could certainly end up with more than an inch in a few spots, a half an inch. you can see now, the more heavy weather actually east of baltimore, essex, across the bay, in to the chester town area and queen ann's county. not a lot of rain for the overnight hours. we look for weather to come in out of the west. we are talking about a high tornado count indiana, supercells through kentucky. the tornado outbreak continuing over 50 reported twisters in the upper midwest and very damaging storms to say the least. 50 this evening as the rain moves in. we will talk about how things shape up saturday and sunday. the twist and change is coming up. we contue to lead the way in offerings in baltimore. visit abc2news.com/mobile right now and check out our growing list of apps. you have access to the most accurate weather forecast, news

and live streaming video in the palm of your hand. to the developing story out of arundel, a jury indicted leopold, he is indicted on charges he misused his protection squad. leopold had officers drive him to parking lots, he would have them wait for him while he got in to another car to have sex with another county employee. leopold needed an officer to work overtime to prevent his girlfriends to run in to his live in partner. christian schaffer is talking to leopold and we will have more tonight on abc2 news at 11:00. arundel count pli police solve a rash of home burglaries and another one pops up in the same area. daniel hackly was the last of accused burglars to be picked up last night. they were responsible for daytime home burglaries in the

glen burnie areas. another one popped up last month in severn and handover. there have been 8 daytime home burglaries with the thieves broke in and stole jewelry and electronics. police have yet to develop leads in the crimes and asking for your help. >> we don't have information on a suspect or whether the suspects are using a particular vehicle. we need assistance from the public. we want to hear from them. >> police say they are adding patrols in the areas of the latest crimes. one person was burned in a house fire on longwood in southwest baltimore, firefighters say they had trouble with the fire because of what is called heavy debris in the house. the person burned was taken to the burn center, a cat did not survive this the fire. the cause is under investigation. seminary avenue is closed after a water main break in the area between charmless and delayny valley roads. the repairs will go through rush hour. no word yet on how long that

will take to repair. 24 days and counting, we end up paying more and more for gas. this year, there is a 10% rise in oil cost. national average $3.74 a gallon. gas prices have never been this high at this time of year. that fact makes it harder for lawmakers to consider the governor's gas tax sales proposal. don harrison is annapolis and talked with the leaders to get their take that is at volatile as the gas prices themselves. >> reporter: the president of the senate, mike miller, the same-sex marriage issue has been handled in annapolis, issues like the gas tax will be moved to the end of the session. legislators can wrestle with a budget that has a gaping billion dollars hole. if they can't add to the budget, they have to subtract. >> strong possibility of more cuts. we have alternative of cuts to

higher education, public education, medicaid, if we can't find revenues, then the cuts are going to go in place. >> reporter: as the price of gas is increasing, the possibility of the gas tax seems to be decreasing. >> close up to $5 a gallon. i don't think there will be an appetite for it. >> it's walking in to a nightmare that working families are experiencing throughout the state. >> we will call ourselves swim tax season. >> reporter: she has her kids here for a swim meet with travel to practice and games, any increase in gas hurts. >> i understands the state's economic constraints, but i think the timing is bad with the uncertainty and the expectations that the gas prices is going to keep rising significantly. i think those two events make it an impossible time to raise the tax as well. >> reporter: the gas tax may seem in doubt, legislators

against the tax know it's never out of the question, until the session is over. >> i would not be surprised if near the ends of the session, there was some kinds of gas tax pulled out of the drawer, perhaps on saturday, just like the alcohol tax was done last year. >> reporter: don harrison, abc2 news. >> 24 hours since o'malley signed the same-sex marriage bill in to law o pontes are setting the stage to sends it to referendum in november. one website asking for volunteers to gather the 56,000 signatures needed to put the measure before voters. expected to rely on church goers who oppose same-sex marriage. the governor is ready for the fight ahead. opponents

as it stands, the same-sex marriage law is set to go in to effect in january. police officers in baltimore are not allowed to ask people about their citizenship status. rawlings blake issued executive order today stating that. the order bans the use of city money to investigate or question anyone suspected of violating federal immigration laws unless required to do so by the government. this is days after immigration and customs enforcement said it would be checking on the immigration status of people arrested and booked in local jails in baltimore. >> making sure that people know that our police are doing their job to make our cities safe, when we are not immigration agents. >> mayor rawlings blake says police officers will work with agents that want to make the city's policy clear. mayor did not respond to

