and that child has died. it happened at howard and fayette streets. he was rushed to shock trauma where he died. there's no word on the condition of the other two. as for the suspect, all police can tell us they're looking for a man wearing a purple hooded sweatshirt. not clear if the stabbing haddian thing to do with -- had anything to do with the super bowl celebration. there's breaking news in the phylicia barnes murder trial. the jury stopped deliberations late this afternoon to ask the judge a question. brian kuebler joins us with the latest. >> reporter: between yesterday and today the jury spent about 10 hours negotiating. they asked to see two pieces of evidence. one is the walmart video showing

michael buying that blue tote and the other is the sex video. the judge is bringing them into the courtroom to review the video. up to this point we haven't heard a peep out of the jury. now jurors have a mountain of evidence to review including hundreds of text messages, and phone calls and trying to lay out the timeline. most of the state's case is circumstantial and lacks that key piece of evidence. that is the defense' main point in this case. the state contends that sex tape depict phylicia, her older sister, michael johnson and his brother is a key turning point and helps establish a motive for johnson developing feelings for

the teen. we'll keep you updated on any further development and whether or not we get a verdict tonight in this case. for now we're live in downtown baltimore, brian kuebler, abc2 news. >> with the latest breaking news follow us on twitter at website whoib news. the super bowl champions are your baltimore ravens. today you got a chance to thank them in person. jeff, what a turn out. >> long before the ravens arrived, the fire marshal had to close the gates to the stadium as fans turned out to celebrate their super bowl clamps.

a mad dash from the ravens fresh off their super bowl victory and close-up time for head coach john harbaugh. >> one, two, three! >> reporter: it was a standing room only crowd that welcomed the second lombardi trophy in ravens history and bid a final farewell to the man who had a hand in both of them -- number 52, ray lewis. >> baltimore! there's nothing in the world. there's no place on this earth that's better than baltimore. >> reporter: en terring the stadium, the chance of mvp, ravens quarterback, joe flacco. >> we've been through a lot, a lot of highs, a couple lows.

you guys stood through it all. you're a special group and we love you and, hey, man, it doesn't get any better than this. we appreciate you coming out. this was awesome. >> thank you. thank you for today. thank you for every single day. we talk about the team, look around. this is the team. this whole stadium is packed with the baltimore ravens team together. >> reporter: as the players exited the stadium, and steve bisciotti -- >> i had to make sure my grand daughter was here. >> reporter: such a magical day,

that people wanted to stay but police used bull horns, encouraging them to leave. some were surprised by the overwhelming turnout. >> we've had team coverage of this vict torous day. -- victorious day. rosie, some of those folks had been waiting for hours. >> reporter: what a day. i don't think inbound was at work or -- anybody was at work or school. they filed in as early as 5:00 this morning to get a close-up spot of the baltimore ravens. a gazillion more were along the parade route. they road from city hall to m&t bank stadium. they brought home -- it's a love affair. the fans, well, they just want

to holler. >> we got two tickets to paradise. pack your bags. we can leave tonight. whoa, woe -- whoa, whoa! >> it's awesome. >> reporter: best guess of the number of people along the parade route, between 40,000 to a bazillion. we'll have an awful lot more coming up at 6. roosevelt leftwich. >> our team was out with the fans. they've got too many pictures to fit them in this newscast but you can see them at abc2news.com/ravens.

a third party is being brought in to get to the bottom of what caused that most famous power outage of all times during the super bowl. so much attention has been made to the super bowl blackout that it's got all of us won dering -- wondering. do you even know what caused it. go to facebook and let us know if you still want to know what was behind the blackout? a couple of light, light snow flurries toward cecil county primarily. a little bit of the snow toward delaware and snow along the harford county line. cloudy skies dominating the scene today. not going to see lot of sunshine until tomorrow afternoon. temperatures now just above freezing, mid to upper 30s. 35 in the state capital. 38 in bel air. 34 in mt. airy. if you get a flurry, that stuff will melt on contact. we get rid of the flurries.

we'll talk about how things will change through the day tomorrow and especially into your weekend straight ahead. now to a disturbing story out of columbia where people have charged a high school student with raping a classmate. joce sterman spoke with howard county police. what have you learned? >> reporter: the 17-year-old suspect was arrested at school and has been charged as an adult. the rape happened yesterday at wildlife high school during the school day. a shawn rashid jones and a 14-year-old agreed to cut class. he pulled her into an empty room. that's when the rape happened. >> this girl was braved. she told a friend. she was distraught. within the home and told her family. that is the right thing to do no mat thr how up setting a

situation like this might be. >> reporter: jones has been charged with second degree rape. we have contacted the school system but have not heard back. now an update to the breaking news we brought you first last night. baltimore city fire officials said the five firefighters who were trapped under a building collapse battling a four alarm, have been released. the statement said the firefighters are beaten up, bruised and battered. luckily, they all escaped with non-life-threatening joirs -- injuries. new details are emerging in that dramatic rescue of that 5-year-old boy in alabama. he is now home with his family. we have the latest on his captor and what police were finally able to go on to get in. >> reporter: it was the happy

ending the entire nation had been hoping for. after being rescued from a bunker, an unharmed 5-year-old sitting up on a stretcher being wheeled to safety. he was held hostage for nearly a week but today his family said he's doing just fine. >> he's happy, happy to be home. he's very excited. like i said, he's happy to be home and he looks good. he looks good. >> reporter: ethan's great aunt and uncle share their relief. >> if i could, i would do cartwheels down the road. >> reporter: residents celebrated, too. >> right now we're truly blessed to see god work a miracle. >> reporter: the ordeal began when james lee dykes killed a school bus driver and snatched the boy. >> things will change.

