barton county, laurel county, morgan county, other counties still counting damages. there are other counties around the state outside of my district that were hit also. massive loss of life and some families have lost everything. cars, homes, possessions, pictures, family bibles, you name it. gone. and then on top of that, two inch snow. my people are really hurting. and as can you see from the photograph that's i think we provided, homes have been demolished. businesses have been torn apart. families displaced across the countryside. the governor said it looked like a bomb went off. i agree. while the response of kentucky emergency management and the national guard, firefighters, police crews, church groups, countless veers from all over have been both timely and valued. the damage brought by these storms far exceeds our local governments. state of emergency response teams to address and in west liberty, the courthouse. the government is practically destroyed. we are trying. i've heard countless reports of volunteers from all over. coordinated and driving hours to c

take, for example, the congregation of arthur ridge baptist church in east burnstead in laurel county. thanks to the leadership of pastor steve smith, are arthur ridge baptist church opened its doors within hours of the storms to provide food and shelter for those who needed it. pastor smith kept the church doors open 24 hours a day and served up to 700 meals a day to local residents who had no food, no kitchen, and no home to call their own. according to pastor smith, people from all over the area pitched in. folks from different churches worked to prepare meals, and many residents donated items such as dishes, silverware, toiletries, and care packages to distribute to the victims of the storm. local businesses did their part, too. the nearby little caesar's pizza in london gave away 120 pizzas in one day soon after the tornadoes. many other local restaurants donated food as well. thanks in part to the efforts of pastor smith and the congregation of arthur ridge baptist church, life is just a little bit better for many in east burnstead. at first the church had to attend to the folks

laurel county, kentucky.w earlier, saw the guy at the gas station. >> let's look at that. >> coming right towards him. my goodness. tell us about that. >> extremely scary. i can't believe this guy is shooting video as this is going on. that is a very strong tornado. you can see multiple vortices with it. look at the fingers that extend out of it. that's an indication there is a strong storm. air is being sucked into it. that can be a reason why we have spotty damage in tornados like this. >> we get to see it, but no one should be this close. they should have been hunkering down. >> that storm was intensifying. it's getting worse. gas station is a terrible place to be because they are not well built structures. you see those overhangs get blown off all the time. inside the bathroom would probably be a much safer place to be. >> thank you. we were here in georgia last night. i could hear my noaa radio, thanks to the weather department, was going off last night. i would check it and turn it off. it went right ov

county. moving eastward toward laurel and college park, aspen hill area as well. bowie, like rain. the upper marlboro, prince george's county, rain as well. the heaviest is from gaithersburg moving south toward approaching bethesda this morning. temperature-wise, it is warm, 63 in the district. 57, manassas. thick fog and low or southern maryland. dense fog advisory until 10:00 this morning. visibility is one-quarter mile or less until 10:00 a.m. 74 this afternoon. i think to be an ok day to see the cherry blossoms. we will start tomorrow with cloud cover then clear out by lunchtime. thereafter, making it into the lower 70's. by 5 day -- by friday, 82. our temperatures will drop back to the 60s this weekend with the chance of some rain, especially saturday into sunday. there's a chance of rain over the weekend with the drifting through. still some uncertainty as exactly to the timing of the rain. it looks like we will cool down with that system. >> thank you. let's get a quick check of sports. peyton manning and autograph away from becoming denver's newport back -- quarterback. he a

martin county, laurel county, lawrence county, morgan county, other counties still counting damages all over my district, but there's other counties around the state outside my district hit also. massive loss of life -- [inaudible] some families have lost everything; cars, homes, possessions, fixtures, family bibles, you name it gone. and then on top of that, a 2-inch snow on what remained. my people are really hurting. and as you can see from the photographs that i think you've provided, homes have been demolished, businesses torn apart, families displaced across the countryside, no communications, no electricity. the governor said it looked like a bomb went off, and i agree. while the response of kentucky emergency management and the kentucky national guard, red cross, firefighters, police groups, church groups, countless l volunteers from all over the country have been both time hi and valuable -- time hi and valuable, the damage brought by these storms far exceeds the capacity of our local governments and state emergency response teams to address, in fact, in west liberty the courth

