what's happening. >> nurses treated lechter and williams at the hospital before being arrested and charged with assault and resisting arrest. more details could be released after a former candidate for sheriff in queen ann's county is accused of killing his neighbor. authorities responded to a call around 5 p.m. yesterday. they arrested pete richter. he is suspected of shooting and killing his neighbor over some sort of argument they had. it's bird fever in baltimore. around much of maryland this morning that's the case. the orioles sweeped the rays winning 3 -- swept the rays winning 3 games. they have won the first 3 games and they will try this afternoon against the tigers at camden yards. all of this is making for an electric atmosphere that we have not seen since the late 1990s. abc2 news charley crowson is live as is linda so. they are down at the yard. how is it going down there? >> reporter: well, it's going to be great this morning and into the afternoon. good morning to you. hope springs eternal as it does for every team beginning the major league season. but for baltimore this year, it's especially bright. buck came in with a lot of fanfare and the idea that we were going to have a new attitude for the orioles and that proved true this weekend with a three-game sweep of the tampa bay rays. whether you are a first time to camden yard, as i am this year, or you have been coming your whole life, the baltimore orioles and the fever around the team is going to be special this year. but for one young man, this is something he's been accustomed to his entire life. michael is on the grounds crew and he has been doing this for eight years. more than 600 games with the grounds crew. but over the past three years, he's developed a new talent. it's something that caught attention of management and his boss, and caught the attention of orioles fans and it comes from michael's need for speed. let's listen. >> three years ago, i was in the baltimore sun article and they got me as one of the fastest guy on the crew. and i still am as of today. >> reporter: what michael does with that speed is that during pitching changes, from the bullpen to the dugout, he is responsible for taking the relief pitcher's jacket to the respective dugout and sprints back to the bull pin. this is something that caught the attention of fans over the past few years and usually met with a rousing ovation. you can see a clip of it of michael doing his duties on youtube. he will do it again this year and something he says he has no intention of stopping. so it's something you can look for as well as great baseball today at oriole park at camden yards. this is linda so because a lot of things going in. that is big economic boom for the city and to accommodate, the management put the best foot forward towards getting the field ready. >> reporter: tons of work going on during theoff season. -- during the off season. the lights are back on. that's a great sight to see. you will see the table unbellas open, 3:05 is when the -- umbrellas open. 3:05 is when the first pitch is thrown. lots of changes during the off season. fans are going to find new and improved seats in the seating bowl and club level and upper deck will have wider seats and better sight lines. some suites are bigger. the grounds crew has been working nonstop to prep the field and will be here first thing this morning to put on the finishing touches. there's only one thing they still need. mother nature to cooperate with lots of sun when it's time for the first pitch. nicole the head grounds keeper says as long as what happened in 2003 doesn't happen today, she will be in good shape. >> 2003, i was an assistant head grounds keeper here at the time, and it snowed during the middle of the game on opening day. and we had to delay the game for a little bit. that was crazy. we didn't know what to do. we didn't know whether to tarp the field or what. >> reporter: new concessions. big things to look out for is crab cakes with tons of meat. they were both so good they are going to offer you both. two different crab cakes. you will get healthier choices, too with a variety of wraps, and some of your favorites will be here. the big boug a huge sandwich with extra beef, pork and turkey. i am hungry. >> reporter: i am hungry. it will kick around after first pitch. jake is going to get the ballfrom buck and his season debut had a great run in the grapefruit league a great day for the orioles fans. rick is going to be against him for the tigers. and they had a good showing yesterday in new york against the yankees. >> they did. and they said they will open the gates up here at noon for all the fans who want to come for the pregame festivities. get here early and come hungry and hope for a win. >> reporter: we will be here throughout the morning getting you ready for first pitch. linda so and charley crowson, abc2 now is. >> thanks. it's 6 minutes after five. we will check in in a little bit take care. this morning, we are waiting for an update on how oriole hall of famer brooks robinson is doing. we expect to get more information this morning. the hall of famer's doctors are optimistic that an infection that put him in the hospital will be cleared up shortly. 9 hospital has -- the hospital has been overwhelmed with phone calls and e-mails and brooks is thanking fans for prayers and the outpouring of support. and we will have live team coverage all morning and throughout the day leading up to the first pitch this afternoon. game time is 3:05. catch the hoopla surrounding the game on abc2 news and abc2 now is.com. send us-- abc2news.com. send us your orioles pictures. you can e-mail us at pix at wmar.com. 7 minutes after five this morning. some kids in one oklahoma school are getting an unexpected day off. we will tell you about the winds that packed a mighty punch at this school and the repairs that could take weeks. and the cherry blossoms are gorgeous this time of year 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[ male announcer ] learn more about the college of education at phoenix.edu. now "good morning maryland." ten minutes after five. thanks for joining us. severe weather alert this morning takes us to the southern plains in oklahoma where there's crazy weather. it knocked off the roof of a high school. take a look at this individual o. this is near tulsa, observation lahomea. stiff winds ripped the roof off the building that holds offices and computer labs and the cafeteria and a couple classrooms. school obviously canceled today and most likely will be canceled tomorrow. