up in frederick county t western carroll things get lighter. what we are looking for this afternoon, windy day with blowing snow. frostburgburg 28. look at 36 for crownsville. and light snow or flurries with the winds in damascus and 35. >>> we have been watching the wind shaking our cameras all morning long. update you on 270 northbound. the accident involving the overturned tractor-trailer, at the beltway. looks like it has been pushed to the left shoulder. the tractor-trailer is still there so you want to approach with caution. in bethesda, we have a downed tree at ridge drive. it has all the lanes blocked at 44th street. back to you. >>> it will be a great day if you have your mind made up to make the most of it. best-selling author and motivational speaker willie jolley says the choice is yours to be happy. >>> good morning. this is willie jolley. today's live better tip for success is focused on helping you overcome this challenging economy. it is taken from my new book -- all the economic calamities are not the way god wants us to live.

luego llevaron a la menor a un apartamento sobre la cuadra 87oo de la avenida carroll donde cometieronl crimen.. los otros sospechosos son melquicide sorto y marcos torres enriquex... cientos de indocumentados eaaaaa fue una de las operaciones mas grandes contra inmigrantes indeseables... maria renee barillas, tiene los detalles de esta operacion ... fueron 72 horas enfocadas a la captura de criminales quienes ademas se encuentran de forma ilegal en el pais. habian casi 300 oficiales en este operativo participaron con nostros el operativo cross check es el mas grande realizado a nivel estatal. un total 284 criminales fueron detenidos. 119 en el area de dallas fort worth, 73 en san antonio, 59 en hosuton y en el paso fueron 33 las personas capturadas. we did not arrest any non cruminals .. el secretario adjunto de la oficina de inmigracion y aduanas enfatizo que cada uno de los 284 se consideran criminales peligrosos, responsables de asesinatos, asaltos sexuales, robo y trafico de drogas. agrego que nadie con un historial de crimenes

algainy, caroline, carroll, cecil, dorchester, garrett and harford county. >>> queen ann's st. mary's, somerset, talbot, wacomico and worcester county schools closed today. >>> public schools that will be closed all week long, through friday, anne arundel county, baltimore city schools and frederick county. you can can hear the students cheering. >>> along with howard county, montgomery county and prince george's county schools will be closed all week long. whenever severe weather hits in to fox 45 morning news, our morning ticker will have the latest traffic conditions and closings. >> the ticker updates automatic hecally and eveautomatically ans during commercial breaks. >>> the weather meteorologist jessica has weather warnings and the snow totals. >> and we are talking to meteorologist steve fertig and we were talking about the thunderstorm event that we heard last saturday it hasn't occurred as of yet. >>> as of yet. take a look at the sky watch hd radar. we are seeing a change from one moment to the next, take a look at the scan pink is indicating sleet. we are seeing sle

frederick county, baltimore county, baltimore city, a two hour delay along with carroll county, cecil, caroyork. it is balancing out. that delay gives you a chance to call if we need to. howard and harford two hour delay. we will keep you posted. that can change. back to you. >> thanks. our weather coverage will continue on our website. you can access our interactive radar and post snow pictures. it is on the front page of wbal tv dot com. >> stephanie rollins blake was focusing on fire arms yesterday. she testified in favor of urging lawmakers to close a gun law loophole. >> a person should not be able to go into a convenience store with a shotgun, robbed the place and get a lesser sentence then someone who does the same thing with a handgun. it is not good policy. >> leaders are lobbying for money for fighting the appropriation in the state budget. >> when a city council president takes over the role of mayor, hersey's will become vacant. many think a person could philip which could cause a dilemma. he holds a job with the state. our reporter asked the council man about that in the

joy lepola is streaming from hampsted in carroll county. >> we are out here in carroll county tonight. where the wind continues to howl at this hour. blowing snow with it. take a look at this street behind me. believe it or not, this is a street. there are huge snow drifts that the wind has created out here. in this area. of the county. i am being told that some drifts are anywhere between 3 and 6 feet this evening. again, if you do go out on these area roads, the real danger they pose is that the road can literally, with how the conditions, disappear, before your very eyes. and if for some reason you need to get out of the car and start to walk to safety. it is very easily -- or very easy for you in these conditions to become disoriented. you think you know where you are. but believe me, out here, mail box that you might see one minute can, again, easily disappear because of the huge snow drifts. again, out here, in carroll county. the snow plows have been pulled off the street until the without conditions discontinue. and neighborhoods like this, roads will not be touched, probably,

mientras la chiquita caminaba sola en carroll en silver spring, dos personas se acercaron y entonces cuando se acercaron le hablaron a ella en espanol, ella no entendia nada los atancantes no poseian armas, pero se las ingeniaron para llevar a la victima a su apartamento... la noticia del asalto sexual enfurecio a muchas madres.... "como pueden dejar salir a una nina tan pequena a esas horas de la noche..." ambos hispanos son acusados de asalto sexual de primer y segundo grado ... la policia teme que existan mas victimas... "si hay otras personas, no solamente personas menores sino tambien adultos que han sindo molestados o abusados sexualmente y tiene miedo de dar informacion les pedimos que llamen..." en diciembre pasado, otra joven de 11 anos fue violada sexualmente en un vehiculo ... este instructor de defensa personal dice que mujeres de todas las edades deben de saber algunas tacticas para defenderse... lo primero para una chica que tiene 11 anos es gritar auxilio eso va a ser que la persona se asuste...

