you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland. the gloves are on for the race to the white house. i am sherrie johnson with a prerue of the new -- preview of the new hampshire primary. what joe paterno's son says about his father's firing.

a georgia school math problem has some parents fuming mad. how the teacher are trying to mesh in history with math and the school ended up in hot water. details coming up on this monday, january 9th. good morning. i am charley crowson but let's start as we always do with a check of the forecast and say hello, to meteorologist justin berk. >> good morning. it's 6:31. looking at temperatures this morning and chilled down and we have had the skies clear out and a push of a boundary that brought us closer to normal in the 66 we had on saturday. 28 in baltimore. freezing in easton and what you will notice is that there's been snow back into the mountains. the clouds fill in even though we saw clearing off towards the north and east in harford cecil county and kent county this morning. we expect clouds to fill back in. the moisture to the south is on the edge and there could be a light rain snow mix developing roads stay wet one the highlight temperatures 39 to 41 the spread and maybe stickage on the grass at and light snow and that's south of baltimore the best threat into the

evening. we are dry at 6:31 and here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: getting ready to head off for the monday morning we are in pretty good shape a few early morning incidents but we have all of those out of the way. and we are starting to see brief delays especially around the west side of the beltway. here's a live look at 95 passing maryland 175. no delays to report here but as we look live at 95 north of maryland 100, a tap of the brakes every now and then passing 100. especially in the southbound direction. here's 95 in rosedale moving well but a bit further south slowing approaching the beltway charley. little more than 24 hours is going to be a winner for the new ma'am sure -- new hampshire gop primary. ron paul is second at 17% and followed by john huntsman at 11%. huntsman tied with rick santorum and newt gingrich has 8% of support with rick perry coming in last at 1%. and abc2 news sherrie johnson

is standing by with more on the contest of what he shaping to be a race for second or third place. >> reporter: a lot of eyes are on new hampshire. that's right the battle is a ballet for second place. mitt romney holds a big lead and romney's biggest competition was from occupy protesters at a campaign event. now with romney favored to win the other candidates are pinning their hopes on the next primary. south carolina on january 21st where rick santorum and rickperry campaign on sunday and newt gingrich is focused on. >> this president has caused a deepening recession and responsible for 25 million americans being out of work or stop work or not being able to gut full-time jobs. >> i think we have clearly begun to set the stage for south carolina. we have clearly begun to describe the gap between massachusetts moderate and reagan conservative. >> reporter: all candidates are back in new hampshire for one last day of campaigning except for rick perry who remains in

south carolina. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> it was a emotional night in arizona. thousands coming out to remember the lives lost in the 2011 tucson massacre. but with the sad emotions there are feelings of hope strength and courage as representative gabrielle giffords came forth to show support and just how far she's come. >> pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stand one nation under god, indisvisible with liberty and justice for all. >> it was one of several events that took place during the weekend honoring the 12 wounded and the 6 who died. sunday marked the one year

anniversary jared loughner has been charged in the attack. joe paterno's son has a lot to say about his father, firing from penn state and his health. linda so is here this morning with details from an espn interview. linda. >> reporter: he sat down for that interview and he says his dad wants to tell his side of the story of what ultimately led to the firing. paterno says his dad is anxious to get all the facts out soon. but he doesn't know when that will happen. he says his dad is in great spirits and fighting hard to beat lung cancer. that diagnosis came shortly after joe paterno was fired from penn state in the wake of the sandusky scandal. >> i think one of the things joe stressed throughout the time is i am going through tough things but there's other things going on over last couple months and you know there's victims out there that we need to keep in our thoughts and he stressed that to us a bunch of times. >> reporter: a attorneyo says he and his -- paterno says he and his father supports the new coach but he knows he will face

unique challenges trying to fill his dad's shoes. a math assignment at a school outside atlanta is spark outrage. the homework looked ordinary but the questions were enough to leave parents in raged. for example, one said each tree has 56 oranges and it's 8 slaves picked them equally how many would each slave pick? and another question, if frederick got two beatings per day how many beatings would he get in one week. >> i am having to explain to my 8-year-old why slavery and slave beatings is in a math problem. so that hurt. >> school official at beaver ridge elementary say teachers were trying to incorporate the students history lessons into the math problems. the district has destroyed the work sheets and promised to work with teachers in the future. and a houston landmark comes tumbling down. the 20-story skyscraper open as insurance companies southwest regional headquarters in 1952. the university of texas maryland anderson cancer center

