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if there are changes, we will tweet them for you, follow us on maryland traffic. >>> latest on the mass shooting at college in northern california. >> 7 people confirm dead, three injured when a student opened fire in a classroom. linda so has new information this morning. >> a vigil for the victims will be held tonight at a church in oakland as of this morning, the suspect has not been formally charged. police are trying to figure out a motive. police identified the suspect as goh, a korean national. he entered the university monday morning, a small korean christian college in oakland and opened fire in a nursing class. five people died inside the school, two died at a hospital and three injured. we are hearing one of those injured has been released from the hospital. goh is a former nursing student at the school. he called his father after the shooting and told him everything. he was arrested at grocery store an hour after the shooting. the mayor called the shootings a terrible tragedy. >> it's a kind of pain and situation that we won't understand totally, immediately, that will lead

follow us on maryland traffic. >>> a maryland man will be sentenced for his role in aan attempted bomb plot. martinez has pleaded guilty to trying to detonate what he thought was a car bomb outside a military recruiting center in catonsville. the operation was part of an fbi sting. he could face up to 25 years in prison. >>> police solved a missing person's case but look for a motive for murder. on thursday afternoon, the state medical examiner identified the remains found in the woods in middle river, 57- year-old jeffrey jennings wasry ported missing in december. police were able to intercept communications. two have been charged in the death. there is no word on the relationship between the suspects and the victim. >>> police are investigating a shooting in the 1500 block of furnace avenue in the point pleasant avenue. when police arrived, they found a person shot to death. another was found inside. that person has been questioned by police. a neighbor heard the sirens and came outside, but ended up ducking behind cars when she saw police with rifles. >> he would bend over backwards

on tap for us. patchy fog, we are looking at, too. we will dry out and stay that way. maryland's most powerful radar, this is one thing we don't have to contend with, the wet weather is gone. we are dealing with cooler temperatures and look at the winds now, sustained in glen burnie. 17 miles an hour, this is the cooler wind, the cold north west breeze. 30 miles an hour there, emmitsburg, 43 degrees. winds north at 10 miles an hour. the gusts up to 212 22 miles per hour. joppa, 42 degrees. with the temperatures and the winds out of the northwest, we are feeling coolish this morning. you need to grab the jacket. i'm going to talk about if we have another system and how windy it's going to get, coming up, now a check of the traffic with angela. we have slick roadways and fog to deal with. >>> slippery for the morning drive as you start out. patchy fog for those of you traveling near the bay bridge. a couple of disabled vehicles reported out there, including westbound 70. if you are traveling i-95, looking at good driving conditions, traffic flowing at top rate of speed for the most

traveling on 29, right now, through columbia, southbound lanes are filling up with the drive from i-70 to maryland 32. get instant traffic updates, follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. back over to you. >>> health news, there is a growing evidence that the most common drug use to treat diabetes could help in the fight against cancer. it's called metaphormon. it's used to help diabetic patients control blood sugar. it appears to be helping patients fight cancer. >> one of the most compelling study was in breast cancer, women undergoing chemotherapy before surgery. look at the women who were diabetic, they had a better clinical response to the chemotherapy. the drug has been around for 50 years. testing is underway at this time. >>> other health news, this is important for expectant moms. a study finds if you are obese, diabetic and pregnant, you could have an increased risk of having a baby with autism or other developmental disorders. the risk is general. the biggest risk, some problems with expressive language development. how the kids will develop the language and use it as speech. >> university of california research -- found obese

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all morning, you can follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. >>> one fast-food chain is giving students a chance at free food. >> what mcdonald's is doing providing breakfast to the students and where. details coming up. >> also ahead this morning, the friendly gesture that got one student an early start to spring vacation. you are waking up to what's new in maryland. >>> five things to know op thismonday morning -- on this monday morning. university of maryland hosting a health and wellness conference. you can take place in interactive workshops at the hilton hotel in baltimore. >>> the winners of the pulitzer prize are announced this afternoon. there are dozens of categories. the finalist is expected this afternoon in new york. >>> john edwards is accused ofmisusing campaign funds funds. opening arguments april 23rd. >>> sean peyton was suspend following accusations of players participating in a bounty system. he will be out for the first six games of the season. >>> not a bad deal for florida assessment test today involving students. mcdonald's is offering a free egg mcmuffin appel s