major backups in carroll county tonight. the problems i guess keep mounting with this monumental storm hitting us now? >> they certainly do. and that's one reason why we're really encouraging drivers not to go out tonight or tomorrow. it is very stretch russ out there. another thing that is starting to occur now is roof collapses. we have had, in prince george's, howard county, baltimore city, eastern shore, starting to see the flat roofs collapse. so extremely dangerous storm. >> very dangerous and now hearing wind gusts, 40 to 50 miles per hour in some parts of the state. that is going to create all kinds of problems too. >> absolutely. it will be blizzard conditions tomorrow. and, of course, the other threat there, other challenges with the electrical lines staying up. with the tree branches and everything else. so, i think, next 24 hours is going to be very challenging for everyone. >> we mentioned that tractor trailer accident. what other problems are you hearing about across the state tonight? >> really have had no maj

how are things out in carroll county, not so bad on our end. >> reporter: yeah.are looking real good. we have been talking about that most the morning. the side streets is what is really the concern. the parking lots are being cleaned up by folks like dale who is getting the mail from steve as well. good morning, dale. >> good morning. >> reporter: it's been a long night for you. >> it's been a real long night. >> reporter: tell us what it goes like for you and when you started? >> we started at 7:00 last night and we are still going. it's been tough, yeah. >> reporter: you are one of the plow drivers. do they call you or you watch the forecast and know where to go. >> i watch the forecast and when it hits i go out and do my thing. >> reporter: how many places did you hit? >> i cannot even count. we have been from baltimore to here and howard county and been all over. >> reporter: because it's done and you can get catch up. do you get to go to a regular job today? >> no, i'm done. i get to go home and jump in bed. >> reporter: you have another storm coming in wee

carroll county schools close twhours 45 minutes early.frederick county schools will close 3 1/2 hours early. in maryland the following school systems are closed. st. mary's and charles county schools closed in maryland. >> in virginia many schools are closed today. they include alexandria city. arlington, fairfax, prince william and loudoun county schools all closed. also closed today clark, culpeper, frederick, and king gorges. >> manassascy, manassas park city, original, culpeper and rappahannock and spotsylvania. >> in west virginia berkeley, hampton shier, hardy jefferson and mineral county schools are closed. morgan county and grant county schools are also closed today. >> people heading out to the airports should also be in for some flight delays today if their flights even leave at all. crews out of dulles were busy enough trying to clean up from the last storm another whopper is on the way for them and for bwi marshall as well. they are bracing for the storm. the massive flight cancellations that are in the works. tracee wilkins j

thanks carroll she is a confirmed weather observer. the parking lot, veterans elementary 27 degrees. the storm is departing we have an average of 3 to 5 inches of snow across the area. coming in with some snow showers back to mountains and a flurry back there towards hagers town. we may have a passing flurry but turning partly sunny. much larger storm. this will catch up with an energetic jet stream and this will cause problems for us late friday into saturday. too early to say what we will get. we know it will be a big impact this will cause severe weather across the deep south. a lot of moisture if you melt it all down, 2 inches if it were all rainfall but it is snow and maybe sleet mixed in friday afternoon. that is with a we are watching for the weekend. today, we get snow melt as we turn partly sunny later, guaranteed high of 39. kim brown with traffic. >> thanks justin. we have increased volume on 95. a pair of accidents as well. northbound lanes, howard county route 32. an earlier crash blocking the left lane and shoulder. furth

snow and sleet in baltimore begins between 10:00 and noon downtown and back towards carroll county.o the eastern shore, you'll have more of that mix with warmer temperatures when you go all snow by tomorrow morning. let's see what's happening on the roads with kim. >>> traffic is lighter than normal. we're accident free around the major roadways. no problems on the harrisburg expressway, 95 and the bw parkway looking good between the beltways and around 695 looking good. all lanes open. we have one crash in howard county, route 32. as you check around baltimore city, incident free here as well as you look at frank lynn and st. pauls street. it's pretty quiet. jamie and megan, back to you. >>> investors get weary about jobless reports that are out today. >>> and serious changes are happened down to ten americans and charges as they've beentrying to do the right thing in haiti. we'll explain what happens when we come back. (announcer) pillsbury grands! biscuits, so warm and fluffy. make the most out of the most important meal of the day. made with gooey hersheys mini-kisses. spontanio

