down the new year. >> happy new year! >> reporter: he was at his most in time square for 30 years. a stroke briefly stopped the celebration. >> i wouldn't have missed this for the world oar dick clark never liked to say good-bye, not on new year's or any of his shows. instead, he ended his broadcast with his signature salute. >> for now, dick clark, so long. >> reporter: reporting for abc2 news. >> that's sad. here we are, on the roads, a great day to weed and seed. it's been an on and off day all day long. wyatt is here to tell us how long it is expected to rain. we'll get more of this. this is rain that we were desperately needed, so welcoming with open arms. take a at the overall picture. most of the rain is in northeastern maryland. most of the rainfalling in cecil and harford county, wet up i-95 and a new round out of the southwest will move into carroll county. near 60 in salisbury. most of us topping out to the low 60s. 50s the rest of this evening and down in the 40s overnight will be a cool damp night. we'll talk about how things will develop coming up. remember, abc2 continues to lead the way in mobile news. just check out abc2news.com/mobile for a look at all the growing list of apps. you'll get live streaming video right to your device. well, he has built umbc into a power house. tonight hrabowski is a bigger man mon campus after being called one vfort 100 most influential people by "time" magazine. >> reporter: the year was 1987. enter freeman hrabowski. he staged a sit-in in protest of the dismal scores in the sciences and over time he turned it into the top producers of black phd's in the country. it was recently ranked the top up and coming school in the country. students say for all ofs it reforms, rab -- all of its reforms, he made time for them. >> he really create as connection, not just between him seven and the university but between himself and each individual student. >> reporter: hrabowski's efforts to reform the curriculum should come at no surprise. at the age of five he was arrested and spent time in a birmingham jail after joining martin luther king's protest. jeff hager, abc2 news. >> great news there. you want to know who else made this list? head to abc2news.com where you can click and find all the 100 names right there on our home page. congratulations to dr. hrabowski. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake along with students, parents and teachers pushed for the bottle tax proposal to fund schools. the mayor wants to increase it from two cents to five cents. she toured john eagan howard elementary school school. >> i'm standing here because he can't fight for what he needs. a lot of times the city has to stand in and pass things so we can really begin to flourish and pass on. >> the mayor's efforts to get general assembly to pass it failed this year. the clock is ticking and the state education program is watching each passing second by marking it with a dooms day clark it. scribed of represents when the state's so-called dooms day budget will go into effect july 1st. they said education would be severely hit. anne arundel stands to lose $13.7 million in revenue. baltimore county $14.2 million. baltimore city stands to lose almost $60 million in state aid for education. >> first and last is in education because it is the great equalizer for jobs for really the level of employment to be obtained and we need to obtain that in k-12, in higher education. >> they want legislators to come back and get a budget together that will raise revenue and less cuts. police are investigating four shootings, including one inside a bar. early this morning a 33-year-old man was sitting inside a bar in the 3200 block of bel air avenue near erdman avenue when he was shot. last night a 29-year-old man was shot on north spring street. two other machine were shot. they're all recovering at the hospital at this hour. a baltimore man is arrested in connection with a dogfighting ring in gwynn oaks. officers from the city's drug unit were told there were drug in the home. they found the dogs, medicine and a dogfighting manual. taylor is facing animal cruelty and drug charges. all new tonight at ac, an arrest and condition fecial in a murder -- confession in a murder. a woman is behind bars. >> reporter: vera mcclain is a registered nurse and mother of three children who apparently wanted to adopt a fourth. but instead of going through any legal process, police say mcclain came to a pediatrician's office and snatched a 3 day old from another mother's arms. >> i saw a lady fall down, another lady get out. >> reporter: police call it the type of attack you expect to see on tv. >> pow, pow, pow. >> everybody was scattered. >> reporter: when this was over mcclain signed an affidavit confessing she kidnapped 3 day old keegen and shot the mother. >> she was laying on the ground and wasn't moving. >> reporter: it didn't take police that long to find the car, the lady and keegan at an apartment building nearby. it's possible another person who helped in the kidnapping could face charges. >> they knew they were involved in something illegal. if this person decided to shoot her at the last minute, they're still responsible. >> reporter: baby keegan's father, keith, is mourning the loss of his wife. also new at 5:00 investigators are digging deeper into the questionable escapades involving the secret service person name and melt. -- military. a fury is growing on capitol hill. the agents will now be required to take lie detector tests about what happened. >> some are denying any involvement with prostitution. >> u.s. officials are there scoping out nightclubs, interviewing hotel employees, collecting hotel surveillance video. the pentagon is investigating 10 or more service members from all four branches of our military who may have been involved. tonight the white house is also condemning the behavior of u.s. troops shown in photos posing with dead insurgents. the l.a. times got healed of them and published them and shows them posing back in 2010 with afghan police and the severed legs of a suicide bomber. the ocean says this is rep prehencable. well, they got tired of looking at them. so they went to work. how they're working to transform some eyesores into a thing of beauty. it may be hard work but this couple is having a hard time getting great benefits. why they say this year's brick competition is helping them build more than stronger bodies. plus, they dueled last night but one had to go. which of the couples danced their way home? ♪ i, i'll bring the fire make you come alive ♪ ♪ i can take you higher what this is, forgot? ♪ ♪ i must now remind you let it rock, let it rock ♪ ♪ let it rock ♪ this time more kids are staying inside instead of playing on the playground. one school wants to change that. math, english and outside you g education reporter sherrie johnson shows how outside is breathing new life and learning. >> reporter: here at the school in owings mills, it's time for recess. it's not just about playing outside. it's a chance for students to express their creativity, social skills and develop skills. they develop skills that can't be taught in the classroom. dr. emily stanley, head of the science department