you are watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." ballet for the gop -- the battle for the gop nomination heats up on the way to florida. pipotal turn that could come. and major gang sweeping colorado turnsp members of a motorcycle club and the cost of doing business at u.s. postal service is going up. how much you can pay. details coming up on this monday january 23rd good morning. i am charley crowson. thanks so much for joining us. and many of you weighing in on facebook this morning about your thoughts of steven tyler and national anthem. good morning to allen who is wake up with us who says whose die idea was it and fran is so nice to say i love steven tyler but didn't love the performance. keep the thoughts coming in to us. the official abc2 news facebook fan page now over to lynette

with a check of the forecast. >> all right. let's get it done because we are dealing with icy conditions this morning. that's for sure. we have a freezing rain advisory in effect and also dealing with patchy fog this morning that will continue as we go through the evening. we have rain showers moving in here. and finally we will have thereturning because it's a bloom and doom day for the most part for today. warming back up as well as we go into tomorrow. so, as you check out what's going on in terms of the freezing rain advisories in effect until 11 a.m. and you can see it for all the areas here shaded in purple many eastern shore are not under that advisory because your temperatures are above freezing. so that's good news you don't have to deal with the slick roadways a lot of people will be dealing with today. we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar and things are dry. but don't let this fool you. because as we go into the afternoon we will see some more rain pushing into the area. let's traffic with and l.a. >> reporter: we are dealing with icy conditions for the

monday morning drive and as far as incidents go, clear the accidentat president's street but another location of fire activity in the city. fulton at pratt street is closed with fire activity. you may want to use mount streetwhich is a good alternate. now on i-95. we are getting reports of off and on mild congestion on 95 south of maryland 175 getting to the capital belt we. no trouble getting into downtown on i-95. from the beltway inbound to 395 all lanes moving without delays. over to you. tens of thousands of americans across the country will gather for the largest celebration of education reform. national school choice week kicks off this week. and education reporter sherrie johnson is here with a preview. >> reporter: well, activists across the country are gathering to demand education reform here in maryland and across the country. and today kicks off national school choice week with events in all 50 states and andth vice

president of national school choice week joins us with more on this issue and andrew thanks for being here. tell us about the goal of national choice school week. >> well, thanks for having me. and the goal of national school choice week is to shine a spotlight on the need to empower parents to select better schools for their kid. better public schools, private schools virtual schools and home schools and doesn't matter what the deliveriy mechanism we want every child to go to a good school. >> reporter: can we talk about why it's necessary. >> it's absolutely necessary because across the country, every 26 seconds, another child drops out of an american public school. that is 1.2 million dropouts a year. in baltimore alone, 90% of kids -- 90% of schools fail to meet

federal standard for being a dem being achievement. that's not good news for maryland or the country. >> reporter: thank you so much for joining thus morning. we appreciate you talking to us a little more about this issue. charley, over to you. >> tonight republican presidential candidates will face-off for the 18th major debate in tampa. so far there's been three contests with three different winners. rick santorum won in iowa mitt romney in massachusetts and dan rather says the balance battle in florida is about to get nasty. >> you do well in the two debates and he needs to really rip into newt gingrich i think the race in florida will be ugly enough to choke a vulture. >> being kind i am sure. florida primary will be on january 31st. checking headlines from around the nation, the man accused of murder three of jennifer hudson's family

members will go on trial in april. in october 2008 he allegedly shot and killed her mother and brother inside their chicago home. three days later the body of her 7-year-old nephew was found. he is the estranged husband of hudson's sister. we may find out what caused a two alarm fire in massachusetts that broke out sunday morning. seven boston university students lived in the house and they will need a new place to live now. fire officials say two residents jumped from the second floor window to escape the flames and one victim was critically injured. major recall to tell you about involving a popular car. what is forcing keya to recall almost 150,000 of its cars. and the look of the modern family changing in america? we are not talking about the abc show but what it looks like in your house and what a new study suggest. all that straight ahead when "good morning maryland" continues. thank you for starting your day off with us. start with the essentials.

