lose an hour of sleep as we go into your sunday. maryland's most powerful doppler radar is dry now. all five sweeps are on, we're not getting anything but dry weather for today and even as we go into tomorrow. but in terms of temperatures, well, we're a little more mild than what we were yesterday. the temperatures are above average, looking at 35 in northville and also into westminster. i'm going to break down our afternoon temperature coming up but right now let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. good morning. the trouble spot now is on i-70, if you travel eastbound i-70 through ellicott city, it's where you have a tap of the brakes. we have a disabled vehicle vehicle, partially in the roadway, so just a brief delay, once you get past that it should be easy. making your way to the east side of 695. downtown, both interstates still moving well but you will tap the brakes as you approach the fort mchenry tunnel on i-95. speaking of i-95, another look

through the rosedale whitemarsh region, southbound lanes picking up toward the top side. new information in the case involving a calvert county family where several members died after coming down with a strange illness. linda so is here with the latest development in this story. >> reporter: we learned two of the family members had the flu. it may have been complicated by a bacterial infection. we're waiting to get results on the other family member who died. it started with an elderly woman who got sick about two weeks ago. her three adult children came to care for her at her calvert county home. they developed similar flu-like symptoms. the mother, son and daughter died. the other daughter was hospitalized and is being treated. the calvert county health department is reminding people that the flu season is not over so it's important to take the proper precautions. phone calls went out yesterday to parents of school-aged children. >> does anybody know what is going on? it's like the plague. it scares me. if i go home tonight and my kids get a sniffle or cough i'm going to be panicked.

>> reporter: as of 11:30 last night we've learned there have been no other new cases reported. the health department says this one family is the only case they know of anywhere in the state. linda so, abc2 news. a hearing will be held today permitting noncitizens to vote and hold office. pat mcdonogh is trying to pass legislation to prevent noncitizens from holding office anywhere in the state. the colts will cut the mvp today, the move will keep the team from having to pay peyton manning $20 million and signing on for four more years. he still wants to play football. miami, new york, jets, even the redskins expressed interest in the super bowl winner. in 14 years he took the colts to the playoffs 11 times, won two afc titles and one super bowl. however, missed the entire season in 2011 due to multiple

neck surgeries. the colts are expected to draft former stamford quarterback andrew rudd in the upcoming draft. there's an option for faster wireless broadband. the i-pad 2 was a big step from the original adding a camera, reducing the size and weight of the device. many reports suggest the new 3 may be called the i-pad hd showcasing a higher resolution screen. a green beret who survived six tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan died tuesday while trying to save his girl from a burning home. the chief officer edward canterrell returned from his latest deployment in august. his wife jumped from a second floor window and ran to call for help. he and the 4 and 6-year-old daughters never made it out of the home. two police officers in oregon were awarded the medal of valor for brave efforts to pull a man from a burning car the it happened in september in

salem. this dash cam video of sergeant andrew carr captured two and-a-half minutes of serious attempts at a car speeding down the road, crashed and falling power lines sparking the blaze. he and a colleague sprang in to action saving that man trapped inside. >> he was basically passed out, knocked out unconscious when i got to him. >> you see the movies, cars crash and burst into flames, statistically speaking, it's not the norm. it's very rare. >> the rescue wasn't easy, the officers had to climb through the passenger side to get the man out and saved his life. the officers say they are not heroes, they were just doing their job. on this day in 1965 in march, the civil rights march by demonstrators, broken up in selma, alabama by state troopers and the sheriff's posse. known as bloody sunday. unarmed civil rights marchers were attacked. marchers are re-creating that walk this week in alabama.

>> the 50-mile treck from selma to montgomery is going on now, ends on friday with a rally at the alabama state capital. one in 175 million, those were the odds stacked against a rhode island grandma but the 81-year-old louise white of newport had lady luck on her side. she won the powerball jackpot with the $336 million. she had the option of getting it over 29 years or the lump sum. she did the lump sum so the 81-year-old is now $210 million richer. a rumor that gained steam quickly last week. >> could tim tebow be abc's next bachelor? the denver quarterback, what he has to say about it. he's speaking out on twitter. what he has to say coming up. >> and a new survey, what it says about american tourists. lynette? >> the winds are calm now into baltimore but they will go up as we go throughout the day

along with the temperatures. details coming up. >> we're checking all the routes to see how the morning commute is going to be, fortunately no major accidents to report now but we'll let you know about delays, coming up next. ♪

