garrett county 7 inches. allegheny county three. washington county two. just around 2 1/2 inches of rain, which was a one day total for the event. give you an idea what moved through the edge on, a lot -- region, a lot of moisture. winds up to 25 miles an hour. we're looking at clearing, going up to 42 degrees in the low to mid-40s with areas of the storm clearing out pretty much through this morning. we'll have the forecast in a few moments. >>> in the news this morning, good morning everyone. several inches of snow and floods hit parts of maryland. coming up we'll have all the details. >> a sex scandal here. two baltimore city police officer under investigation and a hollywood legend is gone. actor harry morgan has passed away. more news. first morning weather and the first traffic report ,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. we are here, depending on where you are, there are certain things, up to the north, to the far north, mostly a rain, now a windy vent. a lot of rain moving through the area. as we moved through yesterday evening, showers, heavy storms comi

>> good morning. >>> a couple of problems in montgomery county. start with dale drive and colesville road. we have a downed tree that's also taking down some wires as well. that roadway is closed. if you're on dale drive, you cannot access colesville road. taking the beltway, outer loop at connecticut avenue. the accident here takes away three of your right lanes. got to stick to the left to get by. police are on the scene. we can see you are using caution as you pass the accident here. other roadways look a lot better, but still slick conditions. traveling on i-66, not seeing any problems inside or outside of the beltway. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you, danella. >>> 4:43. 61 degrees. still to come, no time for games. the star from 30 rock finds himself waiting for another flight after a run-in with a flight ugh, time to color. woohoo! whoa. haircolor is a chore no more! you gotta come see what's new. c'mon! tadaaa! welcome to haircolor heaven. aa-ah-ahhh! courtesy of new nice 'n easy colorblend foam. permanent, dimensional color, now in

also, the winter weather advisory, all these counties in lavender, including montgomery county, loudoun, northern fauquier, points west and north. that area could get one to three inches of snow overnight. temperatures throughout the day will slowly drop down into the 40s later this afternoon with occasional rain and changing to snow tonight. a look at your evening planner. danella, how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> traveling in montgomery county, tricky, tricky situation. first problem, dale drive is closed at georgia avenue and also closed at colesville road. this is due to a downed tree that also brought down some wires. excuse me. fire activity shuts down eastbound university boulevard. this is at lorraine avenue. use caution in that area. if you're taking the beltway in montgomery county, making your way towards connecticut avenue. that accident still taking up the right side of the roadway. you've got to stick to the left. i almost hit it coming in. very dangerous. you have a car horizontally. you are seeing delays as you make your way towards that accident. i'm back in ten minu

very foggy in calvert county and st. mary's county. in the northern neck of virginia as well and on the eastern shore. the counties shaded in gray until 9:00 a.m., dense fog advisory. visibility is down to less than 1/4 mile. 42 degrees in bristow, virginia. 48 in prince frederick, 46 in oxon hill, 42 in the district. 50 in front county. thomas higdon elementary and piccowaxen middle school will be closed. >>> the eastbound 50, a crash quality car to catch on fire. no one was injured. >>> mcpherson square is quieter this morning after a standoff yesterday. police arrested dozens of occupy d.c. protesters after they refused to take down a wooden structure they built in the square. ben eisler the is in northwest with more. that looks like a two-store in dallas. -- two-story house. >> police arrested about 31 protesters. this is the first coincidencincident of mass arrest there. they and a destructor temporary and easy to move on stilts with no foundation. but it was deemed unsafe because they know permit. the protesters refused orders to

and loudoun county.to washington, just a light dusting on grassy areas. that would be from 9:00 this evening to 2:00 tomorrow morning. sun returns. cold weather and breezy. tomorrow cold and dry with sunshine. friday, saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday. danella, how's traffic? >> tough. a lot of accidents on the roadways. let's start with route 109 at i-270, having an accident there. if you're taking i-270, jammed from urbanna down towards clarksburg. it's slow. delays start again around father hurley. you're jammed as you approach father hurley. those delays continue all the way to the spur. > if you're traveling on 395, still have the accident. 395 at duke street on the right side of the roadway. fire department is on the scene. got to stick to the left. two of your left lanes will get you by that accident. good news on i-66 of the beltway. that accident is clear. >>> the loophole that made hi, it's dave. [ robotic voice ] if you are satisfied with your message -- [ beep ] hi. dave here. [ male anno

county blues. before any inmate can leave the irc, they need to be x-rayed for tuberculosis, checked medically by a doctor, and screened by a psychiatrist. >> you want to hurt yourself. what plans do you have to hurt yourself? >> i don't know. whatever plans i can come up with. >> if i put a rope in front of you are you going to hang yourself? >> that's very possible. >> that's very possible? >> very possible. >> are there voices talking to you? >> yes, there is. >> you hear voices telling you to hurt yourself? >> yeah. >> with only a few minutes with each inmate, psychiatrists at the irc have the hard task of diagnosing complex mental disorders before deciding where they are to be housed. it's 1:00 in the morning in the irc and for one inmate, the long wait has taken its toll. >> everybody else sit down. >> apparently he was told to do something and he did not comply. at that point he became physically uncooperative and we had to take him to the floor when he started to fight us. >> in cases where

