police say pettaway used to work at the cockeysville store.e is a suspect in at least three of the robberies. >> we did determinate he was an ex-employee of goodwill. we believe that he targeted because he was familiar with how they kept the money inside the store and what their operations were. so that is why you figure they weres the easiest target to rob for him. >> oh. that's what the tarnish on it, but it's good people that work for goodwill. it's a good program. i'm glad it's going to continue, hopefully. you know, it's just unfortunate. you got one bad apple out of the bunch. >> court records show that pettaaway pleaded guilty to armed robbery in 2003 and was sentenced to probation. he is now being held on these new charges at the baltimore county detention center and he is set for a bail review later today. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a traffic stop on the eastern shore turns up more than seven $9,000 worth of smuggled cigarettes -- $79,000. a trooper noticed a strong smell of tobacco and large number of cartons stashed in the cars.

this is in cockeysville. use caution.traffic volume s remaining light on i-95, easy conditions at this time. making your way to the capitol beltway. a live look at route 2 at the handover street bridge. remember to follow us on twitter at maryland traffic this morning. >>> 7 days remaining from campaigning before the first voters pick the presidential candidate on the gop side, gearing up for the iowa caucuses. he is is subject of several personal attacks, kuren redmond has the latest. >> reporter: it's days before the crucial iowa caucuses. the candidates are coming out swinging with ads and accusations. newt gingrich despite the newest allegations, looks like h se the front runner. the latest gallop poll shows newt on top with 26% of the vote, mitt romney is behind with 23%. new hampshire, after iowa romney has a lead with 39%. rick perry released a ad accusing candidates of being washington insiders. romney increasing efforts in iowa, phony supporters and releasing ads. newt gingrich is facing questions over ow his fir

. >>> a virginia judge has ruled that the family of the man accused of killing a cockeysville collegeto decide if they want to be in court at the too many of trial or make statements. the ban does not allow family members of accused to testify if they were in the courtroom for the murder trial. the lawyers argue the trial and the sentencing would be separate proceedings. huguely is charged in the killing of yeardley love. >>> a hearing has been set for later this month. it's scheduled for december 20th. nine black voters said the new district maps dilutes the black vote in the state of maryland. >>> the man accused of conspiring to suppress the black vote took the stand. paul schurick testified that julius henson cam up with the idea. he approved the approved robocalls telling voters that governor o'malley and president obama had already won. >>> it is cooling off. some spots hanging on like the inner harbor. eastern shore you're in the 40s. we veaf a new cold frontçó that will come through as a dry front overnight. it will drop the temperatures a little bit. the rest of the evening f

we will drop through the low 50s. 54 at bwi and cockeysville, you're hanging at 52 degrees. i want to show you the east coast view, pretty quiet weather but there is a cold front headed. this will change the weather a little bit tomorrow but 50s clear. much more on your weekend coming up. >>> for the past two days people in western states have been pummeled by the strongest winds in a decade. roosevelt leftwich has more on the chaos created by the santa ana. >> reporter: it was like having a hurricane without the rain. category four force winds caused severe damage from california all the way to utah. there were gusts up to 150 miles an hour. the winds slamed into l.a. hundreds of trees were slammed to the ground and on to houses as well. power was out for hundreds of thousands of people santa ana winds aren't unusual but two weather systems caused severe damage. >> we couldn't even get out. we had to crawl through trees president we thought this would come through the house. >> the storms were so severe that schools were closes p-ed -- closed for wind days instead of snow d

