and chesapeake city and cecil elementary and manner high school there as well. so we are going to get that on the website and fog is a problem out there. >> exactly. and that's why you are relaying that information this morning. i will relay the fact that fogit's dense out there. we have a dense fog advisory and that goes into effect until about 8:00 this morning. we can see that for all the counties shaded in that gray color. basically, we are looking at harford county baltimore county and also into carroll county and frederick. we are looking at washington county as well. so, if you are traveling into the spots this morning you might want to hold off a little bit because we are really seeing the dense fog. visibility is reduced. 7-mile visibility into frederick. hagerstown one. more of the same in york. traveling along i-83, you are going to be in it as well. the thick of things so to speak. a pun is intend there. four mile visibility into dc

and 7 into easton. maryland's most powerful radar is dry, but we have lots of moisture and that's why we are dealing with that fog. so speaking of the fog, let's check the track with angela andyou have been busy because of the conditions. >> reporter: that's correct. very busy because of the foggy conditions and deja vu. another accident on the west side of the beltway. we will get to that in a point. but the big story is the foggy conditions. that is live look at the tidings bridge and waiting for you as you head out for the commute. foggy from cecil county into harford county. over in queen ann on u.s. 50 at sandy point, that's what we have for you right now. you want to maneuver a bit slower cross-examine the bay bridge. as we mention the accident this is on the west side of security boulevard. we are blocking two left lanes and there's the delay here. liberty road backing up before you approach 795. charley back over to you. all right. thanks. we will try to get the delays up on the facebook page and abc2news.com. again, cecil county some of the

schools two-hour fog delay. cecilton chesapeake and dough people yeah manner high school two hour delays because of fog. back to the news now. developing story from what we brought you a few nights ago at 11. university maryland police have arrested man in connection with the dorm room break-ins and sherrie johnson is standing by with details. >> reporter: that's right. we have been on the phoneo night talking to the university of maryland campus police and we have all new information. the police chief says good detective work led to a quick arrest and he's very impressed with the officers. police arrested and charged 28- year-old oluwafemi charles in connection with the burglary of a campus dorm room. it happened on the university of maryland college park campus. police say the suspect got into cumberland hall by jiggling door handle until he found a open door a freshman -- a freshman opened up to find him

and onceensighted touched the 18-year-old woman's leg while sleeping and took her laptop. since the incident happened, officers watched footage from the university's more than 400 campus cram razz. -- cameras. he hats been charged with burglary, theft a 4th degree sex offend and second degree assault. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. [ music ] ♪ today we learn about funeral arrangements for davie jones. -- davey jones. he became part of the monkies in the 60s died in a hospital. he apparently died of a heart attack and monkey micky dolan says he thought of his as father and the word of his death left him speechless. >> yeah. it's a shock right out of the blue. no one suspected, you know.

you know, what can you say total shock. i am numbered by it all -- numbed by it. >> he is survived by his third wife and four daughters from a previous two marriages. now on to the hot topic. parents in arizona need a court order to read children's text messages. the new bill aimed at changing that. it would require cell phone companies in arizona to give parents access to the kids text messages. however cell phone companies say if you want it, tough pay for it. what do you think about this? should parents need a court order or should they be able to check kids text messages on their own after all they pay the bill and probably paid for the phone. by the way, they are their kids. on facebook this morning a lot of you are weighing in on thisand responding. one comment for you quickly here on facebook. this came to us courtesy of joe. he says i've got one better if you can't read the text, joe says i will cancel the phone plan altogether. that's how parents respond to that.

what do you think? facebook is the destination arizona law requiring phone companies to let parents have access to the kids text messages. texas grandmother is training to do a lot for the dallas cowboys. she wants to be a cowboy cheerleader. sharon simmons a national fitness competitor takes dancing lessons helpinger to to work on flexibility. >> i am 55 and in may i will be 56 around the competition. >> tap 2. >> when asked if there was a physical difference between her and the 19-year-old girls bodies she says "absolutely no difference at all" 6:35. and it's a car few will ever own but you can't deny they are beautiful to look at. the ferrari replacing one of the all time classics and this one is street legal. go to facebook and let us know what you think about the arizona law. good morning maryland continues in a few moments. 3q

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print. we looked at four programs and you will find them locally giant, safeway sun co and life have restrictions that begin with counting on the points. keep in mind, things like milk, prescription meds and gift cards may not count depending where you shop. >> i was filling my car with going to the a grocery store. >> the giant safeway and sun co there's a cap on how much you can save. and giant caps at 2.20 a gallonin savings and safeway stops you at a dollar. you can find all of the program web suites but we made the fine print bigger and easier for you to lead and understand making all go to the investigator section at our website abc 2 news.com. news time is now 6:40. it's 55 degrees? yeah. it's 53 lynette thank you. abc2 news to go straight ahead. what are you working on. no one likes the idea of new taxes. now there's possibility of an

income tax increase. find out more about the debate going on in a and list that could affect your wallet coming up -- annapolis that could affect your wallet coming up. a maryland one says she wanted to bury her mother in dignity. why a catholic priest ruin it because she is lesbian. enjoy the mild temperatures today because there's a cool down in the forecast. details coming up. >> reporter: and we have got foggy conditions for your drive this morning. and dealing with another beltway accident this morning. we will let you know about the lane closures and delays behind that coming up next on good morning maryland. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too.

