city crew concentrating on streets like this now. little neighborhood streets with snow packed with snow that have yet to see a plow. now again this street is pretty much passable because neighbors shovelled snow themselves. it allows the cars to pass through but still this is a very messy street. now mayor rawlings blake said today that they have identified at least 17 attack zones in the city. she says crews are focusing on secondary roads and neighbor streets but will shift the folk to us primary roads again once the storm begins. but again for now resources are shifted to the problem areas. e.we are doing everything we can to keep moving but we have to be reasonable in our expectations. this is not a shoveling event. this is a hauling event. we have to peck the snow up and move it. i'm greatful for our partner throughout the city that have given us some locations to move the snow. >>reporter: we are back her live where you can see some of the cars moving. gingerly down the street. again some of the locations where the snow will g

the whole city was like a big machine. >> the city was organized according to these massive and variousrailroad lines. >> where rail line las ran, industry sprang up. smaller businesses and more jobs quickly followed. >> each dock is an industrial enterprise and you can see the lines that they follow are actually the railroad lines. and then the various neighborhoods of workers filled in close to the line. >> in just ten years detroit's population doubled. woodward avenue was a bustling thoroughfare with streetcars making stops every few minutes all up and down the line it where trolleys ran on detroit's main corridors, commercial districts emerged. and dozens of streetcar lines ran east and west through the neighborhoods. at michigan central station, service was stepped up to pick up new waves of migrants. no one knew it at the time, but you know, the trains were pouring in here with people and their job was essentially to build something that was going to take the place of the train. >> blue >> ifill: "blueprint america: beyond the motor city" airs on most pbs stations tonight. >> bro

. >> forceful winter blast takes over the city of baltimore. virtually closing down the city. in the middle of the week. >> i will tell you, it is treacherous, if you don't have to be out. you don't want to be. >> a look at what happened today. and how maryland will recover from this big winter blast. >> hello, i am jennifer gilbert. >> and i am jeff barnd. we watched snow and sleet fall since yesterday afternoon. >> this storm added wind and more snow to neighborhoods already blocked in by piles of snow. >> the problem is very bad in some parts of the city. keith daniels live in medfield. keith what is happening there? >> snow pushed people inside. it is a virtual ghost town. neighborhood streets virtually abandoned. only thing outside now the snow covered cars, and streets, both untouched waiting for relief. >> in medfield more misery. >> this is absolutely crazy. >> it is a neighborhood like many others across the city, taking a beating. with so much snow. >> i cannot believe it is happening again. seems like it happened two days ago. >> this storm is different than the one

toyota city is built around its headquarters, a city where most people have ties to the company. but it is iconic. the toyota way with the japanese way in the decades of growth. but now there is another safety scare. the best way to find out mores to try it. we are driving around toyota city in one of the vehicles which -- the prius -- which is having a desperate problem. -- this brake problem. this man swears by the. >> people have not been outraged to like in the u.s. the brakes * look. but it is ok. one man says it is a good brands. but then, what do you expect from people living in toyota city? bbc news, japan. >> the senior aide to the nigerian leader said the president is about to respond in writing to calls from the country's senate for him to hand power to his deputy. umaru yar'adua has been in saudi arabia since the member being treated for heart condition. nigeria's powerful state governors say the vice president should take over. one of the world's biggest defense companies, bae systems, has been hit with huge fines. it has admitted to conspiring to create false statem

both for the team and the city.rom the famous jazz clubs to the city streets, all of new orleans is singing one tune. >> who dat! >> reporter: eight words now as much a part had this city as street cars and fried chicken. and called out so loudly when the saints kicked their way if to the first super bowl that the whole country could hear. they're cheering for more than an underdog team. they're cheering for a struggling city still trying to climb out of the hole that hurricane katrina created 4 1/2 years ago. >> we were actually on the roof of our house netting in the water. >> reporter: robert green lived in the lower ninth ward. his family was among the thousands punching holes through attics and praying for help from rooftops. green's mother died waiting to be rescued. so did his 3-year-old granddaughter. >> i put her on the roof of the house, turned around to get her sister, and when i turned back around, she had fell in 25 feet of water. >> reporter: like hundreds of other, green was plucked from the roof of a

the gates go out of a city and gates enter into the city.are also places in which people spend even a short period of time. but they do that day by day, those who who commute into the station. so, indeed, in my opinion, according to our experience, they are very, very important. >> rose: tell me what the driving vision was when i look at this image. >> well, the driving image was... vision was that if you need 30 minutes to go from one city to another as it happens here, the distance clean colon and liege or brussels and liege and in two hours you are almost in london it means you see the station has to be very open. it has to be very welcoming and it has to be seize city to use and accessible for everybody. >> rose: should it remind me of anything when i see that from an image standpoint? >> well, it's a gate, it's also a lupl us in place. >> rose: okay. the next slide. what's the material? >> the material is steel and the big canopy you are seeing is important because belgium and this part of the world is very rainy. so it's a way you can

