in general out of dc. fredericksburg. as we look at the overall set up here, there is a concern for more flooding especially along the immediate coastal areas, high tide through saturday morning and for western maryland, just from the downpours and steeper terrain , the runoff , the chance for flash flooding in areas. this evening 50s, the rain continues to move in. we talk about how things shape up through the weekend. several changes saturday through sunday. those are straight ahead. those last week's pregnancy can be agonizing for moms to be. more expectant mothers are choosing to have deliveries early. some husbands are cracking down batting early inductions and asking moms to wait for nature to take its course. >> when jennifer gave birth to her daughter four years ago, there was little drama or surprise. she scheduled her in duction.

her husband was in the military and serving overseas. >> for him to not be there was pretty rough on him. >> reporter: the doctor suggested she schedule the birth, so chris could be on the phone when she arrived. >> he got to be there without actually being there. >> reporter: according to the american college of obstetricians and gynecologists, the rate of inductions doubled. it's become common practice. >> moms want the convenience of having the babies born at a time that was good for them. the risk to the baby is low. , now a growing number of hospitals including here in maryland, are saying no. instead of leaving it up to the mother and the doctor, they are instituting hospital wide bans against nonmedical inductions before 39 weeks. why the need for a hard and fast rule? some doctors say it's a matter

of benefit versus risk. >> issues that require going to the neo natal intensive care nursery for example, longer term data done suggests greater long-term risks and evidence that increases the chance of severian delivery. >> reporter: she is glad the policies weren't in place when her daughter was born. >> i would do it again in a heartbeat. just knowing that he was able to be a part of it, that much, was important. >> reporter: march of dimes have been working with the hospitals to put practices in place. they say they are gaining momentum but there is a lot of work to be done. megan pringle, abc2 news. are you ready for the harvest for hungry food drive? join the mayor and many others joining to announce the kickoff of the drive, called healthy

harvest for the hungry. officially starts tomorrow and runs through march 10th. they selected millions of pounds of food for marylander whose don't have what they need to survive. meet kisses this pit bull mix is a picture of gratitude, almost a year ago today she was found seriously injured and malnourished and missing half of one leg. thanks to barks and veterinarian center, the pup is healthy and active due to a prosthetic extension. karen has been a big part of the corporation. >> it was a learning curve. at first she would walk around holding it up. she realized she could jump higher and had more balance wit. it was over from. there as soon as you put it on, she wants to jump. >> the cost is over $15,000. thanks to barks, some of the cost has been covered. as far the future of kisses,

karen applied for adoption today. abc 2 news is on the go tonight, checking out the maryland home and garden show. >> reporter: we are now in the 105.7 fan cave, simulated like a basement. the place to watch a game if you couldn't be at the game yourself. i'm joined by ron, who put this together. can you tell us about what people would find in here? >> this is, if you look around here, there is not too much they can't find if they want to look at a fan cave basement, man cave, which i guess is a little politically incorrect these days. as you can see, there is a lot of memorabilia, orioles, ravens, great places to sit. we have a partner here, see

great televisions, and it's wired, surround sound, things like that. >> reporter: a lot of this is going to be given away. >> all of it. everything on the wall. 55-inch television, you can raid the cave as they say. >> reporter: i understand the bobblehead is not being given away. we had a shot of that. my wife really would like that. she is in love with lewis. i always take a picture of it and send it to her and say your boyfriend is here. it's a great thing. he is almost as tall as ray lewis. >> reporter: if you are interested in winning any of these fabulous electronic items, memorabilia, if you visit the fan cafe tomorrow or sunday or next weekend, there is going to be a secret code you are going to find inside here that you will text to the radio station and you will be up for a drawing. all kinds of neat things and the bobblehead is not available.

