gear as we go through time as well. so here's hour by hour forecast. rain will be on as we go into the 8:00 time frame. temperatures right around 50 by noon. and breezy and mild by the afternoon right around 54 degrees and the showers will be among us going throughout the day. tapering off as we go into the evening. let's go over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we have got an update on the accident we have been monitoring all morning. police have now reopened just one of your westbound lanes of 50 at 424. s in in davidsonville and we have got gridlock in the westbound lanes of 50 as you approach 424. again one westbound lane has been opening. we are looking at i-95 and maryland 175 to the right of the screen. northbound lanes not too bad. southbound however we are a bit jammed making your way through the region heading down towards the capitol tal beltway. southbound 83 motor its on the brakes around milledelton.

83 in war n road in cockeysville southbound lanes crowd together beltway. taking a few extra minutes as we check the drive times. southbound 83 heading to the top side that's about 6 minutes now. also we are at 6 minutes southbound 95 from white marsh to 695. that's on the northeast side. charley. news time 6:31 and that is live look in italy. this appears to be some search crews moving out around that cruise liner that's run aground and tipped over. we have seen the images since early saturday morning. this is what's going on off the tuscan coast. people missing and some people or bodies found. linda so is here with more and i understand the captain of the ship is going to be in court later today and people are still speculating was he on board when the ship tipped over or one of the first people off. >> reporter: and that's one of the charges he faces. abandoning ship is the problem. we are hearing that divers have set of explosives to create

four small openings in the hull of the cruise ship to search for the missing. we are hearing rescuers have found another body that brings the death toll to seven and 29 people are still missing. in a few hours, the captain of the ship will appear in court. he is accused of bringing the ship too close to shore causing it to hate reef. he faces possible charges of manslaughter and abandoning the ship. we are hearing more from survivors who say they were told the ship was experiencing an electrical problem but they realized it was much more serious, things turned chaotic. passengers say the crew didn't know how to help people put on life vests and operate lifeboats. >> it was the marx brothers watching them figure out how to operate the boat. they couldn't coordinate and shouting at one another. >> i felt like disaster itself, you no-hitting the reef, the capsizing of the boat was manageable. but i felt like the crew was going to kill us. >> reporter: now this morning

the search continues for the 29 people still missing including a retired couple from minnesota. we have learned divers have located the second black box from that cruise ship. linda so. abc2 news. not an endorsement. news around the nation, a a- year-old virginia boy is -- 5- year-old virginia boy is accused of stabbing three people in his home. three victims one adult and two juveniles were members of the boy's family. none of the injuries were reportedly life-threatening. and an 8-year-old georgia boy is called a hero this morning. he helped save his 3-year-old sister's life. he -- she leaned too closely to a gas flame and the girl's mom stepped out of kitchen and she thought she would help by stirring the potted soup on the stove. she screamed and her brother ran to the rescue. >> so with your bear hands. >> yes. >> you start swatting at her. >> i didn't care what happened, just wanted it to get out. >> you weren't worried about

catching on fire yourself? >> well, i don't care about yourself but you got to care about other people, too. >> if you are curious she suffered second degree burns from the hip to the arm. and the battle to recall wisconsin governor walker will intensify in the next few hours. opponents who want him out of office will turn in more signatures to force the republican into a recall election. the recall effort began he's pushed a law last year to end nearly all collective bargaining rights for most public workers. and staying with the democracy 2012 a poll out shows newt gingrich has dropped 13 points in many polls from a month ago. mitt romney has a commander 35% lead in the polls taken by washington post and abc news. newt gingrich ron paul and rick santorum are behind far behind. newt gingrich is the closest with 17%. in myrtle beach romney was among the five remaining republican candidates who took the stapling for the latest gop

debate. the most heated argument was between santorum and romney who debated over an being a -- inaccuracies in ads put out by super pacts. >> i will tell you there's been attacks on me and i mean, they have been outrageous and completely inaccurate and shown to be inaccurate and that's the nature of the process. >> we have -- >> i hope it end. >> if of it's someone in the super pact supporting. >> he that was inaccurate i would say stop it you are representing me and representing my campaign stop it. >> the debate was hosted by fox newschannel and the wall streetjournal that came ahead of of the south carolina priy that's set to take -- primary that is set to take place this saturday. he made headlines for a tee mulletous exit and now carly sheen is preparing to come back to tv. where you will see him coming up. and beyonce earns a notable distinction from the most unusual of places. we will look at that including a check of your forecast and

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based on comedy anger management. the series will mark his comeback after being fired from two and a half men last year. i think we saw and heard about that firing. and a lot of buzz over this story. get this. the superstar will be immortarized after a australian horsefly named after beyonce. the researcher discovered the insect says there there's one name worthy of the insect's butte yule and that's beyonce. -- beauty and that's beyonce. america's sweetheart betty white turns 90 and former boxing champ mohammad ali turns 70 and michelle obama turns 48. still much more this morning. abc2 news to go is straight ahead. linda so. >> reporter: good news in the fight against breast cancer. i am linda so. how two new drugs used together have showing promising results. today marks the first day you can e-file taxes.

