take that list, crumple it up, that's the to-do list. looks like you're not going anywhere. this haiti orphan story. it could be another three months before ten americans find out if they can come home after being charged with kidnapping. stephanie rawlings-blake

was sworn in, said thank you and got right to work. >> one of her first jobs? making sure the plows are out on the city industries. >> got to do it. all of the plows around the aerial will get a workout, right, justin? >> we've got ourselves a rough ride here. this is no way to overhype it. no way to sugar coat it. this will be an historic storm. this will probably be the first time in baltimore history that we end up with two storms over 1 foot. could be over 20 inches. right now, we're expecting the snow to begin around 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. across the entire range of central maryland. we've got to include what happens to our west and the northeast and eastern shore. don't want to you get stuck anywhere. once it begins, it will disart picking up in the next hour or two. we expect an average of 12 to 24 inches but that wide range is really because of the impact

of sleet. if you don't turn over to sleet, especially west of baltimore, you could be pushing the higher end of knows amounts. all of those are all the way out to the beaches. blizzard warning out there by delaware and on in through south central and southern new jersey. overall, we're expecting the snow to move in. it looks like it's getting close on the radar. the real range of the snow and precipitation on the west and bottom of the white line i had drawn. it does look impressive here, at least around the potomac. it will feel like it wants to do something when you step outside. it may look like it at 31 in baltimore and 30 in easton. we're aiming for temperatures to warm into the mid-30s when it begins between 10:00 and 2:00. it will mix with sleet, maybe some freezing rain. that will cut down on some of our totals. by tonight, it goes back to all snow and we talk about how much you do expect in your backyard. here's the latest on traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks, justin. this is probably one of the

areas we're seeing the most congestion. as you see it's not much at all. volume is lighter than normal on the west side at liberty road headed towards the route 70 interchange. 95 southbound through the white marsh boulevard area down towards the townls. aside from that, we're looking good and incident free around the area except one accident in howard county. as we check the city cameras, jfx looking good in both directions. jamie and megan, back to you. we love him. justin is giving us numbers and making us go holy shovel. >> so let me translate what justin just said. it's not gonna miss us. we're gonna get it. linda so is live with those who got the message. linda? >> reporter: they are hearing the message loud and clear at the giant in rodgers forge. this is martin. good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> reporter: good, good. so what happened in there? >> i went in and had my cart which i picked up outside. i was bagging oranges and look

agent a few things, i turned around and someone had taken my cart. all's fair in love and war, i guess. >> reporter: you poor thing. what are you out here getting today? >> today mees a wife's birthday. happy birthday, sweetie. so i'll be picking ape few things for a gourmet meal that we'll be having, which i will be cooking. >> reporter: very good. so it will be a nice weekend. >> yes, absolutely. >> reporter: you are smart. you came early even though someone stole your shopping cart but later on, it will be a zoo. >> it will be. good luck to you guys. have fun in the snow. >> reporter: thank you very much, martin. go get a cart. thanks. you heard it. it's only about 6:30 already that gentleman lost his cart inside. somebody took it from him. a lot of shoppers we're seeing. there was actually a line of shoppers waiting for the doors to open at 6:00 this morning. so i guess the word of advice today is if you still have some shopping to do, get out early, get it done early because it's

only going to get worse. it's going to get really busy later in the day. for now, we're live in rodgers forge, linda so, abc 2 news. it qob up to three months before haiti makes a final decision on ten americans charged thursday with child kidnapping. the missionaries attempted to take 33 combrun documented children across the border into the dominican republic. a spokeswoman says she believes god wall cause their release. you know, you update your facebook status to let your friends know what you are up to, but a posting by a fugitive near buffalo helped police capture him. had he been on the run for more than a year. so on a whim, police checked his facebook page and sure enough, there he was. he even posted his own wanted poster. more importantly, it also said where he was. so police with great police work went out there and arrested him. he is in jail here this

morning. there you go. brilliant posting. a wanted poster. all right. near the cleaner greener solution to driving. >> even the prius isn't immune to toyota's troubles. he is accused of killing the king of pop. where he will be this morning. we are sorting out a tremendous amount of snow information. i have the stats for the weather dekes. i wanted to leave you with this one to chew on before we get to the forecast. so far we've had 35.6 inches, ranking us number 14th of all time winters dating back to 1883. if we get ten inches, the new rank would be number 7. 15, number 5, 17 inches number 3. the big wallop of 22.5 if we get that much snow in baltimore that will be the second all- time snowiest winters. kim? >> reporter: we are mostly incident free around the major

roadways. it will probably be a different story this evening. now let's get a check on the buses and trains with mta's mark jones. >> reporter: good morning on the buses and trainsp look for hearvey on the 3, 19 and 5 bus lines. no major delays, might lal metro subway on time and up to speed. look going for travel now on the camden, penn and brunswick lines. for the mta transit team, i'm mark jones.

