>> the roads are looking pretty clear this morning. >> a mixed bag of closings and delays. the list is growing. i have the story coming up. >> have we seen the worst of the weather for the rest of the week? 11 news continues right now. we will have the rest of the forecast. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. the forecast is not so bad.

this is supposed to be how you are to talk about a system like this. you have to have a beard to do it. if you are just joining us, 3-4 inches of snow last night. the major roles are ok. the storm is pulling away. some snow flurries left over in the eastern shore and mountains. the sunshine is coming out over the next couple of hours. tanagers are still below freezing. there are side streets that have not been treated said they may be slippery. in mixture of sunshine and clouds this afternoon with high temperatures close to 40 degrees. we will be back in a few minutes to take a look at the 7 day forecast. another storm on the horizon. it is coming up in a few

minutes. let us check the roads with sarah. but they did a great job. we have some slight fought out there. the roads are wet. do not go at the normal speed. you will need extra time to clear off your car. just past the dealt with it. it is off to the side. a bit of the delay is being caused. water main breaks causing a right lane to be closed in pikes bill. -- ville. here is a live view of traffic 95 of the accident scene. there are delays forming their. enough view of white marsh for

you see it does affect of as well. that is the latest. back to you. >> our live team coverage continues. we are looking at the road situations in baltimore county. >> how does that look right now that's quite some situations on the ground this morning that you will encounter. the grass has several inches of snow in different areas it varies. if you move over here, the sidewalk has not been cleared. it is still covered in ice or snow. wear your boots. be careful if you are walking out there on roads that have not been clear yet. the roads are looking pretty good. reisterstown road is moving just fine. the traffic is picking up. we have seen several plows could buy. they are dropping salt and

making sure the roads are clear so they do not get slick. we travelled on 83, the beltway, and 795 which are looking good as well. that is the latest. back to you. >> the other big question is how is the snow affecting schools. >> tim tooten has been monitoring that from the newsroom. the list is starting to grow. >> 140 a couple of factors to think about. how are the sidewalks and side streets in your community. >> anne arundel county, charles county closed. prince george's -- a two hour delay for baltimore city, baltimore county, howard,

cecil, frederick, carroll county. some of the colleges are opening later. either you are in or out by now. back to you. >> our weather coverage will continue on our web site wbaltv.com. it is on the front page. >> anne arundel county police are investigating a home invasion. trauma with serious injuries andno word on a motive or suspects. and police are looking for the market. the victim was taken to university hospital.

no word on his condition. >> a baltimore city boy will spend 20 years behind bars due to a deadly stabbing of a classmate. he pleaded guilty in november 2008 to stamping a boy outside of a middle school -- stabbing a boy and outside of a middle school. a man reportedly assaulted a girl in a church last month. he is a registered sex offender. he is being held without bail at the detention center. an arraignment is scheduled for next monday. >> gov. martin o'malley is calling on legislators to enact his plan for job creation in maryland. federal dollars intended for

small businesses are encouraged. republicans are not buying his plans. >> in times of great adversity, we do not make excuses but progress. we set aside partisanship. we embrace the power of citizenship guided by the values that unite us. this recession will end. our journey is not over. our best days -- of us if we make it so. [applause] republicans will present their ideas by the end of the month. that brings us to our watercooler question of the day. what did you think of the governor's vision for maryland, as laid out in the state of the state address? email us your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com.

she says the gifts that she received from developers did not amount to much. one person calls her attitude arrogant and shameful. she appears to be unable or unwilling to deal go to our web site for more information. takes over the role of mayor, hersey's will become vacant. he holds a job with the state. our reporter asked the council man about that in the council meeting on monday night.

