-- from anne arundel county. it will make the tides running higher than normal as well. temperatures are at or just above the freezing point, and that is what has prevented much accumulation. we do think the storm that is still coming up out of the gulf coast region will produce its heaviest amount of snow late tonight into early saturday morning. as we go through the overnight tonight, that's no will get heavier and last probably right into saturday afternoon. we are talking about well over 2 feet of snow and the potential to see some amazing amounts of snow before it winds down tomorrow afternoon. we will check in more detail and db the snowfall totals in just a little bit. texas governor o'malley has already declared a state of emergency in maryland, giving -- >> governor o'malley has declared a state of emergency. david collins is at the highway

operations center in hanover. he has the latest there. >> we are waiting for the governor just like everyone else, but we ventured out to the airport today. it is good to say that there is no drama today at b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport, in part because one of the biggest carriers canceled all its flights earlier this afternoon. here is a sight you rarely see. this is usually crunch time for southwest airlines at dwi thurgood marshall. starting at 2:00 p.m., they canceled all flights, more than 100. she was catching the last flight out. the snow in the forecast does not bother her at all brigance i am used to that. -- i am used to that. >> the airline hopes to resume

flights sunday. lucky for andrew and kendall, they just arrived on southwest airlines'last light in. timing is everything. >> it is my second time seeing snow, so we are excited. >> as we were leaving monday afternoon, hopefully it will be open by then. if not, we will be staying here a few more days. >> the governor will be here shortly. >> meanwhile, it has been a challenging 48 hours for baltimore's new mayor. stephanie rawlings-blake has had to deal with a huge budget shortfall, a police officer shot, and now a major storm approaching. she put in place store management steps this morning, less than 24 hours after being sworn in. -- a storm of management steps. >> the city is concerned about

the type of storm that is expected. the emergency steps go into effect within the hour. >> about every two hours during the snowstorm, we have an update. >> the storage management briefing came from staff who worked until yesterday for sheila dixon, and they have been through this before. still, it is a heck of a way for a brand new mayor to cut her teeth. >> we have no control over the whether or what mother nature is going to do. what we have control over is how we respond to it. we have a very integrated, coarctate system. -- cooperative system. >> as of 6:00 p.m., parking will be banned on snow emergency routes. the mayor or the temporary suspension of the rotating closures of firehouses and also

at 6:00 p.m., the new bus service will stop operating. >> today's snowstorm is expected to bring as much as 2 feet of snow to the baltimore area. >> the mayor recorded a phone message advising residents to be prepared for a three day long storm event. >> we are expecting to get gusts up to 40 miles an hour, which makes it blizzard conditions and make it difficult for those out there on the streets to see what is in front of them. >> the new mayor said today that many city employees will be working a very long weekend. the city is getting some help. the national guard will provide 12 humvees to supplement the response of city police. >> we want to shifted back to david collins. governor martin o'malley is ready to give us the latest on what the state is doing to

combat the storm. >> the governor has already declared a state of emergency, giving the states flexibility to call in the maryland national guard which will assist police and other first responders. >> i want to bring you up-to- date on what we have been doing. we can see what mother nature is doing, which is a marked difference in the precipitation. it is coming down really heavy now. earlier today, we sent the emergency declaration. we have about 200 national guard personnel who are spread all around the state, mostly supporting local counties as the request help for their first responders in terms of having humvees available for any sort of emergency transport for paramedics as the secondary roads become more impassible.

at midafternoon today, the national weather service izzard 8 -- issued a blizzard warning for anne arundel, st. mary's, and calvert counties. we have snow emergency plans in effect for baltimore city. once again, given the magnitude of the storm, we are encouraging people not to go out tonight. we saw the biggest surge in traffic from about noon until 2:00. many employers let their employees go home at 2:00. it is now starting to come down pretty heavy. i encourage people to check on their neighbors. what else can i tell you that we did not tell you before? 2400 pieces of equipment out there, 2700 personnel. we have had one very unfortunate accident in harford county where

a van with two adults and three children appears to have run into the back of one of our private trucks. we hope and pray everybody will be ok from that, but it was a serious accident, which is why we emphasize again how treacherous is out there and how many pieces of equipment there are. i mentioned to 2400 peeps -- pieces of equipment from the state, but all of the counties have equipment out there. you have to be extremely alert and take it slow on these roads. if there is anything you can do to just a off the roads, that is best. you can log on to www.roads.maryland.gov to stay up-to-date on what is going on here. i am going to turn it over to beverly. >> you have been listening to governor martin o'malley talk

about that snow emergency preparations for the storm that is moving in, really imploring people not to go out. we will hear more from the governor later. as the snow continues to fall all across marilyn, we have reporters canvassing throughout the area. john is live in towson. we could not hear it because we are having audio problems. we will go now to lowell melser. >> am i here? the snow is messing everything up already. we are hearing catr in canton.

