mainly to the south of baltimore we see heavier rain pushing in around the eastern shore. we are dealing with patchy fog across the area as well. look at the oranges we are seeing. it's coming down pretty heavy and around grayson -- graysonville and centerville. have the rain gear and make sure the kids have the umbrella as they head to the bus stop. i will have the bus stop forecast coming up. now let's check your traffic. good morning angela how is it looking outside. >> reporter: good morning. not looking too bad but as you mentioned, the possible hazards for those to and from the eastern shore. you may have low visibility and possibly wet roads. so extra caution and a little travel time extra travel time if you can this morning. here's a live look at u.s. 50 and sandy point. abe ware of the areas of patchy fog and even with the possible hazards, i-97 continues to run well from 50. as we look live at i-97 making your way through the glen burnie region, heading north

all the way up to 695 no reported troubles there. keep in mind you can avoid the possible road conditions by taking mta this morning. that's a good idea. the rails and buses are without delay this morning. megan, over to you. >> news time 5:31. an annapolis man accused in a hazing scheme is due in court today. we have been following story for months, and linda so is -- following the story for months and linda so is here whenw what's happening. >> reporter: we learned at 8:45 tommy clack will go on trial in glen bernie. he is tried on three criminal cases. clack was a no show in court yesterday at a hearing brought by the attorney general's office. the agency claims clack was operating a paving business without a license for 284 days in maryland. he is accused of offering no estimates or low balling customers and then overcharging them. the state says at least 16 people were hit in the scheme some charged as much as 20 to $30,000.

>> very loudly i said this cannot be. well it's the first time mr. clack stopped talking. >> reporter: if clack doesn't show up in court today, the case will move on without him. and an administrative hearing judge will hear the case and issue a decision in the future. trial is set to begin at 8:45 this morning. linda so, abc2 news. the man who plead guilty to -- pleaded guilty to killing a cat and beating another is in jail. ethan was sentenced to 36 months with all but three months suspend. the judge called him arrogant and says he doesn't care about anyone but himself. court papers show he is suspected of killing 5 other animals. and later today, lawmakers will look closer at ways to better protect you and your family when it comes to identity theft. hearing comes on the heels of an abc2 news investigation into mistakes. head of social security administration is called to the hearing to address better ways to protect people from being presumed dead.

and also prevent identity thieves from profiting off the information of children who have died. news time 5:33. in health news, abc2 is working for you to make sure the doctors who take care of you are up to the job. and tonight joce sterman tackles part two of a three- part series we are calling bad medicine. >> reporter: it tack a tragedy to get a family to ask those -- tragedy -- took a tragedy to get a family to ask those questions. in the years after a more's death, they learned -- after a death, they learned shocking information. we introduce you to the andan family dealing -- hannan family dealing with heartache. janet died after her surgery but it tox years for the doctor that operate on her to be disciplined by the maryland board of physicians. >> you know time passes and you

heal a little bit. and you know, things start to become a distant memory and then five years later you get the think from the physicians. >> reporter: as we explained last night, lags if displan by the board put them in limbo for more than five years. but their case is not an exception. as part of the abc2 news investigation, we have uncovered dozens of cases where doctor discipline was delayed big time. tonight, we will explain how doctors facing serious allegations for everything from sexual misconduct to drug abuse even playing a role in the deaths of patients, the doctors are allowed to continue to practice for months even years. that's tonight at 11 on abc2. i am joce sterman, abc2 news. a protein in the brain accumulates and people with alzheimer's shows it may affect the brain performance for melty adults as -- healthy adults as well. they stud gid it in people between 30 and 89 and results

show the amounts is is the brain increase with age and about 20% of adults age 60 and old her significantly elevated levels. some health official say brain imaging may be used more often to diagnose the changes in the brain and they will get to it earlier in life. news around nation, the special needs teacher in florida could lose her job for allegedly using hot sauce to keep her students in line. you see the students apparently kept putting crayons in their mouth and the teacher is accused of pouring hot sauce on the crayons to stop the behavior. when district official found out about this, she was suspended. the superintendent requesting she be fired. police in green bay, wisconsin are turning to inmatesin hopes of getting much needed help solving homicides and missing person cases. the detectives hope by putting the information on a special set of playing cards that inmates will start conversations about pictures of the cards. the cards will not only have a picture but a description of the crime. the sheriff's department has requested that the cards be

used after learning decks like these had led to actual convictions in other parts of the country. a florida naval officer wanted to surprise his wife. she is pregnant and they are the ones that got a real surprise. just hours after arriving home, his wife started to have constackss. she was -- contractions. she was rushed to the car but the baby wouldn't help. melee may is 7 pounds and 15 ounces 19 inches long with a full head of hair and neck named garden street because it was under that exit sign that she was born. >> it was one of the most anticipated stock offerings in years. up next, learn how valuable facebook could be for investors. and also ahead this morning, be careful what you wish for with the mild winter temperatures, it could reek havoc on allergies. first, let's go up to new york and look at this morning's tech bites.

