>> he looked amazing for 95. s you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. the governor releases the budget plan today. i am sherrie johnson with a look at how it affects you. and a tense situation at the white house last night. i am linda so. how occupy protesters took it to the extreme. and mothers rallying behind robert richardson the teen who allegedly killed his father how they are raising money and how much they are up to. that straight ahead on this wednesday, january 18th. good morning, i am charley crowson. thanks for starting the mid day of the workweek off and weather is a big story some places experiencing heavy winter, others uncommonly spring like conditions. this is kentucky where powerful spring like storms spawn tornadoes.

two people have opinion injured from the unruly weather. not just in kentucky but a twister touched down after 4 in the afternoon tuesday in mississippi. and we have got spreng and winter and here in maryland -- spring and winter and here in maryland, the night was comfortable but this morning very wendy. >> that's the same system that blew through last night. in the wake of it, dealing with windy conditions. that's going to be the big story and we have snow on the backside of the front. i will show you all this coming up. we are dealing with some chillier temperatures going throughout the day today you can see the snow showers on the backside. things are drying out. and we will have high pressure building in going throughout the day. we get a closer look home. and still a few clouds moving in but then the clouds will be work their way out of here we will see plenty of sunshine. the big story is the winds of the gusts into ellicott city 35-

mile-an-hour gusts. perry hall 30 miles and 27 in aberdeen. temperatures will fall throughout the afternoon. so temperature i am forecasting today around 40 for a high. now over to angela with traffic. >> reporter: good morning. our first look at the roads today and, of course, the wind is the big story on the roadways as well. extra caution. you will want to hold on tight to the steering wheel and extra caution on the ramps, bridges and overpasses. let's get a look at traffic flow early for you this morning. traveling through the elk reg region on u.s. -- region on u.s. 29, looking good to the montgomery county line. traveling on # 95 south -- 895 at o'donnell street on southbound 895, still working overnight maintenance. shift to the northbound tunnel sharing traffic for both directions until 5:00. over to you good morning. >> good morning. news time 4:32.

25 people have a very he can citing day sell -- exciting day celebrating the legacy of martin luther king junior. new citizens come from 16 different countries. also today, the governor scheduled to release the spending plan including shifting teacher pension costs and reducing tax exemptions for high eners. >> reporter: charley, governor o'malley is looking to cover the budget shortfall and will release the spending plan today in annapolis. he will shift teacher pension cost to marled counties. maryland is one of the -- marled counties. maryland is one of the -- maryland counties maryland is one of the few states that picks up the entire teacher pension costch the governor wants a 50-50 split with the counties save the state $225 million. another part of the plan, people who earn more than 100,000 dollars and couples that make more than 150,000

dollars would be limited to smaller personal exemptions for themselves and families. they would also face caps on personal deductions. law makers say the post income tax changes and collecting sales tax on internet purchases would raise more than 300 million dollars. this would cover about a third of the state's 1 billion dollar shortfall. democratic leaders support the governor's budget. sherrie johnson. there's fight in baltimore county over a bill to stop discreme nation against transgender people. dozens packed in for the council meeting to hear both side. the bill would protect transgender people at work when they use the rest room. a lot of supporters dressed in purple favor the bill. it would leave women vulnerable inside the rest rooms. >> this takes away from a woman being a woman. if someone is just like you, the people are confused about their gender. >> always someone afraid of new civil rights legislation and moving forward in our

community. >> the bill comes a year after the beating of chris a transgender woman at mcdonald's. 7 council members rex expected to pass the bill. a group is calling for change in the workplace in the classroom. parents are frustrated that in order for them to meet with kids teachers they have to first duck out of work early which is not always easy and not ideal. the group maryland can which stands for campaign for achievement now wants lawmakers in annapolis to come up with legislation allowing parents to meet with teachers without penalty from employers and they have two other goals. >> funding for prekindergarten for every 4-year-old in maryland who wants it. full day pre-k. >> the third is to overhaul the charter school law. they want to make sure all parents had the tools necessary to give their kids the best possible education. and we told you about the blue ribbon ceremony happening yesterday and now we can tell you the schools recognized for