>> if you become council president next week, what are you going to do with the state job? >> i will leave it. >> turn in your resignation? >> yes. i told you i would use the time i have and then take a leave of absence. >> in leave of absence is not a resignation. >> i will be taking a leave of absence. >> under state law he is only eligible for 30 days of an absence. >> interesting interview. coming up, the financial news in the bloomberg business report. >> we will show you the weather to our west. >> your phone may be smart. can it tell the difference

between a legitimate application and one that is trying to scare me of your money? that is coming up next. >> snow is still on the surface but not on the roadways. it is shoveled off of many side walks of life. we have a live report on conditions just ahead. but the roads have been treated but accidents are still coming in in howard county. a couple of acciden lisa, your family thinks you might have roaster phobia. i'm not roaster-phobic. my perdue oven ready roaster is already seasoned in its own cooking bag. and it cooks in about half the time. my work here is done. [ male announcer ] now try perdue oven ready bone-in breast and cornish hens.

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and has been a busy morning. the road crews have done a good job of catching everything cleared out. they have been shoveling the sidewalks here. the morning dog walk. every morning you do this. >> he likes to get out here and run around in the snow. i think they did a nice job with the roads. >> they were very proactive. >> they were. >> enjoy your walk and a coffee. people are getting accustomed to this. a few inches of snow. the roads are clear.

they did an excellent job. we are in store for another storm this weekend. the high pressure will build in later this afternoon. an area of low pressure is moving offshore. it is taking with it the precipitation. high fashion -- high pressure will make us stable this afternoon. >> it is great how the perception changes after you get a big storm under your belt. >> that is true. we hope the previous one will hold the record and we do not surpass that over the weekend. >> we will see. it is going to be a fun forecast. here is a look at some of the

snow fall numbers from last night. two-4 inches. the temperatures are still slightly below freezing. if you have side streets that have not been treated yet, could be some sliding going on. the snow showers will continue in the mountains. the clouds will break up for the most of us over the next couple of hours. we will see sunshine throughout the day. most of you will see it. close to 40 degrees for our high temperature. mostly clear tonight and unseasonably cold. whatever jarret are dropping back into the 20 picky. -- 20's. this is the track we think the storm is going to take. late friday and saturday, a

mixture of snow, sleet, and rain. it is too early to say who is one to get what and how much. we have talked about this so many times. stay tuned. we will see what happens as we head into the weekend. 41 degrees tomorrow. snow on saturday. at the storm pull away, it will be quiet and cold. above 32 degrees tuesday of next week. let us see have the roads are rolling. >> do not get overconfident when you drive. the boats are in great shape and have been treated throughout the night. it is still slick of there. there are accidents on northbound 95.

near 175. we will let jan know if any lanes are blocked there. a crash southbound on bundy five past the beltway northeast. it is off to the side. -- southbound 95 past the beltway northeast. it is off to the side. a couple of water main break repairs. we will update you lead this accident. it is off to the side. the road is in great shape. we are focusing on the overpass. that is the latest. over to you. >> taking a look at some of

cover top stories. the effect of a severe winter storm is still in effect in the oklahoma. freezing power lines are a big problem. working crews have been on the job but they still have thousands of customers without power. they do not expect it to be restored until friday. police in arizona have arrested someone in the case of a missing baby. they still did not believe she knows where one person is. they were given temporary guardianship of the child in december that would lead to a possible adoption. the child's mother took them back. custodial interference is one of the charges against them. a vietnam vet was admitted to the hospital for complications with having his gall bladder

removed. the committee has great influence over defense spending. he was the first of vietnam's veteran to serve in congress. >> if you use a smart phone, take precautions to make sure you are not being scammed. 50 applications had to be pulled from google because some have been stealing bank information. to download the information directly from the banks when it -- thanks website to remain safe. and there could be a problem with the toyota prius. >> a possible problem with the

2010 prius. about 100 complaints have been received. new developments in the sticky its elevator program that is sparking massive recalls. transportation officials say they are trying to determine if electromagnetic interference is causing the problem. toyota says the problem has occurred due to materials used in the gas pedal are the problem. the bloomberg maryland index is coming of a high error with black & decker of leading the way up. reporting for wbal-tv. >> another check on weather and

traffic straight ahead. >> and hollywood's biggest night announces the nominees for oscars. >> here are the winning lottery numbers from last night.