>> reporter: law enforcement, led by the fbi, spent six days talking to dykes through a pvc pipe. meanwhile, they were training for a different rescue scenario in this replica bunker. they decided to storm the bunk are after dykes became more diff casualty -- difficult and footage showed him holding a gun. ethan was described as a loving little boy who liked hugs. no doubt he will be getting those as he celebrates his sixth birthday tomorrow. if you're struggling to get pregnant, your tv might be the blame. there may ab link between television and lower sperm count. a woman starts receiving phone calls threatening her life. find out why she's getting the nasty messages and why this could happen to you. >> there's another reason to dread tax season.

a higher threat of identity theft. we'll tell you how to protect your personal information this tax season.

drinking can really derail your diet. a new study suggests drinks made with diet mixers can make you more drunk than the full calorie mixes. researchers believe the stomach treats sugar sweetened beverages like food which reduces it from absorption. substitutes do not have the effect, which could lead to increased alcohol absorption. if you're trying to get pregnant, your man may need to

stay away from the tv. too much time in front of the television could reduce fertility. a trend of lower sperm counts in western countries could be linked to tv habits. men who watched more than 20 hours of tv a week had half as many sperm counts as those who do not. reduced physical activity could also be harmful to sperm production. with the ravens winning the super bowl, so many parents think their kids have the right thing to be joe flacco or ray lewis. we'll take you inside a school which helps kids get a career in sports, if that's their goal. that's tonight at 11:00. all right. there last still a little bit of flurry action in cecil county

and harford county, light snow showers through the eldersburg area. light snow flurry action extending toward the frederick direction. current conditions in baltimore as we continue to soak in the ravens celebration, 36 degrees right now. the dew point is at 26. the air is not quite as dry or extremely dry as it was this time yesterday. weather in motion across the state, a gray day, very limited sunshine. i think tomorrow we'll see a little more sun begin to break through land some improvement. dundalk, mostly cloudy with a little sun trying to sneak through but not making it. in havre de grace overcast is the word along the banks of the susquehanna river river. current winds light and variable from the nee. temperature wise we're looking at a wind chill factor around 33 degrees. it will be a chilly night. take a look at the overall

setup. the bottom line is, yes, some hit and miss light flurries for the next two to four hours. that's going to be about it. skies will begin to clear tomorrow. we'll be left with sun breaking through. as we look at the trend, you can see cloudy conditions will be the story. tomorrow a little bit of sun mixes. variably cloudy through the day. we're clearing out big time as we move through wednesday, beyond into thursday. that will be a decent deal with the collapse for a new system on friday. that one looks look this will start as a wintry mix and and as rain showers. temperatures, you see the mild air, cold air north. that's a typical pattern for this part of february. we continue to stay in the chill zone. we can't seem to move the mild air in in any significant way. right now again, just light snow flurries in the mix. overnight as we continue to move

through the digh pressure will begin to build in. that will allow for sunshine to break through and a new storm system arrive late thursday into friday. that will produce mainly rain although there could be a wintry mix if it gets early friday morning. mostly cloudy tomorrow, 42. sun and clouds. we'll see if we can crack 40 degrees. tomorrow down to 25. look at the next few days. you see both days struggling to get to 40. rain showers. there could be some snow mixed in on the front edge before it converts over to rain. see what happens. keep in mind your friday morning potentially could see mixed weather early on. this weekend temperatures moderating into the upper 40s by sunday, looks like low 50s next week. >> no complaints on that. >> at this point 50 will feel

like border line tropical. >> no complaints. we'll take it. >> looks like it's happening again. there could be another economic disaster if washington doesn't act on a tight deadline. congress doesn't have another plan to avert another crisis. karen travers has the details. >> reporter: kick the can. it's washington's famous game with another deadline looming for those massive automatic spending cuts. president obama said if congress can't get a deal done by march 1st -- >> they should pass a smaller package that would delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months. >> reporter: but congress has done that once. in order to avid the fiscal cliff at new years, lawmakers agreed to push it out for two months. new that deadline is three and a half weeks away.

there's no indication that lawmakers are close to an agreement. >> when washington is the biggest obstacle, we have a problem. >> reporter: there have been positive signs. for the first time since president obama took office, the federal deficit will drop below $1 trillion. last friday the down jones closed above 14,000 for the first time in five years. january brought modest job growth and drug dripping gains. for 10 scek tough months -- consecutive months housing prices have gone up. >> we sold 43 homes in the month of january, the best january since twief. >> reporter: the president warned congress to avoid self-inflicted wounds that could stall the economy. karen travers, abc2 news, washington. scammers started making

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you, kill you. >> okay. scary phone call. imagine getting that message on your phone. a la la woman started receiving disturbing calls like that one. at first she was told she won more than $2 million but she evngsly sensed it was a scam when asked for money and told the scammers she wasn't interested. that's when the calls got even scarier. >> i'm still spooked. it's not every day someone threatens your life. >> police can't do anything about it because the calls have originated in jail ca. the better business bureau said you should never give out your personal information. if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. they probably thought it was a joke but two men pointing a laser at a news helicopter could have put the pilot in danger and could and up in jail. the two culprits were caught on

camera. one caring a collin kaepernick camera. it was obvious he was pointing the laser to them on purpose. this happened two weeks ago. that time it ended in a quick arrest. >> he was standing on his porch and doing it over and over again. >> the man caught with the laser faces jail time and has an $11,000 fine. seems like we spend too much time driving, stuck in traffic on most days. if you went anywhere near downtown today it was really bad. >> how would you like to save between 60% and 80% he ri time you go to the grocery store? >> tax season kicked off, which means now is a real time for identity theft. we'll tell you how to protect

yourself and keep your information safe. >> weather wise, a few snow flurries. will we see a warmup? will we clear the skies and get sun back in here? we will have that in the forecast.