from cinder block shapes. the cinder blocks made out of ice. some of them as high as nine feet. it took three days for artists to create the masterpieces. time now for a check of the forecast. lynette any chance we can have a shot at maybe some of that? >> uh-huh. no way. >> okay. >> it's not going to happen. we're going to get rain and be too warm. a 17-year-old shot and i'm going to show you that system in just a minute. but right now we look at the killed in a recreational park. we're going to tell you how temperatures and yes, cold friends and family are honoring enough for some snow. but that moisture just won't this young man's life. also ahead this morning get in here as of now. saying good-bye to the longest serving member of the house of so temperatures are going to be shooting up a bit as we go into delegates, today you can pay the afternoon and also by tomorrow. perry hall's temperature coming your respects to hattie what in at 24 degrees. areson. chestertown at 23. the winds are calm right now. now people want to hear those will pick up a little bit from other members of the super more out of the east throughout bowl champions, which player bowl champions, which player will make his day bow the day. and we look at the satellite and radar and we have some clouds and patchy fog in here and we look back off towards the north and west. and we look to the south. and these two systems, these will begin to phase in here and once that happens, well, that's when we'll have the potential for some rain a little bit of a wintry mix and you can see that storm track. bringing us rain across the

area but the further to the north you go maybe heading to new england, boston, and even new york, you're going to get in on snow and talking about feet -- talking about feet of snow. blizzard conditions as you head towards new england. you're going to have that snow blowing around. we can see snow back in pennsylvania. but look where we are. we're just dealing with the rain across the area as that area of low pressure moves in. for today we're going to be dealing with a temperature coming in at 40 degrees with increasing clouds and we will have that easterly breeze and that's why temperatures will be held down a bit with those clouds coming in as well. we'll talk more about that a and then as we look at abc2's little bit later. but as you plan your day, you most accurate forecast for tonight. don't have to worry about that the temperature will be at 44- degrees the showers will move wintry mix today, that rain. in late with rain. and then that will mix with is a going to stay -- it is some sleet and snow. going to stay dry. and then by tomorrow morning, but the clouds are going to early, we will have that mix increase in the morning. and then that switches all over the rain when it's all said and 6:00 temperature 39 degrees, 31 into 9:00 and it will be 36 done we could be wrapping up on the backside with some snow degrees by lunchtime today under partly cloudy skies. showers across the area. let's get a check now of the so definitely be prepared for abc2 timesaver traffic with that. i know you want the snow. lauren cook. good morning. good morning lynette. but right now it doesn't look well, as you mentioned to me like it. maybe a little bit of a wintry earlier, we are dealing with mix with some sleet and also some patchy fog in areas west

some snow mixing in. but as we look at the seven day and north of baltimore city. you might need to use the low forecast for you, this is going beams this morning so you can see more of the road and less to be our calm day. thursday. 40 degrees. by friday the winds will begin to pick up so what we are going of the fog. to be dealing with is rain and on 95 no delays to downtown wind with the temperature at 44 baltimore or southbound to degrees. by saturday we're looking windy once again and wrapping things d.c.. 695 is in great shape and up early in the morning maybe a you're taking a live look here in parkville. you'll notice the east side few flurries. also going to be delay free. and then we'll see a few peeks you're looking at the no, ma'am of sunshine but all in all, things will dry out especially 11 minute ride -- normal 11 as we head into sunday looking minute ride right now on the pretty good with that high outer loop from 95 up to 83. coming in at 45 degrees. and you can see these and speaking of 83 this is what it looks like in hunt valley. temperatures just too warm for snow. by monday, we'll get rain no concerns whatsoever from shawan road down to the beltway. that's a look at your abc2 again. but, 52 degrees, windy timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. conditions and another chance for some rain as we head into 4:32 right now. today family and friends are wednesday. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. remembering the life of 17-year- good morning. good morning lynette. old michael core man. well, as you mentioned we are >> he was killed in edgewood. dealing with patchy fog in areas north and west of tonight those will return to baltimore city. the scene of the crime for a so if you are traveling in these areas you will want to take it slow. vigil. he was shot at the recreational use the low beams this morning. park last week and later died if you're in harford county no delays right now on 95. at a local hospital. nice and clear from mountain 18-year-old christopher cousins