joel, how are things at carroll county. >> if you are on the main road, you're in good shape. we have 140 behind us. this road is wet and everybody coming out here, it's just wet. if you can get to the main roads you're in good shape. the thing the side roads are not quite done yet, and that kind of looks like this. we have one of our favorite plow drivers here. he says this is the heaviest snow he has seen so far, real rough on the equipment and rough on his back, too as he is trying to move things around. he has been working since 11:00. i guess [ inaudible ]. >> to figure out where the ankle is on you. i'm figuring about 4-5 inches, you know of a pretty fluffy snow. it packs real easy. as mike said, it's one of the heaviest snows. [ inaudible ] they're not done yet. they're getting out and about that. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. >>> two people are rushed to the hospital after a home invasion in anne arundel county. police were called to the 500 block of williamsburg lane inned on intone before 5:00 last night. when they arrived on the scene officers found two people

hit mid-20s on our stormcenter weather net in baltimore county and back to the west and harold and carrollnty. it is cold enough for it to be icy. a lot of main roads have been treated, and as kim pointed out, yes, if it looks wet it could very well be icy and as we are watching that storm depart off the coast and it did flair up. we hinted at this the last few days considering what happened over part of the weekened. storms have a tendency to push farther north and give us a harder hit. instead of 2 to 3 inches we wound up with 3 to 5 again the snow is done we have flurries back into the mountains and left over with fog but we should try to turn partly sunny as the storm pushes well out to see you can see the center of the storm at least on satle identity imagery off the coast. enough to pull it in our direction. okay. in reference to what is happening back towards the southwest. heavy rain across western and southern texas that is our next storm p. it appears as if all of the computer models have a pretty good handle on this being a major event. that does leave it open to a wide range of

. >> we have word tonight of an accident involving a tractor trailer in carroll county. it happened on route 30. near route 27 in manchester. our officials say tractor trailer turned sideways and the road was blocked for several hours, creating a backup for miles and miles. we have gotten a lot of calls on this one. for those people that are still stuck out there, officials say the accident has been cleared. and the road reopened. no word about injuries in that accident. >> well, we have a lot of school closing to tell you about. we have divided them into two lists. >> first list, county public schools closed tomorrow only. as of now, anyway. baltimore, caroline, carroll, cecil and harford counties. >> kent county, queen anne, st. mary's county and talbot counties all closed tomorrow. >> and this next list schools closed for the rest of the week. arundel county, baltimore city schools, and frederick county schools. >> and howard county, montgomery and prince george's county, again, those are public schools that will be closed all week. >> and these closing and cancellati

carroll county we have a report and i can't remember the city there.en inches of snow and you have seen westminster to the pennsylvania border heavy bands of snow now. coming up from columbia to baltimore, as well. we are seeing heavy snow. and look at this knot of chantilly. route 28 south of dulles heavy snow, as well. this is extending back to fairfax and vienna here in fairfax county. this snow will be more than an inch an hour rate. you see the purple popping up between chantilly and dulles. a lot of areas are experiencing light to moderate snow and kristin fisher gets a gold star from me for noticing the snow going from a wetter to drier snow and that will help to pump up the snow total and help with the blowing and drifting. it will be a fluffier snow from now on for areas north and west of us washington. here's devon lucie. >> the lighter, drier snow stacks up higher because the fluffier snow doesn't compact like a heavier, wetter snow would out there. we have blizzard warnings, north, northwest and east of washington now. the immediate washing

some of the heavier snow fell in carroll county, 7 to 8 inches there.ed to that and continue to add to that. down to the southeast an south e we had snow showers and now it changes to snow for the eastern folks. things are becoming whither throughout the area as we move through here. there's an area of green indicating rain into delaware it looks like. as the low pressure center continues to move toward the north and east an upper level low follows it strengthening the system. there's the upper level low and that is going to bring us showers tonight. tonight the big story is the wind. the low level continues to progress, being fed some by energy of the other system out to the west. the similar situation it looks like on the surface with regard to the wind we had which brought us all the record snow. the snow blew throughout the area, the deeper shades of blue around the low as it strengthens. the low pressure center continues to move north and east, we see more snow but it moves northeast. the wind will strengthen as high pressure builds in behind it. t

carroll county schools, two hours and 45 minutes early, howard county schools, three hours early and montgomery county school will dismiss two and a half hours early. make sure you continue to watch the top of your screen and go on-line to myfoxdc.com. we'll update all of the situations there. >> it ill will be a big one. i guess the schools taking the necessary precautions. >> i think they are being prudent. if you think you can get the kids in to get some teaching in, do that and then just be ware that you want to release them early. it is fine this morning. i think through the more than, we'll be fine even though some viewers will start to see light snow later on in the morning. it definitely intensifies later on in the day. there will be other traffic out there. >> you were talking about the snow beginning around noon today. are you talking about a lot of snow fall nation short period of time? >> i think today the snow will be like what you would normally see t will start snowing. it will snowt will gradually intensify. tonight is whether it really starts to get really heavy. tuc

