hi, everybody. i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about. >> we are following breaking news from anne arundel county. minutes ago, a jury returns a verdict on a man accused of killing a police officer. >> they found lee steerchgs guilty in the stabbing death of officer mcgwynn. steves attacked him in july 2006. the jury deliberated nearly six days before reaching the verdict. now, stevens could become the first person sentenced to death since maryland's capital punishment law changed. >> wjz is in the courtroom.

we'll bring you a live report all new at 5:00 and 6:00. today's other big story, the emotional issue of forcing catholic churches to pay for things they believe are wrong. it's part of president obama's healthcare reform. danielle nottingham reports, republicans and democrats are locked in a heated battle. >> reporter: conservatives gathered in washington for their annual convention, a rallying against a new white house policy on birth control. >> one thing is for certain. this attack on religious freedom cannot and will not stand. >> reporter: under the president's healthcare reform law, church-affiliated schools, hospitals and charities that provide insurance to their employees must cover the cost of contraceptives. gop leaders call that a violation of first amendment rights and say they'll try to repeal it. >> this is about president obama having control over every aspect of your life, especially for women, from conception to

death. >> reporter: top white house officials appear to be looking for a way out of the controversy. they say the president is exploring how to ease concerns of the religious groups. >> he's getting support from his fellow democrats on capitol hill. >> we commend the president's decision, and we'll fight hard to make sure that the women in america in the 21st century can get the insurance coverage they need for family planning and birth control. >> reporter: but the election- year showdown could cause problems for the president. the republican candidates on the campaign trail are pointing to the birth control requirements as they work to win the support of conservative voters. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> the top two republicans on capitol hill promise they will introduce legislation to overturn the new rule. and democrats say they are ready for the challenge. funding fight. the ceo of the komen foundation responds to the planned parenthood controversy for the

first time. monique griego is in the newsroom with the candid remarks. >> reporter: brinker's is the first she's made publicly, since the organization reversed its move. brinker, the founder of susan g. komen for the cure, admits she made some mistakes. and ended up causing some controversy. brinker said she has learned a lot and now must regain the public's trust. karen handle resigned from the charity, after facing criticism for backing that short-lived policy. mary? >> thanks, monique. with the funds from komen, planned parenthood is able to provide 170,000 breast exams. how did yeardley love die? that's the focus today in the george huguely trial. this is taking place in charlottesville, virginia. jurors were shown graphic crime scene photos in court today. >> the focus of today's thing,

yeardley love's body. meanwhile, defense attorneys have been picking apart all of those details, trying to lay the groundwork for their own defense. >> reporter: the attorney for george huguely does not deny he was involved in an altercation with his ex-girlfriend, yeardley love in 2010. but he contends her death was accidental. in court, for the first full day of testimony, they're focusing on medical evidence. the scientific explanation for love's death. prosecutors contend love died of blunt force trauma, beaten to death by huguely. wjz caught this trauma coming to and from the courtroom. prosecutors say huguely kicked in the door, leaving a giant hole and traces of his dna. love's former roommate testified love was afraid for her safety.

another piece of evidence in e- mail. >> huguely wrote love, you said you would get back together with me if i stopped getting so drunk. i should kill you. >> both love and huguely were intoxicated the day of her death. experts will testify that love died of positional asphyxiation, passing out in her pillow, after the fight with huguely. but prosecutors say the heavy drinking wasn't responsible for anything except huguely's rage. >> in court, we heard from one of the first responders who said that yeardley love's body was still warm when he got on the scene. the implication is that yeardley love may have survived these injuries if help had survived a little sooner. and that drove yeardley's mother and sister, sitting inside that courtroom, to tears. adam may, wjz eyewitness news. >> adam, thank you. also on the stand today, a

