we are seeing congestion, southbound 29 through clarksville.ive look at the beltway on the west side, liberty, the accident is past this point. on the brakes before 795, blocking a left lane, as you approach security boulevard with this collision. >> we have to show you this one more time. ly net charles special for the day. iron do you want to take over? >> really? >> i'm kidding. >> the guy who won came and won the race. he encountered this along the way. >> it makes for an interesting run, not boring. pla answer your question, what would you give up to see a super bowl live? [ mom ] hey guys. guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. sunday morning ideas made easy. how to solve a brother-sister standoff. ♪ pillsbury chocolate chip cookies, warm out of the oven. another sweet idea for bringing families together from pillsbury.

and getting through the clarksville park region. baltimore national pike not too bad here but again, some delays on the west side outer loop as we check the drive times. right lane closed at 795. so now it's going to take about 9 minutes from 795 to i-70 on the west side outer loop. over to you. >>> the breaking news update. at least one of the six officers shot in utah is dead. officer issued a drug search warrant and one of the officers killed had a wife and two children. police shot that suspect who is also at the police officer. five officers are hospital eyed with serious to critical considers. witnesses report multiple gunshots and some report automatic gunfire. >>> iraqis have real fears the cycle of violence may be revived now the u.s. troops left. we learned new information that several blast overnight in baghdad left 27 people dead. the blasts wound 60 others. two explosions included a roadside bomb and bomb attached to a motorcycle near a bus stop where people were gathering look for work. >>> and new this -- looking for

includes a drive on u.s. 29, southbound beginning to get a bit heavy especially traveling through the clarksville region. right now those foggy conditions so plan for reduced speed. a live look at the west side of the beltway, 695 at wilkens avenue, traffic patterns continue to move well on the west side of the beltway despite the accident. we're on the top side of providence road. our drive times pretty standard even with the brief delays from the onlookers with the accident at 795, west side from 795 to i-70, about a seven-minute drive. >>> the first day of the 2012 legislative session kicked off and already people are fuming about a hot button issue. there's talk in annapolis about another sales tax increase. sherrie johnson has more on this. some people will say ok, it's just a penny increase. others are saying it's the principle at play. no general taxes, that was the story for the general session. >> reporter: exactly. a lot of people are saying no new taxes. we just don't want to hear it. lucks are back at work -- lawmakers are back at work for the 2012 session looking at the budget and ta

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northbound and southbound on 29, no reported troubles there, making the drive through the clarksvillend columbia regions. no reported troubles for those of you heading in to the city on i-95, i-95 and 395, reports of a tow truck, 95 south, past fort mc henry tunnel. >>> puzzles and reading linked to a risk of alzheimers disease. because it reduces the accumulation of harmful proteins on the brain. oler adults who engaged many mentally stimulating activities had fewer deposits associated with alzheimers. brain stimulation before symptoms appear may slow the progression of that disease. >>> warning for parents, remind your kids to wear one screen. one in four teens use it regularly. half of children ages 1 is-14 have been sunburned once by the age of 11. the older kids spent more time in the sun and interested in getting a tan and less likely to cover up at the beach. >>> you are watching good morning maryland. coming up, 59 days, he pushed forward. how one british adventurer made it across antarctica and the record she has set. [ female announcer ] they've been off limits to dieters si

more company, especially in the southbound direction, but still no reported congestion through the clarksville region. 695, liberty road. we are seeing off and on delay tons west side of the beltway, checking the drive times on the west side outer loop, 795, to i- 70, 7 minutes, no troubles on the topside, looking good from bel air to providence, a 6 minute drive. over to you >>> five things you knead to home. hearings resume from custody for hinkley. his attorneys are expected to get a chance to question a psychiatrist from a government against more freedoms for the man who attempted to kill ronald reagan. >>> later, michelle obama and hilda sals will appear announcing proposed rules to help caregivers of wounded, ill and service members and veterans. president barack obama will hop on the google plus and hangout multi-chat feature. he will take part in the first virtual interview taking place from the white house. will feral working to keep president obama in the white house. he and his wife cohosting a fundraiser next month, in los angeles. >>> brooks robinson is resting in a hospital this

