how you can watch the final farewell to whitney houston. >> ♪ oh, i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> the changes the family is making in the funeral services. >> oh, i. to dance with -- i want to dance with somebody ♪ >> i'm mary bubala. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking b. >> whitney houston's funeral is getting bigger by the day. now police in new jersey are being called upon for security. houston's family has decided to stream the services live for fans at home. >> reporter: police in newark, new jersey, are putting security measures in place for whitney houston's funeral this

saturday. officers placed barricades around the new hope baptist church, where the pop superstar sang in the choir as a girl. police will close off a six- block area around the church. fans say they understand why they have to stay back. >> i'm actually kind of glad that they did it private. i wouldn't want to see a circus affair. because they are so spiritual. >> reporter: fans will be able to watch the service live on television and the internet. about 1500 invited guests will be able to attend the service. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: kevin costner, who costarred with houston in the hit film "the bodyguard," will speak at the service, as will her mentor, music clive davis. stevie wonder is expected to sing at the service. so is houston's godmother, aretha franklin. >> reporter: after the funeral, houston's body is expected to be laid to rest here in new

jersey where her father was buried in 2003. >> reporter: the 48-year-old singer was found dead in a bathtub in her hotel room. officials are waiting for toxicology results. some fans still find it hard to believe she's gone. >> i love her to death. i'm going to miss her. >> it's such a loss. and we're going to miss her, miss her desperately. >> reporter: but they say they will always have her music. in newark, new jersey, randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> and it could be weeks before a true cause of death is known. testimony is postponed today in the george huguely murder trial. jessica kartalija is live to explain the reason for the one- day break. jessica? >> reporter: kai, one of huguely's defense attorneys is sick. she came to trial and testimony was delayed this afternoon. but rhonda infaglyana informed the court she would not be able to return today. the 22-year-old yeardley love

was found beaten in her off- campus apartment. the prosecution has presented its case to the jury. and the defense just started late yesterday. huguely, of chevy chase, is pleading not guilty of charges of first-degree murder. >> the trial is expected to resume tomorrow. stay with wjz and wjz.com for complete coverage of the george huguely trial. we'll bring you all of the development from the charlottesville, virginia courtroom. he was facing 12 years in prison. today, a baltimore judge goes easy on paul schurick. derek valcourt has more on the sentence given to the man behind those 2010 location robocalls -- election robocalls. >> reporter: paul schurick will spend one month in home detention. that is a sentence the judge handed down this morning for the man who ran the bob ehrlich 2010 campaign for governor. authorizing those now notorious election-night robocalls. suggesting there was no need to

go vote because governor o'malley had already won, even though the polls were not even closed yet. in court, schurick addressed the judge, telling him i'm disappointed in myself. it was a consultant's recommendation, but my decision. he called it a profound personal failure, saying it ended my career and put my family through hell. i'm here to apologize. i asked him if he had any regrets about authorizing that robocall. >> regret? yeah. i just walked out of a courtroom. you're damn right i have some regret. it was a mistake. it was the wrong decision am we live with consequences. >> reporter: the judge told suric he would also have to do 500 hours of community service. and he would have to split that service in the two communities that were impacted by these robocalls, 250 hours of community service in baltimore city, 250 in prince george's county. at the mitchell courthouse other derek valcourt, wjz eyewitness news. >> and new at 5:00, schurick

talks about his decision to approve the robocall and how it could affect future campaigns. new details on the spill overnight north of the tunnels that shut down the roadway for hours. vic is in the newsroom with the criminal charges. >> police say the man is charged with driving under the influence. the road is reopened today, just before 9:00 last night. a tractor-trailer going south crashed just north of the fort mchenry toll plaza. the truck was carrying large containers of concrete solution. a hazmat team worked through the night, cleaning up the spill. no one washurst in -- was hurt in that accident. >> reporter: wjz speaks with speaks with transportation police about the crash. it is a wet afternoon across much of maryland. light rain is falling and still, though, rather mild. wjz has weather and traffic together. we'll talk to kristy in just a

