you are watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. thank you so much for all your help. onto new hampshire. onto new hampshire. let's get that job done. >> reporter: in the early morning hours, eight votes all that separated first and second place in the iowa caucuses but the man who finished second did he gain the upper hand? and this morning your preschoolers help. more children are less active and what this could lead to on down the road. those stories straight ahead but fares code blue in effect. that means baltimore city opened 10 emergency shelters and emergency workers will check on anyone who is vulnerable and the stories are straight ahead on this wednesday january 4th. good morning. i am charley crowson. thanks for joining us. and it's cold outside. dangerously cold. let's head into the studio and

check in with meteorologist and say good morning to justin berk. >> yesterday we talked about temperatures back to normal. this morning, it's bit more legitimate. coldest morning since february 9th when we were down to 13 degrees -- degrees. there's a hint of what we would look at. winds called down. we could have more snow showers today. 14 that is without the wind and the actual temperature and they are down to 10 in york. 11 hagerstown been the eastern shore 18 in easton. doesn't take much wind. a little push is knocking us into the single digits. 4:31 while we are talking about the chilly numbers, we talked about yesterday what some of this cold air could do to the infrastructure and more on that, hint, hint, let's go back to charley with how the cold air impacted people. >> yes. cold temperatures from tuesday that caused a water main to burst in southwest baltimore

county. the pipe burst early in the morning forcing 8 schools to close. they are open this morning and the water has been restored to homes. but what this could could mean for the roads let's check in with angela. >> reporter: that could ns if y travel in the area of halethorpe. so use caution if you are traveling -- if you are traveling in that area. off to a quiet start for the most part. wendy conditions that justin mentioned we have wind warms on hatem and tidings memorial bridge a first look at 29. look pretty good for the most part. no reported troubles or delays this morning. very light volume as a matter of fact. let's get another live look. this is 95 north of maryland 43. again for those of you making the drive in on 95 coming from cecil county, wind warnings on the tidings memorial bridge. less than two hours ago, we finally found out the winner of the iowa caucuses. margin of victory ever so close. abc2 news linda so is here with one of the closest races that

state ever seen. linda. >> reporter: it was very close race. winer is mitt romney by 8 votes edging out rick santorum and ron ball third. newt gingrich 4th and rick perry and michelle bachmann. it came down to the wire with the santorum make last-minute surge. romney held onto victory and told supporters it's time to move onto new hampshire. santorum and ron paul say they will turn their focus to new hampshire where the nation's first primary will be held next week. newt gingrich said he will carry on the campaign no matter the iowa outcome. bachmann says she is staying in the race but this may be it for rick perry who says he is returning to text tews assess the campaign. -- texas to assess the campaign. >> i decided to return to texas, assess the results of tonight'scaucus and determine whether there is a path forward for myself in this race. >> reporter: and in just a few

hours we can expect an endorsement from mitt romney. john mccain says he will endorse the former massachusetts governor. linda so, abc2 news. the baltimore county branch of the naacp will launch project 2012 to get voters involved in this year's presidential election. it will include pastors, representing thousands of city voters, and various denominations. also the baltimore city sitting senators it. will focus on registering voters and educating them on the importance of involvement and promising the votes will be protected no matter the cause. the latest on the string of break-ins the patterson park area of east baltimore. several homes have been vandalized and broken into. sherrie johnson is live inpatterson park with more. >> reporter: yes, we are here at the intersection of lakewood and baltimore street here in east baltimore and this morning baltimore city police officers are trying to figure out who is responsible for these break-

ins. as a matter of fact, coming down baltimore i. actually had a chance to see three officers patrolling the area this morning. now people who live in the patterson park area are on the lookout after they say they had about a dozen break-ins since just before christmas. one block of lakewood has been hit with four burglaries according to the neighborhood association. and people are aware and they say they are keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. now folks are working closely with police. >> kid that have been knocking on doors and to see if someone is home and signature out front and watching and we have pass aid long the information to quite of the burg -- passed onalong that information to quite of few of the burglars. >> reporter: crime has been down and officers are not ready to say whether or not the number of the burglaries are connected and may be the same person but they are investigating. reporting live in east baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. new this morning, federal

prosecutors say a former executive at m and t bank pleaded guilty to in a plot to steal more than $200,000 and export import bank of the us. she plead guilty yesterday. the bank fired her for reasons unrelated to the case. prosecutors say she had made unauthorized transfers of money in an unnamed company's account. export import company paid on the defaulted loan. it's 4:36. and tickets are sold out to the ravens game but if you are willing to pay, you can go. according to stub hub 2,000 bucks will get you a club level see the and 270 the upper deck. but most fans are enjoying the hoopla. ray rice's party last night a ray lewis was there. rice and smith sang with the fans and got involved and got leaf in on the act.