clarksville, more the same there and the temperature coming in at 34 degrees and we'll start you off with temperatures in the 30s this morning and we'll gradually get into the 40s as we go into lunchtime around 42 degrees and i'm forecasting 46 for the high today. and that is five degrees above what we should be now for this time of the year. and if we get more sunshine in we could be a little warmer than that. and now over to angela. >>> it's not ands' i didn't drive for people in pikesville. crash officials and emergency personnel still there. and the congestion behind this, it is now a 14 minute delay from 795 to route 44 and frederick road. once you get past this point, not too bad on the beltway's west side. and for those of you traveling on the harrisburg expressway, it's still not too bad making it to the top side of 695 and we're getting a report of some congestion spots of southbound 83 from middle town road to belfast. but not too bad here. the driven time to the top side there a few minutes. >>> students, faculty and penn state alums are lining up to pay their final respec

volume still very light as you make your way past the clarksville park.here's 695 at u.s. 40 baltimore national pike. nothing to slow you down there. no reported troubles on the inner or outer loop of 695 and for those of you making the drive in on 295, the bw parkway here's what you will find once you goat russell street and lee -- get to russell street and lee street. >>> stay connecteded to abc2 for when you yo -- when you are on the beat. ous our smart phone and ipad apps to find out what's going on and get the latest forecast and school information in the abc2news.com. >>> playoff tickets went on sale yesterday morning and sold out in matter of minutes. how quickly they sold out it was a matter of minutes. what it's going to cost now if you want to get your hands on one of the tickets for the playoff game on january 15th. >>> and how players now taking a step back and we rei laxing a -- relaxing a bit before getting down to business. footage you don't want to miss. we are first and only at 5:30. live look at mistel beach in south carolina -- myrtle b

no reports of incidents, traveling through howard county, u.s. 29 past the clarksville pike, all lanes are open and moving well. a live look at 50, at sandy point. crews were on the chesapeake bay bridge with a salting operation in case we have icy spots there. if we continue on 50, making the drive to i-97, no reported troubles this morning. >>> democracy 2012, a town of 75 people, were the first to cast ballots for the new hampshire primary. the results didn't provide a clear winner. the polls opened and closed at midnight in the small town of dixville new hampshire. minutes later, the results were in. one vote cast for newt gingrich, two huntsman, one ron paul and two for mitt romney. voting continues throughout the state of new hampshire. we will have a live preview of what you can expect coming up. >>> tomorrow the state legislative session is set to begin in annapolis. 430 session of the general assembly, kicking off at noon too many. baltimore county executive will meet with members of the baltimore state's delegation to lay out priorities for the coming session. martin o'malley

plan for reduced speeds. 29 at maryland 108 northbound and southbound moving well through the clarksville region through the dc area. i-83 for those coming from monkton, i-83 at 45, york road, north and southbound moving well through the parkton region. as you continue through cockeysville, 83 southbound at shawan road clear all the way to 695. >>> he was the prime suspect in the disappearance of american natalee holloway. now this morning, joran van der sloot convicted of a murder of a peruvian woman. two years ago today a massive earthquake killed thousands in haiti. now there's even a larger problem this morning. you're watching "good morning maryland." we're monitoring what is going on in north carolina. >>> joran van der sloot pleading guilty wednesday to the 2010 murder of a 21-year-old peruvian woman. he met at a lima casino, who was killed five years to the day of the unsolved disappearance of american teen natalee holloway. he remains the prime suspect. this morning holloway's father is speaking out about joran van der sloot's plea. >> the we'll see what kind of sentence he gets.

on u.s. 29 southbound now we are seeing delays as you make the drive through the columbia clarksvilleregion on i-95, north of maryland 100, motorists traffic south, 95 is the best route and we are blocked on bw parkway southbound heavy from 193 to 410. 95 not a bad choice this morninga and here's a live look at i-95 seeing traffic back down in the southbound direction heading to the beltway. >>> a long night as the iowa caucus drew to evened around 2:30 after a record number of voters turned out for that state's gop caucus. abc2 news linda so is here this morning with the wrap-up of the night's event and i guess it's onto new hampshire. >> reporter: onto new hampshire where the pry mareies happen next tuesday -- primaries happen next tuesday. these he are the closest caucus results in heftry. it was a narrow win but -- history. it was a narrow win with you there will be no recount. paul came in third. newt gingrich was fourth followed by rick perry and michelle bachmann and it came down to the wire with santorum maybe a last-minute surge. he said he had a strong finish because his sup

