you can really see it whipping buy these downtown streets. heavy snow, and as i mentioned, within about the past half hour or an hour we've really seen a lot of stronger gusty winds coming in to the downtown area. so we're going to be watching how things are going out here. i've only seen maybe four or five inches of snow right here, and if we're still expecting if wyatt said up to 2 feet of snow the worst is ahead of us if you can believe that from what we're seeing tonight. you can't park on the streets that are designated for snow emergencies. your car will be towed away. that's something to think about as you come home. and basically they're asking you to stay off the roads, let the plows do the work here in baltimore city. christian schaffer, abc2 news. >> we'll check back with you in a few. >>> since you're likely to be snowed in tomorrow you can watch our complete storm coverage right here on abc2 news beginning at 7 a.m. and you can join in on our live web chat on abc2news.com. it will start at 7:00 also in the morning. we're going to

as we head downtown we picked up 4.5 inches around there. this storm behaved just like vytis reed said it would behave. 3.75 to almost 4.5 and an inch. 3 inches in jarrettsville, also toward the north and east a little bit lesser amounts there. 2.5 or so inches toward northeast in port deposit, and about 2 to 3 inches there. right now looking a whole lot better as you saw. temperature wise we have the temperatures near the freezing mark, 32 for baltimore, the same for d.c. we saw the changeover shortly, just a short time ago. 30 degrees in hagueer hagerstowd 30 degrees in oakland. here is what we're watching with the frontal air behind it. the high pressure dries out the skies but here is what is coming your way. the low pressure center that will be coming up the eastern seaboard and the question is will it take a turn east and head out to sea or will it come up the coast? i if i think the first scenario moving out to the west is less favorable than the computer models coming up the coast. when that happens, you know that you get all of the

she can confirm that it has been smelling a the but downtown. they have been looking on the radar on the web site -- it has been snowing a little bit downtown today and looking on the radar on the web site. >> it is a consistent white snow. it is really not sticking to the ground. you mentioned temperatures playing a role in that we will not see accumulation -- not see a lot of a commission until the heavy snow tonight. but this will be a long store for us. things are busy over here at the safeway still jam packed. it was really bad over there yesterday. look at that dirty snow, all looted, and everything piled up from us know that we had, -- all polluted, and everything piled up from the snow that we had. the white snow is coming up on the date tonight and tomorrow. as far as the computer goes, you can see that we are looking like it is a lot worse than it is out there. basically, there is an area of high pressure to our north, so it means it is kind of dry out site. the dew points have not reached a level where it will mean a full-fledged snow

kathleen live at the jail downtown with more on taylor's capture. kathleen? >>reporter: jeff, there is still a lot of questions tonight such as how did he get released from here in the first place. how did he get all the way to west virginia? that's where he was peacefully captured at a friend's home. >> west virginia authorities took this new photo of raymond taylor this morning after he was caught hiding in a home in martinburg. >> right now we are investigating exactly how he was taken to west virginia. >>reporter: in maryland raymond taylor is known as inmate 3 2 8 705. but that is not the number he used as super max when he escaped thursday afternoon. instead he flashed the i.d. of his cell mate william johnson who was scheduled for release after serving time on a burglary charge. >> there is a photo on each i.d. again i say there was striking resemblance between the 2 inmates. >>reporter: taylor able to get through 3 check points being being free. 19 hours later he was recap toured 100 miles away. tonight taylor female friend is charged with harboring a

storm is finally dying downtown tonight. and adding to the incredible amounts of snow that we had on the ground across the region. >> yeah, that and strong, strong winds created a dangerous situation today. all day today. chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with a closer look at the winter blast. vytas? >> lots of snowfall coming downtown dealing with winds. and that will happen overnight. right now looking at baltimore city. arlington, snowfall for you. 28.9. gwynn oak 13. pimlico 13. heeldersburg 24. line ofboro 23. queen ann's county, almost 11 inches. harford county, fallston, 19.5. edgewood, 15. belair 11.3. and we get to baltimore county. glyndon 22 inches. free land 21. parkton. parkville at 18.8. and bwi official number. from the airport. looking at 19.5. green haven at 17.5. southgate 16.2. crofton at 12.8. and howard county. which was the hardest hit from the last storm. jared gaither 20. savage 18. elkridge, 38.8. previous storm. 16.5. so a lot of snow but mother nature gave you a break. we are looking at the

