"good morning america," i'm charley crowson. >> i'm megan pringle. thanks for joining us and happy friday. we'll start things off with meteorologist lynette charles. >> good morning. good morning, everyone. we are looking at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and we have all five sweeps on, not a whole lot to see right now, but the fact is that we are going to get more active as the day goes especially into tomorrow. but for right now, just enjoy it. get out there and do those errands because the clouds will be increasing as we go throughout the day. temperatures are the big story this morning, and the fact is that temperatures are coming in the 30s. yesterday 50s, so it is going to feel colder to you this morning, even though we don't have the winds out there. 34 degrees right now into hanover. baltimore coming in right around 35 degrees. so this morning this is a top story, but as we go into the afternoon, we'll start to see some change in the forecast and then we'll start to talk more maybe about a rumble of thunder definitely possible as we go into 4:00 p.m. so your hour-by-hour forecast comes to shape like this, 52 degrees by lunchtime for today,

still dry. a chance for a couple of showers to move in, maybe a rumble of thunder by 4:00 p.m. that temperature coming in right around 57 degrees. and then more likely for some showers and thunderstorms as we go into the evening. let's get a check of the traffic with bill. good morning. reporter: looking at the early morning rush, everything seems to be flowing pretty well, looking good on the run from harford county, building a bit through the white marsh area and the beltway and then it opens up through the tunnels. 95 running smooth headed northbound past 395 to the tolls. 95 good on route 40 around the south side and the top side building a bit, still flowing good from 45 through towson. on the 83 run, the harrisburg expressway, looks pretty good past cockiesville to the beltway. jfx all clear to downtown at this time. 795 all clear from owens mills out to the beltway and 795 looking good from 29 over to the beltway. the one incident we do have southbound york road at stevenson road, a water main break brake, that has the left lane closed. you may want to stick with i-83 to get through that one.

back to you. all new details this morning in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. >> new court documents right now reveal the ages of his alleged victims and abc news' linda stow is standing by with that information. linda. reporter: megan, we've learned the alleged victims were 8 to 17 years old. according to the latest court documents, prosecutors say the abuse occurred over years and some of the victims were children when it started. the new details are according to a document filed by the attorney general's office on thursday. prosecutors say 8 of the 10 alleged victims were abused on the penn state campus. one of the alleged victims was abused in florida and texas and another boy while at his own school. two of the alleged victims remain unidentified. sandusky has been on house arrest awaiting his trial in may. he's charged with 52 criminal counts stemming from allegations he abused boys in his home, in state college hotels and penn state athletic facilities as well as inside his car. jury selection in the trial is tentatively set for may 14th. linda stow, abc 2 news.

today a pretrial is scheduled for hate crimes against the amish in a certain sect in ohio. leader samuel mullet, sr, his sons and other men have been charged. they are accused of restraining amish men and cutting off their beards, injuring those who tried to stop it. once married, amish men typically do not trim their beards. pennsylvania prosecutors are now filing charges against 14 people in what they're describing as a drug distribution new york. they say that ringleader was damian floyd. floyd and the other suspects are charged with buying cocaine in baltimore city and then reselling it in the allatoona, pennsylvania area. that's about five pounds during the course of a week mostly on a corner bar or a grill. police say the operation dealt about $2 million worth of the coke. it's expected to be one of the largest drug busts in the allatoona regions. the man dubbed as the east coast rapist faced three women

targeted for the alleged acts. detectives say that aaron thomas is responsible for those rapes and other acts on 17 women all the way from virginia to connecticut over the span of a decade. a hearing -- there was a depend 10cy hearing, however, tomorrow's attorney didn't speak out about that at all. he says he's engage inside self- destructive behavior and has decided not to communicate him. it could go to trial in april. a piece of history is on its way down in the baltimore inner harbor. the carousel is being taken down. the owner, richard knight had planned to fight the city's decision, but it appears to be a battle he can't win. knight brought the now 106-year- old ride to the inner harbor in 1981. now he started taking it down. officials say he not been paying his rent and they ordered him to shut down operations by the end of february and have the entire carousel removed by the end of this month. city officials told abc 2 news, a likely replacement for

that spot next to the maryland science center is another carousel. knight says he plans to reopen his carousel when he can, but he's not going to do it in baltimore. two area universities will be joining forces, both the university of maryland, one on the baltimore campus, the other college pack will attract new research funding and create jobs in the state. they're combining research efforts in bioscience and biotechnology as well as academic programs like law, human services, science, technology and math. it also calls for combining the two schools' master of public health program and allows students to easily enroll in classes on both campuses. u.s. secretary of education arny duncan will join mayors from new york city, los angeles and chicago along with their superintendents today. it's called the -- the forum is called education now cities at the forefront and reform and it's happening today in d.c. where we're looking at live pictures there. it's all about improving classrooms in the united states, particularly in urban cities. >> and president barack obama will be on the road today