>> we are monitoring the area roads for problems. an incident is coming in on

j.f.x. at northern parkway. wash water main blake's -- watch water main breaks at milford road. number one 95 at 175, an accident there. a life of traffic on 95 northbound at 32. getting word of the disabled vehicle in a different area of 95. that is the latest. >> accumulating snow is gone. we should get snow -- sunshine breaking through the clouds. an exception could be the mountains. snow showers will remain there. a mixture of clouds and

sunshine. around 40 degrees. a lot of this will knelt of by the time and get to the -- a lot of this will melt off by the time we get to the morning hours. >> the nominations are out for the biggest night of the academy awards in hollywood. >> ladies and gentlemen, you are not in kansas anymore. >> a big budget sci-fi fantasy that everyone has seen. the other is a small budget war trauma that hardly no one has seen. nine nominations for both "avatar" and "the hurt locker." the director of both movies used

to be married. they are now divorced. and the animated fantasy "up" was also nominated for best film. and "precious" also got a nomination in the same category. there were a total of 10 in all for this category. " the blind side" is up for best picture and secured a best actress nomination for sandra bullock. she has steep competition including meryl streep. morgan freeman is one of the

nominees for best actor. nbc news. >> quite a lineup. there is much more to come in the next half hour of 11 news today. >> the roads are slick but clear this morning. i have a live report coming up. >> a window washer finds himself in a precarious position above the streets of baltimore. find out what happens next. >> we are dealing with several accidents at this hour. one is in howard county. that is next. >> and another snowfall this winter. winter. a live report

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>> good morning, eb. welcome back to lose today i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara, thank you for joining us. our meteorologist has quick look at the forecast. well-behaved storm. >> yes. we ended up with three-to-four inches of snow. there's al little bit of fog

left behind. the temperatures are below freezing so there could be some slipry spots, so the storm will continue to pull away from us but the northwest pull behind the storm if you're watching us in the mountains you guys could still see some snow showers and flurries. but the temperatures will get up to 40 degrees. when we come back in just a few minutes things will change. seven-day forecast in a moment. for now the news. >> well, as you get ready to head out let's get a look at how things are going on the road. >> kim live in ricers town. >> good morning stan and mindy. the roads here are clear as we're seeing throughout most of the area the roadways, crews did a great job of cleaning up after most of this snow. you can see the traffic is moving just fine and roads are a little slick out there. so you do want to use a little extra caution but doesn't look

like the snow is going to slow you down at all. but the sidewalks here still snow covered, so that might be the bigger problem this morning as you head out the door. the sidewalks seem slick, side streets and parking lot that is may not have been plowed yet. but doesn't look like the major roads are going to cause you any issues. for good measure i'll stick my foot in the snow to show you how much we got here. a little past the ankles. nothing like the blizzard in december, so it is definitely a powdery snow, so things are looking ok out here, and looks like it should be smooth sailing on the roads. that's the latest here from reisterstown. tim pawlenty has the latest on -- tim tooten has the latest on school closings. >> you talk about frozen sidewalks, so we have delays, courtesy of the cool school challenge other the weekend we

did the big toss in the bay. 172 closings. and delays. anne arundel county closed. and there are a lot of delays and among them, baltimore city and baltimore county, all two-hour delays. coming up we're going to have a long list of the colleges and what they are going to be doing. there will be colleges having delayed classes and more on those. but again, it's pretty much in or out. no in between. >> wondering what? thinking you all of a sudden got dreadlocks. what a hat. >> we'll check in a little later. police are not lending much careens to the claims of a baltimore county woman who said she was biten by a cobra on the loose in a parking lot because they say the venomous snake was hers. while investigating they discovered another exotic snake

