and two teens from hagerstown are killed in crash on prom night. i am linda so how friends are remembering the students weeks away from graduation. the latest on the al-qaeda bomb plot and why investigators say the threat is far from over. the worry this morning. those stories ahead on this tuesday. thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charley crowson. let's get to it with meteorologist lynette charles and a check of the forecast. >> let's talk about what's going on because we have a carbon copy tuesday on hand just like yesterday. mild and breezy and mostly cloudy and dry as of now. maryland's most powerful radar is picking up on that but we have the chance for showers to work in there as we go into afternoon hours. and especially tomorrow is going to be a wet wednesday on tap for us. but right now, temperatures are quite mild this morning. coming in right around 59 degrees so we are close to 60 in easton and 58 degrees in frederick good morning. millersville you are at 60 right now. we have that southerly flow

that southerly wind at 5 to 10 miles an hour. we are getting gusts up to 15 to 20 miles an hour. the breezes will stick with us going throughout the day and i will detail when the rain gets in here. but let's check the traffic with lauren good morning how are the roads. >> reporter: good morning. well, so far so good out on the roads. if you are heading on to the jfx, be aware of the ongoing construction. one lane will be shut down in both directions at 28th street as the morning continues. child street not look like a bad alternate. traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel and will be nice and clear. and once you get on the beltway, here's what it looks like in the parkville area. everything is up to speed. looking at a 9 minute ride from here up to 83. and the west side here's liberty road. no delays to talk about in this vicinity where you are look at an 11 minute ride from 795 toward 95. that's a look at your abc2 time

safer traffic. now back over to you. >> 4:32. speaking of traffic, we have more on an alert for you this morning that may noaffect your morning commute but it could be a headache for late night drivers. >> it could be a problem and sherrie johnson is standing by live at the jfx. why orioles fans could be impacted by the plowsures. >> reporter: yes, we are -- closures. >> reporter: yes, we are here near the jones falls expressway. traffic right now is not bad at all right now. but be prepared for more delays heading this way overnight closure at jfx at 29th street will continue for two more weeks. crews are work to replace a dough lapsed drainage -- collapsed drainage pipes. you can take a left on 29th and get back on the jfx. one the full closures are lifted, the left lane in each direction will off limits until the two million dollar project

is complete. this means two -- tuesday through friday the northbound lanes will be closed from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. and saturday through may 18th the southbound lanes lin closed from 10 p.m. to -- will be closed from 10 p.m. to 11 a.m. it will take 6 to 8 weeks. rotting live in downtown baltimore, sherrie johnon abc2 news. fans will be impacted by the closures because despite the rough loss the o's are back in baltimore for a week long home stand and fans will be headed out to the yard. orioles are tied for the tampa bay rays for the top spot in the al east and with the rangers for the best record in baseball. they lost 14-3 last night to that rangers team. and not too surprising after a 17 inning marathon sunday. first pitch from camden yards tonight is 7:05. the gop pool is running dry. but those remaining candidates three primaries await them today. mitt romney and ron paul face- off in indiana north carolina

and west virginia. looks like the former massachusetts governor has another endorsement under himfrom rick santorum. on monday santorum urged supporters to work with the effective republican nominee to keep president obama from being reelected to a second turn. and stay tuned for more results from the primaries. we will keep you posted as the numbers come in. president obama will be in new york today. the state has been preparing for his arrival for days. the president will deliver remarks on the economy at a college and attending a gala this evening. north carolina is at the center of the same sex marriage debate and it is happening today when voters will take a stand on a ballot initiative that would effectively ban same sex marriage. controversial issue with the former president bill clinton is going to be at the center of this today. and also, evangelist belly graham and obama administration weighing in as well. 4:35. and investigators are worried about possible terror threats this morning after stopping an

al-qaeda bomb plot yesterday. officials say they uncovered the plan for a bomb on a u.s. bound jetliner. coming at 5, why official believe bombers with similar device cos get through airport security and official say the threat is far from over. a rockville man videotaped asking the president to help him being released from pakistan has gotten a response from the white house. officials say the government will not negotiate with al- qaeda. the white house couldn't confirm whether or not the president had seen the video. warren weinstein was kidnapped last august. demands for his release include all prisoners charged with crimes tied to al-qaeda and tal been a be released and -- taliban and release of osama bin laden's relatives as well. prosecutors are change the day former penn state assistent football coach assaulted a boy. originally it was march 1st, 2002. now they are saying it took