especially in the the southbound direction because we're picking up volume making your way past the clarksville pike. jfx and north avenue, keep in mind, west north avenue and park avenue approaching the jfx police still on scene of an early morning commission there. if -- collision there. the west side at baltimore national pike here. if you're taking mta, expect minor bus delays with the wet roads. also light rail running 15 to 20 minutes behind schedule. >>> today's the sentencing for a truck driver found guilty of killing a stevenson university professor and seriously injuring her son takes place today. it happened in august 2010 outside of cleveland, ohio. corein ' redmond with what is expected today. >> reporter: ed slattery had been on a long and emotional road after the accident that left his wife dead and two sons slattery has even taken the fight to capitol hill to try to get tougher laws passed as to how long truck drivers can stay on the road. susan slattery, a professor here at stevenson university was killed. the truck driver behind the wheel was driving a triple trailer at the ti

look at this from glen oak down toward clarksville and route 32 and 95. watch out for the brief, heavy snow showers here and there. the other thing we're concerned about today, the winds still gusting to 37 at national and leesburg and the 20s in the valley. 38-mile-per-hour wind gusts with temperatures queen where from 250 at haegers -- 25 at hagerstown. mid to teens to 18 in d.c. and in the low 20s in southern maryland. officially, 32. mostly cloudy with a northwest wind at 28 and the dew point has dropped to 7. a sign of the arctic air that's moved in. the cold is in eastern canada coming down toward us. milder the middle of the country. it will be pulling out here in about 24 hours. if you can hang in there for another day, day and a half, milder air will return. low 30s. tonight we're dropping into the teens and 20s. still breezy. not as windy. tomorrow, 36 and late tomorrow, tomorrow evening may be another round of flurries and snow showers before we get milder on thursday. 45. by friday and saturday, we're back in the 50s. sunday looks like it is g

especially make your way through the clarksville region on southbound 29. and for those of you making the drive on the harrisburg expressway. look pretty good on maryland 45, southbound lanes to the right. heavy moving at posted speed. checking the drive times for this time morning, not too bad on the harrisburg from cockeysville to the beltway. top side 95 on the east side from white march tonight beltway that's 56 minute drive. on the top side bel air to providence 6 minutes and outer loop is where you have the delay 9 minutes from 795 to 70. charley. >>> it's 6:31. out of union city new jersey firefighters on the scene of an 8 alarm fire that fire swept through five buildings and firefighters had a tough time getting to it because of the cold temperatures. the fire started around 9 last night in and crews remain on the scene. 10 firefighters have been injured due to smoke inhalation and slips and falls. 40 people are now homeless this morning after the 8 and i harm fire. we will have much more on this story as it continues to develop on this thursday mor

you're on 29 now, you have a lot more company in the southbound lanes as you travel through the clarksville region heading down towards route 32. live look at i-95 at maryland 43, occasional tap of the brakes from this point as you pass the 895 split and continuing to the fort mchenry. >>> on to south carolina. candidates getting ready for the january 21st gop primary there. mitt romney leaves new hampshire the winner after also winning the iowa caucuses. he polled in the 40% for much of the weeks leading up to and delivered last night with a win. with a review of last night let's go to tj in manchester with a live look. >> reporter: good morning. the night went just about as expected up here in new hampshire which means the next primary, south carolina, is being seen as make or break by several of the candidates. mitt romney is on a roll. the first republican since 1976 to win both the iowa caucus and now new hampshire. >> thank you, new hampshire! tonight we made history! >> reporter: the former massachusetts governor was gracious, didn't back down from recent attacks on his work as a ven

on 29 watch the pocket of slow traffic southbound on 29 making the drive from i-70 down to the clarksville pike. here's a live look at 695 at park heights avenue. the drive around the beltway is in pretty good shape. and key routes to the west side i-75 and i-70 moving well approaching 695. and heading into downtown no early troubles to report as we get a live look at fayette and st. paul's streets. back to you. >> in health news when it comes to dieting it is how you consume the protein. researchers found those on low protein diet -- the group lost weight by losing lean body tissue which they say is not a healthy way to lose weight. >>> and study finds preschoolers in child care senters are spending a lot time indoors without outside playing. most programs don't include outside play time researchers say it's because of the risk of injury. budgetary constraints and a focus on academics. because of stricter licensing codes playgrounds are less challenging oring are to the kids. >> certainly, enriching activities are important for toddlers and preschooler spending their time in day carebut i

