. police are searching for the body of a 2-year-old after they say her mother admitted to killing her and putting her in a dumpster. police are trying to track where the load from the dumpster is now. the 25-year-old is charged with first and second degree murder. there is a confirmed case of meningitis at loyola.

a letter was sent to students telling them act the case. those who live near the infected student were told and offered medication. it's not highley contagious but it's important to catch it early. and new developments tuesday's stabbing of a 15-year- old. police have released pictures of the crime. they are confirming the victim and his friends attended the ravens parade and the stabbing happened in a huge crowd leaving the event. police hope the images may led to an arrest. >> we are watching two storm systems headed toward the east coast. this one putting down significant snow and then the coastal runner starting to form up. we are cloudy with a light winter mix by daybreak. more by tomorrow night. temperatures in the upper 30s to near 41. we are above freezing for now.

after midnight we will start to seat mix of showers. then rain kicking in, it's on the back side into tomorrow night. that's where we could see snow around maryland, supposed to be northeast maryland. all the detail projections. >> thank you. win or loose every year after that last game of the season the ravens owner and top management face questions in their yearly state of the ravens. they may have a super bowl win in hand but they are looking at next year's team. they are hard at work. we were there as they broke down the plan. >> reporter: still in the after glow of the super bowl win and with the lombardi trophy nearby the ravens faced the media for the state of the team press conference. >> you could say we are five

weeks behind the league but i will take that every year. >> the team owner, gm, coach john harbaugh and president answered questions on a variety of topics. first on winning the super bowl. >> proud of our guys beyond belief. organization from top to bottom, sideways, everybody involved, every face you see. you want to give them a big hogue. >> how many will always remember that win and be forever ravens fans. that's what i think is most important. it's building the fan base. having more and more fans think highley of the ravens. >> reporter: on joe's pending free agency. >> i'm coming away today thinking we can get a deal down. >> we both know we want each other. it's up to us to work that out. >> reporter: ed reed's future with the queens. >> i think if you watch them, over the course of the last

eight or ten days he loves being here and i think we can use that to help make that relationship last longer. >> reporter: immediate needs. >> the middle of the defense. the one year we will focus on. >> that last seven million we have left is probably better spent on three veterans instead of one dynamic player. >> reporter: has ray louis earned a statue? >> i think he set himself apart in baltimore sports history and we will look into it. i would not be surprise fire ed. >> after the news at 11 stay with us to see super bowl champion jacoby jones. he will be live on jimmy kimmel. he will talk act big win. don't forget it starts at 11:30. while he will be on that ray rice will [inaudible]

is already on youtube. he was riding on a float. you can see the float kind of jerk and suddenly rice falls right off. he jumped back, he is good to go. he said that he jumped right back up and told everybody let's party and he was in the spirit. ray louis has said he looked forward to spending more time with his kid during retirement and now he will get to watch his name sake play. ray's son ray louis the third signed to play with the university of miami. he said that the university had a head start. >> he has always been a hurricane. he was born on the un campus. and at ten he played -- he said he was going to miami. he has always been a hurricane at heart. just always there -- just fun to follow and [inaudible]. >> i think that's his spirit. ray's son played running back

in high school but it's not clear yet what position he will play at miami. february is the month to remember and celebrate black history and baltimore has great resources for that. it's celebrated around the area. right now an exhibit on display featuring the work of a local artist. >> examples of works by a nati version marylander who became a noted illustrator of children's books. he used his subject people like rosa parks, martin luther king. >> there are activities for kids on saturday beginning at noon. there will be a special kid's story telling time. a major airline merger is in the works that could have you spending more on airfare. we will explain why the deal with american and united could

result in an increase in ticket prices. and could this saturday mail stop effect your next week's deliver are you? what may be on the way. . >> as we look at east hartford, it's from here further north and east in the state we think the snow could come down especially tomorrow night. much more on this approaching power house storm.

. lot of red on the board on wall street. dow down 42 and a half. nasdaq down three and a third. s&p500 down about 2 and three quarters. not a good day. tonight's consumer alert a major merger is in the works that could mean higher price the next time you get on the plane. if it happens it would create the biggest airline in the world. air travel would probably get even more expensive. > mergers normally lead to higher prices. it means there is less competition and that means

higher prices. >> on top of that airlines will continue to find ways to add more sur charges. american and united could announce a deal as early as next week but it'll take at least a year for it to be complete. the decision to delay saturday mail could affect netflix. people are expected to watch fewer dvds for the same monthly price. movie that used to arrive on saturday won't arrive until monday. you can always avoid the process and just see streaming. you should see more healthy options in smaller portion sizes at restaurants. regulations will require calorie counts on menus. restaurants are also responding to consumer demand for healthier options. the smaller portions will not necessarily be any cheaper. of course no, sir.

it sounds like a plot out of armageddon. an asteroid making its way toward earth. mike will tell us how faraway it is now and just how close it'll get. and a former white house doctor criticizes the new jersey governor for his weight but the governor fights back. why he believes his critic is irresponsible. day.