was also shot and is currently road to white marsh. 695 no problems whatsoever from being treated at shock trauma. parkville all the way up to towson. and you're taking a live look earlier this week police here in pikesville. you'll notice not too many cars arrested 21-year-old garfield smith iii, he's being charged out there. you're looking at a normal seven minute drive time on the with a number of crimes. she was the longest serving outer loop from 795 down to 70. member of the maryland house of and as we head up to hunt delegates and today you can pay your respects to the late valley. that is what 83 looks like, just a 21 minute ride right now delegate hattie harrison. she will lay in state in annapolis at the church from from the pennsylvania and maryland state line down to the noon until 4:00 this afternoon. beltway. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. she died monday. last week at the age of 84 it's a birthday one girl will never forget. years old. harrison will lay in state in her home church in baltimore city tomorrow. and update for you this >> look at how it goes. morning on the underage sexual assault case for the man behind the voice of elmo. >> how cute. we're going to find out about today cecil singleton will this little 3-year-old. how she's excited really appear in court. he was the second person to speak out against puppeteer excited to find out what this kevin clash. the third accuser is also priceless moment is all about. expected in court. that person has yet to be >> all right, today is the time identified. clash is a baltimore native and as a result of these to download our app. we have a storm that's coming in. if you want to follow it you accusations he has since need this.

resigned from his role with right now the temperature at hunt valley at 27 degrees and "sesame street." taking a look today, police also know tomorrow morning the in anne arundel county seized forecast. the delays, the closings. you can also get that right an arsenal of weapons from a man they say snuck into a high here. don't go anywhere. "good morning maryland" will be right back. school this week. >> this morning the suspect is at shepherd pratt. police are still trying to figure out why 25-year-old justin beaumont went to norris county high school on monday. he followed an employee into the school through a doored that not yet been closed. he was charged with trespassing and a further investigation led police to a cache of weapons in his home in glen burnie. along with magazines full of ammunition. that's when officers went into high alert. >> post-connecticut, we have got to recognize as an agency, as a nation, as a state, that our school children, we have to take these kind of precautionary thorough investigative steps to make sure that we do everything we

can to keep them safe. >> anne arundel county police say beaumont legally purchased and owns the weapons that were found. the mental evaluation that's been ordered could keep him in custody longer than the 90 day sentence. if he is released he'll have to i apply to get the weapons back. jurors say he is guilty of killing 16-year-old phylicia barnes but michael barnes' attorneys are not done fighting just yet. they are going to expect an appeal or a motion for a new trial. yesterday johnson was found guilty of second degree murder and now faces up to 30 years behind bars. he is expected to be sentenced on march 20th. it seems everyone wants to hear from the baltimore ravens. also, now call them super bowl champs. and tonight, jacoby jones will make the late night tv debut with jimmy kimmel. the star wide receiver set a handful of records during the super bowl on sunday including the most combined yards in a game. 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown matched the longest play in nfl history.

you can see that episode tonight at 11:30 right here on abc2. you will want to hear what the young man has to say. today we're going to hear from the ravens for the last time this season. they are holding their annual season review press conference this morning at the under taking a look at events happening today and ahead in armour performance center. the day ahead, it could be a the president, john harbaugh and the gm will be at the tough day for questioning for event. the players have already been released for the off-season and cia director nominee john they won't be there but we will brennan. he is expected to come under hear from the management staff. fire at this afternoon's >> i think ozzie should just confirmation hearings for walk out and say scoreboard. supporting the cia's done. >> what else do you need to controversial drone program. brennan will also be asked know? well, like father like son. about the support for the bush era enhanced interrogation ray lewis iii is following in his dad's footsteps. tactics like walter boarding. so he is going to be playing time now for defense football next year at the secretary leon panetta to take university of miami. the hot seat on what happened >> he is going to the u.. on september 11th in benghazi. ray lewis was with his son when he signed that letter of libya. it happened that night at a consulate rather in the city. intent, take a look. >> always one of the greatest four americans died including blessings ever for your son to follow in your footsteps at u.s. ambassador. panetta will speak before a committee and deafen see will your alma mater. i told you you have every also testify. record in front of you. the conviction in the levy

