people in harford place, 79 degrees right now. winds are light from the east and visibility is unrestricted. nice to see that after a couple mornings of dense fog. clear to say the least. man, look at the people taking a stroll today. why not, on a sunny friday with temperatures surging into the low 80s. gorgeous shot down the seven river. our view from the naval acady. we'll flip sides. you can't quite see them from kent island. you see people on the dock. take a look at the radar. all clear that will hold up tonight. tomorrow not so much. we take hit and miss showers throughout the day. we perhaps get rid of them by sunday late in the day. temperatures 81 in dulles. and 81 in easton. winds are light and variable. it was just a light enough breeze off the chesapeake to hold the temperatures down. you see the high was stuck at 77. most of the prest climbing easily above 80. 84 downtown and pushing 90 in frederick. if it was in the for that morning forks i have a feeling we would have seen 90 in march in frederick. take a look to t

harford county, there was a raid in a home. the deaths occurred in the same home on locker ri road where officers seized animals last year home to return them. >> reporter: count this dog has one of the lucky once. when officers raided this home on friday, they said they found a dead dog and cat inside and plenty of others that had to wallow in their own stench and feces with no food or water. >> there were 27 animals. on any given day we have 34 dogs in our shelter. that's a lot of dogs. for someone to have them in their home, it's unreasonable and unfeasible. it's not good for the animals. >> reporter: this beagle named dpaf foe dpil will remain at the harford county facility until i. the owner is no stranger to animal control. >> we dealt with the last individual last summer in reference to beagles she had taken away from her. they were relinquished back to her. so it is a little disturbing. while shelters like this one last the resources to match pets with new owners, it appears her beagle rescue left it in need of rescue h

back to you. >>> the harford county sheriff's office is making house calls now -- sort of. when they see a spike in crime areas like bel air or forest hill they are going to make a robocall to those particular neighborhoods. they are telling people how to stop crimes. last week in fallston hundreds showed up. >> we were concerned about burglary problems in the area and it gave everybody an opportunity firsthand to see where we were, what the stat tuses of the investigations were and we gave them prime prevention -- crime prevention information. >> it's been going on for several months and the sheriffs' deputy says it seems to be bringing positive results. >>> you can have bus records in the palm of your hands. there's an app for i-phone and i-pad users called "safer bus. " , you can use it before booking a trip. you can monitor the company and the history of fatigued drivers. this comes after a series of deadly accidents involving tour buses. >>> as a kid you may have hoped that we would be traveling in a hover craft by now. it seems likely we will travel mostly by land for

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for those of you coming in from harford, cleared the accident at 24 and ring factor. taking in 95, looking good for the most part. southbound, heavier than the northbound side as you make the drive past mountain road, moving at a good pace, traffic flowing around posted speed. as far as the harrisburg expressway, to the northbound side past parkton , the collision, police on the scene. southbound with the heavy flow making the thrive through the cockeysville, topside of the beltway, it spins out after you pass shawan road. five minutes to the topside of the bellway, southbound 95, from white marsh to 695, break lights now, through the rose dale white marsh and on the west side of 69 5, business as usual. 9 minutes from 795 to i-70. >>> former vice president dick cheney is recovering after undergoing a heart transplant. he received a new heart on saturday at a hospital in falls church, virginia, on the transplant list for more than 20 months. hospitals will not perform a heart transplant on a patient over the age of 65. cheney had five heart attacks over the course of

. >>> a baltimore man who was drawn to harford county for a girl's basketball game got a charge when police tried to tase him. once the birpz sounded in the game, police say 30-year-old teoine carroll tried to leave the building through a restricted area. when officers stopped him, they said carroll became belligerent. >> to my understanding, he was loud. he is charged with a couple assaults on the police where he pushed the police allegedly. so at that point they backed off. >> carroll was transported to harford county detention center where he has since been released. officials say he was attending the game as a parent. >> a harford county sheriff's deputy suffered a serious injury and was hospitalized. folks in edgewood called police have the three men kicked in the front door of a trailer to get inside. deputy ti tyler vass suffered an injury to his arm eye heard that he got cut. all i did was say a prayer that he was okay. >> deputies arrested 24-year-old william joseph flemming on an outstanding warrant. >>> police are looking into a robbery near arundel mills mall. the woman w

