a few sprinkles in baltimore city. south of baltimore, a better chance for rain. most of that should be gone by late this morning. you can see a batch of rain coming across portions of west virginia. this will come through over the next couple of hours. we'll get some sunshine. you can see that happening behind that second batch of rain. in punxsutawney, there is some cloud cover. if pcs his shadow, there is six more weeks of winter -- if he sees his shadow. temperatures are a little colder behind this system. the colder air will try to sink down into baltimore. a difficult call with the temperatures today. 48 in annapolis. 38 in taneytown. i think everybody will level out to around 50. we will put a range of 45 to 54. a chance for rain this morning and then sunshine should break through later this afternoon. mostly clear tonight. temperatures will drop back into the low 30's. a nice day tomorrow with sunshine and high near 48. increasing clouds on saturday. there could be some rain on sunday. same thing on monday morning. we will have quite weather by tuesday and

south. not in the baltimore area. here is the forecast. tomorrow, most of this note is not all of it should be south of us. 44 the high. -- most of the snow is not all of it should be south of us. >> they have been the first peacetime all black representatives of the army. this time of year marks this special reason -- a special season to remember those who served this country. >> this is black history month. this is a time to reflect on the accomplishments. we celebrated the veterans at what they have done to build this great nation. rededicate ourselves to make sure that we followed thought and martin luther king's dream on that road to equality. -- we follow dr. martin luther king's dream on that road to equality. >> a strange day in college basketball. >> we saw many different upsets. erps struggle. then, this with the wolf pack. >> we are kicking the jackpot to $15 million. there are nine ways to play. be sure you check the tickets early parent of the first number is 23-52-28-59-56. the power ball number >> hope for a late-season push

right now we are seeing rain source from baltimore south and east. i-95 corridor. as you get just west of baltimore more snow shower activity on that line as we saw into maryland and hagerstown west all snow. already some spots half an inch to an inch. the immediate baltimore area probably talking an inch, maybe an inch and a half. two on the high end. mostly rain for the eastern shore. that's how it'll play out. i will tell you n the winds will come up. we have winter weather advisory for the north, all northern county, not including the city and as we look to the west it's a stronger system than the last few winter mixes and this one coming in overnight meaning it'll have a better chance to accumulate. we will go with a one to three inch total north and west. baltimore may be a slushy inch. this will continue in to the day tomorrow. windy with snow. >> we know more about what george hughley told police. the jury saw the bloody sheet and comforter from her bedroom. we have more details in today's testimony. in. >> reporter: in the first week the trial jury heard ab

snow for baltimore north toward grain starts mixing in, and we have right to our south. higher accumulation will be off to the northwest. 37 to 43, a high temperature range. again, 1 in. or less around baltimore area, mostly right well to the south of us. once you get to the pennsylvania line and off the northwest, a higher elevation. as much as three inches of snow possible from this particular storm. we look at the winter weather advisory in effect. cecil county, harford, baltimore county in the city, carroll county, points out west and up to the mountains. winter weather advisory in effect until 10:00 this evening insta-weather futurecast shows snow coming in, and it is most intense around evening rush hour. how convenient, right? light to moderate snow, fairly steady in some areas. as we get into the evening and tonight, it dissipates. tomorrow, we get some sun back in the picture. pretty good chance for a rain- snow mix, depending on your location today. dry weather on thursday. back into the 30's for the weekend. another weather system comes in on saturday. snow-rai

south of baltimore it's been a scattered shower event. most rain showers from baltimore south. a lot of this is an accumulating darkers areas of blue. mainly hagerstown west. anywhere east of that is too warm for that snow to stick. let's take a look at the temperatures right now. 35 in parkton. 40 at the inner harbor. 38 in elkton. you have those colder temperatures below freezing west. and that's definitely where the snow could be sticking throughout the next couple of hours. all this should be clearing out as we head towards the afternoon as we are expecting this entire storm to list offshore. some showers down in southern maryland then snow up towards the north but all is very minimal compared to what the storm caused out in the plains. this was the same storm system that brought all that heavy snow to colorado, and nebraska. not only is it falling apart, it's entering in warmer air and therefore we're seeing just mainly rain showers. tailgating in the mid 40's out there. scattered clouds and chilly conditions but not bad for a february day. as for tonight, at least around

south of us. this particular computer model brings moisture as far north as the pennsylvania line mostly in the form of baltimore. a rain-snow mix to our south by the evening hours. other computer models have this a little farther south. some of them don't give us anything by tomorrow morning. we dry out. president's day looks nice. most snow will be to the north of baltimore. an inch or so of snow. baltimore still comes up dry. the chances we get no snow 10%. 1 to 3 inches, that's the highest chance for around baltimore. when you get those over 4 inches or so, the odds get small that baltimore would see anything that significant. the seven-day forecast, 51 today. only in the 30's. the snow comes in. mostly snow. to our south there will be a mix of precipitation. skewed toward the later afternoon and evening hours for us. president's day looks drike. lots of sun. 49 for the high. and lots of rain coming into the picture at the end of the week. >> futurecast shows when the skies will clear at our web site at wbaltv.com. just lick on "weather" so you can keep up to date. >> it was one week ago today that the world

