>> happy new year. >> did you have a good holiday? >> it was great. we topped it off with a ravens' win. it's not purple friday, but what the heck. still celebrate and wear purple today. skin feels purple out there it's so bitterly cold. the wind chill is in single digits in places like westminster. the wind chill there is nine. 14 is the wind chill at the airport. it feels like 13 an the eastern shore. we have seen some subsidence of the wind from yesterday but not a lot. they're still gusting at about 18 miles per hour out there. that's why even though the temperature is in the 20's, we feel like the teens. 28 to 32. we could see a snow shower or two intermittently by this afternoon with variably cloudy conditions today. more on maybe a better chance of snow by the end of the week with your seven-day. but right now let's check in with sarah in your morning commute. >> good to see you. good morning. let's see what's going on.

we have icy conditions at philadelphia road and joppa road in the joppa region. at the key bridge, wind warnings in effect here and at the rest of the area bridges. just another thing to keep in mind as you travel across those area bridges. 11 minutes your drive time. moving well on the outer loop. 12 minutes outer loop west side. about 11 minute on southbound 95 down to 32. not bad as far as volume. it remains on the light side. folks heading back to work and school that should change shortly. curtis creek draw bridge problem-free at the moment, but in the louter oop we're -- outer loop we're going to have the close your in effect at 9:00 a.m. as that maintd nansz will go into effect. you're going to have traffic in two-way in the inner loop. no problems on the north side at harford road. that's the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you both. good morning. >> good morning. thank you. those cold temperatures are our big story in morning. as the temperatures remain below

freezing and relow average they pose a real danger. >> cold weather is to blame for heat-related fires as well. frostbite leads to numbness and loss of sensation. you're urged to bundle up and stay inside as much as possible. it's unclear how many fires the cold weather may have contributed to. it was a fiery day yesterday. firefighters from baltimore city, baltimore county, anne arundel county and howard county battled blazes. the most serious was in glen burnie. we're told a 2-year-old boy was taken to hopkins pediatrics with life-threatening injuries. crews say a burning pot of food on the stove caused the fire. officials say a lot of time heat sources in the winter are to blame for fires. >> oftentimes people will use alternative means of heating their houses when they're economically challenged such as turning on the stove, the oven, turn on the burners.

that can certainly pose a health as well as a safety hazard. we discourage people from doing it. >> the chief advises if you use a space heater, give three feet of space between it and other objects. >> it may have hit a few bumps on the road but things turned around and the ravens are going to the playoffs. an experience that may seem like deja vu. jennifer franciotti is live outside m&t stadium with reaction. good morning. how about them ravens? >> how about them ravens. stan, i know you know this especially. you can't play the raiders and not think about the a.f.c. championship game in 2000 that sent the ravens to the super bowl. now with another win in oakland, the ravens are, indeed, heading to the playoffs. and for a football fan to have postseason play to look forward to, it's exciting. and for fans last night celebrating mothers and federal hill what a night and what a lot of fun. a lot of ravens' fans stayed to celebrate that big win. and the focus now is on the

playoffs. the ravens will head to new england now to play the patriots. and fans do have some ideas on how the team can beat the pats this time around. >> play hard. play good defense. ray rice is good. hopefully he'll have a good game and we'll do good. >> mark clayton holds on better, we'll get a win. >> they can turn it around and win the super bowl. >> win the super bowl. that would be nice. i know my husband taught me when i was first learning about football, you take one game at a time. and right now the only game that matters for the ravens is this sunday, 1:00 p.m. against the patriots. i'm going to have to get keith mills to correct me if i'm wrong, but what makes this even more sweeter, even though the steelers won yesterday, by the rave ravens winning we kept them out of the playoffs. all right. back to you. >> that's sweet. thank you. that brings us to our "watercooler question of the

day." how far do you think the ravens will go in the playoffs? you can e-mail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> the city has marked its first homicide for 2010. but believe it or not it could be a sign their plan is working. police say an unidentified man was shot shortly after 3:00 yesterday afternoon in the 2300 block. he was pronounced dead at the scene. at this time police have no suspect or motive. the murder comes on the third day of the new year compared to this time last year when four homicides had already been recorded. and a programming note. coming up in our 6:00 hour, the police commissioner fred bealefeld will join us to talk about the department's plans for 2010 and the city's push for tougher punishments of so-called bad guys with guns. that's coming up at 6:45. police need your help figuring out how and why the body of a baltimore man was found on northbound i-895. police say the victim, 23-year-old christian peralta of high land avenue was found yesterday morning on the right shoulder at the eastern avenue

overpass. they're asking any witnesses or drivers who were in that area yesterday morning to come forward. >> the parents accused of killing their 20--month-old daughter are expected in court today. jerome wallace and his girlfriend were arrested on multiple charges including child abuse, assault and murder of the incident back on december 19 on kentucky avenue. the charging documents say the the toddler suffered injuries to her face and neck. today president obama returns to the white house for the first time since that christmas day terrorism scare. and as he does, some air travelers this morning are facing tough new security measures. 11 news reporter brook hart has more from washington. >> new screening rules were not a factor in a security scare last night in newark. after a man walked the wrong way through a check point and disappeared. hundreds of passengers had to be rescreened. flights were delayed hours. now as of midnight, new rules mean tighter security for all

