. now, abc 2news at 11. >> more fall out from the baltimore grande prix leading to major changes in federal hill. that story live coming up. >> it's a massive undertaking. i anticipate the sunday paper coming. >> cutting coupons about to be a thing of the past. now saving money is going digital. we will explain. >> and a power house storm on the move. the reason tomorrow may be the trickiest travel day of the week. the news at 11 starts right now. >> we start with a story that's all new at 1. the grande prix hit by problems, now more could be on the way. we are live in federal hill with the latest on this controversy. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a financial win for the city. now the baltimore grande prix faces debt, lawsuits and now problems over some of the only money it did pay out.

here in federal hill the grande prix remains a sore subject for many. business owners say they lost thousands when customers abandoned them overlay bartow weekend. beth owns a store. she said she needs a strong holiday season because she is still not making up for the grande prix losses. >> labor day weekend was devastating to loose a three day holiday weekend which is normally one of the best holiday weekends. zero. >> reporter: the company that ran the grande prix donated money to community groups including 10 you this dollars to a federal hill neighborhood association. when the financial troubles surfaced the association's newly elected president said several board members took steps aimed to give that money back. they also questioned the legitimacy of the new president at a packed meeting tonight some of the people here strongly supported those board members. >> [inaudible] your houses with the --

[inaudible] like bob, who are all a lot of [bleep]. >> reporter: the vast majority didn't. >> this neighborhood isn't about divisioniveness. >> reporter: and they voted to keep the president in place and to oust the three board members who they say tried to give the money back. >> the membership spoke, their wishes were respected and now the neighborhood association can move forward. >> reporter: it the question is what will they do with the $10,000? first they need to get new board members and then the decision will be made as to what to do with the grant. live in federal hill. >> thank you. update now to a story we brought you last night on the news at 11. police say the shooting yesterday at townsend town center mall was not a random

attack. 19-year-old rodney pritchett was shot and killed. police aren't saying a lot of details just that they have several leads they hope will lead to an arrest. baltimore county malls continue to be a safe place to shop police say. >> this was not a robbery. we have hard working detectives and field people running out many leads at this point in time. our shoppers are safe in baltimore county. we want our people, our citizens to come out, feel safe with their family and their children. again we are optimistic that we will clear this case. >> reporter: police say security is always stepped up at area malls during the holidays and this year is no different. they say more officers are out patrolling the roads this time of year. county police have identified the man one of the officers shot yesterday. christopher cane is charged with attempted first degree

murder. police found him with a gun at a home they were called to for reports of armed robbery. one of the officers who responded said he pointed the gun at him, that officer fired back. detectives don't believe the robbery was random. the murder trial of a university student will start at the end of april. the times news report that the 23-year-old was in court today. she is a accused of stabbing 19- year-old courtney mccoy last month outside a party. a judge set the trial date for april 30th and ordered her held on $350,000 bond. she said that someone else killed mccoy. if convicted she could get life. mccoy was from baltimore. >> in weather, today it's a cloudy situation. today and this evening. the chance for rain has stayed slim today and tonight and most

of the rain we have tracked has been well north into -- central and northern pennsylvania. temperatures running mild in the mid to 40s to near 50s. cooler on the lower eastern shore. 39 easton, and 43 at dover air force base. through the day, chances for rain going up. drizzle toward morning. better chances for showers in the afternoon as we push near 60. we will look to the first day of winter on thursday and the next storm for the holiday weekend. >> thank you. it's sun down tonight jewish families round the world mark the start of chanukah. baltimore's community lit a menorah. it remembers the rededication of the temple. the old testment tradition holds a menorah burned for eight days in spitel having enough oil for one day. the crowd was reminded its ability the reli

we all enjoy. >> we live in a country which gives everybody the freedom to pick to serve god as they want, the freedom of religion is a bid rock of society. the fact we can celebrate here at a central point is just showing the unique situation we have in this country. we need to appreciate it and take advantage of it. >> the set up downtown. that is the same place the occupy baltimore protesters have been camping out until last week. why they may have struggled on the field sunset night ravens players haven't missed a beat helping those in need. tonight williams and mccoy came out with pens for basic needs drive. the effort benefits the abilities network in townsend. the organization provides services for people with a variety of disabilities ranging from autism to epilepsy.

