8:00 this evening. firefighters did manage to get the victims, one 41 and the other 63, but they did not make it. >> f crews arrived. they knocked down the fire, did a quick. removed two adult females. females were transferred -- transported to bellevue. where there were pronounced dead at the scene. >> the cause of the fire is under investigation. baltimore city police spend time canvassing the neighborhood where a retired baltimore educator was murdered last week. 84-year-old mary hines was found dead thursday morning in her burning home. we have the latest now on this investigation. >> police have passed out these fliers as they knocked on neighbors' doors. they're hoping it will lead to

clues. they do not have a lot to go on. hopingrs go door to door, each knock will bring them closer to a brick through a in a case that has traumatized and neighbors.ary hines's >> the lady was a good lalady. >> at first, police thought the woman died in the fire in are burned out,. but further investigation revealed that the retired teacher and principal was stabbed to death before the fire started. >> if this is not something we sit back and say nothing about. somebody needs to pick up the telephone and call as. >> if she lived here by yourself. old lady. somebody has to know something. >> neighbors say she may have had a troubled relationship with a nephew. police would not elaborate. >> i wish we had known more about her from the very beginning, because then maybe certain things would not happen.

i will just say that. >> as they knocked on doors, officers handed out fliers. the lifelong educators started with the baltimore city school system in 1948 and retired on may 1981. her body was found on the first floor on her home between the front and middle rooms. she was stabbed several times. >> call somebody in authority will be able to take the information that you give a a that we could put this homicide down. again, we cannot stand for this. >> besides talk of a troubled relationship with a nephew, neighbors have also reported bettincourt mary hines's gas and electricity had been turned off at her home. they are offering a 2000 reward for information. call 1-866-7-lockup. >> jurors have reached a partial

verdict in the case of the man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl at a skating rink. the jury found him not guilty of statutory rape but told the judge they were deadlocked on two sex offense charges. identified. as one of three attackers who dragged her into a storage room and forced her to perform sex acts on her. perry denied involvement. his dna was not found on the victim or her close. >> we knew he was innocent. we knew that justice would prevail. and we have been praying for a long time. we are really, really happy. >> a 16 and 19-year-old pled guilty to their involvement in the crime. prosecutors could re-try to carry on remaining charges. the shooting is changing the way the department is operating, but that is not enough to satisfy the family of the civilian killed one year ago. >> sean gamble and william tour

bit died outside of club select. the grieving families want answers that go beyond the official findings that were meant to put the matter to rest. sean campbell's loved ones gathered outside the downtown baltimore club or the 22-year- old died last year. still grieving their loss and what they call a lack of answers corruption. >> corruption. be honest with what is going on. if we kill somebody, we are going to jail. an independent -- independent commission found that gamble is likely shot from of bullets from toribtt's gun. camera should -- footage shows that he got involved in a melee

outside. firing his weapon as he was not ground.d to the >> i do not understand how a person can get shot 22 times -- 22 times. and you are standing behind him saying it is ok. >> the report cited officer decision not not to call for backup. investigators can contribute -- a tribute gamble's death to torbitt. >> be honest. say you don't know. but how can you accuse my brother of shooting shaun gamble? was proud tonnetorbitt be a police officer. >> nobody should take anything

the baltimore police department says. >> this has been like living of course story, a nightmare. day after day, night after night, week after week, month after month, it has been terrible for us. >> these shootings have sparked a number of changes in the department, mainly a uniform policy that states said all officers that take enforcement action have to address so they can be officially recognized as a member of the department. >> tonight, a former army soldier from maryland is charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. prosecutors say it 24-year-old crag back some secretly converted to islam days before separating from the army. they claim he was heading to somalia to join the terrorist

organization al-shaab. if convicted, he faces 15 years in prison. greg bernstein says that he will back legislation that reduces jail time for those convicted of possessing small amount of marijuana. a conviction carries a one-year jail sentence currently. the prosecutor considers half an ounce a small amount. he says he wants to change the sentence to a maximum of 90 days. >> we found in exploring the data and looking at statistics that very few people, if any, are incarcerated for possession of small amounts of marijuana. to keep us more in line with jurisdictions in other states, we think this sentence might be more proper it. >> wall bernstein was a reduced sentence, he does not support decriminalization. >> of federal indictment accuses four people of a scheme to steal 1.4 -- still $1.4 million from

the city housing authority. three men and woman said up a phony company and illegally withdrew money from the account. the accusers are from prince george's county -- the accused are from prince george's county and washington, d.c. days after officials moved to seize two dozen vehicles from the baltimore city housing authority, mayor rawlings-blake is not responding sort of. they tagged 20 vehicles that would be auctioned off. at a public appearance today, the mayor offered little on whether her administration will try to stop the auction. >> this is an ongoing, a very complex litigation, cases that we inherited, and i really cannot see much more than that. >> the mayor says she is working to resolve the matter but did not provide details.