place february 9th, 2001. the change is called for terence for the two penn state administrators to call for the dismissal of one of the charges. the administrators are fighting allegations they lied to the grand jury. sandusky faces a series of child sex abuse charges. george zimmerman, the man charged with shooting arraignment today. he was -- martin was killed in february. the arraignment is scheduled for 1:30 in florida this afternoon. this is rescheduled. it was previously planned for the end of may. well, do you count calories and watch what you eat? a study says most americans don't. >> a study is saying about america's obesity rate and the drain it could be puking on our health care system. >> many people are looking for dry spot after serious flooding. we have more on the local forecast and traffic lauren. >> reporter: well, everything is up to speed on 695 at harford road. i will show you what the other main lines look like in my abc2

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now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> i am glad i got it. the couches and beds and freezer. i mean like furnace is gone and my washer and drier, everything. >> those in south dakota trying to clean up and dry out from what they call relentless rain. homes destroyed and belongings completely ruined. most residents moved to higher ground and officials say many as 50 homes have been flooded. two basements have collapsed. now a time for a check of the forecast locally with lynette. chai's going on. >> we are dealing with some rainthat's pushing in as we go through the afternoon time frame. but look at the big picture, well, we look like the dakotas will dry out and we look at some stormy weather popping up

around texas. they have a chance for severe weather as the day goes on. now, speaking of the day going on you see the big batch of rain. this will push in as we go later into the morning and the afternoon and especially tomorrow. that's really when we will see the wet weather. make sure to be prepared for that. this morning, we are dealing with mostly cloudy skies, just like we did yesterday. the temperatures are above average once again. 58 degrees in towson right now. westminster coming in right around 57. and we are looking at 60 degrees now in sparrows point and millersville. good morning ellicott city at 61. and along the eastern shore, galena around 56 degrees. let's check of the abc2 time safer traffic with lauren. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. if you are using the jfx to get into the city, we have the ongoing construction blocking one lanein both direction at 28th street. it's not causing delays yet. and heading out to 695, all is clear on the west side. looking at a very quick 11- minute ride on outer loopfrom

795 toward 95. and it will remain clear traveling in the parkville area. no congestion as you make the push from harford road up to providence road. and for those of you headed to 959 northeast corridor is is in great shape at white marsh boulevard. and south side of 95 north of interstate 195, no concerns if you are heading down south to 495 or north up toward the beltway. the harbor tunnel going to be clear. here's 895 at o'donnell street. no concerns whatsoever and the fort mchenry tunnel is clear. that's a look at your abc2 time safer traffic. as your teen get ready for prom, some may be taking the car for the first time. >> what traffic safety officials are saying they plan to do to help keep the teen drivers save. >> and text messages help police find a woman. how she managed to save her life thanks to her phone. you are wake up to what's new in maryland.

news time 4:44 and five things to know. funeral services have been setand will begin for the priest and church administrative assistant shot at the ellicott city church last week. police say the dr. mary- margeurite kohn and another woman were killed by a homeless man. >> meeting is tonight to discuss a pipeline project from baltimore to harford county. it will run through organ ridge forest and other properties. tonight's meet starts at 7 at oregon-- meeting starts tonight at 7 at oregon ridge lodge. whstop the rising obesity rate. the report focuses on strategies people can use to support healthy diet efforts. stay tuned for a live report at five. today is world red cross and world crescent day. the red cross and red crescent society are the largest humanitarian organizations in the world. a peruvian judge will

consider a request to extradite joran van der sloot to the u.s. he is serving time in prison for murderer in peru. 4:45. they were weeks away from graduation star athletes and honor roll students. >> lives cut short in a crash on prom. linda so is here with the loss of two teens from hagerstown. linda. >> reporter: students at william poured high school are mourning the loss of two classmates about to dprad kuwait. samantha kelly and brendon colliflower. he was driving samantha home to change. they found out about the crash because samantha had not responded to more than 20 text messages. both students were on the honor roll and accomplished athletes. samantha was all state volleyball play and on tennis team. brendon was an all state player

