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>> hello again, i'm jessica kartalija. >> don scott, here's what people will be talking about today, we may not be able to see snow like the north's but we're not out of the woods yet. the threat of high winds is out there and a winter storm and high-wind watch goes into effect for many areas. live with first warning coverage. more on high winds in the area, first marty in the weather center is tracking the system. good afternoon. let's go ahead and talk about what is happening and what will go on. here's first-warning doppler radar. we haven't had any issues at this point but the winds are starting to fire up and going to be some light snow showers banding into the area. we'll touch on that.

winter storm warnings are through the afternoon and the overnight and where the watch is. notice the dark tan, that covers the entire graphic. we now ad the high-wind warning into the mix. we have this deep area of low pressure, it's starting to become a very impressive feature on the satellite photo i'll show you. as predicted, the winds firing up and coming around the low and that is helping it. going back to doppler, that's starting to fling a little bit of snow our way, you can see how the return went. it's banding around that low. look at the snowfall total graphic. it's a big storm, we're on the southern end. our local graphic is still as we've been talking about for

two days, 2-4 inches. it may be pushed back a little bit but the big issue is going to be the winds. coming back one second. we call it is sneak of the show. over 15 hours, we stared down 64-inch, we don't have control over the win. the only thing that save us is that during the two blizzards, nature pruned itself, a lot of limbs and trees came down that were not in good shape. there's a bright side to the wind story, it could be nature has taken care of the problem. in about 5 hours, the winds are going to be howling. >> thank you. live first warning weather coverage continues with one of the snow stations stations in hamden. >> the wind is starting to pick up, that's why even though crews have been out since 8:00

in the morning preparing for snow they're focused on wind damage. the remnants taunt marylanders reminding them of the hassles that come with the storm. another one touching down and crews preparing with equipment. >> with the heavy storm, with anything, if you utilize it, it's going to have some maintenance issues. >> for them, it's a labor of love. you're talking about linemen and folks that go out and they go out and work 12 hours and go home afternoon they've lost power. >> reporter: it's a bitter- sweet situation, much of the heavy snow has fallen, bitter because the high wind gusts will likely cause outages. >> we can say we have expectations but it only takes

one tree in a very bad position due to saturated ground. >> reporter: the last thing wait to do is wait. they suggest preparing for the worst. >> now is the time to prepare for an outage while we are not expecting the wide-spread outages, we're not taking any chances nor should the customers. >> reporter: bge says it's critical to have a flashlight and a phone is that does not operate on electric. stay with us for complete first-warning coverage. for updates, the look at the radar and the latest information on the delays and closings, go to wjz.com. new testimony underway in a bizarre murder case where members of a consult starved a little boy to death.

gigi barnett has the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon. medical examiners from pennsylvania are taking the stand following testimony from the mother of javon thompson, yesterday she explained how consult leader told her that her son was filled with are rebellious spirit and ordered her to stop feeding him and how she prayed and danced around his body in hopes to bringing him back to life something she still believes will happen. >> the child's mother has pleaded guilty to child abuse in the death. police in baltimore are asking for the public's help to find an armed robbery suspect. this is 41-year-old john cardwell. the crime happened in june. both suspects demanded money while pointing a gun at an

employee. he is considered armed and dangerous and anyone with information is asked to call police. police reviewing video from a downtown hotel after the frederick man is found dead outside of it. the man was in baltimore with friends celebrating a birthday. his friends found his body wednesday morning in love grove alley besides the comfort hotel and suites. his death is called suspicious. >> a columbia man intentionally set the fire that kill him. he was found dead inside his burning home last week. neighbors say he lived alone and did not have relatives in the united states. investigators figure how he started the fire. a day-long health care summit. the president is trying to push

one of his top agenda items closer to reality. >> reporter: president obama across the street in an effort to cross party lines and reach a compromise on health care reform. >> what i'm hoping to accomplish is for everybody to focus not just on where we differ, but focus on where we agree. >> their agreements are happening on live tv leading rerepublicans like the idea of the summit but want to be consulted. >> we have to start by taking the current bill and putting it on the shelf and starting from a clean sheet of paper. >> reporter: the president and the top aids plan to cover four themes during the six-hour summit meeting. they include reforming insurance, controlling costs and reducing the deficit.

president obama wants to win support for his plan. it offers federal money to cover the costs for people who can't aforit and bans insurance companies from denying coverage to people with existing medical problems. they want to stop with tax cuts to give coverage to the employeeses and want to lower costs by reigning in lawsuits. if they can't find a compromise, they are looking at ways to pass a reform plan without republican support. right now 30 million americans are living without health insurance. if you like the military- style suvs called hummer, gm is shutting down the brand. they tried to sell the company to a chinese brand but it fell

through. it is focusing on the other noabilities. still to come, death at seaworld, a training killed petting a killer whale. a wanted beauty queen. that woman sought for the south american model. >> take a look outside. marty will be back with the first warning weather forecast. complete coverage continues ,,,,

no signs of problems with the trainer that was killed by a whale yesterday. the whale pulled her into the water and drown her. she was rewarding the killer whale for doing well during the noon show before she was attacked. the police officer who shot a chimp last year is set to testify before state lawmakers about it. last february the chimp blinded

the owner's friend. >> a columbia beauty queen in a lot of trouble, wanted for running a drug operation. she may have run a drug trafficking operation to transport cocaine from south america to europe. she was coffee queen in 2000. a start up company in california unveiled the balloon box. fuel combined with oxygen inside the cell to produce electric, the box costs $700,000. >> 60 minutes did a big piece on it, it was fascinating. as you look outside, stick

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now, complete forecast and the first warning of severe weather. >> we're clouding up and continuing to get cloudy and the events are on.

we're at the beginning of what going to be a tough 20 hours or some looking at the watch and warnings and what i want you to notice, not the winter storm watch, the light blue or the warning, now we put a high wind warning in effect area- wide, that's going to go all the way through tomorrow midday. 13 mile-per-hour winds, baltimore 20. 21 d.c., 21 packs river with gusts up to 31. 25-mile-per-hour gust in baltimore and the winds fire up through the afternoon. temperatures now, we pretty much reach our high, low 40s d.c., 38 baltimore, the mid 30s, 38 columbia, 39 kent island. 52% humidity, the barometer at 29.57. it's low and keep in mine how far away the area of low pressure powering the storm is. this is a massive storm and it

is the wind mechanism firing up, we see winds coming around it, we see snow from new york state into the region. we get our basic 1-3-inch snowfall. but at least skies will clear out friday night into saturday morning and we deal with a diminishing breeze if you will. look how big the storm in. look how close a couple feet of snow is from our area. look at our graphic, we're still talking about 2-4 maybe 1- 3 inches. we can handle that snow. come back here. however, it's the wind that is out of our control and that's what we're concerned about. two weeks ago nature may have

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the steam plume coming up, it was just horizontal. the winds kicking up. looking at the forecast of the day. we're talking about temperatures pretty much falling, 37 degrees now becoming windy and windy tonight, snow at times, 28 tonight. then mostly cloudy, continuing windy 38 degrees is the high. breezy on saturday but the sun comes out and stays out until tuesday with temperatures in the low to mid-40s. >> thank you for joining us on wjz. >> i'm jessica kartalija.

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