hall work crofton med apes and wood home in baltimore county and ring factory in harford county. this is a state and national recognition. they will get a $2,000 prize also they will have a pizza party. the first couple was celebrating michelle obama'sbirth date when a smoke bomb was launched at the white housethat is live look at the white house this morning where all things seem to be called lights coming on at the white house. but for a wrap of what happened yesterday let's go to abc2 news linda so. >> reporter: we just learned this morning that there were no arrest made in the accident but people who are inside the white house at the time were told not to leave the building on the pennsylvania avenue side as the crowds were being disbursed. there were 1500 occupy poe testers at one -- protesters on the smoke bomb like device was removed. last night's rally at the white house was part of the occupy movement's march to protest the three branches of government.

the day began with a stop at the capitol where protesters chantedsang and disrupted congressional officers as lawmakers returned from winter break and then constitutional avenue to the supreme court and then off to the white house. >> it's a new day and a new time and this is our history right here. >> reporter: we are hearing four people were arrested earlierwhen they gathered at the capitol and supreme court. a rose and bottle of cone yak lived to thinks grave once a year since 1940. some wonder if the poe toaster will deliver this year and what is ahead if he doesn't. also, a brand new exhibit coming to the smithsonian that could bring kids and childhood memories back. we will explain that. another check of the forecast and the morning commute. you are watching "good morning maryland as we go to break that's a live look at boston, sunday, the big day, afc title

game, ravens and pats, at 3, we are back in a bit.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. news time is 4:39. the question is will he or won't he? we will find out answer to the question in the next 24 hours. since 1940s, a man has delivered a rose and cognac to the grave of edgar allen poe. but since 2009 the grave has been empty of the gift that is. there have been rumor the man that. passed but poe fans will give it one more shot awaiting his arrival tonight. if he doesn't show the fans are calling it quits. time for a check of the forecast. let's say good morning to lynette. >> good morning. we are dealing with temperatures not so cold when you look at them. you can see towson coming in at 40 and bel air right around 40. this is well above average when you wake up in the morning, we should be around 24. but the fact is that we do have

winds out there. the big story sustained now into joppa around 6 but they have been fluctuating. look at manchester around 26 right now. and then we have your gusts up to about 30 into bel air and 39 into joppa and arnold around 40. and manchester at 40. the wend chill this is the way it feels. we are looking at 35 at towson and also 38 to westminster. hereford around 32 and bel air around 34. still above average but a little chilly heading off to work. temperatures will start to go down as we go throughout the day. i am forecasting a high around 40 degrees. so it's going to be a chilly day on tap. have that heavy coat as you head out and about. but you can leave the umbrella at home because we will see mostly sunny skies. now over to angela with traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. out on the roadways this morning, after rain and a lot of winds of course we will deal with possibly debris and a downed tree reported already.

going to affect those traveling in myersville this morning heading over to i-70 on wolf veal road southbound lanes shut down at meeting house road. police are on the scene to help you maneuver around that. in the meantime, no reported troubles so far this morning making the drive on i-95 through the jessup and columbia regions. at maryland 175 east and westbound traffic on 175 also clear between 95 and i-97. first look at the baltimore beltway 695 at baltimore national pike. early drive on the west side inner loop and outer loop moving well with a light traffic pattern. the ravens are going to take on new england, but before they hit the road they have to get to the field for a good workout. a preview of that coming up, and what caused a pregnant woman in pain to make a mad dash for the hospital. also, what she walked away with. and we want to see your ravens pride heading into the week answered big game like this future qb.