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> those storms yesterday producing some incredible video. we got more to show you in a moment from wisconsin with large hail. let's go down to camden yards. we are the only station in baltimore with live weather conditions at oriole park at camden yards. 51 degrees down there currently. wind southeast at free. once the warm front pushes through, we will surge the wind. it will turn out to be a very warm day and a very windy day. opening day, temperatures soar into the 70s. winds will gust between 30 and 40 miles per hour. storms will arrive probably after midnight. we will be dry for most of the game and tomorrow rapidly falling temperatures. our forecast in a moment. right now kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: justin, we have the first accident of the morning. this is up in parkton at becklyville road you will see police on the scene there. as we look livality 895, no probable -- live at 895, no problems towards the harbor tunnel. northbound lanes look good. no problem on the fort mchenry toll plaza. we have reports of a traffic light out in towson. york road at fairmount avenue. expect plenty street closures in and around camden yards for the opening day ceremonies along utah camden pratt, howard and washington boulevard. now back to you. >> thanks. 12 minutes after 5. the face of network tv will change. katie couric is quitting cbs. the new yob she may -- job she may be after. look at that. the hail in the midwest that made for some interesting driving conditions. we have got all that and more when "good morning maryland" returns. ñwñ[= 5:15 right now. here's what's happening today around state of maryland. this evening, baltimore county will host the 8th alual rally for the homeless. organizers will meet a little before 6 this evening at trinity episcopal church in towson. there's going to be a march to the county courthouse. baltimore city fire investigators will sift through debris inside an east baltimore mattress warehouse after a fire gutted most of it. the flames broke out around 1:30 yesterday afternoon at the corner of east madison street and harford avenue. it took several hours for firefighters to get the fire under control. the fire went to three alarms but there were no reports of injuries. two train accidents that left a man dead will have investigators tied up for most of the day looking for a cause. a train hit and killed one man on the tracks near jones road and white marsh before four yesterday morning. and also 25 minutes later a. pedestrian was hit -- later, a pedestrian was hit onerousel street near m and t bank stadium in downtown baltimore. that person survived, but right now there's no word on the condition. police are have not released their eye dent -- police have not released their identitiesand are trying to figure out why they were on the tracks in the first place. look at this video out of the milwaukee, wisconsin area where hail covered backyards over the weekend. a lot of thunderstorms swept through. look at that closeup with southeastern wisconsin receive pea to dime-sized hail. roads were icy causing vehicles to slide into ditches. pretty large hail storms. it's interesting to slice that in half and-see with the -- in and you can see with the rings how many hail storms built up to create that. we will shift to the east over the next couple days and we will get a taste as the spring weather can produce that nasty weather on this 4th of april. record are spread from 20 to the low end and 83 on the high end. looks like today, we are going to be close to that high end. showers pushing off towards the north had some snow mixed in with that. that was also the reason we had some severe weather pushing through our region last night. it was not severe, but it appeared that way with a vivid lightning display as the storms blew through yesterday evening. that's north of here. we have a warm front swinging through. and there's the line of severe weather that will break out and push into ohio during the course of the afternoon with a moderate risk of severe weather. we will get more of the reports today and twisters thrown into the mix. the storms will carry towards the east and across the mountains overnight. so as we follow our future radar, you will notice we are looking at the threat of the line of storms that will be pretty nasty especially lower portion of the ohio and into the tennessee river valley. that bumps eastbound. we will get showers overnight. but most of the daylight hours will be dry. tomorrow morning a rough ride with storms pushing through with the frontal boundary between 6 and 9:00 in the morning. behind that, a brief speared of- - period of snow and we cool down for one day. 79 today. not a record. but look at winds 30 to 40 miles per hour. that will make fly balls very interesting at camden yards. but it should be dry. tonight showers and storms. and especially after midnight. kim. >> reporter: justin, right now we are off to a very good start on the roadways especially traveling on any of the major interstates. 