and northwest and northeast toward cecil county could see that icy condition and up long the pennsylvania state line this could last through midday saturday before it goes to rain. late in the day saturday we'll push up toward 50 degrees. if you're going to be driving, just factor that. overnight down to 28, clouds, breezy. 38, partly sunny. we're look good. tomorrow night new storm coming in after midnight toward 2:00 in the morning. as we look at the seven-day forecast, we'll go with that morning wintery mix. it's been consistent on our computer model. as we look at the afternoon we expect to push up close to 40. and then sunday 45. we bumped it up a little bit. the guidance is everywhere. i made the comment to lynette charles yesterday when the weather pattern gets this speedy in january, after three or four days out it's not real accurate. >> so stay tuned. we haven't had any snow days yet but you can bet most kids are looking forward to it except eaton, ohio. the community asked them to put the lessons on line. so students have to log in and complete the work. students without access to th

heavy fog warning on i-95, here is a look at i-83 and shawan, drive from the harrisburg to the pennsylvania state line. looking pretty good, for the most part with brief delays. live look at 95 and maryland 43, the advisory to 695. >>> mitt romney's campaign released tax returns. new polls show newt gingrich has pulled even with mitt romney and mitt romney now changing his strategy, he released the tax returns amid enormous pressure. his tax returns show he drew in $21 million mostly from investments. >> my income tax will show that's where the profits and rewards came. he paid 14% in capital gains taxes on the investments. last night it was the 18th debate for gop hopefuls with romney and gingrich so close, the fireworks were flying. coming up, we will have a live repot out of tampa -- report out of tampa. >>> moving on, news up and a look around the nation, crews in oregon will continue their search, hoping to find a 6-year- old girl. she was playing in the snow when her family said she fell off of a snow bank in to the river. her father tried to get her but the current was too strong. the sear

s that's where baltimore -- that's where baltimore will be, western maryland and on the pennsylvania state we're up to 40 degrees. overnight tonight 28, clouds, breezy a few flurries. tomorrow a decent day, partly sunny. tomorrow night, early toward daybreak saturday morning that's where we'll get the wintery mix and the seven-day forecast, the bottom line there will be a time frame, it could be dicey especially north and west. as we look at the outlook next week things do moderate, low 50s. let's head out to kelly. >>> here's a look at what's coming up tonight a question. are you smarter than your smartphone? do you know how much information you're giving to other people just by having it on. what you need to consider. plus, if you need to return a gadget, don't go straight to the store. you'll want to know where your personal information could be hiding before you hand it off to someone else. plus, wyatt's -- forecast. join us at 11. >>> you see a lot of snow to the north. i think we'll get very little of this. later tonight 28, just a few flurries north of us, not much. >> all right. th

southbound lanes on 83, clear all the way from the pennsylvania state line to the top side of 695. and over on the northwest side of the beltway, here's what you'll find at green spring avenue. it's an easy drive on the innerloop as you continue to 83. >>> an elderly woman left to die on perry hall road. the search continues this morning for the driver of the hit and run accident and the woman's best friend is speaking out. sherrie johnson is here with the friend's heartbreaking response. >> reporter: i've been on the phone with the baltimore county police and they still have not found the person responsible she was known as miss beverly and family and friends are still trying to come to terms with the loss. she was hit sunday night on seven courts drive in perry hall. her husband already gone and no children of her own, her best friend rose is handling her estate. miss beverly was hit and killed by a driver that didn't even stop. >> she was, you can ask any of the neighbors, sunday night they were all out here. everybody was crying. missile la, kathy, cindy -- miss ella and kathy,