cecil county and also into harford county at this time.t of the action is along the eastern shore. so further to the south you go, you are going to be dealing with that this morning. we will get a little break in the action and maybe a couple of sun peeks out there and that's really going to help fuel the chance for thunderstorms as we go into the afternoon. but for right now, 60 degrees already in baltimore. and you know what that means. we could get close to 80 degrees. i am forecasting 76 but if we get enoughin is shine like yesterday, oh, yes, you better believe we will hit 80s in some spots. also a southerly flow this morning and this afternoon and that's what's going to help warm temperatures up, too. future trend, we will still maybe see showers around at 8:00 this morning and then we will see popup thunderstorms as we do have an unstable air mass in the forecast for us today. and as we go hour by hour by 4 p.m., that temperature coming in at 76 degrees and maybe a rumble of thunder. by tomorrow, 74 mostly sunny and we will be dry a

a harford county preacher is in police custody at this our charged with a child sex offense. backup preacher frank small is on the sex offender register. small's probation means he's in the allowed to have unsupervised contact with any child. if you have information about him, call the harford child advocacy center. >>> a former city police officer is preparing to stand trial for the murder of his neighbor. he's also been child with child pornography. court files found charles "pete" richter is facing charges of child pornography when police found evidence in his home while investigating the murder of his neighbor. >>> nobody won last night's drawing, so the total is still growing. it will be coming up friday night at 11:00. you have until 10 that night to buy your ticket. taking a live look at harbor cam, things have changed. the sky's grayer. we've been seeing rain and thunder. let's check in with wyatt everhart to see how long this will last. >>> it was a very quick looking line. you can see some lightning being picked up south of the d.c. area, heavier downpours in calver

. >> a home invasion and harford county leads the deputy hurt and one man under arrest. it happened a long john wrote in edgewood. shelton dutes is live in harford county with the latest for us tonight. >> the deputy is doing well tonight. he was released from hospital earlier today. he may have more surgery because of the deep cut on his arm. neighbors say they are relieved that he is doing well but they are not shocked that this happened in their backyard. >> it is not surprising now. if you knew harford village like i do, cause i just let it rest. >> there is glass scattered near the spot where the deputy got injured while trying to apprehend a suspect. >> edgewood has got a lot of violence. >> that is why moved from baltimore. you just cannot escape anything. it is very unsafe around here. >> deputies responded to this home in edgewood around 10:20 last night to reports of a break-in. >> when we approached the home, and we did hear someone from inside and scream out. deputies forced entry into the home. >> get these arrested fleming and say he is facing drug charges.

. >>> animal control officers in harford county took dogs and 15 cats from a home in street. they found the animals in the house on lochary road. police say they found two anima the cats and dogs' owner theresa lambbrick runs a beagle rescue and had animals taken last year but were returned to her with the understanding she would find most of them new homes. >> you take someone that is passionate about dogs or cats and want to save everything they can save and it gets to a point where mentally they don't realize what they are doing. at that point it gets to a point where they are not helping the animals at all, they are actually hurting them. >> the zoning regulations limit homeowners to five domestic animals in harford county unless the owner has a kennel license. she had no such permit >>> the family of the murder victim and family of the accused killer started to fight in an ohio courtroom. kevin james had been taken out of the courtroom when the yelling began. a woman sitting with her family appeared to start the scuffle with a member of the victim's family. however, sher

. >>> tonight a mother is taking on the harford county school board. janice wright's 14-month-old son lives with the disease. she pulled him out of the john archer school in bel air after he was improperly strapped down to a restraining device. investigators later determined while the divis was used improperly the staff was poorly trained and any abuse was not intentional. she will ask for members to meet with parents. >> the sun returned to normal but the temperatures not quite so much. it was chilly and windy. wyatt is in the storm center with more of the freeze watch. >>> it's actually -- we did have a freeze watch for parts of the state except for the deep southern county, calvert, southward toward st. marys. we will go at or below freezing. that will create a frost. any tender plants or flowers, you'll want to bring that in or wrap that area with some plastic. keep it warm or use a cloth to keep the plants protected and bring in the pets gusting it 48 northeast. most spots gusting to 35. it's been a windy day as the cold canadian winds begin to fu

. >>> now to harford county, animal control officers have seized a dog and 15 cats from a home. it's an apparent case of hoarding. jeff hager has more on what they found when they entered the home. >> reporter: inside the home officers discovered two dead animals, plenty of feces and stench but no food and water for the dogs and cats that survived. they seized a beagle along with 15 cats. the animals will be housed until the investigation is completed. we're told the owner ter resha lamb breck runs an animal rescue and had animals taken away last year but were returned with the understanding that she would find them new homes. >> take someone who's passionate about dogs and cats and they want to save everything they can save. it gets to the point they don't realize what they're doing. >> reporter: the officers left three beagles in the pens. zoning regulations limit homeowners to five domestic animals unless the owner has a kennel license and lamb breck has no such permit. >>> city public works crews are working to repair a 20-inch water main break that happened in the 5200 bloc