anywhere from baltimore down toward the south.er irsouth you go, your better chances of seeing that precipitation. futurecast will show us this storm passing to our south. we are on the northern fringe of it. we see high pressure building in for tomorrow. how much snow are we talking? minimal chances of seeing snow flakes. if you see anything, nothing is going to stick. to st. mayor kwli's -- mary's county, could accumulate a trace to an inch, but mostly just on grassy surfaces. a bull's-eye for the snow back in virginia. some places will see 2 to 6 inches of snow. as for our forecast tonight, rain or snow showers to our south tapering off into tonight. gradually clearing skies. we'll drop it into the 20's and 30's. as for tomorrow, beautiful for presidents day. sunny skies. temperatures warm to 60 degrees on thursday. in the upcoming week, a slight chance for rain showers. >> time to go a little hollywood. we have a look at some of the hottest items that celebrities love and you can afford. it is all thanks to the senior editor o

potentially, there will be rain, especially south of baltimore into southern maryland. wet weather crossing the lower eastern shore of southern delaware at 6:00 a.m. thursday. partly cloudy skies in southern pennsylvania. wet weather to our south. the morning should be mostly cloudy. further south, a better chance of having to do with a little rain. the mild flow of southwesterly wind will move off the coast tomorrow as this front flows through. it is not an arctic front or a blast of bitter cold. to the northwest, temperatures are not bad at all. there could be wet weather for super bowl weekend. right now, it is only 35 in chicago. 32 in minneapolis. not all that called for early february. the sky is clearing. the temperatures will drop a little bit. the state above normal for the next seven days. the western storm approaches in the mountains of west virginia and virginia by saturday evening. saturday night, the rain will start pushing into baltimore. the shower south of town in the morning. a little cooler than today. still 10 to 15 degrees warmer than normal for this

the main target is the northern suburbs, about an inch or so around baltimore and south of the bay, generallying in the baltimore area anywhere from 1-3 inches. most of it will be toward sunset tomorrow evening as the temperatures begin to cool and the ground begins to cool. rains out of town, northeast winds at 5, and temperatures in the 30's throughout the day. only about 30 in the towns where they should get close to that 3 inch amount out in far western maryland. eastern shore locations, the northern sections could have some light snow, a kent county, cecil county, and maybe parts of san county. -- parts of st. anne's county. the seven-day forecast, we will see some winter to mark, especially in afternoon and evening, and sunny skies for thursday in active 50 degrees on friday. cold air coming in over the weekend and possible flurries on saturday and sunday. >> after 11 seasons with the nfl, it is time to hang up the jersey for a baltimore ravens. >> ricky williams announces his retirement. his plans for the future, straight ahead. >> an update on the plan to toughen maryland's distracted

the ultimate track right now looking likely to pass just south of us and at most the glancing blow for baltimore, we are clear now but you can see the -- on this from the national weather service all of our winter storm watch county n is for sunday, we are fine through then. this is well south and west of dc. this is the valley out into western virginia, even toward roanoke ask this will be a far from ground zero around the central part of maryland, this will be more central havev. mid-30s, 41 winchester, tomorrow a great looking saturday, spring like even, mid50s, sun through the day, we will talk month more detail about sunday coming up. the thinks is we are looking better best era round baltimore for sunday. >> the yardly love murder trial is scheduled to run in to the weekend as the defense tries to wrap up it's case. one the defense attorneys has been sick. if the trial goes past tomorrow it'll be on hold until wednesday because the scheduling issues. today the aunt talked about seeing her nephewo and love at a bar the night before they decide. >> they were together on saturday night doesn'

range extends out of baltimore will limit the amount of accumulation -- rain extend south of baltimorea good deal of sunshine expected thursday afternoon in to buy it. the temperatures are not thursday cold -- it i afternoon into friday. south of baltimore and, you get into some rain and that limits accumulation. kroger northwest suburbs, maybe the northwest tip of harford county could have 1-3 inch snowfall. that is more likely as you get back toward garrett county. the temperatures are not all that cold. is tomorrow, 34-39. snow accumulating in the mountains tomorrow and staying called on thursday. 45 on thursday as the sun comes back to the eastern shore. on the lower eastern shore, just brain. the seven-day forecast, after tomorrow's little taste of winter moves out, it warms up again. 50 on friday, but a blast of cold air or arrives for the weekend. a couple of lorries on sunday and the weekend highs only in the 30's. -- a couple of flurries on sunday. >> this is 11 sports. >> it does not take long for the inevitable reshaping of the ravens roster to begin. you will not see ricky