. >>> beautiful weather for a special tree lighting ceremony going on in cockeysville.e charles has more. >> reporter: come here and show your support. one of the fabulous things going on behind me, they already have the tree up. this is good news. check out the sign. this tree is in honor and memory of those in the united states military. so let me bring in aplan da. amanda is with the living home ministries. so, amanda, what's going on tonight? >> we'll have a military tree lighting ceremony to honor those who are currently serving, those who have sack cry fiesed the ultimate price. we have a special time where we willÑiÑi honor the veterans, haa special time with thexdxd milit. weÑi willñ23çó have a bugler. >> reporter: what's going on after the ceremony? >> we'll have refreshments, cookies, hot chocolate and the great gift giveaway. that gives pan -- an opportunity for them to get gifts for family and friends. they can come to a place where they can have their presence all figured out. >> reporter: i talked to your husband about donation. if they want to get involv

lorel temperature there around 20. 29 degrees in to cockeysville and bel air.good morning you are around 26 degrees. high pressure, will be working in our favor if you like the warmer temperatures. as this slides towards the east, we will get a return flow, temperatures are going to be a little bit more mild than what we saw yesterday. future trends not picking up on a lot for today with the southerly flow, i'm thinking we could get moisture in here, in the form of clouds, a sun-cloud mix is what i'm going to forecast for this afternoon. tuesday and wednesday, showers in the forecast. for today, that temperature will be around 50 degrees, we will stay dry. yesterday 42, we will be mild. temperature tonight around 36 degrees with mostly cloudy skies, not as cold and by tomorrow that temperature around 47 degrees with the showers possible. a check of your seven-day forecast, well, brings winter in here thursday, temperature around 50 degrees, in to the weekend, we could be seeing rain showers in the forecast, sunday, though, christmas day, looks dry as of now. le

cockeysville you're at the freezing mark. 50s tomorrow, and sunshine. enjoy that. >>> way to go matt stover. >> he kicked the lights out. >> have a good night.

cockeysville around 44. good morning, mount airy, around 42 degrees.re of the same into arnold, around 44. bowie 43 and laurel around 41 degrees. as we go through the rest of this morning in terms of the wet weather, well, you don't necessarily need the rain gear but i suggest that you take it with you. maryland's most powerful doppler radar is dry now but as we go into the afternoon definitely a chance for scattered showers to move in here so you might need it then. temperature-wise, nice and mild, temperature coming in around 57 degrees. >>> let's check the traffic now with angela. good morning. >> good morning. we continue to follow that serious accident route 2 at polling house road and police are there to get you around that. in the meantime, as we check our main arteries headed to the baltimore beltway, we're looking pretty good on 95, traveling through the columbia region, all northbound lanes are open all the way up to 695. and here a look at the top side of 695 at i-83. a check of the harrisburg expressway southbound lanes picking up through p

linda so is live in cockeysville with more on what's going to be an annual tradition now five years strong. >> reporter: it'd will happen at the deer -- it's going to happen at deer tree community. the tree is not here but it will be brought out soon. >> around 4 p.m. and we will set up for the event. the event starts at 7 p.m. this evening. this year the tree is donated by frosty tree farm in perry hall maryland. as we said, the ceremony actually honors those who have fallen. we have a candlelight vigil for that moment and we take time and honor those who are currently serving throughout the world and also the veterans present. this year we are honored to have the color guard from parkville maryland and marine corps and bugler from the united states naval academy and recruit the offices from towson of the army and marine corps. we are very excited to honor the local heros station 17 up in texas of the baltimore county fire department and the local baltimore county police departments as well. it's a very family, friendly oriented event. and we are just grateful to have this opportunity toe

. >> police say richard pettaway used to work at the cockeysville goodwill store. allegedly robbed one store and another in baltimore county. the robberies happened during business hours. he would force employees into a back office and take money from the cash register. the committee is shocked. >> it is a shame that somebody was still from a business like the goodwill. they are helping those less fortunate. >> he pleaded guilty to armed robbery in 2003 and was given probation. he is being held at the baltimore county detention center. kim dacey reporting live. >> joe paterno fractures' his pelvis after a fall of this weekend. the investigations continue. jay gray has the latest. >> jerry sandusky now prepares the most extensive game plan of his life. a consensus that the attorney general suggest a list of accusers has grown and weather stories are similar. >> is a possible default reacted the same white by staying in touch with jerry? i find that kind of strange. i find that some kind of collusion. >> "they are trying to raise any kind of doubt." there are questio

