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. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today. two parents are suing the school district. they say their son should have been safe at school. instead he was terrorized there. wjz and mike hellgren are live outside courthouse east downtown with the latest on the lawsuit. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon to you, good afternoon to everybody. this is significant because it is one of the few bullying cases to actually go to trial inside the courtroom now are the two principals from schools along with the child's parents and jury selection got underway this morning. shawna and eddie sullivan filed suit after they say bullies terrorized their son shawn, a 10-year-old special needs child and not enough was done to stop the violence. >> once you go through your chain of command as far as you can and they refuse to do anything about it then you have to go outside of that and unfortunately, you have to involve the court system. >> in one incident in hazelwood the sullivans say bullies choked him. >> somebody had picked him u

i am jessica kartalija, in for don scott. we can only guess that they are practicing their show, testing out a few ideas for new year's eve and boy, it is spectacular, we will continue to show you -- >> -- morning long -- >> -- unreal -- >> -- golly -- >> -- mix one in -- >> -that -- >> -- just -- it is just phenomenal. >> all we need is david gilmore standing on top where it says barnes and noble singing comfortably numb. all right, let's move it along, shall -- >> -- sec -- >> -- moving our way. it -- it is just going to be a real wet day. we are just going to see rain but believe me when i tell you somebody is going to get a heavy-duty dose of winter. here mild, 49 at lunch on its way to a high of 51, 38 to 40. mid-40s still raining at dinnertime. jay cart take it away. >> marty, thanks, over to sharon in traffic control. good morning. >> good morning. we do have one accident in carroll county so it should not be causing too many people very many issues. we do have police activity in the city blocking east 25th street, clo

i am jessica kartalija in for don scott. a live look now over the inner harbor and the lake mason building, we have w -- or we have weather and traffic together, let's go to marty. >> it is a seasonably chilly morning, it is anywhere from 26, to 27 to at its warmest 32. 44 at lunch going to a high of 44, the normal is 42. 38 degrees with clouds moving in this dinnertime. take it away. >> now over to sharon. >> we started off the morning with two problems and fortunately those are the only two issues we still have, an accident in glen burnie, then some ice reported in rosedale, philadelphia road because of a water main break in the area. there is a look at your speeds on the beltway. no issues as far as speeds go. we have not had very many delays all week. i think it is a holiday weekend, a lot of people are taking off. there is a live look outside at 50 at sandy point, everything running smoothly there. the same for 795 south of franklin boulevard. remember wjz is always on, so for traffic information anytime you can always

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather, and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz. >> good morning, everyone, it is 6:00, i am jessica kartalija in for don, we have weather and traffic, let's go to marty. >> good morning, everyone. man, i hate it when we get it right, a forecast like that anyway. those are your temperatures. figure dinnertime but 37, 38 degrees, all right, jess, take it away. >> all right, marty, thanks, now over to sharon in traffic control, good morning. >> hi, jess, good morning, everyone, it has been a busy morning, the good news is we have cleared up that problem. we still have this one, we still have a truck fire blocking a lane there. traffic seems to be getting by though without a delay. also watch for an accident in the city, shannon drive at ramona. the intersection is blocked there, another accident in fallston. fire activity also in the city blocking robert street. pressman is your best bet. there is a look at your speeds on the beltway. still at other close to average. there is a l

now don scott. marty bass and the latest breaking news from the news team. your first warning weather and traffic control. it's wjz. maryland's news station. >> it's 4:30 and if you're just getting up and looking at your tv you're walking up to partly cloudy skies. a moon in the west. people not far from here got snow and people from the north got hammered. tim williams. >> good morning. we're looking at what was considered the potential for a big problem for parts of the area. a glancing blow for much of the region, record amounts of rain. with temperature in the mild zone we had more rain than a winery pix -- wintry mix. look at this, back it up to yesterday evening, five, 6:00, very strong amounts or heavy amounts of rain, and with the back edge of that tapping into cold air. this is what we were dealing with. how it started to break down. we had icy mix to our west and that started to hammer cumberland, garrett county. a rain event everywhere else. the rain and the snow line started to make its way across hagerstown. the temperature leveled out and with

