station. >> and i conloss as the world reacts to her death new details me merge. >> good afternoon, i am don scat. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about today, investigators say it could be weeks before tests reveal what caused the death of wheat knee houston, she was found in her hotel room on the eve of the grammies, today the coroner is speaking with reporters, and bag big shab has bigad shaban has the latest. >> the family is making arrangements. >> i don't know when. it takes a couple of days. >> officials performed an autopsy but it could be weeks before they know the exact cause of death. the music world gave a heartfelt tribute to the singer. jennifer hudson moved the audience with her signature song i will always love you. backstage artists recalled the impact she had on them. >> learning to sing and trying to figure out how to do runs like to her song. >> houston was found dead in the bathtub of her hotel room at the beverly hilton on saturday night. law enforcement officials tell cbs news there were no prescription drugs but no illegal substances, toxicology results could take six to eight weeks. >> i had a conversation with the family at the hotel. and at no time did i discuss prescription meds or the drowning issue. >> drugs eventually sidelined houston's career but at her peak her powerful voice made her one of the world's best selling artist. >> it is a combination of amazing emotion but also the instrument that can deliver that emotion. >> the family has not yet said where houston will be laid to rest. in los angeles, bigad shaban, wjz eyewitness news. >> many lives are being rearranged in the wake of her death. her cousin dion warwick has postponed a concert, others are designating their performances in tribute to her. >> a maryland inmate convicted of killing a correctional officer is once again putting his life in the hands of a jury. ron mass ron matz is in the courtroom with more on what happened. >> reporter: a jury of his peers must decide if leave stevens will pay the ultimate price for his crimes. today stevens decided to let a jury decide if he should face the death penalty for killing officer david mcquinn at the now closed maryland house of correction, that is according to our partner the baltimore sun. first jurors will return to decide if stevens meets the criteria to be eligible for a death sentence. she would be the first person executed since they changed their capitol punishment law, making it harder to sentence inmates to death. back to you. >> ron, thank you, stevens was already serve in life in prison for murder when mcquinn was slain. meantime jury selection for the trial of a man accused of skilling a killing a state trooper also begins today. he was working as a security guard at an applebes prosecutors say brown threw him out earlier and he came back and shot him. >> the murder trial of george huguely is entering its second week as jurors get ready to hear more about how yeardly love. we have this report. >> reporter: good afternoon, as the prosecution gets ready to wrap up its case experts predict an uphill battle for the defense. he had a pattern of getting drunk and assaulting his girlfriend. last week jurors heard a two hour police interrogation, initially he denied knowing she was dead but later he admited to putting his hands around her neck. another lacrosse player from the university of north carolina also testified. mike burns told jurors huguely went into a fit of rage when he found out they hooked up. burns walked in on huguely choking love, then months later and days before her death huguely sent love an e-mail that said when i found out about you and burns i should have killed you. >> the prosecution's case looks solid. >> legal expert byron warnken says when the defense gets its turn he expects them to put her character on trial, hoping to cast doubt on the cause of death and try to prove it was an accident. >> the medical examiner said it was blunt trauma, it was from banging her head against the wall, apparently the defense is going to argue that between prescription medication and alcohol there may have been other factors that led to her death. >> if the prosecution is successful in proving huguely intended to kill love, he could serve life in prison for first degree murder. if not, he may serve just 10 years for manslaughter. andrea fujii, wjz eyewitness news. >> love's family and others wept in the courtroom last week when prosecutors showed photos of her beaten body. stay with us as this murder trial continues, we will bring you the latest from the courtroom on tv and on line at wjz.com. >> a baltimore man is taking city police to court today, chris sharp is suing police for violating his rights over his videotaped arrest. sharp recorded it during the preakness back in 2010 but officers confiscated his cell phone and deleted that video. the department has since changed its policy, making it very clear the public has the right to record police incidents. a federal judge just ruled the case can move forward. elsewhere in the city mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will address tough budget issues in her state of the city address. this is the first address for