second. but here's meteorologist tim williams who is tracking live doppler radar for us. >> definitely a damp afternoon. but temperatures have not really taken much of a hit. we are still in the mid-40s. no drastic change in the temperatures. although by nature, a cold front typically cools us down pretty much. but it did not do so in this case. we have rain still trying to push across the region. and the tail end of it, up near westminster. up and down say the 140 corridor. frederick to hancock, we're seeing more of a drying pattern there. down towards annapolis, we have a few heavy showers. and we'll say to the east of cambridge. and, well, right around the mid- atlantic area. the entire region is dealing with these showers. but they're going to move through here very quickly. and in the next few hours, they'll be done. dryer air, with high pressure sunshine building back into the regions and your workweek. and we'll talk about the weekend ahead, which could be a little tricky, coming up in just a few moments.

kai? >> thank you. let's check on the roads with kristy breslin. the rain never makes it easy for us. a busy rush hour to start out. if you're traveling on that west side inner loop, you can expect delays there to 95. over on the top side outer loop, just bumper to bumper there from harford road to green spring avenue. back to the west side, heavy from liberty road to baltimore national pike. and 70 having problems in both directions. eastbound heavy to the beltway. and westbound, bumper to bumper from 29 to marriottsville road. as far as 95 goes, a slight delay there in the northbound direction from the 895 split to the beltway. several accidents out there, dorsey run at bender rain -- lane. and also wilkens avenue at hurley avenue. and bel air road at white avenue. let's take a live look. as you can see, things are moving along there. that is a look at the beltway at bel air road. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis.

get a pair of medium one- topping pizzas, $6.99 each. a maryland soldier may be court-martialed in the death of another soldier. 19-year-old danny chen was found dead in october. a 25-year-old first lieutenant from maryland is charged in chen's death. investigators say chen was brutally hazed during training. the race for the g.o.p. presidential nomination is heating up in michigan. jane yamamoto reports for we'll. -- for wjz. they are campaigning for that state's primary. >> reporter: mitt romney is playing up his michigan roots, looking for a win in his home state. >> i was born and raised here. i love this state. it seems right here. trees are the right height. >> reporter: a loss here, where his own father was governor, could embarrass romney. today, he snagged the endorsement of michigan's

current governor, while they planned a group of attack ads. this coming from romney. >> rick santorum, insider. >> reporter: fighting back all the way. >> this time, romney is fighting his mud at rick santorum. >> reporter: this time, trying to get the upper hand on the biggest issue, the economy. >> governor romney supported the bailout of wall street and decided not to support the bailout of detroit. the government should not be involved in bailouts, period. >> reporter: nutenewt gingrich is here to focus on money. he's looking to stay competitive in the super tuesday contest next month. >> reporter: gingrich continues to say he's in the race for the long haul. even in the face of two new polls showing he's one of the most unpopular politicians right now. jane yamamoto, cbs news, los angeles. >> ron paul says the texas congressman may not be polling

well. but he's polled $1.2 million -- pulled in $1.2 million since valentine's day. dead birds found along one section of i-95. what you're feeding your baby may have arsenic in it. ahead in healthwatch. wait until you hear how a victim gets them into custody. yucky day outside. gray and rainy. will the weather improve for the weekend? meteorologist tim williams is updating your first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

the formula you're feeding your baby may have arsenic in it. that's according to researchers at dartmouth university. they looked at food that used organic brown rice syrup as a sweetener, and they found some contained arsenic levels six times the legal limit the government allowed in drinking water. right now, there are no federal

laws restricting how much arsenic can be in food. a bus collides with a dump truck in new jersey, killing one girl and injuring at least three others. a dump truck ended upright. three students are in critical condition. the child who died is reportedly the daughter of a state police trooper. police are investigating what caused the crash. an unusual scene on i-95 near laurel in prince george's county. hundreds of dead birds on the roadway, bringing traffic to a crawl. we spoke to the department of natural resources to find out what happened. >> reporter: a strange sight on i-95 northbound, in laurel, prince george's county. those spots you see are hundreds of dead birds, scattered on the roads. >> i travel this all the time. never seen anything like that before. >> reporter: the maryland department of natural resources says the birds are starlings. it appear they ran into traffic, and seems unusual,

