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good morning and how are the roads? any accidents? >>reporter: good morning, lynette. no accidents just yet. if you are out in howard county, fortunately no delays on interstate 70. it will be nice and clear from colombia pike all the way over to 695. as far as the south side of 95 is concerned, that's going to be in great shape as well. no delays if you're heading southbound towards 495 or north up towards the tunnel. as we check in and take a live look at the harrisburg expressway, in northern baltimore county, no delays here in hunt valley. it will be a smooth ride from shan road ...

pawlenty saying he just didn't get the traction he would have needed to move forward so he is dropping out of the race. our steve brown is live in ames, iowa with the latest, steve? there was some telegraphing of this move yesterday that pawlenty would be getting on a conference call this morning. he made it official on broadcast television today. abc' this week pawlenty announced he was leaving the race and then explained why. have a listen. >> there is a lot of factors that go into a campaign. some success raising money. we needed to continue that ames was a benchmark for that we d...

the nation's highest court. >> heather: and she just won the iowa straw poll and michele bachmann is going to chief competition. rick perry and our political panel weighs in. >> rick: victories and defeats as the race to the white house goes through major changes, a knockout punch for minnesota governor tim pawlenty at iowa straw poll. pawlenty ending his campaign for president earlier today calling his distant third place finish disappointing. michele bachmann emerge weigh a major win making her some of biggest shakeups. carl cameron is live in iowa with more? >> you know why people...

slipping through are totally unacceptable. >> reporter: he points to the same problem a hole opening up on a baltimore bound flight two years ago as evidence that more must be done to keep the flights safe. >> the faa add additional inspectors this past year. but obviously it has not shown the type of success we're going to need to create a safe environment for an unsuspecting flying public. >> reporter: southwest found cracks in five jets after voluntary inspections this week. they're passing an electric current through the plane's skin and using x-rays and ultrasound to test for cr...

>> supporting my rams 100%. see what i mean? >> that's what i'm talking about. taking it for the team. going with the team all the way. winner or lose. >> that's right. >> this is what college sports is all about. >> so enormously proud of those guys. >> did you cry? >> no. >> did you cry? >> not an ounce of disappointment. >> we'll talk about that throughout the morning. >> crushed but not disappointed. well, a good run. we'll get them next year. that's what we always say when we lose one. >> that's right. >> outside, not so cold this morning. but there's definitely still a bit of a...