>> this is wjz hd, wjz.com. baltimore. >> from the city to the companies to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage. it's wjz, maryland's new station. >> new hampshire voters head to the polls. >> they cash their ballots in the nation's first primary. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> mitt romney the favorite to win, but still in question, will it be a landslide, and how will the rest of the candidates duke? we are live in new hampshire where they expect a record turnout.

>> voter turnout has been steady here in the venture. all of the candidates have been making the rounds this morning. the question is just how well will the front runner duplex. >> reporter: voters arrived early and keep filing into this manchester elementary school. >> how do you feel about your vote at. >> pretty good. there's always room for change. it's still early. >> mitt romney out early shaking hands. >> newt gingrich plans to drop by polling sites all day. i doesn't expect to win is that the surprise that romney will do as well as predicted. >> even though mitt romney has the lead, the state has a large bloc of independent voters who will likely decide whether this is a landslide, a tight race, or an upset you.

>> ron paul and jon huntsman hope many independents will go their way. >> can you feel the momentum in the air, ladies and gentlemen? >> all the candidates feel a surge of momentum after rodney made a comment about firing people. his opponents went on the attack. the first nine votes were cast after midnight. romney and husband tied for first with two votes each. >> welcome all the polls will be closed by 8:00 eastern time. if there's a wide enough margin, the winners should become apparent within a few minutes. back to you. >> thank you. after his surprise showing in iowa, rick santorum is hoping for a similar showing. >> police say a 16-year-old shot and killed his father in the letter. police began tracking the

vehicle they believe he was driving. when i found at the signing, heat took off and led them on a chase. he admitted to killing his father and dumping the buyer -- dumping the body. also, baltimore attorney investigating the fire that took lives overnight. live in the newsroom with more on what happened. >> firefighters tried to save two women inside the home but it was too late. the fire broke out around 7:30 last night. crews say when they arrived at the scene they found two women trapped inside. those women were taken to the hospital. they later died from their injuries. no word on the cause of that fire. back to you. >> the two dead have been identified as mother and daughter. >> reward being offered in the murdered overtired city school principal. mary hines was found stabbed to

death following a fire thursday. metro crimestoppers is offering up to $2000 for any information leading to an arrest. an investigation underway at morgan state university after witnesses claim the school's basketball coach punched a player interface during the game. live with the very latest. good afternoon, monique. >> that coach has been suspended indefinitely despite the fact that both he and the players say that punch never happened. >> reporter: in a heated one moment, witnesses say they saw the coach to strike a player. >> we think it's important to gather the facts surrounding this incident. >> one witness told our media partner he saw him punch him in the face saying it was pretty dramatic. there were a lot of people there who thought the coach was out

of line. the sportswriter told wjz what he saw. >> it appeared as though he gave some type of push back. >> that was enough for south carolina state president to contact officials. >> some say that he actually struck the student, others to say it wasn't that bad. >> coach bozeman released a statement saying, it's definitely overblown, i didn't hit them are either should've been an investigation already. wjz has learned there is video of the incident, but officials doesn't say it doesn't -- officials say it doesn't clearly show what happened. >> if it was hit, it wasn't violent. with the student says is that it was an accidental contact. >> that player says it was just a bump. others who know the coach said this would be out of character. >> he's a very good coach.

>> boseman remains on paid administrative leave. >> thank you. a three-judge panel will determine what exactly happened. >> city family continues to demand justice following the shooting death of their son. the family of sean campbell protested outside the nightclub where a year ago he was shot and killed by a city police officer during a flight. gimbel's family says they still don't have a clear picture of why their son was killed. >> former soldier from maryland is accused of trying to aid in a dangerous group into somalia. craig backs him up your incredible -- in federal court yesterday. he's charged with attempting to provide support to the terrorist group. he faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. >> today has turned out gorgeous. a live look outside after some morning fog. it's nice and sunny and a far

cry from yesterday afternoon. here is meteorologist bernadette woods. the afternoon. >> good afternoon. sunshine has returned and it is gorgeous. temperatures around the state are warming up with that son. 50 degrees in baltimore, 45 at the ocean, 38 in oakland. the thing is we do have another storm coming our way. can't come in tomorrow followed by rain. the cold air is going to be locked up pretty far to the north. that will start to change later in the week. that forecast coming up. >> purple pride is the baltimore ravens gearing up. fans continue to paint the town purple. grounds crews are set to paint the logo like this one outside city hall. ravens front office staff,

cheerleaders, and team mascots are all expected to be on hand to celebrate the postseason push. be sure to watch the ravens take on the texans right here on wjz- 13. see the game live sunday afternoon at 1:00 and make sure to stay tuned for special postgame coverage. we'll bring you you highlights and reaction from this big game. >> still cannot wait. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, federal officials are focusing on one of the deadliest crashes in history. >> responding. starbucks says it hears the coffee drinkers that are fans of the signature dark roast. details on the new coffee blend. >> and a beautiful tuesday afternoon. your complete forecast is still coming up. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first morning whether it ,,,,,,,

