>> i am charley crowson. let's see how long that will hang around or could a spring like warmup in store. >> a spring like warmup is in store tomorrow. we start to get more seasonal temperatures but today we start the warmup. it won't be as chilly as it was yesterday in the afternoon. chilly and breezy this morning. dry but clouds hovering. and this is what we look like in terms of temperatures. 41 in elkton and emmettsburg. and they have a freeze warning in allegheny county until 9 this morning. but with the temperatures we do have the wind once again. sustained out of the west at about 5 to 10 miles an hour many but we are getting gusts up to about 20, 25 miles an hour. we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now. and we are dry. we should stay that way as we go throughout the day. i have a slight chance for showers and we will get a little bit of sunshine in here as we go throughout the day. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. and good morning everyone. tuesday morning drive is is a

little busier now. we are seeing brake lights on the west side of the beltway. county police on the scene of a collision in kingsville traveling on bel air road. you will see that at shirl avenue. be prepared for a brief tap of the brakes. if you are making the drive through the downtown region, 895 south of o'donnell street, sluggish is the most you will run into approaching the toll plazas in the southbound direction. traveling on the harrisburg expressway, a live look at 83 and maryland 45. you will run into slowdowns once you make your way past belfast road in the southbound direction. continuing into cockeysville it will open up and it's slow as you approach the beltway coming in from timonium. back over to you. organizers of the bolt nor grand prix are trying to save the race. >> this -- bolt nor grand prix are trying to save -- baltimore grand prix are trying to save the race. >> you might wonder where the tickets are right now. sherrie johnis here with -- johnson is here with the latest. >> reporter: things are not

looking too good. officials are behind schedule. we are four months away from labor day week went grand prix race is supposed to kick off. and a website is inactive and not selling tickets for this year's event. city councilman william cole says there had a -- there's 50- 50 chance we will have the race and the odds are worse with each passing day. new partners who are organizing the race might be in trouble. we have learned one of the partners in the down force racing partnership might be leaving the group. >> we are getting to a point in time where it's going to be very difficult for the event to be successful. but we are not there yet. >> reporter: the good news unlike last year the roads that make up the course are ready for another race. this means the setup won't be as complicated or take as long. council members say racing organizers have a couple weeks left to get things figured out. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. news time 6:32.

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schizophrenic. first k0e8d and rain and now -- cold and rain and snow. >> good job. that's what we will be dealing with today. let's start out this morning where the cold is. 40 right now in joppa. 39 in westminster. woodbine 33. so one degree above freezing and then we have the winds out of the west at about 5 to 10 miles an hour sustained. we have gusts up to about 20 miles an hour. so it's making it feel colder this morning. make sure to a bundle up as you head out and about. we will be dealing with cloudy conditions, mostly cloudy but we will get sunshine going throughout the day. be prepared for that. let me widen the biketure and you can see we have the dosh -- picture and you can see the upper-level low and the counter close wise -- clockwise spin. take the shades as you head out the door this morning. let's check the traffic with angela. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are following this accident pretty serious accident now in kingsville on bel air road shut

down in both directions north and southbound between mount vista road and sunshine avenue. so if this is your normal commute route, tackle on a few extra -- tackling the traffic. we are seeing brake lights on the west side and especially the north sideel of the bulletway. not too bad past the bw parkway. eastbound drive to the beltway on i-70, a live look at 71 mile. west of the beltway, sluggish in pockets crossing the patapsco bridge and continuing to the west side of 695. back over to you. now democracy 2012. it's primary day for five states. on tap for us in two or three hours voters in connecticut delaware new york and pennsylvania and rhode island. they will head to the polls so they close around the same time. three gop candidates in the running newt gingrich mitt romney and ron paul.

231 delegates are at stake. election results tonight at 11. 15ments away from 7. maryland lawmakers may be one step close tiered heading in a special session. governor o'malley is meeting with the leaders to talk about redistricting. they need to finish work after key parts of the budget package failed. now owe male says he won't call for a -- o'malley says he won't call for a special session unless there's consensus on a budget plan. pretrial hearings will continue for a private who leaked documents through wikileaks. supporters with the occupy of the transport of justice are going to be hold . department of justice are going to be holding vigil in manning's hon aor. the witness for the prosecution is taking the stand in the john edwards trial.

he pretended the baby watts his. and edwards is charged with using illegal campaign donations to cover up an affair. meantime, the defense presents an opening argument today and the -- in the retrial of roger clemens. he is accused of lying to congress when he said he never used steroids or human growth hormones. the prosecutor told the juror during the opening argument very maniens has told lies to cover up other lies. co-- he could get 30 years in prison. the secret service prostitution scandal is growing including a 12 member of the u.s. military. the pentagon suspend security clearance of military personnel implicated. the secret service has taken action against 12 and 6 forced out and more are expect toed to retine -- expected to resign. looks like the police chief

in sanford florida will not resign. the city commission rejected his resignation. the commissioners voted 3-2 last night. the majority blamed the uproar on outsidersch the chief stepped down saying he wanted to let tensions cool. george zimmerman ising place at -- -- there's a lot of comparisons to the trayvon martin case so much so the lawyers for the brothers say it's difficult to find unbiased jurors. they are accused of throwing african american teen to the ground and hitting him in the head with a radio. she lost her kidney and nowher job. >> she is suing her former boss who stevens claims convinced her to donate a kidney so she

