the edge of the gillford community at 3600 block of greenway, two women were in the park and a man approached. >> he tries to make conversation, i believe he asks them if they want a cigarette. they decline and he exposes themselves. >> he chased and tackled one of them. he attempted to sexually assault the woman but she was able to get away. this park is a block from johns hopkins university but the victims are not students there. nonetheless, police are working with the university as it notifies its student body, while looking on many of its security cameras to see if any of them caught an image of the man. >> we are optimistic, we will be identifying the suspect soon and having a sketch that will be released. >> reporter: hoping to catch who police say is a predator. we are waiting on the composite sketch. if you know anything about what happened, call the northern district at 410-396-2455. brian kuebler, abc2 news. a utah doctor charged with murder in connection with the death of a fetus in maryland posted $300,000 bond today after her first appearance in an elkton courtroom. she was extradited yesterday. her lawyer asked the judge to throw out the charges and release her from custody, but the judge denied the request. riley's former colleague is also facing murder charges for his role in the death of five fetuses. a 7-year-old girl and her 10-year-old sister were killed in a four alarm house fire this morning in cumberland. the mother, and their 7-month- old mother managed to escape the row home. five housing units were affected by the fire. the american red cross is helping the families who are not allowed to return to homes. a 13-year-old boy disappeared yesterday afternoon. police say shawn david was seen before 3:00 p.m. in the 1100 on north care line getting on a bus. wearing a gay sweatshirt, kaki pants and navy and white sneakers. it's the big game this sunday as the baltimore ravens take on the new england patriots. they held a final catch at owings mills. >> reporter: for the biggest game of the p is, the team is feeling good. they've gone over the game plan and practice it. it's a short plane ride to foxboro. they held the last home practice this afternoon with the media attention this week, practicing was an escape for the reporters. cameras including japanese tv, watching practice today, despite the hype , the ravens expected a tough game against new england. >> reputation, if they give us a shot, it's going to be our job to hit them. >> the team is scheduled to leave owings mills for foxboro tomorrow morning. roosevelt leftwich, abc2 news. whether you are headed to new england to cheer on the ravens or here and watch them at home, we want to see your purple pride. upload your pictures to the abc2 news facebook fan page, abc2news.com/facebook, share your pictures. in the abc2 news news team, we arer lentless with the raven coverage, special sunday afternoon, join jamie costello and sports casting hall of famer, scott garceau as we broadcast live and here. the way to indy starts sunday at noon. as we've told you, more than 500 steel workers are returning to work next week after layoffs at sparrows point. tonight rg steel is breaking silence on what had them shut down in the first place. jeff hager joins us with detail. >> since the heyday, sparrows point spent workers home each winter, this time different, they shut down the furnace and laid off 700 workers with no mention of when they might return. the ceo revealed how close the company came to closing down for good, if not for a last ditch appeal. we need help, everything the government and labor can bring to save rg steel. we did the work, laid the ground work. it deserves to be saved. it's investing, not just taking over businesses, it's investing in putting money in to the mill, capital in it. >> reporter: rg steel purchased sparrows point inma. the iron costs and rumetting steel prices threatened to keep it out of business. it received a credit line and will save 2000 jobs at sparrows point and more in our region alone. just hours before a revealing exclusive interview with newt gingrich's second wife aired on abc's night line, the candidate hit the stage for the last debate before the south carolina primary. the early part of the day was fill with news that rick san storm won in iowa and rick perry's announcement that he was leaving the race, all eyes were on newt gingrich. in the interview, she says newt gingrich asked her for an open marriage and admitted infidelity. the first question went to newt gingrich, asked about his ex- wife's charges. >> i think the destructive vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country. i'm appalled you would begin a presidential debate on a topic like that. >> the impact of the interview and newt gingrich's performance in the debate is unknown. he has been surging in the polls in south carolina. search operations have been suspended again off of the coast of tuscany, rescuers are looking for a dozen people missing since a cruise ship ran aground a week ago. a new audio tape surfaced as well raising questions about when the crew knew there was a problem and how quickly they acted on it. the phone call was recorded 30 minutes taser wreck and an officer can be heard telling the coast guard they are only having a problem with their generator , the captain