good afternoon i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. here is what people are talking

about today. the worrys about a freeze up on area roads. the morning warmed up enough to prevent that and bring in some pretty dense fog hovering around. that collected the commute for a lot of people. life look outside, the fog is still with us including at the inner harbor. what happens next? we've got coverage with marty bass and the foggy outback and meteorologist, bernadette woods, at first warning weather center. >> good afternoon, everybody. we had the temperatures below freezing when the drizzle started last night. they got above freezing during the overnight hours, and more of rain out there in addition to the fog you saw from the shot. as we head through the day, on and off rounds of the rain and drizzle coming up from the southwest. let's show you, as far as advisories go, we have the freezing rain advisory in effect for a couple of counties in the lower valleys where it's touch and go, we are at be 2 degrees there. dense fog advisory in effect,

not too much movement to the air. we will see the improved visibilities. >> reporter: thank you very much, good afternoon, let's look at temperatures. at 4:00 a 5, it was hovering about 32. you could see from watch, warning advisory graphic, we were worried about the freezing conditions. 33 hagerstown, we are warming up to 36 degrees. 41 elkton, 35 in the district. let's take a look at more temperatures. warm air moving our way, and by tomorrow that westminster bel air and columbia numbers, temperatures down in the mid to upper 30s will be in the mid to upper 40s. a big push of unseasonably mild air for january, moving our way. that's our weather headline, meteorologist bernadette woods with the details coming up shortly. we are going to throw it back inside.

>> the gloomy weather is fit ing for the mood in the area as ravens will be spectators for the super bowl. a heart breaking loss in the afc championship game to the new england. ravens are back at the complex in owings mills prepare for the long off season, wj south side live, stan finished talking with -- wjz live, stan saunders finished talking with players. >> reporter: the ebb and flow of yesterday's emotional defeat to new england, still runs its course. this morning, mid-morning around 10:00, ravens players and coaches reconvened for a team meeting and shared their final good-byes in anticipation of possible player terse nel changes. cleaned out lockers while trying to regain some sense of

normalcy coming off of yesterday's highly disappointing defeat. it's hard. it's always going to be a loser. everybody can't be a winner. when you get to that point it hurts. you know you can win, you know you can lose. but the loss is so shocking. >> i can roll over or pick myself up, knowing it's going to sting for them to get back to work. >> you need to get away from it. you can develop your love back for it again. >> reporter: as line backer mcclain added, time does heel bounds, this one is so deep, that it's going to take a little bit of time. back to you, jess. >> reporter: thanks a lot, stan. two women jumped to escape their burning row home, but not before throwing a 2-year-old girl out the window to avoid the flames. andrea fujii is live with one

family's desperate escape. >> reporter: a grandmother, mother, and toddler, all survived the nearly to foot jump, but the home is a total loss. the one alarm fire broke out at 6:00 in the morning on the 300 block of south fulton street startling neighbors. >> i saw the smoke and fire, flames coming from the window, it's next to mine. >> i saw some fire and when i woke up, it was kind of scary. >> reporter: inside was a 45- year-old woman, a 21-year-old daughter and her 2-year-old girl. trapped on the second floor, the grandmother jumped out of the second story window, the mother threw her toddler out of the window and jumped out herself. neighbors say they can't imagine how scared the family was. >> that is crazy.

i have a 2-year-old little boy in the house that is close to her. that could have been us. >> reporter: all three were taken to different area hospitals for injuries suffered from the jumps. the mother also suffered second and third degree burns, but everyone is expected to survive. back to you. >> it's not clear if someone caught the toddler or if she fell to the ground. the cause of the fire is under investigation. a fire in baltimore leaves a dozen people without a place to live today. flames swept through the third floor of an apartment building in perry hall last night. it took 70 firefighters to extinguish the blaze. the management company is working to find alternate housing for the residents. also, a catholic priest is facing charges for indecent exposure. according to the baltimore sun, mark bowic has been removed from his post at the church of

the immaculate conception. he was arrested at a adult bookstore he was partially nude in the movie theater. he could face three years in prison. a mother and daughter are home today after a terrifying ride on the cruise ship that capsized in italy. they certainly haven't forgiven the ship's captain. they were among the last passengers to make it to a lifeboat when the costa concordia capsized. 13 are confirmed dead. 19 missing. the captain faces several charges including manslaughter abandoning his ship. tom corbett ordered flags to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer.

manuel gallegus reports for wjz from state college, pennsylvania. >> reporter: students stopped at the mill on their way to classes monday morning and lit candles and left notes for the man they call joe pa. >> we were feeling sad. now that we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembered good times. >> reporter: sunday the band played amazing grace as thousands attended a candlelight vigil on the campus. paterno died ten weeks after the trustees fired him. the board said the hall of fame coach could not affectively lead in the wake of a child molestation scandal involving jerry sandusky. joe paterno coached at penn state university for 46 years, his career ended in the midst of a scandal. the university has the delicate task of finding a way to cream

rate his life. -- to comeme rate his life. -- commemorate his life. charles pitman played for the first team paterno coached. >> his work, commitment to excellence, what he did for the university and thousands of player whose played for him, got washed by the wayside. paterno testified before a grand jury, but because defense attorneys never cross examined him, his testimony cannot be used in court. manuel gallegus, wjz, eye witness news. sandusky is not only the person facing charges in connection with this case. former university president, gary shultz and tim curly are charged with failing to report to police when they were notified of allegations concerning sandusky. deadly storm rolls through south, the latest on the clean up effort in alabama.