northern baltimore county, even northern harford county.emperatures in the mid-50s continuing to cool off. 40s from philly and winds steady from the northwest. test is continuing to funnel in or channel in that cold canadian wind that will be with us. winds will relent some. these gusts will become more limited. weave seen gusts of 40s today. gusts mostly around 40 miles per hour. severe clear across the mid-atlantic, all looking good. certainly we feel the chill but looking across the entire u.s. there's not a lot to look at. what we feel is the effects of the high pressure cell, our storm system offshore. you've got the sort of change in pressure that really brings up the winds. our cold front south of us will keep the cool air funneling. moisture levels extremely dry with dew points below 10. again, that's a factor in our weather pattern. you can see just a few passing clouds at most tomorrow. a new front begins to push in as we push am on wednesday. there's that line of hit and miss showers but it's the offshore storm that will channel

the beginning of a delay on the north side outer loop over towards harford and perring parkway. this is 895 and moravia road. no sign of any significant delays with the accident at holabird. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. things are pretty quiet weather- wise. the front is now part to the south. we have a few high, thin clouds. the big weather story will be the wind, up close to 30 miles per hour. the wind is coming out of the northwest. temperatures drop off into the 30's and 40's. things will level out. the temperatures are not countermove a lot. -- the temperatures are not going to move a lot. 49 in taneytown. you can see the cooler air drifting down to the south and east. the other big story is the wind. we have a steady wind at 13 at the airport. the wind will be gusting over 30 this afternoon. breezy and cooler. high temperature between 60 and 65. to give you some perspective, the average high temperature is 58 degrees. the record is 90. the record low is 18. tonight, mostly clear skies. chilly but above freezing. mid 30's in the colder suburbs. t

the harford county humane society now has the 16 cats.beagle who they say were living in poor conditions. >> reporter: there was probably smells. and there was feces. there's probably some disease that was going on in the residence as well. >> they say the rescued animals were living alongside a dead dog and cat inside the home. but are in relatively good health, rescued just in time. >> must not have been really good if there was two deceased animals. >> reporter: homes in this neighborhood are few and far between. but the humane society says it was neighbor complaints that sparked this investigation. >> they say these dogs were left because they have enough food, water, and shelter. but as the case is under investigation, it is possible they could be taken, too. >> i think that people do this certainly not intending to be a hoarder, but to help the animals. >> reporter: the humane society says this is not the first time they've taken in the homeowners' animals. last summer, she was fined for having too many, but paid the penalties and r

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and the top side, that's from jones falls expressway, to harford road. the west side inner loop, also struggling in that direction. over to security boulevard. and if you're traveling 95 southbound, we have a truck fire there at 175, really beginning to start some delays. other accidents include dulaney valley at the beltway, harford road at second avenue, hillen road at east cold spring, also pulaski highway at north haven. let's take a live look. as you can see, there's 95 at 1. 75. the accident is over to the right-hand side of your screen. you can see the delay there in the corner. and let's take a live look. you can see things are easing just a bit on the west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by medievalful times. bring in your student id and get tickets for only $29.95. you can get details or visit them at medieval times.com. >>> high gas prices may be responsible for record ridership on marc trains. the commuter service is reporting a weekday number. the mta says marc's previous high for ridership was 36,218 in november 2011. >>

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

>> we're in the edgewood area of harford county. this is in the 1700 block of fountain rock court in harford county. we were told that a 22-year-old male suffered a gunshot wound to his rear lower torso. he was medivacced to shock trauma. his condition is not known at this time. as you can see, they do have this whole area of the 1700 block of fountain rock completely roped off. harford county sheriff's department is the primary investigating agency. there's no word on suspects. and police have dill gently been searching for thesomes. back to you on tv hill. >> thank you, captain mike perry, reporting live. >>> potentially good news. the mayor is formally introducing legislation to reduce the rate by 20%. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says the new homeowner's tax credit program will be fund with projected revenue from slot machines to be installed in the city. >>> the unusually mild weather is not showing any signs of letting up. temperatures in the 70s. the benches are packed with people today in the east harbor area. and people a