we are in the low 30's, 31 downtown, -- , 31 at the airport, 35 downtown, excuse me.light snow around lunchtime. there will be snow or sleet by the time you get out of work. high-temperature around 35 degrees expected. we forgot that there is a game on sunday. keith mills is going to tell us about that. >> 11 sports. >> the weather in miami, a little more rain today by 6:00. 70 degrees by sunday evening when they kick off, the saints and the colts. the first super bowl for the new orleans saints. the the second for a demanding. if the head coach of the colts was the quarterback coach numbunder tony dungy. both teams will practice again today. caldwell says to take nothing for granted. >> the hague is not in the barn, there's still a lot of work to do -- the hay is not in the barn. we need to be able to respond to what they do from an offense and defense standpoint and the kicking game. >> maryland basketball or big winners last night. jim caldwell was the coach -->> i'm going 28-24 with the colts. >> 31-30 colds. -- colts. >> you should go for the saints, not the fcol

around a foot downtown. a little bit less to the south. 4 to 6 inches and way to the south in talking about 2 to 4 inches. out to the west, you are talking about 6 inches. that's why we had that 6-inch to 12-inch ban. we had 12 inches here in northwest. tomorrow morning, partly cloudy, windy and cold. teens and 20s. winds still a factor. northwest at 15 to 25 and gusty. and by afternoon, partly cloudy, still windy and cold. high temperatures in the mid 30s. winds not quite as crazy, but still northwest at 10 to 20. all right, look at this system. see how it has grown and pushes this last area of precipitation back to the west. the storm is pulling away slowly. as it does, it will lift the bans back to the northeast. it will take a little while, particularly in fairfax and loudoun county. don't think it will go any further west than that. don't forget to check on the elderly. car wax and wd40 keeps the snow off the shovel and have flashlights ready just in case you lose power. look at the winds last hour. 40

wjz is live in downtown baltimore tonight. suzanne collins has the latest from police. suzanne? >> reporter: it began with the dispute over the treatment of that woman. when the security officer was called in to help, shots rang out and he was struck. the central district in baltimore at night on weekends is a bustling place. at 2:00 a.m. after the bars let out a couple was headed to their car when a group of men made advanced toward the woman. the man sought out the bank security officer. >> one of the suspects went to his vehicle, pulled out a handgun and fired multiple shots. we believe he was traying to strike our intended victim and the security guard trayed to intervene and was subsequently hit and killed. >> no! >> reporter: do you know him, james ball? >> yeah! >> reporter: some people who regularly pass by there knew ball. >> he is a lovely gentleman always trying to help people. anything he can do for you he would try to help. he's helped a lot of homeless people in this area, too. >> reporter: in the central district downtown, violent crime is rare. last year when the

downtown core has been shaken to the ground essentially. >> i want to ask you about the aftershocks. i know there have been dozens. how bad are they and how is your family faring? i know you said you have a baby. how is your family handling this? >> my daughter was obviously really shaken during the earthquake itself. she was talking and talking about things falling and we were able to get her back to sleep. she just woke up now so she slept through the aftershocks. there has only been one stronger and that he was recently in the last half hour or so. the rest of them you kind of wait. you feel it shaking and we say it's shaking and look at each other to see if this is one where we have to make a dart for the door frame or our daughter's room. it's really monto have a lot of anxiety about shaking after an earthquake. it will keep shaking for the next few days. we know that. in fact, it's pretty common that after a major earthquake you can feel like it's shaking even after it isn't. >> we wish you and your family the best. thank you for talking with us. we are glad everybody is okay.

