freeze warnings over in southern new jersey. so that's the deal, all included cover offshore. if will be a clear and chilly neat but no frost threat. we'll talk more about it. >> wow. abc2 continues to lead the way. just check out abc2news.com/mobile right now for a look at the apps, you recall' get the accurate forecast and live streaming video to your device. an amazing unveiling at the university of maryland center as doctors show results of their first face transplant, only the second in the country. some of the images you're about to see may be upsetting. >> reporter: his high school photograph. to remember his youth, it would be hard this crund stand why for the last 15 years, richard lee norris has spent most of his

time behind a mask. this virginia man lost not only his nose and lips, left with limited mouth movement and privacy. after surgeries he felt scorned by the public. >> providing this, only six days after his surgical procedure. >> reporter: after 36 hours in the operating room he receive and transplant of teeth, purpose and lower -- upper and our jaws and the tongue. >> we look at a blend of two individuals. clearly had there are specific features like the nose and the chin, but behind that soft tissue drapexd it is richard norris. >> reporter: the university of maryland calls this the most extensive full face transplant today. they have treated combat injured veterans.

richarder in rise became the perfect opportunity to apply this. >> they used -- the team used computerized techniques to amazingly transplant the entire face. >> reporter: on the sixth day post surgery, it's beyond everyone's expectations. >> he's moving his jaw. he's on a clear liquid diet. >> reporter: dr. eduardo rodriguez remembers norris' row action when seeing his face for the first time. >> he put the mirror down and thanked me and hugged him. ever since that day you can see we restored the 15 years he lost. >> reporter: at the university of maryland medical center, reporting. >> wow, put the mirror down to thank the doctor. outstanding work and special

thanks made to the don't are in's family and for five others who benefited from organ donation. what a story. all right. the supreme court heard its second day of arguments on the afordable care act today much the president signed the act into law two years ago but has faced serious opposition ever since. people on both sides were outside the court protesting. inside the justices were hearing arguments about the constitutionality. the judges are questioning what the limits of federal power should be soo so can the government require you to buy a cell phone? >> what else can it not do? >> court experts believe four democratic appointees will vote to upheld the law but we won't know until june. whatever they decide, all four candidates said they would

repeal the law if elected. let's check in on democracy 2012. one of the men struggling in the race to become the republican presidential candidate stopped in annapolis. don harrison tells us more about newt gingrich's visit to the statehouse. >> reporter: former house speaker news gingrich made a visit to maryland's senate chamber today. he picked a good day. first graders were there singing. >> reporter: mike miller paused to thank gingrich for stopping by. after a brief tour, gingrich spoke with the media. he has based some of his campaign on promising to get gas down to $2.50. he showed his displeasure with the addition to the gas tax.

>> there's a talk about the increase in the gas tax. given everybody's concern about the price of gasoline to have an effort made to praise the price by as much as 25-cent as gal -- 25 cents a gallon strikes me as being hasn't working american. >> reporter: he took a tour of annapolis and stopped to shake hands. he stopped by chicken ruth's and had a crab cake sandwich. some are glad he is still in the campaign. >> i don't think anybody should throw in the towel yet. there are a lot of people undecided. it makes a big difference that he makes himself known and that he's still in the race. >> reporter: in annapolis, don harrison. police in georgia show up at a home to evict the owner. before they can show up, he

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a 9-year-old florida boy was on his way from school when the bus crashed, ending his life. most of the kids were belted. investigators don't know whether he was wearing one before the crash. >> appears the bus was making a left turn to go on to mid-way road and made a left turn in front of the tractor-trailer. the driver of the tractor-trailer had minor injuries. the bus driver is still in the hospital. police plan to charge him. this is an unbelievability scene in new mexico. the wild police chief was caught on scam ra. dozens of officers were in hot pursuit of the suspect. the tires started to shred as road spikes blew them to pieces but that doesn't stop them. a state police officer fried over and over to ram the bus in an attempt to get it to pull

over that. didn't work. the officer ended up with a blown out tire, too. that's when another officer takes over. the bus finally slams into a medium. he faces three criminal charges. several business in palm beach county, florida, were robbed by people looking very presidential. surveillance cameras captured the robbers dressed in a president obama mask. they have yet to get a picture of the people underneath the masks. it's a bright sunny scenario. just a little bit of wind, but overall good looking weather. 55 degrees at bwi. humidity is very low, very dry air in place. ocean city, a sunny scenario. waves not up as high but just a

gorgeous, gorgeous view from plim plaza. you get that sense that this won't be long before the beach is filling up. in the mountains of frostburg we see snow on the ground as part of late march. none of. that temperatures were colder. there was certainly a thick frost. light frost in parts of northern maryland including bel air. this is a look at it from charm city run. not a included in the sky. sapphire blue skies. remaining clear as it should continue to be tonight. tomorrow afternoon we'll have a brief chance of a hit or miss showers but it does not look like much rain. temperatures, which are now running fairly cool in the mid-50sed a about 15 degrees. we'll end up close to 70 tomorrow afternoon. as we get a warm surge ahead of this next front of winds, what little wind we have from the west and northwest right around

