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. >>> a developing story in calvert county. that's where a newborn baby was found dead inside the trunk of a car. the baby was found along hallowing point road in prince frederick. police telling news4 someone was cleaning the trunk when they found the baby. police are classifying the death as a homicide and are interviewing relatives of the person who found the baby. >>> coming up on 4:31 on this friday morning. tom kierein, a little rain. >> yeah, lingering sprinkles after overnight showers may have helped awaken you maybe in the middle of the night. howling winds kept up, too, overnight. now they're beginning to diminish. good morning, starting off this friday, the moving color is lingering, light rain still in southern maryland, prince george's, charles, calvert. across the potomac, on the northern neck and eastern shore. temperatures in the effor40s. quite a drop from yesterday's 70s. 51 at reagan national. pax river, 57. hagerstown only at 42. some of the chillier air is going to be moving in today. here's your day planne

the circumstances surrounding a shocking discovery in calvert county remain a mystery at this hour. the body of an infant was diss covered in the trunk of a car that was parked outside a trailer home near prince frederick, maryland. scott broom is following up with investigators today. >> reporter: the infant's body was found in the trunk of a car off this trailer car in rural calvert county. according to investigators the residents here called 911 right away after discovering the remans after what has been described as a stillborn or newborn infant. in the trunk of a car that was parked here at about 6:40 last night. according to one neighbor, the car had been parked here in the same spot and did not appear to have been driven for many weeks. today calvert county sheriff mike evans said the residents here made the discovery while quote cleaning out the car. >> upon arrival by law enforcement it was discovered that still or newborn baby was located in the trunk of the car that was being cleaned. detectives are waiting for preliminary autopsy report. >> reporter: investigators say un

mary's and calvert, northern neck. and then farther to the west in stafford and spotsylvania, far southern prince william county getting a sprinkle activity. farther to the west and north, the cloud cover is beginning to break up over the mountains. temperatures there near freezing in western maryland. closer in, near 40 in hagerstown and low 40s, panhandle of virginia. montgomery, loudoun county, into fairfax in the 40s. prince george's county and the district now near 50 degrees. look at the wind gusts. the latest gusts have been around 20 to 25. not as strong as yesterday. here's the day plannerment partly sunny, blustery morning. by 9:00, in the low to mid 50s. then by noontime, we'll have it climbing to near 60, mostly sunny. then this evening, the date planner -- by 5:00, sunny and cool. near 50 by sunset. look at the friday evening planner in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >>> good morning. light volume -- >> eun, back to you. >> thank you, tom. >>> breaking news. a police shoot-out on the d.

beach, calvert beach all seeing showers.n, extremely light but they'll continue to move off toward the eastern shore over toward cambridge in through maryland. your next couple days 70 degrees on your saturday. 65 on sunday. 70 on monday. if you notice those little arrows it means sprinkles right on through the next couple days. i don't expect them all day. but you may want to take that little umbrella that we talk about a lot because i think we may need it from time to time. it's not going to be a big deal for sure but you may see the sprinkles all the way through wednesday. this is kind of an unsettled weather pattern coming up here but at least it's a warm unsettled weather pattern. you see there we still do not go below 50 degrees at all right on through the period. the average low right now 38. >> you ought to bring your purse umbrella on and show it to us. you frequently make a reference to taking your purse umbrella. we need to see what you're talking about. >> like to see what yours looks like. >> i have two. just sa

a 56-year-old daughter died at calvert memorial hospital. 58-year-old brother died at washington hospital center. both of them died on march 1st. tests right now indicate two of the fatal cases had influenza and a second bacterial infection. >> they came in. they were short of breath. they were coughing. they were actually coughing up blood. and they went onto have sepsis which means that the infection went through their body. >> reporter: now, tests are being conducted by maryland's department of health and mental hygiene. they are looking to confirm if the other two cases have the same strain which you would think that they are. but at this point, they are saying that only two that they know of have this inflewens aand singed bacterial infection. it will likely come back that all them have the same. the maryland department of health also goes to to say that they have northbound no clusters ever the respiratory illness cases. we'll be following up on this throughout the morning with you guys. >> thank you. >>> a normer manassas teacher's ai

no answer for calvert. smith on a break. calvert takes the title 57-22.he navy women's basketball team earned a place in the tournament for knocking off holy cross to win the patriot league title. they're trying to join them in -- the man in albany for the title game. finishing the run on the long rebound. one of four players in double figures. they could get no closer. albany wednesday america east title. 69-71. -- albany wednesday america will be albany wins the the east title. the best of three. the lancers were just two points from the game. that was enough for baltimore to blast winning 8-2. they have to travel to rochester for games two and three. the series resumes on monday in new york. only one game has maryland schools on the field. that is the one that gets our attention. hopkins and umbc. a nice crowd. it is not snowing. we will not get greedy. fast break. finds the back of the net. umbc trying to find a comeback. jones has a nice low shot. one out of three goals for him on the day. hopkins is ranked two in the country. you can see why. there

