salvation army at 1114 north cal berth street. and it is going to be = q÷anoth frigid night across maryland. we're going on more than 48 hours where we have not gone above freezing across most of the state. subfreezing weather over a ]always the concern. let's take a at what we're seeing in terms of did news here that is our peak wind gusts have been dying off. it was still a bit blustery but not the powerful winds 45 itmil per hour we had yesterday. these about half that strength. our current temperature right around 30 degrees from the inner harbor to annapolis. upper 20s on the 1domap. from cambridge back across through frederick. a frigid night below freezing on the way. it's only going to get colder. snow in pennsylvania nothing here right now but there is an tomorrow afternoon. talk more about that coming up. this evening 20s brisk and breezy definitely a few clouds

on the increase. we'll talk about thisj, storm on the way coming up. thanks, wyatt. the bitter cold is taking a toll on some special wildlife. the national aquarium is caring wrescued from the cold atlantic waters. many of the turtles became stranded. the five turtles were flown from the ?ú5new england aquari to baltimore early this month. another five will arrive next week. you can always log on to abc2news.com/weather for the very latest forecast and you rw can track severe weather right down to your very own neighborhood. wyatt justin and lynnette will take a look at the wild weather we will this year. our special books special saturday night at 7:00 p.m. well, tonight we now know what caused that massive five last week. late this afternoon the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives announced that

the fire was set by someone. but right now the atf isn't shoe if it was é#4kintentional not. roosevelt leftwich is live in downtown baltimore to explain it for us >> reporter: when the fire first started here at 404 baltimore street, they originally thought that there was something fishy today the atf and a joint team of investigators called the fire incendiary but not necessarily arson. let me explain the difference to you here. there's a fine line with this. the atf ñ#wñsays about a 90 per team combed through the rubble and they found evidence that the fire was not an accident, but that does not mean it was arson. last monday fire 9hfátáu)oyed 4 baltimore street and the businesses inside and damaged several others nearby but the atf says it needs to find out that whoever touched off the fire did it either vj$ intentionally or if it was an accident. >> it doesn't necessarily mean we're dealing with crime of arson. inas i understand year simply

means there was human involvement %('÷that played a p in this fire. >> reporter: they are going to put up fthese fliers around to offering a $5,000 reward to find out who may have set this information. the number on your screen&&úlc% 1-888-atf fire. they have so far interviewed about 60 different people here. people have been very forthcoming with any information about what touched off this fire. up ll have a lot more flduáájj at 6:00. >> thanks, rosie. investigators have not yet released a cause the yesterday's baltimore fire that killed 6 people including three children. richard and eleanor satterfield and her three children all died in that fair. on saturday firefighters will be back in the family's neighborhood on home wood avenue making ckhpsure everyone a working smoke detector and install free ones for those who

don't. they will also offer a free home fire safety inspection. results of investigation into last week's five alarm fire in mount vernon suggests an electrical problem may have sparked the blaze. now as jeff hager reports questions remain over whether businesses there to reopen. >> reporter: it appears the fire climbed the four story building through the ventilation shaft guting indian restaurant and neighbors offices. surveying the smoke and water damage at donna's coffee bar. >> for 8 hours they were putting out a fire and water kept screaming down. >> ;á:vreporter: the owner isn sure if she'll ever be able to reopen again. >> it's overwhelming. every time i came into the and see d look around it and smell it, feel the cold and the emptiness of it. >> reporter: the historic

baltimore's cultural district has had many faces since the 1800s. from a mansion to a luxury hotel to its modern day mix of yes very 0 was drawn to the site 18 years ago because of its age old charm. >> i would very much love to be back in here in this space. i think a reopening %win this space would be wonderful. it's the innate charm of the building, the brick walls, the structure, the location, the view in mount vernon, it's just now don't you. >> reporter: but it will only be after workers strip the building down to its bare bones plaintiff as she did before designing hxh(ñcoffee shop almost 2 decades ago that she'll find out if the structure will survive yet another facelift. >> it was here during the fire. it probably got /][ñmore water it really needed. >> reporter: for now she'll spend the holidays running her

other location. charles village cross keys and columbia choosing to focus on she still has and not what she's lost. >> we've had wonderful e-mails and calls and letters and just people hugging me and saying how sorry they are and how much they will .miss the donna's here. so it's very touching. >> reporter: in north baltimore jeff hager abc2 news. the owners of the coffee bar had insurance to cover the business and its employees and have already been shifted to some of donna's other locations. we've all been to a heated school board meeting or two but nothing like :n.the one in pan city flammed. a gunman with a history of violence fired point blank at several board members incredibly no one was hurt. >> reporter: first time you you feel sick. i mean, you feel helpless you feel like you want to jump through your tv to knock over the gunman. this comes without saying we have to warn you what you're about to see it's going to be tough it's going to be rough.

