that's what's . you're watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> closing arguments are expected today in the trial of john leopold. we are work for you on how soon we could -- working for you on how soon we could hear a verdict. >> doctors at johns hopkins push the limits of medicine and give a american hero a chance at a normal life. >> and we sent them away in charm city style and today the ravens sit down with reporters. we have a wild ride which is superbowl 47 i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. we had a wild weather day yesterday but now it look like we can breath a sigh of relief as we head out the door. i hope that's the case right lynette? >> that's the case. what we are going to be dealing with is the fog.

we have patchy fog to contend with this morning. other than that, it's going to be nice and quiet. the calm wf the storm -- before the storm rolls in by tomorrow. the radar is different than yesterday and much calmer as we look at what's happening with temperatures right now. we are much warmer than this time yesterday. we are talking about the 40s in owings mills right now. this should be the high temperature for this time of the year. 39 detrees in -- degrees in pylesville and 36 in glen burnie. this is what to expect through the day. temperatures around 37 degrees when you wake up at 6. and morning time around 9:00. 41 degrees and 46 by lunchtime. the cloud will stick and hang stuff as we go throughout the day. a few peeks ofsheen but it will be mostly cloudy and we will talk about the thunderstorms rolling in by tomorrow when they will be in and out and i will have the weekend forecast coming up. let's check the abc2 time save he traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with patchy fog this morning so yowl want to -- you will want to turn on the low beams. but no delays if you are

traveling on 95 in elk ridge. it will be nice and clear heading northbound all the way up to the tunnels and even southbound there are not any issues getting down to dc. the beltway is clear right now on the west side. and as we check in and look live at 695 here in parkville. not too many cars out there. you won't have problems getting up to towson or traveling the inner loop to 95. heading up to hunt valley, this is what 83 looks like at shawan road. everything is moving along and it will remain nice and clear as you get on the jfx and head downtown. that's the abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. 4:32. the man in charge of anne arundel county could learn his fate today. closing argue mense in john leopold trial will begin this morning and the judge could reach a verdict as early as today. leopold's team wrapped up the case yesterday. the county executive never took the stand in his defense. leopold faces three counts of misconduct and one count of fraud for allegedly miss using county money. if convicted he could face

or be voted out of office by county council. today jurors will continue to hear testimony in the phylicia barnes murder trial. they spent 15 minutes watching an illistit sex tape involving phylicia and her sift and michael johnson and his younger brother. the tape found on deena cell phone is evidence of the harm phylicia and they laid out a timeline saying they believe johnson was the last person to see the very many alive. today we will learn more about what officials are doing to protect our children. baltimore county school superintendent dallas dance will join the police chief and county executive to announce school safety and security recommendations. this is the first step in the long-term plan to improve school safety and security. the recommendations are a result of an ongoing review into school policies. the sad day in maryland as people all over the state mourn

the loss of delegate hattie harrison. show was a member of the house of delegates since 197 3. she was the longest serving member and the first african american female to chair a legislative committee. this morning, a story you will see here on abc2. >> a pastor closed his church for good after a series of crimes targeting house of wore zip. >> over the weekend, police notified pastor les thompson someone vandalized the first mount carmel baptist church. suspect knocked a hole in the message board and ripped off railing and smashed the windows. this is not the first time the church was attacked. last year someone caught propane line that could have sparked anexplosion and they say the other person sent this message. >> when they put two bullets shells on the steps that's letting me know they are going

to shoot somebody here. and two bullets is going to be for the two that's always out here. they are smoking pot out here, drinking on the steps while sunday morning services. >> les thompson and his wife got married in the church and their children were baptized there. 4:35 and switching gears to sports the ravens are waking up on bourbon street this -- ravens are waking up on bourbon street this morning. they arrived for the superbowl xlvii they will talk to players and copes and for the second time in superbowl history, fans will be able to attend media day. throughout the week, there will be a handful of official and unofficial superbowl events all over the big easy. there are going to be thousands of ravens fans cheering on the team this year. it's not only the game charm city has been waiting for but also the last time ray lewis will suit up and be on the field. when he takes the field on