a more proactive approach to city services. to use her words a cleaner, greener safer city. she promoted gardening and turning city hall grounds into a farm. and increasing things like bike bike lanes to make it easier for others to do so. >> it was nothing. piece of cake >> reporter: my the end of the her first 100 days her and her staff were riding high. crime were going down in the city. she could also claim an improvement in city services. >> we have had a lot of quick fixes. it is not just one area. it is not just let's go out and put police officers on every corner. there are other services and resources that people need in their lives >> reporter: things began to go sour a few months later. state police officers raided her home to look for evidence that dixon took gifts from developers. that lead to the indictment, her trial and in the end a tearful plea garbage. where she regrets the loss of the potential of things that could have been achieved. >> i can't begin to tell you the tremendous job they have done. i'm sad, not because of the decision i made, but because i

blizzard warning in effect for new york city until thursday morning. wind gusts could reach 40 miles per hour. and national weather service said the storm could dump 10 to 16 inches of snow on the metropolitan area. >>well, finally, finally. few days relief after this storm. >> we sure need it. >> what do we hear bye possible snow storm for the weekend or monday. what's going on? check back with vytas. >> break it down for us. talk about what's going on out there. dealing with winds still tonight. skycam downtown. look at the camera shaking here because of the winds. we have the gusty winds. we do not have a blizzard warning at this time. but contend with the winds through the overnight. the snow, look at this. clouds without the snow blowing. has stopped over the city. 28 degrees. winds out of the west-northwest at 21. so still seeing that as a factor. now 1995, 1996, we saw 62.5 inches of snowfall in that season. now, looking at the 2009, and 2010 season, looking at 83.9 inches. 83.9. we're still not done with the season. we have 38 more days left. u

and a littleless as you get to salisbury, and ocean city. but right now, this is the potential we could see, and of course, againing on the track, it could give us more, or a little bitless, which would be favorable, but nonetheless, in that zone of 16 to 22 inches of snow. and it will start friday afternoon. into friday mid-morning, afternoon, to friday night to saturday morning. saturday afternoon. so this will be a friday, saturday event. get ready for it. more details about the storm and how long it will stick around and the next storm coming after this one. in the seven-day forecast. >> hits keep on coming. you can track the coming storm, i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com, just use the interactive tools to track storms down to your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com/i-radar. >> well, the big storms are burying budgets, with road crews working overtime. spreading salt and clearing streets. jurisdictions are finding they have already burned through the money allocated for snow removal. piles of snow have the maryland state hi hig

they built the city around their headquarters. a city where most people have ties to the company. the toyota way was the japanese way. now there is another safety scare. the best way to find out more is there vehicles. >i have not had any problems with this vehicle while i have been driving. the owner swears by them. people here have not been outraged. yes, they confess that the brakes sometimes have problems but that is ok. it is a good brand, one man said outside of the factory. another man said that toyota is strong. then again, what do expect from people living in toyota city? >> senior aides of a nigerian leader say that the president is about to respond in writing to calls from the senate to hand over power to his deputy. he has been out of the country since november being treated for a heart condition. u.s. government has said that unemployment has fallen to a five-month low. there was a drop from 10% to 9.7%. one of the world's biggest defense companies has been hit with huge fines. they have confessed to conspiring to make false statements. there is a deal to supply milit

i'm trying to get home. >> reporter: with city officials urging people not to venture into center cityess they have to, a lot of workers say their bosses told them to work from home instead. are you having to work tomorrow? >> i'm going to work at home tomorrow. >> reporter: going to stay home? >> yes. >> reporter: meanwhile in montgomery county, nancy lee, owner of the golden dragon, complained how the back to back storms are killing business for her and others. >> saturday too, killed the business, no good. tomorrow too. it's bad, no good. >> reporter: next stop, borden town, new jersey, and action news reporter katherine scott. what's the situation there? >> reporter: well, jim, it's been snowing here for the last couple of hours. but for some neighbors this storm is more about work than play. as they're still digging out from the weekend. they explained their street was only just starting to look passable and now they're getting hit again. >> you try to shovel out then the plow come by and you're plowed in again. you know. that's why i'm saying i'm worried about going to work thurs

city kicked in phase 2 of the snow emergency plan. forcing all vehicles to be removed from snow emergency routes. >> some people leave but you won't find any more people coming down to the park here. >> it won't be just snow plows over city streets. the national guard is letting the city borrow nine humvees to help fire and police respond to emergencies. two of the humvees are equipped with ambulances. >> in these times when we're talking about a blizzard, you have to do something extra. and the national guard is helping us to do that. >> heavy armor or not. police commission bealefield adds that no storm, no matter the size, will get in the way of public safety. >> they cannot maneuver around in the cars we have. or the 4 x 4 trucks that we have. officers will be out on foot, wherever they can. >> now, cars that are parked along snow emergency routes, do take the risk of being ticketed, or even towed. but the city has designated some areas for you to park your cars, free of charge, if you have nowhere else to go. and some of those ar