earned her ph.d on the topic. >> there's all about developing the creative element where children have the ability to imagine things, build forts together or play a game where they imagine people have different roles. >> that's a whole different side that can be developed during recess or play. >> reporter: the school endorses outdoor play at a time when schools have cut it. it's a big part of the curriculum with a thriving resource area. >> we hear schools are cutting out recess and cutting out this free time for students. it's important that educators realize how critical that free play and the outdoor play is to the full development of a child. a complete education must include that. >> reporter: students have two recess pierced a day -- recess periods a day. critics might say it's too much time outside and not enough focus on academics. the mergers disagree. >> we have children would leaning wang based disabilities. you would think they would needless academic time. they are ready to work really hard. i don't buy that argument that more time spent studying is a more efficient use of time. >> reporter: as students enjoy their time outdoors, educators say it's building on their future. >> he does a tar risk job over there. it's among a handful of other schools nationwide that support recess and has maintained it for over 30 years. weather wise, here we go, beautiful sight on maryland's most powerful radar. rain is coming down and in a pretty big way in central harford county. showers on and off through the rest of northern maryland but more significant rains down i-95, perryville, elkton, rising sun and all the way back through the harford zone, seeing rain right now. take a look at baltimore larks little dreary out there, a little gray. 51 degrees. looks like we lost our camera. 51 degrees. through the day, look at the rain pelting our camera lens here. downtown baltimore and again much, much needed rain out there really will help things green up. the bigger rain likely to arrive this weekend, so today kind of a shower type scenario. more of a steady rain at times saturday, particularly late saturday into the day on sunday and some of this could linger into monday. it could be a drought buster for us. temperatures comfortable, mid-50s. winds light and variable not really a factor. humidity creeping up. it will be a damp and cool evening with some hit and miss showers letting the rain soak in overnight. that will be good. more rain poised to move in, not particularly heavy. this particular weather maker was more of an impact maker down across the carolinas reaching down into georgia. those areas desperately need the rain. briefly cooler drier air filtering in, maybe an early morning patch of drizzle. we will dry out, beautiful weather setting up for friday, a great looking day to kick the weekend off. enjoy friday. things will change as we go from saturday to sunday. you can see the influence all across the east coast. our trend shows hit and miss showers. take a look, hit and miss showers through the rest of the night. then we'll get a break in the action thursday afternoon lasting into our friday afternoon. but a new system developing across the south and more disturbed weather. the whole system will develop more potently and also set on top of the mid-atlantic as we move into the latter part of the day friday and certainly as we goes into the weekend. developing weather to the west arriving and intensifying it looks like saturday, sunday into early monday, maybe early saturday will be okay. overnight 47. your two-degree guarantee 68, some morning drizzle and nice sunshine. tomorrow night down to 48 with clear skies. as we look ahead, temperatures running, you know, a little milder by friday with some sunshine breaking through. then this weekend we'll look for soaking rain. again, it's going to be that saturday afternoon through sunday into monday. that will include the komen race in ocean city. has long has there's no lightning, that's the main thing. >> we'll go out to brick body. it's easier to lose weight when someone is holding you accountable. that's why they're having so much success. she introduced us to the only married couple competing. >> perfect. 20 seconds. >> reporter: it might not look like it but jamie and amanda hill are all about having a good time. the couple has been married for two years. this is a change of pace for the couple. >> i met her at a beer olympics where my roommate -- it was a 6'4" guy, she beat him in a keg stand event. she razzed him about it. >> reporter: when the competition started had a combined weight of more than 700 pounds. ref ri day it's coming off. there's a bigger reason to enter the competition. >> i really want to get into better shape so that i'm able to get pregnant and have a healthy pregnancy. >> reporter: aman disa and jamie are the only married couple in the brickover. they're learning to change not only their body but their habits, too. >> food has been a theme to our relationship, so, you know, for food not to be -- for exercise to take that over, it's definitely a big change but it's a change that we need to do. >> reporter: their trainer matt is helping them get there. >> this competition is just the starting point for them. they have goals in life, fitness and health. >> i've always been a big girl. it would be nice to know what it feels like to be the not so big girl, the skinny girl or the fit gicialtion the healthy girl. >> reporter: every step of the way she's getting closer and so is jamie. their relationship is getting stronger, too. >> it has inspired me. >> we're doing something that's hard for us to do but we're doing it together, so that extra support of having that person that you love beside you has been great. >> reporter: reporting for abc2 news. >> i think we're all heading for the hills. i met my wife at a beer olympics. that's great. tonight it as all about our heart. first testosterone, what researchers have found when this comes to testosterone and your heart health. you're watching abc2 news at 5:00. you know, when you think of testosterone, you think of male sexuality. doctors found patients with heart failure breathe better when given a supplemental dose of testosterone and the patients can exercise more. the study included both men and women. so far, no adverse effects have been reported. do you consider yourself upbeat? new research suggests if you are an optimist you are less likely to have a heart attack, heart disease or stroke. they don't know why optimists have healthier hearts. they said part of it has to do with better handling of stress. if you have a positive outlook you're more likely to live a healthier life-style. the susan g. komen race for the cure is ling down the -- is heading down to the ocean. there's time to register. we'll talk about this coming up at 6:00. we'll have a live guest to tell you more about it. you can head to komen md dot org. a little leaguer's heart stops after being hit by a baseball. and meet the retired couple whose $3 quick pick ticket turned them into millionaires. plus, only eight couples are left. who danced off the stage last night on "dancing with the stars." 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