an unlicensed day care center is ordered to close. what one witness says they saw happen to a 2-year-old that made them call the place. a baby shot while shell in her mother's womb has been released from the hospital. how doctors saved her and plus the latest on the mother's condition. superstorm sandy is long gone but the damage left behind at crisfield still remains. one maryland start will get a -- senator will get a firsthand look at the devastation later today on thursday, january 10th. a good morning to you maryland. i'm charlie crowson. >> and i'm megan pringle. thank you for joining us. before we get to weather park school and closed today. they are in baltimore city. and they say it is because of a water main break. so keep that in mind. park school in baltimore city no class today. all right time now for a check of the forecast. here's lynette. >> the water main break? well temperatures aren't freezing. we're well above that this morning. 41 degrees right now in

goldsboro and 42 stevensville and west friendship coming in at 38 degrees. those winds out of the northwest now at about 5 do 10 miles an hour. making it feel a little bit chillier so make sure address accordingly this morning. maryland's most powerful radar is dry route now and it will stay that way as we have high pressure building in as we go throughout the day. and with that we will get some sunshine in here as we go into the afternoon time frame. it is chilly this morning. 45 degrees by 8:00. and as we head into lunchtime. 49. 52 degrees it's going to be the high temperature for today. our high for this time of the year should be at 41. so you can see that we are well above that once again. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. good morning lynette. well you will want to avoid 83 north in baltimore county. an overturned tractor-trailer right now that has shut down the northbound lanes at belfast road. stick with york road as your alternate route. and in howard county, we have more problems a car crashed into a pole right in ellicott city. it's right near mount hebron

high school. old frederick road now closed at bracken drive. stick with interstate 70 as the alternate route and that will in fact be clear from columbia pike over to 695. here's just north of 195. everything moving along no problems from elkridge do town town baltimore and 695 the west side starting to pick up a bit. but no significant delays whatsoever. it's going to take you eight minutes on that outer loop from 795 all the way down to 95. megan and charlie, over to you. a day care worker is accused of beating a 2-year-old boy. 19-year-old jonathan cummings has been charged with child abuse and assault. police say cummings worked as a caregiver at the unlicensed day care inside a home in pg county. we're told a witness recorded a video of cummings beating that boy and immediately called police. >> the video shows that the suspect was standing up and next to him is this 2-year-old child and then for no apparent reason the suspect lashes out with his leg and strikes the 2- year-old child. 2-year-old child falls to the

ground. >> cummings is currently out on bond and police say he admitted to kicking the boy. now there's concern of other victims. baby who was shot in a mother's womb is now home from the hospital. baby skylar's mom was shotted in head and stomach back on december 9th outside of a convenience store in miami. a bullet hit skylar's arm and doctors were forced to deliver her more than a month early. the mother is still recovering and has yet to meet her daughter. >> a lot of pictures and stuff but she hasn't gotten to you know see her. she hasn't seen her at all and it's kind a bit of a sad thing you know what i mean? >> baby skylar will have a wear a cast on her arm but otherwise it's home with her family. a robbery at a convenience store the caught on camera and we want to warn you the pictures that you see they are kind of dit tushing. however the did owe -- disturbing. however the video does bring an act of generosity to light. a man dressed in black walked

in the door alone at 4:20 in the morning. >> that guy took the -- iced tea. walked to the clerk and then he claimed i think he didn't have any money on him. so my employee paid for his drink from his own pong. >> the two men shook hands before the customer went outside. but instead of leaving the man came back inside with three other men. they had baseball bats and they smashed everything in sight. they hit the clerk repeatedly with those baseball bats. then they pulled the cash drawer out and grabbed the money and took off. well a little bit of a lighter note. who could forget the video of this guy? a guy dressed up as a clown brawling with a police officer. well, he showed up in a milwaukee, wisconsin courtroom wearing the same outfit and he did so yesterday. this was part of a hearing he had scheduled for yesterday. it's now been moved to march. the scuffle happened back in november when the officer tried to arrest kenneth crockus after responding to reports of a clown standing on the street with a toy gun. he comes to court dressed up as a clown. he was blocking traffic back in

