family of a blind maryland man is worried after he vanished a week ago. the conflicts reports police are trying to put together this morning. $125 million power ball jackpot, we could know -- we do know who sold it. one of the top quarterbacks has a reason to be proud. where he stands with a big record. all that straight ahead on this tuesday, december 27th. i'm charley crowson. things getting back to normal, maybe a short workweek for you. how is the weather going to be?

let's check in with justin berk. >> dundalk 41, 30s north and west. 35 churchville. 37 manchester. the clouds rolled in. this is coming earlier than expected. showers back in towards the mountains. look at this hot mess here. we've got ourselves low pressure turning through the ohio valley. mix on the backside, there will be snow from illinois up through indiana and michigan. we get on the warm side of storm. heavy rain spills our way and possible flooding. 35-40, cloudy. mid and upper 40s, rain arrives earlier and holds us back from 50. showers to rain, wind in to the evening. the outlook through 2012, coming up. good morning everyone. getting ready to head out this morning, expect quiet conditions for the most part. especially around the baltimore

region. down to dc, one problem to report on i-9 a, three lanes blocked i-95, you may want to hop on u.s. 29. it's looking pretty good at maryland 108. the beltway, quiet conditions for you this morning on the northside of 695. this just in to the abc2 news room, row house fire happened in north baltimore. a man and woman made it out after the flames shot through the duct work. medics took the woman to the hop. two other people living next door also suffered minor smoke inhalation. no word on the cause of the fire. developing story this morning, a maryland family is frantic after their blind grandson vanished. mitchell smith was seen december 16th, getting on a train in dc. abc2 news linda so is standing

by with more. >> reporter: police received conflicting reports of when mitchell smith was last seen. one thing they know is he never reached his final destination in alabama. smith boarded a train bound for birmingham december 16thel a passenger says she saw him headed to new orleans when a conductor said he couldn't get to birmingham and get off the train in charlotte. his grandmother smith says she bought his ticket to birmingham and never knew about a transfer. it's unlike him to go this long without calling. >> something is wrong. i believe now that amtrak put him on the wrong train. >> smith is 5 is 1'", a scar op his right temple from a shooting that left him blind. he sometimes wears dark glasses and carries a red and white cane. if you have information, call

911. linda so, abc2 news. investigators in pg county, officers are trying to track down the person who beat a 70- year-old woman. he broke in through the front porch window and trashed the place before attacking the woman. she woke up to find a man in her bedroom. after he left the victim crossed the street and asked the neighbor to call police. >> she was covered in blood, badly beaten and i made her sit down, went and got a towel and was starting to wipe off some of the blood. my husband called the police and the ambulance. >> the victim has lived in the neighborhood for 20 years. police say they don't have a description yet on the suspect. investigators in howard county are trying to figure out what started a fire at a motel. this happened around 9:00 at the white elk motel in elk ridge. it took firefighters 15 minutes to get the flames under control, no one was injured.

what would you do with $125 million, pay off house or debt? one person is mega rich this morning after winning the ticket at wesleys liquor store. someone bought the ticket three days ago. part of family that owns the lounge for 61 years. wesleys stands to make $25,000 for being the proprietary who sold the ticket. >> i said for a liquor store to hit it is like you hitting the lottery yourself. it's huge. i'm very excited. it's really big. everybody is calling and talking. it's awesome. >> here is what going on. wesley says the winner call to confirm the numbers but did not leave a name. the wesleys plan is to split the money made off of the ticket between family and employees. what would you do with the money? head to my facebook page, charley crowson, wmar tv on

facebook, let me know if you won $125 million, what would you do with the money? moving on now to what works and how it can work, recycle your wrapping paperer and break town the boxes. department of public works in baltimore says you should recycle wrapping paper, the issue paper, cardboard boxes, holiday cards and envelopes. the boxes will end up in someone's at expik backs of her cards don't get tossed to the side either. if you don't live in the city, tough links to the store at our website, abc2news.com. that will give you more information for surrounding counties. quite a night for drew brees and the new orleans saints.

drew brees hit the record for yards passing in the season breaking a previous mark for 27 years. drew threw for 307 yards and 4 touchdowns. did you get a smart phone for the holidays? text wmar, get the latest news and information you need where ever you go. apps feature live traffic cameras. baltimore's most accurate weather forecast and live streaming video of breaking news as it happens to the smart phone. we will have the information later here on good morning maryland. they want your money, identity and also want your lives. security threats some u.s. subscribers are facing this morning. also your kids playing with barbies for the holidays. not having one of these could

pay for part of your kids college education. just how valuable these things are.

