their bags. we got in trouble for a zero tolerance policy that shouldn t even be in place. and common sense really should have been in play. reporter: now, a severna park high student has been suspended for bringing pepper spray to school. her mom says she kept it for safety on her walk to campus. reporter: school administrators say these are all dangerous weapons and the policies are in place to keep classrooms safe. but are they going too far? that s a question the state school board will take up next month. reporter: outgoing superintendent nancy grasmick is urging all schools to review school policy. a teenager in virginia killed himself, distraught after being transferred schools for buying an illegal pill that acts like marijuana. it s gotten too punitive, it s gotten too criminal in its orientation. reporter: many zero tolerance policies started after the columbine shootings. the u.s. department of education found the most commonly targeted offenses include
i m ready. it s really good news. reporter: and with two dozen topnotched talents to compete against, these idol hopefuls need to find a way to stand out. i always try to put my own flare on different music but not try to make it so over the top that people couldn t still relate back to the song. i play the guitar and sing country music. it s kind of like they wouldn t accept it so i had that unique factor. i have a newness to me, something american idol has never had before. reporter: tune in next tuesday and wednesday night to have your phone ready as america finally gets to vote on the next american idol. in hollywood, fox news. it begins. the news keeps coming. here s brian now with the news edge at 11:00. following a developing story right off the top tonight. a teenager is dead after collapsing at bowie hi school. it happened this afternoon. word of the tragedy just came in a short time ago. fox a s roby chavez is live in bowie with the very latest. what
ore more so than you have to get a 3, so why step ba and try. make sure you done deal. the wizards say good-bye to some of their marquis terms. who they ll get in term. d.c. mayor faces tough questions as the district decision out from the blizzard. his future could depend on how quickly these streets are cleared. smoking of snow, more is coming our way. chuck is say head with the forecast you probably don t want to hear. good morning everyone. i m kimberly suiters. it s sunday, february 14th 20rks 10. valentine s day. let s get right to the forecast you don t want to hear. meteorologist chuck bell is in storm center 4. you want to hear the forecast. you know you want to hear the forecast. i ve actually got a little good news. i m not at all worried about this next system coming ourl way for tomorrow. in fact, i m back down from 2-4, back to the 1-3 range. there will be place that is only get a little light rain out of this system. it still looks like a relatively l
new at 11:00, the charges against a teacher at a local school. an accident causes another unusual accident, keeping hundreds from leaving their homes. obama, losing his supermajority. people are angry and frustrated. do the democrats have a plan b? captioned by the national captioning institute www.ncicap.org we began our winter storm watch tonight as the winter storm is headed our way and parts of the viewing area are already under and advisory. what are we seeing right now? the storm is on the move, removed from the area but it will make its presence known tomorrow night. we re not picking up any frozen precipitation south of town, mostly light rain through fredericksburg and charles county. the storms can shows the bigger picture, over arkansas it will move eastward, redeveloping of he code of. off the coast. take a look at the weather map. this is the area under the winter storm watch. out there there could be a couple of inches of snow, sleet, and fre
is more winter weather moving in. by morning we could see snow, sleet and freezing rain. thanks for joining us on this saturday night. i m craig melvin. a weather weather advisory for most of you watching. some folks to the west are seeing snow flakes. chuck, what are we looking here? we have the winter weather advisory. it goes until 10:00 tomorrow morning. a few isolated snow flakes. a lot of them are not reaching the ground. one or two of them are. temperatures are in the mid 30s. mid to high 20s across northern maryland and the panhandle of west virginia. 51 in st. mary s county. all the purple shaded counties are under warnings, loudoun county, virginia, and outs towards the shenandoah valley. freezing rain is possie in the morning. most likely between 4:00 and 8:00 in the morning. the greatest threat in the higher terrain north and west of washington. a detailed check coming up. the other big story, top u.s. diplomats in cuba are trying to figure out a washington