truly important. >> i'm going for it. . new information on the president yacht primary race. results in from colorado. just when you thought rick santorum was fading, it appears that he may be right back in it. and how lawmakers want to toughen child abuse reporting laws. and wage is on in indianapolis this morning regarding you and your cell phone. should a police officer be able to pull you over just for seeing a phone in your hand? we begin with a winter weather alert we've been having overnight. freezing rain, sleet and snow could be moving into the greater baltimore area in a

matter of hours. i'm megan pringle. they were treating the roads on the beltway. so get more on the traffic situation. good morning. we have an approaching storm. it will be quiet this morning, but we have a winter weather advisory and we see some flurries by the weekend. maryland's most powerful radar is dry now. we have a winter weather advisory and this is in effect noon till 10:00 p.m. this evening. it's for the counties shade in the bluish color. i want you to be sure to stay with "abc 2 news" this morning. and you can go to abc2news.com

and the new "abc 2 news" ipad app. right now, speaking of the wet weather, we'll talk about the roads and, like megan said, they've been treated. that's correct. good morning. we've had crews out already pretreating the roadways and just usual conditions out there. no surprises at the tunnels. got a crew at 95 southbound taking up a lane there. for those of you making the drive through howard county right, no delays or incidents there. and a live look at the beltway, we're good at old court road inner an outer loops. we've learned that rick santorum won colorado, making it a clean sweep of three states tuesday night in the gop

presidential primary. rick santorum won by five percentage finds and 40% to mitt romney's 35%. mitt romney was earlier in the night was beat by rick santorum in minnesota and the primary in missouri. attorneys on tuesday narrowed the pool of potential jurors in this trial. it's the case of the former of virginia lacrosse accused of killing his girlfriend, a crockesyville native. he pled not guilty to first- degree murder and five other charges to the death that happened in 2010. in annapolis, the penn state child abuse scandal against jerry sandusky will be a hot topic. here's more on the child abuse

scandal against the former coach. >> reporter: more detail are coming out in the pennsylvania state sex abuse scandal. someone reported that he was watching children in a schoolyard from the his back porch at this home. his lawyer says that safety concerns are totallien founded. it would make is a criminal penalty to not report child abuse. the news conference begins today at lawyers mall in annapolis. supporters of the bill will speak at that news conference, including a prosecutor and mother who talk about doing nothing even if they know about sexual abuse of a child. sherrie johnson, "abc 2 news." a fetus was found in a dumpster in harford county.

the police got a call to the 900 block of sable road in bel air. the mother told them that they gave birth to a stillborn baby and they found the baby in the dumpster. we hope to learn more of the details later on today. 4:356789 there's a bill in annapolis that raises a question should a police officer be allowed to pull you overseeing a phone in your hand? jim malone wants to make using a cell phone behind the wheel is a primary offense in the state. the ntsb said sending, receiving a text takes drivers off the road for nearly five seconds. the smell is coming back to the inner harbor. spark will open its first retail location in the light

street pavilion. the store will open just in time for the summer. the state comptroller has broken ranks with democrats and the governor now opposing the governor's gas tax hike. >> every time a consumer comes in to fill up and the prices go up a couple cents a gallon. how am i suppose to pay for this, the consumer wants to know? can you imagine putting 18 cents or 20 cents all the sudden? the consumer across the state are absolutely opposed to this type of an increase. >> he said that his office has no indication how the gas tax would be collect and depending how it's collected, it would be a double blow to retailers and consumers. roman november he willist

nora gave a second grant to westminster. it will sort and on line creative writing course. and the american romance collection in the hoover library will benefit. the deadly tornadod in alabama paralyzed the state for weeks. the gift that one school received. and you need jobs. and "abc 2 news" is working for you this morning that some are saying is a sign of a recovery. it is a live picture of washington d.c. we'll be right back. thanks for watching "good morning maryland."

