hello, people are talking about the weather today, and tomorrow's weather. it is sunny and cloud, a seasonal chill in the air. a pretty weather picture as we look outside, but there is word we could have snow on the way. that is right. more on what or should be coming our way. marty, could the snow stick as well and tim is over in the weather center. tim? >> it is not unprecedented that

we get snow this early, we have had it the 10th of october and this is a time it will be sooner, not later. we told you about an area of moisture from the rockies that dumped about 8 1/2 inches of snow and that low pressure that is bringing it our way is moving south and should hit the coast line around georgia, the carolina coast line and start to run up the coast as a nor'easter and that moisture is moving our way. late tonight and in the afternoon tomorrow, a winter storm watch in effect and it will have the winter weather conditions with several inches of snow in the area and we will have more on that in a second and as that front moved through yesterday, it is colder today than it was yesterday.

it is 15-degrees colder and almost 30-degrees colder in cumber land. what will that mean for us and what can we expect? more to martin. >> let's look at the snow scale. we will talk more on this here and over in western maryland, but this could be one of those snowy vents with problems. there is snow from east to west and as you get south of i 95, maybe an inch, but we are looking for one to three inches 40 miles out on either side of that and out in western maryland, a solid three to six inches of snow. i would love to tell you this was just on the frass, but we are seeing that in that one to

three-inch band, we could see some highways and sidewalks with steps, it is not going to be a wonder land of snow, but it will be what we have to slug through from noon tomorrow until 9:00 p.m. stay with us for the first morning weather coverage and the amount of snow we could get and we will have the hatest on 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. in baltimore city, a sheriff deputy opened fire on a man in a busy intersection. good afternoon! >> hello, everybody. beverly low hill is a quiet neighborhood, bun had afternoon

as this police officer was heading to work, he was viciously attacked in his cruiser. >> one of their own is hurt, there is still an investigation and about 8:00 this morning, a man jumpedd into a police cruiser on walter avenue in north baltimore. a police officer was in the marked vehicle and the man took out a knife and started to attack the deputy, but the police officer fought back and shot the man in the arm. they don't know what sparked this attack. the deputies have not released the name of the officer, but he is a ten-year veteran. the dpoam foam --

montgomery county man that said his partner disappeared in aruba, he will be in court. he wants to be released. he is suspected in that disace appearance of the woman after that was in august. he said she was swept away when they went snorkeling. the judge denied the appeal to be released. we will have the latest on that hearing on eyewitness news at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. dozens in maryland said that they were scammed after the group received thousands from them, the promise was that raven's players would come to their school to speak, but none showed up. the ravens said they are not a

part of that group and never promised to appear. now the debates with rick perry and his decision to not debate further and mitt romney is the man to beat. >> the voters will see rick perry on the campaign trail, but probably not in the debates. he is committed to just one, his challenger said that is a mistake. >> i would never skip a debate. i never skip the opportunity to let the american public see my view. >> i don't know how someone cannot debate one of us, but he

could with obama -- rick perry has lost tens of thousands of dollars, and those that gave the president has not offered as much this time around and some are sending checks to the republicans. myth rom knee is lead -- mitt romney is picking up support from areas like southern california, but the president's campaign is not hurting for money. he raised about 70 million from july to september for his reelection bid. in maryland, an investigation this noon after a second patient in less than a week is found dead at a mental hospital. it happen in howard county. the investigators said that the

man was found dead in his room. the state police arrested another patient with that. they said he is charged with first and second degree murder. no word on the motive about the other killing. the other death was also a homicide. the police caught the man behind the murder of an elderly care taker, 18-year-old james johnson. it happen in an alley behind the church where he worked as a handy man. von son wanted hill's motor scooter. more on the protesting around the country and in our area and red box, your wallet could be lighter soon. more on that and your weather forecast. we have rain and maybe snow on the way tomorrow.

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the occupy wall street protests are continuing and in oak land, a war veteran is in the hospital after he was hit in the head in a protest. occupy baltimore is continuing, they are camping out overnight, it was over 48 hours since they were told to scale back in the overnight. so far the city is not showing signs to force the protesters out. you will soon pay more to rent a movie starting on monday. it will be $1.20, up from a dollar a day. the prices for renting blue ray or video games will not go up. they had to raise the rates because of debit card transactions and other expense.

and as far assigning up for medicare, we have more from the secretary of the maryland department of alling. the phones are ringing. >> we will address why you are here and what is ship. >> it is our senior health assistance program for seniors. >> why is it important to know about this? >> it is the season that they will make the choices about the mans that they will be involved in and we want people to know that they will have until december #th to make their decision. >> there are many choices out there. you have to take your time and read over it. >> we are here, we are on the phones and they just have to call us. >> no question is too small. >> none. whatever you have. call in and get the answers.

>> that is the reason you are here today? >> yes. thank you, thank you. back to you. >> thank you, and if you want to ask an expert about senior health coverage, call that number on the screen. still ahead on eyewitness news at noon, a chill in the air could mean snow tomorrow. more on the first morning forecast, 2 1/2 minutes away, but here is a look at the mid- day stocks and the lotto numbers from last night. bge's instant discounts got our homeowner to switch to energy star® cfl bulbs. 3-way cfls really click with my style. learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com.

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s.p.c.a. and it can make a big difference, it is something we do every friday here for pets that need a home. patches, you are good! more on the details about tomorrow's afternoon weather -- the moisture moving into the area, the same area that went by denver and dumped about 8 1/2 inches of snow and it is moving our way and it will filther into the cold air. the low, expected to continue to track off the carolina coast line and as it starts to move up the coast line, up to the mid atlantic, it will turn into and have the harris particulars of a nor'easter and with the flow, it will pull the moisture into the cold air and create the problem. we have the winter storm watch in effect, that will start late

tonight and continue through tomorrow afternoon and the wind conditions could cause travel concerns. it is for every area from hartford county straight across the street, excludes howard county, but it could be added before the evening is out. it is about 15-degrees colder at this time than it was yesterday. you will see that know that is shaping up and the barometer is high. 48 now, it is 34 in oak land and 46 on the shore and around the metro area, everybody in the 40s and we are not going up much higher than 42. when the moisture starts to come in, the temperatures will top out, the lows around 40 and about 45 tomorrow and the temperatures will drop. the colder air will remain as that air moves through and the wet snow and rain mix, it will be heavy and winding down and

sunday will be nice. it is a one-day event. that is the way it will shape up and mixing with the clouds, the low around 37 and the rain after sun down and late tonight and 42 tomorrow, the cold and rain mixing with the late snow and that will play out through tomorrow. >> we have mirrors here, i'm not ready for this! >> i agree! patches has never seen snow. some places where it never gets cold, they have never seen snow. suffer from cold sores and more information on the doctors have found and more stories we are following on the web site. for updates of the news and the first mo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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net. that raven's game on sunday, breezy, the temperatures will be below normal, mid 50s to 60- degrees. at 10:00, a new episode of "csi, new york "and as always, thank you for watching. bloging on line, internet updates through the afternoon and see how this will square ,,, medicare. it doesn't cover everything.

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