former roommate of huguely, who testified he saw huguely choking love months before her death. stay with wjz for complete coverage of the george huguely trial. we will bring every aspect of the case from court for you. a scare sparks an evacuation. sky eye chopper 13 is over cold spring park in northeast baltimore. smoke filled the school's hallways, sending the students out onto the playing fields. the baltimore fire department says the smoke was from the school's boiler room and there was no fire. everybody returned to school after the building was ventalated. making cancer medications accessible. today, maryland lawmakers are outlining legislation to make i.v. chemotherapy copays the same as regular prescription copays. the bill is being named for senator jim mathias's wife, who died from breast cancer. hear from cancer survivors about the bill, coming up all

new at 5:00 and 6:00. foreclosure abuse. today, federal and state officials announce a $25 billion settlement between 49 states, including maryland and five major banks. edward lawrence reports for wjz. the signing means that some homeowners will get relief. abel arredondo lost his home to foreclosure last year. he sold off his possessions and traded off his car for a motorcycle. but it wasn't enough. >> we tried. we did everything. but it just seemed as if the bank -- the bank didn't even want to cooperate. >> reporter: but some relief could be on the way for millions struggling to stay in their homes. they have agreed to help up to 1 million homeowners who are making payments but whose mortgages are under water. that means they owe more than their homes are worth. this comes after federal and state investigations found that banks used abusive processes.

>> under the terms of this settlement, america's biggest banks, banks that were rescued by taxpayer dollars, will be required to right these wrongs. >> reporter: the housing collapses hit california especially hard. as many as 2 million homeowners here may be eligible for help under the new agreement. nationwide, another 750,000 people who lost their homes to foreclosure may receive a check for up to $2,000. >> $2,000? thank you very much. but we're out struggling still. it helps, but what is it going to do for us in the long run? >> reporter: $2,000 won't get abel back his home. but it might help pay for gas for his motorcycle. in los angeles, edward lawrence, wjz eyewitness news. >> maryland's share in the settlement, about $960 million. wjz breaks down where that money will go, coming up new at 5:00. and some money is made on wall street today. dow is up 7. and has reached a

3 1/2-year high. s&p up 2. nasdaq up 11. snow is long gone. the sun is back outside right now. just a beautiful afternoon, with above-average temperatures at times. wjz has weather and traffic together. here is meteorologist tim williams with the updated numbers from first warning weather. tim? >> reporter: well, mary, good afternoon. good afternoon, everyone. yesterday we got up to a daytime high of about 49 degrees. the daytime highs now, the average, is 44 for this day. so we are at 44 now. just coming down, actually from about 45 last hour. so we have been a little above that temperature at points through the day, as mary mentioned. 30 in oakland. 35 in ocean city. and 43 in elkton. if it feels a little warmer than yesterday, of course, without all of the precipitation, the real difference is the sun. we are about 8 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday, across the entire area, we are pretty much substantially above where we were this time yesterday. the sun really makes a

difference. and we do not have a lot of wind to deal with as well. but we are going to see a bit of a change. it's going to get pretty cold here over the next few days. and we'll have complete details coming up. >> let's check in on the roads with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. hi, kristy. hi, kai. hi, everyone. we have delays starting out the afternoon. nothing too significant. but if you're traveling on the west side inner loop, you can expect at least 20 minutes there from southwestern boulevard to security boulevard. as far as the north side inner loop goes, still slow there from the jones falls expressway to loch raven boulevard. and 95 northbound, some brake lights there. on the southwest side as you make your approach to the beltway. as far as accidents go, plenty to talk about. 30 at the bw parkway. york road at geddings avenue. bel air. cathedral at west mulberry. and finally, pulaski highway at 67th street. traffic is heavy there. but it is breaking up on the beltway there at dulaney valley

road. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. introducing the five boroughs pizza. you can get a large cheese now, for only $9, only at pizza bolis. back to you. still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at for:00. it's all the rage. buying abandoned storage units. how your good deals could get you sent to jail. dogs are members of the family. how to make sure the food you buy has the best nutritional value. surprise serenades. a special valentine's day concert for one lucky winner. i'm andrea fujii. i'll show you how it all went down just ahead. just a gorgeous afternoon out there on this february day. but will we have another brush with that winter weather and the first warning weather forecast? ,,

