concerning safety. we will crunch the numbers to make sure are you protected and how would you like to be the hero of the house by saying why not adopt these cats? and we will start with the start of your day. it was a foggy start to the day. plenty of fog in the area as many of us got 77 and -- starting to go to work and running errands today. you can't see anything and the fog did burn off. now let's take a live look outside our window. a 97 to moving smoothly. yet another beautiful night to get home, get to the ballpark and just get outside. enjoy the sun now because the weekend -- it looks different. let's go to wyatt who sizes it up for us in his first forecast. >> reporter: that fog was rough this morning. no question about it. we have sort of the ingredients to see some of that. you can see on the visible satellite view that fog lifts and burns off. it kind of help -- toughest in

northeast maryland toward cecil and maryland. things cleared out late in the dame 71% humidity in central maryland. 90% in dover this will set us up for fog over night. in the meantime enjoy mild evening as temperatures in the low to upper 70s, baltimore one of the cooler spots, overnight patchy fog developing and partly cloudy skies in to the mid50s will go. how it shapes up in to the weekend. big changes coming up. >> all right. when you bring up the word budget boring usually follows. if you hear rising taxes you pay attention. don harrison with people paying attention and display that displeasure. >> sympathy. >> reporter: a lot of noise inside the house as delegates try to get a way to fill a nearly one billion dollar budget gap. their debate created a lot of noise outside the state house

too. >> taxed enough already. >> reporter: about a dozen people came to protest the proposed tax increases, a couple of them got in trouble for it. they were handed a 60-dollar citationn. maryland you can't beep unless it's necessary. those protesting think the opposite. >> the companies didn't think this is an emergency. i tell you, it's a tax emergency. >> reporter: the debate continued inside. house members opposed to the higher tax complaints, there aren't enough cuts in the budget. say this isn't the time to raise taxes in maryland. >> this is the worst economy, in 75 years. yet all we are doing is raising taxes, we are finding unique ways to raise taxes. we have to stop. >> reporter: others in the house feel the poor economy is the reason we need to raise taxes because more marylanders need help. >> the people who rely on their neighbors increases, in a

recession the number of people who need medicaid, increases faster than the rate inflation. >> reporter: the debate is planned to go on for a while. the house has double sessions planned for today and for tomorrow and say they will meet saturday also. in annapolis, don harrison abc 2news. >> the house hopes to have the budget together by the beginning of next week. do you or would you ride a moped without a helmet? the state senate is expected to take a final vote to make it a law. a bill would require drivers to wear protective eye wear. and now to the budget battle where emergency services like police, like have you to consider the future with less money and -- roosevelt joins us with how the belt also be tightened. >> reporter: it's a numbers game right now as the city takes a look at its lean budget. the mayor calling for being efficient and departments looking at cutting back and

staying effective at the same time. the fire department is looking at closing three fire companies with a savings of almost $2 million each. it doesn't mean fire house who be close bud house that have one or more engine company inside. they are also negotiating to increase the workweek to 56 hours a week and offering firefighters a race to do it. the police are eliminating 16 unfilled positions and merging the 911 center with the city call center. they are hiring new officers and working on ways to keep ones they have. they say the other jurisdictions trying to get their hands on police officers to keep their it own costs low. it could also race costs to the city. >> reporter: when we loose an officer that is already out in the field and we madely hire there is a lag time. by the time we hire and train

it take itself about nine months to get that officer back into the field. >> reporter: police say depending on how many decide to leave they loose 60 to 1 -- more than 100. that's in addition to the roughly 200 that retire or leave on disability every year. roosevelt abc 2news. >> some of us are 301, others 410 or 443, get ready to dial a new one. the newest makes its debut part living in the baltimore area and on the eastern shore who get a new phone number may get the area code 667. the public service commission said last year a new area code was needed because they were running out of numbers in the codes. the new codes are expected to create another 8 million numbers. organizers of the so-called

citizen's eviction gathered at the wells fargo location on east monument street around noon members of occupy baltimore -- they were on hand as they protested the east baltimore location before having their share of try and evict the bank. >> i just went in there with a mess teenage message that we are tired of watching them not pay taxes while we pay more than our fair share. >> reporter: they were escorted out of the bang. they tried to evict the bank of america branch. a day after romney visited, the co chairman for gingrich said he is going to drop by. the republican presidential candidate will visit annapolis and plans to visit the state house and meet with business owners there on main street. the visit is scheduled for tuesday, a week before maryland's primary.