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control by sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is the top of the hour, and a seasonably nice day start. there is frost on your car again this morning but not a whole lot and christie bresland is in for sharon to tell you your way through the commute. marty is over in first warning weather. >> clear now, sunshine through the day, mid-20s normal for this time of the day on this date in the year, by the way the date is 12-13-11. >>> don, take it away. >> thank you, the rush from christie bresland. take it away. >> the good news is the intersection has been re-opened but not a good start for harbor county, a second accident up there. route 1 right there near mountain road. we also have delays open the west side of the inner loop there as you make your way towards liberty road it should hold you up 5 or 10 minutes. the harrisburg expressway moving well and no trouble on 95 in either direction. as you can see things are building. there is 95 at 395. for

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is friday. >> it is 6:00 on this purple friday and it is cold enough your car is going to have a coating of white if you parked outside and it had a chance to cool down overnight. what happens after that sharp will let you know and, of course it is meteorologist tim williams in for the vacationing marty bass over in first warning weather. >> good morning, everyone, calm winds and just enough moisture to have it settle on your car and our temperatures have been below freezing so there is your recipe, 27 oakland, 31 haggerstown, 31 elkton, 27 on the shore, 38 pox river and 29 at bwi marshal, with the disturbance the air is cold, seasonably so. we will have your complete first warning forecast coming up in a few moments don. >> what awaits you, here is sharon. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone. the first thing you are greeted by is frost on your windshield so give yourself extra time for that. also giv

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather, and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:00 and all aboard for the glen avenue train garden, which has some interesting things flying around it as well as you can see. neat. we will be going there in about 15 or 20 minutes. how are the roads doing? sharp sharon will let you know after marty weather. >> the roads are dry right now, they won't be. shower activity moves in as the cold front approaches the mid- atlantic. mild right now. our normal daytime high. we are at 4557 at lunch on its way to a high of almost 60. still even with showers around later, 53 degrees this evening. don, take it away. >> here is sharon gibala wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone, one issue, that downed pole in anne arundel county still block in the road there. 468 is your best bet. speeds though still looking good. we have slowed just a bit but still over the posted speed limit as an average on the west side. a live look outside at 95 nor

i'm don scott in for gigi barnett. >> and i'm new tim williams in for myself. how are you? >> i'm good. >> yes. it is it. >> it is still cold and chilly this morning. no frost like the last few, but it is cold. a nice day shaping up. it is bright -- look at all of the christmas lights. very bright. temperatures are in the 30s around the area. 36 at bwi. it temperatures closer to 40 degrees on the shore. as we take a look at temperatures around the area. 28 in oakland. 32 in cumberland and mid-30s around much of central maryland. we're looking at a daytime high around 40 degrees or above and cooler than yesterday and a bit of sunshine. the first warning weather is coming up. >>> first, what people are going to be talking about this morning. >>> details about the college student who injured the police officer at virginia tech. the motives are a mystery this morning. we have a report from the campus where students once again gathered to grieve. >> reporter hundreds of students, faculty and police paid their respect to coarse i was killed on a camping on thursday. >> i felt bac

. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist bernadette woods, it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a chaotic scene inside the mall of america as a huge fight breaks out between teenagers. take a look at this video. police responded after getting reports of people fighting and throwing chairs. witnesses say as many as 50 people were involved, police arrested nine juveniles and adults but is still union clear what started the fight. >>> a big change is underway for sears. officials say the company is shutting down more than sears and k-mart stores in the country. the move comes after it posted poor sales numbers during the holidays. sears has more than 4000 stores in the u.s. and canada. >>> they spoke out after a cyber attack. now several people say they have been hit again. they believe they were targeted a second time as punishment for talking. they all had their information stored with a think tank group. experts say this is no ordinary hacking. >> it is interesting because it cont

. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams, ,,,, >>> maryland's healthcare commission is calling for tougher monitoring of cardiac stint surgeries at the state's 23 hospitals. investigators say hundreds of patients may have been implanted with unnecessary stints but he insists they were necessary. the commission wants it suspended if new standards are not met. >>> the state is getting more money after it met a goal for improving access to medicaid and children's health insurance programs. >>> kids across the country are on break and several theme parks in florida are hitting capacity. universal orlando's islands of adventure, legoland and three out of 4 disney theme parks were so packed they were all forced to close temporarily. disneyland in california was also forced to stop selling tickets after reaching their capacity. >>> new york's times square is gearing up to ring in 2012 with the party of the year. here you see workers putting the last touches on the new year's eve ball. led bulbs a

