. >> sherrie johnson is live in ruxton this morning with one big flower show especially today. they are probably very, very busy sherrie. >> reporter: they are very busy. i am having so much fun here. there's so many florists here. we are here in ruxton and they are packed with all of these different deliveries and they have balloons and flowers and roses and they have got all kinds of things. any and anything you can imagine they have been super busy and they tell us that this is like their superbowl right now allison webb is joining us. it's not just about flowers but you can get something other than plowers. >> absolutely. we make great snacks baskets with all sorts of goodies in it including chocolates if you want. and we do fruit and gourmet baskets. but i will say the focus is flowers. >> all right. >> we will add chocolates on any arrangement. that's not a problem. >> reporter: sounds good to me. and tell me, what about folks who, okay, forgot didn't get what they needed and now they have to rush and pick up something. what do you have for the last- minute folks? >> we w

it's about 30 feet from the ridge ruxton school building. this fall, baltimore county school officials they proposed a change to move the 4th grade class from west towson elementary school into the ridge ruxton school building. west towson opened in the fall of 2010 and it's overcrowded and parents from ridge ruxton a school for children with special needs are concerned about the impact on the school. they fear losing space in their building will have a negative impact on their children. they also worry they won't get the classrooms back or that more classrooms will be taken away later. >> i wish i could have the trust and faith this is where it would stop, but i don't believe them because they said they wouldn't touch this school to begin with. >> reporter: again, that meeting for the public hearing for parents will be scheduled for sometime next week. we are told school officials say there's a plan to build a new school in the timonium area to help alleviate overcrowding. but there's been no timeline on when that will be built reported. re

and just about 30 feet away this is the ruxton ridge school building. now this fall, baltimore county school officials plan to move the 4th grade class from west towson elementary into the ridge ruxton school building. west towson opened in the fall of 2010. it's overcrowded and county officials say it will only get worse. parents from ridge ruxton a school for children with special needs are concerned about the impact on that school. they fear losing space will have a negative impact on children. they also worry they won't get the classrooms back or more classrooms will be taken away later. >> i wish i could have the trust and faith this is where it would stop but don't believe them because they said they wouldn't touch the school to begin with. >> reporter: once again there will be a meeting that is scheduled for next week. school officials say they plan to build a new school in timonium to help alleviate overcrowding. but there's no timeline reported on that new school. reporting live in towson sherry johnson abc2 news. >>> seems -- sher hi -- sherri

and just a few feet away, maybe about 30 feet away, there's ruxton school. this fall, baltimore county school officials plan to move the 4th grade class from west towson elementary into the ridge ruxton school building. west towson opened in the fall of 2010. it's overcrowded and county officials say it will get much worse. pages from ridge ruxton a school for children with special needs are concerned about the impact op that school. school officials say a larger multistory building for west towson would not have been possible. >> our littlest and youngest student need to be able to evacuate and having a multistory structure presents a challenge sometimes. >> reporter: school officials say because there are so many concerns, they actually plan to have another public meeting to talk about this a little further with parents. and they plan to have the meeting next week. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> we are following the story at abc2news.com. click on the slide show and read more also hear reaction from parents on what's proving to be a very t

. >> reporter: i am sherrie johnson live in rucks to be war -- ruxton war floral shop is -- where a floral shop is preparing for last-minute deliveries. >> those stories are ahead. it's valentine's day. i am charley crowson. >> i am megan pringle. do you need an umbrella tonight? now over to meteorologist lynette charles. >> we look to maryland's most powerful radar and it looks active out there this morning. but you know, we are dealing with not so much and in manchester we have a mixture here but after talking to walter he says that he nothing touching the ground and the air is too dry. going towards the east, around rising sun port deposit in elkton once again, spoke to pam on facebook and she said nothing is happening around cecil county so thanks for that information again. that air is too dry to be reaching the ground and evaporating before it gets there many we pulled out as we slide down across the eastern shore and we look like rain burks not a lot. maybe a couple sprinkles all in all we will pretty much stay dry through the morning couple flurries and couple sprinkles temperature

