live look at the inner harbor, getting started on this tuesday, april 17th. i'm charley crowson. megan pringle is on assignment getting you ready for tax day. now, let's go to meteorologist, lynette charles w a check of the forecast. good morning, it's going to be a dry tax day. the 70s are back. yesterday 90 degrees, tied it with the record in 2002, a very mild morning on tap again. we will be dry and fair this morning, that will continue even as we go in to the afternoon, we need the rain. maryland's most powerful radar is dry, with all five sweeps on, we have been scanning the

skies. not looking like anything. leave the coat at home, these temperatures are warm. upper 60s elkton and mid-60s in ellicott city and frederick. a check now of the traffic with angela. good morning. good morning everyone. on the roadways now, the accident has been moved off of the northwest expressway , the damage has been done. folks slowing down. it's moving at a stop and go pace, before franklin boulevard , the accident is past franklin, reisterstown, if you can, hop over there, that maybe a viable option for you. here is a live look at the west side, outer loop on the left side, your usual west side delay, forming in place as we get another look on the west side, through catonsville, you will be on the brakes, i-70, that delay continues until you pass baltimore national pike and we are updating you all morning long with traffic updates, follow us on

twitter@maryland traffic. february 24th, discovery made the 39th and final lift off last year. lit ride piggy back on 747 headed for the capital. renae marsh is live at dulles with details of the final journey what is in store for people in the nation's capitol today? >> reporter: something very, very cool. i'm tell i don't go u, if you are in certain areas, you will be able to see this, this piggy back ride. shuttle discovery on top of a 747, headed here to where i am, the national space and air museum in virginia. now you are looking at shuttle enterprise behind me, that will be switched out and people will be able to come here and see it up close. discovery is special because it is the most traveled, it has

done the most missions, 39 missions, and 148 million- miles. that is a lot. it's going to be a cool, awesome day out here, this morning. you mentioned the coolness factor, you've mentioned enterprise, over your left shoulder, what will become of enterprise when discovery takes its place in the hain gar? >> reporter: enterprise will be headed to new york and it will end up in the museum in new york. it will have a new home, of course that will be to make space for discovery which is here, the museum put in a bid to get discovery and they happened to win the bid. it will get its home at the intrepid museum. if you want to see the flyover,

smithsonian officials are suggesting several viewing sites. gather for the sighting, other sights include haines point and southwest water front. in maryland, discovery maybe seen from the national harbor. the flyovers between 10 and 11:00 this morning. arundel executive john leopold is laying out the budget for the next year, carrying on business as usual, there have been calls for him to step down. a tax increase in more than 70 county positions will be eliminated. furloughs will come to an end. they will add 15 officers. all tarted twawrdz the arundel mills area. to see the budget or look inside the story, head to abc2news.com. two school zone cameras going up in baltimore county, drivers beware. one near johnny cake elementary on craig mount and other near perry hall. won't be turned on until may

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the city solve budget problems and megan pringle, live, where there is a rush to meet the tax deadline. angela will help plan the morning commute. good morning, yes, we have lots of talk about this morning, maryland's most powerful radar is dry again, we have the severe drought across the eastern shore, we have a slight risk for wild fires for today. we need the rain. it's in the forecast, we won't be seeing it for today. heading out and about, leave the rain gear at home and coat at home. we can see the temperatures in the 60s in arnold and dundalk. 63 columbia, in the 70s throughout the day. now a check of the traffic with angela. looking pretty busy out there, within the work zone on i-83, jfx, an accident reported southbound 83, past north avenue. we are not seeing volume as of yet. no major back up with this. in the meantime, this is a good stretch of 695, bw parkway, no

delays on the south side, west side is where you will see the delays. if you are making the drive towards the capital beltway, heavy and gridlock on the southbound side as wells that northbound side at maryland 100. let's look, this is cep dispace center, this the s the shuttle taking off from south in florida, making a ceremonial trip today looking at the monument before it goes to final resting place. we learned a few moments ago, that there is also spacecraft in the hangar now. that's the enterprise, that will be taken to new york, and replaced by shuttle discovery, made first voyage in 1984, 39 separate space missions coming to rest today at the air and space museum, a live look at kennedy in florida, where it takes the final flight.

firefighters are battling a 3-alarm fire that gutted a glen burnie complex, it started on faywood avenue. this is new video in to the newsroom. everyone escaped without jury, crews will remain on the scene for a number of hours battling the fire. no word on a cause for the fire. we know what today is. if you haven't done it by now, scrambling with very busy today getting the last minute paperwork wrapped up. income tax day, deadline for settling up with uncle sam and irs. megan pringle is live at the post office, there will be a lot of last minute filers today. >> that's right. there will be. it was ben minute who said, nothing is certain but death and taxes. if you are waking up with us, that's the good news. it is tax day, april 17th. you got to pay up.