i want to welcome you to laurel asphalt here in prince george's county. what's this? >> this is stone. this is no. 57 stone. >> reporter: that's manager husain rashad. four of those makes about an inch? let's go do some math. i calculated how many stones would make a pile 176 million stones high. the solution? an astounding 40,000 tons of gravel. >> this is about 6 to 7,000 tons. >> reporter: i need a 40,000- ton pile. you got one? >> the only pile that would come close would be at my big dust pile and that's probably 35, 40,000 tons. >> reporter: yup, that's about a half acre of gravel piled four stories high. so your chances of winning this lottery are like finding a stone this big in a pile of gravel bigger than this! >> i got one rock right here. can you find this in that pile over there? >> that's like a million to none. >> reporter: no. that's more like 176 million-1. >> chances are slim to none. >> you bought a ticket, didn't you? >> yes, i did. >> trying to scare me out of buy doing many more tickets. >> reporter: i know you -- buying too many more tickets of.

mainly parallel to the just east of 270 in montgomery county, clipping parts of gaithersburg rockville. laurelward college park, click the northeast and southeast d.c. as well there andrews air force base, the rain this morning. it is warm, 63 and washington. quantico, 64. 59, frederick. we had that little bit of rain, that we also have a dense fog advisory for southern maryland until 10:00 this morning. the jet stream reaches all the way to the hudson bay in canada. very unusual this time of year to get such a big rich in the flow, pulling all that warm air northward. off to the west, it is the winter with the cooler air dipping down and parts of new mexico and texas. over the weekend, parts of new mexico picked up over a foot of snow. 74, partly cloudy today. tomorrow lower 70's. by friday, lower 80s with added sunshine. the chance of rain and cooler this weekend. >> a very large funeral procession is getting closer to our area traveling south on i-95 in maryland, currently south of route 100 on the way into columbia, laurel eventually on to the outer loop from 95 across the american bridge

i want to welcome you to laurel asphalt here in prince george's county. what's this? >> this is stone. this is no. 57 stone. >> reporter: that's manager husain rashad. figure four of those makes about a square inch? >> yes. >> reporter: i calculated how many stones would make a pile 176 million stones high. the solution, an astounding 40,000 tons of gravel. >> this is about 6 to 7,000 tons. >> reporter: i need a 40,000- ton pile. you got one? >> the only pile that would come close would be my big dust pile and that's probably 34, 40,000 tons. >> reporter: yup, that's about a half acre of gravel piled four stories high. so your chances of winning this lottery are like finding a stone this big in a pile of gravel bigger than this! >> i got one rock right here. can you find this in that pile over there? >> that's like a million to none. >> reporter: no. that it's more like 176 million to one. >> chances are slim to infant. >> reporter: you bought a ticket, didn't you? >> yes, i did. >> trying to scare me out of buying too me m more tickets of. >> reporter: i know you bou

laurel, noout accidents. have0 only volume out of frederick towards montgomery county.akingof the beltway, 395 way just fine. looks quiet for now on the main line and hov, but here comes traffic. >> thank you. new this morning, frayed nerves virginia after the region was rocked by another earthquake. the u.s. geological survey says magnitude 3.1 struck near around 11:30 last night. no reports of damage or injury. the quake did hit close to the epicenter of last summer's powerful earthquakes. what you are seeing are people scrambling for cover after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck chile last night. no reports of deaths or major damage, but many people said it was the strongest and long- distance quick they have felt since a big earthquake that area two years ago. >> the nation's highest court hear arguments on president health care reform act of whether parts the bill are unconstitutional. jummy olabanji has more. crux of this entire whether or not it is the government to buyire that americans a penalty ifor face they do not. 26 states including virginia are lawsuits s

laurel. if you have any information, call police. ♪ [ music playing ] >>> a renowned jazz musician was killed in a crash in anne arundel countyesterday. he played at the white house for presidents linden johnson, gerald ford, and jimmy carter. the 27-year-old ran a red light and hit the sedan on route two near lowe airport. he was due in court next week for driving with a suspended license. >>> and the news edge on virginia. the governor signed a controversial abortion bill into law. it requires an ultrasound before abortions. the original required a more invasive procedure for the governor and decided to have it changeed. the law goes into effect in july. >>> super tuesday is said and gone -- come and gone. good and bad news for mitt romney. he continued to pick up delegates. his opponents scored victories. fox 5s tom fitzgerald checked the returns into the newsroom and, tom, i guess the question is, at least mine, mitt romney wins michigan. it was a must win he did and wins ohio with a must win he did and trying to figure out if this is a media-driven story line at this point? >> reporter: it's a mixed bag for mitt romney.

