>> or just hide it under a hat, right? >> yeah. >> that's what's you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland." at 4:30. the trial of a man accused of killing a baltimore county lacrosse player will begin today. how a attorney says the suspect will plead. your reaction from governor o'malley talking what's promising for americans. >> you know what happened? >> gentleman the -- yeah the giants won. newt york giants just won. -- new york giants just won. >> celebration in the big apple as the giants claim the second title in five years but in boston, a much different scene as the city parts of it turn violent. stories straight ahead on this monday. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. hope awed great weekend and

enjoyed the snow. let's go over to meteorologist lynette charles. it was gorgeous. >> i know. we liked it. it came in on saturday afternoon around 4 and got out of here. if you were not awake for the event, when you woke up on sunday, you didn't know what took place. today, we will pick up where we left off on friday. we will see ample sunshine in the forecast for today. unseasonably mild and temperatures will be near 50 and then a wintery mix. yes, another one possible as we move into your wednesday. maryland's most powerful radar is dry as of now and will stay that way as we go into afternoon. but, this morning, we are dealing with a little bit of patchy fog out there. so we have 9 mile visibility into baltimore, 7 into frederick and winchester. easton around 7 mile visibility as of now. make sure to have your low beams on heading out and about this morning. i am going to talk about temperatures. we are cold this morning. stick around for that and let's he check the traffic with angela. how are the roads looking this early. >> reporter: good morning. roads are look pretty good for

the most -- looking pretty good for the most part. overnight activity cleared on 895 southbound at child street. roadways are open and clearing. dealing with overnight maintenance in the tunnel on 895 as well as 95 and speaking of 95, here's live view of 95 for motorists from harford county passing 152 mountain road. and coming from the south on i- 95, a live view of 95 at 395, making your drive into downtown. over to you megan good morning. >> good morning. 4:32. jury selection will begin at 9:30 in the murder truffe of george hugeley charged -- trial of george hugeley charged in the murder -- hugeley charged -- hugeley charged in the murder of yardly love. they are expected to -- yeardley love. they are expected to suggest

she died accidentally. jurors will resume deliberations in the trial of one of two prisoners in the stabbing death of a correctional officer in anne arundel county in the trial of lee stevens. he is accused of 20 a 6 --2006 death at the house of correction in jessup. and today long time political consultant jees julius henson is accused of election fraud, conspiracy to violation election laws and failure to provide a campaign authority line on the election day 2010. thousands of voters received robo calls as marten o'malley swept to a reelection victory. prosecutors say it was designed to suppress black votes and telling them not to worry about voting. maryland superintendent of schools will visit bonnie branch middle school this morning to talk to a kids about money. he wants to make sure that they know how important saving their cash is early on. all 24 local school systems are

implementing certain programs like this to educate children on finances. and new this morning, governor o'malley is depending president obama over the economy. he appeared sunday on cnn and says if you look at president's record, jobs are created. >> i think really, there's one central issue, and that is the economy. and he think the best two indicate -- i think the best two indicators if the economy is becoming better on getting worse is job creation numbers, 23 months in a row now of positive job creation. we haven't done that since 2005 as a country. >> o'malley blamed republicans saying if the gop were not captive of the right wingtea party folks the economy would be better. maryland brewing companies are trying to change the state law to allow more restaurants and laws to sell beer in resealable containers. only brew pubs that make their own beer on the premises and

sell food can sell beer in resealable containers. only 15 businesses in the state of maryland have that license. merrill law -- maryland lawmakers in baltimore and howard county looking it relax the requirements to expand sales. check that out. new video out of massachusetts at umass following the loss to the giants last night. police arrested 13 people after an estimated 1500 students gathered following the game. and spending of the game, e- - speaking of the man, eli manning and giants came back in the last second score and beat new england 21-17. new york 4 title two in five years. and it was a remap when -- match when -- rematch when manning led them past new england then. what was your favorite part of

the game? leave your comments on let us know what you thought about the big game at the official wmar facebook fan page, abc2news.com/facebook. parts of the midwest are paralyzed this morning all from snow. driving winds closed schools in nebraska and kansas. we will show you how much snow people are dealing with this morning. plus ladies, we are breaking down the side effects of caffeine when it comes to diet sodas. the effect it could have on your body. we will be right back. thanks for joining on this monday morning.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. parts of the country expect a lot of snow this time of year but this is bad even for nebraska. >> check this out. this video near omaha several cars trucks got stuck in the snow. some lost control and ran off the road. the storm forced schools to close and hundreds of flights out of the denver international