if you bring in something you can get an autograph. players believe it's really important to give back. >> it's a blessing. definitely a blessing. it's always great to have a good time. i love our fans. >> there was also a silent auction. an abandoned house is essex has some residents blood boiling. the house has been a mess for years and those around it want something done. charlie with tonight's click to fix report. >> reporter: the home in question sits at 114 mason avenue in essex. it's surrounded with properties for people take care of what is their but this collapsing home is amite on the neighborhood. >> previous residents didn't take care of the house and they

were forced to leave the home. >> reporter: since then the house has sat empty serving a house for teens to hideo. >> i think in turn, by lighting candles, to see in the dark and to stay warm is how it caught on fire. >> reporter: what is this? >> the kitchen area. >> reporter: that happened around 3:00 a.m. on an october night. >> we were hoping that it would burn completely down. its been nothing but a nightmare. >> reporter: three teens had to be rescued. these photographs show the melted vinyl siding burned debris from the yard. much of the mess was still there last week. >> i would be cited, i would be fined. >> reporter: she tried to contact the county about the issues. talking by e-mail with susan thompson. >> she said there was -- they were looking in to it. >> reporter: we followed up. >> we have hundreds of these

properties. >> reporter: he said the home had been side for a mess and december repair adding needed to be boarded up. the deadline was december 15th. >> we will request a bid from one of our contractors to come out, clean up the yard and the expensive that will be applied to the property taxes for the property. >> reporter: during the interview they got a call about some of the money owed on the house. >> reporter: we learned the current leins and property taxes are paid. >> reporter: he said the house is currently being managed by a holding group. to him that indicates someone has plans for that house in the future but exactly when remains unclear. until then the county will secure the house and maintain the yard. if you have a story you can e-

mail me. >> tomorrow you have a chance to help save a life. we told you about 15-year-old xavia last night. she is in grate need of a bone marrow transplant. after having a heart transplant she developed condition certify cancer. you can be tested to see if you are a match for the teen. that drive is taking place tomorrow from 3:30 until 8:00 at st. joseph's. even if you aren't a match for her you may help someone else who is searching for a donor. if you didn't have a pen handy all that information about the bone marrow drive is onto website. . >> up next you aren't the only family members that may need a flu shot. your dog can get the flu. we will look at the science symptoms of the dog flu and

tell you if it's something that can be passed onto you. are you still clipping coupons out of a sunday paper? we are working for you to show you how you can save with the click of a mouse. plus as if the job isn't hard enough putting their lives on the line to keep us safe police officers say another challenge. what's keeping them up at night when we come back. >> . >> hello. i'm anthony murray junior. i would like to say happy holidays to my kids in baltimore city maryland, anthony, kyrie and zareah. i love you, i miss you and i will see you when i get home.

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high as ten neat southeast colorado. crews are clearing highways trying to get drivers moving again. the storm dumped as much as 15 inches of snow as it hits parts of five states. >> in washington dc no snow but plenty of heat. another by partisan stalemate could mean taxes go up january 1st. the issue, lawmakers are argue over if the extension on certain tax breaks. over the weekend the senate agreed ton a two month extension but house leaders want them for a year. they refuse to vote on the plan and offered a different one instead. >> a two month extension will create more worry for job creators in the country, millions of americans are out of work. >> right now we have to remove all doubt that this tax cut will be for the middle class. >> congress is on recess until mid-january and unless the president calls them back to

washington some unemployment benefit also expire and 160 million will see a bit less of their paycheck in january. a new study shows a surprising number of police officers are actually having trouble sleeping. that's according to a new study. researchers creeped 5,000 police officers for sleep problems and found 40% of them have some type of a sleep disorder. the most common affected one out of three police officers. the study's author said they put officers at a much greater risk of making mistakes and having health problems. >> at least one sleep disorder were at high risk of having depression, anxiety disorders, diabetes, heart disease and a number of other adverse health

conditions. >> the study's author said people who do shift work are month likely to have problems and because of that they say if employers screened people for sleep problems they could improve safety in the workplace movement we have heard of the swine flu and of course the regular flu but what about the dog flu? there is such a thing. a highley contagious strain has turned up in several states. symptoms are roughly the same as humans, vets recommend your pet get the vaccine if you board them or take them to the groomer over the winter months. people can't catch the dog flu but it can spread through their clothing. it is a time honored tradition. cutting coupons out of the sunday paper. now you can leave that at home because of coupons going digital. all it takes to bring in the savings is the click a mouse.

