want to hop on owings boulevard or the northwest expressway because we have a closure at straw hat road. wires down across the road way. the police don't know how long this will be closed. a good alternate is the northwest expressway. for those of you traveling through baltimore, this is kaden avenue and the beltway. on the beltway, the traffic is flowing freely. and here's liberty road. and we're moving without delay on the inner and outer loops. over to you. 911 calls from the caseworker that dropped charlie and braden powell off at their father's house are shedding new light on what happened the morning of that tragedy. and sherrie johnson is here to tell us what was said during those scary moments. >> reporter: all this up this morning, west first 911 calls before sunday's explosions before josh powell killed himself and his two sons. the 911 calls were from the caseworker. you notice a sense of panic building by the social worker. she senses trouble but can't seem to convince the dispatcher of that take a listen. >> i'm really shocked and i can hear one of the kids crying. he still will not let me in. i think we need help right away. he's on a short lease with cps. and we've been involved. he looked at me and closed the door. are you there? >> yes, ma'am. i'm waiting to nowhere you are. >> i would like to pull out of the driveway because i smell gasoline. >> reporter: it's all hard to hear. autopsies show they died of carbon monoxide poisoning. but they also had hatchet wounds on their bodies. josh powell is the suspect in his 2009 disappearance of his wife. >> if you support our cause, 20% of your tab will go towards the fundraising for robert richardson. >> an unusual fundraiser to tell you about this morning. this is a community of moms. they are rallying around the teenager charged with murder. robin ice near is one of harford county moms supporting robert richardson the third. he was charged with murdering his father. about 50 people gathered last night to raise money to pay for richardson's legal fees. they don't approve what he admitted to doing. but they believe that he had a bad home environment. >> we're not advocating murder. we're not saying what he did was right. we know what he did was wrong. but we're saying that there's a reason he did what he d and we feel -- he did. and we feel that needs to be brought out when they're trying him. >> classmates started a facebook page and it has more than 800 likes right now. it was a close call early friday morning. the mother, father and three of their children ranging in age from four months to ten years old were all flown to a hospital in baltimore in critical condition. a forth child was taken to the home after he fell out of bed. discovered discovered high levels of carbon monoxide in his blood. an employee convicted of the stabbing death of his super viewer in montgomery -- supervisor in montgomery county is scheduled to be sentenced. the woman was found stabbed to death in the basement of an office. a new york teacher's aide is being held without bail after authorities said that he made child porn videos in the elementary school classroom. they say that he admits to having more than a thousand images of young children on his computer. he worked at the school for ten years. monday's rest comes after police did a -- monday's rest comes arrest comes after the police day search of his computer. another scary situation. a bomb squad called into a miami neighborhood this tuesday after six grenade were found inside a home. they pond sod a dispute and -- responded to a dispute and it turned up drugs and green natures. officials are still -- grenade. officials are still investigating whether the grenade were still active. the dugards who have 19 cou saying that a cast member is not one of jim bob and michelle's children. it's a cousin that claims there are no such picks out there. here you go. saying your i dozen and enjoying a frosty at the same time. they tied the knot at wendy's. they work together at wendy's and decided it was the best place to get married. so the town mayor married the couple. >> workplace romance. >> yes, hours later they went back to work with a hamburger honeymoon. there will soon be and exciting way to get around the beaches in ocean city. and governor o'malley is hoping that the lawmakers will say away from the proposition 8 decision in california. but first this morning over to new york to get a look at this morning's tech bytes. >> reporter: chrome on the move. google released a mobile version of its chrome browser. a study finds that the computer industry has a apt tude for creating jobs. it's called the app economy. every consumer company are commissioning app to be the public faces. and while the super bowl set a record for viewers. it also set a record for tweeting. on line dating is more popular than ever. 40million americans currently visit on line dating sites each month. one in three relationships start on line resulting in 120,000 weddings a year. it's not summer yet but we can get excited. a new attraction is coming to the beaches, horses. you have to pay $50 per horse to ride. riding will be allowed have the 27th street down to the jetty. it is a big day weather- wise. this could be a similar event to saturday? exactly. the snow looked pretty but it did not stick. that's what i'm thinking. but today and this morning, a good day to get out there and do your running because we'll have the storm coming in. but we will be in the 30s this morning and it's going to be cloudy and chilly. the winds will be out of the east at five to ten miles an hour. and the satellite and radar not picking up on a lot. back in the west is where we're starting to see a little bit of snow working its way in. let me show you this and you can see the warmer air mixing in now. this is all snow at one point in ohio. you can see in organizations of ohio it's -- in portions of ohio, you see the snow there. the temperature into woodbine right now coming in at 29 degrees. so the commute home will be a rough one. speaking of the commute, let's go over to angela. getting out this