you're watching the station that works for you "good morning moiled at 4 chn 30. today we hear from governor o'malley who will update us on the state of maryland. if you are taking birth control, a major recall. the pills you are taking may not work. >> if i can do it, they can do it. and i am only a--- 5-2. >> not just for the fellas anymore. more and more women are taking on jobs traditionally held by men. we will tell you more about that. good morning. i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. she is back. megan joins us after a hiatus. you came about a two babies more. >> i was thrilled to see my key works this morning to get into the door. yes. thanks for having me back. >> glad to have you back. how are things going. >> great. great. the best thing that ever happened to me. they bring us so much joy. nola jane and jordan rose there they are.

>> which is which. i see them in different color dip inerts one in the -- diapers. >> the one in the rain spirit with the touch is jordan and nola over there on the other side is our -- she is the most cop tent sweet smiley baby. that's them at night and how they sleep together and jordan is a ball of energy and the wild child. she is looking around and curious and they are the most amazing sweet babies and i feel like the will you by -- luckiest perp on earth. >> we will spend the morning catching up with you. but first a check of the forecast and say hello, to meteorologist lynette charles. >> megan. so good to see you. >> i am so happy to see you. >> and you look fabulous and the babies are so cute. >> thank you. >> let's go february for you as well because you came back in february. so we still are on a he seasonably mild for today. we have a few showers in the forecast.

cooling down and then we have 50-50 for the weekend. we will see rain and stay dry for a part of the weekend. but speaking of the rape, dealing with it this morning. we have a couple showers trying to push in across the area as of now woodsboro is getting in on that action along i-70. we are seeing some pushover the bay but we are talking about temperatures that are mild. we will see the temperatures warm up this afternoon. i have that for you. but let's head over to angela with a check of your traffic good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are off to a pretty quiet start. we have a couple things to watchfor. anne arundel county 1 # 0 right north -- 170, right northboundlane is occupied with the department of transportation crew. county police say things are looking good. over in howard county, as we get a live look at u.s. 29. no work zones on 29. it's clear for your early morning drive and here's view of u.s. 50 at kent narrows

bridge. no distractions east or westbound approaching the bay bridge. now over to megan. good morning and welcome back. >> jobs, taxes same sex marriage are important issues to marylanders and will be addressed this noon. governor o'malley gives us the preview. >> reporter: today all eyes will be annapolis and the -- as the governor updates us as noon. we have been monitoring facebook and twitter and we found this picture on governor's website. the governor's adviser reviewing the speech with o'malley's son. he will discuss how there's nothing more important than security and a job. together we created over 30 a,000 new jobs driving the unemployment rate to 6.7% the

low nest three years. the agenda includes capital programs to support 52,000 jobs civil marriage protection act of 2012 and creation of maryland invasion innovative and legislation to promote affordable health care. governor o'malley wants to hear from you and people can can view hess address streamed live and again the governor will give the annual state of the state address at noon to the general assembly. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. as the governor puts the finishing touches on the state of the state, he is trying to get same sex marriage passed here in maryland. >> it's not right and it's not just that the children of gay couples should have lesser protections than the children of other families in our state. >> i have no problem with civil unions. i have the problem with the word marriage. marriage the bible is right marriage is between one man and one woman. >> members of the state senate committee got the first official look at the same sex marriage bill. each side got about two

thundershowers prent present its came -- present its case and the governor framed the issue as fairness. the senate chitee should take its vote later this week. today a fight over same sex marriage when it comes to veterans. there will be a news conference challenge the federal policy denying equal veterans to -- benefits for veterans. the safety coalition will hold a news conference on opossession bigger and heavier trucks bills in cop gres. one provision is stirring controversy allowing states to let trucks up weighing up to # 26,000 pounds to go 25 miles. ladies there's an important recall linda so is is here with all the details this morning. >> reporter: the pills are recalled because of a pack