making your drive past clarksville pike and let's get a look at beltway.e are on the southwest side of 695. and, of course, the pace is picking up especially in the outer loop lanes as you make your way past wilkins avenue. more volume on the outer loop lanes towards i-95 in arbutus. now back to you. >>> look at your e-mail, if you have anything from american airlines in your inbox do not click it. an e-mail scam using airlines names to get you and what you can do about it. >>> multigrain and honey nut cheerios is so last year. it's 2012. the new flavors you can expect what they are and what they taste like when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday, january 3rd. whee wheeeeeeeeeeeee! wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >>> five things on this tuesday morning. the first family left hawaiich president obama will get back in front of voters quickl

be abe remember the for sudden delays southbound 29 from the clarksville park to maryland 32. and the north side traffic starting to see backing on the outer loop of the beltway between harford road and providence road. and again as you make your way on the west side of the outer loop all the the way to baltimore national pike over to you. >>> an important recall this morning that could be affecting your medicine cabinet. health reporter linda so is herewith everything you need to know. linda. >> reporter: we are getting new information this morning regarding the recall. novartis ag behind the voluntary recall posted new information on the website. here's drugs that are affected. excedrin, nodoz and bufferin and gas-x. eat applies to ed excedrin and no doz with december 20th 2014 or earlier and bufferin and gas-x these are drugs mafd by know vast vartis. they -- manufactured by novartis. they are voluntarily recalling the drugs because it may contain broken on partial drugs. if you have any of the medications stop using them andrrn them to novartis for full re-- return hem to

headheading to the top side of 695, 95 looks good and here's a live look at 29 at maryland 10 # the clarksville park. all is well north and southbound. let's look at the baltimore beltway. 695 at wilkins. looking good on the outer loop lanes of 695. coming from i-70 heading around to 295 the bw parkway. charley, over to you. good morning>>> good morning. we are hearing complaints from all over baltimore county. piles of recycables waiting to be pkd up because the normal day fell on a holiday. -- picked up because the normal day fell on a holiday. the problem is so did new year. recycling trucks won't be arounduntil next monday threes. that's three weeks without service. >> they could have planned and could have had one day in the miel so it would be maybe a week and a half instead of three weeks. >> the department of works says it happens every year because of the christmas and new year parallelling and it's unavoidable and there's the option of dropping off your repsych action. head to abc2news.com and click on my community tab and baltimore county news for a list of places to drop off recycab

patterns build. 29 on yours wednesday morning drive, heavy in the southbound lanes especially around clarksville park and maryland 32. also starting to see off and on slow spots on the harrisburg expressway especially through sparks glencoe. southbound through cockeysville, 83, at warren road and our traffic is moving pretty good as far as drive times are concerned. no reported troubles as you make your way on the top side of 695 looking pretty good. about 6 minutes there for you. charley. >>> a little health news this morning a new swiss study suggest gasting are by-pass surgery may be a -- gastric by- pass surgery may be a better option for losing weight than gastric banding. et this they had a better bmi six years after the surgery than those who received the band. researchers found the by-pass patients had a higher rate of complicationer. >>> obesity rates are high in the u.s. and latest numbers from the centers for disease controlfind in one in every three adults and one in every six children and teens are classified as obese. >> if you look at the rates of obesity and overwaited in childre

the city u.s. 29 at maryland 108, a few southbound delays off and on make your way through the clarksville region a live look at 695 and harford road where we are picking up the pace but the best alternate to get around the closure. >> quickly harpin hills elementary school closed because they are without power. abc2news.com the place to go for all things related news, weather and traffic. and now to new york. have a good day. ♪ abracadabra. new hershey's milk chocolate with almonds in pieces. your favorites, in pieces. like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that's what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? same as on the flake. because great grains steams and bakes the actual whole grain. now check out the other guy's flake. hello, no seam. because it's more processed. now, which do you suppose has better nutrition for you? mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal.

we are on a u.s. 29 at the clarksville park north and southbound lanes opened. here's u.s. 50 at sandy point. authorities say we have a salting operation on 50 at the chesapeake bay bridge so be prepared for some possible slowdowns there. otherwise it should be no troubles getting around in that vicinity as well. follow us this morning we are on twitter at maryland traffic. charley over to you. good morning. >> good morning. >>> it's 4:32 and all new video this morning. the parents of a bethesda child under fire after leek her home alone for an hour and a half. the 6-year-old was reportedly trying to make toast when smoke filled the home thus the smock alarm going off. -- smoke alarm going off the child got a neighbor who called police. >>> a neighbor of a teen found dead will speak out. for a preview let's go over to linda so. >> reporter: we have learned the parents of apedy mc-- will hold a press conference and say there's a new investigative lead in the case their daughter was found dead behind a dumpster in november of 2008. she was 16 and had had run away