we can see it into harford county as well and cecil county this morning. this will start to slide off toward the east but we will get another round behind it. going into the afternoon there's a chance for thunderstorms out there as well. this morning, quite mild. 57 degrees right now in centerville. darlington at 53 and elkton at 56. we do have some rain adding up as of now. .02 in centerville. and elkton at .01. not a whole lot of rain but it will be on the pesky side so be careful heading off to work. let's get a check of the traffic now with angela. good morning. any accidents this early? >> reporter: we had an overnight accident in ann arunel county. no other -- anne arundel county. we are seeing slippery conditions out there. so extra caution as you head out for the morning drive and we are seeing a couple work zones still active on i-95 southbound side at 155 and the left lane southbound in the city past o'donnell street but owl lanes clear on this stretch between kate op and the beltway and also a check of the top side of 695, this is exit 24 the wh

we called harford -- 8:30. we called harford county and her father was on his way. police think a large group came in and forgot and left a child behind. >>> police are investigating three shootings that happened early sunday morning. officers were called to the 4500 block of marl hall road around # -- marble hall road around #:306789 they found -- 2:30. they found terrance joyner. police are investigating the shooting in the 1,000 block of north gay street and 600 block of at that poemic treat -- potomac street. >>> five men were stabbed during a fight just before midnight on saturday. the men told deputies they were walking from a gas station on hanson road when men attacked them. all the victims are in stable condition this morning. >>> in howard county a police officer is recovering after being hit by a drunk driver during a traffic stop before midnight on friday. officer terrance shepherd stopped the bmw at route 29 when the cruiser was rear ended by a keya and pushed the bmw he pulled over. the driver of the keya was arrested and charged with dui. >>> today mo

no problems to report in this area of harford county. this is the j.f.x. at ruxton road.outhbound traffic not tracking any delays down towards 28. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the race for the white house is entering the home stretch. >> one day left before voters go to the polls in 10 states. tara mergener has this morning's report. good morning. >> this is a potentially pivotal moment in this race and may provide a clue as to whether anyone can stop mitt romney. deciding races may be ohio. mitt romney -- >> government keeps on raising your taxes. >> and rick santorum running neck and neck. >> this is a tough state for us. we have a money disadvantage. with a great grassroots campaign. >> ohio has a large number of delegates and could play key role in deciding which republican gets the nomination. voters in 10 states will go to the polls. mitt romney got a boost with an endorsement from the house majority leader. >> mitt romney is the only candidate who was put forward a bold plan for the future. >> newt gingrich is counting on a victory in his home state o

xavier higgins was convicted of second degree rape in harford county in 2005. he has tattoo on left arm that says thuged out and tattoo of a girl on right arm. anyone with information of his whereabouts is asked to call 866-lockup. >>> an update on a story we have been following since tuesday when we told you a bad train of the flu complicate -- complicated by a bacterial infection many we learn the surviving member of the family is showing signs of improvement. more on this story as it becomes available. >>> investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire in catonville. dispatch got a call from a home in the 400 block of harwood road before 5 yesterday evening. the flames were out quickly, they do say a woman inside the home was hurt. she was taken to a nearby hospital. no word on how seriously she was hurt but we will keep you posted as we get more information. >>> the week send is here. if you don't have plans, you. [audio not understandable] >> especially if you are trying to save money we have events happening around town that are not going to cos

seeing patchy fog in harford county. if you are making the drive from bel air, let's get a live look at traffic flow out there. this is a live look at 95, south of mountain road, not bad on some stretches of 95. traffic moving along at a decent pace. choose pulaski or philadelphia. traffic volume continues to build. like on the north side. this is a live view of 695, old court. the funeral procession for our fallen maryland military officer has left the beltway, on i-95, heading towards the bellway, a quick note for mta users, scattered bus delays. rail lines moving on time. >>> today a special honor for hollywood stars. stay with us after 40 years in the show business, muppets will get their star. we will tell you why this is so significant. >>> honoring amelia ehrhardt, what is done in june, 75 years after she disappeared. we'll be right back. some places i go really aggravate my allergies. so i get claritin clear. ♪ i can see clearly now the rain is gone ♪ look! see that? this is all bayberry, and bayberry pollen is v

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not for southern maryland or the eastern shore but from harford county west along the pennsylvania line, including northern baltimore, carroll and also northern frederick county right up into pennsylvania a froze warning north of state line. so bring in the plants once again. winds from the north continuing. they continue to push temperatures down. out of the 60s into the 50s and getting much more frigid. we talk about that and the weekend forecast in detail. it's coming up. >>> gas prices going up. the 20th straight day with the national average at $3.92. some neighborhoods are seeing prices a few cents lower and few over $4 a gallon already. >>> prices are high enough at this point but thieves think stealing gas is a good idea. one station lost more than 1,000 gallons of gas. >> reporter: a georgia gas station owner said somebody stole more than 1200 gallons of gas right from his bp station. with gas over $4 a gallon in many places that's a huge loss. the thieves broke into the pumps, disabled the gas gauge and took off with the gas. he said it's a big deal for him because he's a smal