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we're learning more about what may have prompted a man to open fire inside a new york courthouse. investigators say timothy mullqueen was angry over the slum lords. he fired inside the town's courthouse yesterday morning. security officers fired, hitting mullqueen. he later died at a hospital. one officer suffered minor injuries. no arraignment date has been set. a person accused of leaking thousands of documents to wikileaks. bradley manning will be arraigned at fort meade here in maryland. it comes ahead of a court- martial that the army approved last week. a trial date has not yet been approved. he faces a possible life sentence. it is becoming more popular every day. buying those boongded store -- abandoned storage lockers. but you could wind up buying things that police are looking

for. joe shortsleeve has more. >> reporter: it might be old kitchen furniture. or even an old stuffed cow. hit shows like storage wars brings attention. >> nobody asks the questions when people are buying storage bins and they're buying them for $200 and there's $3,000 in merchandise, where is that coming from? it's coming from people's houses. inside these units, like i said, we have found up to a million dollars in cash. >> reporter: they have often been filled with harmless junk. but increasingly, criminals are using them as havens for criminal activity. knowing police will have a hard time tracking down someone who didn't even have to give their real name to get a key. >> and you think the bad guys know this and exploit it? >> absolutely. people do bad things, it's shown over history, to know where the loopholes are. we have seen that in the area of terrorism, time and time

again. >> yes. right here in our own backyard. at this storage facility in framingham, is where a man with alleged ties to al qaeda, is said to have worked up an elaborate scene. >> he planned to use remote- controlled planes, packed with explosives. most of his work took place inside that framingham storage bins. that's the problem, according to police chief cais. he has even found bodies in storage bins but says his hands are tied when it comes to launching an investigation. >> and suspected al qaeda members have pleaded not guilty to trying to attack the pentagon. a one-time aid to former congresswoman gabrielle giffords could soon hold her now vacant seat in congress. ron barber announced today his candidacy. barber served as district director for giffords from 2007 until last month when she

retired. he was hurt in the shooting that left giffords with a head wound. one lucky woman gets a private concert. andrea fujii has the story from catonsville. >> a little nervous about this. >> yeah. >> have you ever done this before? >> no. this is the first. >> reporter: preparing for the big serenade, planned by a husband for his wife of 42 years. >> it's a great honor. and i think she'll really enjoy the whole experience. [ applause ] >> oh, my gosh. >> what is this? >> competing against 50 other applicants, dan ar armhine won to have crooner tony desare sing fors his wife's body.

>> he is a groove to the family and keeps everybody together. and has always been somebody who cares for somebody else. >> surprised at work, the mental health professional had no idea what her husband was up to. >> i'm very lucky. [ laughter ] i'm very lucky. >> and the musicians didn't need any convincing to help out. >> and when i saw dan's story about bobby, i was like, oh, yeah. let's do it. >> the bso says they chose them because of their romantic 42- year love story and bobby's dedication to the mental health industry. >> proving there's still lots of romance left after more than four decades of marriage. andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> and tony desare will be performing with the bso tonight through sunday at the strat more and at the meyerhoff. >> very nice.

coming up on eyewitness news at 4:00. closer than ever before. the pentagon changes in the way women serve in the armed forces. a multistate crime. the deal one of them is making to prosecutors. started out chilly, but turned into a nice afternoon. is there more winter weather on the way? >> wjz is always on. for top stories, click wjz.com.,

all right. a beautiful day. mary pointed out, what started out at a typical february morning, turned into a really nice day. >> i was giving my forecast again. >> she did. >> well, i'm absolutely done, you know. well, you know, the sun always makes a big difference. even if it's a 40-degree day without the sun, versus a 40- degree day with the sun. that sun on you makes it so much better. today, with temperatures in the 40s. and the sun out there, it is really a pleasant afternoon. it's not a lot of wind. so it's a very comfortable february afternoon. 44 degrees now. the temperature of bwi marshall. air is very dry.