authorities say starlings in traffic in this area is not unusual. >> something like this, it doesn't happen too often. >> reporter: at this time, the department of natural resources believes the starlings may have ran into a truck. and as small and delicate as they are, that kind of impact would be enough to kill them. >> reporter: they had to use shovels to remove the birds from the road. it appears the birds died from blunt force trauma. >> if one runs into it, unfortunately, the rest usually follow. and with the large trailers, it would account for the mass mortality. >> reporter: to be sure the birds weren't poisoned, samples are being taken and analyzed. >> wall street analysts have to like the performance of the markets today. [ stock bells ringing ] all of the major indexes posted big gains. the dow is up 123 points. s&p up 15. nasdaq up 44. let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has

tonight's cbs money watch update. don't expect relief at the gas pump any time soon. the national average for a gallon of regular is now $3.50. it's the first time gas has hit that level so early in the year. crude oil prices are hovering around $100 a barrel and uncertainty in iran could drive prices even higher, as we head into the spring driving season. new applications for unemployment benefits dropped this week to a four-year low. claims fell to 248,000. it's yet another sign the job market is slowly recovering. general motors is reporting its biggest-ever annual profit for 2011. but analysts question whether it can keep that momentum going. strong sales helped turn the profit of $7.6 billion for all of last year. but gm lost ground when profits missed expectations. europe and south america reported losses. and sales growth here in the u.s. slowed, even as more

americans bought cars and trucks. and apple took the wraps off mountain lions. its latest update. the new software will go on sale this summer. it will also be integrated with icloud, the new internet storage service, designed for mobile storage devices. that's your money watch. for more, head to cbsmoneywatch.com. in new york, i'm alexis christoforous. getting old can be hard on the body. but it is possible to age gracefully. jessica kartalija is live as we ask the experts about it. hi, jess. >> hello, kai. hello to everyone. i'm here with dr. james at med star hospital. good afternoon. thank you so much for being here. we were just talking about aging gracefully. we get more pain as we get older. >> we do. and aging gracefully is a difficult term. but we have to find ourselves walking down that road, as our bodies start to wear and wear out. >> reporter: how important is it for people to take good care

of their joints? what are you seeing? >> as modern medicine has kept us healthier, our joints are still failing as we get older. so we lose the cartilage in the joint. we have pain, deformed joints. slows us down. >> reporter: what about joint replacement? >> i think joint replacement is one of the things we can do. it's been wonderful how we have been able to help patients get back to their functional lives. but there's so many things to do before joint replacement, in terms of maintaining your body weight, keeping yourself fit, keeping yourself flexible. i always tell folks, arthritis is going to come. the joints are going to wear out. but stay moving, stay flexible. but that will do a lot to keep you functional. >> reporter: to be honest, the phones are ringing off the hook. what are people asking? >> folks are asking a lot about how they age, what they can do to prevent it. do they really have to have so many joint replacement. >> we want them to last longer,

work well. and we want people to really do things ahead of time to really make sure that if they have to have a joint replacement, they have done everything they can to avoid it. >> perfect. thank you so much for being here. and thank you to all of your staff here. this is so helpful. >> thank you, dr. wood. if you have any questions, remember, you can call and ask our experts at 410-466-1313. and still to come tonight on wjz's eyewitness news at 4:00. you've seen it. drivers distracted with gps and cell phones. what the government wants automakers to do about it. making progress. we'll update you on the huge headache for hundreds in southwest baltimore without gas service. and you're going to need those windshield wipers for the drive home. will the rain go away for the weekend? there's our little windshield wipers just to demonstrate. >> that's right. wjz 13 is always on. for the top stories on wjz.com, and instant updates and first warning weather all the time, click wjz.com.

