for more information on our tour of six southwest city this is year, go to cspan.org/localcontent. >> we're in courtroom number one which was the courtroom in which judge lamar cecil presided i think 1954 through '58. in this courtroom he made two decisions with respect to desegregation in beaumont. there was the famous case brown versus the board of education which ordered the desegregation of public schools ruled that separate but equal was not constitutional. so based on that, there were people around the united states challenging the jim crow segregation system. like americans were barred from hotels and restaurants and cafes, libraries and golf courses. and in beaumont, texas, black golfers were barred from playing at the terrell park public golf course in beaumont, it was a municipal golf course. black workers could work there and they could caddy there, and they could play there when the place was closed, but because of their color, because of jim crow's segregation, they were not able to play there when the course was open. there were six black golfers who put together a chall

some big changes for baltimore city schools. >> a painstaking operation in southwest baltimore. i am jennifer franciotti. >> a big move in washington to keep your paycheck from shrinking. i have details on the late-night deal. >> a wedding expo happening next weekend here in baltimore. you may want to check this out. you may want to check this out. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning. another mile day today? >> -- another mild day today? >> we will call it decrease in clouds. it will become mostly sunny and we expect a high temperature around 51. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> cooking breakfast could be difficult for some residents because a gas main broke. >> jennifer franciotti is live at the scene. >> they have to go door-to-door turning off gas to the homes and businesses affected. that will start around 7:00 a.m. this morning. rainout it is certainly an inconvenience. t

city. the southwest corner near pittsbu pittsburg, kansas. lots of power lines down and lots of damage and calling in crews from springfield to help with the cleanup and search and rescue in case it's needed. a situation in missouri, not far from joplin. that has been tornado alley the past year. a couple of tornado warnings through southern portions of the state. st. louis up here to the north in the tornado watch. those storms are now clearing out and leaving your area. we are going to watch next, right where the missouri river meets the areas of the mississippi and the ohio river near cape girardeau and passing into kentucky shortly and areas of tennessee. we will watch you next. the northern side of the storm as advertised a blizzard ongoing in areas of south dakota and watch that snow just north of minneapolis. icy mess right now in michigan. and northern wisconsin is getting hit with heavy snow. we are expecting that little area to get possibly above a foot north of green bay. eventually, all of this weather, the snowy part of it, it's

the airline will fly to five cities from atlanta. southwestplans to add more flights soon as planes are now rolled into southwest fleet. atlanta is the world's busiest airport. >>> as the economy improving more americans are going under the knife. for the second year in a row, plastic surgery is on the rise. during the recession, numbers had dropped. about 1.6 million americans went under the knife for cosmetic reasons back in 2001. >>> all right could it be any colder out there today? i know we've been spoiled this winter. all of a sudden you hit those 20s and it feels so brutal. >> if you were able to sit inside today not a bad day to do so. this is where we sit right now. 29degrees outside. but when you factor in that wind it makes it feel like it's in the teens for most of us. out west in the single digits. the winds will be dying ,,,,,, copd makes it hard to breathe, so i wasn't playing much of a role in my own life, but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to hel

the high temperatures tomorrow, 65 degrees and some places south and southwest of the city will be gettingmer than that and maybe approaching 70 degrees. late showers on friday, cooler, 56 there and on saturday, back into the mid-60s. a line of showers and potentially some thunderstorms will come through on saturday. sunday, cooler, 53 and again, late showers and depending -- depending on how fast the cold air comes in sunday night, could be a few snow flurries or snowflakes farther to the north and to the west. we'll watch the storms this evening or potential storms and the heavy rains coming back and now to shawn in the web center. >>> thank you very much. we're here in the web center with today's to the ho -- hot topics. target is pulling a whitney houston greeting card and people are done with theory and a playboy club in space. yes, we do mean outer space. sarah phraseiary has more. >> yes. >> let's start with the whitney houston greeting card thing. what is the deal? >> it's unbelievable. this is the second time this year. did you see the stalker valentine's day card? >> no. >> i don

