in annapolis, don harrison, abc2 news. >>> if you're in new zealand, you don't have to wait. people already ringing in the new year the first to ring in 2013 setting off fireworks from the auckland sky tower. australians brought in 2013 with a dazzling fireworks show. the magnificent display went off in a blaze of collar. it's reported that at least 100,000 individual fireworks were used to pull off that sparkling spectacle. >>> we're learning new details about the september 11th terror attack on the consulate in benghazi. the report was released today it. blames the state department, in large part, for failing to respond to requests for more security resources there. the attack left ambassador chris stevens and three other americans dead. >>> another health scare for secretary of state hillary clinton. she was admitted into the hospital because of a blood clot. >> reporter: doctors at new york presbyterian hospital said secretary of state hillary clinton will have top spend at least the next couple of days for observation, after they discovered a blood clot that resulted fro

don harrison. abc 2news. >> this labor agreement affects ports all up and down the east coast and on the gulf. >>> maryland live casino opened this morning and doesn't plan to close them ever, ever again. they are now open 24-7 because of new state legislation it also plans to add table games and will open a poker area after that. the changes are also adding more jobs to the cast no. >> we are adding 1200 more jobs with table games. it's about 150 of them are tied to the 24 hours, starting by tonight. then the rest of them will be added as we get closer and closer to the table games operation with about 800 of them tied to the table games operation. >> reporter: they believe chances will help the casino better compete with casinos in neighboring states. right now there is no timetable but casino said it's best estimate is early spring. >>> in tonight's health alert we tend to have lots of leftovers during the hole days, now that we have just a few days christmas dinner time to start thinking about

abc2's don harrison has more and details on another pedestrian death. >> reporter: last night a man lost his life on this stretch of highway. glen burnie resident james mon shore was struck and killed while walking along the highway. he was hit on the boulevard exit coming off of route 60 east ahead heading into -- heading into annapolis. the driver did stop and the initial report showed pedestrian error. police do not know why he was walking. however, they know he was at a hospital earlier in the day. lt. david ennis is the commander of the traffic enforcement division. today a new program called 35 to save lives. he wants patrol officers to make it saver for drivers and pedestrians. >> concentrating on five behaviors. >> reporter: they hope this will make a difference overtime. >> it's building blofnlgt each month we'll concentrate on a different strategy. >> reporter: if upfind your -- you find yourself backing around traffic -- >> use the crls walks, obey the pedestrian signals. more importantly at night, wear clothing so you can be seen. >> shawn adams was driving into work when he

abc2's don harrison takes us to the place that came to the rescue. >> hi. >> hello. >> how are you? >> reporter: marge stevens has been a dwraiious host for more than 50 years. sheer husband bought this star in 1960. it's been here to save many of us who needed a part or a tool or a key made. they cram to my rescue when i needed a nine volt battery. it has been a hardware store on this corner since 1870. she's waited on quite a few people. do you sell pee bee guns? >> no, we used to 40 years ago. >> reporter: that's about to come to an end. these doors which are open seven days a week, will close at the end of the month. >> you can see it's not practical anymore and not working out. >> reporter: with the economy and large chain stores it's been harder to compete and it doesn't make any sense to stay open anymore. >> steven's hardware. >> reporter: that greeting will soon not be heard. she's a local gal, born five blocks from here and moved two blocks closer when she got married. >> so i don't burn much gasoline. >> reporter: over20 family members have worked here over the years. >>

in annapolis, don harrison. >> will miss that place. i need a three bolt -- third aisle. when they closed, the remains, all the tools will be shipped they aren't sure what business will move in next. >> did johns hopkins is -- johns hopkins is teaming up with the mayor to help improve the neighborhood and the school. as the neighborhoods do well, the school does well. it's where our students well. it's where our faculty and staff live. it's where we come to work. we want it to be a safe, healthy, vibrant alive community. >> school -- the school is working to get nearby business involved. >>> a showdown between baltimore and d.c., but there's no question we've got them on this. >> the travel channel is doing a special episode trying to discover which hill is better, federal hill or capitol hill. mike mass cohas more. i know we're winning, right. >> what are you talking about. the restaurants, the bars, nowhere in comparison. we're at the cross market street. this is where we have to be wall to wall lineup. we're here to prove how we're so much better than d.c. we've been t

