parking lot around 8:30 friday morning. police think she was shot 20 minutes later. cason was seen leaving a doctor's office that morning. >> see that was friendly. all the neighbors loved her. it's been really sad. >> reporter: if you know anything that might help police, call the county homicide office at 410-222- 3458. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >> thank you. it's 5:01. as the trial gets underway for two teens of animal cruelty in the abuse of a pit bull puppy another another -- now another cat set on fire. sherrie johnson joins with us details. how are you today. >> reporter: another case of animal abuse in baltimore a young cat set on fire. some of the video may be a little hard to watch. the baltimore animal rescue and care shelter is taking care of mittens, who is dealing with burns on most of her body. the cat and her newborn kittens were first brought into the barcs shelter three weeks ago. shelter learned the cat was set on fire on purpose and it's now a criminal case. >> she was put into a milk crate on a back porch and doused with lighter flied and a match thrown on her. she ran down the alley and extinguished herself. >> reporter: when the cat came back for her kittens, someone saw her and called the police. mittens is expected to be okay. but she will need long-term care. this story is really taking off on the website and on wmar facebook fan page. here's what some of you are saying. now lisa says, how sad is that? lisa says, omg, what is wrong with people? makes me sad and angry. laura cooper says i hope they are found and put in jail. jenny says what's wrong with people i can't stand stories like this. of course we want to hear what you have to say. log on and let us here what you want to say. you can help by donating to barcs franky fund. >> thanks. three minutes after five. investigators are trying to determine what caused flames to tear through a toeson bar and restaurant around 7:30 cast night at the charles village -- saturday night at the charles village pub. >> first i. started hearing the fire engines. they were like crazy. i got up to look and it was everything was on fire. >> regulars at the cvp were stunned to see fire from the windows. it didn't spread into neighboring buildings. the president of the bank next door says they have a lot of cleaning to do. >> at this point, it's basically making sure that the water is removed from the basement. they have been pumping pretty much the entire time. but it has been like a river flowing through basement, as water from the building next door continues to flow in. >> it appears the two alarm fire started in the kitchen. no one was injured. they are great girls with huge hearts and this weekend the charm sighy roller -- charm city roller girls scathed for a cause. they are collecting donations for a reward fund for the search for phylicia barnes. she is a cousin for two of the team members. >> it's heart breaking and tough. it's tiring, you know. we are out there every morning, every night looking for answers, hoping that someone speaks out for us. >> phylicia barnes was visiting family here in baltimore when she disappeared after christmas. both baltimore police and the fbi are continuing their investigation. anyone with any information, again, please call 911. today, baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is expected to unveil new boundaries, a map for city council districts. the map the mayor plans to release is an effort to split up the city's population evenly. respect the racial make up and keep neighborhoods whole. but critics say it could be backed by political motivations. it's 5:05. the pop har food chain is in hot water over the gay rights issues, and the community is speaking out. what event brought out a decade old argument between chick-fism l-a and gay rights. >> a manful filled his dream of driving around a popular racetrack. let's check on your commute into work if you are taking a train or bus. here's mark jones. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. look for the number 30 bus to be diverted at edmonson and swan. number 5 at bel air and mayfield construction -- diversion and light rail a southbound delay of 15 minutes from hunt valley. metro subway looks good and marc train on time out there. for the mta transit team, i am mark jones. i'm just a piece of dust living at the corner of j and k, spending too many nights alone at the spacebar. will love ever find me? ♪ oh yes! ♪ what about love?! 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>> i could see that. >> reporter: that i mabe a giant leap it's one step closer thanks to the important one lap. >> we are probably not quite ready for i4 or i-95, i am told that mark drove faster than many of the traffic jams that do exist from time to time on those highways. >> reporter: and you can't argue with that fact. >> and that was jason wheeler reporting. mark works here in baltimore. he got behind the wheel put on special gloves that vibrates signals that turns him to turn and sits on a cushion which vibrates to tell him when to hit the brakes. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> 5:16. what's important this morning is the fact we are dry but cold. these next few hours are crucial to determine how strong of a hold the arctic air will take on the region. once it gets a grip, that is what determines what pushes out. we are dry on pratt street. look at the spread of temperatures from south to north. notice the cooling trend. 26 in annapolis. cockeysville is 17. 14 westminster. we have shown you single digits numbers up towards the north. we have cold air oozing in. how strong of a grip will it take today? with that actic -- arctic frigid air, there's the band of moisture we showed you just a little while ago. a little moisture back towards the south. and this line is what is dividing the moisture spread of clouds from the southern system. a wintery mix will try to build in. it will be on the light side and mostly flurries and sleet pel frets west to easton. -- pellets from west to easton. skies going from clear to partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. flurries trying to build in during the afternoon. you see a few late day flakes, don't worry about it. 30 to 32 degrees. up to an inch overnight before we mix over. look at this, we are at 27. we have the arctic air to the north. single digits up towards most of pennsylvania. and you have 40s and 50s to the south. that's the battle line. and now it is set the stage, we have developing pressure. the track is west of the appalachians which is the spread between warmer air that pulls east, and the coarld air on the west side. and because this tracks to the west, we will get the warm air. but a lot of