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brings treacherous road conditions. tonight, the storm's continuing impact across maryland. it is slick out there tonight. i'm adam may, thank you for joining us. right now, road conditions are getting worse. wjz is live tonight with weather coverage. bernadette woods is tracking it. first. >> the moisture of these roads is turning these roads into ice. a long night is ahead ready to battle nasty roads in the city.

>> it's like the back roads like this that are really bad. they haven't been paved. >> the state's first winter storm with the first round of ice and it could be worse. >> the biggest concern is that everything will refreeze and temperatures drop. >> the overnight hours when temperatures go below 20 is when there's patrols for the icy spots. >> several accidents were reported throughout saturday. >> there were crazy accidents, bad traffic. went around the corner and went in. >> transportation officials warn low speeds are crucial as the meltdown happens. even if the street looks clear,

it's probably not. >> any moisture on the ground could freeze. >> here in the city, crews are responding to 311 calls. that's the number to call. you can dial 511 for both conditions. reporting live in baltimore. weijia jiang. >> bernadette woods? >> in some cases, we could get above freezing. the entire metro area except the island is below freezing.

for those roads not treated yet, anything that did get a little mushy today is going to refreeze overnight. tomorrow is getting a little bit above freezing, but this is really going to be a process. we'll have the forecast coming up. adam? >> thank you. wjz is always on for the live forecast, you can log on to wjz.com. also while you're there, feel free to e-mail some of the snow pictures at webalerts@cbs.com. newt gingrich is the winner of the south carolina primary ahead of front-runner mitt romney. tonight, danielle noddingham reports from south carolina. >> reporter: newt gingrich is the winner of the south carolina primary. >> i want to thank you in everyone in south carolina who

decided to be with us in changing washington. >> reporter: the former house speaker mounted a double digit comeback in the days to beat mitt romney who came in second. gingrich tweeted to ask him to help him deliver a knockout punch in florida coming in ten days. romney promised his supporters a victory there. >> we're now three contests into a long primary season. there's a lot to fight for. >> reporter: gingrich won with last minute voters. more than half the polls made up their minds over the past few days, and 45% voted for gingrich. only 24% finally decided on romney. a gingrich victory in south carolina. iowa was awarded to santorum just this week and south carolina to mitt romney. they're vowing to fight on.

>> the momentum has been continued and will continue. thank you very much. >> let me assure you, we will go to florida and then go to arizona and colorado, maryland. >> florida holds the first debate monday night. in columbia, south carolina, danielle noddingham. >> this is certainly an interesting horse race. this is the first time gingrich won so far this season in a caucus or primary. joe paterno is not doing well tonight. his family is at his side in a hospital as doctors have downgraded him to serious condition. >> one week after his first interview since the penn state sex abuse scandal, his health took a dramatic turn for the first. led penn state for 46 seasons.

the 85-year-old fired in november after the long time defensive coordinator, jerry sandusky is accused of molesting young boys. during the streets for the scandal, paterno said this to the victims. >> sorry for them. >> the same week, diagnosed with cancer and now praying paterno and his family. >> a family spokesman said he does continue to fight. but we are now less than 24 hours away from the ravens showdown with the patriots and a spot in the super bowl on the line. the playoff run with mark viviano is in foxbro tonight. we'll see what it takes in indianapolis. >> they get nothing of the sort

in foxboro. that's expect to be cleared of the winter blast by tomorrow's game. it's challenging enough, but the ravens have done so each of the past three years. if they can make it four in a row, they're going to the super bowl. the ravens did struggle on the road in the regular season, and in this one, they face the best offense. the patriots who scored more points than any team in the afc. the ravens go to foxboro hoping they can win. yet jim harbaugh told me. >> nobody expects to win the game. the buses pull up and the ravens are going to get off and we're going to play the game whether we're the underdog or not. >> joe flacco is used to the

underdog role and so are ravens fans. flacco has those fans in mind! you know the fans around here are going to be excited. i think it's just pretty cool for us to see. we're going to go out there and take it home for them. >> they're working here hard at the stadium. working to clear the stadium and the field. it should be clear for game time tomorrow. we'll have more coming up lateener sports. back to you for now. >> all right, mark. thank you so much. the winter storm slamming new england. made for quite a journey for ravens fans in the team. crews are working all day long trying to clear up the stadium for the championship game. look at all the snow there. it's not stopping ravens fans from setting up shop in patriots country. one family traveled all the way from odonton without tickets for the game. >> we are here anyway in

spirit. it's going to be a really good close game. >> maryland fans are planning far statewide party tonight with the bars and restaurants making it goes off without a hitch. >> at andy nelson's bar, the kitchen is fired up. >> that's a lot of chicken. >> that's enough to feed hundreds this weekend. coleslaw and the brisket continue to pour in with the orders for the showdown. >> people feel the excitement with the purple around town. people are excited about the game. >> and this is good mood food. >> we had a real nice time. >> the menu is set. he's so confident, he's watching patriots fans to watch it. >> everybody cannot wait.

