make it here >> it was december 3 when everything changed for this young mother. she had just left the school where she was studying to become a registered nurse. she waited for traffic to clear. according to a police report, a toyota camry traveling north struck the back of a ford focus sending before focus down the street. the toyota smashed into her honda accord is splitting her car into two pieces. >> the car coming toward me, -- >> what were you thinking when you saw that? >> it was not going to stop. >> investigators are working closely to determine if any charges will be filed. the people and the other cars were not hurt seriously. she suffered critical injuries including a fractured spinal cord. her mother says finding a rehabilitation center was difficult.

most places are not equipped to handle both rehabilitation and pregnancy. she must be transported to university of maryland hospital in downtown baltimore for doctors to check on the pregnancy. >> i was praying she would be able to walk. the surgeon said, no, we are not accepting that. we are not going to accept that. these are men of medicine. they do not have the final say. >> her mother calls her fiercely independent and has no doubt she will be able to take care of two children and move on with her life. >> she will not give up and i will not give up on her. >> the baby is due on april 10 and is doing very well according to doctors. several times, she talked about going home -- a place where she is going to live is undergoing some changes. the families and friends are making donations and they are making accessibility renovations.

>> we certainly hope for the best for her and her family. meanwhile, a woman experiences a real-life nightmare when she finds a stranger in the back seat of her car. >> police are still trying to figure out how the suspect got into the backseat of the car. apparently, she liked it the night before. the search continues for the man who robbed her and took off. >> gary crazy. it is something that you really do not think happens it around here appear >> on friday, a 45- year-old woman was robbed in the glen ridge apartments. she walked out to her car around 4:30 in the morning. a man got up on the back seat. >> you would not expect that from a round here. that is totally not wish to get a shocking. >> the suspect demanded money and a certain point. he requested that she drive a

short distance, which she did, apparently across the street. he was able to make off with her purse. >> the woman was not heard and police are trying to figure out how they suspect on into her car. as the investigation continues, some people who live in the complex are on edge from the recent crime in their homes. >> i do not like it. >> i am scared to go outside and walk the dog and night. my fiancee wants the dog because you never know what will happen here in >> i really have not -- i will be a little more observant because of what happened here and i really do not have any worries. >> in the meantime, police are encouraging everyone to be cautious about their surroundings. >> travel in groups if you can, keep a cell phone candy if you see anything suspicious in nature. secure the windows and doors of your vehicles. >> if you have any information about the case or the whereabouts of the suspects,,

true crime stoppers at 1-866-7- lockup. >> the carroll county health department now has thousands of dollars -- thousands of dollars of the vandalism over the weekend. somebody smashed out about eight windows. an employee noticed the vehicles after going on a walk and contacted authorities. authorities believe it was a pure case of vandalism. >> this is malicious vandalism for no real reason. i do not want to see people getting away with that kind of stuff with impunity. >> so far police have made no rest in the investigation is ongoing. >> firefighters have been very busy with a series of blazes. flames broke out at a three story row home on east 25th street at 2:40 this morning. the fire started in the basement

and spread to all three floors. this building is home to the big boy bonds company. no word on what sparked this place. howard county crews were sent to a two-alarm blaze. happened at a motel just before 9:30 on monday night. no reports of any injuries and investigators have yet to determine the cause. and and anne arundel county, the flames broke out this morning in the 100 block of main street. proust's requested assistance to help get control of the blaze. because of that fire remains under and destination. >> police are searching for suspects after a burglary at a baltimore county museum. this historical "was a stolen from the historical park and museum last week. a glass pane to the rear door

had been broken and several items inside had been damaged. the "was the only thing taken. is 43-63 inches. it has an american eagle on one side, and the other side has legal writings. >> it is an easily identifiable "with cultural connections to this museum. we but like to return it to its proper place. >> there is no word on how much the "is worth. police are asking anyone with information to call metro crime stoppers at 1-866-7-lockup. >> a very iconic eatery that dates back to 1968 is shutting down inside the world famous lexington market. closing.hnnie's is >> loyal customers have been coming up to us all day telling us they are very disappointed that this iconic eatery is

closing this saturday. asked by the franchise owner, she was struggling with sales over the past three years. the economy proved to be too tough. the end is almost new. question is a walking, i want to say something to her but she looked a little sad. i did not want to say anything. >> it is an icon. i am sad to see it go. >> up to 43 years of serving countless numbers of cheese dogs and of course, the famous original sausages with the works -- >> i always ordered mine with the works. >> polack johnnie's is shutting down their gross for good at this saturday. >> web have love to keep them. they are lexington market. i understand that. i was put in a position where i did not have a choice. i had to let it go. >> the owner of this popular

baltimore eatery for 15 years made the tough decision after she noticed a decline in patrons over the years. with a sluggish economy and stiff competition from major food chains, she was left with no choice but to close down operations. >> we have gone through a whole year. we look for other meat and other ways, but nothing came through. no help so, we have to go. >> patrons like kevin doyle who used to come here with his grandfather started the same tradition with his daughter three years ago. is that d.c. and baltimore chant -- staple go. >> my grandfather and father are gone, now this is gone. >> once the food eatery closes this weekend,wilkins will be working at one of the other two locations in the baltimore area. she hopes her friends and a loyal customers who made the food famous in the lexington market will follow her to appear "and there and serving

hot dogs with the works. i am serving up everything, it is the same sausage -- you might have to come a little further. but there is free parking. >> you have until saturday to enjoy polack johnnie's here at lexington market, but after that you have to go to the other two locations. reporting live from downtown,wbal tv 11 news. >> we were talking --nadia is new in she couldn't make a lot of friends and she brings us back some polack ausages. >> countdown to the iowa caucuses. the candidates hit the road and try to drum up some support. we will have the latest. >> the focus is on the future and not the past in cincinnati. when you hear the numbers you will understand why a little

