this mardi gras morning. look at my peopl you with watching the station that works for you. now, good morning maryland. >> jobs, education and a looming deficit baltimore's mayor has a plan to keep the city from going bankrupt. >> provocative is the words from the white house over north korea's latest round of nuclear testing. and you are not going anywhere. one of the city hit hard by the blizzard keeps the traffic ban in place that has people getting cabben fever. we will tell you all about that on this tuesday morning. it's fat tuesday and thanks for being with us maryland i am charlee crowson. >> --charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. here's meteor ol gist lynette charles -- meteorologist lynette charles. >> all right. today is going to be a quiet

day. yesterday we were dealing with rain coming in and a little mix and wintery mix in some spot. sleet not the case for today. marled's mother powerful radar is nice and dry and we will stay that way throughout the day. temperature wise this morning, temperatures above average well above average coming in at 46 right now in davidsonville and emmettsburg at 41. we will have the wind out of the north and west today mainly west so we will have a little different scenario than yesterday. we got up to 54 yesterday with the southwesterly flow. speaking of the flow and the wind, it's going to be very breezy this morning. and the winds will continue throughout the day. and we have temperature coming in at 42 degrees around 9 this morning. and 46 by lunchtime with plenty of sunshine in the forecast. let's check the amount bc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: traveling in howard county no concerns on 95. it's nice and clear as you make the way from elk ridge to downtown baltimore. and if you are heading out to 695, no problems to report right now on the west side.

and as we head over to parkville here's he a live look at harford road. everything moving along. not too many cars on the roads. a normal 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and as we look here in hunt valley the harrisburg expressway also going to be in great shape and it will take 21 minutes from the paled pennsylvania -- maryland pennsylvania state line to the beltway. now over to you meg and and charley. an update to a story we brought you last night at 11. north korea confirmed overnight that it did conduct its third underground nuclear bomb test. it was pour powerful than previous test and caused a 4.9 earthquake. north korea did announce last month that it had planned a new nuclear test and more long range rocket launches. all of which is said they were part of a new phase of confrontation with the united states. to get the latest on this breaking news and all other updates follow us on twitter at

abc2 news. in other news this morning, the president is putting the final touches on his state of the union speech. his address tonight will be the 5th one he has given while in office. charley is at the live desk with a look at what to expect to hear from the president and it's going to be different from the enaugust ration speeches. >> it is. that address in january was more about overall vision during the next four years in office but tonight's speech will be much more about policy. the president expected to pup push for additional government spending and clean energy and infrastructure and we will warn congress tie void the spending cuts in defense and education and to avoid the cuts plus the added monies that's going to require congressional approval and put the president once again on a collision course with house republicans. >> the economy will be central to the speech and how we grow the economy so ive can participate and pay your fair share. >> time for washington to get back to the basics.

we can't continue spending money we don't have. >> now one thing coming up in the speech tonight is going to be a focal point on the rising republican story marco rubio from florida. he will deliver his party's response after the state of the union. rubio has been much to talk about in the last session as a possible vp candidate alongside mitt romney. now he is someone leadership is looking to to possibly lead the party come 2016 and something of note about tonight's speech, survivors of gun violence will also be in the house chamber including former congresswoman gabby giffords. we are looking forward to it. we invite you to join us as the president addresss congress and the country with the state of the union. team coverage from abc and washington starts tonight at 9:00. 4:34 right now. and the financial state of baltimore is bleak. mayor stephanie rawlings blake says she knows if something is not done the city is going to go bankrupt. and that was the main focus of the state of the city speech yesterday. on the top of the list to keep

the city solvent. modernizing how they pay workers and pensions. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says the city needs to be competitive and choices that are tough have to be made. >> altogether over the next 10 years we can reduce the size of our work force by at least 10%. the there are-- through a combination of attrition and eliminating vacant positions. we can achieve it without maiming layoffs and reducing -- without reducing the quality of city services. >> also on the mayor's list, creating a ten-year growth and budget plan to help guide city finances over the long-term. something she says could help lower property taxes by 50 cents over the length of the plan. news time 4:35 and disturbing details released concerning a woman found dead in a burning home in northwest baltimore. police say jennifer conyers was keeled by a man she met -- killed by a man she met through a onleen dating site. monte carter beat her in the

