no more and that has people feeling a little nervous. >> two doctors from union memorial are back talking about how they took care of people in haiti. we will hear from them in a bit. meantime good wednesday morning. >> all right here we go. man the battle stations most schools are delayed if not closed. let's look at weather right now. >> good morning we have had ourselves that burst of snow looked like it was snowing on the radar for four hours until it reached the ground after 6:00 got most of yesterday's commute through and this mornings commute is just a matter of clean up. the snow is done. these are snow totals, me injured 4 and a half inches in the parking lot. parkville, elk ridge, around midnight. dwi mark around midnight and two and a half inches in annapolis. we are waking for observers to wake up and stick their rulers back into the ground. on average, 3 to 5 inches of snow higher than we suspected

yesterday morning but that was hinted as as we have had a trend of storms getting farther north and giving us a harder hit. two days of stuff to melt and a major storm on the way this weekend. it may not be pure snow but a big impact. across the chesapeake showing light snow across the del mar and we are below freezing. let's see what is happening on the roads. kim brown. >> well, we are pretty much clear of a lot of snow and ice on the major roadways, crews did a good job getting everything cleared away here at 95, no problems both directions arbutus but an accident, south 85, roswell. no problems around 695, harris road expressway looking good. a pair of water main breaks, baltimore county. closed between millford mill and up land road. right lane and shoulder are blocked at stevens. as we look around the city, no problems pretty clear as we see

downtown from the tower. back to you. >> nice shot. 5:31 a.m. after two and a half feet of snow this is nothing but we have to take a little time to get going. >> allow yourself some time. what we will face once we walk outside hello linda you look nice and warm. >> i have lots of layers on. that is the key. so what you will be facing this morning, probably the hardest part is when you walk out your door because side streets, neighbourhood roads still iffy main roads looking great. here in towel son we have our ruler tells us 4 inches we got 4 inches, so when you walk out the door you will have to do shoveling this morning and we have tips for you because shoveling if you don't do it the right way can lead to bigger problems. especially with people with heart conditions. let's look at these tips we have put together for you. shoveling does a number on your heart so you want to keep somethings in mind if you are middle aged or older, those

people are more at risk and if you have a heart condition, shoveling the wrong way, doing it -- over doing yourself could lead to a heart attack you want to be careful. two minutes of shoveling boosts your heart rate think of it as aerobics. take frequent breaks if you have to, go back inside, do the rest later don't eat a large meal or too much breakfast all that food puts a load on your heart and another tip use a small shovel, lifting lots of heavy snow can raise blood pressure. so when you are out shoveling, it is better to take small amounts, don't try to do it at once don't fill your shovel with too much snow because that can actually put a strain on your heart. these are just somethings to keep in mind, you know, snow is fun and all but you want to stay healthy. back to you guys. >> all right linda thank you. toyota is shipping out parts to fix a sticky gas pedal problem

and tammy darvish a dealer in silver springs expects to get parts tomorrow night or friday morning. she says she has set up a 24 hour hotline for 30,000 customers and is already begun to schedule appointments for later this week. she estimates it could take two weeks for call the cars to be fixed. >> illinois, 5:34 a.m. battle over barack obama's old senate seat have been selected. primaries selected louis. while republican voters picked mark kirk a 5 term congressman. republicans have targeted the seat since blagojevich was arrested for trying to sell it. two baltimore doctors back home from haiti this morning and say the need to help and medical supplies growing every single day. dr. gati and par spent a week

at a small hospital, 70 miles north of port-au-prince. every day dozens of casualties came through the hospital from earthquake areas and the injuries were horrible. dr. gashi says infections that could be treated easily in the u.s. is taking hundreds of lives in haiti. defects of the earthquake will be felt for generations and the need for support will be nonstop. >> everybody is willing to help right now. but what i want to ask people is to please don't forget. don't, past the first few weeks, there is going to be great need in haiti. >> and the doctor plans to return in may. 5:35 a.m. a broadway show, called in heights coming to baltimore later on this month and tonight on abc 2 we will take you inside that tony award winning show. >> i think we were hoping to

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all right we have this weather alert, delays and closings at the bottom of the screen and a little bit of ice left over but most of the snow is gone. 30 degrees easton, baltimore, york pa. for a second storm we beat them on snow 3 inches up there, about 4 to 5 inches on average here in the baltimore area. eastern shores slightly lower amounts but dealing with clean up this morning as you can see satellite radar over the last six hours showing flurries left over in del mar, snow in the mountains to our west and we keep the threat of cloudflurries around this morning and mixed in fog,

temperatures will respond to a partly sunny sky this afternoon and high of 39 degrees. more on a larger storm coming up this weekend in a bit. here is kim brown. >> thanks. we are pretty light on incidents at this time. really no major problems just an accident, 95 southbound, rossville at the belt way already cleared off to the right shoulder not really impacting your commute so far this time. belt way looking good and harrisburg expressway. we have a pair of water main breaks. lock earn and towlson southbound york road at stevens blocked because of the water main break. baltimore city cameras, pretty quiet but if it is shiny chances are it is slick. live report on road conditions baltimore county live now to sheree johnson. >> reporter: live in rogers ford, with a look at main roads and side streets coming up. interesting grooming.