relative humidity, at 39%. winds are from the west at 10 miles per hour, just a light wind across most of theidate. but the high pressure is in control. 30.20. that's pretty steady this afternoon. right now, we have 42 in elkton. 45 on the shore. cold spot around the area is out in oakland, at 30. we have 47 down towards d.c. around the immediate metro area, 45 seems to be the magic number. we have 44 in columbia,46 in annapolis and kent island. and 40s in westminster. the winds coming in from the west across most of central maryland. a bit of a northwest component. then we have one little rogue wind down around patuxent river, coming in from the east at 7 miles per hour. but for the most part, that north wind is bringing in cooler air. and it's tapping in air around detroit, chicago. and that's what's filtering in around the region. we're still a little on the cool side of our average temperatures. and dropping in rapidly upon

now that the sun is on the way down. won't really see too many of the 50s in the region. at least over the next few days, what we're really going to see is a tap into very, very cold arctic air that's going to plunge into the region over the next few days. tomorrow, a bit of an exception. but heading into the weekend, this is what it looks like. we have high pressure in control right now. the temperature change is going to come with a front that is really following these lines of clouds up there, right around southeastern canada. and that is the real leading edge of the front that is going to be moving in, say friday night into saturday. with that front, high pressure is going to ease off. that front is going to come through. it will bring with it some moisture. it's going to pull in some from the south. and then a low is expected to develop along the coastline. the cold air starts starts to total in. and we could see another round of rain and snow. big pressure is going to be high pressure will drive those temperatures down. with cold air moving in from

canada. that will be the headline from saturday into sunday. and then we go into the beginning of next week. sunset today, at 5:35. tonight, 28 degrees. mainly clear. seasonably cold. average low, 26. and tomorrow, 50 degrees. and the bottom falls right out of these temperatures, heading into saturday and sunday. bob turk will have more on that coming up in the next half hour. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup. at 10:00, it's an episode of the mentalist. and stay tuned for eyewitness news at well even:00. -- at 11:00. scott pelley has a preview of what'sing coming up tonight on the cbs evening news. confessions of murder, made by former members of a militant group. we will tell you about the battle to release the tapes and the american college that is caught up in the middle of the controversy. that's tonight, on the cbs evening news. they witnessed death and devastation. the changes survivors of the costa concordia want to see in the cruise industry.

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it's 4:30. 44 degrees and sunny. hello, everyone. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. >> new information today in that deadly house explosion sent by a father to his two sons. >> the husband of the social worker is speaking out. and the associated press has obtained the emergency call logs. here's what they reveal. >> he blew up the house and the kids. >> majority call logs showed

eight minutes elapsed from when a social worker called 911 to report children in danger and when sheriff's deputies were dispatched. it took another 14 minutes for the deputy to get to the home. for the first time, we're hearing from the husband of the social worker who made the call. >> she's very upset and traumatized. she has said that she thinks that this is something that is going to be a life changing event. >> larry benson says his wife takes comfort knowing she did the right thing when calling for help. but there is growing concern that the 911 dispatcher did not. >> seconds count in what we do. lives depend on that. we get that and we are all about being the best at what we do. >> the social worker pleaded with him to send sheriff's deputies and that she smelled gasoline and powell wouldn't let her in. the dispatcher continued to ask

her questions questions about her job. not seeming to understand the gravity of the situation. >> how long will it be? >> i don't know. they have to respond to life- threatening situation first. >> this could be life- threatening. he went to court wednesday and department get his kids back. this is -- i'm afraid for their lives. we try to get it right. every time. sometimes with humans here, mistakes are made. >> while the investigation is under way, the dispatcher will stay on the job. the pentagon announces plans to allow women to serve in military jobs closer to the front lines. kai is in the newsroom with more on the new rules for women in combat. kai? >> the new rules will allow women to work at the higher level. other ground units directly involved in combat it still