and the historical society started celebrating the life and times of william donald schaffer. a reception is taking place as we speak which will displace i had world war ii dog tags and the famous swim suits he wore there at national aquarium. the mayor and governor and also state comptroller died nearly a year ago. and look who visited baltimore. animal rescue and care center, cats and kittens, somebody dropped them off in a crate and a box -- this is cat breeding season and since january 1,000 have been brought in. the need is great to find new homes. >> they all look healthy. they seem friendly. they are a little upset by their experience but we are getting them time to settle in. >> if you are interested in adopting them, you can call

barts. baltimore city firefighters had to fight an early morning fire in west baltimore that gutted a three story row homet. start dub it spread from the empty home to two homes next door. nobody was hurt. police have arrested five young men in a fight with multiple stabbings. it all happened tuesday afternoon. one of the victims is in serious condition at this hour. one of the others was actually release from the hospital and is among those arrested. he is a 20-year-old ronald williams northwest baltimore. he and a 19-year-old and 18- year-old and a 21-year-old and a 20-year-old, they have all been charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder and assault. all of them are being held without bail.

the aclu is frustrated tonight that the county's chief of police won't testify before the county council. he said that -- he said he won't respond to the subpoena because i call itself invalid. the aclu said he won't take a suspect to tell the council and the voters what the chief knows about the supposed enemy list the executive had. police keep about possible candidate that may run against them. the aclu said if he can't do this he can't preform the most basic function of his job, which is to enforce the law and if he is afraid of his responsible responsibility he has no business being the chief of police. we are at that meeting and will have a report for you tonight at 1. > and state police are reminding everybody of a law requiring drivers to move over.

it's to -- and traffic. violaters said the move over law could get heavy fines especially if someone is hurt in january. two maryland law officials were hurt in two separate incidents. name the three great things about your mom? you gave me 11. there is nothing stronger than a bond between a mother and child and tonight we will show you just how strong this bond is. and the highest price for gas, right now at ten minutes after six is at the shell on thrift avenue and pike's avenue. $4.11. more on the rising price coming up. >> that will hurt your wallet. 73 at the airport. 56, keep in mind that would be average right now. 72 was the two degree guarantee. david steel the two dee weather winner. when we come back it's warm but when the rain arrives. talk about that straight ahead.

. you're watching the station that works for you. abc 2news at six. >> looks like pier39, is that -- no that's the naval academy. we are in annapolis. the fog will burn off on the -- we get our boats out on the water. nice. wyatt will be back with the full forecast. let's look at health news. according to the society of america most sinus infections treated wrong. one out of seven are found to

have one but there is no simple test to determine if it's a virus or bacteria. however, that is leading to over use of medications and drug resistance bacteria. older adults who are over weight may have lower mental function than those who are not. in a study those between the ages of 60 and 70 with a high body mass index were linked to the lowest mental performance there. was a particular association with belly fat. nobody can deny the bond between and you your child. never to early to start build that relationship. linda taking us to a class that lets parents spend quality time while teaching them important life skills. . >> getting in the water is something that these kids look forward to every week. it's just as exciting for the

parents. dawn started bringing her son at the ymca when he was just six months old. it's paid off. >> we wanted safety skills for him. we wanted him to be confident also in his abilities and to have accomplishments and things like that. we thought that was important early on. you can say he doesn't need me. >> reporter: not only are they learning to swim they are building bonds. >> the special time have you with them dedicated to them. >> reporter: it's wonderful for me to see the pants get excited when their child goes under for the first time. >> reporter: megan the coordinator is a mom too and said these classes can benefit parent and child. >> when babies see others doing it or toddlers they are like -- i want to do that. i can do that. parents are interacting with

others, they are getting to know each other and bonds have been made with in parents -- talking to other parents. >> reporter: building a bond while having fun with mom and dad. abc 2news. >> if you want the latest health news you can get it by liking abc 2news. the facebook fan page. you can find it by doing a search for linda stowe. abc 2news. you and log onto the website for all of your health news. log on and click on the news tab and click on health. you will find health lines and different categories to help you find the information you need. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> while are you on the subject blogging about the winter without snow, snowless winter. you have heard of endless summer, snow else winter.

