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now "good morning maryland." all new information on a rally in annapolis. i am linda so. why realtors and homeowners want the governor to stop what he is doing. and a school shooting in ohio has three students dead. today how teachers will look for guidance after police say a teen opened fire. and her fans say lyrics have given them hope. bullying message lady gaga will promote beginning today. those stories and much more ahead on this wednesday february 29th. good morning i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. happy leap day is what i think charley was implying. we will check in with jamie costello live at gbmc talking

to leap day baby parents but first lynette and see how the weather is shaping up. >> good morning. temperature wise, not so bad this morning. we have lots of clouds out there. good morning manchester. you are right around 38. cockeysville at 36 and chestertown 30 degrees right now. good morning northeast 34 degrees and centerville good morning around 35 degrees. so, temperatures coming in a little above average. once again, this morning, as you head out the door, yes you will need the coat. but make sure to take the rain code because -- coat because we will get the rain in the forecast. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, not seeing the rain right now. we are nice and dry. if you have things to do try to get them done earlier this morning because the rain is poisedded to move in around -- is poised to move in around 8 or 9 and we will get a break and then it moves back into the picture. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. >> reporter: doing okay with the exception of a trouble spot. an accident in harford county and it's in abington on pulaski

highway at long bar harbor road. police were just arriving on the scene so you may have lane closures of course we will keep you posted on that situation. in the meantime, let's see how traffic is flowing on the harris bushing expressway. southbound -- harrisburg expressway. southbound lanes doing okay traveling to the top side and for those of you commuting through arnold this morning u.s. 50 at maryland 2, route 2 a good choice through severna park and into glen burnie and if you are traveling on mta this morning get ready to go. rail lines and buses moving on time this morning. back over to you charley and megan. >> realtors will head to annapolis vowing against the plan to cap the mortgage interest deduction and abc2 news linda so is standing by to explain what they are protesting and what all this means for you. linda. >> reporter: at 9 realtors will rally on lawyers mall outside the statehouse and they are against the governor's budget proposal to reduce income taxdeductions for high income

earners to. they say reduing the benefit will make it harder for people to become homeowners. the rally lalast for nine to 11 -- will last from nine to 11 and realtors and homeowners are invited. they have been mounting a campaign against the governor's proposal using ads and online pieces. linda so, abc2 news. thanks. today the gp county fire chief will tell us about a fire that injured seven firefighters in riverdale on friday night. this is the video. this afternoon we are going to learn what caused the fire and get an update on a firefighter's conditions. they were injured when fireball formed on the first floor of a home. we will keep you posted on what they find. one person is dead and three missing after a u.s. coast guard helicopter crashed in mobile bay in alabama. this all happened on a training mission last night. helicopter was out on a mission in the aviation training center in mobile alabama. two helicopterers in boat were conducting a search for the missing people. young -- helicopter

searching in a boat were conducting a search for the missing people. we have surveillance people of a 11-year-old who you saw and her 8-year-old brother were leaving the store when a deer came charging in. >> i seen glass go everywhere and then i realized i am all alone but i didn't realize what hit me. felt like a car. >> no doubt. samantha has a slight concussion and a few cuts and bruises but otherwise doing fine this morning. and a big surprise for a little girl in california. her mother who is in the navy was home a month early after serving at sea since october. she was in class when mom came walking in. take a look. >> mom is going to be deployed soon but she says she is excited to spend the next several weeks surround by loved ones. health new this -- news. a birth control recall.

glen mark generics are recalling 7 lots of birth control pills. we will put them on the screen. they are in the wrong order. that means that women using themare more than likely to get pregnant. they were distributed last year between december 21st and december 30th. and again the makes of the pill are on the screen and all the information that you need to know. vitamin d may offer some relief from menstrual cramps. researchers in italy had a group of women take a high doseage of vitamin d and another group taking a play saabo. two months later women who took the vitamin had pain reduced by 41%. -- placebo. two months later women who took the vitamin had pain reduced by 41 ss. >> there's nutrition facts on the labels. the nutrition facts panel will include the number of calories and grams of total fat and saturated fat each product contains. and the class of drugs used to lower cholesterol will get a new label and alert from public

safety concerns. it will come with a warning they can cause memory loss and confusion. labels will warn doctors and patients that stattens can cause an increase in blood -- statins can cause a increase in blood sugar levels and a risk for type 2 diabetes. a tennis star. >> a new cast of dancing with the stars has been revealed. who will be fighting for the coveted mirrored ball trophy. the new announcement you will want to see and touch according to apple. the rain will push in across the area today. but how much will we get? that's the big questionch the details are coming up -- question. the details are coming up. we will continue to follow the accident trying to find out if we have lane closures and how it will impact your morning commute. details on that and the area roadways up next.