november and now he's blocking the courts and the judge sed we're going to postpone this until march. look at the police officer on the sweatshirt. fight. look at this. >> i can see why the judge told him come back later when you're dressed didn'tly. an all-star lineup for musical performance for president obama's second inauguration. >> coming up the rundown of what the president helped to pick to bring the music to the national mall. the names you will know. >> and meet metro. he's a retired racehorse, however new talents making him much more famous here and around the world. we've got the details on this artistic eye straight ahead. >> download the app, so much you can do. you can check out the radar and follow along with the storms and also get the forecast. the temperature right now coming in at 34 degrees in hunt valley and also you can see the closings and the delays. don't go anywhere. "good morning maryland" will be right back.

he is retired from racing, but apparently has found a new hobby. >> forget mr. ed. this morning a horse that's become a very popular artist. >> on a beautiful snow-covered farm north of frederick, lives is retired racehorse named -- >> and they're off. >> metro meteor. bad knees forced his retirement from racing in 2009 and more recently, even from casual trail rides. >> come on bud. >> the owner searched for something that metro could do to fill his days. he found his answer with a little nudge from metro. >> he was sitting here and just bob up and down, up and down. >> the artist in him took notice. >> if i could teach him to hold a paint brush we can make some paintings together.

>> ron began training metro to hold a paint brush in his mouth. and then touch it to a canvas. but in a week, metro's artistic eyes took hold. what's been the first -- being like one stroke and then each day just gets better. >> when he doesn't have a brush in his mouth he paws at me. just give me the brush and let me do it. >> to offset the soaring medical bills for metro they decided to try selling the horse's abstract artwork at gallery 30 in gaithersburg. one month later the paintings are being shipped all over the world. >> they're selling before they even hit the gallery walls. metro is popular. that's a good racehorse. >> that is a good racehorse. impressive artwork from that horse. well, a moose on the loose at a ski resort in vermont is

becoming somewhat of a celebrity. that of course being the moose. jeff palmer was near the gate house plaza on sugar bush when he noticed the animal headed for him. he popped off his skis and took off running. >> i looked over my shoulder and it was closing in on my very fast. my life flashed before any eyes for a second. >> fortunate the moose veered off the slope. this particular moose has been spotted by hundreds of people around the resort in the past few weeks. i have to be curious though. could you not have gotten away faster on the the skis than by running? >> nobody jumped in to help? i don't know. >> that too. >> you're on yore occupy. all right, well it is 6:41 right now and it is one of the fiercest flu seasons we have seen in a decade. it's hitting kids especially hard. >> i'm linda so, 18 children have died from the flu. what you can do to help your kids avoid the flu when they're in school. >> will maryland see a tax on gasoline? i'm sherrie johnson live in towson with that story coming up. >> so we have a few clouds

right now. but we are dry. showers back off towards the west. i'll tell you when those move in plus i'll have the denver forecast coming up. >> well, lynette an overturned tractor-trailer has shut down 83 north at belfast road and i'll let you know when it's expected to reopen coming up on "good morning maryland." this quarter, get 5% cash back.

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thursday morning, this is your abc2 news to go. i'm megan pringle. >> and i'm charlie crowson. let's begin with lauren cook and the abc2 timesaver traffic report. >> we are dealing with problems across the region. we have a new accident right now megan and charlie in anne arundel county. it's right along the northbound lanes of 97 right past route 40. and in howard county, we are dealing with a car that crashed into a pole and now there's a transformer fire. it closed old frederick road. stick with interstate 70 which is nice and clear. you won't have any problems getting over to 695. big problems on 83 with an overturned tractor-trailer she's shut down the northbound lanes at belfast road. i just spoke with maryland state police and they said the