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rain in central calvert county and that is coming to an end.wers. but 80 by friday. we will be back at 8:56. ♪ oh, sometimes >>> rachael ray is here. out here in the patch. good morning, america. and "hunger games" week is truly -- >> it's in full effect. >> it was great to see you talking with liam yesterday. today, i should say. we have jennifer lawrence coming up tomorrow. it continues tomorrow. and josh hutcherson, can't wait to talk to him on thursday. >> can we give it up to the patch of broadway farms? it is so good. you know spring has sprung when the patch returns. >>> also ahead, the secrets you need to know to learn -- about losing weight. we have inside tips from experts, on dropping the unwanted founds and inches. >> remember, chocolate and wine. >>> and rachael. racha rachael's here. she got the memo on spring colors. we have not one, not two, but three varieties. so exciting. >> rachael can see me going, what in the world are you doing? >> it all makes sense. >> it's the smartest way to get the avocado out of the skin. >> that's

calvert? mr. calvert, no. mr. akin, noole? mr. cole, no. mr. price? mr. cclintock, no. mr.langford? ms. black? ms. black, no. ms. dribble, mr. flores. mr. flores, no. mr. mullvaney no. mr. young? >> no. >> mr. young, no. mr. amash, no. mr. ita, no. mr. gunta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. van hollen? >> yes. >> mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwarz aye. ms. captor mr. doggett aye. mr. blumenour aye. ms.ccollum. mr. pascrell? mr. honda? mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan,aye. ms. ms. moore, aye.ms. castor? aye. mr. schueler? n. schueler, aye. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. >> are there any members, other change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vot ar. 's miss castor, i think, isn't it? yeah, i do, but i just want to -- yep. go ahead and offer. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> so d by ms. cast an amendment at the desk. >> the gentle lady from florida has an amendment at the desk. the clerk will designate. >> anre by ms. castor relating to medicare. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you, mr addition to the republican

her three adult children came to care for her at her calvert county home. they also developed similar flu-like symptoms. the mother, son and daughter died. the other daughter was hospitalized and is being treated. the calvert county health department is reminding people that the flu season is not over so it's important to take the proper precautions. phone calls went out yesterday to parents of school-aged children. >> does anybody really know what is going on? it's like the plague. it scares me if i request home tonight and my kids get a sniffle or cough i'll be finished. >> reporter: as of 11 : 30 last night we learned no other new cases were reported. the health department says this one family is the only case they know of any where in the state. >>> a small hip raindrop recording label -- hip hop recording label said to have been leading cocaine rings is heading to prison. both pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges. >>> 6:33. he survived six tours of duty in iraq and afghanistan and died trying to save his little girls from a fire. chief warrant officer

. >>> we're learning more about what caused the deaths of three family members in calvert county.ymptoms tested positive for influenza a and developed sepsis. their mother came down with flu like symptoms in maryland. as melissa mala ireports, three of her children went to care for her, they got sick as well. >> reporter: health department officials spent part of tuesday conducting a searries of tests inside this home now. any samples will be sent to the cdc. 81-year-old ruth blake lived in this home in southern calvert county for decades. on february 23rd, she got sick with a respiratory illness that turned into pneumonia. she died in bed last week, but three of her children had been caring for her. two of them, a 58-year-old man and 56-year-old woman decide just days later, the third who lived with her mother is in critical condition. the neighbor -- >> that is very frightening, something like this, something serious like this is in the neighborhood and nobody knows about it. >> reporter: ruth blake's son fred was brought here to calvert memorial hospital, then flown to med star

her three adult children came to care for her at her calvert county home. they developed similar flu-like symptoms. the mother, son and daughter died. the other daughter was hospitalized and is being treated. the calvert county health department is reminding people that the flu season is not over so it's important to take the proper precautions. phone calls went out yesterday to parents of school-aged children. >> does anybody know what is going on? it's like the plague. it scares me. if i go home tonight and my kids get a sniffle or cough i'm going to be panicked. >> reporter: as of 11:30 last night we've learned there have been no other new cases reported. the health department says this one family is the only case they know of anywhere in the state. linda so, abc2 news. >>> a hearing will be held today permitting noncitizens to vote and hold office. pat mcdonogh is trying to pass legislation to prevent noncitizens from holding office anywhere in the state. >>> the colts will cut the mvp today, the move will keep the team from having to pay peyton manning

." >>> following is breaking news in calvert county.r ended a calvert county school bus near route 2. take a look at this video just in. it happened around 3:00 this afternoon. there were several children onboard the bus and police are reporting all of them suffered minor injuries. route 2 was closed while maryland state police investigated the scene. the road has since been reopened. now again this scene from calvert county. >>> if you love movies netflix isn't the only game in town. >> now there is popcorn felix. angie goff joins us with details in this new app. >> the app is an iphone and ipad app for the ultimate movie lover. take a look for yourself. the best thing about this is you get hundreds of movies for free and no registration is required. that's something that separates it from services like netflix. now i do have to mention that there are not going to be any hollywood blockbusters here. a lot of these movies, for instance, "a bridge of dragons" is something that went straight to dvd or was a made for tv movie. i was really

new developments tonight in disturbing case in calvert county. police are talking about the infant in then trunk of a car. the discovery was made last frederick.ince police have been talking with family members all day. out and about, but all they can talk about. they are horrified by the realizationd the been in the have car for a long time. there are only 15 houses in this e community. people say they get to know each other, but nobody had a clue horrible secret hidden front ofr parked in last trailer on the left. >> it is horrifying. have three kids of my own. my baby is a year old. it is devastating. >> the county sheriff announced be weeks before can know if the decomposed remains are of a stillborn fetus or a newborn child. they believe the mother put it there. a 32-year-old mother of three. began a voluntary stay in a health facility. it is believed the fetus or baby was in the trunk of the car at long.that she is now hospitalized and undergoing an emergency psychiatric evaluation. parents have custody of her other kids. neighbors said the

