now "good morning maryland." >> reporter: how about a job? i am linda so. what the right house -- whitehouse is doing to help out. onto new hampshire. candidates prepare for the next race days away. and simba is the king of the jungle and hippodrome. how the lion king is now breaking records. those stories and much more coming up good morning i am charley crowson let's head over to justin berk. >> so much going on and it just took a little shot of winter, the coldest day since last january. cold enough in a baltimore backyard they made an ice rink. we showed you pictures and video and we will show you that again in a few minutes. so stick around. this might be worth waiting for. a band of light snow last night

and some icy spots possible this morning. already angela talking about accidents, and we will try to highlight that in a moment. let's zoom past the almanac. normal low mid-20s. 26 towson and 28 churchville where they had snow and maybe icy spots this morning. even on the eastern shore you had snow and 30 degrees in centerville. 29 in southernville. i would say confined around the bay and on toward the eastern shore temperatures with sunshine will get back to around 40. so actually it will feel warm of some sort this afternoon. here angela with traffic. >> reporter: all right. as you mentioned, a couple incidents going on and, of course, due to the icy conditions, we reported an early morning water main break that had some road closures involved with that at philadelphia road and golden ring road. all lanes reopened but plan for reduced speed in that area. if you are planning to head out shortly. let's get a live view of the traffic flow south of the city. u.s. 29 at maryland 108 off to

a quiet start there. traffic moving well. here's a live look at i-97 and route 100. traveling on route 100 east and westbound traffic is light between i-97 and i-95. 95 at 100. a little more activity especially making your drive northbound. those are the northbound lanes on the right side of the screen heading northbound up to 695. charley over to you. it's never too late to start thinking about what your kids will do this summer. it's never too early. the white house is now steppingin to help. linda so is standing by with the details of a new summer program. >> reporter: we just learned the program called summer jobs will help create as many as 250,000 jobs and internships for low income youth this summer. the white house with partner with private agencies to hire underprivileged youth during the summer break. some of the companies that signed on are at&t, bank of america and starbucks. in the very near future, a search tool will be launch called summer jock bank to --

jobs bank to help teens look for open positions and connect with potential employees. president says it's important for the future teaching young people the importance of having a job. linda so, abc2 news. a texas middle school will be closed following a police- involved shooting on the campus. 15-year-old jaime gonzales was keeled by police after refusing to drop his -- was killed by police after refusing to drop his gun. officers repeatedly order him to drop the pellet gun but he refused. prior to officers arrived he assault another student. >> fortunately no one else was hurt in the incident, and that's what we are grateful for. >> we commend the actions taken by those involved. >> the school will open for students tomorrow. and police are trying to figure out why he brought the gun to school. you probably have seen the signs at gas stations multiple times warning about static electricity. make sure to pay attention to

them. look at that. an ace lo hame -- an oklahoma woman was filling her car with gas and got inside because it was so cold. that created static electricity so when she got out to click off the pump you see the result. getting in your car is the main way to create the static electricity that can then lead to the spark. caught on tape a. car stuck on a roof in california. police say the driver made a sharp u-turn and hit a curb and hit some large rocks which propelled his car into mid-air and came to rest on a roof of an apartment building. crews called in a crane to get the car off. some police are saying the car was stolen. and the driver broke his leg and the people who live in the building thankfully none were hurt. a stop at an atm cause as pregnant woman to head to the hospital and it had nothing to do with the bank balance. the events that led to her giving birth three weeks before she was due. and what does david

hasselhoff and crabs have in common? we will tell you when we come back. now up to new york for a check of this morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites new netflix numbers are encouraging despite the mistakes last year, the 20 million subscribers worldwide wapped more than two billion hours in the last three months -- watched more than 2 billion hours in the last throw months. the picture is bleak for kodak for the report of a photography pioneer is go to -- about to declare bankruptcy the investors dumped the stock. they failed to capitalize on digital photography and hopes to sell digital imaging pattens. and down loads are a big part of the resrnlgence in the music industry. album sales last year rose. adele and her album 21 were a big factor. that's the best selling album in the u.s. cd sells fell but

down loads more than made up for it. those are your tech bites. i am rob nelson.

now "good morning maryland." pregnant's woman's decision to it at a atm resulted in a unexpected trip to the hospital to give birth swheessments standing in line what teen road by and snatched a $800 gold chain and the woman who is 8 month pregnant started to chase him. she gave up when he hopped a fence and the run was not her best idea. she refused to go to the hospital. doctors said she was going into labor. she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl three weeks early and she says she wishes the person who robbed her the very best. >> i just pray for him. i pray that, you know god will

bless him regardless. >> she has no desire to get that gold chain back for what she got in exchange. >> video of the morning good morning at 5:37. we go to a baltimore backyard. lisa sent me a picture and had this video up from the backyard. how cold was it? listen to this. >> what do you impies think. >> awesome. -- what do you guys think? >> awesome. >> how about you, rob? >> awesome. >> where's the zamboni. a backyard ice rink. how cool is that? that's old school. that's the way people -- i love the boards. good stuff. nedless to say -- needless to say we had light snow jeff perkins sent this in. this is the best picture i could have found because of the streetlights at 11:30. there may be problems on the other side of i-95. we tried to follow this for you as this disturbance and the radar, this image is going back to 2:30 but it went around i-