means women are barred from working in special operations forces. of the more than 6,000 armed forces who have been killed in the iraq and afghanistan wars, 144 were women. denise. >> while the new rules won't open up the navy seals or the army delta force to women, some defense officials have said they may be eventually open to that. a judge is now deciding whether the man who shot president ronald reagan can spend more time outside of a mental hospital. in closing arguments today, lawyers for john hinckley argued that he should be able to spend more time at his mother's home. the 56-year-old was determined to be insane when he shot and wounded reagan in 1981. one of the three siblings accused in a multistate crime spree reaches a plea deal. today, lee grace doherty pleaded guilty to one count of attempted first-degree assault and two counts of felony menacing. the 29-year-old and her two

brothers are accused of shooting at a police officer in florida, as well as robbing a georgia bank, before they're captured in august. the week-long assault that has killed hundreds of people in syria is railging on -- raging on. and the u.n. secretary general says the brutality must stop and is urging international people to help. >> government forces unleashed tank fires, mortars and rockets in a relentless assault to wipe out fighters. this internet video claims to show the battle for homes now in day 6. activists say troops loyal to president bashar assad. these women wept over bodies of the dead. >> we will take revenge on you, assad, we will kill you, this woman cried. u.n. secretary general ban kimoon condemned what he called

violence. >> such violence is unacceptable to humanity. >> he said they will send more back into syria and may ask for more help in the mission. rebels say they need help in the form of more ammo to win the fight against government troops. assad's army is setting up checkpoints to stop weapons from reaching the opposition. concern is growing over civilians getting caught in the crossfire. this video from a social media website appears to show bodies being carried out of the rubble in a residential neighborhood. [ gunshots ] >> reporter: u.s. officials are be looking for ways to get food and medicine to victims of the 11-month uprising. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, foreign ministers from the 22-member arab league are scheduled to meet in cairo sunday. survivors of that cruise ship crash in italy are pushing for change. monique griego has more on how

they're planning to make the cruise ship industry safer. >> reporter: they plan to sue carnival, the parent company. the italian cruise line ship rammed into a reef last month and then capsized. at least 17 people were killed and 15 remain missing. the ship's captain is accused of causing that shipwreck. but survivors also say that crewmembers failed to promptly inform them about the incident. they talk about tightening regulations. >> some have said they have been approached by the cruise company, offering settlements are a few thousand dollars. maryland's governor is boasting baltimore's public marine terminals. today, governor martin o'malley said it was a busy 2011, handling more autos and containers than ever before. most are key commodities for the port. also a milestone in 2011, more

than 251,000 people sailed on more than 100 cruises from the port of baltimore. well, the sun was shining today, just 24 hours after maryland got a little taste of winter. taking a live look outside. still a bit of a chill in the air. we have weather and traffic together. bob is here with the updated numbers from first warning weather. bob? >> pretty normal day, believe it or not. temperatures back in the low to mid-40s, where they should be. right now, around the state, most places where they really should be. 44 here. the cold spot, oak oakland at 30 degrees. much dryer. the dew point is way down to 21 degrees. now, yesterday afternoon, at this time, temperatures were actually 7 degrees colder than they are right now. so 7 degrees warmer this afternoon than yesterday afternoon. the airport got down to 30 this morning. the city never really got down below freezing. looks like a warmer day coming up tomorrow. and then some cold air, just in time for the weekend. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin.

things have gotten busy for the harbor tunnel throughway in that northbound direction. expect some congestion there from moravia road to past 95. as far as the beltway goes, the north side of the inner loop really jammed up there, around to harford road. on the southwest side of the inner loop, also heavy in that direction around to security boulevard. the outer loop on the west side, not quite as intense there. expect about 10 minutes there from 70 to baltimore national pike. 70 itself in the eastbound direction, moving fine. but westbound, some slowing there from 29 to marriottsville road. and accidents include arundel mills boulevard at ridge road and mcmecken street and mount royal. let's take a live look. you can see a lot of cars there on the beltway, at dulaney valley road. this traffic report is brought to you by the 2012 baltimore motor trend international auto show. it's coming to the baltimore convention center, thursday february 9th, through sunday february 12th. you can get all the information at auto show.

