marriage. it happened during an excluessive interview with abc news. after talking it over with his wife, the couple decided it all boils down to treating everyone the same way. meanwhile, his likely opponent in november, mitt romney reaffirmed his position that marriage should be between a man and a woman. clouds have been holding tough all day long. you can see it on maryland's most powerful radar. that will continue to move in our direction. the rest of the evening 70s and looking for the showers to move in could get heavier and steadier. we'll talk about that when we finally dry out. it's all straight ahead. today maryland state police honored their fellow troopers who made the ultimate sacrifice.

in pikesville they honored those who died in the line of duty. trooper hunter was added during the roll call of fallen heroes. when the general assembly finished their annual session they left the state with a dooms day budget. now the governor is calling them all bab to annapolis next week. don harrison has the details on the upcoming special session. >> i have called a special session that will begin may 14th. >> reporter: with that it became official, so now they must come back to work that out. >> to leave this budget incomplete, to leave this budget as it stands right now would damage the very forward motion that all of us together have work sod hard to achieve for our state. >> reporter: other leaders, speaker bush and president miller acknowledged the unfinished business from last

session. >> edge' very honored to be back here on another day to correct what needs to be corrected and move the state forward. >> unfortunately, it fell a little short on the final day of session, but i don't think that we can let those inactions go unaddressed. >> reporter: one thing is certain, the governor said tax increases were necessary to move forward. >> a cuts only approach would help no one and would harm all of us. >> reporter: those tax increases would be in the form of an income tax and affect about 16% of marylanders, those individuals making over 100 this or households making over $15 this but there will be no gas tax. >> investments and yes, revenues to support those important ongoingen vestments. >> reporter: maryland's leaders said the special session will last three days.

the governor also announced it will be followed by another special session later on in the summer to discuss maryland's gambling issues. in annapolis, don harrison, abc2 news. >> the special session will likely cost the state roughly $30,000 per day. the fbi has added to its 10 most wanted list, the mississippi man charged with kidnapping a ten sew mother and her three daughters and killing two of them. murder charges against the suspect. >> reporter: adam mayes has been on the run with the girls. this surveillance video is from a store in gun town, miss misand shows mayes three days after he kidnapped jo ann bain and her three daughters. after jo ann and her clerk were found dead, the clerk who told him cigarettes said he acted as

if nothing was wrong. according to the arrest warrants, teresa mayes helped her husband by driving the getaway car with the victims in it to the mayes trailer in mississippi. police say 65-year-old mary mayes heard her son digging in her backyard the night of the killing. >> i called the investigators on saturday because the statements she was making was a concern. >> reporter: police believe the two girls are alive with mayes and police are thinking that mayes has changed his appearance and cut his long hair. jamie costello, abc2 news. relief could be on the way for some struggling homeowners, bank of america has started mailing out letters to customers who may qualify to have their

home loans reduced. more than00,000 -- than 200,000 customers could benefit. only mortgages owned by the bank will qualify. those owned by fannie mae and freddie mac will not qualify. some twitter accounts may have been hacked. most of them are spam handled. there was a emergency posted online saying 55,000 accounts were come promeased. it also post lad link to a pasting site where it said the use are names and passwords for the account. twitter is looking into the situation and pushed out password resets to some of the accounts that were affected. a bus runs over a man in texas and it's caught on tape. we'll see how he's doing and what happened to the driver. plus, one, two, three --

fall. they and up in a chilly lake. we'll show you how they got soaked and how it kept them from ruining their special night. >> wow, right, kelly. that would be amazing. back here, we're tracking some rain. that's right, more rain that we need headed our way tonight. when does this head out. we'll talk about that straight ahead.

some disturbing video out of austin can texas. the surveillance video was rolling. he was not seriously hurt. the bus company says the driver is on administrative leave and faces disciplinary action because all drivers are trained to stop at a yellow light. a man in new mexico took a man on a wild ride and decided to drive his truck around a horse track. officers had to make a bare ri cade. the suspect was apparently too drunk for a sobriety test and

passed out in the back of the patrol car. talk about a determined little kid, this 2-year-old in arkansas got his arm stuck in a gumball machine while trying to grab a treat. firefighters had to be called. they ended up taking the machine apart to free him. when it was over, he was still holding that gumball in his hand. the good news is he was in the hurt. >> lots of parents have saved and saved so their kids could go to college. we'll take a look at where to turn to keep that dream alive. hop went home on last night's -- who went home on last night's double elimination show of "dancing with the stars." [ mrs. hutchison ] friday night has always been all fun and games

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the classical cerning and the football -- singer and the football star are moving on. left behind after a competitive week in dancing, the oldest and youngest celebrities who were still in the game. george pennachio has all the details. >> roshon and chelsea. >> reporter: roshon fegan and chelsie hightower high tailed it out. >> i'm happy to be alive, period. that's what it is. every moment of my life has been amaizing and cherish everything. i will miss it. >> reporter: the double elimination continued minutes later with one more couple death the news it was over.