sunday, there's going to be one very special fan there to support him. >> reporter: ray lewis has always left a lasting impression. >> this is pictures of him after the game. >> reporter: ernest joe lewis' coach at kathleen high school remembers the first time he saw lewis firing up the teammates in a spring practice. >> at the practice, i remember asking gary who is the defensive back coach i said who is this kid. >> reporter: a kid who was a big star, at kathleen a kid who bonded with coach joe. sending him an autographed picture when he played for the miami hurricanes. inviting him to his nfl draft party. >> this is where i got a chance to visit in baltimore for some games. >> reporter: and invited him to hang out after nfl games. the two men still talk on the phone often. and share text messages. ernest joe is more like a father to ray lewis than just a former coach. >> when he usually send me a

text, he entitled it dad you know. and it makes me feel good. don't just say coach e says thanks pop. >> reporter: after an arm injury might have brought an untimely end to lewis' long career there were more text messages. >> i remember, you know, texting him and saying keep your head up. great things will happen for you. and he shot me a text back saying hey dad everything is going to be okay e said no weapon formed against me so i figured then was back working out and just getting rade to come back. >> reporter: lewis plans to he re-- ready to come back. >> reporter: lewis plans to retire after the superbowl and coach joe will be there. >> it's a chance to talk with him a couple days ago-said i want to finish the race with him and he said he is on it. >> reporter: lewis is bringing coach joe and his wife to the game. and joe is predicting lewis will leave him with another lasting impression, a win. >> coach joe from the beginning and there for the end.

our state senators are also hoping the ravens win. they placed a friendly bet with lawmakers from california and it involved food. mikulski and cardin are betting crab cakes and beer and barbara boxer and diane feinstein is betting cheeses and senators from each state will have to pay up if the team loses. wonder how the cheese will taste. stephanie rawlings-blake said at the pep rally she is still waiting for colorado's mayor -- denver's may to pay up on his bet. >> he has not agreed to do the ray lewis dance. he has a bad back. >> and ray lewis played with his injuries this guy could cans like him. the story on the road yesterday was ice and now it's patchy fog. >> at least it's not dense fog. we have about 5 miles of reduced visibility in baltimore

this more. 4 in frederick and 6 in hagerstown. heading up along i-83 to york, you will encounter fog. 3 miles of reduced visibility and 7 in easton along the eastern shore this morning. so take it easy once again. it's not going to be a great day to get out there and travel on the roadways. satellite and radar, picking up on showers and thunderstorms back off towards the west that will work its way into our area as we head in tomorrow evening. but for right now, plenty of cloud hovering across the area. let's go back to megan and charley. a rare surge rate johns hopkins gives a wounded soldier a shot at a new life. >> look at this. >> reporter: i am linda so live at johns hopkins hospital, the first u.s. soldier to survive losing all four limbs gets a new set of arms. how doctors here at hopkins performed the complex double artransplant. >> first a massive flu outbreak and now another virus spreading across the u.s. doctors say this illness is incredibly containous and -- contagious and what symptoms to look out for. >> ray lewis takes the highroad

when it comes to the comments made about him by the wife of new england patriots west s welker. he says there's no hard feelings. >> reporter: every thing is up to speed on 97. i will let you know what traffic looks like on 83 and 695 all coming up on good morning maryland. and this is a live look in south baltimore. great way to start the day. stay with us, there's much more coming up next.

news time 4:42. it's a miracle he survived. a sold year who lost all four limbs -- soldier who lost all four limbs received a double arm transplant at johns hopkins. linda so is live this morning at the hospital with all the details. linda. >> reporter: later this morning, we will get a chance to meet the soldier and the surgeon who performed the complex transplant. they will hold a news conference here at the hospital at 11 this morning.