go break them. murder case is now in question. if my son breaks my records then the torch is passed. >> coming into this, coming defense lawyers for the suspect into the year, is really in this. the man who was convict, are exciting. arguing this morning that the i mean -- i'm definitely prosecution's key witness is looking forward to being out not credible. now that witness already was there in miami and coach golden imprisoned serving time for and going out with the players and just really making an assaulting two women in the same area. her body was found. the lawyers will be petitioning for a new trial today. impact. >> the retiring ravens' linebacker two time super bowl the man convicted was found champ and future hall of famer guilty in 2010 of killing says he promised his son he chandra levy. president barack obama will wouldn't miss watching him play address faith based groups football at miami. today. the president is scheduled to that's one of the reasons lewis speak at the national prayer decided to refire after this breakfast. the event is sponsored by the season. time now for a check of the evangelical fellowship weather. foundation and it provides a but lynette, this could be venue for the president to talk changing. couldn't it? >> yes. we do have some weather that's to religious leaders since actually going to be coming in. announcing his support of gay we're talking about some rain, marriage. some snow and i'm going to show time now for five things to you that in just a second. know on this thursday morning. but as people start out this someone is $270 million richer morning, they're only starting out with some patchy fog in this morning. the powerball numbers were spots north and west of the drawn last night and we know city and plenty of cloud cover that the wink ticket was bought to boot will really move in here throughout the day. in virginia but we don't know this is ahead of two storm the name of the person or the group of people that won. systems that are going to phase the iron is out and the cat together. the one to the north and the is in. south. they come together and for us, hasbro has unveiled the newest

we'll be getting rain. now all this starts as we go monopoly token. the company launched a contest through the overnight tonight. to replace one of the classic into tomorrow morning. tokens with one of the new maybe a wintry mix that will switch all over the rain tokens. the iron got the boot. showers and then on the tail end of things some snow the cat now coming in. and today top cops will showers. nothing really accumulating but reveal some of the new trends we will get the run of the mill. as we look at the temperatures in awe toe theft. this morning, well, we are students from -- auto theft. coming in at 32 degrees in students from towson university baltimore. we're at 28 in annapolis right will receive some scholarship now. manchester good morning to you, money for a psa they had about you're at 24. 25 in bel air and 28 northeast. goldsboro at 24 degrees right preventing auto theft. on february 15th nasa will hold a teleconference to talk now. about the fast moving rock that and cambridge coming in at 31. will pass about 17,000 miles reduced visibility will be an issue in some spots this from earth's surface. new york fashion week cakes off today. morning. 7 in frederick and 5 in york. and -- kicks off today. give yourself enough time on the roadways. and the designer there john back over to megan and charlie. galliano will make a return. starting today you can get the disgraced designer was a closer look at some of the fired from christian dior after world's newest and hottest making anti-semitic rants in a cars. >> i'm linda so live at the paris cafe. he was found guilty in 2011. baltimore convention center. a thrilling birthday for you are going to love what we're about to see you. one little girl is just too all the latest from greatest on cute. take a look. the road coming up. >> a train! >> no more turdays, >> are we going to ride the that's what the postal service is now putting in place trying train? >> yeah!

to save money. when this policy will take look at that how it goes to us. effect and how it could affect you. >> well, megan and charlie oh my goodness. everything is up to speed here >> here it comes. on 97 at route 100. i'll let you know what traffic looks like on 95, 83 and 695 >> so cute. all coming up on "good morning maryland." little madeline's third birthday. and captured every priceless and you are taking a live look moment on camera. then posted the video on at new york city. youtube. on the page, he wrote times square. great way to start the day. stay with us. there's much more coming up madeline's dream come true when next. she got to ride a train on her third birthday and from the looks of this video she could not be happier for more excited to get on board. >> lynette is that what you look like when you're about to get on a jet? >> traveling is exciting. i do like that one. it is. it's fun. like all that a fun. i wish we were getting some snow guys. they're talking about blizzards in new england and i know a lot of people are wishing we had that here. what we're dealing with the temperatures are going to be the main story this morning and some patchy fog across the area. it's 24 degrees right now in tim mobium and we could see

baltimore city at 34 and monkton at 25 degrees right now. manchester 21 and bundled up as you head out and about and as the kids head to school this morning well they'll get some sunshine but then the clouds will move in quickly throughout the day. with the easterly flow it's going to be chilly. because we'll have more clouds around the area. let's get a check now of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. good morning. good morning lynette. well, we're off to a cold start and we are dealing with some construction on 95. it's right along the southbound lanes between 195 and the beltway. but as you can see, not causing any significant delays whatsoever. and as we head over to 83, here's what it looks like just north of 695. this is actually going to be right at exit 27. and no delays once you do get on to the jfx. just 11 minutes downtown to east fayette street. the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times you're look at an 11 minute ride right on the beltway from 95 up to 83. the west side nice and clear.

