the road to indianapolis takes the baltimore ravens no. this weekend where they are ready to take on the new england patriots for the afc championship. a preview of how the players are getting ready. >> happy afc championship eve to everybody. a matchup has given us a contrast that has produced some pretty good games. they have a pretty good history of bottling up tom brady. the one lone victory for the baltimore ravens came in the playoff game here two years ago. buses arrive this afternoon to providence at around 4:45. hardly a smile to be seen around the bus. they can dance to the outside. he struggles out there and looks funny doing it. when the pressure fails,

coverage needs to be at its best. the cornerback knows sunday he better be at his best. >> everybody is going to come with everything at the afc championship. it will throw everything at you but the kitchen sink. we have to know they are going to make plays. we will have to make plays. we will do what we have to do. it is a business trip and we know how bad this city needs a win and how bad we want this thing. we are going to go about it as business as usual. >> we will have live team coverage immediately following the game tomorrow. when or lose for the ravens against the patriots on the road. also thisvening, a disturbing story about the health of joe paterno. >> as you mentioned, there have been conflicting reports about the health of former penn state

had coach joe paterno. he is gravely ill after complications developed from his treatment for lung cancer. he was taken off of a respirator today and the doctors are calling his condition serious. his diagnosis was revealed on november 18, nine days after he was fired in the aftermath of the sandusky sexual abuse scandal. the school's board of trustees felt that he had a moral obligation to do more. he was the head coach for 46 years. he left as the all-time winningest head coach with 409 victories. >> will head back to providence where baltimore ravens fans are ski -- spending the weekend of north. >> baltimore ravens fans are starting to make their way into providence. it was one heck of a day to make the commute to. now that they are here, there is

plenty to do. just one day before the baltimore ravens play in the afc championship game, winter hits providence. the snow felt -- the snow fell giving them their biggest snowfall of the season. >> when the snow comes down, it stays for quite a bit. >> it causes a handle for folks who are still sure there team is going to win on sunday. providence if the third largest city in the new england region. it is known as the creative capital. there are so many colleges here including brown university. it is a pretty town with outstanding views. there is even a federal hill here. it is where you will find some of the city's best restaurants. >> if you have chicken, the

chicken was alive this morning. >> you will find a northern italian cuisine, each dish better than the last. >> we like to think of ourselves as the italian grocery store. reconsider ourselves as an umbilical cord to italy. >> he means it. he has brought in an entire staff over from italy to make every dish from scratch. from the mozzarella to the cost pasta, bianca is from aroma. >> i love it. i do it for so many years. >> so do their customers who say you will not find any were better. >> it is the best bang for your block on the hill appeared >> we are starting to see some reagan

fans getting fired up for tomorrow's game. we saw a fan take a picture with let various web. that is a good thing that he was all smiles. >> go baltimore ravens. speaking of a food, here at home baltimore ravens fans are planning their game day menu. have you run into any last minute shoppers out there dax >? >> it is nothing compared to the crowds we saw for the giant earlier in the county. >> normally everybody comes and and sits around tv and hangs out. >> it is a football tradition he looks forward to. he is making sure his guests do not have to watch the game on an early summit. >> the essentials for having

people over at the house pierre there was no shortage of purple pride to help finance plan their menus. >> wings and meatballs. little hot dogs and we will have cupcakes. >> definitely ginger ale and soda, chips, salsa. typical staples for the game. >> fans are not the only once during up for the game. local restaurants are preparing for hundreds of fans who want local food. >> the food is literally bleeding purple pride. they are serving of this purple peruvian potato chips. >> he is also stirring up purple raven martinis. >> tomorrow we will be serving

blueberries and a blueberry gem. i cannot wait until next week, come up with more ideas on the way to the super bowl. >> we would love to see football -- we would love to see pictures of the tailgate party tomorrow. go to wbaltv.com and click on ulocal. >> that is a great look on you. let's turn to the republican primary where newt gingrich wins a big in south carolina. nicole is live at mitt romney headquarters with more on tonight's upset. >> mitt romney is already preparing for the next battle along with everyone else -- florida. newt gingrich writing on the south carolina's serge to come from behind in an upset victory. >> let me first of all say thank

you to everyone in south carolina who decided to be with us in changing washington. >> the results, a setback to mitt romney who had been the front runner for weeks. >> i want to congratulate speaker newt gingrich. >> his concession turn to criticism. >> if republicans want to join this person in demonizing success and conservative values, they will not be fit to be our nominee. >> rick santorum pledged to fight on. >> we went out all across this country. let me tell you, we will go to florida and we are going to arizona. >> ron paul gave no hints of borrowing in the towel either. >> this is the beginning of a long and hard job. >> south carolina is worth 25

delegates, most of which are going to newt gingrich. a bigger prize will be in florida. a 50 delegates will be at stake. is winner take all. >> thank you. next on 11 news, a maryland native is killed in afghanistan. police want you to look at this man. we will tell you what he is

>> one of the six marines who died in a helicopter crash in afghanistan was identified as a maryland man. the helicopter he was and crashed in the southern province on thursday. his squadron was sent in august as part of a seven month deployment. baltimore city police sub a

sketch will lead to an arrest. it happened thursday night along the 3600 block of greenway road. the suspect is in his early 20s around five-foot eight and 140 pounds. anyone with any information is urged to call police. still ahead on a 11 news tonight, as we and the -- as we near the end of football season, orioles fans are looking forward to baseball. >> freezing rain this morning and most of it has moved out of the picture now. the insta-weather forecast straight ahead. 30 degrees at the airport. 30 degrees at the airport.

