We have patchy fog to contend with this morning. Other than that, its going to be nice and quiet. The calm wf the storm before the storm rolls in by tomorrow. The radar is different than yesterday and much calmer as we look at whats happening with temperatures right now. We are much warmer than this time yesterday. We are talking about the 40s in owings mills right now. This should be the High Temperature for this time of the year. 39 detrees in degrees in pylesville and 36 in glen burnie. This is what to expect through the day. Temperatures around 37 degrees when you wake up at 6. And morning time around 9 00. 41 degrees and 46 by lunchtime. The cloud will stick and hang stuff as we go throughout the day. A few peeks ofsheen but it will be mostly cloudy and we will talk about the thunderstorms rolling in by tomorrow when they will be in and out and i will have the weekend forecast coming up. Lets check the abc2 time save he traffic with lauren cook good morning. Reporter good morning. We are dealing with patchy fog this morning so yowl want to you will want to turn on the low beams. But no delays if you are traveling on 95 in elk ridge. It will be nice and clear heading northbound all the way up to the tunnels and even southbound there are not any issues getting down to dc. The beltway is clear right now on the west side. And as we check in and look live at 695 here in parkville. Not too many cars out there. You wont have problems getting up to towson or traveling the inner loop to 95. Heading up to hunt valley, this is what 83 looks like at shawan road. Everything is moving along and it will remain nice and clear as you get on the jfx and head downtown. Thats the abc2 timesaver traffic now over to you. 4 32. The man in charge of Anne Arundel County could learn his fate today. Closing argue mense in john leopold trial will begin this morning and the judge could reach a verdict as early as today. Leopolds team wrapped up the case yesterday. The county executive never took the stand in his defense. Leopold faces three counts of misconduct and one count of fraud for allegedly miss using county money. If convicted he could face or be voted out of office by county council. Today jurors will continue to hear testimony in the Phylicia Barnes murder trial. They spent 15 minutes watching an illistit sex tape involving phylicia and her sift and Michael Johnson and his younger brother. The tape found on deena cell phone is evidence of the harm phylicia and they laid out a timeline saying they believe johnson was the last person to see the very many alive. Today we will learn more about what officials are doing to protect our children. Baltimore County School superintendent dallas dance will join the police chief and county executive to announce School Safety and security recommendations. This is the first step in the longterm plan to improve School Safety and security. The recommendations are a result of an ongoing review into school policies. The sad day in maryland as people all over the state mourn the loss of delegate hattie harrison. Show was a member of the house of delegates since 197 3. She was the longest serving member and the first African American female to chair a legislative committee. This morning, a story you will see here on abc2. A pastor closed his church for good after a series of crimes targeting house of wore zip. Over the weekend, police notified pastor les thompson someone vandalized the first Mount Carmel Baptist church. Suspect knocked a hole in the message board and ripped off railing and smashed the windows. This is not the first time the church was attacked. Last year someone caught propane line that could have sparked anexplosion and they say the other person sent this message. When they put two bullets shells on the steps thats letting me know they are going to shoot somebody here. And two bullets is going to be for the two thats always out here. They are smoking pot out here, drinking on the steps while sunday morning services. Les thompson and his wife got married in the church and their children were baptized there. 4 35 and switching gears to sports the ravens are waking up on bourbon street this ravens are waking up on bourbon street this morning. They arrived for the superbowl xlvii they will talk to players and copes and for the second time in superbowl history, fans will be able to attend media day. Throughout the week, there will be a handful of official and unofficial superbowl events all over the big easy. There are going to be thousands of ravens fans cheering on the team this year. Its not only the game charm city has been waiting for but also the last time ray lewis will suit up and be on the field. When he takes the field on sunday, theres going to be one very special fan there to support him. Reporter ray lewis has always left a lasting impression. This is pictures of him after the game. Reporter ernest joe lewis coach at Kathleen High School remembers the first time he saw lewis firing up the teammates in a spring practice. At the practice, i remember asking gary who is the defensive back coach i said who is this kid. Reporter a kid who was a big star, at kathleen a kid who bonded with coach joe. Sending him an autographed picture when he played for the miami hurricanes. Inviting him to his nfl draft party. This is where i got a chance to visit in baltimore for some games. Reporter and invited him to hang out after nfl games. The two men still talk on the phone often. And share text messages. Ernest joe is more like a father to ray lewis than just a former coach. When he usually send me a text, he entitled it dad you know. And it makes me feel good. Dont just say coach e says thanks pop. Reporter after an arm injury might have brought an untimely end to lewis long career there were more text messages. I remember, you know, texting him and saying keep your head up. Great things will happen for you. And he shot me a text back saying hey dad everything is going to be okay