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they say he's a former employee of the store on 200 west padonia store in cockeysville. >> it make it is to me worse. they took advantage of the situation. >> reporter: jackie got caught up in the chaos. >> when we pulled up, the police were everywhere. they had the vans there and the cops were out. >> reporter: police say pettaway would use the same plan of attack in each robbery. >> he would walk into the store and pull out a handgun and make customers and employees walk into the back office the goodwill store and take the money from the store. >> reporter: police say he also robbed the store on three separate occasions. court records reveals pettaway have plenty of criminal experience. he's been charged multiple times with armed robbery. many are baffled anyone would do harm to a place that does so much good. >> that's like going to a church robbing a church. that's attitude. >> reporter: investigators are liking into the possibility that pettaway was acting out of revenge. he may have targeted goodwill because he's so familiar with the layout. they have not confirmed a motive. wei

he took them on a shopping spree at the target store in cockeysville, complete with a snazzy limo ridethe store. >> just seeing the smiles on their faces makes it all worthwhile. >> i am appreciative. take caring of the kids -- taking care of the kids. t. nick. like saying ne also donated coats -- they also donated coats. >> a man penalty layaway balances for 23 people. some of the purchases were for walmart employees. the generosity to many by surprise -- took many by surprise. >> i was in shock. he offered to pay off their balances. >> from santa claus. a real santa claus this year. >> dozens of retailers said they have had people come in and pay off debts. >> 5:57. 27. 51 degrees on tv hill. we look back on the life of ron smith. >> a man is murdered outside the towson town center. >> a couple of areas of showers to watch out for. >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. i am lisa robinson. >>

cockeysville 44. a cooler day. mostly cloudy skies. still watching this cluster of rain south of us. some of this will make it into some of our viewers down the lower eastern shore. easton, south of easton towards oxford. maybe a fresh inch or two of snow on the slopes. we're all cleemplet the fronts a pushed through. this is overrunning moisture on top. so colder air will be the main theme for the weekend. we run the risk for a few showers, especially if you're traveling south. people mix of sun and clouds, breezy, colder, mid-40s. sunday mix of sun and clouds maybe upper 40s. i think all weekend pretty good shopping weather. 32 overnight. we'll hit the freezing mark with partial clearing 4345 tomorrow. so a colder day on the whole but probably less breezy. we fall to 28, frost. check out your seven-day forecast. we find upper 40s on sunday into monday and tuesday. we're back in the low 50s and the next chance for showers coming in late tuesday through the day on wednesday. we'll keep you posted as we get closer to christmas. >>> the

crews responded to the 1300 block of western run road in cockeysville just before 10:30 this morning, where they saw smoke coming from the home. a firefighter may have been injured. no word on the seriousness of the injury. oblique warning from the u.s. treasury department. the agency says that by the end of the day, the nation's debt will, within $100 billion of its limit. the number is significant because it is the exact point at which the obama administration must stop the process of increasing the debt limit all over again. -- start the process of increasing the debt limit at all over again. a disturbing new report shows the economic recession may have reshuffled america's class system. new census numbers showed that half of all americans are earning less than $45,000 a year for a family of four. that pushes many into the lower class bracket, tricking the middle class. staff at food pantries and shoppers say they have never been busier -- and shelters say they have never been busier. >> people who thought they were on the giving side are suddenly finding themselves needing help. >

it's cold in pa. 46 in cockeysville. i think fortunate not temperatures will be -- for the most part, temperatures will be running colder. there's the area of precipitation south of us. it does not look like it will make much of a move to the north f it does, we could sew a few light showers and west of frederick through the evening hours. i think it's going to be very minimal precipitation at least across the immediate baltimore area. colder air continues to funnel in. that will be the case no big warmup in sight. a little more sunshine. saturday looks variably cloudy at best. sunday a mix of sun and clouds with a few flurries up towards the state line. overnight 32, partial, clear and cold with a stray shower. your two-degree guarantee 45. a chillier day. saturday night down to 28 partly cloudy with a frost overnight. i feel look i hear the reindeer. your seven-day forecast shows a chilly weekend but one that will be dry, good for christmas shopping. tombs and wednesday, hour next chance for some showers. >> that's pro

