we turn to wyatt everhart with the first forecast. >> this is going to be more of a significant system, %gaoin th last couple. not a huge storm, more than the last couple of mixes that did not stick at all. you can see western maryland getting wintery type showers, most of the radar returns, central maryland, are not touching the ground, in other eva way down. our winter weather advisory m;cross the state, washington county and garrett, storm warning in the high elevations. 30s to the west, 40s to the east. showers we get in the short- term, across central maryland, baltimore will be rain showers, we think changing over quickly in to the overnight. than last several. you can see the snows out to :s)hfor xpoklight rain ulanw showers, but weather will deteriorate in to the overnight hours, and by the way, continue to track this system as it moves in using our iphone, talk about our abc2 news weather app, download that or our abc2 news application, get the powerful radar 24/7. back with more weather in a minute. gjñ >>> with the colder temperatures, baltimore city has issued a cold blue

here's meteorologist wyatt everhart. can we keep this streak alive, wyatt? >> we can. we can warm it up further tomorrow. february will make itself feel present again. 59 in salisbury. the average high the upper 40s. warmer weather on the way tomorrow. it's a mild wind a few showers out in western maryland. one is creeping in toward frederick. it will be the slight chance of a shower but generally dry and warmer tomorrow. 67 tomorrow afternoon. that's 20 degrees above average. how do things change into the weekend. we answer that coming up. >>> we just received word out of charlottesville that the jury will go on another 30 minutes. they just told the judge he are willing to go on for another 30 minutes. anything breaks we'll have it here on -- on abc2 or abc2news.com. >>> plans for this year's grand prix are moving foomptd the five-member board is responsible for awarding contracts. the contract with last year's development, baltimore's racing development was terminated after bills went unpaid. the new promoter -- down for racing. the city's comptroller did not vote,

wyatt everhart will have a look at the stormy forecast.tails on that coming up in a couple of minutes. >>> new at 6:00, it's called valentines for veterans, baltimore hosting one of 16 concerts across the country, saluting men and women who served this country. jeff hager reports, one of motown's most successful groups raised the roof off of the va center. republican almost half a sent reare you moved from the vietnam war, veterans have never forgotten them. the flair and charm that characterized this time, he stopped off with members of the group to visit aging vets. [music] on a makeshift stage, everyday cafeteria, the 7 time grammy winner and group turned back the clock for adoring crowd. >> from early 60s, kennedy, on up through 70. the motown legend said the respect goes both ways. jeff hager, abc 2 news. >>> temptations review featuring dennis edwards will perform at the symphony hall tomorrow. tickets disappeared early but have been fetching $50 or more on line. >>> today many people were in line at maxes tap house in fells point fo

let's check in with wyatt everhart. wyatt? >> after a very wintery type of weekend, windchills and snow, how we have a nice sunny day, more typical of what we've seen, mid-40s out there now, after 207ing out in the mid- to upper 40s across most of the state of maryland. west winds around 10-12, what we are watching is already some fair weather clouds drifting in from the west. and that's ahead of a weather maker putting down significant amounts of snow in missouri, arkansas and western tennessee, so this whole system is tracking east and set to arrive throughout the day tomorrow for your valentine's day. we expect that to be a diminished storm, but there will be some weather to worry about. we'll talk about that coming up. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. >>> if you didn't like the bottle tax before, you won't like what the city mayor is proposing now that was just one of the highlights of the pair's state of the city address -- of the mayor's state of the city address. >> reporter: the mayor talked about what she calls two years of pr

wyatt everhart will have details in about four minutes.ve plan update on a story that cheryl conner told you b she told us about a boy with autism with a dog. we thought cheryl should come back and share the story. >> reporter: we hope to keep sharing it. nate's parents have received more feedback and more donations have come. the 5-year-old has moderate to severe autism, which doesn't give his parents much time to rest. he's constantly on the gop and -- go and often in danger. autism service dogs of america train labradors to calm down children but a dog costs $13,500, so nate's family is trying to raise the money. so far they have over $4500, including a $60 donation that came in today. >> we live in a bubble. we can't go anywhere. >> reporter: w8? are watchingxd tt arounde@(zx$ñá facebook. we're takingÑixd a look ahdxdxdi rightt(wñyv now. maria writesjfçóÑit(Ñiñrñ+d[zlld at what animals can do. she's asking people to help. allison is hoping to get enough money so that her son clan get the dog. $13,500 is what she needs. she said she wil