we have police activity on clarksville blocking east joppa road.have wires down there and we have police activity where andrea fujii is reporting live this morning. that's on route 648 on west patapsco avenue. no change in speeds. everything's in the low 60s. 's a look at the westside, looking good there. still, plenty of space between the cars. this is brought to you by your toyota dealer. now's the time to make the jump to toyota. >>> i'm going to tell you, there's two huge parties super bowl weekend, one is the commissioner's party. that's almost beyond words. the second is the taste of the nfl. which is -- it's as enormous, believe me when i tell you. here's the culinary all star team, chef nancy with ron. how's it going? >> reporter: going great. the taste of nfl started in '92. it helps fight hunger in america and benefits the maryland food bank here. good to see you, nancy. >> you, too. >> reporter: how many years have you been in a row? >> 16 years. >> reporter: we're all heart broken we're not going. >> you and me both. ash lot of people a

live in clarksville for wbal-tv 11 news. >> it is time for today's text question. really simple. who will win this sunday? text your answer. standard text messaging rates apply. we will give you -- the results tonight at 6:00. >> police are trying to piece together clues after to the people were found dead in a wooded area off route 22. details are still coming forward. we're told they found a male and female unresponsive. they had apparently spent the night in the tent with a third person, a man who woke up and says he found both of them unconscious. he reported feeling ill himself. there are no signs of foul play. police are asking anyone with information into what may have happened to contact them. >> a baltimore drug kingpin is heading to prison for the next 20 years. steven rockwell. guilty in november to a multimillion-dollar drug and money-laundering conspiracy. the man lead drug operations in maryland, new york, and the dominican republic. his sentencing followed sentencing for other co- conspirators. >> city police are searching for the man who reportedly

as far as accidents go, route 32 westbound at clarksville pike. liberty road at marysville road. halliburton at west brokenning. captain mike had showed you some footage of that. and dorsey run road. overturned vehicle there. that has the ramp partially blocked. also, one new accident in baltimore city. st. paul street at east franklin. let's take a live look. things are crawling along there. and we'll take another live look. you can see pretty much the same situation on the left side around security boulevard. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. it's freshly-bake said bread, flavor-packed pastrami. to satisfy even the biggest appetite, at subway, eat fresh. >>> we're talking about a few snow flakes here. >> south of the city, some areas have picked up a trace to a quarter inch on the grass. we're down to 33 at the airport. light snow in the last two hours. humidity has jumped up to 92%. south/southwest winds at 3. barometer holding steady. come back and take a look at a warmer and sunny tuesday after this. >>> go, ravens! [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-s

also not there amount and another in clarksville near the north carolina border.gain, not there. >> six other lucky people won $25,000. >> i'll take that too. >> we all won the weather lottery this weekend. >> yes, we did. >> i had lunch outside. they had the deck out. they had the heaters on. >> gorgeous. >> i can guarantee you later today, and tomorrow and wednesday, you will not be eating outdoors. it will be a combination of wind chills in the teens and 20s and actual air temperatures struggling as well today into the low 40s. by tomorrow, only into the low 30s. it will put a very rentery chill on thing as cross the washington area. temperatures have fallen. regular ain't national, 38 degrees. when i got here at 4:00 this morn, it was 45. you get the idea we've been trending dwrown ward for the last couple of hours. gaithersburg, you are now 39- degree. 40 in annapolis and freezing temperature starting to break out in the mountains. winchester is 31. excuse me, 32. sorry, frederick, you are not reporting. wear having trouble with that weather site up in in fre

river hill high school in clarksville is where that -- that computer programming story and howard county. yep. where the kids got the work on board the international space station. so it was a lot of fun. >> very cool stuff. yeah, yeah. so weather? not cool right now. >> yeah, 46. i mean it's a little bit chilly. a little bit damp but considering the time of year -- exactly. 43 is the average high. we're going well up in the 50s maybe 60s before the day is out and then the bottom drops out tonight. there's still a touch of drizzle in the air but that's going to be leaving shortly. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 50s still on the eastern shore with the sunrise at 7:26. day planner, more clouds early but a decent amount of o sun for the middle of the day and afternoon as we shoot for the upper 50s. south to southwest winds 10 a 15 miles an hour and it will be a bit breezy at times. ran overnight has pushed through the region now leaving the area. see it north of baltimore and pulling away. behind it left with cloudy skies and drizzle and a little bitz of a breeze too in buoy for examp

