24-hours watching this developing forecast for the weekend. it looks like right now maybe less snow than once anticipated by some. in the meantime we are warming up out there. at least into the day tomorrow. look right now at radar showing a clean sweep. right now a few clouds passing by. they are clearing out. looks like a good forecast around here into the day tomorrow. 41 bwi marshall. a light breeze out of the west right now. we expect to see temperatures dropping to 30 overnight. into the day tomorrow surging up to 50 degrees. maybe warmer than that. big changes come this time tomorrow. when the winds will be much highier and that cold chill is going to be coming back in force. we'll talk about all that and the weekend ahead coming up. we got a lot of press after his undercover sting caused problems at acorn that stripped the group of federal funding. today he's back in the

spotlight facing federal charges after trying to tap the phone of and u.s. senator >> reporter: james made national news going undercover to get support from acorn's offices in baltimore and other cities. days ago he was on stage accepting an award for undercover work at the acorn offices which had him dressed up to expose corruption in the group. this morning he was charged we attempted to tap the phones of a u.s. senator. on monday he posed as a vision or the in senator landers office. while two associates appeared to be phone repairman complete with tool belts and hard hats. when they started asking strange questions senator's staff got suspicious and made a call to authorities >> it was my understanding they were asking a number of probing

questions about certain information that members of the general public who were seeking assistance of an agency may not ask. that triggered some suspicion on behalf of the person's involves >> reporter: one of the young men charged, along with him, is the son of a u.s. attorney in another city in louisiana. if they are convicted they could get ten years in prison. as for senator lander she says the whole thing is unsettling and she wants to know their motives. she said she was dying. he awe parentally got better. a rose dale woman is being charged with committing a fraud. she is charged for soliciting money for a cancer she never had >> reporter: it is one thing to scam money. it is entirely another to prey on the good will of family and friends. she used facebook to milk two

former high school classmates out of $12,000 saying she had stomach cancer and needed the money for treatment. after some saw holes in her sob story a police investigation revealed she never had the disease and was never treated. a revelation leaving more victims stunned. >> i'm mad because she not only took people for money but she played on their emotions >> reporter: diane owns the caddy shack. last winter she came to her to help throw her daughter a proper sweet 16 because she said she wouldn't be alive to see her daughter graduate or get married. she fell for it and provided the party at cost. >> $2400 is what it cost me >> reporter: her story has changed again. she's now telling friends that she needed the money to get away from her husband and she filed a retraining order in court. his attorney says there are

holes in that story, as well. >> she has a terrible credibility problem. i don't know if anybody could believe her if she said it was rang outside >> reporter: he's defending her husband saying she deceived him as well and called the domestic claims ludacris. prosecutors tell us she's fled before. her victims say she can't hide anymore. >> what you think our punishment should be? >> go to jail. >> reporter: strong words from deep wounds. >> many folks we spoke with today say she scammed many others. if you have any information prosecutors would like to hear from you today. call the county's economic crimes division. we continue to watch developments in haiti. the united nations says it

boosted security at the food distribution senters in port-au- prince. troops sometimes had to fire pepper spray at crowds who are desperately trying to get food. meantime u.s. government spending on the earthquake is $300 million. that's more than one dollar from everyone in the united states. now for a look at tonight's top stories. toyota is suspending sales of eight of its most popular models because of faulty gas peddles. they could stick and cause unintended acceleration. last weekend toyota issued a recall for some of the same eight models affected 2.3 million vehicles. they include the camry and corolla and ram 4 crossover. serve talking about the economy including the president. most of president obama's state of the union address will talk about economic initiatives, tax cuts and a fiscal restraint for a government who keeps piling up debt. we'll air the state of the union. one of the folks in the

audience for the state of the union tonight will be incoming mayor stephanie rawlings blake. she's be a guest of senator carden. a woman in baltimore county has a story to tell. she was bitten by a cobra in the white marsh shopping center parking lot. it is true. it happened sunday. the woman says she thought it was a stick. when she picked it up it bit her finger. she brought the snake to nearby patient. she was taken to john's hopkins and antivenom had to be flown in from the philadelphia zoo. tracking stimulus money in your state. we'll the you how well maryland is doing with the green. thanks for coming back out. sure.

