new development, allegations of a towing scandal what documents reveal in the case. >> lis are looking for a suspect who stabbed a cab driver. travelers waiting months for this, a route, courtesy of southwest airlines. that story straight ahead. good morning, i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. hope you had a great weekend. we will start things off with meteorologist, lynette charles. >> good morning meagan. it's not going to be blustery like it was over the weekend. but breezy today. satellite and radar is showing clear skies, lots of sunshine in to the afternoon, but as we slide our way to the west, we are seeing the next system that

is moving in our direction towards the east as we go in too tomorrow, i believe we will get snow and rain as we go in to in to the afternoon. these are your actual temperatures, ellicott 15 degrees. bundle up edgewood, 21. good morning, on the roads right now, for the monday morning drive for example you are coming across the chesapeake bay bridge, westbound traffic well on 50, running in to a problem after you get to annapolis and i-97 northbound. here is live look at i-95, this is traveling by mountain road. we have no reported troubles here. northbound and southbound moving well. here is a look at 50 and i-97, accident reported northbound 97. traffic moving at a stop and go pace. pittsburgh area, live pictures of the fire at the

mystic mountain ski lodge. investigators say a worker was inside the lodge, reporting the fire at 8:00 last night. this is a live shot ready to go off, you are seeing it come in and out of focus. look behind the reporter. the fire is going on. at the peak, 150 firefighters on the scene as well as pennsylvania state police and medics. we don't know the word or the reason for the fire. some people have been treated for smoke inhalation. we will continue updating the story throughout the course of the morning. two police officers are charged in towing in a kick back scandal scheduled to go to trial today. sherrie johnson has more of the story. this story has been dragging on for several months, almost a year. >> saga keeps on continuing. there is new developments this morning as samuel and kelvin, two of the 17 officers charged head to court. a according to published reports , there is new evidence in documents that show plition

traced over 8000 telephone contacts between a cell phone for the majestic towing company to 12 police officers over a 13 month span and 2000 contacts with 47 police officers. 17 officers were charged but more than 50 officers were involved in the towing scheme. financial records show, checks written to 13 officers, two not criminally charged, document showed the number of people who knew and complained was significant. officers were accused in the towing scheme of being bribed to push business to the domestic auto repair shop after responding to crashes. governor o'malley delivering remarks at the maryland network against domestic violence memorial service. the event begins at 7:00 , the group is remembering the women, men and children who died as a result of domestic violence

during the past year and focusing on changing laws to reduce domestic violence. police are searching for a murder suspect this morning, police were called to the 5200 block of darien in northeast baltimore, around 2:30 yesterday morning. after a search they found 27- year-old kendall staton shot, he died at the hospital. cab driver is recovering after being shot by a passenger. donnelly was asked to take a man to the fountain green road in bel air, when he was attacked. police are looking for the suspect. checking headlines this morning, a new york state senator and his wife say they were attacked at a niagara falls casino friday night. mark says it started when he tried to break up a fight and two men turned on him. >> he asked who i was in some fashion. i didn't answer him. he asked again. he made a comment like, you

haven't done blank for the senators and punched me. two women jumped on his wife. police made an arrest in the videotaped beating of a man in atlanta. brandon white was beaten a week ago. it was taped and posted on line. investigators believe white was targeted because he is gay. police have arrested an 18 year old and say they now know two other people in the video and plan to arrest them soon. feeling the pain at the pump today and unfortunately, pain could be ways to come. >> why analysts say it could get higher. >> no one in maryland won a prize from the power ball drawing. where the winning ticket was bought. how much is up for grabs? 3q

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average price for regular unleaded jumped for more than a dime. we could be going towards $5 a gallon. denver has the lowest average at $3.01. long island, highest at $3.82. baltimore, $3.56 for regular unleaded according to aaa.

go to abc2news.com/traffic. click on the gas prices link, enter your zip code to find the least expensive gas. southwest airlines added new routes from baltimore, washington, thurgood martin, head to atlanta heartfield jackson international airport, southwest plans to add more flights soon as air tran planes are rolled in to their new fleet with southwest. someone in rhode island is a millionaire this morning. >> the winning powerball ticket was bought in the state, the jackpot was worth estimated $336 million before taxes. the winner has yet to come forward and who can blame him or her? more than 60,000 power ball tickets were bought in maryland saturday. more ahead on this monday, february 13th, abc2 news is straight ahead.

the this is your news to go. >> let's start with a check of the forecast, to say hello to lynette charles. >> plenty of sunshine today's. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. we will have change in the forecast, i will talk about that a little bit later. windchills in the teens. 20 along the eastern shore, easton, throughout the day, we will warm up, stay right around where we should be for this time of the year. let's get a check of the traffic with aing angela.

a lot of busy traffic through annapolis, i-97, northbound 97 between 50 and generals highway. we are blocking a right lane. not bad on i-95, north of the beltway. we have delays on 295, bw parkway, slow, from maryland 75 to 32 southbound direction. traveling on the west side of 695, typical morning delays, 795 around to i-70, on the brakes on the outer loop lanes of 695. back to pittsburgh tbr the breaking news, live pictures at the ski lodge. workers reported the fire around 8:00. this is a live look as the fire is still burning. 13 departments and 150 firefighters were on the scene battling. this came from a scene from 30 miles away. the fire was seen 30 miles away. one firefighter had smoke inhalation problems. this is still on going as you

stat your monday morning. new video overnight as bobby brown, the husband of late whitney houston arrived at lax in los angeles last night. after skipping a new addition concert, he made a b-line to get to the airport to get to his daughter. press gathered around the arrival of brown at the airport. >> the daughter was rushed to the hospital. the police department confirms 18-year-old bobby christina brown was taken to the medical center sunday morning and treated for stress and anxiety. no other about the young lady's condition. we are following the latest developments in the death of whitney houston. the coroner says an autopsy is complete. it maybe weeks to determine what killed her.

