about this morning. 25 degrees at the airport. increasing clouds. we have a 30% chance for a rain shower. the best chance for rain will be out in western maryland with a high temperature of 50. we will share the seven-day forecast in just a moment -- we will show you the seven-day forecast. >> we had some closures in bel air. kim dacey love more on that. we have some closures in howard county because of a downed pole. looking pretty good on the outer loop northeast side. five minutes to travel south of 95 from the 895 split down towards the fort mchenry. we start i 95 at 24.

no problems to report. this is the north side at york road. we are problem free on the entire beltway so far this morning. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> 3 people are dead and two others in the hospital after it late-night accident. >> this happened in harford county. kim dacey is live this morning with the details. >> good morning. the three people who died were siblings. they have been identified as ashley, joseph, and david, all from fallston. the accident happened on 543 just before 10:00 p.m. the chevy cavalier was traveling southbound on 543 when it

crossed the center line and sideswiped a toyota in the northbound lane. >> the impact of the collision put the chevy cavalier into a spin. it into the northbound lane of 543 sideways and the was struck by another northbound vehicle, an acura. the force of that crash cut the chevy cavalier in half. the two males were ejected from the vehicle. the female stayed inside the vehicle. all three were pronounced dead at the scene. >> police helicopters were dispatched to the scene. one of the engines caught on fire. 's emt

determine two people from the acura should be brought to the hospital. three people who were killed will be sent to the chief medical examiner's office for autopsies. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. one person is dead after their car left the road and crashed into a kfc restaurant. this accident remains under investigation. police are investigating a stabbing them might have started over a case of road rage. the driver of the screen suv is in the hospital this morning after police say he was stabbed. the couple in the suv had just gotten married when the other driver began yelling at them. police say he was stabbed. the suspect it stepper and a

third person suffered minor njuries -- suspected stambebber and a third person suffered minor injuries. >> the house passed a bill, with one more vote than required. the state senate passed a similar bill last year with a comfortable margin. if passed, maryland will be the eighth state to legally allow same-sex marriage. several medical marijuana bills. one measure would decriminalize the drug for medical patients. a doctor helped craft the medical marijuana built to help ease the suffering for those who have a deliberating condition. >> we have to have a heart here.

the aging of the population -- this can give them relief and we can do that in a responsible way. >> the same task force inspired a competing bill the recommends treating marijuana as a drug control by research institutions. the medical marijuana bill is scheduled to be heard next month. >> the republican race for the white house continues to be a fluid one. others surveys show rick santorum is opening a big lead nationwide. kate amara has more details for us. >> good morning. ahead of these contests, the candidates will debate once more, tomorrow night in arizona. >> theology but no less a theology. >> newt gingrich is trying to

regain momentum and floated the prospect of gas for $2 per gallon if elected. >> we do not prices under president obama are going up -- we do know the prices under president obama are going up. >> rick santorum has opened up a 10-point lead on a nit romney. -- mitt romney. ron paul is trying to collect as many delegates as he can. kate amara, wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> thank you. >> 5;06. 27 degrees on tv hill -- 5:06. a good samaritan put his own

life at risk when runs into a burning house in massachusetts. >> getting ready for major mardi gras celebrations. >> this is 95 north of the beltway. we will have an update on weather and traff

>> welcome back. 5:09. 37 degrees downtown. much colder in the suburbs. 23 in frederick. 25 in taneytown and the airport. increasing clouds. we will make it to 50 this

afternoon. we have a chance for some light rain showers or sprinkles delay, 30%. we will come back and check the seven forecast going into the weekend. >> a former teacher accused of molesting more than 20 students in los angeles will enter to charges today. arraignment is scheduled. the charges stem from photographs he took of himself with children and is school wary taught for more than 30 years. he faces life in prison. two massachusetts men are alive thanks to a good samaritan. he came to the rescue when their home court on fire. this was all caught on tape by security cameras from a nearby funeral home. he runs into the house and helps two men out. the home was a total loss. >> today is a fat tuesday.

the last day of the mardi gras season. this will be the end of fun and the beginning of ash wednesday. there will be plenty of time for music, drinking, and plenty of beads. >> beads for everyone. 27 degrees on tv hill. about a hamburger that is made in a laboratory? >> very interesting story. taco bell is teaming up with a popular snack chip company. a creative menu item. >> right now some closures to report in howard county. we will check on the ma