county denied. margaret then went to the labor union, but they also denied her grievance. final it will went to an arbitrator, who ruled in her favor. >> we decided rather than appeal that position, we would let our healthcare review committee review the issue and then, of course, make it applicable to all county employees. >> under this new provision, any county employee who was legally married in another state will be able to extend healthcare benefits to their same-sex partners. >> all right. the time coming up on 6:09, 55 degrees on tv hill. coming up -- netflix customers can look for something a little extra something in their stocking this year. we'll tell you what. >> also ahead, the king of all media will join in on the search for america's next big star. where is howard stern moving to now? more on that as we cover the entertainment headlines. >> and a virtual holiday before bring some very real saving to online shoppers. that's coming up. >> and after a mild start, the temperatures are goi

to fairfax county. in t washingtonn pt, montntgomery county has lost its status as a fairfax's twin, saying virginia is adding jobs at a faster ratate and montgomery county is not keeping pacace. >> i think thatt was a little overstated. fairfax as done a t terrific job. it is likike having a magic johnsoand chael jordan on your basketball team. they are doioing fine. >> but if you have the potential to win a championship, and i s say this as a a newontgomery county residents. i anot proud mtgomerery county resident. -- i am now a proud montgomery county resent. >> if you look at our taxes they are very comparative comparative do what you find in n northern virginia. >> jim dinegar acknowledged that taxes are a problem for businesses. >> the dierence is relatively small when you look at them in totality. in terms of this game, this is america. if you look at it over a longer period of time, i thinknk you will find a a compaparison betweween these two to restrictions. >> you are saying that you will veto

mary's county and in loudoun county and in lees burg.ll see the showers throughout the rest of the evening. this is a long stream of rain from boston all the way down to charlotte and north carolina. and then we are watching this area right in here. this is the next storm that will make its way our way. will the produce a lot of rain tomorrow. we are talking about 1 to 2 inches of rain. the temperatures will fall all day long tomorrow. we're talking about snow. back to the west, 2 to 5 inches of snow. petersburg and around the 81 corridor in front royal and leesburg 1 to 2 inches there. montgomery county and frederick county 1 to 2 inches. west of there it will be about a coating. most will be out of here by 2:00 in the morning. the temperatures get colder. 45 on thursday 46 on friday, 44 on saturday. on thursday, that's when we do the holiday lights. we will be in a backyard live. we want to come to your house too. send us an e-mail. >>> for the first time this holiday season, the capital christmas tree has been lit up. john boehner fli

getting showers from northern montgomery county into frederick and howard counties and points north andof there getting a few passing showers. it's a mild morning. we're in the 50s from the mountains to the beaches. closer to washington, montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's county in the 50s. upper 50s in washington. later today, occasional showers. sunrise at 7:12. during the afternoon, featuring the low 60s to mid-60s briefly with occasional showers. we'll get more this evening as well. remaining mild. down in the upper 50s by midnight. sunset today at 4:46. could get some snow tonight. we'll look at that in ten minutes. danella, good morning. how's traffic? >> good morning. >>> crews are working to reopen route 3 northbound. for now route 3 northbound still closed at route 50 because of the overnight accident. chopper 4 is there live. you can see southbound lanes are open. again, northbound still closed. going to keep watching this for you all morning and give you updates. now, traveling on bw parkway, you are slow southbound as you pass the beltway, you're at 18 miles per

of frederick county. like, spotty showers continuing their trek to the east. look at these numbers. 59 at dulles airport. 57 in the desert. 60 in lexington park. hagerstown, areas of light rain and 55 degrees. a mild day today. low to mid 60's for high temperatures. a cold front is slowly inching towards us. the wider view. the rain is not that highly organized, even of string. -- even upstream. just spotty areas of rain drop the day. nothing too heavy. accumulations of to 1/4 of an inch. the rain will be enhanced tomorrow afternoon and evening. there is that cold front and the cooler air will be settling into town throughout the day tomorrow. so temperatures will be dropping throughout our wednesday. mid 60's locally. spotty and often on areas of rain. then behind the cold front tomorrow, the temperatures will be dropping. we will start a 60 degrees or around midnight. then drop down into the 40's and 30's by the evening and nighttime hours. so that will likely change our areas of rain to some areas of s

you can see snow falling through carroll county and hartford county. as we mentioned, it is going to be a fast-moving storm. it should be gone by morning. things have quieted down quite a bit as far as the precipitation in western maryland. it is cold and windy all across the state. an impressive early season storm about to leave the region. it has been a record-setting storm as far as total precipitation. 2.3 inches and still raining down at the airport. the high earlier was 62. below is the current temperature, 38. the rain has been falling at a record-setting pace and it is getting much colder outside. total amount of rain in the area, you can see some pockets of yellow and orange. that is where you get well over 2 inches. some very heavy rain and also parts of pennsylvania as well. as the temperatures drop, it will turn to snow. flood warnings are up for parts of maryland, including baltimore. flood watches continue to the north, up to the pennsylvania line. the emphasis on nasdaq -- the emphasis is on a brief period of wintry weather. it would to

