>> good morning, maryland. teenagers in love. come with up a plan not to elope but police say to wipe out their family. you will hear how they are charged with the plot to murder. what happened at rutgers university in do you believe a code of conduct on college campuses that would be i'm at stopping bullying and harassment would work? >> well, it's getting closer now for the 25th street station project in recommendington. the city -- recommendington wal-mart can now start setting up shop. good morning i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. almost friday. >> almost friday. guess what, we will turn it up a little bit. meteorologist justin berk. >> we are turning up thermostat and trying to break out clouds that have been hanging around for the last few days. the headlines, we have had five days of temperatures below normal. and that's the longest stretch we have had sinces the middle of february since the last blizzard. since the week after the last blizzard and since then, it's

actually been a nice string of weather making up for the winter. it's time to warm things up and today's normal high temperature of 70 degrees. looks like actually we will surpass that. we were stuck in the 50s and 60s. a and overnight a mixture of clouds and clearing. showers break out and fall apart from northern baltimore and carroll county and across the boarder in pennsylvania. we should have a improved set up. you may need sunglass if you get the commute going after seven. and we should break more clouds and introduce more sun through the afternoon with a two degree guaranteed high of 73 degrees. it's 5:31. let's check on the early morning traffic. >> reporter: thanks, so far so good on the roadways. we don't have any problems around any of the big streps of highways. 695 at harford road traffic flows nicely. no problems on the west side either. harrisburg expressway no problems from mount carmel road towards 695, 795 look good in both directions. just aheads up in havre de

grace, reports of a water main break now reported only blocking the westbound lanes of route 7 that's between legion drive and two-way traffic gets by on the eastbound lanes but expect delays. you can use eerie street as an alternate. back to to you. >> it's 5:32 right now. the suicide of a rutgers university freshman could lead to new laws aimed at preventing future tragedies. a new jersey lawmaker wants college to adopt codes of conduct that would prohibit bullying and harassment. emily schmidt has more on this report. >> reporter: all the people gathered at rutgers university to take a stand against bullying. remembering one person for whom bullying may have proven too much. >> there were times where i wanted to take my life. i could have about tyler clementi. >> reporter: 18-year-old freshman tyler clementi jump from the george washington bridge after his roommate

allegedly streamed a sexual encounter between clementi and another man. gay students say they understand clementi's pain. >> i lost 25 pound in the matter of two months because every morning before i went to school i would throw up because i was so afraid to be there. >> for being gay and latino. >> reporter: clementi was one of at least five gay teens to kill themselves in the u.s. in the last three weeks. including 13 #-year-old asher brown in texas. his school is rallying against bullying. >> trying to create awareness and make sure that kids and parents have resources that he know where to go if they are being bullied and need help. >> the price that was paid is one that should never be called upon. >> reporter: new jersey senator frank lauden -- lautenberg will introduce federal legislation requiring col togs adopt an antibullying code of conduct in tyler clement a honor. some question if it's enough. >> i don't know if legislation can necessarily come into kids rooms and stop them from doing

the horrible things they are doing. >> reporter: tie lair clementi roommate and another preshman are charged with violation of privacy. >> police in prince george's county are trying to figure out whether dozens of cadets cheat on academy test records showing unusual amount of perfect scores on the test that measure basic skills and arrest procedures and nearly 150 officers are being investigated right now. at least 34 face specific cheating allegations. >> not only to the call into question the truth telling ability but the very legality of any arrests they might make. >> state attorney glen ooivey has assembled a team of prosecutors to go back over any cases that the cops in question may have brought to court. it's possible that convicts could be overturned and pending charges thrown out if even if

the criminal committed the crime. the woman accused of killing a pregnant woman froman arundel county and cut the baby from her womb plead guilty to murder charges. karenna roberts will serve life in prison without parole. in june of 2008, the body of 21-year-old heather ed. >> iley was found bludgeoned to death in roberts oregon home. she had moved to organize ob to be be with her fiancee, the imraib was due in a month. bolt -- the baby was due in a month. a jury award nearly $21 million to a woman in a lead paint case. she suffered suffered lead poison while living in a apartment owned and maintained by the housing authority. it was based on circumstantial evidence because the property had been demolished before it could be tested for led paint -- lead paint. our schools are making a lot of progress in keeping kids in class and getting them to college. dr. nancy -- the superintendent says the statewide graduation rate up is and dropout rate is down and news was just as good

for baltimore city. the number of students dropping out for city schools decreased dramatically last year. and about 500 more students passed the assessment test than a year before. that is great news for the schools. >> you like that. it's 5:36. it's a sight to surprise police. >> officers find a car up in the air. it was not a prank. we will tell you how it got there. also ahead this morning, tornadoes car of a path of destruction in arizona. we will show you the damage. >> let's get on the train and bus right now with the mta's mark jones. good morning. >> reporter: both running about 40 to 50 minutes late be aware of that. 10, 20, 23, and 40 and 46 buss are 15 to 20 minutes behind. number 7 bus divert at lucerne and fate and 45 with i did virges at wilkins and brunswick. if you carpool van pool take transit bike or walk to work twice a week, mta guaranteed ride home will arrange for free