inside her home. she'll appear under court where she could face a $500,000 fine for each snake. and a fair to that destroyed half a dozen apartments, after investigating they determined an unattended cigarette on a second-floor balcony triggered the blaze. no one was injured but the fair to did cause an estimated million dollars in damage. meanwhile scary moments for a window washer downtown while working high above his lines became jammed and left him dangling precariously in the air unable to move. fortunately rescue crews were able to bring him down uninjured. story has a happy ending. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus forecast together. >> good morning sarah caldwell checking on a busy morning rush hour out there. it is slick, but thankfully the

roads retreated very well overnight and we're just looking for a few problems to watch out for. dealing with an accident there. watch for lanes closed and accountant you are bury lane reports another crash coming in. and you can see speeds are not that bad in the area according to our speed censor. near 175 in howard county an accident. 43 miles an hour at the scene of that crash and in howard county pen shop at long corner road, that's the latest accident report coming in. if you're going to be traveling on 59 south our accident scene off to the side not really causing any delay. but you can see a bit of a sheen coming off the road so keep your speeds down this morning and give yourself time to clear off your car this morning. switching over to a live view of traffic. focusing on the ramp 32 coming toward us is eastbound traffic. watch for a disabled vehicle as

you approach i-95. we check in live with sandra shaw checking on conditions around the area. how's it looking? >> great in part to the great work of cary young and her crew. you've been out here since 3:00 a.m. shoveling, salting and plowing. i'm completely impressed. >> that's my job. that's what i do. >> we've had so many snows this year, what's your impression of the most recent snow we had last night? >> it's not the worst we've had this year or not the worst we'll get yet. >> unfortunately. what's your plan as we head into the weekend if it's going to be as bad as the initial cases are? >> try to stay ahead of it and prepare the best we can, and get people taken care of so people can get to where they need to be. >> you've done a great job. very efficient so congratulations and get back to work [laughter] thanks a lot cary.

the buzz is already generating about this next storm for the weekend, and it's really too early to call. initially looks like on friday late a wintry mix turning to snow throughout day on saturday. something we're watching carefully and we'll have the updates for you. every newscast and meteorologist as we progress toward friday evening. that's it for now. back to you. >> thanks, sandra. the time is 6:36. coming up everyone knows stair climbing is good exercise but racing to the top of new york's tallest building? well, that's taking things to the extreme. >> i'm nicole killion in washington. experts say the christmas day bomber is talking again and what he's telling authorities, coming up. >> and we're still taking your questions, what did you think of the governor's vision for maryland as he laid out the state of the state address yesterday.

>> you know a common form of exercise is to take the stairs instead of the elevator but what if the building in question was 86 stories high? 200 men and women certainly didn't feel daunted by that challenge. they took part in the annual run up the empire state building. you know how fast they started and then slowed down there. they scaled 1,576 individual steps all in an attempt to get from the ground floor to the observation deck. a new zealand woman won the women's title and the men's was won by a scrermen contestant,

10 minutes and change. >> gold 75 is diamond. what type of anniversary is 80th? 80th anniversary. a pennsylvania couple is finding out. mitchell and mattie adkins are celebrating having tied the knot when she was 23 and he was a mere 17. younger man! they celebrated surrounded by their kids, great grandkids and great, great grandkids, all 66 of them. in case you didn't know the 80th is known as the oak anniversary. you have to get someone a tree. >> ok. don't have to worry about that one. [laughter] >> all right. 6:39, 30 degrees on tv hill. we're going to take a look at the morning's headlines when we come back. >> thankfully the roads are slick but not too bad overall. that's next. tony?

>> right now the storm is pulling away but there is another one on the horizon. your seven-day forecast in a moment. a little bit of fog. 35 degrees at the top of the hour.