it's about 30 feet from ridge ruxton. this fall baltimore county school officials have proposed to move the 4th grade class from west towson elementary into the ridge ruxton school building. west towson opened in the fall of 2010 and it is overcrowded and parents from ridge ruxton a school for children with special needs are concerned about the impact on their school. school official say a larger he multistoreied building for west towson elementary would not have been possible. >> our littlest, youngest students need to evacuate in an emergency and having a multistory structure presents a challenge sometimes. >> reporter: so once again, school officials plan to have a meeting sometime next week to talk a little bit more about the proposed changes to the school. and we are told that a new school is planned to be built in the timonium area to alleviate overcrowding but no timeline has been released. reporting live, sherrie, johnson, abc2 news. >>> in the story we are following this morning, the community is divided. one you

i am sherrie johnson live in ruxton.ing up, the last-minute rush to get the deliveries out to loved ones. you know what's exciting, graduation. when i look up into my student's faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate through university of phoenix, that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor, i am committed to making a difference in peoples lives and i am a phoenix. >>> 14 minutes after 5 this morning. and in health news traditional valentine's day treats maybe good for your health. people who eat chocolate were 29% less likely to have a stroke. chocolate as you may have heard reduce blood pressure and helps fight type two a glass of red w dinner because it's good foryour circulation and boost metabolism which could help you lose weight. >> as you know breakfast is the most important meal but doesn't necessarily have to be the healthiest. scientists divided obese people in two groups and one ate a low carb localry breakfast and others a higher calorie breakfast w

and parents from ridge ruxton a school for children with special needs are concerned about the impact on that school. school official say a larger multistoreied building would not have been possible. >> our littlest and youngest student need to evacuate in an emergency and having a multistory structure presents a challenge sometimes. >> reporter: so again, there will be be a immediate -- meeting scheduled for next week to talk about the proposed changes. and also we are told by school officials there's another proposed school to be built in the timonium area to alleviate overcrowding. but there's no timeline when it would be built. reporting live in towson, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> and in other news the house passed a bill to freeze the wages of federal workers for a third year. it would also not allow members of congress to give themselves a raise. keep that in mind because they always seem to get a raise. now the measure would save taxpayers around 26 billion dollars. democrats objected to the freeze and they argued federal workers have done their part to reduce the budget def

>>>i am sherrie johnson live in ruxton where you know what, they are getting ready for a lot of deliveries on this valentine's day. i will have a live report coming up. >> maybe time to dust off snowplows. our town may be thankful the snow arrived and how the lack of winter here could be hurting some areas. that's coming up including traffic and weather in 2 and a half minutes and as we go to break a. live look at the fabulous las vegas sign. what happens there stays there megan. >> i heard that. >> it's valentine's day. and also, a new museum opening in sin city. details on that coming up when "good morning maryland" continues. >>> now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. >>> some people are happy to see the snow and it means cash in their pockets and for some, it's about time. some employees had to file forunemployment because there's no work out there. he besides plowing streets and sidewalks in the winter months. this is the longest topeka kanza has gone without snow but contractors are back out there plowing. >> and it's been a tough year for mountain bases-- businesses because of the lac

at ruxton road. we are problem free all the way into town. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. >> good morning. the three, 15, 44, 48 buses are operating with delays. light rail on schedule and metro subway on time. marc trains looking good. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> good morning. about 15 or 20 degrees warmer than it was yesterday at this time. 43 in catonsville. yesterday we had temperatures in the lower end of the 20's. it will feel much better when you step out the door today. if you high, thin clouds. it will be a beautiful sunrise. there is a disturbance in the upper level that is going across central pennsylvania that will probably make some showers north of us. there is another thing upstream. we cannot keep the rain out of the forecast completely. most of you will have a dry day. a mixture of sun and clouds. high temperatures will be 10 degrees above average. we will continue that over the next seve

and ruxton road. southbound traffic running smoothly until you get to northern parkway and you begin to tap the brakes. this is a live picture from captain roy. you can see the accident on 895. just a bit of a delay as you travel southbound on eastern avenue. 95 looks pretty good in contrast. take that to avoid this. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now we get the latest from ava marie who was moonlighting this week and we are enjoying your series. you are at the aquarium. >> it has been quite a week. i'm at the national aquarium. you have the tune in tomorrow for the second part. very interesting working behind the scenes at the aquarium. they have a wide array of animals. you can imagine what it is like to work with so many animals. they do well being checks on the animals, making sure the animals are ok. how do you get the animals to cooperate? very hard work. the best thing is to teach them a different tricks that allow you to check them out. teach them to open their mouths. they do this tr