just 11 minutes to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 95. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. as the baby boomer generation starts to age the number of health problems they're going to experience coming up. >> at 5:00 this morning we're going to talk about some of the cases and one disease in particular is expected to skyrocket the next few decades. >> maryland senators are feasting today. what they're going to be snacking on thanks to a friendly super bowl bet with some california senators. in the world's largest auto show. it's here in baltimore and you can find something for everybody. >> the 2013 motor trend international auto show kicks off today and abc2 news linda so is out there live. a great assignment for you. i can just see you linda, leaving in like a lamborghini. >> no way. >> or ferrari. >> no way she's a minivan girl. >> i got something -- a minivan girl. we'll get to that later on.

this is actually a car that will talk to you. you know, there's a lot of emphasis these days on safe driving. staying off of your cell phone. your smart phone. staying off of facebook. staying off of e-mail. this car actually makes things safe for you and to tell us more about it with gm, tell us about this car. first of all, what is it and what's the new safety feature that this car has? >> this is the all new cadillac ats which actually won north american car of the year which we were proud of. but what makes this an amazing product is it eliminates the distracted driving with the new q technology. >> reporter: awesome. get in the driver's seat and show us how it works. >> i apologize for the beeting. it's the cadillac user experience. you can focus on the road. so many people text, here, voice activated. you can text to speech and it will speak back to you. instead of you, you know

maneuvering around the panel, you can actually use voice activated sensors to make this work. >> reporter: this is essentially a car that will talk to you and maybe even read your e-mails to you. >> absolutely, there are many features to this. this is infotainment and safety all in one. essentially you can get the usic, your messages, your traffic alerts, all while focusing on the road. >> reporter: that's awesome. that's awesome. so give us the price tag on this bad boy. >> well, it -- this is a the affordable luxury. this can range from $33,900 all the way up to $54,000 depending on the package you like. >> reporter: wow. sounds good. all kinds of new cars and all kinds of neat features. this one focuses on staying stay on the road while you have who are -- safe on the road while you have your phone. really new. really designed to keep you safe on the road. again the motor spend international autoshow kicks off today here at the baltimore convention center. doors open at noon and it runs

through this weekend through saturday. you can get your tickets at the door. adult admission is $10. and cheaper for kids, and actually free for some of those younger kids. so come on out here, there's plenty coming up in our next half hour. we'll show you some other new cars that you're going to love. we're live at the baltimore convention center. linda so, abc2 news. >> car does everything but make a sandwich for you not bad. this morning, the family of a new york woman who was found dead in turkey now preparing the very difficult task of bringing her body back to the united states today. >> staten island mom was found dead last week in istanbul. this happened on saturday and turkish police say that sierra was bludgeoned to death. her body was found inside a cave during the stone walls. at least nine people have been questioned in the case. her husband and brother flew to turkey last week to help police search for her and they're going to accompany her body back later today. the boy scouts of america is now delaying a vote on whether to lift its ban on openly gay members. that vote now going to happen

in the month of may. they need more time now to review membership policies and gay rights groups and other critics want to organization to lift the -- the organization to lift the ban. some conservatives now say say louing gay members would destroy the organization by diluting the message of morality. the post office says you will still get your mail just not on saturdays, in august the u.s. post office will no longer cards and letter on saturday. you can still get the mail order prescriptions and express mail and of course packages. it's part of the plan to save the cash-strapped postal service $2 billion. after it posted a $16 billion loss last year. some customers are not surprised. >> i do believe it's fine for me. i don't do business on the weekends. >> since 2008 we've seen a steady decline in the use of first-class mail. people pay their bills online. it's simple. it's easy, it's free. you cannot be free. >> the mail will still be delivered to p.o. boxes monday through saturday and you will still be able to

mail things at post offices that have saturday hours. well, they laced up the running shoes and tackled more than 1500 steps. that's what more than 1600 people did last night in new york. they took part in the annual empire state building run up. they climbed up 86 flights of stairs from the lobby to the observation deck. it helped raise money for local charities there in the big apple. when there's a lot of snow make some artwork out of it. these are pictures from lake geneva winter fest and cnni reporter says they were creates