laurel. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a prince george's county family is stunned at the verdict in a murder for hire plot17-year-old stacey seaton was pregnant when she was shot to death near her home in 2005. this happened any park near her home in bowie. police arrested mcdonald abraham. he pleaded guilty and teched that he hired jarvis tiler to kill seaton for stealing money from his apartment. the jury found the accused triggerman not guilty on all charges. >> we have to present the evidence that we have. it was done in a very compelling fashion. we never know from one case to the next what is in the mind of a jury. >> seaton's parents released a statement saying we are very disappointed in the justice system. we waited almost seven years for justice for stacey and stacey was denied justice. dna doesn't lie. it is not that we think he is guilty. we know he is guilty. end quote. >>> another big story we're following, maryland now the eighth state to legalize same- sex marriage. governor martin o'malley signed the bill into law last night but gay and lesbian couples should not be rushing to the nearest

tax increase and wants to phase in a plan to split teacher pensions with the counties over three years instead of four. laurelsave until april 9th to filize the package. >> 5:36 is the time. the death of a teenager in florida is drawing unwant aid tension to neighborhood watch programs. the impact it's having on local watch groups. >> a record haul at the airport. the items one passenger was tried to smuggle through security. >>> and we're keeping an eye on the fog out there this morning. the f[ male announcer ]morning. this was how my day began. a little bird told me about a band... ♪ an old man shared some fish stories... ♪ oooh, my turn. ♪ she was in paris, but we talked for hours... everyone else buzzed about the band. there's a wireless mind inside all of us. so, where to next? ♪ -my allergy medicine to work. -allegra is fast. [ female announcer ] only allegra combines fast, non-drowsy, 24-hour relief. -gotta go. - [ female announcer ] allegra. fast and non-drowsy relief. >>> 5:40isourtime right now. 61 degrees. we're taking a look at live pictures of cherry blossoms. in the foggy blurry background is the

. >>> caltrans is scheduled to close a part of highway 17 near laurel curb in santa cruz county thisrt says it's part of a plan to install a temporary barrier at a high traffic, high collision area. for example, there was a deadly crash last week that will take two days to complete this work. the caltrans is trying to get the job done before we get the next round of storms. >> and that video is from last week with all the rain. not raining yet. sal. >> we're starting there because traffic is still busy and right now it starts to get really busy on interstate 880 north. you can see it if for yourself. it is beginning to slow down as you mentioned already, since we've been on the air at 4:30, it first started off kind of being wet and then kind of moved through. and now things are getting dryer. here we are about four hours later, and things are a little better but the traffic is slow. also the morning commute, the drive on westbound 92, that traffic is looking good. but you notice the overcast, planes are delayed into and out of san francisco international airport. one and a half dela

anne arundel county, prince george's county, between bowie over toward crofton along route 50 and interstate 97 seeing fairly heavy rain. straight up i-95 toward laurel, maryland also seeing very heavy rain there and then down into northern portions of calvert county. everybody is going to continue to see that rain, even a few thunderstorms. right now the closest thunderstorms just to the south of fredericksburg trying to make their way into extreme southern maryland. notice also that line around cincinnati right down through portions of tennessee and kentucky. that is the line that we're talking about with that severe weather there. numerous tornadoes on the ground right now and that whole line is coming our way. we do not, however, have to worry about tornadoes. our worries will be of the flood threat. we could see some flooding in the area and that's why the entire area or just about the entire area is now under a flood watch until 7:00 tomorrow morning. i'll give you the latest on our weather and the latest on the weather going on out to the west, the really extremely dangerous weather going on out there. and my full forecast in just a minute. >>