calvert? mr. calvert no. mr. aiken? mr. aiken, no. mr. cole? mr. cole, no. mr. price? mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock? mr. in clin tok, no? mr. president chafies? mr. sudsman. mr. sudsman, no. mr. lankford? mr. lankford, no. ms. black? ms. black, no. mr. ribbal? mr. ribbal, no. mr. florez? mr. florez, no. mr. mulvaney? mr. mulvaney, no. mr. huescamp? no. mr. young? mr. young, no. mr. amosh? mr. amosh? no. mr. akita? mr. akita, no. mr. guinta? mr. guinta, no. mr. woodall? mr. woodall, no. mr. garrett? mr. garrett, no. mr. van hollen? mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz? ms. schwartz, aye. mr. captor? mr. captor, aye. mr. doggett, mr. doggett, aye. mr. blumenauer? mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccallum? aye. mr. yarmouth? aye. mr. pascrell? mr. honda, aye. mr. president ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz? ms. moore? ms. moore, aye. ms. castor, aye. mr. schueler -- ms. beck -- mr. schueler, aye. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. mr. bonamici, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members looking to vote or change their vote? ms. wasserman schultz? >> m

calvert. >> no. >> mr. calvert, no. mr. akin. mr. cole. >> no. >> mr. cole, no. mr. price. >> no. >> mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock. >> no. >> mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stutzman. >> no. >> mr. stutzman, no. mr. lankford. >> no. >> ms. black. >> no. >> mr. ribble, pass. mr. flores. >> no. >> mr. flores, no. mr. mulvaney. >> no. >> mr. mulvaney, no. mr. heulskamp. >> no. >> no, mr. young. >> no. >> fl young, no. mr. akita. >> no. >> mr. akita, no. mr. again ta. >> no. >> mr. genta, no. mr. woodall. >> no. >> mr. woodall, no. mr. akin. >> no. >> mr. akin, no. mr. van hollen. >> yes. >> mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz. >> aye. >> ms. schwartz, aye. ms. kaptur. >> aye. >> ms. kaptur, aye. mr. blumenauer, aye. ms. mccole m, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pakkarel, aye. mr. hahn donda, aye. ms. moore, aye. mr. schuler, aye. ms. bass, aye. ms. bonamici, ay. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. chairman, no. mr. ribble. >> aye. >> mr. ribble, aye. >> are there any other members looking to vote or to change their vote? clerk will report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 17 and t

live in calvert county, i'm pat collins. news 4. >>> the new jobs report shows 227,000 jobs were added last month. more than analysts expected. the unemployment rate remains unchanged. 8.3%. but that's because a half million americans have started looking for work which is considered a sign of optimism. economists say the last three months of job growth are the strongest since the great depression. today president obama went to prince george virginia to talk about manufacturing. he toured a rolls-royce facility that makes components for commercial aircraft engines. he also unfailed a proposal to build a met work of centers devoted to an innovation in manufacturing. >> we're americans. we're inventor, we're builder, we're thomas edison and wright brothers and steven jobs. that's who we are. that's what we do. as long as i'm president, we'll keep on doing it. we'll make sure the next generation of life changing products are invented and manufactured here in the united states of america. >> the president noted that the manufact

freeze warning except for calvert and st. mary's. temperatures going at or below 32, meaning a frost. you can bring in the tender plants and flowers. i know a lot of you couldn't wait. just cover them up. they should be fine. we're in the 50s still now but well above freezing right through the evening and later on tonight. it's overnight. winds northwest 23, gusting higher, gusts over 33. we're beginning to see them calm down. clear, crystal clear across the mid-atlantic. the east coast showing very little active weather. what you feel is high pressure sending a tremendous amount of wind energy and low pressure. that's what's generating the wind. this is a cold canadian high, late season but a reality check. it is march, dry, very dry air funneling in. the trend show nos weather. tuesday skies will be sunny a cold start and wednesday our next funnel system begins to march across the country. this could bring a shower whns night into early thursday but it looks like this will not bring as much chilly air. your freeze warning. tomorrow

calvert and st. mary's county. should not be a problem because of the warmer waters due to the e.gh pressur the extended outlook is coming up. have lisa baden with traffic. thank you very much. first, virginia, very nicely along 95, 66, nothing on theated to report dulles greenway, the dulles toll road. atmaryland -- southbound 270 boulevard, there out ofrk zone leading but that will be gone very soon. is not having much of an impact. on the beltwayng overnight. leaving college park to get to hampshire avenue, all of put tonstruction will be minutes.few college park is moving nicely on the beltway. belt andt near green base.s air force back to you. >> thank you. it is 37 degrees. >> police ever least another clue in the search for a man who attacked a teenager near high school in fairfax. will show you a composite sketch of the man. >> the restaurant is catching a sandwich. why the ♪ ♪ pop goeslthe world ♪ it goes something like this ♪ everybody here is a friend of mine ♪ ♪ everybody, tell me, have you heard? ♪ ♪ p

