for three boys killed in a ohio high school. what students are doing to remember their classmates. he said i cannot give you communion because you live with a woman. >> she was denied communion at her mother's funeral. a priest's choice made a difficult day worse. good morning. i am charley crowson of the megan is on asilent and we begin -- assignment and we begin with your forecast and say good morning to lynn yit charles. >> it's the first day of march coming in like-- lynette charles. >> it's the first day of march and it's coming in like a be wa are on the temperature roller coaster and more rain is the forecast for the weekend. but looking at dense fog advisory as of now and we can see it for the areas shaded in gray. we are looking at harford, baltimore county and even into carroll and frederick county and washington county extends off towards the west. so as you go through the 8:00,

that's when the dense fog advisory is up. so after that, things will start to look a little better he. we are going to get plenty of sunshine going throughout the afternoon as well. but temperatures this morning are going up. chestertown around 53 degrees. we are well above average. you don't need the heavy coat this morning. darlington coming in around 47 degrees and 49 degrees at joppa winds don't feel bad but they will be picking up as we go into the afternoon. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and the fog certainly a factor out there. we have live shots as a matter of fact coming up. if you are heading out in the next few minutes, plan for a little extra travel time if you can. not dealing with many incidents out there. but again, foggy conditions with that dense fog advisory. let's get a look not too bad on this stretch of the bed beltway. 695 at bw parkway. also a little heavy southbound making the drive through laurelpassing through the jessup region. a lot of people coming in

there. and let's look at u.s. 50. heavy fog on 50 at sandy point. a little bit of extra travel time and, of course, we are picking up the pace already starting to see some heavy traffic on 695 passing liberty road but still moving at top speed. charley back over to you. more than a dozen tornadoes ripped through 7 states in the midwest and south during the past day and a half killing about a dozen people. latest victims found in eastern tennessee last night. the storms are part of a massive system that spawned an ef-4 tornado and is the second highest rating on the fujita scale and believed to have winds at 175 miles an hour. harrisburg. burg was one the hardest hit. survivors say the twisters struck in a instant. >> i heard the wind pick up and all at once it felt like the house is coming apart. the wind blew out and the glass was flying through the house like knives. >> like a train like they say it sound like. it did sound like thunder

butdidn't hit. >> more tornadoes are possible tonight into friday and in the same areas. so how can you stay ahead of the storm for you this morning? we have you covered at abc2 news. we are monitoring the storms at tornado alleys. go to abc2news.com and go to the weather section and at the bottom slide across over here to tornado alley. you will find the up-to-date and accurate information following the storms minute by minute. you can also do so by following the storm chaseers. you will see storm chaseers live watch now -- chaseers live watch i can't give you a clear demonstration because there's a 30 second ad but what you did is come down to the map and you will see a clear line of the radar, storm activity and this is a live moving radar. and then you will see small cars icons. click on one of the icons and this is near missouri and illinois. click on this after the 30 second ad you will see what the

storm chaseers are seeing bringing you the news second by second. abc2 muse.com under the tab weather -- abc2news.com under the tab weather. students at chardon ohio will turn to school as group. it will be open today following a shooting that left three dead and hurt two others. they will meet at 9:30 and walk arm in arm 3/4 of a mile to the school building. classes don't resume today but counselors will be on hand tocking -- talking to students about what happened. >> this community need to heal. the school did what they were supposed to do. law enforcement did what they were supposed to do. we need to get back to school and realize that justice is going to be done. >> charges are expected to be file shortly against the 17- year-old who is said to have chosen victims at random and he admitted to taking a gun and knife to school. canadian woman pass disappeared during the cruise ship vacation. this is not a good story. her boyfriend says he last saw

