You can always track the storm with interactive radar and see pictures and videos of areas that have been affected by the storm at wbaltv. Com. < 24 hours after john leopold was convicted, county executives are stepping up to find a replacement. Less than 24 hours. I understand the meeting went pretty quickly. It appears we go from one legal drama to the next. It appears the legal battle lines have been drawn between the executive branch and let legislative branch. All depends on when he can be permanently kicked out of office. Late this afternoon the county Council Introduced a measure that will vacate the county executive and force leopold out and begin the process of finding a replacement. The county attorney told reporters that resolution is illegal, because it is interpretation of the word conviction and whether it begins at the finding of guilt or at sentencing. They have no power. They have no authority to remove the county executive or any other official convicted of a crime until the crime until the conviction is a matter of record. Until the conviction is final. Mayor of the wall is very clear that the conviction becomes a matter of record at the time of sentencing. Maryland law is very clear that the conviction becomes a matter of record at the time of sentencing. Monday night is when the council will hold a public hearing on the resolution and potentially take a vote. The sentencing has not yet been scheduled, but we learned minutes ago that the Conference Call between the judge and attorneys in the case is happening right now, and possibly a sentencing date will be determined sometime today. Thank youl. The principle of a wellborn Baltimore City prep school is out of a job after acknowledging Inappropriate Communications with students. 11 news was on the scene at mount st. Joe high school trying to gather more details and accusations against barry fitzpatrick. Instead we were referred to the schools statement on the website. Officials say he is resigning after they discovered what theyre calling Inappropriate Communications with students. City police have since begun an investigation. Right now the nature of those communications or on the students involved is still unclear. The attorney for the student accused of opening hall inside a cafeteria is trying to have it moved to Juvenile Court. Right now robert gladden jr. Is charged as an adult. The defense attorney told the judge that robert gladden jr. Deserves an opportunity, a chance, and he said the 15year old would get that in Juvenile Court and could get treatment if he was sent to a secure, Mental Health facility. His attorney described the seriousness of the case against robert gladden jr. , saying he is charged with outrageous conduct. He is charged with attempted firstdegree murder, accused of bringing a shotgun to the high school, opening fire, and wounding a special needs students. The shooting happened august 27, the first day of school. He had just turned 17 a few weeks prior. Now his attorneys tried to get the case move from adults to Juvenile Court. The defense attorney mentioned terrible tragedies. He told the judge, this is not columbine, this is not newtown. This is a dumb man who made a horrible mistake. He is not an evil person, a young man crying out for help. The attorney claims his client had been bullied and called names such as greek and weird freak and weirdo. A psychologist described his extreme people this toward school and said he had a homicidal and suicidal thoughts, believing light was life was pointless. Also, he which wished the situation had never happened. Prosecutors asked about a police videotape in which he expressed no remorse. How he was suspended in middle school for making threats and admitted to writing an online death threat, allegedly parting targeting a student he a bully. One doctor claimed he suffered from a major depressive disorder. We will have more in testimony tomorrow. Thank you. New at this hour, the coowner of a popular federal hill restaurant is no longer facing charges of rape. Earlier this month when Police Arrested this man after customer reported being assaulted during a visit to the bathroom inside the restaurant. Investigators have been reviewing this Surveillance Video throughout the month and have a hearing this morning. Court officials decided to no longer move forward with the prosecution. Today jurors in the Michael Johnson murder trial heard from a surprise witness we first told you about last week. He is an inmate who claims he saw felicia barns body. Tonight prosecutors are asking, can he be believed . At j miller is following that story live downtown. Jane miller is following that story live downtown. He is a career criminal. He testified that he called him to the apartment and showed him the body and had to kill her because she would not stop crying after having sex with him. The question is, can he be believed . Defense lawyers went after him and got him to admit he is in the business of getting people fraudulent drivers license through his hook up, and they abruptly stopped questioning this witness when he could not get the date rights of the murder. Earlier there was very critical testimony in the case from the corners. The coroner who ruled he died of ecstasy at, as much admitted it was a decision by the fall because no other explanation was obvious. A sign of injury, a drug overdose, or illness. Her body was pulled from the river in april 2011, four months after she disappeared. Michael johnson is accused of killing her, but how . The court nor the did the autopsy said she could not determine whether she was strangled or drowned. The corner who did althe autopsy said she could