latin-american pope? >> reporter: a conclave to elect a new pope will begin in mid-march, in time for easter. pub successors are from milan, canada -- possible successors are from milan, canada, and argentina. >> jeff hagel joins us with more reaction locally. >> reporter: archbishop william laurie said he visited the vatican 7 weeks ago and saw no signs of the pope slowing down, muff less resigning. >> the minute i heard about it, i was surprised. i certainly didn't expect to hear that this morning. >> reporter: installed by pope benedict xvi as the 16th archbishop of baltimore, williams said the he saw no signs of the pontiff's imminent retirement. >> he spoke once again about baltimore. and so, the holy father's mental alertness and acuity certainly seemed pretty wonderful to me. >> reporter: while the last pope to resign did so 600 years ago, the archbishop says benedict may be renouncing the rest of his time to prayer. >> this is a solemn occasion for us of course, but i hope we recognize the humanity of this pope who recognized that the stamina required for this role wasn't his any longer. he really announced this to the whole world. that takes a marvelous, holy, and strong person to do this. i would like to recognize that at this moment. >> reporter: in a statement, average bishop williams' predecessor grant laurie called this a sad moment for all cardinals. the cardinals will begin to convene in conclave to elect a new pope. >> for the latest breaking news, whether it's the pope or a crash that could affect your ride home, follow us on twitter. fog is moving in and out, but it's kind of mild. >> temperatures feel more like march than january february. -- march than february. >> but we're in fer a check. let's check in with the weather. >> it will be cloudy this evening, and clouds will turn southerly. look at the temperatures, low 50s now from baltimore to columbia. a state capital at 52. 56 and balmy in denton. things change on wednesday. we will talk about the chance for a wintry mix and a wintry weekend straight ahead. we were lucky to have a quiet night in baltimore, but mother nature had other plans for people to the north and south. >> we head to alabama where tornado leanup is underway. >> reporter: grinding back into action, millions of people in the northeast are trying get back to work. drives needed an extra push and commuters extra time. >> we took the train 2 hours earlier. >> reporter: travel bans are still in place and school is still canceled in places where the weather dumped 3 feet of snow. >> two degrees down across the street, one of them definitely hanging in the power lines. >> reporter: in boston, an 11- year-old boy died after jumping into his father's car to warm up. >> the father was screaming he's not breathing. >> reporter: the exhaust pipe was blocked with snow, pushing deadly carbon monoxide into the car. one woman spent 12 hours in her car, not knowing if she would make it out alive. >> i wrote letters to my children and my family. >> reporter: and now snow and icy temperatures and rain threat ton collapse roofs. >> light snow on roofs is a hazard, but snow that's become rained on is heavier. >> reporter: to the south, reports of at least 15 tornadoes, this one tearing through a college town in mississippi. >> reporter: the storm that helped produce those tornadoes is still dropping snow to the north from the dakotas to minnesota. here's an update on the breaking snooze we brought you this morning. >> a school bus crash that shut down route 27 claimed the life of a teacher. police say devin michael speans was killed after his carve hit the school bus them burst into flames. police say spence was on his way to school. none of the students on bus were injured. police say the roads were icy at the time of the crash. baltimore police say a city social worker was beaten, tied up, and dragged into her basement before her house was set on fire. >> it's a shocking new development from what was already a suspicious house fire. brian cuber joins us with the latest. brian? >> reporter: police say a city social worker was killed at the hands of a hand she met on an online dating site. monky carter is charged with first degree murder for this unbelievable story. he is accuse of beating the victim up and striking her over the head and tieing her one cables before drag her to the basement and setting the house on fire he then stole her car and used her credit cards to fuel a drug binge. >> he was covered in blood during the questioning. when asked about the murder of miss connors, he declined to comment and requested counsel. >> reporter: he will need. scatter charged with the murder of connors. we'll have more details in this story and how police say they might be looking for an accomplice. we have an update to the breaking news we brought to you first on abc2 news.com. >> two people are dead and including the gunman after authorities say he opened fire at a court building. >> he entered that lobby area and exchanged gunfire with the capital police officers in there. >> delaware's attorney general says the shooting was connected to a custody dispute, and wilmington's mayor says the woman who was killed is the alleged shooter's estranged wife. authorities have not confirmed that yet. the man behind one of the most violent crime waves in maryland is standing trial for the first murder of mother de delores and anthony dewitt. scott is serving 100 years federally for that crime spree. to see our interactive crime story about his reign of terror, check our website. he built penn state into a power and got fired. >> and now his widow spoke to katie. >> and a cheerleader is bullied, but turns a cheek. find out why she is the most popular person online. my achy