million in overtime over the last four years. the majority of the overtime went to school systems police force and temporary employees. the president of the board is quoted as saying the profession could not be considered a 9-5 job and needed to look at jove time cost because of the tight financial times. $10 million at sparrows point could become idle. union officials say market conditions are to blame. workers were given notice before christmas and the company is laying off 720 workers. operations started this year, no word on the future of plans. we want to update you on the story we first brought to you last month. people living on coon hunt court trying to get the county to training the street's name complained it has offense icon notation dating back decades. the county will take up the

name change among other opings are christina court, lime banks road and snow flurry hill. according to one council member, most people prefer christina's court. disposal bag tax is making big bucks for the water management fund there in the first month, the five cent bag tax raised more than 150,000 dollars, if it continues at that rate the county is expected to raise $1.8 million this year. however bag usage expected to drop over time. a food drive is underway. how you can help people in need and why this is a statewide program, it will have an impact on your community. we are life at the maryland home and garden show, we will take you insides the 105.7 fan cave where everything you see on the walls is going to be given away to lucky people. that's coming up. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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you are looking at a shot of beautiful downtown bel air. cameras over charm city run. the cars are moving fast. that's the time lapse thing, you can see how the weather was nice, and all that rain moved

in, loren will have a look at the forecast coming up. tomorrow, you will have your chance to take a tour of baltimore's iconic tower. between 1:00 and 5:00, check out the work studios of resident artist, buy their work and watch art performances as well. that's cool. check out the clock room at the very top of the tower. maryland statewide food drive, harvest for the hungry kicked off the 26th year. three different ways to help. leave food items by your mailbox, second option is drop by 20 caldwell banker offices and buy discounted bags of food and leave it in the donation box there. encouraged to donate healthy nonperishable items like whole grain pasta, fruits and vegetables.

this year's harvest runs until march 10th. we are on the go tonight, this time checking out the maryland home and garden show think spring, folks. kenny is live now at the timonium fairground. looks like off friend. >> reporter: i do have a good friend, ray lewis, his head is a little wobbly today. he is all right. we are inside the fan cave, which is if you like to hangout in your basement, this is your dream basement, all the stuff in here is going to been given away this weekend. i want to take you to the person responsible for bringing this interesting neat electronics in to the basement. this is bruce. tell us about what people can find. >> this weekend, next weekend, finds the 55-inch tv from sony. 10adp, high-definition. we will give the tv away. the way you have the opportunity to win a tv would be by using a super text, you

have to come to the man cave to find out what the secret code is for the secret text. you will be entered in the contest to win the tv this is a 55-inch sony, a nice television. >> you have something in your hand that you said to me before people would enjoy. >> a one touch remote control. the marriage saver. this is what you want to have when you have a man cave. this can operate your lights, it can operate the television, the cd player, it can operate about anything in the home. can't control the kids. it can control everything else you care about. this is what you want to have when you have the man cave. >> that's going to be given away as well. >> no. >> just the television. just the television. >> you had me at where it turned on the lights. maryland home and garden show this weekend, it starts at 10:00 tomorrow morning until 6:00 until 9:00, tomorrow and on sundays it's 10:00 until

6:00 and next weekend on friday, saturday and sunday. there is a lot more to see than just the man cave. if you are interested in gardening, i know with the weather we have had, it's been warm, it's a great time to check out what is out here for the ideas for the spring. we celebrate read across maryland month. there is a great project going on now in baltimore city to encourage kids to read. it's called the baltimore library project, helping renovate four school libraries and supplying them with loads of books. governor o'malley kicked off the phase called book drive 2012. see giant boxes popping up at any locations, you can drop off new and used books and if you want to know what this is about, listen to erika from the southwest baltimore charter school. >> it sends a strong message to children and families. they deserve a fabulous library and this kind of investment and