>> reporter: microsoft slams google privacy policies. they are running ads that say the privacy guidelines don't benefit users and provide data for advertisers. and it suggest using the hot mail and binge services instead. tar wars the old republic video game is off to a goo starred. 2 million copies have been sold -- good start. 2 million copies have been sold. many are on free trial so it's not certain it will be profitable. the nfl is use being social media to help 150,000 fans expected in ina list. the first -- indianapolis. first ever social media command center is monitoring 300 key words on twitter, facebook and other sites. they are ready to answer questions such as where to eat and which parking garages have spaces available. those are the tech bites and i am rob nelson.

now "good morning maryland." so welcome back. warm temperatures in the 60sfor the second consecutive day and temperatures could mean bad news for the flowers in your garden and those of you who have allergic reactions to things like pollen and mold and things like that. some flowers are coming to life earlier than usual, a month earlier to be exact and if temperatures stay warm for a week, will see it bloom and that could be bad for flower lovers. >> you will start to see the buds com and it's going to get -- come up and it's going to get cold. so you may have less flowers this spring than normally. >> temperatures could mean an early start to allergy season that means prolonged agony for those who suffer from allergies of the polens and molds. it's beautiful but there is

adown side to it. nature is served by cold temperatures isn't it? >> exactly. there's a down side to it. but we are having some good news this morning. maybe the rain can wash out the pollen helping with the allergies and temperatures will be dropping off today. yes we will be above average but we will be into the 50s and dropping into the 40s where we should be as we go through time. but, maryland's most powerful radar right now showing the rain mainly to the south of baltimore right now. we have heavier rain pushing up in centerville and another round in rock hall. they got doused this morning with heavier rain and looks like they are doing that as we go through the morning. we will get another break but right now, greensboro in on the heavier rain. and denton and goldboro and henderson, so caroline county yes you getting pounded as of now. and we will start to see improving conditions. we are watching fog this morning. we have reduced visibility into easton and also dc and hagerstown. let's check your traffic good morning angela how is it

looking out there because we have the fog and we have the rain. a doocy. >> reporter: a double -- doozy. >> reporter: yes, fog and rain. we are getting reports of on and on pocket delays. getting reports of delays around the beltway right now. and an incident for those of you traveling northbound 895 as you approach the bw parkway. the car has been moved off to the left. but attracting some attention. let's get a live view of traffic flow on the harrisburg expressway. nothing to report here. we are good to go but if you are traveling on the west side of 695, this is liberty road on the left side of the screen. you are seeing heavy traffic on that west side. maryland state police say lanes are open but early congestion from this point to baltimore national pike. the superbowl days away. indianapolis they are bracing for a lot of fans. >> they are coming in by the droves. how they are welcoming thousands arriving at the airports and that came in yesterday and expected throughout the weekend. and the first lady

continues the west coast tour where she is appearing later on today promoting her let's move campaign when good morning maryland continues as we head to break. we will look live outside. we are looking at picture of downtown baltimore. ri's 49 degrees and we will look at what the rest of the weather looks like for the weekend when we come back.

there's new information about the proposed move of a entire grade level of students right out of a brand new school ed by -- brand new school building. sherrie johnson will explain as baltimore county school official review all their options. what's going on. >> reporter: right now, parents are so upset about this proposed change. school officialed brought in another public meeting that's scheduled for next week to talk about the plan. we are in front of the ridgeruxton school building. it's about 30 feet or so away from the other school west towson elementary. and this fall, baltimore county school officials want the move the fourth grade class from west towson into the ridge

ruxton school building. west towson opened in the fall of 2010. it's overcrowded. and parents from ridge ruxton a school for children with special needs are concerned about the impact on that school. school official say a larger multistoreied building would not have been possible. >> our littlest and youngest student need to evacuate in an emergency and having a multistory structure presents a challenge sometimes. >> reporter: so again, there will be be a immediate -- meeting scheduled for next week to talk about the proposed changes. and also we are told by school officials there's another proposed school to be built in the timonium area to alleviate overcrowding. but there's no timeline when it would be built. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> and in other news the house passed a bill to freeze the wages of federal workers for a third year. it would also not allow members of congress to give themselves a raise. keep that in mind because they

always seem to get a raise. now the measure would save taxpayers around 26 billion dollars. democrats objected to the freeze and they argued federal workers have done their part to reduce the budget deficits and in the 2013 proposal the president is expected to propose a 5% hike in federal wages. and baltimore based company could be getting a lot of money. they have a huge stake in facebook. facebook filed papeers were the goal of raising 5 billion dollars in public stock sale that could come as soon as may. t rowe price has investment. this sunday will be the 46th time don has been to the superbowl. he's the founding member of i never missed a superbowl club and has been going to the games since 1967 and he plans ongoing until at least superbowl 50. >> i walked to the wal-mart and

