woman scored try telling that to a arizona man. what he did to get back at his wife for stepping out. old man winter is stretching out across the u.s. a look at the morning and the wicked winter blast and how it could affect you on this friday, january 13th. good morning, maryland, and as we said, wet weather is going to be the big story. it's cold and it's wet and it could be changing throughout the course of the day. so let's get to meteorologist justin berk with what you can expect as you get started on this friday. >> he can peck wind and -- expect wind and cold. some had the expectation including myself west and northside of the beltway would get a dusting. that's northern section of carroll county. parts of harford and we have that on the ground in york county and temperatures 20s to mid-30s and 37 degrees 41-mile- per-hour wind gusts is in baltimore city. 53 on high mountains. and essentially across the area we have cooled things down and we are sitting near the freezing mark from bel air snowflakes have pulled to your

east and it's 30 in westminster and manchester 27 and yes it's a coating of snow on the ground. here maryland's most powerful doppler radar. precip last batch with snow and we had snow to the north and this thing pulls out and the timing worked out and there's not much to speak of to look at on the ground. a lot of snow on back towards the west. and not for us so we will watch the mountains get it. watch the ohio valley crank up and around the same storm. and we crank up a wind advisory gusts 40 to 50 miles per hour and temperatures staying in the 30s. hold on to the wheel of both hands and you will need that check on traffic with angela. >> reporter: thank you. and good morning. on the roadways wet and windy but moth too many delays to report so far especially on the key routes make your way into downtown 295 the bw parkway moving well northbound as well as 395. here's a look at i-95 making the drive past 175. starting to see flowing in the southbound direction from 175 over to route 198. and here's 695 your trip around

the beltway from 795 to baltimore national pike. and remains calm and if you are traveling on u.s. 50 we are just east of the bay bridge right here. we tib to have strong wind warnings on the chesapeake bay bridge. charley over to you. >> after a mild start to january, severe winter weather is bearing down on a huge part of the country. and we have details. >> reporter: the first major winter storm. >> reporter: ed in. across midwest cold air and blowing snow make conditions miserable from colorado to kentucky roads are a slick icy mess n greenfield wisconsin snow brought the evening commute to a standstill. gusty winds are causing snow to blow and drift. the weather is blamed for at least two deaths in iowa. and chicago this morning is under a winter storm warning. they are expecting a wind keeled near zero and up to 6 inches of snow. >> shovel it out and lay down the salt and hope it goes away

by monday. >> reporter: at the city's airports, hundreds of flights were canceled. the weather the past few months has been unseasonably warm. take chicago, the city gets about 14 inches of snow by this time of year. this winter, only 1.7 inches. for weeks, arctic air has been kept far north by the jet stream. but it's finally come down south. >> the snow, it's pretty. it hasn't been on the ground long enough to have an effect on me yet. >> reporter: the storm is moving from the midwest through the great lakes with the eyes set on new england where they could see up to a foot of snow starting today. abc news, washington. >> and headlines around the nation this morning, cell phone video sparking controversy out of southern california. police in los angeles county were responding to 5911 call about an aggressive bus spas jer -- passenger what deputy elbowed a mentally ill woman right there. >> next thing i know she calls one of the deputies a big shot and he reaches back and hits

her in the face. >> according to the authorities the woman had hit law enforcement officers before in the past. and this incident is currently being investigated. seven people face charges after an all out brawl in a courthouse in atlanta. witnesses say two families got into an argument and fists began to fly. fight as you expect, and as you can see was call on surveillance video. >> families of the victim walked past and turned back around and just attacked us. they attacked us and they started beating us and we are screaming security, security. >> deputies rushed to the hallway and stopped the fight. all right. stop eating and put down the coffee. this is your story of the day. this is coming through us out of arizona. a husband there got very upset when the estranged wife after admitting to constant affairs and called the police. dave banks says he is staying in the marriage because of the couple's two boys. but he learned through glendale

arizona have assistance program that infidelity is not only dishonest but criminal. >> what would it do for you if she was prosecuted? >> well, it would make me happy, but, you know, it would be like scoring one for the good guys for a change. >> the law makes adultery a class 3 misdemeanor in arizona and when banks wife got the call from glendale detect biff the matter, she said she was amused. okay. so the changing season could be bringing with it a chance for a new job. one of the biggest big box retailers now looking to fill thousands of new part-time positions. and a high flying attraction makes its way to first mariner arena. nuclear cowboys straight ahead for you. good morning maryland continues on this friday, january 13th. i want a baby. a baby?