now "good morning maryland." the new season of dancing with the stars starts in about three weeks. and this morning we know who is going to be competing. so among the stars putting on the dancing shoes form err general hospital and melrose

place star jack wagner. little house on the prairie alum melissa gilbert and the view cohost sherry shepherd and jaleel white and the leader of the pits pips, gladies nights knight. catch the two hour premier on abc monday march 19th and it's going to happen right here at abc2 news at 8. all right the big dog show is announced the winner. >> yeah. the american kennel club has just released the annual list of the top most popular breeds in baltimore. >> labs are the most popular breed here in the city. and they are on top overall. second, german shepherds then the boxers and golden retrievers and bulldogs round out top five. i noticed roxy's breed was not on there. >> boston terriers are never on the list. >> mutts are great. >> that's what we have. a mutt all right. instead of going through metal detector a you have to go

through the full body scan. we told you about this. >> but is it harmful to your health. we will tell you what a new report viewed. chardon ohio, teachers back in school. and we will have the latest on the tragic deaths of three students when "good morning maryland continues and as we go to break, they had snow in illinois last week. ñ[=

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and welcome back. today some teachers in ohio tried to return to work and cope with the death of three of the students. >> they are going to be returning to the high school where police say a teen opened fire on a monday morning. >> josh booth from the station in ohio is live in chardon with an update this morning. good to see you again. >> reporter: yeah. good to see you guys glad to be here in baltimore. you know i got to say, teacherin fact will be the one returning. student not returning officially fully until tomorrow. in fact they will be allowed to come back to school with their parents for an abbreviateed day. and then looking ahead to friday, it will be the first full day back for everybody here in the chardon community. i am at the board of education right now just down the way from the high school. it's evident the state the country for that matter behind the people here in this

community outside the cleveland. the vigil was held last night and hundreds and hundreds of people showed up and in fact the church was so packed that people stood outside hundreds of -- hundreds of them holding scannedels and standing in university the embracing the people here of the community knowing what they are going through right now and paying respects to the three victims. of course, 16-year-old danny parmertor is one and russell king junior and demetrius and the two others injured but notkilled in the shootings only 48 hours ago here in the community of chardon. you know, it's been 48 hours if you can believe it since all this took place. this community certainly will never be the same. i want to talk about the suspect in all this. prosecutors say 17-year-old it can j. lane in fact -- t.j. lane will remain in police

custody. charges will have to be made by thursday. about 24 hours from now the prosecutor said that lane did indeed admit to the shooting and he said it had nothing to do with any bullying rather mental illness. so, still waiting for a lot of details and motive behind all this. and as to why this happened and waiting for this over the coming days and i am sure we will be learning morep back to you guys. >> you know, before we let you go, there was a report earlier that lane could be staying in prison for or in jail rather up to 15 days. now he could be be released after that? is that accurate or procedural?>> reporter: you know i am not certain of that to be honest i know yesterday the judge had to make the official decision and he said indeed lane will stay in the detention facility not too far from where i am right now. the next court date will not be -- that's when they will decide further action.

so when you talk to anybody around here, when you talk to the prosecutor, it's unlikely with the allegations involved here that lane will get out any time soon. >> all right. josh thanks soap for your time. -- so much for your time. >> the shooting brings ateng to the security of schools and michael is head of security for the prince george's schools in married. he took us to the elementary school showing us what to do if a nightmare like this and what happened in ohio unfolds here. >> exits are key. you have to find the nearest one. >> absolutely and it's important to be familiar with the building. that's why, again, we encourage little things just a bidding familiaration and walking the outside of the building so you know if you leave the particular door or if it comes to a creek or parking lot or busy intersection. >> schools in pg county use wanding devices to screen students but some of the best screening awareness of who's in

