south of o don nel. here is a good one in the northbound and southbound lanes. a check of the drive times, a lot of folks off today. not a lot of company on i-83. moving around the topside, should take you 6 minute as you make your way from bel air to providence. this is not a day off this is a day on, today is martin louer king jr. day, national day of service honoring the icon. greg black looks back at the legacy dr. king left behind. >> reporter: for the first time, martin luther king jr. will be celebrated with a memorial in his honor. the 30-foot tall statute unveiled in the nation's capital. a center piece of celebrations to mark the civil rights

leaders birthday yesterday. the memorial will not stay as it is now. national park service says it will change a paraphrased quote after the poet said it made king appear to be arrogant. >> we want it to be correct. we are working with the park service. >> reporter: king would have been 83 years old, assassinated in memphis in 68, leaving a legacy of service and a dream of equality. king's son says his father had unfinished business when he was shot and killed. the right's leader began his poor people's campaign to demand economic justice. >> he did not leave to see that come to fruition.

47, 45, 44 years later, we are still challenging our nation. >> reporter: the first family attended church to mark the civil right's leader birthday and today doing community service to honor his life's work. >> besides a federal holiday, today is a new way of on line access to learn more about dr. king. the king center imaging project makes 200,000 of the documents available on line today including his letter from the birmingham jail. fbi asking prop owners in parts of north dakota and montana to check vacant farms where a missing teacher maybe buried. authorities released the names of two men held in a north dakota jail in connection with the disappearance of 43-year- old sherry arnold. they are waiting to be brought to montana where they face kidnapping charges.

man hunt is underway for a 22-year-old man accused of killing his pregnant co-worker. authorities found the body of daniel watson in a shopping center saturday. detectives think an employee robbed the store and killed watson, the killer stole her car. officials say delta airlines flying from at land to cotarica was diverted after two passengers became unruly. they were in first class and began demanding food and champagne and the couple refused to sit down. no charges have been filed. the flight was diverted. foup with is going to be charged -- no one is going to be charged. the couple spent the night at a hotel near the airport. fuel arrived for the frozen area in the community of gnome alaska. u.s. coast guard cutter arrived to break the ice up for the supply ship to get through to northwest coast. officials hope to complete the

transfer from the russian tanker by today. nome is seeing 0 temperatures. that's been the normal for the past several days. marine service ended 8 montana deployment and wanted to surprise his daughter with a homecoming. take a look. dad has been stationed in afghanistan for 8 months, his daughter had no idea he was even coming home, so dad decided he would do the surprise at school. after the shock wore off, isabelle showed her dad around the classroom. >> this is what it's all about. >> when dad was shipped off, ids bell gave him a lucky penny he kept it with him at all

times. award season is officially underway and like silenced at the golden globes. that was the scene last night. coming up, running down the list of the winners and what is the movie to beat. also college grads are making more money than ever. the average amount you can expect to make in take home if you are out of college. you are watching good morning maryland.

now, good morning maryland. silence is golden at the golden globes. black and white silent movie took home the most trophies.

desenddescendants -- clooney won. other winners meryl streep, and michelle williams. despite making controversial comments last year, ricky says he was brought back to host the awards show because he is funny. >> the golden globes are to the oscar what is kim car dash wran is to kate middleton -- kardashian is to kate middleton. what? bit louder, trashier, bit drunker. more easily bought. [laughter] >> they pulled that sound bite for me. martin won for directing prize for hugo and woody allen for midnight paris. home land and modern family took the top honors for the tv shows. this is going to be plenty

of pain at the pump for consumers. aaa says gasoline and crude oil prices are at historic highs. according to aaa, a difficult 2012 at the pump. the average price is $3.39 a gallon. abc 2 is working for you to find the best gas prices in your neighborhood. go to abc2news.com, click on the traffic and gas tab, enter your zip code to find the least expensive gas in your neighborhood. recent college grads scored higher salaries in 2011. graduates who scored a job are making an average of around $42,000 a year. that's up more than 2% from 2010, and higher than the average income for all households. the biggest crowd ever is going to be making the bank and making a great win for the ravens. sherrie johnson, live at mt bank stadium, the excitement builds as the ravens head for

the afc championship game. i'm kuren redmond, learn about dr. leon bass and what message he has for students at mount st. joseph high school. 3q

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18 degrees outside. good morning maryland i'm charley crowson. time for your news to go. a lot going on for you on this mlk day. a live look at the capital in dc. a mile from the new memorial, go down, check that out. kuren redmond is lye at mount

st. joseph high school talking to a man who honoring dr. king with his words. sherrie johnson is live at mt bank stadium celebrating a win over the texans. let's start with lynette charles. it'scold outside. you need to bundle up. check out the numbers this morning. 12 in to towson. woodbine around 13. 22 sparrows point. arnold around 22. if you are heading out and about, up to pennsylvania, new york, going to be dealing with a winter weather advisory. here at home, we will be drey until this evening. -- dry until this evening. >> reporter: got a new accident reported in the city at clinton and hall burt. not the case on brawning high. brawning shutdown between keith avenue and the dundalk marine terminal. use dundalk as your alternate. a live look at traffic flow 29, southbound lanes, see more

traffic flow as you make your way through the columbia region. 695, wilkins, crowded on the beltway, the travel pace moving well between catonsville and pikesville. if you plan to travel on 50, chesapeake bay bridge, a live look at 50, st. margarets, westbound shutdown on the bay bridge with a stalled car. ravens are advancing to the afc title game next sundays and a date with new england patriots in massachusetts. they won yesterday 20-13, behind a defensive game led by veterans lewis and reed. sherrie johnson is live with all new fan reaction, lot of happy faces this morning. >> reporter: that's right. we are here live at mt bank stadium. the heart of where the excitement kicks off. this place was packed with people. purple everywhere, place filled with purple pride. we are moving on to foxboro.