. well, it is a rainy damp day out there. >> let's look at the commute

home for a lot of people. taking it slowly. >> yeah. it is such a gray day. but we haven't complained too much about these gray days. they've come with mild temperatures. and as i keep saying, you don't shovel gray and wet off of your car. >> that's right. >> now, that may change going into the weekend. we have a system that we are watching. but it is still three days away. we are not pushing the panic button just yet. but we will keep you abreast of that. i'll show you that in a moment here. we had pretty strong storms roll across, with heavy rain. not really storms per se. but very heavy showers roll across the beltway. you see the brighter colors there. and that's an indication of some of the heavier bands. you can just kind of look at that, along with our key there. those heavier bands roll right across 695, just over the last half hour or so. and now we're starting to see the tail end of rain. moisture is going to be around. so we'll have a very gradual clearing tonight. still clouds around as we move into this thursday night and

friday morning. right now, the temperature is at 45 degrees. 43, the dew point. relative humidity at 92%. the air is still pretty saturated right now. calm winds around most of the area. that's reported at bwi marshall. 30.11. 41 in cumberland, one of the cooler spots on the map. 46 in ocean city. and 48 in patuxent river. around the immediate metro area, everyone is in the mid- 40s. 47 in annapolis and kent island. calm readings around much of central maryland. we've had a bit of a south flow. and we haven't had a lot of sun there. but that southerly flow is keeping the moisture in play and keeping the warm temperatures in play. now, we have several different things we're watching here. first off, this is the disturbance moving through right now. now, i'll show you two different features here. the northern portion of the jet stream, responsible for this storm system, moving into the pacific northwest. southern tip is moving along california and along the gulf.

these two features are going to be responsible for whatever we get sunday into sunday night. now, they're going to move into the region. this system moves out of here. we'll start to see clearing by tonight and into tomorrow. high pressure will be in control. we'll get into the 50s by tomorrow and into saturday. so no matter what comes along, the ground will be warm and the air will be moving along. and it's only going to be one day that we'll have these potential problems. it will depend how close that southerly jet moves to the coastline. that will determine whether we get rain, snow or mixture. we'll keep you posted as we get closer. small craft advisory in effect through tomorrow. we're looking at temperatures tonight, right around 36 degrees. a little rain early, then mostly cloudy tonight. then for tomorrow, 54. breezy. that will dry us out. some clouds and sunshine heading into the weekend. >> looks good. thanks, tim. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime lineup.

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it is 4:29. 45 degrees and rainy. in some areas right now. hello, everyone. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. >> life in prison. a man accused of trying to blow up a plane on christmas day. he spoke before he learned his fate. >> reporter: the nigerrian man who tried to set off an underwear bomb on a plane over detroit on christmas day 2009 will spend the rest of his life behind bars. a judge sentenced umar farouq abdul abdulmutallab. he admitted it was an attack for al al qaeda. one of the charges he pled guilty to carries a mandatory life sentence. his attorneys called life in prison cruel and unusual

punishment because the bomb did not blow up the plane and no passengers were hurt or killed. >> reporter: but attorneys for the u.s. government argued abdulmutallab attempted to kill 289 people. and if released, he's likely to try another suicide mission. >> reporter: when he pled guilty last october, abdulmutallab said his explosive-laden underwear was a, quote, blessed weapon to avenge muslims around the world. he admitted an war almalacky inspired him. abdulmutallab is expected to serve his sentence at the federal super max prison in colorado, where other convicted terrorists are behind bars. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> abdul mutalab's family was in detroit for the sentencing but they did not attend the hearing itself. one of six men accused of

murdering three college friends. >> reporter: the jury also found jose caransa guilty of robbing the three students, including the fourth who was the lone survivor of that attack. this happened back in 2007, at a new jersey school yard. all of the accused are members of the ms13 gang. one of the suspects was arrested here in maryland. caransa is also accused of splashing a girl's neck, then sexually assaulting her. two were sentenced to life in prison. another took a 30-year deal. amanda knox is ready to tell her story to the world. she made international headlines and has reached an agreement with harper collins to pen a memoir. the 23-year-old seattle resident, in prison for four