area, heavier downpours in calvert county, st. mary's county. there is still a is spreer thunderstorm watch -- severe thunderstorm watch. you see manchester, the sky is dark. 60s, maybe a scattered shower south. we'll talk about the rest of the week coming up. >>> this is a national magazine. it selects wmar for having launched the i-streaming. so props for our apps, national publication giving us props. >>> this month of march is brain injury awareness month. thousands suffer traumatic injuries to their head. recovery can be slow for those who survive and many are never the same. tonight roosevelt leftwich introduces to us a pennsylvania woman whose life has changed, changed five years ago on a baltimore county road. >> at 21 brittany pollock said she felt inde structable. a few months before her 22nd brgt, doctors thought she would never walk again. she had to fight hard to get it back. when you have a toddler you're always picking up something. brittany's 16-year-old likes to make a mess and this keeps her busy. no one expected her to survive

here it is just about clear in calvert county. st.ary's city, ridge, you have to deal it with it as well. again another 30 to 60 minutes and i think you'll be all done with the rain. tempts they're really dropping north and west. down to 40 in hagerstown and winchester is 41. cumberland is 37 be a 48-degree reading now at the pax river naval air station. feels like 45 there and feels like 31 in hagueest town. so definitely a chill has returned. looking outside under cloudy skies on the michael & son weather camera, nice view of the white house this morning. grass looks like they need to mow it soon. it's greening up already. cloudy skies, 50 degrees that dew point's at 27 as the drier air moves in and the winds out of the northwest at 13 but still gusting about 20 or so. and we're looking at the big picture. there goes the front. here's some clearing behind it and our next weather maker is not going to be until next week the way it looks now. so all is well for the weekend. chilly today breezy 57. tonight we're in the 30s maybe some u

for everybody except for calvert and st. mary's. south and east temperatures just slightly warmer than the rest of us. that bus stop forecast, i would not want to be in shorts with readings in the upper 20s to upper 30s. a little bit of a windchill. sunrise straight up at 7:00 a.m. it was a good, clear night. if you were up at 5:00 and saw the lights to the east, those are the 8 track rockets. got them off this morning testing the jet stream winds. day planner 37 at 8:00. by noon still a north wind at 10. only 46. it's going to feel closer to 40 with the wind. by this afternoon a slow climb into the mid, even upper 50s for highs. then at 8:00 tonight we're 52 degrees. winds turn to the southeast so it won't be as cold tonight. we'll be in the mid-30s to low to mid-40s as opposed to this morning where we vupper 20s. freeze -- we have upper 20s. freeze warning. leesburg and lovettsville we've got the freezing temperatures. also crofton now down to 32. had a report from a viewer in bowie who said 33. it's getting close. same with arlin

we now know at least two members of the family in calvert county had the flu and a staff infection.tonight from beth parker. >> crews dressed in hazmat suits entering a house. it may look alarming to you, but to ashley, this is grandma's house. >> my grandmother was a very special lady to me. she helped me mom raise me and take care of me. >> long's grandmother died at her home march 1. she was suffering from a severe respiratory illness. >> she started getting sick and the family was coming around to take care of her more, but around that time, we didn't think it was that serious. you know, but as a family, we all pitched in and helped to take care of my grandmother. >> now two of those who helped ruth blake are gone. ashley's 58-year-old uncle and her 56-year-old aunt got sick and died, too. the maryland department of health and mental hygiene confirms they had influenza a, now in just a few weeks, ashley lost her grandmother, aunt, and uncle. >> we are pulling together. >> ashley's mom was the primary care giver when the grandmother got sick. she is recovering in the hospital. >>

century will face calverts in the finals matchup.emifinals, dunbar moves on to the state finals, a dominant performance. dunbar will face western attack in the championship game. -- tech in the championship game. maryland inn's this season it with a loss to carolina. carolina came out running. 4-0 starred for north carolina. 11 points tonight, the high scorer this afternoon. 30 points, there is free from the corner. carolina, too much office for maryland. terps had 13 turnovers in this game. north carolina takes a down. at the plate, a tampa bay, site of the head. worst moment in baseball when you wait to see how a batter fared. immediately, at good news, went to the hospital, cat scan is negative. the only thing he suffrage was a list to us. unbelievable. stick around, we have a look at the beautiful >> cool temperatures, 40's tomorrow. back into the 60's on sunday. >> good night, everybody. featuring rickey minor

now there are new concerns that the illness could spread. >> reporter: calvert county hazardous materials team suited up two members on full respirators to enter the house. they're taking samples, trying to identify a mysterious microbe that has killed three here since thursday. the two deaths are the 58-year- old son and 51-year-old daughter of 81-year-old ruth blake. blake died of the same illness in the house last week. another adult daughter is also hospitalized in washington. all of them caring for mrs. blake when she became critically ill from a pneumonia- like illness. >> it is a pneumonia, due to some germ. >> i think this is highly unusual. and that's why it is clearly newsworthy. but i think what we want to say now is that this has been confined to these four individuals. >> reporter: members of blake's extended families have been contacted by health officials. some, like blake's nephew have already been checked by doctors for symptoms. >> she's my husband's cousin. >> reporter: just to be safe, officials at the calvert county school systems have sent home a notification to pare

