live report on our weather from justin berk. >> the highlights we had one storm come through and brought a dusting to an inch of snow in central maryland. that's not the case for everybody. leftover clouds and fog around central southern maryland where it was clear up to the north and places where you got nothing. be 4 this morning in baltimore. mid-30s, expecting sunshine to develop, a high of 526789 all the snow melts away this afternoon. rain on the way by tomorrow. on the roadways now, watch traffic patterns continue to build. we are incident free for the most part on the roads. 895 maryland, 175, northbound and southbound, doing well at this time. mitt romney has a comfortable lead as he is at 41% polling on several polls. a live report from tj winnick. he will talk about comments

romney made yesterday that now has him in the cross hairs of several of his republican opponents as well as the obama white house. let's go live to tj winnick. >> reporter: good morning. it is primary day in new hampshire , the only surprise might be who will finish second to mitt romney. the votes are in in dixville notch. the village refound in for casting the first ballot. 6 ballots casted. huntsman and romney tied with two votes apiece. the former massachusetts governor leads in one recent poll by 24 points, just yesterday, made a big slip on the campaign trail. >> i like being able to fire people and provide services to me. >> reporter: trying to make the case americans should be able to choose health insurance and drop a company if they like but opponents jumped all over the

remark. >> governor romney enjoys firing people. i enjoy creating jobs. >> reporter: in the multimillionaire front runner uttered this line earlier. >> i know what it's like to worry where you are going to get couple. >> reporter: this was rick perry monday in south carolina. >> i have no doubt mitt romney was worried about pink slips whether he was going to have enough to handout. >> reporter: enjoying firing people is how the obama team was planning to portray romney. the senior vat gist calling romney's words a rare moment of candor. romney's career has s the target of more than $3 million in ads, paid for by newt gingrich's wealthy supporters. romney insists his company created 100,000 jobs a a net

gain. when asked how many jobs his company slashed he refused to answer. jon huntsman's name will not appear on the ballot in arizona. he filed the paperwork before the deadline but missing a notice rised signature. -- notarized signature. they will challenge the ruling to get on the ballot. arizona's primary is scheduled for february 28th. we are jour place to go for primary related. head to our political section for the latest on the winners and look ahead to future races, south carolina and going to follow the granite state. news around the nation, family members of florida am drum major, robert champion, will hold a news conference, expected to share new information about the hazing incident that led to champion's death. he collapsed in florida while on a bus carrying members of

the famous marching 100 band after a november football game. a father and daughter are safe after their plane crashed off of the coast of the bahamas during the weekend. they were flying to haiti saturday. their plane lost pressure and crashed in to the water. coast guards arrived and pulled the duo from the life raft. the two boarded a commercial plane monday, headed to haiti to continue with their mission. arkansas woman says a burglar strapped a an explosive device to her ankle and forced her to rob a bank. betty davis told the worker her husband was held hostage at her home while she collected the cash. the pom squad was called in to remove the devisband was found tied up but unhurt and the vehicle was stolen. parents of an 8-year-old boy who died of cancer could face 8 years in prison.

they never took the boy to a doctor because they couldn't afford it. their son collapsed in 2008. doctor says he had a treatable form of hodgkins lymphoma. he was taken to the hospital but died an hour later. >> it's been a traumatic experience. >> they are scheduled to be sentenced february 16th. too hot for publication. these photos submitted by an 18 year old. get the picture in the yearbook, this gill had to buy ad space. a committee for five students rejecting the photo, called it inappropriate. sydney says they were okay with it until they met with the principal last week. the teen's mom says her daughter should be able to express herself how she wants to in 5ñ÷the yearbook photo. this is our hot topic. what do you think about this? many of you weighing in.