[ music ] ♪ >> i think the saddest part sigh know the lyrics to the-- part is i know the lyrics to the song. they were singing the hit from the 90s achy breaky heart. baltimore and surrounding areas are turning purple for the ravens. poe on the ground crew painted yesterday all across parts of the city. she was a park ranger a wife and mother of two. new information in the murder investigation of a park ranger gunned down near seattle and the man police say pulled the trigger. doctors are worrying about kids' inactivity. preschoolers becoming couch potatoes. you are watching "good morning maryland" first and only at 4:30a live look atlanta georgia. we are back in a bit.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. 4:39. the coldest morning since february 9th. look at this. i just wanted to pause and hear silence in the tv. you usually come running. manchester valley. one of the coldest spots in maryland at a crooked 7. that's the actual temperature. wind speeds have come up. i said they would calm down but they seem like they have picked up. averaging 5 to 10 miles per hourch gusts to 21 and -- hour. gusts to 21 and that and 7- degree temperature will take you down. 13 current temperature at northeast and sparrows point. down to 12 in annapolis. cold air worked all the way across the bay even eastern shore and the teens and there are some single digits or below zero 6 below current wind chill. we are clear and clouds to the west and next disturbance tries to slide out of the great lakes and by the afternoon, after the clear cold blast this morning we get our way with maybe more snow showers or flurries. high of only 31.

it's 4:40 on the clock and here's angela with traffic. all right. on the roadways this morning, got a problem reported for a motorists taking 95 southbound through the fort mchenry tunnel a disabled vehicle block one lane in the tunnel. we have one more southbound shut down for overnight maintenance. so just one lane getting through the tunnel southbound 95. but once you get past that point you should be good through baltimore county heading through howard county look live at 95 and 175. let's get the first look at the beltway this morning. on north side we are looking pretty good. it's clear at green spring and as you continue around on the north side on the inner loop 695 at harford road no troubles through the overly region. now back to you. a new report says nearly 80% of preschool age children are in child care centers. a study finds a lot of them are spending the days indoors. doctors at the cleveland cline he can say they worry this could lead to childhood obesity. preschool centers say there's too many restraints on playground equipment and they keep the kids indoors instead.

there's nothing like hope to repair the start for the new year. except this wasn't a little home repair. unwanted guests that took over this home. details coming up. and massive gas explosion rattleing a neighborhood. the damage and panic it caused. you are watching what's new now and next on "good morning maryland" on this wednesday, january 4th, news time now 4:42.

news time 4:44. 14 degrees and five things to know. president obama is hitting the campaign trail traveling to cleveland, ohio for an event focused on the economy. ohio remains a battleground state come the general election. and report out will be released on car sales. one report shows german cars such as the volkswagen and bmw saw a 6% sales increase. and a known and active meteor shower has begun. named for the extinct constellation will be a visible

until 5 this morning. the shower is likely to produce 100 falling stars per hour. also get ready for a little more coming out of your pocket if you shop at starbucks. prices will increase about 1%. experts say starbucks will face higher commodity costs in the coming months and that'ss the -- that's the reason for the increase. world braille dane after becoming blind in an accident at a young age he invented a sis pel system raising dots read by touch. staff in the washington state rainier park is grieving the loss of a ranger. margaret anderson is a married mother of two gunned down sundayby ben ming barnes b three hours away from seattle. the body was found tuesday at that park and an autopsy conclude he drowned and hypothermia was a factor. two guns were found nearby. some people say they heard

gunfire. >> aheard a few bangs behind me over my -- i herd a few bangs behind me over my right shoulderand assume it was avalanche control. >> it was barnes gunning down anderson as she set up a roadblock to prevent him from reaching the end full of gusts. children and adults were injured. now one of the buses rear ended the other bus and the group was part of the ski program in connecticut. those injured included one of the bus drivers. and police in new york say a man confessed to hurling crude pet row bombs in islamic cultural center and four other sites on new year's day because of a personal grievance that he had with the targets. police took the man into custody and in the suspect he made the statement implicating himself and personal problems with each location. and the green barre accused of trying to smuggle explosives on a airplane is facing charges.