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we have a nice start with one exception. frederick road is closed near fair grounds road. there's a downed pole. 53 on southbound 295. running smoothly as opposed to yesterday. no problems to report on 95 through howard county. the harbor tunnel checking out just fine. here's the harrisburg

expressway with speeds around 40 miles per hour. we start on 95 at 24. so far so good. this is traffic on the north side at york road. problem free towards the harrisburg expressway. the j.f.x. checks out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we're off to a smooth start on the marc trains with no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail and metro subway both on time. 36 bus not stopping at washington boulevard and monroe because of construction. i'm kurt kronke. >> thank you. good morning. we have some cloud cover this morning. knows no, no ice -- no snow, no ice, no rain to talk about.

the clouds have been a thickening up over the last couple of hours. . those high, thin clouds. the thicker ones are off to the west. a potent storm system coming through the great lakes spreading thunderstorms across indiana. this will lose its punch by the time gets towards us. the main piece of energy will slide into the great lakes. we have 830 disenchants for a shower into our neighborhoods -- we have a 30% chance for a shower. we will make it into the low 50's. the average high temperature is now 46 degrees. keep that in mind. we will jump 10, 15 degrees above that mark over the next couple of days. a slight chance for a rain

shower as the system comes through early tonight. temperatures drop back into the 30's. a weak system will be moving through north of us so we have it slight chance for a rain shower as well. high pressure is in control on the east coast. that means mild and dry conditions. mid to upper 50's wednesday and thursday. areas south of baltimore could make it into the 60's south of baltimore. a cold front will move through on friday with maybe some thunderstorms. breezy and colder this weekend and maybe some snow flurries on saturday with a high near 42. >> taco bell celebrates a 50th anniversary with some new products. the shells will be made entirely out of doritos.

they haven't lawsuit last year. this could be one of the biggest successes of 2012. sunday hamburgers may be from petrie dishes instead of from cattle. use stem cells and nurtures the cells with feed so they grow in the right way. this will produce the cultured hamburger. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you be willing to try a hamburger that was grown entirely in a lab? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. april 17 is the deadline to file your federal tax return. they share all you need is a

smart phones or tablets computer. >> recipes, cooking applications. >> with so many distractions, who has time to do their taxes? >> it could not be easier. >> that is because the taxes can be done on your phone. he shows us how to download apps to figure out your likely return. you can even file right from your phone or tablet. just entered your tax information. not a photo -- snap a photo of your w-2. it is safe? he develops apps for his

company. a company will encrypt your information before it is sent over the network. the photo is taken within the application. >> it is similar if you haven't online banking applications. they cannot get into it. so >> that is your answer to perhaps make your taxes if your new distractions. >> this is how i will do with from now on. >> a new social networking site, for those who like doing taxes. apple looking to award you $10,000 in gift cards. jane king has the bloomberg business report. hi, jane. >> good morning.

some mixed news coming of europe. that $173 billion bailout for greece has been approved. some are skeptical that it is not enough. we will hear from walmart and home depot today. futures are pointing to a bit of a higher start. there was some speculation on friday that that would happen this weekend. apple on the verge of selling nearly 25 billion apps worldwide. if you download the 25 billo ionth app, the company will give you a gift card. lockheed martin has begun its

first flight test for the at-35. the test was done at edwards air force base -- f35. umbc low productivity because the new angry birds game will be launched. it will be a new game but it will have some familiar elements. i'm jane king for wbal-tv 11 news. >> we never noticed the lisp before with the 25 billionth. >> i don't even know how to say that. >> there is always a lot of buzz around apple products. >> we have heard rumors of a new ipad 3. a new nook e-reader is on the

horizon. were you can get it blackberry playbook for less than $200. >> thank you. 27 degrees on tv hill. soldiers returning home to a warm welcome at bwi. >> we want to know your answer to our water cooler question of the day. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

>> soldiers received a warm

welcome home yesterday. they hugged troops at the airport. >> this help fill the void. >> we have a son that is stationed out in san diego and we cannot say hello and goodbye, so we're welcome somebody else's son and daughter. hopefully somebody will welcome hours. >> girl scouts passed out copies the troops.kies to >> beef from a lab? creating a hamburger will wear a coat.aing a lab >> debating how much funding school breakfast programs will receive a. >> we have a nice warmup in the

seven-day forecast. >> looking pretty good on the major roadways. we will update you on any problems.