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a day of cleanup in arizona. four tornadoes hit the state. four, including two that were near flagstaff. more than 100 homes were damaged and debris was scattered for miles and the sheriff says one twister caused about a mile of destruction. the storm tore off rooftops and smashed windows and knocked down street signs and shoved trucks off the highway. official there say at least seven people suffered injuries but they are expected to be okay. now mayland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. tornadoes in arizona, snow in west virginia. and the high sierra nevada. and we are trying to get the sun back out here. and it's going to happen. now the active weather is shifting to another part of the country, we have an improvement and yesterday, we started to note sun breaking out late in the day. we got up to 60. 63 easton and ocean city. but we should do better today. we shut off low 50s this

morning and look at the skies ranging from partly cloudy to mostly sunny. but the afternoon two degree afternoon high of 73. a warmer weekend is in store. we will talk about that next. let's talk about traffic with kim. >> reporter: there is no traffic this morning. traffic actually is looking pretty good. you will find all lanes open pretty much on all the major highways. one exception a water main break in havre de grace is is blocking westbound lanes of route 7 right there. two-way traffic gets by on the eastbound side but it could cause minor delays making your way through that area. linda so is standing by with the latest on one of the stories she has been following for us this morning. >> reporter: it's a big day for democrats here in maryland. i am linda so. the president is coming to town to fire up the base.

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harris always sides with the big guys. he opposes cracking down on wall street and supports tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas. harris even opposed making big insurance cover cancer screenings. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. we are up at quarter to six on this thursday morning. hurlock is on the eastern shore, population is barely 2,000. the town is make news this morning after a murder plot is broken up. police say they have two teenage sweethearts accused of trying to wipe out a family. sherrie johnson has more on charges of attempted murder. sherrie. >> reporter: a lot of people in dorchester county are shaking their heads this morning in disbelief after two teenagers were arrested in a murder plot.

a teenage girl is accused of plotting with her boyfriend to murder her family. ten days ago the family was in the living room when the glass in the sliding glass door was shattered by bullets. the family members dove to the floor and mother called 911. deputies respond to the home at burglary case they arrested 16-year-old. police found her cell phone with text messages between collins and kirchoff plotting the murder. >> certainly a bizarre occurrence and something you wouldn't expect to happen around around here. again i. can't understand why two young 16-year-old for any reason want to do this to anybody much less people they know. and certainly they have pretty much ruined their entire life because of these actions. >> reporter: authorities say kirchoff confessed to the plot

and both teens are charged way tempted first and second degree murder. they are in custody right now unable to post bail set at half a million dollars. in the studios, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. the plan to build the shopping center in baltimore city complete with a wal-mart and lowe's home improvement store got through a huge hurdle yesterday. the city council land use committee voted unanimously to approve the 25th street station project in recommendington. residents are concerned about traffic and many people in the maybe shooed support the plan. one council woman that represents the area says negotiation between the city wal-mart and the developer over the wages for future employees are still ongoing. >> get more for the workers and residents and we will continue to work on that. night done deal yet. >> business owners in the neighborhood that are close to remmington like camden are worried about new big box store and this it might drive them

out business. full city council is set to vote on the proposal next month. 5:47. one of the poshs restaurants in the city where the pretty people hang out and the owners of pazo vows to have you enjoying their food by the weekend. how about that? tiew's two-alarm fire left behind a mess. we went inside the restaurant while they were cleaning up. that's your table. no word on what caused the fire but they will be open this weekend. it's 5:47. stop the spinning around the message the president will deliver to democrats as he campaigns less than month away from the election. first stop bowie state today. here linda so with a preview. linda. >> reporter: well, the president will show up to throw his support behind o'malley and brown for democrats obama visit could not come at a better time a lot of is at stake in the upcoming election with republicans looking to take over the majority at a time when americans are disenchanted with

obama. here in maryland, democrats outnumber republicans 2-1 and a poll by the washington post shows o'malley widening the lead over you recallic with 52% -- overrer like with 52 -- ehrlich. president will tom for barbara mikulski seeking her 5th term. doors will open at one. and the event is to start at 3. in the studio, linda so. abc2 news. and abk to news -- abc2 news will stream the event live on the website. just go to abc2news.com and watch the live video feed. we will have complete coverage at five, six and 11. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> good morning. i was look at pictures of show in snowshoe vest iwo jima. nothing like that around here. if anything we broke some of the