at ruxton road. southbound traffic looks very light and that pace continues into town. this is white marsh. southbound traffic, no sign of any brake lights. everything is running smoothly towards the fort mchenry. a nice start at the harbor tunnel tolls. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we're moving along nicely on light rail and metro subway. more trains also on time on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. the 15 and 33 buses operating with delays. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> thank you. so far so good. we do not have any rain out there yet. the beginning of the commute will be ok. 36 at the airport. 35 degrees in rock hall. a little on the chilly side to start the morning. the temperatures will not move much. the clouds will be thickening up and that will continue. the rain will eventually catch up to us. some rain is approaching western maryland. this will move to the baltimore area around 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. after tha

at ruxton road. southbound traffic moving well into town. we go up to captain roy. this is a live view of the northwest corner of the beltway. a very smooth trip so far other than some building volume as you make your approach to liberty. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. a shooting of west garrison avenue. a man was discovered suffering gunshot wounds just before 4:30 this morning. he was taken to the hospital. rising gas prices. they have been increasing for the past 19 days. prices in our area could reach $4.25 by the end of april. you can expect to pay $3.67 statewide. mother nature puts the brakes on thanks to afive unde500 heavy rain. the green flag is scheduled to fall today at noon. it was a silent night at the oscars come out figuratively speaking. "the artist" took home several top prizes. jean dujardin won the war effort top acting. for a full list of winners, visit our website, wbaltv.com. look in the hot topics section. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day. do you think a silent film should win best picture at the o

there is a live look at 83 at ruxton road, the harrisburg expressway still problem free. we can say the same thing for the top side of the beltway at hartford road a beautiful sunrise there. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. >>> and now it is time to send it over to manic monday. ♪ [ music ] >> all right. ronnie, good morning, how goes it? >> it goes just great. goes great. you guys doing all right. >> uh-huh, doing fine. >> excellent, glad to hear it. manic monday at fell's point, a bright fell's point this morning. we are so happy to have this group back. the national association of social workers. great to see you guys. and in the back there don and marty, the green terror from mcdaniel college. welcome. he actually got here early for fell's point halloween celebration next year. all right here is daphne. good morning. >> good morning. how par you? >> we are doing great. we have a big month coming up. right some. >> right. >> it is social month work. >> social month work. >> the month of march so we are here early to give them a shout out and make sure hey

no problems on the harrisburg pressway at ruxton road.ught to you by your toyota dealer. marty and don back over to you guys. >> all right, we first met puss 'n boots then. this interview was furnished by paramount home media. chris miller welcome, it is great to have you on. i mean that. how goes it man? >> very well, thank you. wow. >> so puss 'n boots -- so originally what we are talking about is a spin off of one of the great characters in the history of the shrek franchise and you have turned it into its own amazing puss 'n boots. let's talk about this for a second. >> okay. >> what was the inspiration here? >> the inspiration was that character, antonio bandaras, and people respond to that and i wanted to make a movie about that and had the opportunity and it was just a fun fun film to make. >> you know what we are look i at some of the video and granted antonio bandaras brings it to life but it is completed by the animators, the little nuances, the way he looks and the way he shoots and darts his eyes, i mean this is really -- what

we have a disabled vehicle also bothering traffic, northbound on the jfx at ruxton road. and one more, liberty heights avenue at reisterstown road. let's take a live look. you can see, things are moving right along there. that's a look at the beltway, at greenspring avenue. this is brought to you by bill's carpet, hardwood and laminate, too. you can call them at 1-877-75- bills. back to you. >> kristy, thank you. still ahead. video evidence. the crime some occupy protestors commit and it is caught on tape. >>> beating the odds. wait until you hear what this young girl managed to live through. >>> to catch a thief. the new, unorthodox way the mayor of one small town is fighting crime. >>> it's cooler outside. but lovely just the same for groundhogs day. meteorologist tim williams has your updated first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> police release surveillance video they say shows occupy protestors breaking into city hall in oakland, california. take a look. the demonstrators were able to get inside the building, using what police call a pry tool. once inside,