as we go to face off against a tough team, patriots. the fans say we are ready. that was a close victory but a victory nonetheless. tense moments for fans. the ravens pulled off a win and heading to the afc championship game. >> lieu sis the man. we kill it. new england, here we come. >> god bless, we are going to new england and going to win. >> reporter: as you can see , the excitement is definitely building. we are one win away from heading to the super bowl. today is joe flacco's birthday. wishing him a happy birthday, go ravens. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. giants are headed west to face off with the 49ers for the afc title following a 37-20 trassing of the packers.

nicks had 165 yards receiving and two scores. should new york win next weekend, that's going to set up a rematch, super bowl 35 against baltimore or rematch of super bowl xlii, against new england. today is mlk day, marks the first king holiday where visitors can celebrate the civil rights leader at a memorial. national parks service will lay a wreath and offer educational programs throughout the day. national ca three dwral will hold a special -- cathedral will hold a special service. dr. martin luther king parade today at the intersection of mlk and utah street. lenny moore will serve as the grand marshal. there are numerous parades and special celebrations commemorating king's 83rd birthday. mount st. joseph high school, students will hear from leon bass. kuren redmond is standing by

with more of a preview of the message. >> reporter: good morning, we are live outside of mount st. joseph high school, i have a handful of students. they know how important it is for the mlk day and get a special message today from dr. leon bass. to tell us about him is kevin. tell me /hña little bit about d leon bass. >> reporter: mount st. joseph, we believe like dr. king, that all people can be great, they can love and serve others. that's the lesson of d king and message of dr. bass. he served in world war two, liberated nazi death camps involved in civil rights movement and did a lot to promote harmony and equality of the country. >> reporter: we were talking about his book. how disit coincide with the message? >> the message of dr. bass to his young people is that they can make a difference.

if they reach out to ohs and form bonds, and to not be bystanders but whatever they can to promote harmony and equality in the country and the world. that's a great message for them. >> today's ceremony is not just open for the students, you want it open to the public. >> we invite everyone in the area, frederick avenue in baltimore, service at 10:00, and all are invited to join us. >> reporter: what are you looking for to hearing this morning from dr. leon bass? >> looking forward to hear the words of inspirational man who has done so much to improve the conditions of minorities everywhere and just level of presence he had for his nation. it's amazing. >> reporter: you are a living history lesson today. >> yes. >> what are you looking forward to hearing? >> i want to hear his voice of inspiration. each and evone of us can make a difference in the world and stand up for what is right.

>> we have a chance to read up on his book. >> we have done research on his book. not specific reading but heard about him and had a few meeting s about his works. >> the students will get the message today. ceremony is at 10:00 this morning, dr. leon bass will be here at mount st. joseph. the public is welcome to attend this morning. kuren redmond, abc2 news p. a man accusing former syracuse assistant coach, bernie fine, says he made the thing up. he told the post standard fine never abused him when he was a teenager. he is in prison for unrelated crime. he says he lied because he was angry at fine for not helping him hire a lawyer. he was arrested for burglary. occupy baltimore is coming back, one month after they were evicted from the inner harbor. members plan to camp out for

five days. rally on east madison street. protestors plan to morech for five day encampment staying until saturday morning. kim davis, sister of georgia death row inmate, who was executed in september, is scheduled to attend the rally in annapolis. troy was convicted of murdering a police officer, a crime he said he was innocent. lawmakers who oppose capital punishment push for repeal, that began last week. consumer alert for you now involving on line retailers zappos. if you have an account, change

your password. they have access to names email dresses and last four digits of credit card numbers. go to zappos.com for more information. microsoft patented avoid ghetto happen, aims to help motorists steer clear of unsafe neighborhoods. it's caused controversy. the feature attracts crime states and weather to help drivers to plan a route. critics say it's racist. is this app racist? head to our facebook fan page and weigh in. abc2news.com/facebook. time for fife things you need to know on this monday morning. hopefuls will gather in south carolina for a televised debate, sponsored by fox news. many will be watching mitt

romney. newt gingrich blasted romney for time with bank capital. another candidate is out. huntsman is bowing out. he was a no-show in iowa. governor huntsman will endorse mitt romney. u.s.a. today reports airline passengers left behind $400,000 at tsa check points in 2010, coming in the form of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. jfk collected the most at $60,000. what happened to the change? it financed tsa operations.

this year, monday, january 16th, has been named flu monday or the most depressing day of the year. it's the day a person feels the most post christmas chill and the reasons to feel cheerful is few and far between. today, don't need to be blue, need to be cold. we are going to feel it. see the teens, more teens on the map than nonteens. 25 in to washington. high pressure in control this morning. that will scoot towards the east and clouds moving in and rain moving in. it could start in form of maybe sleet, wintery mix through the evening, by tomorrow rain in the forecast and things looking better as we go in to wednesday. 40 degrees for today.

increasing clouds by tonight. that temperature coming in around 33 degreesment by tomorrow, temperature around 52 degrees, here is a check of the seven-day forecast as we will be at 52 in to tuesday, with the rain in the forecast. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. we have a problem to report for throws those of you heading towards the capital beltway. a car fire, traffic is heavy and slow of course as people slow down to get around that. if you are traveling around the beltway, we have no incidents. light traffic flow on i-95 northbound, as well as 295, bw parkway and u.s. 29. both northbound and southbound lanes moving well, here is a live look at 95, north of baltimore, white marsh. northbound and southbound lanes, normally a bit heavy heading towards the topside of the beltway. where did you watch the game? >> at home and i came in for work. i came in for the 6:00 show.

>> you slept? >> i slept a little. i did chores around the house. abc2news.com, show us your purple pride. going to new york, see you in a bit.