. >>> when we come back, i'm going to be one on one with maryland's lieutenant governor anthony brown. we're going to talk about the state of emergency that is already in place for maryland. >>> we told you that officials in the metropolitan area are getting ready for hurricane sandy. in fact, virginia and maryland have already issued a state of emergency. i'm delighted to have the lieutenant governor of maryland here with me anthony brown to talk exactly what does this mean. >> thanks for having me on. yes, the governor did declare a state of emergency and basically by declaring a state of emergency, it positions us well with the federal government to the extent that if we need to request assistance from the federal government, whether the assistance is in the aftermath or the recovery but it's important to declare it now. more importantly as you're covering this incident, to let marylanders and virginians know that a severe weather is on the way to the area. >> what should residents do? >> the first thing they should do is not only looking at your website but they can also go to mar

anthony brown, who is a composer, is going to get a horn player to play something that is good but it's also someone who hasn't played in a while so it's a bit rusty. that's kind of tricky, but it had to be that because it couldn't be anything too complicated. he couldn't come up with this extraordinary riff set that made everyone kind of stand up and cheer. it had to be this sort of ragedy and yet truthful and sum up everything that's happened in the course of the play. but that's anthony brown's problem, not mine. >> so, anyway, i guess we should open this out to everyone out here. i'm sure you've got some questions that you'd like to ask phillip, so i'll be happy to take questions from the floor. over there in the red. >> can you explain again why the no no boys were rejected by the japanese community? i can understand if they said that they did not want to -- if they answered no no that the caucasian community would reject them, but i'm not sure where the japanese community rejected them. i felt like they were making a stand for the community. >> i think what's happened in the last

in high demand both as a teacher and as a session side man, having played with everybody from anthony brown's asian american orchestra to wane wallace's newest cd. who haven't you played with lately? yeah, he's played with everybody. you can find mas on a lot of different cd's from the local jazz community. this song we're going to do is an air called the brown-haired girl. when i was recording, when i was fortunate to be able to record bridge across the blue, i was telling them i got this air, i got it off the chieftan's album, i'm going to do it on the electric base. he looked at me and said, you're nuts. people are going to go crazy but if you can do it, i'll help you. he gave me this book of airs and went, figure it out, figure it out. it never quite jelled on the base but when hillary called today, i started to think more about the cedar flute. i said, i wonder if this particular air can fit? well, here we go. (instrumental music). >> thank you very much. i guess what i want to say about an arrangement like that is that it's not meant to use the cedar flute as a bit of exotica, but what

anthony brown: "siiply put, this area was a dumping ground, and some f phe debris dated back to the greattimore fire of 1904." richard gg anderson, brooklyn-curtts bay coalitiin:"they have taken an eyysore, and they've made it a treasure and it will remmin a treasure cherished by the people in the aaea for a long pime to come." the land along the shorelinee here has had a makeover, too... and dying trees we are told were onne herr.nnw, thhre arr native plants, walking trails kayaks.it's all open to the public, oo.all you have to dd is check in with the good people of the educatiin center at the top of the hill.weeare reporting livv from massnville cove along the baltimore harbor, paul gessler, fox45 news at 5:30. the nationnl aquarium is celebrrting halloweee... underw. underwater. check it out... scuba divers &pshowed off their pumpkin carviig skills... wwile swimmiig withhthe fish.it's just a preview tt this weeeendds halllwmarine... featuriig animals, sccaenner hunts, and a costume parade. visitors got the chance to &pvote for their favoritee pummkin... ww happen to be partial to this

i'm joined on the phone now by anthony brown.ieutenant governor, what's the worst situation you have right now? what's your biggest concern? >> right now our biggest concern continues to be sort of life-saving operations and, you know, minimizing loss of life and injury due to flooding, wind and debris downed power line. fortunately it's at night, people are in their homes. but tomorrow that activity will continue. sandy's been big and powerful and has really pounded maryland. we had -- we will have up to two feet of snow in western maryland. coastal flooding on the eastern shore of maryland and about 350,000 home without power throughout the state. so certainly hurricane sandy has taken its toll on maryland. >> the national weather service said that the flooding along the potomac river is the worst that they've recorded in 16 years. what are some of the problems that you're hearing in that part of the state? >> sure. we're hearing flooding throughout the state, the potomac, also in the lower shore of maryland we're hearing repor