20 people come up and shake my hand and say you know you going to make it this year. >> well, if he looks familiar you may have seen him in a visa credit card commercial that ran last year. and as you can tell by his hat, he's a patriots fan. we know who he is root fog this year. -- rooting for this year. if you are going to the superbowl, you are lucky but the droves of fans created a traffic jam. indianapolis airport ispeople preparing for nearly 14,000 pass diswroars arrive today -- is preparing for nearly 14,000 passengers to arrive today and it's about 4,000 people the airport traditionally sees. the latest video of new england and patriots preparing for the game. they practiced in indiana. they are getting ready for superbowl xlvi and it's a remark of a few years ago.

the giants are in indy practicing at the university ofindianapolis' facility getting ready seeing if they can take down the patriots again in the superbowl. i hear the details as you man your sunday afternoon the giantswill take on patriots 6:30 kick off from lucas oil stadium. madonna is doing the halftime show. and mia and nicky minag. >> he just lost the cool car. >> i never had one. kelly clarkson will sing the national anthem and hope she belts it out better than stephen tyler did during the afc title game. nbc carries the superbowl and rotate between networks every year. >> what about snacks for superbowl is there one thing you will eat. >> i love chicken wings but if i am at home i like to cook chili. that's always good for the game. >> speaking of chili i have a recipe that would kill your mamma it's so good. it's so good. >> i love my mom. >> i found it you guys.

>> how about this. it's never too early for chili friday let's do it. >> i have not a cook and that's why you would be impressed. >> chili weather. >> it's not. good segueway. >> superbowl? >> yeah. >> mcdonald's. >> no we are not talking about mcdonald's. okay. so, yes, chilly weather. not so bad but outside but as you go to the bus stop this morning, temperatures are above average. we are not dealing with 50s like yesterday. we are in the 40s and we have some rain showers out there. so you will need to have that rain gear for your kids this morning. the winds kind of calm out of the north at 5 miles an hour. on the light side. that will not be the scenario going throughout the day. the wind won't get gusty like yesterday. satellite and radar picking up on the rain pushing through the area right now. heavy in some spots and we will get a break behind that. we will see a second round of rain moving in here as we go into the afternoon. it will be all done. there's the culprit, the cold front and area of low pressureriding along. future trend picking up on the

fact we will clear out nicely as we go through the afternoon into tomorrow. oh, friday is going to be gorge wows plenty of sunshine out -- gorgeous with plenty of sunshine out there. 55 degrees for today. not so bad. but cooler than yesterday. and by tonight, the temperature coming in 32 degrees. it will be chilly, clearing skies, and tomorrow's temperatures 50. mostly sunny and we will be above average once again. and here's a check of the 7-day forecast for you. because we will be 48 on saturday and sunday and 45 degrees not so bad. as we head into next week we are looking pretty good angela in terms of plenty of sunshine. but we will have wet weather in the forecast for today. tell butts roads. >> reporter: well, the roads are still in good shape. let's keep our fingers crossed, we are doing good. we want to update an earlier incident we had. a road crew was on 95 causing slow traffic at maryland 222. they are out of your way. good to go north and southbound 95 coming from the cecil county area through harford county. for those of you making the

drive south of the city, traveling from i-70 on 29, not going to have troubles to report making your way through the clarksville region. we are seeing heavy traffic on the west side of 695. here's a live look in catonsville passing wilkins avenue making your drive to i- 95 on the southwest side. remember to follow us on twit they are morning. we are at maryland traffic. megan and charley, over to you. day after learning a possible threat to the u.s. from iran, new information could surface today. stay with us this morning, the hearing is coming from capitol hill on state of national security. and a big day for the giant rats. yes, they are rodents. >> so much cuter than a rat. >> groundhog day. two well-known rodents in the spotlight forecasting your winter weather as good morningmaryland continues.

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all right. today is the big day for a few of our furry friends it's groundhog day. that is a rat. >> no way. >> we will wait to see if punxsatawney and pi tomeic phil emerge from the holes -- pi tomeic phil and -- potomac phil emerge and see their shadows. house intelligence committee will hear testimony

on threats against the u.s. and as part of a annual hearing, witnesses include high ranking intelligence officers a day after the cia issued a report identifying iran as possible threat for attacks. and lawyers for major nadal hassan -- first lady continues her tour through tense ill town and michelle obama will appear as a guest on the ellen degeneres show. she has been on the west coast swing touting her let's move campaign. for some kids, going to bed is a huge battle with the parents. >> is it? >> for us not so much yet. i imagine it will be. >> all right. coming up, we will look at things parents can do to get the little ones to nod off to sleep. and the new faa rules that should help ease pilot fatigue in the cockpit. and a party for one of

man's best friends who was given so many years to loyal service. you don't want to miss this story. it's one we will talk about the rest of the day. that's coming in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland "on and lynette has the forecast and angela has the traffic and we are back in a bit.

you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." well, it's getting ugly. comb n's decision to cut -- comb n's decision to cut funding to -- komen's decision to cut funding to planned parenthood. our state comptroller taking financial responsibility to the students in maryland. those stories ahead. thanks for joining us. i am megan pringle. >>