baltimore national pike and we are updating you all morning long with traffic updates, follow us on twitter@maryland traffic. >>> february 24th, discovery made the 39th and final lift off last year. lit ride piggy back on 747 headed for the capital. renae marsh is live at dulles with details of the final journey what is in store for people in the nation's capitol today? >> reporter: something very, very cool. i'm tell i don't go u, if you are in certain areas, you will be able to see this, this piggy back ride. shuttle discovery on top of a 747, headed here to where i am, the national space and air museum in virginia. now you are looking at shuttle enterprise behind me, that will be switched out and people will be able to come here and see it up close. discovery is special because it is the most traveled, it has done the most missions, 39 missions, and 148 million- miles. that is a lot. it's going to be a cool, awesome day out here, this morning. you mentioned the coolness factor, you've mentioned enterprise, over your left shoulder, what will become of enterprise when discovery takes its place in t

a shout out to all of you who came out to see us on maryland day saturday. it was a great event.tonight, maybe a late shower but after midnight. warmer on tuesday, shower or thunderstorm possible as that warm front pushes through and mild wednesday and thursday, not quite as warm, still nice, not quite as warm wednesday and thursday. the front sags back to the south. tonight mostly cloudy and mild, shower possible after midnight, low temps in the 50s. winds are increasing southeasterly at 10 to 15. now tomorrow morning becoming partly sunny, mild, showers or thunderstorm possible even in the morning, temps in the 50s and 60s. notice the winds. they've switched and gone southwesterly 10 to 15 ahead of the warm front and by afternoon we're in the warm sector. we can prove that with highs around 80, but a shower or thunderstorm is possible, winds out of northwest at 10. so winds will shift tomorrow by late afternoon. not everyone is going to see a shower tomorrow, but weibring your umbrella just in case. it's a good idea -- i would bring your umbrella just in case. it's a good idea.

on i- 97. looking good at maryland 100, as you make your way up to the beltway. if anything happens, follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. for a check of the forecast, over to lynette. >>> good morning, now we are warm, 70 degrees in baltimore, more of the same in dc for example if your travels are taking you northward, mild, 63 york. frederick 64. eastern shore, easton, temperature 63 degrees as of now. the temperatures are on the warm side, they will stay that way, we won't be hot for today. that's good news. we will feel like spring and more like spring as we go in to tomorrow. for now, we are dealing with breezes out there, we can see a cold front working across the area, a dry front, not bringing rain. we desperately need the rain. the winds are sustained, northwest at 5- 15 miles an hour, we are seeing 13 in winchester. 7 frederick. 9 baltimore. 10 dc, waiting for it to move across the eastern shore. the winds will pick up as well. the satellite and radar, not showing a lot. we have some fair weather clouds this morning, mainly clear, most of the clouds are back towards the east, or

follow us this morning on maryland traffic. back to you. >>> all right. i'll take it. so we are going to be dealing with some windy condition for today but as we step out the door this morning it's not that windy. i'll call it breezy out of the west at about 5 to 10 miles per hour. right now in baltimore we do have a 5-mile-per-hour sustained wind. 6 in d.c. the last time i showed you this we were calm in easton and that will be the trend as we go throughout the day. just like yesterday you remember how it wasn't so bad in the morning but got gusty as we went into the afternoon. now we'll add the dry air. looking at your relative humidity right now. this air is not so dry. it has moistened up a bit, but when we start to get that northwesterly flow we are going to begin to dry out the air and these percentages will drop near 30% and that's when we're talking about some dry air. so because of the dry air we will have a red flag warning that goes into effect at lunchtime today and it lingers until 8:00 p.m. and it's for all the areas here shaded in the red color so don't

of course if anything changes, you can find out on twitter by following us all morning long on maryland traffic. now let's check the forecast, the warm forecast and for that we go to lynette charles. >> reporter: good morning. yes, it's warm out there right now. temperature in baltimore 65 degrees. more of the same in dc. easton 63. 52 in frederick right now. 64 in hagerstown and 61 in york. so, yes, very mild this morning. it's going to get even warmer as we go into the afternoon. satellite and radar picking up on a few high clouds streaming in across the area. but we will get plenty of sunshine working its way in here. as we go throughout the day. plenty of warm weather and borderline hot. we are flirting with record heat for today. the record was set in 2002 and it was 90 degrees. i am going with 87. we will see how that pans out. but there's the area of high pressure out into the atlantic as of now. and with that, you are getting the clockwise flow around high pressure pumping in the warm southwesterly breeze. and that's what we will feel this morning and this afternoon. future tren