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good morning. i am charley crowson of the time tore -- time for abc 2 news to go. lynnette charles joins with us a check of the forecast you've got a mixed bag. >> march 1st and it's coming in like a lamb. that's for sure. we are dealing with foggy conditions this morning. we have a dense fog advisory and that's in effect until 8 this morning. much warmer temperatures starting this mork. -- morning. we will feel it through the day and temperatures will drop temperatures will be on the

roller coaster ride once more and we will have more rain in the forecast for the weekend. so like charley said mixed bag. maryland most powerful radar is dry. but still lots of moisture out there and that's what's leading to the foggy conditions this morning. temperatures right now, quite mild. 53 degrees in baltimore. 55 in arnold and annapolis 54. more 50s in mitchellville and centerville and upper 40s over into the northeast and elkton around 45 degrees. the winds picked up through the day and we will drop. but let's check the traffic with angela good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning everyone. heading out for the drive this morning, on the west side outer loop is where you will see the accident. but not before you enterer's delay at 7995 -- 795. the accident is at liberty roadblock two left lanes. dealing with foggy conditions as you head out this morning. no accidents to report on i-95 or i-83. but we are seeing foggy conditions there. here's another looing at 695 at baltimore national pike.

this is after the accident scene. that traffic delay has opened there. moving pretty good here. and if you are traveling on the west side heading around through catonsville you will be on the brakes on wilkins avenue to i-95 or 295 the bw parkway. now back over to you. a couple delays in cecil county. you have the cecilton elementary school chesapeake city elementary and a thank you this morning to considery who posted on facebook it's the bohemia manner middle school and bohemia manner high school they are on two hour delay. and we will get that corrected at the bot off the many screen and facebook. thanks for that post. back to the news. maryland could be the 8th state recognizing same sex marriage. this evening governor o'malley is expected to sign a bill. same sex ceremonies won't be performed until january 2013. a website with a petition in the works to get a ref rund um in voters hands on the november ballot. soon you could be paying

more when it comes to gas and increase tower income tax part of the budget debate going on in our state capital. sherrie johnson has been following this and this is something that is likely to generate a lot of response for people in maryland. >> yes. no one wants to pay extra money if they don't have to. this morning lawmakers are looking at different options. governor o'malley is trying to close the budget shortfall of more than billion dollars. one way to a do it is with new tax revenue. general assembly has about a month left to finalize the state's budget. but the upcoming fiscal year. the governor proposal calls for an increase in the state tax on gas and if the gas tax fails a potential replacement would be the income tax. the supporters say it's the best way to do it while opponents feel the people have been asked to do enough already. >> he spends money like a drunken sailor and it's not his money to a spend. it's the money of the people of maryland. and they are hurting and he doesn't rollize it. >> i don't think it's

unreasonable to ask people that benefit from the great public services we have in maryland to pay a little more for them. >> reporter: the governor's proposal would shift hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to teacher pension funds from the state to the counties and county executives have been critical of the proposal. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. coming up an important vote in hours for the u.s. senate that could affect women's birth control. all of it centered around president obama's barack obama's mandate that health insurers cover helt bill control. it would allow some to on the out if they object due to moral grounds. students will walk to show solidarity and talk to counselors about the deadly shooting spree. they will walk in honor the three classmates gunned down monday morning. prosecutors say the 17-year-old allegedly behind this t.j. lane shot and killed three students and prosecutors have until today to file charges

against the 17-year-old. they want to try him as an adult. classes will resume tomorrow morning. we learned about 90 minutes ago a man dubbed at east coast rape suspect will be in court. aaron thomas is said to be responsible for the rapes and attacks on 17 women from virginia to connecticut over the decade. today's hearing is a competency hearing. his attorney says he is engaged in sek destructive behavior and refuses to -- sek destructive behavior -- self-destructive behave and refuses to communicate with him. linda so joins us now with everything that happened in a story that is insult to injury for a woman who is there to bury her mom and this happens. >> reporter: yeah. bar johnson says she wanted to give her mother a dignified funeral and never thought it would turn out like this. barbara claims the priest who was presiding over the service had an issue with her sexual orientation a few minutes before the funeral began last