not determine whether she was mother, strangled, or drowned. You cannot tell when ecstasy at occurred. She said no, you cannot tell when it happened. Then offers offered lawyers offered a different theory. So it is possible the lawyer, went on, she could have fallen or jumped into the river, correct . She replied that is correct. A big hole in the states case against johnson is how she got to the river. Nothing about the cause of death bills in the blank. The coroner did help the state make one argument that the condition of her body is condition consistent with being placed in the river in a container. Prosecutors believe he used a blue storage been a similar to this to dispose of her body. The last witness to take the stand today for the state, detective daniel nicholson. He is the lead detective and also of the detective suspended and in trouble for alleged misconduct during the search for its own daughter. His direct testimony finished a few moments ago. We expect very aggressive cross examination of the detective starting in the morning. A man suffering from a gunshot wound is discovered overnight in northeast baltimore, and Police Believe he was the victim of a shooting that occurred a few hours earlier. Authorities say in the 4900 block of marlowe wrote for gunfire. They searched the area but did not discover any evidence of shooting. A round 7 45 a. M. They received a 911 col. Were told a man was pronounced dead an hour later at an area hospital. No word tonight on suspect or a possible motive. A maryland state trooper is recovering from injuries after amazing week surviving an Early Morning accident. Take a look at the accident. It collided with a tractor trailer are wrong route 150 in westminster. All along route 150 in westminster. No word on what caused the crash. Seven people are recovering from a separate accident overnight involving a tractortrailer. Fire officials in Prince Georges County say that tractortrailer clear and did a fire truck around 3 00 this morning. Were told a jeep was overturned an accident. Four the victims were firefighters, one taken to the hospital in critical condition. Still ahead, a hearing in washington today on gun control. Gabrielle giffords expected to appear before a senate committee, but much of the testimony centers around jim johnson and what he had to say. Take the temperature has dropped in new orleans, but the excitement is heating up. The temperature has [ regina ] i got it when we could download an hd movie in like. 2 minutes [ male announcer ] once youve got verizon fios internet, you get it the difference 100 fiber optics makes. But dont take our word for it ask a real fios customer. Ask me why fiber optics matters. 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After media day yesterday it is back to business af today. We will head up to jerry sandusky. Gerry sandusky. We are not complaining, but the temperature has dropped. We of strong storms that came through today and made the temperatures cooler. The spotlight is still red hot on ray lewis. It is a dome, so the weather has no impact on super bowl xlvii. Ray lewis have an impact. He is polarizing. When he talks, people listen from all over the country. Denial on media day did not hit hard enough, he took on sports illustrated. I have never said what he said i was supposed to do. It is sad once again that someone can have this much attention on a stage this big. The guy has no credibility. He has been sued at four or five times over the same b. S. Just to entertain it, i cannot come i want in truly believe he does not have the privilege for me to speak about it ever again. 12 years after his trial in atlanta, he must again defend himself in the court of public opinion. John harbaugh made it clear he has nothing to defend with his coaches or teammates. There is nothing to it. Ray is honest and straightforward. He is told us in the past and telling us now he is never taken any of that step ever. I believe him completely. Despite the destruction, he chooses not to surrender his enjoyment of the week. His final week as an nfl player. You are not angry. You could use a different word. You could use the word agitated. I am here to win the super bowl. I am not here to entertain someone who does not affect that one way or another. Lewis has sensed a special ending since he announced his retirement, and ending event he referred to a storybook. Even he referred to a storybook. When we walk off the field, we know we did everything in our power. For me, that is a heck of a way to go out. Ray lewis doing the thing he came to town to do. They got started 15 minutes ago at tulane university. That is the one place weather could play a role. Rain could complicate things, but as the skies are clear as was pointed out, the skies are clear. I tried the nfl experience with some kids. There were much better than me. For now, back to you in the studio. I am sure you were amazing. Thank you. You can watch the ravens countdown show. Gerry sandusky will bring you highlights each night at 7 30. now your 11 instaweather plus forecast with Tom Tasselmyer. Big storms did roll through the big easy overnight. You can see that on the radar. 