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in news time 4:45. and 45 degrees outside. we told you it was happening but it's this morning. the popular online enpsych low peeda website wikipedia protesting legislation and will be back up and running tomorrow. yahoo cofounder quit the company. he was the ceo for 2007 to 09 and he stepped down after rejecting a buyout bid for microsoft worth $47 billion. and president obama is headed to disney world.

the president will visit the orlando mega resort thursday promoting a white house initiative on travel and tourism. it's latest installment of what he calls we can't wait a campaign against congress. and an exhibit targeting video gamers will open in march. the smithsonian is adding the exhibit. it will be on view march 16th through september 30th. and the u.s. conference of mayors winter meet will go convene in washington beginningafter 11 and a newser will be held for a variety of mayors including the controversial mayor and philadelphia matthew nutter. and today howard county police are searching for people who live in town home where 40 dead animals were found. it happened at 9600 block of ma'am moth court. on monday, police say a property manager smelled something then called 911. police and animal control officers found 40 dead animals in the town home, 20 around the

home furs, rabbits and guinea pigs and in the freezer 19 more birds, cats, rabbits and a snake. the owner -- only survivors were two cats a lizard around jecial and consider gerbil. >> i've own he seen him with a couple -- i only seen him with a couple dogs and it's a surprise to find out there were 40 and nails. >> the woman was involved with a nonprofit. animals were left to die with no food or water. they could face animal cruelty charges when misfind out where they are. more than 400 people showing their support for a teen accused of murdering his father. he was in court tuesday. a group of moms outside were there supporting him. moms of the teen classmates say they believe richardson was abiewded be -- abused and neglected by their father and started a facebook campaign

hoping to raise money to get a private turn and-- attorney and hundreds are liking the page. >> he was a nice kid and there had to be more than just yelling going on in the house and he snapped. >> on 16 occasion harford county sheriff officials responded to the richardson household. according to police, none of the reports were for neglect, abuse or domestic violence. the facebook page is collecting donations. right now they collected around $200. baltimore city police are asking for help for two men who stole medical equipment. they got out and loaded the large piece of medical equipment on the truck and drove off. the piece is valued at around $37,000. this is video afro house destroyed by a fire tuesday night. it happened around 5:00 in the 3400 block of east baltimore. for fighters say no one was hurt but the -- firefighters

say no one was hurt but the fire caused damage to surrounding homes. time for ravens news on this wednesday morning. before heading to foxborough they will practice at home beginning at 1:30 but not before the head coach addresss the media at noon. joe flacco, ray lewis, ray rice and terrell suggs are scheduled to speak. the ravens officials are in indianapolis. this is the photo of representatives and officials for the ravens. check out colts complex and they were there yesterday. the afc champs the ravens or patriots will work out at that complex prior to the superbowl. and you want to go to the big game is in the ravens front office staff painting the town gold and it's legos or logos will be going up this morning. gold relentless logos similar to years past have been painted in maryland counties and if you spot one, take a picture and upload it to the ravens facebook page and you could be choseen to head to the ravens

versuspatriots game on sunday. and the trip and ticket would be for free. news around the nation this morning, a pregnant woman ran away from a south carolina hospital with an iv attached to her arm. police are looking for her. the woman went into labor and delivery department complaining of pain but they gave her morphine and she took off when they were screening for drugs. it showed she had cocaine in her system and police believe two men may have helped her escape. hikers in the hollywood hills found more than they bargained for and came across human remains in plastic bag. it was a head. they found it when the dogs began to play with the object and they saw what it was. officers say the head is male but didn't appear to have been there very longch the search for clues will resume later this morning. on a lighter note, l.l. bean is celebrating a century of business in a big and unusual way. that is the boots mobile that came to maine.

larger than life version of the most iconic product, that would be the bean boot. lynette would you drive around baltimore in that? >> i so would drive around baltimore in that. i love that. that's a very good idea. temperatures right around 45 degrees. so we are well above average now. temperatures will plummet throughout the day. you can see a sneak peek of what's to coming. see the blue back there, that's the cold air as we go into the afternoon. what we are dealing with is very windy and gusty and blustery outside. check out the sustained wind now into baltimore. these are the sustained winds and not gusts right now. 20, 22 in dc and 18 along the eastern shore in to easton. and we see 16 in pennsylvania. york, pennsylvania to be exact. this is how it feels once you factor in the winds. so, forget the 40s i showed you. now we are in the 30s. so 37 in to baltimore and