in garrett county, winter storm warnings are up. 9:00 temperature, 48. look at the winds increasing out of the north at 20 miles per hour. it will get very breezy tonight. northwest winds overnight 15 to 25. flood watch for the metro up to baltimore, parts of jersey, up to parts of new england. also in the shenandoah valley in the mountains until 7:00. heavy rain is returning and then tonight, the concern with enough cold air we could have a little bit of snow. light enough, winter weather advisories, arguable whether or not we'll need them closer to town but montgomery and howard are in along with loudoun. we're talking about mainly the areas of elevation. you get to 1,000 feet, 1500 feet, you're talking cold enough where we'll get a little bit of a stickage before the storm escapes the region. look at the heavy rains moving into williamsport to cumberland into southwestern virginia and on the western edge of that, you see the blue. that's snow. rain changing over to snow in those areas and higher elevations, it is colder. better chance of snow longer t

this council here is about doing the work of prince george's county and together with the county executive we will continue to grow and be one. >> reporter: johnson is a former two-term state's tone and county executive whose career came to an end in november of last year. that's when federal agents raided his mitchellville home and arrested him and his wife leslie. she just won a seat on the county council. >> i know this is hard on the family. i have children. i know how that is. but we in the county have to move ahead. >> reporter: mr. baker was elected to replace johnson who could not run gun. the county struggled in the initial months following the arrests but has made progress in moving the county away from a culture of corruption where federal agents say you had to pay to play in the political game. >> people doubted prince george's county could survive this and make people interested in coming here again. if you look at this year and what has happened, people are excited about the county. >> we should say that gentleman jack johnson served out his entire term. he did not resign fro

county. we signed an mou to build a brand new hospital facility in prince george's county. we have a deal to do the new carrollton metro site. national harbor is expanding. we kept our trane bond rating. we went to annapolis and passed legislation dealing with ethics reform so we could take that out of the reequation. we passed something, a $50 million economic investment fund just to show to businesses the culture in prince george's county has changed. we've moved ahead. clearly, what happened to mr. johnson, unfortunate for him and his family but i said then that prince george's county would focus on the future and we've done that. >> oftentimes, we hear concerns about drafting ethics legislation that it sounds good on paper but often doesn't have teeth. it is more than just the county executive that could be subject to bribes. does this have teeth in your opinion? >> i think it has enough teeth to do what we want it to do. no legislation is going to stop people from doing wrong. what has t

and maybe montgomery county but back to frederick county, virginia and the panhandle of west virginia for 1 to 3 inches of snow there. nothing on the radar right now. but watch what happens when we pan out here. look at all this moisture to the south racing up across the area. it is getting here in a hurry. talk about the timing. 2:00 just a few showers. but about 6:00 a.m. a band of heavy rain around the i-95 corridor it. is going to be wet all day tomorrow. we will see periods of heavy rain throughout the afternoon. at 7:00 very heavy rain. this is 7:00 tomorrow night around rush hour once again. heavy rain around the i-95 corridor and here is the snow on the back end. under midnight here is where the rain/snow line comes around the i-95 corridor. and a brief period of heavy snow there. that's why i think we could see accumulation before it heads out of here by 5:00 on thursday morning. rush hour thursday morning i'm not worried about it. let's look at the snowfall forecast. 1 to 2 inches along i-81 and also northern montgomery and howard county. a coating, possible coating includin

county. ever since that scandal brock last year. the current county executive is making it a priority to improve the county's image and joins us now. so it's always good to see you. >> good to be here. >> i want to ask you first of all just your reaction to the sentencing handed down yesterday from -- for your predecessor. >> i said all along justice will play out and what you saw was thefy until the to that -- finality to that whole episode. it's a sad time for mr. johnson and his family. but for us and the county it's moving forward. >> you -- for people don't know, you had tried to get this pox for awhile back. did this change? did your mind set change over the years and to the position where you are now as to what to do with the county? has this changedded anything as far as what you set out years ago when you ran for this position? >> it did. it meant that when i came in under -- it's been a year now under what happened in the previous administration it meant i wanted to take my time in

they decided it was too large a county, said the card off another county.the time, the largest population in the state was in san francisco. l.a. barely made a presidio. they had, like, 50 or 60 people. 90% of the population was in san francisco, and everyone down the peninsula is saying if they are in the county, san francisco has this huge population, we are going to have to go along with them, so they can't get off -- they carved it off. >> it looks like it is the richmond district, but a kind of shows what was on the west side town. a great deal of it was sam, and for that reason, people thought that the weather and the san -- it was really not a place that people wanted to live, and it was going to be very typical for san francisco -- very difficult for san francisco to expand west. >> if you look at the early maps, it was 3 miles wide by about 6 miles long, this huge sand dunes that just moved around. >> here is an 1875 map of the laguna. says along the side of the map, high sand hills between the pacific ocean and the like. by the way, this had actua

