We opened several Community Centers for kids to go to and their parents. Reporter northeast airports are operating close to normal schedules. Over 5,000 flights were canceled at the height of the storm. The monster blizzard which brought some of the highest snow consume layings ever recorded is blamed for at least 15 deaths in the northeast and canada but the governor of massachusetts says it could have been so much worse. Considering the severity of the storm, the amount of snow and the wind, weve come through this pretty well. Reporter todays forecast calls for warmer temperatures and rain but theres a new worry. Some roofs already filled with snow may not be able to with stand the extra wait. We are off to a rainy start. Theres also quite a bit of fog out there this morning so you will want to use the low beams. If you are traveling on 83, heres a live will in hunt valley. No problems whatsoever getting down to the beltway. If youre headed out to 95, this is what it looks like at white marsh at route 43. We have an accident just reported along the southbound lanes in downtown baltimore. As we take a look at the abc2 timesaver traffic drive times, no problems what sofer on the beltway. A whatsoever on the beltway. A normal drive from 95 to 83. The west side nice and clear. Going to take you just 11 minutes on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. Thats a look at your morning commute. Megan and charlie over you to. A lot going on in politics. Mayor Stephanie Rollins blake and governor omalley are hosting baltimore day in annapolis. Mayor is also delivering her state of the city address this afternoon. With the bad financial forecast on the horizon, now many people are anxious to hear about any possible solutions. Shari johnson has a preview Sherrie Johnson joins us. Reporter the mayor is expected to talk a little bit about averting a 745 million budget shortfall over the next ten years. She mentioned this last week. She basically announced Baltimore City is headed for bankruptcy if it doesnt make the necessary reforms to avoid it. This comes from a tenyear financial forecast from mayor blake which was gathered from an outside consulting firm. The report projects a 745 million deficit over the next decade because expenditures are growing faster than revenue, especially in areas of Employee Health care and pension costs. Add on another billion dollar infrastructure deficit over the next decade and thats to maintain roads, bridges and city buildings at levels far short of the current state of repair. It does not include schools and the mayor plans to discuss solutions today. She plans to propose a bold set of major reforms to address the fiscal challenges outlined in the tenyear forecast. The state of the city address will happen right here at city hall at 2 30 this afternoon. Reporting live in downtown baltimore, Sherrie Johnson, abc2 news. President barack obama is also getting ready for his address. Tomorrow the president will give his state of the union remarks. Hes expected to talk about job crairks Immigration Reform and reducing job creation, Immigration Reform and reducing gun violence. Hell talk about old and new policies aimed at helping the middle class. You can follow any updates on the state of the union on our twitter page along with breaking news. Just search for abc2 news. Marylands former first lady wants the top job in Anne Arundel County. Linda so is here to tell us about kendel ehrlichs plans to run. Reporter she wants to be the leading county in Anne Arundel County. She plans to figure out this week if she has the support of at least four council members. Thats what she needs to win the seat. The deadline to apply for the position is this friday. The mere fact shes a woman, she says, sets her apart. She wants to replace leopold who resigned after being found of misconduct in office earlier month. He also faces several civil lawsuits from women who alleged they were mistreated and discriminated against while in office. Ehrlich wants to restore dignity to Anne Arundel County for the rest of the term but has no intentions to run for a full term in 2014. I just think its significant that im a woman. After many things that weve read about the prior administration, i think women in the county would just breathe a big it would be a big breath of fresh air. Reporter several other candidates have expressed interest in the position, including former Senate Candidate dan bongino, jerry walker, jon grasso and cathy vitale. If you are heading to bwi this morning, you can expect some minor delays in light rail service. A shuttle bus flipped over on sunday morning at aviation boulevard and terminal road. Two people suffered minor injuries and they were taken to a local hospital. The overturned bus hit a pole holding overhead wires that power that light rail. The service was out for most of the day in the area of the crash. A suppose penn says theres some minor repair work that still needs to be done. Travelers heading to bwi will have to deal with delays for flights anywhere to the northeast. But a bus overturned near bwi this morning hitting a pole holding overhead wires. Megan just read you this story. Well move on. Five people are dead after a lifeboat they were on fell during a cruise ship. They were taking part in a routine drill on topson majesty thompson majesty while docked in the canary islands. The thompson majesty cruises the red sea. The incident remains under investigation. Once again five people are confirmed dead. 5 36 now. The Winter Weather has been challenging for everybody involved. Well show you this because its creativity on the part of a farmer and sheep. He had to bring out the snow blower. A look back at a star studded night at the grammys. Well recap the big winners and who shined brightest on the red carpet. This is so sick i cant believe your mom let you take her car out. This is awesome whoooo youre crazy. Go faster go faster go faster go faster no stop. Stop. mom i raised my son to be careful. Hi, sweetie. Hi, mom. mom