>> just as many rights. >> same sex couples can pick up the paperwork to say their i do's in a month. >> a man charged with watching over students at maryland school for the deaf is charged with sexual abuse. >> an and early morning house fire in jacksonville. why crews had to wait for water to fight the flames. the same-sex marriage law was approved by voters last month. >> the same-sex marriage license wouldn't be available until the first of the year but some have already set their mat trimoan -- matrimonial plans into motion. >> reporter: something has always eluded them, a marriage license. >> i can't wait for all of this

is done. >> reporter: jo ann king is a handful of applicants. >> historic day. the legislature has spoken for the state of m the citizens have spoken for the state of maryland. so this is a great day, which will go down in history. >> reporter: while the law goes into effect on january 1st, gay and lesbian couples can apply for the license. they expected a rush which one likened to the lines which form on black friday, only three applicants showed up in the first four hours of business. for jo ann king it meant securing the original copy from her first marriage eye was married in '86 to my daughter's

father and i'm taking care of that now, making sured divorce is -- make sure the divorce is together. we've been together for 15 years. so this is the year we're going to do it. >> reporter: in baltimore, jeff hager. >> they must provide their name, address, age, social security number, place of birth and marital status. there's also an $85 fee that has to be paid in cash. now to a really disturbing story where an aide from the maryland school for the death is charged with sexually abusing students there. >> reporter: 37-year-old clarence cepheus taylor of windsor mill is facing three counts of felony sexual abuse of

children. police say the attacks happened between 2008 and 2010 when he worked as an aide at the dorm. taylor is accused of fondling at least three girls over a two-year period. it came to light a few days ago after one of the girls came forward after several years. >> one of the girls realized she may not have been the suspect's only victim. she went to a teacher and reported this had occurred. at that point we launched an investigation and identified two additional victims. >> reporter: they're asking anyone who may have been harmed by taylor to contact the police. taylor remains in custody. in harford county, charging documents show that a 22-year-old edgewood man is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl last month. officials say the girl was taken

to the child advocacy center where she told investigators ryan gram, a man who was helping a father on a remodeling project touched her inappropriately. he is charged with second and third degree sex offenses. an update on the news we delivered this morning. a 62-year-old man was found dead inside his baltimore county home after fire ripped through it in the middle of the night. neighbors came out to show us how bad this fire was. dozens of firefighters came to the home. the two-alarm firer was so -- two alarmer was so powerful. >> no fire hydrants. >> so tankers of water were brought in. two firefighters had to go to

the hospital with non-life-threatening i the man s badly burned in his house has died. ernest was taken to the hospital. he died from carbon monoxide poisoning. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. a recent string of deadly crashes continued. a man was killed when his car hit a utility road. the driver's car rolled over before it hit the pole. he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> continuing coverage on that shooting inside the university of maryland st. joseph's medical center. baltimore county police identified the man they say struggled with an officer as brian dargan. he tried to get the officer's gun away. a shot was fired grazing the

officer's leg. dargan will be charged with attempted murder. this is a picture of the man the police are looking for in connection with the stabbing at the dark horse saloon. they found one person who was stabbed in the neck and chest. another person was stabbed in the back. police are asking anyone with information about the man to call metro crime stoppers right now at 1-866-7-lockup. chill in the air tonight. no question about it. feeling leak deals. 31 now at our weather bug site in towson. most spots closer to the mid-30s including bowie. 35 in stevensville. westminster at 37. a leet breeze but enough to give a wind chill to the air. temperatures keep dropping. cold start. things do change by the weekend.

we got it all coming up. >> thanks a lot. you know this, born and raised here. charm city all about the prize. when we heard about a new show comparing ours to d.c., we had to get in on the debate. >> reporter: guys, it's funny. we're down here because the travel channel will do a comparison between federal hill and compare that to capitol hill. what is better? obviously, it's federal hill. we're on east charles street. this is a pretty normal evening. we go inside the cross market with all the seafood. let's ask what everybody thinks about d.c. is that for me? d.c. versus baltimore. we're throwing you on tv. tell me why, why you like

baltimore and specifically where you like to go in federal hill. >> well, i live here in federal. i just like this because the people are friendly. it's a little more laid back. >> you say friendlier than d.c. so hands down we have a big rivalry. ravens versus redskins. there you go. there you go. so we got. we have drinks and we have a crazy game this weekend. again, federal hill versus -- what do they call it? capitol hill. that's right. >> mike masco, doing it. you're never going to leave that place. >> all right. it may not be happening on federal hill but one of the clings that makes charm city big is the lighting of the washington monument. the lights will go on right at

7:45. the streets are blocked off and they will be closed until 11:00 tonight. >> we're talking about the annual tradition. the kindertime toy drive is back. we're a proud sponsor of the toy drive. you can drop off any new unwrapped toy and you can also did to any celebree learning centers. for a full list, go to abc2news.com/toy drive. each week we give you a look at a student. >> but each week we got a little twist. how a whole team is seth the example for their school. >> firefighters save lives every day, but today they're doing it differently. >> 41 degrees out at bwi. that's seven degrees below average. we guarantee 45. so didn't quite get there.

