captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- public performance of captions prohibited without permission of national captioning institute green bay by the way, baltimore's new favorite team. now here is jeff barnd and jennifer gilbert with the "late edition." >> pushing for medical marijuana in maryland. >> i have been living with neuro path thick pain for 10 years. >> the personal reason a tv celebrity wants a new law. >> fast-food inflation, why mcdonald's is raising prices. >> that's when i thought for sure that our baby was going to die right there in my arms. >> giving birth on 97, the complications, that threatened the life of the baby. and how her life was saved.

>> a massive watermain break. how a bad situation managed to get worse. >> montle williams makes a reemotional plea tonight in the state capitol. >> john rydell tells us tonight williams is urging maryland lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana. >> montle williams was first diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back in 1999. and he said he has been living with chronic pain ever since. so this former talk show host was in annapolis this evening to urge state lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana. it would allow pharmacies to distribute small amounts of pot to patients that get permission from doctors. williams said that it is hypocritical that the federal government has conducted studies of medical marijuana for 30 years, but he says only a

handful of patients have reaped the benefits of the studies. and he said that's wrong. >> for 35 years this government has distributed marijuana ever every month, to others, saying that they have a right to live pain free. >> well very emotional montle williams in annapolis earlier today. a similar bill to legalize medical marijuana passed the maryland senate last year but the bill failed to make it through the house. john rydell, fox 45 news "late edition." >> and you can hear more of what montle williams had to say, on foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >> earlier we asked if maryland should legalize medical marijuana? so far 86 percent say yes. 17 percent say no. mandy writes on our website. lets notice natural healing instead of taking a pill for everything. but gary writes. absolutely not. marijuana is known for being a gateway drug to hard substances.

>> another issue up for debate in annapolis. lawmakers will announce another estimate to legalize gay marriage. bill sponsors said it would exclude same-sex couples from marriage in the state of maryland. >> baltimore's new state's attorney is standing by his decision to on drop a felony assault charge against a jewish man accused of attaining a black teenager. tonight protests. community groups marched from the courthouse outside of bernstein's office. bernstein, who is jewish, dropped the felony charge against 23-year-old eliyahu werdesheim member of a orthodox jewish watch group. he said the decision to drop the felony assault charge was only based on the evidence in the case. but protestors say he needs to be more specific. >> what made you legally, what made you look at the charge and documents, and say he does not deserve to be charged with first-degree assault? if you can tell us that legally we are fine.

but clarify that. no comment, again, it will not suffice in african american community. we are not going for anything. >> eliyahu werdesheim and his brother face misdemeanor charges, including second-degree-assault. >> did a baltimore homicide detective lie about being shot in a gun battle? police department has not ruled it out. detective anthony theta was shot in a downtown parking garage last week. police however continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting. now this is not the first time theta was injured on the job. back in 2001, he was hit by a car chasing a drug suspect. police commissioner bealefield described the most recent incident. >> our detective sustained a graze wound to his left thigh. and in the ensuing exchanging shots and trying to apprehend the suspect, our detective lost his balance, and fell in a

stairwell, and injured his right shoulder. >> police spokesman said that surveillance video is being reviewed and waiting for the results of ballistic tests and other evidence. >> hundreds of firefighters from all over the country gathered today for the funeral of mark falkenhan. the volunteer firefighter who worked full-time for the secret service. was killed last week. mark falkenhan leaves behind a wife and 2 children. firefighters were by the family's side since the tragedy. >> it was very important to me that we all gathered in the family room at 10:00 and watched the news. christian needed to see that. he watched the news. he looked me straight in the eye. his shoulders went back. and he said i am so proud of my dad. he died doing what he loved to do. you are right christian. your dad left this earth a true hero. >> the burial took place at

delaney valley memorial gardens. >> the irs, in your pocket at your fingertips. new app from the agency titled irs to go will let taxpayers track tax refunds. free and be available for i-phone and android users. do not worry, agency said that personal information is encrypted for safe use. >> prizes at mcdonald's going up. it is because of unexpected rise in grocery bills. mcdonald's said there is an expected rise in costs from 2 percent to 2 and a half percent in the u.s. in europe they will see prices increase close to 4 percent. >> j.c. penny is working hard in this economy to stay afloat. the company unveiled a restructuring plan to help boost sales. the chain will close under performing stores. wind down the cattle log and outlet operations. and consolidate call centers. the company did not say how many

jobs would be affected. >> bad day today for rahm emanuel off the list for candidates for chicago mayor. appeals court ruled the former chief of staff failed to meet a residency requirement because recently he lived, of course, in washington. not chicago. emmanuel intends to appeal this decision. >> good day for british woman that nearly had a bad day. gail davis was the apple app store 10 billionth download. but hung up the phone when apple called her to say she won a $10,000 i-tunes gift card. thinking it was a prank card. when a official called back hours later, davis was relieved because she has two daughters and they would never talk to her again. great day for racing fans. big chill in downtown. outside of the intercontinental hotel to get people pumped for the first grand prix. samona was behind the wheel of her new car.