her around 1:00 in the morning yesterday at the gift shop and when he woke up she wasn't back in the rule. the fb -- room. the fbi and u.s. coast guard are celebrating. they took off on tuesday and is now docked in the port of palm beach in florida. the cruise says they search the vessel and didn't find the woman. entertainer davie jones became a haus hold name as a member of the monkees. he is dead at the age of 66. he had apparent trouble breathing and was taken to a hospital in florida where he was pronounced dead. he apparently had a heart attack. makeey dolan says he thought of him as a brother and the word of his death left him speechless. >> shock out of the blue. no one ever suspected you know what can you say? it's a total shock. i am numbed by it all. >> those who knew him said he lived a healthy lifestyle and

always stayed in shape. he survived by his third wife and four daughters. those from two previous marriages. well texas grandmother is on her way to proving age is nothing but a number. sherry simmons was trying to -- trying out for the dallas cowboy cheerleading squad. she is national fitness competitor and she takes dance classes to improve her flexibility. when asked if there's a physical difference between her body and those 19-year-olds trying out she said "absolutely no difference at all." a text message put a school on lockdown. this is what a student intended to send to a friend "gonna be at the west hall this afternoon that's where auto correct took over and changed the message to "gunman at west hall this afternoon. the text was accidentally sent to an authority at school and reported to police. a lockdown lasted two hours before police were convinced it was truly a misunderstanding.

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first oscar win meryl streep is showing no tension between here and viola davis after davis told her about the financial plight of a rhode island charter school strep responded with a check nor for $10,000. davis donated money to the library in the town in central --streep responded with a check for 10,000 dollars. davis dough nated money to the labory in the town in central false. >> reporter: a new developments in the case of a student waking up to find a man in her dorm room. >> she wanted to bury her mother with dignity. what a woman says catholic priest did to her because she was lesbian. 3q

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welcome back. a historic day in the state at 5 tonight. governor o'malley will sign the same sex marriage bill into law. however, the fight is far from over a petition is in the works for opponents to get the by on the ballot for voters in november. deadline to get the almost 56,000 signatures the deadline is coming in june. lesbian says she can't believe how she was treated by a catholic priest at her mother's funeral. nbc2 news linda so is standing by with the late -- abc2 news linda so is standing by with

what happened with the defile of communion. >> reporter: barbara johnson says the priest had a issue with the sexual orientation a few minutes before the mom's funeral began at the st. john catholic church in gaithersburg e learned she was lesbian when she stepped forward to take communion she says he told her i can't give you communion because you live with a woman amount few minutes later when she began her eulogy she says he walked off the altar and didn't come back until she was finished and the far refused to accompany her -- and she says the father refused to accompany her mother's body to the cemeteryp she says see wanted to gib the mother a dignified funeral but the priest took that away. >> we don't get a do-over. it was the one moment to pass from this earth. >> reporter: the archdiocese of washington concede the priest act the improperly and should have addressed any issues in a private pastoral setting. linda so, abc2 news.

we want to know what you think about this. head to the official abc2 news facebook fan page and give us your thoughts on this story and the priest's decision not to offer communion. now to a veg story we brought you last night at 11. university maryland police have arrested a man in connection with a break in on the campus dorm room. sherrie johnson is standing by with latest. you've been work overnight on to. >> reporter: i got off the phone with the university of maryland campus police and have new information. police chief is impressed with the quick work and excellent work by hi detectives. -- by his detectives. police arrested oluwafemi charles in connection with a burglary of a campus dorm room. police say the suspect got intocumberland hall by jiggling door handles until he found a open door a freshman woke up that morning to find him in her room. once inside police say he

touched the 18-year-old's leg while she was sleeping and then took her laptop. since the incident happened officers watched footage from the iewn tay more than 400 campus cameras. charles has been charged with burglary and theft and a 4th degree sex offense and second degree assault. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. all new this morning a. dundalk man will not go to prison after being accused of killing his 89-year-old neighbor a judge made the ruling yesterday that michael hester didn't kill eleanor haley in 2010. hester had been charged with first-degree murder. he says that he entered the house and found her dead after seeing water coming from a back door. then he called 911. heft are's first trial ended in a mistrial. that was back in april. they fight like cats and dogs in divorce court but they are fighting over cats and dogs. custody cases involving the re rise across the u.s. and pet custody cases have grown by 15%