told my supervisor i live in the heart of the city. my street isn't plowed there's nowhere for anthony go and the supervisor said if you don't come you're not going to get paid and you're going to get reprimanded. i think that's a real issue because we hear from state leaders, city leaders and county leaders that the roads are bad but if a state-run facility is saying you're going to come to work and you're not going to get paid and you're going to get written up i think it's a real issue. >> it's unbelievable. if you stay home and you find out that everybody else made it in -- it's just unbelievable. >> what do you do if your street hasn't been plowed. >> what do you do. >> feel free to weigh in. we'll troy get answers for you. we'll try to get some of those leaders on the phone to give us some thoughts this. >> let's show some pictures. here's a picture coming in from melinda in dundalk. these are they are three children. they're all enjoying the snow at grandma's house. looks like they're having a good time. more pictures to show yo

she is in baltimore city with the current conditions there.d morning, jess. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. yeah, the snow came down dropped last night and dropped about 5 inches of snow on average. i have a stick and measured it earlier. i'm in canton downtown, and the roads are pretty good but the only concern is the side roads are pretty bad. as long abad. as megan said a few minutes ago, if you can get out to the main roads you will be okay. you need to plan to get out earlier and dust off your car. it's not a heavier snow, it's a wet snow. i have a yardstick and see how much snow we got in canton. i think we got around 5 inches. let's measure real quickly, almost six inches. we got 5-6 inches here. steve will give us more in-depth on the snow totals throughout the region and around maryland coming up in a few minutes. right now reporting live in canton, back to patrice in the studio. >>> now let's check in with meteorologist steve fertig and he is going to fill us in on all the details. steve, i didn't get as much in my neighborhood a

south toward pasadena, is 35. 35 on the coast in ocean city. temperatures are just below freezing. >> high, thin cirrus clouds already stretching across maryland now. they will increase and chicken overnight. the temperature will drop to four, but it will -- and thicken overnight. the temperature will drop, but it will -- it will be an indication that the wind becomes a factor. saturday, wind is gusting. eastern maryland and southern maryland, a winter storm warning that includes -- they did shad ein on that - -shade i non that map -- shade in on that map. that is why these advisories have been issued. you can see where they combine. high pressure to the north has been building today. that will supply the cold air as a storm in the gulf starts to shoot the gulf moisture in our direction. this will also combine with it to produce a storm east of north slope -- norfolk. >> they are speeding up and producing snow in north carolina. that will steadily spread in our direction. it looks like the snow line crosses the potomac by about noontime. the fr

nine years after he gained a seat on city council. young's city address, is along madison street. in east baltimore. >> it was papers i signed, but as you know, people buying houses sign many papers. you know,s that's what happened. >> it left this veteran councilman asking why is this now an issue? coming days before young expects to take over the seat. stephanie rawlings-blake is vacateing. to become the city's next mayor. >> sold it in 2005 and i have had two elections prior to that and if they knew that why did they not bring it out then? >> a possible smear campaign said young. some political insiders tell fox 45 news, young is certainly not a yes man. and that could make some in certain political circles nervous. >> joy lepola, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> young plans to resign from his state position, if he becomes city council president in baltimore. >> funeral arrangements are now made for a frederick u.s. marine killed in combat. 25-year-old sergeant david smith was injured in afghanistan and rushed to a military hospital in germany. that's where he died there last week. on

karen parks is live in ellicott city. karen, how much salt is actually left after what happened last weekend? >>speaker: he -- >> i will tell that you in a minute. other resources are outside of maryland to provide us with salt. when you came to me at 5:30. this parking lot here, was clear. so from then, until now, we have gotten, it looks like about 4 inches on the grounds and lets walk over here. mounds and mounds and mounds of snow, this is causing a major problem the state. where to move all the snow and how to keep the streets clean. what is happening now jeff is after last weekend's big snow storm. the state is ring out of salt. are started with 350,000 tons of salt and now they have less than half of that to work with. they have started to pull from areas that don't really need it. like the eastern shore. but that won't be enough to solve the problem. more salt is expected in the next few weeks and they say it could not come soon enough. >> that is essential. amazing to hear that. you need it. you need it. you have

alexandria city. arlington county, fairfax, prince william and loudoun county schools closed. >> coning with closed schools, manassas city, manassas park city, orange county, rappahannock and spotsylvania county. stafford and warren county along with winchester city and fredericksburg schools all closed today. >> in west virginia berkeley, hampton shier, hardy, jefferson and mineral county schools are closed. morgan county and grant schools heater is working harder to keep your home arm. your bills cou go up significantly this month. a few easy steps can help you cut your heating costs and save money. you want to cut your heating costs and you don't want to spend a lot of money doing it. take a look around your house. home improvement expert says the fixes are right in front of you. first keep your air vents clear of all furniture, otherwise your heater has to work overtime to pump o the heat and that means higher bills. >> if you put your sofa on top of your floor vent you are blocking that heat and