we could see higher totals as you go in to northern maryland, towards the pennsylvania state line. d-30s to 20s to the west. we see snow coming down, in west virginia. rain pushing in, out of the south through the carolinas. all set to converge on maryland later tonight. two different areas of disturbed weather, kind of getting wrapped up in to one storm system over the tennessee valley. lit continue to impact us overnight and through the mid- morning hours tomorrow as it encounters cold air that is in place. we saw bwi down to the freezing mark. clear for the next few hours ore than increasing clouds. stopping at midnight. snow is beginning. this starts as snee and snow mixed with sleet. could be above freezing layer above that. that would make it a sleet event. 6:00, 7:00 in the morning, freezing rain and all rain as we push past say 10:00, 11:00 in the morning and rain on the eastern shore later in the day. we will clear out tomorrow in to sunday. it's the key timing for early morning travelers too many, you want to give yourself extra time and use caution. wait to head out until

the laws within pennsylvania. i'm not going to have the federal government change the law for the state of pennsylvania. a different thing. you work within the people of your state to promote the ideals that you believe in but you don't have the federal government impose those on a state when the state has decided differently. >> chris: you are also coming under fire for your tax plan. you would cut the corporate tax rate to 17.5% for all industries except that you would cut it to zero for manufacturing. the conservative national review says this. the radical differences for between taxes for manufacturing and other activities would introduce perhaps the biggest and most damaging tax distortion in american history. it would also invite endless fraud. your response, sir? >> that is outrageous. the bottom line is the reason we have a different rate for taxes for manufacturing is because manufacturers face a different playing field. the hotel that is here right now is not going to move to china. the jobs aren't going to be taken and gone and go to canada. the bottom line is that foreign competition that is

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traffic flow easy from the pennsylvania state line. we're picking up in volume around belfast road. but use continue southbound in the crockesyville region, no report incidents there. and here's what it looks like in glen burnie at maryland 100. open and clear for you all the way up to the beltway. our drive times in excellent shape so far this morning, just a five minute drive to the harrisburg expressway and clear to the beltway. and if you're traveling on 95 from white marsh boulevard, six minutes there. and bel air to providence, six minutes and seven minutes to 695 west side from 795 to i-70. >>> a major report released overnight letting us know how maryland public schoolteachers are doing. sherrie johnson has been pouring through that data. she has a report for us now and what did you find? >> reporter: it's about 170 pages long and this report gave maryland public schools a d plus. this report come is from the national council and teacher quality. it works to ensure that every child has an effective teacher. maryland schools improved in public education between 2009 and 2011.

it's about students lives. >> i'm joined tonight by linda cook, a regional president with the pennsylvania stateociation. and sarah ferguson, elementary school math and literacy taeeacr for the chester upland school district. thank you for being with us i can't believe what i'm hearing reading and listened to today. linda cook, how is the governor's charter school agenda affected this district? >> well first of all, thanks for getting the story out, ed. the governor's agenda has siphoned funds students and money from the chester upland school district. >> just taking it right away for charter schools and what about the public school kids? >> well, it is ironic the school district was not able to pay their charter school bill, so the state is paying the charter schools, but it won't give the school district money. >> why not? >> i believe it's politics. and the governor trying to his agenda across that he got defeated in november. >> sarah ferguson, why have you decided to work without pay? and also your fellow teachers? >> well, what happened or does not happens within classrooms across america

we clear out or sunday. 30 overnight. 1-2 inches possible. 2 inches towards the pennsylvania state line. saturday 38. a icy mix. tomorrow night down to 24, we could see refreezing in spots. foxboro sunday looking cold and partly cloudy, but the difference will be the snow and the bheechers et cetera from -- bleachers, et cetera from the snow. as we look at the week ahead, weekend and the week ahead, if you are tailgating, friend's house, pub, things look fine sunday. next week, milder, we need a couple of days in the 50s next week. it's a wild winter. we get the winter blasts. that will probably be the most significant icy conditions on the roads so far this season. just realize tonight in to the morning, be careful. >> who has the advantage in new england if it's snowier there? >> i had a theory on houston that, that would be against them. i think baltimore, they are both northern teams. got it. all right. obviously as wyatt everhart said, winter is hit across the country with the west socked first and snow expected in the midwest. we won't be spared either. scott goldberg explains. >>