travelers bound for the u.s. more random screening, patdowns, bag searches and body scans. passengers from 14 named countries all deemed state sponsors of terror or countries of interest can expect such checks across the board. that includes yemen, the country where president obama said nigerian-born man was trained to carry out the christmas day bomb plot. >> al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, trained him, equipped whim explosives, and directed him to attack that plane headed to america. >> now in custody, investigators are questioning the accused bomb better al qaeda in yemen. >> there is advantage to talking to us in terms of plea agreements. we're going to pursue that. >> critics say the case doesn't belong in civilian court. >> if we had treated this christmas day bomber as a terrorist, he would have immediately been interrogated military style. >> in yemen today the u.s. and british embassies remain closed

citing threats by al qaeda. president obama leaves tomorrow -- meets tomorrow with his security team on the incident and what's being done. as for the new screening rules, one senator vutle u.s. airlines -- us suggests u.s. airlines refuse fly out of airports that don't comply. coming up, a man trapped inside his car. why it took so long to rescue him. >> a manhunt for a man accused of killing his family ends. how a popular tv show helped track him down. >> and a live look over the baltimore area. another cold morning. more on weather and traffic when we come back.

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there's still not a noticeable difference because they're out of the northwest at about 15 to 20 miles an hour. that makes the real-feel temperatures pretty home run sphash. nine is the wind chill in westminster. 13 downtown. 14 at the airport. today's forecast, it was variably cloudy with more clouds this afternoon. only 28 to 32. those gusty winds and a slight chance for flurries or maybe even a snow shower or two. more details on why in your seven-day in a little bit. back to you. >> "covering the nation" this morning. u.s. park police say a man whose cashing plunged into rock creek has died. victim has been identified as joshua of arlington, virginia. a jogger discovered the car around 11:00 yesterday when he saw a tire sticking out of the creek. officials say it took rescuers about 10 minutes to find the vehicle because the creek was almost entirely frozen. the car was submerged in about six feet of water. >> a national manhunt for a man accused of killing four of his family members thanksgiving

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>> another one of those warnings to warm your car up ahead of time if you can. you probably notice a few icy spots, lingering spots to watch for. the temperatures are below freezing so that's what you're going to find. philadelphia road at joppa road, that's one location we're shearing icy. watch for that as you travel through the joppa region. we also have wind warnings in effect at all of the area brinches that includes the bay bridge this morning. be careful crossing at any of the area bridges. speed sensors look great. we are up to speed on the major roadways. we do expect the volume to return to normal as motorists make their way back to work and to school. keep that in mind. so far so good as far as delays go. let's give you a live view of traffic at the curtis creek draw bridge. this will shut down in the outer loop between route 10 and hawkins point due bridge repair. that's going to be going on until february 12. there is going to be two-way traffic set up in the inner loop. that's in effect at around 9:00 a.m. we'll keep you posted on how

that impacts traffic. for now we're glook both there and here on the north side. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. we go to kurt kronke. >> good morning and happy new year. we've got a number of diversions. 20 bus. three bus bypassing shepherd. the 15 and 23 diverting at uwe at a and mullberry. and the 15 with a diversion at parkside and bel air. light rail, metro on time. marc looking good, no delays. for the m.t.a. transit team, i'm kurt kronke. now back to sandra shaw. have a happy new year. >> hope you're doing well on this monday, january 4. an active h.d. doppler. they got pummeled in new england. two feet of snow. that area of low pressure is still spinning and contrasting with high pressure that's very strong in the middle of the country. that means wind. and the winds are lessened a little bit from yesterday but

not much. as far as clouds go, there's a little bit of cloud cover. we're going to see variably cloudy conditions throughout today. but the real story, the blustery conditions and the temperature well below normal. we are in the 20's which doesn't sound too impressive. when you factor in these breezes or winds at about 14 miles an hour, 14 miles an hour up in westminster, the real-feel temperature is significant. it only feels like 10 right now in westminster, 13 downtown, 10 in parkton. on the eastern shore the wind chill is in the lower teens as well. a bitterly cold day. where should we be? 42 is our normal high for january 4. again, well off the mark at only 31 below freezing today. a mix of clouds and sun. more clouds this afternoon. and a chance for some flurries as there's weak disturbances that will rotate through today. could even see a wind shower. 70 is the record high for january 4. that was set back in 2000. nowhere near that. the record low set back in 1918.