trouble who's being bullied andwho to look out for. lady gaga is getting tough on bullies this afternoon. she is unveiling her born this way foundation with her motherch the foundation wants to empoweryouth and inspire bravery to help end bullying. lady gaga has been for acceptan encouraging individuality. she is going to unveil the foundation at harvard university. remember, abc2 news is working for you. we want to to bullying so head to the website abc2news.com and we have all sorts of information on the website about ways you can help. all right. consumer alert this morning. if you bought an ipad 2 you may want to hold on to the receipt. apple could be soon relesion the ipad 3 on march 7th. that's next wednesday and the company sent an e-mail to journalist inviting them to a special event in san franciscoch the invitation shows someone using an ipad saying "we have something really you need to see and touch. and fans of movies and tv

series stars we have a story on that in a bit on netflix. but first, we want to tell you about a government report that says radiation levels from the full body scanners at airports aren't dangerous for passengers. they look at independent radiation studies on the back scatter x-ray machines and the radiation levels from those scanners are so low a passenger would have to be seen 365 days a year to reach radiation dose levels. the season opener will be be wednesday trying to avoid a conflict of president obama's nomination speech. scheduled to take place the democratic national convention. this is the league's first wednesday game since 1948. the season begins september 5th with a defending superbowl champs giants playing host to a team. changes coming to baltimore inner harbor. >> a big green monster. take a look at chessy.

there you see the loch ness monster. these are plans for the outside of the new ripley's believe it or not location coming to the inner harbor. >> that attraction is expected to open in the light streetpavilion later this summer as part of the plan to revitalize the harbor and draw in more tourist. >> what do you think of that? looks pretty fun? >> looks like a lot fun. i am all for that. we have some wet weather to talk about for today. satellite and radar picking up on lots of clouds around the area as of now. but most of the rain back off toward the west. this will push in as we go later into the morning. i am going to break that down in a second. but check out the weather pattern because we have that big storm and it's bringing blizzard like conditions to the upper midwest and also the northern plains. and then southern part of the storm bringing severe weather across the areas. and into kansas, yes, you've tornado yesterday and into harvey'sville to be exact.

as we go through today, i am not dealing with severe weather but we do have a chance for maybe a rumble of thunder out there. so this is your future trend. this is going to pick up on what's happening. so we can see at 8 this morning. we are looking at the greens here. this moves into western maryland. so the western counties i think maybe carroll and frederick county will see a little drizzle out there. this is very light in nature and remember, we have to moisten up the atmosphere. it won't be until around 10 when you are looking at those yellowish colors and orange colors and that's when we will see lighter to moderate rain moving into the forecast. be prepared around 10 or 11 that you will be seeing the rain and then we will get another dose of the rain as we go into 8:00 this evening. that pushes out of here and we will see more sunshine in the forecast drying out as we go into tomorrow. but for today, the temperature coming in right around 46 degrees, rain at times and it will be chilly. let's get a check of your traffic with angela. >> reporter: good morning.

and good morning everyone. we cleared the accident up in abington but we had another trouble spot if you are traveling on 895 probably sitting in travel traffic and it looks like they reopened all lanes north and southbound. the accident was actually northbound 895 just at the harbor tunnel. we had traffic sitting still up to the toll plaza. we just reopened the lanes the southbound direction back all the way up to lombard street and you may want to avoid this by hopping on i-95 and taking the fort mchenry tunnel. traveling around the beltway you shouldn't run into trouble spots. also on u.s. 50 getting a live look at 50 and maryland 2 had a problem on the bay bridge a few minutes ago. a disabled blocking a westbound lane. crews got that out of the way and that delay has disbursed as well. now back over to you. >> thanks.>> go ahead. i was reading. >> we are eager to tell outnews. after being ushered out of park the occupy movement is returning. >> we told you about this

probably coming back in the spring. organizers are urging protesters to go after something today. the sitter ship returns to turn to port hearings begin on the costa concordia. and we will give you a preview when we continue.

transporttion committee will hold hearings on the costa concordia disaster off coast of italy. they capsized after crashing into a rock off the tuscan coast. more than two dozen people have been confirmed dead. the costa aleg rashing the sister ship to concordia will return to port -- allegra, the sister ship to concordia will return to port. the flights are being booked to get pats jers hope once they -- passengers home once they reach port. the latest movement shut down corporations calling on supporters to protest companies which they claim are responsible and they say it's sponsors harmful laws including immigration measures in arizona. panels of lawmakers will hear about transportation bills today. coming up, details on the bills and how some measures would increase how much money

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