pasadena got snow monday. childrens museum kicked off the snow day. kids had a chance to play in 45- tons of the white stuff. some built snowmen, snow castles and others went for the traditional snowballs. that's 45-tons of snow. what is this snow thing? i've seen pictures, i've heard stories. we don't have it this time around. another warm storm, pushing rain in to west virginia, just

the leading edge sneaking in here. cloudy skies already, the showers pushing on back towards west. should get here close to lunchtime, 39 degrees baltimore. be 3 ocean city. -- 33 ocean city. surge of warmer air, showers could arrive as close as lunchtime and then steadier this afternoon. we will talk about the outlook through new year's day in a moment. here is angela with traffic. on the roadways, following an accident in pg county on i- 95. left lane remains shutdown, after the bw parkway. had a tractor trailer collision. it has been removed. we are dealing with a fuel spill. your travels on 95, through ellicott and columbia, quiet through the region, no reported traffic conditions for you. also, as we get a live look at

the harrisburg expressway, travels on i-83, nice quiet drive in the parkton to 695. back to you. did you play with barbies when you were a kid? >> of course. >> the value is about to go up and up and up. new report says the value of a barbie doll is going to continue going up, in some case sold for thousands of dollars. do you have barbies? >> i do. >> 1970 barbie, that could sell for $200, can go up to $27,000 if it is in mint condition. check that out. same sex marriages can feel in many states and maryland included in that. what a new report says about how much more same sex couples are paying in taxes. huge race for the presidential nod, republicans getting tighter. controversy about newt gingrich's personal life with a week to go in to the iowa caucuses. you are watching good morning maryland. first and only at 4:30.

new tougher teen driving rules in to effect in pennsylvania. new rules says a teen driver can only have one passenger under the age of 18 who isn't a family member. authorities say a missing 9- year-old girl has been found dead and a family friend who was watching the gill is facing murder charges. deputies for found the body yesterday but not saying where. an award is being given. a girl was kidnapped in mid december. life look at our national radar, snow in the forecast for indiana, michigan and ohio. wet storm system, spreading moisture south in to ohio valley, great lakes and east today. justin will have more in a bit. today is national fruitcake

day. they are usually given as a joke gift as a tradition dating back to the 50s. gallop poll shows newt gingrich dropping. controversy is now over newt gingrich's personal life. kuren redmond has more. >> there is only 7 days left of campaigning before the iowa caucuses. campaigns of all candidates are coming out swinging with ads and accusations. newt gingrich on top with 26% of the vote, mitt romney is close behind with 23%. new hampshire, voters vote next week. romney 39%. perry released a new ad accusing candidates of being washington insiders. romney is increasing efforts in

iowa releasing ads. newt gingrich's campaign is facing questions over how his first marriage ended. he says his first wife initiated the divorce. documents uncovered indicate that newt gingrich filed for divorce and his ex-wife asked the judge to block the process. some believe it will come down to newt gingrich, mitt romney, and ron paul, who is gaining momentum. >> the system drives out or excludes 5/7ths of the republicans in the field. >> jon huntsman is the only gop candidate who will not in b in iowa, banking showing in new hampshire, up next. kuren redmond, abc2 news. you may not be faster than a speeding bullet baa missouri company can make it bullet proof. they make computer bags and briefcases that can double as

bullet proof vests. >> we started to look at what are the commonalitys, who do people bring to meetings. meetings are important because 70% of workplace homicides are linked to discipline termination and appeals hearings. what do people bring to those types of meetings? computer cases and bring portfolios. >> after a month in business, a hundred bullet proof bags have been sold. study finds same sex spouses are paying $6000 a year in extra taxes compared to heterosexual married couples. this means same sex couples can't combine income and deductions to take advantage of lower tax rates. the imbalance persists. more than 12 states grant full or partial marriage rights to same sex couples. what do you think about the idea of same sex couples paying

more in taxs that. leave your comments, facebook fan page. join the conversation. lawmakers are a lot wealthier than most of us. according to the ww post , the gap between americans and the representatives in congress is wide ening considerably. the post reports between 1984 and 2009, media net wort of a member of the house went to $725,000 a year. alaska fair bank protesters are in a standoff with government to maintain right through free speech. occupiers will continue the protests regardless of insist i camping. temperatures will rise above 0 in fair banks this week. they are committed to their cause. it is 14 degrees below zero in fair banks, alaska, that is

