all the way up to 83. a developing story, possibly involving your car. the federal government is calling on chrysler to recall nearly 3 million vehicles. >> and this is a pretty common car out there on the roads but the automakers is taking a bold stance and saying no way. and abc 2 news shari johnson is here with the details and this is pretty bold move by chrysler. >> the government says older models of jeep have a safety defect with fuel tanks vulnerable to rupturing in the rear end collision. and crash tests show simulated fuel spilling from a grand cherokee. these are tests that chrysler says were too severe. on tuesday, the national highway traffic safety administration called on chrysler to recall 2.7 million older model jeep grand cherokees and jeep liberties and say the defects present an unreasonable risk because people have burned to death in rear impact crashes. the government says the problem is that the fuel tank is right behind the rear axle.

and slightly below the bumper. but chrysler is refusing the recall saying the government's three-year-long investigation is based on an incomplete analysis and the automaker says the vehicles are safe and not defective. >> and we think that chrysler has more time to think about this and see the public reaction and do the right thing and recall the jeeps. >> chrysler says it does not intend to recall the cars. the government can enforce a recall but needs a court order first. we will hear from a crash victim coming up in the 6:00 hour. back to you. sofnlg the highest ranking members of the u.s. milds military got grilled by law enforcements and there were as many as 26,000 sexual assaults within the military, last year. and that's up from 19,000 the year before. now leaders acknowledge victims are often hesitant to report sex crimes because often they don't trust their commanding officers to apply the

appropriate punishment. one senator even warned the brass that this scandal could be scarring -- or scaring away, rather, top recruits. >> her daughter wanted to join the military and could i give my unqualified support for her doing so, and i could not. >> seven bills are being considered in congress that would change how military prosecute sexual assaults. one proposal would remove sexual assault prosecution from the chain of command. preventing commanding officers from deciding which crime should go to trial. a colorado judge had accepted a not guilty by reason of insanity plea from the suspect in the movie theater massacre. james holmes is accused of killing 12 movie-goers and injuring dozens more and offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life behind bars if authorities spare his life and prosecutors in april say they will be seeking the death penalty. luxury hotel rooms. free drinks. door prizes. and an audit of the irs is

painting a very expensive picture of a training conference. that's what you're watching is the line dancing from the conference. the agency in 2010. the officials say the irs spent $4.1 million. taxpayer money. that's your money. for a conference. and a house committee is holding a hearing tomorrow on reporting and their findings. so the irs is being investigated for targeting conservative groups when they applied for tax exempt status. >> don't you think they could do something other than the electric slide? >> we hope so. is that what that was? >> $4 million for a conference, at least do something more. i'm not bitter at all. >> at all. stay with us this morning. because police officers in one ohio town are giving a lost ticks these days and -- a lot of tickets these days and they are targeting kids but these two kidses are smiling with their tickets. we will explain. mine was earned in djibouti, africa. 2004.

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the deadly tornado that hit near oklahoma city last friday has been upgraded to an ef-5 twister, the highest possible on the scale. initially the national weather service rated it as an ef-3 but after surveying the damage they determined that tornado had a record width.

get this. 2.6 miles. wind speeds of nearly 300 miles an hour and in all, 19 people were killed in that tornado including three storm chasers. it was the second deadly twister in oklahoma, in just a matter of two weeks. >> 2 1/2 miles. >> unbelievable. we've seen wild weather across the country. yesterday, here, it was absolutely gorgeous. a nice change. because we have had a swing of everything from cold to hot. what are we in store for today? >> in store weather across our area. but unfortunately, oklahoma, the southern plains, the area here, in for more severe weather. dealing with severe thunderstorm warnings and a severe thunderstorm watch around this area this morning and that will continue right into the evening time frame. and here is what we have here at home though. lots of sunshine moving in and a few clouds starting to push through, and those are pushed lieu, so that is exactly some good news. if you peek out your window now and dealing with plenty of sunshine with the high clouds across the area, and the temperatures this morning, they are on the cool side and look at joppa, 52 degrees and 54 in timonium. and a 1 in eldersburg and

