And hopefully you got a chance to enjoy it yesterday. Things could be changing. The mid section is getting hammered. You are right. Seek whats going on. But you know what, we have got video in from indianapolis. Our sister station. I want to show you this because they have video of downed trees and snapped power liens across the area and all of it is courtesy of the system across the middle the nation right now. You can see the heavy rain coming neigh cross the area. It will continue through the Morning Hours and reports of trees into houses and telephonepoles blobbing fire trucks as well. This line of showers and thunderstorms will continue to push into our area as we go through the rest of today. You can see underneath the yellows and the greens here. Some reds and pinks. These are tornado watches and warnings across the area. This line will continue to slide in as we go through the rest of today. As it comes towards us, we have the potential for some gusty winds across the area as well as some hail. Isolated tornadoes also a possibility. We will keep you updated but for this morning, heading out to very mild air and also some patchy fog across the area this morning. And as you plan your day, make sure to do encompass the fact we will have temperatures at lunchtime at 64. And it will be breezy. Lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. Reporter good morning. We are dealing with some foggy conditions so you will want to use your low beams. But traveling in Howard County, theres nothing to get in your way on interstate 70. Its clear heading towards frederick or traveling from columbia pike to 695. Heres the northwest corner of 695 at park heights avenue. Everything moving along. Its going to take the normal 7 minutes right now to travel the outer loop from 795 to 70. And as we look at the other abc2 timesaver traffic drip drive times jfx in great shape. 11 minutes from the letway to east fayette street. 95 and white marsh nice and clear. Its going to take you 14 minutes southbound from the beltway all the way into the city. Thats a look at your morning commute. Now over to you. Its back to the football field for the ravens holding their first practice as they get ready to face the 49ers budget they are dealing with controversy this morning and charley has more on what people are buzzing about especially after media day. They are hoping the ravensthe controversial controversy doesnt become a distraction. Sports ies straighted says lewisreached out to a company to get his hand on deer and thelerextract which comes from a substance banned by the National Football league. Lieus said there shouldnt be any questions over whether or not he is clean and never failed a drug test in 17 years. Coach harbaugh said the linebacker worked hard to get back on the field following his injury. And, of course, lewis was not the only one in front of the mic. You heard from joe flacco who seemed to enjoy media day and some say that was kind of odd given what his dad said about him being boring. No. You know what, people have been telling me my dad was quoted as calling me that i think the bottom line is i think he takes that as a compliment because i believe that it probably means i am going out there and carrying myself in a good manner and not giving anybody a reason to you know maybe like me or dislike me, but either way, you know dont consider myself that. Its all good with meow know. Come on this your dad we are talking about here. He can say whatever he wants. Now after taking the questions, from throngs of media for an hour the ravens posed for the official Superbowl Team photo and coming up this friday, megan, the harbaugh brothers will hold a joint News Conference to talk about what it means to be facing each other come superbowl sunday. Thats going to be fun. Thanks. Theres a family in Harford County that made a video about the rains and its going viral on youtube. Linda so is at the bank right now. Tell us what the song is all about. Reporter well, the song is called ravens are fight he is and the family put it together in honor of the team and the trip to the superbowl. They posted it to youtube last week and its going viral and it received more than 30,000 hits. Here it is. [ music ] reporter impressive. They are huge ravens fans. The dad is a singer songwriter and came up with the song last week and got his 3 daughters to sing it with him. Mom says she is the biggest ravens fan in the family and tape the video and they poaf it on youtube and post it on youtube and it got a lot of attention. The family says they are happy to use their love for singing toshow purple pride. He used to rap and then sang and still sings but only for us in karaoke. Reporter and now for everyone on youtube to see the family says the video has gotten so popular that several Elementary Schools plan to use it during the press rallies this week. Live prep rallies this week. Linda so, abc2 news. If you know anyone planning a trip to baltimore tell them to root for the ravens because the win means discounted rooms at the royal hash r court harbor hotel. They will offer a percentage off the stay equal to the number of points the team scores up to 40 . Rooms at the ordinary start at 179 per night and we have a section dedicated to ravens go to abc2news. Com and look at fan pictures and send us some of your own. You can email them to pix wmar. Com. A hometown guy is delivering the commencement address at college park this year. Os great cal ripken junior will be on stage. He been a playing began playing baseball after high school never went to college but has Great Respect for Higher Education and the great value it brings young people. Students who selected him were thrilled to have the Hometown Hero speak. What is the state of our state . Today governor omally will deliver the address. There omalley will deliver the address. Theres a new feature you can submit questions. People who want to take pack use mdstof on twitter mdsots on twitter and we will stream that for you at our website abc2news. Com. The speech begins at noon. Time for a check of the forecast. Lets go over to lynette. All right. We are watching whats going to be happening for today. But before i show you, let me show you whats going on as you get out the door. We have lots of cloud cover out there. And those clouds are low to the ground once again. So you know what that means. We are dealing with patchy fog. Thats just this morning. As we go into after. After the. Won did afternoon we will see more showers and storms popping up across the area. Potential maybe Severe Weather in here but we will be all over this and we will be monitoring the situation tore for you. This morning, temperatures are on the mild side. Look at 55 in ijamsville and 53 in galena. Hanover at 42 and temperatures are going to soar to the upper 60s. Lets check the abc2 time safesaver traffic with lauren cook. Reporter we are off to a timesaver traffic with lauren cook. Reporter we are off to a foggy start. The harrisburg expressway theres a lot of reduced visibility from parkton to cockeysville. On the jfx no problems heading downtown. 