joining me now is anthony brown. lieutenant governor brown, thanks for coming on this morning. give me an assessment, where do things stand in the state of maryland of power outages, bridges closed, open, et cetera. what can you tell me? >> okay. i think the worst of wind and rain is behind us. and while we continue on life safety operations and the continuation of government operations. right now maryland is recovering. so we've opened up all of our bridges except for the bay bridge. that should be open later this morning. we have one evacuation in the eastern shore of residents in apartments and homes, we've got a swift water team down there and a building rescue and evacuation team down there. that one's pretty much under control. we've got about 320,000 homes and businesses without power. that's down from a high of about 360,000. so we are -- we are in a recovery mode, and with the wind and the rain, you know, the heaviest behind us, crews are out there restoring power, doing the assessment in our communities, and recovery is certainly underway. >> when it comes to the stat

water front and today baltimore school children will join lieutenant governor act any brown for -- anthony brown for the opening of the nature area. the 11 acre park is part of the massive restoration project. more than 60,000 tons of trash and debris has been removed from that area. >>> a teen lured a 12-year-old girl in his house and he and his older brother killed her. that's what police say happened to autumn pasquale who disappeared saturday a more than week before her birthday. the brothers strangled her and left her body in a recycling bin in southern new jersey blocks from her house. the boy's mother saw a post on facebook that tipped her off and that's when she called police. >> we all have beautiful children. but there's something special about -- just something special very special about autumn. >> both boys are charged as juveniles but prosecutors say they may try to move this into an adult court. >>> look at this video. a man is pulled out of a burning car in pennsylvania. the driver lost control of the suv and he is in a hospital and the parking lot after hitting a traffic pole. th

governor and lieutenant governor anthony brown heading to the podium to update us on the situation. power outages and how the crews are working together to keep us here in maryland safe during hurricane sandy. >> ok. thank you. >> down in front, everybody. >> here we go. >> the governor had a white shirt, red shirt. >> yes, sir. >> the other ones, we expect behind. >> on abc2 news.com, follow us online, mobile devices, as well. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen, listen up. this is the 2 p.m. briefing. i want to thank everybody for their vigilance and their hard work. i want to thank our maryland national guard and everyone that's been on the job here as we prepare for landfall of hurricane sandy. this is a very, very dangerous and deadly storm. she is intensifying at her center with the winds moving up to 90 miles an hour. would not surprise many if she were upgraded to a category 2 before she comes directly over maryland, parks here and beats down on us for a good long 24 to 36 hours. there will be lots of felled trees, there will be lots of poles that are knocked over, there will

maryland governor o'malley and lieutenant governor anthony brown plan to vote when early voting resumes today. votingernors as early be extended from 8:00 until 9:00 p.m. today friday. the deadline for submitting applications was moved until 8:00 tonight. >> and just about 6:18 right now. around 40 degrees, chilly outside. >> i am cold. >> when you get the dam nests with cold it makes a difference. .when you get the dampness there's been some river flooding. we will check in with adam the second. first, let's show you. the you the largest circulations from is opening up and will lifting up today to the north into canada. e clouds will be persistent, unfortunately. the rainfall totals are now coming in. the storm totals overall, as i was reedville, just shy of 10 inches. around 8 inches in la plata. city, a just over 7 inches. in washington we had about 5 average. the rivers continue to be high. the creeks are coming down in virginia. rivers are still on the rise. we have warnings in effect. if it will be a couple days before we improve. has come down. winter storm warnings are still t i