. >> i'm meteorologist, wyatt everhart.we have been tracking some very active weather over texas that will impact us on sundays, but in the meantime, nice friday. 50 degrees, humidity low and light north westerly breeze on this friday night. fantastic weather over the state today. for february, mid february, sunshine, temperatures well up in the 50s. great day, for baltimore and annapolis, state capitol, similar scenario. high thin clouds at times. sailboats on the severn and on kent island, a gorgeous view of the bay bridge as traffic heads to the beach. won't be too bad the first half of the weekend. counties see over virginia, these are already early for the approaching weather maker. upper 40s to 50s, 50 baltimore. 52 at the beach now. quiet stretch of weather tonight and in to the day tomorrow before the storm. relative humidity bone dry, we low 30%. across the state right now. this is as clear as it gets on our satellite radar pictures across the mid atlantic states. east coast sitting clear. as we look all the way at

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart for a look at that first forecast. wyatt? >> it's all perspective. much cooler than it has been but we're above average. average high 42. take a look to the west. showers are to the east. showers pushing offshore. clouds blowing. we'll see partly cloudy skies the remainder of the evening but the chance for rain down to nil. 50 in baltimore. 46 in frederick. these numbers headed quickly into the 40s later this evening. we'll call it variably cloudy and cooling off. we profile those coming up. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. >>> in democracy 2012, donald trump is endorsing mitt romney, not newt gingrich. today the reality tv star, who decided not to run himself made the announcement. gingrich lost in florida and is trailing badly. gingrich said he knew trump picked romney. >> i'm just watching in amazement. >> reporter: why is it amazing? >> some people have this knack of gathering attention. >> reporter: you're talking about donald trump perhaps. >> donald is a force of his own. >> trump's endorsement found with a price. people were n

wyatt everhart with another february day that's a shadow of its wintry self- >> 100 times out of 115 and he says more winter. a pessimist. just a few clouds. interestingly, we are cooling down, cooling off into the weekend. still, all of our numbers will be above average. we're 47 at bwi. 46 in easton. remember, the average high temperature for the day at this time, early february, just 42. so windy, breezy yes. we'll go to 50. most of the day in the 40s. so a cooler trend but why the groundhog may be wrong at least about that first week of winter coming up in just a second. >>> think about this, what would you think of huffing and puffing off the coast of ocean city. when you go to ocean city in a few years, you'll feel like done quiote. salazar said he didn't find problems with issuing wind power leases. so if you're all for a gust of wind, salazar wants to hear from you. >>> governor martin o'malley is going to introduce a bill designed to protect the transportation trust fund. the money has gone into the trust fund but money has been transferred hoyt for other needs. critics have

wyatt everhart joins us with your first forecast. great day today, wyatt. >> fantastic february weather, jamie. we continue to keep it going and ask about potential winter weather. crystal clear out there across the state and temperature wise we're talking about mid to upper 40s. we hit 50 degrees on a nice pleasant mild southerly pree.z as we look to tomorrow temperatures climbing easily into the mid-50s perhaps upper 50s like downtown baltimore. much more on the warming trend and that slight chance for winter weather. we break it owl down coming up. >>> let's get to our dell -- developing story. news from a small town travels quickly. we'll take you to cecil county. the pastor of north east faith tabernacle church has been charged with stealing, stealing from the federal government and maybe even his church. >> reporter: north east faith tabernacle church promises jesus is coming soon but for its reacher, the law got there first. the cecil county state's attorney filed these charges against pastor woodrow fannin of tax fraud and the

