levels as we go in through the weekend. we are looking at temperatures right now, really, well above average now in to arbutus, 27, 28 degrees now for a low for this time of the year. mount airy 42, sykesville. we don't have the winds, they will pick up southwest in to the afternoon. gusts up to 25 miles an hour. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. we have the sweeps on, that will change by later this evening. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning, how are the roads this morning? starting to get busy out there as far as delays. following the accident, shutdown northbound 4 at maryland 258, with an accident clean up there. if you are traveling around the beltway, no accidents to report. a lot of folks already out, there especially on the west side, navigating average speeds, slower than usual as you pass u.s. 40, baltimore national pike.

another option for those of you heading in to pg county, u.s. 29 in the southbound direction, alert for delays. northbound in good shape on 29, all the way up to i-70, drive times are picking up as we mentioned more people on the best side, 10 minutes from 795 to i-70, also ten minutes on the topside from bel air to providence road. back over to you. parents are definitely going to want to hear the story, a disturbing trend on youtube that could affect your teenager. what is this about? >> if you want to see how serious this is, go on youtube, do a simple search, type in am i ugly? we found hundreds of videos posted by teens, asking strangers to tell them if they are ugly. it's mostly young teen girls middle school age making the videos. you will find some from boys as well. one video that was posted a year ago, has gotten more than 3.4 million hits and 92,000

comments. the disturbing trend is raising concerns, here is one video we found of a girl asking, am i ugly? a number of bloggers responded to the videos urging youtube to take them down. linda so, abc2 news. day a house panel will hear a bill on sobriety checks , the bill will target people who drive under the influence with children in the car. they will have an electronic device the car checking sobriety. it would require drivers to blow in to a tube before starting engine. news around the nation, a driver accused of hitting a girl on a bike and leaving the scene, turned herself in to police. surveillance camera caught the whole thing in philadelphia. it was a hit and run. the 9 year old girl suffered

minor bumps and bruises. in california, now a hiker had to be rescued off of a cliff outside of los angeles. he got stuck and a firefighter had to be hoisted down to lift the hike tore safety. the helicopter dropped the man off at a elementary school. a lawmaker is taking aim at the girl scouts, represent stiff bob morris says the group has a pro homo sexuality, pro abortion agenda. girl scout of central india india nasay it's ridiculous. >> all matters of faith and sensitive belongs at home, to the family, to the family's

community. bourbon in new orleans, mardi gras party growers wrapped up. now, they are enjoying the rest. a live look before we wrap things up on good morning maryland. when we think about this, you got to clean up the mess as well, after midnight, facts about the clean up, 4000tons of trash collected in the french quarter, times square 30tons of trash. 8million beads are thrown during the procession. introducing the new flip & fresh from air wick

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more married couples living apart. 5million middle ages compared to 1.7 in 1990, cog to the census bureau. economic times and on line dating contributing factors to couples choosing to live apart. what does your facebook profile say about you? researchers conducting a study could look at page and determine the person's taste in books and music as well as how social they are. facebook information maybe stronger than personality and iq measures that are used by human resource departments. could a singing career be ahead for president prak brack?

president -- barack obama? >> the concert was held in the east room in recognition of black history month. listen to how he did. [music] buddy guy asked the president to take the mic and sing a verse, sweet home chicago. the president was happy to oblige. so much more to come on this wednesday morning, stay with us. this is what we are working on now for abc2 news to go. a fife year contract on the baltimore grand prix race is up for a vote today. more on that contract and details coming up. new details on a robbery and shooting inside a royal farm store. what happened, why a customer was shot. a few clouds this morning, but we are dry, the question is, for how long? i will have the answer coming up. we cleared an accident in arundel county, one in howard county, looking at heavy

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let's kick off with a check of the forecast and say hello to lynette charles. >> not a lot this morning, clouds throughout, we are dry, that will begin to change though as we go in to the afternoon. a slight chance and better chance for showers in to the evening. heading out the the school bus, here is the forecast, temperatures in the 40s this morning. well above average, we have clouds trying to move in, i'm going to show you those in a second. winds southwest, 5-10 miles per hour. satellite and radar, picking up on the clouds. that is the trend in to the afternoon. disturbance in to canada. disturbance around that one, bringing us the chance for rain as we go in to the evening. nows though, temperatures 41 degrees, stevenson and 41 handover. a low 40s in to rock hall,

