Transcripts For WMAR News 20100301 : vimarsana.com

it s actually helping to dry things out coming down from the mountains. opposed to the pattern over the weekend, we should be dry today. mid-week, we could have a storm that will just miss us. we re looking outside the current conditions right now. let s show you ricers town for our friends here in camp fedder. and clouds are still lingering on in the western sky. the winds 21 miles an hour and glen burnie they re virtually clear 36 and winds gusting to 18 miles an hour. hold on to the wheel. let s happen out there as the sun is getting ready to come up offer baltimore. route 2 southbound, the debris still has not been cleared on ritchie highway. a heads up if you re traveling to timonium, york road southbound, you ll see downed power lines in the roadway. if you try to get on 83, you may want to use padona road. and now checking the travel times. and checking the baltimore city cameras, not looking too bad as you come off 498. no problems coming into baltimore. secretary of state clinton will briefly visit chile s capital tomorrow to show support forest cue and recovery there. she left for a week-long five nation tour of latin america. lewding is a huge problem in some towns that were affected by this earthquake. it was and 8.8 earthquake. the government has sent soliders and ordered a nighttime curfew in the hard hit city to curve lewding. the death toll has climbd to 700 people. students from loyola university were on the way to chile and the pilot woke them up and said we have to turn the plane around because of the disaster. here s more on the students. she s live in the studio with the story. reporter: the students were just hours away from landing in chile and they literally had turn back around. they say that the trip was like one big roller coaster ride. they left from baltimore and friday, and saturday night they were back where they started. the group of 30 students was almost in santiago and the high lot came on to say they were turning around. the massive earthquake damaged the runway and power was out at the airport a. the students were heading to chile for a weeklong trip as part of their mba program. i was disappointed about the trim and so sad about what happened in santiago. reporter: they had been on the plane for about 30 hours and then arrived back in baltimore. a group from the university of tennessee also had their trip canceled. icy roads over the weekend made for a near death experience for an officer. this video is hard to watch. an out-of-control car spun into the officer on the side of the road. this is 146 in brooklyn heights. lieutenant john lambert pushed a driver out of the way, perhaps saving his life before he took the brunt of the hit. the officer lost consciousness for four minutes and then woke up at the hospital. the 22-year-old veteran is expected to be all right. in florida, a tractor- trailer driver was killed when his rig that he was driving in was involved in a pileup with several other trucks. the man didn t stop his truck in time to avoid colliding with the back of another tractor- trailer and the force of that crash pushed one truck into a third big rig. they say about 200 gallons of diesel fuel spilled out on to the interstate in this crash. jenny sanford and south carolina governor mark sanford are close to being divorce. friday a judge granted her request to divorce her husband of 20 years. he admitted to having an international affair. but mrs. sanford said she has no hard feelings. it s the end of a 20-year marriage. it s not cause for celebration. it s a beginning of a new chapter for me and our celebration. no reason in the world why we can t raise our boys to be the best that they can be. divorce become official later on this month. 6:34. today is march 1st. and wednesday will be march 3rd and the orioles hit the field at their new home away from home in sarasota, florida. right-hander brad burgson got rave reviews after he injured his right shoulder filming a commercial. not feeling like spring weather or baseball weather but hopefully soon. we ll send it over to justin. we re still watching that storm in new england. it is backing one more time and throwing showers for them. for us it brings in strong winds out of the north. but we have a clear start in most of central maryland this morning. it s about the gusty winds and another storm trying to head our way by the middle of the week. we ll explain that in a bit. let s see what is happening on the roads. we still have downed power lines in timonium and reports of an accident route 2 southbound in glen burnie. i ll let you know more details when we come back. and now let s get a look at buses and trains with mark jones. you ll find a delay running about 15, 20 minutes late. the mark train is moving g and look for number 20 bus to be diverted in the area of fred hilton pass and frederick due to construction. and the number eight, 14, 19 are running ten to 15 minutes late. for the mta transit team, i m join joan. chilgy s president said that the country is dealing with a tragedy that is of giant magnitude and it will take years to recover. there s a person of interest in the disappearance of a san diego teenager. one teen is living a lavish lifestyle and flying his own airplane. but now we find out he s a criminal. students were supposed to be in chile over the weekend but they made it out in a nick of time. here s justin with weather. we ll take a look outside and we re taking a look at maryland s storm center weather net and you can see western howard county right now. we got cloudy skies. glenn elk, 35 agrees and wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour. we ll show you where and a look at the mid-week s storm forecast right after this. stick around. why choose between delicious or 100 calories? with yoplait delights. .now you can finally have both. it s the perfect parfait. .with two indulgently rich layers. .of chocolate. .and raspberry yogurt. .and only 100 calories. yoplait delights. get rid of the or . 