county looks good, building a little bit around the white marsh area. nothing unusual. everything looks good through the beltways and on to the tunnels. 95 running smoothly from the laurel area 395 to the tolls. getting heavy on the beltway from 95 to fredrick road, just some slow traffic that you normally would see. and on the top side building but still flowing from 95 through towson. we do have a couple of snenlts to be aware of, police activity affecting both northbound and southbound greenbelt avenue add madison street and a water main break on southbound york road at stevenson lane, left lane is closed there. you may want to stick with i- 83. now back to you. >>> 6:31 right now. 33 degrees. new court documents are shedding more light into the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. abc 2 news' linda stow is standing by with all the new developments in this investigation. linda, what have you found? reporter: we've learned prosecutors claim that jerry sandusky's alleged victims are 8 to 17-year-old, eight of whom they say were molested on the penn state campus. the new details are according to a document filed by the attorney general's office on thursday. prosecutors say on

laurel's crimeline. >>> a national union head is attacking the indicted anne arundel county executive while another group is demanding access to secret files john leopold is accused of keeping on political enemies. wjz has more. mike hellgren has new reaction from the police chief tonight. mike? >> reporter: mary, mr. leopold says his county is running smoothly, that it's business as usual. but some who represent county employees say there can be no business as usual, with an indictment this scathing. [ sirens ] >> reporter: two police unions are lashing out at anne arundel county executive john leopold, saying the politician under indictment for his security detail needs to go, along with the police chief for failing to stop. >> never mind the mind-boggling charges against him. he cannot function as the chief executive of this county any longer. >> the national head of the international is outraged at allegations leopold's protection staff had to drive him to sexual encounters and clean up his urine. >> that power has gone to his head. nobody is above the law. >> reporter: his comments follow the frater

laurel police if you have any information. >> thank you lauren. >>> a prince george's county family is stunned at the verdict in a murder-for-hire plot. 17-year-old stacy seaton was pregnant when she was shot to death execution style near her bowie home back in 2005. well, police arrested mcdonald abraham. he pleaded guilty and he testified that he hired jarvis tyler to kill seaton for stealing drugs and money from his apartment but a jury found the accused triggerman not guilty on all charges. >> present the evidence that we have. it was done in a very compelling fashion. we never know from one case to the next what's in the mind of a jury. >> seaton's parents released a statement saying quote -- tony. >>> allison, maryland has made history by becoming the eighth state to legalize same sex marriage. the governor roll mall lee signed -- o'malley signed the bill into law last night. but the bill won't take effect until next january at the earliest and opponents already started an effort to get the issue put on the ballot in november. they need 55,000 signatures. >> i can't tell you how big my heart feels right now. how warm it is

laurel road. the 57-year-old man from brentwood and contra costa county was heading south on 17 towards the bay when he drift nootd northbound lanes and hit two cars one of them them, head on. >> at this point it's unknown why he lost control. the road is wet however that may have contributed to it. however it's -- it's at this point in this investigation is ongoing. that is unknown. >> traffic in both directions on highway 17 were stopped for more than an hour southbound lanes where cars wound up traffic going into that direction stopped for a couple hours. and chp not releasing the name of the man killed but we do know driver and passengers of the forerunner are from scotts valley. and we're back tonight at 5:00 skpf 6:00. we want to tell but storm preparations in one of the worst areas to be hit by flooding in this region. the town of felton on the watch tonight for more rain as this storm moves in. reporting from santa cruz abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> and there is spencer christian tracking the storm. >> and you can see there is a wide spread area of rainfall and there is a pocket of heavy rain

laurel yesterday afternoon. ly say the victim was walking on the sidewalk when a white pickup truck left the road and hit him. he was critically injured. >>> prince george's county police say they will have an executive review panel look into a traffic stop involving a county councilmember from last week. karen toles was stopped for high speed driving and veering across lanes on the beltway. she did get a ticket for the lane change but police say the officer did not have enough time to properly pace her and only gave her a warning for the excessive speeding. >>> ate controversial ad is raising eyebrows and a virginia congressman is demanding it be removed. melanie alnwick is live at the clarendon station to explain what is going on. >> reporter: good morning. yes, the billboard in question is an advertisement. it is down here on the platform at the clarendon metro station. it basically expresses the views of a california man, a film maker who has made a film that is critical of barack obama's health care plan. it is here at the clarendon metro station in arlington county down on the platform. one of those small lighted billboards, an ad for an independent 50-min

