through the columbia region. 695, wilkins , the west side, inner and outer loop moving well between wilkins and i-70. hearing continues in fort meade for the army private accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks. linda so is here with what is expected. >> we heard three days of testimony. later this morning expecting testimony from the witness that could include classified information. the hearing went on through the weekend expected to last several days but may take weeks to decide where man willing be court-martialed. the army private is accused of leaking thousands of files to wikileaks. a investigator found more than 10,000 diplomatic cables. a couple dozen supporters showed up. they say what he did was a

courageous act of whistle blowing. here is what his father is saying. >> i would say you fing stupid idiot. >> his case guess to trial and he could be sentenced to life in prison. enemies, baltimore city police are looking for someone who shot and robbed a cab driver sunday morning. it happened near the 2700 block of sissen street. he pulled in to a parking lot and a passenger held him up. the drive was shot in the back. the suspect fled on foot. west baltimore, police are searching for a gunman who shot a 27-year-old and left him for dead in the car. this happened on north smallwood. the suspect fled on foot. the victim, barnes, was taken to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds.

he died as a result of the injury. pedestrian hit and killed on saturday in dundalk has been identified as 83-year-old lawyerra green, crossing when she was hit by 1999 saturn. the drive was heading northbound on dundalk avenue and remained at the scene. green was pronounced dead. police are investigating. so far, no charges have been filed. search will resume for 25- year-old man whose boat capsized. crews located the boat and the passenger. a 40-year-old man is dead and a woman is injured. may day call was saying the sailboat was taking on water. the passengers were already in the water. the boat was found in the chesapeake bay on the northeast sandy point submerged in 40 feet of water. one year ago a teen traveled to baltimore to spend the holidays with her sister.

a few days later she went missing and found dead. kuren redmond is standing by with more on what the family is doing to keep the young girl's spirit alive. >> reporter: her family held a vigil to keep her memory alive. barnes traveled from her home in north carolina, to stay with her sister in northwest baltimore. family members gathered near the plaza. the individual ill was called hunt for her rally. cars drove by and showed support. felecia's body was found near the dam in april, but the family does not know to this day who is responsible for how she died. police are leading the investigation. so far, no arrests have been made. >> the police, fbi, they will see, we are counting on them. we are still counting on them to work on this case and not

put their evidence in a box in some room somewhere. we are counting on them to solve it. that's what we want. >> now we have been in contact with police who tell us the case is open and on going. detectives made progress, but wouldn't elaborate on the details. her family is planning the vigil december 28th , the day felecia was reported missing. t find felecia.com. find awareness and they have a link for justice for felecia where you will find a link to keep pressure on police and investigators to solve the case. there is a facebook page set up for her, pray for felecia barns. maryland's officials are working to land a headquarters.

fbi is looking for a new location. challenges recently kick started the search for a new home. ben is pulling for the location to be in prince georges saying the selection could begin this year. hq could land 12,000 new jobs in the area. never been happier to see the snow, how the pandas are taking advantage of a winter wonderland. what is right when it comes to tipping mail carrier or stylist? these are their christmas bonuses. what is new, now and next on this monday, december 19th. a live look at the nation's capitol, a vote by congress regarding your taxes so they can get home in time for the holidays. back in a bit. traditions are not for keeping.

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mef snow brought out happy pandas, they were very excited to see the white stuff falling. they liked eating the snow. according to the national weather service, a major winter storm is heading for r the southwestern great plains, blizzard like conditions expected across new mexico, texas, oklahoma, kansas and colorado as much as a foot and a half is expected. some how, it's going to excite the pandas, but we won't get anything like that here. no shot of a white christmas here in maryland. are you happy about that? >> i want snow. >> you are with justin and that. okay. i wouldn't mind having a white christmas. now doesn't look like we are. the snow is contained to around the four corners of new mexico, rain in to texas.

closer to home, high and dry, it's going to stay that way through the rest of today. the only thing i think we could be getting is maybe rain possible as we go through the next couple of days. as i look at the long-term forecast in to christmas, we could be dry, maybe a little bit chillier. 7 days away, things could change, we will keep our fingers crossed for you that want the snow. temperatures are cold with the temperature coming in around 27 degrees, by this afternoon, we will warm up nicely on a southerly flow, temperature coming in around 50 degrees. let's get a check of the traffic with angela. good morning to you, good morning everyone. on the roadways for your monday morning commute. no incidents to report and what is shaping up to be a nice easy flow of traffic. from the southwest, 295, bw parkway is looking good as is 95. northbound on 95, good route for you, all lanes free and clear from route 32, up to 692.