the first driver who hit ma carroll humphery stocked but then ellen struck him and he was kiln on the way to the hospital. >>> this father says his 13- year-old daughter was not trying to make a political statement by not standing for the saying in school, he said she didn't stand because she was snick and it wasser if herself day in the school. then she didn't stand on principal. her father says she won't apologize. >>> whatever we get today for weather can only complication things. jessica doyle is live in burtonsville, maryland. >> reporter: you're thinking the same think i'm thinking, and the same thing everybody else is thinking. no more snow. there's good news with nothing going on in burtonsville. as you were saying, people are seeing a variety of the conditions. maybe seeing rain or snow showers, but the thing people are concerned about this afternoon, when the wind blows in that howard has been talking about. single road in dc. the tree trimmers have been getting to as many as possible. they were trying to clean up the broken branches that were the result of the last storm, a

mary's, carroll county and washington county on a two-hour delay.in virginia, ar ling the only county, falls church, fairfax county, alexandria and prince william county schools are closed. manassas city, manassas park city, loudoun county, stafford county and warren county schools are closed. >> clark county, culpepper, frederick, orange and page county schools closed. fauquier, fredricksburg, rappahannock, shenandoah, spotsylvania schools closed. winchester on a two-hour delay. >> in west virginia, berkry, grant, jefferson county schools, mineral and morgan county schools are all closed. >>> those going to work are wondering if you'll make it on time. in maryland many of the main roads are clear. tracee wilkins continues our live team coverage. she is in largo, maryland. how is it looking out there, tracee? >> reporter: looking really good out here. i think folks should make it to work on time as long as they give themselves some extra time. that's just in case you get stuck behind a salt truck or one of the plows that's still out here. let me tel

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allegany, carroll, frederick, howard or washington county schools, get up and you're on a two-hour delay the virginia these schools are closed. fairfax counties, frederick, fredericks berg city, and orange county, page county, prince william county, shenandoah, stafford and warren county schools all closed. >>> in west virginia these school districts are closed this morning. berkeley, grant, hampshire. >> opening two hours late. hampshire county is opening two hours late. berkeley and grant are closed. >> they are closed this morning. again these school closings and delays are at the bottom of your screen and we have our special coverage until 9:30. you can always log onto w u.s.a. 9.com. >> i am going to call my neighbor and maybe i can ask if you need me to pick up gas for the snowblower i will. they took care of me last time. it will be a significant snowfall into friday night into saturday. saturday a snowy day. then by sunday, we'll make the snowman today and make his family on sunday. think we might be making the rest of the grandkids on tuesday or wednesday when that third storm

cacaroline and carroll county schools are getting dismissed two hours early. baltimore he city, and prince george county, frederick county schools will close three hours early and cecil county schools are closing at 1:00. that's a big list with lots of different times. just remember whenever severe weather hits tune in to fox 45 morning news, because our ticker will have all of that information and the departures and traffic conditions. the ticker update automatically and even runs during commercials. steve fertig is here with a look at the weather that everybody is talking about and keeping an eye on it. >>> we are talking about closing doors. everybody wants to close doors to mother nature. you will love the snow and in which case we have sky watch radar with snow on the place. moisture moves in for later this morning for the southern counties. for the northern counties late morning early afternoon to start to see things pick up a little bit. picking up in intensity by this evening is overnight especially. you see rain to the south where it's green in north

and most of howard and carroll county going to the moderate to heavy snow.he heavier snow bands appear to be falling on top of westminster and el es -- sirve fall leads croce. and we fill it back in. it does relatively stall off the coast. as the snow mover gets moving, there will be. i know there's a line on exactly when. the wind be. the snow tries to push itself off to the east. still an average of 10-20. slightly lower amounts to the south. 6:00 to 12 to amarillo county to the central portions of the eastern shore, including parts of queen anne's county. caroline are you going to be on the -- he hadding as snow even though they had -- the blizzard warning. winds gust up to 30 miles an hour. yes -- freezing rain is rain that falls on the crowds and freezes on contact. sleet is the ice pellets that will bounce off your face and windchill. flush, that's all we wanted last night. >>> thanks, justin, some of the roads will have a light coating of snow which we pretty much seen. as justin explains, freezing rain could actually be as dangerous because it does f

interstate 77 was also closed for awhile in carroll county. why? it got very slippery. all the lanes are back open now, but v-dot is asking anyone who doesn't have to be out, stay off the roads. as a matter of fact, could you say that about, i think, our entire metro area think. if you don't have to be out, stay off the roads. a little earlier tonight it wasn't so bad. again, it was wet pavement, but as top has described to us several times that has all begun to change, and change drastically. now, one person who is out on the roads but who very much knows what he's do is scott broom who joins us live via the skype connection, and scott, where are you now? >> reporter: well, i thought i would start moving north to see if there are folks who are still trying to get out of town so i'm on # 5 north, headed towards laurel. things have turned very treacherous in a one-hour period of time. you can look at the lockdown camera, the sort of cop cam that's on this vehicle, and look out, prudent speed on i-95 north, anywhere from 25 to 35 miles per hour. you can see it is not comp