this is boston street here. what we have been noticing right now, normally boston street is a parking lot during rush hour. what you are seeing is a steady flow of traffic, meaning that some folks decided to stay home or get home from work little earlier. looking at this parking lot, there are a couple of plows ready to go to keep the parking lot clear. we are seeing mostly untraveled areas where a lot of the snow is sticking. we thought about an hour ago that this would be a non-event because the snow was really not sticking to the ground. tom said earlier that the temperatures are dropping and the snow is starting to stick to the ground. because of the state of emergency, baltimore city has gone ahead and they will let folks part in the city parking

garages that are in federal hill, little italy, and canton for free all night. just go in, you will not have to pay anything. you can park in the reserved spots. that is the latest here from canton. just a steady stream of snow that is starting to stick to the ground. >> more on the storm is coming up later in the newscast. straight ahead, the centers for disease control has some good news about the flu season. >> that does not mean that you do not need your shot. >> heart disease is a major killer among women. more reasons why doctors want to raise awareness. >> the heavy snow could mean possible power outages. next, find out what bge is doing to prepare. >> it was an early start of the

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>> how could this happen? i am healthy, i eat right, and i exercise. every motion was running through my body. >> she was not the typical heart disease patient, but within weeks, she suffered two more architects and had to have a double bypass surgery. -- she severed to more heart attacks. >> i knew i had to keep fighting and keeps arriving. i wanted to beat the odds. >> of our a woman in your life will die from heart disease. -- odds are a woman in your life will die from heart disease. >> our risk starts early, possibly before the age of 20. >> is important to get into healthy habits early in life, starting with exercise. >> it reduces stress. >> quitting smoking and getting

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you will get three free text messages a day -- a week. the goal is to reduce preterm births and infant mortality. >> we have been checking on the weather conditions around the metro area. we have heard from lowell melser and now we are sending it out to john sherman in towson. >> it is starting to get a little weird out here. we have been waiting all afternoon for it to start speaking, and is happening. we are starting to see -- waiting for a to start sticking, and is happening. i think a lot of people thought it would start sticking at around 11:00 or noon, and people just kept going out. the snow is almost daring people to stay away from giant, and they are taking that there. if it keeps up like this,

there'll be some folks coming out and braving the snow. the staff has been doing a great job of getting stuck back out on the shelves. giant is open until midnight. people are still out and about, but it is starting to stick, and people should start staying home and not going out right about now. >> i am john collins. the snow has delayed sticking, but it is starting now, so that might save us an inch or two. here are the winter storm warnings in purple and watches in white, or advisories in white. and extends a purple area for the winter storm warning. we focus in a little bed under

the warning. we also have shades of red -- a little bit under the warning. winds are coming off the ocean and of the western shore of the bay, it will cause a strong winds up to 40 miles an hour. because of the very same winds, there is a flood threat at high tide because it piles the water up on the atlantic coastline and on the western shore up the bay. let's look at the doppler radar. here is the storm. it is all of snow in maryland and most of virginia. we do see some rain south and west of us at this stage. look at the entire storm to the south of us, down in the carolinas and out in kentucky and tennessee. from our latitude of into

pennsylvania and all the way back to ohio, indiana, and illinois, they are getting snow as well. this is a massive storm. >> we will see quite a bit of snow across that area as we head through the overnight and into tomorrow morning. so far it has not been a sticking because it is above freezing in many areas around the beltway. it is starting to get near freezing at martin state airport. even though you did not see this done today, the radiation gets through the clouds and warms the crowd began even though you did not see the sun today. high pressure to the north is supplying the cold and the storm coming up from the gulf coast is supplying the moisture. in result is a major storm. there's a seslight chance of slt

and rain down to the south of us. the snow will likely continue at least until the afternoon tomorrow, starting to wind down in the late afternoon and early evening. the powerful storm will move off the middle atlantic coast and out to sea, but not before depositing to be of snow beforiy areas. you can see here we start to see 18-24 in that pink shaded area and then 24 or more inches of snow center-right on the baltimore area and areas to the north and west. i the time it finishes up late saturday night and early sunday morning, we are talking well over 2 feet of snow in some of the colder areas north and west of baltimore.