near dulles airport. >>> maryland day takes place tomorrow on the university of maryland's college park campus and there is actual something for everyone. >> yeah. mike hydek shows usust two activities for the outdoor person in your family. >> reporter: on maryland day you can choose from more than 430 exhibits and it's not just watching demonstrations. yeah. if you like to do more physical things for maryland day, they have a climbing wall that can help you do it. it's about 5 stories tall. this is 5 1/2 stories tall, so this is no joke. so if you want to get some exercise while you're having fun, you can. how can people actually get involved? >> well on, maryland day we have our whole climbing complex out here open. we'll have our climbing wall, our alpine tower and high ropes course and have 20 different routes pool can try and see our facilities and -- people can try and see our facilities and give it a go. >> reporter: if that's a little too much exercise, head to the beautiful pool right next to the climbing wall. surf boards, kayaks and more, plenty of things to do to get hands on entertainment and a workout at maryland day. >> and that 14th annual maryland

remember to follow us on twitter at maryland traffic now back to megan and charley. >>> a crisis in syria continues, u.s. and world leaders are shifting the focus to russia. >> hillary clinton says russia's involvement could make a difference in the bloodshed. >> hear what village in spain is considering to pay off the debt. growing a little green to make a little green. you are watching what's new in maryland and we continue in a moment. as we go to break this morning, a live shot from somebody fran, california -- from san francisco, california. news time 4:54. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >> we are five minutes away from five right now. if you are thinking about quitting smokingers here's another reason. those who smoke meth ol cigarettes are more than twice likely to safer stroke. it's unclear why they pose a greater risk of stroke but don't increase other smoking related illnesses. >>> here's an alert. we are learning the x-rays we get at dentist office look forcavities could double your ris fork brain tumor especially young children. researchers found people of brain tumo

on good morning maryland at 5:00. >>> possibly a millionaire amongst us. ot in the studio, though. >> exactly. >> we can hit the jackpot with the weather. >> i put that in one of my blogs yesterday. we will be seeing plenty of sunshine for today. won't be as windy as yesterday. today, you are going to like what you see and feel. let me show you what is going on. not a lot to see, satellite and radar, not picking up on anything. we have the clear skies out there right now. that's why temperatures are really able to drop off like a rock. you had the dry air in place, dry air, cools down quicker and also heats up quicker. we are cold this morning, wither have the frost and freeze advisorys in effect. we will warm up nicely as we go in to the afternoon. i'm forecasting 67. good morning to you cockeysville, 44. 34 bell a. 31 woodbine. more of the same in laurel. the eastern shore, chestertown, 33 degrees. we have a frosty start this morning, make sure you bundle up as you head out and about. now a check of the traffic with angela. . the roads are in great shape

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on traffic pulse 11. ava marie joins us live from the maryland food bank and updating us on an upcoming fund-raiser. good morning. >> good morning. i like your idea. we need to give people lottery numbers. >> tomorrow the other half can take the j.f.x. >> we are talking about their upcoming blue jean ball. this year will be eight vintage las vegas team with table games and dancing. this is your biggest fund-raiser of the year. >> this is our chance to -- this raises a lot of funds to help feed people throughout the state. >> it provides 23 pounds of food throughout the state. >> that is right. 23 million pounds which is about 70.7 million meals -- 17.7 million meals. we're barely scratching the surface. that's why this event is important. >> people have a could time but they know they are supporting this organization. you can get your tickets at mdfoodbank.org. it will be near 62 for the high today with a slight chance for a shower. most of the showers passed down to the south. we have a chance at a sober this weekend. we could use the rain. i am brushing my blackjacks skills and you guys better be

are good to go on 50, all the way to i97 and keep in mind we will tweet any updates on the roadways, follow us at maryland traffic. >>> today is primary day in maryland, polling sites open in over an hour, you can vote in the primary election. sherrie johnson is live at one of the sites with all new information. how is it going? >> reporter: all right, we are here at hazelwood in east baltimore, voters will be heading to the site. it's a popular polling site. we've started to see a number of election judges and police officers have started to show up this morning, trying to get things in order. people will turn out at 7:00, this morning, to choose a gop presidential candidate and settle a handful of congressional contests. maryland republicans offer up 37 delegates to one of the candidates in the primary. right now, i have dr. john bulloch, joining me life from towson university, he is a political science professor. good morning. mitt romney, the front runner here, what do you think about maryland primaries? do you think he can take it or what is your thought process? >> i think he will do quite well in m

our mike hydek on the mall to give us a preview of everything going on for maryland day. you're having great time, too mike. >> reporter: we are indeed and we could not have had a better day, absolutely gorgeous. we had learned that there is a huge archive system here at university of maryland devoted to broadcasting and we have several ties to this very university. our new general manager is a graduate. some of our staffers teach here. when they said hey, heats look at the broadcast archive -- let's look at the broadcast archives, we had a vested interest. one of the things we are perhaps most partial to is the broadcasting archives at u of m. >> of course. >> reporter: absolutely fantastic. one of the great things is you can make your own radio drama from way back in the day like in the this 30s. this is chuck howell, the curator. this is fantastic stuff. these are obvious, right, you're listening to a radio soap oprah and somebody is walking down the hall. what's with the bad? >> this is a multi-purpose -- wood? >> this is a multi-purpose tool. it looks like this actua