let's head out to wyatt everhart and how long this is going to stick around. >> we still have light snowing down. if we can pan down to the road, you see there it's wet right now. despite the snow we're a couple degrees above freezing in baltimore. if you look at the grassy surface, you can see it in the shot that is showing a little bit of accumulation. so it depends on what surface you're looking at. let's show you what's happening. you see a pretty decent band of snow through carroll county, westminster. temperature wise, wetterling advisories for cecil, harford, northern baltimore and carroll. that will be through 8:00. i want to show you the air temperatures. the freeze line north and west of the city. where we'll have more issues with icy spots on the roads will be places like northern baltimore county and carroll county, above freezing east and southeast of i-95. moving on, i want to show you the reduced visibility, frederick, york. bottom line, more snow showers in the offing. there will be some icy spots by daybreak as temperatures fall below freezing even where the snow has not

let's check in with wyatt everhart. >>> the rain from tonight that we had earlier today all clearing to the east. most of the rain confined to the lower eastern shore. we'll watch for our next weather maker set to arrive in the second half of the weekend. we're going to have much more on that one coming up. take a look maryland's most popular radar. where is the rain, primarily lower eastern shore. as we look at maryland's most powerful radar in motion you can see a decent amount affecting the lower shore. this evening, 40s, cloudy, rain pushing off to the east. we'll be drying out quickly this evening.

let's start with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >>> it's been all day with this back and forth. rain, snow and at times back to snow and back to rain. it's north and west of the i-95 corridor where we've seen the most consistent snow and temperatures falling to that freezing level. some of these areas to the north and west we could see some accumulations, particularly on elevated surfaces, grassy areas and rooftops. not so much on the roads. most of the roads have been pretreated but we're seeing bands that could create slick areas and further west toward manchester. we can see slick areas. you want to drive with caution. it has been a rain event on the eastern shore and along the immediate chesapeake waters. there's not a lot behind this. we have a couple more hours to deal with it. the freeze line, you can see, is north and west of baltimore. it's up here, york, frepg and car -- frederick and carroll county. that's where we'll see the possibility of icy areas. mostly rain to the east of i-95. we'll talk more about how things shape up into your morning and the weekend coming up

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >>> this has been so nice for the last two days and this continues this evening, crystal clear shot. it's looking good. temperatures comfortable, low to mid-50s. consider our average high this time of the year just 43. this is nice stuff for a february evening. what we're watching, yes, the potential wintry weather maker, enough to throw off your evening commute. we'll have much more. in the meantime, talk about an enjoyable evening, that's what we have. those details coming up. >>> all new tonight a teen beaten just outside the grocery store and the whole thing was caught on camera and posted online. abc2's jamie costello has more. >> reporter: this is from an atlanta neighborhood. you see a teen walk into the store. this was enough for him to become a target. he looks down at his cell phone unaware that he's being followed. when he leaves the store, that's when the attackers get him. some watch for police while others start brutally beating the teen. two guys record the whole thing on video. a clerk inside the store also sees what's

wyatt everhart has more. are we ready to pet a lamb or a lion. >> it turns out that actually you're more of a math guy than i thought. 52 in dulles. across the state just a few passing clouds. come out. i want to show you this. this is our next approaching storm. it will bring us rain but not winter weather tomorrow. 52. with the rain we talk about when the hold thing blows out and what comes behind it. >>> a hearing was held by a senate committee on a bill to ban shark fin sales. shark fins are evidently an asian delicacy and are cut from sharks which are thrown back to die. last week a house committee held a hearing on the same bill. >>> less than a week after the same-sex marriage bill passed, paperwork was filed to repeal. it the marriage alliance said it will lead the fight to preserve marriage. governor martin o'malley plans to sign the bill and this will go into effect next january. 56,000 signatures are needed by june. >>> if harford county wants to parlay the base realignment into a multimillion doll