we now at least two members of the calvert county family had influenza h3. a victim was also suffering from a severe respiratory illness. the calvert county health department and the state of maryland are continuing to investigate. >>> new developments in the stour -- story of prince george's county council woman pulled over driving more than 100 miles per hour in a county car. karen toles is talking for the first time since that incident. take a listen. >> i sincerely regret the events that have transpired. i offer my utmost and is sincere apologies. i trust that we can now move nor ward with the very important business of the county and i thank you for your cooperation and support. >> and just like that, council woman toles finished her brief statement and walked back into her lawyer's office without answering questions from supporters. after she was initially not ticketed for speeding, toles was cited this week. this week. >>> our other big story, the crisis in syria taking center stage ate senate hearing on capitol hill. this one got heated. pentagon chi

health and school officials in calvert county have sounded the alert. >> the u.s. centers for disease control are involved in this medical mystery investigation. >> whatever it is, investigators are worried enough about it to don hazmat suits before going in to investigate. it's deadly enough to kill three of four family members since march 1. >> we have a large family. everybody is concerned. >> relatives identified the victims of ruth blake who died first. her 58-year-old son, and her 51- year-old daughter, vanessa, succumbed yesterday. another daughter has been critically ill and recovering. all were assisting and caring for their dying elderly mother. >> i think this is highly unusual. and that's why it's clearly newsworthy, but i think what we want to say now is that as far as we can tell at the moment, this has been confined to these four individuals and we have no evidence this spread beyond this family group. >> doctors at washington hospital center where two victims died and one is recovering said they have identified influenza a in two of the cases. but t

mary's and calvert counties, northern neck. it is drying out west and north now where the pavement was wet just a couple of hours ago. 's been drying, blow dried by winds gusting to around 20 to 25 miles per hour. getting chilly, too. montgomery county, loudoun county, fairfax, into frederick county. it's down into the low to mid 40s there. prince william, charles, calvert, st. mary's, prince george's county, generally in the upper 40s. near 50 now in anne arundel county. and farther to the west, only near 40, near 30s in western maryland and much of west virginia. here's your day planner. by 9:00, it will be partly sunny, temperatures should be in the low to mid 50s by then throughout much of the region. although west and north it may still be in the 40s. then by noontime, much of the region should be climbing into the 50s to near 60 with lots of sun. the winds still blustery. then, here's your day planner for 5:00. we'll be down to the low 50s by then. it will still be sunny, but getting chillier. the winds will diminish, sun

a disturbing crime in calvert county. vandals spray painted racial slurs on guardrails. a well traveled street. prosecutors believe the incident happened two nights ago. residents are appalled. >> it's hurtful to see somebody would write something like that. this is my first time seeing something like that, but it's hurtful. i wouldn't dare say anything about anybody, because that's just mean. >> workers cleaned up the damage. sheriffs say they are actively looking for the vandals. if you have any information, you are urged to contact the calvert county sheriff's office. >> still ahead, more capital bike share stations are coming to d.c. and the numbers are in for the first month of montgomery county's bag tax. find out how much money the county made. >> coming up, andre, is he healthy and ready to go? plus, fred davis will be a redskin for one more year. the news edge at 6:00 will be right back.  >>> montgomery county's bag tax raked in $154,000 in its first month. it went into effect january 1. the first month's rate continues. the county would make

show a strain of the flu played a role in the deaths of at least two of three family members from calvert county. >>> the symptoms seemed like a cold at first and then suddenly turned deadly, melanie alnwick is live at washington hospital center where a fourth family member is being treated now. >> reporter: good morning allison maryland health officials say they do hope to have an update later this morning on exactly which strain of influenza we are talking about, they have not specified so far, again, surviving family member of the blake family is recovering here at washington hospital center she and her brother were both taken here after they fell sick with the same sickness that killed theirle 1-year-old mother -- 81- year-old mother, investigators in bio hazard suits combed through the blake house in maryland, looking for samples, 81-year-old ruth blake became ill on february 23rd, two daughters had been caring for her in the home and became severely ill a 56-year-old daughter died at calvert memorial hospital and 58-year- old brother died at washington medical center march 5th tests

calvert and st. mary's counties are not included.peake bay waters and potomac waters will keep temperatures well above freezing. skies will begin to climb up a little bit as we move through the day tomorrow. but a cold front arrives late tomorrow afternoon into the evening. that will give us a chance of a few embedded thunderstorms and a few showers. after that, skies will begin to clear answer temperature is still above average. today, mid 50's for the daytime high, wind out of the north west at 5-15 miles an hour. patchy frost into the west of d.c.. 70-75 degrees tomorrow. let's get an update on the rush hour commute. >> 66, greenway, the toll road are decent. seven out of round hill to get through sterling and eventually into dranesville everything working well. if nothing out of the norm in manassas park. fairfax is fine. on 29 as well through camp washington. looks good through falls church and 395 between landmark and the 14th street bridge. george washington parkway everything looks good between the airport and the beltway. th