remains on house arrest while they continue to investigation. multiple sclerosis medicine is under investigation after 11 people died taking the drug. it was licensed last year and prescribed to treat people with a severe type of the disease. patients could experience heart problems after taking just their first dose. more than 30,000 patients taking the drug, novartis has recommended doctors monitor patients for six hours after their first dose, but they are saying that should be extended. this only applies to patients taking that first dose. from sad news, blues singer,etta james has died. ravens fever rolled in to a harford county elementary school. we will show you who tagd along and what the kids got for cheering on their home team. from your gps, to the qr code you scan every move you make is being watched. we will explain how companies track you to make money and show you how to shut off access. >> we maybe getting winter weather tonight, but it's nothing compared to the shenanigans west. the wild weather that's headed east. . what's the one electronic device you have to have with you everywhere you go, you can't leave home without. of course it's your smart phone. i'm getting twitty having mine five feet away. every time you download an app, search for a website, send a text, pick a picture of a qr code or drive past the store with your gps on, your ever move maybe tracked by whom? your cell phone company. >> they know you drove by sears and drove by dominos pizza. they can create a algorithm that can focus on your behavior. >> reporter: marketing insider says your data trail is worth big bucks to cell phone companies, many people have no idea this information is being collected, packaged with details about your age and gender, aggregated and then sometimes sold to third parties. >> it seems creepy, that companies are collecting all of this information about consumers. >> reporter: smart phone user is creeped out, she turns off her gps when she drives and shops and clear hearse browsing history. >> i think it's an invasion of privacy. i don't think cell phone companies should sell your information. >> reporter: all the major cell phone carriers admit to collecting your information, verizon acknowledges it aggregates the information and sells to it businesses without personally identifying users. the trade association wouldn't agree to be interviewed but some companies say there is an advantage, you u get ads that are relevant and can save you money. >> reporter: critics say they send privacy notices like these that maybe difficult to understand and they don't like consumers who don't want to be tracked have to make an extra effort to opt out. to see what your cell phone carrier is monitoring, log on to its website and read the privacy policy. read any updates your carrier sends as well this tracking technology keeps changing. >> the amount of data the cell phone companies have has grown tremendously with the rapid rise of cell phones, it will continue to grow. >> they are watching you. privacy experts say be careful of apps that request user location. always press no if you don't want to be tracked. pretty quiet for the moment at least here in baltimore. we know things set to change here tonight and in to the day tomorrow. the first half of our saturday. 32bwi, we have fall on the the freezing point. that means the road surfaces will fall down to where they support icy conditions. through the day nice, sunshine, upper 30s, never quite to 40 in most spots the state. that's our view in baltimore manor, sunshine and clouds rolling in. we saw the same scenario yesterday. the difference is the storm coming in tonight, is potent and two different disturbances coming together over the mid atlantic. this is going to pack more of a punch as it comes in. for the moment, we are clear as you head out and about on a friday evening, you are fine. if you are going to be out tonight, traveling past midnight, things are expected to go downhill. icy condition as good bet and icy accumulations towards the state line. here is the winter weather advisory from 11:00 p.m. through 1:00 p.m., most significant area of icing and icy accumulations will be northern maryland. this reaches to calvert cliffs and beyond. the lower eastern shore, temperatures likely too warm to support much other than rain. we think there will be slick conditions for all of central and western maryland, between that critical 12-hour period or so, midnight until noon on saturday. temperatures now beginning and continuing to fall, 3 above freezing in the city. below freezing frederick, hagerstown, georgetown freezing and cambridge, annapolis, 2 degrees above the freezing mark now. as we look at the pattern, see the clouds rolling in, more wintery weather developing towards ohio, rain showers moving up through virginia and tennessee and so both of these areas of precipitation coming together, the cold air locked in across maryland and it sets up for the classic rain, snow, wintery mix type ev see tonight and lasting in to the first half or so of your saturday. large area of snow across the upper midwest. significant rain showers to the south. we are in the squeeze play point and so as both disturbances move in in the next several hours, we will see flurries and snow showers, we will see things change to a sleet-snow