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news, from wjz's news team, your first warning weather, and wjz traffic crontrol with sharon gibala, it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 6:00, and there is the outback all decorated up for the holidays, it is very mild outside this morning. i keep waiting for one of our resident deer to walk through there when we show it. >>> sharp is over at traffic and marty at first warning weather. >> let's go ahead and take a look at how this day is starting, fact of the matter is it is 10 degrees warmer at this time now than yesterday. 10 degrees above normal, mid- 20s it should be, 46 degrees with cloudy skies this evening. don, take it away. >> thank you, what awaits you at work? here is sharon with w jed traffic control. >> thank you, don, we checked out those problems, one of them was unfounded, the accident on 95 northbound approaching route 32 turned out to be a vehicle fire, watch for that. new information on that one on the jfx in the northbound direction. accident approaching ruxton road involving an overturned vehicle and is now b

. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams, it is wjz, maryland's news station. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> a solemn day in north korea as the nation says its goodbyes to kim jong il. tens of thousands of sobbing citizens lined the streets hoping to get a glimpse of the casket. he died last month. as his son prepares to take over analysts say it could be a pivotal time for them. >> it may be a moment of opportunity for north korea, on the other hand they are a nuclear power. >> his two older sons were not spotted in the funeral procession. a national service will take place tomorrow rmingts tomorrow. >>> a wintry storm is blamed for these crashes. the worst of it was in the total of battlefield. officials there say visibility was down because of fog and the roads slick because of ice. >>> breaking news to tell you about, an accident on the inner loop of the beltway near providence road. this is the scene on one of our traffic cams. as you can see all lanes in that direction are closed. no word as

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pronamel iso-active helps protect against >>> good morning, everyone, i am jessica kartalija, in for don scott headlines in just a minute but first over to marty. >> let's take a look at how this day is going to square away, it is thursday, folks, a mental get away to what is a long holiday weekend that everybody is going to commence tomorrow morning, whether it is on a calendar or not. beautiful weather today. sunshine in the area. we lost that wind yesterday. anywhere from the upper 20s to low 30s, 42 at lunch, going to a high of 44, 38 at dinnertime this evening. a little cloudy later. jess, take it away. >> marty, thank you. >>> here is what we have got our eye on today. a man is honored for helping turn the animal shelter into a no hill facility. >>> montgomery county is set to implement a fee on bags. >>> the department of public works want you to recycle. >>> a continuing investigation into the death of phylicia barness, how much progress have police made. >>> gas prices on the rise and set to spike higher, the reason for the jump. >>> several popular florida theme parks, including thre

. >> completes coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija, and first warning weather with marty bass and meteorologist tim williams, it is wjz, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> recap presidential hopeful ron paul is facing pointed questions about his involvement in a newsletter. those newsletters bare his name and the title and filled with racist comments including one that says 95% of black males in washington are at least in part criminals, paul denies he wrote them and says he is tired of answering for them. >> you know what the answer is? i didn't write them. i didn't read them at the time and i disavow them, that is the answer. >> these things are pretty incendiary you know -- >> because of people like you. >> paul says he didn't have a lot of spare time 22 years agoo when they went out. he says people wrote them for him though he can't remember who. >>> former democratic presidential candidate john edwards may be suffering from an illness. his lawyers filed a request asking for his trial to be postponed to allow him to deal with an undisclosed conditions. he is accused of campaign f

now don scott, marty bass and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team. your first warning weather, and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, mare maryland's news station. >> it is 6:00 and december is starting out dry and cold. we will find out from tim in a moment. sharon is watching traffic and it is tim in for vacationing marty bass in the first warning weather center. >> we are looking at some of the coldest mornings we have had over the last -- well in recent memory really. 27 in oakland, 39 is the warm spot down at the river, 37 on the shore and northeast maryland, high pressure in control of the forecast bringing in very dry but seasonably cold air, just that the seasonably cold air is something we have not dealt with in a while. we are not seeing 70s soon. >>> starting off around freezing, going up to a high of around 50 degrees with sunshine, dry air and a light breeze. we will have your complete updated first warning forecast coming up in just a few moments don. >> thank you, what is happen in on 70 and the other roads? here is sha