well, the road to the super bowl in indianapolis is clear now after wild-card weekend. gerry sandusky joins us live with all the ravens are gearing up for their playoff run. >> the ravens have a lot going for them -- home field advantage and history. they have never lost to houston. i do not confuse that with overconfidence. the texans lopsided win over the bengals has everyone's full attention. yatesvens haven't faced before. yates started the last five games of the regular season. he looked polished in the win over the bengals. the ravens will test the rookie's portis on sunday. -- poise on sunday.

>> i think they are running their offense. it is the same package they ran early. yates looks very similar to the other two guys running it. i think that is a credit to their coaches and the system they run. it is a great system. it has been successful for a number of years offensive late. i think he is plugged in really well. >> the ravens enjoyed a lot of benefits. john harbaugh at plans to have all of his players at full speed. rod? >> and ravens playoff fever has taken off to a new level after tim tebow not the pittsburgh steelers of contention. that is the talk in and around the city. >> i jumped and screamed and hollered when i saw the past. i loved it. >> i loved seeing the steelers lose. >> i was over-ecstatic at the

ravens would not face them a third time. >> it was a good win. i like the fact they lost. >> expect fans to get more excited when a team takes on the houston texans this sunday in their first home playoff game on a five years. --e fans-fever raises o rages on. the fan stash even has reached cambodia. show your fan stash on wbaltv.com. click on ulocal. you will decide how much property tax will decrease in baltimore city of one kind has his way. we will explain. >> i have not decided that at all. i will be an 11th hour voter. >> with less than an hour until the polls opened in new hampshire, the gop candidates are stumping hard for votes. a preview in tonight's

commitment 2012 report. a shake-up at the white house. who is in and who is out on the president's staff. >> hd doppler shows that snow is moving off the middle atlantic coast. there is another storm developing to our south. 33 degrees at [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh.

>> after a record low voter turnout, a new coalition is lobbying the state coalition to move the timing of the baltimore city elections. the coalition wants to move the city's contest to coincide with the gubernatorial or presidential election. the group believes the shift would have an immediate impact at the polls. >> we felt that the city is

isolated from all the other election activities. it decreases voter turnout. >> the state senator says that he will sponsor a bill during this year's general assembly. the coalition hopes the city elections will be moved by the grid for election by 2014. one question that could appear on a ballot is a vote to cut the city posed a property tax in half by 2014. stokes will call for a referendum if the proposal is in the city council again. mayor rawlings-blake calls the proposal unrealistic. at midnight, voters in new hampshire can begin casting their ballots in the nation's first primary. this evening, there are security concerns after protesters swarmed a couple of events. sally kidd has tonight's 2012 commitment update.

>> rick santorum rallied supporters at a campaign event across the street earlier this evening, and protesters shook things up. harrowing moments after a campaign rally in manchester. protesters watched the candidate as he left with his family and campaign staffers. a rattled rick santorum dashed to his vehicle. earlier in bedford, occupy demonstrators shouted down mitt romney and the candidate fired back. >> how about you talk. instead of shouting, why do you not say what you believe? >> and newt gingrich canceled a campaign event after protesters swarmed the entrance. romeny is expected to call off a victory tuesday. the only question seems to be by how big a margin.