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>> one of the deadliest air show accidents in u.s. history in washington today. history in the national transportation safety board is holding a hearing on performance airplane safety. the hearing comes after the september 16th crash at the reno, nevada air show national championship races. a pilot and 10 spectators died and about 70 others were hurt when a plane crashed right into the

stands. there were eight a or race and air show accidents last year. shakeup at the white house. president barack obama's chief of staff is moving on after a year on the job. william daley is stepping down and returning to his native chicago. he's being replaced by budget director jacob lew. the change will be affected by the end of this month. >> if you were hiding money from local sam, now the time to come clean about it. the irs has an voluntary disclosure program for 2012 designed for those not claiming money cap and offshore bank accounts. under the program, though setting up would have to pay a 27.5% penalty on the balances, the back taxes on their money, and late charges but would avoid jail. if you are thinking about grabbing coffee at starbucks, a new option. the coffee company officially launching its blonde roast today. it's the first lighter taste from starbucks know for its signature dark coffee. starbucks says they released a

new plant after a study shows that a 4 million coffee drinkers prefer a lighter roast and taste. >> in college football, a new bcs champion. number 2 alabama upsets number 1 lsu. the defense battered lsu the entire game holding the tigers to just 51st downs. alabama was 21-nothing. the win marks the first shot off of the title team history. it was a rough one to watch for the tigers. >> i bet. still ahead on eyewitness news at noon, a much nicer afternoon out there. find out what is to come later this week. your full forecast is about two and a half minutes away. >> first, a look at the stocks and last will make the winning lottery numbers. -- and last night's winning lottery numbers. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> now, complete forecast and the first morning of severe weather. >> welcome back. just absolutely spectacular. and it's not just clear and sunny, but editors are also on the way up this afternoon. we did have some time to -- some thought to start up today. some of the valley takes a little water. we have a little breeze out of the west taking up the atmosphere, mixing everything up and allowing the fog to disappear. now for our temperatures, it's

brought us up to 50 degrees already here. take a look around the entire state. all of us at least in the 40s except for oakland. in the immediate metro area, 50 in annapolis. here is a front that left us. see that over texas? that puts across the south and turns up. the clouds get here during the day tomorrow and then the rain arrives area for us this is mainly in the form of brain because the cold air is locked up way to the north. then when the storm leaves us, it's going to change our weather pattern heading into the weekend. here's a storm that comes up from the south. the rain continues until thursday before this gets out of here. we see some clearing that the clouds come back in thursday night and friday with his front right in here and behind this one is where the cold air is. so are nice and mild start to the year is going to take a turn as we head toward the weekend. the forecast for today looks like this. 54 degrees for the high. tonight we are going down under

partly cloudy skies. seasonably chilly, nothing all that extreme. and then we see changes. above average, but then those changes kick in just in time for the game this weekend. just to remind everyone, because it's so hard to keep this in perspective when it's 66 degrees outside, our average is 1 degrees. so statistically this is the coldest time of year but we have not been there very often. >> i don't want to jinx it. >> if you say something, it's going to change. >> as the ravens gear up for their game this weekend, wjz wants to be your purple pride. send us your favorite photos and purple and black photos. click on a link on the top of our website, wjz.com. it's very easy. >> still to come at noon, a therapy that helps many quit smoking.

they have other positive uses. a new study suggests people who are smokers might want to use the nicotine patch. >> for instant updates on all of the day's news in your updated first morning forecast, log onto wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> wjz healthwatch report. the intense grief of losing a loved one can be dangerous to your health. the psychological emotion takes up so on your risk. the danger goes down gradually over the first month. i started a new study throwing doubt on nicotine replacement therapy as a tool to help people stop smoking. researcher at harvard find nicotine passes -- patches are not affected. they have the same rate of success whether they quit on their own -- or when they quit on their own. it turns out the patch could be used in other ways. on urology study finds nicotine may improve memory loss. researchers look to a group of elderly pages with mild cognitive patient. the group using the nicotine patch showed improvement in long-term memory. the group received placebo got

worse. >> is sure to check in with wjz eyewitness news today at 4:00, 5:00, at 6:00. romney's rivals. will he be able to pull out a win? plus, the latest on campaign 2012. and we are following a developing story of a teen arrested in his father's murder. join us for the stories and all the breaking news. >> stay with us. the five-day forecast will take us through sunday. that's coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,

>> welcome back. it's going to happen. where all of the action is going to be. before we get to that, a few days weatherwise to talk about. today is gorgeous. we are in the 50s. tomorrow the clouds come and followed by rain. that will continue into thursday when we spike at 51. the rain gets out of here thursday, and here comes the cold air as we had for the weekend. can you hide close to 40 degrees or in the upper 30s. so for sunday at this point it looks like the next front will stay north of us but we will continue to track that and give you updates. it is going to turn colder so we were talking about this during the morning show, get the cold weather gear out. a lot of people don't mind wearing some of it. >> will try to hang on. longsleeved shirts on sunday for sure. >> don't wear sleeveless.

>> you are like, are you crazy? >> i could wear my sleeveless camel. >> don't forget to watch on forgettable. stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> this is incredible. a little girl gets very up close and personal with an african lion or yet you have to see this video. this three-year-old comes face-to-face with this line at a new zealand zoo. her parents cut at all on camera. a lion attacked to the grass -- the blast. while this might look scary, the little girl says it's okay, he's brave. look at her, she just did there through the whole thing. >> i would've taken a few steps back. >> as a parent i would have been, we are out of here at -- are

out of here. >> have a great day, everybody. see you back here at 4:00, 5:00, and ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,