northbound lanes of belfast are expected to reopen around 7:00 this morning. here's 695 and traffic in parkville at harford road. no problems on the inner loop down towards 95 and that outer loop clear up towards towson. as far as the west side is concerned, traffic certainly starting to pick up here at liberty road. it will be a big sluggish on the outer loop down to route 40. that's a look at your traffic. now for a look at the forecast, here's meteorologist lynette charles. good morning lynette. >> good morning lauren. good morning everyone. stepping out the door the morning, temperatures are well above average. but we do have a windchill so we're feeling kind of chilly. so make sure you dress accordingly. as we see in clarksville the temperature coming in at 41 degrees. we're at 37 reisterstown. ijamsville at 40. and centreville 42 and 43 in easton. along the eastern shore. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. and it will stay that way as we go throughout the day. we do have high pressure that will build in and we'll get some sunshine in here as well. mixing with those clouds. but all in all, it's going to

be a pretty good day. temperatures will stay above average going somewhere 52 degrees by 3:00 and with those clouds temperatures will slowly drop off this evening. megan and charlie, over to you. in less than two yours students at one year high school dealt with more loss than any teenager should be forced to. ten students or recent grads from the mead high school have died. this afternoon there will be a memorial service at the auditorium to remember those who lost their lives. at the end of the ceremony, everyone will head out to the football field to release balloons honoring the students. in december alone two students were killed after being hit by a car in separate incidents. a story that we first brought you on abc2 that quickly got national attention. school busings running -- buses running red lights and speeding, today clark sun vail -- is unveiling her bill. it requires all citations given to school vehicles be submitted to the city each quarter. how early does your child

have to get up to bet to school on time? some parents in anne arundel county want to see it change. they're presenting a petition to the school board and the superintendent today asking for classes to begin later. right now they say high school begins at 7:17 and some students have to be on board the bus as early as 5:50 in the morning. they want classes to begin at 8:00 a.m. or later. head to the facebook page here at station station and let us know with you think -- abc2 and let you know with you think. with fighting the flu, schools are doing what they can to keep thes insy virus from spreading -- nasty virus from spreading. 18 kids already died from the flu this career. >> abc2 news health reporter linda so is here with what we need to know and linda what are schools doing? >> reporter: they're doing what they can to keep things as clean as possible. lots of hand washing, hand sanitizers. and reminders of how to properly cover the cough. doctors say the best way is to cough into your elbow.

not into your hand. kids are more likely to use good hygiene when it's fun. for example, sing a song that lasts at least 20 seconds while washing your hands and talk to the child about recognizing symptoms. >> some people sing the abcs, happy birthday two times. but at least 20 seconds of vigorous washing. i do know when people do wash their hands, they may not go in- between their fingers get understood beneath their fingers. so there's lots of germs that you can't obviously you can't see germs. but do get stuck behind when you don't wash your hands properly. >> reporter: now if your kid appears to be getting sick, don't give them medicine and send them to school. keep them home so the infection doesn't spread. linda so, abc2 news. >> we're working for you to keep you and your family safe on the website, you can find out all the information about where you can get a flu shot and you can read up on how to track the flu. there's a new hotline that you can call with questions. and foods to eat that will help you fight the sickness.

you can find all of the information at abc2news.com/flu. and a new tool to find breast cancer cells is being developed. a company in nevada has created a bra that detects temperature changes in a woman's breast which could signal cancer. you wear it for 12 hours once a year and the company compiles all the data and then sends it to a doctor. according to trials this bra is very accurate. >> so against the screening mammogram in young and dense breasted women, false rates of 5%. >> the company hopes to have their bra available for public use by the middle of next year. and you already feel like you're being robbed at the pump. and you don't want to be squeezed anymore? well guess ma. things could be getting a little president tighter. if some lawmakers get their way. abc2 news' sherrie johnson is live this morning to explain why and the session just started. we're already talking taxes.