the maryland lottery is here on the third floor, and officials told us that no one claimed the maryland fortune of the big megaprize. this is the office where any lottery winner in maryland must bring the winning ticket to claim the money. no one's shown up for the big jackpot, even though the mcdonald's shift sun ervisor told people she bought the ticket at a nearby baltimore county 7-eleven. the state lottery officials would not directly address her public claim saying that there are many rumors floating around out there. >> it's important to us that in all of the information out there in the media, that people not be mistaken think anding the ticket is claimed to have the legitimate ticket holder discard their ticket. that would be a tragedy in this circumstance. >> reporter: lottery officials stressed the possession and presentation of the winning ticket is paramount. what about security video from the 7-eleven on liberty road where the ticket was told the -- sold at 7:15 p.m. last friday in. >> the issue with the surveillance tape, we don't believe the timestamp on the surveillance

. >>> abc2 news is on the go again tonight, this time, we are checking out maryland day at the university of maryland. big event for usy at water is there live on the college park campus tonight. what is going on there? >> reporter: we are live on mckeldin mall, it's happening tomorrow. it's a big open house for the university of maryland college park, i'm joined by holly, who is with marketing here at the university. what can you tell us about what is happening tomorrow? >> we have 450 events. arts, you can see snippets of an opera in our journalism building, go to a sports journalism panel, here on the mall you the k play on inflatables. we are excited. >> reporter: this is something that is fun for the kids, obviously, fun for the kids, also there is seriousness to it. if you are a student and want to come, you can see what campus life is about. tour a dorm, see the dining halls, go a session on how to prepare for the sats, we got all of that going on as well. >> all is free. >> reporter: everything is free and parking is open. you don't have to sign up for events. come and have a great time. >> maryland day is hap

call themselves the three amigos, two women and one man, friends who work in maryland's public schools claimed their big prize yesterday. joce sterman joins us more on the big winner whose names we may never know. >> reporter: $34.997 millions. that's what it takes to change the lives of the people who claimed the big check, the megamillions jackpot. >> if it can't be you, these are precisely the people that you would want to see win the lottery. >> reporter: the winners, regular joes whose stories will make you smile. two teachers and an administrator traittive -- administrative staffer. they bought 60 tickets. >> the woman who purchased the tickets laid all the tickets out on the floor, watched the numbers be drawn. >> reporter: discovering she had the winning ticket she called another participant and within the to the third -- went to the third house to deliver the news. >> they were modest, down to earth. they were overwhelmed. at times, one of them was emotional but justifiable so. >> reporter: overwhelmed by the change in fortune. that won't seem to change them. the lottery winners plan to continue to work after spending money on colle

barnes has had a huge impact on the lives of many, myself included especially the children of the state of maryland. >> i love that you're going to stick around and give us your perspective on this. >> absolutely. thank you. >> thank you so much and we'll check in with you in a bit. >>> all right, continuing coverage of this story we're going to have a live report from north carolina coming up. so our scrips station spoke with a former teacher from barnes this morning and stay tuned for that. that story is coming up all new at 5:00 and 6:00. >>> other news this morning, only three years old when she lost her life in a fire in hagerstown last week but the death of hope goins is going to give hope to other families. her father who also was injured in the fire made the decision to remove her from life support over the weekend and donate her organs to two young boys. hope's mother also died as a result of the fire but clung to life for two days. >>> all right, let's talk about what's going on on the radar this morning. because we are a little bit activity right now. we can see some showers firing up around baltimore as of now moving into bel air and then we

wjz 13 is always on, check in for complete coverage of campaign 2012. maryland's primary is tomorrow. count on us for updated results and information about the candidates. >>> april has gun and it's been good so far. lots of sunshine with a breeze after a april shower. what lies ahead? marty bass has the weather. good afternoon. >> let's take a look at some numbers, and talk about what is going to be chillier weather than we are accustomed to. it's 51. normal high is 60. high of 60 today. that 51 is 3 degrees cooler than at this time yesterday. that comes on the heels of a steady 15 miles an hour breeze out of the north. tonight coming out of the north, i got to tell you, we have freeze warnings around the region. it's not impossible that some of those, come back here for a second, some of those aren't extended around the metro. 34 around the urban islands of the area. westminster k columbia, bel air, start getting to forest hill, finksburg, near route 100 near columbia. you may see temperatures 32, 31, 30 degrees, watch this through the afternoon. it's coming from where it's cold, still, but giv