meanwhile, extensive damage is being reported in southwest missouri, including the tourist city of branson. bill karins will have much more coming up in weather. stick around for that. >>> now to tuesday's republican presidential primary. two big wins for mitt romney restoring h momentum heading into super tuesday next week. in arizona, he beat rick santorum by 20 points and wins all 29g delegates. in michigan, they will each get some of the state's 30 delegates. nbc' steve handelsman has details from detroit. >> reporter: hi, richard. thanks. good morning from detroit. here in the state where he's from, mitt romney, last night, tried to hold his head high, but what he had accomplished was to avoid disaster. mitt romney had to win michigan or face the collapse of his campaign and he did win. after losing the lead and then gaining it back. >> we didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough and that's all that counts. i'm going to deliver on more jobs, less debt, and smaller government. we have to hear that day in and day out. >> reporter: he went two for two. romney gets all 29 of arizona's de

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language ] proview technology says it owns the ipad name and has since 2001 so authorities in a city southwested ipads out of retailers. apple has tried to fight that claim. it bought rights to the ipad name from a tie juan niece another company and lost that battle. the market is up. apple shares over $500 for the first time this morning up at $501. right now the dow up 53 points. nasdaq is up by 20. s&p 500 up by 7. back to you guys. >> thank you, jason brooks with kcbs and cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> let's see what's happening later on "cbs this morning" with charlie rose who joins us from new york with the very latest. good morning, charlie. >> hey, good morning, frank and grace. this morning, we have an appreciation of whitney houston, our own gayle king takes us behind the scenes of the grammys for the emotional tributes. we'll talk to music legend quincy jones. you will hear part of whitney's last in depth interview with oprah winfrey and learn new details about her death. it's a celebration of her music and a revealing look at her life when we see you at 7:00. >> charlie, have you ever inte

. >> one issue affecting you in the southwest part of the city, a wayne main break blocking millington avenue all morning. take brunswick instead. speeds starting to slow down on the beltway. top side just creeping below the posted speed limit. 42 miles per hour is your average speed limit on the west side outer loop between 795 and 95. there is a live look at 83 at york road. wide open still there. there that is west side delay. plenty of brake lights can be seen in the top right. this traffic report is brought to you by your toyota dealer. marty and don, back over to you gu. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, this morningy coffee with is with michael oher, a proud graduate of ole miss. the satellite interview furnished by penguin books. >> ladies and gentlemen, hodyed toy, gosh almighty, who the hell are we, we are don scott, marty bass and the from the university of mississippi, michael oher, how are you bud? >> great, hody toddy. >> that is an ole miss things. you guys looking to get out of state, a great school. am i right? >> you won't make the wrong decision if you picked ole m

government has not given up on its relentless attack against key positions around the city particularly in the southwestcity. this is from a sunni neighborhood which has been specifically targeted because it is seen as a hotbed of the opposition that yesterday, 100 people were killed. now since the assault began on saturday, some 500 people are reported dead in the city. we're hearing that the free syrian army, which is some sort of a formal resistance is doing hit-and-run-style guerrilla style attacks not just against government forces but the proxies that are going around not just attack the free syrian army but also the citizens themselves. we're seeing majority of casualties coming out from dissidents and not opposition fighters, bill. bill: dominic, thank you. there is international effort to crank up sanctions against syria. we'll see what the next move is against the regime. dominic di-natale. martha: republican presidential candidates past and present will descend on one of the most influential conservative conferences known as cpac. which is a conservative action committee. those speeches kick

from police yesterday that touched on two counties and led to a police involved shooting in southwest baltimore citythe story. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. that chase involves officers from two counties before it came to a deadly end here in baltimore city. police shot and killed the suspect after they say he stole the cruiser and threat ebbed an officer. city police have released the photo of 26-year-old mon pete chona, it started after a cop tried to pull him over. he fled and crashed and started to fight the officer and somehow managed to steal the police car. after another pursuit three officers shot their weapons and the suspect was killed in a shopping center parking lot. back to you. >> thank you very much. the case of a man accused of murdering a correctional officer could go into the hands of a jury later today. closing arguments begin in the trial of lee stevens, he and another prisoner both charged with stabbing david mcquinn in jessup in 2006, stevens is eligible for the death penalty if convicted. >>> prince george's county police make and arrest in the murder of a community act