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still much more to get to on this monday morning here at "good morning maryland" linda. >> reporter: an important drug recall to tell you about. i am linda so which over-the- counter meds are affected. >> and i am sherrie johnson with more on an effort to change baltimore city election cycle coming up. >> let's go ravens. >> i am corinne redman at the timonium giant. come to support the team coming up next. cheering the broncos last night. weren't we in yes, we were -- weren't we? yes, we were. we could get a little cold. i wouldn't get too excited but there's a return of winter in the offing. we will talk about it at 6:42 here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: starting to see brake lights southbound 795 as you approach the beltway. we have got your monday morning drive update straight ahead. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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it's 6:45. good morning i am charley crowson. time for your abc2 news to go and a lot to get to. linda so has more on a popular

overcounter drug being recalled and corinne redman is live with how the youngest fans are showing support for the team and angela will have a plan for your morning commute. but first, let's head over to a meteorologist justin berk with a check of your fore-- forecast. >> some stuff there for today. we are dry this morning although 26 hereford zone. 33 mount airy but towards pasadena they are back below freezing again the clouds trying to fill in but we are dry on maryland's most powerful doppler radar. if you see some of the moonlight or early morning sunlight don't woreity clouds will fill back in and there's snow back into the mountains and we will try to clip that in here especially by midday in the afternoon there could be light rain or snow mixture. no stickage expected. but we will talk about that in a pinch. 6:46. it's dry this morning and here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: all right. all in all not a bad ride for the start of the workweek as far as incidents go. we are seeing some delays as you make your way to the west side of the beltway on 795 and

also eastbound i-70 a bit slow. be abe remember the for sudden delays southbound 29 from the clarksville park to maryland 32. and the north side traffic starting to see backing on the outer loop of the beltway between harford road and providence road. and again as you make your way on the west side of the outer loop all the the way to baltimore national pike over to you. an important recall this morning that could be affecting your medicine cabinet. health reporter linda so is herewith everything you need to know. linda. >> reporter: we are getting new information this morning regarding the recall. novartis ag behind the voluntary recall posted new information on the website. here's drugs that are affected. excedrin, nodoz and bufferin and gas-x. eat applies to ed excedrin and no doz with december 20th 2014 or earlier and bufferin and gas-x these

are drugs mafd by know vast vartis. they -- manufactured by novartis. they are voluntarily recalling the drugs because it may contain broken on partial drugs. if you have any of the medications stop using them andrrn them to novartis for full re-- return hem to -- them to novartis for a full refund. the line is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. monday through friday and we have a link to the website that outlines the specific lot numbers. go to our website at abc2news.com for the information. linda so, abc2 news. in other consumer remember the block best incorporated is recalling the ruing l.a. pastery. some of the labels may have left out eggs as ingredient. they are recalling a batch sold in 14 ounce round containers between november 2nd and

december 22nd of this past year. after a series of low turnout elections in baltimore, coalition of groups is calling for the city to reset the election cycle. abc2 news sherrie johnson is here with details. >> reporter: today representatives of the baltimore election change coalition are meeting to propose bringing the city's elects in line with the statewide cycle. this is all in an effort to boost turnout and save money. right now the city holds the local elections the year after statewide elects and before presidential elections. 22% of voters cast the ballots in last year's mayoral primary. turn out is 13% in the general election. some politicians agree with the change including mayor stephanie rawlings blake. connecting with the presidential cycle might be moo are popular because a move would shorten the terms of those serving. and new for you this morning, the tsa says despite extra efforts in security at the airports, people are still

trying to sneak guns on the plane. since 2007, tsa officials say the number guns they find at checkpoints is on the rise an average of 4 guns a day have been found. passengers are allowed to travel with guns but only if they are checked in the baggage declared and placed unloaded into a hard container. and today montgomery county policeman will receive an award to fr congress for behaviory. -- behavior -- from congress for his bravery e learned about gunman in silver spring and helped hostage and provided information to other officers on the scene. the gunman james lee was shot by police before he could detonate a series of explosives. sports now becomes news especially on a monday morning. it's play off time and tim tebow connected with thomas for an 80 yard touchdown plays. first play of overtime as broncos beat the pittsburgh steelers 29-23 in the afc wild card game. this was sunday night and it was the fastest overtime game