i hope he's your friend, too. >>> animal hoarding in harford county. more than a dozen cats and a dog are rescued from a bel air home. wjz is live. andrea fujii explains, that's not all animal control found inside. andrea? >> well,ault, animal --ault, animal control found nearly 30 dogs and cats at the home, including two that were dead. >> reporter: this is one of nine beagles still at the bel air home on lockery room, where animal control seized 17 animals last friday. the harford county humane society now has the 16 cats and this beagle, who they say were living in poor conditions. >> reporter: there was probably smells and feces if the dogs and cats weren't getting out. there's probably some disease that was going on in the residence as well. >> reporter: they say the rescued animals were living alongside a dead dog and cat inside the home. but are in relatively good health, rescued just in time. >> reporter: must not have been really good if there was two deceased animals. >> reporter: homes in this neighborhood are few and far between. but the hu

. >>> department of puck lick works are warning you living along argon and harford, you will be hearing blasts today. controlled explosives are used to breakthrough bedrock, the next phase in the sewer replacement work happening along hairing run. residents will hear a siren prior to the blast. if you live in the area, you may hear muffled echoes. it's scheduled to be completed in january of next year. >>> today arundel council members will be introducing the resolution calling on police chief james pier to testify in the case against county executive leopold. the prosecutor says leopold misused members of his police detail. alleging that leopold had them act as lookouts while he had sex in county parking lots. last week, the chief's attorney sent a letter to the members of council informing them he would not be appearing despite a subpoena they issued. if he refuses, counsel members will call on a sheriff to bring the chief in. >>> tomorrow presidential candidate, newt gingrich, will be in annapolis and he plans to go to the state house and meet with business owners on main street. his

and a lot of accidents over in the harford county region. first one, churchville road at campus hills ride. emerton road. also, bel air road at harford road in the false ston -- false ton area. and also northern parkway at park heights avenue. let's take a live look. you can see things are rather busy there. and we'll take another look. it does appear things are easing up just a bit there. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. come in and get a pair of one- topping medium cheese pizzas for $6.99 each. only at pizza bolis. >>> if you think your fingers are too big for the keys on your smart phone, imagine how an elephant feels. no. peter the elephant is the star of a viral ad for the samsung galaxy note. the elephant had no training on the device. they are so darn smart. swiping and playing games. the ad agency was inspired by other web videos. i've seen one with the frog before. like this tongue licking or flicking bearded dragon lizard playing ant smasher. but the elephant, i'm sorry, that's phenomenal. you would sell me. >>

that's going to be harford, northern baltimore and out towards frederick. if you watching over pennsylvania, there's a freeze warning there. we expect temperatures to drop. clear skies over the state right now. hardly a cloud in the sky. that allow temperatures to clear up more rapidly. winds gusting all day, they have now let up. you get a calm clear night and a very little humidity. here is the deal, we are at 50 in baltimore. look at york 38, we only have to fall anywhere from 6 to 10 degrees to see that frost begin to develop. here its through the day tomorrow after a very cold early morning. we will rapidly warmup with early sunshine. if you're in those northern counties, bring in the tender plants. we'll have more weather coming up. >>> we have a jolting medical headline about a spike in autism. are there more autistic kids now or are we doing a better job in diagnosing. according to center for disease control, the answer is both. >> people tell me, they're just preemies. i'm like something is just not right. i just followed by gut. >> the studies sho

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authorities say they struck five businesses in harford alone. jeff hager has more on the suspects and their scheme. >> reporter: caught on camera, a man dressed in black, cool, calm, collected and a counter fitter. he passed off a fake hundred dollars bill at the festival in bel air and a female accomplice returned twice only to be turned away. >> to do it a second time, that's what surprised everybody. one time, you expect it in retail. more than once, wow, she has guts to come in twice, two days later and not to change her appearance or anything. >> reporter: police believe there are three different women acting in cohertz with the man that struck several businesses, making off with more than $1500 in cash. at kitchen and company , the woman tried to buy a couple of cupcake tins for $3.16, with one of the fake c-notes. >> they would present $100 bills. the primary interest is getting a large quantity of cash back. >> reporter: captain jim of the harford county sheriff's office, shows us where the bills come up short. >> here is a true $100 bil