com.com. a baltimore paramedic is being held as a trailblazer tonight. as gigi barnett reports, no other african american woman has reached her rank. >> reporter: congratulatory e- mails for lieutenant bianca thompson flooded her inbox this week. >> i don't think it's setting in yet. it's surreal. >> reporter: last month, she received a major promotion in the baltimore fire d. >> i'm the first african american female lieutenant in fire. >> she put in the application two years ago. she waited, waited more. then the phone call came. she joined the apartment shortly after 9/11. >> that was my epiphany for what i wanted to do. i wanted to help people. so a month to the date from 9/11, i resigned from the fbi. >> reporter: lieutenant thompson now has several paramedics, firefighters and equipment under her command. say they say she's a trailblazer.

>> i'm happy for her. and i'm happy for the department. and now she's making history. >> reporter: but thompson says her goal now is to get others like her to the rank of lieutenant and beyond. >> i don't want to stay on. and i'm not going to stay on. you know, i expect a lot of my peers to come right behind me. >> reporter: lieutenant thompson's promotion ceremony doesn't come until next month. the hard work begins this weekend when she takes over her assignment here at the hale thorpe fire station. in baltimore county, i'm gigi barnett, wjz eyewitness news. >> and in addition to saving lives and putting out fires, lieutenant thompson also owns a successful jewelry company. >> wow. very diverse. straight ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. abdo youab -- abducted in the wal-mart store. how a little girl gets away. casey an thon seback in --ang thony is back in the spotlight. what she's doing now. bob has another dose from

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a los angeles elementary school is reopening in the wake of a sex abuse scandal. mira monte school was closed following a series of allegations that teachers performed lewd acts on students. two teachers are under arrest. authorities have replaced the entire teaching staff with new faculty. teachers are holding an open dialogue with the children to talk about what happened. casey anthony can't seem to stay out of the spotlight. racy new photos have shown up. >> a handful of photos hit the internet last month, showed anthony with short, blond hair, blass -- glasses and a nose ring. and now, more than 150 have surfaced. many were taken inside the same place she taped her video blog, but a few were taken outside. anthony posted a two-minute you

tube clip of herself earlier this week. and in the video, she supposedly talks about how happy she is with her new life. >> it is not clear why anthony is taking so many photos of herself. the only trace of her daughter caylee is the necklas she wears in the -- necklace she wears in the footage. a man tries to obduct -- abduct a girl. but she got away. >> i was looking at princess stuff. >> reporter: britney baxter told me her toy shopping was rudely interrupted when a man grabbed her, tried to put hass hand over -- his hand over her mouth and carry her away. she remembered her stranger danger training. >> i was kicking him as hard as i can. >> she said a man had tried to kidnap her. that he picked her up and put his hand over her mouth. and that he ran off.

>> it is chilling to know how quickly it could happen. >> reporter: they wasted no time checking wal-mart video. they found the car. 25-year-old thomas wood, a recently released inmate matched the video but denied to us being in wal-mart. >> what happened in the store? >> i was never there. >> reporter: he was charged with attempted kidnapping. little britney's parents are happy she remembered that stranger danger training. >> if this can help save another kid, then that would help save somebody else. >> you try to get away and go tell somebody that you trust. >> is that what you did? >> boy. >> woods was out on parole after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in atlanta. he is denying the attempted kidnapping charges. the ex-wife for former beatle paul mccartney said her voice mails were hacked. heather mills said mccartney left a dozen e-mails on her

cell phone but before she accessed the messages, they all appeared to be listened to. former editor peers morgue -- peers morgan admits to hearing one of the voice mail but didn't say how he got it. >> made off with 2,000 2,000 faceted stones. the trailer was parked at a tucson motel for a gym show. detectives are searching for suspects. with over 5,000 different types of dogfood, it can be tricky, deciding what to feed your animal. jamie yuccas reports for wjz, what's important to watch out for while shopping. >> wait. >> reporter: courtney and 7- year-old chloe are constant companions. >> good girl. >> good girl. good girl. that was yummy, huh? >> reporter: even when they're not together, courtney is thinking about her lab while shopping for her food. >> first thing i do is look at