this is video from before the transplant. brendan marrocco is the first to survive lieuing all four limbs in the iraq war. he underwent the complex transplant last month and it's the first time hopkins performed a double arm transplant involving connecting bones blood vessels muscles and nerves and skin on both arms. it involved a innovative treatment involving the deaddonor's bone marrow to help hisbody from reexpwrecting the limbs. -- rejecting the limbs. he is one of 7 u.s. soldiers to received a successful double arm transplant. he will spend the next 3 to 4 months at hopkins and will return to a military hospital for further physical therapy. that news conference is scheduled for 11 this morning. we are live at hopkins, linda so, abc2 news. first you had to worry about the flu virus now another nasty virus making its way

around the country a new strain of the newer row virus eye dent night in us a -- eye dent night first in us a -- identified first in australia. it can live on surfaces outside the body. along with nausea and vomiting it can cause diarrhea and fatigue. doctors say the symptoms hit allof a sudden and if you have the virus you should stay home and call your doctor. another salmonella outbreak this morning. this time it's ground beef. officials say 16 people have gotten sick after eating raw or undercooked meat. none of the cases are in maryland. however a michigan company is recalling 500 pounds of the ground beef to avoid people getting sick. the cdc says you should cook ground beef thoroughly and never eat it raw. we will learn about 58 healthy child care sites in the area. howard county official also recognize facilities later this morning. child care sites are recognized for efforts to improve the health and well-being of the kids they look after. this is part of an initiative aimed at guiding family

providers with ways to prevent childhood obesity. a lot to talk about as far as the weather goes. yesterday, it was history a scary ride to work for some people because it was icy. >> it was and now things are improved with the ice because temperatures are coming up. but now we have fog. >> good. it's always something. >> exactly. it's always something. be careful as you head out and about once again yacht don't want to have those high -- again. you don't want the high beams on. you can see more of the road and less of the fog and this is what's going on in terms of what's going on in the atmosphere. so, a few showers still trying to work their way in into west virginia and some of these might get into the area going through the morning. sprinkle and spritzs but it's going to be a dreary damp day. but as we look back off towards the west, we have thunderstorms firing up around michigan right now. we will get in on some of that action as a cold front passes through by tomorrow. so we do have things to look forward to. this is what's going on at the surface. we have this warm front that's not going to make it all the way in here for today. it's going to stay to the south

of us. and then we will have that cold front work its way in here and with the clashing of the air masses, that's when we have the chance for severe weather to pump in as we go into tomorrow evening. for right now, though, temperatures are well above average. we should be at 24, 25 and we are talking about upper 30s. union bridge at 47 this morning. look across the eastern shore and we are looking at the low 40s in dento and easton and huntingdon at 40 degrees. future trend picking up on what he happening going through time. look good for today and tomorrow we have the wet weather working its way back in here. all that courtesy of the cold front. and then temperatures will drop off behind that. today we are going with 48 degrees. mostly cloudy and 44 mist and fog by this evening. and here's temperature for tomorrow. 63 degrees with a p.m. storm. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. things are warming up a little bit. and i have a frog in my throat. well if you are heading out this morning, do prepare yourself for some foggy

conditions. you will want to use the low beams to improve visibility. if you are heading downtown, the jfx is nice and clear. nothing to get in your way from the beltway all the way down to east fayette street. everything is up to speed through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. and looking live at west side of the beltway here at liberty road, traffic is moving along normal 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. and here's what it looks like in parkville at har foreroad. no concerns on the inner loop down to 95 and outer loop clear up to towson. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. now over to you. 4:47. president obama is calling for sweeping changes for immigration. >> a group of lawmakers, what they plan to do to help millions of undocumented immigrants. >> several people are being questioned in the wake of the fire in brazil. we will tell you who they have in custody and why they may be to blame.

during the 2012 presidential campaign president obama said he would make immigration reform. a top priority in the second term. and today, he will make the introductory arguments to america. he will make the remark during a speech in vegas a day after a bipartisan group of lawmakers to present their plan an path to citizenship more than 11 million illegal immigrants in the country. the lawmakers agree it's a long road ahead but it's time to initiate needed change. >> we have been too content fortoo long to allow individuals to mow our lawns, serve our food, clean our homes and even watch our children while not affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great. >> this will be the year congress finally gets it done. >> the bipartisan plan creates a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants after the borders are deemed secure. there would be an increase in

drones border agents and surveillance equipment and undocumented workers could only stay after passing a background check paying fines and paying all back taxes. a new york mother on a trip to tuis still missing. today her husband and brother will visit officials in ies tan bull and they are expected to -- istanbul. then they will discuss the search efforts. we are learning more about the trip abroad. friends say the mother of two took several side excursions out of turkey while on vacation. the media is reporting that police are investigating why she visited amsterdam and munich and they are trying to figure out identity of the man she was chatting with on the internet. her friend says the man was a tour guide. see was supposed to fly home on january 22nd she never showed up for the flight. turkish police found the passport and medical cards in the room where she stayed while