e said no weapon formed against me so i figured then was back working out and just getting rade to come back. Reporter lewis plans to he re ready to come back. Reporter lewis plans to retire after the superbowl and coach joe will be there. Its a chance to talk with him a couple days agosaid i want to finish the race with him and he said he is on it. Reporter lewis is bringing coach joe and his wife to the game. And joe is predicting lewis will leave him with another lasting impression, a win. Coach joe from the beginning and there for the end. Our state senators are also hoping the ravens win. They placed a friendly bet with lawmakers from california and it involved food. Mikulski and cardin are betting crab cakes and beer and Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein is betting cheeses and senators from each state will have to pay up if the team loses. Wonder how the cheese will taste. Stephanie rawlingsblake said at the pep rally she is still waiting for colorados mayor denvers may to pay up on his bet. He has not agreed to do the ray lewis dance. He has a bad back. And ray lewis played with his injuries this guy could cans like him. The story on the road yesterday was ice and now its patchy fog. At least its not dense fog. We have about 5 miles of reduced visibility in baltimore this more. 4 in frederick and 6 in hagerstown. Heading up along i83 to york, you will encounter fog. 3 miles of reduced visibility and 7 in easton along the Eastern Shore this morning. So take it easy once again. Its not going to be a great day to get out there and travel on the roadways. Satellite and radar, picking up on showers and thunderstorms back off towards the west that will work its way into our area as we head in tomorrow evening. But for right now, plenty of cloud hovering across the area. Lets go back to megan and charley. A rare surge rate Johns Hopkins gives a wounded soldier a shot at a new life. Look at this. Reporter i am linda so live at Johns Hopkins hospital, the first u. S. Soldier to survive losing all four limbs gets a new set of arms. How doctors here at hopkins performed the complex double artransplant. First a massive flu outbreak and now another virus spreading across the u. S. Doctors say this illness is incredibly containous and contagious and what symptoms to look out for. Ray lewis takes the highroad when it comes to the comments made about him by the wife of new England Patriots west s welker. He says theres no hard feelings. Reporter every thing is up to speed on 97. I will let you know what traffic looks like on 83 and 695 all coming up on good morning maryland. And this is a live look in south baltimore. Great way to start the day. Stay with us, theres much more coming up next. News time 4 42. Its a miracle he survived. A sold year who lost all four limbs soldier who lost all four limbs received a double arm transplant at Johns Hopkins. Linda so is live this morning at the hospital with all the details. Linda. Reporter later this morning, we will get a chance to meet the soldier and the surgeon who performed the complex transplant. They will hold a News Conference here at the hospital at 11 this morning. This is video from before the transplant. Brendan marrocco is the first to survive lieuing all four limbs in the iraq war. He underwent the complex transplant last month and its the first time hopkins performed a double arm transplant involving connecting bones blood vessels muscles and nerves and skin on both arms. It involved a innovative treatment involving the deaddonors bone marrow to help hisbody from reexpwrecting the limbs. Rejecting the limbs. He is one of 7 u. S. Soldiers to received a successful double arm transplant. He will spend the next 3 to 4 months at hopkins and will return to a Military Hospital for further physical therapy. That News Conference is scheduled for 11 this morning. We are live at hopkins, linda so, abc2 news. First you had to worry about the flu virus now another nasty virus making its way around the country a new strain of the newer row virus eye dent night in us a eye dent night first in us a identified first in australia. It can live on surfaces outside the body. Along with nausea and vomiting it can cause diarrhea and fatigue. Doctors say the symptoms hit allof a sudden and if you have the virus you should stay home and call your doctor. Another salmonella outbreak this morning. This time its ground beef. Officials say 16 people have gotten sick after eating raw or undercooked meat. None of the cases are in maryland. However a Michigan Company is recalling 500 pounds of the ground beef to avoid people getting sick. The cdc says you should cook ground beef thoroughly and never eat it raw. We will learn about 58 healthy child care sites in the area. Howard county official also recognize facilities later this morning. Child care sites are recognized for efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of the kids they look after. This is part of an initiative aimed at guiding family providers with ways to prevent childhood obesity. A lot to talk about as far as the weather goes. Yesterday, it was history a scary ride to work for some people because it was icy. It was and now things are improved with the ice because temperatures are coming up. But now we have fog. Good. Its always something. Exactly. Its always something. Be careful as you head out and about once again yacht dont want to have those high again. You dont want the high beams on. You can see more of the road and less of the fog and this is whats going on in terms of whats going on in the atmosphere. So, a few showers still trying to work their way in into West Virginia and some of these might get into the area going through the morning. Sprinkle and spritzs but its going to be a dreary damp day. But as we look back off towards the west, we have thunderstorms firing up around michigan right now. We will get in on some of that action as a cold front passes through by tomorrow. So