years. a controversy is brewing over the burial of josh powell. the washington man blew up himself and his sons in a home fire explosion. as kevin mccarty reports, police and his missing wife's family don't want him buried near his boys. >> when they wanted to bury him near his boys, uproar started. the family filed complaint and requested for a temporary restraining order. >> the family views this as simply the murderer being buried next to the victims. >> reporter: crimestoppers of tacoma and pierce counties stepped forward to buy grave sites to keep josh powell from being buried nearby. >> the plan here is not for us to buy grave sites. it's to stop josh powell from being buried there. >> the city stopped all move

toward josh powell's interment there, once a complaint was filed but may be able to do little legally, without a court order. >> we don't have any rules or codes that prevent us from selling to a certain individual or group of people. >> reporter: josh powell killed himself and his sons in an explosion. >> if they want one of those plots for susan, it's theirs. >> reporter: steve powell, josh's father, remains behind bars on child pornography charges. authorities want to know if he has any information about susan. a suspected case of tuberculosis is discovered on the umbc campus. they confirm a member of the university could be with tuberculosis. university health services is working with the department of health to further test that

individual. the birth control debate heats back up as religious leaders testify in the capital. they say the obama administration was violating religious freedom by requiring contraceptive cover. the president has since modified the policy so that the insurance company, not the organization, pay for birth control costs, but those today are still not satisfied. mary is live in the newsroom with a look at how they could change the way you drive. >> when a car is moving, text messaging and are the phone texts would be limited to two second glances and one hand operation. the transportation department is also proposing that cars be limited when it comes to features features that distract drivers. manufacturers are being asked to design dashboards so that distracting devices are disabled. the agency has plans for hearing around the country on the proposed rules.

vic? >> mary, thank you. it's believed distracted driving claimed throe,000 lines -- 3,000 lives in 2010 alone. two days after a gas main was struck on millington avenue. before restoring service, bge has to enter each affected home and business to check gas piping to ensure it is safe to reintroduce natural gas. the company hopes to fully restore everyone by tomorrow night. ran showers are soaking maryland today. take a live look outside. it's a gloomy thursday. but it's still rather mild in terms of temperature. wjz has weather and traffic together. bob is tracking first doppler radar. the rain is just about over here. take a look at radar. very clearly defined line of rain moving across the region. right now, very light sprinkles and showers remained. but that's going to be over in the next hour or two. to the west, very widely scattered, light showers over the mountains. they will probably move through the area during the next couple of hours. to the south, that's where the

steady rain is. easton, cambridge, luds bee. still looking for maybe two or three hours of rain before it moves out of here. temperature-wise, we're still in the mid-40s most places. d.c., 47. pax river, 48. even in oakland, it's well above freezing at 41. later tonight, things will clear out. it will be back in the 30s, which is still well above normal. and a warmer friday coming up. vic? >> we'll take that. let's check on the traffic now with kristy breslin. the beltway is just a pez at -- mess at that hour. jammed up to 95. on the west side inner loop, also heavy in that direction, from 95 to security boulevard. and the outer loop, just bumper to bumper from 75 to baltimore national pike. in that direction, traffic is only moving at about 40 miles an hour. as you can see, a lot of red in that graphic. 70 westbound, heavy from 29 to marriottsville road.

northbound 95, seeing special delays from 32 to 175. and as far as accidents go, northbound 295 at nursery road. east jobba -- joppa at carlisle. also, liberty heights at western northern parkway. let's take a live look. as you can see there, a slow go there west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by the all-new 2013 lexus gs. when a sports sedan has raised your expectations of what is possible, there's no going back. back over to you. >> thank you, kristy. a penny is worth a cent. and a nickel is 5 cents, right? not according to the u.s. mint. turns out it costs more to make pennies and nickels than the coins are worth. and because of that, president obama is asking for per mission to change the -- permission to change the mix of metals. >> looks like a lot of money, doesn't it? >> it does. crane cable snaps.

