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 daughters father and im taking care of that now, making sured divorce is make sure the divorce is together. Weve been together for 15 years. So this is the year were 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. Theres 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 37yearold 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 twoyear 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 suspects 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 theyre 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 22yearold edgewood man is accused of sexually assaulting a 4yearold 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 62yearold 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 twoalarm 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 nonlifethreatening 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 drivers 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. Josephs medical center. Baltimore county Police Identified the man they say struggled with an officer as brian dargan. He tried to get the officers gun away. A shot was fired grazing the officers 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 18667lockup. 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 mid30s 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, its funny. Were down here because the travel channel will do a comparison between federal hill and compare that to capitol hill. What is better . Obviously, its federal hill. Were on east charles street. This is a pretty normal evening. We go inside the cross market with all the seafood. Lets ask what everybody thinks about d. C. Is that for me . D. C. Versus baltimore. Were 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. Its 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. Thats right. Mike masco, doing it. Youre 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. Were talking about the annual tradition. The kindertime toy drive is back. Were 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 theyre doing it differently. 41 degrees out at bwi. Thats seven degrees below average. We guarantee 45. So didnt quite get there. Well talk about the change coming tomorrow. Its dry now. That may not be the same case tomorrow. More details straight ahead. A beautiful day. Very chilly. Wyatts got a complete look at the forecast coming up. We bring you the story of different students who are excelling. This week its 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. Theyre taking care of special people. Colonel sanders did chicken, i want to do this. She cant thank this team enough. Shes growing. Shes making friends, calling people on the weekends, have friends over. Nas not something weve thats not something weve seen pretty much ever. Here its 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 doesnt go over the net, it doesnt matter. A grandma who made the uniforms. You cant just by cheerleading outfits off the rack. On three, were going to call harbor. One, two, three harbor whats your record . I believe its 36. You dont care what the record is. Dont care. Its like a community. And Harbor School has built a village. Theyve 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 thats 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. Its 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, theyre seeing pink at a Christmas Tree farm. Its raising money this weekend for Breast Cancer awareness, a disease which has touched the brown family in so many ways. Were 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, mid30s 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 its 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 youre handed headed out, temperatures looking good. Mid50s. We may end up closer to 60, depends on if we get the mild air, still tough to say. Well keep updating that battle of the belt way tonight and through the day tomorrow. Temperatures now mid30s 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 were going to be back and forth. Were 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. Thats how it looks for the moment. This new cold front approaches. You can see its sparking snow along the u. S. Canadian border. Tonight 31, partly cloudy, rather cold. Tomorrow we get close to 50. I dont think well 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 its back and forth here and, its 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 . Stevens. The building has an uncertain future. Stevens hardware will shut their doors after more than 50 years in business. The owners say it hurts to shut down but three just cant afford to keep the store open. When you can see its not practical anymore and its not working out, you have to do something. This is like having a death in our family. Stevens hardware is moving. There arent plans for the old building. While one is closing, another is opening. Kirklands is coming to the 500 block of Baltimore Pike in bel air. A sign posted on the front door says they plan to open. I might have to be the first in line. Watch world news and right after world news, whats after that. The list. Theyve got an all new episode. Stay tuned. It starts at 7. Were rocking out with mickey and the crew. Plus, how to make the perfect sock monkey. Thats coming up on the list at 7. Heres whats coming up on abc2. [ knocking ] oh, no, i got to go. 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