the record low was 10 degrees in early december of 1882. 39 now at the inner harbor. 34 around cockeysville. temperatures below freezing in central pennsylvania. western maryland is already seen temperatures dropped into the 20's. we do have some cloudiness across the region that might prevent the temperature from bottoming out tonight, with this blanket of then cloudiness across the region. not significant as far as precipitation goes, but it is going to be a cold front morning. light winds at sunrise, which comes at 7:14. there is a little weather system cutting across the ohio valley with a little bit of snow and rain out ahead of it. another cold front will get through your tomorrow evening and reinforce the chilly air. tomorrow, temperatures might get close to 50, but behind it there is very cold air. three degrees in bismarck right now, 15 in minneapolis. some of that cold air will slide in an hour weekend temperatures will run a touch below normal. 45-52 degrees, south wins at 5 miles an hour. snow showers near the legs, and a band of clouds near pittsburg tomorrow afternoon. we will

past middletown road, through the cockeysville region. follow us on twitter at maryland traffic. back to charlie. >>> there could be hope for the rec centers in jeopardy shutdown. a plan to turn over the centers could be getting a thumbs up. it would involve six of the rec centers. $200,000 paid by the city to groups to run the centers. board of estimates to vote wednesday morning. >>> a shooting left two students in critical condition. what they were doing when it happened. >>> plus from dating history, you can see charlie sheen likes younger women. find out what thousands of teens got and how they got his phone numbers. . occupy protests being broken up as we speak. police went in at 3:20 this morning, more details as we continue. >>> five things you need to know, president barack obama verified troops will be headed home from iraq by december 31st. the president made the announcement alongside the iraqi prime minister. they are leaving the country, quote with honor and heads held high. >>> vote on payroll tax cut essex pected to pass. -- expected to pass. today at noon, major

richar peteway is a former employee at the cockeysville store was arrested in connection with the robberies. the 29-year-old who lives on ramblewood court is charged with robbing two good will stores three times in a week. he is in the detention center inbaltimore county. >>> funeral services for an officer killed on virginia tech last week. the family of the shooter sent condole ens in an unsignedstatement went out. the family of ross ashley sent prayers to the family and also requested privacy be respected as well. they said there would be no additional statement from the family. >>> news time 15:02 -- 5:02. gop hopefuls squared off and what they had to say about their also who came out the winner. >>> and the college football season is over, what are you going to do? one maryland terp thought it would be a good idea to get busted. details on this monday, december 12th. it's 5:02. a live look this morning at atlanta georgia and we are back in a bit. is that thing getting closer? look how high that thing's going. look out there, look at the debris. all right, give me the camera. no, just d

news time 5:15 amount special tree lighting ceremony honoing fallen heros and linda so is live in cockeysville this morning telling us all about the annual tradition now going five years strong linda. >> reporter: five years. yeah, and it's going to take place here tonight at the community center behind us. joining us rob with living hope ministries and you sponsored this every year. it's the 5th year. tell us what's going on tonight. >> yes. every year we have sponsored this we take the time to have a candlelight vigil first and foremost to honor those who have fallen for the service of our country and we take the time to honor the maryland servicemen and women who have fallen. we take time to honor those serving to preserve our freedoms throughout the world. we take time in honoring those individual rains present with us throughout the course of the evening -- veterans present with us throughout the course of the evening. we are honored to have the bugler from the naval academy and recruiting officers from towson of the army and marine corps and station 17 in texas and beaumont county fire d

just five minutes from cockeysville. back to you. >>> a new report is out about marriage in this country and the findings are nearly half of u.s. adults aren't married and that turns out to be an all-time record low. corrine has more on the results. this is sort of a surprise because this is a pretty precipitous drop as well. >> reporter: it's a big drop. 51% they are saying. it's a big change. the report says marriage in this country cropped to 51%. pew research finds the marriage is at a record low in the u.s. and scenes like this one are becoming fewer and far between. and we looked at census bureau data from 2010 and found barely over half of u.s. adults were married, down 5% from 2009. the data shows also men and women were waiting to get older to get hitched. on average women waiting to age 26 and men until they are almost 29. if the trend continues, they say single people will most likely be the majority in just a few years. >> this is our hot topic. what do you think about marriage? and the survey in and what doe

