next on fox 45 early edition. another round of he snow, what you're weighing up to and d when we could see temperatures in the 50s. we have a special ticket and we alert them to what counterfeit tickets look like. they are keeping their eye on the ball and a look at the scalpers. how to know if your tickets are the real deal at tonight's game. celebrating the split. we will take you inside of the business of divorce party. good morning. it's wednesday, march 3rd.

i'm patrice harris. we have been talking about snow coming in for the day and so far so good. we don't have very much. meteorologist jessica starr is here with all of the details. i don't know when i smiled this big and used the word snow in the same sentence. >> reporter: i snow you were cheery. we have seen cold temperatures, but all in all no real snow. let's go to the radar. there's a low pressure system that is down to the south just off the coast of north carolina and virginia na is goin that iso scoot by the delmarva peninsula and scoot out to assay. othe sea.on the backside of it y showers over toward ocean city and delaware south. and otherwise we will have

rainshowers in the region for the daytime today because the temperatures are above freezing. 38 degrees with light rainshowers, but the winds, again, winds out of the northeast at 14 miles per hour, the humidity is at 49%, 38 both baltimore and d.c., 38 salisbury and 37 in oakland and in west virginia a chance for significant snow showers later today. the forecast 37 degrees with light rainshowers in the vicinity. here is the day cast, 39 by the lunch hour, and cloudy skies, and topping out at 40, 41 degrees at 6:00 p.m., but we have a real spring treat headed our way. i will have a check on that in just a minute first we will go to candace dold checking on the roadways. >> reporter: thank you, jessica. not a bad ride on the inner and outer loop road stretch. it's a slick roadway just be

careful as you travel out there this morning. as for the entire stretch from 95 moving toward 83 on the outer loop lanes we're looking at a normal ride at 11 minute clip at 55 miles per hour, and slipping down to 53 miles per hour on 83 up toward 795. that's a look at morning travels. patrice, over to you. 5:03 early edition. it seems that mother nature finally might be in our side. throughout the winter we have seen white out conditions and more snow was predicted for our region but so far we are waking up to rain. megan gilliland is in howard county with how things are shaping out in that direction. and south of baltimore was getting it worse, but you're not getting anything. >> reporter: even here in howard county where we could get 1-3 inches, spot less here at the shell station. not too many people worried to get out on the roads this

morning. pretty empty this hour this morning. if you're talking about snow, the on white stuff you're going to see here this morning is the remnants of the blizzards that we had, the snow that formed over ice and mounds like this. other than that, pretty good out here. take a look at the roadways, even with the rain that we saw overnight, not too many puddles to be concerned, and slick spots coming from the city down to this area, but nothing to be concerned about. the issue here this morning is i should put my gloves on, it's chilly out at this hour. other than that, patrice, we will take this and side with mother nature and hope that she will bring us warmer weather especially with the weekend forecast on the way. a man is nearly stabbed to death over the weekend while leaving a pub at federal hill. it was supposed to be a fun night to raise money for swag football team. as he left the bar, two women

and a man attacked him. kim terly fleming is now bind bars. the victim lost a lot of blood. >> they cut my shirt and there was blood everywhere. i could see it. as they were pushing me down the hall i was leaving trails. >> police are still searching for the male suspect in that stabbing. montgomery county police arrest three men accused of trafficking screen. a fiewf of the victims were minors. they allegedly operated out of three hotels in the baltimore, washington region and solicited customers by posting ads on craig's list. >> the internet now allows people to never leave their room and engage in this illegal activity. >> investigators say in one case, one of the suspects lured a 15 years old girl to maryland by promising to make her a

model. massive cutbacks in spending have been tough on local government. this morning the maryland association of counties will meet in annapolis to ask state lawmakers not to make anymore funding cuts. there have been deep cuts across the board to county, and health, fiscal year 2010 has been the toughest year in memory for local government funding. they say with so many cuts, 2011 is already expected to be tough as well. layoffs are on the way for city workers in annapolis. the city is trying to cut a 12.1 million budget shortfall. that could mean as many as 60 employees lose their jobs. it will be the first time in the city's history it has had to layoff workers. 40 more positions that are already vac not are no vacant ad to be refilled. the layoffs start next week. four days after the 8.8

earth 86 after shocks are still shaking the land. you can see the ripples in the water created by the rumbling, meanwhile looting continues to be a problem as people are struggling to find food and water. >> what we need is water and also food, that is what we need the most, food and water because we're running out of it. >> the death toll from saturday's quake now stands at nearly 800. meanwhile several doctors from baltimore are still in haiti helping that country put back the pieces following january's earthquake. teams of doctors and nurses have been in haiti since january. some the ones just returning say the language barrier between rescuers and citizens in haiti is a big challenge. >> most of us don't speak creole or french. using patient's names was often more complicated so we developed