it just skipped south of baltimore. there was some snow as close as charles county and some flurries around annapolis. a lot of snow down in virginia around in richmond and back into the mountains of virginia and west virginia. over a foot of snow in some places. we kind of scooted by. some snow flurries left in some areas. we will see cloud cover at this morning. this is how close they came to baltimore. about an inch of snow south of d.c. in charles county. lower eastern counties got some snow. some flurries in baltimore. now will carry of the clouds. you can see the back edge of the clouds coming into western maryland. that will sweep off the coast and we will have mostly sunny skies. it will take awhile for that clearing process. 38 downtown. 31 in parkton. mostly sunny today. early morning clouds but becoming mostly sunny. it will be a little on the breezy side. mostly clear and chilly tonight with temperatures around 30. the weather should be fairly quiet for the next few days. you can see this system. there could

south of us. we have a trace to 2 inches of snow in our forecast around baltimore. e south. 38 to 42 from a high. i am guessing it will mostly be in the 30's. a little rain may be next in when it starts up. all of the advisories and warnings are to the west. small craft advisories will be out tomorrow. the wind gusted to 20 from the northeast. the forecast shows the apart in moisture. the clouds cut off in pennsylvania. the storm passes close to us in the evening. this model keeps the moisture south of the baltimore area. other models bring it farther north. we are probably going to get something out of it. presidents' day looks dry. as far as how much we get, one computer model gives us a little bit of snow, and inch or so. other models have it further south. that is the dilemma. most of the snow will be south. we could see a trace, up to two inches. presidents' day looks dry. we will be back in the 50's for much of next week. we will see other days next week when we could see rain or a little snow. >> from the susquehanna bay sports center, this is 11 sports. >> ma

looks good north into baltimore south into richmond, and to the airport. moving very well at father hurley boulevard. back to you. >> thank you. we begin with vote 2012. time running out for the republican presidential candidates to sway voters. >> the nevada caucuses take place tomorrow. brianne carter has a look ahead. >> good morning. preparations are underway in nevada. two top candidates doing all they can to gain votes. mitt romney is doing his best to carry over the momentum from the florida while gingrich is trying to build support without a billionaire backing him. donald trump endorse romney yesterday. it remains to be seen whether that will have an impact. romney says he is dmoving forward after an interview he said earlier this week where he said he was not very concerned about the very poor. he has issued a statement now that he said he misspoke. >> when i said was that my focus, my primary focus, is helping people get into the middle class and to grow the middle class. we have a safety net that cares for the poor. i want to keep that faith in

now for those of you leaving baltimore heading south, we had a check of the baltimore washington parkway, 295 is trouble free for you. also, route 1 washington boulevard may be a great route as well as 29. and it's still look good. making the drive through the clarksville region maryland 32. overnight maintenance crews are gone on i-95. here's a live look in cecil county but the ongoing project on tidings bridge the southbound right lane taken up but not causing a problem so far this morning. now over to you. >> thanks. >>> no doubt about it, for some women, the joy of pregnancy can come i heard this, with -- >> really? >> discomfort and nausea and joint pain. >> is it true. >> yes. >> coming up, how some women are using the form of ancient chinese therapy to ease the discomfort. >>> also ahead, it had people around the world in a andic afew years ago. why health officials in mexico believe bird flu may be bad. homicide of young people in america has an impact on all of us. how can we save these young people's lives? as a police chief i have an opportunity to affect what happens in a maj

steadily warming from baltimore south and west with temperatures into the '60s. it is going to get even warmer and late this afternoon, temperatures running near 70 degrees. that is the air that will push across tomorrow before a strong cold front arrives over the weekend. we will feel springlike warmth and wintertime cold and there could be strong went to go along with it. in joining the mild weather so far -- if we get a taste of winter now, it's going to feel 10 times worse because it is so warm and now. >> you are right. a body gets accustomed to the warm weather and if it gets real cold, it is going to hurt. but today, what a spectacular day. with the sun shining and the temperatures in the '60s, it's a perfect day to take a walk. take a bike ride or go for a run. it has been quite a winter. >> it's beautiful and i'm enjoying it. me and my daughter with betty stay out. as you can see, she's smiling ear to ear. >> i love it. that's why we're out here walking. 60 degrees in february? we would have taken it two years ago. >> i'm glad i don't have to use my snow

a mix of rain and snow for baltimore on south. temperatures will be about 32 degrees. the roads should be fine. it should be dry for tomorrow morning's commute. it will be above freezing. thursday and friday, temperatures in the 40's. a mix of rain and snow on saturday and sunday. >> 5:50. 40 degrees on tv hill. coming up, we'll look at one of your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >> time to get to one of your answers to our watercooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked -- would you support expanding gambling at slots parlors

