capital beltway. accident is 295 at 410 and you may want to hop on i-95 heading southbound. here's a live look at traffic flow. 95 just southbound lanes moving at posted speed even though we are seeing a lot of heavy volume. let's get a look at the top side of 695 at harford road. beltway travels on the north, not too bad. smft we are looking good on the north side and southwest signedlooking at 695 and wilkins. checking drive times still in good shape. your outer loop will take 7 minute at this time. over to you. a win was declared in the iowa gop caucuses and the results came in after 2:30 and doesn't get closer than this. it was former massachusetts governor mitt romney declared the winner over rick santorum. land so is here are all new details. >> reporter: minutes ago whoa learned rom mi will arrive in

new hampshire to get ready for the primary this. he won out the focus and says the results shows americans win and he told supporters he is going to change the white house. it came down to the wire in iowa gop caucus. santorum making a last-minute surge. rom mi knelled onto vct -- romney held onto victory by a hand full of votes and told supporters it's time to move on. ron paul and newt gingrich told supporters he will care county campaign no matter the iowa outcome. bachmann says she is staying in the race but it may be it for rick perry who is returning to they canas to rethink the campaign. >> i decided to return to texas and determine whether there is

a path forward for myself in this race. >> and in a few hours we can expect an endorsement from mitt romney. john mccain will endorse the former massachusetts governor. linda so, abc2 news. looking at news around station in -- nation in bit, abc2 news your place for all things related to the white house click on the news and let's look around nation for a fire that is out and amazingly no one was hurt what gas line exploded. crews for the gas company are trying to figure out what happened. that caused the pipe to rupture. neighbors say snow and ash was coming out of the sky and the entire sky was lit up. >> black armageddon. >> i was on the couch and i went after the doors and tried to shut them and the force was so strong that i couldn't get them shut. the garage door of one home was damaged by the explosion and across the street vinyl siding was melted but no

serious damage or injuries from the blast other than that. in western massachusetts a. large fire engulfed a lumberyard. firefighters spent four hoist working to contain the flames that kept them in the yard. they headed out around midnight and nearby homes and businesses were not damaged. a serious problem for one family in florida. # 0,000 bees -- 09,000 bees. they set up -- 09,000 -- 90,000 bees. they have set up shop. beeman says the danger to the family in the home has been growing every day. the exterminator spent days getting out there and no bonn was stung. for this family they called the beman and no one ever got stung. a texas soldier coming home from iraq gave his daughters surprise of a lifetime. when howard sis test -- sift airs rieived they had no idea

who was coming through the door. toe twhre heading out of the brie beary and someone showed up to say hi. for seven months sergeant first class antonio howard was in iraq and it was the first time his daughters seen him in several months. well moving on, we don't know who will be taking the field in indianapolis comefebruary but we know the superbowl and ad spots are gone. how much they went for and why we may see a little more creativity when it comes into the ad adds. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle --

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move urbanech lawn record. they can pull point for charity. group gift or personal goal. citibank says use kers share links to promote the point gels. and christmas break was good for the app business for the first time in a single week more than a billion apps were down loaded during the last week of accident and many users received them for christmas. are us alone, we dough loaded 509 million apps and had half a billion. >> an exas arrive giving his daughters price of a hive time. >> they had no idea who wouldwalk through. they were heading out of the library when they saw someone she happen the seen in quite sometime. >> daddy. >> how have you been.

>> never against gets old. sergeant first class and be ryantic. >> this was the second time he was in iraq and the homecoming was sweeter than the last because he doesn't have to go back. the result are in and we have a winner in the iowa gop caucus. linda. >> reporter: eight votes that separate the winner from the rival. who is in and who is dropping out after last night republican presidential nominee. >> reporter: a series of break- ins in the area. the story straight ahead. and it looks like winter is rearing it's cold ugly head. i will take you to the hardest hit around the nation but first what's happening around here. ugly? >> we are trying to work on that with you. snow squall yes but they spent this picture next to loch raven reservoir. due lanny valley road was covered. and there was nothing.