battling a house fire in cockeysville.over the scene in the 13-hundred block of western run road just after eleven yesterday morning. we're told the volunteer with ear told the volunteer firefighter suffered a twisted knee and was taken to gbmc for treatment. investigators believe that fire was caused by a malfunctioning furnace. no other injuries were reported. >>> a homeless man is behind bars accused of starting a hotel fire this week. barry lee murphy, the police believe, started that fire during a fight with a female acquaintance. it happened before 9:00 monday night. none of the people staying in the hotel were injured. >>> time is running out for the organizers of the baltimore grand prix when the city decided to sever its ties with the baltimore racing company. the city officials are demanding the immediate payment owed by the group upwards of $is.5 million. >> the mayor and people supported it cut their credit off for good. but they'll be criticized by people who will argue we have very acute needs in this city. >

going to take about five minutes to get through could cockeysville to the top side of 695. >>> a band puppies rescued from a mill are safe this morning in dc. where the puppies came from and what the future could hold. linda. >> reporter: are police any closer to making arrest in the phylicia barnes place. what police are saying about the-year-old investigation. >>> a group of lucky puppies are resting covers play in washington. 102 pure breads arrived wednesday rescued from a kennel in arkansas. they were living in filthy conditions and suffering from serious medical problems. a lot need to be treat for pair sides and -- parasites and skin issues. >> when we make sure they arespade and neutered and dewormed and healthy to go out, they will be available. >> we will probably take care of them here for the christmas holiday but maybe right after christmas. >> i saw a pug i would take and show me the do xin again. woib a sucker for the doxin. if you are interested, the washington animal rescue league is take care of them. the number is on the screen. >>> well it's been nearly a year sinc

big story of the day is wind gusts this morning. 26 in sparrows point, 32 in could be why is -- cockeysvillend bundle up. and angela has traffic. >> reporter: good morning. you mentioned the wind gusts extra caution on your bridges and overpasses this morning. and we continue to see heavy traffic on i-95 the accident scene is clearing 9 5 at 216 residual delays through the area. here's another look at i-95 at maryland 175 north of baltimore 95 north of maryland, 43 no problems making your way from white marsh to the top side of 695. back to you. >>> coming later today, private first class bradley man will go go before a military judge. his first court appearance since his arrest in may 2010. he is accused of engineering the largest ever leak of classified military documents. though documents appeared on the website wikileaks. sherrie johnson joins with us what ex's -- expected today. >> reporter: potentially facing life in prison, 23-year-old private first class bradley manning is due to appear in military court at fort meade. basis for the 22 counts that he faces are transcripts of online c

freezing in cockeysville, 30 in bel air. there's that rain in ohio, we have to watch this system. it may creep back in and hit us with a chance of showers on the west side. we aim for a high of 52. >>> 4:41. here angela with traffic. >> early morning look at some major routes heading towards the beltway, first, a report of an incident in white hall, old york road near 23. we'll update that in the next report. in the meantime, if you're heading northbound on i-95 from columbia you're looking pretty good in the northbound lanes all the way to 695. another live look at the beltway in the harrisburg expressway north and southbound lanes on i-83 all clear from the pennsylvania state line to 695. and for those heading to the west side of the beltway no travel problems on southbound 795 and also clear eastbound on i-70. back to you. >>> a new report shows mothers who maintain their jobs while their children remain young are happier than stay at home moms. a study labeled part time work over full time, the well being of the moms that worked part time over full time didn't change. the pass