>> melissa and max. >> reporter: melissa gilbert and maksim chmerkovskiy were also voted off. >> what dead you win? >> i won the gilbert in my life. >> reporter: and melissa loved the journey. >> whatever comes next, i'm ready. i've always been ready. >> reporter: now we're on to the semifinals. the remaining four couples will hope to make it into the finals. a picture perfect prom that turned soaking wet in wisconsin. miranda and her date had a

memorable prom. they decided to pose for a picture on the pier. little did they know that it would collapse right under them. >> i heard a crack and the whole thing collapsed. >> i don't know why i looked freaked out. >> soaking wet, they had to run blow dry the dresses ander that tuxedos. they made it. no one was hurt, just a little wet. must not have been too muddy. >> could have been worse. >> i don't know. take a look cheer across the center park. no rain in baltimore. annapolis we're dry, although humid. we're watching more rain to the west and south. right now we're not pick up any thunder or lightning. no thunderstorms for now.

possible we could see thunderstorm and rain beginning to clear out moving steadily east. what we're watching are heavier rains south of the frederick area. as you go towards the richmond area this is moving north. more rain, a good bet. the state could use more even though we've already picked up in many spots more than half an inch. the coast guard cutter, 73. humidity is moderate to high and sunshine tough to find once again today. i know, another great day. brighter at times but still staying cloudy. that's for sure. tomorrow we may start off like this early in the morning but we expect more sunshine in the afternoon. our best chances for rain tonight into early tomorrow morning, boy, just an ugly day down at the beach, some reduced visibility. humidity is high, over 80% in hagerstown. ocean city we seat fog on the

camera high atop the plaza. you can see the cold front to the west with 50 in oakland. 59 in wen chester. warmest air in central maryland getting pushed out as we go through the overnight into day tomorrow. we'll struggle to get out of the 60s, a cooler dislai with that front pushing through. humidity is rather high across the area. i want to show you this. quite a bit of rain beginning to push in out of the south. we'll watch this carefully. right now if you look at the trajectory of this, much of this rain will probably skirt just south and southeast of baltimore, meaning more rain for the eastern shore, ocean city, salisbury, cambridge and easton. for baltimore west we'll get some of this rain. no question we'll get a round of showers. the heaviest will stay east of the chesapeake. it is a part of the state that needs it the most. that will work out rather well. the pattern is extremely active

and very, very wet. but drier cooler air is on the march and this is the weather that will replace the sort of ugly gray and wet conditions of tonight and tomorrow with a drier cooler condition by tomorrow night and especially into our friday and saturday. take a look at the trend. we look for more rain on and off and a lot of the rain will continue into the maybe early morning hours of thursday. overnight 56, more rain, gets heavy at times. your two-degree guarantee 70, a morning shower, maybe a thundershower. then we clear out. tomorrow night dry, 48. getting windy tomorrow night. seven-day forecast looking ahead. as we look ahead, you can see the trend is for drier and sunnier weather for the weekend. so that is how it shapes up right now. that's my story and i'm sticking to it. >> good news. hopefully the weather holds up for the tight walk are.

>> these guys are so good. let's talk about politics now to democracy 2012 tonight. earlier today president obama surprised many for calling for marriage equality and taking a defined position on same-sex marriage. this is sure to become a major issue on the campaign trail, right? >> reporter: no doubt about it. president obama's stance on same-sex marriage often frustrated members of his own party. it appears he has finally reached a conclusion. >> at a certain point i've concluded that, for me personally, it is important for me to affirm that i think same sex couples should be able to get married. >> reporter: the comments came during an interview with robin robert, three days after

vice-president joe biden said he was comfortable with men marrying machine and women marrying women. the president said this has come over the course of several years. republican mitt romney isn't part of the day campaigning in oklahoma. when asked about this, here's what he said. >> states are able to make decisions with regards to domestic partnership benefits such as hospital visitation rights. benefits could be determined state by state. my view is marriage itself is relationship between a man and a woman and that's my own preference. >> reporter: upcan't overstate the importance -- you can't overstate the importance from what emerged from the white house. it is the first time a sitting president has thrown his support behind same-sex marriage. this issue is suddenly front and center in the debate. >> let's talk about the timing

of this, the vote in north carolina yesterday, vice-president biden. where does this all play out? >> reporter: this has been in the political arena, then you have what happened in north carolina where voters overwhelmingly approved an health that would define something between a man and a woman. look at what's going on on the national scene. the gallup poll, should marriages between same sex couples be recognized as legal. when you factor in the errors, this is a dead heat. the president said this is a personal position but certainly will be dissected in every political direction. >> we haven't heard the last of this. thanks for the live report. coming up tonight at 6:00, a local teacher came through the gulf war only to come up through

another battle. he hits "good morning america" tomorrow. >> he's been hitting the weights, treadmill and staying away from the fridge. how two of your neighbors are battling the bulge, brick body style. here's a preview of what's ahead on world news at 6:30 with diane sawyer. could the midwest be the new middle east when it comes to welt and oil. see how families like yours are striking it rich in the backyard.

the so-called great recession took a toll on a lot of savings accounts. the good news is that financial aid is widely still available. >> reporter: whether you're paying your own way or getting help from mom and dad, college is expensive. there's a ton of information out there. the best place to start is the national association of student financial aid administrators. that's nasf.org. you'll find art cells, videos and work -- articles, videos and work sheets. check out college board.org. they have great information on financial aid and grants. click on the college planning tab. you'll get great information on schools and can make a

customized plan based on what grade you're in, where you want to go to college or how much you're looking to spend. three other sites threw federal student aid dot ed.gov. also student aid.com and saving for college.com provide a resource. if college is a long ways off, open a college savings account and start contributing right away. they've been serving their community for 75 years. we'll take a look at the good work that's been done at the kennedy krieger institute. the ground is thursday, even though it had a pretty good

drink of water it needs more. >> it's overtime in in annapolis. the special session starts next week. what the governor said will be on the table. >> the great wallenda doesn't disappoint us. he makes the walk across the inner harbor. i'm roosevelt leftwich. we'll show it to you coming up. all right. check this out, maryland's most powerful radar active to the west. we have moderate showers toward the martinsburg, virginia area and more rain to the south. this is what we're really watching, more significant rains coming out of the richmond areas. over several hours the showers will track further north into the baltimore region, so keeping a sharp eye on the rains to the south. for now light to moderate showers. the rest of the evening, cloudy mild. with the showers moving in from the south could mean