don't want to watch please shut your eyes. only the gunman was killed. you're not going to see that. we'll take you to the school board meeting happening in panama city. hs teacher was fired. so he spray paints the red v on the wall. he demands a women and children scramble we want to watched board member ginger littleton who comes back into the room and slugs duke ñher purse. bill hess felt tries to convince duke to let the others go. >> will you let them %íúñgo yo obviously upset at me. >> reporter: then duke pulls the trigger on a 9mm. he misses shot after shot. security guaré)d

life. >> god was standing in front of me. i'm telling you and i believe previous record where he was sentenced for stalking and shooting his own wife. he served four years in jail for that. in almost a decade amtrak will let you bring unloaded guns on to trains. you can only do this on trains unloaded d9-áttt(t guns will be stored in train lockers. it's called amtrak at least 24 hours before departure to nenever the rail agency. lawmakers say the ban was kñc lifted to fall in line with air travel rules. a few schools in our state received some national recognition. middle brook elementary school baltimore county grayson national title one schools. each was recognized for sustained high achievement and given 2 howard. title 1 is the largest federal aid program to ñ+wschools and i

is given to improve student achievement in high poverty areas. in this tough economy people are looking for ways to save on their heat and others homes. abc2 is working for you with simple tips to keep your family safe when using some of these alternative heating sources. a mother of two is d on mcdonald's. coming up in tonight's consumer alert, why she's upset about the fast food giant's meals. kind of space. still ahead how a rooftop is a dream come true for one small business. check out you. one rior operations due to the 3q

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infants ñh past decade. the consumer products safety commission voted unanimously to ban the manufacture sale and resale of the cribs. they have a side rail that moves up and 5&çddown allowing parents to easily lift their child from the crib. so you shouldn't buy them online if somebody is selling them there either. it's the season of giving, but are you also making yourself a target for thieves. we have tips to keep you safe. this time of year we often carry more money and package than usual. so security experts say it's even more important to 2u attention. avoid distractions like talking on your cell phone. and abc2 news intern shows us how he saidly it is to target someone. watch as she pre-tender to be texting and bumps woman. at that very moment her accomplice addition into her bag and steals her wallet. >> she hit me hard enough i was distracted enough for you to put your knjyhand in my bag. and it really disturbance me

÷could happen to me. a california mom is taking on a fast food giant with the help of the consumer group center for yzscience and publ interest. she's suing mcdonald's to force them to offer lower calorie meals. she says her 6-year-old is so she can't win. >> you're a mom, you're their mom, isn't it your job to tell them no? >> i can tell them no all day long, they still see that you've really got to have this. >> mcdonald's says it does offer lower calorie happy meal options, and couldn't disagree more with the y. of our foods and marketing practices. san francisco recently became the first city to ban fast food restaurants from including toys meet those nutritional

guidelines. at a time when it seemed difficult enough to hold on to the job you have, a new approach is catching on. starting your own business in the company of other people, trying to [÷do the exact same thing. samantha hayes shows us a new kind of office space where coffee brakes is mandatory and sharing ideas is the biggest perk of all. >> reporter: on the roof of t washington d. c. condo building sits the realization of zach axelrod's dream. >> literally it's as simple as the bqy÷sun's raise heating tha >> reporter: solar panels is not a new idea it's how he uses them. that's his business and it's off. >> we're essentially a lower cost utility for him and obviously a green utility. >> reporter: skyline renovations could have failed éfirst year but zach axelrod says the key to his success was not having a great

idea but sharing it with other entrepreneurs in a very xunique office space. called the affinity lab. this eclectic office space above a city diner is ink you baiting dozens of other small businesses. >> in 9 years w']we've launche over a hundred businesses, and about 83% of them are still in business today. >> reporter: officer says collaboration creates success. >> there's nothing better than being in a room full of 35 people to share with. >> reporter: skylin8cdinvasion renting a phone and computer line for $300 a month. one of the perks of this office space his marketing team and web site designers are other entrepreneurs on the other side of the wall launching their ;e dreams. >> this is really a blast. >> reporter: in washington, i'm samantha hayes. the owners of the affinity lab are considering launching the same y5çbusiness idea that