>> it's 6:43, and in the headlines two people are hospitalized after a home invasion in anne arundel county. the anne arundel fair to department released two people were taken to the hospital. one victim taken to shock trauma with serious injuries, the other to university hospital also with serious injuries, no word on suspects. no word this morning as to what prompted a stabbing downtown in lexington. the attack occurred just after 5:00 and extent swrim to university hospital. the search for the suspect continues. >> governor martin o'malley was cautiously optimistic as he delivered the state of the

state address to the maryland general assembly yesterday. in steering out of recession he reached across the aisle to pass his ajend oy of small tax credits to help put more people back to work. >> that brings us to your answers to our water cooler question of the day. >> this morning we asked what did you think of the governor's vision for maryland as he laid out his state of the state address yesterday? >> sappedy said it all sounds good when you have a politician stating what he would like but i would like for someone to write down everything the governor stated and keep a score is to see how much of everything actually happens. >> one writes outstanding. our governor has a good plan. more people need to support him. >> you can post your answers at watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> u.s. officials say the terror suspect is cooperating with authorities as they warn

of another possible terror attack. nicole killion has more on that and the ongoing investigation. >> mindy, administration officials say one of the main ways they were able to get the christmas day bombing suspect to talk was with help from his family. >> according to administration officials the nigerian man at the center of the attempted christmas day plane bombing is talking again. they say two members of umar farouk abdul mutallab's family were flown to the united states and after meeting with him, they were able to persuade him to speak with investigators. they describe the approach as successful and a law enforcement official says he's provided more information about contact ins yemen. where it's believed he received training from al qaeda. >> i know this is a very sensitive matter. >> initially this leaked out during a senate meeting on tuesday and intelligence issued another chilling warning that another attack could happen soon.

>> what is the likelihood of another terrorist attempted attack on the u.s. homeland in the next three to six months? high or low? >> director blair? a an attempted attack the priority is certain, i would say. >> stinnetta? >> i would agree with that. >> intelligence officials didn't site a specific threat but say they are becoming increasingly concerned that the methods are becoming harder to detect. like in the christmas day terror attempt, nicole killion, >> good morning sarah caldwell tracking a handfull of problem spots. as you might imagine the roads are slick. if you can get out early and clear your car, you should be ok. accident at falls road and mount caramel and fur going to be heade out southbound 95 an

accident off to the side but should be cleared momentarily and at 175-95 in howard county and pen shop road and long corner road. if you want to travel on 5, this accident attracting attention but not causing any significant delays. another major roadway, the beltway. looking good. not dealing with volume-related delays and the fact that many schools are delayed helps. sandra's in the city checking on conditions. how's it looking? >> fabulous, thanks to the hard work of all these crews that have been out at 3:30. and another cleanup from yet another -- they've been shoveling the sidewalks and there's a school right up in the top of the hill there. it's a private academy here in roland park. the road's been plowed. there's a little dicey area on

some of these sidewalks. so trying to get everything cleaned up before people hit it in full force. we're becoming a little bit of an expert after we've seen so much snow this morning, expecting yet another event. in the meantime let me give you good news, h.d. doppler shows us the storm system that depay us few inches is moving offshore out of the east. so high pressure builds in. stablizing for the short term. long-term, different story, tony, over to you. >> the cool thing this morning is i've noticed people's attitudes have changed. whups you get -- whups you get a few inches of snow they say eh, we'll go to school or work. >> got to think positive. i'm start that positive momentum now. it's, like, that's ok. it will be fun. it will be pretty. maybe, maybe not. >> that's the way we should

always do it. thank you, sandra. this storm is pulling away. we picked up between 2-4 i mean os of snow. two inches at the airport officially 4 1/2 at owings mills. same thing in belair. so a general 2-4-inch snowfall with a couple pocket as little less, a couple pockets a little more. so if you have side streets in your neighborhood that haven't been treated there could be some slipping and sliding going on. and you probably notice indeed sarah shot there was some fog. visibilities are going down. but the storm is pulling away from us but on the backside we have a northwest flow so lake-effect snows will be continuing so in hagerstown you guys could see a little bit of snow still today but for the most part is up shine. a lot of this i think will melt off this afternoon. so we'll call ate mix of snow