should students be allowed to post questionable photos in yearbooks if editors determine it be too racy. we always want to know what you have to say. people in alaska are getting used to snow, why this snowfall is being called one for the record books and the number will surprise you. also, snoop is in trouble with the law this morning. why he was picked up at the border. details on that coming up after we get back from new york and a check of the tech bites. ultra books super thin super light laptops are one of the biggest new categories at this year's consumer electronic show. >> this is the acer aspire f5, it's 15-millimeters big. they take all the ports and connections you have on your laptop and hide them behind a

motorized flap that lowers down in the back when you press a button. >> the acer is expected to hit stores later this year. also at the show, microsoft says sales of connect sold 18 million. it will fill a windows version in a few weeks.

officials activated state emergency operation center friday, helping the area handle the white stuff. the sea and airport are the only ways in and out of cordova. here is what is worse, they have another snowstorm forecast for today. 20 feet is that enough for you? >> that might satisfy me for a week. >> good, dino. my buddy, he sent me this picture. if you can give me a shot of the snow. i'm going to show you love. a dusting arundel, southern sections. check this out, happy doggy this is mason saying hi. i don't know if you are related to ray, you are this week. we take you to arundel. elementary showing 30, near

freezing. arundel, 31, 33 arnold. most of us mid-30s, pushing up to 7:26, to get the sun out, if you have low clouds and patchy fog, we will work our way to 52 this afternoon. a we will talk about the next rain event in a moment. here is angela with traffic. as we go to the roads, a trouble spot in the city on montebello terrace at overlands. fire activity at the location, accident involving a fire truck fortunately, no injuries reported. traffic is able to squeeze by. use caution. check of our major roads, key routes looking goods. u.s. 29, traveling through the elk ridge, northbound lanes look good up to i-70, if you are making your way on the west side of 695, beltway travels through the pikesville, moving well in both directions. checking in with the mta again, we have a delay, 15 minutes behind schedule on light rail.

back to you. nick cannon is home recovering and could be back to work next week after treated for minor kidney failure. cannon fell ill in aspen while vacationing with his wife mariah carey. snoop dogg gets busted at the border. agents in texas says he stopped the tour bus when he smelled, wait for it, marijuana. prescription bottles contained the cigarettes. he is known to have a california license for prescription marijuana. snoop dogg says the pot was his he was arrested and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. the court date is scheduled for january 20th. it's not too early to plan for the upcoming weekend. up next, where you can take the family, free of cost and also pay tribute to dr. martin

luther king. police need your help this morning, how you can help police find the person who killed this elderly woman.

now good morning maryland.

police need your help this morning finding a suspect who killed an elderly woman and burned her house down. linda so is here with the latest. this has gone from bad to worse. >> reporter: charlie, here is the flier police are passing out in the neighborhood. everyone knew the woman as mrs. mary. 84-year-old mary hines was found stabbed to death inside her burning home on east middle street thursday. the fire may have been set to hide the killing. miswere back out in the neighborhood handing out fliers. mrs. mary was a teacher and principal for 30 years and lived in her house for longer than that. mrs. mayry was living with no gas or electric. this isn't something we say nothing about. somebody needs to pick up a phone and call us. >> $2000 cab reward is offered for information -- cash reward is offered leading to anist.

call metro at 1-866-7-lockup. linda so, abc2 news. a man behind bars is now charged with a b rory and a murder from -- robbery and a murder from 2006. he is charged with robbing a man and shooting a man. mcdonald's is in custody in connection with a robbery in montgomery county. it o'malley making an announcement about funding in maryland. he will make the announcement in annapolis today. officials, labor leaders and officials are scheduled to attend that announce. teacher of the year will be presented with a new car. josh pack at winds sore mill will receive a 2012 honda civic at the ceremony outside of the school, it going to happen at noon. mr. parker was honored with the teacher of the year award in

october. tomorrow, opening in baltimore city, the convenient store is open off of 95, eastern avenue. the first location in the city and the 40th opening in the state. the grand opening is at 10:00 for tomorrow morning. u.s. department of transportation announced lit spend 1.5 billion dollars to reimburse states to repair roadways due to natural disasters. baseball season is a few months away. an event will be hosted, a private charity serving mental health needs of children. the event is held at the sports legend museum in camden yards. baseball stadium is built in aberdeen. the brothers are going to name