county the worst is mainly south of you. as we go into college park and beltsville and laurel, you're still dealing with some of that. 95, 2951 dealing with some of that rain extending to 50. look at this from the beltway and route 5, not far from andrews and even between brandywine and upper marlboro we have some showers. some of these rains are on the hefty side. the other problem we talked about was the fog. visibilities down south a quarter mile or less. culpeper, orange, down toward richmond. fredricksburg is at three- quarters. southern maryland to king george county, dense fog advisory till 10:00 a.m. a lot of the visibilities down here a quarter mile or less. it's gotten a little bit better in cambridge at a mile and a quarter. in washington we're at 63. a little bit of fog in the martinsburg area. culpeper 54. 57 in reedville. as i said here in d.c. 63. looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, cloudy skies out there. not too low, though so we're doing already in town with calm winds and a dew point of 60. while we'll have the isolated showers and storms later this afternoon, you see this area of rain in

county police opened all lanes of 214 from that earlier collision. beltway traveling near the bw parkway traveling northbound on the bw parkway you may tap the brakes making the drive through laurel heading up to 695. and also for those of you making the drive around 6 the 5 -- 695 on the west side that's where you will see the most delays and i-95 north of maryland 100 also your northbound lanes where you will see the most activity traveling from columbia up through arbutus past 695 heading to the tunnels. back over to you. >>> new this morning, calvert county sheriff deputies are looking into the death of a newborn after police found it in the trunk of a car in prince frederick. deputies say the family members of the owner of the car were cleaning the inside of the car and that is when they found it. this happened just after 6:30 last night. that's where they found the baby's body. cause of the death is still under investigation. we will keep you posted of course. >> it's 14 minutes before the hour. and a large ring -- gun ring has been busted in baltimore city. where police have been working with homeland security to bring down the bust and this morning linda so is here with h

hour from harford county, building a little bit around the white marsh area through the beltway, then it opens up to the tunnels. 95 coming from the south, everything looks smooth from laurel past 395 to the tolls. still good on the beltway from around 95 to route 40 on the top side build ago bit, but still looking good from 45. 795 looks good, all clear from owenings mills. no accidents to report this morning causing any problems at this time, so good news. now back to you. >>> it is official, maryland has signed the same-sex marriage bill into law. >> yeah, but that fight is far from over. abc 2 news' linda stow joins us here in the studio to explain what opponents will be doing the next coming months to get this law overturned. linda. reporter: they'll be sending out a petition, collecting as many signatures as they can. they need 55,000 signatures to put the issue on the ballot come november. governor o'malley was joined by lawmakers as he signed the bill into law last night outside the statehouse supporters gathered to witness that bill signing. but opponents are vowing to get the law erased. the maryland marriage alliance says it's printing a petition and will start

laurel curve just north of scott's valley. chp says one out of every 4 accidents that happen on the santa cruz county side of highway 17 takes placeilled in fact at the curve just last week. and chp urged cal-trans at that time to take some action. and they did. cal-trans also plans to add a sand paper like substance to the roadway to allow for better traction. >> in oakland 4 day program under way to provide free dental medical and vision care. they had to turn peopleway this morning because they don't have enough volunteers. need is just that great. more now from abc 7 amy. >>reporter: at 3:30 this morning volunteers handed out 400 numbers to people looking for a free health exam. some of them camped out for the spot in line. >> long wait. it's cold. but it's worth it. >>reporter: by 9:00 o'clock the clinic was full. >> i'm shocked because i came prosecute nap a.i. didn't expect it to be closed for the day. >>reporter: the problem isn't space or lack of equipment. there are plenty of empty dental chairs set up inside the oakland coliseum. the issue is finding enough dentist and eye doctors. >> we didn't have the number of volunt