here's meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> just some amazing video out of virginia. look back here at home. we can make out the last clouds on the back side of the storm blowing off ocean city. that's crystal clear, continuing to look awfully nice. hope you had the holiday off. 39 in easton. we got slush on the ground near sals bury and the southern tip of the state. dry and cool the rest of the evening, a light breeze. tomorrow sunshine. without the northerly breeze even with additional clouds, i think we're up to 53 or so and this, just the beginning of a spring like surge. got more on that coming up. >> thank you, wyatt. just days after the house of delegates passed the same-sex marriage bill, the senate is expected to tackle. it the proceedings committee will likely vote on the bill. it's expected to pass. the full senate could vote later this week f passed and signed into law opponents have vowed to take the issue to referendum. >>> celebrity chef bryan voltaggio used his influence to convince lawmakers to start a school breakfast program. he spoke at a house su

let's check this with meteorologist, wyatt everhart, to find out if the great weather we have been having is going to stick around through the weekend. >> how about part of the weekend. the rest of tonight, and most of our saturday, things change big time saturday night in to sunday. first temperatures near 50 still. 50 dc. 45 easton. baltimore 48. frederick 46. wider here, a few fair weather clouds drifting south of maryland, we are set except for this, gathering storm to the west, putting down snow in parts of the upper midwest and the southern northern plains, we got rain showers over spreading much of the country's mids section. this slow moving system set to arrive late tomorrow night in to the day sunday. we will get a mix of precipitation out of this one, more on that coming up. enjoy pleasant evening in the 40s, back to you. >>> we are working for you to tonight, with a look at how you can protect yourself. we talked to a self defense instructor teaching women life saving skills and self defense moves to ward off potential attackers. kuren redmond learns some of the moves every wo

let's check in with wyatt everhart. >>> the good news is the high thunderstorm activity in southern maryland just about done. they had warm weather that helped fuel storms in southern maryland and on the lower eastern shore. we can see the last remnant of the storms are off of ocean city, a little bit of activity but central maryland, just a few rain showers, one toward bel air. watch for extreme southern maryland and some warnings toward worcester county. temperature wise, you can see what happened, mid-50s for baltimore and d.c. 76 in sals bury and in fredericksburg in the 70s. high wind advisory. you cay gusts up around 30 to the west. they will invade and overspread the state. windy and foggy. 50 for now. much colder for the weekend. we'll talk about that straight ahead. >>> the search is on for three men who attacked a couple walking to their car at the westfield annapolis mall. don harrison explains what police are looking for and how people feel about security at the mall. >> reporter: it's something thousands of people do every day at the westfield annapolis mall, walk to their car i

let's check in with wyatt everhart. >>> i think love is still in the air. yes, the chance for some rain showers. we're tracking some have those. as we take a closer look, you can see a lot of this around the baltimore area, but it will be clearing out in the text 25 minutes. some showers overspreading cecil county. the more significant weather is well north of maryland. that's up in western pennsylvania. so here's where the real heartbreak s50 in baltimore. 50 in easton. obviously any showers will be the liquid variety. we thought things would cool off. 40s, a few sprinkles, cool and breezy. how will the weekend look for all the love birds out there. we answer that coming up. >> thanks a lot, wyatt. >>> tonight montgomery county police have released interrogation video of a woman lying about the day she murdered a coworker. >> reporter: this is something to see. we are looking at surveillance video and it shows what employees next door did and didn't do when they heard the struggle. want to show you brittany norwood talking to police one week to the day aft

