schools. what we are learning about projections for education's brighter future. thank you for joining us. let's get a check with lynette charles on how the weather is looking today. >> i agree with you, wholeheartedly. we will see the sun today. get out and enjoy it. i have change in the forecast. middletown's temperature 38 degrees, we have the winds out of the west this morning. yes, we are feeling chillier. you need to bundle up. frederick 41 degrees, elkton 31. we are going to have rain moving ins snow moving in as we go in to tomorrow. not picking up on anything as

of now. five sweeps the sky for today. nothing out there, lots of sunshine in the forecast for us as we go through the rest of today. hour by hour brings us chilly conditions, sunshine had in to lunchtime, the temperature coming in around 50 degrees and by 4:00 p.m., the temperature coming in around 55 degrees. we will be mild this time of the year we should be 43 degrees. see the temperatures, mild again for today. a check of your traffic with angela. we are not seeing incidents, a lot of volume building out there. typical actually for this time of morning, especially around the beltway, as we get a look at your traffic flow on the north side, pockets of heavy traffic on the topside as you make the drive from harford, i- 83, no trouble but plenty of company on the west side, motorists passing liberty on the outer loop, this is where

your pace falls below posted speeds. little more time on the west side outer loop, 795, to i-70, topside, bel air to providence, a 7 minute ride. details this morning, on how a washington state father trade to kill his two sons just before igniting explosion that killed all of them. questions remain on what happened to the mother, sherrie johnson has more on this story. >> all new this morning, police now say josh powell tried to kill his 7-year-old son charles and 5-year-old braiden with a hatchet before the fire could take their lives. he was the prime suspect in the disappearance of his wife. they were taken to his house for a court ordered visitation. he locked the court worker out. >> i don't know in the intent

was to try and put them out before the fire got them. >> disturbed, the act he did was cowardly. >> susan's parents say their grandsons had started remembering more about what happened on the night in 2009 when their mother disappeared. police say the answers to their mother's disappearance may have died with them. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. entire staff will be replaced in a los angeles school, two teachers remain under investigation for abusing students. parents are upset about what is going on at the school. teacher mark burke was arrested and accused of taking bondage photos, on friday, a second teacher springer was accused of fondelling two girls in a

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website. he raised $10,000 to save his grandmother's home that his grandfather built. >> interesting tie to the story, when he started the katrina website, he was 6 years old. unbelievable. accused of putting a dent in big box retailer sales. >> what could be in store for amazon. what recession are you talking about? the latest estimates on the billions of dollars to be she would out in the name of love coming up on valentines day. we will find out if you are going to contribute to that. you are watching good morning maryland, we'll be right back.

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the thank you for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. a check of the forecast, hello to lynette charles. >> good morning, everyone. we are dealing with mainly clear skies, lots of sunshine. not picking up on anything now, we will see changes as we move in to tomorrow. we will see a wintery mix moving in the area, rain, snow across the area, clouds to the south today, unsettled weather off towards the west. temperatures this morning, are cold, you will put a westerly wind with it. feeling colder than the 31 degrees in to nottingham. now a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. we spoke with maryland state

police, all lanes open on the beltway, people are creeping along on the west side as you can see here at liberty road heading to i-95, a slow and go ride until you pass baltimore national pike, this is where it opens. we are seeing heavy traffic on the topside around providence road. day two in the murder trial of huguely accused of killing his girlfriend, yeardly love, she went to mvp and played la cr's at uva. -- lacrosse at uva. linda so is here. >> the jury selection process is going slower than expected. lawyers will be back at it again, they have questioned 40 potential jurors out of 160 candidates. hugh hi aped in court for the first time in almost 2 years since charged with murdering his girlfriend yeardly love in may of 2010. both were seen r yous and played lacrosse for uba.

huguely pleaded not guilty to first degree murderer and five other felony charges. family members were in the courtroom. the high profile trial is garnering a lot of media attention, unlike anything that little town of charlotte has seen before. >> when you see two young people with a bright future, be ruined, it catches the attention of local and national media. >> lawyers will try to narrow down the pool to 27 potential jurors, both sides will choose 6 to dismiss leaving st jurors and three alternates. we have a crew in charlottesville covering the trial and bring you the latest developments on air and on line. linda so, abc2 news. today comptroller will be talking about the gas tax. in a round table discuss plans to layout how the tax works and offer insight on the impact of increase that o'malley said his gas tais proposal is needed to

pay for the backlog of transportation projects, adding $0.18 a gallon to gas over three years, several different scenarios of tax will be explained and explored at the meeting. we will keep you posted on what happens. gas tax could be a problem if experts predictions are correct. by the month of may, we could see gas prices of more than $4. national average right now is $3.48, which up 11% from last year mounting tensions in iran and only partly to blame for this springtime sticker shock. american drivers can also thank the increased demand from china, refinery closures and never ending need to drive. today presidential his torn expected to plead guilty of stealing millions of dollars from the american historical society. he pleaded not guilty but a rearraignment hearing scheduled

