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name, but you will never believe what this man's first name is. good morning. it's thursday, december 9th. you're taking a live look over the inner harbor and it's another cold start to the morning. good morning, i'm patrice harris. let's find out how cold we're talking about and i if the winds that kicked through yesterday will be back today. meteorologist emily gracey is here to fill us in the details. i think it was the wind that made is so much worse. >> it was windy yesterday, and the temperatures will be lower than yesterday but we're not dealing with the wind as a factor. it's cold out there. temperatures in the mid-20s right now and we're still falling this morning, 25 degrees from the inner ha harbor and 27t d.c. only 20 in salisbury. we will fall a couple of more

degrees before we reach the morning low. the clear skies are aiding and we are seeing more lake-effect snow to the west. we won't see that in the immediate future. clear skies. bunding ubundle up, 24 degrees,e winds will be out of the west at 5-10 miles per hour. we are not expecting the strong wind making it unbearable. we do have warmer temperatures on the way. we will have more on that coming up. we will go for a check on traffic, with candace dold. good morning, candace. >> reporter: good morning, emily. we start in annapolis. there are down wires completely shutting down st. margaret road. it's at middle bottom road. you will want to use 50 as an alternate. traveling at the severna river bridge, it's the way to go both the eastbound and westbound direction as well. that's a look at the morning travels.

patrice, back to you. 5:02 fox 45 early edition. federal agents arrest a local man and charge him with trying to detonate a bomb at a millitary recruitment center at catonsville. authorities arrested 31 years old antonio martinez on wednesday. he is facing charges of attempted murder of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. accord to investigators martinez who goes by the name of muhammad hussein, told an accomplice he wanted to ak ta and kill millitary personal. an agent helped martinez get a phony bottom in a van. >> it brings it close to home. when you hear it's happening across country and across the world, it's one thing, but when it's right where you work it's kind of scary. >> if he is convicted martinez faces the maximum sentence in prison on the weapon of mass destruction charge and 20 years

for attempted murder. the suspect has strong connections to the baltimore area. antonio martinez address is northwest baltimore, but we are learning that he spent the majority of his time at a woodlawn apartment complex with his mother and his sister. what he didn't know is he was beiig hon forked b monitored byw enforcements. martinez posted things like they will be killed until they stop waging war against islam. he talked about his operational plans telling the fbi source back in october that he was going to attack and kill millitary personnel. he was going to go to their stations and bases so everywhere a soldiers is. the news is sending shock waves through his neighborhood. >> it's a 21 years old kid, it's not believable. >> i'm speechless. >> there's so much stuff going on in a neighborhood anyway, it just isn't right.

>> while his legal name is antonio martinez when asked his in court yesterday muhammad hussein. he told a judge he worked construction and could not afford an attorney. he has been assigned a public defender. he praised domestic terrorists attacks. he knew about the recent fbi sting arrest in oregon. in that case a college student is accused of trying to set off a car bomb at a tree lighting ceremony. martinez told the nation that wasn't going to stop him. this highlights the importance of staying vill individual lant wherever you are. >> places that might be innocuous and safe in this world they are not. we all need to be aware. everyone needs to be vigilant. >> president obama knew about the bomb plot and was briefed

about the arrest of the suspect. the president was assured that the public was not under any danger. the arrest under scores the vigilance for state terrorism. we will talk with former fbi agent and director of the homeland security justice institute at anne arundel community college dr. tyrone powers that is coming up in our 7:00 hour. police need your help finding a suspect who lured his victim in online. police in anne arundel county say the suspect made contact with the man's on craig's lisa agreeing to sell him an i-pad. when the two mettat the wal-mart at glen burnie, the man who thought he was buying an ipad was robbed at gunpoint. the suspect was last seen driving away on interstate 97. anyone who knows information call 410222 (#41)022-2565.

day man joe junior and a 16 years old are charged with a demented murder and assault for stabbing clifton earlier this week. police say a 3rd st. paul is sus still at. he is currently in serious but stable condition in baltimore. police say the crime is likely drug related. according to the associated press federal investigators are investigating it as an arson. the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms investigative team says they're not sure where or how it started but are studying the building for clues. the fire marshal expects teams be to on the scene for days. as of right now the buildings are not sai for investigators to get inside. meanwhile investing ors do knoors doknowinvestigators dokn.