. >> some homes in south baltimore are still in need of repair. the recreational center is open tonight and tomorrow. tuesday will reopen until 4:30. residents in need of he can visit the center. the center will provide water, meals, and blankets. >> here is your forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> we will look at the local area to show you what is going on. none of this is set in stone. temperatures are too warm for snow for us. the snow is further south. there is some rain over the district of columbia. these darker shades of green south of baltimore and on the eastern shore is actual rainfall reaching towards ocean city and into southern maryland. that is the farthest north this has gotten right now. this evening, it will create further north. we may pick up a rain shower. if it is re if it is leading us, there may be a few -- if it is late enough, there may be a few snowflakes. the real heavy stuff is down in virginia. 48 was the high at the inner harbor. the readings last night were above freezing. you can see a sampling of temperatu

baltimore. farther south, temperatures are a bit warmer. the actual low pressure center is in the ohio river valley. it will be headed for north carolina. then it will move offshore. it will be pulling of here tomorrow morning. at least a part of tomorrow, it should be in pretty good shape. a big area high pressure. another storm to the south of us and it will move off to the southeast. it looks like we're headed for some quiet weather next week. overnight tonight, still a chance for some wet snow with some rain extend. light accumulations if they appear at all. the low temperature range some nine is -- rains tonight is 45 degrees to 50 degrees. the skies become partly cloudy to mostly sunny by the end of the day. the northeast went to north northeast winds at 10 m.p.h. the open waters of a will have 10 knots. something could slide across the area overnight. tomorrow morning, early afternoon, we will get some sundback in the picture. we should be able to hold onto it. that simple task will be moving to the south. -- that impulse will be mov

from baltimore, dulles, south and eastward.north and west of the i-95 corridor, here we have the possibility of some icy spots and slick spots in particular toward hagerstown and north toward york. highs even in those areas, those highs were four or five degrees above freezing, so, this, the lack of the snow sticking very well, at least initially at onset. we're getting a little north and west. this will clear out quickly. behind the system there's not much. cooler air will funnel in. could mean icy spots at daybreak even around baltimore and annapolis. as we go toward sun rise, two to three below freezing. that will mean the possibility of icy areas. temperatures dropping. as we go into the day tomorrow, 45. so any a.m. icy spots will melt off quickly. tomorrow night cold and dry. the seven-day forecast showing dry weather in the mid to upper 40s thursday and friday. then we're cool and dry the rest of the weekend. dry toward valentine's day. back to you. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. >>> in democracy 2012, last night shook things u

baltimore city fire department tells us that the clean up won't take place for hours. the maryland department of environment handles clean up. that's what's happening out here now. a major mess. avoid this area of south east baltimore, i-95 and 885. >> we'll continue to bring you the latest at wjz.com and on the wjz morning edition. >> also several senior citizens are hurt when a fire breaks out tonight. one person suffers serious burns after accidentally leaving a pot to have food on the stove. others were checked for smoke ventilation. the fire didn't cause much damage. >> the city finds new leadership to bring racing back to baltimore. now downtown businesses are breathing a sign of relief. wjz is live. >> reporter: business owners hope all the organizational bumps in the road are gone because they want to bank on that revenue year after year. thrilling as it was. >> it put us on the mat all over. >> reporter: the baltimore game. the race turned a new corner when the city unvailed a contract with a new teem of managers called down force racing. >> what we saw last year was basically finding the die monday in the -- diamond in the rough. >> this is one of these marquee events. it's iconic and celeb

baltimore, but as we look to points just south, you get out of the city, the outlying areas around the city, probably upper 40s to 50 tomorrow. take five degrees off. sunshine on tap. partly cloudy and the overall pattern pretty quiet weather. the -- to the west we have a high pressure cell. this will keep the northwesterly winds flowing in out of the upper midwest which will continue to drop the temperatures. eve as the sky -- even as the sky clears out, you can see that big dome. we're watching this weather system coming out of the midwest. this, depending on the track, could bring us a decent round of showers saturday night into early sunday, perhaps some wintry showers for western maryland. overnight down to 32, clearing skies, getting colder overnight. mostly sunny and a bit colder. your forecast we fall to 34 with clouds on the increase and staying chilly. here's the seven-day forecast. as we look ahead, we will cool things down. we'll cheap that chance for showers saturday night into early sunday rand dry weather next week as things get

easton this is after a day where we hit the low 70s basically, 70 baltimore, 72 richmond, 67 at the beach. we are cooling off as source move south of baltimore. we will call for scattered showers and then drying out mid50s through the day. a cooler day but cooler weather is on tap for your weekend. those details coming up. >> everything come was a cost. the governor wants to raise taxes to create jobs and improve schools and roads. he said we are moving out of the resuggestion but haven't recovered the lost jobs. he wants a sales tax on gas and double the flush tax. he would raise taxes on cigarx put taxing on amazon . one senator says he is relying to much on the tax increases and it's the same tax and spend company that hurt economic growth. >> the susan g coleman group raised close to two billion dollars in it's dwight against breast cancer but is cutting funds to planned parenthood that are used for breast exams. there is an investigation into planned parenthood. while they say the foundation put in harder standards planned parenthood disagrees. >> i think really what this is a result of is this very ugly and aggressive camp