we're 20 away from 7:00. dr. conrad murray will surrender to authorities seven months after the king of pop's

sudden death. latoya always said she believed he should face manslaughter charges. his lawyer says he didn't prescribe or administer anything that should have killed michael jackson. more problems for toyota. the japanese automaker plans to recall 70,000 prius models because of brake problems. they also want to look into brake problems with the luxe lexus model. i don't know if you heard, but we're getting a snowstorm this weekend. >> what? >> yeah. >> news to me. no, we knew it. went to the grocery store and it was packed. everybody's getting the last- minute essentials. >> reporter: if you still want the essentials, you'd better hurry. live at the giant where shoppers are already heading in and filling up the carts. we'll have a live report next. driving in the storm can be dangerous. sometimes just driving can be dangerous. how to stay safe. if you are flying out of

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. had to buy the milk, toilet paper and bread and then get all of the super bowl sixin's. -- fixens. >> as soon as you open your eyes tomorrow morning, we'll be here. is that a deal? >> absolutely. >> let's find out from our weatherman. here he is, justin berk. >> we've got maryland's most powerful doppler radar on the screen. we want to show you our sweep. wanted to highlight one thing we can do here is change the filter. i wanted to eliminate some of those false echoes. we could actually bring this down a little bit and show you what's happening in virginia. it looks like stuff in southern maryland, but if i actually bring down the filter, we can

eliminate those false echoes. it looks like it's coming down on the regional radars. the real stuff is back in virginia, lynchburg, roanoke down into north carolina and west virginia. that's the stuff behind this line that will move through the area. that's why i'm calling 10:00 to 2:00 to start. a line of severe weather is pushing through the florida panhandle right now. that is one sign of the tremendous amount of tropic at moisture and heat. so we have to deal with that and that's converging with a fading jet stream across the region. the northern southern branches coming together. we'll mix in some of that heat, which means it translates to sleet. that will waste a few hours of snowfall potential. the moisture's there, but we go to sleet this afternoon and add ice onto it. the temperature's in the mid- 30s.

once it begins, it will pick up in the fist couple of hours. hopefully you won't get slick. tomorrow's snow, not the heavy wet stuff, but the light fluffy stuff we pick up the totals. you could wake up with a foot and we could pick up another foot throughout the day. slightly slower on the eastern shore and over 2 feet amounts into the mountains to our west. kim? >> the fact that the roads are dry and volume is lighter than normal contributing to an incident free morning here. we have a little bit of slowing here on harford road. aside from that, traffic is looking good. southbound 95 as you make your way from the area down towards the 895 split. as we check around baltimore city here downtown at fayette and st. paul street, traffic looks good. jamie, megan, back to you. there are a lot of schools

closing earlier in our area so keep your eyes to the bottom of the screen as we scroll them all morning long. forget vancouver, we could hold the winter olympics here. >> i like the way you think. this will be ridiculous. linda so is live as we could be shoveling history this weekend. linda? >> reporter: that's right. okay, before you go out and break any records, first you've got to get the shopping done. keep the kids, the husband, the wife happy at home this weekend. this is margaret. margaret, you came out extra early because you forgot one thing, right? >> that's right. i forgot batteries. >> reporter: did you have any luck? >> no, they are out of the d batteries so i did not have the luck. >> reporter: how does it look in there? >> it's very crowded. there's lines in every one of the lane. i'm glad they didn't have them so i wouldn't have to stand in

the lines. >> reporter: you were smart and got your shopping done yesterday? >> yeah, i got out at 6:30, 7:00, so i was glad i got in early. >> reporter: what are your plans? >> we're ready to have our fireplace going. >> reporter: you are still on the hunt for the batteries? >> i am. i will go to 33rd street and see if they have them there. >> reporter: good luck. she needed those d batteries, by the way, for her flashlight. they tell us to deep water, flashlights and batteries on hand in case you lose power. you want those essentials on. don't use a candle because that could be bad. if you need to get your shopping done, come out early because it will only get busier later in the day. we'll stay here and let you know what's happening. we'll have a report at 9:00 a.m. another shopper heading inside. back to you, guys.

