and i'm denise koch. mary has the night off. here's what people are talking about. >> brisk wind is overnight and now the word, possibility of snow. wjz crews were in catonsville, where chunks of ice are

i'm denise koch. >> and i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about tonight. >>> just looking outside doesn't give you the real feeling for how cold it is. but you don't want to head out if you don't have to. arctic cold. temperatures are diving, as the frigid air is blowing into maryland. people are bundling up into layers trying to stay warm any way they can. have a look at a very frigid forecast. >>> we've had a few stray flurries this region. >>> garrett county. definitely will see some tonight. the heaviest stuff across pennsylvania. that's where they're seeing the real lake-effect snow. you can see it coming off the rains. approaching far western maryland. might see one of these snow showers making it tonight. and again tomorrow, there's a slight chance. because of the fact that the wind chills are down. and the snow continues in garrett county, we have advisories in effect. the winds continue to be a factor west of us. and that's why we have a wind advisory. and the winter storm warning continues through tom

. >>> hello everyone i'm vic carter >> and i'm denise koch here is what people are talking about. there was little firefighter and people could do to help six people trapped in a fire inside their home. tonight mike hellgren has more on the tragedy. >> reporter: winds span flames killing a couple along with their granddaughter and great great grandson. >> they used to play with the family a lot, mr. richard and mrs. adelfield. lovely people. heaven has welcomed new angels. >> reporter: the wind made fighting the fire tough. those who saw the flames can will never forget them. >> i had more smoke in my home than fire. to the front door everything was just on fire. >> reporter: the fire department is unsure whether the home had working smoke detectors, investigators are still working to determine the cause. >> exactly what started the fire we're not sure. fire investigators are on the scene. >> reporter: the department also responded to concerns that a near by fire company was not on the scene due to rotating budget related closures, noted the response was quick at three minutes. >>

. >>> complete coverage continues with denise koch, kei jackson and first warning weather with bob turk and sports with mark [ music playing, children talking ] nothing turns the volume down on the hectic holidays like an authentic latte from dunkin' donuts. get any small hot latte for only $1.99 today. a real latte at a real value. america runs on dunkin'. >>> 22 degrees and clear in central maryland right now. mild weather all around us. first to the north with heavy lake effect notice is making driving difficult around syracuse. expected to reach 14 inches by tomorrow. alabama, freezing rains being blamed for this deadly accident. say a car lost control and struck an ambulance worker. two of the people were injured in those accidents. >>> a moment of violence during a high school basketball game if florida. and it's all caught on tape. watch as a player is called for a foul. he argues and then pushes the referee. he continues after him, grabbing and tossing the referee to the grounds. holland has been suspended from school. >>> the federal government makes its first legal move agains

>>> hello everybody i'm denise koch. here is what people are talking about. after a year of digging out of back to back blizzard's the snow is back. with the ground so cold it took no time before it started sticking to the roads and making it slick out there. the conditions made for an absolute mess on the roadways in southern maryland. you can see this car slid off the road. the driver was not seriously hurt. >>> there's still plenty to clean up. but the snow was fluffy which made it easy to clear out of off your cars. >> reporter: the first snow of winter caused fender benders and even closed schools early. >> the worse is probably coming. >> reporter: private contractors are back to winter work. >> it's hard to plow, it's not enough snow the plow but it's dangerous enough to where you have to get some snow down and keep the doors open. >> i know but it's all frozen. so put some salt down real quick. >> reporter: accumulation stuck then melted throughout the day. 1,500 salt trucks have been out all day. they'll continue through the night. >> salt is effecti

. >>> hello everybody i'm denise koch and here is what people are talking about tonight. members of the prosecutors team was seen from the hole of julius henson today. investigators are looking into calls that some believe urged voters to stay away from the polls. tonight, mike hellgren investigates. >> reporter: office space was rented by henson and his company. there have been no charges, henson has denied any wrong doing. the state's prosecutors office has stuck with its policy about being secret about it's ongoing investigations. controversial political consultant julius henson wasn't home when wjz stopped by to get his side of the story. after staffers were seen carrying items from his house earlier in the day. that's the same office that brought down mayor dixon. all they would tell wjz, we don't confirm or deny what we may be doing. sources say they're looking into the possibility that violations may have been done. >> i'm calling to let everyone know that governor o' malley and president obama have been successful. we're okay, relax, everything is fine. the only t

. >> for bob and mark, i'm denise koch. thank you for watching wjz, maryland's news station. don't go away, there is much more ahead on the cbs evening news katie couric, including how is the war in afghanistan going? what wowo,, >> couric: tonight, stairing death in the face. members of a florida school board are lucky to be alive. >> please, don't. please. >> couric: after a gunman opens fire. i'm katie couric. also tonight, christmas at the capitol. a spending bill turns into a christmas tree with $8 billion worth of earmarks. wounded warriors speak out about afghanistan. >> are we going to let it be in vain, just pick up and leave? >> couric: and what if every face in a crowd looked exactly the same? it does for victims of face blindness. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. it's a frightening video that's gone viral and you can only imagine the terror members of that school board in panama city, florida, was feeling when a gunman threatened them, aime