eight people die in a california pipeline explosion. the hefty fines a utility company is now facing. the weekend is in sight. will the rain be gone by then? bob is updating the first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

a construction accident shakes the world trade center site this morning. a crane carrying a load of steel beams drops them from more than 40 stories. the accident occurred in a section of the site which is closed off to the public. new york city's building department is investigating the incident. angry soccer fans start a riot in egypt. these people are protesting the violence that left 74 people dead after a soccer match in port said. that day, activists claimed

steel doors were bolted shut and dozens were crushed to death. they want authorities to prosecute those responsible. a parliamentary is blaming rowdy fans and black security. -- lack security. a fine in a fatal gas leak explosion in san francisco. jessica kartalija has more from the newsroom. >> reporter: in addition to the fine, pacific gas and electric says safety testing and shoring up the pipeline system could top $1.7 billion by the end of this year. the explosion september 2010, killed eight people, injured 58, and destroyed an entire neighborhood. investigators found pipeline defects caused the rupture while a lack of testing and poor record keeping by bge were also factors. p g&e is also facing dozens of lawsuits filed by victims of that explosion. vic? >> pipeline testing alone will cost the company an additional $120 million.

congressional investigators agree to put their differences aside. workers will get an extra $40 for this year. both the house and senate are expected to vote on the agreement today or tomorrow. well, another kennedy may be heading to congress. joseph p. kennedy, iii, says he plans to run for congress. he is hoping to win representative barney frank's mass mass seat. joseph kennedy is the grandson of the late robert kennedy and the nephew of robert kennedy. he plans to run as a democrat. face to face. a strange coincidence helps a woman who helped a man rob her at knife point. >> reporter: perhaps the arrest of malic was part dumb luck. >> that's new on me. >> reporter: esther rios didn't want her face shown as she

described the guy who put a knife to her face saturday night. >> he said i need to give my purse or he will kill me. and if i say anything or scream, he will kill me. >> reporter: an unheard rio says the purse he ran off with contained a grand total of 17 cents but all of her credit cards and ids. so monday morning, rionos went to re -- rios went to replace her id. and guess who she spotted? >> apparently had eye contact with him. he comes over and bums cigarette from her. >> i don't want him to notice i'm scared or anything like that. i gotta pretend like i don't know him. >> reporter: matos apparently didn't recognize her as the pair puffed away. but rios felt sure he was the guy who robbed her at knife point. >> 100%, i know his face. >> reporter: rio snapped this photo while pretending to chat on her cell and even engaged

matos in small talk to nail the voice, before asking an employee to call the cops. >> i'm thinking, i can't let you go. >> reporter: responding officers busted matos and charged him with armed robbery, while marveling how she handled it all. >> to be that cool, it's amazing. >> i was like, thank the lord. >> reporter: matos is denying the charges. a fifth grade teacher is under investigation, after having her students write to a convicted felon. new york teacher melissa dean had the children write personal information on the card without the permission of the school or their parents. apparently the man is a friend of dean's and is serving time for criminal intent and possession of a weapon. a north carolina preschool causes a stir by taking away a 4-year-old's packed lunch. school officials confiscated the child's turkey and cheese

sandwich, banana, juice and chips she brought from home, then forced her to eat a cafeteria lunch. the mother received a note saying students who don't bring healthy lunches will be billed for foods that meet nutritional standards. officials are investigating. can yoga wreck your body? it's supposed to give muscles a good stretch. but some postures could lead to serious back pain problems. >> back pain is one of the most common health complaints. 65% of americans say they suffer at least once a month. a common culprit, the office chair we sit in, hour after hour. >> feel it right down here in the low back. >> reporter: dr. sarah morissy is a chiropractor with personal health md in boston. >> you don't want to stay in one posture for too long. if you were to get a phone call and you don't have to be writing anything down, you

could even stand up. >> reporter: sitting behind the wheel during a long commute can also cause problems. obviously you don't have the same option of moving around. but it can help to pay attention to how you position yourself. >> you're stuck there. and the vibration from the road, the combination of those two, will really aggravate those back problems. so sitting closer will actually force you to sit up straighter. >> reporter: a poor diet can hurt your back, too. bad foods increase your body's overall inflammatory response. >> it's those muscles that irritates the muscles, the joints, ligaments and can contribute to that irritating nerve in and around the back. >> reporter: women who lug around a heavy purse can also pay the price. men, watch out for that briefcase. >> reporter: it creates that uneven distribution of forces. switch sides frequently so you're not burdening the weight on one side or the other. >> reporter: it's hard to believe this intricate collection is impacted.