chestertown and northeast, by this afternoon, though, temperatures possibly right around 60 degrees, maybe higher. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. good morning to you. we cleared the crash as we mentioned in arundel county. it complicateed the drive, on route 4, that closure re-opened at 258. traffic heavy in that area. we are now in howard county, ellicott with a crash. this is on route 100 at waterloo. traffic is slowly squeezing by. just a brief delay there. we are dealing with back ups on the beltway. if you are coming in from bel air or harford county, your drive starts out nice and easy with no delays as you can see at 152, past this point, you will see congestion, we are seeing healthy delays on 95 southbound, making your way to the topside of the beltway, north of maryland 43. back over to you. new information in the shooting inside a royal farms store. it happened at harford and echo

dale avenue in downtown baltimore. linda so is standing by with the latest on the investigation, like we were saying earlier, police are just getting started on this. >> the two suspects are on the loose, police reviewing surveillance video from inside the store for more information. the victim, a man in his 40s, was shot in the chest and taken to hopkins in stable condition. the robbery happened before 10:00 last night, at the royal farms in hamilton. two suspects walked inside a store, announced a robbery and took cash ask cigarettes from behind the counter. one shot the victim and both of the suspects ran from the store. police don't know why that victim was singled out. now the silver lining in the case, police say a good samaritan was able to stay calm and stayed with the victim until medics arrived. linda so, abc2 news. jurors in the george huguely murder trial will start deliberations today. the former university of virginia lacrosse player is

charged with killing his ex- girlfriend, yeardly love. love who is from cockeysville was found dead in her apartment in may of 2010. medical expert testified several possible cause of love's death from blunt force trauma injuries. huguely faces up to life in prison if convict of the most serious charge against him. new this morning, five people are dead after shooting at spa in nor cross, georgia. police officials say the motive appears to have been that of murder-suicide. authorities are not talking about the relationship between the gunman and the victim. stephanie rawlings blake announced a plan to manage the baltimore grand prix race. after a public review, the final contract is now up for vote and happening today. sherrie johnson joins us here to explain what this means. >> a few changes to make things a little bit better. racing is headed back to baltimore for a second year w a

few minor management changes. the city's board of estimates is expected to approve a 5- year contract with new promoter down force racing. the 2011 baltimore grand prix, was a success, but had bad management. it brought in $47 million for the economy. and the former grand prix promoter, baltimore racing development was the center for lawsuits for not paying the bills. the contract has safeguards in place to protect the city from losing money. the city can inspect financial records at any time to check out the group's debt. the contract calls for keeping the races finances private but race organizers say city hall could choose to reveal the information. down force racing will hold events if baltimore on labor day weekend, 2012 through 2016. the vote expected today at 9:00 a.m. at the board of estimates meeting at city hall. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. senate committee scheduled to hold a hearing on a measure that could expands gambling in

maryland. allowing table games, blackjack and casino to be bill in prince georges county. the bill would put a referendum following maryland voters allowing voters to have a say on whether or not this is a go. driving up the cost of gas in the u.s. analysts say u.s. crude jumped 2% all due in part to iran's decision to cut oil exports to britain and france. the jump isn't demands issue but more of a fear of shortage. the average price for regular unled second $3.57 per gallon. prices could get as high as $5 that could be coming by the summer. new consumer watchdog agency is looking in to the costly overdraft fees charged by the big banks. the group says they will ask the banks for information about how the fees affect customers and how overdraft protection is marketed. investigation could result in new rules and lawsuits if banks

are accused of violating consumer law. stood ash wednesday. a live look at the cathedral of mary r queens in baltimore. a mass is set to start at 7:00. today is the beginning of lint. season for christians, people give something up for the next 40 days leading up to easter. if you can't get to the church, more than 70 episcopal parishes are bringing it to the streets. going to be offering ashes to you, christian sign of repentance. it's happening in maryland as well. if you would like a list of the locations, all you have to do is head to abc2news.com, we've posted a link for you. tonight gop presidential hopefuls will gather after a month that will debate ahead of

super tuesday. mesa, arizona, ahead of the primaries in arizona and michigan, after that, super tuesday. the pope preparing for a trip to cuba, travelers planning to leave from bwi will have to find another method. here in baltimore, flights that were expected to begin to cuba march 21st had been delayed until the fall. interest didn't translate in to ticket sales and will try in october. pope benedict will arrive march 26th. baltimore major stephanie rawlings blake announcing details of a get fresh lexington market initiative today. it's a strategy aimed at increasing the availability of health food options in the market. details announced at 10:30 inside lexington market. today anthony brown advocating for a program to provide access to health care. testifying before a state senate committee this afternoon , the health benefit exchange