fredericksburg at 50 degrees. as we head out to the bus stop, 56 degrees. as we head into lunchtime, 80 degrees is the high temperature. and as the kids head out to recess, very important, and the temperature at 74 and dry and they will have another goods day to play. a check now of the traffic with lauren. >> high temperatures today, lynette and high speeds traveling in howard county. interstate 70, clocking in at 65 miles an hour. along the eastbound lanes here at columbia pike. no problems heading over to the beltway. and wieb travel will be clear all the way out to frederick. 95 in great shape. just north of 195. no problems getting down to dc. and as we take a look at the latest drive times, we're green across the board. and traveling northbound to 95. it will take just seven minutes to get from route 100 up to the beltway. and 695, in great shape. right now, the west side, nice and calm and it will take 12 minutes, on the outer loop from 795, down to 9 a, and the east side -- 95, and the east side, there are no problems from parkville all the way up to

towson. that is your time saver traffic. a police department in ohio is handing out tickets to kids. >> who? >> two little ones here. to so he you -- to see who was ticketed. why are they smiling? they had helmets while riding bikes and given a ticket for a free ice cream cone. >> positive reinforcement. i love it. new details about reports that are out about a major doping scandal. we will tell you who is on the list and who is talking with investigators. and united airlines has a new service for frequent flyers. how you can avoid paying for the extra fees each time you buy a ticket. okay. we will tell you all about it. if you're looking to go to school, you deserve more than just flexibility and convenience.

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3 billion people depend on the oceans fon their livelihood. some of us take it for granted but our well-being depends on the health of the ocean and that's why there is a need to raise awareness and protecting the oceans. >> linda stowe is live at the national aquarium in baltimore with more on world oceans day and how to get involved. what is going on, linda? >> get involved indeed this morning. check this out. two very special guests with us. these are madagascar hissing

cockroaches. this one is charley. and that's megan. jasmine, tell us a little bit about them. >> so these madagascar hissing cockroaches, they are actually very unique. megan here, she really likes to have babies. she has a lot of them. and then charlie, as you might be able to tell right now, he gets a little grumpy until he has his morning coffee. >> love it, love it. so when we hear the word cockroach, you instincttively think, eww, i don't like cockroaches and how do we kill them but they're great for the environment. what is their role? >> yes, very good. so they are extremely important to the environment. they're actually decomposers so all of that rotting stuff from the forest floor or area areas throughout the world, they actually eat that rotting thing. the rotting things. rotting leaves and fruit and  things like that. and they eat those and turn them into nutrients which get absorbed into the soil and help the entire ecosystem, help all of the plants grow and help the diverse animals. >> that is really cool.

you know, this kind of stuff, you don't often hear about it and you hear about cockroaches and you're like eww, but this is the time of thing you teach people with world oceans day and why it is so important, right? >> exactly. we call them nature's recyclers. the recyclers of nature. and we can relate to our guests here at the aquarium as well. recycling is one of the many things you can do to help out our oceans. and if you come visit us at the aquarium this weekend and learn more about that, you can get up close and even touch these animals which linda, you are welcome to go ahead and do that here. >> i don't know if i'm going to fall for that one. but it has been fun meeting megan and charley. again, lots of fun things planned this weekend for national aqairmt for the world oceans day and the event runs all week end long, inside the aquarium and outdoors, for the aquariums, the outdoor events happen to be free. come on out. it is saturday and sunday. and you get to meet megan and

charley. look at them go. >> linda, you're not going to hold a cockroach? come on. >> pick up charley. >> come on, megan. >> i will bring them back for you buys. >> let them know i'm honored, and i want something to be named after me, even if it is a cockroach. it is a hissing one. >> i can't refute charley's disposition. he has to have his morning coffee. >> and while charley fills up on coffee so we can deal with him the rest of the morning, let us know how the weather is looking? >> looking pretty good out there. and feeling pretty good but on the cooler side. it is 54 degrees in northville this morning. and edgewood coming in at 53. and it is 56 in rock hall. and catonsville, 59. and 54 in frederick. 56 degrees in rock hall and growleds broe at 52. and galena at 59 as well. and 59 in cambridge this morning. as we take you outside, we will