sluggish conditions through the baltimore. southay freeways continues to look good, especially 85 through the west valley. >>darya: speaking of driving, the tesla is partnering with dimer to develop a fully a fifth mercedes. for the things are looking good for tesla. they have already taken orders for $40 million worth of those as tv crossovers. >>mark: in san francisco, ross mirkirimi is due back in court today. mirkirimi has been ordered to appear along with his attorney. he and his wife go to trial later this month. he is accused of raising his wife's arm during a fight on new year's eve and has been ordered to stay away from her. >>darya: the first comprehensive study on the amount of garbage going into san francisco bay reveals there is enough of it to sell 100,000 kitchen trash bags. the latest numbers finds that san jose and oakland are the biggest polluters. other cities are among the areas that had the most flitter per capita. state regulators are ordering cities to reduce trash and by 40% in 2014 or face fines. >>mark: a q

. >> we have some rain south of baltimore. around annapolis and the lower eastern shore, you'll see some in to start the day. more rain back around the mountains. it will take to the morning hours to get this rain out of fear. there is some cloud cover in central pennsylvania near punxsutawney. there'll be a tough call as to whether he sees his shadow. 50 degrees at the airport right now. the cold air is moving southbound. i think after the rain is gone will get some sunshine to break to the clouds and the temperatures will respond. the colder temperatures up north. upper 20's and low 30's tonight. it will be dry on friday and saturday. we will see a chance for some rain on super bowl sunday. in my be cold enough for some snowflakes to mix in -- it may be cold enough. it will clear up on tuesday and wednesday. >> some light rain around the area and not having a major impact on your ride. we have an accident near b.w.i. airport, no longer any problems. up to speed on 395 into 95. the topside and the west side moving without del

baltimore. lesser amounts to the south. mostly rain across southern maryland. frederick county, maybe one or 6 inches. -- maybe one or two inches. dry to start. we will see that makes of rain and snow later today. temperatures will top out in the upper 30's and drift back once the precipitation starts. decreasing clouds tonight and temperatures will drop into the 20's. dry weather thursday and friday. a mix of rain and snow is possible on saturday. breezy and cold on sunday. 6:16. >> good morning. a few problems in owings mills. we have an accident at 795 and owings mills boulevard. there are some downed wires this morning. looking good on the west side. 56 traveling southbound on 95 out of the white marsh area. this is 795 at franklin boulevard. this is southbound traffic am looking heavier than we normally see at this hour in the owings mills area. this is the white marsh area. so far running smoothly. volume is building as you get closer to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> a big boost for gay-rights activists. california's ban on same-

areas south of baltimore could make it into the 60's south of baltimore. a cold front will move through on friday with maybe some thunderstorms. breezy and colder this weekend and maybe some snow flurries on saturday with a high near 42. >> taco bell celebrates a 50th anniversary with some new products. the shells will be made entirely out of doritos. they haven't lawsuit last year. this could be one of the biggest successes of 2012. sunday hamburgers may be from petrie dishes instead of from cattle. use stem cells and nurtures the cells with feed so they grow in the right way. this will produce the cultured hamburger. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. would you be willing to try a hamburger that was grown entirely in a lab? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. april 17 is the deadline to file your federal tax return. they share all you need is a smart phones or tablets computer. >> recipes, cooking applications. >> with so many distractions, who has time t

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south of baltimore, rain showers. northeast wind 7 miles per hour. we do expect at least these showers to basically end after the morning hours. a snow mix to the south. that should be ending this mornings. clearing skies this afternoon, and temperatures in the mid to upper 40's. when we come back, a forecast in indianapolis. we'll look at what it will be like outside the stadium. >> our big story this morning, another win for mitt romney. he won the presidential caucus on saturday with newt gingrich battling for second place. >> his decisive win came after he battled to a victory in florida's primary. brian mooar has that story from washington. >> mitt romney celebrated a big win in nevada. >> i have to take it to the white house. >> it is his third victory in the primary season. a week in which his form -- former primary opponent commented on the poor. >> unlike romney, i care about the poorest americans. >> if you can't tell the truth as a candidate for president, how can we expect you to lead as president? >> paul is still counting on the caucus s

mainly to the south of baltimore we see heavier rain pushing in around the eastern shore. we are dealing with patchy fog across the area as well. look at the oranges we are seeing. it's coming down pretty heavy and around grayson -- graysonville and centerville. have the rain gear and make sure the kids have the umbrella as they head to the bus stop. i will have the bus stop forecast coming up. now let's check your traffic. good morning angela how is it looking outside. >> reporter: good morning. not looking too bad but as you mentioned, the possible hazards for those to and from the eastern shore. you may have low visibility and possibly wet roads. so extra caution and a little travel time extra travel time if you can this morning. here's a live look at u.s. 50 and sandy point. abe ware of the areas of patchy fog and even with the possible hazards, i-97 continues to run well from 50. as we look live at i-97 making your way through the glen burnie region, heading north all the way up to 695 no reported troubles there. keep in mind you can avoid the possible road conditions