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. >> it is a cold start. >> it will be up close to 50 this afternoon and then close to 60 later this week. let's look at the current conditions. 45 at the airport. some high, thin cloud cover. we will make a close to 50 this afternoon. there is a weak system coming out of the mountains. with a slight chance for rain.

the best chance for rain will be out in the mountains. the seven-day forecast is coming up in just a few minutes with springlike temperatures. >> you know you want one snowstorm before we go to spring. we're grasping at straws. i will stop predicting snow. i know it doesn't work. >> not bad out there. frederick road is not reopened. everything getting back to normal after the downed pole is clear. the three down towards the beltway from owings mills. will slow through the curtis creek construction zone. the inner loop is closed but outer loop gets by with a two- way traffic pattern. the rest of the major roads are looking pretty good.

you can see where up to speed of the harrisburg expressway at padonia road. this is 70 at 29 through howard county. problem free at the moment. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> three siblings are dead and two others are recovering in the hospital following a late night accident. >> kim dacey is live at bayview medical center with more details. good morning. >> good morning. the three people who died were siblings. they have been identified as ashley, joseph, and david bauguess, all from fallston. the accident happened on route 543 about a half mile south of wheel road, just before 10:00 last night. state police say the chevy cavalier carrying the siblings

was traveling southbound on 543 when it crossed the center line and sideswiped a toyota in the northbound lane. >> the impact of that collision put the chevy cavalier into a spin. it entered the northbound lanes of 543 sideways and then was struck by another northbound vehicle, an acura that also had two people in it. the force of that crash cut the chevy cavalier in half. the two males were ejected from the vehicle. the female stayed inside the vehicle. all three of those individuals were pronounced dead at the scene. >> two state police helicopters were dispatched to the scene. one had to make an emergency landing because one of the engines caught on fire. the emt's from the other helicopter got to the scene and determined the two injured in the acura could be transported by ambulance. they were brought here to the

hospital. they are listed in stable condition. the two people in the toyota refused treatment at the scene. the three people who were killed will be sent to the chief medical examiner's office for autopsies. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> family and friends of a 13- rolled are still in shock -- of 813-year-old -- michael trulock fell out of the car and was struck by another vehicle. he had been drinking four loko 18 leaned out of the car door to vomit. >> he was the sweetest guy you'll ever meet. it is unbelievable that he is gone. it is unbelievable. >> loving, always in a good mood. he loved to have fun with his

friends. he was a good kid. >> the sale of four loko is illegal to minors. >> counter members could vote to who will fill a vacant seat. he bigger focus is aon a racial slur. dick ladd reportedly used the term "gooks." they hope to make the board more diverse. so are voicing their concerns. >> careless speech will build and it becomes the basis for sometimes prejudice and we want to nip that in the bud and call attention to it. >> councilman ladd did issue an apology for making that

comment. vote for a bill against discrimination for transgender residents who use restrooms. the measure would add gender identity to the existing human relations laws. was an attack on a transgender woman who tried to use the women's bathroom at a mcdonald's last april. opponents say it will lead to more problems. >> i know they are not dangerous and that they will not hurt anybody. i worry about the other people. >> meant dressing as women and getting into locker rooms and with children -- men dressing as women. >> the sponsor of the legislation said he expects it to pass. >> bryan voltaggio is against

cuts in the school budget program. legislators want to cut money and have. he says finding extra money in the budget is worth it. >> this is necessary, absolutely necessary. this is our future. >> the house and senate will decide to slash half of the budget amount. frommburger's used to come cows although there are turkey burgers. a biologist is working on a new hamburger out of the lab. he says in the lab, he uses stem cells from leftover animal material at slaughterhouses and that nurtures the cells with feet so they grow the right way

. combining several of the resulting strips will produce the cultured meat burger. all right. that burger looks pretty good. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you be willing to try a hamburger that was grown entirely in a lab? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. i still don't know about those shoestring french fries. >> if it tastes the same, i do not know. >> to not tell anybody -- to not tell anybody. 27 degrees on tv hill. a connection between surgeons and alcohol. >> teens and drinking. >> we are tracking some closures

in howard county. we will che

>> welcome back. 37 degrees downtown. a few high, thin clouds out there this morning. it is colder in the suburbs. temperatures drop into the 20's. down to 20 in york, pennsylvania. 25 at the airport. we will make it close to 50 this afternoon. we have 830% chance for a rain shower this afternoon -- we have a 30 disenchants of a rain shower this afternoon. most of you will have a dry day.