for those of you coming in from the north on i- 83, the harrisburg expressway clear from the pennsylvania state line all the way to the top side of 695. now, if you're making your way on route 29, you are good to go northbound and southbound coming all the way from yieft through the colombia -- i-70 through the colombia region and 108. as we look live at 698 and liberty road, early motorists on 695 west side having an easy time also, the west side outer loop we are clear from 795 to i- 70. we do have a traffic advisory for those who live near or travel on the beltway in southeast baltimore. get ready for some driving challenges. abc 2 news sherree johnson is here to explain more on the curtis creek draw bridge project. reporter: thanks a lot, angela. starting on saturday the first phase of a $14 1/2 million project will begin to repair the curtis creek draw bridge. now, the inner loop of the draw bridge will be shut down to replace the bridge decking and steel support beams. this means drivers can expect one lane of traffic in each direction on the outer loop. the speed limit will be reduced fr

if you come from the pennsylvania state line more activity on 83 from middletown road to belfast but only five minutes from shawan road to the top side of the beltway. also looking pretty good on southbound 95 from whitemarsh boulevard to 695, just six minutes. >>> the first lady and nation's doctors continue to work hard for men and women fighting for our country. a major announcement today for helping thousands of soldiers returning from war. >> and five minutes to save the world. why the infamous dooms-day clock is clicking ever closer to the 12:00 however. hour. ♪ [ woman ] i was ready for my trip, but my smile wasn't. [ female announcer ] new crest 3d white intensive professional effects whitestrips. it goes below the enamel surface to whiten as well as a five-hundred dollar professional treatment for a transformation that's hard to believe. ♪ wow, that's you? [ female announcer ] new intensive professional effects whitestrips. and try 3d white toothpaste and rinse. from crest. life opens up when you do. hi. looking good! you've lost some weight. thanks! you noticed! you know the

we are staying toward the pennsylvania state line. 36 tomorrow. early icy mix goes to rain showers.old and below freezing. we should see icy spots, as things freeze up again and there is your tailgating forecast. 35, partly cloudy, winter day but no new precipitation. maybe a rain shower late sunday but better looking weather sunday. >> all right. cool. thank you. >>> coming up the president shows off his musical talents. which song he those to sing. >>> first a look at night line. >> coming up on night line a tv weather man is lured to a fake miami nightclub by two beautiful women where is he scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars. it's all part of a russian mafia scheme. >>> and a physic who says she can help you avoid traffic jams. . >>> the presidents are usually seen stately and controlled and serious. sometimes even the most powerful man in the world has to show a little soul. i'm so in love with you. museum museum. >> okay. try to -- that's becausal green was at his fundraiser at the apollo theater. one of four fund-raisers he held in new york. >> good stuff. let's take

we are good from the pennsylvania state behind as you can see. we are live in cockeysville. 83 at shawan road. southbound lanes are to the right of the screen. traveling to or from the eastern shore, here's 50 and sandy point. no reported troubles making are way across the bay bridge up to i-97. charley over to you. >>> look out for icy patches when making are way out this morning. the weekend weather still hanging around. and abc2 news linda so is live this morning with a check of the conditions both for foot and if you in the car linda. >> reporter: yeah. off and on we have gotten freezing rain. side streets are going to be an issue for untreated areas. they have turned slick this morning. we are live on dunn barton road and another problem is your sidewalks. the freezing rain we got overnight is not making things better. if you have kid, many area public schools like baltimore county are off today because of a professional workday for teachers. but if you have to head out to work or take a jog, be careful stepping out of your home because it co