head and tied her up and dragged her to the basement and police lit the house on fire. carter is charged with first and second degree murder. jury selection continues in the jason scott trial. he is accused of murdering a mother and her daughter in 2009. scott is serving a 100 year sentence after being found guilty of going on a crime spree in the area of upper marlboro. abc2 investigators were following scott's story from the beginning and you can find the stories in the featured section on the website. just look for the link that reads inside a criminal mind. a national front, people in bridgeport connecticut are not going anywhere soon. the city will not start removing snow from the side streets until later this week. the mayor of bridgeport says that's more than 100 roads that remain impassable. he says because people left their cars in the road, they are having a difficult time getting the streets cleared. equipment is on the way from neighboring states but the process is frustrating to rest depths and the state of

connecticut. -- residents and the state of connecticut. >> the community is overwhelmed and trying to move 30 inches of snow is pretty darn tough. >> the other problem is getting kids back to school. next week is february break and the superintendent asked the teacher union to take the. [ away so kids don't miss more class for the section. -- session. you have to check this out a cool time-lapse video of the snow piling up. look at this. you can see the branches bend from the weight of snow. and the inches keep on climbing up. the measuring pole this is taken over 24 hours with 40 inches of snow and it was condensed to 30 seconds and that's what it look like. >> you have got to admit that's very, very cool. >> yeah. that's really cool i love it. especially when we can see it from that point of view and we are not taking that in our backyard. >> absolutely. >> you know what, we have two shots of some within theory weather as we go through the rest of the week.

satellite and radar not spiking -- picking up on a whole lot. we are trying to carve in a little bit of clear -- carve in a little bit of clearing. this is courtesy of a area ofhigh pressure that will try to build in briefly and slide off into the atlantic. see where the active weather s we have the snow to the north a rain to the south. and this is the system we have an area of low pressure that's going to ride along the southeast and with that, this is the one that could be bringing us some wintery weather as we go into tomorrow. so rain, snow, and talk about that a little more, a little later. but for right now, getting you out the door temperature wise, not too bad. the cold front finally made its way through. temperatures slowly to fall off. we are dealing with windy conditions stirring the atmosphere and that's why temperatures are not dropping off so quickly. it's 43 in mount airy. pasadena at 44. 41 in darlington and centerville at 45 degrees and also we will have a wind chill

this morning and this afternoon with the wind out of the west at 10 to 15 and gusts up to 30. now over to you. a toddler provided pre-show entertainment before the medal of honor ceremony e walked up to the podium a surveyed the crowd. a marine tried toes court him back but he hopped back on stage and tried to sit in the chair. his father was being honored was trying to corral his kid but didn't have a lot of luck. >> the only thing that would have made that better if he got podium up to the mike and said my fellow americans. >> look how cute he is dressed for the acation. the a -- >> stay with us this morning. the ship sitting at the bottom of the ocean and the coast guard is looking for answers. >> reporter: well, everything is up to speed on 695 at perring parkway. i will let you know what it looks like on 95 and 83 coming up on good morning maryland.

how much did you pay for your iron and i am talking about the one you use on your clothes. toy irons from the monopoly game are selling at the price of a clothing iron because last week america voted the iron out of the game in place of the cat. so, i am curious because i looked it up on ebay. some were going as high as 20, 30 bucks. i would imagine the game of monday oply -- monopoly and it's been a while as soon as i purchased one is around that same price. aid token. >> i think i am -- it's a token. >> i think i may pull mine out and put it on ebay. and pay for gas. >> make money off it. >> how are you? >> doing wonderfully. >> i didn't want to jump you because i wanted to talk about the weather. >> knock it out. it's all you right now. >> all right. yesterday we had the rain.

today, guys we have a high pressure that's building in. so finally rain lovers yesterday today sun lovers will be out and tomorrow if you like the wintery mix lovers that's for your. everything is going on this week. if you like windy conditions that's what's holding up for today as well. in the meantime, this is what to expect going through time. we have temperatures coming in at 40 degrees right now in pylesville and we do have the winds out of the west about 2 miles an hour but these will be picking up throughout the day. we will be seeing gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. so, the temperatures are going to feel a little chillier than what we had yesterday for sure. so make sure to dress accordingly as you step out and b let's talk about what's going on at the surface. winds and high pressure building in briefly that will lead to sunshine going through time. but we are in between systems and this system to the south is the one that's going to possibly bring us a little bit of wintery make as we go into tomorrow evening. really. now, i am going show you what's