only average downtown 18 inches for the entire season. it will wind down on saturday, two to four inches in the morning. probably one to two in the afternoon. but again near blizzard conditions tonight. and that is something we are really trying to hammer home. look at the satellite picture radar combined. look at this moisture. when you get storms out of the gulf of mexico and go to the atlantic ocean it pretty much has an unlimbed amount of moisture and almost winter hurricanes quite frankly. so this has got, in terms of moisture, we talked about this last night, no pun intended the sky is the limit in terms of moisture. the cold air is a little lacking. we will watch this transition right here, here in southern maryland. as we go through the next several hours. it will be very close. could get as far as i-95. we will keep you posted on that. keep us posted. go to wusa9.com and fill out a storm report. and we need snowfall amounts, road conditions and e-mail us pictures. that's the latest for you. see you in a couple of minutes. back to

start off downtown baltimore. yes, clouds, fog, and still snow showers to the north. but the skies are trying to brighten downtown where we have an average of about 5 inch of snow. there's still fog up. and looking, you can't see it. 31 in the fog. and yes, i had a recent snow showers pass just to the north. the skies are much brighter and dealing with slick spots. and after the hit over the weekend and the hit on the way for next weekend, yeah, right in the mid l of it at 31 degrees. switch it over and show you maryland's most power doppler radar. and four other sweeps with the band of snow off toward the north, got into pennsylvania. we were following this little band just north. looks like up towards delta heading toward darlington with light snow. but only maybe another 10 or 125 minutes. more substantial snow back into the mountains. but that's more of a lake- effect. not going of the an impact on us. and we've got about two days of drying before the big storm that is gathering strength across southwest texas. there's a tremendous amount of energy in the atmosphe

dry conditions right now downtown, not looking bad at all.s into motion and not looking so bad over the last several hours. there was plenty of activity earlier in the day. this morning we had plenty moving through. you see the last remnants of it moving toward the east. there's know showers in the highest elevations to the west. the highest snow fall total we have seen in any one location that i found was in salisbury to the west of it at 6.25 itches. in the surrounding areas, 3.5 inches. and an inch to an 1.50-inch. and downtown 4 1/2 inch to the 5-inch, and down toward d.c. more 5-inch totals there. but 4 1/2 to 5 inches in general around laurel, too. toward thurmond and taneytown 3.25 inches. and further points east lesser amounts 2 1/2 to 3 inches there. a variety of snow fall totals, but generally the 3-5-inch range we can say. the temperatures not helpful in that the temperatures are dropped below freezing in some spots. in baltimore 31 degrees as megan was saying causing it to freeze over in some spots. be careful about that. up in ha

. >> it's not too bad downtown. we were afraid that it would build up so we left early. >> reporter: now what? >> make sure we have the provisions. >> reporter: you do already. >> we have done that. >> liking forward to watching sports on tv this weekend watch the weher. nowhere close to 8 inches but let me get out of here now. >> we are taking my -year-old to his first caps game and we didn't want to let the weather stop us. we will meet my husband downtown and hopefully have another victory. >> reporter: and get home safely. >> we will drive very slow. >> reporter: here it is 8 minutes after k-67 and a number of businesses in the shopping center that we are in now are starting to close. the cvs is open. starbucks is closed. across the street there is a hamburger restaurant. that is open. as i step out of the shot, you will see metro buses are still on the road. here is a plow going mast us you will see in a second. this is state highway going left to right. they are spreading stand. he isn't plowing. the snow is c

it happened around 3:15 this morning in an ally of the 300 block of grove street downtown. authorities say trash collectors found the victim and two friends who were intoxicated trying to give him first aid. track collectors called police. >>> a developing story. head of toyota is trying to steer the automaker back on track. he is on capitol hill answering questions from u.s. lawmakers about the problems that lead to the recall of eight and a half million cars. toyota's u.s. chief has acknowledged the company has not fully resolved acceleration problems blamed for 34 deaths. >> it seems as if there is no end to this series of promises and then promises that seem to come short of reaching the goal of safety. >> now toyota's chief executive says he's sorry for any accident toyota's drivers experienced. he says toyota managers will drive cars under investigation to experience the problems first-hand. >>> we have another recall tonight. there one involves 47,000 hyundai sedans. officials say there is a problem with the latch on the front door and it may not close properly. most