>> reporter: that's exactly right. we are live here in towson on joppa road right across the street from a gas station here and yes lawmakers in annapolis are already talking about making you pay more at the pumps. yesterday, governor martin o'malley suggested the idea of adding a penny to the state's gas tax to help pay for needed transportation projects in maryland. according to published reports upping the sales tax by a penny raises about $700 million a year for needed transportation projects. in the past the governor and legislative leaders have attempted to extend the state's sales tax to gasoline. during the 2012 regular session, lawmakers could not agree on the governor's plan to raise the state's 23.5 cents a gallon gas tax. right now legislators who support an increase admit it's not a popular idea. now republican in annapolis say the majority of democrats should not expect help from them on any increase in taxes. >> what we need to do is to start spending the transportation dollars on the

things that they were allotted for. if we do that we don't need to raise any taxes. >> we may have to be very creative when we look at ways in which we address the transportation issues but obviously something has to be done at some point. >> reporter: well, legislators say it's too early to determine what a gas tax proposal might look like. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. president barack obama will have an all-star musical lineup when he is sworn in for his second term later this month. we're talking about beyonce, kelly clarkson, james taylor. they're all set to perform at the presidential inauguration. beyonce will sing the national anthem and kelly clarkson will perform "my country 'tis of three." and according to the white house president obama has a hand in picking the performers. all right, our singer fantasia will be heading to new orleans for the super bowl. the grammy wanier is set to --

winner is set to headline a gospel concert there. other performers include donny mcclerklin and marlon way januaries. the concert will be held on february 1st. all right, time now for five things to know on this thursday. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky will be back in court today. the lawyers are trying to appeal the sentence saying they didn't have enough time to prepare for the trial last year. and carmelo anthony will be playing with the knicks once again. he's not playing rather. he was suspended by the nba for confronting a celtics' player after the knicks' loss to boston on monday. thymier perry and the reverend sharpton are holding a news conference today about a miss persons case. two men mysteriously disappeared eight years ago after being arrested in florida. a safety alert about using coffee filters while flying. the faa says there have been reports of people being burned

from exploding hot coffee filters and they say if the filters are not put in the coffee just right pressure can build causing them to explode. actor seth mcfarland and emma stone are now reading the oscar nominations this morning. they will air on february 24th. all right, coming up now for a check of what's ahead hurricane sandy. barreled down on us three months ago and today, senator car bin is touring the -- cardin is touring the eastern shore to see how it's going. last month somerset county was declared a major disaster area. that allowed the state to seek funding for those impacted by the storm. the city of chris told saw the worst damage with more than 100 people being displaced. all right, let's talk about what's going on this morning. because we have some clouds trying to move in across the area. but we're also dealing with some showers back to the west. they will stay away from us for today. and we will get some sunshine in here and all this is going

to be courtesy of high pressure that's going to build in. look what's going on right now as we step out in bel airment with we can see some clouds but we're also going to get the sunshine in here once that one sizes about 7 -- rises about 7:26 this morning. still have to wait for that. in terms of temperatures this morning well we are going to be on the cooler side. not the colder side. 39-degrees in parkton and edgewood coming in at 39 and 43 degrees right now in kent island. you still need to dress accordingly because it is cool outside. and you do need the heavier coat. now future trend not picking up on a whole lot for today. but friday some sours working -- showers working their way in here. then big changes into the weekend. 52-degrees is the forecast for today. here's the forecast for denver. mostly cloudy, very cold. temperature at 19 and we do have the chance for some snow in well. seven day forecast looks like this. saturday and sunday, nice and mild in the 60s. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning.

good morning lynned. well we have a crash -- lynette. well we have a crash still on 83 but the northbound lanes are expected to reopen any minute right at belfast road. the shoulder is getting by at this time. southbound just fine. and if you are heading out to the beltway. this is what it looks like in parkville at harford road. fortunately no delays on the inner loop but the outer loop extremely slow up towards towson. megan and charlie, over to you. if you're searching for a job baltimore may not be the best place to look. according to the website careerbliss.com it's one of the worst cities to find a job. the site looked at employment trends, job openings, and employee submitted company reviews. l. a. was number one as the best city to find a job on that list. that's not good news. >> that's not good news. i think a lot of people would disagree with that though. >> yeah. >> all right. you can always let us know what you think and go to the abc2 facebook fan page and weigh in. we always want your thoughts. >> also on facebook this morning we're talking about the game monopoly. which token should be done away with and which one should be added? >> keep them all. >> keep the top hat.

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