show you what is happening as we go through bel air. a beautiful site this morning there. and the sunshine will continue as we continue throughout your morning. and also, your afternoon. and so don't think this is just going to be a morning event. we look at the view here, and we do have a few clouds that are skirting through the area. but again, these are your high clouds and make for a beautiful sunrise and sunset because those are your cirrus clouds with ice crystals in them and you get the refracting, the bending of the sunlight across the area. so this is what happens high pressure in control of our weather and begin to move off to the east and once if does that, it is going to allow for more moisture to get in here. and now you hear me talk about moisture. we have it. in the form of tropical moisture. and we do have an area of low pressure that is going to to move up the coast. and with this, we will continue with again, lots of rain move nook the picture as we head into friday and the rain will begin as we head into thursday evening. so be prepared for that. and as we look at abc 2's most accurate future trend, we will pick up on all of the rain that

we start to see, as we go into thursday afternoon. and evening, and that commute is going to be a dicey one. and then lots of moisture still working its way in here toward friday. and heading out to the job today, it is going to be a good one, with a high of 80 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic now with lauren. all of that rain, it really complicates the evening commute but right now, off to a great start. loving the sunshine. no delays on the jfx. 54 miles an hour south at the beltway and flog -- nothing in your way to east fayette street downtown. 395, no problems to report at the harbor tunnel, either, despite all of that construction taking place northbound on 895. if you're traveling on the beltway, here is what it looks like at burning highway. a little sun glare. no problems getting across the key bridge. than outer loop will remain in great shape. you're looking at just an 11 minute trip. traveling from 95 to 83. and pikesville, 12 minute

trivial. the outer loop from 795 down to 95. that sur time saver traffic. major league baseball may try to suspend nearly two dozen players in a performance enhancing drug story. including alex rod rision and ryan brawn. if the suspension sticks the scandal will be the largest in the u.s. sports history. and the league has documents leading 30 players to a miami bio genesis clinic now closed. allegations have stunned fans and team officials and league officials are pretty worried. >> i worry about baseball being affected as a game. the whole thing. >> i'm shocked to hear that. >> he should be a role model. >> hopefully it isn't true. but if it is, i hope he learned his lesson and will move on. >> now, we're talking to yankee fans there. and the "he" they're referring to is alex rodriguez. the clinic's owner reportedly told investigators he injected rodriguez himself. the owner is expected to meet with mlb on friday. to begin sharing information about what their going to say

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for abbey. and they planned to go back to mississippi, to join the search party, and then they got the call. >> we planned to camp out on the woods, we had a bunch of her bedding and while back down here, we got the phone call, that they had her. >> the owner believes when the stormy weather rolled through parts of mississippi, abbey was afraid of the thunder and lightning and went looking for people. and good morning maryland at 6:00 returns in a few moments. 1

it is hard to imagine what a mother is going through right now, she saw her 5-year-old get hit by a car. and while her daughter recovers this morning, she says she is going to fight for safer streets. shot and killed in his own business by two men who wanted to steal from him. that was a year ago. family members are not giving up on finding the people responsible. >> perhaps the commander in chief will do ray lewis' dance today. president barack obama invites the ravens to his house to tell them job well done. that is just one of the stories happening on this wednesday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charlie krause. another story going on today is the weather. continued great weather out there. in fact, baltimore county farmer's market is coming up today. >> and what can people expect? lynette charles our meteorologist lets us know. another nice day on tap this morning. cool temperatures.

just like we did yesterday. at 56 degrees in arnold right now. and we are going to continue these temperatures, a little below average, especially if you're heading toward herford or out of herford this morning, the temperature at 53 degrees and in iamsville, 51 degrees and the humidity is 100% and the dew point the same as the temperatures and there is patchy fog around frederick county this morning. so as you step out and about, be prepared for that. but be prepared for lotsz of sunshine. so what do you need as you head through the day? definitely need to take the sun shades and leave the rain gear at home. as you look at maryland's most powerful radar, dry right now and we will stay dry as we go throughout the day and that doesn't mean it will happen toward the end of the week. and changes coming for you. and let's bask in the glory of what today is. because lots of sunshine, will prevail as we head toward lunchtime and the temperature coming in at 74 degrees and the high temperature for today, it will be par for the course. coming in at 80 degrees. good day to get out there and do some golfing. hint, charley. a check of the traffic with