now abc2news at 6:30. >> you are 30 minutes away from the start of the red carpet show followed blight 84th academy awards on abc 2. we just saw george clooney walk by. the artest will become the only silent movie to become best picture since 83 years ago. >> thanks for joining us on this sunday night. a lot of history coming for your night, but for those of you who thought winner was the history, it said hey i'm still here. it was cold and windy this weekend. what about for the award winning week? here is more. looks like billy crystal tonight. >> hey, billly.

>> hey 'tiz the night. if you're headed to your best friend's oscar party, you're looking good. it will be clear. check it out. 45 baltimore. 39 already in yours. rapidly cooling off tonight. we're crystal clear. there is no weather. a quiet on the range as we like to say. there is some air that will move in tomorrow, but none of that tonight as we rapidly fall through the 40s nonetheless clear and cool as you head to your oscars destination. >> let's get to the news right now. thomas adkins jr. was stabbed to death. you would think he was troying to make it to hopkins hospital because they feel he was stabbed on north ken wood avenue and he died. police have little to go on in this. call homicide if you can help them out at all.

>> police found the suspect. no indication if the victim was targeted and no known relationship between the victim and suspect so police have a lot of investigating to do on this one. >> look what happened that cleaners. a subaru ran into a support column in the shopping center. both the cleaners and ca dough ba had to be shut down for fear of a natural gas odor. the building took the blow pretty well. they are making everything is safe and sound there tonight. >> two volunteer firefighters are in critical but stable condition at this hour at washington hospital center. they were fighting a house fire in river dale on friday night and they were hurt when a burst

of fresh air created a fireball inside. five other firefighters suffered injuries. in tonight's democracy 2012 coverage, barely a day to go before tuesday's primaries. voters in michigan have a chance to rattle the republican field. mitt romney lost his lead and now has fought back to the vu tual tie with santorum. the states are in he is steam. chuck has more on this tonight. >> reporter: rick santorum ran in two races sunday, the michigan primary and in the daytona 500 where he is the sponsor and namesake of this car. >> stayed back in the pack. hang back there until the right time. >> that could be his campaign plan too. he lost ten points in a week to mitt romney. now neck in neck they are

sideswiping each other furiously. >> that is the team i'm on, it supports free market and free people, not the team governor romney supports which is big government. >> he had to vote for it because that was taking one for the team. >> romney was in daytona 500 in person. he picked up from jan brewer. he is by far the person that can go in and win. >> for romney a loss in his own state of michigan would be psychologically crushing to his campaign. >> it would be a huge blow. he has so many advantages his, family name and organizational resources. >> santorum could be a commanding favorite in the tuesday races in michigan. >> the checkered flag falls in two days. here is something we can't celebrate enough, the sacrifices and hard work of our

nation's military. they honored 135 local soldiers who served for at least a year in afghanistan the the men and women with the army national guard worked with 48 other nations to train the afghan minister of defense and no one tells the story of sacrifice better than abigail who is back in her mama's arms. >> i'm happy. >> i'm a single parent so it was tough on her because i had to move her out of state down to florida to live with my family which meant a new school for her, new friends, you know, living in a place she never lived before. >> they want access to health care, they want goodellcation. that is what you did when you deployed. >> they were driver scena wards based on the number of deployments and everyone in thi in october. they issued a recall of

more than 40,000 tires because of safety concerns. it includes six sizes of armor tires sold back in 2009. 27,000 tires may still be out there on the road so they will send notices to all customers next month. >> gas rose 3-cents overnight. we could be looking at $5 gas this summer. it is already $4.25 in california. the average price here, $3.63. the reasons are, tensions with iran and growing demand from asia and south america. we want to chase you to our website and look for the traffic tab. you'll find the gas buddy site. $3.53 on eastern and gus ryan. they are arriving at the red carpet in holly wood ready for

the academy awards. who is wearing what? how will billy crystal do and how long is the show going to run? we'll have an oscar preview coming up. >> plus a farm ma cyst protection her store. co workers are calling her mama bear. find out why. >> out at the airport 48 for a high. 48 is normal for this last weekend of february. there is warmer air on the way. we'll talk about how long this quiet set up can last. can it really be that long? as mark comes in, we'll find out coming up.

we're hours away from the a list red carpet invasion but the party kicked off last night with the in pend spirit awards. they are across town from the oscars and this year's coast

seth right there. >> welcome to the independent spirit awards. the only award show that is completely inconsequential. nothing will come from this if you win. >> some of the night's biggest winners, chris stouffer plumber. when it was over the artest led the way with best feature and best actor. michelle williams won in my week with marilyn. the descendants took home two awards there so that is what we had last night. is that what we'll see tonight? just a few hours away. another film will win best picture. before that happens fans will feast their eyes on the a listers dressed to kill in designer duds both as they arrive and backstage in tinseltown. here is diana with the latest

from hollywood. >> reporter: the red carpet is ready and fans can't wait to see them. >> isn't it the 43rd year in a row? we're sisters and we started in 1970. we come every year, because it is so much fun and i am ready to see brad pitt and george clooney. >> reporter: if you were not lucky enough, why not go backstage with the app backstage pass. from interviews to nominees, you'll experience all the action of the oscars and you'll get to have your say through live tweeting. >> that is exactly what the academy is looking after. they want people to be engaged. they think this will appeal to more young people. >> speaking of winners, tin sil town insiders say it is a three- way race. the artist will battle it out with the descendants.