in new york city, close to 16 inches. as we move as far south as washington, another seven to 14 inches of snow. we'll update this for you tomorrow morning on "wake up with al" on the weather channel and "the today show" starting at 7:00. >> al, thanks. we'll see you in the morning. >>> now we turn to what has become the largest consumer product crisis in recent memory in this country, the growing number of toyota recalls. today another one, a big one. nearly 500,000 new prius and other hybrids recalled for braking problems. the prius is the new wave flagship for this car company. and 7,300 camry sedans recalled because of a potential steering problem. in all, some 8.5 million toyota vehicles have been recalled worldwide. production shut down while they work on the fix. you may recall almost a week ago transportation secretary ray lahood warned toyota owners to stop driving their recalled cars. that happened during a hearing. he later said it was obviously a misstatement. the question is, what do you tell toyotowners righ

city has even december egg natured some school parking lots and city garages where you can park your vehicles if you have no other place to go. one canton manager we talked to says his experience has shown that a lot of folks don't heed the signs. >> some people leave tonight find more people coming down the park here. so if you are leaving your car on the street you are taking the risk of getting hit i suppose. >>reporter: and for more on the city snow emergency plan and including a listing of those designated parking areas just go to our web site fox baltimore.com slash news link and of course we'll have much more on the city's plan to deal with the major snowstorm later tonight at 10:00. now we are live in canton, fox 45 news at 5:30. >>> governor o'malley already declared a state of emergency here in maryland. maryland national guard has been activated to help paramedic and fire department also. guard has more than 100 humvee ready to respond if necessary. emergency workers are also watching conditions along the eastern shore where snow is not the only problem there. >> we are on

i love this city, and i leave city hall, after 23 years of public service, secure in the knowledge that baltimore's best days are ahead. >> dixon will officially sentenced tomorrow as part of her plea deal on corruption charges. you can hear everything dixon said today, go to foxbaltimore.com/raw news. >> a lot of what the mayor has had to say in the past brought criticism from the state prosecutor. joy lepola tells us, how he is now venting the from us are stration with the mayor, in a very scathing memo. >> the harsh criticism came in written form. as part of the state's sentencing memorandum. the lead prosecutor, doesn't hold back, as he reflects on the trial. and how the mayor has behaved since her plea deal. during the final day as mayor of baltimore, sheila dixon could not escape the questions, or the cameras. >> i will be saying things but not at this point. >> when asked to comment on the strongly worded sentencing memorandum, written by prosecutor robert rohrbaugh, dixon declined. >> i refuse to read anything negative from the topic. >> the three page memo was written in suppor

alexandria city and winchester city schools will be opening two hours late today. over in maryland, charles, montgomery, prince george's, calvert, anne arundel county schools all closed. frederick, allegheny, howard, st. mary's and washington county schools will be delayed by two hours. check the top of your screen throughout the morning. winnipeg keel that up until 10:00 when you would have been in school anyway. on myfoxdc.com, we have everything updated there and the federal government is open today with an unscheduled leave policy in effect. contact your supervisor if you have to take unscheduled leave. if you are a d.c. city cool child, have you to go to school today. >> just go it our web site. that is the easiest thing can you do. got quite a bit of snow in some places out there. changing lanes is tricky because of all that slush. >> you will find slushy conditions across the area. julie wright will tell us more about that in just a moment. the snow is done. we are still see something snow showers in eastern portions, extreme pern portions of maryland. that

and those include some parking lots, school parking lots and city garages. so if you want to check out that complete list you can go to our website. go to foxbaltimore.com/news links. we're live in canton, myranda stephens, fox 45 news "late edition". >> thank you. >> joining us via phone is mel blizzard from the emergency management agency. thank you for being with us. we talked to you earlier. >> good evening everyone. >> we had a larger accumulation in the last few minutes. what are the biggest concerns right now? >> biggest concerns right now are the safety of our citizens. and visitors. to the state of maryland. we're also concerned about the increasing weight. it is a heavy snow, and the weight of the accumulating snow. we're concerned about keeping the roadways open and ensuring that any assistance requested by local jurisdictions throughout the state, are handled swiftly. and with the increasing winds and heavy snow, we're concerned about downed wires or trees. >> what are the troubled areas right now? we hear that possibly 200 residents in arundel c