if you're watching us on wbal-tv 11 in baltimore, maryland, celebrate outdoors. bunny bonanzoo at the maryland zoo. what's better than a bounce house? >> nothing at all. >>> here's your early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. the experts are divided over what's shaping up to be quite a contest at the box office this weekend. the two-time defending champ "the hunger games" has the edge with the experts picking it to finish number one once again with somewhere between $25 million and $30 million. the opener "american reunion" the fourth offering from the franchise that started with "american pie." the last of these raunchy comedies opened nine years ago to $33 million. some experts see it finishing in the $25 million range, others have it over $30 million to finish on top. >>> 15 years after its original opening "titanic 3d" could battle for the top spot once again if the others falter. it's expected to take in $20 million to $25 million. i can't believe it's been 15 years. that's frightening. >>> finally, blogs are burning over kanye west and kim

maryland state chapter. so if everyone could come out and rally with us on april 28th in every state. i just have a question, maryland is a pretty blue state, and looking at the congressional voting records that we're passed out the previous forum you can see that senator barbara mccluskey has 100% measures on those listed, so i just have a question specifically for megan darby of planned parenthood, with everything that is going on in states like oregon, montana, texas, with the ultra or the trans vaginal ultrasound bill, what can states like maryland do? what can voters and resident does to help out from the sidelines, i guess because it's easy for us to sit back and rest on our laurels, because in our state things are relatively okay. >> that is a great question. so i guess the first thing to tell you is educate, and talk about it. that is the most powerful thing you can do. back to mississippi we were very fortunate that not only it picked steam up nationally, because people were outraged and knew about the issue and talked about it. i could tell you facebook feeds were full of tal

you can get your traffic updates if you follow us on twitter and know how heavy it is now on i-95 north of maryland 100. south and northbound we're seeing a lot of volume and slower pace. we're checking your drive times. not too bad for those of you on the expressway. the slow point on 83 is southbound and middle town t opens up and heading to the beltway. and starting to crowd up on 95 southbound and moving at top speeds heading to the beltway there. we're in good shape on the north side. on the west it is slower as you saw earlier. nine minutes from 795 to i-70. back over to you. >> there are a lot of questions after a crash in baltimore. >> a mother is dead and some believe a chase caused the death. >> we have more on the story. and both sides are speaking out saying that one is wrong, the other said we did nothing wrong. >> that's right, the family members feel the police are at fault. a spokesperson for the police department says that the officers were not chasing the car that caused that crash. the crash happened monday at 11:30 at poplar grove street and north avenue. a 22-year-old died in t

you can share your response on wbaltv.com, on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> folks it the marylanding some new additions. is due monday was born on saturday. we don't know if it is a boy or girl but is able to make you go aw. look at that face. >> a jumper walked across a canyon in eastern china on sunday. the line was less than an inch thick at an altitude of 5,900 feet. he did this without a net or harness. he completed his journey in just two minutes. >> "i made it, i made it!" >> incredible. >> we will check your morning commute. we are tracking a closure is causing some delays in. >> do you know if he had headsets on? i wonder what he was listening to. it will feel like we do today. we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. some light rain showers this morning. 41 degrees at the airport. 41 degrees at the airport. >> welcome back to 11 news today. 6:44. fire investigators remain on the scene of a fire at a canton warehouse that forced the evacuation of 60 neighbors. the warehouse contained warehouse chemicals. firefighters evacuated surrounding homes. it took

delighted of the him on the show today but maryland lawmakers are on a collision course with holding a special legislative session. what's happening, what didn't happen explain it to us. >> well, i think right now on a course to eventually having a special session. we did pass a budget but as a result of passing the budget we're not having any type of revenue package and it went into a doomsday scenario with more than $500 million worth of cuts on top of $800 million that we've already cut. i'm very optimistic we will be called into a special session to help working families. but what we lose in transition is here is always of the good stuff that we -- all the good stuff we did do. we pass a capital budget that creates over 44,000 jobs and we have pieces of legislation that will help the most vulnerable in our community and one of them is the child identity theft lock bill that will provide first time opportunity for parents to actually proactively freeze their childs' credit. >> that's your bill, it's bill 555 is that correct? >> correct. >> let's explain to people why this is so important. >> because right now we see a trend where more than 140,000 minors have been