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and good morning. i am charley crowson. time for abc2 news to go on this tuesday january 17th. and a lot to get to. linda so tells us about a new advance in breast cancer treatment. corinne redman is live getting ready for tax season and a live picture of the capital where occupy waw streeters plan a day long demonstration as congress a check of the christmas forecast and say hello, to meteorologist lynette charles. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with some rain across the area this morning. temperatures are not so bad.

let's check out both. coming in 39 for elkton well above freezing into mount airy. more in dundalk but the rain is the story as we have .07 of an inch a .15 in mount airy. so let's show you what's going on in terms of the wet weather. maryland's most powerful radar showing the rain mainly to the south of us and we will start to get more in here coming out from the west going throughout the day. have the rain gear. now over to angela with traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and you are talking about the rain. with the rain, wet conditions so we have a lot of incidents and a lot of slow traffic. any incident will cause traffic to slow down even more like we are having the problem now in wood lawn. on the outer loop a stalled car partially in the roadway at security boulevard causing problems. and if you are heading out in the next few minutes on thecommute including route 29 expect backing and approaching

maryland 32, also traffic jammed on west side outer loop from 795 # to past i-70 continuing around to baltimore national pike we are seeing a lot of brake lights. head out a little earlier if possible for the morning drivetoday. promising new advancements in the fight against breast cancer. abc 2 news health reporter linda so is here to tell us all about what he being done and linda this involves the combination of two drugs. >> reporter: researchers believe they found a significant way to reduce tumor size in breast cancer patients. the study found when patients were treated with the two cancer drugs tumors shrank after 6 weeks of both drugs they had tumors 20% smaller than women taking just one of the drugs. the drug is approved for breast cancer and the other drug for treatment of the advanced cancer. this is the first time both drugs have been tested together. the study was published in the lancet oncology report. and today you can pay respects to the late ron smith. he was the wbal, am1090 host.

a memorial service begins at 11 this morning on the campus of goucher college. doors open at 10. he was known for years as the voice of reason on am1090 died last month after a short battle with pancreatic cankers -- cancer. flags are being flown at half-staff honoring a man who died while serving in afghanistan e died earlier this month after the vehicle he was riding in was hit by an iud. his funeral is held today at on reisterstown road in pikesville. it begins at 9 this morning and he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. a federal judge in baltimore preside over a civil rights trial that arose after the death of a hearing impaired man. his parents are seek more than 100 million dollars for the -- from the sheriff who they say used excessive force against their son in november 2007.

gray who is not wearing his hearing aid at the time was hit twice by a stun gun as the officer tried to break up a fight. the jury selection begins today. getting a head start on your taxes e-filing begins today and coren redman is standing by a representative from h&r block on what to know and tricks to know about and things to avoid. >> reporter: yeah, we are live outside the h&r block in rogers forge and joining us live is duane henderson. first today is the first day you can e-file so what are the benefits to e-failing taxes? >> you can get the refund back quicker. almost 140 million americans will file and you can get your money back in 8 to 10 days. >> reporter: what are some common mistakes people make before e-filing. >> a lot of times they transpose numbers and get digits wrong that could delay your return. the wrong filing status and

taking a credit or deduction that's not there this year. it's really i advice you to consult with the tax consultant and we can help you with those issues. >> reporter: another question is what if you had a child at the end of the year can you claim a deduction? >> yes a new year's baby up until december 31st you can claim the deduction. that's a thousand dollar child tax credit in addition to the exemption and there's probably other benefits. >> reporter: anything you can tell us quickly. >> what they took out of the tax code. a lot of things changed. payroll tax holiday ends in february and some of the energy credits last year will be reduced from 1500 to $500 and hybrid vehicles are not fully deductible and new model deduction is up to 7500 dollars but consult your tax professional or stop in a h&r block and we can help you. >> reporter: you have until april 17th this year to get those taxes filed and like duane said stop in and ask professionals because there's

changes to the taxes. reporting live from rogers forge, corinne redman, abc2 news. six maryland schools will be awarded the blue ribbon school award recognized for high performance and significant improvement in reading and mathematics measured by maryland assessments. the schools will be honored at the state board of education at 9:30. the schools are among those receiving the blue rib ob a-- ribbon awards. ravens fans are going to foxborough, massachusetts for the afc title game and may have good reason to celebrate. sherrie johnson is here with an outlook if you are traveling to the game sunday and it's promising. >> reporter: things are look good for fans planning to travel to fox bough bough -- fox bore o. agents said you could score a round trip ticket to boston two nights at a hot -- be foxborough. agents said you can score a round trip ticket to boston two nights at a hotel and the game