keith. >> jennifer, we're live at the city garage. when the employ trucks break down this is where they come for repairs. crews are at home getting much needed rest. at 7:00 in the morningis that i owe where the heavy snow should be coming in. repairs could cost the city up to $2 million. that includes overnight over-- overtime pay. clogged salt spreaders, punctured tires. the heavy snow is brutal on transmissions. it knocked out 21 trucks. >> which is not unusual in a snow this heavy. a lot of these vehicles are fully depreciated, beyond their industry life cycle. so there are [indiscernible] out there, 15 years old with wet heavy snow. very hard for the truck to keep up. >> supervisors say the plows were quickly fixed, by tend of the storm nearly 98% of the trucks were back on the roads in time, apparently, for this next snowstorm that's blowing through. we're live. keith daniels fox 45. >> and when the snow starts falling in your neighborhood see it shoot it send it. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the icon. you can send pictur

tonight it's getting the attention of a city council member. >> karen parks at city hall where a story you saw first on fox is bringing a lot of change. >> reporter: council woman holton submitted a resolution today to make sure there were policies in place to keep this from happening again. 37-year-old dennis mclaughlin who is behind bars and works for the department of public works as a utility repairman was also charged with sexual assault and impersonating a police officer. he served ten months in 2008 for sexually assaulting a minor. now there are allegations that mclaughlin used sick time, barroed from the city's sick bank to cover if his of time while in jail. >> did the investigation begin before fox broke the story? i don't know. there are employees in the department of public works that knew that this employee was incarcerated, that knew that this employee had someone submitting sick leave slips so that this employee could be paid while they were incarcerated. >> reporter: we've also learned that look laughlin's mother also works as an administrative assistant within the depa

there is no parking in the city. there are emergency routes. the mayor ordered the suspension of the fire house closing rotations and the new bus service, the charm city circulator, has also been canceled through tomorrow. >> the snow is not new to baltimore. we're going to get through this. everything about how we handle snow is getting better. we're already in emergency management mode. this is when we operate best. >> the city is encouraging folks to use a certain school parking lots to get their cars off of snow emergency routes. residents in little italy, federal point, and center hill can use the garage is to get their reviews the roger -- use the garages for free to get their cars off the street. fha has pledged trucks to the afx. >> we have had a chance to look at the snow in the city. we're going to check with barry sims. what is it like out there? >> we have been telling people to get home and get home safely. we found some friends of some people who have been outside. this is andrew and him. they have been riding their bikes. where y

and see that you may not abandon the city, that you cannot abandon this city. [applause] estimates but the west does not withdraw and instead the berlin airlift is launched by a combined allied task force. >> the air force assigned more than 300 airplanes and more than 20,000 men to the airlift and britain made a large contribution of both aircraft and personnel. >> it was an operation without precedent and severe test of precision, logistics, communications and within a surface. >> it was narrow and dangerous with 40 to 50 airplanes going through simultaneously. until the late stages of the airlift they were flown at five different levels at 500 feet apart. this called for extremely precise air traffic control. >> some of us bombed berlin and now we were trying to keep the same city alive. it meant we had to get more from each airplane and each man had than ever before. sprick the biggest item of coal from the utilities. it was packed and jihadi their ex mex. the second was made into pumpernickel bread. and milk for the kids. the than medicines. every ounce of

and a big increase in investment in the city.ayor uses his suv as a mobile office and nightmarate as tour of the city as if it's the magic kingdom. he says he's inspired, which he says he got from his parents, both trail blazers. they were two of ibm's first african-american executives. active in the community, they raised corey with a devout baptist faith. >> you can realize your dreams. and if not, there's always honorable work and honorable men and women who are doing that work. >> he knows all the regulars at the diner, and he says he knows progress downtown when he sees it. >> there are people in my city right now who are entrepreneurs who are doing it because they are employing people and creating value. >> he is obsessed enough to call out anybody he sees littering and shovel an occasional walk for a senior citizen. and if his dream of a reborn city doesn't ever come true, it probably won't be because cory booker didn't work hardness. he has nothing else in his life right now. he lives where he works, and he works every da

i want to say baltimore city is it observing the. if you are seeing a city service. that's going to be. the mayor tells us they have been working 24-7 since the first snow. they are still at it trying to tackle the side streets. for now we're live in jam massen. the chat owe story is just alone. >> if you're just joining us right now, the situation yesterday, the street chat owe lane. a lot of parent. what did she say to you ribbed da, am. when we were there yesterday, they to. they have yet to see a plow truck. those mayor -- narrow streets that still haven't seen a plow, you can't have the huge plow trucks go there. when we emailed, he would be contacting the special units team. when we drove by this morning, it was still snow covering the street. people using the gas facing right next door. we will dig from our own way out. >> and when you have somebody in the city come in. >> pr purposes, they will be out there in front of cameras to show. >> you know. and i want to mention, chateau, in the from. i know yesterday we have got calls from angry residents saying they