they deserve access to the big world out there. >> it is a big world in deed. the foundation are big sponsors. the library opens next fall. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> if you are watching at 5:00, you saw one of the new abc 2 new storm team members, loren rickets from the dc northern virginia area has done a lot of work. >> i'm glad to be here checking out the storms. busy day to start. >> here in maryland we have had the rain, of course, unbelievable weather in the upper midwest where we have had confirmed deaths, four at least. marysville, really more than what 50 tornados now confirmed or reported. >> i think there is going to be a few more fatalities reporting with the storms that rolled

through. we had a few storms rolling through our area. mainly down to the south. rain is coming through. most of it is sprinkms at this point and city of baltimores you can see off towards del aware, that's is we are with seeing storms floating through. this was the fist round of storms we still have a second round of storms and there it is, really scattered in the area. then south just to the south in to dover, off the eastern shore, that is where it's a little bit more heavy at times. we are seeing picking up half an inch in some places, we do have flood watches up we will be talking about, coastal flood advisorys for baltimore and to the south anywhere off of the bay, really, that's where the coastal flood advisory, stays until 7:00 a.m., we have flood watches. that's to the west, central maryland, western maryland, anywhere from montgomery county, and howard county to the west and through virginia and the shenandoah valley, flood watches up until tomorrow

morning as well. now, temperature as little bit cool outside, if you are headed out, you are going to want to wear the jacket. chilly rain, 46 degrees, humidity is up. 93%, visibility down to just about half a mile. if you are headed out, make sure that you keep your eyes on the road, because with the rain out there, you are making the drive in treacherous commute. annapolis, see the rain moving in, the heavy clouds started off as a dee decent day. here comes the rape, and just as quickly as it moves in, it is moving out. we have a second round on the way for tomorrow morning. right now, temperatures down to 46 degrees in baltimore, 45 dels. 43 winchester. cooler air western maryland. humidity up, of course with the rain coming down, anywhere from about 90-100% humidity.

the highs today, we made it in to the 60s yesterday. not quite today. we made to it 52 degrees, to the south, we have a warm front that is going to lift up through the north, that provided us with moisture and that's what got some of the storms going here in our area and the rain going in our area. there is thunderstorms moving in to the atlantic, that was the first round. seeing scattered light showers now. second round out to the west, that's the same round of storms that left over 50 tornados through indiana, through kentucky and tennessee, four confirmed deaths. this is the line of storms coming through tomorrow. it's not going to have the gusta once it gets here tomorrow morning. we could see severe thunderstorms, thunderstorms coming through, but i don't think we will be severe as it gets here tomorrow morning. everything is out by 7:00 or

8:00 a.m. we will see breezy conditions. there is the rain there, future trends showing 6:00, everything moving up to the north, and to the east, then as we head through tomorrow, 10:00 a.m., a lot of stuff to the south and east of us, clearing on the backside, we will see sunshine as we head in to tomorrow afternoon. we cloud up once again in to sunday. overnight, 47, rain showers, few thunderstorms, as we get through tomorrow, two degree guarantee, 52 degrees, late day clearing, in to tomorrow night, 34, partly cloudy, colder and much breezier and that will set us up for sunday. we are looking at clouds through sunday, temperatures going back up to 60s. they drop next week. high pressure building in, with sunshine. cooler temperatures towards normal. we will have more on the tornados in the midwest on world news tonight at 6:00. >> absolutely. the ravens made a big move this afternoon designated ray

rice as one of their franchise players. the goal is buy time while working out details of a contract with rice. the ravens cut ties with evans and la car. >> now that the ravens front office locked up rice for another season they are looking to lockup the cheerleading squad, they will hold audition as at the downtown athletic club. registration at 9:30, the tryouts will begin at noon, call backs will happen on sunday. final selection will take place on mar 17th. fans can buy tickets for 20 bucks to attend that. storm gear and promotional consideration provided by ll bean.

new at 11, designed to help people in need, feed their families, food stamps are right for fraud. companies ripping off the government and abusing the system. cruise ship companies are in crisis mode these days after one pastor and on shore robbery, the industry is desperately trying to draw in customers. where you can get the best deal so you don't waste your money. join us for abc2 news at 11:00. just a few showers left out there, light showers coming through the baltimore area, everything moving off of the

coast. this is round ones rounds two through tomorrow morning and thunderstorm is not out of the question. see you at 11:00. go to our website at abc2news.com for the latest.