we will keep -- harford, we will keep you posted regarding the processional that includes the drive on the beltway. >>> we have new information this morning in a developing story about a 17-year-old african american male shot and killed near his home in florida. the man confessed to the shooting and has not been arrested. this morning, we are learning new information in this case. sherrie johnson is here with the latest. >> meagan, we have learned within the last couple of hours, prosecutors and the fbi opened an investigation in to the killing of 17 year-old trayvon martin. the justice department will dispatch officials to investigate and address tension in the community. he was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer while walking back to his father's fiance's house. the teen's parents believe race was a factor in their son's death. family members say the local police have shown disregard for justice, protesters gathered monday at the courthouse in seminole to demand justice. this weekend, 911 calls were released. you can hear someone yelling for help. a voice analysis will

and two on harford road. the first harford road at madison. at gibbons avenue. let's take a live look. you can see things are pretty jam packed. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's carpet, hardwood and laminate, too. you can call them at 1-877-75- bills. back to you. >>> all right, kristy, thank you. >>> another beautiful day. believe it or not, it was like 8 or 9 degrees cooler than yesterday. look at this. temperatures have dropped. because the east winds came in. take a look at current readings right now. sun and clouds. 69. yesterday this time was 79. east winds at 13 off the bay. cooled us down. but with the record to the north of us, 31.94. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider

federal agents believe the same man is responsible for both crimes on harford road and on west 41st street in hamden. sherrie johnson joins us live in hamden with more. sherrie. >> reporter: well, yes, i have been on the phone with the fbi trying to learn more information about this case. and actually we are standing right in front of the royal farms on 41st street in ham den. -- hamden there. has been police presence all morning at times officers are sitting outside the royal farms or even driving by checking on things. the fbi is involved after a robber shot one victim at point blank range. take a look at this video of the suspect. captured on camera at royal farms store on west 41st street, a hooded figure entered the store in the wee hours of the morning. he demanded cash at gunpoint and steps around counter to grab the money and fires a warning shot as he leaves the store. all of this in less than 60 seconds agents say he is the same one who robbed a royal farms store on harford road two weeks ago and shot a customer who resisted giving up his wallet. word of this robbery put business

. >> if you have information about small you are asked to call the harford county child advocacy center. >>> all right. baltimore ravens wide receiver and a former teammate from when he was with the cardinals are in east africa bringing awareness about food crisis. >> we will hear from them via skype and leto now -- let you know about their mission. >>> health news could the secret to shedding pounds lie in your morning cup of coffee. details coming up next. >> also video this morning of a family desperately trying to escape a fire. the wild fire going on in colorado. lynette. >> and the wind is acting like a bad house gets. it won't -- guest. it won't leave. details coming up. >> reporter: and another incident on i-95. coming, we will check your drive coming in from harford county on the north side this morning. >> reporter: in today's tech bites it appears facebook is getting radity to first public sale of the stock. the social network has asked for a halt to the private trading of the shares and plans to hold the initial public offering in may. it is expected to be the biggest intern

agents with the violent task force says they believe he shot a customer on harford road who refused to give up his wallet. if you recognize the robber or have information to help police, call the fbi violent crimes task force at 410-265- 8080. and you could be eligible for a $2500 if you are able to call in and give police the information they need for this case. reporting live in hampden, sherrie johnson. >> govonor o'malley spokeswoman says thursday whoa veto legislation to legalize medical marijuana. she says it is because of concern over whether it would stand up to federal scrutiny. maryland's legislators will begin debating three medical marijuana bills in the house today. maryland health secretary is expected to testify that his agency cannot support any of the bills. >>> be prepared for long lunches todaych the terps will take on north carolina at noon in the quarter finals of the acc tournament going on if the lanta. they crushed -- in atlanta. they crushed wake forest and scored 25 points in the 82-60 win. >>> today be on the lookout for a celebrity citing near hopkins. james

but for those of you traveling on i-95, coming in from harford county, not a bad drive on the start. we're not seeing any delays on 95 as you make the drive from harford county heading to the top side of the beltway. here's a live look on 895, just north of charles street, pretty good here in the southbound direction, you will tap the brakes of course as you approach the toll plaza. if you are traveling on the beltway now, your trip on the west side from 795 heading towards pikesville and the catonsville region, slow in separate stretches. here's a live look at liberty road. though we're seeing more activity our drive times are pretty good on 83 and 59 on the approach to the beltway. 95. once you get to the beltway, top side, six minutes from bel air to providence road. the west side now nine minutes from 795 to i-70. >>> 6:31. we're getting new information this morning about a strange illness that caused members of a family in calvert county to get sick. linda so joins us with the latest. >> reporter: this is all new information we got overnight. test results confirm two of the fami

