. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today. a man in a wheelchair rolls into the path of a subway train, the quick work of rescue crews may have saved his life. we have the latest. >> reporter: good afternoon, a team of firefighters crawled under a train and whisked him to safety and brought him to shock trauma. witnesses say he is lucky to be alive. >>> chopper 13 is over the scene seconds after they pulled him out from under a train, a scene witnesses will never nor get. >> f o rget. >> i just saw him under the train. >> they heard screams. >> they say it tipped forward and on to the tracks. >> it happened to fast. >> he said he saw it. >> when the train was coming we were trying to tell the train to stop, that is when the train ended up on top of him. >> firefighters crawled under the train to get him, fastened him to a backboard and slid him out. >> they had to pull him by rope over 150 to 200 feet on the track to meet the train. >> reporter: now he was conscious and bruised when he was taken to shock trauma. within the pas

. >> i am don scott. >> here is what people are tank about today, president obama gets the chance to talk directly to 10s of millions of american tonight when he delivers his state of the union address. as the president fights for a second term analysts expect the economy to take center stage. susan mcginness reports for wjz from capitol hill. >> reporter: president obama is putting the finishing touches on a speach he hopes will convince americans he should keep his job. his third state of the union address is expected to center on the idea of economic fairness. it is not a new theme for the president but his top aides say the speech includes new proposals to help the middle class. >> these are common sense ideas, investing in american manufacturing, making sure that we are seizing a new era of american energy, working on the skills and education for our workers and a renewal of american values. >> the president is also going to offer new plans aimed at shoring up the housing market. >> republicans say they are more of the same and house speaker john boehner called them pathetic. >>

. >> and i am don scott. >> here is what people are talking about today, antonio martinez changed his plea to guilty as part of a deal. wjz is live at the courthouse, mike hellgren has the details. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is a man who said he wanted to wage jihad against the u.s. government. earlier this month he had pleaded not guilty, but just hours ag that all changed. antonio martinez spent weeks before making the decision to change his plea to guilty, admitting he attempted to use a weapon of mass destruction to blow up the recruitment center in 2010. the plot the government derailed with the help of an informant, who noticed alarming posts on his facebook page. >> i think the work the fbi did in this case is as good as it gets, it documented his intent, he intented to kill people and do damage and admitted that today. >> he went ahead and armed the bomb, drove the car, parked it in front of the building then went to a vantage point to see what would happen. >> the government claims martinez said it was his dream to wage a holy war against the united sta

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather and w jd traffic control with sharon gibala, it is wjz, mare maryland's news station. >> through the fog we are looking through the harbor cam. >> i will show you how warm it is, 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. fog advisory not out for the metro. once you burn this fog off it is a great day. sunshine by lunch and through the afternoon. 50 degrees at lunch on its way to a high of 54, dinnertime still three shy of 50. don take it away. >> here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. the big one is on 95 in the southbound lanes. we have an accident that we started off the morning with in the median involving an overturned vehicle. could be there for a while. otherwise we have two accidents still working in the city, south hilton at leads and brighton heights avenue at mary. there is your speeds open the beltway, they are all at full speed. a live look at the west side, running smoothly there at liberty road with the exception of damp roads and fog, you can see the fog in tha

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 on this the 12th day of january, as you can see there is fog out there this morning due to the mild temperatures and the overnight rain, which continues to pour down from time to time. >>> sharon has traffic and it is meteorologist tim in for marty bass over at first warning weather. >> good morning, everyone. this rain is dropping off quickly. it is starting to wrap up here as we look at first warning live doppler radar we see some of the heavier showers moved across the beltway and across central maryland and now a patch out towards westminster and the biggest bulk moving up the 95 corridor toward belaire, northeast maryland and clearing the beltway but a lot of moisture in the air so the visibility may still be an issue as fog is settling in. >>> temperatures mild this morning, 46 degrees so dress for the rain early on then dress for milder temperatures. we go up today to just around 60 d

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news, from wjz's news team, your first warning weathernd wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is the top of the hour. it is colder today than yesterday. there is some frost on some cars but there is no precipitation the moment. christie bresland is in for sharon and meteorologist bernadette woods in for the vacationing marty bass over at first warning weather. >> at the moment are the key words. a storm moving our way, not going to affect us this morning, otherwise it is chilly. 20s and low 30s, 28 baltimore, 33 westminster, 33 annapolis. through the afternoon those clouds take over. then the rain arrives. it is heavy at times straight into tomorrow morning. so tomorrow morning's commute is more dicey. your full forecast coming up, don. >> chrissy bresland is over in wjz traffic control. >> reporter: good morning. we are starting to see slowing on the harrisburg expressway in the southbound direction. once you get on the beltway easy drive all the way around although volume is picking up. we ha