and signed to play college baseball. loved ones gathered at the crash scene and pieces of the sports car could be found on the road. >> the whole front of the vehicle was totally destroyed because of the impact. it appears the engine came back to the driver's portion of the vehicle. and it was very severe. >> reporter: police say there are no signs that drugs or chog were involved but they are waiting on toxicology reports. linda so, abc2 news. a aaa releases a report about teen driver and -- driving a news conference will announce research on teen drivers kick off a global youth traffic safety month. transportation secretary ray lahood is expected to attend and it begins this morning at 10:00. and don't forget about your teachers. that's because it's national teachers day. a chance to recognize the importance of educators and share thank yous to those who make a difference in kids

lives. former gaithersburg teacher is behind bars this morning arrested for several sex related offenses. use he is accused poaf seeing child pornography soliciting students for touch and inappropriately touching two students. a little girl is in critical condition after being hit by a lawnmower her dad was driving in harford county on kensington farm court in forest hill. the 5-year-old was airlifted to the hospital. the girl's father didn't see her and accidentally backed over her. around the nation, the john edward trial continues. testimony is expected to continue from a former supporter of the once presidential contender. former staffers of edwards are scheduled to testify. he is accused of misusing campaign funds to hide a mistress. she took a risk to text the word help they found her and a man forcing her to drive around to buy drugs.

this happened when the woman slowed down to get to the highway and the suspect knocked on the window. and thinking he needed help she simply rolled it down. that's when police say he got in the car and the woman managed to text her boyfriend who got help. it turns out the man's been arrested 55 times since 1988. on a lighter note a fight over a pig named wilbur like charlotte's web end well for a family. homeowners association wanted the family pet out but unmonday a judge decided the little piggy can stay home. he was part of the sardo family since was 7. the hoa told them wilbur had to go arguing it violated deed restrictions against live stock and the family got an attorney and won. they are going to be back in court soon to decide who is going to pay the attorney fees. lynette. i am not kidding you. i always wanted a pig. i am not kidding. >> that's charlotte's web. yeah. hello,. >> they are smart and we had neighbors with a pig and they are smarter than dogs. >> you know a friend of mine

had two pigs once and this is a true story. grandmother had the pigs and they were breakfast and lunch. >> charley. >> that's the pig's names. those were their names. >> okay. >> good -- >> you got me. >> this is a family show, people. >> i thought you meant they ate them. >> no they lived long lives. >> good. >> how's the weather? >> it's not too bad. we are dry and it's not like you need the umbrella this morning and you don't need the heavycoat because we are looking at temperatures that are mild. 61 in baltimore. easton 59 degrees. more of the same in frederick. and also york, hagerstown andwinchester and 57 in culpepper. we are a little on the breezy side this morning. check out dc, the wind out of the south at 14 miles an hour. more of the same in hagerstown. 9 in easton along the eastern shore and 5 in baltimore. the wind will stick with us throughout the day. gust up to about 20 -- gusts up to 25 miles an hour, 25.

we look at satellite and radar, and we are in the thick of things. more clouds just like we saw yesterday. off toward the west, some showers out across the area. looks like they want to move into our area and they will begin to do so but they will dissipate a little bit as we go into the afternoon. and then pick up more as we go into tomorrow. but, again, not ruling out the chance for showers going into the afternoon but not as heavy as you are seeing right now. so this is the weather pattern that slide our way. and we will be bringing us much needed rain. now the good news is i am going to put future trend into motion. let's skip past but let's tell you what is going to happen. future trend shows outeastern shore will get the bulk of the rain because remember they are in a severe drought so aid good thing. it will knock down some of the wet weather we need. we will be getting it as we go into tomorrow. so definitely have the rain gear. we will need it then. now we look at the hour by hour forecat. we will get breezy going throughout the day. and it will be a mild day on tap getting the southerly flow.

