buffalo. by the way, snow is possible, they've had it in boston and eastern new england. fox bro, there's a possibility there could be snow for the ravens game next sunday. the heavier snow is in the mountains but buffalo now is 13. we're 24. we're locked in with them, with the deep chill, we make it to 32 today with the strong wind. not as strong as yesterday but this afternoon will feel like low 20s with a snow shower or flurries. 6:30. let's check the roads with kim. >> wind warnings are in effect at the area bridges including the bay, key, hatem and tydings bridge. trucks, definitely use caution across the windy bridges. and ice reported in the joppatowne area, joppa farm road and philadelphia road. there could be ice there as well. on the beltway, the big deal, no accidents working now at this time but the outer loop will be closed starting today through february 12th because of some maintenance work on the curtis creek drawbridge. that's going to have 695 on the

outer loop closed between route 10 and hawkins point road. two-way traffic on the inner loop. expect major delays. as we peek at the city cameras, looking good across the veterans memorial bridge. traffic is light and moving. back to you. 6:31. here we go. the miskick, the dropped back, the penalties, come on. that's five months of old news. watch this. get out of my way! willis mcgahee, had a career day on the ground as the ravens beat oakland 21-13. so the ravens are going to practice this week in owings mills. then they will head to new england for a 1:00 game on sunday. let the playoffs begin. so here we are. on this monday and you know what it's like. this is the sixth time we've done this now and seriously we know that anything can happen over the next couple weeks. linda so is live with what fans are saying.

about the playoffs >> reporter: we have gail. you watched the game with family yesterday? >> yes. it was great. they did their best. they came in with a positive attitude and they played as a real team. >> reporter: you said the team wasn't perfects. >> they had ups and downs like every other team but teamwork means everything no matter who you are, where you are or where you work. when somebody falls short you have the other team members to help you. >> reporter: wonderful. next sunday they are heading to new england. >> reporter: yes. >> nervous? >> no. we're going to give it our best as we do every week. we're going to have a good attitude. we go in every game with a good attitude. >> reporter: a lot of fans are talking about willis's stiff arm yesterday. what did you think? >> i was very concerned but we came through. we came through. as a team. like i said it's all about

being a team. >> reporter: last word of advice here. >> support your ravens. support them. they are going to go all the way. >> reporter: there you go. >> go team. >> that's positive for you. we're staying positive. we're going to keep it that way until next sunday. >> have a great day. >> reporter: have a great day, guys. 6:33. topping our look at news around the nation -- florida officials say they've arrested a man wanted for killing his family on thanksgiving day. a tip from a tv viewer led to the arrest of paul meridge. accused of gunning down four family members. the viewer of "america's most wanted" recognized the description of the man and his car. authorities surrounded a small motel in long key, florida. >> i'm just happy that the family found closure. that's what i'm happy about. i'm happy that the family can

now mourn, ok? >> meridge is accused of fatally shooting his twin sisters, a 6-year-old cousin, 79-year-old aunt at a family home in jupiter, florida. matthew is just 13 but has an experience that will last a lifetime. the california teen went sledding with his family. he got lost. it got dark and matthew lost a glove, lost his shoes and a sock. he spent the night in freezing conditions. his parents started to fear the worst because matthew has no wilderness training and no survival skills. >> only 13 years old and it's below 15 out there. it's colder than it was in the truck. i just didn't think they would find him alive in the morning. >> i was being all quiet just staring at everyone. when they told -- what they told me is i was screaming i'm over here. >> after 16 excruciating hours matthew was finally found in a

state of hypothermic shock. doctors were able to save him but he did have frost bite on his feet and they couldn't save two of his toes. today, dubai is set to open the world's tallest building. the exact height has not known but it's more than 2,600 feet high. it's really half a mile tall. has an observation deck on the 124th floor and besides luxury apartments the offices and the building will be home to a hotel that was designed by giorgio armani. the dubai ruler will open the medal and glass tall building with a fireworks display, that is going to happen tonight. coming up next, the crowd was nuts out there. they were all wearing boots and cowboy hats. >> we're going to take you there. this is baltimore. looks like fun. and, the saddest part of the new year. taking down that old christmas tree. we'll tell you how to get rid of the spruce and help the

environment at the same time. 6:35. our headlines here, we've got wind chill in the teens. we've got the winds not as strong but still brisk today. flurries possible today and maybe some end of week snow. more to come here at 6:35. let's check the roads with kim. >> thank you. we don't have accidents to let know about. you can see we have heavy volume on the outer loop, more heavy volume on the southeast corner of the beltway. i'll let you know why when we come back. now, let's check the buses and trains with mark jones. qqgood morning. from the matt out there now you'll find the number 13 bus with some delay, 20 minutes late. number 15 bus, diversion in the area of parkside and bel air. the 15 and 23 taking a diversion at eutaw and mulberry. the number 3 bypassing shepherd pratt. number 8 bypassing dulaney valley, using loch raven. and number 20 bus with a diversion at eastern and ponka due to watermain break repair. marc on time on the camden, penn, or brunswick lines. for the mta transit