this is the look in carroll county. half an inch of sleet and snow. rain and 33 for a while.k to snow in denton. six inches in elkton. rain is going back. it will pick up. you'll more than double those amounts today. piles on harford county and aberdeen 5.5. as we push it through baltimore county you were watching jeff in owens mills they had 7.1. now ice and sleet will put you in the forecast zone of a foot-plus. parkville 3.3. more ice overnight will compact what's on the ground. layer of ice and crust will help the new layer of snow to stick. we'll have problems building across the entire area. we'll have more totals coming up later on. again, i wanted to highlight my forecast. i'm sticking with it. average of 12-20 inches across the area. more to the north where they never turn over the sleet and freezing rain. then we have bands of heavy snow that pushes through. six to 12 inches around the midportion of the day. rainy sections end with heavy snow. stick around. we have an entire day ahead of us. we have to go to commercial break. head to abc 2. we are trying to get answ

carroll county, 340,000. interestingly, each county we spoke with seemed to respond the same way when asked about the pleaded snow removal. they said the snow must be removed at all costs. >> we will do the job that needs to be done to make certain people are safe, regardless of the fact we get whatever amount of snow we get in the next couple of weeks in baltimore county. >> get your errands done early and stay of the roads if at all possible. we have more about the preparations on wbaltv.com. >> and coming up in 10 minutes, education reporter break down the school's not a situation. there is also continuing coverage on our website where you can report around a that closing. the blog is up and running. more from the meteorologist is only a mouse click away. >> becoming snowstorm has become issue #1 for baltimore's new mayor. around public property this afternoon, she became the 40 nightmare, replacing sheila dixon that resigned amid scandal. first, we are joined live from city hall with more on the transitio

a little girl forced from a play ground near her home to an apartment on carroll avenue.hird man who raped a child is being sought by police. authorities say the crime could have gang connections. >> i note the angle they are looking at seriously. they are taking that into consideration. that should come out in the investigation shortly. >> reporter: the girl did not know the moan. they say the victim initially encountered the suspects around 4:00 p.m. near this gas station at tiny branch road. four hours later, the men found her at the play ground, forced her to the apartment and raped her. >> children are innocent. they shouldn't be harmed in any way. they shouldn't be afraid to come out and play. >> reporter: the little girl is his classmate. >> all this gun shooting, people getting raped now. bad images, as it were. we have to stop this violence. >> reporter: the vigil was a call to action to some to rebuild a safer neighborhood. >> it's sad. the kids can't come out and play. are they going to be locked up at home all day it? 's ridiculous to think they can't walk to

there could be slightly higher amounts in the hills of howard county, carroll county and hair ford zoneimore county. when we mix in some sleet that will take away a few hours of potential snowfall. then we bring down the colder air and the heaviest snow will be tomorrow morning through about lunchtime or early afternoon. could see 26 to 30 plus into the mountains, west of frederick, west virginia and virginia. on the eastern shore, you are mixing in more ice. so much to sort through but the storm will have temperatures at the start in the mid-30s. we pull into 25 and drop throughout the day to 15 tomorrow night. another snowstorm is possible to come in on tuesday and wednesday of next week. kim? >> we're still accident free around the area. no problems around the beltway. i think a lot of people are heeding your warnings around the beltway. really no problems. >>> that's all the time we have right now, but of course we'll continue all morning long with the snow coverage. >> all right. we'll see you at 9:00. well, hello there. that's what i'm talking about. does your air greet you? say h

. >> hartford and carroll counties also held flu vaccine clinics today. i want to update our top story, including the tsunami warning that was issued for japan. we just got word a couple of minutes ago that the first waves from that tsunami did strike the island of japan. luckily the waves come in there are small, so far, that is good news as we continue to monitor that situation. >>> also still to come on wjz's eyewitness news tonight the show must go on. seaworld's killer whale show resumes three days a trainers death. >>> speaking out, a teenager shot at the colorado school opens up about the frightening moments. q. . >>> a south carolina family gets a gruesome discovery in the mail and you won't believe what they found inside the package. >>> a new home after months of building, one university hosts an open house in its new arena. >>> aim gigi barnett inside coppin state university's new stadium. a tour is just ahead. >>> i'm bernadette woods and how much long ser this storm system going to last we have your first warn forecast when eyewitness news re

tough ride up 83 and northeastern car carroll county. a couple of spots where we have advisories like anne arundel county. see the snow on 97 and 32. going through the bw parkway over to 95 and jessup, ellicott city over to columbia, as well. this is more so baltimore than us but the belief is some of the snow will rotate through. as you head to clarksburg, we have lighter flurries and snow showers there and those counties, by the way are under winter weather advisories. we can show you those advisories on the weather computer. prince georges, this is northern prince georges rather than southern prince georges and only knoll noon. with the blowing around there will be some problems at times certainly while you are driving around this morning and even when the snow showers taper off. we have winter storm warnings east. already a foot plus in parts of garrett county, preston and tucker, west virginia and they could get another foot with the upslope snows. before i go, talk temperatures which are in the upper 20s and low 30s. wind chills in