shared office space outside of washington.iv7 really for some good news from the weather department. we need it kelly. >> do you have it? >> a little bit. you know, winds have died down p a little bit kelly still breezy today but not incredible wind. >> sunshine. > a little sun, and this storm that's coming in the direction of the east coast tomorrow looks to track mainly south g) us. some snow showers for us tomorrow night but we're not going to get the kind of snow d. c. and areas into virginia are going to get which they could get a couple of inches down there. that's good. >> sort of kind of. >> i 9/$said a little bit. i didn't say a lot. 70s and sunshine. let's take a look outside. there's some good news we were looking at this smoke trail yesterday. sstacks downtown you c see that we still have a lot of wind whenever that smoke is

bent near 90-degree angle, but a little less aggressive than ook at that line yesterday. i mean, this thing was like vertical. i mean horizontal. so smoke is trying to rise a little bit out there. check out the winds. west at 10, 9aka but not the powerhouse winds of yesterday. but pretty cool looking shot there as we are in the dusk lighting of the evening sunset. of course much earlier about half an hour ago. but still [ñja little bit of li to be seen. through the day baltimore finding us in clouds mixed with sun, a little clearing later in the day. we lose most of the clouds. nice looking finish to the day and it?vmwas less windy at lea mount airy blue skies especially into the afternoon. but again as we take a look at washington you can see that clearing pattern of what we're saying tto hold t going a8 especially down this way. we think the clouds roll in big time tomorrow and there could even be a wintry mix before it's all said and done especially d. c. southward come

tomorrow. temperatures +jpmid to upper 2 out there. ñnet sites centerville frederick flirting with the mid 20s. we'll be watching this closely tomorrow for the southern piece towards fredericksburg that's where the snow is going to be. temperatures upper 20s to low teens in the western part of the state. the winds finally dying down a lot today. still breezy, winds of yesterday thank goodness. highs struggling to get to 32. we did not reach freezing in baltimore. now talking 48 hours plus of subfreezing conditions, and we're -&lgoing to stay below freezing all night tonight. our next chance to go above freezing may be tomorrow afternoon, better chance is toward saturday. so our satellite radar trend right nowajpgenerally clear across maryland. not much going on. but zooming out a little bit here two things are happening,

number one slightly milder air beginning to try to get back into the southeast. here, though. and in addition that move by warmer air the clash of the airmasses plus a disturbance above all adding up to a developing xdstorm out this way out towards western kentucky. this storm will continue to march its way from west to east and collide with that cold air the mid atlantic. sounds like a snowy scenario for our friends to the south. the track of this storm just south of baltimore. we'll get some snow zmshowers heavier snows inch, 2, 3 inches. virginia beach maybe 2 to 4 inches. that storm blows out to sea but not here in baltimore. here we think maybe some snow showers. overnight 17 partly é[cloudy tomorrow. still the chance for snow showers especially after lunch time. anything that falls will stick. 32 the freezing mark. 19 tomorrow night show showers heavier well ñ.

7-day forecast after that southern storm tomorrow night. we're talking about 30s. friday and saturday. iodays approaching storm for ravens sunday. >> kelly. >> thanks a lot wyatt. we want to remind you about the 12th annual kindertime toy drive. it's your chance to +kúmake th holidays brighter for a child in need. we're asking you to help us out with new unwrapped unopened toys. symphony orchestra if you have any old instruments you can bring them in for the orchestra kids program. you can drop off toys and instruments right here in our lobby +&i2" our wyatt everhart will be live for the toy drive during our newscast between 5:00 and 6:30. you can drop ydv'off toys until december 22nd.

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. in tonight's health alert, the federal trade commission says there is no evidence to support dannon's claims about the benefits of its yogurt and company's advertising is misleading and is barring the

company from making some of these exaggerated claims. dannon has ?f charges. dr. timothy johnson has more. >> reporter: if you've been eating dannon's activia yogurt daily to relieve whc÷temporary irregularity or dannon active dairy drink to avoid getting sick you can stop. while these two popular dannon products do contain beneficial bacteria known as particulars, the ftc says their health benefits have been highly exaggerated. the company has agreed to settle the charges of deceptivetive advertising. the proposed prohibit the world's largest yogurt maker from claiming these products reduce the likelihood of getting a cold or the flu, relieve temporary irregularity, have ñ:bany healt benefits or performance benefits unless they are true and can be backed with scientific evidence, and says ompany

cannot manipulate the results of any tests or study. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. well, hmzfacebook founder mark zuckerberg owned the year 2010. all new at 5:30 what honor the young billionaire received.

. in the ,cñylast five days marylanders have died in-house fires. the quick thinking of an off duty firefighter e/9saved peopl how do you keep your family heated and at home safe. don harrison shows us how. >> reporter: most fires úoccur in december, january and february. one-third of all fire deaths in homes happen