. >> reporter: in queen anne's, don harrison. >>> an accident claimed the life of a promising if i si signatures. a car traveling westbound crossed the center line struck the toyota corolla. the 32-year-old woman died at the scene. she spent the last would years at the carroll regional cancer center. >> chita is a young woman, professional, really starting out in her career. her career is helping to save lives or at least make sick people feel better. as a medical physicist, she's a vital part of the hole treatment program, really the -- whole treatment program. >> the driver of the truck was medivaced to shock trauma with non-life-threatening injuries.ed pending the investigation. >>> a man's car went over an embankment and ended up on the roof in the water below. emergency crew were called to south of singer road. they made their way down 40 feet to get to the man. he was flown to shock trauma where he remains in serious condition. >>> firefighters were called to a towing company. fire officials said flames were in towny town pike. >>> we have an update on the breaking news we broug

don harrison recently went along for a ride to see what they're doing to stop drinking and driving. >> holiday parties go hand in hand. they want to make sure drinking and driving don't. so far this year there have been over 1400 dwi arrests in the county, 68 in december so far. >> i need you to park your truck. >> reporter: eric is one main reason why. >> saved lives. >> reporter: eric spent 8 1/2 years on the shift. >> getting an empaired driver off the roadway. >> reporter: it's not just a drunk driver but dangerous driving, too this car was going 92 miles an hour in a 40-mile-an-hour zone. when eric put his lights and sirens on, the car sped up and continued to run until he sped into a driveway. the driver was a 17-year-old boy. >> i have you above 90 miles an hour in a 40-mile-an-hour zone. >> reporter: the pairntion police said, was his father. >> you're letting him drive like that? >> are you going to speak to me? >> reporter: the driver was given a $405 speeding ticket. >> now their lives are forever changed because one person decided to get behind the wheel of a car under the

. >> don harrison has details of the plan to keep the roads clear for this last weekend of the year. >> the trucks are getting ready. the sky was blue friday but the roads will soon be white. here are two of the 2400 pieces of equipment that will be working to cope the roads safer for the -- keep the roads safer for the weekend. >> with clearing drains, making shower our equipment was in good working equipment, making sure materials were restocked after being out on the roads. >> mike is one of the 2700 machine and women around the state getting ready to keep the roads passible. not only does he need to be ready, so does his truck. >> we're checking the old transmission fluid, cleaning the trucks up, getting ready to load them up. >> the command center can look at roads all around the state. they used high tech gear to keep track of the storm. >> the technology may louse pavement sensors that feed information to the center about pavement temperatures, ambient air temperatures. this allows us to deploy resources to where they're most critically needed. be assured, winter is here. if y

don harrison reports from cambridge. >> in 35 years i've never seen a person jump out of a building. in 5 minutes last night i saw at least 10, 15 people. >> the flames reached four- alarm status as people jumped from their windows to the ground below. one hundredfirefighters spent almost two hours to bring the fire under control. >> they were jumping -- jumping from the third and second floor and landing on the concrete. > . >> state fire marshalls were here today doing an investigation. there was a clothing store on the first floor and three apartments on the second and third flee floor of the eight apartments, five of them had had people in them. >> i was on a roof with no way to get down or give assistance. >> ryan phillips was one of o those people home last night. he was lucky, he could get to a roof and jump only about ten feet. some neighbors weren't as fortunate. >> they jumped off of this small roof on to a van and luckily there was somebody there to -- it sounds crazy but to throw a baby out and somebody there to catch it but that's the only way it's go going to happen. >>