if you are traveling i-95, south of the city, towards the beltway on the southwest side, a lot more company pretty good pace. for those of you traveling i- 95, benfield boulevard, this is where you will find all lanes open, flowing freely, especially in in the northbound direction. you will find a lot more company northbound, as you make your way towards 695. back over to you. >>> two years since bp oil spill off of the coast of louisiana. >> news, another delay in civil court, how long before the change is going to be heard. daytona 500, weather hampered sunday's race. we are have information on when the flag will drop. Ñ[= >>> is civil trial stemming from the 2010 deep water horizon disaster delayed in louisiana court until march 5th. bp says it gives them more time to settle settlement costs. >>> stephanie rawlings blake will discuss federal legislative priorities for baltimore. meeting takes place at city hall. >>> michelle obama and dr. joe biden will address the governors and spouses, discussing spouse employment and what the governors can do to improve job opportunities. >>> presiden

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the art on display at the history museum is from the topaz camp located southwest of salt lake city. exhibit is free of charge and it's open on weekends through the end of march. >>> got some more bay area headlines on this sunday. today the cal state system is teaming up with african- american churches. they will address students from 22 churches during the supersunday event and it's all in an effort to increase the number of african-americans attending college. they start in less than 30 minutes from now. >>> golden gate park officials are hoping people will ditch their cars and take public transportation this spring. you can hop on the free shuttles at the usf parking lot or garage. it will stop at several destinations including the young museum and the california academy of sciences. >> you know the most important part of the weekend? >> do tell. >> good weather. >> that is very true. >> we got to have it. >> then jim bernard has the latest on what we can expect this final day. >> hopefully this good weather will help if bridge work out there as we're going to hold off on any pot

southwest airlines taking off in georgia, the airlines first flights left atlanta's hartsfield jackson international airport yesterday. for now, the airlines which acquired airtran will fly to five citiesm atlanta, about 15 flights a day. southwest airlines plans to add more flights soon. >>> valentine's day is tomorrow, and if your stumped about what to get your special someone, we have some ideas. roses are red, i love you, that's always important. another sure way to melt your valentine's heart, buy your sweety chocolate. these are the staples. other popular gifts include dinner and a movie. >>> and are you looking for love this valentine's day? maybe you need a change of scenery. a study ranked the best cities in the country for singles. they looked at city's average household income and cost of living. this limited to places where more than half of the household are single, and averaged cost. number 5, los angeles, number 4, baltimore. number 3, santa cruze, number 2, bloomington, illinois, and number 1 city for singles, ann arbor michigan. that's a shocker, don't you think? >> ann arbor, you know her. >> i guess! a year after saying the elementary school was not the place to say

southwest airlines added new flights and you can travel to georgia from bwi. the airlines flights left atlanta's jackson international airport sunday. the airline will fly to five citiesm atlanta including baltimore. there will be 15 flight as day. southwest plans to add flights soon if air tran planes are rolled in to southwest fleet. world's busiest airport. >>> billy sends his teammates !u myth in perspective. state in )>> doctors say it saves childrens lives and hospitals could be running out of a drug used to treat cancer. hospitals critically low supplies. this is used for cancer and treat rheumatoid arthritis. the situation is quote dire. one of the reasons supplies are low right now is because of suppliers suspended operations. other manufacturers are attempting to up production of the drug. >>> sitting down and enjoying a cup of coffee with our significant other is good for your relationship. a third of coffee drinkers recommend morning coffee with a significant o

the primary target, the district southwest of the city center.s for us from syria's neighbor, lebanon. nick, obviously no letup in the assad government crackdown. >> we're told they were awakened at 5:00 a.m. by continued shelling. they are concerned that in the district to the north, syrian troops have been moving in over the past five days. unrest taking place there, and the concern is they'll move south into baba ana, 4500 people losing their lives. >> over this past weekend, we heard from al-qaeda's new leader essentially speaking out in support of the rebels. is there a worry that al-qaeda, other militants, will try to seize advantage of the chaos within the country? >> reporter: it's really a broad statement in what he calls the lions of greater syria. there has been a residency in the syrian unrest in much of the arab spring in the last year. people are concerned about that, though, perhaps they will drag out. they didn't offer practical help from al-qaeda, but we have seen in december in damascus and more recently in friday in aleppo, sig