it is a blizzard warning across the western shore of the bay. winds will gradually increase as we go through the night. we could have gusts of 45 miles an hour by late tonight. we will have near blizzard conditions here in baltimore late tonight and early tomorrow morning. it does not get much worse for baltimore than what we will probably see late tonight and tomorrow morning. winds continued to gust over 40 miles an hour, so we will get some blowing and drifting. temperatures may fall from 25 to 30 to the low 20's in the early afternoon. looking down the road, there may be another system coming our way.

tomorrow, heavy snow, a 20-30 inches by the time it is done. sunshine for super bowl sunday, still breezy and cold. the high will be just 29. another storm could get here late tuesday into wednesday. a chance for some more snow, gusty winds, cold and snow showers again on thursday. >> still ahead, a family sent out into the cold after fire ravages their east baltimore home. >> and issued out in baltimore skills a suspect and sends a police officer to shock trauma. -- kills a suspect. [ male announcer ] mark your calendar.

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the push is on tuesday ahead of the storm -- to stay ahead of the storm. employees are bracing in case the storm create widespread power outages. they believe it will be similar to the 2006 storm that left 100,000 customers in the dark for days. >> when you have heavy, wet snow combined with high winds, you will have trees coming down on power lines. >> linemen are driving in from the south to join local employees. bge is also beefing up staff at the call centers that dispatches crews. >> it will be a multiple data restoration effort. that is what we are preparing for. >> a spokeswoman is urging customers to gather the item and -- gather the items on the snow

emergency check list. flashlights, batteries, phones, blankets, and nonperishable foods, in case you lose power. >> it could be several days before we get everybody back. >> you should never assume that they know about your power outage. if you do lose electricity, they ask that you call that number on your screen. >> we have provided a link on our website to bge. just go to wbaltv.com and you will find it under local news. >> inside a lavish manhattan hotel room, police made a shocking discovery. >> plus the latest on the shooting in northwest baltimore that sent an officer to shock trauma. >> here is a live look outside

as the snow continues to fall. now he is really coming down in

>> most local schools open on time this morning, but center students home early. was it the right call? all across the region, snow was starting to fall just as didn't wrap up classes. -- just as students wrapped up classes. >> it was a gamble that paid off. students appear to have beaten the snow and is having to use another snow day.

at polytechnic high school, classes went on as scheduled, those shorter than a normal day. the early closing seems to have gotten high marks from most students and parents. >> it was a great call to have school open today, because we are not done with winter yet. >> at the sound of the bell, we will be dismissing school early today. >> it did not take students long to pack up and head toward the exits. most hope it will be an extended weekend. >> did not forget to give me at least three hours of homework. >> at first, i did not want to come to school, since we are getting out three hours early, but i decided i had to. >> in the early end to the school day was welcomed by students and parents, many of whom say they remember when.

>> back in the day when i was a public-school student here, it had to snowed 24 inches before schools were closed. things are different now. >> parents say different because safety has become a more important factor when the weather turns bad. >> baltimore city has used three of its schedule so days and has to left to last the rest of the winter. -- has two left. >> i would imagine he probably what five months -- he probably what 5 miles to school barefoot. >> we are seeing some heavy snow starting to show up on the radar. the brighter white areas are bands of snow that are tracking through. another one stretches down to the southwest. it comes up from southwest to

northeast and rotates through the area. we will see that over night and through tomorrow morning. we do have blizzard warnings just out of baltimore on the western shore of the bay. ñrkent and sussex counties in delaware are under the blizzard warning as well. what is the definition of a blizzard? any times note reduces visibility to one-quarter mile or less, then you have blizzard conditions. it used to be that you had to have temperatures below 20, but that is no longer a qualifier. we also have flood warnings on the western shore of the bay. tides will run above normal, and there will probably be some flooding of low lying areas on the western shore of the bay

late tonight or early tomorrow. the snow is going to pile up quickly here through the overnight. we will be back in a couple of minutes with more detail. >> here is a look at some of the other top stories this hour. firefighters are trying to figure out what started a fire at the home in east baltimore where they found smoke coming from the second floor. everyone inside made it out safely. the police officer shot last night in northwest baltimore has now been released from hospital. detectives say the officer and his partner were involved in a shootout on oakmont avenue. the suspect was shot and killed. the officer was hit in the arm. he is a 28-year-old former read and iraq war veteran who has been on the force since 2007. howard county police are investigating a fatal accident involving a train last night.