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[audio not understandable] and good morning to you justin where was that shot. >> >> our lady of mount carmel in essex. >> good morning maryland. the environmental protection agency says it won't order orange juice believed to be contaminated with a pest killer off store shelves. the low levels of fungicide is not enough to cause safety concerns. coca cola says it informed federal regulators of levels of the fungicide in the juice and that of the competitors and the origin is said to be in brazil. well you look for a new job home depot says come spring they will have 70,000 new part- time workers. and spring is a very busy season for them and that picks up for the volume especially around february. you can apply online or at your local store home depot says seasonal positions can lead to

permanent positions in the future. so you are looking for something to do nuclear cowboys are coming to baltimore. the daredevils do free style motor cross tricks and choreography is pretty gravitdefying stunts and cool. the tour is in town two days at first mariner arena. catch the shows tonight and then another one set for tomorrow night. weather ravens and your morning commute still much more to get to on "good morning maryland" all coming up but purple friday corinne. >> reporter: go rains. we are live in -- ravens. we are live in roland park for the purple caravan kick off for purposeel friday. i will tell you the stops and the big party coming up next. it's the day to crank up the heat. wind is blowing and temperatures are getting colder. i am linda so live in hunt valley. what it's doing to the road and what it means pour our commute. and good news -- meaning for your community. the road are dry but angela will talk about spots in

westminster and eldersburg and some stickan and they have -- stickage and they have some icy spots. most of you see nothing on ground. no delays but how about the icy spots. >> reporter: and you are right. we are getting reports from police of icy conditions in that eldersburg area on 26 liberty road. an accident to report in the area and some delays. we will have that coming next on "good morning maryland."

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news time 6:had 44 -- 6:44. it's friday, january 13th. time for your abc2 news to go. and a live shot this morning out of chicago where the snow is making for a slippery commute as well. linda so is live in hunt valley. a little closer to home with how conditions are here. and purple friday. corinne redman is live in roland park and we have questions for her coming up. but first let's check the forecast with meteorologist justin berk. did you see the guy holding a long neck next to her? >> no i. missed it but it is afternoon somewhere. >> noon somewhere. >> it is. good morning. 6:44. and we are cranking up the

bengals tune a hazy shade of winter. i have a picture with snow on the ground from northern carroll county. stephen sent it in. rain is ending and snow showers happened but any icing we have got that west it was on target and the only difference is if you see the coating west a north of the beltway. and we have a wind advisory today. that's the major issue. 40 to 50-mile-per-hour gusts. woodbine and western howard county 28a steady wind flow of 10 to 20 miles per hour and winds gusting at 37 miles per hour. what a blustery morning. we have had the push through and it's cleared out and snow left in the mountains and we have a blustery day and we are stuck in the 30s and maybe an afternoon flurry west and north. but it's not that wind pushing 40 to 50 miles per hour. that will bounce you around and some ice on the ground. here's angela with more on that. >> reporter: thank you. and good morning a. as you mentioned we have icy conditions reported and want to note this is the second incident we have had reported in that mount airy eldersburg

area. slow traffic is on 26 liberty road behind a collision as you approach woodbine road. so again extra caution especially traveling in that region. here live look at 59 and maryland 175. no delays to report here but as we look at 95 and maryland 43, slow traffic in the southbound direction. making your way to the 895 split. charley. if you are about to head out for work or school you might want to give yourself extra time. linda so live this morning in hunt valley with a check of the road conditions. linda what's going on out there. >> reporter: first, let's talk about the wind. in the last couple minute it picked up. look at the flags and they are whipping in the wind and you can see the trees blowing as well. it's cold this morning so if youhave to head out and your kids have to go to the bus stop make sure they are wearing lots of heavy clothes. it's cold. look at roads. we had rain overnight and about 5:30 we had a short burst of some flurries in the hunt valley area. this is shawan off the 83 exit.