this is just south of the city, making your way to the southwest side of 695 and a live look at 50, making your way through annapolis this morning, a little bit dicey, very foggy conditions. so plan for a little extra travel time if you can this morning. megan and charley, back over to you. >>> more details coming in the final days of pop diva whitney houston's life now coming to light as planning continues this morning for her funeral scheduled for saturday. >> right now you're looking at live pictures of her childhood church, the place where her singing career began. abc 2 news' sherree johnson is here with more. reporter: megan and charley, whitney houston's behavior the days before she died has become a focus of the investigation into her death. the singer was partying at the bar of her beverly hills hotel the night before her death. according to a source close to this investigation, detectives have requested surveillance recordings. houston was also seen drinking considerable amounts of alcohol in the hotel last wednesday and thursday morning. one source says other guests expressed co

a ceremony took place in southwest baltimore on wildwood parkway. the honor recognized service to the city of baltimore, shot and killed by fellow officers last year outside of the select lounge while trying to break up a fight. >>> friends and family gathered to say good-bye to a guard unit as it prepares to leave for afghanistan. members of the charlie company, 169th, medevac will deploy to afghanistan. they will provide medical care and missions , the unit has been serving as part of the first response home land security needs in the u.s. since 2010. for some, this will be the fist mission abroad. the ceremony for us, it's a huge step to get out the door. a lot of this is more for the families opposed for us. its their time to have soldiers say good-byes and recognize them for the hard work and accomplishments. >> expected to last a year. >>> temperature wise, see how cool friday night is out there. a nice clear day and continues to be clear this evening. as we check out the radar picture statewide, a few passing clouds from the satellite pictures. we are watching a developing system, t

you can see in today's pictures, those pictures coming from a neighborhood, which is in the southwest of the city. it's being targeted by the government, it's close by to an area of loyalists who are actually concerned about the rising ability of the opposition there to actually launch attacks. also today we're hearing that some 40 new tanks by the government forces have been moved into position around homs to back up to one thousand extra troops they have to move into position soon to tighten the grip on the city. they themselves are starting to fight against the government forces as well as loyalists groups of thugs that are attacking citizens in the city. on top of that we are hearing that the iranians intend to send in as many of 50,000 iranian revolutionary guard to back up syrian forces. that is not concerned but being discussed by people within syria. that of course is going to create a very complicated situation when it comes to the international effort in trying to reduce violence in syria, jon. jon: those efforts have failed so far. what is the next move to pressure bashar al-assad? >>

southwest side. the southeast side at the bw parkway. bw parkway a good alternate to take instead of i-95 heading out of the city. to avoid that confusion, also traveling on i-97 this morning, we get a lot of delays northbound after you get off 50 here at i-97. and but today you are going see see delays southbound 97 at general's highway on the shoulder but people are having a bit of a time getting by that incident. also want to mention mta moving well no delays on the rails a few bus delays scattered in the area. charley back over to you. >>> a group of 12 jurors convicted george huguely of second degree murder and larceny and one is speak out about his experience in the case and the conviction. sherrie johnson joins us the juror says got feels he -- feels he got. >> today know hugeley and yeardley love. >> reporter: we have all new information from the jury who was talking about the trial. he is one of the jurors in the high-profile murder trial of george huguely. he spends most of his time in a microbiology lab at the university of virginia but over the past three weeks, he got to know the most intimate detail

here in the city, temperature 57 degrees right now. winds are southwest at nine. they have been steady out of the south keeping mild. the average high is 47 this part of february. we are at 57 just past the 11:00 hour. how about the brand new hd, abc2 weatherbug camera. high on top of the plaza near the art gallery on the boardwalk. a beautiful day at the beach with temperatures up in the 50s. i think more beach like weather if you will as we go into the day tomorrow. a great day down beach skied i think tomorrow will add more in terms of temperature, probably into the mid60s, low to mid60s beach side and upper 60s around baltimore. you can see now, low mid50s and today's highs in the mid60s downtown. we could get close to 70 in the heart of the city tomorrow. for the airport we will keep it in the upper 60s. here is the trend. some of that rain continuing to move south overnight. the edge, seashores especially south baltimore and southeast of baltimore on the lower eastern shore. any point in central maryland could see a shower overnight. unsettled but as we look