the end. devastatingly sad news from state -- the state of pennsylvania. state college, pennsylvania. at the age of 85. joe paterno, the winningest coach in the history of college football. dan harris loss a look back at him. >> reporter: born in brocklin, joe paterno coached the knit li lions, leading the team to a record 409 wins and two national titles. joe pa, as he was known, would have left the lions for the nfl but he stayed with the team he loved. >> i stayed because this is where i would be happier and where i could do good. >> reporter: his led the team with honor. but his sterling reputation took a hit in november 2011 when his former coach jerry sandusky was arrested with sex abuse charges. the university stepped in immediately. >> joe paterno is no longer the head football coach effective immediately. >> reporter: riots instantly broke out. >> you call him a legend, treat him like a legend. >> reporter: shortly after, paterno e revealed he was battling lung cancer. two months after the scandal broke, his health declinings, he broke his silence, speaking to the the washing

but across this nation and in particular, in the states that are necessary for us to win this election. the states that are the swing states like pennsylvaniaio, indiana, michigan or, the states i have been successful flight in pennsylvania in winning elections, ladies and gentlemen, we will not only well and deliver a message of the basic structure and foundation of our country be if faith or family an opportunity of society but we will do so understanding that with faith in the american people, we can not only wipe out this deficit, we cannot only rebuild this economy, we can not only have a strong america that stands up for the values i just talked about, but we can do so and a huge victory that will rally this country to take on the great challenges we have before us. [applause] onto south carolina. thank you and god bless. [applause] ♪ard days'night] >> we will now hear from former speaker newt gingrich. [applause] ♪ ♪ >> i want to thank each and everyone of you and i also want to thank all the people around the state of new hampshire who were so warm and so generous to calista and kathy and jackie. it was wonderful how many people wer

the two. you need to remember, i was from the state of pennsylvania. state of pennsylvania does not have a right to work law. the state legislator and our governor had rules in place that were inconsistent with right to work. i wasn't going to change the law for the state. if they want a union dues requirementt the state should be required to do that. as a president i have a different point of view. i signed a national right to work letterr that i would sign the bill. i am no longer representing that state and same thing with davis-bacon. my feeling representing the state which has a large segment of contractors that work under those provisions that i would protect that rightt. again as a president you have a different view. i represented a constitiency and it is important to listen and respect the rights of my state. >> chris: but how is that different than mitt romney who took positions as governor of massachusetts and changed his positions since then? >> guest: if i was governor of pennsylvania i would have worked to change the law. >> chris: you wer

the cold holds on aijalon virginie mountains of pennsylvania, new york state, and -- hold on in the mountains of pennsylvania, new york state, and surrounding areas. 50's tomorrow. wednesday, back behind this cold front. the rest of the week we will feel like january again. strong, gusty winds and cold temperatures wednesday sets the stage for a fast moving clipper thursday afternoon. it might catch us thursday evening with some flurries or snow showers. with snowdnesday showers. colder and gusty winds. the temperature dropped will go from the 50's on tuesday into the 40's on wednesday. another chance for flurries thursday evening. friday night into saturday, a chance for rain, sleet, and wet snow again. >> this is 11 sports. >> gerry sandusky which you at the raymond camp at owings mills, where the work is already begun. they got a win over the houston tx. how will they beat the patriots if they played with a gate at the -- when they played the texans. jones must punt in the first quarter. it was recovered by jimmy smits. they knocked their way in with a surprise pass. joe flacco found chris

the harrisburg expressway. state police everything,zv everything ist(Ñi iced over norf thexdÑi beltway. traffic is backed up frjqxd cloc toçóÑi the maryland pennsylvaniaeÑiçó further.xd state police isxdokt8kxd adviso avoid things. it is icing up. the brief snow is causing some problems. the sudden cold is a shock to our system. how long will it stick around? we check in with wyatt everhart. >> we've been below freezing all day. it can get slick pretty quickly. now the good news on maryland's most powerful radar, the squalls are diminishing. very few of those bursts are left on the radar. we had one through the county. 83 could have slick spots. drive with caution, well below freezing. look at this, steady northwest winds. this is the wind chill factor. here's what it feels like, teens and single digits in hagerstown, so a frigid night on the way. tomorrow as we look ahead, nothing more than a passing flurry or two. i think they will be far less numerous and we struggle our way up to the freezing mark. >> it's bad out there. winter weather is one of the reasons you want to check the weather every hour, every second of the day. abc2's weather a is the