amazing. many people turn to stratfor for information about security threats. now, some subscribers are facing a threat thanks to a hacker. kelly has the story. >> reporter: personal information of thousands of credit card users compromised after anonymous struck global security firm, stratfor, last weekend. allen is a stratfor subscriber and retired state employee and lost $700 after hackers stole his banking information and made 4 donations to charities. >> since we picked it up, and i was able to identify within two hours, under two hours, we were able to stem that. had i not, they would have escalated the amounts. >> reporter: according to an on line post, anonymous claimed to obtain information of thousands of the members including government clients like austin

energy. on twitter the hackers boasted about swiping 2.7 million stratfor emails and thousands of additional credit card numbers. saying the attack could have been prevented with simple encryption. >> i was fortunate because this could very easily have destroyed the holiday season for us, could destroy our financial lives. >> reporter: bar says the groups attempts to be modern day robinhood by taking from the rich and giving to the poor has done more harm than good. >> striking out at corporations or entities, it sounds good, but it hurts the little guy. that was kelly reporting. stratfor, emailed clients whose information was compromised encouraging to monitor bank accounts and credit reports for

disparity. we show this general map, eastern third, two-thirds of the nation, highlighting the temperatures, we are down to 39, there is no substantial cold air. it's fairly uniform as we have 35 in detroit. 44 atlanta. that's not much of a spread along this distance. there is a storm generating here. it's starting to swell up and actually starting to show full force. it's tapping in to the gulf of mexico moisture and there will be thunderstorms. severe threat just clips on through virginia beach, stays to the south. we could get a rumble of up thisser across the -- of thunder across the bay. cold air not that cold. near or just above freezing snow events, heavy wet one for indiana and illinois as we are watching the storm track past overhead or to the northwest, we stay on the warm side and get train. there is the snow, we miss out

on it. starting around noon, through the afternoon, it could get heavy. this wasting through, gets out of here if a hurry. by 10:00, most of the rain maybe cut off. turns to snow back in the mountains. mix of clouds tomorrow, strong winds be happed the system. today -- behind the system. rain develops by lunchtime. it will cut off tonight as temperatures shout down in to the 30s. we will check out the weekend in a moment. it's not bad at all, especially if you are traveling through baltimore city. a check of 895 and 95, around the tunnels looking pretty good. also looking good for those of you heading south of baltimore as we get a look at traffic flow. northbound and southbound lanes, moving well for you. this time of morning, another live look at 95, 95 at white marsh boulevard.

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killed monday. heavy bombardments stopped overnight. the tanks were seen pulling out of the street. al-qaeda front group in iraq claimed responsibility of attacks that killed 69 last week. the worst attacks in the months and came days after the u.s. announced the war in iraq was officially over. final days now for visitors to view the body of north korean's leader kim jong-il. eun gained prominence since the death of his father. he met with the first lady and business leaders yesterday. pay dispute left patients without care. estimated 10,000 doctors walked off the job. monday was the 6th day of the strike. by then, 420 doctors had been arrested for failing to perform duties. a indian health official denied saying 40 patients died since

the strike began. blind man goes missing after boarding a train in dc. the conflicting information his family has gotten on where he was last seen. same sex couples maybe shelling out for taxes. why the imbalance? republican presidential hopefuls hit the road hoping to capture the top vote in the iowa. it's tuesday, december 27th, good morning maryland, i'm charley crowson. let's get a check of the forecast now and say hello to meteorologist, justin berk. temperatures 39 degrees. same story towards york pa. mountains 34. not good news for the ski resort. temperatures going to warm up from here. pushing in warm air, clouds and yes that's more rain than anything else. mountains of west virginia.

unfortunately, beneficial snow, you are going to lose the stuff. a whole soaker coming on through. this same storm pattern and looks like we are going to continue with the track of low pressure to the northwest. it's going to be a quick mover. all the snow on the backside, ma misses us. we will push it in to the mid and upper 40s. 49, anywhere from midday through the afternoon , the rain gets zeddier and -- steadier and heavier heavier. lanes are open 95 after the bw parkway. looking good towards that region on i-95. u.s. 29, a very viable route at this time with light traffic flow in th