if you look in the southwest of the united states where cities that if you take certain cities on the edge of california that had a conventional postwar demographic and have become 1995% hispanic, this is a demographic that wasn't even in the 1960 u.s. census. that is a big transformation in a fairly short space of time and it has consequences. the why do you care question, i think i say and "america alone" that is the benign view. we were talking about broadway just before we went on the air. like the david mary production of hello dolly with carol channing and he ran out of these sort of middle-aged blonde bronze so he put carol bailey in the lead and made it an all black cast. the songs are the same, the script is the same but it is an all black cast. people think that is what happens. the if you have a muslim netherlands or a muslim britain, there will be fewer perks, pubs will have to close but essentially it will still be the same and i don't think -- no serious person would argue that. >> host: the new paperback version of "america alone," soon to be banned in canada. >> guest:

southwest baltimore and we have the progress crews are making tonight. >> reporter: the water is back on, so that is some good news. the gas remains off and right now the city and pge are asking residents to be patient. chopper 13 is over a public utility nightmare in southwest baltimore. >> pge is also digging in an area west of the shopping center. >> reporter: the problem start t around 3:30 tuesday morning. a public works crew was doing something to a water main and at some point, a piece of asphalt fell on a four-inch gas line and broke it. amanda has water and electricity but no gas and two sick kids. >> my house is freezing, i had to go buy electric heaters. >> reporter: natural gas is highly volatile. >> damage occurs to our gas mains as a result of that damage, the gas main has gotten water into it. we have to get that water out. you can't have water in a gas main. >> reporter: the city is telling residents it could be sometime before gas service is restored. about 100 residents lost water service for a period of time before it was restored. about 900 people were affected by the gas line break. they needed access to each home to shut off the gas. t

southwest oregon. >> hi. mary vogel. i'm a regular at city club lunches. and i wanted to ask about an issue that seems to have almost disappeared from the mainstream media these days. unless you listen to democracy now, you heard almost nothing about the durbin conference on climate change, for example. but so what about climate change? what is the state doing to show leadership in the absence of the federal government's role in this? >> well, a couple of things. if -- in my remarks to the oregon business summit, i talked a little bit about beginning to add and integrate into the oregon business plan elements what was i call a sustainable clean economy. that is, an economy that seeks to create economic development and jobs by actually replenishing our natural environment. i think there is a -- i think what we're talking about in terms of active management of some of these forest is is an element of a conservation economy. i think there is a restoration economy out there as well. with the fresh water trust here in oregon, has done a whole lot of work on dev

. >> narrator: located nearly 75 miles to the southwest of warsaw, lies poland's third largest city.edge of town, is the nation's newest penal facility, built in 2003, it holds 619 inmates including some of the most dangerous in poland. >> you walk through the gates, you're surrounded by just everything latest, greatest, high tech security, pretty amazing, actually. most high tech facility i've ever been in. they were very proud of it, very proud of the technology. >>. >> narrator: even our crew was subjected to stringent security measures. scott is our audio technician. like all visitors, he must first pass through a state of the art x-ray scanning machine. used to prevent smuggling. >> translator: this device is used on persons visiting dangerous inmates and inmates that were before in car ration, eggs posed to drugs. this device is accurate but also very safe and detects organic objects and inside the person, money, cell phones, drugs, hidden in hair, on the body, in natural cavities. we had an incident a woman was trying to smuggle amphetamine in her tampon which she inserted ins

millington avenue and frederick road on the southwest side of the city. st. for my marsh to the 895 split. eastbound 195, a new accident coming in. and jam packed ride on southbound 95 coming down from the beltway. that is due to an earlier accident has been cleared. southbound route 2 at belle grove, watch for crash. you can see what it looks like on baltimore national pike. live view of 83 and york road, not bad headed southbound towards mt. carmel. tony, over to you. >> hi, tim cloud cover to start the day. no precipitation. it should be a pretty nice day. average high is 45. 39 in taneytown. 39 degrees in a rising sun. forecast for today, partly to mostly sunny. in little cloud cover, but sunshine as well. we will sneak into the low 50s. rainshowers back in the forecast tomorrow. right on saturday, rain and snow on sunday. >> we will have another update at 8:55. >>> we're back now. 8:30 on a wednesday morning. february 15, 2012. rain continues in new york city. more of a mist. >> a spritz. >> matt lauer along with savannah guthrie. savannah is here while