traffic is moving along just fine. but again as the temperatures continue to drop this morning, you might be deal with the slick spot here and there especially along the ramps and bridges. give yourself, tray -- extra time. because of the cold weather baltimore city issued a code blue alert. emergency shelters will be opened for extend hours. look at list on the screen. for places to go if you need a warm place to stay, but back out here live, this morning, shawan road and hunt valley traffic moving along fine but it's the wind. it's the wind this morning that is is going to get you. it's cold just make sure you wear a lot of clothes. live in hunt valley, linda so, abc2 news. adding layers with every passing live shot this morning. now we are work to get outlatest news and accurate weather forecast with live streaming video at the it up of a button. down load abc2 weather app for iphone or ipad g to abc2 weather page or mobile page.

folks in the health department are going to be at george washington elementary answering questions. this after three students at the bolt my city school came down with scarlet fever. they were all in the same class and city says they have cleaned and disinfected the school. a school closing at havre de grace elementary school in havre de grace will be closed today for students only. teacher should report as usual. apparently there's a strong smell in the school from pipe and crawl space cleaning and the work that had to be done this week and they are taking a day to let the building air out. tomorrow baltimore middle school students are competing to build the city of the future at baltimore museum of industry. saturday showing off table top model. winning team represents baltimore next month at future city national finals in virginia. the theme this year is how cities can meet energy needs maintaining a healthy planet. the stadium is ready for the ravens first lay of --

playoff game since 2007. 71,000 seats will be filled but the vast majority will be ravens fans but what may surprise you is many fans have been giving up the tickets. president of sports ticket in timonium says after all the years to watch the home team in playoff setting at home some fans are turning tickets away. >> our dynamic has been more ravens season ticket holders selling into the market and texans fans buying them back out. >> i am talking to baltimore people that are selling tickets more than anything. >> so you need more proof asks our produce here got tickets last night or go online more than 1500 tickets now available at stub hub more than a thousand available on craigslist and 500 up for sale on ebay. after it became clear the ravens will not play pittsburgh, thousands of tickets became available. you can get ready to see a sea of purposeel across baltimore throughout the day and the weekend. the city is simply electric.

the purple caravan is underway this morning and it's purple friday. and corinne redman is live in roland park at alonso's and you said they are serving beer. >> reporter: yeah. >> it's 10 to 7. >> reporter: it's 10 to 7 but guess what? they started serving beer we got here about 4 in the morning and they were setting up for the beer. beer started to pour around 5 in the morning out can't tell what time it is. look at this party behind me. can everybody say go ravens. we are having a full fledged rain party. -- raven party. we are kicking off the purple friday care van because this is the first playoff game at home in five years. this is the beautiful ravens cheer leader that have been with us all day what are you going to do. >> we are hitting 18 stops 5 counties all day long going until 10 tonight. we are hitting verizon and m

and t bank and giant and we will be at lucky's tank ending the -- tavern ending the tour. >> reporter: is every party going to look like this? it's early. >> yes. i mean, it's purple friday before playoff game on sunday. it's going to be live all day long. >> reporter: and do you think -- why do you think the fans come out today? >> they come out to get pumped up. we have a home playoff game and there's nothing to do but come out and enjoy the day. get excitesed. >> reporter: go -- excited. >> reporter: go ravens. let's get game day predicts. do we have game day predictions for the ravens? game day predictions? >> don't. >> reporter: okay. game day predictions. >> 28-17 ravens. >> reporter: how about you. >> 28-17. >> reporter: game day predicts for ravens. >> 28-17. >> reporter: all you having a good time. >> absolutely we sure are. >> reporter: are you going to be following the caravan. >> i plan on following it. >> reporter: how about you. >> yep i am with him so yeah. >> reporter: i can tell you are the biggest fans around. all right. so if you -- if you look at the