the ingredients list. >> reporter: but that is not the list clinical veterinary nutritionallist dr. julie churchill looks at first. >> you can see, it's very small print. >> reporter: she's searching for the letters aafco, the association of american feed control officials. it's a group run by those who regulate animal food. >> it's often on the side of the bag or the back of the bag. >> so by law, all of these foods must have an aafco statement. >> we found statement on each bag that the food is complete and balanced. but once you find it, it can be written two different things. the first -- >> formulated is the key word here. >> reporter: that first word formulated appeared on four out of five dog food bags we bought. the second is animal feeding tests. >> so this food then had to be fed to a colony of dogs. they had physical exam, blood work, and body weights at the

beginning of the exam and throughout this study. and had to be fed for a minimum of half a year, six months. >> reporter: maryland follows the aafco guidelines. the statement must be on all dog foods, but you will not find it on treats or biscuits. the long-time saxophonist of the e street band, is taking over for his late uncle. clemens died in june after suffering complications from a stroke. the tour is set to kick off in march in atlanta. a man accused of domestic violence is given unusual punishment by a south florida judge. it started when joseph bray did not wish his wife a happy birthday. things escalated. bray was charged with domestic violence. the judge thought the spat was minor, so he ordered bray, as punishment, to buy his wife flowers and take her to dinner and bowling. the judge said he would not have ordered such conditions if the domestic violence charge

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live look outside now. still loving this. >> so far@airport, weave we've had a trace of snow, which fell last night. north and west of town, we saw an inch, inch and a half in some spots. 44 right now west winds at 10. barometer 30.024. humidity is low. 39%. dew points way down at 21. chilly out to the west. oakland is only at 28 right now. and there's little snow out of the ground there. 45 over in easton. locally, temperatures in the low to mid-40s. and that's normal for this time

of year. right now, 40, westminster. they had an inch and a half up there. northern baltimore, northern carroll county had the most locally. generally between 1 and 1 1/2 inches or so. airport south, basically no snow. just a few flakes. 45, 30 today. the average is now 44. just went up. and the average low, 26. that's gone up since last week. the record high, 69 degrees 2001. 1994, remember that one, vic? 7 below zero. that's the record low for the city and the airport, 7 below zero. all right. let's take a look at the year. that was a cold year, by the way. moonlight came out. 2:00, 3:00 in the morning. things really dried up quickly. there's a front across southern quebec and ontario. this is actually an arctic front. we haven't seen too many of these this winter. but this is advancing

southward. in addition, a little area of disturbed weather northward, going to ride off to the east. it's going to catch up with that front. however, looks like the moisture with that will reach us while it's still pretty warm. ahead of that front, it will still be in the 40s. but once that front passes, saturday afternoon, temperatures are going to drop back quickly in the 30s. we could see a little rain in the morning. early saturday, late friday night. and maybe a few snow showers as that cold air begins to move in on saturday afternoon. so it will get considerably colder saturday, late in the day. and saturday night and sunday is going to be a windy and cold day. but in the meantime, beautiful, warm day tomorrow. front coming through. boom. then it turns cold again for the weekend. quick cold shot once again. south winds on the bay. mild day. 5 to 10 knots. bay temp, around 42. tonight, then, clear. nice night. seasonably cool. 28 by morning. tomorrow, sunny. then some clouds. tomorrow's high, warmer than today. up to 50, then clouds come in tomorrow night. a little rain overnight.

and could be maybe a little mix or change to snow showers on colder saturday afternoons. >> okay. thank you, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. >> exactly how did yeardley love die? i'm adam may, in charlottesville, virginia. a detailed look at some of the evidence being used in the case. and how defense attorneys are ,,

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