icing in between. we will get the icing, but the question is how much before we turn over. what often happens is the cold air locks tight around the northern chesapeake near baltimore. and then back along i-70. that's what we expect this go around. we have late day flurries. overnight through the morning, we will have light snow and sleet. the icing problem will be more widespread. but we may wind up with dry hours during the day or drizzle. temperatures above or below freezing. i think the cold air hangs tight near baltimore with the winter storm watch. southern sections may crack into the mid-30s and safely above freezing. the real moisture comes in by wednesday morning. that's in the form of heavy rain. is that's where we have snow melt and flooding. today, 32 and increasing clouds. we will check out rest of the forecast in a few minutes. kim will check on traffic. >> now, the 24-hour traffic authority brought to you by toyota. >> reporter: justin, right now, not much traffic to check on. traffic moving very well around 695. a live look through towson at providence road, no major problems or delays. all lanes open on both spans of the bay bridge. 50 and 97 both incident free right now. no problems on 95 coming out ofharford county towards the beltway and further down on towards baltimore and howard county. traffic is moving very well this morning. no reported incidents right now. now back to you. >> thanks a lot. it's 5:20. entertainment news this morning. julie from ruxton is a sag winner. her show you can see on abc2 "modern family" won for best overall performance. the screen actors geld aword is the -- actors guild award is a prize. anthony hopkins exorcism thriller "possessed" was the top spot. it day viewed at number one but fell short of earnings with dhar 15 million. that was good -- with $15 million. that was good enough to push "second chance" to second place. >> you saw the "king's speech." >> i did and it was great. >> you know, we will have to see the rest of them. you know, it's january, but not too early to put your tax information together. >> yeah. coming up, we have information for you on where to find free help to get your taxes done with the least bit of hassle possible. one million egyptian protesters and one new message from their president. i am emily schmidt in washington. the day's latest developments coming up. mr. perdue! mr. perdue! what does it mean that perdue is the first chicken company to have a usda process verified program? 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free. >> reporter: doing your taxes can stomp the branniest amongus, but there are ways to get help for free. first, there's the irs free file that gives you free being a stows tax preparation software and it's available to anyone who make $58,000 or less. that means 70% of american taxpayers or about 100 million people can get it. 21 states have free file perhaps to help taxpayers file state returns. if you make too much money, you can use fillable forms as part of the program. fillable forms do the math for you and anyone can use them for free, but you don't get tax guidance and they won't tell you if you missed an important deduction. of course, both of those assume you're comfortable using a computer to do taxes. if you want a face-to-face person to help you, you have a couple options. to start, there's a volunteer income tax assistance program. congreet gres mutts more -- puts more -- congress puts more than 11 million in this program to make sure people can get help from trained volunteersp you qualify if you make 45,000 or less. and there's the tax council for the elderly person. one of the big participants is the aarp providing free tax help at more than 7,000 locations nationwide. and finally, you probably have seen the commercials. >> best tax preparation available for free. so for a limited time, we will prepare simple tax returns for free at one of the 10,000 offices called 1-800-hr-block. >> reporter: this year h&r block will do your federal tax for free through february 15th as long as you have a simple return. that means no dependent or itemize -- dependents or itemized deduction. there are a lot of caveats to the offer. but if you fit the bill, it could be a great deal. >> the tax deadline this year is april 18th. a this morning, the cash campaign will announce new sites for free tax preparation services for low income working families in baltimore. stay with us, because we will keep you posted on that. we told you about pharmacies getting into the produce and grocery business. walgreens is getting into the beer business. the drugstore chain plans to offer its own brand called big flats. 1901. it cost 50 cents per can, $3 for a six-pack. know word on how it taste. i have to question the 50 cent can of beer. >> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> at least you can pick up medicine on the way. today is going to be cold and dry for the most part. late in the day, flurries move in. but it's going to be after dark. tonight slow and sleet. and over to freezing rain transitioning from south to north. it's going to be a now casting event. we will get an inch up to the most. either way you slice it, it's going to be an icy one for many of us tomorrow morning. but the first turnover is eastern shore, annapolis and from south to north. some of the places north of baltimore will hang onto subfreezing temperatures and icing throughout the day. the morning issue will cut off for a few hours. just drizzle or dry. and it builds back in tuesday night. wednesday, any icing in the morning will turn over to mostly heavy rain where we could see flooding with the additional snow melt. we will cook on the back sight thursday and friday below freezing. and the next storm could bring snow by saturday and sunday. we have to see how the first storm acts first. right now, let's go up to new york and check out this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, google gets serious about apps. they plan to hire dos of software developers to createapps for the android smart phones. the wall street journal reports google is looking to gain ground on apple by creating its own programs. revenue from mobile app will triple to more than $15 billion this year. angry birds is headed to real. there's a new version of the best selling mobile game coming this march. it will feature 45 new levels of birds swinging and pig crushing. the game was developed in collaboration with 20th century fox and features characters from the upcoming movie rio. the superbowl is not until sunday buckets trash talking has started on twitter. it -- sunday, but the trash talking has started on twitter. you can find it at sb twitter.nfl.com. those are your tech bites. i am vinita, nair.