can't two years ago is suing the county for $12 million. the city county was flat -- negligent for not removing the tree because it was dead and at robbing four years. -- garroting four years. >> it was back in 2009 when the 9-year-old was struck by a tree. despite best efforts by doctors at john hopkins, he did not survive injuries. the family has filed a $12 million lawsuit against carroll county his lawyers say they never apologized for the boy's death and handle the situation in an insulting manner. >> he was the lead of my life. he was a lot of everybody's life and knew him. i mean, we are just devastated. >> she fights back tears as she explains how her life has changed forever center 9-year- old boy noah was killed after being struck by a hickory tree almost two years ago. >> it was very upsetting. everything was handled. -- it definitely should have been handled differently. >> that a lawsuit filed by the family, a clemson the investigation done by the sheriff's office proved that the tree had been dead for a long period of time. th

baker is the county executive. i think he is doing an outstanding job of setting the right tone for the county government. a new county council in place, i think is doing the same thing. i think it is helping to get the county back on the right track with the economic development efforts. >> as you look back, jack johnson is not the first person in prince georges county to have these issues. there was a long-term sense that things weren't quite right. why did it get that way? >> i would dispute that. when wayne currie was the county executive, i would strongly argue that was not the sense and the development we had like national harbor, for example, which began under his leadership, i don't think there was any evidence whatsoever that he did anything like that. i think that's wrong. >> fair enough. was jack johnson treated fairly? some argue he got a tougher sentence because he is black. >> original sentencing numbers were 11 to 14. blagojevich got the full 14. based on the fact he accepted responsibility, but also

detective in anne arundel county. it happened yesterday while the officers, who are part of a joint warrant apprehensive task force were at the home of a suspect they had just arrested. two officers were on the lower level of the home checking for additional suspects when the officer fired his weapon hitting the officer in the arm. that's when the city officer returned fire. >> discharged and struck the city officer. we also know that officer fearing for his safety, fearing he may be under fire. that officer discharged his weapon at all. we're still treating it as an accident. >> the officer remains on administrative leave, which is routine. >>> a 14-year-old is arrested and charged with second degree rape. it comes after a student said she was sexually assaulted in the bathroom of the school. the victim and the suspect knew each other. >>> new tonight at 6:00, nearly two years ago a 9-year-old boy fell from a tree at an environmental center in carroll county. now the family and the boy's estate are suing the county f

, saint mary's county and out of charles county, too and with that heavy rain and the line of showersong the frontal system. no big deal, raining in louisiana or mississippi. i want to show you that the storm system is developing and is coming, responsible for snow in texas and today, it's swinging to the southeast and as this area of energy kind of rides along the front, that is going to kick off a fairly significant storm system and that what that mes is we'll have winter weather. frederick, virginia, this does not include you or washington county and in western maryland. cumberland, you're under a winter watch and to harrisonburg and to the western sections of maryland and in to west virginia. higher elevations could pick up four to five inches of no and in the metro, though, we're expecting some snow and on the grass. the grassy areas in the metro late tomorrow night and early, early thursday morning and this is getting out of here. tonight, showers and some rain tomorrow morning, a wet commute and wet again at 5:00 and into tomorrow even in at midnight, we're wet here in the city

and frederick county and louden county. northern fauquier and rappahannock and the whole shenandoah valley. in the mountains in garrett county, grant county, that's where you're going to be looking at winter storm warnings where you get the heaviest snows. you have the higher elevations there. the bus stop forecast this morning, well, we've got rain. some of it is heavy, it is mild. 50s and low 60s. sunrise at 7:13. this is going to be an indoor recess with rain all day. mid-50s this morning dropping to the low 50s if not even upper 40s by the time you head home with the 5:00 p.m. temperature. downtown, 51. many areas already in the 40s by then. you can see the rain continuing to stream in across the region. heavy pockets from d.c. down toward charlottesville back toward the mountains of west virginia and even in toward areas farther south and west. moderate rains between hagerstown and cumberland and breezewood, hancock up toward breezewood. a lot of yellow on the map here in the washington region extending down into charl

a live view right now at fairfax county parkway. traveling east and westbound on 66, looking good outside the beltway as well as inside the beltway. i'm not seeing any issues for you this morning. this is the view at leesburg pike. traveling east from the beltway to gw parkway, your speed is 61 miles per hour. not so bad. give yourself extra time. the roadways are wet this morning. joe and eun, back to you. >> a word to the wise, if you jump on the roadway and see a car coming, get off. >> thank you, joe. 5:13 now. 59 degrees. >>> ahead on "news 4 today," ready to close the book on a mystery that remained unsolved for decades. to make a commitment is to see things through. confident that no matter what the obstacles we can build something better, together. with the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile, we're making a commitment, to create a stronger network for all our customers. we will invest an additional eight billion dollars and build out the next generation of mobile broadband to nearly everyone in america. that'll mean be