by monday afternoon, that stays south of the baltimore metro area. on wednesday. here's the seven-day forecast. 47 for the high today. 59 tomorrow. showers possible to our south tomorrow afternoon. 52 on tuesday. 40's on wednesday. chilly day. a good chance for rain. a shower thursday. back up to 54 by the afternoon. >> he's the first fully functioning quadriplegic. after 17 years of intensive physical therapy, patrick has all but fully recovered. it is an amazing story. that's patrick documented in a new book. rob roblin was the first in line at patrick's first book signing. >> doctors said he wouldn't live more than two hours, but he has beaten all odds. patrick was signing all copies of his new book. it was 1974 when patrick was in an accident in his corvette. doctors didn't think he would live and certainly not be able to walk again. >> the prognosis is still grim. i am still going to be paralyzed from the neck down for the remainder of my life. to be here to be talking to you today, i mean, it is a blessing. >> patrick said it is because of the

the thing is, it may be just a little too far south to have a big impact on baltimore. morning, the snow is along the texas coast by tomorrow evening it will be around cape hatteras or just south of there. then moving out to sea. it will be moving across the area relatively quickly. that reduces the chance for snow to fall. two, we will be on the north edge of this. the farther you are sowlingt you go, the -- the farther south you go, the greater the chance for snow. in baltimore, 6%. it might favor the one inch. others say they want snow. >> when the skies will clear is at our web site. >> edwin o'brien was among several priests inducted into the college of cardinals. >> rod daniels was the only local news reporter in rome for that celebration, and he joins us live. hi, rod. what a morning. >> to all the folks in baltimore, it has been a tremendous day of pomp and religious ceremony. now we can say cardinal edwin o'brien as opposed to cardinal designate. it was a tremendous and moving ceremony today. the holy father looked strong, and as he spoke, his voice was strong.

and new information on the wild police chase and shootout that ended with a man dead in south baltimore. it woke many people from their sleep, as officers from four different agencies got involved in the pursuit. wjz is live at city police headquarters. mike hellgren has new information on this developing investigation. mike? >> vic, it's unclear how long the investigation may take. police never recovered a gun on the suspect, although he initially told them during a confrontation that he had one. ask that new video reveals more of the chaos that unfolded early yesterday morning. [ siren ] >> reporter: you hear the cop cashes pealing away. then seconds later, at least a dozen gunshots. that gunfire was over in three seconds. police say four officers discharged their weapons, killing moncrete chonna, a man police say stole a car on the beltway. and later changed cars and escaped the cops a second time in a wild chain of events that ended in south baltimore. dave cavennous watched some of chonna's final moments. >> must have been about 40 to 50 police cars following this car. the cops wer

some of these might be focused for baltimore towards the south. that we see a break in the raid. as we go into thursday night into friday, another chance of rain as a cold front approaches the area. very powerful cold front. babies of thunderstorms as we head into friday. that will bring temperatures down significantly. 40's this weekend. mostly dry this weekend, but saturday, with all the cold air, and flurries possible towards the west. >> coming up next, your maryland lottery numbers. >> time for your maryland lottery numbers. >> i am sarah fleischer on this wonderful wednesday with your pick three game. coming up, but your pick four game, but first, when you play monopoly scratch-off, you can wind up to $50,000. go to mdlottery.com/monopoly for more cits is to win. ready to go with your pick four game. the maryland lottery -- let yourself play. >> ava is back with an unusually warm temperatures. >> 66 it two days, at a cold front knox's back over the weekend, but rain chance is a possible each day until then. maybe some thunderstorms. could be called up for snow flurries in t

self of baltimore, most likely rain -- south of baltimore. snow north of baltimore. the temperature will be above 32. the roads will be just fine. about an inch of accumulation is all i expect, mostly north of baltimore. the rush hour tomorrow morning should be ok. dry whether thursday and friday with temperatures in the 40's. a possible mix of rain and snow on saturday -- dry weather thursday and friday. >> good morning. tracking one accident in the westminster area along 140 and not come at drive. we are checking speed sensors around the area. a sluggish spot on the west side outer loop just past 795. 48 on southbound 295 as you make your approach to 100. not tracking any other incidents of note. this is 95 through harford county. southbound traffic is coming down from mountain road. this is baltimore national pike. the west side is picking up in volume down towards liberty. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> disturbing new details in a double murder suicide of a father and his young sons in washington. jos powell and his boys all died from carbon monoxide

the western colorado blizzard kind of sneak by here with little light rain shower activity south of baltimorea subtle blizzard by the time it gets here. by monday and tuesday we are back into the 50's. that will be a good recovery after super bowl sunday. >> that is a look at our news. thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] constellation energy group] io share the love with a delicious chocolate heart donut from dunkin'. spread the donut joy today.