tomorrow, high school juniors and seniors are getting a chance to get the dress of their dreams. they take dresses and give them to girls who wouldn't be able to afford a dress. march 3 at the baltimore marriott, located at 110 south utah street in downtown baltimore. it's first come, first serve with a limited number of available dresses. a bag manager is feeling grateful to s.w.a.t. officers. how she narrowly escaped a gunman. and a fight in the couple, what the judge decided that set this off.

california man recovering fromm a gunshot wound tonight after shot during what police say was an attempted bank robbery. the man walked in to bank t bank with a shotgun and demanded cash and took the manager as a hostage as s.w.a.t. officers close in. >> it's quite an intense moment

when somebody comes out the door with a gun to a hostage. >> officers approached the bank and the gunman started to fire. the officers shot the man as he walked towards the door holding the gun manager at gun pipet. the manager was throne out the front door, hits the ground and crawls to safety. the manager had scrapes and bruises but is expected to be okay. surveillance cameras in a fort lauderdale courtroom caught a fight. the defendant in the white shirt was in court for violating a no contact order with his ex-lover. he started pushing the deputy and the attorneys had to get involved. let me guess, your password is the word password, or your last name. if i can guess that, so will the hacker, the worst passwords you can have. with super tuesday next week and deeing investigates at

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learn about customers habits. twitter emphasized since it won't make the direct messages available and it is a public form it maybe difficult to raise objections here. keeping a sharp eye on maryland's most powerful radar. so far, some scattered heavy downpours , the heaviest rain east of oh baltimore, across the chesapeake in the churchhill, queen anns, caroline, goldsboro, denton, some rain stretching in to kent county and on the del aware coast and the beaches, ocean city, getting heavy rain, our flood concerns not much on the eastern shore at this point. in terms of what the national weather service issued, a coastal concern for the western shore of the chesapeake, high tide through tomorrow am, and from northern baltimore county through carol, howard and west,

that's where we have a true flood watch in effect for heavy downpours and significant runoff as we get two rounds of rain, one tonight and showers overnight and a better chance ar heavy round of rain in the morning. wet throughout right now, 46 degrees, bwi, temperatures definitely running cool, a warm front moving out of south, warming things up tomorrow. it's generated rain ahead of the front. the clouds thickening up through the day in mount airy. the rain started to come down, getting heavier and steadier tonight. that has been an interesting scenario to watch those, not just clouds thicken up, but the heavier downpours developing. mid-40s now. humidity near 100% in spots. we have plenty of moisture if the atmosphere to help fuel more downpours tonight, thus some of the flood concerns and see the high temperatures spread across the mid atlantic region, was minimal, 41 new york, 57 norfolk.

too many, warmer, still the threat for rain, and cooler for a second half of the week as we drive drive things out. there is the round of rain continuing to push through the area now. all ahead of a warm front, trailing cold front with this area of low pressure to the west, storm system, this is going to generate a line of wet weather in the morning and could potentially bring thunderstorms, the good news is it's going to come through early enough, not that warm and not be able to fuel these kinds of thunderstorms. the thunderstorms we are seeing this afternoon, so far, indiana and upper midwest, unbelievable, the current tornado count at 51 or more. significant outbreak of severe weather here and certain towns, southern indiana reporting extensive tornado damage. probably doing to see bad report from that part of the country. we will track the weather as it crosses in to the region. if we will see thunderstorms, it's going to be in this time frame. with the early morning arrival, likely won't have quite the

fuel or energy for the storms to get going. rain, though, and in to the second half of the weekend, increased clouds late sunday but a cooler drier finish to the weekend. overnight 47, rain showers, thunderstorms possible towards day break and early part of tomorrow. late day clearing of the rain and dry and cooler tomorrow night. looking at your seven-day forecast, here is how things begin to shakeout, again, trending drier and cooler sundays, monday, tuesday. remember, for this part of march 49, 50 degrees will be average, temperatures not bad. it's this evening, more downpours, flood concerns and then in the morning we have the chance for thunderstorms. >> you mentioned all the tornados west. >> midwest. >> more of that coming up on world news tonight. now to democracy 2012, super tuesday, fast approaching, many in the