on the close, a live report -- oakland a's, live report coming up in just a bit. >>> from diesel elementary school, good morning maryland! >>> thank you for joining us on this thursday series of statues unveiled honoring the six greatest orioles of all time. and the first one is happening this weekend. so charlie crowson is live this morning at camden yards with the preview. all right, charlie we know a little bit about the statue, what else? >> reporter: what we know right now about the sculptures, they're actually called sculptures, we found this out over the course of the morning going to be unveiled over the next six months beginning with frank robinson and the man is also responsible for a notable sculpture of nolan ryan at the ballpark in arlington. texas. home of the texas rangers. now greg bader joins us now with the ozarks, fans -- o's organization, fans have a huge treat this weekend. >> absolutely. we have an unveiling set to take place at 5:15 where frank and his family and a bunch of celebrities will be here for that and just before the game on the field frank will address the entire crowd and present them with a gift and a really great

at the university of maryland, nearly 30 pounds of on used, and wanted and expired prescription drugsted. -- nearly 30,000 pounds of unused unwanted, and expired prescription drugs were collected. students in the area could drop off the drugs no questions asked. they will be safely destroyed by the da instead of being tossed in the trash where drugs are more tolerable to getting in the wrong hands. >> i have a young child. that is my concern also having expired vacations flying around. -- expired medications lying around. >> these are so important on college campuses like here at university of maryland because college students are so tempted to trade them back and forth. >> and give it back. no questions asked. dropped off at the drop box. it is no longer safe to put old prescription drugs into your toilet because it will mix with the water supply. >> in a landfill or some of his garden or the bay -- it is better to dispose of them properly. >> a safe means of disposal was just what the doctors ordered. >> you know they will not just to go to -- i have so many of them. it would stop m

if anything changes, remember to follow us on twitter, we are updating you all morning long at maryland traffic. we are pretty normal for the most part, five minutes to the topside of the beltway, even on 95 right now. we are seeing a lot more activity, still a 6-minute drive fr 43, white mar marsh to the topside. also on the west side from 795 to i-70, still a 7- minute drive. >>> breaking news, out of arundel, firefighters are taking on a 3-alarm fire that gutted parts of a apartment complex. the fire started before 3:30 this morning, at the villages of marly station. even got out without injury, we got a crew headed to the scene, crews are going to remain there, working on the hot spots, no word yet on a cause for the fire. >>> time is running out for procrastinators everywhere. it's tax day. megan pringle is live downtown in baltimore, w tips for the last minute filers. i did mine early, you did yours early. >> reporter: it's funny that you say, we were here earlier, this man walked over and i said are you turning in your taxess, he said yes, i said why did you wait, he said because

. >> a director of the maryland lottery, what can you tell us? >> as of today no onelottery to claim the ticket. >> can you confirm for us that there is a winner in baltimore? do you know when it was bought? what can you tell thaws you can confirm. >> we know through your computer system that on friday night less than four hours before the actual drawing that at a 711 on liberty road in baltimore county, maryland, 711 sold one of the winning tickets, one of the three winning jackpot tickets in the country. >> if you are wondering what is going on we are having a few technical difficulties in d.c. greta will be back in a minute. can sending a e-mail or text send you to jail? if new legislation is passed, that e-mail or text could land you behind bars. that's coming up next. [ female announcer ] here in california, our schools need help. the largest class size in the nation. 47th out of 50 in per-student funding. but right now, we can make history with a ballot measure to send every k-through-12 dollar straight to our schools. to every school and every child. not to sac

. >> a director of the maryland lottery, what can you tell us? >> as of today no onehe ticket. >> can you confirm for us that there is a winner in baltimore? do you know when it was bought? what can you tell thaws you can confirm. >> we know through your computer system that on friday night less than four hours before the actual drawing that at a 711 on liberty road in baltimore county, maryland, 711 sold one of the winning tickets, one of the three winning jackpot tickets in the country. >> if you are wondering what is going on we are having a few technical difficulties in d.c. greta will be back in a minute. can sending a e-mail or text send you to jail? if new legislation is passed, that e-mail or text could land you behind bars. that's coming up next. [ male announcer ] when these come together, and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be. tomato soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. (boat approaching) guys! no! we've talked about it. it's wat

on this wednesday, april 4th. you're waking up to what's new in maryland. thanks so much for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. let's head right over to lynette charles. we know about the storms in texas, can we get a repeat of yesterday. >> i wish i could give you a repeat. more clouds out there today, charley and we're already starting to see that. we do have a few showers possible this morning, but we will have unseasonly mild temperatures, so with the clouds we're seeing, these temperatures are being held up this morning. we look at maryland's most powerful radar as of now and basically we are dry. we had a few renegade showers that pushed through earlier this morning. those are gone, but i'm not going to rule out the chance even as we go into the afternoon for some more showers to pop up in the forecast. mainly we will stay dry today and get a few peeks of some sunshine. as you're heading out the door this morning, you don't need the heaviest coat, but it is a little bit on the cool side. 48 degrees in poppiesville, coming in 48 in westminster. good morning to y