>> some teenage drinking might be rooted in hollywood. data >> on more than 6500 kids. there were quizzed about their alcohol consumption over two years. having friends who drank alcohol increased the risk for drinking. teenagers who watched the most movies with characters that drank were twice as likely to start drinking. bouts of depression and working long hours. >> they might make surgeons more prone to alcohol dependence. 15% alcohol use disorder. under surgeons were also a risk for alcohol abuse. before you remove my gallbladder, are you happily

married? >> 27 degrees on tv hill. a fantastic finish in college basketball. >> a game between u-conn and villanova. >> today begins moonlighting with ava. today we'll show you circus trekicks. >> tony was the latthe 2-4-6-8's

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insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. not tracking any problems at the moment. you can see we're in good condition on the west side outer loop as you make your approach to liberty. 60 in the outer loop from park

felt over to the towson region. problem free on 95 -- from the parkville to the towson region. a nice start. we will see if the volume is picking up. pretty good on 83 and padonia road down towards the beltway. this is traffic near 70 at 29. traffic checks out just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. we have a slight delay on natural, running seven to 10 minutes late. marc trains looking good. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. a diversion at fort and lawrence because of construction. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. we have some mild weather in the seven-day forecast. first we will say good morning to ava marie.

we begin our series moonlighting with ava and she has decided to run away with the circus. >> anyone in baltimore can run away to the circus. we're at the charm city movement arts and this is a place you can learn about circus arts. you brought the business year here. exciting. >> we're counting on that. we noticed there aren't a lot of places where you can learn circus skills in baltimore so we figured this would be a good place to open up. >> i learned what your job entails working at the studio but what it entails to work in the circus. the skills are transferable to that. so difficult to do the high wire.

i was surprised how much i struggled on my first time. tell us the progression of how students learn. >> the focus is proper technique. we start with the balance beam to learn the walk. once you have the walk down, it is time to see if you can balance on narrow objects. this is a couple of inches off the ground. >> if you learn a new trick, you can go back down and learn it right there on the ground and not fall at her yourself. >> then you graduate to the tight wire. >> until you're proficient on the wire, he should not be on a wire that is higher than your neknee. responding people on the wire.

>> we have video of me trying out the skills. i thought it was extremely difficult to get a comfort zone. you feel like maybe you're up high on top of the building. >> we start of students down low. then you get higher and higher see get more comfortable. >> we will be showing plenty more video when we come back. my day at the term city school arts. stay tuned for that. >> i'm very impressed. how long before i walk across a skyscraper. more than a week? thank you. that will be a lot of fun. we'll talk more to ava about

joining the circus. 27 in parkton. you might have to scrape some frost off your windshield. the skies were clear overnight. we had good radiation cooling going on. there is the high, thin cloud deck i was talking about. we'll get through the morning commute without any problems. we're watching a storm system coming across the ohio valley. most of the energy will shift up into chicago and the great lakes. this system will fall apart. we have a slight chance for a couple of rain showers in the forecast once we get past lunchtime. about a 30% chance with a high temperature between 45 and 50 degrees.

the average high temperature is 46. keep that in mind when i show you the seven-day forecast. a slight chance for rain shower tonight with temperatures in the 30's. another system will come out of the great lakes tomorrow. we could see some rain showers as that goes by. the chance for rain increases on thursday and friday, but so will the temperatures. near 60 on thursday. a strong cold front will move through on friday with scattered showers. high temperature of 55. then it will feel like winter over the weekend with a high temperature of 42. it will feel like it is in the 20's on saturday with a big chance for some snow flurries. >> 5:50.

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>> time to get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- would you be willing to try a hamburger that was grown entirely in a lab? >> keep sending us those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> good morning. we begin with the latest version of lin-sanity. the new york knicks against new jersey. this is the team that lin has breakout game against.

all athletic return for his first game in about a month -- carmelo anthony. would they be able to work together? over chris humphries. deron williams on his game, 38 points. lin. ouled by getting pummeled again. win.ets villanova and connecticut. great finish. what a great name. that is a 3-pointer that win sit. s it. see it again.

connecticut win. they have lost seven of the last nine games but not last night. spring training continues for the orioles in sarasota. a big question mark this year because of its ongoing concussion issues. as for the starting rotation, there are new candidates. chris tillman still figures heavily into the orioles plans. he hopes the new pitching staff can produce a lot sooner than later. >> i think from the competition is what fuels everything in this board, especially this board and the think it brings out the best in everybody -- it feels everything in this sport. i'm looking for it to it.

>> i can only hope that brian roberts can resume his career. >> that would be good. >> humphrey's demonstrating the effect of getting facials. thank you. lawmakers >> in annapolis have marijuana on the mind. >> lakes are common nuisance -- headaches are a common nuisance. >> we have a nice warmup in the seven-day forecast. >> we will let you know if we have anything new to report as you head out on the roads.