in the country. four people have been arrested in connection with the nightclub fire. moo are than 230 people -- more than 230 people were killed when the fire raced through the kiss nightclub. the owner of the club and two band members and the security chief has been taken into custody and questioned by police. investigators believe the band's pyrotechnics show set off a fire inside the nightclub apparently the club had only one exit when the fire broke out. hundreds of people were injured in the chaos. >>i was trying to get out. the staff stopped me and i yelled fire, fire. but the security guards were not realizing what was going on. >> the club's owner is vowing to cooperate fully with the investigation. they have denied reports that the club's license has expired. time for five things to know on this tuesday morning. the confirmation hearing for secretary of state designate john kerry continues in washington. he is suspected to get the support need for the

confirmation. members of the maryland mental health coalition will rally this afternoon outside the statehouse calling for improved access for high quality service and adequate funding for themental health system. three talk about solutions to the problems facing maryland's pension system. whitney houston's mother has writ ann book about the life of her daughter in her book remembering whitney. she details her thoughts on whitney's death and it hits store shelves today. >> knick waw lenda will walk a- - waw lenda will -- with a linda -- whoa lynda he plants to -- wolinda -- it was long and some fans couldn't deal with the fact the ravens beat the patriots wes

welker's wife took to the twit her and side she was proud of her husband and patriots and directed everyone to lewis wikipedia page where it talks about his children and how he was acquitted for murder he. she later apologized for the inappropriate remarks and now ray lewis is saying there are no hard feelings. >> sometimes people just say silly stuff. you know and they say it out of emotion and sometimes you need to let the game take care of the game. you know. we lost last year up there and i didn't hear one teammate say anything about nobody there. you know because we have respect for that team. they won it fair and square. so for her to come out and say what -- i truly forgive her. >> lewis and the ravens beat the patriots making it to the superbowl in new orleans. they left yesterday to a big rousing fanfare down at the inner harbor. >> despite the bad weather there were huge crowds that showed up to wish the team well and say congratulations and go get they in the big easy. >> so many people showed up around 2, 3, 4 in the morning lynette when the weather was at

its worst. >> you got that right. it's 68 in new orleans. but the warm temperatures across the south could come at a price for today. and then we will get the warm air working into our area through tomorrow. and we have a chance for showers and maybe a thunderstorm. heading to bwi the temperatures at 40 degrees right now. and we have reduced advice bles across the -- advice ability across the area. the -- advice ability across the -- visibility across the area. the days are getting longer and longer. kids heading off to the bus stop, they will be dealing with foggy conditions out there. that temperature right around 38 degrees. you don't need the heaviest coat this morning. but don't forget the coat nonetheless. and as we come throughout the day, it's going to be cool. not cold, maybe a few peeks of sunshine but those clouds will be holding tough. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are off to a foggy start and

this is the reduced visibility on 83 at york road. use low beams to see more of the road and less of the fog as lynette likes to say. traveling on 95 in white marsh, here's route 43. traffic is moving right along. it's going take you 15 minutes right now traveling southbound from the beltway all the way into the city. looking at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times 695 no delays right now from parkville up to towson just 11 minutes on outer loop from 95 to 8 3. and the west side is nice and clear. looking at an 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. megan and charley over to you. robbers used a car to smashtheir way into a shoe store. >> coming up at 5 this morning, details on what they took and the damage they left behind. >> plus, she becomes the first woman in three years to be executed in the state of texas. the crime she committed and how long she sat on death row.

a kansas couple celebrated a anniversary milestone few will ever see. 70 years of wedded bliss. >> billy and jean met the old fashioned way. they met at a dance and billy says the first time she laid eyes on gene she instantly fell in love. they decided to get marry and -- marchied and -- shall married and -- married and have been by each other's side ever since and outlasted the priest that married them. >> [audio not understandable] >> billy wore a replica of the wedding dress they have 10 children and 110 grandchildren and if you didn't hear what billy said in the sound bite, she said that many people including that priest said it wouldn't last. >> 70 years. great story. stay with us this morning. police in kansas ar