the 7 to 12-mile-an-hour range. a relatively clear sky. it will mean another rapid cooloff. we think conditions are warm enough where the overnight lows will not drop much. even if we were briefly get to 32, a frost is only a concern if we go at or below freezing for an hour or two. to the north and west, a few clouds pushing in. we'll probably see a couple of passing clouds. high pressure sitting over the mid-atlantic states, kind of pushing off shore now. so that's the other reason we won't be as cold. to the west there's warmer air. this will briefly surge in before we get a cold front dropping in tomorrow afternoon and evening. that will eventually mean a slightly cooler day on thursday and friday. right now temperatures, you can

see across the northeast, 40s and 50s. just to our south and west all the way back up to des moines in the 80-degree range. all we have to do is get a taste of this warm air and we'll easily get up to 70. it shows the timing of the front. we'll stop it at 6:00. we will be edging through. it's ahead of the front we'll get the warmup. so a little cooler but not dramatically so. looks like pretty nice weather to finish off the week. less frigid overnight. two-degree guarantee tomorrow 70. some spot cost make it into the low to mid-70s with clouds increasing, chance for a few showers. tomorrow night 50 or so. breezy and mild. your seven-day forecast looking ahead and finding, you know, pretty good stuff for late march early april. temperatures hovering around 60 and a significant warmup.

that's how it's shaping up. >> things are nice. >> not bad. >> crisp. >> crisp spring weather. >> all right. let's talk to tory. gop front-runner ram prowl was trying to appear tough on foreign affairs but some say he went a little too far. tory dunnan joins to us set this all up. >> reporter: this is really shaping up to be a war of words between a republican presidential candidate and a president from another country all of this started yesterday. >> it is alarming. it is troubling. >> reporter: that's mitt romney's response to a question about an open mike moment between president and russian president deme trif med yes. in going after the president's

gaffe romney may have created one of his own. >> this is to russia. this is without question our number one geopolitical foe. they fight every cause for the world's worst actors. >> reporter: the frm massachusetts governor tried to clarify. >> the nation that lines up with the world's worst actors. of course the worse is the nuclear iran. >> reporter: it was clear russia was listening. >> the first advice is to list on it reason. reason never harmed a presidential candidate. my other advice is to check their clocks from time to time. this is twef -- 2012, not the mid-1970s. >> reporter: it said that russia would prefer to deal with president obama. >> newt gingrich was in

annapolis today and the word on the street is he's coming up with a creative approach to raise some money. tell us about that. >> reporter: this is creative. it's brought up a lot of questions. you have newt gingrich's campaign saying you have to pay $50 to take a picture with the candidate. the numbers came. what we found out was newt gingrich's campaign spent $200,000 more than they brought in in the month of february. but the campaign spokesman said this is no big deal with the pictures. just go to the website. they have hats, t shirts and bandana for dogs. >> whoa. $50 a shot. he wasn't there today but republican presidential candidate ram -- mitt romney picked up an endorsement. recent polls romney ahead by

double digits in california, more than two months away from the state's june 5th primary. coming up tonight, the future of baltimore county's economy. we'll talk about the plans behind rejuvenating owings mills. for child athletes there is a troubling trend. why more and more of them are injuring their achilles. here's a preview of what's ahead at 6:30 with diane sawyer. >> one of the most powerful men in the country, the man who watches over our economy. what will the sphed ral chairman say -- federal chairman say. @ @ @

stocks dropped today. the dow fell about 44 points to close at 13,198. the s&p 500 fell fur points to close at 1413. if you're thinking about buying a bigger home or jumping into the housing market for the first time. home price dropped for the fifth month in a row in january. the average home in january lost value, some of the lowest since 2002. if you're planning a summer trip, it got more expensive. southwest airlines are raising ticket prices to compensate for the higher jet fuel cost. it's $10 per round trip. others are doing the same thing. congress is now taking up the debate over what to do about the u.s. postal service.

the post master general spoke in front of the house subcommittee today. it could include buyouts, benefit cuts and stop your mail delivery on saturday. nokia said it will start selling its lumina 900 smartphone for $99. the phones can be preordered beginning on friday. the smartphones will be sold exclusively at your at&t store. listen, scarf down dinner and head off to the field, think about this. eight out of 10 kids playing sports quit or wanted to quit because they weren't having fun. a third said they wish their parents weren't watching. this is coming out of a national survey based out of tampa. it said parents need a serious timeout to see how they can bring the fun back out on the field. baltimore county police are looking for two men who are

responsible for several bank robberies. we're on it. that's on abc2 news at 6 which starts right now. what happened on west cold spring today. officers were used to -- forced to use force. what happen to the old solo cup company. how well do you draw a map? there's an outside chance we could be voting on different races with different candidates. we're on 270. traffic is moving along, people going to carroll creek. beautiful day. colder than it was. many of us woke up to freezing temperatures. is there more cold weather to come? let's find out with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> crisp spring weather, right?

we'll keep it going. another cold night. our concerns about plant protections. we think we'll stay at or above freezing. our only freeze warnings are in southern new jersey. if your cousin or aunt lives here, maybe you'll give them a call. nearest cloud cover several miles over the atlantic and over the upper midwest. it will be a clear finish to the evening. sunset coming late this evening, almost 7:30. this day through the day tomorrow what a warmup, 72. we get a taste of that almost summer like weather but it doesn't last. we have the details on the rest of the week coming up. a west baltimore man is dead after allegedly confronting police officers with a gun. this happened in the 2500 block of west cold