we'll talk about the change coming tomorrow. it's dry now. that may not be the same case tomorrow. more details straight ahead.

a beautiful day. very chilly. wyatt's got a complete look at the forecast coming up. we bring you the story of different students who are

excelling. this week it's a whole team. championship banners, but this volleyball team is pretty good. >> we love it. >> volleyball at the harford school. >> we love this. working as a team. >> they're taking care of special people. >> colonel sanders did chicken, i want to do this. >> she can't thank this team enough. >> she's growing. she's making friends, calling people on the weekends, have friends over. na's not something we've -- that's not something we've seen pretty much ever. >> here it's a chance of a lifetime. >> here, they come front and center. >> so what if the ball drops in front of them or they swing and

miss. >> every serve that doesn't go over the net, it doesn't matter. >> a grandma who made the uniforms. you can't just by cheerleading outfits off the rack. >> on three, we're going to call harbor. one, two, three -- harbor! >> what's your record? >> i believe it's 3-6. >> you don't care what the record is. >> don't care. it's like a community. >> and harbor school has built a village. >> they've changed my life. one, two, three -- harbor! >> what do you say about that? 31 years ago the harbor school opened. today they have three buildings and one fantastic volleyball

team. if you nola local student athlete hop stands out -- who stands out, go to abc2news.com/athlete. the university of maryland has formed a commission to look at their future in the big 10 and what that's going to machine for some -- mean for some teams that were eliminated. this new panel will make recommendations on which if any of the teams could be brought back. all new at 6:00, anne arundel county professional firefighters are making a big donation to fight breast cancer. the members have been wearing special pink uniform shirts and pink ribbons. proceeds are going right to komen maryland. >> it's helping some of the

areas that are high in mortality rate as well as diagnosis such as baltimore city, charles county, southern maryland area as well as the eastern shore. so $10,000 will definitely make a big impact. >> this is the second year in a row they have made a huge donation to komen. for much more, abc2 is thinking pink all year long. go to abc2news.com/think pink. instead of seeing green, they're seeing pink at a christmas tree farm. it's raising money this weekend for breast cancer awareness, a disease which has touched the brown family in so many ways. we're going to take you out to the family farm and show you how you can help simply by purchasing a christmas tree this weekend.

december chill is back with a vengeance. low 40s, mid-30s now. humidity is on the dry side, but, man, what a difference a couple days could make. looks like we may whipsaw back mild before it's all said and done. beautiful finish to the day. it was a thin layer of cloud cover. thin layer. winter sky and beautiful finish to the day on the east side, but it is getting cold out there tonight. no question about that. football forecast. if you're handed -- headed out, temperatures looking good. mid-50s. we may end up closer to 60, depends on if we get the mild air, still tough to say. we'll keep updating that battle of the belt way tonight and through the day tomorrow. temperatures now mid-30s to upper 20s on the ma. the chill is out there. overnight this gets cold has we

drop to freezing by daybreak tomorrow. how about the locales. anne arundel county will have the warmest temps, a decent amount of pretty active weather. then has we take a look, federal hill, close to 50. that chance for scattered showers as we go through the day, especially in the afternoon and evening. the setup, some encreamsed clouds -- increased clouds. showers in western maryland. squeeze play, central maryland how much of a scat -- scattered shower. saturday looks drier and we're going to be back and forth. we're in the cold section of our boundary now. as the two air masses battle it out, maybe this retreats further

south. the cold air is back in on sunday. that's how it looks for the moment. this new cold front approaches. you can see it's sparking snow along the u.s. canadian border. tonight 31, partly cloudy, rather cold. tomorrow we get close to 50. i don't think we'll get there. some spots like southern anne arundel county. 42, mostly cloudy, mild. so, again, the big changes and the outlook, significant warmup for saturday. perhaps the cold air edges back, drops into the upper 50s on sunday. as we look into early next week we think the mild air edges back. the cold air comes in tuesday into wednesday and thursday. so it's back and forth here and, it's tough to say how this pans out. we know tomorrow will be cold. sunday, stay tuned. >> like a roller coaster. >> whether i -- whipsaw.

>> if you needed a whipsaw in annapolis, where would you go? steven's. >> the building has an uncertain future. steven's hardware will shut their doors after more than 50 years in business. the owners say it hurts to shut down but three just can't afford to keep the store open. >> when you can see it's not practical anymore and it's not working out, you have to do something. this is like having a death in our family. >> steven's hardware is moving. there aren't plans for the old building. >> while one is closing, another is opening. kirkland's is coming to the 500 block of baltimore pike in bel

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before we go, here's a look at what we're working on. >> getting the best price on holiday gifts is all about the strategy. which toys you should wait to buy. which ones won't go down in price. >> and you could have a fortune stashed in your base m tonight -- basement. i'll talk to a guy who's turning a collection into a booming business. >> if you're going to be out and about tonight? >> dress warm. bring that coat, gloves. lock at the overnight hours. very cold, temperatures low 30s. milder by saturday but not tomorrow. so will you go. >> all right. we'll warm you up tonight. >> see you then.