good afternoon i'm don scotts. >> this is what people are talking about today. the special session beginning. lawmakers return faring 3 day session in opening -- returning for a 3 day session in hoping of closing the gap in the budget. good afternoon, pat. >> reporter: good afternoon everyone. the senate came back at 10 o'clock this morning, the house will get underway. what they're going to do is pick up where they left off at the end of the regular session, which means an income tax increase on about 16% of maryland tax filers. >> single filers with aen an income up to $100,000 will see no change. your tax -- taxpayers filinging jointly will see no change up to $150,000. a quarter percent increase on the dollar so the tax rate goes up from 4.25% to 5%. >> reporter: another big item for this special session is the transfer of teacher pension costs from the state to local governments. there's a state that's been worked out for that as well. reporting live, pat warren. >> thank you. we will have more on today's special session. passengers are evacuated at thur good marshall because of a mysterious odor there. the hazmat teams cleared two concourses. a special item believed to be pepper spray was recovered from a trash can. one of jp morgan chase's top executives is leaving the company in the wake of the bank's $2 billion loss. now there are calls for federal banking regulations. >> jp morgan chase says it's chief investment officer is retiring after a trading mistake that cost the bank $2 billion. the trade's originated out of the british officers. two other executives are reportedly on their way out. now there are calls for ceo jamie diamond to be held accountable. >> i'd like to see him resign from his position as a class a director of the new york federal reserve bank. >> that position allows diamond to have an input on regulations impacting the financial industry. they are using the trading mistakes to push for tougher rules for banks. >> the banks cannot regulate themselves. they are financial institutions. >> diamond says the losses occurred while the company tried to hedge its bets and balance its financial risk. >> the strategy we had was barry monitored. it should never have happened. >> tradeers say new -- traders say new rules may be inevitable. >> now his friends are rattling the swords going after an increased regulation of these too big to fail institutions. >> wall street already punished the companying. the stock -- the company. the stock dropped 10% friday and continues to lose value. >> the one that resigned was one of the highest ranking women on wall street. the hearing for the secret service will take place next week. nine agents were fired after allegedly partying with 20 prostitutes in advance of president obama's trip to the country. another week, another magazine cover. this time news week is calling president obama the nation's first gay president. ron matz is live with the news story. good afternoon. >> reporter: the issue comes days after the president publicly endorsed same sex marriage. this is the cover of the may 21st issue. it wrote writes that the president's same sex marriage talk brought him to tears. aids said he's expected the talk about why he thinks same sex marriage could be legal. back to you. >> of course the president is the first commander in chief to publicly support same sex marriage. the president's comments sent shock waives through out the religious community. it outraged many african american leaders. some including ement burns say they can no longer support the president. other leaders say the legally after the issue should not be decided in pulpit. >> this is an issue of the separation of church and state. >> we should not allow our understanding to prevent other citizens of this country from having equal rights >> many church groups are participating in a petition drive that would get the same sex marriage legislation put on the november ballot. >> a summit is coming to maryland later this week. local police agencies may end up fitting the bill. the summit will be at camp david. the newspaper says because federal officials have not designated it a national security event local police departments may not be reimbursed for costs incurred. we will bring you live special coverage this thursday and friday. what a difference a day makes after a sunny weekend. as we take a live look outside, nothing but clouds and a gloomy day out there. we could be in for a lot of rain. how long will we have to keep the umbrella's handy? >> we will show you rain pretty much across a lot of the state. in the city light rain, that's all we have going on. that's for most of the country. when you head out to the west you're starting to see some darker colors around thur month and frederick. that's where it's coming down more solidly. western maryland breaking up somewhat, but this is just the beginning. this rain is going to continue on and off for a while. around the eastern shore, not a lot going on. as far as temperatures go, on the eastern shore where we don't have a lot of rain it's 72. where the rain is coming down, it's 59 in cumberland. for more on how long it's going to last, let's send it to marty, who is inside today. >> mama didn't raise a dumbbell, it's raining out there. b even with all -- there. even with all this moisture we still don't have any alerts issued. that could change through the afternoon right now we're doing pretty good. i have news for you, this rain is going to be with us for a while. we're going to keep our eye on that watch, warning. this is a very beneficial rainfall, which is going to continue into tomorrow because of the official reporting station we're still 5 inches down on this year's rainfall total. the draught watch continues to track all the rainfall totals. what is happening today and tomorrow? it's all good. through the weekend towards preakness weekend is even better. bernadette woods with great details shortly. no telling yesterday if all this rain will put the brakes on the oriels game when the yankees come to town. the o's remain on the american east division. the oriels were down 7-1 before a late game rally and they fell just short and the rays win 9-8. >> we went saturday night and it was so cool to see so many oriels fans. >> it was beautiful. >> it was so much if you think. >> -- it was so much fun. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a very disturbing scene near the u.s. mexico border. what happened and who police say is responsible. >> a big day and week for the founder of facebook. the latest on his billion dollar birthday present. >> don't count on seeing the sun today as we start the week off on a rainy note. we will be back with your first complete first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, if you didn't already know it, it's rainy out there, 65 degrees right now. the complete forecast coming up. police make a discovery not far from the u.s. mexico border. 49 decapitated bodies were found. a message on a wall appeared to refer to a drug cartel. this is a big day for women serving in the army. the army is opening up 14,00 rolls to women today. according to the army times, about 30% of all jobs will remain men only. yahoo says it's ceo thompson is leaving after reports surfaced of him lying about his college education. shareholder group third point uncovered his false academic credentials. he has been with yahoo for just 4 months. the media chief has been named the new interim ceo. the ceo of facebook is having a better day. he turnings 28 today -- he turns 28 today and could be getting a multibillion dollar gift. facebook will begin selling stock to the public for the first time this week. it could value facebook at nearly $100 billion. >> happy birthday. text ers be care. a new jersey town is stepping up its efforts to ban testing. they have began issues tickets for texting while walking also. anyone caught watching their phones instead of where they're going could be hit with an $85 fine. still ahead on wjz eyewitness at noon, break out the rain boots. you're updated forecast is 2.5 minutes away. forecast is 2.5 minutes away. >> first let's take a look at,, [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? 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that's all the horses sir. ...and the men? all the king's men are here too sir. it doesn't look good. in today's wjz health watch, every 4 hours a child goes to the emergency room with an injury from a bottle, pass fire or sippy cup. kids get hurt when they tall and are use -- fall and are using the items. experts suggest parents try to use them when their children are sitting. woman are more likely li than men to have post-traumatic stress after being streeted. -- street. those at high risk respond well to psychological treatment. >> check back in today at 4:00, 4:00 and 6:00. roger clemons chief accuser takes the stand today. join us for these stories today at 4:00 after dr. phil. >> stay with us, your five day forecast is next.,,,,,,,,,, we've talked about it, the rain the next couple of days. look for the weekend. >> this weekend let's go ahead and move beyond a lingering story. thursday, friday and saturday, 76, 77, 78. not only is this preakness weekend, it's the weekend of the blues festival. 10,000 people will be there. it's the big hot rod drive and 4,000 cars will be there. that's gold. back to you guys. >> looking nice. >> all right . >> don't miss tonight's prime time cbs line up. stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. 711 stores say they are going to cut the calories on their cool drinks in time for summer. the new slur pi will have 50% fewer calories. 711 plans to roll out other flavors through out the year. i think my mom was red all the time. i always had a red tongue from them. >> yeah. >> thank s for watching eyewitness news. have a wonderful day. >> see you tomorrow. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,