airport were delayed or canceled because of blizzard conditions. blizzard warnings were issued for western nebraska and eastern colorado as well as western kansas. we saw a little bit of snow over the weekend and it was so pretty. >> it was great. came in the afternoon and was gone. if you think about the week, we had 60s on monday and tuesday, and snow on saturday. >> i know. exactly, and the thing is with the mild temperatures i know a lot of people like them but if you like the snow, when it comes, it is not going to stick because the ground is too warm and that's what we had over the weekend. satellite and radar and -- picking up on nothing. nebraska getting a break a few snow showers around the corner but nothing like over the weekend. we come closer to home and the satellite and radar not picking up on anything. we are not having clouds. we are void of that. so that's going to translate into lots of sunshine once again as we go into the afternoon. but before we get that sunshine, check out the temperatures this morning. oh, boy, the kids need to be bundled up because we are

dealing with temperatures in the 20s this morning. good morning towson around 21. bel air 27. manchester at 30. and as we look at the eastern shore, we see the mid to upper 20s in centerville, chestertown and northeast around 26. are you going to stick around? we will talk about how warm it will get and the rain snow mix on wednesday. let's check of your traffic with angela. good morning. how are the roads looking? there's fog out there. is it affecting it. >> reporter: not so far. we are kicking off the workweek are great driving conditions. no early incidents to report as of yet. as we have what check of the major weeks looked at 95 and 295 the bw parkway no reported troubles there. and for those of you driving through howard county on u.s. 29, very easy driving conditions as you make the drive from i-70 heading down through howard county to prince georges's county and montgomery county and that vicinity. u.s. 50 at sandy point. those of you coming from the eastern shore all lanes opened on the chesapeake bay bridge.

and remember, stay up-to-date with any changes we may have on the roadways. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. megan, over to you. >> all right, thanks. 4:40. this morning's health alert, the dangers of diet soda and negative effects on your body. abc2 news health reporter linda so joins us with expert advice. >> reporter: dr. boyle from gbmc joins us this morning as she does every monday and we will talk about diet soda and why it's bad for you. what are some of the biggest effects it can have on your body that's negative. >> diet soda has a lot of negative effects. we may not realize it. it's very dehydrating because of the caffeine. but there's a study that came out that linked diet soda to an increased risk of vascular or cardiac event like strokes or hart attack. >> do we know why? >> we don't. and it was not a study that showed cause and effect. so it may be you're grabbing the diet soda and having some

fries and a burger and gives us license to eat worse but it's linked to metabolic syndrome which gives you er risk of developing heart attack or stroke. like high blood pressure elevated cholesterol. diabetes those things. >> okay. and we are talking diet soda everyone says moderation is key. what is moderation one a day? >> that's the thing about the studies. moderation you think if i have one that's fine. that's not fine. moderation probably means just maybe a few times a week because in this study, they found even one diet soda a day can increase your risk of stroke and heart attack. >> okay. a lot of effects. heart disease, stroke being the key factors, but coming up in the next half-hour, we are going to take a look at an interesting study that talks about caffeine and the risk it can have on women younger women and their estrogen. >> that's right. >> all right. we will stay tuned for that. that's coming at 5. back to you. >> all right. news time 4:42. she vanished nearly three years ago and this morning a

community is stunned. who investigators found dead inside this burning home. details coming up from a story that broke this weekend. and she's one little girl being referred to as a young hero. it wasn't just mom that police say she was able to save. that story coming up when "good morning maryland" continues on this monday, 29 degrees outside and a live look at a baltimore inner harbor.

five things to know before you go. senator bernie sanders will talk about the future of the postal service. critics worry if billions are used to save the postal service, americans will have to foot the bill. italian court will rule today on whether the captain of the cruise ship will remain under house arrest or be released. that disaster killed 32 people last month. government researchers say more than a a 5th of high school and middle school students ride in cars that --

where others are smoking. , posure has -- exposure has been linked to breathing and allergy problems. senator cardin will make iteasier to restore historic problems he will announce that at the clifton mapsion -- mansion and it would employ nearly 150 people. you will harl from iewper -- -- this morning you will hear from superbowl mvp eli manning. the giants beat patriots 21-17 in superbowl xlvi. news time 4:46 and news around the nation, washington state authorities are likely to ask whether more can be done to protect the two children of the missing utah woman. her young. young sons were killed when their father ignited the home in a inferno killing himself as well. >>i don't care how much pressure, how much stress, how much weirdness is on you, you don't do this.