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show the tale tale signs of counterfeit. >> we see it happening every day. where it is vendors out of their trunk at at let i can events. whether it is kiosk-type people. >> reporter: earlier this morn north carolina secretary of state rated a retail in downtown durham and seized $3.5 million worth of counterfeit merchandise including fake perfume. >> it is not a bargain. they are dealing with some bad folks. the money spent on counterfeit goods supports terrorism, child labor, drug cartels >> reporter: so the next time you reach for a fake, another "f" would should come to mind. that word is fraud. >> experts say consumers should

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showers. main moisture is going to pass us to the south. subject to change as we closer get closer. in the meantime it is going to be nice. we'll get up to 50 degrees. cold winds tomorrow night. let's look outside. we are at 41 at bwi marshall. light northwest winds. things have been quiet weather wise. a nice day visually. we got up to the low 40s. nice, sapphire, blue sky with a few passing clouds towards sunset. not bad. not a lot of wind to deal with. high temperatures today running out there in the low to mid 40s for the most part. winchester 44. baltimore 43. over toward the beach a little warmer. 44 ocean city. philly 39. our temperatures now have dropped off a couple of

degrees. i think we'll head down to 30 or so overnight tonight. these numbers will be closer to 50 tomorrow early on. then you'll see a drop in the temperatures by tomorrow evening. satellite view quiet stuff. maryland's radar picking up no precipitation out here. we have a little light snow moving into ohio. part of an upper air disturbance. you can see the storm as it pushes across illinois and into indiana. no surface low with this. no main surface storm but there is a disturbance aloft putting down snow and sleet toward the midwest. we are expecting it to weaken and pass to our north. through this time tomorrow mild air building in. high pressure will slide eastward and south winds on the backside of that high will make for milder conditions out there tomorrow. tomorrow night some very cold air behind this disturbance is going rush in and pick up the wings and drop our temperatures

in a big way out there. forecast as we go into the overnight hours. i think we'll see a few passing clouds. we break out the sunshine. tomorrow afternoon you can see the clouds breaking. we'll be up close to 50. a few spots can push 53. colder air that you cannot make out is colder air blowing in tomorrow night. winds will pick up 35 miles per hour. first mild southerly winds then a cold north wind. that will last into friday. friday we may not get above freezing. right now friday looks dry. just a few clouds. no threat for wintry weather until saturday. tonight down to 30. partly cloudy. there will be a light breeze at times overnight. no big deal, really. as we go into tomorrow a nice warmup through midday. partly sunny skies. mild weather. winds will pick up tomorrow law the day. i expect gusts up to 35. tomorrow night dropping to 19 degrees overing night. temperatures really plummeting overnight as the arctic air

mass comes in. it is going to get a reeveryone force -- reenforcing shot. seven-day forecast. couple things going on. first warmup tomorrow into the 50-degree range. tomorrow night that arctic air comes in. big cold blast through the day friday. windy cold day. saturday another shot of cold air. a secondary front that will keep our lows down in the 20s on saturday. that's our best chance for some snow. looks like to storm will pass to us south. wintry kind of a day. then as we go into the early part of next week finally getting back above freezing as we get into monday. a very cold, late january weekend coming our way. it looks wintery out there. [ male announcer ] mark your calendar.

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a live look from our camera looking at 695 and liberty road. looks nice. tomorrow will be nicer. good evening. now the bad news a chilly change is on the way. let's head over to wyatt with your first forecast. >> kelly, it is going to be the tail of two different weather patterns. we get nicer here into the day tomorrow. starting off around 50 degrees. by mid afternoon that's good stuff. except it doesn't last. tomorrow night we are talking a about a deep freeze. right now it is quiet out there. expecting temperatures to fall tonight