peter francho is here, i know you are busy today. have you done your taxes? >> yes, i have. like everybody else, i hate to pay taxes. there is a lot of frustration, bad economy, we are spending too much and borrowing too much and taxing too much. i share the pain. today you got to suck it up and pay because if you don't file the tax return, you get in a lot of trouble. i have to enforce the law. we do vigorously in order to have a fair system. >> reporter: who waits until the last moment? who are the people coming in and going right up to the last hour? >> hundreds of thousands of them, don't feel like you are lonely out there. join the crowd, file your taxes. they fall under two, one people that are challenged economically and want to check out, they are so bummed out over their lack of money and scared of the tax man. there is another big group of people with a lot of money, who

deliberately cheat us. that group who don't pay taxes we go after like white on snow. for other folks we try to be solicitous, these are tough economic times. >> reporter: extended hours for you guys what is the office like? >> we will stay open until 8:00. we are interested in customer service. we want to bend over backwards, the main message here, is stop the foot dragging, today is the day. tuesday, end of business, make sure you get your tax return if. if you can't figure out how to fill it, sends it in, we will help fill it out and make sure you don't have unfair penalties or interest, but the best, you may find we owe you money. my goodness, unclaimed property, we are taking unclaimed property, matching wit the tax forms and permanently sending it out to people, they are getting checks

from us for significant amounts of money. you got to file taxes. otherwise we don't have idea where you are or confidence in sending the unclaimed property out. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining us this morning. i stress out and do it early. charlie, the comptroller's offices will be open late, so is this post office. check on line, not every post office will have extended hours. >> website is the place to be for everything related to the tax deals. 12 locations throughout maryland, helping you free today with your state taxes go to abc2news.com for the locations nearest to you, also free deals today, arbys giving away curly frys and banana republic offering 30% off on line. abc2news.com for a full list and a look at the dozen locations where you can get help with state taxes. lawmakers are hold agnus

conference on tax day, talking about the doomsday budget. also the possibility in the special session if the governor doesn't call the session, the doomsday budget goes in to effect july 1st. it carries cuts to education and state services. baltimore city trying to come up with a plan to relieve the woes and one option could be talking about response sponsorships for fire houses. are we talking about m and t bank? >> pete welch says corporate sponsorship could be the so loose to the budget myth. this is the proposed closing of three fire companies announced earlier this month. welch wants to keep them open and hoping corporate america might be willing to pay the bill. ladder truck 15 is one of three companies set to close to be replaced by an engine and

medic unit. truck 10 set to close. they have more tan 700 signatures. people want to feel safe, this allows them to feel safe when the companies are supported financially. >> we are not running nascar, we are not detail earnhardt jr. >> he says in the bill goes in to effect, a committee would be formed to determine how big the ads would be, where they would go and how much the city would charge. there are six cosponsors, one short of a majority. football fans get ready, mark calendar, nfl releasing the 2012 season schedule, that's going to be happening tonight. season opener we do know about, that's the defending super bowl champion giants, hosting the cowboys but today is different. wednesday, september 5th , the

game is on thursday, they moved it up a day so there would thought be a conflict -- so there would not be a conflict. if you are ejected from a game, you are not allowed back in unless you pass a code of conduct exam. it cam from a california psycho therapist , the number of fights anding ray exchanges before football games is on the rise. the test is to encourage fans to behave. five things you need to know, u.s. senators, will discuss racial profiling across the country. the hearing will be the first of its kind before september 11th.

voters in arizona will be heading to the polls for a republican primary, to determine who will run for gabby giffords. she was shot in the head during a awe tucson massacre in january of last year, supreme court will hear arguments on a major case involving prison sentences for drug possession. also in dc, tony stewart is headed to the white house today, scheduled to meet with president barack obama, he won the sprint cup in november of last year. he is headed to the white house to meet the president. here is a look at dozens of tornados that hit the midwest during the weekend. these images were captured.

national weather vis received 100 reports. six people were killed in oklahoma. no chance of that today. warm weather is going to be persistent. that's exactly right. they are getting a break of that today. here, we are getting a break of the hot weather we saw yesterday. temperature in baltimore, 69 degrees, see the blues across the upper midwest. that will filter in as we go through the rest of today and tomorrow. satellite and radar, not picking up on anything. we will see the clouds increasing a bit as we go throughout the day with the sun- cloud mix. cooler behind the front moving through and cooler behind that secondary front that's going to reinforce the colder air. tomorrow, temperatures at normal or below that. future trend not picking up on a lot. clouds moving in, we have the chance for showers working in by tomorrow. much needed rain but not that soaking rain that we hope that we will get by the weekend. seven-day forecast coming up in

a second. today, 76 is what i'm going with. your seven-day forecast, it looks like this as we jump to the weekend, the rain showers i'm talking about, a rumble of thunder by saturday. ocean city, looks like rain for that event there for komen. over to angela with a check of the traffic. good morning, the accident on the jones falls expressway cleared. not seeing too bad of a delay. here we are on the topside of the bellway, we are seeing major delays. over to towson, 13 minute drive from harford over to providence, on the west side right now, it's business as usual. in delays 795 to baltimore national pike. news and weather and traffic in a half hour. g

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