for 600 dollars. amtrak in the same price range as the airfare but the longer you wait the more it could cost especially in the airfare. >> the more expensive it gets especially for is something with a short window of travel. everybody wants to get up there on saturday, sunday morning and have to come home by monday so flights will sell out fast and it's a long drive so i am sure people want to get on the airplane and get up there in an hour and a half and enjoy themselves. >> reporter: you can find game tickets on ebay and stub hub. stub hub.com we found tickets from 195 for a single nose bleed to more than $6,000 for a pair in the lower section on the 50 yard line. so there is still plenty of time to find great deals but you have to grab them fast. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. all right we can't resist

showing you this picture. it's a young flacco fan danielle posted this photo of connor sporting this. and we want to see your purple pride. head to our fan paining and upload your picks. >> is it tebow time for cbs. yahoo sports.com says they approached the quarterback about serving as an analyst for the pregame coverage. his handleers says he will have an answer by midweek but we want to know what you think. he is wearing purple. you that you about that? he is dressed out in purple and clearly supports the ravens. is this too many tebow time and is enough enough or do you think he will make a good analyst. head to my facebook fan page charley crowson wmartv and let us know about your thoughts of tebow for the weekend. five thoings know the captain of the downed italian

cruise ship will be in court. the owner of the ship caused the captain of causing the wreck that left 7 people dead and 29 missing saying he made an-approved maneuver leading to the ship tipping over off the coast of tuscany. joining the protest against two proposed internet regulation bills wick paid' english site will be blacked out wednesday beginning at midnight january 18th. visitors will see a protest message affecting the 40 million users. and today, florida seminole county courts scheduled 300 foreclosures for the next 3 days. several judges have suspend the retirement for the rocket docket proceedings. most cases will be uncontested and will last about 30 seconds once they reach the bench. and a live look this morning at the capital where the house reconvenes today and occupy protesters will meet outside the capitol for what participants hope to be a large occupy gathering from around

the country. participate say the demonstration will be peaceful and it's possible they could be at risk for arrest. and the president meets with the jobs council. this afternoon he will host king abdullah of jordan at white house and later tonight he will honor the world's series champion st. louis cardinals. all right. check this out. sooner or later it's all going to happen and apparently burger king is ahead of the curb. they are thinking about home deliveriy. burger king. home delivery. yes. the fast-food chain is testing the delivery idea in some areas of maryland including gaithersburg and germantown. there's going to be a $2 delivery fee for minimum order of around $10. we want to know what you think about this. do you think delivering food is a good idea or it only further encourages laziness? go to facebook and let's us know -- let us know what you think. time for one more check of the forecast and like we said, we have been teasing this cheer all day you said you will do

it. >> don't a a-- pay attention. >> i will hold up my end of the deal. >> we are doing this together we are family. satellite and radar picking up on some rain today. but the heaviest rain across the eastern shore and it's off to the south of us but we have another batch of rain moving in here as we go through the morning, the afternoon and things will taper off a bit. the wind as well out a of the south at 10 to 15 miles an hour. easton at about 14 miles an hour sustained. the weather pattern for today, we have the system that's going to work its way in. first the warm front slide through and warming the temperatures up a bit and then the trailing cold front move through as we go through this evening so tomorrow's temperatures are going to feel a lot colder. i will show you that temperature in a second. but future trend pick up on the rain sled sliding through for the remainder of today and sunshine in the forecast as we go through your wednesday. and then things are going to get colder. so check out temperature wise today around 54 degrees. mild and breezy and then by

tonight, the temperature will be right around 35 gusty winds and the rains could taper off by tomorrow. 39 degrees ample sunshine and colder and feels colder because it will be breezy outside. here's 7-day forecast for you. as we go into the weekend, yes, there's a chance for rain in the forecast. but then by sunday, we seem to be a little drier. back to you angela. >> reporter: all right. on the road we have madge gridlock on westbound 50 at 424. we are down to one lane traffic is blocked but police are on the scene directing you around that. and with the wet conditions we are getting reports of yet a lot of collisions now. route 32 at i-70 police are on the scene for yet another accident. and, of course, heavy traffic now of course all around the region. look at southbound lanes of 29. making your way past coxville pike and the beltway inerin outer loop heavy through catonsville and charley oh. >> as promised i sought i would bring my inner flacco if you

did your cheer. >> go ahead. >> from east to a west we are the best we fight to win and notgive in so raise your voices shout and scream. go ravens. ♪

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