south white marsh to the topside of the beltway. harrisburg, making the drive through parkton, drive through cockeysville, to the topside of 695, on the brakes occasionally at warren road. following breaking news this morning, arundel county, a fire gutted two homes in the pasadena area we started reporting on this this morning, it's in the 1000 block of cutler harbor, pasadena. the area we are talking about, we find linda so, she has been on the scene. what can you tell us? >> reporter: firefighters are wrapping up operations here, the fire is out, they spent the last couple of hours going through the two town homes that were damaged in the fire, looking for hot spots. things look great right now. the two homes went up in flames around 3:20 this morning when firefighters got here, they found those two town home tons end this is the 1000 block of

cutler harbor in pasadena, they were engulfed. we have pictures that were taken. courtesy of the arundel breaking news page on facebook. those two town homes were fully engulfed. it took 76 firefighters to put the fire out. in all, about 15 pieces of fire equipment, arrived here, they could this a 2-alarm fire. the good news this morning is that no one was injured in the fire. two families displaced including four adults, two children and one dog, we are told red cross is on scene there, they arrived to assist the familys that have been displaced. again, firefighters right now are wrapping things up, they were able to get this fire out in an hour. the last couple of hours they've been spending going through the town homes looking making sure there are no hot spots. things look good this morning. live in pasadena, linda so, abc2 news.

a school bus fire, charred bus, all that is left after the fire in chester town, 28 kids were on board and headed to kent county middle school and one lit a marine flair. new this morning, george washington university says students faculty and parents were alerted of a possible gunman, u.s. secret service said a man was seen headed towards the campus. authorities searched the area around the school's foggy bottom campus but didn't find suspects. a volunteer worker for a candidate has been charged in a stabbing death. police say it's over a dog defecating in his yard. robert wright was walking his friend's dog when his neighbor became angry and witnesses say culvert claimed the dog had gone to the bathroom on his property. an argument ensued and culvert stabbed wright to death. a courtroom brawl in massachusetts all of it caught on tape.

a murder suspect's appearance before a judge was stopped by shouting and violence. the relatives of the victim punched the accused killer as he was walking in the courtroom. the room had to be cleared. the hearing for the suspect went on later as planned. a fight on a southwest airlines flight , the dispute over nail polish. jean ny was painting her nails , the flight attendant asked her to stop, she did but went to the bathroom. a flight attendant was waiting for her to exit the bathroom and the verbal confrontation started. >> she was so loud. i'm like stop. i was loud. >> when the flight landed she was handcuffed and thrown in jail for ten hours , the judge dismissed the charges and she was released. they are man's best friend,

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americans spent record amount of money on pets in 2011, $50 billion total was spent on pooches and cats. more than $52 billion, they did that this year. i contributed to that. >> don't you have five dogs? >> no. how many? >> enough. i have enough dogs. $52billion, i'm good for $2 billion of that. >> he has five dogs, they are always at the vet. i believe you. we are covering breaking news today's. >> stay with us, a massive fire in arundel county,. >> reporter: firefighters have been here getting things under control in pasadena, the fire displaced two families. details coming up. developments on the ohio school shooting as the accused gunman heads to court.

why prosecutors want to limit certain information. also, it is super tuesday, the day candidates have been battling for. a report on what is expected as voters head to the polls in ten states. feels like winter because it is winter, we have spring like temperatures on the way. they will be here sooner than you think, coming up. police directing traffic around an accident in essex. we will tell you how long it will take to get through the delay when good morning maryland returns.

hello to lynette charles. good morning, it is cold this morning, we are not dealing with precipitation or rain or snow, just the cold temperatures, we have them for you, as we check it out, 28 degrees now in to easton. below average, frederick 2 4, joppa 26. you need the coat, as we go in

to the afternoon, don't put the coat away, temperatures will be on the chilly side. satellite, radar, showing you the fact of we don't have any type of clouds. the p thes dropping off, lots of sunshine and then temperatures this afternoon will come in around 47 degrees, still little bit on the chilly side. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. it's starting to get busy out. there got rid of the disabled vehicles we reported earlier. the accident at back river neck and bay. very heavy congestion on southbound 95, packing in through the white marsh area, for those of you in the southbound direction towards the topside of 695, here is the west side at baltimore national pike. the outer loop on the right side, 13 minutes on the west side. bumper to bumper, making the drive around pikesville, over to frederick road, a very quick

mta, metro subway, 10 minutes behind schedule this morning. following breaking news, out of arundel county, a two alarm fire started inside one home and spread to the house next door. two familys have no place to live. the fire started on cutler harbor, in pasadena. linda so is live with more. >> reporter: you can see the firefighters over there, they spent the past two hours going through beau of the town homes looking for any hot spots. things are under control right now they are wrapping up the situation here. the call tame came in around 3:20. they found the two row homes or town homes on the end fully engulfed in flames. the families were able to get out safely. no one was injured in the fire. firefighters right now believe

that the fire started in the end unit which is on the 1001 cutler harbor in elizabeth landing. no injuries reported in this fire. firefighters wrapping up the situation now. everything under control. live in pasadena, linda so, abc2 news. it is super tuesday across ten states in the u.s. today. a lot riding for the remaining four candidates. 400 delegates at stake, 1100 needed to capture the nomination. josh from our script station is outside of the cleveland and lakewood area. what is going on today? >> reporter: good morning, to you. 66 delegates up for grabs, big news in ohio, a big day for the gop nominees or possible nominees if you will, looking ahead on super tuesday. i'm at the diner, we wanted to