her as an elected mayor. she won a full term in november after completing the term of mayor sheila dickson, the city is facing tough choices this year with another budget crisis looming. >> same sex marriage is set to take center stage in annapolis and at the state house again today. hundreds of gay rights advocates are preparing to rally there. this comes as the general assembly and its commits continue to debate legislation to legalize same sex marriage. last month opponents rallied, calling for hear land law to define marriage as being between one man and one woman. >> after a weekend of very chilly weather things are feeling a little nicer today. taking a live look outside, the sun is out and shining on what is shaping up to be a nice afternoon. could we see snow in the days ahead? marty is standing outside in the outback, meteorologist bert bernadette woods in the first warning weather center. let's start out with bern. >> 43 in baltimore, 30s north and west, 27 in oakland, look at this compared to yesterday at this time. we have already warmed up about 10 degrees. our temperatures will rise more as we head through the afternoon. that is only part of the story because another storm is heading in our direction. for more on that we send it out to marty basking in the sunshine. >> it is beautiful. a pleasant afternoon. good afternoon, everyone. take a look at radar. we have a rather zesty area of low pressure near little rock, you could place it if you wanted to between little rock and kansas city. the bottom line is although it appears to be tapping gulf moisture and getting ready to come east and slam us, it is actually weakening and not really pulling a ton of moisture north and east with its movement. got a graphic to show you. the low itself kind of passed north of the area and it really is going to weaken. for a variety of different reasons. the bottom line is this. we don't expect a whole lot of issues tomorrow morning. it is going to be great valentine's day but that low is going to drag mild air our way through the afternoon. it is going to be albeit gray and damp kind of mild. that is day one of a pleasant warm up. meteorologist bernadette woods with those details shortly. now back inside. >> the winner or winners of the power balance jackpot ball jackpot still have not come forward. it would be the largest ever pay out for power ball. the chance of matching all 5 numbers and the power ball is about one in 175 million. >> you have a chance. >> yeah. >> so you say there is a chance. all right. still to come on wjz eyewitness news at noon, a ski lodge at an exclusive resort in pennsylvania goes up in flames. we will tell you what happened. >> more on last night's grammy awards, including some of the wig winners on the night. >> and it is looking nice out there today but you may not need to get used to this sunshine. your complete weather forecast is a few minutes away. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist bernadette ,,,,,,, ♪[ music ] a major clean up is underway in greece after a night of firey protests there. demonstrators set fire to historic buildings and clashed with police over the weekend after lawmakers approved harsh new measures as they try and avoid bankruptcy, athens officials say rioters destroy or damaged 93 buildings. more than 150 people were arrested or detained. >> closer to home investigators are trying to figure out how a huge fire at a pennsylvania resort got its start. a two story ski lodge at the woodlands resort was destroyed by the blaze. everyone inside made it out safely. one firefighter was injured, crews say the cold temperatures disabled some of their equipment allowing the flames to grow out of control. >> at one point the smoke got so bad that all the equipment was lost in the smoke and when the fire erupted out through the roof that is when we had to pull back. >> the resort did have a sprinkler system but investigators say the fire was just too big and the arctic winds just kept fanning it bigger. >> a big day on capitol hill as lawmakers get their first look at the president's new budget proposal. it cuts $4 trillion from the deficit over the next decade and is calling for more spending in some areas to boost the economy. republicans are already criticize in the proposal saying it calls for too much spend in and raises taxes on the wealthy. >> after a big come back from vocal chord surgery adele was the big winner at the grammies last night. [ singing ] >> her performance was her first public 1 since her procedure and took home six grammies. it was also a big night for other music legends despite the deeping shadow of alzheimer's, glen campbell sang rhinestone cowboy and received a lifetime achievement grammy, the beach boys also ru enighted for a 50 anniversary performance. >> still ahead, things are just starting to warm up a little after a very cold weekend. we will have your complete weather forecast in two and a half minutes. >> first let's take a look at today's midday stocks. ,,,,,, now the weather, the complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> welcome back, everybody. well, we are warming up nicely today compared to yesterday. 