he says he forgot he had the c- 4 in a carry on bag. now we are learning that's not all he tried to carry on board during a new year's eve flight. it's the plastic explosives used by demolition experts. >> it looks like on the surface it's just a poor judgment, but, a mistake. >> the fbi says c-4 was not the only lapse. the screeners found a military smoke grenade in the carry on and admonished him for that but let him continue on with the c- 4 in tow. slow airport screenings may be a thing of the past. president obama signed into law a bill to speed up the checkpoint for service members in uniform and traveling on orders. the law doesn't spell out how the ts is a will make it happen but suggest putting service members in trusted traveler programs. >> knocked me out of the bed. >> everything was like literally lit up like the

morning sun. >> nerves are frayed near lexston, kentucky where a gas line exploded. the gas company is investigating what it calls a gas ignitionincidents on the columbia. golf -- gulf transmission line. a man that lived nearby was there last night. >> everything started shake and it felt like the upstairs was being shifted. >> that's the vinyl siding on the garage door melted from the heat. thankfully no one was hurt. firefighters near houston battling a huge grass fire. the fire began monday. this is the dew from the sky where spoke can be seen from more than 100 miles away. the fire scorched 1,000 acres but no -- 12,000 acres. the cause is under investigation and no buildings are in danger of burning. >> okay, my god. >> yeah. thousands of bees took over a residents in someone's home near florida. workers found them in the ceiling and went into to put a

hole in thousands of bees as a result dropped to the floor. but get this, thousands of bees and no one was stung. crews rescued an exhausted young moose that was able to stand on a pond in new hampshire. officials say the game and fish department and washington fire rescued working together to get the moose out yesterday morning. moose was on the ice for 70 yards from the show for more than 24 hours. and couldn't get footing on the ice because of a lack of snow coverage. and a app to help people spill secrets has been shut down because of bullies. frank warren created -- created an app and people sent post cards supposed to be kept secret. his app launched a few months ago and like the post cards created digital secrets remaining anonymous. bullies started to harassing users and uploaded horrible images. >> i think there's great potential for another post secret app but i have ideas but

who to make that possible but not ready to pursue it. >> the app is closed, the post secret blog remains open. news time 4:49. winter weather is gripping the u.s. cold temperatures and snow blanketing parts of the country. lynette charles is standing by with more in the look around the u.s. >> reporter: some people in michigan are dealing with the aftermath of the new year's daywinter storm. also brought mped over 15 strong winds and hazardous driving conditions n florida, the water is cold for manatees off the coast. wildlife officials say the sea cows suffer from potentially deadly stress with water temperatures dip into the 60s a cold snap plunge temperatures into the 20s and 30s and boaters are warned to slow down as the manatees make their way to warmer water. berries and oranges and lemons in jeopardy in florida this morning. once the temperatures drop

below 32, farmers crank up the sprirchg less and water turns to ice and encapsulate the fruit and bloom at 32 degrees beneither it giving them the shelter they need to survive. while back here we are trying to sur vieivet cold morning. justin, temperatures below freezing -- survive the cold morning. justins, temperatures below freezing. >> coldest since february and it's been a while since we have seen this. i hope you are watching because i stole told you about this. a firefighter sent this to me. this is right by loch raven reservoir before the bridge. heading out in baltimore county and yeah, all it took was squall and a small area and this region up through hunt valley had road problems. people say where are the trucks, but you know what, it's an isolated area but that's what a snow squall can do, make it look like winter instantaneously while a few miles away almost nothing. today we are down to 14 in baltimore. zero in binghamton new york and