it's wrong. and it hurts the heart of everybody here and there's no way it would not when two innocent kids die. >> josh powell had been a person of interest in his wife's des appearance since 2009 and lost custody of his two kids. a singer fired for engaging in an act of hazing says he and his colleagues were playing around a few seconds cell phone video shows two sailors in blue fatigues wrestling in a aisle on a ship. both men walked away after play wrestling but the other sailor reported the incident and navy officials viewed it as act of hazing. 4:47. family members are calling a 9- year-old girl from georgia a hero for her quick thinking after -- thick after -- thick after a bad car crash. >> thee got the window down and crawled out and called 911. >> -- crash and she got the window down and crawled out and called 911. >> her mom was critically

injured but madison harris' quick thinking got emergency crews to the scene quickly. everyone was checked out at an area hospital and is doing okay this morning. romney, romney, romney. >> off to colorado, minnesota and maine. back to back victories fueling him. mitt romney looking towards the next states to hold the gop nominating contest e won big in nevada -- he won big in nevada. colorado and minnesota are next with the caucuses scheduled for tuesday. maine follows up coming saturday. we know there's a huge battle in the united states to ghetto beesity under control. -- to get obesity under control not just for us but our pets. majority of dogs or cats are overweight or oboes and the problem is worse over the last year. more than half pets are overweight or obese. part of the problem is more and more owners are unaware their

pets are overweight. the iphone 5 could be released in june. possibly in july. >> the next one could be slimmer, lighter, and billinger and-- bigger and thinner. how do you get birring and thinner. >> -- bigger and thinner? >> ask the cat. >> maybe it's for the catch the report says the next iphone could have 4g capabilities and we will have to wait and see. >> all right. time for a check of the forecast. lynette, you were busy this week. 60s throughout the beginning of the week and snow by saturday night. >> i know. made it up to 70 one lay last week as well. we were all over the place and the thing is like i explained the fact is if you want the snow you won't have it stick. it's going to keep oncoming down and then getting out of here and melting before anything happens because the ground is just too warm outside. so spending of warm, let's check -- speaking of warm, let's check out the temperatures. mainly around the nation, temperatures are in the 20s. being see 15 in denver right

now. chicago, coming in at 30 degrees. and miami, 73. i will show you that area in a second because they are dealing with showers and that could affect our area as we go into your wednesday. but right now, temperatures a little closer to home. 29 in baltimore. so we are very cold this morning. you need to bundle up as you head out and about. we look at eastern shore and the temperatures coming in around 28 degrees and at the nation's capital we are coming in right around the freezing point. now, this morning, we are dealing with some visibility problems. yes, we have a little patchy fog around the eastern shore and easton about five-mile visibility. 9 into baltimore and we need to get to the 10 we are seeing into dc. 5 in frederick and 6 mile visibility into hagerstown. 7 in york and more in winchester. satellite and radar not picking up on a lot across the area. clear skies and as we take it to the south this is what i wanted to show you, you can see showers a little bit of convection around this area. i am showing you this to let you know there's moisture in place and this moisture could

move into our area as we go into your wednesday. and that could be getting us the rain-snow mix i am talking about. i will let you know what's happening with that. today, high pressure is in control once again. we are dealing with the patchy fog this morning as we go throughout the day and we will be seeing lots of sunshine and it's going to be a nice day to enjoy. temperatures not so bad out there as well. your future trend picking up on what's going on. follow that timeline for me. i will put it in motion and not a lot changing. lots of sunshine in the forecast. there's the system you see trying to keep it into the atlantic and going to keep you update on it because some of the models are burying and see where it -- bearing and see where this goes. i might be stretching it but you never know. i will check the models but as of now, there is a chance as the low pressure comes in, we could see rain and snow as we go into your wednesday. that's going to be a big thing that we are talking about as we go through time here. now, temperatures coming in at

