this is wjztv and wjz.com baltimore. >> from the cities to the counties to your neighborhood. now it's complete coverage, wjz, maryland's news station. >> winter blast, snow falls on maryland making roads slick and slippery. >> now an overnight freeze could bring problems for the morning commute. >> winter weather hits parts of maryland. wjz is live. bob has more on the temperature drop but we're going go go straight to may again -- megan with latest on road conditions. >> now wet roads combined with temperatures could mean the worst is yet to come. a deadly accident and now police are trying to determine whether weather played a part in this crash. rescue workers tried to free the other driver. >> the weather is just too bad. >> reporter: road crews throughout the region worked to keep up through the rush hour. >> you know it's snowing. >> reporter: drivers in carol county battled low visibility. school officials canceled all after school activities. here in frederick it's sticking to the grass but not to the roads. with moisture on the roads it could all slick over. we're preparing for a long night. >> they're going to freeze. we'll probably have some calls. >> reporter: as night falls you can see the roads starting to ice over and the snow clinging to the outside of cars and many ready for the winter blast to be over. >> you like the snow? >> the state highway administration will have salt trucks on the road overnight. reporting live, eyewitness news. >> bob continues our weather coverage on what can happen over night. >> the ground and the roads are still wet. not much wind. still have some cloudy skies. as it clears those temperatures will be dropping and that's where we'll be expecting. up there where there's slush around, that is going to freeze overnight and we'll expect to see problems. we'll have a close look at the morning commute and we could see more winter weather. >> thanks, bob. live doppler radar and any closings and delays log on to wjz.com. the weather could be blamed for this city cruiser crash. they should be okay. >> emotional testimony in the murder trial of a lacrosse player. adam may reports from virginia. >> reporter: sharon wiped away tears as prosecutors went into great details about the day her daughter died. she was coming home to this apartment in may 20/10. she found her face down in a pillow and in a blanket. when a roommate tried to wake up her she saw blood and an injury to the eye. they say she died of blunt force drama and loves boy friend seen here walking into court for the first time planned the beating in advance. she wrote a few days ago you said you would get back with you if i started bringing. i should have killed you. they say it was not premeditated. he's not that complicated. he's not that complex. both agreed after love's desk he went to the dumpster and threw away love's computer. they agree they drank the night of the death. it's no excuse for first degree murder. george is paying very close attention to the precedings inside the courtroom. at one point love's older sister was called to the witness stand. on her way up there she looked directly at george and two of them locked eyes and it was an uncomfortable moment inside the courtroom. the testimony will continue tomorrow. >> stay with wjz and wjz.com for complete coverage of the murder trial. we'll remain on the scene. >> desperate 911 calls and the moments before watching a state man attack his young sons and then blow up the house. tonight emergency -- >> reporter: these calls are a sad and chilling account as two young brothers are killed by their father. a social worker was the first person to alert police something was wrong as josh powell's home. >> i'm on a supervised visitation and something weird has happened. >> reporter: she says the kids were one step ahead of her when powell slammed the door in her face. >> how long will it be? >> we have to respond to life threatening situations first. >> this could be life threatening. he went to court and didn't get his kids back and i'm afraid for their lives. >> reporter: inside police say josh powell brutally attacked his boys and used gasoline to blow up the house. >> he blew up the house and the kids. >> the kids and the father were in the house? >> yes, he slammed the door in my face. i kept knocking and thought it was a mistake and then i called 911. >> reporter: powell sent an e- mail before he killed the kids. >> he said something about he couldn't live without his sons. >> reporter: authorities from washington state determined it took 22 minutes for deputies to arrive at the scene of the fire after it was first reported. an investigation is now underway. >> he had been a person of interest in the disappearance of his wife susan powell. >> same sex marriage in maryland. his support is important because many religious leaders are still opposed to the plan. a house committee is expected to debate the bill later this week. >> a fetus dumped in the trash, tonight we're learning more about how it got there. mike has the unfolding investigation. >> reporter: police say the fetus was wrapped in plastic and found in this dumpster. the mom brought detectives here and it's inside an apartment complex where neighbors are shaking. >> i was very sad and i just couldn't believe someone could do that to a little baby. >> i have a niece two years old and it kind of hurt me when i heard about that. >> reporter: investigators tell wjz she revealed she gave birth at a relative's house and said the baby was stillborn. >> they took the mom to the medical center where she was evaluated. >> reporter: in 2007 riley gave birth in a dorm room and stuffed the baby in a drainage ditch. that same year police found four fetuses on kristie freeman's property in ocean city but dropped charges when they couldn't prove any were born alive. medical examiners perform an autopsy to determine the death. >> call the police department. don't do that. >> reporter: the medical xerox xerox examiners are in the process of performing the autopsies. >> it is unclear whether the mother lives there but called police the baltimore county. >> now, how to return the documents. police found more than 10,000 stolen documents in the apartment and some have been returned to the maryland historical society but less than half have been identified. >> some of the hottest new cars roll into baltimore. they buff and polish the cars for the show. whether you're looking for small and sporty or luxury cars, there they are for co. information -- you. >> a young man survived a a brutal beating by a mob and lived to tell the story. the reason he is speaking up now and the part of the crime that's disturbing. >> speeding up the security process. big change at the airport to help you get to your fight faster. >> abused and left for dead. how this goat has a second chance for life. i'm going to introduce you to the goat and the woman who saved her just ahead. >> watch out for the possible ice in the