down to the south of the baltimore region. we have a west/southwest wind.been with us pretty much all day long. bay temperatures are still only around 41 degrees. now, there was a bit of a sprinkle this morning. the airport had officially 1/100ths of an inch of rain. there's another front that is kind of sagging down to our south. and a little layer of low pressure developing down there that will pass mainly to our south. late tonight, maybe after midnight, into early tomorrow morning. there's a chance, 20, 30% chance of a little bit of this rain in our region. most of it, i think, is going to fall well south of us. and we'll see some clouds this morning. and sunshine comes back. it will be a little cooler tomorrow. and yes, a little cooler on friday. but still running above normal for this time of year. normal for the end of the week is around a high of 43. we expect temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. and a little cooler for the weekend. could possibly be some rain here later in the weekend. tomorrow, we see a bit of a shift in the wind. and a small

most of this is sagging to the south of baltimore or of now. ear as you head out and about. let's check the traffic with angela. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning everyone. even with the fog and rain not too bad south of baltimore. but on the top side of the beltway, we are dealing with an accident. it is backing up traffic on the outer loop. we are at the accident is off to the side and we are looking at an extensive day this before harford road top side of the beltway creeping along all the way past york road. and, of course, on the west side no accidents just volume delays 10 minutes from the northwest expressway to baltimore nation ago pike. megan. >>> good morning to you. senator mikulski will talk about working to increase drug development. senator is going to take part in news conference in washington. supporters say the spending reduction through invasion and therapys act will help speed up development of drugs and therapies to fight the most deadly diseases and chronic diseases out there including alzheimer's, cancer and diabe

baltimore. it got warmer as you move south. >> i kept waiting for it, and then the wind finally came. >> but there was severe weather south. so at least we avoided damaging winds from thunderstorms. now we have winds coming in from behind the cold front coming through, and they are bringing in a reinforcement of chilly air, which will keep us locked in the 40's all weekend long. our temperatures now are in the low 40's. here is radar. this is about, what? five hours worth of radar imaginary. all we're seeing is radar lake effect snow showers. look how quickly they are moving. the strongest gusts we have had here is 26, but we expect those, as the sun comes up, we expect

live here in south baltimore. >>> the weather now. we will be on the dreary side as the rain is starting to develop out there. and 50 degrees today. we drive back out tomorrow. and. and the power radar is not picking up on a lot. we're seeing showers around the area along i-83 if the travels are taking you that way. and we go to the south into towson. you are getting light showers across the area now. the fact is that the temperatures are not so bad. there on the mild side. and around 39 and 38 into arnold. let's go to charlie. >>> today is the day that the same-sex marriage bill will be debated in annapolis. and linda so is here to tell -- to tell us what to expect. >> reporter: the delegates will debate the bill when the session starts at 10 this morning. the house needs 71 votes to mass the measure t appears there are a few shy. so far one lawmaker says he will support the bill opponents say legalizing it will threaten religious freedom for those who officiate and to teach about it in schools. the governor is pushing. he is lobbyin

the evening rush hour, snow will be falling for most of the baltimore area and points north into southern pennsylvania. changing over terrain south of baltimore on the lower eastern shore. it is likely to continue it into the evening and even past midnight before it finally moves out early friday morning. a burst of cold and snow coming in for the weekend. there is a potential for snow in the city and points south, and then range extends out of the bay bridge. the colder northwestern suburbs , a 1-3 inch snowfall is possible. most of that would happen in the late afternoon or early evening rush-hour when the temperatures begin to cool. during the day, most of the precipitation will probably held on the contact. the ground is still pretty warm. daytime highs, 34-39, winds out of the northeast. a couple of inches of snow out in the mountains. it should stay cold right into thursday. rains out of kent and cecil counties. northern counties may get one or 2 inches of snow. should be all rain on the lower eastern shore, coming in late in the day tomorrow and continuing tomorrow night before it clears up on thursday. a couple of inches

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south of baltimore rain showers. that's all going to be ending with high temperatures today in >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you so much. just ahead we're just getting started here on super bowl sunday. tony dungy just entered the stadium. and just ahead why the real winner could be the host city. we'll show you all the fun we've been having in indianapolis, as oken having in indianapolis, as we gotta time this just right. okay. ready... mm-hmm. happy valentine's day. [ female announcer ] the charmed memories collection at kay jewelers. each charm is hand-crafted in italy and with hundreds of charms to choose from, the possibilities are endless. create your own memories with charmed memories. one more reason kay is the number one jewelry store in america. ready... [ camera flash ] ♪ every kiss begins with kay have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. get your free sample of quaker oatmeal squares on facebook. n