we do have things to look forward to. This is whats going on at the surface. We have this warm front thats not going to make it all the way in here for today. Its going to stay to the south of us. And then we will have that cold front work its way in here and with the clashing of the air masses, thats when we have the chance for Severe Weather to pump in as we go into tomorrow evening. For right now, though, temperatures are well above average. We should be at 24, 25 and we are talking about upper 30s. Union bridge at 47 this morning. Look across the Eastern Shore and we are looking at the low 40s in dento and easton and huntingdon at 40 degrees. Future trend picking up on what he happening going through time. Look good for today and tomorrow we have the wet weather working its way back in here. All that courtesy of the cold front. And then temperatures will drop off behind that. Today we are going with 48 degrees. Mostly cloudy and 44 mist and fog by this evening. And heres temperature for tomorrow. 63 degrees with a p. M. Storm. Lets check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook good morning. Reporter good morning. Things are warming up a little bit. And i have a frog in my throat. Well if you are heading out this morning, do prepare yourself for some foggy conditions. You will want to use the low beams to improve visibility. If you are heading downtown, the jfx is nice and clear. Nothing to get in your way from the beltway all the way down to east fayette street. Everything is up to speed through the fort mchenry and harbor tunnel. And looking live at west side of the beltway here at liberty road, traffic is moving along normal 11 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. And heres what it looks like in parkville at har foreroad. No concerns on the inner loop down to 95 and outer loop clear up to towson. Thats a look at your abc2 timesaver traffic. Now over to you. 4 47. President obama is calling for sweeping changes for immigration. A group of lawmakers, what they plan to do to help millions of undocumented immigrants. Several people are being questioned in the wake of the fire in brazil. We will tell you who they have in custody and why they may be to blame. During the 2012 president ial campaign president obama said he would make immigration reform. A top priority in the second term. And today, he will make the introductory arguments to america. He will make the remark during a speech in vegas a day after a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers to present their plan an path to citizenship more than 11 million Illegal Immigrants in the country. The lawmakers agree its a long road ahead but its time to initiate needed change. We have been too content fortoo long to allow individuals to mow our lawns, serve our food, clean our homes and even watch our children while not affording them any of the benefits that make our country so great. This will be the Year Congress finally gets it done. The bipartisan plan creates a path to citizenship for Illegal Immigrants after the borders are deemed secure. There would be an increase in drones Border Agents and surveillance equipment and undocumented workers could only stay after passing a background check paying fines and paying all back taxes. A new york mother on a trip to tuis still missing. Today her husband and brother will visit officials in ies tan bull and they are expected to istanbul. Then they will discuss the search efforts. We are learning more about the trip abroad. Friends say the mother of two took several side excursions out of turkey while on vacation. The media is reporting that police are investigating why she visited amsterdam and munich and they are trying to figure out identity of the man she was chatting with on the internet. Her friend says the man was a tour guide. See was supposed to fly home on january 22nd she never showed up for the flight. Turkish police found the passport and medical cards in the room where she stayed while in the country. Four people have been arrested in connection with the nightclub fire. Moo are than 230 people more than 230 people were killed when the fire raced through the kiss nightclub. The owner of the club and two band members and the security chief has been taken into custody and questioned by police. Investigators believe the bands pyrotechnics show set off a fire inside the nightclub apparently the club had only one exit when the fire broke out. Hundreds of people were injured in the chaos. I was trying to get out. The staff stopped me and i yelled fire, fire. But the security guards were not realizing what was going on. The clubs owner is vowing to cooperate fully with the investigation. They have denied reports that the clubs license has expired. Time for five things to know on this tuesday morning. The confirmation hearing for secretary of state designate john kerry continues in washington. He is suspected to get the support need for the confirmation. Members of the Maryland Mental Health coalition will rally this afternoon outside the statehouse calling for improved access for High Quality Service and Adequate Funding for Themental Health system. Three talk about solutions to the problems facing marylands pension system. Whitney houstons mother has writ ann book about the life of her daughter in her book remembering whitney. She details her thoughts on whitneys death and it hits store shelves today. Knick waw lenda will walk a waw lenda will with a linda whoa lynda he plants to wolinda it was long and some fans couldnt deal with the fact the ravens beat the patriots wes welkers wife took to the twit her and side she was proud of her husband and patriots and directed everyone to Lewis Wikipedia page where it talks about his children and how he was acquitted for murder he. She later apologized for the inappropriate remarks and now ray lewis is saying there are no hard feelings. Sometimes people just say silly stuff. You know and they say it out of e