and sun. highs in the 30's. tonight mostly clear and cold. low temperatures dropped back into the 20's so anything that melts off will refreeze tonight. tomorrow high prerk and sunshine on thursday then we'll watch this storm coming out of the gulf of mexico. the time frame late friday into saturday. i think it will start as a mix of sleet, snow and rain on friday afternoon then change over to all snow during the day on saturday. but you heard us talk about this a lot this winter and if you've lived around hereer you've heard it dozens of times. the track is important. if it shifts to the north that changes to precip. if it changes to the south that, means we miss most of us. so now all we can say is there's a possibility of a big storm on the horizon. 41 on thursday and then the time frame lade late friday into saturday if we do get the storm coming out of the gulf.

after that it clears up and chilly with a high of 29, make make it up to 32 or 33 on monday. that's a look at your forecast. >> thank you. we heard sandra shaw say the road conditions in baltimore city, ok. and the roads clear, sidewalks still need work, right, kim? >> that's exactly the case, stan. the roads pretty clear here in northwest baltimore county. reisterstown road is a pretty busy road and you can see here it's moving just fine and there's no sign of snow on the roads. still a little slick, though, so use a little extra caution so you don't end up as one of those accidents there. >> hi. >> hi, how are you? >> good. >> what are conditions like out there? >> oh, the sidewalks are a little bad. they cleaned the school off, and, but if you take your time, it's not bad. >> all right. thanks. >> i've been watching you, mind

yip and all of them. >> well, thank you. it's a little bad on the sidewalks but the roads looking good here in reisterstown, reporting live in reisterstown. kim, thank you. >> coming up on oprah, she won american idol and took broadway by storm now fantasia takes on the rumors and ruby faces plastic surgery and a big family secret all coming up at 4:00 but first with a look at what's next on the "today" show, here's matt lauer. >> good morning, coming up our exclusive interview with first lady michelle obama. what is the mood like in the white house these days? how does she feel about the criticism being leveled against her husband and how have the first daughters adjusted to life in washington? and a new arrest in the case of missing 8-month-old gabe real johnson. where is the little boy? his father will join us for an exclusive live interview and we'll see brain surgery

performed live on a man who will actually be awake through it all. all that this wednesday morning, right here on "today." >> like you say it's not exactly brain surgery, but this morning on the "today" show, it will be. 29 degrees on tv hill. >> a head a look at traffic and weather. stay with us. (announcer) school mornings are busy mornings.

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toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat. that, on the list of things kids love, our party pizzas have just passed toy robots. awkward. kids love totino's party pizzas. >> in case you're just getting up, there are some schools closings, anne arundel county closed and extra sleep for students in baltimore county,

baltimore city, and colleges opening up late all across the region. we'll keep you posted. but some of you got get up and go to school. >> looks good. >> and at least a lot of people have a little extra time to get out there. take time to clear off your car and get on the roads. it is slick out there. the accidents we have coming in are basically vehicles that slid off the road so that's what's going on out there. one coming into us northbound 95 at 175, another accident location. mount caramel road but by and large major roadways in great shape. we can give you a quick live look at traffic? or go to tony. >> all right. that accident southbound 95 past the beltway cleared. >> be careful. >> sort of like a warmup for the weekend. sort of a tune-up. i should say. >> appetizer? like a shrimp cocktail storm?

that's what i'm thinking. storm behaved nicely now pulling away to the northeast and could be snow showers in the northeast if you're watching us in hagerstown, you guys could be seeing a few snow flurries, but the temperatures will push up to 40 degrees but right now still below 32, so could be slipping and sliding on streets that have not been treated. we'll make it up to 41 on thursday then this weekend it's really depending on the track. right now a pretty significant storm on the computer modeling but things could change. the time frame is late friday into saturday, so stay tuned, dot, dot, dot. >> and it's the weekend, so enjoy it. >> yes. thank you tony. >> and thank you for joining us on 11 news today. >> back with a live update at 7:25 and don't forget to tune into wbal radio traffic and weather together. >> tony on the side. >> yeah.

i'll be there.