>> after a defeat, president recall candidate, mitt romney, is changing his mind about a key issue. a foggy afternoon out there. complete first warning weather forecast is coming up. ,,,,

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after three terms in congress, gabby giffords announce he is will resign to focus on recovery from the gunshot wounds. >> i will step down this week. >> giffords made the announcement through a youtube video over the weekend. she was shot in the head during assassination attempt outside of a souper market in tucson. tucson residents spoke about what they will miss most about their congresswoman. >> she always had very thoughtful commentary and made you think. >> her personality and dedication to constituent was exemplary. >> she lost 50% of her vision, and struggles to speak and walk. storms pounded the south and midwest, killing two people in alabama and prompting

tornado warnings in several states. officials in birmingham say a 16-year-old girl and 82-year- old man died as a possible tornado moved across the area overnight. dozens are injured and several homes reduced to piles of rubble. officials will search for anyone trapped inside the rubble today. mitt romney is changing his stance regarding releasing income tax returns. the former governor says he will release the government tomorrow. the document will reveal his tax rate which is expected to be relatively low 15%. the candidates are set to debate in tampa today. the primary is next week in florida. still ahead, at noon, a foggy day in baltimore, will it clear up? your weather forecast is coming up next. medicare. it doesn't cover everything.

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effect for a short while. that's giving way as the temperatures go up with the rain arriving. as far as overall, we had fog earlier today in a lot of cases. it's lingering in the city and a few places. that's going to continue for the next few hours. temperatures will take a while to warm up. 42 oakland. 53 ocean city. that's the kind of air moving in our direction. in the local areas, some of the valleys it's around 32 degrees, there is concern. baltimore, 35. above freezing at this point. winds are light, there is that fog out there, winds picked up a little bit this afternoon. that's improved visibility slightly. it's going to be gray for the rest of the afternoon as the storm is going to take its while getting through. when it clears tonight, skies will start to clear and behind that, we will see sunshine return for tomorrow. the air mass following this storm is not all that cold, we've had a few arctic air masses following the last

couple of storms. this is going to be coming in from the pacific and by nature it being a pacific air mass, milder air with it. temperatures in some cases are going up. forecast for tonight this was last night's forecast, let's correct that, it's not doing the be freezing drizzle tonight. for today, is this, this is the forecast for today. we are getting to the mid to upper 40s around the region with the rain coming through, tonight, though, we are going to clear out, we are going in to the 30s and tomorrow, we will continue to clear out and take a look at -- we are going to have this sorted for you when we get back. basically, it's going to be a nicer day tomorrow than today. that freezing drizzle is getting out of here. we will have the five day coming up shortly. stay tuned. still the come on eye witness news at noon, it's not just in your head, why doctors

say you may feel more or less pain depending on your gender. wjz 13 is always on, here are the top stories on wjz.com. ,

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shows autistic children can outgrow their diagnosis. researchers although johns hopkins found children with autism are also more likely to have a second condition like depression or speech problems. if the issues improve as the child gets older, they may not fit in the autism spectrum. women feel pain more intensely than men. scientists looked a data from 72,000 patients and found women reported feeling more pain than men in almost every case. doctors don't know why pain is more intense for women but confirms previous findings. a number of people keep smoking after diagnosed with cancer. a study in the journal of cancer found 14% of colorectal patients continue to smoke. doctors say smoking can interfere with treatment and reduce survival rates. you want to be sure to check in with eye witness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, more

bodies found in the wreckage of the costa concordia. conflicting emotions, more reaction to the death of joe paterno. will his accomplishments overshadow the child sex abuse scandal. . please stay with us, your five day forecast is next. ,,,,,

we've got a gray gloomy day, that's for sure. there are improvements. it's gray and gloomy, the reality is, we are going to almost 50 degrees. as we look at the five day which takes us, not quite to, but essentially the end of january, this is really tough to to complain out. 50 tomorrow. friday, mid to upper 40s saturday. that aint a bad thing. back inside. thank you on tonight's prime time line up, at 10:00, hawaii five-o, to be followed by eye witness news at 11:00. an iowa man is out of the dog house after he gets lost wedding ring back and it only took 20 years he thought his wedding bands was lost forever when a worker knocked on his door, the man found the ring in the front yard as he was installing a sign. he never thought his original

ring was so close all this time. >> in his front yard for 20 years? thank you for joining us. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,