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5:44 a.m. you started planning your morning attack last night when snow started falling. >> now you need to know what is out the door. out to sheree she joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. not bad out here this morning.

we are here in rogers forge, murdoch and york road. look behind me at the main streets. they are looking pretty good, basically seeing wet pavement right now but it is the side streets where you will definitely find a problem. here in rogers forge, these streets are snow covered, which makes it slippery and tricky to manoeuvre. state highway administration has been out all night long salting and trying to keep drivers safe. they have 1100 pieces of equipment on the road statewide their first priority is always the main road and then hay will move along the neighbourhoods and side streets. not only are there problems with side streets in baltimore county but northeast baltimore you will find snow covered side streets as well. be very careful as you leave the main roads heading into those neighbourhoods. 5:45 a.m. an appeals court is ordering maryland state police to turn

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they were left high and dry. they not only took their money but sensitive personal information. iris scans, fingerprints, social security numbers. >> they have all the data, they've got entire membership that still has our cards, bio metrics on it. >> this is a problem they did not want to have. >> clear filed for bankruptcy late last year and a company called henry ink is trying to give customers another shot at skipping long lines. if a bankruptcy judge approves, former clerk'sers could join -- customers could join without paying. southwest is hoping to have all 540 jets equipped with wi- fi. the only thing not decided is price. how about wi-fi flies free. you like that? >> love it. all right again we start off temperatures below freezing

not by much only 30 here in town we hit mid-20s on our stormcenter weather net in baltimore county and back to the west and harold and carroll county. it is cold enough for it to be icy. a lot of main roads have been treated, and as kim pointed out, yes, if it looks wet it could very well be icy and as we are watching that storm depart off the coast and it did flair up. we hinted at this the last few days considering what happened over part of the weekened. storms have a tendency to push farther north and give us a harder hit. instead of 2 to 3 inches we wound up with 3 to 5 again the snow is done we have flurries back into the mountains and left over with fog but we should try to turn partly sunny as the storm pushes well out to see you can see the center of the storm at least on satle identity imagery off the coast. enough to pull it in our direction. okay. in reference to what is happening back towards the southwest. heavy rain across western and

southern texas that is our next storm p. it appears as if all of the computer models have a pretty good handle on this being a major event. that does leave it open to a wide range of winter possibilities. just want you to plan accordingly for the second half of friday into saturday. having ourselves as major winter storm here as we are looking at dry weather today and tomorrow mostly sunny skies. storms still just getting going but does push its way toward the east heavy rain, severe weather along the gulf coast. storm itself charging up and redevelop as it pushes off the coast and tap into cold air we have in place. does it stay all snow or do we wind up with snow going to sleet, freezing rain and rain in parts of marylandment that is the reason we are not getting snow amounts at this time but moisture, energy and a big impact second half of fly day through saturday and probably -- friday through saturday and probably lasting through sunday as well. some partial clearing, northwest wind 15 miles per

hour refreezing 24 overnight. check out the weekend forecast in a moment. kim brown with traffic. >> thanks justin. the way it is looking now main roads are good, side streets could be more of a challenge depending on whether plows have hit your neighbourhood. here arbutus and 95, looking nice 2340 problems on the belt way either. hair us are burg expressway a couple -- harrisburg expressway. a couple water main breaks. milford mill and up land road closed, earlier accident southbound 95 rossville after the belt way but that is off to the right shoulder not impacting your commute at this time. as we look at the jfx if it is shiny it is probably slick you probably could see icy conditions on some of the ramps in overpasses as well be careful. >> fbi flew thousands of miles to talk to a terror suspects

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5:53 a.m. a look at our top stories. we have a developing story outof iran. the country successfully test fired a rocket satellite carrier. now you have to be concerned long range ballistic technology used with satellites in or bit can also be used to launch war heads but iran says we are not going to do that. their arabic language television station did not give more details on this. we will have more on this developing story coming up on good morning america at 7:00 a.m. >> a man accused of trying to carry out the failed christmas day plane attack has been co- operating with investigators since last week. the 23-year-old nigerian native has been providing useful intelligence fbi and agents are following up on. an agent flu to nigeria to speak with the man's family who wanted to co-operate with the fbi. >> we are dealing with a winter

slap. snowfall totals coming in from across the area, so are school closings and delays. check the bottom of your screen. we have posted them there. in less than 10 minutes we will be live in the city as well as county and justin will tell us about the week spend what there could be in store for us. >> governor o'malley is highlights his job creation proposal but warning the storm is not over. he used his 4th state of the state to ask legislator to approve a $3,000 tax credit to businesses who hire someone unemployed he also want as 3 year, $50 million tax credit for revitalizing historic downtownmain streets. >> 5 minutes from 6:00 a.m. out going mayor sheila dixon is unrepenitent and lost touch with reality in wake of her charges. the judge is not asking her to

get stiffer sentence but takes her to task in what he calls her defiant arrogance. she will be sentenced tomorrow. >> all right giant squid are taking over in the sea. >> squid, some weighing up to 60 pounds, as long as 4 feet first spotted off the california coast last week. hundreds have been caught since saturday night. the squid invasion has prompted fishing boat operators to add more. >> orange county? >> yeah. >> you just got another option about escaping warmer weather. >> how is a 2 hour flight from bwi to experience summer in the dead of winter. we will tell you about it. >> she is an adult he is 14 the sexual relationship carroll county investigators say she had with the teen and what her husband did when he found out. pgh >> snow blanketed the baltimore area overnight but this may not

last. winter weather will tell you how there might be more on the way. >> 35 inches on the ground this morning, snow for the most part is done. here is another reason to get away. major storm coming in second half of friday and into saturday. we will talk more about that coming up. kim. >> 95 south past the belt way a crash off to the shoulder. all lanes are open. more on area school closings and delays plus today's top stories and weather and traffic when we come back with good morning maryland at 6

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