if you're heading in from cecil county to harford county, just one southbound lane on the right sidepan of the tydings bridge is open, not causing delays yet. and for those of you driving from the eastern shore this morning, here's a live look at u.s. 50, east of st. margaret's, westbound lanes increasing in volume but still moving at a pretty good pace. also for our mta commuters, no early delays on the buses or any of our rail lines. >>> let's check the forecast with lynette. >> good morning. if you are just waking up with us, temperatures are quite mild, we're in the 50s so you won't need that coat. as you look at the satellite and radar you're starting to see some of the clouds drift in across the area. big batch of rain back off into indiana, portions of illinois as well. and then as we look even further you can see into missouri and also kansas a little bit of a wintry mix out there. that won't get to us. we're going to focus in on the rain. the rain will start to push in here as we go more into the evening. so future trend is going to pick up on what i'm talking about here. as

they are at the humane society of harford county. you can reach them at 410-2 -- >> she lost both legs protecting her kids when tornadoes ripped through the home. >> how it's possible for her to come home and take care of her family. >> and sweet news about chocolate. can it help you drop some pound? we will take a look. lynette. >> we are going to be cool with below average temperatures for today. but when will we be warm again? those details coming up. >> reporter: and what is it going to be like for your tuesday morning drive? we have a detail of two for you coming up on your traffic report next. ahhh, now that's a clean mouth. i wish i could keep it this way. [ dr. rahmany ] you see, even after a dental cleaning... plaque quickly starts to grow back. but new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste can help. it not only reduces plaque, it's also clinically proven to help plaque from coming back. plus, it works in these other areas dentists check most. new crest pro-health clinical plaque control toothpaste. life opens

here's a live look at traffic on i-95 making the drive in from harford county, traffic actually flowing pretty freely despite the foggy conditions. here's a live look at the fort mchenry tunnel. as we mentioned fog warnings in effect on i-95 at the tunnel. back to you. >>> all new this morning, crews are trying to determine what caused a fire in west baltimore. that caused a roof to collapse in a three-story rowhome around midnight on north carey street. ralph johnson iii sent in this photo to us. fire officials say it burned two other homes as well, but the houses were vacant. >>> tens of thousands are demanding justice this morning. >> abc2 news' sherrie johnson joins us with the latest on this case and what happens now. >> reporter: a lot of people talked about this on national radio. it's everywhere you look. folks are talking about it. there will be a rally in honor of trayvoom nartin in atlanta. thousands of people gathered in new york for 9 march in support of martin yesterday wanting to raise awareness about racial profiling. meanwhile, in the north florida city of sanford city

we are talking about harford, baltimore county and into the city this morning we are dealing with that. howard county, carroll and frederick county. and if you are going to pennsylvania, you have counties there that are under this dense fog advisory. once again, it expires at 10 this morning. and i believe that the fog and the clouds will scour out a little quicker than what they did yesterday. but reduced visibility three in baltimore, 4 in easton along the eastern shore and zero in frederick and also in york. and that's going to be the scenario through the remainder of the morning. keep it here and i will keep you updated but let's get a update on the roads with angela because are we talking about accidents as of now. >> reporter: the good news is no accidents so far. we are dealing with foggy conditions and we have a gas leak up in joppa town so expect delays on philadelphia road. police are alternating traffic in one lane. that's going to be between joppa farm road and joppa road. in the meantime, if you are on this stretch of 695 on the south side, moving pretty well getting off t

in a raid on a home in harford county officers found more than a dozen cats and a dog. the owner has given up control of the animals and you can begin adopting them by calling the humane society at the number on the screen. 410-836-1a 9 -- 1909. the department says it will provide all materials and oysters requiring little care. cages have been -- has to be rent every two weeks and state leaders are look for volunteers willing to grow the oysters in additional rivers and creeks and bay areas. more than two million raised last year have been planned in sanctuaries. >>> today a baltimore based real estate firm will present finding on a stawedy on foundry road in owings mills. county official will be on hand for the briefing which will include a plan for the former solo cut manufacturing site. it will include wegman's and an open air center shop and restaurants and outdoor space for concerts and communities events as well. >>> five things to know pope benedict xvi begins the day if cuba in a prayer at the virgin cherry icon and on the capitol for political meetings. this w

foggy from cecil county into harford county. over in queen ann on u.s. 50 at sandy point, that's what we have for you right now. you want to maneuver a bit slower cross-examine the bay bridge. as we mention the accident this is on the west side of security boulevard. we are blocking two left lanes and there's the delay here. liberty road backing up before you approach 795. charley back over to you. >>> all right. thanks. we will try to get the delays up on the facebook page and abc2news.com. again, cecil county some of the schools two-hour fog delay. cecilton chesapeake and dough people yeah manner high school two hour delays because of fog. back to the news now. developing story from what we brought you a few nights ago at 11. university maryland police have arrested man in connection with the dorm room break-ins and sherrie johnson is standing by with details. >> reporter: that's right. we have been on the phoneo night talking to the university of maryland campus police and we have all new information. the police chief says go