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now, good morning maryland. news time 5:14, seems in this country, in line and at the mall, procrastinators rule. a week before christmas and many of us haven't finished and some haven't started their holiday shopping. have you? are you done? tom? way ahead of the game.

david has the best of last minute shoppers and what they could mean for the economy. >> reporter: consumers are procrastinators. that's a good thing. in a record restale season already, less than half of americans have finished their holiday shopping. the blockbuster numbers are about to gain to more with six shopping days left to go. the retail federation says this holiday season will top last year's by 3-point 8%, more than $469 billion in sales this year alone. retailers, many of whom are in the red, are doing the best to draw shoppers in, 40% off at gap and signs beating that, 50% off here, 70% off, too. sears promise to throw in a pair of dime earrings when you buy $199 or more in jewelry. these deep discounts are working. >> i'm finding great deals.

everywhere has sales, very cool. if you plan to ship a gift to someone out of town, you only have a few days left. holiday mail needs to be out by today, or tomorrow rather, december 20th. if you are a last minute shopper, get things to the post office on the 21st, priority mail. express guarantees christmas delivery. these dates are from the post office. shipping dates different for the independent companies like fed ex and u.p. s. while you are wrapping gifts, don't forget about the other people who may need your help. think of services you use throughout the year, those on your must tip list are like the

hair stylists, babysitter and tutors. their bonuses would be what you would normally pay them for one day of service. a nice card or a box of chocolates will do the job, too. >> they will appreciate the gesture, not going to say, oh, she dpeaf me chocolates -- gave me chocolates. your postal carrier is not allowed to accept checks or gifts of worth than $20. what do you tip your meteorologist? >> i like that. if you like the forecast, we will see. it is cold out there, we came off of a cold weekend. temperature in to baltimore, 27 degrees, make sure you have the warmest coat. a little bit of caveat, warmest coat this morning, you are not going to need the coat, we are going to mild things up a bit.

satellite and radar, not picking up on anything, any type of rain, radar not picking up on that, the satellite not picking up on clouds. temperatures are really able to drop this morning. high pressure still in control of out weather. see it is to the south. it's going to slide off more towards the east, once that happens, we will get more of a run flow. that's a warming flow that southerly flow and that's why temperatures will be milder than what we had yesterday. that temperature topped out yesterday around 42 degrees, we were pretty seasonable but cold out there. today not so much. future trend, not a lot for today. we will get clouds moving in. as the high pressure slides, more moisture out there. moisture in the form of rain is possible as we go in to tuesday, late and maybe in to wednesday. so, today's temperature, right around 50 degrees. mild again, we will get sunshine in here. we may see clouds mixing in throughout the day as well.

tonight the temperature around 36. mostly cloudy and not as cold and as we hit tomorrow , the temperature around 47 degrees, plenty of cloudy, with showers possible. let's send this over to angela with traffic. good morning. on the roadways for you this monday morning, your work zones getting out of the way, all lanes open. especially on 95 and 895, around the tunnels and the beltway. another live look at traffic flow through howard county this morning at maryland 175, northbound and southbound lanes moving without troubles. all is moving well on u.s. 50. traveling through the annapolis region. a little bit of volume, no reported delays. early morning mta update. light rail northbound to minutes behind schedule. buses, subway and marked trains on time. ravens clinch the playoff

before they got drilled by the chargers. rivers threw for one score and reached 4000-yard mark for the fourth season, leading san diego to the 34-14 win sunday night. this was football night in america. joe flacco sacked five times and threw two picks against the chargers. defense looked awful. >> i played particularly well. mistakes have been made. push behind the 8 ball. >> every team in the afc west is alive for the playoffs including 7- 7 chargers, a game back of the broncos. baltimore gearing up for 1:00 kickoff, saturday afternoon, at mt bank stadium. 1:00 kick against the browns. tune in tonight to see the steelers as they take on the san francisco 49ers. if they win, the ravens will

move in to the wild card seat until they play christmas eve. kickoff is 8:30 tonight, that game can be seen on espn. a storm kills 600 in the philippines. the efforts to find missing. [ female announcer ] holiday plus cookies plus memories

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kim jong-il is dead. for 17 years jong-il ;mqdádwith a iron fist. his father founded the communist nation following world war ii. it took more than two days for the news of kim jong-il's death to become public.

north korean state television announced this. he died of a massive heart attack. he was responsible for awful things, dictatorships. >> kim jong-il's funeral expected to be held wednesday. the nation declared a peer of national mourning to last until the day after he is buried. kim jong-il dead at 69. former im head dominic strauss-kahn is returning to life. he spoke to business conference in china monday and did not mention his arrest, nor his resignation. dsk called for the european union, instigation and unified budget. sad news, chile, a baby girl

was surgically separated from her conjoined twin and died. doctors separateed the two tuesday. her sister continues clinging to life. they were separated in the thorax, abdomen and pelvis. hundreds remain missing all the result of a tropical storm and deluge in the philippines sunday. the villages were swept away, the president says he plans to visit tuesday. crews combed through trying to find those who still maybe missing and still alive. horrific crime leaves a new york woman dead. what police say a man charged with the crime, what he did. that story is going to shock you on this monday. a look at the most popular stories on our website, what was a hit at the box office? head to abc2news.com to check that out when good morning maryland continues in a bit.

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