unbelievable stats that. 71 degrees at pwi. winds northeast at seven. it's a muggy evening and warm as well. this is what we face, the first half of the day even. right through the morning, and -- you know that fog was just tough to get out of here today. burned off eventually, but took all afternoon. now the sun is still high in the sky. baltimore, foggy start here. people enjoying themselves, taking a look, it was foggy here. statewide socked in this morning and we see more fog developing potentially overnight in to the morning. we hope it won't be as wide separate and dense. the radar is nice and clear. temperatures comfortable but on the warm side humid these numbers running about 20 degrees above average for this time year. baltimore itself, held down in the low 70s but most of the state in to the upper 70's like easton, frederick and

hagerstown. winds are light, east variety for the most part but not enough easterly to -- cooler air rather off the waters of the atlantic and so -- things are warm and humid. humidity levels now again up over 60, 70, 80% in dover. this is one of the reasons we have a real recipe for more nothing. this is looking at the current humidity plot if you look closely -- northeast maryland. that could mean the densest fog could be in that part of the state. the trend across the area partly cloudy skies and a couple of showers way west of us toward charlottesville virginia, here is the overall trend quiet in the east. web somewhat sunnier weather just west of us will shift over us tomorrow and that will mean decent sun, as high as 80 or so after the fog burns off. this main weather maker, crawling across the center of

the country, bringing heavy rain, heavy rain bands to alabama and tennessee. timing wise for us, this will take its time coming in and as it has for all week long. no impact, just a warm south breeze ahead of that front. that could mean that -- temperatures will push 80 or higher tomorrow. then the clouds thicken up saturday, chances for hit and miss showers through the day. best chans on sunday as that main system arrives, again a ball of wax just crawling and in fact the cor may not get out until monday. this will be a long system. overnight down to 55, fog develops, watch for that -- friday morning drive. warm, 80 tomorrow and tomorrow night 56, dry not so much. once we get in to the weekend. sunday with a better rain chance, then into monday still showers could linger around. behind that storm wrap in cooler air, you say that almost tongue in cheek.

mid60s on monday. ten degrees on average. that -- those are the kind of cooldowns we are getting these days. >> you want to play between now and 11, place nine. >> back nine. >> i will get the 19. >> let's look at gas prices. it seems every day we pass by the stations and seat price has gone up. listen to this, according to aaa the national average is $3.88 a gallon. that's up two cents, check out these prices, charlie saw them at the ridge stock shell station. regular gas -- $4.40 a gallon. $4.40. the average price, regular is now up to $3.91. up i cent from yesterday. midgrade is now $4.05 and premium up to $4.18 both up a penny in the last 24 hours, you can log on to the website any time you want to find the

cheapest gas prices. i will traffic tab click on gas prices and find a list. we also have interactive map you can find to use the best prices in specific places. let's take a look outside and did will be a great flight. we will get a nice table by the water. we will be right back.

. new tonight, ladies you know you love your shoes, what if you buy a pair, you get them home and decide you can't pull off the five inch heel. why returning them may be harder than you think. and people aren't the only one enjoying the nice weather. our furry friends like running outside. what you need to know to take care of your pets in time for this coming summer. more when we see you tonight. >> and the warmest its been a lot of water. ice cubes. >> real quick temperature wise still in the upper 70s. little cooler in sparrow's point. watch out for the fog especially midnight and toward daybreak. we should get to 80 or so tomorrow. the warmest day of the week. >> word news is next for you and we will see you tonight on

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