winter weather advisory advisory for baltimore, ann arundel county hartford into carroll county.after that you get into the winter storm warning from cecil county through jersey and philly. all the yellow shading is a rare high wind warning from the national weather service. you only get that when there is a food -- good probability for damaging winds. latch everything down you can. the wind will be howling. storm backing into new jersey. it will give us wrap around snow overnight. as we take you across the east coast there is not much behind it. you can see the size as it churns offshore. huge coastal storm. again fortunately far enough north to bring us primarily wind and snow tonight. again it will have trouble sticking. forecast model. snow picking up toward 1:00 a.m. tomorrow. it will taper off at 7:00. other than that the high wind is what we'll deal with. windy conditions the primary concern tomorrow. few snow showers. high winds. some could push 50 miles per hour or beyond. tomorrow night down to 27. cloudy with flurries. outlook is not bad. once we get this storm out by

schools in carroll county, 2 hours and 45 minutes early.nty schools, also 2 1/2 hours early. most schools in the commonwealth of virginia closed today ahead of the storm. all early dismissals and closings will be running at the bottom of your screen. >>> d.c. mayor adrian fenty just wrapped up a press conference on the storm. the mayor says the city has declared a snow emergency. >> we declare a snow emergency in d.c. because we want people to move and keep their cars off of snow emergency routes. we need the big trucks to be able to go all the way to the curb to be able to pw on these routes that are so important for rush hour, for buses, for emergency vehicles and for residents. >> the d.c. government will close at 2:00 today. that includes all government offices, libraries, and rec centers. >> road crews will be out in force today to battle this storm and keep the roads clear. in virginia, crews have 240,000 tons of salt and sand available. maryland has stockpiled even more, 266,000 tons. in d.c., all five of their salt domes will be act

anne arundel and carroll counties are on a two-hour delay. howard county schools are closing two hours early. you can find other delays and closings on the bottom of your screen. if you are traveling by air or train in the next couple of days, several airlines have already canceled flights to and from b.w.i. thurgood marshall airport. amtrak is also cancelling service out of washington d.c. the best advice is to check with your carrier before you travel. you can track the snow down to your very st.. code to wbaltv.com and is on the home page. >> we are falling more breaking news tonight in howard county. one person is dead after being hit by a train. it happened just near the main street crossing. we are told the train was on its way to cumberland from baltimore city. police have not identified the victim. still more breaking news at this hour, a deadly police involved shooting in northwest baltimore it was in the 3700 block of oakmont ave. two officers were patrolling the area when they approached a group of men in a hovel. investigators say

take you to the columbia region and howard county, coming out of mount airy and southern carroll county. moderate snow over to bwi. here's 695. this is route 1. watch out there for maybe some slippery spots along with the blowing of the snow around. elsewhere things are fairly quiet, even a few flurries made it across anne arundel and calvert county and across the bay. let's go look at the computer and talk about the seven-day forecast. as we see the storm winding down. we will have temperatures -- i hate when that does that. temperatures warming up in to the 40s as we go other the weekend. saturday night as we said there could be a snow flurry or two. as we get in to monday we will warm to the upper 40s and then by wednesday a possible coastal storm. i know you don't want to hear it but we will be watching for that. >> all right. howard, thank you. >>> our next guest is here to help you get your financial house in order. i have been talking with him and he said i'm on track. ernest is the owner of money management, easy as 123 and he's a certified financial planner. a pleasure talking

caroline and carroll county schools are dismissing 2 hours and 30 minutes early. and se cecil county schools will close at 3:00. howard county schools will close three hours early. montgomery county schools will close three hours early and washington county schools will close two hours early. whenever severe weather hits, log to foxbaltimore.com and our ticker will the closings, traffic, and early departures and it's likely to change throughout the morning so make sure you keep an eye on the ticker. meanwhile meteorologist steve fertig is keeping an eye on the forecast and he is here to keep tell us what we have in for. >>> we have a winter warning from 10:00 through tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. even though the storm should be tapering off by tomorrow in the later morning and afternoon hours and light showers after that, snow showers, of course that is. we are looking at intensity of snow, later in the afternoon, winds will be strong at new york and new jersey, and delaware. that is why he we hav we have ar warning there. those winds expected to pick up 15-20 mile

. >> in maryland carroll county schools will close 2 hours and 45 minutes. >> we have not heard from prince george's or anne arundel. >> by the time children are coming home from school we could have three to five inches on the brown. between now and then we'll see big changes. there's a look at the radar. good morning, i'm meteorologist tom kierein. we have some snow falling. south is all rain, moderate to heavy rain. the local radar is showing, perhaps, just a few sprinkles, maybe a little bit of sleet in southern maryland. that pink zone, st. mary's county to near charlottesville. panhandle of west virginia getting a few flurries at this time. the temperatures are a little bit below freezing in most areas. a little above freezing in washington and near the bay. near 30 in prince william, fairfax and arlington. all those counties in pink across pennsylvania, all of maryland. most of west virginia into the ohio valley. there's a blizzard warning in effect for those counties in red. much of delaware and southern new jersey with very strong winds from this storm which could cause some