moonlight for you. 34 chestertown and we hop on this side of the bay, sparrows point upper 30s. 34 cockeysville. there's a little hint of a spread from 28 in the city to 32 laurel. a little pocket of clearing that allows them to drop lower than pyeverybody else. we have a mix of clouds this morning. and should make for a beautiful sunrise for some of you. once again more clearing on the delmarva versus what we have to the west. we're watching this thumb of moisture starting to poke its way into west virginia and looks like trying to cross the mountains. a little slug of energy that a lot of the computer models -- i keep mentioning them because a lot of forecasts are heavily weighted on the models to keep us dry. i think we could get showers at least on the west side late morning through early afternoon. it will give our way to 52 degrees with more clouds. we'll talk more about the weekend outlook in a moment. >>> on the roadways now, starting to see sluggish traffic southbound 95, the accident location is between 175 and route 32. maryland state police took out the right travel lane. you may w

in the county, cockeysville, wires down on warren road.drive outside of the city, u.s. 29 through the columbia region, nice and quiet. here is a live look at the harrisburg expressway. very light volume, i-83, as we mention, pleasantly surprised for you on all of our major roads, 695, green spring avenue. back to new york, good morning america. ♪ money, money, money must be funny ♪ ♪ in the rich man's world >>> ah, look at that crowd outside, gathering on a brisk day here in times square. >> warmer than yesterday, don't you think? >> i do. >> i check with sam. >> it's a matter of degree. sam, tracking the forecast. >>> coming up, all kinds of ways to save ahead. we're introducing you to the couponing all-stars who go to extremes to save on their bills. just like elizabeth revealed to us moments ago. apparently -- >> i hate that jagged edge. i'd rip them out. >> that must have driven you crazy. >> and had them in my envelopes. categories. very telling conversation. i've grown. >> lara and i are color-coded today. >> we wanted to wake up ame

in cockeysville temperature around 45 degrees, you could take a jacket with you but don't forget the umbrella because as we go through the rest of today, you saw the rain, there's possibility of that. good morning, arnold, your temperature is around 45 degrees. let's check traffic with angela. good

when we will need that bigger coat. 25-mile-an-hour wind gusts now into sparrows point. 32 in cockeysville sykesville 34 you get the picture it's very gusty this morning. let's go over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and as you get ready to head outfor the friday morning drive, expect quiet conditions out there. so far the overnight maintenance and road crews should be out of your way as you head out this morning. and we are reporting still in great shape for the most part around the baltimore beltway and most of our major arteries through and around the city. as we look live at i-95, traveling through columbia, still no incidents to report for you there. and here's a live look at 695 and wilkins avenue showing you a good flow of traffic. also, looking good as the drive is easy u.s. 50 and i-97 and planning to take the mta this morning, just the 15 minute light rail delay all other lines on schedule. charley, back to you. >>> extreme makeover home edition builds the final house in january. the hit show will enter the series after the 9th season. final

the suspect is richard petaway a former employee at the cockeysville store. he is locked up in the baltimore county detention senter. >>> today we have them packed and racked and ready to go, thebusiest day of the year shipping wise. for companies like fed ex and ups they are gearing up for a record setting day. and corinne redman is live at one of the distribution sent wears live report. have they put you to work yet? >> reporter: no, they have not put me to work yet but i suspect they will later. right now i am here live at the golden ring fed ex distribution center where they will be geared up for the busiest day in history. 17 million packages going out today. 90,000 fed ex trucks hitting the roads. joining us live is latia jackson a kerrer and -- courier and will be one of the drivers out. >> yes, he. >> reporter: what does it take for you to load up the truck and get out of here. what do you expect? >> we exspeak heavy load. so preparing we have to make sure we pack our trucks as tight and safe you know as careful as possible. larger items on the bottom

linda so is live in cockeysville with more on the annual tradition and tonight this is a biggy, linda. >> reporter: it is. we are going to have all the members from the military represented tonight to tell us more about it, rob you have really been behind this. this is 59th annual tree lighting ceremony -- this is the 5th annual tree lighting ceremony. >> what it is is we are celebrating the 5th annual military tree lighting ceremony. it's the honor ace said earlier, the sacrifices that have been given throughout the military throughout the world. however, we take time every year to have a candlelight vigil honoring those who have fallen within the state of maryland. we take the time and read off the names who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms and honor those serving and preserving our freedom and honor veterans in the audience this evening. >> reporter: and after that you have a great thing going on. you go inside a family friendly event. >> yes. we will have a great gift give away. we take the time as a church within the community from living hope we take the time and act