we have more on how the city is planning to deal with all of this snow. hello weja. >> reporter: good afternoon. the new mayor wants to hit the ground running in the tremendous task of getting the city flew the storm. administrators admit even though we have had snow we have not had the wind so crews are preparing for near blizzard conditions. just 23 hours into her first term as the new mayor of stephanie blake is contending with the new winter storm. >> we have no control over the weather and we have no control over what mother nature do but we do have control over how we will respond and we have an integrated system. >> the city of 300 workers in place and hundreds of pieces of equipment and 15,000 tons of salt. what it does not have is a snow budget to match the load. going in to the storm the city had $400,000 of $3.5 million left. >> i'm very mindful because we are dealing with a budget deficit but again i keep repeating the same thing, we have to protect our priorities and making sure that we provide public safety and essential services particularl

the city may be a step ahead of the rest of china. he says he won't move forward with plans to build a much larger assembly line plant to produce more at a faster rate because he's waiting for a policy announcement from china's central government on the electric vehicles. now the cars occupy a legal gray area. they're not considered cars or motorcycles. most car owners drive them without licenses. >> translator: government officials are debating proposals on how to classify this vehicle. in addition to where licenses are issued, we'll be valid. right now we're not permitted to drive within large cities. but commuting in small cities and counties is okay. police won't stop you in certain provinces. >> reporter: the debate of where they can travel has bigger implications. many are looking to export their cars beyond chinese borders. according to chinese law, however, only car companies on a government-approved list can export large numbers of cars or legally sell them within the china. the market for these electric cars is so large, the

we are under a blizzard warning here in new york city until 6:00 tomorrow morning. brian? >> anne thompson in central park. anne, thanks. we now want to go to our friend pat battle in woodbridge, new jersey. pat, you and i covered a lot of these over the years. this is about as bad a snow/wind combo as we can get here in midtown. >> reporter: i think you said it, brian. we weathered a lot of storms but this is starting to pick up in intensity. you see the wind is blowing, the snow is coming down. for the first time in a very long time, new jersey transit suspended bus service statewide tonight. that is a very rare occurrence, as of 7:00 tonight. they were able to do so though because ridership was so light here in the state of new jersey today, a lot of people heeded the warnings and did stay home tonight. for those who ventured out, state police say they responded to more than 450 calls for assistance. more than 150 accidents, and that's just the state police, not counting locals. one of the of the most serious accidents on the major thorough fare here in new jersey, rout

of cars on the city streets. we asked the residents if you can pull your car off the street and put it in a driveway please do that. try to park as close to the curb as you can so that our trucks can get through those smaller streets. >> city transportation officials ask residents to be patient during the snow removal process. >>> state highway administration gearing up for the storm. they have plenty of salt. trucks have been repaired. they are ready to roll and the crews have rested. >> we are playing it by ear and getting ready as best we can. we ask that folks at home get up early for thursday and allow extra time or consider changing their plans little. >> the state highway administration plowed through $110 million. they have until june to balance the books. >>> as we get ready for snow officials in harford county say hundreds of sidewalks in front of homes and businesses still aren't shoveled from the last storm. that's a safety concern. >>> with more snow headed our way what does that mean for the school

santiago is a seismic city. i thought it was a tremor and soon my husband said oh, my god, it's an earthquake. we could hear things falling in the living room and i ran out of the room to my daughter's room to pick her up and we stood in the door frame which is the emergency plan that you are always taught about and we never had to use. it was really scary at that point because you are in a door frame and the whole apartment is shaking and the walls are moving and the floor is moving and you can hear things falling all-around you. everything is dark because the electricity went out and it lasted a long time. for an earthquake it was about three minutes of shaking. >> i can't imagine what that must be like living through three minutes probably felt like three hours. i know daylight is just breaking, but have you had a chance to assess the damage in and around where you live? >> yes. the first thing we could see because we have emergency lights in the apartment in case of something like this. there were cracks in

there are a few folks out and about. 95 northbound and southbound, south of dale city between dale city and dumfries moving along nicely. no early issues. we'll see if that continues to the wilson bridge. both directions very light volume. in your travels this morning if you're going out just watch out for crews they will be out there doing preparations for the storm. right now all is well. back to you. >>> 4:45 is your time. 34 degrees. we're just getting started with our snow coverage. you still have some time to get those last minute supplies. >> what you better have inside your home before you do get trapped by the snow. >> stay with news 4 for coning coverage. we'll be on the air with updates all day long. >>> our time right now is 4:47. 13 minutes until 5:00. 34 degrees here in the nation's capital. buffalo picture of the lincoln memorial. no snow -- some lingering snow on the ground but not like what we're going to see coming our way. >> a number of closings and early dismissals in anticipation of this storm. first an important change involving the federal government. the federal