that chain reaction disaster left the sykesville carroll county fire department in ruins. now one week later, mike schuh reports how the firehouse is rebounding. >> reporter: the damage is massive, the social hall completely destroyed, the kitchen went up in flames. >> you can look out over the halls. >> reporter: next door, the offices and living areas sore severely damaged, they don't know the insurance company will want to save any of it or bulldoze it and start new. office equipment is wrecked, but all of the firefighting equipment was saved. they pulled it out and fought their own fire. though they haven't missed a call sin the fire, they are now working and living out of these tents. furnaces blow in warm air, a generator proifs electric. >> we divided this tent into four areas. >> reporter: this is a commercial grade kitchen. >> meets all of the code requirements. >> reporter: here is the living area. >> this is our temporary sleeping quarters. >> reporter: a dozen beds are here for the overnight shift. next door, two trailers. >> rest rooms on the right, showers on

eastern loudn in to montgomery and parts of frederick and carroll. this is the heaviest snow we are seeing. go to the computer and talk about what we are expecting. we are looking at the moisture that's been coming in. the coastal snowstorm will develop, and is deepening here. but the upper level storm is here and that's why our storm is increasing. it has increased in pennsylvania also where they are getting moderate to heavy storm, as well. the storm is coming in to ohio, virginia and eastern kentucky. outside my buddy devon lucie is enjoying the next round of winter. >> enjoying it right now because it is a little fine snow here in the the northwest. if anything a little freezing drizzle mixing in but mostly fine-grain snow falling now. but not much throw. as we saw on doppler radar we have more snow behind us. we have had blizzard warnings go up in the higher elevations of the appalachians for virginia and western maryland and most of maryland wrapping around the metro. right now no blizzard warnings for the metro, montgomery county in to the dis

. >>> allegheny, baltimore, caroline, carroll, see cell, charles, dorchester and harford county. >>> kent county, queen ann, talbot, wacomico and worcester county schools all closed. >>> list number two county public schools that will be closed through friday. anne arundel county schools, baltimore county schools,. >>> prince george county schools all closed and again those are schools that just said, you know what we're not even going to try it this week. those will be closed all week. just remember whenever severe weather hits tune in to fox 45 morning news. our morning news ticker will have all of the latest traffic he delays andelays and traffic . >>> our tricker updates automatically and even runs during commercial breaks which is very convenient. >>> we start with meteorologist steve fertig who is tracking the storm in the sky watch weather center. steve, hello. >>> hello again. you're going to have to wait for the 80-degree day for a while. one thing interesting about this storm is we're going to stronger winds this time around than the big one over the weekend. that will be t

there is one location in carroll county that had ten inches so far. in the upper 20s to near 30. temperatures will hover below freezing throughout the rest of the day. blizzard warnings to the north and northeast of washington and east of washington, anne arundel, howard county, all those counties in red coming from a developing low pressure system pulling out of the ohio valley that will explosively develop along the coast later this morning and into the afternoon. that will increase our wd and give us snow totals oft eight to 12 inches. could have gusts of 45 miles per hour, signifint drifting and blowing of snow tonight and into tomorrow morning. tom, how is the traffic? >> a live look heading out. take a look at 95 at lorton road in virginia, what traffic there is, and there shouldn't be much at all, is moving very slowly as the pounding question ginns. let's head over to montgomery county and give you a sampling around that area. top side of the belt warks right side is the outer loop as you head west towards colesville road. route 29 at the capital beltway. we always stress

carroll county and the northern sections are big winners especially when it was colder.pots, it never even turned back over. first, linebacker, 10.4. and sitesville at 8 inches. westminster, that's a 5-inch plus. i put that because that's an old report. although i have this latest update from the weather service coming at the top of the hour. some of the reports were taken last night. westminster definitely has more than 5 inches on the ground even though you have some sleet and freezing rain. baltimore county, and randalstown at 5 inches. parkville came in with 3.3. again, that was an old total. i believe that will be updated when they get the list. rossville, made the list, at 3 inches. they have piled up 5.25. charleston checking in with five inches. we will probably add to the list. we may have added more but we had some rain in the spots that come tacted. it will be really difficult to give you the final total. it looks like the freezing rain get back to snow. that's going to be an issue for the day. elseburg-- perry hall and edgeway at 29. look at the eastern shore

prince george's -- a two hour delay for baltimore city, baltimore county, howard, cecil, frederick, carroll county. some of the colleges are opening later. either you are in or out by now. back to you. >> our weather coverage will continue on our web site wbaltv.com. it is on the front page. >> anne arundel county police are investigating a home invasion. trauma with serious injuries andno word on a motive or suspects. and police are looking for the market. the victim was taken to university hospital. no word on his condition. >> a baltimore city boy will spend 20 years behind bars due to a deadly stabbing of a classmate. he pleaded guilty in november 2008 to stamping a boy outside of a middle school -- stabbing a boy and outside of a middle school. a man reportedly assaulted a girl in a church last month. he is a registered sex offender. he is being held without bail at the detention center. an arraignment is scheduled for next monday. >> gov. martin o'malley is calling on legislators to enact his plan for job creation in maryland. federal dollars intended for small businesses are encourag