on izod indy team. car featured in the grand prix labor day weekend. >> there will be thousands of people that will be lining the streets. excited about these race cars. we will be on the international stage. it will be great. >> mayor stephanie rawlings-blake got to play indy car pit stop today. she loved using the lug wrench. learn more about the grand prix coming this way at foxbaltimore.com/news links. >> weather will be different than, you know, when the grand prix arrives in baltimore on the nice days. >> hopefully our snow and ice are out of here by labor day. another chilly night tonight. vytas reid has a look at the forecast. >> it looks like we have colder temperatures coming in for tonight. but not as cold as last night. we saw the temperatures in single digit mode. but we have double digits tonight. 28 in baltimore. 23 in harrisburg. 24 new york. you have to go up to albany new york to get about 1 degree.

that's where the cold air is bottlenecked up there in new england. for us it looks like temperatures are increasing as the system pushes out of the south. we have a few flakes coming down over the border. really nothing came down here. but a little weather disturbance that brought a few upper level flakes up there that did not come outs of the clouds. but zooming out. you can see what we are watching. over louisiana, into mississippi and alabama. this system moving up the coast line by wednesday. wednesday night to thursday. bringing us potential of freezing precipitation in the form of snow, sleet, rain. i will show you that in detail coming up next. >> water and then ice. what led to a big mess on the dc beltway this morning? >> three babies born along highways in this area. and only one week. what is up with that? tell you about the closest and latest close call on interstate 97. that's next. >> and another kind of close call on the highway.

111)@t >> yet another baby is born along a highway. third time in the last week this has happened in this area. like the others, this one was really close. first on fox tonight. melinda roeder talked with relieved parents tonight. >> they were on their way, headed southbound, on i-97, but before they could make it to arundel medical center, baby madison decided it was time to

come out. denise deal said she woke up sunday with contractions and figured she had plenty of time to get to the hospital. once they reached the highway, though, it was full speed ahead. 911 dispatcher helped talk jim deal through the birthing process. but then there was panic. >> i was holding the baby, and she was completely lifeless. blue. not moving. >> jim cleared her air waves and dispatcher told him to massage the baby's back. finally she let out a scream and there was relief. >> grabbed a blanket. put her up on me. we covered her up with jackets. and blankets. and the ambulance arrived five minutes after she was born. they were wonderful. >> baby madison is a happy, healthy eight bound baby girl. parents say they are grateful for all the help they received from the 911 dispatcher. and from the paramedics. in millersville.

melinda roeder, fox 45 news "late edition". >> the government over thrown in taknee shanow major protests. >> protestors in taknee shafight with plus, complaining the new government is controlled by old cronies of the president that was over thrown. police fired tear gas and protestors shattered police car windows. government said about 80 civilians died during weeks of unrest. many shot by police. >> a florida fish and wildlife officer honored today for rescuing a woman from a burning car and it is caught on tape. the incident was, at least. lieutenant anthony wright received the life saving valor award. coming home from work and found the vehicle that crashed and caught fire. he smashed the windows with a tire iron. he worked with a sheriff's official to pull the victim to safety. the victim suffered only minor injuries. >> pro-life supporters marched

in washington d.c. today protesting one of the most controversial supreme court decisions, roe versus wade. thousands gathered for the annual anti-abortion march known as march for life. today marks the 38th anniversary of the case. that legalized abortion. >> gridlock along the dc beltway this morning. a 54-inch watermain ruptured. sending millions of gallons of water onto the ground and closing the enter loop of 495 for hours on end. all the water froze, of course. very quickly. covers covers the roads with a thick sheet of ice. police say the aging pipe and cold weather could be the cause. 495 has since reopened. >> more ice could be on the way for us as well. >> yeah. vytas reid is back with a look at the sky watch forecast. vytas? >> yeah, temperatures were really ripe for it to be freezing out there. we have single digits out there, 10 to 8 degrees. where we started this morning. but it won't be as cold tonight. single digits. still cold. 28 right now. but not in the single digits for

the overnight. looking at winds out of the south-southeast at three. humidity levels 63 percent. almanac shows the temperatures started off at eight this morning. topped out at 29. normally in the lower 40s. so we will see the return of those temperatures in the lower to mid 40s into tomorrow. so it looks like a better day temperature wise. currently across the state in the 20s. 30s popping up south of us. we will continue to see that be the case through the overnight as that southerly flow is going to be the changing force for our temperatures as we get through the overnight. into tomorrow. so tomorrow should shape up to be a decent day all and all. but behind tomorrow, well, it looks like another system to talk about. we have upper level disturbance bringing flakes north of us. really nothing out there. other than a few flurries. but it looks like this will continue to track off northeast. and leaving us with a few breaks in the clouds. by tomorrow afternoon. so we will get sun in the picture. you see the breaks here. to the south. we see a storm out of texas that will ride the coast at 95 splitter. that we will see the chance for snow. back west. and then rain and snow mix east.