saturday at st. john newman catholic church in gaithersburg he learned she was a lesbian. when he she ted forward to take communion he said he couldn't give her communion because she libs with a woman. when she began the eulogy she says the priest walked off thealtar and didn't come back until she finished. she says it gets worse. far marcel arei tuesdayed to accompany her -- refused to accompany her mother's body to the funeral and she was told he suddenly became ill. >> no other family should have to suffer what we did from this man. >> reporter: the archdiocese of washington issued a written statement conceding the priest acted improperly and should have addressed any issues in a private setting. linda so, abc2 news. whoa want your two cents. you feel it was right for the priest to refuse the woman communion during the mom's funeral. weigh in and let us know what you think. today a hospital building

is opening at sinai in northwestbaltimore. the new children's hospital has private family friendly rooms and live feed from the national aquarium, flat screen tvs and expanded playroom. it cost $29.5 hillion and tonight, it will be officially dead -- million and tonight it will be officially dedicated. abc2 needs your help supporting kids. we teamed up with 106.5 for the johns hopkins children radio-a- thon. it starreded yesterday morning and ends tomorrow at 8. this year marks two milestones. 100th anniversary of the hopkins children's center and opening of the children's center coming up in april. a consumer alert this morning. regarding internet users, today google privacy policies will be changing and it will be affecting you in a big way. google is scrapping 60 or different or so private policies from features in favor of a catchall that combines

strategy that puts information for the platforms they collect on you on one place. this includes g male google plus and youtube and other services. google says they will use the information to better cost opize your experience. that could include more targeted ads towards your preference and they say they are not selling your information to the advertisers. >> at this point absolutely you have to trust google. and in a sense on one hand google is probably more trustworthy than the other big technology companies. but because they know so much about us we have to hold them to a higher standard of trust. >> users can't on the out without closing the account but if you want to search without being tracked sign out of your google accounts and searches will remain anonymous. a north georgia high school went on lockdown because of auto corrected text messages. student intend to send this message to a friend "gonna be

at west hall this afternoon" an auto correct took over changed the message to read "gun or gunman at west hall this afternoon. that text was accidentally sent to the wrong number and the person alerted authorities. lockdown lasted two hours before police were convinced there was no credible threat. nutritional information in cereal and yogurt and milk will be appearing on meat. the new labels will have information like fat content and sodium to make healthier food choices. and beginning today, speak of health new items for the happy meal from mcdonald's. they include apple slice and smaller fries and fat free chocolate milk and 1% milk are options. wall street journal is reporting bank of america has new policy requiring basic checking account holdings to pay a monthly fee unless they agree to bank online or maintain minimum balances. the fees can range from 6 to $9

a month and are being tested in three states but it's important to note other banking branches they are doing this and they have similar fees. america's toughest sheriff will hold a news conference to release a report that says barack obama's birth certificate. he says that the group is working on a volunteered basis. and the charry blossom festival is almost here-- cherryblossom festival is almost here. they will gather to preview a month-long event. the festival commemorates the 19 12 gift of cherry blossoms trees from japan to our nation a capital. here's lynette with a check of the forecast. >> cherry blossoms make me happy but giving shout out make me happy. i have to say today, i got a letter from a teacher her named is jody at abington elementary school and she said for two weeks the kids the 5th graders

they were tracking the actual temperatures against the predicted temperatures of the morning news. and the bottom line is she said she used it for four of the other stations altogether and i am not going to name them but our station the morning news came in at number 1. and they sent me a stack of notes congratulating so thanks for that. i appreciate that. and the next shot out goes to mason brown who is turning 8 months old this morning. he sent me a note and his mom did so happy birthday nathan brown. here's the weather. we have the warm front rolling through this morning. we are bumping the temperatures up. the cold front will slide through the area and the temperatures will start to drop. we have a chance for rain showers in the forecast going later tomorrow in friday and lingering into saturday as well. for today, your neighborhood forecast coming in right around 63 degrees in garrison and dundalk around 65. tonight's temperature 36 and mostly clear and colder. tomorrow, we look like this. 57 degrees with increasing clouds. and here's a check of the 7-day forecast here as once again we

see the showers and we will trend cooler monday right around 46. angela tell us about the traffic. >> reporter: the fall is playing -- consider fog is playing a big part in the community. the accident has been cleared but seeing delays starting at 795 on the outer loop moving slowly there. also as a result southbound 795stop and go pace coming from owings mills and an accident reported in the city by city police on loch raven at 33rd street. in the meantime other delays for you as you head out this morning. at baltimore national pike not too bad because you are at the point of liberty road where we open up from the accident but the fog is a big factor this morning. especially up the tidings bridge on i-95 and chesapeake bay bridge on 50. here's a live look at 50 east st. margaret's street passing the chesapeake bay bridge. >> all right cecil county is what he's causing the delays. two-hour delay cecilton elementary chesapeake city

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