live in southwest baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >>> news time 6:48. today, the citys expected to announce an extension of the charm city circulateor. board of estimates expects to approve a plan to use the grant from the federal transit administration to buy up to 4high bread electric bus it will extend to fort mchenry national monument. that celebration begins june 13th and the new route needs to be up and running by then. >>> and new for you this morning the navy says medical ship the usns comfort is expected to 3406b from maryland to virginia d did the -- expected to move from baltimore to for noshing around march of 2013. they provide medical and surgical cal and hospital services. >>> today a new bill will be heard in the general assembly going before education health and environmental affairs committee working to increase a drop out age for students in public schools in the city. they will have to be 18 years old. students 16 and 17 years old will have to get a consent form signed from their parents and that's happening today at two this afternoon. >>> new deve

for now the airline which acquired air tran last year will fly to five cities out of atlanta and 15 flights a day. southwestlans more flights soon as air tran planes are rolled into southwest's fleet. >>> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar. and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> no check bag fees, i'm all about it. >>> let's look at the weather downtown. it's cold, no question about that. clear but cold. 25 degrees, humidity extremely low. dry air in place, and still some wind that we're dealing with and still quite the wind chill. hey, compare this to what we had all season, where we have been running above normal. now we're statistically up to a 44 degree average today, just 32. so running 12 degrees below average, and of course, that not factoring in the wind chill. you can see the wind whipping out there pretty good today on some of our abc2 weather bug cameras. you see the flag flapping hard atop federal hill. our view from the maryland side center down the harbor. at annapolis today, the camera shaking in the wind at the naval academy. not many people on the water today,

southwest oregon. >> i am a regular at city club lunches. want to ask about an issue that seems to have disappeared from the mainstream media these days unless you listen to democracy now you heard almost nothing about the durbin conference on climate change for example so what about climate change? what is the state doing to show leadership in the absence of the federal government's role in this? >> a couple of things. in my remarks to the oregon business summit i talked a little bit about beginning to ed and integrate into the oregon business plan elements of what i call a sustainable queen economy. and economy that seeks to create economic development in jobs by actually replenishing our natural environment. we're talking about in terms of active management is an element of a conservation economy and there's a restoration economy out there as well. the fresh water trust in oregon has done a lot of work in developing a very real market services so that the three biggest elements that contribute to greenhouse gases a power generation, trans

their radar and there was a tornado on the ground doing damage about three miles southwest of buffalo, which is the main cityllas county. about two to three minutes after that is when we first got our reports of damage. >> let me ask you, how widespread is the damage? you focused on that mobile home park. we know how vulnerable they are to tornadoes and even high winds. how widespread is the damage in your area? >> we don't have a whole lot of widespread daniel. we do have some spotty areas. the main focus of the damage though was right here at state white f and south ash street right here about this mobile home park. >> jason, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your community and the eight other separate states affected by this line of tornadoes. we'll keep our audience up to date. i know you've got a lot to do. we are keeping you in our thoughts. thank you. >>> stunning blow to republicans hoping to gain control of the senate in november. republican senator olympia snow of maine announced she is not seeking re-election. she cited her reason as the increased atmosphere of polarization in washington.

we are waiting to hear from baltimore city schools if frederick elementary will be opened today. live in southwest baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >>> today a man found guilty of murderrering a corrections officer in ann arund-- murdering a corrections officer in anne arundel county could find out his fate. a jury found lee stevens guilty of stabbing death of corporal mcgwen at a closed maryland house of corrections in 2006. >>> an update on the har forecounty teen -- harford county teen suspect in his father's murder. he has been indicted by a grand jury of charges of first and second degree murder. he will remain behind bars wound bond. >>> at nine this morning testimony resumes in the yeardley love murder trial after a week and 40 witnesses, the prosecution is nearing the end of the presidential and george huguely is accused of murdering. christian schaeffer tells us what to expect later today in court and has been there reporting all week from charlottesville. >> reporter: after a nearly full week of testimony from the prosecution witnesses we could hear the defense's case today. in court we h