6:had he on a monday morning. good monday morning and happy march 1st. i m megan pringle. justin is here and hopefully we can have a noneventful week weather-wise. we ll start with one day at a time. we just showed you the camera in glenn elk. they have a cloudy start. but we re looking at pharos point and cameras eastbound and it s a mostly sunny start to the day. the sun is going to come up at any moment. the wind have been gusting to 19 miles an hour. wind gusts will be the story for today. the old storm is trying to work its way backwards into newening and that is where the rain and snow will halt. we get a strong northerly flow and that will be responsible for coming down from the mountains and breaking up into clouds further into the hills in the west. but the bay and the eastern shore should be a mostly sunny one. it s rain right now in dallas. but they could actually end the day with some know as it will try to pull some cold air behind it it rides to the south and probably crossing across the panhandle or south of the panhandle of florida and maybe some snow no atlanta, georgia. the storm works its way up the coast and we have to set our sight what s it will do in the mid-alantic. another event full and mostly sunny day today. north maryland could have somewhere clouds just because of that northerly wind. tomorrow should be an overcast day but it should be a dry day and watch the chance of maybe a rain shower coming in tomorrow evening and watch the moisture turn up the coast and we ll be on theth of it and the eastern shore is a better chance of picking up accumulating snow right on the edge of that. and the best shot will be tuesday night no wednesday morning. and now that we re in the month of march, even on cloudy days we absorb deeper solar radiation and the ground stays warmer and it s hard to get sticking out of snow. 48 today and we ll get back down into the 30s for tonight. if there was a monday morning that you want to get to work early this could be the day. we have good traffic around the area. no problems around 695 or up and down the 91 corridor. in howard county we have results of a crash on burned wood drive. around the area, we are still looking good. and we have reports of a crash downed power lines york road southbound at timonium road. i m hearing they re in the process of getting that clear and we have a crash ritchie highway southbound. but that is out of the travel lanes so far. as we check on the jfx, you re looking good in both directions at north parkway. the president said that the massive 8.8 earthquake created a catastrophe of unthinkable magnitude that will require a giant effort to recover. in the sound, no food or drinking water can be found. firefighters are pulling survivors from a toppled apartment where they were forced to pause because of tear gassing fired to stop the looters. and the death toll has climbed to more than 700. thousands of houses were destroyed or badly damaged. students from loyola university were on the way to chile and the pilot alerted them of the huge disaster. and we have more with this. reporter: the trip was one big roller coaster ride. on friday, the students left for chile and saturday night they were back in baltimore. the group was almost in santiago and the pilot came ton to say they were turning around. the massive earthquake had damaged the runway and the power was out at the airpt. they were headed to airport. they were headed to chile for a weeklong pilot program. it s hard not to think about everyone in chile that lives there, and there were people on our flight trying to get home to everyone there. reporter: the students had been on the plane for about 30 hours before they finally arrived back in baltimore. a group from the university of tennessee also had their trip canceled. 6:48. and the ntsb says it will investigate the weekend crash of a single engine plane in edgewater that killed the pilot. it hit a tree about a quarter mile from the lee runway airport. it went down on warehouse creek lane at about 4:30. the pilot was killed and he has not been identified. no one else injured. the research disease of bat the archdiocese of baltimore is supposed to announce a restructuring of the catholic school system. they re facing falling enrollment and rising operating costs. the announcement is expected sometime this week. we ll keep you posted. a new study suggests that despite no link by extensive research, one in four u.s. parents still believe that some vaccines cause autism in healthy children. but most parents continue to follow the advice of their doctors despite their