you talk a lot about how you won in the important swing state of pennsylvania. you don't talk a lot about how you got defeated. in 2006. >> the worst election year for republicans in the history of the state. this is going to beat 2006. >> reporter: the other man drawing crowds and the watchful eye of the romney campaign texas congressman ron paul. >> this is what the vote is about tomorrow, are we sick and tired of the expansion of government, the endless spending and the deficits doing the things they weren't supposed to do and forgetting about doing the things they should be doing? >> reporter: both paul and santorum face questions about the appeal to the independents and moderates who decide the election this november and their ability to translate a strong showing here into something more. jake tapper, abc news, boone, iowa. >> reporter: this is david muir in marion, iowa, where tonight mitt romney is trying to close the deal. four years ago he spent $10 million here and lost. romney then. >> everybody likes a first place finish and -- but i didn't get that.

the antein the state slot casino. it was an issue that was first raised when slots got approved in the state table gaming in delaware pennsylvania west virginia some lawmakers in maryland the state is losing glambling dollars to other places. by adding will -- leading to revenue -- however some lawmakers say adding table games now probably wouldn't help the state's bottom line. >> i think we already have revenue, we ought to let it go, we ought to see what it raises for us and leave it at that. it's kind of, you know, jumping the gun here. >> reporter: now lawmakers don't approve table gaming this session it could go to referendum in 2014. >>> around the nation tonight police in north carolina are not revealing what may have led a man to shoot four of his coworkers. police say ronald davis brought a shotgun to the lumber company today and knew exactly who he was going to target. coworkers say david never showed any signs of being violent. >> this is the worst thing we've had as far as this looks violent and this shows the potential. >> reporter: when davis left the warehouse he went back to his home and shot himself. he is in cr

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the sunshine state all together. and he is going to focus now on nevada. >>> pennsylvania governor tom corbett has ordered flags at all state facilities to fly at half staff in honor of joe paterno. the former penn state head football coach died sunday of complications from lung cancer and manual gallegus at state college pennsylvania has the story. >> students stopped at the memorial on the way to classes monday morning. they lit candles and left notes for the man they called joe-pa. marcy colette visited paterno's family after he died. >> we were feeling sad. and now after we visited with sue and jay, and diana, we had some laughs and remembering the good times. >> reporter: sunday night, the penn state band played amazing grace as thousands attended a candlelight vigil on the campus. paterno died 10 weeks after penn state's trustees fired him. the board said the hall of fame coach could not effectively lead in the wake of a child molestation scandal involving the former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. they say paterno should have gone to the police when he first found out about the allegations in 2002. >> joe

but across this nation and in particular in the states that are necessary for us to win this election. in the states that are the swing states, like pennsylvania and ohio and indiana, and michigan. and the states that i've been successful, like in pennsylvania and winning elections, ladies and gentlemen, we're not only going to go out and deliver a message of the basic needs, the basic structure and the foundation of our country, be it faith and family and opportunities society. but we're going to do so, understanding that with faith in the american people, we cannot only wipe out this deficit, we cannot only rebuild this economy, we cannot only have a strong america who stands up for the values that i just talked about, but we can do so in a huge victory. >> all right, that is senator rec santorum and we're going to go live and listen to former speaker of the house newt gingrich who moments ago took to the stage. >> the fact is, the entrepreneurial free enterprise system which attracted people from benjamin franklin to the wright brothers, to henry ford, to thomas edison, to bill gates, to steve jobs, that model of maximizing the development