city. show you a range of upper 40 toss low 50s this afternoon. southwest wind is bringing in milder air. and will again so tomorrow. take a look to the southwest this. is where we're pulling from. there is very mild air. even 83 degrees in miami. got into the 70s in parts of georgia. and that generally was moving in our direction. but you also notice behind that, there is colder air. and that's going to factor into the forecast. we have a storm in between that and there's not a whole lot to it. that storm will move our way wednesday. tonight, patchy clouds now. then we focus on the wednesday storm. and it's really going to weaken as it moves our way. and there's not much to begin with. rain or snow showers are possible. because that colder air is going to come in to play temporarily. the second half of the week we're back up to around 50 degrees. here's the storms. maybe clouds out of it for tonight. mostly sunny tomorrow afternoon. then here comes the storm wednesday. not a whole lot to this one. rain or showers are possible with it as the cold air gets in with it. back up into the uppe

increasing clouds of ocean city, chance of showers sunday. on the bay, southwestd at 5- 10 knots. the seven-day forecast, temperatures a little chilly over the weekend. highs in the 40's, the rain/snow mixed sunday. 39 monday, into the fifties on tuesday. >>> tonight's consumer alert, fresh and grains supermarkets will soon be giant food stores. they are located on west 41st. in hamden and on harford road and park fell. giant says while the sale is not finalized, it has entered into a definitive agreement with mrs. greene's management corp. to acquire the two stores. giant plans to close its store in the rotunda shopping center a few blocks away from the current fresh & green's store in hampton, and we're told that all employees will be offered employment opportunities with giant foods. >>> nobody likes paying bills, especially in this economy, but what would you be willing to give up in exchange for having somebody else pay your bills for you for one month? according to a survey, 26% said they would turn off the tv, others would be willing to give up their digita

we have an accident 95 southbound on the southwest side of the beltway along with one in baltimore citye details coming up, marty. >> here is first warning doppler weather radar, shower activity in the area, if it is not raining where you are it is going to before not too long. everybody keep an umbrella with you today. coming up on coffee with, martha stewart joins us. she has got a new venture, a home office line. let's talk about it at 6:45 as ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> this is wjz tv, wjz hd, and wjz.com, baltimore. >> good morning, maryland. now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is friday. >> it is 6:30. and it remains a damp day start. either you have got left over rain on the street or you got some coming down around you, it is christie in for sharon, marty is over at first warning weather. >> let's take a look at radar. there is a bunch of rain out there and more with us today. it is going to affect us especially through both commut

one wounded after a blast near a police station in southwest colombia a motorcycle packed with explosives blew up just outside the entrance in the city of tomorrow officials have blamed a leftist fark rebels for the attack claiming they were targeting the regional police commander he was not hurt in that explosion. he watching r.t. live from moscow in an unexpected change of heart the father of a former f.s.b. officer poisoned in london in two thousand and six has backtracked on his accusations that the then russian president vladimir putin was responsible for his son's death walter litvinenko described his claims as lies driven by hatred saying he didn't know that his son alexander worked for british intelligence because their interests over went to meet him. but you. and me we moved to tears. this is how we found michael and co praying in his tiny telling apartment no electricity no gas no hot water. if it wasn't for the help of various people i would have died from hunger or frozen to death the last time i took a bath was on christmas. we expected more because six years ago after his son former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko

one wounded after a blast near a police station in southwest colombia a motorcycle packed with explosives blew up just outside the entrance of the city of to moscow officials have blamed the leftist far rebels for the attack claiming they were targeting the regional police commander he was not hurt in that explosion . he watching r.t. live from moscow in an unexpected change of heart the father of a former f.s.b. officer poisoned in london in two thousand and six has backtracked on his accusations that the then russian president vladimir putin was responsible for his son's death walter litvinenko described his claims as lies driven by hatred saying he didn't know that his son alexander worked for british intelligence r.t. stick it into over went to meet him. but you.