calvert, no. mr. aiken, no. mr. cole, no. mr. price, no. mr. mcclintock, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford, no. ms. black, no. mr. ribbal, no. mr. florous, no. mr. mulvaney, no. mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. o ketoa, no. mr. ghenta, no. mr. woodal, no. mr. van hallen, aye. ms. schwartz, aye. mr. dogt, aye. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. yarmouth, aye. mr. pascarel. aye. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio, aye. mr. schultz, aye. ms. moor, aye. ms. caster, aye. ms. bass, aye. mr. chairman, no. >> are there any members who wish to vote or change their vote. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 21. >> the amendment is not agreed to. now we will recognize the gentle lady from california for the designation of an amendment. >> an amendment offered by ms. bass relating to transportation. >> the gentle lady is recognized for nine minutes. >> mr. chairman and members of the committee i offer this amendment with my colleagues who are cosponsoring it with me that will save or create an estimated 2 million jobs in addition to accelerate highway construction, bridge repair, mass transit sy

calvert, no. mr. akin. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. price, mr. price no. mr. mcclintock, no, mr. steszman, mr. stuszman no, mr. languafor langford, mr. langford no, ms. black, no. mr. ripple, mr. ripple no. mr. flores. mr. flores no. mr. heels camp no. mr. young, mr. young no. mr. morn. mr. mosh, no. mr. oak compete that. mr. ginta, no. mr. woodall, mr. simpson, no, mr. van holland. mr. van holland. aye. ms. schwartz, ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett. mr. mccollum. mr. yarmith. mr. pascarell. mr. honda, mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan, aye. ms. wasserman schultz. mr. schuler, aye. mr. bass, aye. mr. chairman. >> no. >> mr. dharm. no. >> any other members looking to vote or to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the nos are 20. >> the matter is voted downing. >> mr. ryan. >> i have an amendment another the desk. >> the amendment and the staff will distribute copies of the amendment. >> the generous gentleman will be recognized for four minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, this amendment will end the tax subsidies to the bill oi

when we get more information on what's happening in calvert county, we will bring it to you on the air and on abc2news.com and remember, you can always get an app for the latest updates. >>> large gun ring has been bulleted -- busted in baltimore city. >> police and homeland security agent worked together to make the bust. linda so is here with how they pulled it off being tipped off from what we understand linda. >> reporter: that's right. they were able to obtain search and seizure warrants with information from wiretaped jailhouse conversations. it began in january when police arrested a person with a handgun. that investigation is ultimately what led them to the major bust. police in the eastern district confiscated 16 firearms handguns and semiautomatic weapons. they found 8,000 dollars in cash and ammunition and two bulletproof vest and raw heroin. police searched three homes in the city one home in baltimore county and one storage unit in the city. three suspects in all have been arrested. >> with this arrest they got a major weapons dealer off the streets. bottom line. they he

calvert? no. mr. akin? no. mcclintock? no. mr. shaffetz? no. mr. langford? no. ms. black, mr. ribble? mr. yulescamp, no. mr. yokita? no. mr. woodall, no. mr. garret? no. mr. price, no. mr. van hollen, aye. ms. schwartz? mr. doggett, ye. bloom blumenauer, aye. mr. honda? >> an informed yes. >> mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? >> aye. >> miss wasserman-shultz? aye. ms. moore, aye. ms. castor? aye. mr. schuler? aye. ms. bass? ms. bonamici? aye. mr. chairman? >> no. >> any other members looking to vote or change their vote? if not, the clerk shall report. >> mr. chairman, on that vote, the ayes are 13 and the nos are 21. >> the nos have it, the amendment is not agreed to. now mr. doggett we've dropped this to ten minutes? >> that's correct. >> that's very kind of you. you have to call the amendment up, the clerk will designate the amendment. >> an amendment offered by mr. doggett relating to education. >> recognized for ten minute ps. >> thank you, mr. chairman. for those who say they want to empower more individuals to control their educational future and their destiny, this is

sky eye chopper 13 is over calvert hall high in towson.'s go to captain mike perry with details. mike? >> we are indeed at goucher boulevard and la salle avenue. where a call about a drowning initially came in to fire officials at the calvert hall college here at goucher. firefighters arrived at the scene and found a young male conscious and breathing at the time. he has been taken from the hospital. to a waiting ambulance. we believe he is going to be transported to a local area hospital. he was apparently conscious and breathing at the time that they arrived. so very fortunate situation here. it appears that he was in the pool area of the school. it's not clear what caused him to nearly drown. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you. captain mike perry, reporting live from sky eye chopper 13. >> budget crunch. baltimore's mayor wants to close a half dozen swimming pools. adam may has new reaction from the mayor. adam? >> mary, major swimming pools like this one at druid hill park would not be shut down. but it could get bigger if the areas