ever played. we will have the highlights for you at abc2news.com. here's how the playoffs are shaping up come saturday and sunday. baltimore hosting houston at one sunday from m and t bank stadium. if they win they will play in the afc championship game against the winner of the patriots broncos game and that's played on saturday night. the 49ers will play the saints saturday and the giants will head to lambeau field in green bay. they are the prime time game come sunday. as the ravens gear fourth texans they are getting the motivation from the smallest of fans. corinne redman is live at a giant foods to explain and you've got guest with you. >> reporter: i have lots of guests. the giant is decked out. i feel like i am in the middle of ravens country wearing ravens purple and see the cheerleaders behind me getting pumped up for the playoff game on sunday and we have smallest ravens fans out with us this morning as well and joining us live is heather who is with the

baltimore ravens. first tell butts program you have with giant to get fans to come out and show support for the ravens. >> this is the letters to the ravens program and we are encouraging fans of all ages to write letters we will post up for the players on thursday morning as they walk to practice they can see letters posted up in the cafeteria. >> fans come to giant stores write the letters and be be creative and i see there's different styles going on here. >> exactly. lots of styles and fans of all ages as you can see james down here is only 3 and he has his picture. so, whatever you can do, whatever you know, your ideas are bring it in. players love seeing them. >> the players actually look at the letters. >> every single one tory smith when he was looking he said now i remember what it was like to be a kid and hometown fan. >> reporter: all right. so ladies tell me your predicts you will be on the field on sunday your predicts for the game. >> 20-13. >>24-7. >> 24-17. >> reporter: all right. you heard it there and also one

more thing. if you come and fill out a paper and put the info on it you could be in a drawing to win four tickets to sunday's playoff game against the texans. reporting live from timonium, corinne redman, abc2 news. five things to know on this monday. president obama will host the nba world champ maverick as white house congratulating them and recognizing their support for the armed force. it will be in the east room of the white house later today. and mayor stephanie rawlings blake will hold a press conference this morning to thank the state and local officials for their role in reducing juvenile violence in baltimore. she will speak at 11:30 at city hall in the rotunda. today city state's attorney greg bernstein will discuss initiatives for the the new year at one this afternoon at mitchell courthouse downtown. stay with abc2 at 5 and 6 to hear his plan for the coming year. and governor o'malley plans to formally recognize two american indian groups

indigenous to the state. executive order follows a process established to american indian groups accordings to census maryland has 58,000 identified as having american indian heritage. and a new bus route connecting two busy counties will open today. harford and cecil county executives will today launch a route during an event at the david r craig park in havre de grace. it takes effect this morning starting at 11. time for a check of the forecast one more time. let's say hello, to justin. all right. good morning. 6:54. take an umbrella or rain jacket with you. not expecting anything heavy today. more of a nuisance or ambience event. a sense of winter has come back. 39 ocean city and they started at 30. there's the 40s and rain to the south in virginia. a little bit of snow in the high country near snowshoe. and west virginia. we are right on the northern fringe of the system. computer models have been trying to nudge up towards the north and i think it will slice

through central maryland. north of baltimore likely to stay dry and around baltimore, down south toward anne arundel county the chances increase to a get some of the precipitation and increases across the lower eastern shore. as we watch this we check out future trend which doesn't highlight the northern fringe and frozen precip i think we will get a little mix of rain and snow with temperatures upper 30s to low 40s. not much stickage. once we get through tonight and temperatures cool off on the tail side of this system, there may be a brief coating on the cars and grass so near annapolis and eastern shore you get that this evening and it's done by midnight tomorrow. a sunny warm day in the 50s and the next system races in here on wednesday and that's going to be a soaker but a pattern changer. 41 is what we are calling the two degree guarantee and it can snow at 41 if it is cold enough aloft. don't expect much stickage but there could be a little bit heading through the evening and winds down by midnight down to 31 by daybreak i didn't think we will have a icy thing on the roads at tomorrow morning. we are back in the 50s tomorrow

afternoon. 48 heavier rain afternoon and overnight wednesday and thursday morning. 56 thursday afternoon and flurries fly and -- friday. and arctic outbreak spreads through which means whoa could have light snow showers and 30s for the ravens game. >> reporter: we picked up two incidents eye effecting beltway travel this morning. southbound 759 the ramp to the inner loop we have a collision there. also traveling on the outer loop top side at perking parkway an accident there. creating havoc. we will show you that in a few but first a live look at 29. southbound on 29, very busy now making your way through theclarksville park region. no reported trouble southbound on harris bushing expressway. i-83 through parkton. sop reports to belfast and here's the top side of the beltway we are on the brakes making are way approaching harford. the accident at perring parkway contributing to the major delay there. time to head to new york for "good morning america" the news is always on at

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