as far as the jones falls expressway goes, in the northbound direction, a stop- and-go there from ruxton road as you approach the beltway. and several other accidents to report. northbound 97 at route 100. liberty heights at north rogers road. falls road at kelly. and also bloomingdale road at west north avenue. let's take another live look. things have thinned out. this traffic report is brought to you by the baltimore international motor trend show. it's coming to the convention center, thursday february 9th through sunday february 12th. you can get your tickets at auto show baltimore.com. >> stay with wjz for complete coverage of the storm, for the snow delays. for updates on the forecast, log onto wjz.com. >>> syrian forces are upping their assault on the attempt to oust the president. human rights organizations are calling for urgent action to stop the deadly attacks. >> reporter: children are rushed from a building, after syrian forces reportedly shelled it. this internet video claims to show government troops bombarding the city of holmes for a fifth straight day. occupation activ

shepparddpratt was met with bbcklash in april after announcing planssto open the group home in ruxtonhousing for people with mmntal healthhissues, including drug addicts.residents worry it will affect their property values.and ppse a threattto the many children in the department has approved the home for up to six patients... it's unclear when they can move in. 3new jersey flags will fly at half-staff today... in honor of whitney houston.the 48-year old singer... who died suddenly last week... will bb laid to rest tomorrow.the funeral is expected to air live on t-v... and on theeweb. only famillyand close friends will bb allowed inside thh church for the services. surveillance video captures a pedestrian getting by a car in fall river, massachusetts. you can see he woman ..moments before crossing the road.. she stops for traffic heading south..... then continues on... and is police say the driver.... was 32 year old antonio maatis. and he was drunk. the guy ssratches his head.. looks at the lady puts hii hands up in the aar starts pointing like he's got to go so" somewhere"as people r

southbound 83 slows down as you approach ruxton road from the beltway.spring lane where you see delays. from annapolis u.s. 50 at i-97. 97 moving well from 50 up to the beltway. and on 695, some usual slowdowns on north side here at 146 dulaney valley road. we be back with another update in 25 minutes. now new york for more good morning america. ♪ you've got my heart beat running away ♪ >>> what is it, lara? boom bah doom boom boom? >> dan had it going there. >> dan was singing nicki minaj. >> nicki minaj and ricky martin, both here live. we're thrilled to have two big superstars here this morning. they're joining forces for a very special cause. they'll tell us all about it in minutes. >>> we're also going to take to america's next big music superstar. there she is right there, denise in that target ad. she's here in our studio this morning. ♪ my heart inside of your hand >> i cannot wait. >>> ki cannot wait for this. today, we have the best actor nominee giving george clooney and brad pitt a run for their money. >> dem demian bichir. >>> and anne rice,

southbound coming away from the beltway, moving at a crawl, past ruxton, to past coal spring lane, slow

traffic is creeping along as you make your way past coal spring lane coming from rouxton and west -- ruxton here to baltimore national pike. over to you charley. >>> a bill proposed in and alleys could create a more streamline plan to find missing children in the state. this is a talk of naming the bill aimed at improving cooperation between state agencies and local groups naming it for phylicia barnes. it's called the missing children's act and it would include more resource for police including a dna data base. >>> maryland state police say both drivers killed in a wrong way crash on route 50 saturday morning were driving under the influence of alcohol. the total of 4 people were killed in the accident. three were teenagers. >>> time to go back to new york for more "good morning america" we have one more check of the forecast in about 25 minutes. have a great morning and see you soon. ♪ i'm on the edge of glory and i'm hanging on a moment of truth ♪ >>> a little gaga. a big crowd in times square. she's making the dreams of her father come true. her dad always wanted to open his own restau

southbound 8 be is jammed all the way from ruxton to past falls road and the beltway, heavy traffic on way the baltimore county council voted on gender identity protection bill. a video taped beating inside of a mcdonald's went viral. the bill would prohibit discrimination. the bill seems to have support among council members. kç >>> our favorite time, wednesday night, "modern family" time. he's bringing it home to "gma" this morning. jesse tyler ferguson. cannot wait to talk to him. what a day we have here. jesse tyler. mariah carey. >> look who we have here. jack hanna and rosie. a 6-month-old mckau. that is every color of the rainbow right there. he brought a sloth, a capybara, a toucan and a whole lot of fun. >> such a big day. we have these in the studio. yep, they're the real deal, everybody. the actual statues that will be presented on sunday to the best actor and actress winners. they're part of the academy's meet the oscars grand central exhibit. they'll be joined by michael douglas' best actor oscar from "wall street." we would love to do that here. we cannot touch them. >> i