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sell that history to retailers. >> the priv acy policy before signing up so you know how the information is gathered, what is collected. >> reporter: megan feels safe and the time and money is worth every penny. >> just go out to eat as a family of eight would be something that's a treat for us. >> reporter: abc 2news. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> pretty quiet. cloud's have rolled in. its been cloudy all day and warmer than average. that has been our theme. 45 now, that's normally the daytime high temperature as we get past the 20th day of december. windswinds right. couple of cool shots the weatherbug camera. clouds throughout the day in baltimore, very little sun to be found but kind of a cool

looking sunset. the same situation down here in ellicott. again generally cloudy day but a little bit of sun as the sun goes down. maryland's most powerful radar showing all clear with the one exception of perhaps a very light shower. just west of the dc area. once you cross -- in that direction but none of that around here. as you look at the highs on the day mid50s. you go into tomorrow. the chance for 60 degrees in many spots especially as you go south of the airport and on the lower eastern shores, 60 or higher. 60 or so in essex, yes the chance for showers developing through the day, best chance of rain all week so far. as we look at the park, about 60, chances for showers, shady

side, maybe low 60s tomorrow as you go further south. satellite radar views again, very limited precipitation, the clouds have been holding tough. been a great situation the last few days, we will look for a similar pattern tomorrow. warm air out of the south keeping temperatures mild. the chance for showers more tomorrow and you see the widely dispersed areas of rain to the west. all part of the main storm system crossing the country. the first of three, three surges of rain, one tomorrow, the next one thursday night into friday and then another for christmas eve saturday night. as you see that mild air that will hang out until christmas eve i think. check out tomorrow. you have travel plans, looks like the rain will start to come down after lunchtime. widespread rain. breezy conditions across the east coast through tomorrow evening. then thursday a dry quiet day but next system pushing up as we go into friday morning.

again another one after that for christmas eve. that could bring a winter mix. overnight 43, wednesday the two degree guarantee. nearly 60. we will go 59 and then tomorrow night only down to the mid40s. the rain ending late but then more rain due in, again it'll be late thursday into friday. then you look to christmas weekend we get colder air and yes that saturday night precipitation could briefly change over to wet snow, into christmas morning. it's possible. it could happen. we will see. >> all right. thank you. you know coming up in the christmas story three wise men come bearing gifts. in of course north carolina its police officers. first a look at night line. >> coming up on night line a baby girl disappears her bedroom and the fbi joins a desperate search for her. and rick perry's aggressive plays for the christian vote. can they help him win?

that's coming up.

. the job of a police officer toker protect. three in north carolina went above and beyond the call of duty deciding to add, give and comfort to their jobs. christian explains. >> reporter: it's not hard to tell the christmas spirit is a live and well in this house even though this was all that was left of the presents. >> them take away our presents. >> reporter: the bad guy did

this. >> they didn't think about how we felt when they took our presents. >> reporter: an adult perspective from the police. >> i was extremely mad. >> reporter: officer morgan sees theft every day but add two pairs of huge brown eyes as the victims and it changes things. >> my partner was like let's get them some gifts. >> reporter: three officers went on a shopping spree and all of the sudden a story about a burglary can melt your heart. >> so happy. for my little ones. they are going to have a present. >> i was really humbled to actually be able to help somebody. that's what it's about. >> the police take the bad guys in the jail. >> reporter: the suspects are locked up. the christmas tree has been put back together after the robbers wrecked it. it's just to bad there isn't enough room for three angels on

the top. >> the spirit of christmas. there is still time to get involved help children in our area who need christmas cheer. we are collecting new, unwrapped toys for the toy drive. we are taking in used instruments for the kid's program. you can bring them by the station here. thursday is your last day to donate. find all the details of the toy drive and the drop off address in the holiday section of the website. getting ready. >> two days left. >> that's right. the lobby is full but we can still take more. >> it'll be good. take a quick look. tomorrow we are up near 60 but we are bringing in the chances for rain and showers, definitely keep the umbrella handy. check the week ahead. big travel day as head. i think tomorrow the trickiest travel day because we will dry

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