cloud up and we will see more sun today and warmer setup as we are dry in downtown baltimore. we will look at temperatures around 51 here in town. 55 and warmer up towards new york, and finally getting warmup on towards the south and eastern virginia. even back in western pa, they are out of the 40s and near 50 from altuna to pittsburgh. we have the back edge of the clouds sliding through. last ribbon of rain seemingly fading away. watch this circulation on the northern view here. you can see this rapping around upper-level low. -- wrapping around the upper-level low. unless you traveling up towards binghamton in albany, don't worry about it. a pocket of cold air and chilly wind continue. they subside for us and on the other side, we shift the wind to the southwest. we bring in a warming trend and you will notice a taste of that today. and we get a good stronghold of that as we head towards the weekend. basically, we are virtually clear and dry on the future

forecast model here. and it indicates we have ourself a dry stretch of nice weather in time for the weekend. today, we get a taste of it again. temperatures up a little bit above normal with the two degree guaranteed high of 73. tonight, we will slip back into the 40s under clear skies and chilly and check out extend outlook. for tomorrow, mostly sunny skies, we up the temperatures a little bit. appears as if the air mass that's building in will have stronger take of the warmer air. we build this up to 76 for tomorrow. 78 as we head into saturday and while a weak funnel system will shift the wind and drop us on sunday, still holding at a respectable 75. back into the upper 70s on monday and next weather system comes in with rain tuesday and wednesday. and highs still above normal in the low to mid-70s. let's see what he happening on the roads. >> reporter: we are very quiet this morning on the roadways. you are going to find traffic moving very, very nicely. however the only incident that we have going is up in havre de grace a. water main break

blocking the westbound lanes of route 7. two-way traffic gets by on the eastbound side. expect delays or you could take eerie street this morning as an alternate. checking the cameras, no problems as you make your way through anne arundel county on on the 83 as well southbound lanes look good at warren road. no problems really in very minimal delays as you head towards 695. stay with us, we have more of good morning, maryland coming back after this. - thank you. mmmmmm. ( shattering, thud ) mmmmmm. ( crash, shattering ) it's good! ( shattering ) when you add velveeta and rotel tomatoes... and green chilis to chicken and pasta, it's so good... - mmmmmm. - it'll blow 'em away. ( crashing ) man, that's good. man, that's good. velveeta and rotel. man, that's good.

make news the lawyer for two-time prez presidential candidate john edwards says federal prosecutors issued more subpoenas and at issue is whether campaign fund were use to keep the issue quiet e says his lawyer says he didn't violate lawsuits laws. new york mayor bloomberg and governor paterson isr steek stop new yorkers from spending food stamps on sugar sweetened drinks like soda. bloomberg and paterson will make an announcement today. they will be asking the federal government to add sugary drinks to the list of banned food stamp

purchases you can make. it's part of an effort to fight obesity. alcohol and cigarettes are on the list. police in arkansas say a woman who drove her car into a laundromat was drunk. and the incident as you can see all caught on tape. being see the dark colored car coming at you over the curb, straight through the glass into a row of dryers. >> i think she deserve toffs go to jail. if it was kids in there, they would have got hurt. >> well police suspect the driver had been drinking and conducted a field sobriety test and several minutes later she began to argue with the officer before asking them to take her to jail because she said, you know i am drunk. she was arrested and police didn't say what the woman was charged with. nobody -- check out this video. look at that. police are searching for a stolen car in miami. they didn't expect to find it like this. the vehicle was abandoned after the suspect the thief drove it like that and then it was supporting a power line. incident is under

investigation. >> huh? wow. all right. fourments away from six. you know fallout doors could be some of the most enjoyable times you can clean your yards and take on walks. >> we have tips for you what to wear if you are working outside in the yard and don't-- so you don't get poison ivy. and alcohol is at the top of the list of things to avoid if you are pregnant. but how much is too much?

two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but in the toughest of times, martin o'malley has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.

now, good morning, maryland. the justices won't rule until next year, but they askeds a lot of questions yesterday about the case of al snyder gests against westboro baptist church. two teen anal lovers are accused of ateemed murder. we will find out what happened in hurlock and how police found out about the alleged plot. and president obama is going to tell us just how much he thinks of martin o'malley. the two and other political heavy weights will be appearing

at bowie state university today. and a good morning to you. i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. >> shaping up to be okay, the weekend. >> the weekend looks very nice. >> ravens game on sunday afternoon. moore's justin berk. >> it may be too warm to sit in the stand watching the ravens game. we have ourselves what may feel like baseball weather. maybe by this afternoon, as we break our string here. the longest stretch of below normal temperatures we have had since february, five days in a row below normal. well, you know, it's time to warm up and we will get there. normal high today, 70 and we will push that threshold and go above that. yesterday, only 60. we were 61 the day before. and we had the record cold day of 54 to start off the workweek. at least we will move in the right direction. we are at 50 and you know, this is the 4th day in a row we are at 50 in the morning. you think the thermometer is broken, but that in and of itself should be a feat and record. 54 in easton and york pa th