did and she she didn't know if the transplant could live. no complications and she had to call out sick. steens says the former boss fired her and her husband says she didn't let anything like that happen at all. what do you think about this? should the woman have been fired for the complications resulting from the kidney donation? go to our facebook fan page and weigh in. abc2news.com/facebook. a t affects one in -- autism affects one in 88 million children. the number is roizing. >> there's questions -- rising. >> there's so many questions. linda so is here with a doctor to talk about the latest in autism research. >> reporter: we are joined by a doctor from the kennedy krueger work. you do so much for kids with autism. tell us how early intervention helps the families and the kids. >> the earlier they get in, the earlier they communicate and engage and play with toys, so

they make the opportunities for learning even richer. >> in the last hour we spoke with gretchen whose son when she first entered the program he didn't talk. now he is going to a typical school. do you see that in the work you do? >> it's in about 70% of the children who come through the early intervention program. and when you say autism it runs the gamut because there's the autism spectrum disorder and getting the clear diagnosis is key for a lot of parents. >> it is. because it gives access to early intervention. >> and tell us about this event you are having this sunday the 8th annual roar event. what he's going on and why should families -- what's going on why should families come out. >> there's a opportunity to ride bikes and hiking. we have free food and there's a wonderful playground and lots to do. >> and money that is raised

goes to research. you have a lot of that going on. >> and using the money, we come at trying to understand autism and better treat it from different and i angels. >> reporter: and -- angels. >> reporter: and there's stale lot of reer is notch yes there's a lot of work. >> reporter: -- research? >> yes, there's a lot of work. >> reporter: and you are look at factors. >> we are looking at what's causing it. we are looking at novel and more creative ways to detect it early in life and better ways to treat autism. >> reporter: thanks so much. again, learn more about the roar event at originalon ridge park and we will have more information on the website. now back to you guys. coming up at 6:48, dr. landers will talk to us about a civil. she did so thank you for that. again, we appreciate it. maryland state board of education trying to take part

in the education of schools. debry lowery has been tapped. she helped delaware to receive the -- she is replacing dr. razz make who retired after 20 years. lowery will start august 1st. today students at baltimore international academy. >> steve: any rawlings blake and other leaders are exchanging the desk jobs for teaching job. they are take part in the teach for america week and teaching them how to use what they learned in school and applying it to real life. 6:52. senate judiciary hearing is holding a hearing on arizona immigration law and jan brewer has been indicted to testify. also, the senate is expecteded to vote on a bill to help the postal service. among those eliminating 6-day delivery and require the them

to work six years. secretary ray lahood and stone will discuss findings why young drivers knowingly distractthemselves behind the wheel. they will address educational programs to address the growing problem. president obama is honoring the 2012 national teacher of the year finalists at the white house. he's going to start a three- state tour urging contrast to extend low interest rates for student loans. he is at unc chapel hill this morning, plans are underway to send mining spacecraft to astroids in search of precious medals. a new company will today unveil the plan. financial backers and eric schmidt of goog neil a frightening ordeal. look at this video because this is a little odd. just seconds before kurt aaron from wnep went outside to do the weather, you see the green screen and mama bear and three

cups hanging out on the weather deck. they were hanging out. we will see if they can pick a it a dance or you think about dancing bears. but mama bear and cups patient endly walked away. >> they are cute. >> you would do the weather with the bears. >> they are cute. i would. i love animals. let's talk about the weather and we are looking at this big spin in the upper levels of the atmosphere and this is bringing snow showers continuing across canada. we can see the rain showers across main. across our neck of the woods we are dealing with cloud cover and that's the scenario throughout the day. take the sun shades with you with the upper-level low on top of us to the north. there's a slight chance for a shower in the forecast. take the shades and up bremma to -- umbrella to be safe. 34 in towson. 37 in westminster. and rock hall coming in at 46

degrees. galena at 42. and we have the winds gusting up to about 15 miles an hour in joppa posted 120 in sparrows point. so we are feeling a little chillier this morning. check out what we have in incident garrett county and we have clouds and peeks of sunshine. so with that, that snow will begin to melt. mountary's look cloudy with a few speaks of sunshine. we will get sunshine going into the afternoon and the morning hours. carroll county man chester's beautiful sunrise. that's the scenario for today. future trend picking up on no precipitation but we have clouds. periods ofton and clouds and that's the name of the game for today. 59 degrees is what i am going with but if we get more it could be in the low 60s. we have a slight chance of showers going into thursday. now the traffic with angela. >> good morning. on the roads right now we are dealing with a very serious accident in kingsville. bel air road shut down north

and southbound. that's between sunshine and vista road. if that's the normal commute, plan a few extra minutes. traveling around beltway, we are seeing delaying on the north side at green spring avenue. for those making the drive on 95 at 395, no delays as of yet heading to the tunnels. dramatic video this morning as a robbery suspect leads list on a chase. look at this. a woman latches onto a moving van before climbing through the window. when the fan sopped she get out and surrenders and the driver tries to back off but the dog sinks his teeth in. >> oh my. >> we had a story where they had to cut the clothes away. >> yeah. >> let's hope they had to cut where the dog bit. >> oh, charley.