hampshire county, hearty county and shenandoah county up toward washington county and allegheny counties and morgan county, too. areas of snow coming through. most of us stay on the dry side. high temperatures tomorrow, back to the mild temperatures. 54 degrees in the d.c. area. 56 near fredericksburg. a really nice day. if you are thinking of ringing in the new year, hey, looking good. midnight, 39 degrees. partly cloudy. not too cold out there at all. we are looking at a very good new year's celebration as far as the weather is concerned. it's when things get tricky. the forecast is coming up in 125 minutes. >> thank you, doug. >>> it's a different kind of brave new world. a company suing employees over twitter followers. phone dog llc says a former employee quit and took 17,000 twitter followers with him. he took his handle he used for work and made it his personal account. the employee insists he didn't violate policies. a judge will look at it later this month. >>> new fees from this country's largest cell phone provider. beginning next month, verizon wireless is going to charge cus

high water in charles county and about 10 and a half inches of snow in garrett county. way out in western maryland. last county before you get to west virginia. let's talk about our bus stop forecast for you on this thursday morning. friday eve if you like. mostly sunny. breezy and chilly. windy to breezy and chilly. gusts in the 30-mile-per-hour range. sunrise, 7:14. just about everybody with temps in the 30s. wind chills down in the 20s this morning. lots of sunshine. 42 at noon. winds west to northwest 10 to 20 miles per hour. we'll get lighter this afternoon. high pressure builds, 44 by 4:00. at 8:00, we're down to 40 with a light southwest wind. winds tonight go dead calm. that will allow temperatures tonight may even be about 5 to 10 degrees colder than in the suburbs. mid-20s north to west. we've got 40s still at the pax river air station. easton, d.c., culpepper, 36. with low 30s. freeding actually cumberland and hagerstown down to winchester and luray. when you factor in the winds gusting 25 to 35 miles per hour. now, we've got wind chill issues. wind chills do

there's more rain in waldorf, moving through charles county, talbot county, st. michael's and queen anne's county. there's more rain developing to the south. we can see continued rain on and off. we're seeing reduced visibility with fog, just five miles half of normal in terms of visibility. the rest of the evening we'll call for rain showers, patchy fog and mist. by this time you'll feel the difference and the collapse for some wintry weather is coming up. >>> you know, it's one of the traditional christmas carols nearly all of us have heard or sung before but a teacher in michigan decided to make a small change to the lyrics that's causing a big problem for her. jamie costello has more. >> reporter: the music teacher had been teaching the song deck the halls and changed it from don the gay apparel. to don the bright apparel. >> we have a policy that includes sexual orientation. this is the way to be respectful. >> reporter: parents agreed that the change was inappropriate but said it gave them a chance to explain what the word meant and that gay was not a bad w

county around 270. shenandoah valley and from winchester and towards luray is where we have some rain, moving to the east and northeast. occasional rain today expected, light in nature. tomorrow that will become enhanced and that's when it could change a little snowfall. 55 degrees right now and the district, 60 in lexington park, 56 in martinsburg. highs in the low to mid 60's today. like rain off and on throughout the day. late tomorrow evening and tomorrow night, the rain will be standing over to snowfall with minor accumulations possible. the ground temperatures are up so it is tough to accumulate. >>> a live look from newschopper 7 of the accident activity on route 3 in the bowie crossing area. traffic is getting by on the southbound side. the cleanup continues. northbound route 3 is still closed at route 50. that is where traffic is being diverted away from that accident scene. if now to the beltway in silver spring, the beltway at colesville road, traffic getting heavy on the trip from college pa

county schools and pendelton county schools in west virginia, these three county skool school systemsall open two hours late. so charles today, pendelton and shennendoah county schools. >>> good morning. the rain is making it tough for people to get to work today. megan mcgrath is live in beltsville with a look at the roads there. megan, good morning to you. >> good morning, eun yang. traffic is now traveling in a normal rain. they're no longer having to use the center turn lane. take a look behind me. you can see the crews wv on the scene. we have high standing water in the far lane in the southbound direct on route 1. so north and southbound traffic has been reestablished. take a look, though, at what the situation was overnight. we had water crossing the entire roadway at one point. there was actually a rescue, someone in a car got trapped by the water as it rushed across the roadway. . though, the rain has stopped and the water has begun to recede. so we have seen an improvement. just through this small area here in the 11,000 block. that's where we're seeing the water in the far

that is not always the case when it comes to money from that county. >> the county has not kept up with the number of students we had. they have decreased the amount of money. take of the county executive says the school systems are in getting its fair share of money, even when it does not appear to settle -- show up in the budget. >> what you're saying is really the money if there? >> in other words, that is being to help public education. that is part of the financing effort required -- we are required to do. >> it could be very devastating if we start losing programs and teachers especially. right now class sizes have been growing all over the county. parents are upset about that. >> school officials say because it is coming up short, it may be forced to give back $4,000 for the state, not to mention the 12 million that is still needed to make ends meet. >> you are being penalized by the county by not having the funding required. the state compounds that by penalizing the school system a second time. the answer is for the county to meet the obligation to its children. >> there is a g