i'm denise koch. vic is off cold front. >>> a nightmare. an intruder held a teacher and students hostage for hours. charlie d'agata has more on the dramatic rescue. >> reporter: french s.w.a.t. teams grabbed shields to take down a teenager who used swords to take young children hostage. he burst into a preschool in eastern france just after it opened. he initially took a teacher and about 20 young children hostage. they were 3 to 6 years old. the suspect released most of them over the course of the morning. parents say the teacher tried to keep the kids calm. >> this mother says the teacher told the children to run outside, saying it was a game. >> but the teen intruder kept hold of them for five hours. police say the suspect suffered from depression, and family members say he had stopped taking medication. at one point, he had reportedly asked officers for a gun to commit suicide. the drama ended after officers slipped inside this school and overpowered the teenager. the teacher he held captive says the teen was gentle with the children, e

and i'm denise koch. mary has the evening off. here's what people are talking about. >> snow is blanketing highways in streets across maryland. even large trucks are having a tough time getting around in these snowy conditions. a live look around outside. the snow is coming down. much earlier than today. mike heen

i'm denise koch. >> i'm kai jackson. here's what people are talking about tonight. >>> more snow on the horizon. that's what we're keeping our eye on. some side streets and sidewalks are still covered in snow, after yesterday's storm. will we see some more snow this weekend. wjz has first warning weather. bob turk and meteorologist tim williams have been tracking the path of the storm all day. bob, where is this one headed? >> we have been tracking this the last three or four days. the models have been going back and forth, back and

i'm denise koch. >> i'm vic carter.ere's what people are talking approximate tonight. >> one-two punch. the bitter cold is going away. you can see it's still cold.

back at 11:00, i'm denise koch. >>> thanks for watching, wjz, maryland's news station. don't go away. there is much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric, including casualties of war. horrific wound suffered by patrols in afghanistan. ,, >> couric: tonight, the mercury heads south. plunging temperatures as far down as florida where the citrus groves are serving frozen orange juice. i'm katie couric. also tonight, the president calls him a true giant of american foreign policy. remembering the man who helped bring peace to bosnia, veteran diplomat richard holbrooke. with u.s. policy in afghanistan undergoing a major review, we'll look at the toll the war is taking on the americans fighting it. and from boom to bust, why so many baby boomer marriages end in divorce. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. for much of the country it's a very good night to be inside. in the

back at 11:00, i'm denise koch. >>> for bob and for stan, thank you for joining eyewitness news., there's much more ahead on the cbs evening news with katie couric. we'll see you back here at 11:00, for eyewitness news aftete >> couric: tonight, wikileaks founder julian assange out of jail and defiant. >> no doubt some prosecutors are seeking to gain a bit of fame and reputation by taking us on. but they're going to lose. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight, a major tax deal is signed by the president. republicans are elated, but many democrats are deflated. google tells us how words have changed through the ages, giving us a window on the world. and a football player plays secret santa and gives the gift of life. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. the founder of wikileaks is threatening to post still more secret documents. julian assange reported today to a police station outside london as part of his

. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what everyone is talking about. >>> the stow is causing problems.ad on many roads. wjz is live with first warning weather coverage. meteorologist tim williams and bob turk ever tracking

i'm denise koch. >> and thanks for watching maryland's news station. don't go away.the cbs evenen,, >> couric: tonight, a humble hero. the security guard who saved the day in panama city, florida. >> i tried to keep him pinned down. >> couric: i'm katie couric. also tonight, a new review of u.s. strategy in afghanistan. as president obama declares "we're on track. we'll hear from a u.s. marine there who has what may be the most dangerous job in the world. >> i'll do it again and again and again. >> couric: and remembering new york's nightmare before christmas and the little boy who had an entire city praying for a miracle. captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> couric: good evening, everyone. he says he is not a hero, but watching mike jones and

i'm denise koch. vic is off today. here's what people are talking about. >>> he is called the grim sleeper. serial killer lonnie franklin is charged with killing 10 women. but police fear there may be many more victims. this comes after a stash of sexually explicit pictures are found in his house. >>> for more than two decades, a string of murders went unsolved. most of the victims thought to be prostitutes and drug users. all from a gritty section of south los angeles. police say the killer is this man. local mechanic, lonnie franklin, jr. who may have more victims. >> lonnie franklin's reign of terror in the city of los angeles, was spent well over two decades. and we certainly do not believe that we are so lucky or so good as to know all of his victims. >> reporter: franklin has been dubbed the grim sleeper because they believe he took a 14-year hiatus on his killing sprees. it was finally a bite in a piece of pizza that linked him. when they raided has home, they discovered hundreds of photos of women. no clue what

. >> and i'm denise koch. >>> deep freeze. bone-chilling freeze. gripping the country.reynolds reports for wjz, with more on the widespread damage. >> the wind continued to howl overnight, knocking out power to thousands and making any kind of travel a real nightmare. in some areas, not even the snow plows can handle the chore. >> it was pretty scary. >> tammy logan learned her lesson the hard way. she and her family, along with another 100 vehicles, were stranded for more than half a day, on an indiana highway after snow stopped them dead in their tracks. >> we're just trying to clear off the car periodically and make sure nothing was in front of the exhaust. just so we would be safe. >> reporter: at storm pushed east, so did the danger. slick snow across new york's long island, triggered numerous car wrecks, including this 10- car pileup. not much better down south. does this look like north carolina to anyone? >> reporter: citrus farmers are scrambling to protect their crops. jim williams could lose tens of thousands of dollars if the cold snap decides decides to sti