a.m.ing error that might cause accidentally pregnanty affecting a million packages in the u.s. pills may not contain enoughcontraceptive to prevent pregnancy. it doesn't pose a health threat but if you are affected by the recall begin using a nonhormonal version of the perception. here are the -- pills. the pills are manufactured by pfizer and marketed by a pharmaceutical company. we have a link to the lot numbers that are part of the many. you can find that the -- recall. you can find that on abc2news.com. we learned overnight retired cardinal act has died. the 88-year-old served as head of the archdiocese of philadelphia for 15 years criticized but never charged by

two grand juries investigated child sex abuse within the catholic church. we are learning more about a warning when it comes to the irs. they are crack being -- what they are crackdown on. and also ahead, fighting the common cancer. the fear some americans may not be getting screened enough. it's 4:47 as we head to break this morning. a live picture -- 37 as we head to break this morning. a live picture of the white house. lynette will tell us what to expect weather wise. thanks for watching, good morning maryland.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. and welcome back on this wednesday morning. welcoming back megan pringleagain. more photos and lynette joining us. >> i missed you so much. >> i missed you guys as well. >> you look fabulous and you babies are so cute. >> thank you so much. i have to agree. i was saying during the commercial break i could eat their faces. they are the sweetest.

this is nola jane karlin. she is always like that. that's not you know a photo opportunity miracle. this baby is the sweetest most content smiley baby and smiles in her sleep. >> i want to get to this one. you are telling tales about jordan. >> jordan rose is the most amazing little girl because she is -- i am amazed when i go there and peek at them in the crib she is still in the crib because i could see her crawling out. she is so strong and so curious about everything and is always looking around. and i always say nola is sweet and jordan makes you work for it a little bit. >> 12 weeks old. >> 12 weeks old. >> and she will be driving soon. >> i feel like that's the case. i can't believe they are 12 weeks. it's to get rid of the newborn clothes and it was breaking my heart. >> already. >> they are growing. >> they are lucky to have you as mom for sure. >> thank you. we are talking about temperatures, and you know,

what it's not so bad. we are at 51 in manchester. welcome back to that. 53 in arnold and good morning towson at 43. bel air right around 45 and 50s in chestertown andcenterville. so you don't need the heavy -- real heavy coat but grab the abegear because -- grab the rain gear because we can see showers heading around tawnytown and woodsboro and walkersville and also heading over along the eastern shore around greensboro and denton we will see showers this morning. i am going to tell you when the heaviest stuff gets here. you have to stick around for that. let's check the traffic with angela. how is it looking now? >> reporter: well, we are mainly dealing with just overnight work zones to watch for. no early accidents reported to slow you down. as a matter of fact, how to check some of the major routes on the harrisburg expressway heading out to i-83. should be a great southbound drive for you especially coming through the sparks linko area and here's a live view of the

harrisburg express weigh through cockeysville. it should be trouble free and heading towards the top side of 695, a live view. of -- live view of i-83 and the north side. she says not enough americans are being screened for colon breast and cervical cancer. 72% of women were being screened for 72 -- best cranser below the -- breast cancer below the target of 83%. the same year 83% were screen. so more than half a americans were screened for colon cancer well below the target of 70%. you want a good paying job? we have one coming up. training some ladies are going through in an effort to make more than $10 an hour. also, a baby was coming and there was no doctor to helpch the dispatcher who -- help. the dispatcher who became dr. oz over the phone.

that's straight ahead. 56 degrees outside, 4:43. good morning, maryland.

15 minutes away from five this morning. five things to know before you go. there will be a free screening on foreclosure fill many tonight at 6 -- film tonight at 6 p.m. it provides a look at financial fraud that did damage to cause a crisis. president obama is scheduled to speak at james lee community center in falls church, virginia on the economy. he is expected to tell parts of the housing plan. mitt romney won florida last night and overnight women abandoned newt gingrich and romney picked you up older and hispanic voters. commemorating the 100 birthday of the girl scouts of the usa today.