95 is looking good from harford county towards the beltway. and as we look live at 695, this is on southwest corner at wilkins. traffic is moving well on both loops. no reported problems across the top side and 83s checking in as well. one accident at becklyville road and kids schoolhouse road. police are on the scene. traffic lights not working at york road and fairmont and expect road closures downtown baltimore in and around camden yards for the orioles home opener. those don't start until 10. so at least that comes after the morning rush. megan, back to you. 5:19. the united states is helping for another 24 hours in the offensive in libya before nato takes over. a spokeswoman says it's because of poor weather conditions over the last few days. would shift is taking rebels and civilians to turkey. one man lost his leg but says doesn't want the focus to be about him. >> i don't care about myself. i care about my people. i care about my children. >> meanwhile u.s. law makers are cautioning that the allies need to know more about the rebels fighting the forces before providing them with weapons. the death toll in japan is rising this morning to more than 12,000 with another 15,000 missing. rescuers had been digging for weeks in an effort to find any survivors of the earthquake and tsunami. but it's highly unlikely they will. scientists say highly radioactive watter is pouring into the pacific ocean from the radiation leak. the leak is an 8-inch crack in the pit right next to a reactor and right alongside the coast. this is where officials now say highly radioactive water is spilling directly into the ocean. the cherry blossom festival in washington turned into a humanitarianest for aid in japan. japanese culture has played a huge part in this. it is on full display. tourists and locals take advantage of great weather and the festival. many are mindful the japanese people are going through a lot. >> japanese are resilient people. just like cherry blossoms, we will bloom again. >> contributing a portion of the proceed from the events like yesterday's morning 10- miler, this year's festival has taken on a renewed sense of peace and support for the people of japan. 5:21. new this morning, katie couric is leaving her anchor post at cbs evening news. less than five years after become the first woman to solely helm a network tv newscast. network executive who wanted to remain anonymous because couric has not announced her plans officially reported the move is happening and reported it on sunday night. she is expected to launch a syndicated talk show in 2012. and several companies are vying for her services. southwest airlines is the largest carrier out of bwi. can you imagine the tension that is being caused when the mechanics discovered holes in aceiling of several planes. and. and the nfl commissioner will be in baltimore county but he is not talking negotiations. the reason for his visit this time. and before we head to break, here a live pick -- here's live pictures of camden yards. more than 40,000 people are going to park oriole park for the hope opener. we have a live report. welcome. and happy baconalia! baconalia? mm-hmm. why, it's the sacred festival of bacon. a celebration of baconian delight. come celebrate baconalia! we're open to 7 new ways to enjoy bacon. denny's. america's diner is always open. now "maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> no record today. at least as we say right now. but it's going to be mighty close. we are aiming for 79 this afternoon. it will be a warm day. we will get the sun back out over the winds gusting close to 40 miles per hour. so, it will be an interesting day down there at camden yards with the fly balls. but we are looking at the storms to roll in overnight. temperatures likely to stay in the 50s to low 60s. we are looking for early morning storms. high temperatures in the morning in the 60s and falling off maybe snowflakes mixed in just before noon. no stickage expected. 61 late showers on wednesday. and then 60s take us on into the early part of next weekend. back to you. >> 5:26 right now. time to say happy birthday to you celebrating on this april 4th and a special belated birthday to kiki dawson. yes. a cute pooch turned 2 saturday. and our picture of the day comes from ed and sally lynch. they are celebrating their 22nd wedding anniversary. together, they are blessed with 15 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. happy anniversary. if you have an interesting photo you want to send to us and want to us show it off, it could be pets, anniversaries, it will be our picture of the day. send it to morning show at wmar.com and include all the important facts behind the picture so we can pass it along to everybody else. it's 5:27 right now. before we head to break, we will head up to new york for this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, some early details about the next generation iphone. sony ceo confirmed to the wall street journal the iphone 5 will feature an 8 mega pixal camera up from the current 5 mega pixals. therefore iest camera sensors has been delayed -- delivery of the camera sensors has been delayed. you might want to keep your eye on e mail for tivo. a security breach has exposed customers names and e-mail addresss. as a result, tivo is suggesting customers use caution before opening any links or attachments from unknown sources. a family of eagle is the latest internet sensation. more than 100,000 people tuned in to watch as two baby eaglets were born a camera has been-- born. a camera has been monitoring the nest since the eggs were laid in february, the third is expected to hatch in coming days. i am peggy bunkers, and those are your tech bites. now "good morning maryland." what a way to start the year. undefeated. the scene is going to be wild this afternoon. the orioles are celebrating the homeowner. >> reporter: and charm city is in love with buck showalter and orioles once again as the o's return to camden yards for the hope home opener. -- home opener. we are live all morning. he is the top executive in the national football league, but he is not talking about playing this season