morning and a possible warm up in the afternoon. i'll have your forecast coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's 35 degrees and droid did i -- cloudy right now. a texas woman manages to escape before her car turns into a blazing inferno. she was outside a restaurant when heavy smoke came out from under the hood. no one was injured. the victim of a video tape beating outside an atlanta store says he fears for his life. fbi is investigating it as a potential hate crime. he came forward because he doesn't want anyone else to go through this. the city of atlanta is offering a 10,000-dollar award to find the attackers. >> police say they discovered 200 more nude photos at a pharmacy. detectives hope to photos will help identify more victims. according to lawsuits he sent warmly written birthday cards to his victims. he is one of two teachers arrested on lewdness charges. the school will reopen with an entirely new staff. >> a bill inspired by the sex abuse scandal aims to change maryland law. this bill makes it a crime not to report child abuse. they say they want to toughen laws. security screenings are about to get faster at 28 airports including bwi. the tsa says eligible passengers who volunteer more personal information with be embedded at the airport and go through a check point where they don't have to remove shoes or jackets. >> authorities still searching for the person who abused a goat and left it for dead. tonight a story of survival for the unlucky animal and how it got a new chance at life. >> reporter: some may call it anjanette flowersal sanctuary but for the goat it's -- an animal sanctuary. but the chain had been there so long the animal control had to remove the skin that had grown over it. she's at this ranch run by wendy. >> i don't know how the poor thing was moving. it was pure determination for her to try to get help. >> reporter: as they try to determine who abandoned her she's adapting to her new friends including the others just like her. once the investigation is complete, this can be called her permanent home. at 11 years old no one knows how long she was lost but she'll now spend the rest of her life found. >> she will never ever see another chain around her neck. >> animal control says if her original owners are found they could face criminal charges. >> beating crime and punishment story. >> he's going to get flowers and go home and pick up his wife and take her to red lobster and then they're going to go bowling. >> this is stemming from an argument with his wife after wishing her happy birthday. he issued his date night sentence for the couple. >> that could backfire, you know. i hope that goes well. >> i think it will. >> i don't know. >> justice will be served along with dinner. let's take a look. overnight tonight skies are going to clear. any slush or moisture not been treated with salt will be frozen. watch out for your step on the steps tomorrow morning. 35 now. west north west runs light but beginning to dry things out. now, where it did snow, half inch, three quarters, a couple of spots pick up almost two inches from the city on south, a few flakes but no precipitation. 33 up in elkton and the moisture on the ground is frozen already. right now it just dropped to 32 at west minister and they picked up a little more than an inch and a quarter. almost two inches reported. some did see snow on the ground. here in the city, a trace is about all we got. 35 in the city and 38 is napa. 40 was the high in afternoon. actually as the rain and snow began temperatures dropped back into the mid-30s. 31 last night after midnight. record is 70 and one below zero. it's the winds that will dry things out. here's today's storm as it moves off to the east quickly. we're starting to see dry air move in and it's clearing skies to the west. tomorrow will be a sunny nice day and quiet a bit warmer than today with mild air coming in and friday even warmer but saturday morning a front comes through and maybe a few rain or snow showers and then it turns chilly or just plain cold for saturday and sunday but after that another warm up in the works. tonight, we'll see gradual clearing. watch out for the icy spots. 27-32 downtown. morning clouds have been a lot of sun shine. it turned out to be a nice day. 50 degrees friday. maybe a snow shower saturday morning. 38, 18 at night. 44 monday and probably 50 again on tuesday. denese. >> wow. for the updated first weather forecast. >> coming up, college basketball heats up ,, ,, ♪ [ male announcer ] we have more than 3,000 daily flights on southwest airlines. and that gives you thousands of options to fly where you want, when you want. announcing new nonstop service from bwi airport to atlanta starting february 12th. book all of our destinations only at southwest.com. talking about maryland basketball. >> you got to love college basketball. maryland's basketball team is headed to duke on saturday. that's always a tough trip. they're going to face a duke team coming off a wild one tonight. duke played at north carolina, two teams ranked in the national top ten. duke delivers a stunning come back on the road down by two, clock ticking. that's the freshman austin rivers and he hit a three pointer before the buzzer. that's a duke winner. they knock off carolina 85-84 f maryland will play the blue devils in durham. freshman jimmy hammer, jumper, hammer nails it. hopkins wins it 52-48. to the pros, baltimore with another performance taking on minnesota tonight. he drops three of 19 points and in the top 20 in scoring in the league. he can shoot and dunk. they beat the t-wolfs by five. another nba guy with local ties, gary neil playing at philly. a highlight on that drive to the hoop. tosses it up and that goes in. let's get another look. gary comes off the bench in score 18 points adds as -- as the spurs beat the sixers. football news, it's been reported that university of maryland quarterback danny plans to leave college park for another school but hold on. on his twitter account today he says contrary to rumor, i'm still a turp, end quote. that's something he shared on social media. one report said he met with the coach and informed him he will transfer. that's what we know for now. >> okay. >> that will be a blow. thank you, mark. coming up, a rhino on the run. >> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 650 people got to the top of the empire state building. they took part in the building run up going up 86 flights of stairs. this was also the first time the race was run at night. someone from germany reach the finish line first in a time of 10 minutes and 28 seconds. >> a rhino is on the loose at a tokyo zoo. it's made of paper mache and they had two zoo employees inside the life size costume. this was part of a safety drill in case a real rhino went for a run. they even shot a tranquilizing shot into the beast. they caught him and everyone is safe. >> except for the 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