if only his county had taken advantage of laura's law.etition the court to order a person into treatment. but while passed by the state, it was left up to individual counties to enact laura's law if they chose to. in nine years, only one county, nevada, has done it with great success. >> they've shown significant reductions in hospitalizations, significant reductions in incarcerations and as a result, they've actually saved $1.81 for every dollar invested into the program. >> reporter: but cost ironically seems to be one of the reasons counties often cite for not implementing laura's law. san mateo's services looked into it this year but ultimately recommended against it citing cost as one but not the only reason. health services director jean frazier wrote the big hole in laura's law is that it has no teeth. a judge can order forced treatment, but there is no way to enforce that treatment. that is right, supporters say. there are no penalties for disobeying the judge. still, experience has shown them, people still obey. >> there is somet

police in -- a police chase in baltimore county, baltimore city and anne arundel county ended with twoers firing their handguns. the driver they were in pursuit of would not stop. it all came to an end in north highland. apparently the suspect exited the vehicle with a gun pointed at his own head. officers rick -- officers ordered him to put down the gun and he refused and turned the gun on one of the officers. at that point, he was shot. he is in the hospital with minor injuries. a buyout deal will carry a lot of weight when the issue goes before the the commission for public approval. the governor claims it will improve energy resources and produce jobs. it requires up to 300 megawatts of energy built. >> several children testified before a congressional panel today, painting a bleak picture of what it is like for almost 2 million children in this country. >> a sixth grader from pennsylvania. >> we lost all her friends. i was afraid to get close to people because i knew that we had to move again. >> a high school student from florida. >> we had to read at the gas station at the corne

in loudoun county, warren, clark, and frederick county, west virginia, panhandle of west virginia andestern maryland getting a few sprinkles as well. we'll have them with us from time to time. passing light rain. we're in the mid-40s to 50 in the suburbs and rural areas. little chilly, shenandoah valley into the mountains in the low 40s. low to mid-50s in southern maryland now. here's your day planner. sunrise at 7:23. temperatures near 50 this morning. little light rain off and on through the middle of the day. rain may become heavier later this afternoon. by early afternoon may be near 60 degrees. and then this evening the rain coming down a little bit harder and maybe some thunder and lightning too. all the rain should be ending by midnight. we'll be in the low to mid-50s then. by dawn tomorrow, mid-40s and cloudy. cloudy day thursday. highs again near 60 degrees. could get more rain thursday evening into friday morning. little sun back on friday afternoon. highs mid-50s. getting colder friday night. saturday afternoon partly cloudy, highs near 50. still looking like a chance of ra

it does include montgomery county. it includes loudoun county, fauquier county. frederick county. so some of the close-in counties under this winter weather advisory. i think we'll get some snow coming through northern portions of the district but off to the north and west, there could be some light accumulations of snow, maybe an in. or -- an inch or so here and out it the west. parts of the panhandle of west virginia, you could see 2 to 5 inches of snow. the forecast for today, rain lick lie, heavy at times. 59-degree for your high early in the day -- 59 degrees for your high early in the day and the temperature start to fall. rain changes to snow late. some accumulation is likely to the north and west. after all this, tomorrow is a windy day with sunshine but much colder. 45degrees for your high. by the weekend, overnight lows in the 20s. daytime highs in the low 40s. that is a look at what is happening with the weather. now, let's go to julie wright and get an update on traffic. >> if the traffic is like this and we are only dealing with wet pavement, i can only imagine what t

and if you get your time, you have to do it. >> chicago's cook county jail. >> we're in cook county or should i say crook county. >> home to 10,000 detainees, many awaiting their day in court. based on past statistics, roughly 60% of them will be convicted and go on to serve time in a state penitentiary. >> we choose to go down this road, so now we got to pay the consequences for what we do. >> i'm going to be home one day and when i am i'll still be fairly young. i'll be 42. i can do something. >> i don't want to be in this situation again. i'm through with it. and i will never be in this environment no more. and that's all i got to say. >> how many times you said that before? >> no, i got to give it up somewhere. you know what i'm saying? i got kids to think about, man. i don't want to be 50 years old up in here. >> the jail's criminal intelligence unit offers inmates a chance to help themselves by talking. if a detainee volunteers information that solves or even prevents a crime, then the cook county state's attorney's office may strike a plea deal with him. >> cooperating with the

damascus is the last dry town in the county.e state legislature does approve the bill, the repeal would be on the ballot next november in the town of damascus. and today people looking for temporary work will get some help in centerville. the labor resource center is set to open in a little less than an hour at the centerville square shopping center. it will offer those looking for temporary jobs an organized system to find work as well as educational programs and shelter from increment weather. available jobs will be distributed via a lottery system. and employers will have to fill out a temporary contract. the resource center will open at 6:00 a.m. until noon monday through saturday. >> today attorneys will make march closing arguments involving election fraud. on friday he testified he approved a transcript of automated calls placed to more than 100,000 democratic voters. the anonymous call said the election was already wrapped up so they didn't need to go out and vote. but the polls were still open. prosecutors say it was an