. >> a small community in calvert county is on edge after a mysterious illness claimed the lives of three people. >> they were all part of one family living in the same house and there are fears that whatever killed them could spread to others. >> this is all unfolding in lusby, maryland, that's where we find scott broom who is talking to members of the affected family. scott. >> well, it's so unnerving to people here because it's bizarre, and it has been so deadly. so far, the common denominator is the house behind me where all the family members have been. two of them died just yesterday from this illness and a hazmat team has been here to figure out what happened. at mid afternoon, calvert county's hazardous materials team suited up two members on four res pir respirators to enter the house and identify the mystery microbe that killed three since thursday. the two latest deaths happened yesterday according to relatives. they are the 58-year-old son and 51-year-old daughter of 81- year-old ruth blake. the first to die of the same illness in this house last week. another adult daughter r

calvert? mr. calvert, no. mr. akin? mr. cole? >> no. >> mr. cole, no. mr. price? >> no. >> mr. price, mcclintock? no. mr. mr. stutsman, no. mr. langford? >> yes. >> mr. langford, no. s. black?>> no. mr. flores? >> no. >> mr. flores, mulvaney, mr. young? mr. mr. okita? >> no. >> mr. gunta? kin? >> no. >> mr. akin, no. mr. woodall?n hollen? >> aye.ay ms. schwarz? >> aye. aye. >> ms. captor, aye. mr. doggett, blumenauer, aye. ms. mccollum yarmouth, aye. mr. pascrell? mr. pascrell, aye. mr. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan of ohio? mr. ryan, msscltz? e.aye. ms. aye. mr. schueler? mr. schueler, aye. bass? ms. bonamici,. campbell? >> no. >> mr. campbell, no. >> no. >> no. mr. chairman? >> no. >> mr. chirman, no. ms. bass? ms. bass, aye. other members looking to vote or to change their vote? if not, the clerk shallr. cirma the ayes are 16, the nos a the amendment is not agreed to. next we are going to recognize offering an amendment. >> thank you. i have an amendment. >> the signate the amendment. the staff will hand out copies of. >> an amendment offered by ms. captor, relating to veterans.

. >>> really awful story out of calvert county maryland after a couple found a baby in the trunk of a car. >> it could be weeks before we find out the circumstances of what really happened. pat collins has more from prince frederick. >> reporte >> reporter:s orange paint marks the spoke where the car was parked and in the trunk of that car, that's where they foind une body of a newborn. joel was there when the cops got to the scene. >> we ask the what was going on and they said they had found the body of an infant. and i pretty much just tried to go inside after that. that's enough to make you sick. >> reporter: police tell the story this way. they say a 32-year-old woman who lives in this gray mobile home. they say for some reason yesterday her parents came and cleaned out her car. that's when the body was discovered. they say it had been there for some time. >> you believe the baby's mother is the 32-year-old woman? >> yes. >> you don't know whether or not a crime has been laeeen committ? >> that's correct. >> reporter: this happened in the calvert mobile home park and people who li

an illness spread at a home in luz bee, calvert county, and now investigators are looking for the source. wjz is live. jessica kartalija has the symptoms and what may have killed the family member. >> reporter: right now, health investigators believe it could be a bizarre strain of the flu that killed three family members and has another one in the hospital. >> reporter: calvert county's hazmat teams on full respirators, enter this home, looking for samples of a microbe, deadly enough to kill three of four family members. >> you got a large family. everybody is concerned about what is going on. >> reporter: 81-year-old ruth blake died march 1st. her 58-year-old son and 51-year- old daughter, died tuesday. the maryland department of health and mental hygiene has confirmed, two family members died of complications of influenza h3, circulating this season, combined with a bacterial infection. >> i'm just concerned. it's a really big loss to the family. >> reporter: maryland medical examiner david fowler says at least one of the bodies was brought here to baltimore city for an autopsy. >> re

. >>> we are following breaking news in calvert county, police say a dead baby was found in the trunk of a car. this is live video from sky fox along sixes road in prince frederick. someone was clean being out the car of a family member earlier today when they made the terrible discovery no, word yet who the child belongs to. so far no arrests. >>> another tragic story involving a child in virginia. an illegal daycare shut down tonight after a 3-month-old died inside the home. a viewer sent this picture to police in the house in bristow toda . >> reporter: we did see a person put into the back of a police car and driven away from here, but no one has been arrested and police have not identified that person. meanwhile neighbors say at least 20 children were inside this home in what they thought was a home daycare center. the problem is, investigators say the owners of the home didn't have a license to run a daycare center. we spoke with a neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous. she said her friend's children are usually what the she thought was a home daycare center. >> they go there,

earlier in the week we told you about the family members in calvert county. this morning the surviving members of the family are showing improvement. now experts say that the flu strain was complicated by a bacterial infection. >>> governor o'malley spokesperson said on thursday he would likely veto legislation to legalize medical marijuana. she says that because of a concern over whether it would stand up in a federal scrutiny maryland legislators will begin to debate three medical marijuana bills in house today. maryland health secretary is expected to testify that his agency cannot support any such bills. >>> and other health news caring for millions of americans with alzheimer's will cost about $200 billion this year. that's according to the alzheimer's association. that number is expected to jump by more than a trillion dollars by 2050. medicare and medicaid pay 70% of the costs. one in 8 older americans will have alzheimer's disease. >>> lawmakers out west say the high schoolers should only know one thing about sex. don't do it. a bill passed in the eu