a patient numbering system. >> so far they have helped more than 12,000 people in port-au-prince. the u.s. naval ship comfort that is based out of baltimore is still docked in the property of aau-prince hospital. the hospital has released last patient and now workers waiting for orders on what to do next. the millitary officials have not said if the ship will be headed back to baltimore anytime soon. many doctors working in haiti say they still need the ship to help the country recover. in the age of instant messages and e-mail, snail male has become even slower. with fewer people mailings letters, the post office is struggling. now they say that big changes are needed to cut costs. the postal service is $10 billion in debt. the postmaster general says that stopping saturday deliveries

could cut that number in half but some people still want their mail. >> i want my mail, i need it every day. i like the way they done it every day like they did in the '60s. they come hail, or snow. >> i get bills every day. one day without bills is fine to me. >> the u.s. postal service is considering consolidating some post offices and cutting jobs. coming up in the early edition, the top 10 guys give it their all. ♪ this is a man >> what the judges thought of their performances on last night's american idol. and just some light rainshowers in the vicinity this morning, but we're going to get a real

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>> this is a man's world ♪ ♪ this is a man's world ♪ oh >> it sounds like michael lynch was. michael was the first guy to sing and made a big impression on the judges. >> seriously, that was the one to beat. that is the way to start out the night and everybody now has got to top that, that was fantastic. >> wow. let us know what you thought of last night's show. you can post your reaction on facebook or twitter page. just go to foxbaltimore.com or send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can follow candace on her idol blog as she takes us behind the scenes all season long. just go to foxbaltimore.com and click on american idol under the entertainment section and you can watch person in idol tonight and tomorrow at 8:00 here on fox 45. but for right now all eyes are on the sky as people are

waiting to see if that snow will fall. meteorologist jessica starr is here and the answer is. >> probably not, that is the good news. we could see flurries later today, but more or less the low weather system that we have, we have a potential to see a little bit of snow. it's going to scoot on by the delmarva peninsula. we will see strong winds from the backside of this low pressure system. you can see showers the further north into new york and pennsylvania. let's zoom in a little bit and showing you a little bit heavier toward dover and salisbury and ocean city and that is pretty much where the significant amount of rainshowers are going to be today. it's going to be over toward the southern tip of delmarva peninsula. we still have a potential to see light showers in the area and a couple of flurries mixed in. the good news is no huge accumulation because the ground temperature is so warm. it's in the upper 30s for the ground temperature. that is where the air temperature is as well. 38 for baltimore and d.c.

37 in dover, and sal salisbury. and hagerstown cooler where they have a chance of seeing a couple of inches accumulating in the higher elevations of western maryland and west virginia 27 degrees for them this morning. the low pressure system is going to move out to sea later today, but on the backside we will see breezy qns and the cloud condits are going to linger and overcast skies later today and for most of the daytime for tomorrow, for thursday, so waking up tomorrow cloudy conditions, breezy conditions, a gradual clearing later in the day on thursday, maybe could see a couple of peaks of sun late in the day on thursday, but mother nature is going to be nice to us. high pressure system is going to build in nicely just in time for the weekend. high pressure system is going to bring mild air and a lot of sunshine to the re region in the later half of the weekend into next monday. temperatures are going to feel spring-like close to 60 degrees,

but it's about time that we got to that mark with the upper 60s and low 60s. for today, unfortunately, for wednesday, eastern shore, and heavy rainshowers and 39 degrees a cold day, overcast skies and the winds will be breezy out of the north at 10-15 miles an hour. central maryland, 41 degrees, and cloudy skies and light rainshowers in the area, off again, and on again, and if you head toward western maryland, driving out there, you will have a chance to see the snow showers mixed in with the rainshowers with the temperature as 33 degrees later today. down to the baltimore, 44 degrees, over skies and overd rainshowers. the roads will be wet so we could see refreezing in the outlying areas. take note of that. seven-day forecast, look at this. once we get rid of the low pressure as it moves out to sea, 42 degrees for tomorrow, for thursday, and mostly cloudy

skies in the morning but gradual clearing later in the day. look at how temperatures climb, 47 degrees on friday, begun with widespread sun -- 51 with widespread sunshine on saturday. and 56 degrees on monday and 55 degrees next tuesday. remember fox 45 sky watch is available at your finger tips. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. to see when rain or snow will be over your house just log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. now let's see how the morning commute is shaping up with candace. >> reporter: you this, jessica. we are tracking the speeds and we are loving the numbers. 55 miles per hour on 95 through marsh, and 64 traveling on the beltway. let's show you the scene on 83, smooth sailing on the northbound and southbound lanes, a bit slick out there, nothing major to worry about, but just use a