visiting walter reed army medical center and visiting the wounded servicemembers. no word yet exactly on what time the president will arrive. it's not going to be a weekend of relaxing for gop candidates. it's all about campaigning ahead of super tuesday. new jersey governor chris christie will campaign in ohio with mitt romney. rick santorum will be in the buckeye state as well. he'll be in chilicothe outside of columbus. tuesday is when 10 states hold primaries. ohio is considered one of them and is considered a must win for the candidates. the search continues for a woman is that went missing from a luxury cruise liner >> stay with us, we'll have details on that investigation and whether police think foul play could be involved. how about a little free gas courtesy of peta? it's a little cold outside for that, don't you think? what are you going -- what you can do in one state to save a few extra bucks in gas. we'll have the details when "good morning maryland" continues. another round of severe weather is on the way for parts of the nation. i'll have those details coming up. stick around.

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[ jim ] we raise our chickens cage-free, and we set our goals higher than anyone. we're trying to make a better chicken. [ jim ] my dad did, my grandfather did, and it's what we do today. students are headed back to class in chardon, ohio today, only days after another student came with a gun, killing three classmates and wounding two others >> after days of counseling and vigils, they now go back to where those tragic events occurred in the first place. this morning we have a live report from chardon, kristin byrne joins us a reporter from our scripps station outside of cleveland, ohio. kristin, good morning. reporter: good morning. yes, it's expected to be a very emotional day understandably for students as they make their first day back to school, their return. it's going to be their first full day since the shooting happened on monday, killing, as

you mentioned, three students here at chardon high, wounding two others. yesterday, though, they were able to march to school, sort of an easier transition for them with their parents, but today they will be going back to school alone. it's been a very tough week for them. the community, though, has stood by them the entire time, even yesterday when the kids were marching to school, they were clapping and cheering for them, showing their support. there's red ribbons everywhere, there's been vigils, a lot of prayers really from all over the country. this has not just hit chardon, this has hit this entire world. of course a very tough day. but there is going to be extra police presence around the school today to kind of make kids feel safer. back to you. >> kristin, let me ask you, have you talked to any parents or students who feel like maybe it's too soon or do they feel it's time to go back? reporter: you know, we talk today a handful of students and parents and it's one of those things where some are ready, some are not. i think it's one of those

things when it comes to healing that everyone is going to be different at the point when is they're ready to move on. so there's kind of been mixed feelings about their full day starting friday. but, you know, in talking with some of the students, at least in my personal experience, they're saying they want to be around each other. they want to be with their fellow classmates because they need that support right now. >> kristin, you were talking about the national response to this. we heard from one of the mothers of one of the victims yesterday saying that she had support from avenues she never even imagined. what are you guys seeing in and around chardon regarding that national response and the show of support. reporter: yes. well, you know, it's been pretty amazing and i was at a press conference yesterday and was listening to the parents talk. one of the parents were saying we've gotten calls from south america, from spain, from colorado, from las vegas, people just want to know how they're doing. they want to say they're sorry for the lives lost and they want to pray for these people.

so that's what we've been seeing. of course, all different media outlets are here from all over the world. but as people are saying, this is not just a time for these students and staff to heal, this is a time for the whole world to heal and the superintendent said the world is going to watch us heal. back to you. >> kristin byrne, thank you so much for the time this morning. in wisconsin a student has been arrested after creating a list of students that he wanted to shoot. the 16-year-old was arrested on wednesday after officials found that list containing the names of 26 students he says bullied him. officials say that there is no evidence that the teen brought a gun to sparta high school. he is being held outside the county and will be evaluated by mental health officials. former democratic presidential candidate john edwards has been cleared to go to trial next month for violations of campaign finance laws. edwards' day in court has been delayed due to a previously unknown heart condition. the former north carolina senator is accused of using campaign funds to hide his affair with staffer rielle

hunter. edwards has since pleaded not guilty. consumer alert for you this morning, google's new privacy policy has gone into effect. that means the company is tracking -- is keeping track of everything you do on its site. google says the goal is to provide users with a better experience. others say this is an invasion of privacy. and if you are concerned about the privacy -- >> if there are things you want to keep private about your life, those records are all in there. >> if you're concerned about privacy, abc 2 news is working for you. here's what you can do, you can opt out advertising, disable your web history and log on to their accounts and use google services anonymously. virgin atlantic is mou working on keeping their -- is now working on keeping flight attendants quiet. the british airlines has reportedly hired a whispering coach to teach the flight attendants to speak more softly. it's going to be trained to the right volume and emotion when it comes to speaking with passengers just to make the experience a little bit better. for all the latest consumer news, head to our website,

