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counties, to your neighborhood, now, it's complete coverage it's wjz maryland's news station. bitter cold workers brave freezing temperatures and gusty winds. >> how the cold snap is causing problems across the state. hello, i am don scott. >> i am mary bubala. >> here's what people are talking about. the windy and cold weather in maryland and across the country. take a live look outside right now. cloudy and very chilly this noontime. and those below average temperatures are not going anywhere any time soon apparently. the wjz is live with first warning weather coverage and marty bass is tracking the cold snap but we begin with mike shuh where they are treated weather related problems. >> reporter: automobiles are not taking very kindly -- kindly to the weather. there are a lot of dead batteries across the area. and here at emergency rooms across the area, we are finding that er

doctors say that one group of individuals, well, they are admission rates are up by 25%. generally people out in this have to be. the trash man. construction worker, people who are paid to be outside no matter the weather. but still, it may be unpleasant when the city workers get this hole excay vatted at -- excavated at the water main break there will be water and ice below but emergency room doctors say very fuel few of these people end up here. the cold causes emergency rooms to fill up with homeless mentally ill and alcoholics. >> generally we find a lot of patients coming in that are really cold, and they can have cardiac issues. that's the biggest issue that can cause that gives serious concern. and so, recommendations would be to just stay warm you know if you have to go out, bundle up. >> reporter: that doctor says the only time he sees average

people coming in with symptom related to cold is when it's much, much coarld than now or there is an injury that happened, they fall down and can't get up and subject to the cold for a while or get in a car accident and are not found for a while. otherwise people are good about figuring out how many piece of choaghting they need to wear. reporting live from sinai, mike schuh wjz "eyewitness news" now back to you on tv hill. >> thanks first warning weather coverage continues with marty bass tracking the cold temperatures in the wenter -- weather senter. >> thanks very much. good afternoon i like to go to the shot again of baltimore. we use this in the morning a lot. that's a straight northwest wind. and look at that steam moving almost parallel to the surface of baltimore city. now let's look at that on first warning doppler weather radar. not only that steam plume but we have clouds me andering over the area. this is all lake-effect coming in on the strong winds of 25 to 30 miles an hour with

gusts of 35 to 40 miles an hour. and what you are looking at is some snow shower activity. you can see a flurry blowing around. it's not impossible. come on back for one second. we will keep winds in operation in the forecast today. tonight, and we will knock it down to a breeze tomorrow but we are going to stay breezy through the week. then another weather system moves our way friday and weather gives us snow showers or not once it gets up to new england it had grabt air and wind out of central canada and put it back into the neighborhood. we are hon an extended run maybe a couple week run counting the past few days of wind chills and bitterly cold conditions. this is not changing any time soon. then again, it's january. first warning details coming up shortly. now back to you. >> all right, thanks. and stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage for instant updates on the forecast and live doppler radar any time log onto wjz.com. airports are on -- airports

are on high aremember the. frow new screening features for those flying into the united states. derek valcourt is live with the latest. >> reporter: travelers who want to get into the u.s. will be subject to mandatory full body patdowns carry on searches and body scans. people flying from nations considered to be sponsors of tearlism see the biggest changes. the new guidelines come more than a week after a man allegedly trying to blow up a u.s. airline on christmas day and another security breach grounded flights at new jersey's newark airport for six hours. thousands of passengers had to be rescreened after a man slipped past security by enterreg through an exit lane. the tsa says security video revealed he left through another exit about 20 minutes later. don. >> thank you very much. tsa studies video of the breach to figure out the man's eye didn'tity and what he was trying to do. we are -- identity and what he was trying to do. police are investigating ball mere city first homicide

of 2010. an unidentified man was found shot to death in the 2300 block of ocala avenue near drewit hill park. witness reported seeing two men run from the scene. but so far police have not named any suspects nor a motive. a johns hopkins university graduate dies after the car plunges into a frozen creek near washington, d.c. a jogger called police after spotting a tire sticking out of rock creek. police say 22-year-old joshua coleman was trapped inside the car. he graduated from johns hopkins last year and investigators are now trying to piece together what happened. >> anything that we find on the scene as far as skid marks or broken tees and that type of thing is going to be part of the investigation. right now we have not determined where the vehicle came. >> it took several hours and three different tow trucks to pull the badly damaged car out of the ice. maryland transit authority police are seek witnesses to the death of a pedestrian who was found dead along the northbound lanes of the harbor tunnel