let's check in with meteorologist, wyatt everhart, with a look at what is headed our way later on tonight. >>> we are looking at a night we will see the weather deteriorating and past midnight, that's when the main snow is set to arrive. i am going to caution you, the air is drive. elevated moisture and so we are getting a false return here. you have to get out towards west of frederick, in to haguers town to see light snow showers making it to the ground. winter weather advisory midnight tonight through tomorrow. key timing with the potent system than we have seen with the winter weather makers, this key timing is going to be for the core of the system to come through and extending in to 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning. we are looking good after that. this evening above freezing. early rain and snow showers will be liquid on the ground. overnight, we will get down the freezing and colder than that, we will talk about accumulations in the entire story with the storm and how your sunday shapes up, coming up. >>> the push to bring same sex marriage to maryland picked up steam this afternoon in

meteorologist wyatt everhart has a pretty good start to the last week of february. >>> only in reference to this winter would we say sunny and upper 40s was a rough weekend to get through. that's how we finished up. this is not bad. sunshine. we warmed up significantly today in the mid-60s in spots. now we're in the low 60s, baltimore, washington. cooler on delmarva. 61 in the high country of hagerstown. a steady southerly wind has continued to keep us warm into the evening. those are beginning to turn west. that will bring in chillier air. through the day we're talking about temperatures being quite a bit reduced by 12 to 15 degrees. low 50s by 4:00. that will mean the chas for rain by wednesday. we look to our next warmup, all coming up. >>> now to our developing story out of afghanistan where the gunman responsible for killing two u.s. military officers was an afghan who drove police officers to the interior ministry and was considered an ally of the victims. u.s. officials say they are not ready to let advisers go back to work in the country's interior ministry. one of the two office

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> the bottom line is a few rain showers. you know, i get that on valentine's day every so often, a few rain showers but not much. in fact, most of the so-called heartbreaking weather is well north of us in western pennsylvania. i hear the grown -- groans. the good news is temperature wise we're seeing basically not much, mid-50s, now falling to the upper 40s so not all that frigid. any showers that you do experience will be liquid rain showers. no chance for wintry weather, no sleek roads but enough to bring your umbrella along because you don't want your sweetheart to get hit by a shower. we'll talk about how the weekend shapes up. >>> we have ran update on a parking garage attendant who was killed after falling from an automatic lift. >> reporter: investigators are trying to determine exactly what caused this man's depghts. they said the state of the arts parking system at the palisades parking system was a great system. however, they're trying to determine how it caused this man's death, a man who would go out of his way

so let's check in now with meteorologist wyatt everhart. it's been a great winter so far. >> it has. how much longer will it last a few more hours and we will cool off but we'll bounce back. take a look statewide just a few clouds passing by. comfortable this evening. get out there while there's daylight left and enjoy the 66 in -- in annapolis. cockeysville is 63. wind gusts have been up there a little bit, 15 to 230. the steady ones are 10 to 15. still light breezes blowing, 50s but comfortable. so enjoy it. we'll talk about the chance for rain going up toward mid-week and how things will change. >>> sad news tonight. fans are mourning the loss of the barn stein bears cocreator. along with her husband, stan, they ill lus straight the books. the 88-year-old suffered a stroke on thursday and died friday. the first book was published in 1962. over the years more than 300 titles have been released in 23 languages it. has become a rite of passage for generations of young readers. >>> a confrontation caught on camera as someone doing explaining

let's check in with meteorologist, wyatt everhart w a look at your first forecast. >> we will talk aboutunday. the thing s let's address the fact it's a nice friday evening, a great saturday on the way.

let's check in with wyatt everhart to see what's in store. >> in our immediate future, winds beginning let up, southwest at seven. if was windy at times, but 48 right now, not a terrible temperature and some sunshine through the late part of the afternoon. this was cloudy early in the day, no question about that. look at the flag whipping on federal. phage -- again, those winds beginning to let up. gaithersburg. once the clouds clear up, we're left with serious sunshine. western maryland, no snow on the ground in mid-late february. no snow whatsoever. maryland's most powerful radar all clear and temperature wise state wise 46 at the beach. 48 in baltimore. you get idea statewide some pretty mild numbers. winds from the south seven to 14, gusting higher. take a look at the wind gusts. we have one or two and dover at the airforce base. zoom in a little bit and get an idea of what's coming up tomorrow, mid to upper 50s. we're talking probably 58, 57 federal. further south how about annapolis, one of those days if we get a breeze off the water we'll be a degree or two cooler. all right. ta