the west of the bay, northwest carroll county, frederick county, northwest frederick county, virginia, there's a sprinkle or shower activity in the east. the metropolitan area, enough to dampen the pavement a little bit. we'll be done with that for a while. thursday, the last disturbance that went through produced flurries. we're warmer than that right now. the forecast to take out the old and bring in the new in a minute. >>> this morning, a harford county teacher who allegedly claimed she was dying of cancer is now being accused of fraud. >> people making the accusation, other employees saying the teacher wasn't sick at all. i-team reporter barry simms has the story. >> a school employee that became suspicious of the teacher contacted the deputies who alleged charges are pending. deputies have not released the teacher's name. >> concern for the teacher at bakerfield elementary school in aberdeen has changed to anger. co-workers who gave financial support after hearing she had cancer now wonder if they were duped. >> i can tell you we had a victim who reported to our agency that ther

tucker county and grant county had five or six inches. 25 in leesburg is the current wind chill. feeling like 33 in fredericksburg. feels like 9 in garrett county. 35 on the bay at the naval academy with the winds gusting to 30 miles per hour. partly cloudy skies. a sustained wind at national out of the west-northwest at 20 miles per hour. that barometer is going to quickly rise. you may have an achy knee or something because of that. look how quickly the storm is racing away. snow is on the back side through parts of the superior new england. they'll pile up. behind the storm, windy conditions are following the storm as it exits stage right. we'll go through the day and say good-bye to the winds with high pressure building in from the west and southwest giving us a clear, cold night tonight. our cold suburbs will be down in the mid-20s by tomorrow morning. a front comes toward us by tomorrow. you'll see it here. the winds southerly, may bring a couple of clouds in the afternoon. the front will bring us more cold air for saturday. saturday will be a chilly day around here. today,

our county approached a sister agency in santa clara county and they agreed that we should work with just the one and they would provide out reach. we have been doing this now for just over three years. as a consequence, they provide a really unique opportunity to work directly with contractors and agencies to implement the project. the first was to provide outreach up to the top of the watershed and to contact the private land owners and talk about easements. the goal is to not make all of this green. we just want to see it protected. we have been very busy for the past five and a half years and that has cleared all of our environmental permitting hurdles but we continue to protect the resources in this watershed. when it became clear to us that the mitigation requirements would extend both in time and increase the dollar amount come we knew we had to take this back to our commission. greenough that our permit conditions drove the date and the amendment. -- we know that our permit conditions drove the date. >> what would this go towards? >> sure. this is broken up in the budget anal

live in baltimore county. we are expecting gusty winds behind the storm so it will feel chilly as temperatures barely make their way into the mid 40's. it feels like it is in the 20's right now. the sunshine should make it feel a bit better right now. now we will see how it is going further west of the city. >> the roads are doing great. we are along route 140 in westminster as the traffic is moving along posted speeds. the roads are not even went so we are not dealing with icy situation, roadways. it is a relieved as the buses are rolling to get kids to school on time. it is very windy this morning. a concern for more b g e and state highway crews as they worry about saturated ground and possible trees. they dealt with some trees that came down over night but they got them quickly cleared because the weather was not posting a problem for them. about two hours ago there were about 460 crews out about in the state of maryland, but most was concentrated to the west, out of garrett county and frederick county, an

they are holding the county. he was killed at a county-run web site and his family is seeking damages. >> she is shaken two years since the tree crushed her only son to death. he was attending a camp at a environmental center run by the county. his family is suing the county for 12 million-dollars saying the tree was dead and should have been cut down and they were taken out during high winds. >> it is awful. you wake up every day my only child is gone. >> the priority of the county was to protect their property not their kids. >> reporter: the attorney has not seen the lawsuit and cannot comment on it. >> the death was painful enough but the response from the county made it worse. they send a refund of the 120 she paid for the camp. she got no apology and this letter saying that the event did not go as planned and inviting here to attend another festival. >> they should be ashamed of themselves for sending out a letter like that to cathy. >> i thought are you kidding me? >> reporter: the family is demanding acco

that was the emergency from baltimore county officials. brian kuebler has more. >> reporter: baltimore county leaders were lined up, armed with facts and warnings. the holidays are particularly stressful, which can serve as a catalyst for domestic violence. it was one woman's story that made the point. with her parents in the room, she told the audience of her abusive husband. >> he shot and murdered my two beautiful children. richie was shot in the chest and died immediately. destiny suffered for eight long hours before they found her. the police told me she asked for her mommy. >> reporter: it's a story maryland wouldn't soon for get. september 1999 whenly is a killed the children over a brejt an especially gruesome cream but one that should give pause. >> people end up believing that random violent crime is what they most have to fear. the fact is many violent crimes are of people we know, who we love and care about. >> reporter: the department cited them as an example and said holiday stress can lead to more cases of domestic violence.