. >>> a flu strain is being linked to the deaths of family members in calvert county. three people have died. two of them were infected with influenza a that was made worse by a bacterial coinfection. >>> karen toles was pulled over last month driving more than 100 miles per hour on the highway. the officer gave her a ticket forren up safe lane change, not speeding. but now they say she should have received two citations. >>> it is now down to the top 13 on american idol and the final contestants are taking on music ledgened stevie wonder and the late whitney houston for the title. >> just a little pressure doing those songs. ann springer has more. >> the top 13, come on out here. >> reporter: american idol's top 13 return to the statement on wednesday night for the show's 400th episode. this week, all of the finalists are focusing on one thing. >> song choice is key. if you choose the wrong song, you won't stand out. >> song choice is probably the biggest obstacle but this whole thing. i think if i get it so that it makes me happy and the audience happy, than everybod

still some other rains d.c., prince george's county, northern calvert. in the next couple of hours and the dense fog south also. >> you have a funeral procession? >> hit the outer loop and bw parkway. >>> i'll be back in 25 minutes with updates. cbs this morning is coming up next. we'll see you right back here at 4:25. have a great day, everybody. >>> bye-bye.

a strain of the flu is being linked to the death of some family members in calvert county. health investigators in fuel biohazard suits collected samples from this home. 18-year-old ruth blake became sick and died last week. she had other underlying medical conditions. two of her adult children who took care of her also became sick and died. preliminary tests show at least two of them were infected with influenza a that was made worse by a bacterial co-infection. >> i know there was concern that this may be an infection spreading in one of these communities from house to house, that children could be involved. that is not the case. we have no evidence at this point that any individual other than these four people have been infected. >> another adult daughter is in the hospital but is said to be improving. >>> new this morning, a search for suspects after a frightening home up vision in fairfax just across the street from george mason university. police tell us two men with guns burst into a home on carriage park road about 11:00 last night. they took electronics and other v

and over toward hunting town, calvert county coming in at 40 degrees.e we going to be seeing overnight tonight? temperatures on the cold side. not the cool side, but the cold side. 28 in frederick, 26 in leesburg. 25 in manassas and culpepper. 31 overnight in fredericksburg. you're going to wake up to a chill tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon, gets quite nice. plenty of sunshine, a high of 63 in winchester, down toward charlottesville a temperature of 67 degrees. 66 in laplata. 64 in washington. temperatures about 15 to 20 degrees warmer tomorrow. and then they'll be even warmer on thursday. they're not going to stay that way. i'll show you the seven-day forecast coming up in a minute. >>> caps don't have much room for error, do they? >> no there's less than a month left in the regular season. the amazing thing is, they're exactly where they've been for the last month. ninth place in the standings, they're not playing well. they're the jekyll and hide caps. they're at it again tonight. who shows up on the ice is anybody's guess. the capitals in the midst of

calvert. mr. calvert, no. mr. aiken. mr. cole. mr. cole, no. mr. stetsman, no. mr. langford. mr. langford, no. ms. black. ms. black, no. mr. ribl. mr. ribbal, no. mr. mull vanny, no. mr. young mr. young, no. mr. amish, no. mr. gin ta, no. mr. aiken. mr. aiken, no. mr. vanholen, no. ms. captor. ms. captor aye. ms. mcculm. ms. mcculm, aye. mr. honda. mr. honda, aye. mr. ryan. mr. ryan, no. ms. moor. ms. caster. mr. shuller. ms. bass. ms. bass, aye. mr. simpson. >> absolutely not. >> mr. simpson, no. >> are there voters looking to change their vote. if not the clerk shall report. >> on that vote the ayes are 15 and the noes are 22. >> the noes have it and the amendment is not agreed to. we are recognizing mr. pascarel for the purposes of announcing an amendment. >> the clerk will designate the amendment. call out the amendment first. >> an amendment offered relatby pascarel. >> now the gentleman is recognized for nine minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman. can we have the chart up here, please? out of all the positive economic news i think the most interesting point i saw was the incre

. >>> a health alert in calvert county doctors say an illness that started as the flu quickly turned into a super infection, claimed the lives of three people, we are live on this story. >>> then the indianapolis colts reportedly made a decision what to do with peyton manning what is expected to happen today. fox 5 morning news at 7 starts right now. >>> there is a live look at what is happening outside, not much not a bad start today things are quiet, this is wednesday march 7th, 2012 good morning i am tony perkins. >> i am allison seymour that is just how we like it i like it not much. >> quiet. >>> okay tucker barnes joining us now good morning to you. >> good morning. >> will it remain quiet? >> better than quiet gorgeous later this afternoon. >> great. >> temperatures in the 60s. live radar we've got as allison mentioned quiet conditions, just a few clouds that is all we will see mostly sunny day notably warmer than yesterday. yesterday's daytime highs upper 40s. mid-60s today low humidity light wind temperature regan national, 42 degrees, 33 baltimore 36 fredericksburg and ocea

southern maryland, southern prince george's county, calvert, st. mary's, now east of i-95 and even over the stafford how quickly the rains are pulling away. quantico just about done as the rain will be crossing the potomac here in the next 10 minutes or so. lighter showers from waldorf down to la plata. down toward ridge and st. mary's city and over to the lower eastern shore but even shady side and baden you guys will be done with the showers very, very shortly. this morning, weather headlines the showers are pulling away. so they'll be done quickly. breezy and cooler today. highs only in the mid, maybe upper 50s. a chilly saturday. we'll be down in the 20s and 30s tomorrow morning with near 50 that's it for the high on saturday. and then that time change saturday night as we spring forward. set the clocks ahead one hour. looking at temps this morning, they're down in the mid 40s now. gaithersburg and bladensville at 44. we've got 45 for lovettsville and leesburg. centreville's 49 along with springfield and still 50-degree readings from alexandria