charm city challenges is no more. heading into the 10th year all star showcase cannot find a sponsor. organizers pulled the plug. at least this year. current terps greivis vasquez, haze, mosley, williams and pageant seen here, all appeared in the game. terps fans got the first look at them right there. >> and now that the off season is upon us. ravens are looking at the roster in hopes of upgrading what is a fair team. one area of interest is receiver. every time one becomes available fans start clammering. well clammer away raventation. browns released stallworth. reinstated after a one year suspension. stallworth was officially let go yesterday. he was convicted of bwi manslaughter and served 24 days in prison. and he also gave the victim's family a financial statement. stallworth played one season for the browns after signing a seven year, $35 million contract in 2008. >> and some very good news about a former prep player of the week winner. right handed pitcher kevin jacob, profiled him in the spring of 2007. has

i came up from the city. so it's been absolutely fine. the roads were fine. i came up 83. >> well, i drive for a living. there's nothing about it. the roads are clear. the side streets are damp. it's all right so far. doctor so far, you may call at the time dog days of winter. tucker talked about his drive. >> picked the trailer up and headed down to petersburg, virginia. >> reporter: how far of of a ride is that? >> about three and a half hours. today probably about four, four and a half. >> reporter: the city is already preparing for a possible bigger storm this weekend. >> our crews are getting ready. we're getting our equipment replenished, salt replenished. of course we want all of our employees to get some rest because we don't know what to expect for this weekend. >> reporter: for now, enjoy the postcard for baltimore, but keep the hot chocolate handy. more, maybe a lot more of this, is on the way. >> i hope not. i'm about done with it. i wish the groundhog didn't see his shadow or did, i don't know how it goes. >> reporter: i think we're all about don

commuting in small cities and counties are okay. police won't stop you in certain prove ebss. >> the debate of where they can travel has bigger implications. many are looking to export their cars beyond chinese borders. according to law, only car companies on a government approved list can export large numbers of cars or legally sell them within chin. the market for these electric cars is so large there's a growing litany of companies that want to get on the government approved list. many of them were not electric car manufacturers but are looking for a piece of the market. if all goes well for the car makers, china's roads will change from being dominated by large cars to vehicles like this. i'm jimmy wang for time.com. >>> we would like to go beyond the headlines and look at invasion in the auto industry. we have a correspondent for the economist and co-author of zoom, the global race for the car of the future. >> good to be with you. >> is it fair to say, the auto industry is in the midst of a revolution, then? >> one has to be c

westminister, megan gilliland is reporting from baltimore county, and jessica starr is here in the city all with the latest of the current conditions out there. we want to keep you up-to-date. said that, we want to keep you up-to-date on the school closings as well. here is a list of the schools that are closed. anna run dell dale, county, ally county, baltimore city, baltimore county, cecil, frederick, harford county, st. mary's and washington county schools are two hours late today. and just remember whenever severe weather hits, tune in to fox 45 news. our morning news ticker will have the latest closings, delays, traffic conditions, that ticker updates automatically and it even runs during commercials. we need to check on the roadways, candace dold is here with a look at the traffic edge report. good morning, candace. >> reporter: unfortunately it's going to be all about the dig out this morning. we want to show you, this is what the main lines look like. here is 695 moving at 83. you can see the cars are moving and the roads look pretty clear so no snow there, but then let's check

city board of estimates approved the layoffs today. the closure is regrettable but necessary because of the city's budget short fall. it is locateed in the eastern avenue pumping station near the inner harbor. >>> well, toyota dealers nationwide are scrambling to fix gas pedals after the massive recall. more than two million vehicles could be affected involving eight model. federal lawmakers say they want to get straight answers. >> i want to know what caused the problem. and i don't want just a statement because the statements seem to be at variance from what they said publically and privately. >> also transportation secretary hood went so far as to say toyota owners should stop driving the vehicles. but he came back and amend statement saying they should take their vehicles to the does he recalls for repairs. >>> more problems for toyota. there are problems with the prius hybrid. popular gas electric hybrid that went on sale last year is not part of the massive accelerator recall. >>> meanwhile toyota is sending checks to dealers. to

the city alone is overbudget by $10 million. but despite any budget gaps, everyone says they will be clearing the roads. back to you. >>> and now from suburban to urban. ron matz is on boston street in canton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're live on boston street southeast baltimore, canton, boston street indicative of the main roads in the area. clear, you're not going to have any problems on the main roads this morning coming down the jfx. they're good to go. we'll send it back to you on tv hill. >>> we want to give you some of the advisories verbally this morning. three systems closed to the south, anne arundel county, calvert and prince george's county schools will not opt doors today. most area school systems, include city, county frederick and harford counties are operating two hours late. remember. wjz is always on for you. go to wjz.com when severe weather threatens for your on look at first warning doppler radar. >>> there is other news this morning. last session state lawmakers passed a new law banning u