more bitter cold tonight. 17 or 18 in the outlying areas. up to 24 potentially downtown with mostly cloudy skies and still some flurries around as we're going to see enough energy for that to be the case. cold and windy. that's the real situation. we had that high pressure in the middle of the country. it's the contrast or the pressure gradient between the two that's continuing with that very strong northwesterly flow. and the very cold temperatures extend into the deep south because the position of the jetstream, even in places like orlando they're look at temperatures in the lower to mid 30's which is a-typical down there. mostly cloudy skies for tomorrow. and more of the same. 28 to 33. winds westerly, a little bit lighter at 10 to 15 miles an hour. as far as the rest of this goes, brief warm-up by wednesday. if you call 38 degrees a warm-up. it's still below normal. we see more clouds in the forecast on thursday. and friday, a pretty good chance that we could see some more

snow. maybe a few inches. something we're watching closely. a 50% chance of snow shower. the high only 29. and the bitter cold continues for the weekend as we're only in the upper 20's with flurries around. >> in this morning's "consumer alert," credit card marketers are go to find it much harder to pedal their plastic on college campuses. students arriving on campuses usually find credit card companies offering them sweet deals for fast credit. but a new federal law now requires students under 21 to have an older spouse, parent or other adult cosign for new accounts. according to one survey by a nonprofit group, 2/3 of college students have at least one credit card and at least 25% say they have paid at least one late charge. it appears it does cost more to be a woman. we knew this, ladies. the january issue of sowm "consumer alert" finds items aimed at both men and women, like shaving cream, deyoad rent,

body wash, even pain relievers, can cost women more than 50% extra. some companies do provide a decent reason like making a shaving cream bottle rust resistant, however most of the time the items are exactly the same but have a higher pricetag for women. it's just not fair. i knew you were going to do that. >> all right. i'm very sympathetic. let's get the latest from wall street where the improving economy may be making some inscreftors nervous. jane king joins us live with the day's business news in the "bloomberg business report." good monk, jane. >> hi, stan. good morning to you no. where to go but up. stock futures pointing to a higher start today. we did have a down day on new year's eve. there were signs of improvement in the labor market. but that may wind down. the s& s&p 500 did gain last ye. and trading this month may set

the tone for the rest of the year. the january effect is a closely watched market trend where economists say we sometimes see investors putting money back into stocks after selling out the end of the previous year for tax reasons. 2010 brings renewed foreclosure fears. an increase in mort defaults among the prime borrowers in 2009 is likely to accelerate, threatening to slow down the real estate recovery. that's according to the two owe l economists for the home index. and this weekend, a billion dollar blockbuster. many were also making it a red box weekend. it rented more than two million movies and television shows on new year's eve, a company record for a city day. and red box giving credit to mother nature and easy access to the 19,000 ee kiosks. back to you. >> thank you. we'll see you back here at 6:15.

>> 5:21. it's 23 degrees on tv hill. coming up, another look at your morning commute with traffic and weather together. >> while the nation's economy struggled through 2009, movie sales were booming. how the industry plans to stay afloat in 2010. that's next. >> and don't forget to e-mail your answer to the "watercooler question of the day." how far do you think the ravens will go in the playoffs? email your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. to our

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communications future. always free and always local. >> 2009 was a difficult year for the economy but not for the movie industry. >> how did the movie moguls top it? one way is by going back to the future. george lewis explains. >> you might say it's been a transformative year for hollywood. when a movie like "transformers"

took in $402 million at the domestic box office. and the current hit, "avatar" is headed for the $300 million mark dmeft yeckly after ally little more than two weeks in the theaters. >> it's been an incredible year at the box office in 2009. >> enjoy. >> we're going to wind up with about $10.6 billion in revenue and the highest attendance in five years. >> what about 2010? people in the movie game are trying to figure out how to top 2009's box office numbers. a hard act to follow. >> we got to hope. we're throughout every week just hoping we think the out of the park. >> and the formula for hitting it out of the park is sequels. 2010 will bring the second "ironman" movie. >> sometimes you just have to get away with the girl.

>> carrie and her friends are back for ient stallment of "sex in the city." and the "harry potter" franchise will take moviegoers to hog warts for the seventh time. the secret is sequels sell. >> audiences love the familiar and they love to go back to the movies over and over again. >> so don't be surprised if director james cameron and his studio, fox, announce in 2010 that an "avatar 2 "so i is in the works. >> you're not in kansas anymore. you're on pandora. >> and at a time when the recession has people cutting back on things like expensive vacations and fancy meals -- >> i am in so much pain right now. >> going to the movies remains a relatively inexpensive al alternative. george lewis, nbc news, hollywood. >> two movies high on my list, "avatar." it's a must see. and i really enjoyed "2012".

it will have your heart racing. >> i'll purt them on my list. 5:26. 23 degrees. coming up in the next half-hour of 11 news today -- >> it was a must win game for the ravens. they certainly pulled it off in oakland. now the team is heading to the playoffs. i'm jennifer franciotti. we'll have reaction straight ahead. >> i'm nikole killion in washington with details of new airport security rules that take effect today that story coming up. >> and bitterly cold weather and blustery conditions continuing. we could even see some snow flurries on this first monday of the new year. stay tuned. >> and problems that could arise because of ice and wind warnings at the area bridges. we'll update you on what could be a busy morning rush coming

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