going on with the storm track because we can see that we have the whites and pinks and greens. the greens looks like it can get in here towards the evening time frame. but, we can start out with sleet and also we do have the possibility of snow mixing in as well. so a little within theory mix is what we will call it as we head -- wintery mix is what we call it heading into wednesday and wrapping it up thursday morning. a dicey commute will be out there for us. putting this in motion, you can see what's happening. this brings the precip in a little bit sooner. so we are starting out tomorrow morning it looks like with a little snow and maybe a wintery mix but he will hear me say all winter long the rain snow line is on married and causes problems. we could see the rain-snow line as it movesin tomorrow morning. and going through the afternoon we can see all rain and we can wrap it up with the commute home tomorrow with rain and snow across the area. so, we are going keep our eyes peeled and make sure to follow me on twitter at abc2 weather

and i will keep you updated on the situation. but for today, 49 degrees sun clouds and windy. now the abc2 timesaver trafficwith lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning. heading to downtown baltimore, no concerns right now on the jfx. it's nice and clear from the beltway all the way downton to -- downtown to east fayette treat everything is up to spee at fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. we are dealing with an incident right on the outer loop and you will notice traffic is starting to filter in but once you past the scene there won't be any delays to get in your way. for those in anne arundel county a live look at 97. at route 100 and there won't be any problems getting down to route 50 or travel up towards 695. that's a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. megan and charley over to you. five things to know on this tuesday. coast guard is investigating the simpging of the hms bounty. it sunk october 29th near the caribbean. one crew member died and the

captain was never found. senate arms service committee will hold a vote on the nomination of former senator chuck hagel for defense secretary. the committee is expected to approve the nomination and go on to the senate for a full vote. the senate is holding a meeting about proposal reduing gun violence and respecting the second amendment and there's a news conference allowing people to send a message to congress about their views on gun violence. sound off tonight about the proposal to close eastwood center elementary magnet school. part of a plan to merge several schools in the dundalk area. meeting is at 6 at dundalk high school. more eyesores are coming down. the housing department will tear down vacant homes. this is video of crews sharing down homes last year. it's part of the vacant to value program. 4:46. the victims and survivors of domestic violence were remembered and andor --

honored. american network held the memorial service last night. >> heather lynn mcgwire. 36. gun. sandra. >> during the service, the state police officer read the names of 49 people who died because of domestic violence between july 2011 and june 2012. there were 28 women, 18 men and 3 children on the list. one of the names featured -- one of the featured speakers is a survivor of domestic abuse who was beaten and stabbed by her husband in front of her children. >> he got a 12-year sentence but he is eligible for parole and has the time and that moons he could be out in as little as six years. obviously, my children and i have have a sentence we will never be rid of. >> there's measure before the general assembly to add time if it happens in front of

children. there are some jobs doing it better than others. pharmacies ranked the highest on the list full-time femalepharmacists earn 111,000 dollars 92 cents to the dollar compared to the male counterparts. now for other jobs that pay around the same they include food prep workers advertising sales agents and postal service clerks. it's the song we still can't get out of our heads. we are talking about call me maybe. >> can't do it. there's been every known parody you can possibly imagine. now local kids are using it to their advantage to make reading more fun. >> the video is cute and we will share it with you. and dealing with the blizzard conditions is not enough, a woman's baby decides it's time to come into the world. what it took to deliver the baby safely.

ten minutes away from five and we are following breaking

news out of prince george's county this morning. police are at the scene of what they are calling a death investigation in college park. right now we have very few details confirmed. the incident happened in the 8700 block of 36th avenue around one this morning. police are saying the suspects were seen leaving the scene in a tan honda odyssey. we are not exactly sure what happened but we are working to get more details and more information. we will bring them to you as soon as we get them into the newsroom. follow us on twitter facebook and abc2news.com. time for news around nation. at first glance, normal shearn looks like she could be anybody's grandma. until you see her standing in the courtroom in happened cuffs. the 79 -year-old is -- is accused of selling marijuana. they found 9 pounds of weed at her home. she was arrested after allegedly trying to sell the drugs in lant outside a restaurant. what would you do if you found a envelope filled with money? a missouri man found one and inned side clash 2 -- inside