depends on the track of the storm. further west, or east of us. will determine on how much snow, or mixed bag of precipitation, sleet and rain you will get. but you can see the line on the model data shows green indindicates rain and blue indicates snow. right now it looks like we are on the borderline through 410-307-2020. wednesday night. and watch the wrapping in of the colder air behind it. so if we have it in the form of snow. tracking the way the storm is tracking. the possible totals wednesday, wednesday night to thursday morning. so thursday morning would be the dicey day. dicey hours. around 95 corridor. stretching from baltimore to d.c. about 1-to 2-inches of snowfall potentially. rain mixing in earlier. eastern shore mixed bag. and northern counties of baltimore county back to carroll county. one to 3 inches. maybe two to 4-inch pushing in over frederick county. so watch it closely. this could shift further east. or further west. so we will see the numbers possibly change as the storm moves closer. out of texas is where it is

coming from. pulling the moisture from the gulf of mexico. as the low travels over the south. dropping heavy rainfall. low continues to move north. as high pressure moves out of the way. that will allow for high pressure -- or low pressure to wraparound the moisture into the cold air that will be in place. but it is this portion of the core of the colder air that pulls in behind that. that way we have to watch carefully to see if we can get decent accumulating snow out of the system. tonight looking at broken clouds over the area. 25 degrees. for tomorrow. looking at temperatures around 42. sun and clouds. decent day. and then you see that potential storm on wednesday. wednesday night to thursday morning. and then we start to see the temperatures leveling out through the weekend. into the 30s and 40s. but it looks like a nice clear weekend. >> it makes sense to use public transportation. better for the environment. better for your wallet. but it may not be better for you. common sense tells you you are breathing in a lot of other people's germs. on buses, trains, and subways.

study found that people that use public transportation are almost six times more likely to develop a respiratory infection that requires a doctor's visit. the risk appeared greatest in people that only use public transportation occasionally. >> speaking of germs. it is one of the first lessons your mother taught you. don't pick your nose. and by all means, don't, whatever you do, do it just what quarterback mark sanchez did. to back-up quarterback on the side lines of the championship game yesterday. hey sanchez, get a kleenex. common sense should have told you the world was watching. >> at least it was a green jacket. >> ed reed, cundiff and haloti ngata all have smog in common after today. the exclusive list they were put on. coming up next in sports. >> and a near diste

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>> very close call for a driver on a canadian highway when a truck smashed through a barrier.

>> are you okay? >> yes. >> unbelievable. matt was driving on highway 401 in canada with his dash cam on. when the oncoming truck plowed through the barrier. matt swerved away from the massive vehicle immediately. >> i literally just missed the front end of the truck as it came apart. and luckily i missed it just in time. i pulled over. >> the truck driver has been charged with reckless endangerment and driving. matt installed the dash cam in the first place for car insurance purposes. >> it has been a pretty good weekend for billy cundiff, kicker about to sign a lucrative contract. today he learned he is among the nfl's elite. starter for the ap all pro team. tied a record with 40 touchbacks, 26 of 29 in field

goals. in overtime against buffalo back in october. first time he has been on the all pro team. this week he will sign a contract. >> for safety ed reed he is unanimous pick. his fifth time on the all pro. he leads in interceptions with eight. and despite missing first six games of the season. third raven is haloti ngata. believe it or not, it is the first time. after second team in each of the last two seasons. haloti ngata has a career high of five sacs. mike brown said that carson palmer can forget it. the bengals quarterback said that sunday he wanted to be traded from cincinnati and he would retire if the bengals did not accommodate him. today he said he would not entertain trade offers. overall topic, he played the entire career in cincinnati. but said to be frustrated with the roller coaster that is bengals football. >> good times around the basketball program in loyola university. patso's greyhound won last four

straight. and this evening we find a player has been honored by their conference. jr. forward shane walker named mac co-player of the week. transfer from maryland. walker led the greyhounds to three straight conference wins during the week. first time it has happened since 1998. he averaged just under 14 points and 10 rebounds during that span. it is the second time he has been honored. he won it for the week of december 13. walker and loyola host seanna friday night at 7:00. >> and it is time again for our high school game of the week contest. brought to you by varsity sports network.com. you can vote for the game you would like to see highlights of by going to foxbaltimore.com. and clicking on high school game of the week. abe you will see your school. this week's slate of games. friday january 28. hereford at dulaney in girls basketball. oakland mills at howard in girls basketball. mount st. joseph at st. frances in boys basketball. go go four. parkville at patapsco in boys basketball. >> we will announce the winner on thursday night.

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>> final look at the seven-day forecast. tomorrow, decent day. 42 degrees. sun and clouds. and we will see storm pushing out of the south on sunday. chance of rain and snow mix. maybe snow getting into wednesday night to thursday.

accumulation. depends on the track of the storm. so watch this closely. 38 on thursday. with the storm leaving us. as we get into the weekend. more sunshine. with temperatures back at 42 by saturday. jennifer and jeff. >> thank you. that will do it for the "late edition." thank you for joining us. i am jeff barnd. >> and i am jennifer gilbert. tune in to morning news tomorrow starting at 5 a.m.