let's check in with meteorologist wyatt everhart who joins us from the storm center. >> more of that mighty fine weather. temperatures climbing to above 50 degrees. take a look across the state. hardly a cloud in the sky. right now. temperatures running just above 50. d.c. at 50. eastern shore mid-40s. light southwesterly breeze with that cooler temperature coming off the bay water. this evening 40s, a few clouds. we cool off. is there any change in this nice pattern. we answer that coming up. >>> washington state authorities spent the day sifting through the wreckage of yesterday's house explosion that killed josh powell and his two young sons. powell was the sole person of interest in his wife's disappearance more than two years ago. police believe the explosions were intentional. diane alvear has the latest. >> reporter: police said no soon than the two sons entered his home, they say he did the unthinkable. he murdered them. an email cept to his attorney minutes earlier josh said just three words -- "i'm sorry. good-bye." >> the only way he could win this was by to kill them. >>

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. >>> wyatt everhart on valentine's eve. last week, we told you about a college senior on jeopardy. well, she won, and she's going to be on your tv tonight in the finals. sarah bart was a wild card entry, but smoked her competition from duke and gw. more than doubling the combined total of her two fellows, now, she's one of three finalists who will compete in the final two days of jeopardy's college chap ship, and it's a story -- championship, and it's a story to tell. >> it's just a great experience, and the culmination for my vacation, it was the pinnacle of my winter break, and when i got back, everybody was welcoming about it, and friendly. like oh, you're the jeopardy girl, good job. and i'm like, yep, that's me. i'm famous right now. >> there you go! no matter how she do, she is guaranteed to walk away with $25,000, if she wins, she will earn $100,000. we'll have to huddle around the tv to see how she does right here on abc 2, jeopardy starts by 7:00, and then wheel of fortune. >>> pleasant night, wyatt will be right back with another look at the forecast, and we'll tell you w

we will check with wyatt everhart to see if it's going the last through the weekend. >> changing weather in to the weekend. nice tonight. starting off with a good looking saturday. active weather saturday in to sunday, some could be the wintery variety. t temperatures running around 50 degrees. gathering storm, significant rainmaker right now for the country's midsection. however as it begins to track eastward by tomorrow evening, we could see late rain showers saturday night, converting to wintery showers as we go in to the first part of our sunday. we will talk about this storming up. enjoy it, 40s and partly cloudy. >>> developing story , the komen foundation reversing decision to stop funding planned parenthood. their two giants of the women's health care industry, over the past few days they have been taking heat from the people that supported the organization is in the past. >> reporter: susan komen for the cure did an about face. the charity announced today it will reverse decision to eliminate funds to planned parenthood. in a statement komen said we want to apologize to the amer

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i'm meteorologist wyatt everhart. >> we lead off with a story out of charlottesville, virginia. if you grew up in cockeysville with yeardley love, or you went to mvp with her or played lacrosse with her. >> you want to know what is going to happen to her former boyfriend, accused of killing her. >> most of the day here in charlottesville, virginia, was spent narrowing down the jury who will determine the fate of george huguely. also today, george huguely spoke for the first time since his arrest. >> reporter: for the first time since his arrest, the former university of virginia lacrosse player, george huguely spoke, as members of his family and the family members of yeardley love listened. huguely said he is not guilty =s >> well, it doesn't last four or five decades, to the point that it's okay to be on a jury, even though you have familiarity with a case, provided that you can state under oath, that you have formed no opinion on guilt or innocence. >> reporter: love is from cockeysville and played lacrosse for notre dame prep and uva. a number being paired down to 27. then th