695 is in great shape all the way around. As we look live at 95, downtown here at 395 no delays whatsoever. You wont have any trouble getting through the tunnels. Thats a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. A lawsuit against the Power Authority months after hurricane sandy. Stay with us. 130 homes were destroyed in a fire and now the families are saying this could have been prevented and the homes will be standing. Freest and veggies are good but fruits and veggies can good for you but could they make you sick . Find out how to prepare if you want to keep you and your family safe. This report from the cdc when good morning maryland continues. Use chaget 5 cash backs stations this quarter, whoa everybody get, everybody get activate your 5 cash back at chase. Com freedom now thats whate, i call a square meal. But wouldnt three courses make it a triangle meal . Waitress. Three courses, one diner price. Complete skillet meals from just 8. 99. Only at dennys. 12 minutes after 5. Thanks for joining thus wednesday morning. Some victims of super storm sandy are suing the long island Power Authority. They believe the electric provider could prevented the fires that spread to the homes that night of the storm. 17 families in the breezy Point Community say sandy may have caused flooding and the wind. However the Power Company caused the fires that ruined their homes. They are suing for at least a Million Dollars each. And they say that the company could have saved their homes if they had followed Company Protocol and turned off the electricity to the neighborhood. Everything in the house is gone. Everything. You know. We found nothing. When we turned the corner to my area, it was like somebody set off an atom bomb and it was awful. The plaintiffs say another Utility Company they shut down the power before the height of the storm. And if long island Power Company had done the same thing, all of them would only be facing flood and wind damage. The weather conditions that brought on massive flooding in australia seemed to have a rather lighter side effect. The storm winds churned up the seas near the Sunshine Coast causing masses of sea foam to wash up on the beaches. Looks like they are playing in the giant bubble bath but this is the set. Sediment and other things in the ocean. Apparently its impurities which is a nice word for dirdy dirty water. We have fog out there and we have some so pow tension for Severe Weather on the way. I say that because potential potential for Severe Weather on the way i say that because potentially they are getting Severe Weather towards the west. As it moves closer to us it could weaken. Storm Prediction Center has us in a slight risk for Severe Weather. And it will be for severe strong wends across the area. This winds across the area. This will we will be very cold on the backside of this system. You are seeing snow there and thats going to poe ticketsly mob into the area as well. I will show you that on potentially move into our area as well. I will show you that. We have mild air posk in from the gulf of mexico and we will air moving in from the gulf of mexico. For this morning, that temperature coming in at 52 degrees in glen rock traveling up towards the north there, 45 in hickory and stephenson at 43. Mount airy at 56. Chestertown 57 and easton at 55 degrees. So you know if we are starting out this warm temperatures will be in the 60s once again. We have the southerly flow. And now here is a check of the abc2 most accurate future trend and heres the rain coming in here heavy at times. But the good news is this will be a quick mover. We wont deal with too many flooding across the area. Theres the snow that i am talking wouldnt backside of this system as we go into friday. And light snow showers and couple flurries as the high temperatures today will be right around 68 degrees and the 7day forecast. And it looks like this. Superbowl sunday looks good for tailgating as of now. Lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. Good morning. Fog is the main concern many so you want to utes low beams but if you use the low beams but in Howard County theres nothing in your way on interstate 706789 clear from 29 to 695. 95 is also in great shape. No delays from columbia all the way to downtown baltimore. As we look live at 695, here at Baltimore National pike, you will notice traffic moving along just 7 minutes on the outer loopfrom 795 down to 70. And its nice and clear from parkville up to towson. Heading up to hunt valley not hunt valley but parkton. 83 at york road. A lot of fog in the area. So be extra careful but no delays as you make the push down to the beltway and it will remain clear as you get on the jfx and head down downtown. Thats your abc2 timesaver traffic meg and and charley. That is list that might mack you lose your a appetite. The cdc is listing the biggest culprits of food born illnesses. Salad staples top the list responsible for 46 of the food born illnesses. 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Now, good morning maryland. Dangerous or not advocates will gather today to support their pit bulls. We will tell you about the rally that is happening with the future the breed and considered dangerous by lawmakers. He is accused of opening fire inside a Perry Hall High School cafeteria. This morning he could learn how the trial will go as a teen or an adult. Then while players and coaches enjoy the bright lights and q and a with reporters ahead of superbowl 47, meet a family showing purple pride with a message that is going viral. We will share it with you and hear from them on this wednesday morning. Thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. I am