in anne arundel county, heading south towards prince george's county, there are some areas that flooding is reported with some closures. this is the key bridge. wind warnings are in effect here and the rest of the area bridges. this is security. outer loop traffic on the west side continues to build but not amount to take delight. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> good morning. we have a diversion on the eight bus and the one bus diverting at lawrence. metro is on schedule. 841 on the camden lines is running 10 minutes late. i am kurt kronke. now back to tony pann. >> we dodged a bullet. we had heavy rain in a brief period of snow. no mas! no mas! no dice this time. you have to go to school and work. there was a big snowstorm for folks in pennsylvania and new york state. there is sinking air and that means we'll get sunshine today. there are a few clouds drifting in from the mountains. there could be some snow flurries in the mountains. the other big story is the

the frederick county board of commissioners has agreed to let the army drill wells on county owned property right near that base. the army will conduct tests on 88-acres of land. that is the area between the main part of fort detrick. the army ran biological testing and dumped waste there. >>> most of the district's firefighters and ambulance personnel live outside of town. some live way outside of town. the fire chief is trying to change that. as bruce johnson reports, he's running into opposition from the union. >> this is bruce johnson in northwest washington. the question, does it make a difference where your neighborhood firefighter lives? 75% of d.c. fire department personnel live outside the city. some from as far away as west virginia, pennsylvania, north carolina, even new jersey. dc's fire chief says he can provide the same service for a lot less. he wants to eliminate the 24 hour shifts and replace them with 12 hour shifts. >> it's a cost savings of $36 million and all of the costs that go along with housing. >> here's how it works. right now, d.c. firefighters work 24 straight h

the county denied. margaret then went to the labor union, but they also denied her grievance. finally it went to an arbitrator, who ruled in her favor. >> we decided, rather than appeal the position, we would let our committee review the issue and then, of course, make it applicable to all county employees. >> and that will start happening for all county employees on january 1 of 2012. reporting live, jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> jen, thank you. a parkdale family is mourning the loss of a 15-year-old boy who died after being struck by two vehicles. investigators say ryan chase was walkg on the sidewalk with a friend when he somehow entered the roadway and was struck by two vehicles. ryan, a student at parkville high school, died on the scene. baltimore county police are investigating the incident and will determine if any charges will be filed against the drivers. meanwhile, two people are in police custody this morning following a police chase in baltimore county that ended with a crash. po

. >>> breaking news from the debris counter -- from montgomery county. keith little stab his supervisor to death in hospitals basement boiler room on new year's day. the 40-year-old was stabbed more than 70 times. little was upset he is forced to quit a second job and refuse to give a raise. >>> police have put new leads to night on a man accused of exposing himself to adults and children. take a look at that picture of the man authorities believe they are looking for. >> there were police officers throughout the area all day today and into the evening hours. they are letting the cellphone pictures do some talking. they want to see if they can catch up to this person. as a school bus arrives, there are more parents here today to walk their children home. this one hole's third daughter and found ready to snap a photo like this one of a stranger who has approached children here. >> i keep live phone just in case i see anything. 911, it is. i'm taking a photo of view because i have to protect my children and the neighborhood children. >> a quick-thinking ne

southern frederick county, virginia. another little batch of sprinkles in prince george's county and central calvert and northern charles. and farther to the south from near burke, virginia, and western fairfax county down through prince william county, stafford, and spotsylvania, southern fauquier and eastern culpeper getting a few sprinkles there. this is heading off to the east. so the metro area, immediate area around the beltway is going to be getting a little bit wet over the next hour or so. may be a little dampness on some of the roads. allow yourself extra time and slow down if the road looks wet. just take it easy. right now near 40 in the shenandoah valley and around the blue ridge, farther east it's in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees. sunrise at 7:23 today. we'll have light rain off and on this morning through the middle of the day. highs reaching near 60 by midafternoon. the rain may pick up in intensity later this afternoon. actually this evening maybe a little thunder and lightning with downpours by mid t

and baltimore county north, that's north of the city, carroll county, frederick county west. it's a winter weather advisory. has been canceled for the city. no longer expect to see a whole lot here from the city. but what we do expect to see is some slight accumulation on the lawns, overnight tonight. after midnight to maybe 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. that's a chance of precip. a trace to an inch there. and garrett county, four to eight inches very likely. eastern shore will just see all rain in this system. and temperatures will be dropping. we get down to maybe 32 degrees overnight. some areas north and west of town. there may be some icy spots overnight tonight. watch out for that. denise? >> all right. thank you, bob. >>> and if and when it does start to snow in your neighborhood, we'd like to see your pictures. you can e-mail them to wjz web alert at wjz.com. or click at the link at the top of the home page. >>> the death of a florida a&m band member, puts the spotlight on a long history of hazing at the school. >> reporter: movements after an anti-hazing assembly at the