abc2news.com. you go to money tab and click on consumer. again, that is abc2news.com. good morning. i'm meteorologist lynette charles. we've been dry for the most part this morning, but the rain will start to push in here and we will be seeing some -- >> did you say lynette charles? meteorologist lynette charles has, turns out, an 8-month-old fan who loves her voice so much so that whenever you see him -- whenever he sees her, he stops dead in his tracks. the video was sent to us by karen, that's her son, baby mason. mason has stopped playing, crying, crawling and eating when lynette comes on tv which he doesn't do for barney or elmo. that is some serious, serious competition. >> you trump cartoon characters. >> elmo, is, like, i love that guy. >> isn't he adorable? >> really cute. >> his birthday was yesterday. >> yesterday was his birthday, so he's waking up to you now we

certainly hope. >> hi, mason. >> you gotta do that again. >> hi, mason. >> i know it's early in the morning, but it would be fun to get mason in here sometime. >> oh, i'd love it. karen, if you're listening, bring mason in. we have the forecast right now. we are dry, but we will start to see some changing conditions across the area. so you're looking at the satellite and radar. no clouds. yes, the clouds are up to the north, we see some clouds back down to the south. so we have to get rid of this dry air once again. so that's why i am going to say that it's going to take a while for maybe some showers to get in here, but it is possible. i'm going to break things down for you. this warm front will slide through the area later this evening. we will start to moisten up that atmosphere as we get increasing clouds. then we will have a cold front that's going to traverse the area by tomorrow morning. that's going to be our better chance for some thunderstorms in the forecast and some heavier rain. so tonight you're heading out and about, you want to have fun on this friday evening. it could get a little wet by

midnight overnight. so you might want to take the umbrella with you or just come back a little bit earlier, but that's no fun, right? just stay out. futuretrend looking pretty good this morning as we will see a little bit of sunshine in here and then those clouds will start to move in ahead of that warm front, boom, it's here around 7:00, and then we will see that cold front try to push in across the area as we go through tomorrow, bringing us the showers and the thunderstorms that i was talking about. some very cold air on the back side of that cold front and then that's what's going to drop the temperatures down as we go into sunday and also into monday. but for today we're talking about temperatures. well, i think we'll get to about 57 degrees, those clouds will increase throughout the day. and then by tonight temperature coming in right around 47 degrees, scattered showers, it will be mild and breezy. and tomorrow 65 degrees, but the fact is that if we see more clouds, i say we stay more around the 60-degree point. let's get a check of your traffic with bill. good morning. reporter: as the friday morning rush picks up in baltimore, starting to see some increasing volumes but no real

surprises. northbound 95 running with no delay past 395 through the tunnel. southbound 95 from harford county seeing some building through the white marsh area and then it opens up through the beltway. top side of 695 is running smooth from around 95. on the 83 run, the harrisburg expressway, going pretty smoothly past hunt valley all the way to the beltway. once you're on the jfx, it does look clear all the way downtown. 75, from owensings mills looks good. 79 looks clear over to the beltway the beltway on the bottom side from 95 to route 40 seeing some heavy traffic, but everything is traveling at speed at this time. the only incident that we really have right now is southbound york road at stevenson road. there's a water main break and that has the left lane closed, so you may want to stick with i- 83 to get through that. now back to you. it's been around for more than three decades and today begins the move to take it all down. >> demolition begins today for a downtown baltimore walkway design today help you get

around. also opening day just a month away, time for some warmup before the o's start their spring training game. that all starts monday. you're watching "good morning maryland." that is the torch cam high atop the statue of liberty in new york. a live look. we're back in just a bit. 's air. experience light and airy, melty bubbles. made from pure, delicious hershey's milk chocolate. hershey's air delight. everyone wants to be the cadbury bunny. cause only he brings delicious cadbury crème eggs, while others may keep trying. nobunny knows easter better than cadbury!

maryland's 26th annual harvest for the hungry food drive launching this morning at 9:30 at the franciscan center in east baltimore. food will be collected for the  areas less fortunate. it's happening through march 10th. last year that project gathered more than 1 million pounds of food. at 10:30 this morning, governor martin o'malley will kick off read across maryland month at southwest baltimore charter school. that project encourages children to read for 30 minutes everyday through the end of march. baltimore inc. is set to begin a $2 million demolition of that sky walk at hopkins plaza as part of the funnel project that's going to happen for traffic at street level to improve landscaping. the project along baltimore street is scheduled to begin today and suppose today last about six months. the ravens are expected to designate pro bowler ray rice as the franchise player later

today. rice led the nfl last season with 22,068 yards of rushing and receiving. the 22-year-old stands to make $7 million. a month before their season opener at camden yards april 6th, walter and the o's are in spring training. the o's will be playing both the tweamp rays and the pittsburgh pirates, it's all happen opg monday. game times are 1:00 and 7:00. stay with us this morning because she tried to board a plane with empty milk bottles. >> what the tsa is now admitting they did wrong. also caught on camera, a bank hostage standoff and a manager inside, the orders one suspect gave and the actions the s.w.a.t team took. neighbors say it sounded like an explosion, a runaway car that had no plans to stop in this neighborhood. how many houses that jeep took out when "good morning

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