visibility may go down to 1/4 of the mall in some areas or less. 43 in cockeysville. that is a mild start for this time of year -- visibility may go down to one size for of a 1/4 of a mile. you can see with the showers and thunderstorms will develop. heavy rain and thunderstorms moving across the ohio valley. indiana, tennessee. we have some snow in the deep south across portions of texas and back into oklahoma. all that will catch up to us. the rain will come in tonight and tomorrow. we have the fog and the high, thin cloud deck. think we'll get some of sunshine to break through the clouds and we should stay dry through the day. upper 50's to around 60 degrees. mostly cloudy tonight with a chance for rain showers. a good chance for rain tomorrow. still mild with a high near 60. then we drop into the 40's by wednesday. seasonably cold going into the weekend. it does look dry on saturday and sunday. let's check the roads but sarah. >> fog is the big story for your morning commute. plan accordingly. we are tracking a couple of accidents. one is off to the side and not c

rate should stay in the mountains today and we will wind up with dry weather in baltimore. 35 in cockeysville. at this time yesterday, the temperatures were in the upper teens and the low 20's. it will feel a little bit better. mostly cloudy -- or becoming mostly cloudy is our forecast. high temperature between 48 and 53 degrees. a slight chance for some rain showers tonight. the seven-day forecast -- things will get warmer tomorrow, but the chance for rain will go up as well, perhaps 40%. the temperature will go up to 55. a slight chance for rain shower on friday. a club storm comes through on sunday. a slight chance for sprinkles or flurries. 6:16. here is sarah. >> good morning. spot on the j.f.x. approaching ruxton road, that involves an overturned a vehicle and blocking the right lane. southbound traffic is not affected. northbound 97, another accident. we have one reported northbound 95 approaching the 32. that one is off to the side. 50 miles per hour on southbound 95. harbor tunnel traffic looks good. a nice start on the west side, 53 miles per hour at baltimore national pike. 95 at 3

we also had a crash at cockeysville.dscape right. another crash coming in to us on the outer loop past 95 on the northeast corner. another one and north point and kaine road. we have crashes that just cleared trade one at inner loop and hollins ferry road. southbound 95 and 100. this is a look at greenspring ave. delays on the inner loop. delays are coming southbound because of the accident. ava, over to you. >> temperatures are dropping along the eastern shore. 51 in ocean city. they started off near 60 degrees. maybe a high of 52 at best. that is if we get it settled of sunshine to break through the day. other than that, falling temperatures into the night. colder air pushes in. seven-day forecast shows dry conditions into the weekend. good news for travelers on christmas eve. high of only up to 44. 40s on christmas day agreed we will wake up to fair grounds on christmas morning. >> we will have another update at 8:55. ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ we wish you a merry christmas ♪ we wish you a merry christmas and a

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the other in cockeysville at adam road. watch for a car fire, east haven street between monument and ashland. as far as delays, you will go to 895. 95 is slow between pulaski highway and the beltway. seven minutes there, with an average speed of 35 miles per hour. there's a look at your average speeds and drive times on the beltway. in the low to mid-30s on the top and the west side. there's a live look outside. at the east side of the beltway, wide open at quarantine road. and there's a look at 50, if you're headed to the breach. this traffic report is brought to you by kfc, the official chicken of baltimore ravens. enjoy a 10-piece holiday feast for just $20. tastes so good. back to you. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. freeway inferno. a tanker explosion, paralyzes the california freeway. now, the efforts to get things back to normal hit a major road block. >>> a new role for a dentist that goes beyond fillings and cleanings. we'll explain coming up. >>> i'm mike schuh, and this is hunter. he is trooper hunter