and that's the warming wind that i talk about. temperature coming in right around 75 degrees for today. even though we will have the cloud out there. now, getting set for the game today, well, first pitch at 7:05. they are taking on the texas rangers. temperatures around 73 and we will have showers and storms possible so we will see if anything gets held up because of that. it's going to be windy with the wind out of the west. we look at your 7-day forecast here. and we start to see beautiful weather as we head into mother's day on sunday. that temperature right around 74 degrees. all right. time to get a check of the abctime safer traffic with lauren what do you have on the road. >> reporter: well, so far so good on the roads. yesterday we launched a abc2 timesafer traffic and it's design to make your morning commute easier. it allows me to zoom in on incidents that will affect the commute. the jfx has construction that's blocking one lane in both directions. but we are looking at high 56 miles per hour traveling

southbound. traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel, everything is up to speed and this program has a travel time feature that tells you exactly how long it will take to drive from point "a" to point "b." so, right now we are in great shape on the 895. looking at a 12-minute ride from downtown baltimore all the way to elk ridge. up on the northeast corridor of 95, no concerns. it allows me to pull up live images of the roadway. no problems right now on 695. here's a look at bel air road. everything is up to speed if you are heading out looking at an 11 minute ride from 95 to 83. the west side going to be nice and clear. what this system does is it allows me to track the traffic flow. so here's a live look right now. everything is in the green. no concerns. 95 north of 695 no problems if you heading to 495 it will be nice and clear. no delays yet and very easy ride as you travel north in to baltimore city. that's a look at your abc2 time safer traffic. now back over to you. 4:53.

many of us take cough drops to soothe the cold but do they work? >> the best remedy to shorten a cold and other natural remedies. maybe they can give you much needed relief. >> if you are moving into a new home, here's tips how to make transition as smooth as possible. >> extreme measures some students are taking to prepare for the college entrance exams. we will explain more. you are waking up to what's new in maryland heading to break. a live picture of the statue of liberty all 300 feet and 6 inch and by the way, 25 windows in that crown. we will be right back. >> i did not know that.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> 4:56. phillips is closing its doors on the manufacturing and distribution facility in baltimore. 100 people will be out of work as a result of the shutdown. the ford avenue location will continue to be the world headquarters for phillips and company officials say this will

not impact restaurants or thecrab deck set to open up this summer. the nevada department of motor vehicles granted the license to google for testing of self-driving car on public roadways. the plates on the car will be red with an infinity symbol. it can drive to locations based on visual indicators, gps and sensors. they are testing out the cars and how they react on busy highways. this month is national moving month. it's the busiest time of year for americans to step into a new home. here are tips to make sure it goes smoothly if you are using a moving service. make sure the movers are licensed and be sure to get a written contract that spells out pickup and delivery dates and consider accepting full value protection that cover costs if your belongings are lost or damaged. for more consumer news or see consumer tips head to our website and the story will be up in a bit.

abc2news.com. health news this morning. can zinc help your head cold? well, it's wildly believed that the mineral can help short ann cold but a study says taking zinc doesn't do anything to help children. frequent high doses do shorten a cold for adults by two days. the side effects of zinc can include nausea and bad taste in your mouth and stomach pain. a new study finds mothers of overweight toddlers had inaccurate perceptions of their child's body side. antive maryland researchers studied nearly 300 mother- toddler pairs and found 70% of mothers couldn't correctly address their toddler's body size. researchers say that misperception of the child's size could lead to inappropriate feeding behaviors. >> when you are thinking about a 20-month-old being underweight is probably the greatest risk because that has an impact where cognitive development as well as the

physical and behavioral development. >> doctors say that parents need to pay attention to the growth charts. >> coming up at 5 this morning, a teenager is in custody after being accused of setting fires in howard county. what we now know about the developing story that's coming up at 5:05. and another hearing on student loans is scheduled for today with democrats and republicans remaining at odds on how to offset the rising interest rates. that story for you at 5:25. also, a 10-year-old is behind the wheel. why his dad says the whole thing was okay. a story you don't want to miss that's coming up at 5:35 this morning. in news around the world a suspected major colombian drug trafficker in new york after surrendering to drug agents. he was indicted last year accused of distributing 25 tons of cocaine and racketeering and murder charges. prosecutors say that he is heading a drug trafficking force in colombia.

he is a leading member of the al-qaeda linked network and told the courts he was against the bombing that killed 20 # people. but he does say he was afraid to challenge more senior members of the group. this might be the most extreme way to preap for a test. these photos from china show students hooked up to iv drips of amino acid preparing for the college entrance exams. get into a good col seg seen as a path to success and the exams are the main factor for determining admission. time now to start the 5:00 hour. now "good morning maryland." obesity rates are rising at an alarming pace. i am linda so, what new report shows about americans being overweight. >> three primary races are today in the repub --