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6:40. still no word on when the u.s. and british embassies in yemen are going to open. they were locked up sunday after fresh threats from al-qaeda. yemen is the ancestral home of osama bin laden. the administration's top counterterrorism adviser says u.s. troops sent there is not under discussion. passengers from newark airport in new jersey should be at their destination after flights were grounded when a man bypassed security. sunday night all the passengers in terminal c were rescreened. passengers waited six hours before reboarding plane.

surveillance tapes have been checked but authorities haven't found the man at this point. 6:40. we're looking at 24 degrees under a mostly cloudy sky in baltimore. it's cooler surrounding us. 23 hagerstown. 23 easton. you factor in the winds, feels like 15 in town to 12 on to the eastern shore. essentially we're going to have a partly cloudy to mostly cloudy day. the chance of maybe a flurry or snow shower as winds pick up this afternoon. 32 our 2-degree guarantee but it's going to feel like the lower 20s. a new year and new set of safety measures. if you man to fly overseas. >> the u.s. government issues new security rules for airlines after an attempted attack on christmas day. i'm sherrie johnson. i'll have more on the new security measures. >> and medical problems sends a man into a frozen creek. he's in a car at the time. we have the latest on his condition. a police car crash in baltimore. how his car ended up hitting a popular restaurant. also ahead --

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happy new year. 6:45. monday morning. >> let's look at our weather with meteorologist justin berk. >> 6:45. something tells me we'll be watching the weather in boston, eastern new england all week. we have a football game there next sunday. a post card scene near boston. this is the boardwalk on boston harbor where snow is covering up the sand and high winds whipping up white-capped waves. eastern massachusetts on the cape, seeing as much as 10 to 12 inches while officially yesterday in boston, 3.7 inches of snow. and dealing with temperatures stuck in the 20s, wind chills in the single digits. it's going to stay cold there all week. there may be more snow next weekend. something we'll be watching, still six days away, but

locally, in baltimore, 24 in town. we're surrounded by 24 in philly. 21 richmond. head back in the mountains undrop to the teens, they are locked if with cloud cover and snowfall from altoona, towards state college. we could take a flurry here as we head through this afternoon with the heavier snow locked up into the mountains. this afternoon, locked in with a mostly cloudy sky and strong winds but not as strong as yesterday. snow continues into the mountains through wednesday morning. when we could actually follow this band dropping down south, just reinforcing the cold air and we'll try to ease that pattern at least a little on thursday before we get back to a chance of snow. 32 downtown baltimore. mostly cloudy today and we'll stay in the upper 20s to low 30s in the hereford zone and back towards westminster with the chance of light snow. traffic looking pretty good around the area in terms of accidents. really none to let you know about. though we have heavy-to-moderate volume in the southbound lanes of the

harrisburg expressway between padonia road and the top side of 695. also southbound 95 building volume and minor congestion between whitemarsh boulevard and the 895 split. six-weeks long construction project starting on the outer loop that involves maintenance on the curtis creek drawbridge. that will have 695 on the outer loop closed between route 10 and hawkins point road. that closure starts at 9:00 a.m. this morning and lasts through february 12th. two-way traffic on the inner loop so expect some heavy delays and some long waits in that area. as we check the city cameras, looking good on the jfx at northern parkway. a little heavy volume southbound. back to you. 6:47. in your dating life you have a few on your list you're not too proud of. right? but you still made it down to the altar? same for the ravens. they had pretty ugly games this season but they made it to the playoff altar. willis mcgahee had a career day three touchdowns on the day. they dusted him off and he may have the touchdown to set the tone for the rest of the

way. watch this stiff arm here. willis goes on to score. the ravens beat oakland 21-13. coach? >> it's not easy to make the playoffs in the national football league. our guys did it. it's been a tough road. we suffered our share of disappointments but congratulations to our players and our coaches who made it happen. really under difficult circumstances. secondly, the oakland raiders who made it difficult circumstances. every week is a new week in the national football league and we're looking forward to the fact we're playing next week. we're going to be a very formidable opponent, no doubt about that. >> 1:00 sunday in foxboro. let the playoffs begin. we should be old veterans when it comes to january football. we've done it before. it never gets old. linda so with how fans are feeling this monday morning. >> reporter: good morning. the fans are feeling great. this is dwayne from baltimore. i can tell you he has all the

ravens paraphernalia you can think of. he even has a ray lewis football signed. how did you get it? dwhi can't tell you that -- i can't tell you that. it's kind of like a secret. >> reporter: well, keep it a secret. what did you think of the game? >> it was great. that stiff arm, oh, man, that was great. >> reporter: that was an exciting moment in your house. what was your wife doing? >> standing on the coffee table. i mean, i'm just praying it didn't break. we got through it. >> reporter: now that they won, head to the playoffs, we're going to new england next sunday. any word of advice? >> i think if they just run the ball more and protect the quarterback i think we'll do it. really do it. >> reporter: are you nervous at all? >> no. not really. a little advice. if flacco just runs it in