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and welcome back. we start with the consumer alert. keya recalling close to 150,000 of the vehicles. the national highway traffic safety administration says the recall affects 2006 through model year 08 keya on the mas and -- optimas and rondo. official say a spring system is wearing out causing the driver's side air bag to not deploy properly in crash. keya says they haven't had reports of injuries and ownerscan have the problem fixed free of charge at a dealership. in the tough economic times, more kids are now staying with their parents. and in fact, it's estimated more than 51 nillion americans are now living in homes with more than 2 generations. take this family in minnesota.

seven members of the family ages 5 to 85 all under one roof. this arrangement used to be normal in the times of the great depression. but it's become normal today. >> you've got someone if you need someone to depend on if you need it. >> one survey found 82% of adults living in multigenerational householdsfelt overall, it enhanded the family bond. still much more to come this morning. abc2 news to go is straight ahead. corinne. >> reporter: superbowl nowhere in sight for the ravens. i am corinne redman live in towson and i will have -- towson and i will have live reaction from friend. and gabrielle giffords makes a big aa nounsment. -- announcement. we are dealing with ice and fog but much drier air and warmer air is on the way. i will have the details coming up. >> reporter: and on the roadways, we are dealing with icy conditions and here's a live look at harrisburg he can

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news time 6:4478 i am charley crowson. monday, january 23rd and we have a lot to get to on this monday morning. and we imine with breaking news. a house fire now forcing three people to jump to safety this morning-- we get with -- begin with breaking news. a house fire now forcing three people to jump to safety this morning. three people have been taken to the hospital a two-year-old child and two adult women reports say one the women had to jump from the second floor window. this is the photo sent into the abc2 newsroom. crews are on the scene. and again three people taken to the hospital, two women and one child said to be 2 years old. one woman had to jump from the second floor window and abc2 news has crew on the way to the scene and we will have more as the day goes on. chances came during the beginning, middle and end for

the ravens. but, in the nd they couldn't capitalize against the patriots a field goal by kicker billy cundiff cost the team the game and he missed right there wide left. 23-20 the end and cundiff has 15 second remaining and ceiling the ravens fate and leaving the rest of us to wonder what might have been. . >>i got two kid. so i've got some lessons to teach them and first and foremost make sure you stand up and face the music and move on. >> for new england it's the first trip to the superbowl since 2007 and you will recall that was the year of the perfect season that was snapped in superbowl 42 at the hand of the new york giants. disappointment is a understatement for the way ravens fans feel about the game against the patriots. with the team that came up this close to going to superbowl 46. corinne redman is live with

more on the fan reaction and heart break is the best case to -- way to describe it. >> reporter: yet. and that's the headline in the baltimore sun. it says left out but there's a quote in the article that says it could be the most heart break seasons in ravens history. ravens gave it their all and it was a good game but came down to two missed place prays that missed touchdown pass from lee evans and billy cundiff's missed field goal. so we have been talking to fans all morning at the 7-eleven and here's what a few fans had to tell us about yesterday's game. >> every time conneddive comes on the field -- cundiff comes on the field you have to hold yourbreath. i am disappointed in harbaugh. if i was hem i would have went for it on 4th and 1. >> i can't blame one player. >> reporter: there's bright side we didn't make it to the superbowl and we were so close. but the good thing is that

there are a lot of teams that don't get a chance to make it this far and we can say we made it to the playoffs for the past four years and we will be back in the same place this time next year and hopefully we will be at the superbowl next year. reporting live from towson, corinne redman, abc2 news. another harbaugh stayed up all night thinking about his tam's loss. the football giants beat jim harbaugh's 49ers from san francisco 20-17. new york's return to the superbowl this is rematch of superbowl 42 and lawrence tynes hit his 31-yard field goal and this after a must punt on the punt return by san francisco. patriots and giants two weeks from today. or yesterday. superbowl 46, february 6th,6:30 kick o night steven -- kick off. it's not going to be steven tyler singing and madonna will

provide the halftime show entertainment. for the past year, we have watched arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords mace an astounding recovery after -- make an astounding recovery after being shot in the head. she has said she will step down from the congressional duties but not leaving the response to public service. we have or more on what she will focus on. >> reporter: gabrielle giffords announced on the website she will resign from congress this week. she is stepping down to continue recuperation from the brain injury she suffered when she was shot in the head over a year ago. the democratic lawmakers says she doesn't remember much of what happened on that day and thanks the supporters for their prayers. prosecutors accuse 23-year-old jared lee loughner of carrying out the attack that killed 6 people and injured 13 others. he has spent time on suicidewatch while on custody. >> i will step down this week.