pelosi will highlight the strong women. black history month begins today and it's also the anniversary of when four african american students staged a sit-in in 1960 after being denied service at a lunp counter. time for news -- lunch counter. time for news around the nation. in one texas city, the bars wants the school to now stay out. there are plans to build a charter school in dallas. nearly 30 bars and nightclub owners joined forces to put a stop to the plans. >> why you would pick it where you have nine different bars doesn't make sense to a me. >> as you expected, it's a catch. according to the dallas city code a. bar or nightclub can't operate within 300 feet of a school unless the bar was there first. but the bar owners still feel they will eventually be moving out. and police in new york found 800 marijuana plants growing inside a building in the bronx. apparently a floor of a 5-story building was dedicated to

growing weed. so, some of the plants found this week were 7 feet tall and police have arrested three people. 4:47a new program is helping women find work. work that many consider to be geared towards men. they are training for a program in california and they are carrying 50 pound buckets of cement upstairs without breaking their backs. and they are doing lungs a10- week program. the benefits can pay off. and studies show ironworkers nearly all men make on average 23 bucks an hour. waitresses on the other hand they make around 10 dollars an hour. >> at the end of day, you are dirty and sweating and don't smell the greatest. and that's fine with me. >> gender equality is advancing in other places of work as well. a quarter of ceos are women. ironworkers, well, still less than 1% are women. quick thinking 911 operators talked a couple through a home birth that happened in florida. the couple planned for the birth to be at the hospk the mo

started to have contractions while at work. she went to the hospital but doctors say she was not dialated enough. they sent her home. hours later, the pain continued. that's when her water broke. >> what do i do. >> wrap the baby up in a towel okay. baby is crying good. you did good. >> oh. >> you did good. congratulationses. >> she did do good because thebaby was 6 pounds 8 ounces. >> get out of the car. >> south side of new jersey the actions of two police officers during a dramatic rescue. the officers struggled against flames and heat to save a drivertrapped inside a burning car. this is monday night. they forced open a door, dragged the driver out. and the officers were not hurt, the driver suffered from smoke inhalation. the man accused -- accusing

-- bobby davis says several people knew about the relationship including coach fine. the university fired fine amid allegation of sexual ep counters with former ball boys. the federal government sent a warning to those who fraudulently file tore tax refunds. 10 5 people were arrested in 23 straits from alaska to florida. applications for phoney tax refunds are now a growing problem. occupy protesters have been working to get out of jail in miami, florida. police forced the group to leave the four month encampment. most protesters left without incident but three people were arrested after staying and locking arms. they were ordered by county officials to vacate the park because of unsanitary conditions. 4:49. several reports say facebook may file for an initial public

offering as early as today. the company is expected to sell stock on the open market. in what will be the most tacked about initial public offering since googel in 2004. economist anticipate a twist perhaps a provision for the 800 million users of facebook. a 5-year-old girl in eastern ohio is teaching a lot of people about the value of giving. she asked everyone who attended her birthday party not to bring her a gift but collected donations for the rich center for autism will nearly $400 was raised in addition to supplies and toys. the girl's mothers says she has so many gifts that this was a way to give back to those who don't have much. >> we wanted her to understand that there are kids that need it more than she does and we wanted to donate to something. >> the girl's birthday grandmother is the cofound other of the rich center. flowers are blooming and the sun will be out in about two hours and by the way, it is

february. it's february 1st. doesn't feel like it, though. this is what it looks like in washington. temperatures there in the 60s. people enjoyed wonings along the -- walks along the potomac and looking forward to summer. hard to believe. and speaking of summer, how is this? a beach party in february in the midwest. crews were trucking in 700 tons of sand this week in preparation for amateur football. >> all right. >> on saturday. >> now the biggest starts of entertainment and explores take part. it will take place inside a airplane hangar in indianapolis, the site of superbowl xlvi. weather is really a big story around here. and it feels like may lynette. >> i know. i know. and yesterday, we came in at 66 degrees. the record high was 69. so we were close to that. today i am forecasting 67. i don't think we will get close to the record set in 2002 which was 75.