it the fire caused extensive damage to several restaurants and businesses. >> it was unfortunate, because it coomunicated fire to every part of the structure. that's why it got such a head start around the surrounding units. >> the fire marshal is expected to make the findings official criticism is building over how long it took firecrews to get to the scene of these major fires. response is slower because of rotate closures at city fire fighters. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake ssoke about it and saying she was forced to put rotating closures because of the budget

deficit. >> it's a strategic response to a historic budget deficit, that being said, we led the national standard in response times on both of thoseincidents. for more on those fires log on to foxbaltimore.com/raw news. stay tuned for continuing coverage of this story. we will talk with fire chief james clack about the fire. he is coming interest our studio at the 6:00 hour. baltimore's new landmark, stevenner contract is official. members of the teacher union and school offiiials gathered last night to sign the deal. it more closely ties teacher pay to student performance and teach easiers will no longer get automatic pay raises based on tenure and degree. >> no one can ever say that we are not looking at the challenges of the work as other than something that we're going to tackle together. >> top tiered teachers could

earn six figures under the gnaw deal. a controversial immigration reform bill clears a major hurdle after the house of approves the dream act. the legislation aims as granting citizenship to young illegal immigrants if they attend college or serve in the millitary. supporters say the bill would strengthen the nation's millitary and economy. the measure now moves to the senate for approval. president ow obama healthcae law that was supposed to provide insurance for almost everyone, has instead put some workers in jeopardy of losing their coverage. some organizations are obtaining eexemption. you will recognize many of the times. >> mcdonnell was the first to be granted a wave in a the enactment of the house. it has included waffle house, jack in the box among the 132 organizations given waivers for the annual limits they will pay

for care. >> the sudden surge really relates to the fact that the word is finally getting out to other businesses that employ lower waged workers. >> reporter: the government's concern these groups would drop coverage for those workers who currently have a modest plan. they said that quote in 2014 higher quality coverage will be offered at an affordable price in the new exchanges and annual dollar limits will be prohibited. until then the waivers are being granted to pefnt peopl prevent m losing coverage or facing higher premiums. >> the idea of insurance he exchange where individuals get to pick their own health insurance is a very good concept. of the way it's defined under the affordable care act it cannot work. >> reporter: another issue is the waivvrs granted is angering some supporters of the new law.

>> what they see is that hhs says well, you don't have to do all the things that congress told you to do, we're going to give you a break. >> reporter: this is first of a number of issues as a employers or workers rely the new health care law will take their coverage awayyor make it unaffordable. they are working to fix these issues as they move forward toward implementation. think your name is awesome. one man in oregon changed his name to captain awesome. when asked why, he said because he needed a way to distinguish his name from his father. so far the reaction to the name change has been mixed. >> there's other weird things i have gotten from admiration to

disgust and people calling me all types of not friendly names. >> well, as captain awesome wasn't enough, he how signs his name with 2 arrows and a smilely face. coming up on the early edition, dangerous electric hazards found in all of baltimore city. >> is one of the worst cities we have been to. >> what the mayor wants to do about it. >> the wind

another cold start to the morning. meteorologist emily gracie is here to fill us on the details. emily. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. we didn't feel the wind but it's still chilly outside.

we are seeing a little bit of snow pop up on the radar. it's all to the left. and we do have a chance of wintery weather for the weekend. we are watching the radar and the clearer picture showing us a lot of clear skies. we will stay for a couple of more days but there will be weather moving in from bit weekend. cold air out this morning, at bwi, 20 degrees is the current temperature, and likely that will drop into the teens before we finish off the morning. clear skies are aiding in the cooling temperatures and winds right now have calmed down out of the west at 5 miles per hour at a dew point of 13. we are watching the presses that has been bringing us clear skies the last couple of days and the winds ahead of that are quite gusty. we are going to start to see the winds diminish today, still cold, and behind the high pressure we will start to see a shift in the wind direction. while it will be cold, we will see a slighh warm up by tomorrow. as we head in toward the weekend, more mild air will come