himself and gets the 10 yards i think that will do it, too. he's a big guy. he can handle it. >> reporter: what are your plans for next sunday? >> i'll be in front of the television, a couple beers lined up on the table, i'll be there. i'm not missing it. >> reporter: your wife by your side and hopefully she'll get on the coffee table again. >> i'll try to keep her off of that. i don't think i can take too much more of that. >> reporter: thank you so much. you were here for the super bowl win, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: that was pretty exciting? >> very exciting. >> reporter: hopefully after another win this year you might get another football signed by - >> if not ray lewis, flacco. >> reporter: well, we'll put in the request. >> appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you so much. there you have it. fans are going to be glued to the tv set next sunday, 1:00. >> thank you. good job, linda. 6:50, 24 degrees. baltimore city reporting the first murder of the year. authorities say a man was shot to death shortly after

3:00 yesterday afternoon. it happened in an alley in the 2300 block of with acullua avenue in northwest baltimore. at this time no suspect or motive in the case. a city police officer recovering after a three-car crash involving a police cruiser. it happened 8:30 last night on york road near woodborne avenue in north baltimore. the police car crashed into the subway restaurant. another vehicle then flipped over. we're told the officer hurt his leg. injuries appear to be minor. he had to go to shock trauma as a precaution. no word yet on what caused the crash. 6:51. who knows what we're going to do at the airport on this monday? >> everything from the scare on christmas to what happened yesterday in new jersey. sherrie johnson is here to tell us that the only thing we know is that the way we fly is definitely changing. >> reporter: that's right. the u.s. government is issuing new security rules for all airlines that fly into this country.

immediately after the christmas day bomb attempt the government ordered patdowns on all travelers on international flights to the u.s. passengers with passports from or who have traveled through countries that sponsor terrorism will have extra screening. many other passengers from abroad can also expect extra scrutiny on a random basis. the goal is to keep terrorists off a plane. >> it's at airports across the globe where terrorists are trying to slip through the cracks and attack us. >> you may see different threshold for what makes you a select d or what makes you no fly. right now those are very limited, i suspect they will probably broaden those definitions. >> reporter: tsa is also buying more full-body scanners for use in the u.s. and adding air marshals to international flights but what is critical, tighter security at foreign airports. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. in glen burnie six people were hurt including three children at a fire at the willows apartments. a 2-year-old is in pretty bad

shape. on arrival heavy smoke was coming from the building and more fire crews were called to the scene. firefighters say the flames seem to have started because of a pot left on the stove. a man is dead after he was found in a car that overturned in a frozep creek. a jogger called 911 after noticing the car under partly frozen ice six feet deep in rock creek park near massachusetts avenue. officials say the man inside had a heart attack and was removed from the car after 20 minutes. but he later died. >> cold is dangerous. it's something i don't think people really consider but a lot of bad things can happen. in the cold. >> we got there and there was some ice forming around the car. he had probably been there for a while. >> the victim has been identified as 22-year-old joshua coleman of arlington, virginia. after losing the win last week they needed to bounce back. they did. the terps righted the ship in

winning 97-63. it was a gut check because acc regular season starts sunday at home against florida state. this is the same floor that the borough coliseum that will host the tournament in march. and professional bull riders head to carpal city for two doctor charm city for two nights. it's the second stop of the 2010 built ford tough series. 6:54. you're either sad or breathing a huge sigh of relief. the holiday season is over. now time to take down the decorations and take down the tree. in howard county there's important information. you can take the tree to thal if a ridge -- alpha ridge landfill today through saturday during the day. make sure the decorations are off the tree. there are also several dropoff sites at hardware

stores and parks. for a list of all the places go to abc2news.com and look under the top stories. 6:54. a tradition that goes back a lot of years. the folks at the jarrettsville volunteer fire company make their train garden extra special every year. >> it's really amazing. just something wonderful to see. they have multiple train sets running and we're always live even at the train garden. volunteers spent the week putting together this christmas present for the community. the intricate display will be well worth the trip. >> i think it's really cool because all the really small people, like, we have a little train set at home. this is all the stuff you can do with it. you tart small and can have this. >> there's still a couple weeks to check it out. the train garden runs until

january 17th. did you see that live truck? that was drawn to scale. that's a pretty strong tv signal from abc2. let's check conditions today. unfortunately, could remain chilly. winds picking up, not as strong as yesterday. 32 our 2-degree guarantee. will feel like low 20s. flurries or snow shower possible. tomorrow 33. maybe an evening or overnight snow shower. 37 wednesday. 36 thursday. light snow or some accumulation possible friday into a colder weekend. kim? >> we have heavy volume and congestion around the outer loop but one crash in baltimore city, that is going to be at orleans and north monthford. a pedestrian problem there, so expect some lane closures. "good morning maryland" at 9:00. >> now to "good morning

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