mix towards day break tomorrow and sleet to freezing rain, briefly, then ending as rain showers. all of that happening in a 12- hour span. it's going to be interesting past midnight. here is midnight. see the snows across the state. rain showers further south and west, down on the lower eastern shore. as we push towards 6:00 a.m., we think we will get the snow- sleet mix going. briefly freezing rain after 6:00 a.m. in the morning before we go to all rain as this pushes out of here, including the eastern shore or past noon tomorrow. that's the critical time frame, we will watch for refreezing. above freezing during the day tomorrow. that will get melting. we have watch for refreezing tomorrow night. clear in to sunday as well. that's good news. travelers, driving to new england, realize it could be a tough road. they could get half a foot of snow towards foxboro saturday. we clear out or sunday. 30 overnight. 1-2 inches possible. 2 inches towards the pennsylvania state line. saturday 38. a icy mix. tomorrow night down to 24, we could see refreezing in spots. foxboro sunday looking cold and partly cloudy, but the difference will be the snow and the bheechers et cetera from -- bleachers, et cetera from the snow. as we look at the week ahead, weekend and the week ahead, if you are tailgating, friend's house, pub, things look fine sunday. next week, milder, we need a couple of days in the 50s next week. it's a wild winter. we get the winter blasts. that will probably be the most significant icy conditions on the roads so far this season. just realize tonight in to the morning, be careful. >> who has the advantage in new england if it's snowier there? >> i had a theory on houston that, that would be against them. i think baltimore, they are both northern teams. got it. all right. obviously as wyatt everhart said, winter is hit across the country with the west socked first and snow expected in the midwest. we won't be spared either. scott goldberg explains. >> reporter: in seat altransformer explodes on the horizon. a quarter of a million customers begin without power in western washington state with ice falling on top of snow. warmer temperatures are on the way. in oo the flood waters are falling back after three people died, some areas saw more than 15 inches of rain. >> we are hoping to save their camper and car. the water was moving so fast, we got there too late. >> reporter: the storm rolls in to the midwest, chicago, hundreds of flights have been canceled, and temperatures have plunged to the lowest depths of the season. >> reporter: across the entire midwest, they are getting ready for what could be the heaviest snowfall this winter, which isn't saying much given the 1000 or so cities across the country reporting record warmth at the beginning of the month. by mondays, temperatures here in new york should climb in to the 50s. first, the east coast is expecting the same storm. salt trucks getting ready from new york to boston on the back end that brought something to everyone up north. experts are looking at changing the definition of autism. hundreds of thousands of family, what kids who no longer fit the definition stand to lose. a new reason 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[ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. panel of experts are looking at the possibility of redefining autism. the change would mean hundreds of thousands of children could have their diagnosis taken away. if a child who was previously diagnosed with autism is not considered within the definition, they could be denied health and educational services. a study published in the journal of nutrition, found womens moods can be affected by dehydration. the researchers say women who exercised or given diuretics were tested and reported a drop in the mood, fatigue, headache symptoms and also had a harder time concentrating. a group of dutch researchers say cochlear implants to help the deaf hear are affecting when two are used. the study published in head and neck surgery, death children with one implant noticed improved speech and hearing. the surgery to implant devices can cost more than $50,000. abc2news.com is your place for the health news. check out the page. you can find the information you and your family need. climbing mount everest, bungee jumping, those are on my bucket list but a local lady put something more meaningful on hers. she is 104 years old and what she wanted to do one last time. today's news, 18-year-old woman attacked and nearly raped near johns hopkins, happened a block away from campus in a park on the edge of the gill ford community on the 3600 block of greenway. two women were in the park, when a man exposed himself. when they ran away , the man chased and tackled one of them he tried to sexually assault the woman. she was able to m3fget away. police increased patrols in the area. one more practice here in baltimore for the ravens. team is getting ready to travel up to new england for the afc championship game against the patriots. around town, fans continue to paint the town purple, rallies going on all day around the area. hundreds of workers with rg steel, just before christmas the company shut down the furnace sending more than 700 workers home. the company says they are ready to get back to work. they received a credit line to keep it afloat.