so, still quite mild out there. satellite and radar picking up on rain showers this morning, though. we can see more concentrated rain up in pennsylvania at this time. but we are getting a couple scattered showers that will be the scenario going through the rest of the afternoon. but all in all, it's going to be a pretty good day especially if you like the warmer or milder air. because we can see on the weather pattern we are trapped in the middle of it. we will have a cold front push through overnight. and that is when the temperatures will drop. but i am talking about dropping temperatures 5 # degrees for tomorrow. yes, we are still well above -- 52 degrees form tomorrow -- for tomorrow. yes, we are still above average. and the temperatures are just not dropping. as we look at future trend, we can see we will have a chance for more showers to pop up as we go through the rest of the morning and maybe even into the afternoon. but we will get some sunshine in here as well. so, don't think today is going to be all dreary and wet. that's not the case. but i do need you to bring the rain gear. looking at future trend, this is when the bulk of the action

will get here. tomorrow morning at 4, so maybe around rush hour a little bit still on the dicey side. take it easy out there. but then we have improving conditions. we will see plenty of sunshine going into your friday. the start of the weekend for a lot of people. today, though, there's the temperature coming in right around 67. mostly cloudy and mild with showers. let's check the traffic now with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. off to an excellent start for your wednesday drive out there today. checked in with state highway officials and even though we have overnight work crews on 95 and 895 at the tunnels, no delays. traffic is moving pretty well a nice easy ride on i-70 coming in from marriottsville eastbound to u.s. 29 where we will still -- where we are still not seeing anything out of the ordinary north or southbound on 29. i-95 has traffic moving well through rosedale. looking north of white marsh boulevard, it's open to the -- can be open to the top side of the beltway. at 11 we will show you the

results of an abc2 investigation called bad medicine. meet a family whose mother died after having plastic surgery and with surgery she was having to prepare for her son's wedding. her story is the beginning of what we uncovered about some doctors. joce sterman's investigation begins here at liven on abc2. we want to welcome back megan -- live at abc2. >> bewant to well you -- we want to welcome back megan and we have photos. >> they are cute. oh. my wonderful husband is such a good dad. so there he is. nolan jane and jordan rose.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> what is this? >> what do you know about this. >> tensions are mounting in senegal as you can see 10,000

people gathered tuesday for a rally that turned violent. people say the riots left one person dead protesters want the president to resign. young men began burning fires and throwing stones at riot police. a warning about iran this morning coming from the cia. officials say that iran is stepping up spying and is now more determined than ever to launch an attack on u.s. soil. the cia points to specificallylast year's plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador in the nation's capital. plastic surgery in venezuela has seen a increase in the number of women having breast implants removed. many say they are worried about the faulty silicone implants made by a french company. in some instances they were filled with industrial grade silicone and they have split over. sean penn is ambassador at large for haiti in recognition of his humanitarian work since 2010 earthquake. he received the honor from the haiti's president at special

ceremony tuesday. he will oversee a settlement camp where thousands of people were displaced following disaster. i am sherrie johnon with a pre-- johnson with a preview of what the governor will say in his state of the state address. mitt romney follows up a double digit loss to a route of his own in florida a recap coming up. and ladies, a popular brand of birth control pills is recalled. i am linda so. why taking the pills could lead to accidental -- accidental pregnancy. good morning. it's wednesday, february 1st. i am charley crowson you remember this young lady megan pringle back. >> thanks for having me back. >> all right. >> it never has been so hard to leave the house. >> the babies are 12 weeks and you've been gone since september how have things been? >> it's been wild and the most exciting, beautiful exhausting and scary roller coaster i've been on but i am thrilled to be

back. i was stalling to leave the house this morning because they are so cute. tough to leave them but good to be back. >> we will have photos coming up in a bit. but first lynette with the forecast. it's been like may outside. >> gorgeous. i love it. >> thanks. just for you. all for you. >> thank you. >> hopefully you got out yesterday as well. today, this morning, yes, we are dealing with showers out there. but, we will start to see improving conditions but before you leave the house this morning, you are going to need the umbrella especially around tawnytown. you will see steadier rain moving in. more in thurmont and walkersville. along i-70 we are getting wet. and we have wet weather in da mack cuss along i-270. more of the same in gaithersburg and then the last stop on the radar towards this morning around white oak heavier rain in the yellows and silver spring and d.c. getting in on the action. temperature wise throughout the day. we are going to soar once again because we are starting out on the mild side. the temperatures are in the 50s. i am