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>> everyone is talking about the baltimore ravens super bowl run, but thousands of people packed the orioles center for fan fast. we are pretty sure we found two of their biggest fans.

>> i am a huge orioles fan. we get autographs. we have lots of giveaways. the interaction with the players. >> opening day is april 5 at home against the twins. let's go to the baltimore ravens now. it is like christmas eve. is the day before christmas. you are not able to sleep. are we supposed to go to whether now back? >> i am ready. i was watching those kids and everyone else. i was thinking, here we are getting ready of a minor ice storm. that minor ice storm may not be totally gone. i look at our radar. it is a little warmer to the south. clouds are thinning out a bit. this moisture down south will

come back at us in the next 24 hours. we may not be done with the freezing rain yet. 32 was all we could manage at the high -- for the high at the airport. the rainfall was just over one- quarter inch at the airport. it was one-third of an inch of the inner harbor. back into a total of over half of an inch of snow today at the airport officially. we had one and a half inches here on tv hill. here is a rough outline of where the snow fell. lighter gray shades north of the city up around the pennsylvania lines, deeper into pennsylvania over 6 inches of snow was measured with the storm. i stick in a little later because temperatures were falling.

33 in annapolis, 32 and salsbury. 23 at frederick. here are the breaks in the clouds that we see. there are a few stars out there but the clouds will not go completely away. some stuff will take back at us from the south. even chilly waves will be moving along the front and it will be pushing moisture back in. high pressure to the north keeps the cold temperatures trapped in. when the moisture gets up here and it starts increasing our ring chances to our night, we could see some freezing rain in the area. mostly cloudy tonight we will see some breaks in the clouds. overnight low and the north woods tonight and east wins tomorrow. we may start with some sun. rain and freezing rain after dark is in the forecast.

by tomorrow evening here comes a mix of precipitation. rain and freezing rain and snow coming up from the south. then it changes to rain during the day on monday. by tuesday we start running out once again. one more time the game weather looks good tomorrow in foxboro. there will be some snow on the ground but that was from today. our forecast, 30's tomorrow for highs. near 50 degrees on monday and that is the highest rate chance. ranchettes is again on thursday and saturday. next week will be warmer. >> i was trying to say the ravens are going to have a hard time sleeping tonight. >> you cannot blame them. we will talk about them and the health of a former head coach joe paterno.

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you have to wonder what the players are thinking on the eve before the championship game. for joe flacco a chance to silence his critics. no doubt, it is all business for the baltimore ravens. the focus was there. no laughing, no clowning around as the players got off the bus. the key to stopping in england is rattling, brady. that falls to the defense who will have to be at their very best. >> we just have to play within the compounds of the defense. we know what we do. we have to be good tomorrow. as far as our game plan, we have to throw them off the read them. >> joe paterno's health has taken a turn for the worse. he has experienced complications

from his battle with lung cancer. doctors are calling his condition as serious. the diagnosis came public nine days after he was fired in the fallout from the jerry sandusky scandal. even though he was found with no wrongdoing, he called the scandal one of the greatest source of his life and he which he could have done more. he is the all-time winningest division one coach of 409 victories in 46 seasons at penn state. maryland terps may be good enough sunday to overcome a 14 turnovers on the road. today was not that time. midway through the first half, the center left the game with an ankle injury. he did not return. that meant they had to rely on their outside game. here is howard doing just that with a jumper. maryland down by only three at the break. in the second half, temple

scored the first eight points. temple leads by 11. maryland would fight back. this jumper cut the lead down to one. then temple hit back-to-back threes and never looked back. here is ramon more. maryland falls 73-60. duke was at home taking on the florida state seminoles. michael in the lane and scores. the seminoles would take the lead. duke would answer with under 10 seconds to play. austin rivers ties them up at 73. the seminoles have one last chance. he buries it, and game winner. florida state upsets duke. syracuse also fell to number

dame's 67-58. the tigers 0-20 this season while the patriots were in first place. towson gave mason all they could handle. pearson barry's a three getting the lucky bounce. mason led by 17 at the half. in the second half, back comes the tigers. this cuts the lead to 10. towson got the lead down to five, but then mason took control again. they are ready to -- are available-- they pull away.

>> we get through tomorrow and then we get a warm up. >> tomorrow will still be called. by tomorrow night we could see some freezing rain or freezing drizzle with a higher chance of rain on monday and then again on thursday and friday. look at the temperatures next week. >> not bad. go baltimore ravens. we will see you back here tomorrow at 5:00. saturday night live is next. have a great night. >> follow breaking news and whether any time at wbaltv.com and stay connected to us through facebook and twitter. ♪ live from oakland university in rochester, michigan, it's the cnbc republican debate. [ applause ] >> good evening. and welcome to this cnbc republican debate. i'm maria bartiromo. >> i'm john harwood.