pennsylvania. he has plenty of detractors here in the state. in 2006, he lost his re-election bid by 18 points, the largest defeat by any incumbent pennsylvania senator. ironically, questions about santorum's residency, whether he lived in penn hills, pennsylvania, or virginia, ended up being another factor that led to his defeat. critics said he enrolled five of his children in an online school in virginia. erin vecchio is a democrat and former school board member. >> he was charging us, working class, middle class people to cyberschool his kids when he's living in a million house in virginia. >> reporter: if rick santorum were to win the republican nomination, there's no telling if he could even carry his home state. he left scars in pennsylvania. something even his friends admit. >> he has passions in both directions. i think when people get to know him and that's where i think he was so successful in iowa. if you just see what you hear on the news or people's opinions of him or a 30-second ad, it's easy not to like him. >> reporter: jason ca

the cause of this morning's carbon monoxide leak. >>> there will be a public memorial this afternoon for former penn state football coach joe paterno. people lined the streets of state college, pennsylvania yesterday to watch the funeral procession enroute to a private burial service. paterno died sunday, two months after being diagnosed with lung cancer. today's memorial will be held at 2:00 p.m. at the basketball arena. >>> in campaign 2012, tonight the four republican presidential hopefuls will debate in florida. it is the second debate this week in the sunshine state. but it's the last debate before the florida primary which will be held next tuesday where 50 convention delegates are at stake. and now the gop hopefuls are taking aim at president barack obama's state of the union address where he called for higher taxes on the rich. >> if he actually meant what he said, it would be a disaster of the first order. >> we've got a president detached from reality, detached from the people. >> president barack obama will speaking in about an hour at the ups facility in los angeles. the president is on a three-day road trip to key swing states to promote the economic proposals that he made i

the ohio country consisted of parts of what is today the state of pennsylvania as well as ohio. it marked the beginning of the ohio river where the rivers meet to form the ohio. their the french established a forth in 1754 called fort dusquene. the british colonial in virginia were concerned about that. they would not easily tolerate that. virginia claim boundaries stretching to the south sea. if a certain number of colonies could be situated there, that company by right from the king could receive a grant of up to 500,000 acres. there was much at take. it was not only interest of ordinary british colonials in colonies such as virginia that were at stake. of course, the colony of virginia in 1753 decides to send a message to the french in the ohio country. we know who they send as their messenger. he sends our young hero, george washington, all of 22 years old. right? just a young colonel of militia. he goes on a mission westward from virginia to the ohio country and all the way north to lake eerie to notify officials there who have accomplished forts and have hundreds of men th

to get over a huge hurdle and that is that he lost his last time on the track in the critical swing state of pennsylvanias an incumbent senator by 18 percentage points and it's hard to make the case that you're the guy that can win the swing states, when last time were you on the track and lost by 18 points. fascinating stuff and we'll be watching in south carolina, great to be with you. >> and our panel of course has their own opinions who is electable and not all of them think it's mitt romney. they'll weigh in when we come back. is it fast? it's got 10 speeds, my friend. ♪ is it fast? it's got a lightning bolt on it, doesn't it? ♪ is it fast? i don't even know if it's street-legal. ♪ is it safe? oh, yeah. it's a volkswagen. [ male announcer ] the security of a jetta. one of nine volkswagen models named a 2012 iihs top safety pick. ♪ got you in a stranglehold, baby ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> grand 0sty has never been a problem with newt gingrichen he handles it well. a month ago he's saying it's inevitable i'm going to w

as far as the right to work issue, i've admitted it. when i represented the state of pennsylvaniate. i wasn't going to change the law for pennsylvania. i represent the country. i believe and asaid i would sign a right network law. one thing as a member of congress when you represent a state and you don't want to change that story, another one when you're leading the country and doing what you think is best for the country. >> you know, i don't know if you've read how ugly it will get over the next ten days between now and the primary in south carolina. even rick perry, the governor of texas, he's going after mitt romney, his record as a venture capitalist. he's saying he was a vulture capitalist and he said this. listen to rick perry. >> they are just vultures. they are vultures that are sitting out there on the tree limb waiting for the company to get sick. and then they swoop in. they eat the carcass. they leave with that. and leave the the skeleton. >> you comfortable with that kind of language? >> no. you know, this is, you know, you have capitalism where you have companies th