the payroll tax fight in congress this morning on "the daily run don" and specifically chuck todd asked him about comments by senator scott brown that the house republicans and what they were doing was an irresponsible aprove. let's watch. >> i'm not going to throw gasoline on what is already a fire. what we really need is a president that's the leader, that can stand in with the members of both parties and work together on finding a common solution, but this president has been intent on attacking and attack mode is not the way that a leader tries to get people to work together. >> governor romney anxious to cast aspersions on the president but not necessarily choose sides with regard to the gop, house and what they are doing on this. >> yeah. well, that -- that shows you both a stylistic and substantive difference between mitt romney and newt gingrich and shows you why the, at least until the barrage of negative ads against him in iowa, that newt gingrich was rocketing to the top because newt gingrich said the obvious and sensible thing which is in this thing pass the two-month extension whereas mitt romney is so unsure

don kasich, a rather quiet -- like scott walker. nobody who knew john expected anything different. you all know what i am talking about when i say one thing i always admired about the kasich is he never missed a chance to express to people that all these principles we hold dear are not about the folks doing well now. they are about the folks who want to do well in the future. it is all about preserving upward mobility. we all know this. not everybody stopped long enough to make it plain. you always have. all your different capacities. it makes a terrific spokesman, things we believe in and you are off to a great start as governor. >> isn't mitch daniels one of the greatest we have ever seen as governor of the state? [applause] that is right before i am fixing to steal jobs out of his state. we face -- actually mitch was a great role model for me to look at the way he moves in indiana but to me it is simple. i was in congress for 18 years and was involved in the balanced budget and i got out for ten years and that was the best thing i ever did which was to get out of politics and un

scott cooper wants to know mitt's favorite ice cream. vanilla or french vanilla? and here's a question mitt really likes from don drennon.ced? you or newt gingrich? >> speaker gingrich. >> mark abanto tweets, a new raz poll reveals voters want a candidate whose views are best described as pliable. your reaction? >> i'm absolutely firm. >> and another question from brad woodhouse. okay to wear white after labor day? >> i will preserve and protect a woman's right to choose. >> the pro choice group emily's list says, so we hear you want more right wing judges. most women won't mind overturning roe. i mean, privacy is so passe, right? >> of course. >> julie just wants to know, is that you, mitt, on the hair color for men box? >> of course. >> pilot josh martin has a question mitt likes about private jets. gulfstream iv or v? >> five. >> from frank and no relation to me, frank o'donnell, frank o'donnell, was reagan a good president? >> look, i was an independent during the time of reagan/bush. i'm not trying to return to reagan/bush. >> and frank asked mitt's favorite question. should obama be re-elected? >> of course. absolu

don. now let's make my wish come true. let's get out of the cold! ha ha ha! [whistle blows] >> bye! >> bye-bye! >> all right. hey. come back soon, eh? >> hi, there. i'm dr. scottn go for months without eating, but you and i and all humans have to eat more often because we are warm-blooded. here are some warm-blooded animals alive today that live in a very cold place, penguins. they stay warm by eating a lot of fish, and like saurornitholestes, penguins are covered with feathers, which helps them hold on to their body heat. brr. when i'm in really cold weather, i wish i had a covering of feathers. ok. keep watching for more dinosaur discoveries. >> hello, folks. it's me the conductor. today the family visits the north pole to see a light show in the sky called aurora borealis, so come on along with me on the dinosaur train! all aboard! >> happy, winter solstice day, everyone. >> yay! winter solstice day! wait. what's winter solstice day again? >> winter solstice is the shortest day of the year. that means it's also the longest night of the year. >> correct, mrs. p, and it marks the beginning of winter. >> yay! >> you know, mr. and mrs. p, i've got an idea for a

don e-mails in, did your success with nonfiction translate into success with your earlier fiction? have any of them been rereleased? >> guest: amazingly not. i wrote two books under the pen name holden scott -- >> host: where'd you come up with that? >> guest: that was my ideal dream non-ethnic dream. [laughter] it's really lame. but, you know, i had written two thrillers which i think, actually, were really good books, and i have thought about rereleasing them as pic. i would like to get back into fiction. but i don't know if people could even find my fiction. it was years ago, ever since bringing down the house, i've been known as a nonfiction guy. >> host: and just again to recap, kirsten tweets in, who are some of your favorite authors and what are you reading now? >> guest: well, i am still reading the game of thrones, five books. i'm on book four. he's great. my favorite authors were definitely michael crichton, i thought he was great. i love, god, there's so many now. intas yang younger. be. >> host: you've also listed ray bradbury, hunter s. thompson, ernest hemingway. >> guest: that's a good list right there. >> host: yeah. ben mezrich has been our guest on "in our first discussi