lowell melzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thanks, lowell. the jury will not begin deliberation until wednesday because monday is a holiday and grand jurors are meeting at the court house on tuesday. >> jurors will soon begin to analyze whether george huguely intended to cause harm to yeardley love when he went to her apartment two years ago. local defense attorney steve allen said the time it takes them to come to their conclusion could be indicative of their final verdict. if you have a quick verdict you will have a second-degree murder. a longer verdict, in my judgment, would be more likely to lead to manslaughter. >> manslaughter would carry a 10-year maximum penalty. second-degree, a maximum 40-year, and first-degree, life. >> the defense is hoping, since he's already been in jail two years, would mean he'd serve another four years and then be out. >> the jurors could lead toward a manslaughter verdict if they believed george huguely didn't intend to kill the cockeysville native. if they say he intentionally harmed love, they could come

lowell melzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> jury selection is expected to last until tuesday. lawyers from both sides say they hope to have the jury seated by monday afternoon. lowell melzer will head up our coverage of the trial in charlottesville starting monday. >> 6:12 on tv hill. more americans are back to work. ahead in "consumer alert" how many employers were added to the list. >> and a line-up of the preakness. the connection between this year's musical acts. >> first a live look outside. john collins says something is coming. we'll tell you what, don't go >> well, we've had some typical temperatures. we have a storm coming in from the west. there has been talk about applies ard conditions around denver. there is still snow back in nebraska. snow up in farther mitch hitch and ohio. south of that, it is rain activity this morning. a few sprinkles and showers beginning to move into west virginia. nothing significant. our air is still dry. it will take a while for moisture to make it to the ground here. we have high, thin clouds this morning over the area. rather nice, re

i'm lowell melzer.l tell you all about it coming up. >> gusty winds and snow showers to the west. the insta-weather plus forecast just ahead. >> good morning. welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm jennifer franciotti. >> and i'm lisa robins

lowell melzer will lead our coverage at the trial. he will be in charlottesville. >> after a 15-year study, researchers identify a significant risk factor for stroke in women. details in "medical alert." >> and less than a day away from one of the biggest sporting events of the year. we head to annapolis for the -- indianapolis for the super bowl. >> s -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ in addition to the two hundred plus facilities that the university of phoenix has we have a very progressive online learning environment. we have something called phoenix connect that allows students to have a social network. you can post discus

i'm all melzer, wbal tv 11 news. >> -- i am old melzer, wbal tv 11 news. >> homicide detectives believe the first of two shootings happened early in the morning. a man was shot in east baltimore in the early morning hours, but no one called the police until 12 hours later. police were called and found the unidentified victim. no word on suspects or motive. a short time later, police were called to northeast baltimore. a 31-year-old man had been shot and killed at that location, and another wounded. and at 5:45 p.m. yesterday evening, a man was shot multiple times. please tell us he survived and is in stable condition. and police are investigating two non-fatal shootings in northwest baltimore. a man in dark clothing wearing a mask approached a man in his vehicle and opened fire. no suspects have been named in any of those investigations. >> jury is trying to determine whether evidence in the murder of a maryland corrections officer is credible. one of two inmates is accused of stabbing the officer and then returning to their cells. >> the jurors just went home for the day, about 15 to 2

you can see lowell melzer's photos online. go to wbaltv.com and click on "huguely trial" at the top of the home page. ♪ >> 22 former archbishops are now part of an elite group of cardinals. many local catholics who couldn't make the trip to rome woke up bright and early to watch it. >> meg o'neil has been following cardinal o'brien's rise to the catholic church for some time now. >> when he was elevated to archbishop, i went on that pilgrimage. here you get a better view. >> o'neil was one of many who woke up to watch cardinal edwin o'brien. the group gathered at davidsonville to watch the ceremony live on tv 11. [cheers and applause] >> i have been so heach with his -- happy with his leadership. >> it is amazing knowing that someone who has dedicated their entire life to the church and is elevated to a position where they might be picking the next pope. they might be the next pope. you never know. >> older catholics were happy to share this moment with the next generation. >> it is great for them to be up and out and know thi

in bell air, lowell melzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> the time is 9:09. still ahead, dr. kim hand hammond is joining us to discuss your pet questions. >> and everything you are looking for in a home away from home is at the timonium fair grounds today. we'll take you to the r.v. show when we come back. >> it is not spring yet, but we'll have some blustery spring-like conditions >> well, this morning is an improvement over yesterday morning. yesterday was gray and chilly. this morning we have gotten rid of the clouds, and it is still chilly out there. but it is a much nicer day. we have breezy conditions in store today. winds are gusted into the 30's. on our radar nothing to speak of. most action up to our north. pennsylvania and west virginia. a couple little blips showing up on the radar. to our south between washington and annapolis, a few things showing up on the radar down there. we might see flurries today around the area coming in from the northwest be -- northwest. but what you see out there now will be what we have for the bulk of the day. the barometer is rising.

lowell melzer, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can call snookie. >> right. jersey can't get a break when it comes to those jokes, though. >> in "consumer alert" a boost with hundreds of thousands of dollars from congress. >> high winds sent this canopy crashing down on this car. more on that accident when we come back. >> chilly out there. john has your insta-weather plus forecast after the break. don't go away. >> this morning, the national weather service confirmed two tornadoes touched down. at least one home was destroyed and several others damaged. officials say trees, poles and wires were down. no injuries reported. >> in pennsylvania, high winds toppled the canopy of a gas station to a car. winds of up to 60 miles per hour knocked down the canopy of a gas station on to a car. the employees immediately turned off the pumps and checked on the pair. fortunately they were not hurt. >> well, all of that activity was related to the storm system that went through here yesterday as well. the stormy weather was south of baltimore. we had a gray, cloudy day and

lowell melzer will head up our coverage of the trial beginning on monday. >> good morning.ooked like on the beltway and york road early this morning. a really pretty sky. clouds moving in are part of a storm system that produced blizzard conditions in colorado yesterday. that is all headed this way. high pressure is over us now. low-pressure systems will be moving into the ohio river valley and pushing this moisture northward. we will see an increase in the cloud deck. the heaviest snows back in iowa and nebraska and that is not expected to be part of our forecast. we will see increasing clouds throughout the day, and rain showers throughout the latter portion of the afternoon. east to northeast winds. 45 to 50 for the high. initially that is too warm for snow. in the overnight hours, it could mix to rain. rain or snow mix chances will be ending in the morning on sunday with sun breaking through. sunday's highs only around 40. >> thank you, john. thank you for joining us. "11 news saturday morning" continues in 25 minutes. we'll see you then. >>> we are back on this saturda

i'm lowell melzer. tell you more about it coming up. >> and eating better for your heart.is book. >> temperatures at the airports jumped up to 31 degrees. it is nice, but it is breezy. winds gusting into the 30's. the insta-w >> welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm lisa robinson. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti. our top stories in just a minute. first, we did bust john earlier about the fact that it never did