>> as well as hugo. >> reporter: don't be surprised if in the end silence reigns. >> and they are just beginning to arrive here. a select few of whom must be very nervous knowing they may be taking oscar home tonight. well see you tonight diana at 11:00. don't forget abc 2 is the home for the 84th annual academy awards with the oscars red carpet live show and then the big show with billy crystal as host. it is looking pretty good there jamie. oscar night. hey, it looks like it will be great weather for you to take in the oscars wherever you might beheaded this evening. humidity low. on the cool side. temperatures will be falling

pretty rapidly out there tonight. nothing but sunshine today. a little bit of a light breeze out of the south for the most part and a gorgeous day in baltimore. bellaire nothing, but sunshine here. beautiful cobalt blue skies and a fantastic sunset there to finish out the day. look at that jamie. what a gorgeous finish here at hemingways. >> here it is clear today, tonight and tomorrow and through the middle of the week. our chance for precipitation will hold off wednesday into thursday. temperature-wise cool, but seasonable. knees numbers will drop pretty rapidly as we get past sunset here. 41 new. you see the winds are very light from the south, but they will pick up tomorrow and bring in warm breezes and sunshine on top of that and a warmer day. compared to these highs which at best were around 50 today in

roanoke, add 10 degrees. we'll be at 60 tomorrow here in baltimore. we get a cool front, a cool shot of ir and then things bounce right back. we see no end to that in sight as we wrap up february. clear across the region, clear across the east, a couple of showers in georgia but high pressure in control. dry air up and down the east locked in place. dewpoints down in the teens which is extremely dry air. even if we get mid level clouds, any chance of rain in the next day or two is slim. we'll track one system. a chance for rain as far north as maybe norfolk but this fizzles out and the chance for rain around here looks nil through tuesday and into wednesday so it is looking like a dry. scenario. we stay clear and chilly

tonight. here is the bounce back tomorrow. we're up to 60, mostly sunny. a milder south breeze. 5 to 15 miles per hour. tomorrow night the breezes let up a little bit into the overnight, down to 37 or so. mostly staying above freezing tomorrow night. >> let's check out the seven- day forecast and see how things trend. they do trend a little cooler here in to the last days of the month. maybe 46 with rain on wednesday but, again it will stay dry monday and tuesday. wednesday into thursday better chance for showers. then we begin the warming trend again back to 60 maybe by saturday. perhaps march coming in kind of like a lamb. >> you've been practicing. >> what are you wearing? or who are you wearing? >> i'm not even sure. >> you have to break it up. >> ernest boring nine model. >> who is back in town?

you have to remember. how about scroll cain mose? well last night two guys we listen to on the radio were back at it putting on a soul train line show. thousands showed up last night. look at everybody. >> the last time we worked together sugar hill was on stage. >> something was crazy but 5,000 people channel 2. it is about to be crazy. >> frank moved to atlanta and works down there. he opened a restaurant. he features maryland crab cakes so we know he still misses us. >> that was a great time. >> it was meet the mascots day. there wasn't a lot of talking but waving and look who is there. the terps were there. there he is and the ravens. they were all there. you could have pictures taken with them and then there was a

behind the mask discussion by humans saying what mascots mean to the fans. that was fun. >> a female pharmacist even knows the guys name, aaron miller. it was the third time he robbed for painkillers and see how she fought back. how they got in trouble and why their cars had to be towed. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.

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bell clinged on the door what to expect. it was him. the same guy that robbed her of painkillers this month. what miller wasn't expecting was this, a blast of grizzly bear strength mace right in the face. >> i grabbed the pepper spray and turned and sprayed him interface and he put his arm up and ran out the door. >> then she an a coworkers armed with a baseball bat chased him out and they are calling the pharmacist mama bear. these cars were parked in a frozen lake and fell into a bit of trouble. they were parked on lake win na bay go for a fishing competition but the weight proved to be too much. cars fell into the lake one by one and officials say the fishermen usually park on the lake but there were too many cars on the lake and some vehicles had to be, well couldn't even be towed away. they just fell in the water. look at that.

>> three people were killed after a train derailed in canada. it was heading from niagara falls toronto. 75 were on the train. they are working to pull other passengers from the wreckage. the cause of the crash is still under investigation tonight. >> we'll be right back. let's take a look outside before we go to the red carpet. we're now less than ten minutes away. 8 minutes until the red carpet.

larry carney will be chatting and you'll be facebooking and twicing all that starts at 7:00 at the red carpet. he is wearing a raven's bill belichick pull over. >> [ laughter ] >> ten best picture nominees. i'm still getting used to that. it was five.

a little different now. >> over under. what time that show ends tonight? >> we hope within 15 minutes of normal, right? >> we'll see. >> have the hook ready. >> real quick this evening wherever you're headed looking good. plenty of time to get wherever you're headed for the red fyçt& carpet ceremony and awards which will go all night here. hour by hour tomorrow up to 60 tomorrow. monday. a clear ewi> thanks for watching here. we'll be here after the awards tonight. don't do anything to your tv because whatever you saw this year we love, wins tonight.

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