i don't remember much. >> i think for her it's personal decision about whether she feels she can do the job up to the standards she holds herself. >> reporter: wu before she leaves she -- before she leaves she plans to finish the event the gunman interrup and will attend the president's state of the union address on tuesday. new this morning, wont to learn more about a gang with ties to maryland has a shakeup. 15 colorado members of the hell's lovers motorcycle gangwere arrested. they were arrested for violent crime. they were form in the chicago in the 1960s and spread to colorado, georgia, maryland tennessee and texas. surprising part is the gang is primarily made up of older men. >> we are not talking about traditional gang violence with younger youth that are from 17

to 24. we are talking about guys some are grandfathers even some of them have different professions. >> federal agents are not saying what they were arrest for --ed but in general they are aassociated with cocaine trafficking and weapons and he can plows griefs penn state is. [audio not understandable] coach joe paterno died sunday at age of 85. thousands turn out for a candlelight vigil on the campus sunday. he garnered 409 wins in 46 seasons and has two national championship. four convicted murderers that received a pardon could have it reversed today. all four were released by haley barbour and the-- governor o'malley will outline his legislative agenda. he is touting what he described as the first tweet up by

maryland governor an in-person gathering with for those normally communicating by twitter. and the cost of u.s. postage has gone up again. it will cost a penny more to mail a letter at locations throughout the u.s. going up from 44 to 45 cents. prices will change for other mailing service including he can press mail and the package and extra services. and you have another dinner option at owings mills. olive garden will open the newest rust rant. and new business creates 175 new jobs and teachers sustainable design elements for lower environmental impact. let's check in with lynette. >> all right. we are dealing with icy spots so we have the a freezing rain advisory in effect until 11 a.m. and this is for all the areas here shaded in the purple. as we look at the eastern shore, the temperatures have been above freezing all morning

and will stay that way into the afternoon. we have rain that's going to be pushing in across the area, some of the rain could make it going later into the morning. have the rain gear with you heading out and about. you can see the line of rain all the way to the north and south and tornadoes into the south yesterday as well i don't believe we will get severe weather but the cold front is going to move through as we go through the overnight. high pressure will build in behind it. so we will be seeing plenty of sunshine in the forecast as we head into tomorrow. but for today, we are looking at the temperature. you can see it's going to go up. we should be at 41 for this time of the year. forecasting around 47. so, icy pots and the big story along with the fog we will get mild going into tomorrow. but tonight not too bad. patchy fog and showers lingering and then this is the forecast for tomorrow. 54 and it will be warmer and thea check of the seven-day forecast.

if you like milder temperatures that's what we are contending with. thursday we can see the temperatures in the mid-40s to 50 degrees new. check of the traffic with angela. >> reporter: thank you. and good morning. we are seeing brake lights on the top side of the beltway. got an accident with police on the scene outer loop approaching falls road. so some slowing there. the fire active on foalon avenue you might want to use mount street as an exit. here's a live look at 695 and baltimore national pike. brake lights as well around the west side outer loop delays starting at 795 and continuing to he hadmon mundsen. >> the house fire forcing several people to jump to safety. it start on fulton avenue near the 300 block and linda so is live now via telephone with more from the scene and linda we understand three people have been hospitalized. >> reporter: three people hospitalized. that's right. we just arrived here on scene and see about 5 fire trucks.

the fire is out and standing outside in front of the row home you can see the exterior ischarred and we have a laddertruck on scene. and a firefighter working out neighbors and we are told from a fire spokesman two adult victims were taken to the hospital in this fire. we have a 45-year-old woman taken to shock trauma. a 21-year-old woman taken to bayview and a 2-year-old child taken to hawkins listed in serious condition. two of the adult victims had to jump to escape. firefighters are on scene. there's five fire trucks and the fire is out but they are going through the building making sure everything is okay. neighbors will be speak to them soon and we just arrived but that's what we have for you here, two adults taken to the hospital. one child taken to the

hospitalch the 2-year-old listed in serious condition. the roads in this area 300 block of south fulton street are blocked off and so, this activity dies down. live in baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >> thanks. and recapping the traffic as what we will deal with angela. there's going to be delays and due tours around this. >> fulton is shut down at pratt street i was very busy area. mount street is a best alternate to get around. >> and recapping maybe after lunch. >> i say so but there could be a little line that get him in here earlier. but the bulk will be in the afternoon. thanks for responding on facebook to the thoughts on steven tyler and his rediecious of the star-spangled banner. -- rendition of the star- spangled been aer. >> what did you think. >> i thought he was making up words. >> have a good morning. we are back in a bit.

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