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 a purple friday even in our outback, the week's end is starting out nice. christy is in for sharon and marty is over in first warning weather. >> it is starting out nice, but starting out dicey, christy, good morning, over to you in a second, no problems for purple friday. warmer than yesterday. 37 at lunch going to a high of 40. 33 this evening, beginning cloudy, overnight we see mixed precip come in and tomorrow morning may become very problematic, we will discuss that shortly, don take it away. >> thank you, the hurry up is slowing down some places, here is christie bresland at wjz traffic control. >> hello, don, hello, everyone. slowing down on southbound 25. the harrisburg expressway continues to build but no delays. moving back over to the beltway, the north side outer loop a minor slow down but the rest of the beltway continues to run very well. let's take a live look, not

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 the top of the hour. and it is a clear sky day start anyway. we saw venus a moment ago on the eastern horizon. sharon is here to show you the way the leave home and marty is over at first warning weather. >> 11 degrees chillier this morning than yesterday morning but still quite mild. the temperature hanging in the low 30s in the metro at this time. it is going to be a nice day. a sunny start, a cloudy and no moisture through the day. 42 at lunch. going to a high of mid-40s, maybe a couple of clicks warmer. don, take it away. >> thank you. here is the rush right now from sharon at wjz traffic control. >> hi, don, good morning, everyone. we have picked up our first problem of the morning and already causing a jam on the west side of the beltway. it is blocking the lane and you are looking at a back up. at this point an average speed of 21 miles per hour. there is your average speeds. you can see th

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contact the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 1-800-974-6006 >>> good afternoon i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. >> here is what people will be talking about today. jurors reaching a verdict in the trial in a man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl at a roller skating rink. devon perry acquitted of the most serious charges including rape, the alleged incident happened in 2010 at the skate works in wood lawn. the jury could not reach a verdict on two additional charges. the judge declared a mistrial. pearly will be retried on those two charges so he remains in police custody, more at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >>> candidates are making a last dash across new hampshire today. voters go to the poll for the primary. manuel gallegus reports from manchester. >> reporter: mitt romney got a standing ovation from business leaders. on the final full day of cam papering before the new hampshire primary, the former massachusetts governor virtually ignored his opponents and slammed president obama. >> i don't know how we would survive four more years of barack obama. >> reporter: his su

. >> hello again i am don scott. >> i am jessica kartalija. >> here is what people are talking about today, the two aide workers held hostage by pirates freed in a raid by u.s. special forces, that has the president once again praising american troops, here is tina kraus with the latest. >> reporter: the same u.s. naive seal team that killed osama bin laden carried out the raid, they rescued them. both were working for a danish aid group. members of seal team 6 parachuted in during the middle of the night and surprised the pirates. officials confirmed they killed 9. the hostages were not harmed and no casualties among the special forces. president obama congratulated defense secretarily on panetta before his state of the union address tuesday night. >> good job tonight. >> but the president made no mention of the raid in the speech. afterward he called buchanan's father to report his daughter was free. intelligence reports indicated buchanan's health was deteriorating and may have added urgency to the mission. >> we followed as we always do the advice of the special operators when th

>>> good afternoon i'm don scott. >> i'm jessica kartalija. here is what people are talking about today. the worrys about a freeze up on area roads. the morning warmed up enough to prevent that and bring in some pretty dense fog hovering around. that collected the commute for a lot of people. life look outside, the fog is still with us including at the inner harbor. what happens next? we've got coverage with marty bass and the foggy outback and meteorologist, bernadette woods, at first warning weather center. >> good afternoon, everybody. we had the temperatures below freezing when the drizzle started last night. they got above freezing during the overnight hours, and more of rain out there in addition to the fog you saw from the shot. as we head through the day, on and off rounds of the rain and drizzle coming up from the southwest. let's show you, as far as advisories go, we have the freezing rain advisory in effect for a couple of counties in the lower valleys where it's touch and go, we are at be 2 degrees there. dense fog advisory in effe

. >> 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 costa concordia wreck in italy has a lot fewer people booking cruises. in fact the company says it is forecasting a nearly 400 million dollar loss for this year. 17 people have been found dead since that ship ran aground two weeks ago. carnival, the parent company, is still trying to determine whether the concordia can be repaired and ever used again. crews are still working to get ready to pump out thousands of gallons of fuel oil before it leaks into the water. >>> lawmakers and voters in kentucky are picking sides over a controversial bill there. if passed it would require drug testing for people living on welfare. the proposed legislation has picked up support from both sides both sides of the aisle who say it makes sense that taxpayer funds are not used to fuel illegal drug addicts but its critics say it says a whole lot more than that. >> people down on their luck and have to

. >> complete coverage continues with don scott, jessica kartalija and first warning weather with marty bass and ,,,, >>> a murder case that has been made international headlines comes to a close today, joran van der sloot from aruba pleads guilty to the murder of a young woman in peru, her body found five years of the day of the disappearance of natalee holloway. he was the prime suspect but never charged in that case. he faces up to 30 years in lima. >>> an indiana woman gets creative after she feels her son got off too lightly after breaking the law. >> they only give him a few hours of community service so i decided that we were going to wear signs says you looking for attention we are going to get you attention. >> yeah, she made her 14-year- old stand on a corner with a sign explaining what he did. that scene prompted motorists to call police on the mother. officers say the punishment is unorthodox but completely legal. in california police are investigating a dangerous accident that nearly cost a driver his life. police say a metal bar came off another vehicle and slammed through