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alabama are more safe after receiving a tornado shelter. >> facility has made a storm shelter. it's made of concrete and reinforced steel that 1 designed to withstand a tornado. it should be finished by the end of week. no tornadod here right now but weather could possibly be affecting your day. i believe this storm will get here around 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon and then we'll see it get out of here quickly. this will be a quick mover. as you look at the clouds right now, you see them pushing back across ohio right now. you have to zoom the picture out to really get the full blast of this storm. you can see some rain. we will start with rain in a lot of spots and that will switch all over to snow as we go into the afternoon. so we'll get snow in here. temperatures right now in

aberdeen around 32, baltimore 37 and manchester 33. so i will have some snow totals for you coming up. stick around for that. and right now let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >> offer to a cigarette start o start this morning. we have some trouble spots possibly this afternoon. we have a report of 395 and beltway. they are in good shape north and southbound. this is i-95 heading to the city. you should be good to good. i-95 in cecil county, all lanes are open and the crews are getting out of the away from overnight maintenance. and you're good from bel air to the top side of 695. may have a better opportunity to get a job. the number of job openings in the u.s. climbed to 3.5 million

that is 260 million help wanted signs. some say it's a toy and others say it's buy lodge cam. but many -- biological. but parents are fuming. and a feud is escalating between the catholic church and millions of women.

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additional airports. downtown up baltimore today, on gay street this firehouse will be on sale. it's been vacant for years and zoned for commercial or retail use. the special olympicsdy on capitol hill. staffers and lawmakers will talk about the benefits this competition has for millions. and a woman who said that she had an afire and -- an affair and the aftermath wrote a book. some parents and teenagers at a montgomery county high school are outrathed. they're up set about an anti- gay flyer sent home with

students. >> reporter: we got our hands on the flyer. and it says that no one is born gay and that homosexuality is a choice. the flyers were sent home with the einstein high school students last week. the group believes that homosexuality can be cured and encourages students to seem help if they have same sexual tractions. they say that they have the right to send home material. some parents and students are appalled. >> we have gay friends at school. to send this out is ignorant and hate. >> and we've learned that the flyers were distributed at four other montgomery county high schools. about 8,000 flyers were sent home with students. supporters of proposition 8

that bans same-sex marriage in california said they're going ask the supreme court to overturn the ruling from the appeals court. it was ruled unconstitutional yesterday. and gay marriages cannot resume in that state till the deadline passes for the supporters of ban appeals to a higher court. they call yesterday's ruling a big win. >> we brought this case for them and the millions of young gays and lesbians in this country in the hopes they might be the first generation to grow up with full and -- eequal protection of the laws. governor o'malley released a statement on proposition 8 saying that the principles of the law and respects for the

freedom will prevail. it is religion versus women's health and that is the growing divorce today. the new obama administration rule requires employers to require full coverage of birth control coverage in their plans even if they work for organizations that oppose contraception. >> i think it's the woman's right to have health care. >> it's a good thing. >> the catholic institution said it is wrong. >> obama administration announced the broad new rule quietly last month saying that it would save lives. but it sparked outrage by churches, and organizations that support religion.

six tax offices in norfolk, virginia closed amid clients that the clients were not given the tax refunds. the act it was directed to -- the account it was directed to was not the person's account but the tax preparer's account. >> and they're complaining from norfolk to chicago. the company said it did nothing wrong. a 2-year-old illinois pitt bull is being hailed a hero this morning. he wreck his owner up -- woke his owner up just in time to waking up during at fire. the dog jumped into action. >> she pushed my door in and got on my bed and started licking me and i was like what are you doing?

>> the family lost the home and the dog did suffer some burns. but as you can see, she is okay. a dog rescued from a reservoir near denver doing fine this morning. that is what it looked like yesterday, though. the dog had been chasing a coyote across the reservoir and both fell into the icy water. the coyote went under. but max the dog kept paddling to stay float. and rescuers suited up to save max. this is video is out of mid- michigan. this motorcycle rider crashed on sunday and the whole thing caught on tape. people rushed in to help and it's something that witnesses can't seem to get out of their head. >> it seemed like it was in slow motion just as he went up and hit and went bam. and you see this big loud

crash. it was scary. >> a clown and local shriner were injured during the flying cable during that incident. >> that is amazing video today. and something else we'll be preparing for today is winter whether. >> is this going to stick around or one of those things that will pass through? exactly. i think it's something like we saw on saturday. on the roads that blacktop, a little too warm. so i think we'll have more melting cross that area. here's the whether pattern for today. we have the area of low pressure that is going slide through and we'll start to see some snowfall across the area. we'll start out with rain in a lot of spots. but in western maryland, continuing will start out just plain snow and in the baltimore area, starting out at rain, but this will switch all over to snow.