95. so maybe northeast havre de grace, essex and dundalk and near naptown and annapolis and kent island if it's on the cars and not on the road, some of the roads could have frozen over and they may have gotten a better coating on the eastern shore. waiting to hear from folks who had ourselves a look at some of the light snow shower through the west. we have leftover clouds but look out for possible icy spots this morning. the cloud break up and we get sun and we will warm back to 40 this afternoon. we will check out the extended outlook through the weekend in just a couple minutes. it's 5:39 and here's angela. >> reporter: a look at roadways. i have to ask is that how you create your future olympic stars perhaps in the backyard? >> maybe. >> reporter: well you mentioned we may have icy conditions and that's what we are getting reports of icy conditions yet another water main break reported on joppa road near honeygo boulevard but even with that you may have icy conditions. so plan for reduced speeds out on the roadways.

let's get another live view of traffic flow for those of you driving on 95. we are good to go. making the drive through columbia on 95. all the way down to the capital beltway. no early delays or incidents reported. traveling on the harrisburg e. pressway, at shawan road we are clear making the drive southbound especially heading to the top side of 695. here's 695 at i-83. good in both direction on the inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. over to you charley. ladies you may want to sit down for this or take a deep breath. justin timberlake is off the market. let that sink in. all right the pop star popped the question to jessica biel in december while vacations in wyoming. they have been together off and on for four and a half years. and this is justin berk's favorite story of the day. david hasselhoff's legendary chest hair named him a place in

life. they named a new crab after him now dubbed the hoff. they are waiting for a more scientific name but you said it was like. >> mr. crab from spongebob. >> yes. >> he has two sons and knows what's going on here. all right. if you want to expand your travel horizons, reagan airport offers new trips. up next, the two-step plan to have you jetting across the country in no time at all. >> reporter: and with the iowa caucuses over, the race for the white house continues for the gop candidates as they prepare for new hampshire. the full story coming up. [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ thunder crashes ] [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] vicks nyquil cold and flu. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep you ever got with a cold... medicine. ♪ ♪

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now "good morning maryland." the iowa caucus in the rear view mirror and the race for the white house continues. candidates are headed to new hampshire. and corinne redman is standing by with the breakdown of what is ahead in the state. >> reporter: the major headlines making news this morning in the presidential race heading into new hampshire are the mitt romney is facing harsh attacks and rick sar tore aim near win is bringing the campaign more than a million dollars in one day. as for the race for the republican nomination road for few ham sure, the effort to

stop mitt romney is intensifying after a disappointing showing. former house speaker newt gingrich is on a crusade to stop romney and supportsers of john huntsman are running hard hitting ads against romney. >> he is a moderate massachusetts republican to the left of the vast majority of republicans. >> you think we could get more than an 8-vote margin here in new hampshire in i will try. >> reporter: now with a double digit lead in new hampshire, polls show romney is looking ahead to traveling to south carolina today with senator mccain but four years ago mccain called him a flip- flopper. the state senator nancy jacobs will run for congress. the republican now represents cecil and harford counties. she has been in the senate since 1999 and severed as the senate minority leader last year and faces a former aide to

andy harris, in the gop primary. the winner will take on dutch ruppeersberger. u.s. airways is expanding service at reagan national airport. they will fly to 11 new destinations and add three flights to three existing destinations. the new flights will begin in two-phases on march 25th and july 11th for destinations including pensacola, florida, memphis, tennessee and little rock, arkansas. it is complete u.s. airways says it will offer more than 230 flights to and from washington up from 171. lion king is bringing in the bucks for the hippodrome. last year they grossed 1 1/2 million setting a box office record for the theater so. far, the lion king made 5.3 million dollars and a week remaining for the engagement in baltimore. show runs through sunday, january 8th and you've not been to see it it is highly recommended. a dollar general is expanding and that means thousands of new jobs. the company says it would add 625 stores and 6500 new jobs in

the coming year. the new stores would be in 38 states including maryland and the chain for the release has not had specifics nor the locations for the stores and they don't know those either. consider the. [audio not understandable] when you consider the 1% who do you see? how about yourself. world bank economists crunched the numbers in the book the haves and have nots and determined that it takes 34,000 dollars a year after taxes for a person to be in the world's 1%. with that definition here in the u.s. there are 29 million of us considered rich by the world standards. it's cold out there right now and you may want to sendkids outside to play. they could get better grades. participation in physical activity is related to academic performance. exercise increase blood and oxygen flow and makes children more likely to behave in aclassroom and children involved in sports more often

