Democrats want a oneyear extension. Republicans insist on dealing with it sooner. If there has no overall agreement, americans will feel the impact of the fiscal cliff very quickly. The average American Family will see a tax increase of more than 3400. If the senate is able to pass a deal, top House Republicans arent confident theyll have the time to get it done by midnight, which means taxes will go up, but the house will meet tomorrow, and they will be voting on a tax cut. So, while there is still no deal on the cliff chef, lawmakers have reached a tentative agreement to keep milk prices from going up in 2013. The house and senate have developed a shortterm farm extension bill that who last one year. Its not clear when they who bring it to a vote. If the measure isnt passed by midnight, the government would be forced to buy milk at twice the amount. Just head to our home page and look under the featured stories section. Today was the deadline to file for marylands homestead tax credi
these 13 corrections officers being charged are small, small, small percentage of bad apples. reporter: union leaders say they believe the corruption goes high are up. i don t believe the buck stops with the 13. reporter: the root, thy say, lies in understaffed prisons. and allow has street gang to take over. every institution, staffing level is low and on top of that right now they re collapsing posts inside the institutions to save on overtime. reporter: this week the department of corrections began issuing polygraph tests to administrators to see what anyone knew about the scandal. it would expand to other corrections officers starting tomorrow. now because of all this, critics are calling for a change in leadership. at a news conference, governor o malley home called public safety secretary gary maynard one of the best in the nation. there will be more corrections officers as well as citizens because they can see we can be effective in coordinating togethe
and look off towards the west it s sliding to the north and east right now. and the heaviest rainfall is falling around frederick county also carroll county this morning and we slide into some areas barnsville as we slide into montgomery county we see wet weather across the area. and this is sliding off around i-270 so we are going to be working our way through sterling gaithersburg and damascus and the areas this morning. as we go outside we can see bel air right now starting to see the sunrise a little but we are going to be dealing with your hour by hour forecast for today. and this is what it look like. 86 by lunchtime. let s check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. reporter: good morning. well we have a crash to tell you about in downtown baltimore. it on west lombard street at south green street. watch out for that. now, if you are using 95 to get into the city, this is what it looks like at eastern avenue. there are no significant delays and t
technology and systems they re only as good as the people maintain them. reporter: they are now information to determine how this system can be improved. the tnsportation security administration is investigating racial profiling. it started after the new york times said it obtained interviews and internal complaints from nearly 30 officers. these officers were involved in the quote behavior detection program. they were instructed to target people who fit certain profiles including hispanics traveling to mexico and blacks wearing their baseball caps backward. it s driven by your behavior no matter who you might be. the tsa respond said its program quote in no way tolerates profiling. now to a delling story out of texas where a constable and the man police believed was the gunman was shot and killed near texas a&m campus. the school did issue an alert warning people to stay away from the area. a spokesperson said most students were not on the campus because the fall s
once but twice. reporter: images captured by witnesses show flames shooting through the front of the two-story row house but it appears down in the base 30-year-old christopher wood ra was unaware of the fire s magnitude. we heard help, help. it was faint. i said, spencer, do you hear that? he said yes. reporter: 20-year-old spencer blake found the back door locked and through his body against the privacy fence knocking it down and found the homeowner trying to extinguish the fire on his own. i guess hwas in the basement with his garden hoe trying to put it out saying help, help. spencer said get out of the house. he pulled him by the shirt and he went back in. spnser alerted neighbors. he doubled back around to the basement and assured wood ra that his wife and 4-month-old baby girl had gotten out. when he finally allowed himself to be rescued for a second time. he suffered serious but nonlife-threatening injuries. he was airlifted to the hospital. reporter: in