but just to be safe. I got a subaru. announcer love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. Yer always after me lucky charms whoa. I forgot how good these taste [ lucky ] theyre magically delicious the one and only, cheerios utility workers and know plows are trying to help parts snowplows are trying to help parts of new england to bounce back after this weekends storm. This was the scene yesterday after hundreds of cars and trucks were stuck on the long island expressway. Thats the long island expressway. Heavy duty construction trucks worked to clear the hard packed snow off of the roadway. Theyre trying to get the highway clear for the morning commute which is usually treacherous when weather isnt an issue. So just imagine what its going to be like today. Its fit for neither man nor beast. The snow did not prevent one farmer from giving his flock some exercise. It took him a number of hours to make a path through three feet of snow for his icelandic sheep. He used a mini snow blower so the sheep get their daily walk in. I feel like i need to say this on the record right now. I said i want snow. Not like that. I dont want that. We dont want three feet of snow. We just want maybe a couple of inches. You guys are impossible. Its hard to please us. Its like burger king. We want it our way right away. No snow today. Just getting the rain. Were not dealing with temperatures that are cold enough outside. We dont want that either. Make sure you have the rain gear as you step out and about. Dealing with patchy fog this morning. Let me show you the bigger view because we will get a break in the action but back across the west, we still will have a few showers or a little bit of drizzle still making its way in here as we go through the afternoon. So be prepared. Not that much sunshine. With the rain weve already seen, well, close to about a quarter in baltimore. Close to twotenths of an inch in annapolis. Were almost at twotenths in pilesville and manchester this morning. As we look at the kids going to school, yes, you want to bundle them up but also want to give them that rain gear. As we go throughout the day, temperatures will warm up nicely coming in at 55 degrees. Thats well above average but its also going to be breezy. Lets get a check of the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. Good morning. We do have several accidents. We have a crash on 95 in the southbound lanes. Its just been moved to the shoulder. Not causing many delays but we do have a new dozens on 695 at the inner loop. The outer loop will be nice and clear from parkville all the way up. As we check in and take a live look at 83, north of 695, youll notice traffic is mosque right along. Moving right along. You do want to prepare yourself for slick conditions but no delays as you head downtown. Thats a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. Over to you. All right. Youre growing to have get ready to pay more if you fill up on your gas. Gas prices jumped nearly a quarter the past few weeks. Aaa says the average for a gallon of unledded is about 3. Unladied is about 3. 69 [ inaudible ] if youre in the market for new appliances, the state of maryland wants you to pay attention. They want to help you out. A tax break coming up this weekend. A chance to go green and buy Energy Efficient products. Also ahead, a bird on the loose steals the show at a hockey game. Well show you how this condor was finally wrangled. At university of phoenix we know the value of your education is where it can take you. subway announcer; now arriving at City Hospital which is why were proud to help connect our students with leading employers across the nation. subway announcer next stop Financial Center lets get to work. Peter franchot announcing a tax break on some energy star products. Its promotion for tax free weekend coming up this weekend. Details will be unveiled at 12 30 this afternoon in pikesville. A list of products is already available on the comptrollers website. Youre eligible for a tax break beginning at one minute after midnight on saturday and wrapping up at midnight on monday. A popular bourbon is now a little less boozey. Makers mart is watering down the liquor to meet rising demand. It used to be 45 alcohol by volume. Now the company says 42 alcohol by volume is what it will be. Consumers have complained about the change on social media. But the company insists the bourbon tastes exactly the same. Five things to know for you on this monday morning. The Maryland Network against Domestic Violence is holding a Memorial Service in annapolis. It will remember men, women and children who died as a result of Domestic Violence. It runs tonight from 7 00 to 8 00. Vice president joe bide listen hold a round table discussion on gun safety today. The Vice President will travel to philadelphia where hes scheduled to meet with Law Enforcement officials. President barack obama will awarped the medal of honor to award the medel of honor to a form [indiscernible] also today, we are going to find out how many shark attacks took place in 2012. The new report is released every year by the university of florida. Last year there were 47 shark attacks in the united states. One year ago today the queen of pop passed away. Whitney houston died unexpectedly at a Beverly Hills hotel room at the age of 48. Her death was ruled an accidental drowning. Music executive clyde davis paid tribute to the star. Her death came just hours before last years grammy award show. Last night stars once again took over hollywood for the 55th annual ceremonial. The Music Industry celebrated its own with a night of powerful performances. Take yore swift taylor swift opened the show. Justin timberlake returned to the grammy stage after a fouryear hiatus performing his new single suit and tie. Fun went on to win song of the year for their hit we are young and the best new artist for the year too. Album of the year went to mumford sons. Black keys took home the award for the best rom album. A slippery situation before