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and good morning. i am charley crowson. time for abc to news to go on this wednesday january 4th and we have a lot going on linda is in the interactive news center with more on the caucus winners and sherrie johnson is live at patterson park and cold blue in baltimore. live look at city hall in downtown baltimore. but first, meteorologist justin berk with a look at when things could possibly be warming up. >> we are about to turn the corn. we are about to touch bottom. 14 in baltimore and 14 degree temperature is well behoe normal. we should be at 25. the wind is not as bad but badenough you have wind chills single digits. 8 is what it feels like in baltimore. single digits below zero not

northwest. a band clouds returning back in the area and it appears as if we will have a look at some increasing clouds as we head into today. maybe some snow showers overnight into the morning. we will talk about that as you follow wakeup window at bottom of the crone and we stay below freezing all day long. how p that traffic this morning. how about warming up your car. >> he is. >> reporter: that's a good idea to wawrmt car and we are dealing with accidents especially for those of you to the jfx. the accident is in the ruxton region. the good news police are on the scene directing you around the accident. let's get a live look at heavier traffic out there this morning. on u.s. 29 southbound now we are seeing delays as you make the drive through the columbia clarksville region on i-95, north of maryland 100, motorists traffic south, 95 is the best route and we are blocked on bw parkway southbound heavy from 193 to 410. 95 not a bad choice this

morninga and here's a live look at i-95 seeing traffic back down in the southbound direction heading to the beltway. a long night as the iowa caucus drew to evened around 2:30 after a record number of voters turned out for that state's gop caucus. abc2 news linda so is here this morning with the wrap-up of the night's event and i guess it's onto new hampshire. >> reporter: onto new hampshire where the pry mareies happen next tuesday -- primaries happen next tuesday. these he are the closest caucus results in heftry. it was a narrow win but -- history. it was a narrow win with you there will be no recount. paul came in third. newt gingrich was fourth followed by rick perry and michelle bachmann and it came down to the wire with santorum maybe a last-minute surge. he said he had a strong finish because his supporters refused to compromise e says it's game on for the nomination. and justn just a few hours romney is expecteded today

arrive. ron paul says he will turn his attention to that state and beyond. >> believe meet momentum will continue. and this movement is going to continue. >> reporter: now newt gingrich says he will carry on the campaign no matter the iowa outcome. but this may be it for rick perry who is returning to texas to rethink his campaign. michelle bachmann is staying in the race. linta so abc2 news. >> it's the place to go for the latest information on the rate for the white house in 2012. click on news and political tabs to find the latest. more news on a string of break-ins in east baltimore park where several homes have been broke in. sherrie johnson is live with the latest details. >> reporter: we are here at the intersection of eastern andlynwood avenue in the patterson park area. police are tying to phyt figure out she responsible for the

break-in. we have seen a number of officers patrolling the area. people who live in the patterson park area are on the lookout after they say they had a dozen break-ins since just before christmas. one block of lakewood has been hit with four burglaries and police say 16 cases have been reported in the past 248 2/8 days on lucerne clinton and east baltimore streets. people are aware right now and they say they are keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. and folks are work very closely with the police. >> kids that have been knocking on doors and to see if someone is home and sitting out front and watching. we have pass aid long that information quite a few of the burglars here. as you can see neighbors are coming together trying to figure out who is responsible a catch the people. but a lot of folks say they thought crime was down in the area. and officers say although there has been a number of bug laries

they are not sure if all are connected. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. the governor is donating $7,000 in campaign contributions to help a group fighting hunger. the donor will contribute money to the governor's campaign pleaded guilty to failing to pay employment taxes. the donor plead guilty for failing to provide $4 million in employment tax. governor o'malley said he didn't know stewart was facing legal problems until it became public and he pleaded guilty. an app to help people spill secrets has been shut down. the founder says because of bully. it's a blog that's been around since 2004 and got so popularity owner frank warren decided to create an app for people to share eke rites and it lawned -- launched a few months ago but police began to harass. it was too hard to monitor all of them so the app was shut

down. the secret blog remains open right now. you want to go to a good value for the a college and education, you may want to stay close to home. 5 are great value according to kiplinger's. number 8, other schools that made the list including st. mary's of maryland number 4 2. salisbury at 71. towson at 76 and the university of maryland baltimore county they came in at 84. a link of the complete list can be found at our website, abc2news.com and click under the state section. johns hopkins says a one billion dollar patient care building is one of the largest construction projects for the hospital. the building covers 5 acres and has two, 12-story patient towers and 560 private rooms. they are scheduled to open in airplane with 33 state of the art operating rooms but a pediatric emergency department. five things to know.