and one office coming out of california. research confirms flu medicines could be the first treatments to speed up recovery to brain injuries caused by falls and car crashes. severely injured patients given a certain drug got better faster than those who received a dummy medicine. fewer patient who is got the drug remained in a vegetative state. more details on this story as it becomes available. you won't see graphic antismoking images or messages on the cigarette cartons. a federal judge has thrown out a mandate requiring them to place the images and words on the products. we showed you this about a year ago. it was in nine different languages like tobacco smoke causes harm to children. and the judge went onto say that act violated the first amendment. today a hospital building is opening at sinai in northwest baltimore. the children's hospital has private family friendly rooms. live feed from the national

aquarium. flat screen tvs and expanded playroom it cost $29.5 million and tonight it will be officially dedicate and jamie costello is the master of ceremonies tonight beginning at 6. let's say hello, again to that lovely lady lynette. >> good morning. check out the temperatures this morning because we are very mild. 5 # degrees right now in baltimore and all this is courtesy of a warm front that is sliding through the area. and the further to the south you go you are hitting 71 in montgomery and back where the cold front passed and 28 degrees in des moines and you get the point the colder air that way and we will get in on some of the cold air as well. we have the mild and we have the cold and we are on the roller coaster ride. also, we have dense fog advisories out there this morning. and, the winds are not so bad right now, but they will be picking up out of the west at about 15 to 20 miles an hour sustained as we go into the afternoon. so it's going to get a little breezy out there. satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot. we have mainly clear skies and

we will be seeing more sunshine in here for today. and anything is better than yesterday right? all the rain we set a record at bwi. 1.64 inches of rain that was broken. the other was set in 1892.92 inch of rain. so here's the weather pattern for today. there's the warm front and the cold front. that cold front will slice through going into the afternoon and evening. future trends picks own the -- up on fact we will see more rain heading into friday evening. another cold front pass and for the beginning of the weekend we have a chance for some more wet weather in the forecast. all right let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning everyone. heading out the door for the drive this morning, city police reporting slow traffic onerousel at i-95 with a collision there. also a stalled car southbound on the jones fall at ruxton road. moving over to 695, we are moving at good pace but getting crowded on the beltway west

side as we look at baltimore national pike. and a look at i-95 north of maryland 43. same scenario picking up especially in the southbound lanes on the right side of your screen as you head to the top side of the beltway. and for your mta update, the 10 train 403 running 10 minutes late this morning. also mta reporting a minor delay on the bus lines due to the weather conditions, wet streets and foggy conditions out there this morning. charley, back over to you. he he is accused of almost 100 arsons throughout southern california. coming up next, the suspected l.a. arsonist. and a way to keep up with the value of your meat. what rules go into effect today. we will look at that when good morning maryland continues on this thursday march 1st.

5:55. 55 degrees outside and five things to know this morning a hearing is scheduled for the former faa administrator in virginia on dui charges. babbitt was arrested in fairfax city in december and charged with dui. he left the administration after first being placed on leave. lawyers will meet to further discuss the 6 criminal counts against former

presidential candidate john edwards of misuse of fund. since 2008 things have been less than pleasant for edwards. he reportedly has a heart condition. harry burkhart accuse of a hundred arson will appear in court. he was arrested in january after a string of -- string of suspected arsons in l.a. and pleaded not guilty. america's toughest sheriff will release a report of president obama's birth certificate conducted by his cold case posse. the maricopa county sheriff says the group works on a volunteered basis. also nutrition information you will find on things like cereals ando burt and milk today it shows up on meat. new labels will have information like cal race and protein and fat content and saturated fat and other things to know when it comes to

getting healthy food. he is accused of gropingwomen. what his lawyers will argue before a judge and why the suspect's defense attorney is having a difficult time representing his client. also gas card warning. next time you are looking to save at your local giant or safeway. some food are not just good for you. kinds of food that can fight crone he can disease all that coming up on good morning maryland. we are back in a few minutes. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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