for today indicates he will change his plea. there will be a press conference following court appearance. one delegate hopes what he says will help keep you safe the next time you fly out or over the state of maryland. delegate and officials will testify this afternoon before the house judiciary committee. they want lawmakers to hear how dangerous it is when people point the laser pointers at pilots. they can cause temporary blindness, disorientation and eye injuries for the flight crew involved. the governor will address students at the school of law on marriage e quality. a similar bill failed last year. o'malley is in full support now. he says it's a matter of fairness. the governor said this year , the bill offers additional protection to religious institutions that don't support

same sex unions. big issue in california known as proposition 8, could be passing the day, more on the news from the golden state. we turn things over to sherrie johnson, with what is at stake for prop 8. >> in a the 9th circuit court will issue ruling on whether it stands or falls. proposition 8 overturned leallized marriage in california in 2008, judges with the 9th circuit court say they will make the announcement at 10:00 a.m. pacific time. in august of 2010, a judge ruled the voter approved same sex marriage ban unconstitutional. supporter says the judge who made the ruling should have been removed himself from the case because he is openly gay. supporters and opponents are confident this issue will eventually make it to the supreme court. >> on a fast track, unless they set something extraordinarily fast this would not be reheard in the supreme court until next

fall sometime. no decision until about a year from today. >> either side can appeal the coming ruling and the case could go back to the 9th circuit to be decided by an 11- judge panel. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. court hearing cubts the case of robocalls made during the 2010 gubernatorial e next. a judge heard motions on the case of henson, a consultant, for bob ehrlich, he is accused of being a part of the calls that told voters to stay home because martin o'malley won the election. new this morning, mitt romney says he doesn't think susan g. komen should give grants to planned parenthood. huge backlash prompted them to

change their decision more than 40 states agreed to a settlement over foreclosure practices. federal and state officials have been in discussions with the five biggest banks for a year, bank of america, wells fargo, chase and allied financial, forcing lenders to reduce loans. the moneys available could run $25 billion if all 50 states approve the deal. policy says that after last year's budget the cuts for schools, states are redistricting a brighter outlook on spending. this is based on a survey of officials across the u.s. education funding hit rock bottom last year but now on the rebound. are you looking for a promising career in a lousy economy? you are likely to find it for

apps. demand for those applications created nearly half a million jobs in the united states since 2007. it is in the early stages of a boom driven by mobile computing and social networking crazes unleashed by iphone as well as the facebook on line hangout. he led the archdiocese for 15 years. hundreds will gather to say a final farewell to the archbishop, he will be laid to rest in philadelphia. he retired in 2003. gabrielle giffords former aid wants to finish out. he will not seek reelection come november. giffords resigned two weeks ago. great central u.s. shakeout is set for this morning, it

spans several states along the u.s. could occur any day. barack obama today hosts the second white house science fair, celebrating winners in science, technology and engineering. and helping students possibly excel if the subjects. big apple welcoming home lombardi trophy. new york hosts a ticker tape parade for super bowl 46 champs. the process will roll through manhattan. university of baltimore talking trash, the city's greatest sports legends. the university isn't bad mouthing them but argue using the ports figures to promote

recycling. they are letting it up to the public to know who their favorite is. the bip that collects the most will determine the winnix!&ceti less talk about the bus stop forecast this morning. the kids are going to be a little bit on the chilly sides with the temperatures in the 30s. feeling more like the 20s as we go in to time because of fact we have winds west at 5-10 miles per hour. the windchill will stick was throughout the day. the bigger story is, this system moving in here for tomorrow, high pressure in control of our weather as of now. this will slide more towards the east, allowing for the next system to move in from the mississippi valley. we have dry air in place. once that rain or precipitation hits the dry air, then it will start to evaporate.

once you evaporate. it cools the air, evaporational schooling. we are waiting for the temperatures at the ground to see how they are going to do. it could turn in to slush. we might not have too much measurable snow for tomorrow. future trend in to motion here, we will be seeing the fact that the snow comes in here as we go in to 3:00, 4:00, and we could get up to an inch in the city, higher amounts the further to the north and west and sunshine returning as we go in to our thursday. for today, that temperature coming in around 55 degrees, slightly milder than yesterday. tonight's temperature around 35 degrees, we will get increasing cloud cover, there is the mix for tomorrow with 1-2 inches possible. your seven-day forecast, well, we will see cooler conditions as we head in to the weekend. let's get a check of your traffic with angela, good morning. good morning to you. deposit a couple of trouble

spots to report, southbound 83, on the harrisburg expressway, old york, an accident to the shoulder, slowing things down through the parkton region. 95 northbound, halting through arbutus. stalled car in the roadway approaching 695, harford county, no worrys, a view at mountain road, 95 southbound traffic stunts continues to move well. cars on the west side, not the case, we will see very heavy delays making the drive from the northwest expressway around to i-95 on the southwest side. catching flak now from fans for comments made about her husband, saying he can't floe the ball and ;2r:catch the bal >> i defends her. she was defending her husband. she had his back. >> she is being picked on.

>> my wife would throw me under the bus. >> she would not.