to find out. there goes -- there they go. give -- get olga out of there. come on. all right. there you have it. the latest tonight. >> all right. those dads are so calm. all right. thank you. we will see you later on tonight. wyatt with a look at the weather. the dad was so calm. the woman is doing all the work. >> you know -- pacing. jamie is the iron man. >> i know. >> he has been there overnight and has five hours. >> he has been through this twice. >> every four years. we have wet weather, big weather day to finish the month. even let's take a look. show you where it is. new round of rain. there is a newborns and parents headed home. they will deal with rain. how is that? a look at it, the radar, we

don't expect any severe weather this evening for our state but we have seen lightning strikes up here in the far western part of the state. we continue to track those lightning strike was the radar, i think could we hear the thunder later here in its possible. we are getting some early rain out of this last section the storm if you will. this last boundary and we are getting a good rain here in belaire and perry man. yeah it's not just western maryland. there are other scattered downpours, just realize the rest of the evening, through, ten or 11. we could see some precipitation. take a look out at pwi. it's -- out downtown reaping. rñ,r 50 degrees. not frigid as we have been these last hour, a mild february 2012. our weather cameras across the state showing the camera lenses covered water, belaire, annapolis similar story here.

look at this, clouds over the camera on the severn and -- in frederick they had the rain on and off and then the rain coming down in earnest as we get into the last 30 minutes here. that's the leading edge of that more significant rain headed toward central maryland. right now 50 baltimore. 41 in hagerstonn and winds light and from the south. there is some slightly warmer air, right along the southern edge. possible, there could be a thunderstorm or two later this evening, especially south annapolis, again not looking for anything severe. temperatures in the mid50s. in the mid to upper 60s tomorrow. sun that will replace all the active weather tonight. still more rain to come next several hours and then clearing, you see it back across indiana, western kentucky. the troy air will press in and still run mild this boundary that will push the rain out doesn't bring in a lot of cold air, we think we will rebound

nicely temperature wise throughout the day, we get the rain out as we push toward the overnight and 45 degrees, scattered source ending but then the end of the day tomorrow here is that turn around, 65, sun, more mild and then it tomorrow night, down to 36, as we see the wind shift againt. gets cooler and temperatures will bounce around here as we check out the first seven days of march. how is that? temperatures in to the upper 50s on friday, then back this to the low 60s saturday with a chance for showers and then dry sunday but cooler back in the 50s, 40s on monday. >> definitely could have been worse around here. severe weather rolling through the country, hartland. one of the hardest hitters harrisburg illinois where six people were killed when a ef4 tornado went through the town. that is the second strongest measurement for a tornado. neighborhoods were flattened, homes destroyed, even shopping

centers ripped apart. crews are digging through the rubble trying to find anyone trapped. officials believe 300 homes have suffered damage. in missouri three have been killed by storms, the damage in branson where a suspected tornado hit early this morning, branson is considered a country music resort town. a lot of damage there. the owner avenue i diner said a theater next door exploded went everywhere during the storm. more than 30 people were hurt there. >> to keep one the latest the news is the source for everything that happens in tornado alley. we have teams of storm chasers going after storms all over the country. many of them turning to video live where you can see them as reraise to get as close as possible to some of the most violent storms. go to the website, click on tornado alley and hit the link there at the top of the page. we will be right back.

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. that radar looks active. >> we have had one big round and as we check the radar a new round there. it is. pretty heavy rain but not much lightning. a little bit in western maryland. overnight more scattered showers coming to an end late tonight. we will clear out tomorrow. warm it up.

>> be glad it's just rain. we will see you tonight at 11.