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♪ love can be so mystical today maryland state senator is going to be running for u.s. senate and talk to a new juvenile facility at a press conference today. he's announcing his opposition of it. he says he'll discuss effective alternatives to the jail and opportunities for the youth in our state. teachers and advocates will

rally in support of a bill in baltimore city. that bill will be heard in front of the senate budget and taxation committee. the campaign to transform baltimore and education coalition will testify in support of the measure. if passed city schools could be borrowing large amounts of money for the renovation and conprograms. arundel high school in gam bril today -- gambrills today will be holding anselmably -- an assembly about bullying. josh baker is a huge advocate on preventing it and he will be talking there. there's going to be four assemblies during the first four periods of school. more on this event coming up in the 6:00 hour. baltimore city health officials are warning about lead found in children's jewelry. clever mart on highland avenue has been cited as tests showed high levels of lead in the jewelry shown in their store.

testing has been ordered on jewelry products bought from three stores. this mickey mouse ring had high levels of lead. this band also, take it from your child if you have this. this shows high levels of lead that can severely impair development, even cause death in kids. women in at least seven states including here in maryland may be unwittingly slapped in prisons by using mercury tainted cosmetics. mercury poisoning can cause illness, even death in some cases. while the amounts of mercury in cosmetics is typically pretty low, mercury actually acutelates in the body -- accumulates in the body. go to the fda web site for information. a warning has been issued

to talk about the arrow shot, "breathable caffeine," over false and misleading labeling. it gives you a higher level of freedom and control, that's what they say. you can't get that from airborne energy. the fda says the product can't be intended for both inhalation and ingestion. there's concern you may try to inhale the product. that could actually enter your lungs. a new report says we're addicted cell phone. it's called nomo-phobia or no mobile phone phobia. i'm not making this up. in the uk it's found that almost 2/3 of the people are addicted to their phones. researchers say some people get panic attacks when they are not near their phones, especially young adults between 18 and 24. all spring training report for you now. baltimore fell to boston now 5-4. the story of the day, dylan bundy, fourth overall

pick in 2011, scoreless fifth inning just giving up one walk. all leading up to opening day april 6th at camden yards taking on the minnesota twins. new video this morning. this is coming from indiana. it's pretty incredible. many tornadoes hit the midwest including here. this is cell phone video taken. the national weather service says at least 42 tornadoes struck 10 states friday, the storms killed 40 people including 13 in the state of indiana. 5:47. 34 degrees. we go to lynette with a check of the weather. >> good morning. we are still talking about the tornadoes. that's the thing, when you have severe weather, tornadoes, it doesn't hit once. you just have to deal with the clean-up when it hits over and over again. fortunately there's dry weather in those areas today but we are starting to see clouds stream in across that area. the fact is, we're not getting in on any of the unsettled

weather. we will be seeing plenty of sunshine as we go throughout the day. where we have clear skies across the area, as of now. that will hold true even as we go into the afternoon. temperatures are a little on the cool side this morning. i'm going to say chilly, we're still above average. we should be 30 degrees for this time of year and baltimore coming in around 34 degrees. easton 37. york, pennsylvania, around 37 degrees as well. and dc right around 41. so, with temperatures starting above average, we're going to get sunshine in here, the winds out of the south and west. we'll have that warming up. we can see the winds already into dc, 16 mile-an-hour out of the south, 8 in easton. and our winds will be picking up even more as we go throughout the day. we'll definitely boost the winds up to 5 to 15 miles an hour with gusts up to about 20 miles an hour. here's that weather pattern for you, high pressure is sliding to the east. allowing for that southwesterly

flow. that is going to warm us up as we go that the afternoon. future trend not picking up on a lot but we'll start to see more clouds pushing in here as we go through your tomorrow. by friday that is when we'll have the chance for wet weather to work its way in. make sure you have the rain gear then but won't need it today. 63 degrees, sunshine galore. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> good morning. heading out the door, looking pretty good, especially traveling around the city, the only trouble spot is police activity. that is going to be on lafayette avenue near monroe street. so just a brief slowdown there. otherwise looking pretty good, especially on the interstates through the city as well as our secondaries. a live look at i-95 north of 695, pace picking up a little but still no major delays to report. still clear on the inner loop and outer loop on the top side of the beltway as we look live at harford road. moving well between 95 and 83. as a matter of fact, your drive time pretty normal for now. southbound on the harrisburg

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it's all clean. it's all good. seconds away from 6:00 on a wednesday morning. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. good morning, maryland. let's get right to the weather. a check of the forecast with meteorologist lynette charles. >> looking at maryland's most powerful doppler radar and we are nice and dry now. you don't need to take any type of