already some breaks in the cloud cover around baltimore and points south. by dawn, we should have partly cloudy skies. right now clouds are acting as a bit of a blanket. we are starting to get some chilly temperatures north of us. light winds at sun up before 7:00, the first time since late november of last year that we get a sunrise before 7:00 a.m. the high pressure will try to come in behind this trough of low pressure but there is not a strong area of high pressure that will come behind it. it will be a little breezy behind this disturbance, but partly cloudy skies. you have to get all the way to the canadian border to get any significant cold air. not really very cold behind this. the first weather system arrives on thursday, so enjoy the sunshine and mild temperatures tomorrow. some what weather comes in on thursday. breezy conditions on friday and this week and there could be a storm to the south. depending on where it goes, it could bring us rain or even wet snow over the weekend. tomorrow we get sunshine, temperature still above normal, along the b

as far as the city goes west baltimore street closed at south pulaski. as you can see things are heavy there on the beltway north of security boulevard. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and your local toyota dealer. >>> don, back over to you. >> thank -- >> -- battery going -- >> -- morning, this coffee with is with anna post, this is a great one, this satellite interview is provided by them. >> all right. anma, welcome to the eyewitness news morning edition, anna post, give a huge round of applause. [ applause ] >> good morning. >> we are going to be talking to manners for all seasons, which we are going to get to in just a second but i am just curious do you always have to be on your peas and cues, i mean when you walk in the room people expect you to be manner perfect. >> and all your life too. >> i mean what kind of pressure is that on, on, on, on you. >> i am sure you are not going to believe me but i don't think that much about it. in fact i think people prefer to find out i am pretty much a normal person and i don't think i would be

. >> the doors could be closing for good at the south baltimore high school located in the heart of the cherry hill community. this is a relatively small school. >> officials say they have their reasons including a recent drop in enrollment and test scores. we have more details on the story. >> they have had their challenges since it opened in 1998 especially over the past few years. two of the six top leaders, the governor, and a ceo have high hopes for members of that student body. south side could close by the summer. that is the plan for the cherry hill campus and its 200 or so students. >> the south side is a good school. >> that is why students are hoping it could stay open. >> i lov the program. the teachers all help you. >> in a taped message posted on the school's web site, the governor sent out this were to students. >> i love you, i am proud of you, i need you, and i am counting on you. keep working hard. >> there were similar words of encouragement to the city school ceo. >> for us, nothing matters like the education of every single one of you. you represent the future of th

that's in the union scare community in south baltimore. the 47-year-old victim was taken to shock trauma and died a short time later from the injuries. >>> because of the holiday, there's no testimony in the george huguely murder trial. jurors are expected to begin deliberations wednesday. the former university of virginia lacrosse player is accused of killing yeardley love, his ex-girlfriend whathappened in 2010. in 30 minutes what the defense attorney did acknowledge in closing arguments. stay tuned for that. and for the up-to-the-minute updates following christian schaeffer who is in charlots covering the -- chartsolville. he is covering the trial. you can find the timeline of everything you need to know at abc2news.com. >>> if you are heading out today, baltimore city, there is no trash or recycling pickup. convenience centers will be closed. and all city building will be closed with the exception of the police headquarters. keep in mind, parking meters are in effect. >>> a big celebration in rome during the weekend. edwin o'brien beca

baltimore. time now for a last look at one of our big stories. >> it could be days before residents in south baltimore get their gas back. jennifer franciotti joins us live from southwest baltimore with more on this. >> that stopped when it was talking about, all the more reason that b.g.e. to work as hard as they can to get the gas restored to the customers. crews were working on a water main break. a piece of asphalt fell and hit a gas line. b.g.e. has to go door-to-door and turning off service to some 900 customers. they have about 400 they still need to get to. the need to get in and shut off service. flush the have the shu water from the line. this process may take several days. anyone who is not contacted b.g.e. who is affected should do so immediately -- anyone who has not contacted b.g.e. >> 43 degrees on tv hill. >> coming up, we'll take a last look at weather and traffic before you head out to start your day. your day. stay with >> tech gas main is still causing some closure problems -- that gas main. >> nothing new to report in terms of promise. millington avenue, watch for closures at tayl

he is live in south baltimore with a proposed bill the would help protect rent-to-own customers. >> the city of baltimore has the highest number of rent-to-own stores in the state. consumer advocates want to make sure folks have the knowledge to protect themselves from unfair practices of these businesses. >> i was shocked at how much they take advantage of the consumer, and particularly people who seem the least able to pay. >> elizabeth rice and her family needed a room washing machine for a few weeks. she decided to check out a local rent-to-own stores. during the application process, she noticed red flags. >> there was an extensive contract that had a lot of extra fees, a lot of legalese, a lot of things that were not written in favor of the consumer. >> rice said there was a clause in the contract that would have required her to sign away her legal rights, and she would have ended up spending a lot more money on the washer. >> in the first three months, you can pay a cash price for the washer, which ends up to be about 1.5 times the cost of retail. >> according to the maryland cons