man as city and manassas park city schools. -- manassas city and manassas park city schools. >> in marylandallegheny, charles an st. mary's county schools are closed. in west virginia, berkeley, hampshire, hardy, jefferson, mineral, morgan and grant county schools are closed. >> the federal overnment will let out four hours early today. it already has an unscheduled leave policy in effect. d.c. public schools will dismiss at twelve noon. in maryland, anne arundel county schools will dismiss two hours early, carroll county schools, two hours 45 minutes early, howard county schools letting out three hours early. montgomery county schools dismigging two and a half hours early. prince george's county schools will dismiss three hours early and frederick county, maryland schools will let out three and a half hours early. >> you can watch the top of your screen throughout the morning. also check out our web site, myfoxdc.com. we'll continue to update the school closings for you as those begin to come in to us. >> i was just thinking about those schools. we've already had school closures quite a fe

look, i come from a progressive city. we are balancing our budgets without raising taxes, without borrowing. our bond rating was reaffirmed last year. we have a rainy day reserve. we have pay as you go. 10 year capital plains and universal health care. universal teaching. no teachers were laid off or firefighters last year. we are able to do that with progressive framework. the state of california is run by a republican governor. it's not just progressives. >> bill: he doesn't have any say over what the legislation does. city of san francisco owes a ton of money 6.6 billion, right? >> yeah, that's our budget. and the state of california should hardly cry poverty as well. >> bill: city of san francisco meeting obligations and has a bunch of progressive programs you had a 6.6 budget short fall. >> 522 -- no we have a 6.6 billion-dollar budget. we have a 522 or so-million-dollar short fall. look, last year i had a 438-million-dollar short fall. but we didn't raise taxes. we didn't borrow. our bond rating as i said was reaffi

she is required to donate $45,000 to the city. >>> stay with wjz for the city hall transition. >>> an 11-year-old girl tells police that a teacher physically pushed her from inside the classroom into a hall way. she is identified as tracy clay. she is charged with second degree assault and placed on administrative leave. >>> stocks took a dive amidst new fears of the world economy. stocks buckled after disappointing jobless numbers indicating the economy is weaker than expected. at one point the dow dipped below 1,000 for the first time in the month. the s & p slipped 30 points and the nasdaq dropped close to 66 points. >>> new problems tonight for toyota. the world's largest auto maker is on the verge of recalling 670,000 prius hybrids. meanwhile toyota is investigating problems with the lexus hybrid. >>> bye bye tishon, the beloved panda flew home tonight via fedex. a female panda from atlanta were both online from china and will now become part of their breeding program. a chinese official said today, tishon has grown into a handsome young man and it's time for him to go home and d

>> since 1996, jack young has represented baltimore on the city council. he has a row house near john hopkins. but for much of his council tenure, he and his wife also owned this home. by his own admission, it raised a question. did he really lived in the east baltimore community he was elected to represent? we asked him to respond after the council meeting last night. >> do you live on the property? >> on the weekends. it was like a vacation place. >> when they bought the property in 1993, they signed an affidavit as owner/occupancy, which allow them to avoid the transfer tax. such documents typically represent a typical residence. >> when you are buying property, there are lots of papers thrown at you. i did not read anything -- everything, like you do not read everything. if it was my property, why should i get a tax break? >> how much time have you spend there? >> i do not have the slightest idea. >> they sold the home in 2005 after it supposedly became trouble politically. >> do you have a vacation home now? >> no, i lived in the city but people said

in the city of baltimore, we were told today that the city is down to about its last 300 in its snow removal budget, and probably by around 8:00, they are through that. they have already been laying salt. this is obviously going to be a very expensive storm. secondly, you talked about the national guard. the mayor has told us that the national guard is providing 12 humvees, mostly deployed around the fire stations, for assisting medics, and also to assist the police. the most significant are these. number one, no parking in a snow emergency routes. look for those signs that are posted -- no parking in snow emergency route. suddenly, the mayor has suspended the closing of fire houses, which was a budgetary move -- secondly. third, they have also suspended the circulator bus which just started running earlier in january. that has been suspended this is the mayor's first full day on the job. nothing like this to deal with, but she said she had full confidence that the city is prepared to handle it and encourages folks to go to the city's website or to call the 396 pensoneau number if th

salisbury, moisture, and ocean city. but for us, we continue to see the warning situation, winter storm warning in effect for central maryland and dc area. metro area here. and central portion of the state. until 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. parts of northern virginia as well winter weather advisory wrapping around the area. including the eastern shore. until 7 a.m. parts of southern maryland as they can see lesser amounts of precipitation. with the storm pushing through overnight. and timing this out on the future scan. see by midnight. snow showers. and morning it pushes off to the northeast. still may be remaining snow showers for rush hour. clear out thursday. good news. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the lower 40s. but next storm is moving in from the southwest. for the weekend possibly. what are we looking at? 4 to 6 inches, maybe a pocket or two with 7 inches between baltimore and dc area on the 95 corridor. outside of the area, outlying metro areas. 3 to 5 . with annapolis, eastern shore. easton and chestertown.