throughway. police have identified him as 23-year-old christian of baltimore city. they ask anyone with information on the death to give them a call. as maryland's unemployment rate climbs, state leaders are set to begin debating salary increases. governor o'malley and general assembly will discuss whether to give themselves pay raises when the legislative session opens next week. one option being considered is a pay increase for nearly 200 state employees. governor o'malley insisted he wouldn't accept any extra pay and he says he hopes other state officials do the same. >> and it's a day of rev up for ravens fans. why'd victory over the raiders puts them in the playoffs. wjz has complete coverage of the win and we begin with sports director mark viviano reporting from oakland, california. >> and first half. >> reporter: the ravens appear to be cruising through first half. willis pushes oakland safety and he goes 77 yards for a second

touchdown of the day. 14, 3 ravens. oakland look like a pushover. but the raiders respond with ten straight points. charlie to miller for a second quarter td. they pull within one point in the second half. and that's when the baltimore defense rose up with two turnovers. russell at quarterback picked off by ellerby who returns the interception 28 yards and the first of two oakland turnovers in the second half and the ravens would cash in on that one with the third touchdown of the game a 1-yard run and he will take them to the playoffs. ravens winners over the raiders to clinch a spot 21-13 the final. >> oh, man, we were in this same situation last year we had to wint last couple games and this is nothing knew. we kept our poise and players and coaches stayed together. it worked out because we know we have a great team in a we felt like we had a good team and a team that will play and it will be tough to beat us. >> that's all i ever dreamed

about going to the playoffs and things like that. i am putting everything else behind and getting ready to go back to work this week. >> reporter: ravens get the clincher on the road the third road win this year. looking ahead, it's going to be on the road because the ravens are a wild card and it starts in foxborough against the patriots. back to you. >> thanks very much, mark. complete ravens coverage continues with ron matz he spoke with exciting fans following the big victory. its part of wjz's exclusive fan cam. good afternoon, ron. >> reporter: good afternoon. welcome back. ravens fans gearing up for the wild card game against the patriots. wjz fan cam question can the ravens beat tom brady and company next sunday? >> run the ball, run the ball and they will beat new england. >> of course they can beat new england participates rot next week and the way they could do it is basically flacco is more mobile. >> ravens can beat new england on sunday. they have the playoff experience.

>> the ravens have all the potential to beat yes, yes, yes we can go we made it this far, we can go all the way to the end. >> reporter: new england -- in new england is hurting because they are losing the guy walker and that's going to hurt them very much. >> i believe the ravens can beat anybody on any given sunday. >> no question they can beat them but they have to stay disciplineed and no penalties and good defense and stick to what they know and they can do it. >> reporter: the odds makers made the patriots 4 point favorites. if you are heading to foxborough, bring your purple flamingo. wear your long johns. sunday extend forecast is mostly sunny with a high of 21 degrees. thank you rebecca. >> that bird is happy to be inside. >> reporter: back to you, don. >> thanks s very much. you can see the ravens face-off with the patriots in new england next sunday at one exclusively right here on wjz. 13. >> flamingo goes back to the outback soon. that's for sure. still to come on wjz "eyewitness news" at noon, injured in the

stands, two fans take a dive on to the field. how it happened. there's -- why five men from washington, d.c. face charges in pakistan today. and take another live look outside. marty will be back with the first warning weather forecast. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, mary bubala and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist bernette woods. it's wjz maryland's news statio,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,

five young men from the dc area are suspected planning to carry out terrorist attacks. group appeared in court in pakistan today. the defense lawyer says the court granted police two weeks to prepare terrorism charges. the men say they intend to travel to afghanistan to help their fellow muslims but denied involvement in a terrorist plot. . police in arizona say a teen accidently accidently ran over and killed her brother with the car. the two were joke around in a mall park lot and he was jumping in front of the car while she slammed on the brakes narrowly missing him until one time she couldn't stop and she ran the 17-year-old over. two fans were hrt following yesterday's st. louis rams game when they fell out of the stands. the men were reaching for a shoe thrown by one of the players. when they fell crashing through an awning and falling about 12 feet to the concrete below. one was taken away on a