little bit of caution as you head out there this morning. as for what is happening on the beltway, moving through pikesville showing you the region at pikes green avenue. there it is showing you at 795. on west side at liberty road, let's check that area, so far we will take it an excellent shape making the push down toward 70 and the favorable conditions only continue moving through catonsville all the way down toward 95. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. candace, thank you, 5:17. for sports fans college park is the place to be. the blue devils are coming to town for one the biggest basketball games in years so some folks are willing to pay anything to get inside of the comcast center today. that is where joel d smith is with more on that demand for tickets and this is a big night, joel. >> reporter: definitely, say

anything will get you to that, how about do anything. we are outside where the students will be lining at 7:00. at 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. game. we are talking 14 hours a ahead of time. it will be first come first serve. it will be a mad rush in there. that is how impressive. the duke game was a big one, but now things are getting out of control. it's hit a fever pish. take a look at what it looks like on craig's list. people are offering just about anything to see this game. look at the prices of the tickets, $250 per said. and $350 per seat. for the free student tickets somebody is trying to get $150 for that. the terps have been on a roll lately. this is for a share on the lead on the acc if they can win on the televised game. people are offering free legal advice. things beside money to try to get the mone tickets to this.

but demand is so high, people will try to do anything to get in there,. >> we know that the demand is so high that people will try to get in no matter what. we have special ticket takers and we alert them as to what counterfeit tickets look like. >> reporter: they are looking for that and they're really looking for a bump from this. ticket sales have been down for the last couple of years here for the basketball team. they haven't been as good and he they won the championship in 2002. the economy has been bad and the end of the recession, and the terps playing better, can get the ticket sales up. everything else is going up here as well. i'm looking forward to people starting to get in line here. we are starting to see people pull up and get near the line. they are so dedicated to get in line and how much money it is to

get the tickets versus to see the team. >> funny how you chose this to be the story for the day? >> reporter: there's reasons for it. >> that's what i thought. >> reporter: i have a prediction for you in a little bit. joel is going to have his place at front of the line to watch his place. all right. joel. toyota says the tom is making changes. the fixes that could calm buyer's fears. these people are

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only at superpages.com®. guilty, that is the verdict in a trial of three people accused of starving a baby to death. crime and justice reporter lepola was in the courtroom and tells us just how quickly the jurors made up their mind. >> reporter: it's been almost four years since seta newton saw her grandson alive. >> right now i wish i could hold javon and hold him. >> reporter: it was in april 2006 when ria ram kramkist home. she joined one mind's ministry.

>> these people are guilty of everything that the jury convicted them of and i'm absolutely delighted. >> reporter: it took jurors, less than 2 1/2 hours to find queen antoinette, trevia williams, and markus cobbs guilty of murder. >> he is a very convincing manipulator and i'm glad that the juror saw through that. >> reporter: for a week the jury heard how queen antoinette, ordered ramkisun not to feed javon. >> he shouldn't have died and especially that man is just gruesome. >> reporter: his body was stashed in a suitcase for months if not yearsment by th years. by the time police recovered it, his remains were mummified, she denied killing javon, i can't believe that anyone in their

right mind who witness something as cruel as they are saying and do nothing about it. when queen antoinette addressed jurors she pointed to witness testimony, that testimony describing as non-violent, but what she failed to address is why she didn't step in and stop the starvation. >> the argument that was made that upset me the most was the way that queen antoinette attempted to portray her sf hern the victim in this case. i think it's very important that everybody be crystal clear about the fact that the victim in this case was ja javon thompson. >> reporter: all three defendants represented themselves and all of them face a maximum of 60 years in prison. as for jaria she will be released to a facility. >> remember she testified that she believed that her child was going to resurrect. >> reporter: joy lepola, fox

45 morning news. all three cult members will be sentenced on may 18th. coming up in early edition, legalizing same-sex marriage, where area couples can go to get a marriage license. next domi l like some other slices. a country is only as good as its cheese. good thing ours doesn't have a bunch of holes in it. kraft singles - the american cheese.

toyota unveils its plan to win back customers. adam shapiro explains. >> reporter: toyota taking more heat on capitol hill. a senate panel is reeling toyota executives over the massive recalls. the executive apologize and detailing quality control changes toyota is making in everything from manufacturing to sales and service. those recall slamming toyota dealers. toyota sales falling 9% in february. the company is offering return customers two years of free maintenance, but ford sales climbing by 43%. general motors by more than 11%. chrysler is rising by a fraction. ford out selling gm for the first time in more than a decade. to wall street. the dow rising by 2 points. dominoes quarterly profit rising and both beating estimates. dominoes says new pay pizza recs is causing a spike in business.

i'm adam shapiro. baltimore county residents are upset with a recent court ruling. how it's connected with exxon mobile. >> reporter: there was a chance we could have gotten more snow overnight. i'm