a game. This guy had all sorts of problems with the mascot. Queen victoria the condor went slipping and sliding. It eents went to the bench even went to the bench and got too close to the players. The lady singing the national anthem, she didnt skip a beat. By the way, the condor is amongst the largest birds in the world. It can what i up to 33 pounds. She sure is gorgeous but shes trouble. Okay. Heres a moment in our show where we like to talk about how we like to spend our commercial breaks. You can maybe see what we do when were not on camera. Lynette this is is it one of those what happens in vegas . No, lynette cannot not laugh when she sees someone fall. As long as theyre okay. There is something funny about it. As long as theyre not hurt, its funny. That video certainly was. That was funny. Were going to talk about the fact that you do need rain gear this morning, guys. Its wet outside. Carry the umbrella and give yourself a lot of time on the roadways this morning because were also dealing with some fog out there. We do have reduced visibility. And were going to get a little bit of a break in the action but still the possibility for a little bit of drizzle behind this big batch of rain thats moving through this morning. We will start to see a change in the forecast. I have that in the sevenday but for right now, this is what were expect be at the surface for today. We do have some warmer air moving in. With that we will have those temperatures soaring up to the mid50s throughout the day. We are going to wait for this cold front to move through as we go through the afternoon. That will drop temperatures down a bit, but for right now, were at 34 degrees in westminster. 33 towson. Annapolis coming in at 37. Centreville coming in at 40 degrees right now. And 42 in easton. Bucktown at 43. As you head out the door, yes, you do need the heavy coat because we still are cold, although temperatures are not as cold as they could be or should be for this time of the year. We look at abc2s most accurate future trend right now. We can see the wet weather still continuing around the 8 00 hour. Its still not that far west. It will be far to the east but still lingering across the area. We will get a break in the action as we go into tomorrow. So High Pressure will build in briefly and then well start to see a new system try to work its way in here. You can see it to the south right now. Most of the models have been keeping it that way. Im thinking that it will stay away from us but there is still the potential for maybe a rain snow mix. Ill keep that in the forecast for today. As we go through your planner, this is what it looks like. We have fog, showers, we have the winds kicking up out of the southwest as we go into the afternoon. We have the mild temperatures by 3 00 coming in at 55 degrees when we should be in the 40s now. Well be more seasonable as we head into tuesday and also wednesday. Well have a next chance for another storm as we go interest the weekend unfortunately burr looks like this one could be all snow. Lets get a check of the abc2 traffic with lauren cook. We are off to a hectic commute. Were dealing with several accidents in addition to all of the rain and fog. We do have a crash on 95. Its right on the southbound lanes just moved to the shoulder. For those of you heading to 695, we do have another accident thats blocking one lane of the inner loop. Fortunately not causing too many delays as you make the push from 83 all the way down to 95. Heres a live look. The roads are really wet so you will want to take it slow. No delays on the outer loop right now from 95 up to 83. S that stretch will take you just 11 minutes. As we check in and take a look the at other abc2 timesaver traffic drive times, the west side will be free of delays. 8 minutes to travel the outer loop from 795 down to 70. And 795 also going to be clear. Its going to take you 10 minutes traveling southbound from westminster pike down to the beltway. Thats a look at your morning commute. Over to you. Time for the dogs to get all that spotlight and attention. Center stage. The annual Westminster Dog Show is under way in new york city. Well take a look at those briefeds vying for the coveted title of best in show. Hello how sharp is your Business Security . Can it help protect your people and property, while keeping out threats to your operations . Its not working yes it is. Welcome to tyco integrated security. With worldclass Monitoring Centers and thousands of qualified technicians. Weve got a personal passion to help your business run safer, smarter, and sharper. We are tyco integrated security. And we are sharper. Some high profile pooches are taking over manhattan today. Theyre all in the big apple for the Westminster Kennel Club dog show. People love this and you can see why. 2700 dogs in all will compete for best in show. Their day may start off at the gym with a little exercise and maybe even dog yoga. Really . Im not kidding. Then its off to the spa for a bath, haircut and manicure. Theyre High Maintenance dogs. Some of these dogs get treated better than their owners. My job is to greet the two and fourlegged guests that come into the show. Hand out cookies and deal with visits from the paparazzi. This year there will be two new breeds, the tree walker cane hound and park russell terriers sure to make a big slash. Coming up this morning, a 9 yearold girl we can all learn something from. Great story coming up for you. She lost everything but turned tragedy into inspiration for other families. This story you do not want to miss. Also ahead this morning, took the money shot and won. How much money this clumsy 9 yearold boy took home. We have the details straight ahead. What do we do when something thats hard to paint, really wants to be painted . We break out new behr ultra with stainblocker from the home depot. The best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. So it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. 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