learn rules. that could mean better discipline and the ability to concentrate. annapolis mayor and city leaders will announce plans on the circulateor service the trolley system moving closer to a launch date. they will provide services from the four parking garages and historic downtown allowing riders easier access. it is set for main street this morning at 10:00. much like us, montana has not gotten a lot of snow but it's not required tore a outdoor adventure that's a winter version of a summer sport. >> cold gear and just like a water wind surfing board except you -- you've got skates on. that's the only difference. he made this one myself. >> that's always bad sign. any time someone says i made it myself, that's scary. the wind is -- it's winter wind surfing on ice many they wait for the ice to thicken and

simply take off. would you give it a shot. >> strap a jet pack on your back and call it a day. there was a guy when i grew up when we had icing over he would go on the hills on a car windshield. that's what i am seeing. >> we have this hill called live slope in the middle of cornel campus and we would-- corneln campus and we would take trays and go down. he want to go something manufactured professionally. good morning to you. we got to talk about numbers. my friends at charm city run in bel air and around the vicinity, a lot of people going out for early morning jog. you have to consider it's chilly and warmer than it was yesterday morning. that's a good thing. but at 27, they have had some snow there in harford, cecil county and the eastern shore. 29 at aberdeen. chestertown kent county at 31. why do i show you these areas? because as we take a look at the wider view, this was 11:40 last night. that's a solid shield of snow and my buddy up in havre de

grace said that they had a good snow squall that laid a nice coating on the parking lot. i expect if they got more than just a coating, it could have been a inch or half inch and because they have been milder, they may have had some melting and refreezing overnight. we yesterday talked about the burst of snow that we had the day before and expect another one last night and we got it. that is the issue. looks like it may have been around annapolis and mere pasadena and reports of flakes on the cars and across kent island on the eastern shore. let's put it in motion that's out to sea. the next disturbance is sliding through but it lost the moisture because this flared up and stole it from plan b here. but we are dealing with clouds this morning. cold temperatures and look out for some possible icing spots. temperatures 29 in baltimore and we are looking for temperatures to warm up as we respond with sunshine. wind will shift directions and i want to run through the maps and highlight the fact that

today we are aiming for a high of 40. it's warmer than yesterday's 31. we are back in the mid-20s tonight. clear skies and tomorrow a high of 52 that will seem warm. 54 saturday. 40s for the rest of the weekend apartment next week with rain showers that may have a wintery mix by wednesday with falling temps. 5:51 and here's angela. >> reporter: on the roadways, as you head out this morning, expect possible icy conditions on bridges. you want to use extra caution there and, of course, if you are traveling on any back roads, a report of a city accident on bel air road and sinclair lane. be be prepared for slowdowns if you are traveling. also for those of you traveling south of the city, u.s. 29 a good route from i-70 down to maryland 108. all lanes are opened and moving well. let's check the drive in from bel air. here's a live look at i-95 and maryland 43. so far rather easy drive on 95 through the rosedale region southbound lanes opened and moving well and once you reach the top side of 695 here's what

you will find. 695 and harford road, no early distracts passing harford over to i-83. charley. this day in history, 1933 construction began on the golden gate bridge. now it's one of the most recognizable symbols of san francisco and the u.s. bridge was completed in 1937 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 4200 feet. it's been almost a year since a gunman killed six people at a political rally in tucson. woman whose life was in question a year ago defies the odds and will attend an event this weekend. also, listen up procrastinators. time to get ready for taxes but you get a reprieve. an extension. we will tell you why when "good morning maryland" continues on this thursday, january 5th.

5:55, five things to know on this thursday. an appeals court in new orleans will hear arguments about extexas new abortion statute requiring doctors to show a sonogram to patients. on the one year anniversary

of the tucson shooting, gabrielle giffords will attend a vigil on the university of -- on the arizona mall. six people were killed outsight side her meet and greet. and the wake of the iraq's war ending and billions in defense cuts, president obama will address the pentagon's defense strategy moving forward. they say tighter budgets are a must but will not diminish the strength of the military in transition after a decade of war. the board of public works approved a 19 million dollar grant to upgrade waste water treatment plants. the project is is part of the state's effort to improve the chesapeake bay and other waterways. and this year you have two extra days to file taxes. the irs pushed back the deadlineto the 17th because the 15th falls on a sunday and the next day is emancipation day and that's a holiday in d.c. now you have until tuesday the 17th to file. what caused a train service

to be disrupted in new jersey for a few hours? plus, a veteran is is det pries pritly searching in the woods -- desperate -- he desperately searching in the woods of virginia and what she is searching for. peanut butter in a hamburger. competition to make the best burger. we have one question. what is it? why? details coming up in the 6:00 hour of "good morning maryland." we are back in a bit.

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