we sent out our jason carroll to california and he is live from the l.a.about gerrymandering, this is an interesting state to explore. partisan bickering, and republicans and democrats unable to find common grounds, and searching for reasons why? one says before looking in washington, try looking closer to home, in your own district. >> reporter: do you think most people out there, wherever they may be, really have a keen sense of how their districts are drawn? >> no, this is very boring. this is a yawner. most people don't really care about this. >> reporter: he is working to change an old practice, one he says has taken place to his own district. gerrymandering. >> it's decided to protect the incumbent, and people think they have a choice but they don't. centuries later, this is still happening. illinois' fourth district, pennsylvania's 18th, held by a republican, a blot. and they say the shape of the district next to him, a sore thumb. >> is it true my district was carved around my house? yes, it was. >> and just across the street is the 46th district,

, buy paper chase which is a remarkable -- you talk about when the newspapers or in their heyday, carroll cracked spy cases and discovered he had a remarkable career in the times of london and it's a great book and i am reading a couple of other books by william faulkner i go through line by line every few years and another by british historian alistair horne which is a great history of paris. it is about his enjoyable history book as i have ever read secure but cannot earlier this year. when is your next one? >> i don't know. we got in the top ten for two or three weeks and that was great but it's kind of tough fighting political books and this environment unless you want to write a polemic and that's not really my style, so i don't know. the best part of writing the book was the book tour because we would go out and have these great crowds. would the democratic and republican and was like having town hall meetings all over the country and we were hearing back in june and july what is showing up in the polls now so that was the fun part of it and i love writing, to lead the whole process

. >>> the search is on tonight for two men wanted for attempted murder in carroll county. police hope you'll provide the tip that leads them to this week's maryland's most wanted. take a good look at these men. they're wanted by maryland state police and the police department on several charges, including attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. >> they are wanted for the february 2, 2010 shooting, located at the apartments in maryland. >>reporter: harris is 5-7 and weighs about 175 pounds. his last-known address is on st. charles avenue. he is six-feet tall and weighs 175 pounds. his last-known address is on woodbrook avenue also in the city of baltimore. anyone with information on the whereabouts of harris or kaiser is asked to call police at this number. as always, all tips are confidential. they do make a difference. remember. if you provide any information leading to an arrest, you could be eligible for a cash reward. >>> the fbi closes its long investigation of deadly anthrax sent through the mail back in 2001. they now say army scientists bruc

and to further elaborate, carroll county three to 4 inches and frederick county two to four and three to four in harford, baltimore county and city and heavier amounts in anne arundel county. for a little more on your forecast today, we send it back to marty. eye want to -- >>> i want to go back to the first warning doppler radar. you can see maybe a flurry bee around the next hour, but it won't be a big deal. 35 at lunch and high of 39 and partly sunny skies. and it's going to be a sunny afternoon with relate tvly clear skies and 36 degrees this evening. don, take it away. >>> the hurry up this morning is not the headache that everybody feared it might be. here's sharon. >>> the main roads looking pretty clear, mostly wet. the bridges and ramps and overpass could you find length gearing ice. we have an accident on the jfx. this is north parkway. and another one on 95 in the southbound lanes just past the beltway. that one remains on the shoulder. and citizensecond accident on 95. watch for a rec at fallstone. there's a look at your speeds around the beltway. 53 miles an hour all arou

his name was carroll quigley.mentored people from every president for i don't know how many years. he was also very close mentor to bill clinton. in fact, i believe he was the guy who helped bill clinton become an rhode scholar. he had a better idea than the doomsday device or m.a.d.d. in this book in 1962, '63, somewhere in that area, he said i've working on it and i've just play admin mall role in it. i figured out a way and we put it in and i'm told i can now tell the world what the device is that will stop us from having an all-out world war. the tragedy is world war. the hope was an end to all wars. how did they do it? instead of tying everybody to a master compute they're showed we're going to blow everything up, they decided to tie everybody's econo econom together. no one would go after europe or come after the united states because we'd collapse. if we could tie our economies together. this came out in the early '60s. he said you will no longer see any wars that are full, fought out full force. there will

carroll and harford counties are down to the last bit. better shape than baltimore county, which is already $2 million over. as for the state budget, essentially, 100% over. >> very important. because i have to travel a long distance to get to work. and it's like an inconvenience if i can't get there. because i have to get the money to put food in my refrigerator also. >> reporter: here at bwi, thurgood marshall airport, winter is already tracking the storm. even before any snowfalls. >> in fact, southwest airlines has canceled most friday evening flights. and all flights scheduled for saturday. >> we certainly encourage people to check with airlines. to get the most up-to-date flight status information. >>> and authorities are urging maryland residents to be prepared and to stock up. because they say they anticipate it will take a couple of days to dig the states out of this storm. report being live in baltimore county tonight, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right. thank you very much, weijia. wjz is always on. check in for fi