website we will have a list of where it's going to stop. after 6:15 at every stop two playoff tickets will be gone away after 6:15. head out tonight to support the ravens for the big game on sunday and we are going to go all the way and come and get the w and go to the superbowl. can can i get a go ravens one more time. go ravens. back to you. >> wow. corinne feeling it this morning. join jamie and scott garceau andwyatt everhart and corinne thatmay party to the kick off. we will broadcast lie 9 sunday morning. tweet us and hash tag way to ndy and let us know where you are parking what you are grilling and what time it's going to be served so we can raid your grill. time for five things to know on this friday morning. today marks the anniversary of one of the worst airline crashes in washington, d.c. prior to 9/11. january 13th, 1982, 78 people

died when air florida flight 90 crashed shortly after take off slamming into the 14th street bridge during a snowstorm. joran van der sloot could learn his fate after admitting to murdering stephanie flores. he is known as the prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of natalee holloway that teen was officially declared dead thursday. and one life to live ends the 43 year run but to the all stars are getting a pink slip. some will ease into roles on general hospital. one life to little follows all my children in leaving abc. national park service says it's offering entry to all 400 national parks for the holiday weekend january 14th through the 16th. free admission is for the park is in commemoration of dr. martin luther king junior day. and maryland state parks will be getting more money governor o'malley will discuss the additional investments. the administration says maryland 66 state parks will

have an additional 650 million in annual impact supporting jobs and local economies. time for one nor check of the -- more check of the forecast as you make your way out the door. >> check out the numbers down to freezing. bel air and towson and angela talked about it and we have upper 20s and it's eldersburg south of westminster and there's been icy spots reported there. snow on the ground in manchester and 28 the number to the west and we are freezing in towson and colder north and west and warmer no problem to the south. the only difference this morning is wrapping right around the beltway where i suggest you you might see light coating and it's not there. it's further north and west. check out some of the wind that have been gusting 20 to 30 even 40-mile-per-hour winds. and yes, we had ourselves a little push of snow but no doubt that most of us have not what chance to really see that. need throws say we have some out there and i want to thank steven for sending this in. that's what it looks like near the hampstead area this morning. all right, so we are watching the stuff flap out of here.

it's about the wind that wraps in behind and watching the upper level winds looks like snow showers could be clipping tawnytown and hampstead and manchester. watch flurries still on the north side this morning. and accumulations stickage not going to happen. but we will watch the stuff and some would envy as it cranks up heavy snow north of state college through central new york and they are going to get clobbered. syracuse almost 3 feet below normal with snowfall. snow wraps through ohio and that's the big story and the same storm you can see the pictures about good morning america a wind advisory. we are stuck in and out of theclouds passing flurries and we will do another disturbance heading through sunday and that could bring some snow showers for the ravens game. today it is about that wind and we are stuck in the 30s and gusts to 45 and 50 miles per hour and wind chills teens and 20s. 25 overnight. ravens game is expecting flakes out there. and if you going bundle up and temps mid-30ans cooler and at least it's good news because the texans are a warm weather

dome team i don't think they can handle it. 30s this weekend and warm up next week with the next storm once again coming in with rain on tuesday. angela. >> reporter: on the road right now a lot of trouble spots now including the west side of the beltway. state police say we have an accident on the outer loop with stop and go traffic now between green spring and stephenson take up two lanes no accidents here at 29 and maryland 108 a lot of heavy traffic. especially in the southbound direction. here a live look at beltway in green spring. again the accident is on the outer loop blocking your two left lanes. a lot of stop and go traffic on the outer loop inner loop heavy at green spring making your way to the jfx. >> if you have an event or something special to share morning show at wmar.com and the most common thing we do are birthdays we have a special birthday today and we will let angela do it. >> reporter: happy birthday to mary who is my aunt mary who gave us the chocolates and delicious candy we had christmas it's her 75th

birthday. happy birthday. >> aunt mary happy birthday. go to facebook and let us know what you are doing. now good morning america. we are back in 25 minutes.