we are still seeing showers around cecil county and even into harford county. so take it easy out there. be slow this morning and things will start to taper off a little bit going later into the morning hours. but then we do have the possibility of maybe more showers popping up. the the reason -- the reason why is we have a moist air mass in place. and with that, we have some unstable air. we have colder air aloft and we could see thunderstorms firing going into the afternoon. 65 right now in montgomery. jackson at 63 and we are at 60 degrees right now in baltimore. so those winds helping to really propel that mild air this morning. but we have an update so this just in. baltimore the last time i showed you, we had a 12-mile-an- hour sustained wind now we are at 7. so it's slowly going down but it will fluctuate back and forth going through the morning hours. future trend picking up on the fact we could have showers around at 8:00. and then things start to die down a little bit but with that unstable atmosphere once again, that unstable air mass there is a chan

if you have information about small or any other potential victims harford county wants to hear from you and ask you to call the advow saysy center for children at 410-638-32-94 the number on the screen. >>> former baltimore city officer facing additional charmings. 66-year-old charles richter is charged with first defree murderer in the death of his neighbor mark desander. trial starts monday and -- zander. the trial starts monday. child pornography charges have been added he has been charged with 14 counts of poe tegs of -- possession of child mornography. >>> the attorney for robert bales says his client had depression and anxiety from a traumatic incident in afghanistan prior to the massacre. lawyer says he can't discuss the details and says the issue sure to stand out in the case against his client. bales is charged with premeditated murder and is being held in a military prison in kansas. >>> we are continuing to follow the latest on out of washington with the constitutionality ofpresident obama's health care reform. >> it's leekly the supreme court won't re-- likely the suprem

that's a good route from harford county and pulaski and i-95. as being see live north of mountain road moving well without delays especially in the southbound direction. but along i-83, i-70 and 795 and u.s. 50 that's where you are going to see the foggy conditions this morning. a live shot of 50 at sandy point and 50 with more activity in the westbound direction. making are way to the bay bridge and, of course, a quick note from mta metro subway is running on a 15-minute delay. megan back over to you. >>> today the american soldier accused of going on a deadly shooting spree in afghanistan is expected to be charged with murder. the department of defense now says that there are 17 not 16 victims killed in that massacre. staff sergeant robert bales is accused of opening fire on villagers as they slept in the homes. today federal officials will reportedly meet with the family of trayvon martin the 17-year- old who was shot in killed in a neighborhood by a watch leader. ashley glass from the scripps station is live this morning in sanford, florida

inner loop also heavy charles street to harford road. average speed, about 35 miles an hour. on the west side inner loop, that's our heaviest delays so far. 35 to 95 security boulevard. accidents include bonita avenue at thoroughbred. another break at stevenson lane. sinclaire lane at erdmann avenue for another crash. east baltimore at north washington. also piedmont at dennison. let's now take a live look. you can see things are very heavy there. west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike. and the same situation there, west of york road. this traffic report is brought to you by the lexus dealers. introducing the all new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. back over to you. >> kristy, thank you. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. a bank manager is held hostage by an armed robber. see the daring way this intense standoff came to an end. >>> a woman vanishes from a cruise ship. the latest on the fbi investigation into her strange disappearance. >>> celebrating seuss and the love of books. i'm gigi barnett. coming up, the new campaign that inspires studen

the early morning rush, everything seems to be flowing pretty well, looking good on the run from harford county, building a bit through the white marsh area and the beltway and then it opens up through the tunnels. 95 running smooth headed northbound past 395 to the tolls. 95 good on route 40 around the south side and the top side building a bit, still flowing good from 45 through towson. on the 83 run, the harrisburg expressway, looks pretty good past cockiesville to the beltway. jfx all clear to downtown at this time. 795 all clear from owens mills out to the beltway and 795 looking good from 29 over to the beltway. the one incident we do have southbound york road at stevenson road, a water main break brake, that has the left lane closed. you may want to stick with i-83 to get through that one. back to you. >>> all new details this morning in the jerry sandusky sex abuse case. >> new court documents right now reveal the ages of his alleged victims and abc news' linda stow is standing by with that information. linda. reporter: megan, we've learned the alleged victims were 8 to 17 years