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in iowa. there is a closely to between ron paul and mitt romney. >> this is an amazing state. people get involved in this presidential process because you realize what you say has a big impact. >> ron paul has surged while support for new gingrich has dropped sharply. >> i think it caucus goers who were excited about him are having second thoughts. >> the former house speaker says he has been unfairly targeted by negative ads. >> i do not mind shots taken at me for things i have done, but for somebody to grotesquely distorted things i have don, i do not know how to respond. >> it is almost incomprehensible that we have a candidate who would be dead disconnected to reality. >> recent polling shows that only one-third of likely caucus

goers haven't decided who they will support making these final days crucial in a race this close. >> after i know what comes new hampshire where mitt romney has maintained his double-digit lead. in early voting, polls show new gingrich's a head. >> newt gingrich has pledged to take the high road so to speak. what will he do to counter the attack ads against him? >> he has not shied away from attacking his rivals in particular during some campaign stops. now i knew a pro gingrich super pak is launching some ads in iowa urging iowa caucus goers not to believe what they have been hearing about newt gingrich. the question is whether that is coming too late to make a difference for him. >> it makes you wonder if you can't win without having an attack ads. >> some of our own hometown

heroes are honored on this year's baltimore ravens a festive as t-shirts. it is the 11th year they have made the popular shirt to mark the playoffs. this year's short -- >> i wanted to take some of the more popular guys in baltimore, i wanted to try to get some offense and defense. >> i got mine this afternoon. we will show you what they look like. even joe is sporting his new fu manchu. it take a look. they look good. saying you might want to get them fast because they are going fast. >> now, your forecast with tony. >> finish your thought, what

were you saying? >> if we work together long enough, you can finish it appeared >> get those shirts coming up send somewhere. i know flacco stole that from stan. >> too old to play like a baltimore region, but he is looking like one. whether wise things are looking good. there was a bit of soaking rain in the day today gray picked up close to 1 inch in some areas. some minor flooding areas. now the heaviest rain heading back into delaware. you might see some heavy rain for the next half hour and then it will taper off. the western southwark -- suburbs the rate has come to an end completely. let's take a wider view. some colder air coming in on the backside of the storm. believe it or not we have some snow on the radar. parts of west virginia on

western pennsylvania and ohio. that's no will work its way across the ridge tops. it will not make it. the ski resorts have been begging for snow. this is good news out there. i do not think it will make it over toward baltimore. temperatures will start to drop off for sure. you can see how the temperatures drop off once to get into western maryland and back into west virginia. it is 36 degrees. you can see a little closer to home as well. 53 degrees at the airport and 55 in annapolis. you get on the other side of the front and it dropped into the 40's. it is down to 37 in hagerstown. rain ending over the next couple of hours and partly cloudy skies. temperatures will drop back into the 30's in most areas by late tonight. during the day, the storm will

depart off to the northeast. the pressure great will kick up some winds gusting up to 25 miles per hour. temperatures will make it into the low 40's. it will feel colder than that because of the wind. high-temperature right around 42 degrees. quiet whether on thursday with a high near 45. a little storm and said late friday and saturday morning. maybe a mix of light rain or snow as the rain and in the morning. new year's eve looks dry. early next week may be a bigger storm coming up the coast with rain or snow coming up on tuesday. >> with you from the rybinsk training facility where the focus this week for the baltimore ravens is this -- everything this team has worked

for is now within reach. to -- they must win to stay in cincinnati. winning on the road presents unique challenges for in this year's team. the ravens have lost in their last two trips to see the bagels and cincinnati. the ravens with a winner would security sent seed at worst. with that kind of a focus, they do not care about the past. they care about what happens on sunday. cincinnati is a equally motivated rival. with all that said, week 17 of the season has all of the atmosphere of the playoff season. >> we would be the division chance. that is the opportunity that we have. if you go on -- if you go undefeated at home and when all the games in your division, you will be in pretty good shape at

the end of the year. we have the opportunity to do that and to split on the road. we have a chance to win all of our games in the division that would give us a championship here >> much more tonight on ravens 101. terrance cody will be our guest. you can hear our interview on the radio. you can see the interview on wbal plus. we may also have a sneak preview for you on the pro bowl selections in the last half hour of the show tonight. the 27-year-old dan marino record is now the drew brees record. he captured the mark last night in grand style passing dan marino on eight touchdown pass.

5,087 yards for the season, and he is not done yet. he did it in only 15 games. it to dan marino into 16. as far as getting to the mark, he racked up other records along the way. he passed for 300 yards a record 12 times this season. he still has one game left on sunday. by the way, when dan marino set the record back in 1984, he took the dalton -- the dolphins to the super bowl. they still have to try to win a bye week. the second seed, they need a win in week 17 to do that. motivation for the weather, we will have the forecast right after this.

>> police need your help tracking down suspects after this rare "was stolen from a museum. details at 11:00. is closing and's the lexington market. challenges facing a mother to be after

>> seven-day forecast, briefly call tomorrow. the average height is 43 but everything is relative. we made it into the 50's again today. >> thank you for joining us.