right around the system -- city, in meeting metropolitan area, at the moment we did not have any rain. off to the southwest in northern virginia -- darker green and yellow, that is a little more intense. we will give you two hours of motion. you can see a couple of showers passing over the circle. early this morning, over the past couple of hours. but what the pavement and little bit. we will continue to see the on again-off again rain shower activity. there is a weekend ahead and a bigger storm possibly developing. dellon thank you. we would check back with you and in baltimore archbishops -- archbishop o'brien is about to be one of the highest ranking members. on saturday pope benedict will elevate o'brien to cardinal. recently the archbishop said down with 11 news anchor rod daniels as he prepared for this historic event. >> with faith in our lord jesus christ and with the love of god in my heart i do accept the pastoral care of the people of god of the archdiocese. >> after serving as head of the archdiocese for more than four years, edward o'brien is taken over a new title -- cardinal. just after the

discount carriers southwest and jetblue have not matched the new hike. >> advantage is the most frugal citylanta ga., is the most frugal city in the u.s. tampa is number two. the district of columbia comes in at 16 of the top 25. >> gordon peterson is live in the news and with a look ahead. >> metro wants to raise fares again. they will let people talk about it. coming up at 6:00, we will see how much your increase could go. two more states during up for the primaries, arizona and michigan. we will have the latest from the campaign trail. michigan is the hot one. >> let's check in once again to get the latest weather. >> the sun goes down in about nine minutes. just a beautiful evening. it will turn a bit cooler overnight. temperatures are still in the 60's. 63 degrees and winchester. 62 right now in fredericksburg. colder air is just to the west. it will take a number of hours for it to work into our area, but it will happen. no showers with a cold front. that will bring the temperatures a little cooler. we will continue to watch this. the front will move through late tonight. all lots of

southwest side. now over to you. >>> a death of a 5-year-old girl in baltimore city has been ruled a homicide. and linda so has new information and the very latest on the investigation. linda, you've been on the phones. what have you learned. >> reporter: here are the charging documentsch the person of interest police had in custody has been charged. he is 22-year-old matthew carr. he is charged with first and second degree murder, keeled abuse and resulting -- child abuse resulting in death and the 5-year-old girl was found dead monday night. police say they got a call from home in the 3400 block of calloway avenue in northwest baltimore. a 9 len caller reported the -- 911 caller reported the girl unconscious in the bathtub. police were investigating the death as suspicious. last night they ruled it a homicide. a neighbor says he saw police take the man into custody. [audio not understandable] >> handcuffed you know aid shame somebody would take a child's lifelike that. >> reporter: a preliminary hearing for carr has been set for march 27th in district court. linda so, abc to news -- 2 news.

the city has also set up a heating shelter for people who don't have any other place to go. reporting live in southwest baltimore, monique griego. wjz eyewitness news. >> and this is really important. if crews find water damage in a home's appliance line, the city says it will pay for plumbers to make repairs so customers don't have to pay out of pocket. >>> our stretch of warm winter weather continues. lots of sunshine today. but we're tracking the trance -- chance for showers starting overnight. meteorologist bernadette woods and bob turk have a look at our temperatures and live doppler radar. >> right now, nothing going on around here. beautiful afternoon once again. take a look at radar. very, very quiet. but we go out to the midwest. there is a batch of rain out there. not too heavy. we'll see some rain and drizzle during the day tomorrow. but it's still going to stay on the mild side. take a look at temperatures around the state. we're still in the low to mid- 50s, most places. there you go. 52 here. 41 in oakland. that's the cool spot. 52 in washington. 50 down to the south and southeast. tomorr

city, you get the picture. winds also, sunny in the southwest, beautiful conditions there. pacific northwest, a one-two punch.orm the other day, second storm coming in snow elevations lower this time. southeast dry skies, sunny skies, winds are a factor. in atlanta, 54, won't feel like that. will feel like a cold winter day with those winds coming out. 48 in washington, 40s from new york to boston. windchill ks lower than that because of the strong westerly winds. temperatures have dropped between 15-20 degrees from only 48 hours ago. we were in the 70s in the deep south, cold front moved through, no threat for severe weather, dry atmosphere, warm buoyancy allowed for tornadoes is gone, temperatures are down but even being so down 20 degrees, still seasonable averages, that is how warm the win has been. >> this is normal. >> it's a relief. thank you so much. >>> two dreaded words this time of year "tax time" and new irs regulations regarding those airline bonus miles, they could cost you. our financial analyst is next. p. and why you still feel the same. but your erectile dysfunction -- that could be a questi