talk to people as they were coming back from voting. the focus is on the congressional race and another long time congresswoman. the focus on the rest of the country is the presidential campaign, 66 delegates up for grabs today. ohio is certainly a battle ground state in the upper coming general election. it could define what candidates go forward from here. the candidates have been busy at diners like this one. the focus on the speeches, especially mitt romney and rick santorum have been the economy and jobs, what they would do when they go up against president obama if they are the gop candidate. the other two candidates, ron paul and newt gingrich are buried behind in the polls for the most part. it is all rick santorum and

mitt romney. interesting to see what happens throughout the day the polls now show romney and santorum neck and neck in most cases. we will watch closely. >> a question before i let you go, spending was a big story in michigan. romney maybe using the same tactic in ohio. he has outspent rick santorum 12-1 in your state. >> reporter: that's what rick said yesterday when he was here in ohio. they are outspending me big time. some recent polls shown him drop in ohio. he has a large operation here in the buckeye state. this is a big campaign going ahead to the general elections, big key states again. certainly that does seem to be the case, whether or not rick santorum will pull out ahead and get ahead, will be interesting to see later today. president barack obama will hold a press conference at

1:15, that comes hours before the polls close in ten states deciding which republican will face mr. obama come november. likely facing questions about the economy. senate budget and taxation committee will get a briefing on the doomsday budget if lawmakers can not agree on the taxes to balance the budget and a way to close the gap on the deficit. 500 state jobs could be slashed. aid to schools and universities could be cut and police departments could lose grants. we will let you know what happens today. a week passed since the shooting that killed three students and injured others in ohio. sherrie johnson has a look at what is next for the 17-year- old charged in the shootings as he heads to court today >> tj lane expected to appear in juvenile court for a pretrial hearing, happening while a mass will be held today

for 16-year-old demetrious, one of the victims. prosecutors trying to limit the release of more information about lane. he is charged with three counts of murderer and felony assault in connection with the shooting a at the high school. police reports and court records show he had a troubled past. at 15, he was charged with juvenile assault for putting his uncle in a choke hold and punching him in the face. his parents were charged with domestic violence. his father served prison time for assaulting a police officer and charged with assault on another woman. lane lived with his grandparents. another hearing is scheduled for march 19th where authorities plan to discuss a motion to transfer the case to an adult court. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. breaking news, police are investigating a shooting that left a child dead and a mother injured. the 24 year old was woken up by

someone hitting her and saw her son bleeding and realized she was bleeding. her son's father called 911, he owned a handgun and the investigators believe the child was playing with the weapon. a man hung a dead raccoon from a noose. joshuah wall pleaded guilty and police say he had an argument with the son of the family in april of 2010, and he made a noose and hung the raccoon from the front pore porch in the middle of the night. later this month, tsa says personnel will be able to avoid long lines at airports. troops and reservists will be allowed to use the precheck lane and don't need to be in uniform but must have military id present. fees on checked bags mean passengers are bringing more

carry ons. airlines are taking steps to satisfy passengers. united and delta are replacing or upgrading overhead bins to hold more luggage and engineers are designing jet interiors with your luggage in mind. record number of applicants this year, last year school hit a record and as march 1st they are 7% higher on the mark. the author and haul of famer ripken jr. will sign his children's book called super sized slugger. it am ins how children can deal with bullies. it's happening tonight at 5:00 at the toll gate marketplace on marketplace drive. today the winer of the third largest power ball jackpot in history of the game will come forward. the jackpot is worth $336.4

million. the february 11th winner can receive $210 million or annuity payments out over 29 years , the winning ticket was sold in new port. keep in minds it is spring training here. no need to circumstance it will wagon after one game. they left off in the same spot. mad dispitched against the pirates allowing three runs and six hits. pirates had 18 hits in the game. baltimore played tampa bay rays. effort to protest unemployment more than 5000 demonstrators are expected to hold pink slips over their heads and form a 3-mile line in new york. display will last 14 minutes, organizers say one minute for each million without a job. secretary of education will

be at howard university dealing with educational fairness. day after his address, supporters, netanyahu will be on capitol hill scheduled to meet with leaders, meeting with the house leaders and making remarks after noon. high school musicians will perform alongside members of the baltimore symphony orchestra during the side-by- side concert. it's scheduled for 10:30. bruce springsteen fans won't have to wait longer, the boss is releasing a new album today. wrecking ball is the 17th studio album on store shelves this morning. today we are looking pretty good but feeling kind of cold out there. in the 20s as you head to the bus stop this morning. mostly sunny, the winds northwest at 5 miles an hour. satellite, radar rs not picking up on anything. back in to ohio, little bit of

some snow showers there, other than that lots of sunshine, clear skies as we go through the remainder of today. a few clouds trying to move in. we will get more sunshine than clouds as high pressure does its thing. northwest flow around the high pressure , the system that brought snow to the area, out of here, in to the atlantic , the snow is out of here as well. future trend picking up on the fact that the clouds are going to stream in here through morning. lots of sunshine building today and tomorrow, and thursday we will thicken up the clouds some as we get a cold front approaching the area. back towards the west there, the wet weather will get here as we get in to friday. today , the temperature around 47 degrees, it's chilly, temperature coming in below average through this evening. by tomorrow, 61 degrees, more sunshine, see the warming trend, your seven-day forecast mixing warmer as we go in to

thursday. close to 70, maybe showers on friday. spring forward as we head in to sunday. a check of the traffic with angela. good morning. good morning to you. good morning everyone, seeing a lot of traffic in some stretches of i-95, especially those in the city, blocking the right lane, southbound of 95, between 89 and easton. for those of you heading in to the city, 395, a bit of a delay from i-95 over to conway and look at the sun glare delays we are encountserring right now. all the news we had , the one story that charlie says is the most important is this. the fact that the oreo cookie turned 100 today. he has been singing the jingle awe morning long -- all morning

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