so we'll have a little bit of accumulating snow totals out there. so here is the snow cast. we're looking at the baltimore area in the city. we can get up to maybe an inch of some snow. mainly accumulate ago across the street grassy surfaces. as we go north and west, you'll get more snow across that area. and then the further to the south you go, washington d.c. and south of baltimore, i think that will stay mainly as a rain event. but all and all it will be more rain across the area. for today, temperature-wise, we'll be around 39 degrees and we had that wintry mix developing switching over to snow as we go mainly into 6:00. that commute home, we're getting a break it it rights now. but the commute home will be dicey. take it easy on the roadways this afternoon. the temperature around 30 degrees and the snow showers will start to end and we'll get gradual clearing out there and we look much better for

tomorrow. it's amazing. the sun will return and we'll see above average temperatures. here's a check of your seven- day forecast. you need to stay with "abc 2 news" this morning and all the time when winter weather approaches. you can get the latest business closings and delays on air and on line on abc2news.com and on your cell and the new "abc 2 news" ipad app. so good news there. stay with us all afternoon long. we'll have that for you. and you are going to have a busy day with the roads. we anticipate a busy day. but right now to have a quiet start we've been checking our m dot cameras. this is the beltway right now and it's looking pretty good. and the southeast side of 695, you're looking at good conditions between the key bridge and 295 and the bw parkway and u.s. 50, here's a live look, traffic conditions

calm for now for motorists 50 westbound to 97. tension negotiations unfolding at this hour between u.s. and syria. and new warning this morning as a civil war is dividing a nation. they were serving in mexico as missionaries but murdered. we'll take about you in a bit. that is a live look in moscow. it's cold there. >> five degrees there. 12 degrees for the high. it makes you feel lucky to be here in maryland. we'll be back after this break.

news around the world this hour. syrian troops stormed residential neighbor. >> they say it's the final push to take areas under control of

rebels. and the president is becoming increasingly isolated. and the police are looking for will people that strangled a missionary couple that were serving in mexico they were living in the north area that have country for almost 30 years. police say that roberts had surveillance cameras in the couple's home. ukraine and most of the europe remains in an icy grip this morning. they had to use a helicopter to rescue a crew of a cargo ship that war stranded in ice way waters. the snow has trapped dozens of cars on the road and all around europe. ukraine has been hit the hardest. that country is in a deep freeze. and passengers traveling on air france may face more delays as they plan to cancel more flights due to a strike by aviation workers. that includes pilots, flight

attendants and called for a four-day strike to protest a draft law that would hurt their work. and now it's time to start the 5:00 hour. day three of the -- murder trial. a final juror will be selected this morning. a report from charlottesville straight ahead. find out what maryland lawmakers are doing today to toughen child abuse rerting laws. -- reporting laws. the results are in. the surprise winner in three caucuses in the race for the republican nomination. good wednesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crouse. this is a live look outside. let's take a look at the harbor cam. things are clear but that could change for the remainder of the day. >> yes, let's start with

lynnette. i'm thinking snow will get into western maryland around maybe lunchtime or a little earlier than that. affecting us, 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. so we have time to do some preparations out there. starting to rain and then we'll switch over to snow. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. but a change it coming knocking we have a winter whether advisory that starts at lunchtime and lingers till 10:00 tonight. temperatures are cold enough to support the snow this morning and they'll drop down as we go through the day. check out your temperatures here. you need to be sure to take with "abc 2 news" this morning and all the time when the winter weather approaches, which will is do today. you can get the latest business clgs