check in with don scott starting at 4:55 a.m. for the updated forewarn weather forecast. >>> and coming up, mark explains what went wr,,,,,,,,,,, >>> mark is here with our wjz13 the fan report. we're finding a way to lie but we're licking our wounds. >> no excuses just explanations that what we're working with. condit opened his locker today. he faced questions today for the second straight day discussing the missed goal that forced the ravens to go to overtime, the ravens lost by three points. he was rushed on the sidelines before he even went in. the scoreboard showed third down when it was fourth down. so comdit -- condit had more time. he missed it wide left. his first ever miss in the play offs. condit takes responsibility and promises to do better. >> it's tough to go out there and fail. but at the same time i've had a lot of success. i think i'm going to continue to have success. family really helps this time. >>> condit packed up and is headed with his family to their home in arizona for the offseason. >>> chuck pagano is

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. >> good morning, maryland, now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news, from wjz's newsrst warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 5:00 on a wednesday morning. as you can see you will be able to see your way clear open the commute this morning. sharon is watching the roads for you know and marty is over at first warning weather. >> let's go ahead and take it

. >> good morning, maryland, now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news. your first warning weather and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is thursday, the 26th

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weatherz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station. >> it is 5:00 and a little colder day start. if you parked your car outside last night you might find frost on the window's hood and trunk lid. it is christie bresland in for sharon this morning and, of course meteorologist bernadette woods in for the vacationing marty bass over in

. >> good morning, maryland, now, don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz news team warning weather, and wjz traffic control with sharon gibala. it is wjz, maryland's news station.

>>> don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from the news team, your first warning weather and traffic control with sharon gibala. it's wjz, maryland's news . station. >>> the bottom line, top of the hour, notice the moist mist out there, at the cusp over the crucial crossover from night in today when it gets the coldest. that could freeze. sharon is worried about the roads, marty has the weather. >>> these are updated and update every couple of minutes. 34 tv hill. 37 elkton, you get in to ob cushes around hagerstown, baltimore, dc, westminster, columbia jumped up to 3 4, bel air 35. we are so close to 32 degrees. 35 annapolis with the mist, we have to be careful. we got this freezing rain advisory because of this mist, and those temperatures, and untreated surfaces could goat interesting quick. we talk about the roads we take coming in, probably 1% of the roads used by the viewing audience. they have so much salt on them now, -- 36, 46, 48, the temperatures. morning, midday and evening. nigh of near 50. it's going to be a wet day featuring rain. this morning, fog and pote

now don scott, marty bass, and the latest breaking news from wjz's news team, your first warning weather w j traffic control with sharon gibala, it is wjz, mare maryland's news station. >> our bottom line here at the bottom of this hour is the fact we are still waiting to see rain but we have seen it on radar. >> we have had shower activity now pretty much around the area at times over the last couple of hours. take a look at the temperatures. this is the saving grace of the morning. it is mild, 39 degrees and stayed mild overnight. you have to drive well into pennsylvania to find a wintry mix, that 39 is three degrees warmer than this time yesterday. by lunch 47, going to a high of 50. more rain this afternoon, this evening and overnight. take it away. >> about to get in to get up and go here is sharon at wjz traffic control. >> hi don, good morning, everyone. only two problems, one an accident on aberdeen and south towards dc we have one accident there on 295 southbound. speeds on the beltway slowing. 50 miles per hour now your average on the west side outer loop. there is a look outsi

. >> reporter: but, scott, don ladd says and polls confirm this is going to be a tough sell. many baby boomers and gen-xers say any sacrifice on social security is too much. >> pelley: bill, thanks very much. sacrifice is part of the plan for candidate ron paul who offers the biggest change for social security. dean reynolds has more on that. dean? >> reporter: scott, ron paul doesn't think very highly of social security. he's called it a mess, a failure and technically unconstitutional and he says it's high time that we begin transitioning out of the program all together. paul says he would not suddenly scrap social security but would encourage younger workers to opt out of the system. right now, there's no choice. he favors a transitional period to allow young people to start saving their own money for their own retirement. >> under 25 if they think that they don't want to depend on what's happening, i'd let them get out. >> r >> reporter: without the young paying in, the system would eventually run out of money. when we asked him about that, he declined to answer. congress

scott county republicans. those of you who served on the central committee for the last two years know who they are, but those who are not. my name is judy davidson. donrtega is one of our vice chairs. tom may is one of our vice chairs. melissa who is probably back in the kitchen with registration is our director of social media. jane murphy has also served on our executive committee. i would like to also give a big thank you to all of them. this is a wonderful process to me. it is very fun. it might not be as fun for everybody. the executive committee has really worked hard and getting everything together. especially carol and a chain, i have to mention to all of you, when it started everyone saidit"why does it take so long?" we have to stuff all of these packets. i really appreciate their help. it is not glamorous work. everybody is a good worker on the executive committee. thank you very much. [applause] i would like to talk about a few general comments regarding the caucuses coming up. if you have not had a chance to meet your counterpart tonight, please try to do so before you leave. as we sent the e-mail to you, the caucus chair, we were saying