and ruxton road. we are holding on to those delays from the belt way down into town.ain is catching up to us in the city. it looks like everybody is going to get the rain as we head through the rest of the morning. 39 in westminster. rates started a couple of hours ago and it is making steady progress to the east. if you have no rain at your house right now, it will be reining in shortly. off and on rainshowers through the rest of the day. rain could be heavy. tomorrow it will be a nice day. >> another update at 8:55. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. definitely dunkin'. you know, i need to get that jolt in the morning, but i want something good to do that. i love the aroma, i love the taste. you can't mistake the flavor. i run on dunkin'! america runs on dunkin' coffee. >>> 8:30 now on a wednesday morning, the 29th day of february, 2012. some stormy weather is headed our way later today here in the northeast. there's a storm making a lot of messes out there. >> why are you looking at me? he's the weather guy. >> how soon will it get here, al? >> here in the northeast we are look

making the drive into downtown on 83 the jfx it's moving at a crawl from ruxton to past coldspring laneloop a bit slow from 795 to baltimore national pike. stay up today all day at abc2news.com. make it a great monday.

at ruxton road. not too bad here. to northern parkway, things start to back up. 140 reisterstown road, delays beyond this point. >> nothing going on weather-wise to start your day. temperatures are in the 30's to around 40. 38 degrees in rising sun. most of you will have a dry day. and 35 to 60. and 35 to 60. >>> 7:30 now on this wednesday morning. it's the 22nd of february 2012 as we check out things from the top of the rock. al says in the city we could approach 60 degrees today which is welcoming for all of our friends gathered outside of the plaza. meantime inside studio 1a i'm ann curry alongside carl quintanilla in for matt. nice to have you here again. >> thanks for having me. >> just ahead "today" investigates a growing problem. >> we are talking about dirty surgical instruments used in operating rooms across the country. why is it happens and what's being done? we'll have details. >> also, should parents be forced to pay fine ifs their children misbehave at school? also, would you eat a hamburger made from la

at ruxton road, a very heavy with an accident at coldspring.h. jammed conditions towards the 895 split. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> at least there's nothing going on weather-wise. it's 30 degrees at the airport. at the same thing in parkton. mixture of sunshine and clouds. chance for a rain shower this afternoon. a hit and miss showers on wednesday and thursday. 60 degrees by thursday. >> we will have another update at 8:55. the difference between hiding my skin and showing it off? jergens ultra healing moisturizer. even my driest skin looks healthier, instantly. jergens is the difference between i'm here, and here i am. jergens®. the beautiful difference. >>> 8:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 21st of february 2012. we have a nice crowd and a big crowd lining up in the plaza. apparently the season has begun. >> a mid winter break. >> that's right. also because it's presidents' weekend we just had. many people managing to squeeze in an extra day here. we are happy they stopped by. i'm ann curry along with david gregory, natalie m

there is the northwest side at park heights avenue and 83 at ruxton road.over to you. >> thank you. northwest baltimore man is charged with murdering his 5- year-old daughter. monique griego has the story. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. right now police aren't saying much about the case but here is what we know so far. police say it all happened monday in the 3400 block of calloway avenue in northwest baltimore. investigators say a 5-year-old girl was rushed to the hospital in critical condition and later died. her death was first ruled suspicious but according to court document her father 22- year-old matthew carr was taken into custody on tuesday and is now charged with murder. >>> carr is still held without bail in jail. don. >> thank you very much. >>> baltimore city is appealing for more funding to rebuild its schools. mayor stephanie rawlings blake and city school ceo and dres a alonso appeared in front of the general assembly. >>> a nasty accident in northern baltimore county sends a driver to the hospital. you can see the jeep flipped over las

once you get over to the j.f.x., we will show you what it is like at ruxton road.te around coldspring, you will see delays. >> so far, weather has not been too bad for the morning commute. it is going to pick up in intensity as we had to the morning and is in the afternoon. we have rainshowers in the mountains and into west virginia. if i.t. is not raining where you are, it will be at one point or another during the day. off and on rainshowers. otherwise, cloudy skies. high temperatures between 45 and 50. should be dry on saturday. at >>> 7:30 now on a thursday morning, it's the 16th of february, 2012. nice crowd gathered out on the plaza. we'll talk to them in just a little while. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer, alongside savannah guthrie while ann is on assignment. just ahead, what's it like inside a rehab center where celebrities go to treat their addictions. do the stars get the help they need? or are they using it as a posh way to escape their troubles? we'll take a closer look. >>> and are you getting ready to take a trip to the grocery store? dr. oz is her