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in the middle 50 cockeysville and sparrows point.ybody else into the upper 40s and when we have similar numbers in the morning it's and you a sign of moisturearound. it's not that damp but a shower passed through this morning and off towards cecil county in northeast up towards looks like new ark and delaware a little wet on 95. steadier rains on the lower eastern shore overnight and let's check it out as we have a band of rain heavy and surging and pulsing a few times. traveling route 50 you will run into that and south of caroline county running into steadier and heavier stuff. otherwise we have ourselves a look at sprinkle around town. mostly cloudy skies. low 50s that should be be about it. showers trying to make a return and that's cooling us down in the afternoon. and the evening. we have heavy rain on the way. and perhaps thund he and lightning mixed in. tomorrow evening. and even snow in the outlook for the holiday weekend. we will talk about that next. 6:30 here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: we are in pretty good shape

police say that the 29-year-old is a former employee of the cockeysville goodwill store.is being held at the baltimore county detention center on several charges of armed robbery. he pleaded guilty to armed robbery in 2003 and was given probation. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> dealing with a new accident on westbound 100 in the area of route 10. this is the latest crash. also have a problem in westminster. two disabled tractor trailers at 496 and homestead drive. take 27 as your alternate. delays on the west side. this is backing up traffic on southbound 795. belfast, debris is tying things up. 29 miles per hour from white marsh to the 895 split. we will start in the area to harrisburg expressway, mount carmel. southbound traffic running slow from approaching mount carmel all the way through the area with the debris was. this backup extends all the way down to edmondson. tony has a check on your forecast. >> it is a quiet start for us. a beautiful sunrise going on right now temperatures in the teens and 20s this morning. 24 in parkton. 23 at the airport.

around 26-mile-an-hour wind gust. 32 cockeysville and sykesville at 34. so you get the picture.roughout the day. things will die down a bit but that cold air is moving in here. 44 degrees by 8. 47 as we go into your 4 p.m. much cooler and make sure to have the warm coat as you go throughout the day. let's send it over to angela with the traffic. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning. on the roadways as lynette mentioned very windy and we are getting reports of debris in the roadway. in the meantime, we are in the final clearing stages of the accident on i-97 southbound at 50. being see the emergency vehicle still on the right shoulder there. causing some delays for you. off and on backups on the beltway making your way around the southwest corn and heading into downtown st. paul and fayette street. >>> today is purple friday so remember to wear purpose wheel you head out this morning. ravens are taking on the san diego chargers sunday night for football in america in san diego. kick off for 8 eastern and ray lewis could be rereturning to the defensive behindup. they have w

we will start in cockeysville.n the north side. entire beltway it looks good. charles street, fire department activity. aberdeen, closures along route 20 to viers hill road. everything as being good in cecil county. live view of traffic. we will see what is going on at 83 and warren road. live view of traffic at 29. 32. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> as you notice on the cameras, the roads are dry, but rain is moving through western maryland. moving in baltimore through the late morning and afternoon. temperatures are very mild. around 40 for the western mountains. rain should be ending after the evening hours. we dry night with some clearing. we should become windy with the latest storm. 42 tomorrow. that puts us one degree above normal for the first time in 10 days. when the conditions make it feel colder. temperatures bounceback at the end of the week. sunday night into monday, we could see more rain. new year's eve looks mostly dry. >> we are back with another update at 8:55. ♪ jingle bells, jingle

temperatures this morning are hugging around 50 by the bay. 50 in cockeysville.ll have a deisn't day variable cloudy skies on sattelite radar composit. thin ribbon of snow extend to heavy snow in colorado and band of moderate to heavy rain and tornadoes warnings and this stuff will try to spring up in our direction and we will have ourselves heavy rain from that system arriving tonight but during the daylight partly sunny aiming for 60. back into the 40es overnight. rain with rumbles of thunder will be around midnight during the early hours of the morning. >> reporter: thanks very much. and good morning. anne arundel county police say roads closed. they continue up the crash clean judgment no major backups especially related to volume onceyou get around the accident location. on 29 the southbound lanes are off and on pocket delays past route 108 the west side of 659 at baltimore national pike. slow in spots make are way around wilkins heading towards i-95 on the southwest side. let's send it back to new york and "good morning america. ♪ run, run rudolph [ cheers