the 48 year-old pop star was found dead in a bathtub at a beverly hills hotel. this is video from a pregrammy party thursday. no one could have predicted this would be the last time we saw her peform on stage. a local doctor is remembering her time with whitney houston, pane and whitney were friends in high school. sherrie johnson is here with more on the two friends and two lives. >> the news of whitney's death hit many people hard. a lot of folks still in shock, even this morning. now, many are remembering the good times and the pure enjoyment her music brought to so many. a doctor dusted off her yearbook to share memories and pictures of houston. doctor pane went to the school in new jersey. as the news of the death spread, dr. pane remembers the

good times. >> my hope and dream was that one day, whitney would come back to our class reunion and sing for all of us. i know it won't happen in earth, but maybe in heaven we will have the opportunity to hear her sing again. >> dr. pane says she kept in touch with houston through facebook. she says her memory of her will live on. jennifer hudson giving a moving tribute to the singer with her rendition of i will always love you. whitney was on the minds of many of the audience. join good morning america for a tribute to whitney houston, devoting the morning

to the life and legacy she leaves behind. man treated at a hospital after being shot by police. 35-year-old leon is accused of accelerating a pickup truck towards police officers. two officers saw it happening and opened fire. they have been put on leave and initially a court appearance was held for spry at the hospital. he is ordered jailed on $300,000 bond immediately after he gets out of the jail. baltimore police commissioner in court today, this morning, his department is sued by the aclu. a a spectator caught police in the act. >> a hearing taking place involving a man videotaping police making an arrest at the

preakness. sharp was at the preakness may of 2010 and used his cell phone to record police arresting a friend. aclu says police stopped sharp and demanded he turnover his phone. officers took the phone, deleted the video and other videos he had on his phone. the police commissioner will ask the judge to dismiss the case or a judgment in their favor. the department says they have a new policy that allows citizens to videotape officers in public as long as they are not violating any law which in this case, police argue sharp was loitering and his phone was taken away. the hear willing take place at 10:00 in u.s. district court in downtown. linda so, abc2 news. murder trial for george huguely will continue in charlottesville, virginia, accused of killing yeardly love, both students at the university of virginia. in court on friday, huguely cried as he watched video of himself told his former girlfriend was dead.

if you want complete coverage, go to abc2news.com, it's the first item under featured stories and follow christian shaffer in charlottesville. a trial date set for jerry sandusky the former penn state assistant coach accused of a sex abuse scandal involving young boys. he will face a judge for 52 criminal counts related to allegation of sexual conduct. the judge did not immediately rule on sandusky's request to see his grandchildren, or from prosecutors for sandusky's to have strict limits on his movement. stephanie rawlings blake will deliver the third state of the city address. follow the remarks on twitter at mayor, srb. speaking to the council chamber at city hall. the remarks begin at 2:30. mayor expected to finalize agreement with operator of the grand prix this week. in a statement friday , the

mayor said the city would announce turns of a five year deal on wednesday. rawlings blake has not said who the city is negotiating with to operate the racing festival. they terminated contract with racing development after they failed the pay 1.5 million dollars they ode to the city. time for ravens news, and the kicker says teammates helped him putting in everything in perspective. he accepted an alumni award in des moines. teammates support has been impressive.

let's talk about the weather. we have been talking about the temperatures and the windchill, it feels like we are in the teens, you've heard me talk about the dew points or measure of the moisture in the air, or in the teens this morning. a big factor in the weather. we are going to be plenty of sunshine in here, courtesy of high pressure this will slide off towards the east, allowing for the next system to move in. you can see it back off towards the west, snow, already trying to push in, closer to indiana, illinois right now, but, as it works in to our area, you saw the dry dew points. it will evaporate before it

reaches the ground. we have to moisten up the atmosphere. i call it light snow showers possible as we go in to the morning time. also, future trend picking up on the fact that not a whole lot will get in here as we go in to tomorrow morning. it starts to fizzle out. this could be one of the reasons why this model not picking up on so many snow showers as we go in to the morning. a couple of flurries around. light accumulations, in to the afternoon, that will switch all over to rain. your neighborhood forecast, federal hill, 44 degrees, fells point in at 43, lots of sunshine in the forecast for you. get out and enjoy it. 28 degrees by tonight. the clouds will be on the increase. 47 degrees for tomorrow. the seven-day forecast is upon us. if you have plans tomorrow for your sweetie's day, we have the chance for snow and rain in the forecast. another chance in to thursday, and then maybe on sunday, but before that, check out friday ,

the temperature around 50 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning, on the roads right now, a very busy ride for a lot of people for the monday morning commute. had an accident on i-97, getting out of annapolis, between 50, and generals highway. the good news is the accident has been moved off the roadway, on the shoulder, lanes are open, still we are moving slowly there. still moving slow eastbound i- 70, eler disabled at marriottsville road. traffic is getting by. we are seeing delay there is. not bad on this stretch of the bw parkway and 695 if you are traveling on topside of 695, moving at a crawl, outer loop start before i-95, hassing harford heading to providence road. thank you for joining us, we have been talking about music, i posted on facebook, favorite whitney houston song.

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