>> thank you, linda. hey, listen, southwest airlines already canceled some of tomorrow's flights out of bwi thurgood marshall. a spokesperson says they will be canceling flights beginning at 2:00. no southwest flights at bwi from 2:00 until sunday morning if he earliest. the airline says customers with reservations will be able to reschedule at no extra cost. i understand amtrak trains will not be running south of d.c. today. they canceled all of those trying to get to the carolinas. milk, check. snuggie check. did you check the liquor stores? they are as crowded as the grocery stores. the scepter for disease control is out with the list to keep you safe. number one, drinking water. number two, canned, no cooked food, okay? number three is the nonelectric can opener. for a look at the complete

list, log on to abc2news.com and look at the right-hand side of the home page under the most popular stories. and a reminder on abc2news.com, you can check the live radar and track when the storm's going to hit you. if you are snowed in or tired of duiveling, why not john us on air and on line. we'll have a 4:00 show one hour earlier. so remember if you see anything interesting out there, snap a picture of it then e-mail us. it's pix@wmar.com. and two police officers investigating a shooting find themselves under fire from two suspectsp. >> it happened in oakmont area in the park heights area. sherrie johnson has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. a baltimore city detective is

expected to be released from shock trauma after a shoot-out with two suspects. the two plain clothed officers were investigating another shooting when they approached a group of men on a porch. that's when shots raping out. when the smoke cleared, a detective was shot several time times in the arm. the officials with a four-year veteran and saw combat in iraq. >> this is the kind of action men and women of this department are willing to do to put bad guys in jail that have these begins on the streets of our cities. >> the injured suspect was taken to sinai hospital where he was last reported in critical condition. this is the second police- involved shooting this year and the first to end in death. today is her first full

day on the job but stephanie rawlings-blake took the oath of office to become the 49th mayor of baltimore. on the heels of the scandal that cost former mayor sheila dixon her job, rawlings-blake already formed a transition team to try to plug a hole in next year's budget. the first of the cuts comes from her own office. >> mark my word. we will keep what works and fix when's not broken so our people emerge stronger. together we can and will build a better, safer, stronger baltimore. >> there was no pomp and circumstance. no big gala last night, all that we've seen in the past. yesterday was a thank you and let's go to work. we have a traffic warning that involves killer roads. a new report shows the dangers of roads in the area. our partnership with the

scripps howard news service reveals which roads are more deadly and what day, month, and time most fatal crashes early. >> in the morning, we like to think motorists have a good night's sleep but on the way home they are probably more tired, distracted thinking about the day's events. >> more 4,000 people have been killed an roads around baltimore in the last 15 years. that's about enough to fill every seat at the hippodrome twice. our coverage of killer roads does not end. this morning on "good morning, maryland" at 9:00, jofs si sterman takes you in depth and shows you the dangerous roads that you live near. monday morning we'll talk about the winter snowstorm and number two the super bowl. >> of course you'll be talking about who won and the plays and everything. you'll also be talking about this. >> keep your hands off my mama, keep your hands off my doritos. >> we decided to make casual

friday all week. >> if it's mandatory, it can't be casual. >> that's not enough to haunt you. nobody wants to think about their work place like that. all right. we're talking about the commercials. one advertiser who you won't see at all is pepsi. the company wants to focus on social networking. all right. winter storm warning statewide. still expecting that snow to move in between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. once it begins, your first flakes it gets heavy within the couple of hours. don't get stuck because it will be an issue. on average, 12 to 24 inches of snow. there could be slightly higher amounts in the hills of howard county, carroll county and hair ford zone of baltimore county. when we mix in some sleet that will take away a few hours of potential snowfall. then we bring down the colder

air and the heaviest snow will be tomorrow morning through about lunchtime or early afternoon. could see 26 to 30 plus into the mountains, west of frederick, west virginia and virginia. on the eastern shore, you are mixing in more ice. so much to sort through but the storm will have temperatures at the start in the mid-30s. we pull into 25 and drop throughout the day to 15 tomorrow night. another snowstorm is possible to come in on tuesday and wednesday of next week. kim? >> we're still accident free around the area. no problems around the beltway. i think a lot of people are heeding your warnings around the beltway. really no problems. that's all the time we have right now, but of course we'll continue all morning long with the snow coverage. >> all right. we'll see you at 9:00.

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