$1200 cash. he walked back into the store to find the rightful owner. he says the man who dropped the cash didn't even say thank you. but the workers at the auto shop wanted to make sure he was thearchgd for his honesty and they gave him a $50 gift card and goodies from the store. >> glad he got something a special delivery during the blizzard in connecticut. look at this. she went into labor during the snowstorm. when she broke news to her husband let's say he was a little more than nervous. >> she said jim, we got to go and i looked out the window and i couldn't see nothing across the street. it was a whiteout conditions and i said you are joking right? we saw a tractor trailer jackknifed and several people in the median spun out. >> he still seems nervous. >> a little bit. >> the plow truck helped guide the ambulance to the hospital and they barely made it to the parking lot of the hospital when mom gave birth to elizabeth and they are calling her beliesy for short because

-- blizzy for short so they are all doing all right. >> and you know people want the blizzards but there's nothing to do in blizzards. >> i know 9 month later we are doing the baby explosion story. >> 9 month later and it's go time. how about that. >> exactly. >> see there's no way to forecast around that because if the baby is ready, the baby is ready. >> he was nervous. >> a little bit. >> seems like it. >> weather wise it's going to be calm and things more active heading into tomorrow and on the week end, if we get something it's going to be all snow because we are talking about temperatures in the 30s and freezing degree mark. so we are monitoring it. he like this. >> say it with a smile. >> i like what's going on. giving everybody a little bit of what they like. so we have temperatures coming in at 41 in darlington and good morning catonsville at 43 annapolis 45 and chesapeake beach at 47 right now. and in centerville 44 but the

bigger story for today is not the temperatures so much. it's going tonight wind. and we are seeing gusts up to about 35 miles an hour. and darlington 32 and 32 mile gusts in catonsville and we will be windy going through time. so, as the kid head out to school, make sure you dress them accordingly. temperatures at 39 degrees and as we go into the afternoon. 49. the temperatures above average but once again with the wind out of the west gusting up to about 30 we will feel chillier than that. let's check the abc timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> good morning. a little bit of everything. >> exactly. >> i am a -- >> reporter: i am a fan of the warm temperatures. traveling on west side, we have construction underway right now. it's on the outer loop at baltimore national pike. average speed clocking in at 31 miles per hour. but when you pass the scene, everything will return to nice and normal. as we check in and look at the beltway in parkville, no delays whatsoever.

it's going to take outnormal 11 minutes to travel the outer loop from 95 all the way up to 83. and as we look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times jfx nice and clear. 11 minutes southbound from the beltway to downtown to east fayette street and everything up to speed through the fort mchenry tunnel. 8 minutes from the beltway to the toll plaza. that's a look at your morning commute. now over to you. walk down memory lane for some of us a live look at bourbon street in new orleans. they are getting rade for fat tuesday i guess it's officially fat tuesday isn't it? >> it's fat tuesday. and people will jet just keep on celebrating because after all it's four in the morning. >> confetti and beads all over the street. stories with the beads are never good. they are celebrating mardi gras beginning today. a million people are expected to watch the parades. a little closer to home, havre de grace is celebrating with a parade along its bourbon street

starting at 6:30. this is the 6th year for the event reminding you of your mid- 20s. >> not in havre de grace. >> bourbon street. >> absolutely. now it's more appropriate for me to do the bush ob street -- bourbon street in havre de grace. it's a move that has not happened in more than 600 years. we told you about this yesterday morning as breaking news. pope benedict stepping down. >> coming up at 5, we will have local reaction to the pope's surprising announcement and this was a genuine surprise. no one saw this coming. also, what's next. >> also ahead this morning a. woman tries to help a homeless guy but gives him more than change. we will tell you how his act of kennedness restored her faith in humanity. a -- kindness restored her faith in humanity.

some kid in the area put a spin on a song in the name of education. ♪ hey i am reading and it's

amazing ♪ so grab a book. >> you have to get on board with that. >> that's good. i can go with that. students at elementary school in pikesville put together this video parodying the song call me maybe. the reading specialist wrote the lyrics and after three weeks of practice it was released and played during the morning announcement to more than 900 students. >> we just want our students to become more interested in reading, make it fun and interesting. have them think of reading as a fun activity. >> well at last check the video received more than 1200 hits on youtube. so give them a look not bad. the kid from wood home elementary in pikesville. the orioles hope to sing a happy tune again this season. pitchers and catches report to spring training today in sarasota florida. the rest of the squad reports on thursdaych orioles are coming off the most successful season in 15 years. they finished second place in the american league east and made it to the division series losing