senator john mccain of arizona will endorse mitt romney for president. mccain 2008 presidential nominee, will endorse romney and you will recall that it was the opposite way four years ago. mccain won over rom any and rom any chose to endorse mccain. >> airport screenings may be fast tracked. those in the military, the president signed in a bill to speed up the checkpoint process for military in uniform and on traveling orders. the federal reserve will update the public four times a year on how long it plans to keep short-term interest rates on current record lows. the first forecast will be in the central bank's ink rejection that's coming up later this morning. and president obama will be in cleveland promoting job growth. they say the 2012 battle for the white house will be marked by millions of dollars of negative ad campaigns and

lobbyist as well as special interest. virginia beat -- the victors capped a debut with the season of brady hope who led the reigns in back to promise sort of. tonight, the orange bowl in miami clemson taking on west virginia. 14 minutes that's all it took for ticket master to sell out off ravens playoff tickets. ravens are practicing in owings mills and they will take time off to talk to the media. yesterday poe and the ground crew celebrated the team's post season push by adding a splash of purple. from city hall to federal hill they spray painted to get charm city in a little bit of team spirit. we have been lucky so far with milder temperatures across the country. but seems the luck could be about to run out. step outside and you will see we are right. linda -- lynette charles has more on what's going on. >> reporter: that's right. there's no avoiding it. winter has finally arrived.

the freeze is affecting everything from the slick roads to frozen fruit. the first major snowstorm pound people in western new york more than a foot of snow in some areas. for plow truck drivers this is welcome news putting them on the roads make money. but they couldn't clear all the ice off the roads. cars are slipping and sliding and some even into a ditch n florida they are keeping an eye on crops. workers are cranking up more than 100 pump phs across 5,000 aircrafts of orange grove in even tempt to keep the fruit from trees freeze the temperatures are below freezing right another in baltimore. the city issued a code blue warning offering additional services to the homeless due to an expected drop in temperatures. emergency shelters will keep extended hours. find all the information as well as the forecast on abc2news.com and click on the weather pad at the home page abc news and we will find

justin berk who is in the weather center. i told you i wasn't going to complain about the cold so i will ask you a question. when will it warm up again? >> you note answer thanks for playing along. >> i am doing it for everybody. >> she has been working on the weather. you know it's okay to complain this morning. you can complain it's too cold or it's a waste of cold air because it's not snowing because i've got people that did it. hereford middle school for mary beth, the floor director. her home land she is so happy. 9 degrees this mork. wind chill flirting in the low single digits 1 with a small push of wind across the area. i wanted to show you other numbers. norrisville and manchester at 10. susan asked so nicely snow please. i mean there are people that really want this. jason and gina jason is in havre de grace and gina western howard county reporting on

theirthermometer 11.1 dose gee -- degrees. 16 in arnold. and 10 in durwood. tiffany. listen, we have wind chills down single digits in many spots it's a cold warning and it's okay to complain and we have cloud returning. and gettysburg to north and red lion and loganville could get cloud earlier this morning. that is the next disstoush -- disturbance a spin in the atmosphere that the one that produced our snow best will try to pass to the south around this time tomorrow morning. we could look at the possibility of getting a little bit more of the flurries or snow burst more likely overnight and into daybreak tomorrow. check out the wind flow out of the northwest this morning. but a southerly push this afternoon and it's not going to help much because we will be near or below freezing and we are looking for the push of colder air with that smoothing

through tomorrow but then we clear things out. today 31. thickening clouds a chance of snow showers most likely towards daybreak tomorrow. 25. and high temperatures starting to improve back to near normal. low 40s tomorrow. 50 and 55 friday and saturday. and chance but it doesn't look too promising but a wintery mix on sunday. >> reporter: i-95 southbound your best bed heading towards capital beltway we are blocking lanes southbound on the bw parkway. now the delays are all the way back to laurel. the accident at 4:10. here's u.s. 29 open links and a live look at the north side of the beltway. north side ride crowding up. but we are running at a pretty good rate of speed. >> the news is always on abc2news.com. weather and traffic and news report coming up in 25 minutes. now to new york for "good morning america" have a great day.