then clarksville and columbia. belksville you're starting to clear and laurel you'll be clearing in about 10 or 15 minutes. and one more stop, frederick county, maryland and expand the picture almost out of lovettsville and brunswick. the scattered lighter showers here as everything lifts away from the washington region for now. temperatures near 40 upper 30s from hagerstown and cumberland and winchester but you go east and that's where it's much warmer. salisbury right now 59 degrees why it's 56 at pax river. easton 54 and we have upper 40s here in washington with good visibility at the capitol here as the rain has ended. low clouds left on the michael and son weather camera and a temperature of 48 degrees. west winds at 6. reagan national still reporting light sprinkles at the top of the hour but just about done and dew point at 46 degrees. there's a lot of cold air out across the central and northern part of the country. 11 in minneapolis and 2 in bismarck and that will be sweeping the behind the some -- behind

the ordinary, just some off and on congestion here on u.s. 29, especially making the drive around clarksvillea tap of the brakes there. if you're traveling on the west side of the beltway, your triple around 695, going to run into some pocket delays between liberty road and fredrick road. also off and on congestion making the drive southbound 83 as you head into downtown. late send it back to new york for more "good morning america." >>> after that stunning cruise disaster off the italian coast, there's a new spotlight on the floati ining vacations and the parties on board. chris cuomo will take us on the cruise ships gone wild. >>> and shocking news for the skiing world, sarah burke, fearless competitor, has died after suffering an injury in a training exercise. she landed squarely on her feet. it wasn't a crash. fell and hit her head. was wearing a helmet. >> just the wrong spot. >> so hard. >>> look at these soon-to-be moms heading up mountains. they're taking pregnancy workouts to new heights. cameron mathison has more on that. >>> the latest on the deadly love triangle in the hands of th

not a lot of volume but traffic is moving slowly make your way through clarksville.ou. >>> breaking news update. a huge house fire in west baltimore left three people in the hospital including a 2-year- old. the fire began around 6 this morning in the 300 block of fulton avenue. according to the baltimore fire official and a witness a 2-year- old was thrown from the second story window of the home. this is a picture sent in from the baltimore firefighters union. neighbors say the two-year- old's grandmother and mother were the ones injured. all we have now all of them taken to the hospital in serious condition. more on this story to come. back to new york for more "good morning america" and we are back in a half your. with the lysol no-touch hand soap system healthy hands can be automatic. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >>> just look at that startling picture. look at that. a 3 1/2-inch nail right in the middle of a man's brain. he doesn't even know about it for 36 hours but he has recovered. we're going to have that amazing story just a

we are seeing congestion for those of you traveling southbound 29 all the way from 70 to clarksvillet and here's a live look downtown fayette and st. paul. police say an accident with a ped struck at fayette and lynwood avenue. >>> change could be coming to the election cycle in baltimore city. today the baltimore election change coalition will meet to probring the election in line with statewide cycles to boost turnout. also save money. the city holds the local elections in the year after statewide elections and before presidential elections. allergy concerns are prompting a company to issue recall. they are recalling the arugulapastery go to the website for more information. now for more "good morning america" a one more check of the weather in 25 minutes. >>> whoo! whoo! >> that song is money -- i waited to say that. this is the year. you can finally dig out of debt with a little help from our good friend suze orman. she's here with tips as well. >> and check out these stats while you're bopping around over here. 11,000 episodes, 50 awards. just one week to go for the fans the "on

at the other spectrum, a howard county, clarksville and scaggsville road, we have a crash to watch for over to you. >> we are starting out with a little bit of cloud cover, but no precipitation. temperatures in the upper 20's and low 30's. warmer than yesterday. 27 in taneytown. 29 and a rising sun. we are going to start out with clouds early this morning. it is going to turn mostly sunny this afternoon, with high temperatures between 40 and 45. right around averaged this time of year. 53 on saturday. 30% chance for some rain. it should clear up on sunday. the site the next chance for significant precipitation is going to hold off until tuesday going to hold off until tuesday night and >>> why doint don't we raise a glass and toast the people who have the privilege of being part of "today" over the next 50 years. >> 8:00 now on a thursday morning. the first day of january, 2012. and that is how it looked ten years ago as we gathered all of our hosts to pay a host to the 50 years of "today." my how time has flown because next week we're celebrating our 60th anniversary. you might want t