they said the 41-year-old victim was homeless and speculate he either passed out or had fallen asleep on the tracks. his identity has not been released. >> in project economy, there is good news on the job front. the unemployment rate in january dropped below 10% for the first time in months. president obama hailed the news carefully. >> visiting a heating contractor in maryland, president obama was happy about the numbers. >> these numbers are cause for hope, but not celebration. far too many of our neighbors and friends and family are still out of work. >> with -- but 541,000 americans found jobs. retailers added 42,000, the most

since november 2007. joblessness fell to 9.7%. some of that was seasonal, and another survey showed 20,000 jobs lost. >> it did not give me any basis for feeling that things are in great shape. >> white house officials are upbeat. >> i think it is unquestionably an encouraging sign. >> to put things in perspective, it was worse than we knew, 8.4 million jobs lost, not 7 million since december 2007, and the problem persists. >> the missing link is lack of hiring. >> there was enough hiring in january to put half a million americans back to work. nonpartisan government economists say it will be years before unemployment drops to 5%.

>> still to come, police in new york city make a gruesome discovery inside a very lavish manhattan hotel room. >> war troubles tonight for charlie sheen. what happened after his suv was stolen. >> the governor deploys the maryland national guard to help us get through the storm. more on that at 6.

>> police in new york city say and 9-year-old boy has been found dead in an upscale peninsula hotel just off fifth avenue in new york. his mother was found close to dead, lying next to his body. the woman's relatives contacted police saying they believed the boy was in danger. police think prescription drugs were involved. the woman is in stable condition. >> a mercedes suv belonging to actor martin sheen was found at the bottom of a hill in california. he reported it stolen. crews searched the area looking for victims, but no one was

found. sheen is still awaiting arraignment after a domestic dispute with his wife on christmas morning. >> we will take another live look outside and check on the conditions in howard county. >> the head of toyota apologizes for the massive recall. find out what he is promising the company will do now. >> a schoolteacher from haiti delivers her baby here in baltimore, and that is not the only story she has to tell. >> moderate to heavy snow continues to fall in many areas, with the strongest part of the storm yet to come later tonight. temperatures are falling, which is critical.

>> we are on snow patrol. lowell melser is like. where are you, and what are you working on?

>> i am reporting live from canton. we'll have the latest on the road conditions and conditions all over the greater baltimore

>> our coverage of this major snow event continues, and we have a team of reporters all around that area. >> we are at the long date shopping center. -- lawngate shopping center. shirley, tell us what the roads are like. >> the roads are very slippery. i am heading back to pennsylvania, so i will see how the roads will be heading home. >> are you worried because of looking at what you see right here? >> yes, i was just in the restaurant, so i am kind of scared heading home. i hope the roads will be clear.

>> we are here at a gas station at the shopping center and montgomery road. here at the shopping center, let's show you that the snow is getting heavier. we are starting to get some accumulation now. we want to go out to montgomery road. here comes a second plow going by right now. they are starting to plow the roads here, the 4300 block of montgomery road in howard county. according to officials, they started their emergency operations center or around 7:00 this morning. they put a layer of salt out on the road at that point, but now they are starting to plow because things are starting to stay. we have seen as day-glo of traffic coming in.

-- we have seen a steady flow of traffic coming in. there is a safeway grocery store. the intensity of this storm is the concern of how our county. they are urging everyone to get in as quick as possible. -- howard county. >> we want to give you some information on what has happened so far today. less than an inch of snow here on tv hill, and less than a 10th of an inch of liquid precipitation at the inner harbor so far. but we are just getting started. 38 degrees at the inner harbor for the high. the morning lows work down around freezing. normally this time of youear we have 43 for the high. a blizzard warning is on affect

-- in effect for the western shore. winds at 35 miles an hour or greater and visibility problems. strong winds coming across the bay and off the atlantic ocean will cause a blizzard conditions, because the water does not provide any obstructions to tone the wind down. the red area is the blizzard warning that is in effect until tomorrow. let's take a quick look at the radar. this is original view of what is going on for maryland and north port of into pennsylvania. this is an extensive storm system. the low pressure center is developing over georgia and south carolina at this point. the track is going to take is

skimming past cape hatteras and then out over the atlantic ocean. we are in the cold air north of the storm center, and that means snow. we will talk about how much, coming up. >> these are the biggest storms on the board ever in baltimore. february 2003 is when we set the record. it produced more than 28 inches of snow. that is now the standard in baltimore. the january 1922 storm was a big one, especially down in washington d.c. a lot of people are comparing this one to the february 2003 storm. the one this past december was #seven on the list. temperatures are still just at or above freezing in many areas, but getting colder as we speak. without the sun, the radiation