72 degrees at 11 00 last night. Right around 8 00 this morning the powerful line of thunderstorms track right for new orleans with heavy winds and gusty downpours. Now the storms have cleared the area and theyre back to sunshine, but a much cooler 60 degrees with the west wind at 18. We are dealing with the same system on the northern end of it. Up to 70 degrees today. Within 2 degrees of a record that goes all the way back to 1914. The clouds prevented us from reaching the record. Look at all the normal stats. It is still unseasonably mild, even in areas dealing with grain. Temperatures are still 60 degrees near the pennsylvania line. Still almost 70 degrees down as all very. Salsbury. Heavy downpours are possible. Flood watches cover all of central and western maryland. Flood advisories from the Eastern Shore and bay. Heavy downpours could cause quick flooding in some spots overnight. The blue shading is the wind advisory. Gusts over 40 Miles Per Hour possible overnight as the line of showers that went for new orleans this morning approaches baltimore this afternoon and tonight. The showers will come through all night long and this may bring down some very strong winds. Gusts over 30 are possible through the night. Heavy downpours, you might even your thunder. Temperature tomorrow morning will be in the 50s. This band of showers is developing ahead of a strong cold front. Tomorrow that will go through in the morning. It will take the showers out early. Behind it, instead of rising, temperatures will be falling all day tomorrow because the air is coming into the midatlantic region tomorrow. It will stick around through the weekend. Showers up and down the eastern seaboard at 6 00 with the rain changing over to snow and amounts. Windy conditions behind the front. Gusts of 40 Miles Per Hour. Notice the snow showers crossing the bay friday morning. It is possible we could see light showers or flurries. Another front brings the chance for light snow showers saturday night into sunday morning. Dramatically different weather pattern once the front goes through tonight. 5257 in the morning tomorrow. Temperatures falling. By sunset temperatures around 30. Tomorrow small craft advisory. Gusts to at least 35 knots on the open waters of the bay. Western maryland change back to winter with heavy snow showers thursday, friday. Fridays high only 15. If youre going to the mound this week and to enjoy the snow, you better be prepared for dangerous wind chills. 58 thursday on the morning and clearing and colder. Maybe flurries friday morning. Ocean City Temperatures will be falling. Almost 60 tomorrow in the morning but much colder tomorrow afternoon. Flurries possible friday as well. Back to winter time. Highs only around freezing friday and saturday. Snow showers again saturday night into sunday. Maybe another weather maker with snow flurries next tuesday. Tonight Maryland Health officials admit it was a delayed warning. Why experts waited nearly a week to sound the alarm about last years deadly meningitis outbreak. Take up the governor in tonights medical alert, it looks as though Maryland Health officials put the issue of the deadly meningitis outbreak last year put it on hold. They said officials delayed notifying the public for an entire week. According to Health Officials that pose no threat to the public as clinics were in were instructed to stop giving the injections. They wanted to wait until there was a more precise connection between the shots and meningitis cases. Consumer reports breaks into the medical field, releasing a rating for Cancer Screening tests. After analyzing data from several government studies researchers say screenings for pancreatic, testicular, and Ovarian Cancer can be avoided for average risk adults because those test may not be able to detect illness until the later stages. Consumer reports says skin exams and blood test for Prostate Cancer are not necessary unless someone carries a high risk for disease. Among the test that Consumer Reports deems necessary, screening boat cervical, colorectal and Breast Cancer for a cool, colorectal, and Breast Cancer. Cervical. The correct time to vaccinate children for 16 diseases. It also recommends pregnant women receive a whopping pcough ejection during the second trimester. Injection. Kids are not the only ones who need regular vaccines. Many adult vaccines go unused. Adults over the age of 19 are supposed to get shots for whopping cough, tetanus, but only 13 percent of adults were vaccinated in 2011. They are also encouraging some women to get the hpv vaccine after consulting with a doctor. After a very brief reprieve from the cold weather, more cold weather headed our way. Tracking significant winds and rainfall. We will tell you when it upload it and where when we come back. Will hit and where when we come back. Live, local, late breaking, you are watching wbaltv 11 news at 5 00 with stan stovall and ronald him a pawn donna hamilton. Your instaweatherplus forecast with Tom Tasselmyer. Wbal news continues right now. Welcome back. Just four days until the showdown in new orleans. Already the things are heating up with the harbaugh bowl drawing more attention than usual. Light Team Coverage continues in new orleans. Pete, you have picked up some pretty remarkable stories. It has been a blast to talk to so many different players. The players really wanted to talk to today, torrey smith. A great story. It was the way he battled through grief turned out completely remarkable to me. One night removed from the death of his 19yearold brother, played the light of this came to honor the brother. From the day his brother was killed in a motorcycle crash, embracing ray lewis immediately beating the patriots. On no sleep he took the field and offered arguably the best game of his career, a tribute to Kevin Smith Jones that beautifully honor his memory. He cannot believe it that i cannot believe. This is like. I do not get caught up on the emotional roller coaster. Part of doing that is thing consistent and what you do. It is unbelievable. I cannot imagine going through what he went through in handling it as well as he did, even with the people around us. I am s