laurel. it was captured on a metrobus. a white truck hit and critically injured a pedestrian. the truck is a ford f-250. >> we are hearing from the prince george's countyllegedly caught driving 105 miles per hour on the beltway. >> i offer my utmost and sincere apologies for this to my constituents, colleagues, and all county residents. >> police gave her a warning and cited her for an unsafe lane change. this week, a party's upgraded the citation to reckless driving. it is possible our license could be suspended. >> maryland lawmakers trying to make it easier to remove elected officials. this comes after leslie johnson used a loophole in the lot to stay in office after pleading guilty to charges last year. the house and senate requiring state -- requiring officials convicted of a felony to resign immediately. >> this is hard to believe. peyton manning is now looking for a job. >> the quarterback announced he had been released by the and the nep -- indianapolis colts. manning and the team or got emotional while talking about the departure. >> i have been a cold for almost all of my adult life. i guess in life nothing lasts forever. >> we have been so b

>> prince george's county police need help trying to catch the driver who plowed into a pedestrian and kept on driving. >> it happened wednesday afternoon at 198 and route 1 in laurel. the disturbing incident all caught on camera. brianne carter has more details. >> police are not only trying to identify the driver, they are still looking to identify the victim. there are hoping video from a metrobus that was driving the same route at the same time will help in this case. caught on camera, this white pickup truck driving along route 198 wednesday when all of a sudden the truck swerved striking a pedestrian. it's terrible. >> he could've been reading for anything, but did not stop. >> the driver never stopped. the victim was hit so hard that he flew over the guard rail and fell down a 30-foot embankment at a shopping center. is no in the hospital in critical condition. >> no identification, no record as our standard prince. he is a white male approximately 50-60 years of age. >> investigators are also trying to find a person behind the wheel of the truck? that's believed to be a ford f- 250 with possible damage to the bumper and the windshield. >> i feel sorry for t

laurel. police have a vague description of the man who was driving on wednesday. he left the scene and drove towards anne arundel county. the victim remains in the hospital and has not been identified so far. >>> another big story, folk in the south and midwest just beginning to pick up the pieces following those deadly and violent storms on friday. the death toll across five states is now an alarming 39. the latest victim, a toddler who had been found alive in a field in indiana. she died after being taken off life support yesterday. rescuers are still searching for possible victims in remote areas. >>> branches of the american red cross in our region haven't called in to help the tornado- ravaged states yet but they are ready to go any time. so far, red cross chapters closer to the states have been able to cope with the needs. >> a lot of. people that were hurt by this -- a lot of the people that were hurt by this tornado saw horrific images. their houses my have been destroyed. people they know might have been killed or severely injured and some mental health workers with the red cross are available and talking with

laurel this morning. and northbound 95 not too busy. that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >>> this is news this morning. these are live picture out of howard county where firefighters are on the scene of a train derailment. it happened a few hours ago inside the csx train yard in jesup. the firefighters got there at 2:00 this morning and found that two freight trains collided. these are live pictures coming to us from skyfox. besides the conductors, no one else was involved and the train cars were empty. it did bring down some telephone lines but no power outages reported right now. so we'll stay on top of this and bring you the latest as we get it. >>> in consumer news, best buy is closing 50 stores and laying off 400 worker across the country. the electronics giant is planning to refocus on smaller, mobile stores. best buy shares fell 7% on the news. more on this one during the 6:00 hour with the fox business network. >>> big shift in big oil. exxon/mobile losing the spot as the biggest publicly traded oil producer. the new company is petro china. >>> and people are changing their priorities when it comes to paying bills. americans paying off c

laurel, maryland, we're still waiting for the victim to be identified. >>> this morning a teenager waking up in a hospital. he was hit by a car yesterday in fair fax county happened outside chantilly high school just after classes ended for the day. the driver said she stopped when she heard a thud. when she looked in here rear view mirror, she saw the teen lying in the road. >> i could not stop the car. even if i had seen him running, like seen him like just crossing the street, i would stop. >> the driver said the teen told her he was okay. the police do not believe his injuries are life-threatening. >>> in rockvilling a man accused of planning to kill his wife and one of her friends, the police arrested him. he told the officer he would go back to his native honduras while the murder was to be carried out so he wouldn't have be suspected in the killings. police arrested mendoza on tuesday right after the meeting. >>> it happened tuesday night in the 4800 block of carriage park road right across from campus. the five students who live there say two men burst into their home through an unlocked back door with guns and ordered this el to lie on the groun