is still comes through the cloud deck. it will get colder overnight tonight, as the storm to the south begins to approach. one system has pushed into kentucky. it looks like this becomes the dominant feature and it moves off the carolina coast, rapidly strengthening overnight and pushing and all that moisture to our region. we think there'll be a mix to the south and east as the storm gets going, but the farther north and west you go, mainly snow. tomorrow morning is when it will become the heaviest. you could even hear some thunder as it rolls through tomorrow morning. as the system pulls away, even ocean city will get some snow tomorrow afternoon with

accumulations. skies will clear saturday night, and four super bowl sunday, we do think we will see some sun. blizzard warnings have been posted on the western shore of the bay. this is a computer model, putting down a swath of very heavy snow from the panhandle of west virginia of into northern delaware. in the lighter pink shaded areas, that is where you go over two feet. lesser amounts where we expect more of a mix and maybe some rain in southern maryland and the lower eastern shore. for our region, 15-24 inches possible overnight with gusts over 40 miles an hour, antipater settling back to the 20's.

the temperatures will not settle down much at all tomorrow. we could end up between 20 and 30 inches of snow, with lesser amounts down toward the bay bridge and onto the lower eastern shore and toward the coast. the forecast wraps up with a snowstorm that may become blizzard like at times. still breezy if not when the on sunday with a high of 29, a cold, dry monday, before the next storm arrives late tuesday into wednesday. it could produce some more snow in our area, with flurries lingering into thursday. >> some sad news for people in baltimore, the sweet tooth is closing. the bakery has been in business since 1921.

they moved to the new location on chest that avenue in the 1990's. the owners as a down economy was one of the reasons they decided to close. an extraordinary apology today to toyota owners worldwide from the ceo in tokyo. he still promised to put customers first. we have the latest on the turmoil at toyota. >> extraordinary but not unheard of in japan, the ceo apologized. he apologized to toyota's worldwide, adding a promise in english. >> please believe me, we are always customer first. >> the apology follows recalls affecting over 8 million toyota's since november, mainly due to speaking gas pedals. as mechanics go to classes to learn how to fix it.

in palm beach, florida, toyota mechanics or even making house calls to owners now reluctant to drive loved ones in toyota's. >> my granddaughter came down and i was driving my granddaughter. i got a little nervous, because i did not whawant anything to happen on my watch. next nothing has been decided yet about what to do with the prius. >> it has been frustrating, and i am angry because within two weeks of bringing the car in, i knew there was something wrong. they were just in denial about the problem. >> what is not in the nile is toyota status as the world's biggest car maker -- what is not in the denial is that the world's biggest car maker is in jeopardy. >> there is much more news

straight ahead. stay with us. stay with us.

>> it was an unusual delivery for a woman in derby, new hampshire. >> one little boy will have a story to tell about how he came into the world. >> new father justin loveland shows us the bathroom where his baby boy was born. he is a healthy baby with quite an arrival story. >> he just wanted to come out. >> the call was due, but contraction's came on quickly

saturday afternoon. >> i told her to go in the bathroom to make sure everything was okay before we jump in the car to go to the hospital. while she was in the bathroom, she told me that something dropped into the toilet, and it so happened to be a baby. >> nicole dialed 911. >> what is your emergency? >> i had -- i just had a baby in my toilet. >> the dispatcher gave instructions. >> without pulling on the court, tied a string or shoelace around the umbilical cord. >> the shoelace came from these old boots. >> these are my hiking boots. i had to take one of the strings of to tie the umbilical cord. >> baby graham was breathing, and you can help you can hear

help arrive on the 911 take. -- on the 911 tape. >> he is doing great. everything is fine, and i could not have asked for anything better. >> that is the craziest thing i have ever heard. >> the baby was taken to parkland medical center and given a clean bill of health. this is their first baby. >> if you missed any of this newscast or would like to see it again, we will rebroadcasted again at 7:00 on wbal plus. >> the governor deploys the maryland national guard to help us get through the storm. >> the snow keeps coming down, and people keep coming out to the grocery store. a live look, next. >> local school systems find a way to save their snow days. coming up, it all has to do with how many hours they set aside for learning.

>> maryland and the mid-atlantic region right now under a winter weather us all. it has prompted the state of emergency. >> this note is the big story across a region. a winter storm warning is in effect with blizzard like conditions expected across the mid-atlantic. >> we begin tonight with double- team weather coverage. tom tasselmyer starts things off. >> we are watching the storm come up from the south. as the storm moves in this direction, it is expected to get a lot stronger overnight and into tomorrow morning. that is when the heaviest snow will fall. will fall.