in. we will start to see the southerly winds bring in more mild air ahead of the system. that system will bring us wet weather in the form of rain and possibly a little bit of mixed precipitation by early sunday morning and changing over to rain quickly on sunday as the temperatures do get up into the upper 40s. for today, no upper 40s in our forecast. in fact, it will be another cold day out there. winds will be out of the west, is though still breezy on eastern shore. 35 degrees, plenty of sunshine and as we move further toward the west, we will see temperatures just a little bit cooler. 36 degrees as we do for the the sunny afternoon here in baltimore. winds out of the northwest and a chilly day in western maryland, staying in the 20s. 29 degrees for the afternoon high, partly cloudy skies and the winds will be out of the west at 5-10 miles per hour. for tonight we will drop down to 22 degrees, very cold temperatures once again. we're not dealing with the wind

as a factor like we did last night and during the day yesterday. for tomorrow we tart t start toe temperatures rise, partly cloudy skies in the afternoon and we continue to rise by saturday. 46 degrees our next weather system comes in on sunday morning. now depending on the timing if it comes earlier, we could see a little bit of mix with that rain, a little bit of mix with that snow early on sunday morning, especially in the western counties, and then really quickly changing over to rain because the temperatures rise up quite a bit into the upper 40s. after that we see the system push out by monday, 35 degrees for the afternoon high, flurries monday night and another cold blast coming tuesday into wednesday. that's a look at weather and see what is going on with traffic. here is candace dold with the traffic edge. good morning, candace. >> reporter: a pretty calm start to the morning ride on the main lines. the actual speeds are looking good. there's trouble in anne arundel county. you will find it in annapolis, in fact, fallen wires due to an completely shutting down ain't

road. as for the alternate we will stick with route 15 instead. we will take a look at route 50 and that is running reasonably well on both the westbound and southbound lanes making your way toward 97. at 97 we're in the green the entire stretch and let's take a live look of 95 traveling right now 195 near that airport this morning. that is also flowing freely there on the southbound lanes and the northbound stretch all the way up toward that beltway. that is a look at the morning travels. patrice, back over to you. thank you, candace. still ahead people are buying and spending. where the holiday season is off to a great start. it's among the worst cities that we have been to. >> and hundreds of volt age dangers discovered in

there's new information his morning in a story you saw first on fox. a power ssrg survey finds danges levels of voltage throughout baltimore city. now the mayor and others want to know where the hazards are before somebody gets killed. they're asking the company that documented the dangers to turn

over the data. >> it's a shocking thing, a hidden dan danger in baltimore y that could kill you. >> got 109 volts. that's from the pole to the fence. all it takes it is for a person to touch the pole and come in contact with the fence that is ground. >> reporter: they were discovered in the city this week by a power survey company. >> in terms of the findings and the types of findings that we got so far, it's among the worst cities that we have been to. >> if any citizen or anyone has information about live voltage the city. >> reporter: now city hall and a frustrated mayor have a message for the company and its findings. turn over the data. there's no winner when we have live voltage and no one knows about it. it is not a smart thing to play gogotcha about.

>> if people are pulling wires to sell the metal. >> reporter: they came at the request of anthony and nancy gray. >> it's not about a lawsuit. it's about accountability and about prevention. >> reporter: the daughter, 14 electrocuted in 2006. she was stretching on a fence in druid hill park before a baseball game. >>the city and its officials are always saying how safety is their platform, but this is an indication that evidently it's not. >> we need to get the information so we can get out there and get -- make the exposed area or whatever is causing the high voltage it make it safe. >> there's no word on when or if the power survey company plans to turning over that data to the city. coming up later on the early edition, the queen of soul gets a terminal diagnosis, the

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the maac rib is helping to spice sales. and kfc is hoping to grow in africa. and to wall street the dow rising 13 points to date. it's now up 9% on the year. the first commercial rocket successfully taking off and reentering earth's atmosphere. nasa is hoping to use commercial built ships to visit the international space station. that is business. coming up police in nebraska are searching for a family of shot of

welcome back to fox 45 early edition, 5:29 is the time. the downtown baltimore area all lit up, but even all of those bright lights, i don't think can warm it up any down there. a pretty cold start to the morning. good morning, i'm patrice har race. harris, meteorologist emily gracey is here to tell us how cold it's going to be and headed into the weekend when we thought there would beow