feet made it tough to play with billy. until he got his number. right! the machine showed me my pressure points on my feet, and it gave me my custom number. my arches needed more support. in two minutes, the dr. scholl's foot mapping center showed me my free foot map and my number. i'm a 440. that matched up to the dr. scholl's custom fit orthotic inserts with the support i needed. now, i play all day long! my feet. my number. my inserts. go to drscholls.com to find your closest walmart with a foot mapping center. i'm a believer! in tonight's health alert, encouraging news about the teen birthrate. the number of 15 to 19-year- olds having babies dropped by 19% last year. the decline is likely because of an emphasis on counseling and better contraceptives. >> these kinds of contraceptives keep kids from getting pregnant. they're safe in teens. that's the new news over the past few years. that's endorsed by the cdc, by the american college of obgyns. >> parents are still not off the hook. doctors recommend talking to kids about sex way before they actually hear about it. a new study suggests a link between exercise and a lower risk of prostate cancer, but not for men of all races. white men who are moderately agent i have are less likely to have prostate cancer. white men with roughs date cancer are less likely to have a high grade of prostate chancer. a decrease was not found in african-american men. maryland's most powerful radar, a couple of showers off new york city, but we're dry in baltimore. still damp from some morning show showers. vwi, winds swerl at 6. sunset almost past 5:40 now. how about the fog today? a little tough to make out any sunshine all across the baltimore area. how about parkville middle school? real foggy up here at hartford and grace. there's still somemy on the riverbanks. and look at this, fog battling over the bay bridge. we're now net getting a little late day clearing. i think that will be a sign of things to come for your tuesday. temperatures now running in the low 50 those near 60. 63 in wynn chester, virginia. so balmy conditions by february starnsd. winds are out of the south, and that's a warm average for us. southeastern pennsylvania stall his some fog. as we go forward, expecting some clearing to the west to begin impacting our day through tomorrow. there will be some partial clearing and some decent weather for your tuesday. things ghin to change tomorrow night. clouds begin to roll in a bit. we'll stop it here. wednesday at 6:00, no weather system out of the south. yes, there's going to be cold air on the western side of this thing. you see we're depicting rain for baltimore south and east, snow from baltimore north and west. what's new, the i-95 corridor and chesapeake bay, dividing things here. we realize wednesday into early thursday morning, a wintry mix a good bet. there will be a little bit of everything in that one probably. one wave clearing tonight. the rain showers we had this morning are out of here. storms still swirling over eastern canada. as we go further south, this boundary will stay stalled down here. a new wave developing in east texas, actually more towards arkansas. it will going spin up and move our direction on wednesday. we will probably have a little rain and snow on the northwest side. tonight, 35, partly cloudy and breedsy, 48 your temperature guarantee for tomorrow. next few days, only low to upper 40s. there's the wintry mix for wednesday. as we look at your abc2 most accurate 7 day forecast, temperatures will be moving in the milder direction somewhat toward the end of the week. then we get not just colder air for the weekend, but another storm system coming through. this one has a better chan of producing some colder weather. we don't expect any accumulations. saturday night, that could change. >> monday's a nuisance. >> we've had a good run. we're in february. just a day after joe paterno's family released their own report leading up to the indictment of everiry sandusky... >> joe pa's wife sat down with katie. >> she spoke about the man behind the report that condemned her late husband's actions. >> reporter: a year after he passed away, joe paterno's family is fighting to clear his name. >> if he knew what he knew, if he knew in 2001 that he then learned in 2011, yes, he would do more. anyone would. but we didn't have that benefit. >> reporter: paterno was fired during a late night phone call after more than 45 years as you the penn state head coach. the university of pennsylvania said he covered up years of abuse by jerry sandusky. the wife of the legendary coach recalled her actions. >> horror. disbelief. it is still hard to accept. >> reporter: penn state tapped former fbi director louie freeh to investigate who knew what and when in sandusky's dealings with the young boys. he found that paterno knew what happened and covered it up. but the paterno family came out swinging. >> much was misrepresented in the report. >> reporter: so the paternos launch their own investigation and found there was no evidence that he knew after anything wrong sandusky or covered anything up. >> he worked out with him in the weight room. that had nothing to d'oh with suspecting he's a pedophile. >> reporter: louie freeh stands by his conclusion that powerful people at penn state failed to protect children. carol travers, abc news, washington. >> katie's colleague diane sawyer will sit down with amanda knox, who was accused of killing her roommate and spent time in an italian prison. we'll remind you when it's coming your way. they stay sai pposed to be found some evidence this is not always the case. >> find out how this owl got trapped inside a grill. are you kill kyding me? 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