>> to give you have an idea how busy the kitchen is for andy nelson, an average weekend, make 700 wings. this weekend, it's 1500 rooting for the ravens. in baltimore, i'm gigi barnett. wjz news. >> wjz is the only place to watch the afc championship game tomorrow at 8:00 and airs only right here on wjz 13. far from over is baseball season but orioles fans are already talking about it. fans got a chance to get up close and personal with the current and former players. a lot of clinics, exhibits, and

interactive games for the whole family. the commitment you can see here with bernadette woods out there there and a lot of the crews having a good time talking to folks and taking in the fun. starters to get you thinking about the string already on the day of first snowfall. still to come on wjz's eyewitness news. the city of reno's fire still going on. the latest in the gruesome real life murder mystery. plus, a disturbing discovery inside a baby's mouth in new jersey that has the mother up in arms. i'm bernadette woods. the storm is gone but there's another one on the way. the first forecast for the morning and details when eyewitness news returns. complete coverage continues with adam may and meteorologist bernadette woods and sports

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starting the place by accident when got some fireplace ashes. releasing the identity of a man whose dismembered body found near the hollywood sign. a dog walker found the head of herrby melvin earlier this week. found his severed hands and feet. he's an airline employee who lived in the area. don't have any motive for the murder mystery yet. the death toll rising in the costa concordia. 12 people now confirmed dead. 20 others still missing. a maryland woman and her daughter are survivors. she's blaming the ship's captain for the wreck. >> my daughter said that the ship is sinking. we love you, in a text. >> she said she's blessed to be alive. they were some of the last

passengers on the ship to get off to a lifeboat. >> we said we have to get out of here. >> the nightmare started when they felt the ship sway violently and their cabin filled with water. it was supposed to be unforgettable but not the way it was. the horror they saw and felt in the last hours of the trip will stay with this mother forever. enormous fear quickly set in for someone who doesn't even know how to swim. >> i told my daughter if something happens, you have to jump for the water. swim, go to the shore. >> a week later, she's still in shock and suffering from a bad cold, perhaps due to the frigid dark cold and having to be rescued. feeling anger toward the ship captain and sad for the people

who didn't make it. >> nothing can be fixed. he left. he left. >> that's reporting the captain is accused of manslaughter, causing a ship wreck, and abandoning ship. a real life mouse was discovered inside the mouth of a baby. preschool teachers say they thought 8 month old had a toy in the mouth. when they looked again, saw a mouse's tail was hanging out. say they watched the baby's soap and hands with water, but the mother thinks more should have been done. >> first of all, should have been watching her more carefully. >> the newark school system is working with the city health department and exterminators to solve the problem. chinese communities around the globe are ringing in the

chinese new year. in sidney australia, they kicked it off with art exhibitions related to the year of the dragon. dragon represents luck and power. everybody could use a little bit of luck. >> happy new year. well, we got the snow we wanted. not as much as we wanted. >> the variers ready to move right on to spring. >> could make a snowman out of it. >> basically, my son wanted a snowman. we built it and upset he didn't sing and dance like frosty. he goes, can we get a hat for the snowman? i said, i don't know if that will work. >> a magic hat. so cute. well, unfortunately, we don't

have a lot of snow. but this is what we do with the storm. about an inch in some areas, maybe two or two and a half inches of snow. here's the tail end of it before it got out of here. it's going to start to clear and temperatures really going to drop. here's the amounts we saw. on the higher end amounts in baltimore county, a few inches and 1.8 of snow. on top of the snow in most cases, we are did have some ice. the ones are turning around in the north with the storm leaving us and look at what's doing to the temperatures. most are falling. most cases never went up but really going down tonight and you'll notice almost all of these are below freezing except extreme southern parts of the state. anything that wasn't properly treated will be refreezing in the overnight hours. please use caution. take it more slowly if you have to go out.

tomorrow, excuse me, today, topped out at 32 degrees. this is going to be a process. we start out in the teens. during the day, we'll build up to about 32 degrees and then see clouds coming up in the storm. then in the afternoon and evening hours will continue through monday. it will bring warmer air but thing is, first light rain or drizzle arrive, so may have some freezing with the beginning part of the storm before it warms up and be all rain. we're going up to 50 degrees on monday. it's a process to the way we get there. take a look at the temperatures here. we're climbing up the day to 32. it could rise before the 32 degrees mark. keep on climbing tomorrow night. temperatures go up and top out

with 50 degrees on monday. tuesday and wednesday. still above average. not too bad. go back up to 50 on thursday. this is going to be in the form of rain. adam? >> all right, bern, thanks so much. coming up in sports tonight: >> this is rob rob getting you the ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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all right, sports report. >> somebody is underdog. ravens, one obstacle with the second super bowl appearance since the 2000 season. the new england patriots. here's sports director mark viviano with the foxboro, massachusetts with the afc

championship. >> the famous game with the patriots beating the oakland raiders with the first of their three super bowl championships, all expecting to be clear here in foxbro by game time sunday. the last time they played two years ago, ray rice was at an amazing 33-yard touchdown run to begin the game. ray rice's 23rd birthday is monday. they know what he wants for his birthday. to win. we'll see if the ravens can get it done for you now. patriots 3:00 tomorrow. winner goes to the super bowl. loser goes home. house of pain for the maryland

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