>> those holding a grudge, for example, might be experiencing high levels of pain because they have relatively higher levels. >> yoga instructors say the practice is not supposed to hurt. if you experience back pain, you should see a doctor and avoid more strenuous poses. well, that new car smell so many of us love and hate to lose may actually be toxic. according to a study by the ecology center, a nonprofit environmental group, the smell comes from chemicals emitted from interior parts, such as the dashboard steering wheel and seats. researchers say long-term exposure has been linked to birth defects and cancer. downing king-sized candy bars. that's what mars is planning to do. the company want to the stop selling all chocolate bars with more than 250 calories by the end of 2013. that means saying goodbye to the king sized candy bar.

26 and milky ways will also be downsized. this is part of an agreement signed with michelle obama's partnership for a healthier america. >> they better downsize the price at the same time. because if you are paying the same price -- >> that's an issue i'm sure. will the weekend start off on a sunny note? [ clanking ]

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at 800-974-6006 tty/v. that's 1.866.solutions. only from verizon. live look outside right now. bob tells us, the clouds are about to move out. >> i guarantee, they're moving out. couple of sprinkles left. very clear picture that shows the rain moving across the area. look at radar. thank there it goes. as you can see, it is all cleared of the region. at least baltimore for the most part. just some very light sprinkles. heavy stuff briefly around the area. around 1:00, 2:00. it will clear out tonight. and temperatures back in the 30s. right now, we're looking at temperatures in the mid-40s. 45 still. humidities way up. of course with the clouds and

precip. dew points close to the temperature. 43, humidity. 92%. southeast winds, 6. off the ocean and the bay. brought the moisture and barometer holding steady. 30.09 inches. 45 in hagerstown. in the west, clearing skies. 41 in oakland. 47 in d. c. locally, in the mid-40s. and these are very normal temperatures for this time of year. 45, right on the money. 35 this morning. that's well above our normal low, come is 27. the records, yeah. 75, 1954. 1905. 5 above zero. that's appropriate. light southeast winds, not a major factor. all of this rain from the east here, across the ohio valley. in our area to the east here. moisture is beginning to build in south texas. low pressure in southern california. this little spinning in the atmosphere is going to move down the gulf of mexico. from that point, it's very important. howard plays into our weather for the weekend.

it looks like, right now, it may pass the carolina coast. if it comes a little further to the north, we'll probably see some rains or rain-snow mixture on sunday. it's all going to depend on how much cold air it gets in this system and how far north or south that low pressure can track. at this point, there's really no consensus at all. one thing is for sure. friday and saturday will be sunny and mild. if the cold air can catch up with some of that moisture, then maybe some wet snow, particularly north and west of the city, by later in the day on sunday. of course, we'll be tracking that for you tomorrow and on saturday. i think tim in the morning, will have a pretty good estimate of what we expect to happen here on sunday. northwest winds on the bay. 10 to 15. and a small craft advisory out there tomorrow. bay temp around 42. tonight, the rains ending. cloudy for the most part. but breaks later, 36. tomorrow, another great day. sun and a few clouds. back up to 54 degrees. whatever happens on sunday, the

grounds may still warm. maybe some wet snow. but we'll check that later tomorrow and on saturday. >> okay, bob. >> thanks, bob. still to come on eyewitness news tonight. he ran bob ehrlich's campaign for governor. and authorized those now infamous 2010 election night robocalls. i'm derek valcourt, ,,,,,,,,,,,,

coming up next on wjz eyewitness news at 5:00. the ehrlich aide learns his sentence.

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