>> in this country is too important to hand over to president obama. >> can you feel little bit of momentum in the air. >> jon huntsman says he will surprise the nation tuesday. >> for the people of this state, they do not want to be told for whom to vote. and they sure do not what the italians -- establishment teeing up the same people. at midnight, the nine registered voters in dixville notch will cast the first ballots. it is a tradition that dates back half a century. >> no surprise. polls indicate that'll mitt romney is first. romney answer the question that says he likes being able to

fire people. president obama has a new chief of staff. jacob lew will take over after the president announced that bill daley will step down. lew, who serves as the budget director, is a clear choice of one of the toughest jobs on a washington. >> his economic advice has been invaluable and he has my complete trust, but because of his mastery of the numbers and because of the values behind those numbers. >> lew is expected to assume his new role at the end of the month. bill daley is resigning to return to chicago and spent more time with his family. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> snow moved across the area. light accumulations. pg county and around d.c. at bwi, .3 of an inch of snow.

high the temperatures cooler than normal. a rarity so far this winter. not a day below normal. 38 at the airport for the high. the normal is 41. a warm is 75. the record amount of snow-16 years ago today, we were coming to the end of the second biggest snowstorm on record. from january 7-9, 1996, 26.6 inches of snow. later that week, another big storm rolled through. we ended up with 35 inches that week. even more in owings mills. hasn't been quite that kind of a winter of this time around. the snow we saw earlier is off the coast. skies are clearing out west. as the cloud cover breaks up, temperatures will get cold. hagerstown is at 32 degrees. around baltimore and the morning, 20's in the suburbs.

partly cloudy skies. the son of is at 7:26. this storm has not only taken the snow and the cloud cover way, it is allowing mild weather in the middle of the country to spread. the next storm from the south will encounter warmer air. temperatures were in the 50's and 60's in the midwest. the next storm looks like it will produce mostly rain. tomorrow, we are in between systems with sunshine. temperatures will bounce up to 50. the wet weather will rise wednesday morning. maybe some sleet in amounts to our west. rain could become heavy wednesday night before that system rolls up towards new england. later in the week, it will turn cooler. 48-53 tomorrow. a west wind at 6-12. it will be a mostly sunny and pleasant day. a wintry mix of arrives in western maryland on wednesday. eastern shore locations, we are looking at 50 tomorrow.

40's with a chilly rain on wednesday. heavy rain is possible mid-week on the lower eastern shore were temperatures will climb into the 50's. we could see some thunder on parts of the lower eastern shore wednesday. the sunshine returns. it will be another mild day. the showers as taper off thursday. then a front role through with some flurries on friday that sets us up for a chilly weekend. increasing clouding as on sunday. during the football game, we will stay dry, about a wintry mix could develop sunday night. >> will the ravens have a home field advantage? they intend to put it to use against the texans on sunday. more on how they will do that next in sports.

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sandusky. >> the ravens picked the right year for home team and venice. -- advantage. winning every home game has become of the signature of this ravens team. ravens beat houston in week 6 at and the m&t bank stadium. they won that game coming off a by. redding already feels a positive effect of watching football the past week and instead of playing. >> i was just talking to some of our coaches and talking about how good i feel. i lost a few pounds, working really hard. reflecting on myself and watching how i play. things i can correct from the last game to this game, meaning the houston game. things i messed up on. how i can correct my footwork and my hands and my eyes and my technique so i can come out and play that much better than i did in weeks 6. >> the kansas city coach

inherited an impossible situation. a comeback story. they gave cornell, a former browns' head coach, a three-year contract. the chiefs played so well that they remove the interim tech from his coaching title. the green bay packers has taken a tragic turn. the body of the offensive coordinator was found in a river in oshkosh, wisconsin today. his son michael had disappeared sunday. the packers host the giants this weekend. the bcs championship game looks untracked create controversy. alabama leads lsu121-0. 21-0. that could leave for a call for a split nationals title and oklahoma state calling for its share of the national

championship. morgan state has suspended its men's basketball coach while the school investigate allegations that he punched a player. an allegation leveled by an opponent's goal's president. the president of south carolina state said he saw gozbozen punch a player on saturday night. he denies planting is player. the player says the coach merely accidentally bumped him. both coaches remain suspended without pay while they discuss the investigation. the 26-year-old chen pitched in japan's national league. barry larken headlines a small baseball hall of fame class. they elected larken thifor

induction this summer. tim tebow continues to change the game of football. a day after he led the broncos past the steelers, he set a new standard for popularity and social media. after the overtime touchdown pass, a quarterback with a viral. his name broke a tweet record with 9,420 references per second on twitter. there is only one appropriate social media response -- omg! #tebow. #tebow. to

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>> the 7 day forecast. we warm up tomorrow as the sunshine comes back up. the rain could be heavy on wednesday at a time. it will turn chilly to the weekend. it looks dry for a kickoff on sunday. a miss the mixture could take place on sunday. >> houston is a warm weather town. >> bring it on. >> thanks for joining us. the tonight show is next.