sin tended to help individuals and small businesses buy health insurance and testify in front of the house of delegates committee scheduled for thursday. elijah cummings hosting a forum on dental health care studying the expansion of access from last year in honor of a 12-year-old boy who died after his mother was unable to finds a dentist to remove an infected tooth. time for five things you need to know before heading out the door on this ash wednesday, man accused of plotting suicide bomb attack on the u.s. capitol will appear in court today. hearing will take place in virginia. agents arrested him friday after a lengthy investigation. supreme court will hear oral arguments in a case of a military service member lying

for honor. star jones returns to the view, appearing as a guest promoting awareness for women and heart disease. catch the view on abc2 news at 11:00. president delivering remarks the construction site of smithsonian african museum. it's scheduled to open in 2015. let's talk about the weather this morning. we see clouds trying to move in across the area. check out the break back in to west virginia there, we see a little bit of a break in to pennsylvania. that is what we will see through the day. we will see periods of some sun, period of clouds, the

weather pattern brings the mild air already in this morning, we will stay that way in to the afternoon. we are high pressure in to the atlantic, clock wise flow pumping in, southwesterly flow and with that, we are warming things up, it's going to get warmer as we head in to tomorrow. what we are also going to be dealing with today , the possibility for a couple of showers to work in here, mainly as we go at 6:00, 9:00, your commute home, could be a little bit on the wet side, starting just then. it starts to move out here and get a little bit of a break in to thursday, this model picking p on that. i am keeping the chance for showers in the forecast as we go in to your thursday. what i ç>ído is to take the umbrella with you this afternoon, just in case. by

dealing with colder temperatures as we head in to your weekend. before we talk about the colder temperatures, let's talk about what we have for today. this is the scenario, yesterday gusty winds out there. temperature came in around 49 degrees. it felt colder, the reason why, the winds were blowing. forecasting a high of 60 degrees. we could get warmer or colder. depends on the sunshine lingering through the afternoon. we had the winds at southwest, it's going to boost the temperature. but if we have more clouds, this temperature maybe could be around 58 degrees, 59. flirting with the 60-degree mark. breezes pick up in to the afternoon, just like yesterday. tonight's temperature around 42 degrees, we have the chance for the scattered showers in the forecast. we will stay fairly mild. by tomorrow, i'm forecasting a high around 66 degrees, and we will be warmer, the sun-cloud

mix again. here is a check of the seven- day forecast for you. windy conditions as we go in to the weekend and we could see temperatures back to seasonable levels. now a check of your traffic with angela. >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. getting ready to head out for wednesday morning drive. let's hit the trouble spots fist. ellicott city. scene of an accident, maryland 100 waterloo. don't have a closure. traffic is squeezing o.we are get regular ports of delays in both directions of 100 at the intersection with the accident. the other trouble spot is going to be in the city. if you are traveling i-95, southbound, is where we see the heavy traffic. closing two lanes southbound 95 at the fort mc henry, due to a disabled vehicle, crews shut down the right tunnel, that's two lanes southbound, to try to clear that disabled out of the way, that's impacting the drive, southbound is where we see the traffic. here is the west side of the beltway, we will get to 95 in a

minute. these are delays, baltimore national pike, cars are lining up in the outer loop lanes, slow traffic, below posted speed here, on i-95, for the most part, stop and go until they open the right door. closing two southbound lanes of i-95 at the fort mc henry, trying to clear a stalled car. as we approach tend of february, people are feeling cheated out of winter. it's not over yet. something could happen. i had my headline winter gone mild. march can go wild. we can get something in march. on facebook, what is the discussion question? >> several, one of them is hot topic with teens getting condoms in the mail. >> also the am i ugly post on youtube. what do you think about that? also, facebook. facebook able to project your success in life, are we

endowing the site with too much power? >> i would say, yes. >> i don't feel cheated by the way. abc2news.com is your place to go for all things related. thank you for joining us. [ male announcer ] in blind taste tests, even ragu users chose prego. prego?! but i've been buying ragu for years. [ thinking ] i wonder what other questionable choices i've made? [ club scene music ] [ sigh of relief ] [ male announcer ] choose taste. choose prego. ♪ [ gong ]

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