next the orioles take on the blue jays beginning tomorrow night at camden yards. >>> for those of you who are getting up, and joining us, i want you to take a look at ashton, maryland from 35 to 40 minutes ago. [screaming ] >> that's mary ann. that's her voice. who sent us this shot in maxton, maryland. having said that, keep it on this. let's take a look. >> i can see it now. >> we can see that now. this is savage mountain. i-68 at savage mountain. you're looking at the i-68 east view. that is incredible. it is the 23rd of april. take a look at our watch, warning and advisory. with a winter storm warning in effect, for garrett county, and we now have a winter weather advisory in effect for allegheny county. that is just stunning. >> yes. >> 51 degrees going to the high this day. mainly cloudy, breezy with a shower around. first warning doppler weather radar shows locally steady rains now moved back into the area. we had a couple of hours of just a mist during the overnight. but we got a steady rain. it is a foul morning. and which makes this manic monday that much more impressive. and as you told us, ron, this group made the finals last year. and they rocked our w

you are waking up to what is new on good morning maryland, thank you so much for joining us, i'm megan pringle. >> i'm charley crowson. weather a big concern today. let's see what is going on today with lynette charles. a windy, chilly day yesterday. >>> it was windy , the gusts up to 35 miles an hour, charlie, not the case this morning, that's one part of good news to deliver to you. we have freeze warning in effect and a frost advisory in effect, it's cold this morning, as you head out to the polls, really bundle up, you are going to need the heavy coat on. here is the freeze warning in effect for carol and frederick until 9:00 this morning, we look at the blues , the lighter color blues are in effect until 9:00, those are your frost advisories. we are dealing with chilly temperatures this morning. easton 36. frederick 37. more in jessup. see the winds with the big goose egg, nice and calm, that's able to mage it clear outside, make it cold outside. maryland's most powerful radar is dry. it will stay that way throughout the day. a check of the traffic with angela. how are the roads?

on a special ddet and living with a fosser family while he recovers. pho won the meea milliins jackpot? since friday's draaing rumors have been swirling.janice ark joins us now and tells us, the maryland lotttry hhld a news onfeeence ptday to tty to set the recordd straight. janice? the maryland llttery says no one has approached them.no one has claimed the ticket. and they're afraid someone may throw away their ticket forr this record breaking jackpot. someone in maryland bought ooe of three inniig tickets for the 656 million dollaa jackpot. recently a single mother of and haitian immigrant claimed tt be the winner...but tonight maryland llttery officials say they won't be addressing any rumors: 33 "i think the worst situation people listen to the gossip, rumor, here's the fact the one contacted us" now the winner has 1822days to claim the ttccet...which would make the deadline september 28th.janice park fox 45 news at 530. &pbaltimore's second graad prix may already be behind schedule. ssme businesses point lost thousands of dollars last fall because of the first car rrce. now he new promoter, 'downforce event. sport event analysts say it should raise some red ("alot of times its no

maryland. it will be in the lower-80's on friday. and will do it for us for this half hour.saturday news extra" is coming up next.

linda so tells us about a free event this weekend that will help your family take the first step. >> reporter: at the y at central maryland it's all about starting onhe right foot. he's the program director. his goal is to promote healthy habits at a young age. >> children are less active than they used to. >> reporter: to help families, the y at central maryland will host healthy kids day saturday. the event is free. >> teach kids and also inform parents of healthy living and healthy life-styles. karate classes, body pump. we'll have two big extreme moon bounces. >> reporter: there's also an emphasis on healthy eating. >> a lot of times if the parent isn't there, it's a lot of microwave food. we teach the parents, no more tv dinners because it has so much sewed crumb and sugar in it. >> reporter: wilson said parents need to set a good example. >> they need to take an active role because it starts with them. if the parents are fit, then the children can see the parents as leaders. >> reporter: and that can turn into a lifetime of healthy habits. linda so. >> that's good. the little guy dribbling, i want to be his agent. you can find out more by goi

us? >> reporter: clue, the three winners are all maryland teachers. one works at an elementary school. the winning ticket sold at this 7-eleven on liberty road. have you seen schoolteachers hanging around? >> no. >> reporter: no? people often buy their tickets near where they work. 7-eleven here. elementary school there. >> they hope to take a backpacking trip through europe with their brother. another winner wants to pay for his daughter's college education and buy his sister a new house. >> reporter: we all could go down the ocean. crabs for everybody. they are all teachers. at the news conference, they say they work at different schools. the winner is a woman in her 20s. a man in her 40s. a woman in her 50s. what could bring them all together? megaball, you were with them, weren't you? are they related? do they live in the same neighborhood? are they on the same bowling team? hostile witness. are they happy? >> yeah! >> reporter: can i just rub this for luck? in baltimore, pat collins, news 4. >> yeah, i know what you are thinking. only pat collins can tell that story. another lucky