morning should not be too much of a problem. one spot in baltimore county. this is owings mills on ricetown road with a report of wires down at straw hat road. we're suggesting take the northwest expressway or owings mill boulevard as your alternate. making your way around the bw beltway, volume picking up, of course. and another look on the southwest side at wilkins avenue, all lines open. and 95 north of white marsh boulevard, southbound lanes picking up. if you want to avoid the weather related traffic issues that you may run into this and, you can take rta. all the service lines running on time this morning. a local business is coming back to baltimore and bringing with it the wonderful aroma that once filled the inner harbor. spicemaker mccormick is now moving back into the city. it will move in the light street pavilion and will be open in the summer. you'll be able to see cooking demonstrations and chefs and you name it t. >> that is great. do you ever wonder what happens to all of the food left over after the super bowl game? 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were sent home with the student. >> reporter: we got a copy of the flyer. it says that homosexuality is a choice that can be changed and that no one is born gay. they were sent home with students from einstein high school last week. it's from the parents and friends ever ex-gays and gays. they can seek help if they have unwanted same sexual tractions. they say they have -- attractions. >> if they knew that service was available and they could go and pick something up would be one thing. but for to come home as any of the other flyers that come home in the kids' backpacks, i find that offensive. >> reporter: and the flyer wars distributed at four other montgomery county high schools and about 8,000 flyers were sent out. while most states don't allow same sex couples to marry, a bill in washington d.c. is making it easier for same sex couples to get divorced t lets people married or married in washington get divorced even if they no longer live in the district. it will go to a final vote before being sent to the mayor for his signature. 35,000 pounds of leftovers from super bowl xlvi in indianapolis will go to help the poor. some of the food is going into a freezer for now. and others are getting it prepped right away. organizers say it's important that the food not be wasted. >> it's not just super bowl and it's not just the holidays. our volunteers and our staff are here all year long addressing hundred greater threats in the community and that is important for all of us. >> they have the fancy cheeses and lobster and shrimp. all are going to go to great use. what we're talking about is the weather. so pretty over the weekend and you say we could see a repeat. >> exactly. we got the snow that moved in just like that. i think that is what we'll see today. a quick mover and a burst of snow and the ground is too warm so it will not stick. it will be on the grassy surfaces and on the top of your car. >> especially this afternoon. >> exactly. let me show you about what i'm talking about right now. we have a winter weather advisory that goes into effect at lunchtime and it lingers till 10:00 p.m. tonight. you see the counties that will be affected shaded here. baltimore and the city and carroll county and even howard county. we're going to have some dicey conditions as we go more into the afternoon. i'll show you the time in a second. satellite and radar picking up on the clouds across the and the unsettled weather is in the west. you see it creeping into west virginia right now with a little bit of a mix. and you see in southeastern ohio turning into a mixture as well. we'll be see that as we go into the afternoon and then tapering and wrapping up as we go into the evening. this area of low pressure will slide across our area and we'll get that upper level trough and it will exit west to east and things will clear out nicely. future trend picking up on what is going on today. we'll get snow in here in western maryland and then starts to work its way into our area in 2:00, 3:00 and things start to go downhill from there. it starts off as rain and wraps up as snow. my other concern is by tonight, we start to dry things out. but still we can see slick spots out there. so maybe contending with black ice as we go into tonight. we could see an inch as we go into the cities and maybe two to three inches and the further to the south you go, the eastern shore looking at mainly plain rain. all and all it should be mainly liquid. and the temperature coming in around 38 degrees. and it will be cloudy and colder. and the temperatures will go down through the day. but not cold enough to support a lot of snow and then tonight, 30 degrees and we could get black ice out there and gradual clearing. tomorrow it will be like nothing ever happened. and the temperature coming in around 48 degrees and the sunshine will return and we'll get above average temperatures in here as well. the 7-day forecast not looking bad. but we'll cool been as we go into the weekend. stay with "abc 2 news" this morning and all the time when winter weather approaches. you can get the latest business closings and delays on air, on line, on your cell and the new "abc 2 news" ipad app. we'll get you through t and now over to angela. we got a lot going on the ricetown road region. have a look at 795, the northwest expressway. and it is building on the expressway. a lot of people getting around the closure. ricetown road still shut down with the wires down across the roadway. you may also want to take a look at owings mills boulevard. that could be a possible good alternate route for you there. and the drive coming in from bel air this morning. 95 from mountain road. here's a live look at 695 and baltimore national pike. we're good to go on the beltway that is from the northwest expressway to 95. a piece of baltimore's history heading to the auction block. how much it could cost to you own the renovated baltimore firehouse. a new book from a writer claiming 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