50 degrees. we will see lots of sunshine for today. it will be mild once again we should be at 43 degrees now for a high for this time of the year. i am talking about 50s. 34 as we go through tonight. we will see the clouds increasing on a southerly breeze. and then by tomorrow, that temperature comes in right around 5 # degrees and will be partly cloudy and a bit milder outside. and -- 53 degrees and will be partly cloudy and a bit milder outside. before next weekend we see the 50s and we have 4 # on wednesday and there's the wintery mix. a question mark behind that. and we see lots of sunshine heading into the end of the week and in a cold air mass rolls in as we go into saturday and sunday. that's when we need to see stickage at the ground and we will keep-eye on that. tell me about traffic right now are you seeing fog and is it affecting the road heways. >> reporter: we are seeing quite a bit of fog. south of us and, of course, east of us, traveling on the bay bridge now north of us, not too bad. we had a check of the hatem bridge on u.s. 40 between havre de grace and perryville.

95 on the tidings bridge we will look at in a moment. let's get a look at some of the foggy conditions that may be be a hazard for you impacting the monday morning drive. a live look at 95. this is north of the beltway in arbutus. as you can see it's foggy here and extra caution out there especially on those bridges and overpasses. here's 95 at the tidings bridge not too bad for you here. still dealing with overnight work zones as you make the drive through the spans of the tidings bridge. but as we mentioned on 50, especially traveling south and east of the area, we are getting reports of foggy conditions on the bay bridge and also extra caution on the key bridge traveling on the east side of 695. megan and charley over to you as part of black history month, august wilson is coming to morgan state university and will star sesame street dad. the play is february 9th through 12th at gillman concert hall. eye examination father -- examines father son

relationships during the jim crow area. a tense situation is unfolding at this hour right now happening in the middle east. >> civil unrest in syria. the plea the president is making. and this is not something common in most places you will see especially in europe, the dangerous situation unfolding after a major snowstorm there. and as we go to break this morning a. live look at new york times square. that city is awake following the giant's win this morning. you are watching good morning maryland. it's 4:54 there's live look. this is lit up for the glints absolutely lit up in blue -- giants. >> absolutely lit up in blue. we will have more on the superbowl and if you missioned the game, if you went -- missed the game and went to bed early, 21-17. we will be right back.

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at 4:30. news around the world a 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of the philippines. this is video people out after the quake struck. >> it killed at least 13 people as it destroyed buildings and triggered landslides and buried dozens of houses trapping residents. at least 29 people are missingand as many as 30 homes were buried. more unrest in syria and syrian troops shelling neighborhoods in the homes overnight striking a makeshift medical clinic in an assault that killed 12 people. bloodshed was one day after the president's government vowed to particular the crackdown on nearly 11-month-old uprising and becoming one of the deadliest. there's growing tension between the united states as well as egypt right now. 19 americans will face criminal trials in egypt and ordered not to leave the country. the state department says they are concern about the situation

and the 19 americans work for nonprofit agencies and stand accused in a financial investigation. bosnia emergency services evacuated hundreds of people who had been trapped in their cars all because of snow in eastern parts of the country. rescuers rushed to dig drivers out there. more than 90 inches of snow have fallen. rescue workers say some of the cars had been trapped in the snow for at least 20 hours. temperatures hovered near 10 this morning. now "good morning maryland." >> the murder trial begins today for george huguely accused of killing yeardley love. i am linda so, what defense attorneys plan to argue. >> former ehrlich aide will be in court accused in the robo calls. that's ahead and why they say he could testify.

details coming up. and the giants win and pats fans go nuts look at the riots that broke out -- nuts. look at the riots that broke out. and highlights coming up straight ahead on this monday, february the 6th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. hope you had a great weekendend. >> let's see what we have in store this week especially with meteorologist lynette charles. >> that's the snow supposed to stay in western maryland but squeaked on into our area. i enjoyed it and went out and held up my tongue to try to get some on my tongue i felt like a kid and it was out of here by the time we woke up on your sunday. maryland's most powerful radar is dry and it is going to stay that way as we go through the afternoon. we will be seeing lots of sunshine in here once again. so we are picking up from where we left off on friday with all that sunshine out there. temperatures cold once again into darlington, 27 degrees you need to bundle up the kids as