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north of detroit and chicago. two storms phasing up through friday. could be a wild scene. we will have more on that judge a second. 37 degrees, winds are east at eight. quiet on the range. quiet before the storm. you can see the colder spot. that pattern is followed by our watch warning map. the winter weather advisory from hartford. the winter storm weather is from philadelphia north up through new york city and the blizzard concerns are from basically providence and new york, long island, new york's long island up through massachusetts. almost impossible travels there tomorrow into saturday. in the meantime in maryland cloudy conditions and what we anticipate as the start of rain source, potentially mixing with snow, light showers, mainly

west of the chesapeake but heavier rain eastover night as that storm continues to pass off shore. there will be wrap around snow as we go past the evening. this is where we get into dicey weather for maryland. especially from baltimore north and east. cecil, hartford and kent on the eastern shore. it blows out saturday but there could be accumulation in the wake of this thing, couple of inches worth especially for cecil as we go into the saturday morning time frame. two storms, one big one and that's of the core the coastal runner out of the carolina's, a texas low, northeast, that secondary low coming in. creating a sort of a winter bomb if you will how we call them. this one north of long island. for maryland on that cut off and it'll be a sharp cut off. we won't see the huge snow

totals but 20 inches plus. this will be really tough travels, back here in maryland this is what we anticipate for the moment. this could shift further south or we could get more of a cutoff and have less snow but this is the middle ground thinking right now with that two to three inch rain. maybe dipping in to hartford and across through chester town and eastern shore. you get in around a one to two inch rain. wet snow, overnight, overnight tomorrow night. this is not tomorrow morning. this is overnight tomorrow night into saturday and maybe a coating for dc. this is the middle ground. could be under the totals or could go higher if we get a band in here out of the north. stay tuned for the news at six and 11. 34 overnight. winter showers possible in to the morning. then we convert to rain. tomorrow is a wind and rain day. by tomorrow night we will be changing over to"? and -- snow. the next few days, 30s on tap.

into the 40s on sunday. it'll clear out fast saturday and then a cold and windy day. the wild card timing for us is late tomorrow evening into early saturday morning. it's that overnight time period. we will see what happens. tomorrow morning a brief rain, snow mix possible. that will quickly change to rain. >> we will have to watch that. all right. we will watch you. thank you. a big announcement from nasa that an asteroid will make a record pass near earth next week. mike is tracking it from here. he has the latest on just how close it'll come. >> reporter: close enough to give a scare. sciencists will watch the skies. the asteroid is expected to come very close to the planet next friday. officials announced a 40-meter long piece of rock will just miss earth next friday afternoon as it zips through space. to give you the idea of how big it is take a football field, just a bit more than that.

what makes it unique is how close it'll come to earth. space rock will miss us by only 17,000 miles. nasa said it'll fly inside the satellite orbit before turning back into space and on a track like this the asteroid will become the closest rock to ever fly by earth without impacting it. they have come close and some have hit but this one, being as big as it is, this would be a big problem if it did hit. should a last minute shift -- be and we aren't anticipating it, they are giving it a 0% chance. it's called a city killer. it would be able to wipe out a entire city if they hit the planet. that is disturbing but 0 chance of that happening. i did look at some stats, the

most disturbing one i found on these types of asteroids, this one in particular there is a 1% that nasa has tabs on means there is millions of them and they exist right now. that's the top priority night now. continues to if he cuss -- focus on the big ones, the global killers. those could pose that end of life type situation. 90% of the global killers have been identified. we will continue to watch that going into next week. more information can be found online. my facebook and twitter. abc 2news. >> all right. thank you. the obama administration is under fire for its drone attack is he. a unnamed strike killed a terrorist leader but that leader was an american citizen who was killed without trial or testimony. we have the latest. >> reporter: before the confirmation hearing started,

demonstrators went to protest the cia's use of drone strikes. >> killing kids halfway across the world. >> reporter: he is the president's choice to be the head of the cia and he is a chief architect of the drone program. it wasn't just the protesters, lawmakers also demanded answers the obama administration about the more than 300drone strikes. i have been calling and others have been calling, the vice chairman and i on the use of targets for increased transparency for over a year. >> reporter: specifically the chair said she wants information on the number of civilian deaths that result from drone strikes but has been denied because it's a secret program. >> i think that thinking, is long gone. >> reporter: earlier this week

a unclassified document said american citizens that are tied to al-qaeda can be killed if an informed high level official believes they pose a threat. the government doesn't have to have clear evidence. the director defended the approach. >> i never believe it better that kill a terrorist than to detain him. >> reporter: earlier today members of the committees were able to see classified information outlining the legal justification but based on their questioning they still want more. abc news washington. >> the new jersey striking back against clinton's white house doctor who criticized his weight. the doctor has never even treated him but called him a time bomb and said she worries about him dieing in office. the governor fired back saying the doctor is irresponsible and has no right to make statements about his health without even

seeing him. some doctors agree with the governor. >> i think it's really judge mental to have such a strong conviction when you have no knowledge of his level of activity, fitness. >> reporter: the governor is up for re-election this year but he is considered a possible presidential candidate. coming up new, nobody likes getting a speeding ticket, most just pay the $40 instead of going to court but a new bill could compensate you for your time. and balancing family and work. we all know that. it can be stressful. we are working for you with tipping on how to manage that. we have that and more coming up right here on the news at six.

. it seems like valentine displays have been up since the day after christmas. a new survey finds americans will spend $18.6 billion on valentine's day gifts this year. karen breaks down the findings including who spends more, men or women. >> reporter: retailers anticipate americans will spend more on their it sweethearts but they will be caution. >> they want to stay on budget but still want to find something special. >> reporter: the retail federation finds shoppers will spend about $131 on valentine's day gifts, up about $5 from last year. $1.6billion will be spent on candy, 1.9 billion on flowers, and 4.4 billion on jewelry. it'll be more budget than bring.

>> they may buy silver instead of gold or gemstones instead of diamonds, it's still a popular valentine's day gift and i think we will see that this year. >> reporter: they say spending time is more important than spending money. >> i think it's really important in that economy to not spend a crazy amount of money on valentine's day and just focus on spending it together and -- having quality time. >> reporter: one financially saavy option for couples, forego pricey presents and put it toward a shared goal. just acknowledge the day in a smaller way. >> a sweet card always means so much more than a gift idea. >> reporter: thinking ahead can also save cash, more time means more options. abc 2news. >> that's right. quality time is free. if you are single and looking for love before valentine's day, this may be the place