widespread single digits in the northeast. this is leading to milder air but clouds will filter back in and you can see this disturbance lined up here on the wider view. not a lot of moisture but that will carry in our direction. and we will actually tap into the lakes and maybe late afternoon heating if you call it that. just to help to bubble up the cloud. we could have late day flurries taking us through tomorrow morning. but the chance of snow showers. so basically what we are looking at with the future trend more snow back into the mountains and tomorrow morning this time we should be cloudy and again there could be flakes flying around. nothing too substantial but just a reminder that it's winter and it starts to clear out. today 31 just cold. wind not too bad. and as we go through the day, the increase in clouds could give way to late day flurries and tonight flurries or the chance of light snow showers but at least not as cold. it's loom like the iceland we are talking about around the fruit that holds at a certain temperature so it will be warm

are tomorrow but it will be to normal at 25. we will check out the extended outlook in the next half-hour. here angela with traffic. >> reporter: on the roadways a problem in the fort mchenry tunnel. one lane getting by as a disabled vehicle blocks the other lane. the southbound 95 in the fort mchenry tunnel. not a lot of activity so maybe a brief tap of the brakes and you will be be able to get through. we are good to go inform you make the drive on u.s. 29 this morning. all is quiet so far north and southbound on 29. between 108 and route 32 and a check of traffic conditions on route 50. this is u.s. 50 at i-97. 50 looks pretty good making are way to annapolis after crossing the bay bridge. keep in mind wind warnings this morning on all of our area bridges. remember, follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. back to you. when you think of the british royals, you think of glitz and glamour not crime. the murder investigation now unfolding after police found a body where queen elizabeth and the family celebrated the new year. when you go surfing, you

are supposed to have fun. a surfer ended up in need with a doctor with a close encounter with a shark. details when good morning maryland continues on this wednesday, january 4th.

now "good morning maryland at 4:30. iran has test fired a surface to surface cruise missile andn a drill after the country threatened to close the passage way for 20 perof the world's oil supply. there were suggestions it was a counter to the naval presence currently in the persian gulf. an autopsy has been conducted on the woman whose body was found in the royal estate where queen elizabeth and the royal family celebrated the new year. authorities are trying to learn her identity and find out how she died. they are treating it as a murder. the body was found three miles from the home of.

>> tens you have thousands of proat the timeers jeered hunggare gareian leaders. they accuse the government of exerting control from the media and economy and religion. the crowd commanded and hoisted mackard as the prime minister and guests celebrated inside. ace trawlian surfer paddled to shore after a shark sank its teeth into his arm. this happened 55 miles north of sydneych the ambulance service says the shark pulled him under the surfboard leaving a two inch wound. he paddled to shore and was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive. the beech was closed after the attack. now, good morning maryland." >> reporter: the results are in and it doesn't get closer than this. who ho was declared a winner

iowa and by how many votes. a series of break-ins in one east baltimore community has some people on high alert. i am sherrie johnson. i will have the late on the investigation. an app that helps people spill secrets is shut down and bullying is to blame. details coming oup on this wednesday, january -- coming up on this wednesday, january 4th. thanks for starting are day. time now for a check of the forecast and we say good morning to justin berk. it's joint jawing cold and it's cold. >> yes. yes. well, yesterday, it was the wind and temperatures near normal. which is 25. normal high is 42 many we didn't get there yesterday and we are well below the marks. record on this date 1918 brought us down to 4 degrees i show you that because it's 7 right now in manchester. they are holding the charge and leading the list locally of the coldest temperature. but norrisville at 9. 8 in glenell and 10 towson and churchville by the water sparrows point 13, 14 in

centerville and we have single digits even below zero to the north on the wind chill scale and it's a cold morning. no doubt about that. at least we have clear skies and clouds to our west he will filter back in this afternoon. the cold blast will average 10 to 15 and i probably should adjust numbers. 5 to 15 this morning. we will get to 31 this afternoon with a chance of late day orevening flurries. 4:59 and here's angela on the screen to talk about traffic. >> reporter: thank you and good morning. as you head out for the wednesday morning drive depending on where you are, you may experience icy conditions. a pretty big water main break yesterday in the halethorpe and anywhere where we had snow yesterday on the roadways extra caution out there this