easton and feels like freezing over into winchester. so cold enough to support some snow in west virginia. but that cold front is pushing through the area and will hit the eastern shore later this morning. but we are starting to do clearing out there as high pressure will definitely start to build in going throughout the day. but in the wake, the backside of the front dealing with cold air and very windy conditions and high pressure will do its thing and we will see sunshine going into time here. so, we are looking at future trend and future trend picking up on the fact that we will get sunshine in here. looks like we could see snow on the backside of the system. but we won't see anything. maybe you have to travel to pennsylvania and into new york the further north you go you will see snow especially going into thursday. now, as we go throughout the day i am forecasting a high right around 40 degrees. so temperatures are in the upper 40s. they will fall throughout the day. mostly sunny and windy conditions and by tonight, temperatures right around 24 degrees and much colder and less windy but the 24 is

exactly where we should be now for this time of the year. we will be 42 degrees tomorrow, we will get the sun-cloud mix and it will be seasonably chilly again. now over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning you to. and on the road -- good morning to you. and on the roads wendy conditions. get -- windy conditions. we have a check of the key routes this morning. i-795 moving well to the west side of the beltway as well as i-70. no reported troubles east or westbound. so far this morning. let's get another live look at traffic flow. making the drive on 29 this morning, northbound motorists should be in good shape as you continue on your early commute. northbound 2. to i-70. went easton -- to the easton shore and traffic moving freely looking live at u.s. 50 and traveling in our state capital. over to you. people in india rely on milk for a variety of purpose and coming up how being tainted got the government in a plan of

action. what they are going to do about it. and an ipad scam that caused customers in canada by surprise. what they found when they opened up the box out are watching "good morning maryland. we are back in a bit. @

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. well a prayer vigil will be held for the missing american couple aboard the costa concordia. a report says 11 people have been confirmed dead and two dozen remain missing. an auto tape shows conversation between the coast guard and captain reveals he is safely aboard a rescue boat while the rest of the crew and passengers they are struggling to escape. the search continues today. and according to government survey, more than 2/3 of milk sold in india is contaminated and may be unsafe to drink.

among the substances found were milk powder fat, glucose and water and a few other surprise detergeent and hydrogen peroxide and a substance found in fertilizer and urine and the government is pledging to do something about the findings. and sean penn named him ambassador at large in haiti. he's been helping with relief since the earthquake devastated the condition dry -- country two years ago. families got a surprise when they bought what they thought were ipad two 2 but got modeling may. they bought them with cash replaced them with clay and returned them. the customers bought the fakes and as many as 10 surfaced in stores including the best buys in van the-- in the vancouver

area. some state cost cutting measures are on the table as the governor releases the budget plan. what that means for your wallet. >> reporter: and the search is on for the people who kept 40 dead animals in their home. i am linda so where the home is located and what kind of animals were found. and he admitted to killing his father but this morning the growing effort to support a suspected teen murderer. all the stories straight ahead on this wednesday, january 18th. good morning. i am charley crowson. let's head over to lynette charles to check the forecast because things are a little bit windy. >> you got that right. it's blustery out there. we are going to be seeing that. a cold front is pushing through the area. behind it we are feeling it. check out headlines for today. we are on a roller coaster ride. tumbling temperatures and cold and windy and milder temperatures are not far away. that's good news if you like milder temperatures and we might see a within theory mix for rain. in the meantime, let's talk about what we have right now

into woodbine. temperatures around 38 and yes, this is above average this morning but that wind chill is 30 to 34 with the winds blowing in here out of the northwest now at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. and as we go through the rest of today, we are going to see temperatures a little bit better. i will show you that in a second. but maryland's most powerful radar not too bad. see we are dry around here. and we are going to be clearing things out as high pressure builds in and on the backside of the system, still dealing with flurries especially around pennsylvania into west virginia as well. and this is what we look like going throughout the day. still breezy and very chilly by 4 p.m. with the temperatures coming in at 37 degrees. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: and good morning to you on the roads right now. we are dealing with windy conditions and wind warnings in effect on the key bridge and bay bridge and for those of you traveling in myersville. police are directing traffic around a tree that's falling onsouthbound lanes of wolf field road at meeting house road. elsewhere et