the ballpark after their mom. the field will join one that billy built on 33rd street. if you are looking to make cheap weekend plans, here is news that could be useful. the park service says it's offering free entry to national parks for january 14th, through the 16th. that's saturday through monday. the free admission is part of the park services commemoration of dr. martin luther king jr. day. they will host events in honor of the holiday. our state has 16 national parks, we have to have great weather for the game sunday, we have to have great weather for people to take advantage of this coming for the four day weekend. >> what is your definition of great weather. there are people that would say this is it last night. got to qualms with last night. >> this is close to an inch of snow today. the bullseye around route 50 to the south. they got hit yesterday.

less up to the north. some of that melting away. temperatures hovering around the freezing mark. there could be icy spot. primarily most of our numbers are showing 30s across the board. as we are showing your low clouds and patchy fog. that's the only issue weather wise. we are looking at sunshine and a warm up today. big warm up but a brief warm up. that is very potent area of low pressure, that one dragging tropical moisture through the south. that is responsible for tornados breaking through houston yesterday. severe weather across the gulf coast states as we charge up the atmosphere. this is going to ride and swing through our state. dry weather should take us through tomorrow morning. we are going to watch this system moving in our direction. stopping the timeline around midday. that's after a sunny start. we will see the big contrails and high clouds in the sky in

the morning. the low level moisture produces the rain by evening. tomorrow evening, turning wet and rain overnight. could be heavy. a lot should be gone as the storm rides overhead and pushes the rain to the north and off the coast by thursday morning. the next boundary , the arctic boundary, that comes through friday friday morning, a little pinch of snow. then, we get in to the colder air for the weekend. future trend highlighting the moisture and rainfall amounts will be 2 inches southern appalachian. up to an inch of rainfall, that takes us through thursday morning. here is the general look today. if you have low clouds or fog, we are going to mostly sunny sky, 52. any of the snow, goes away. just a tease. tonight in to the 30s, mostly clear skys with a quiet set up. rain by evening and overnight done by morning. 56 thursday afternoon.

friday morning could have snow, 42 in the afternoon. 30s in the weekend. snow shower or two if we are lucky to watch it during the ravens game. here is angela with a lack at traffic. good morning, as you get ready to head out this wednesday morning. is it wednesday? >> it's tuesday. >> no reported troubles. traffic volumes building out there. the good news is, no incidents to report, em leon our major roads. we are open north and southbound on i-95, driving in from the jessup region. northbound lanes clear to 695, here is a look at traffic on the beltway. outer loop traffic on the left side of your screen at providence, becoming crowd nod the outer loop direction. moving at a good pace. as we check the drive times, major volume increase, no delays so far, especially for those of you on the harrisburg expressway. 8 from shawan to 695, just a fife minute drive this morning. >> game turned in to a brawl

back in december, up next, xavier taking time out to reflect on what caused the melee. he is accused of killing 6 people and injuring a dozen others. is jered laugh northeast competent to stand trial. we will take a look as we continue on this tuesday. ã

in a few weeks we could learn whether the man accused of shooting gabrielle giffords is competent to stand trial. the judge has ordered the evaluation be ready by january 25th, jered laughner is accused in the 2011 massacre killing six. national transportation safety board will hold hearings regarding safety of air shows. specifically the board will analyze the sent reno air show that killed ten people, one of the deadliest in u.s. history. xavier students have day of reflection following the december brawl with cincinnati

bear cats. it will be attended by university leaders. alabama crimpson tide is top crushing lsu, 21-0 in the national championship game. doomsday clock could see the time move. the minute man shows how close it is to destruction. we will look at that. it's 5:56 and members of the naacp and civil rights leaders will be in annapolis. they will call fan the governor to put an end to the death penalty.

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