republican party are hoping it leads to a revolution in the race for the republican nomination. emily schmidt joins us live. >> reporter: hi, we are talking about ohio. one of the biggest prices of super tuesday. 63 delegates up for grabs. we know that this was a state where there is a wide variety of republicans, no matter what happens, super tuesday, it will be a battleground state in november. people are watching. things are getting closer, rick san santorum in the lead, beating out many mitt by four points, within the margin of error. a few days ago, santorum held a 7 point lead. they are holding events in ohio, santorum trying to convince republicans he is the clear choice. >> the conservative across the

board, at a time when your country is in peril of losing foundation and freedom is the only way we are going to win the election. >> rick hoping this is familiar territory for him, ohio of course right next door to pennsylvania, he was a u.s. senator from pennsylvania for 12 years before he lost the bid for reelection six years ago. he is hoping this will help him turn around his fortunes and pick up a win he wants. >> ten states in play on tuesday. one state voting tomorrow. what can we expect in washington? any surprises? >> reporter: you can't forget washington, they have 40 delegates, there are a caucus system. ron paul is hoping to use to it his advantage, pick up his first win. he is holding three campaign events in washington today, also gone up with the campaign ad blasting three opponents.

rick santorum yesterday, mitt romney had a meet and greet there this morning. >> a bunch of states that are going make their minds up in the next couple of days. you guys are first. your voice is going to be heard. >> reporter: while everyone is talking about super tuesday, mitt romney would love to make it three wins this week. that would be pretty super for him. >> thanks a lot. tonight we are learning about security lapse at nasa since 2010, reports of a space agency shows 48 electronic devices lost or stolen over a 2- year period includes a laptop with uncrypted codes for controlling the space station. nasa reporting 5400 computer related security lapses in the same time period. coming up all brand new at 6:00, 24 straight days, 24 straight increases in gas prices is making the gas sales tax proposal harder to swallow

for lawmakers. what they are looking at cutting in place of raising the tax. problems at the steel mill, what is shutdown that will end up costing more people their jobs there. those stories and more coming up at 6:00. now a preview of what is ahead on world news tonight at 6:30.

abc2 news is proud to air a one hour special of the john hopkins childrens hospital at 8. an in depth look at the great work they do, followed by what would you do at 9, 2020 at 10:00 and abc2 news at 11 right after. after the dow finished above 13,000 for the first time in four years, stocks ended in the red today. dow fell 3 points, closing at 12,978. nasdaq down losing 13 points, sp500 fell four points. at&t customers who experienced show downs can check to see how much data they can use before things slow down after a lash of customers angry about the regulations. at&t says smart phone users with three and 4g phones can use 3 gb of data before a slow down. those with 4glte can use up to 5 gb.

text messages will be cents to warn you if you reach your limit. they hope the clarity will make things fair. southwest airlines and air tran have the green light to combine their operations. faa approved their single operating certificate thursday. the dallas based airline bought air tran last year. merger expected to take several years to complete. one of america's oldest fast food chain is revamping menu and going for a high end look. ten storees are modeled with lighter woods, natural lighting and flat screen tvs and hamburgers, too. customers gave the $850,000 look rave reviews. they hope to complete the makeovers over the next few years. we are following development,s leopold faces

charges. new updates and the updated forecast. you need to fill up your gas, prices continue to rise r. lawmakers considering raising prices more with a gas tax? what is next for sparrows point? another part of the plant could be shutting down for now. one district is paying millions in overtime. we look at where most of the money is going. looking at the rain in the forecast, that's nothing compared to what they are experiencing in the midwest. one town is quote completely gone in indiana. i'm roosevelt leftwich, we want to go to meteorologist wyatt everhart now, how much rain are we expecting in our area? >> we are tracking weather across centra