concerns. the survey of u.s. parents and opinions on sabb seens will be vaccines will be released today. there s now research about obesity in kids and not welcome news for many. african-american and hispanic children shows disportion nature high rates. and the studies say that family income is often a factor but so are cultural customs and beliefs. mothers that smoking during pregnancy and eating and sleeping habits in infantsy are also key factors. all new, a suburban san diego teen better it is missing but a registered sex offender from south california has been arrested in her days appearance. the arrest came after some 1400 volunteers scoured a park for 17-year-old chelsea king over the weekend. investigators searching the park found evidence that led to the arrest of 30-year-old john gardener. they believe that he may also be tied to another assault on a female jogger in colorado. nearly 200,000 homes and businesses are still without power today. in the northeast, utility crews from as far away as michigan in maryland continue to help local trees. they re removing trees that knocked down power lines and replacing utility poles that snapped during last week s winter storm. there s a notorious burglar on the loose in washington state and the police say that these a teenager that has stole more than a million dollars worth of stuff. he s known as the bare foot bandit. he disappears into the woods without a trace. officials say since he escaped from a halfway house, he has sought in more scores of break- ins and us secretaried of stealing four small planes and crashing each one but the police just can t seem to nab the guy. they had the guy with dogs, guns. they were getting close. so now i don t know what has happened. and it makes me a little nervous. police suspect that he s stolen boats and luxury cars and broken into dozens of homes and businesses. residents say they want the teenager caught before things get more serious. all right. speaking of serious, this is for the serious bacon lover, perhaps the inner homer simpson for you. this is the bacon fest in de moines, iowa. this is the third year they have bacon, fried, boiled and barb cues and even bacon dipped into chocolate. what festival would not be complete without bacon ice cream and bacon eating contest and plenty of items. closing ceremonies stood in stark contrast from the opening two weeks ago with the death of a russian luger. a giddie audience were all buzz about canada s overtime win over the u.s. reporter: for canada, for the host country and the olympics, it doesn t get any better than this. canada versus the u.s. going for the hockey gold. the game so heart stopping that was just seconds left in regulation, when american zack scored to put in overtime. and then sidney, as i had the kid who plays for the pittsburgh penguins, gives canada a glorious 3-2 victory. this may be the only event that really mattered and winning was especially sweet, not because it was just between high profile rivals but because it gave them another gold medal. and hockey silver brought the u.s. total 37, the most medals won by any country in a winter game. and then the closing ceremonies and a chance to finally do it right to light the last pillar of the olympic flame, a segment that refused to cooperate two weeks ago. a perfect celebration to culminate over two weeks of competitive games. heartbreaking loss for the hockey game yesterday. how about reality? 38, 39 degrees for us in baltimore for the 1st of march. carroll county will be on the edge of clouds. but around baltimore and across the bay, we should be relatively quiet and winds at 30 miles an hour. clouds do roll in tonight and 30 degrees and mostly cloudy day tomorrow at 42. the storm passes to the south and east. the passing to the south and east will keep us on the edge. the ground is pretty warm and it will be stuff to get any sticking, but if we had anything it would be light on wednesday and the better chance would be on the eastern shore. and the temperatures near 50 on saturday. we have a couple of accidents to working already. your going to see a crash in glenn al and route 32 and burnt wood drive. another crash in brooklyn park that will be route 2 southbound at 11th avenue and fortunately out of the travel lanes and the travel times looking pretty good. 83 southbound to assistant paul street only taking you about five minutes. a little bit of additional time there as traffic starts to pick up and 95 south from the 895 split to the fort mchenry toll plaza. we re going to talk about a lot coming up on wjz eyewitness news, morning edition at 9:00. finances can be tough and many of us will probably agree we re a little bit financially illiterate. so we ll show you how one local institution is changing that and starting young. do you buy a new home or stay put? housing numbers are way down as people seem to stay put. and we ll talk about taxes. so good times headed our way. i m so excited. have a great morning. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website are wonderful. people love em! gecko: yeah, thank you sir. turned out nice. boss: got another one for you. anncr: at geico.com, it s easy to get a free rate quote, manage your policy, make payments or even file a claim! boss: now that s a 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