maryland out on the eastern shore. petersburg 71 degrees. 69 in arlington. so here we go on storm4 radar. no drops close to usyet. the rain drops are sneaking in towards far western maryland already. the drops will be in and around town by about 5:00 or 6:00 this afternoon into early this evening. saturday planner warm and dry for the majority half of the day. but then clouds coming in. once the drops are here, they're here to stay. showering weather turning noticeably colder. today we're going to flirt with 80 degrees. tomorrow we'll be lucky if we hang on to 50. about an inch or two inches coming. the heaviest rain will be tomorrow. this is mainly going to be a sunday evening, monday morning problem. but it's going to be a big storm up the coast. monday morning looks like a disastrous commute. this is going up the coast. philadelphia, new york, hartford, boston. all those airports will be negatively impacted monday. >> you think it will be a quick switch? or gradual? >> i think 80 to 50 in about six hours. that's a fast change. >> thanks so much. >>> going to be a busy morning for tax officials in maryland.

the republican candidates have one more day of campaigning before the primary contest including maryland. tory dunnan joins uso give us a preview of what to expect. getting down to the wire at this point. >> reporter: mitt romney is expected to do well. let's look at where the candidates are. you have both mitt romney and rick santorum focusing in on wisconsin. it offers up the biggest prize. newt gingrich has been spending a lot of time in maryland. he's there today and been there the past week or so campaigning. rick santorum's campaign this morning vowed to stay in this race again until a clawnd reaches that 1,144 delegates needed to grab the republican nomination. clearly they know time is running out so they released thill ad. >> the healthcare killed thousands of jobs. would you vote for him. what if i tell you the man i'm talking about isn't him. it's him. >> reporter: those are tough words from rick santorum's campaign. maybe they think at this point they have to go out in attacks against mitt romney. >> getting nasty. >> looking ahead, what's next. how does april shape up for the gop candidates? >> r

on the mega millions jackpot. >>> it is tuesday, april the 10th. good morning, maryland. >>> we're glad you're with us. we'll get things started. >> good morning, everyone. yes, we're doing a repeat of yesterday so we do have a red flag warning that goes into effect. it's going to be dry and windy once again. this morning though we are cool and breezy. now, that red flag warning will go in effect at lunchtime today and it lingers until about 8:00 p.m. and you can see it for all the areas here shaded in the red so it's not just for the state of maryland just like it was yesterday. it will go into pennsylvania, also delaware, new jersey and even west virginia and virginia for today so we don't want to do any type of outside burning. maryland's most powerful radar is dry and that's one of the reasons we do have that red flag warning in effect. there is a slight chance for some showers in the forecast, but again, the word is slight. we are a little bit breezy this morning. the winds out of the west at about 6 miles per hour in baltimore. 5 in d.c. as of now but these winds will pick up as we go throughout

one of our big stories. maryland poor voter turnout in yesterday's primary election. jennifer franciotti joins us with a close look at the numbers. >> good morning. you cannot blame the weather. it was a beautiful day. only about 10% of registered voters in maryland came out to the polls for tuesday's primary. light turnout again was expected with a democratic president up for re-election in a state where democrats outnumber republicans more than two to one. those who did come out to vote thought it was important to exercise their right to cast a ballot. early voting failed to attract large crowds. only about 3% in baltimore city and surrounding counties. back to you. >> how does it turn out primary compared to the one before the presidential election? >> about 40% back then. back to you. >> jennifer franciotti, thank you. >> here is matt lauer with a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. we have a dramatic new images of those powerful tornadoes that left a trail of destruction in the dallas area. al roker has the threat of more severe weather in the south today. do

on nbcwashington.com. stay with us. >>> morning a maryland woman has a lot of explaining to do. she claims that she won friday's mega millions jackpot but says the winning ticket was part -- was not part of an employee pool she was running. >> i'm shocked. what's going on. >> in an interview with news4, merlandi wilson says it feels good to win the $656 million jackpot. the haitian immigrant works at a baltimore mcdonald's. at least five employees there say they chipped in, they gave her $5 each to buy mega millions tickets for the lottery pool. she did buy the tickets. she also says she gave her own money to another employee who bought the winning ticket separately at a 7-eleven. the woman could not show us the winning ticket. she says it is hidden in an undisclosed location. the maryland lottery says nobody has come forward to claim the winning ticket. the two other winners in friday's record-breaking jackpot have not come forward either. >> i'm confused. i want to know why she hasn't -- she's come forward to the media but hasn't revealed the winning ticket to the lottery offi