43 degrees right now in baltimore, still 30s up there to the north and west. take a look at this hour right now compared to yesterday at this hour. we are already at least 10 degrees warmer for most of us, 13 in baltimore. now the winds are not out of the northwest but still out of the west and that is going to bring in change. one more thing we want to show you, tracking this the past few days, the arctic air starting to leave the united states. behind it more moderate. that is what is moving our way for the next couple of days, via a storm. now, here that is storm coming our direction. out of the rockies moving across the deep south. the snow line getting far south with this one, too. it is picking up steam as it moves through the middle part of the country but as it moves our direction it is going to lose that steam so what we are thinking the clouds come in tonight, then rain and a few showers tonight but that is about it. so the forecast is like this, here that is storm from the west. notice on this man it loses its green etch. that is a lot of the moisture. so not much with it. it gets out of here by wednesday. sun shine returns. back up to the 50s. and watching for another storm to come our way later in the week. the forecast comes together like this. today we are going up to about 46 degrees warmer than yesterday definitely and probably back above average. tonight down to 29. the clouds start to come in. a little bit of rain or snow is possible. early in the day maybe a couple of showers tomorrow afternoon but back up to 49 degrees. so a little bit better than it was yesterday as far as temperatures go. that storm gets out of here and another one later in the week and marty will have that in the 5 day. >> thank you. >> still to come a new reason to watch your diet. why doctors say eating too much now can take a toll ,,,,,,,,,,,, in today's wjz health watch, eating too much food doesn't just take a toll on your waistline, it may also double your risk of memory loss. researchers at the mayo clinic followed 1200 seniors and found those who ate the most were twice as likely to develop memory problems. doctors say cutting calories and eating healthy may be a simple way to avoid the issue. a new study finds children with juvenile arthritis are about four times more likely to be diagnosed with childhood cancer. some arthritis drugs are associated with an increased cancer risk but researchers at the university of alabama say that alone does not explain the higher numbers. doctors say more research is needed to determine the link between juvenile arthritis and cancer. children today don't get enough sleep, but neither did their parents or their grandparents or even their great-grandparents. they looked at sleep recommendations and found children slept less in every generation since 1800, blamed modern generation for kids not getting enough sleep. >> check back in today at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00, we are monitoring the latest on the death of whitney houston and the developments on the george huguely murder trial. join us for these stories and more today at 4:00, that is right after dr. phil. ,,,,,,,,,,,, welcome back, everybody. okay. nice out there right now. a couple of bumps this week. marty is taking us through that right now. >> let's take a look at the graphic. what you have to understand is by the end of this 5 day it is the 18th day of february, a 28 day month and we can peel another week of winter off february. 40 degrees almost 50 valentine's day, 53 thursday, thursday that 53 is even with shower activity. a cool front moves or way. notice i didn't say cold front. still almost 50 friday. breezy though. saturday partly sunny. 46 degrees. that ain't bad. send it back inside. >> all right. >> marty is willing it away. >> god bless him for it. don't miss tonight's cbs primetime line up. at 10:00 surf is up for hawaii 5-0. stay tuned for eyewitness news at 11:00. >> finally this noon people in one wisconsin town got one heck of a shock when they wondered by a nearby drainage pipe. turns out that pipe is the winter home of a local black bear. although the neighbors say it was quite a shock animal control says it is not too unusual for bears to hike beer nate in man made objects instead of a cave. >> thatting that is a big bear in a very small pipe. >> i know. >> he looks cozy in there. >> i know you would not want to get too close but he is cute. >> thank you for watching. i am jessica kartalija. >> don scott. >> for marty bass i am bernadette woods, have a great , medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider an aarp... medicare supplement insurance plan... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. all medicare supplement insurance plans can help pay... some of what medicare doesn't, so you could save... thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. call now for this free information kit and medicare guide. if you're turning 65 or you're already on medicare... you should know about this card -- it's the only one of its kind endorsed by aarp; see if it's right for you. all medicare supplement plans let you keep your own doctor, or hospital that accepts medicare. there are no 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