today act any brown will open the i -- act any brown will open the -- anthony brown will open the parkon project. more than 60,000 tons of trash and debris has been remove from the area. time for the forecast with lynette. >> all right. let's check out what geeing on outside in dunn dub dosh what's going on outside -- what's going on outside. we will have warmer weather. the key bridge back there. we are not dealing with fog issues across the area. more of the same in baltimore. you can see some sun and clouds and you see the people walking around at the inner harbor. temperatures there coming in at 57 degrees right now. and we will get warmer and we-- as we go into the after moon. 76 by lunchtime -- afternoon. 76 by lunchtime. let's check the traffic with lauren cook good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we are dealing with several accidents trouble in the city where there's a crash on greenmont at 25th street. the jfx is nice and clear but i can't say the same for 659a crash at the beltway and here's a live look at 695 at harford road. it's going to take 12 extra minutes to travel

with me ken, our director of maryland emergency management agency, and also lieutenant governor anthony brownhere, as are various commanders of all of the people who are working to keep us safe in this big event. look, i think what most of us have figured out that most of us are in the cross hairs. hurricane sandy is increasing in intensity. it will go across maryland, from garrett to the eastern shore and the atlantic. we're also seeing effects of it in ocean city. in the baltimore washington corridor, we anticipate high winds by the early afternoon. we're anticipating having to close the bay bridge once the winds reach a certain intensity and speed. unlike the intensity of the previous storm, hurricane sandy will come over maryland, will sit on top of maryland and beat down on maryland for a good 24 to 36 hours. there will be many trees that go down. there will be many power lines that go down. there will be many families who are without power and those power outages should start happening this afternoon and this evening. while we have brought in and had pushed pepco to bring in outside cre

brown hair. wearing a blue blazer and glasses. >>> 24-year-old marc anthony moreman has been arrested in arrested. furlin is being held at san mateo county jail. it's the first killing in pacifica since 2000. >>> authorities are searching for more clues after a woman's body was found inside a burning home. ktvu was first to bring you the story this morning when a small home. >>> any time you have an accelerant with a body you have a suspicious circumstance. that's not to say that a person can't commit suicide using an accelerant. it's happened in the past. >> reporter: investigators say no obvious signs of trauma to the woman's body. >>> air quality officials plan to beef up response to disasters. yesterday they approved a plan to accurately measure toxic air pollution from industrial disasters. the move will help the agency be more prepared in the future. >>> giants fans are rallying tonight, hoping that the san francisco giants can tie up the series against the st. louis cardinals. and we have a live report from st. louis. one of the interesting pregame traditions at bush stadium. and who will

brown c.d.o. four year media project free media r t v dot com. blog about the big picture rumble joining me are anthony home brian darling liz chatterton should have been different order but i think we all figured out ok conoco phillips the oil giant and ninth largest company in the world's second largest oil company the united states announced yesterday that it made one point eight billion dollars not for the year but for the last three months in fact their income for the year is seven billion dollars profit not revenue profit what's left over after after everything despite making a staggering seven billion dollars this year the company still gets an average six hundred million dollars in tax breaks every year from the federal government this whopping tax break has allowed conoco phillips i shouldn't just a lot of actual arguably have paid for you and i with our taxes paid for the twenty million dollars that conoco phillips spent lobbying congress buying people like paul ryan six hundred dollars bottles of wine so isn't this the reason that corporations have too much influence in politics should a com

governor martin -- anthony brown are casting ballots. early hour voting -- early voting hours have been extended. the deadline for absentee ballots has been moved until 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> as we had to break -- a look at how hurricane sandy victims are making the best of the difficult situation. this is a building in hoboken new jersey, where only one electrical outlet is working. residents have attached a power strip and everybody has plugged in their laptops and cell phones . >> welcome back to. >> good morning. cloudiness and the river -- that is the big issue over the next few days. it is heading into ontario. a couple of sprinkles in western maryland and west virginia -- get into the elevation smoke coming down. warnings remain in effect for much of the metro area. adam caskey is in the field this morning for more on that coming up in the next hour of the show. rainfall totals -- reedville virginia just about 10 inches. la plata, 8 inches. ocean city, 7 inches. it is the 5 to 10 no. we were talking about. here are temperatures --