stretcher but police say neither was seriously injured. >> looks like they fell on their head. security is tight in dubai today where thousands gathered to watch the grand opening of the world's tallest building. a fireworks show helped celebrate the building which is about 2684 feet high and has the most stories of any building in the world. the lead developer says the price tag is 1.5 billion dollars. glass steel tower contains residential units as well as offices. how about a penthouse. >> yeah. >> would you buy real estate problems you might be able to get one. it's two empire state buildings on top of each other and more. >> i think that's insane. >> amaze. still ahead on "eyewitness news" at noon, as you look another live look outside. stick around, your complete first warning weather forecast just 2 1/2ments away. but first a. look at today's midday stocks. we will be right back. ,,,,,,,,,

now, first warning weather complete forecast and first warning of severe weather. >> okay. so, you know what we are talking about here is a very, very chilly period. the normal daytime highs in the low 40s. so even standard temperatures of 34 to 36 degrees is going to be below normal. we start slapping a wind chill on this we are talk 11, 12 degrees and that's extreme weather. and it's not unlikely we see for

a few days in the summer where it goes to you know 98 to 100 with. >> right. >> 98% humidity. but here's where it changes. okay. we can handle like, friday, saturday, sunday and today. tonight and tomorrow. it's going to remain breezy through the end of the week. the government has a weather system come out of the midwest dips south and come back up north. that could give us snow. but take that out of the conversation right now and. >> it's cold. >> the coldest day because the low is going up to new england and grab that air and bring it right in. we will have another pressure gradient and keep howling winds and cold conditions. this streak before it's over said and done with in total could end up being a couple weeks and that's severe and extreme. >> that sounds terrible. >> well,. >> terrible. >> but it could and i got news for you. whatever weather that system brings us by saturday, we will be over and by sunday harsh

conditions will be there for the ravens game. take a look at forecast for the day. we are talking about generally speaking, we are talking about maybe 34 degrees. but it's going to feel like maybe 20, 21. tonight we are going to dive down to about 21 but we can easily see wind chills like this morning with the 7 or 8 degrees. tomorrow, still breezy and 34 still going to be 27. we will talk about the five-day forecast here coming up. >> i would like that oakland sunshine. i was say carousely living through the people in the stands they are going oh. >> basically there were a few games that ravens game one up. >> we could have been a buffalo game. >> oh. i know that snow. >> oh, behightout. >> yes. still to come on wjz "eyewitness news" at noon, a winter weather health advisory. why the cold air could take a toll on your heart. and remember wjz is always on. hear are the soreies we are headlining on the website. for constant updates of the news and the first warning weather forecast, go to wjz.com. ,,,,,,,

in today's wjz "healthwatch" report you are more likely to safer heart attack during winter. researchers say cold air causes blood vessels to tighten as the body tries prevent heat loss. that can raise your blood pressure and reduce oxygen flow to the heart. combining those factors with strenuous activity like shoveling snow can tryinger's heart attack. -- trigger a heart attack.

surgery can help sign sightous a study finds 3/4 of the patient was sinus surgery felt better afterwards and most of the remaining 25% also saw some improvement just not as dramatic. and sleep may be the key to fighting teenage depression. in another new study teens who had earlier bed times like 10 p.m., were less likely to suffer from depression or have suicidal thoughts. those who got five hours of sleep or less a night were 71% more likely to report the depression. check in with "eyewitness news" today at 4, 5 and 6, public relations night merit n ba. suffering another hit to the image after a superstar player from washington, d.c. is accused of pulling a gun on teammate. what gilbert arena is saying about the incident. a record number of police officers ambushed and killed. what's behind the trend. join us for these stories and the breaking news today at 4 after dr. phil. and stay with us right now. the five-day forecast is coming

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laxatives? i've tried all these. this one's gritty. this one can make you bloated. clearly, miralax is the one for me. it relieves my constipation with no harsh side effects. miralax. restore your body's natural rhythm. let's talk about the five-day forecast. it's going to be extended and the cold is absolutely going to be extend and i think the best we can do is hunker down. those temperatures saturday way too warm. friday is the possible recommend -- problematic day and we will keep watching it but understand we have snow showers and we got

snow on friday and the think it bigger story is saturday, sunday and monday the winds come up howling again. >> again. >> and 30 plus and wind chills in the significantel digits. be prepared for that. >> thanks for watching wjz "eyewitness news" on wjz13 i am mary bubala. >> don scott. >> marty bass. catch you on line with the afternoon for news weatr ,,,,,,,