quickly want to show you time lapse of downtown baltimore. we can watch our skyline occasionally fade away. snow is building in. visibility cut down to three quarters of a mile. still looking at snow more intense in some spots than others. beloved stevenson in baltimore county 30 degrees. no wind chill. wind is not a major issue now. wind will be an issue through tomorrow. we are factoring in temperatures. 28 common theme from westminster to luterville. edge mere at 30. then you cross the bay. it is 34 in centerville. >> surface temperatures are cold enough to support everything coming down. it is not like we are sitting in the mid 30s. >> we have just done this fire drill over the weekend. it looks like some people learned their lesson. don't go anywhere. we just did this. let the storm do its thing. hopefully you have supplies. we have doppler radar we are tracking where the rain, snow, sleet line is. we'll track winds and blizzard conditions tomorrow. >> excellent point with. 'll be back in a few more with more on the storm. now back to th

in the downtown area, this is a live picture.pdate your morning commu mmmm, well hi there, baby. ♪ you know you want me. i'm so rich and chocolatey. good thing you've got special k® chocolatey delight cereal. with ice-cold milk, it's the so chocolatey... so satisfying lower-calorie snack... that gets you your chocolatey fix... without undoing your day. so long, late-night cravings. come on, baby, don't leave-- hello, special k® chocolatey delight. >> traffic both 11 and insta- weather plus together. >> good morning, sarah caldwell we are smiling now, but later this afternoon if the committee will be a different story. easy ride right now on the harrisburg expressway. 66 miles an hour south of mount carmel and well towards the beltway. a delay on southbound 95. usual stuff approaching the beltway northeast as volume picks up. 795 and interstate 71 was sides looking good. no delays on a major roadways around the airport. there could be delays on your flight. call ahead. you're looking at the harrisburg expressway at a bar and road.

. >> the morning. 32 degrees downtown. and has been a busy morning. the road crews have done a good job of catching everything cleared out. they have been shoveling the sidewalks here. the morning dog walk. every morning you do this. >> he likes to get out here and run around in the snow. i think they did a nice job with the roads. >> they were very proactive. >> they were. >> enjoy your walk and a coffee. people are getting accustomed to this. a few inches of snow. the roads are clear. they did an excellent job. we are in store for another storm this weekend. the high pressure will build in later this afternoon. an area of low pressure is moving offshore. it is taking with it the precipitation. high fashion -- high pressure will make us stable this afternoon. >> it is great how the perception changes after you get a big storm under your belt. >> that is true. we hope the previous one will hold the record and we do not surpass that over the weekend. >> we will see. it is going to be a fun forecast. here is a look at some of the snow fall numbers from

to the bank of america building downtown where the overnight watchman was shot. he had tried to break up a fight that broke out in front of the building minutes after nightclubs nearby had closed. >> looks like this was a dispute over a girl. >>reporter: the attackers, police say, were targeting another man and his girlfriend, who they had been harassing on the street. >> our intended victim knew the security guard at bank of america building and went to start a converation with him. the ideas started making further advances towards the female. we are reviewing city-wide security camera, bank of america security cameras, but we don't have leads on suspects or people of interest. >>reporter: while police work to make an arrest, he makes sure his brother is remembered for his actions. >> it didn't surprise me. if you know james, james wanted to keep the peace and do the right thing. >>reporter: the victim's family, of course, is now hoping that someone with information about the suspects will do the right thing and call police. james was 38 years old, the father of

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this is a downtown east side, every corner has a deal being done. a tough neighborhood for one of the worst drug problems in north america. within 20 minutes we found shirley smoking crack behind a dumpster. >> it is easier to buy it then it is a pack of cigarettes. >> there are many like her the downtown east side, the bottom rung of a dangerous food chain. dozens have been killed in the vancouver drug wars, caught up in turf battles. one hour away from the border with the u.s. lives a quiet, middle-class suburbia -- usedo be. at one school four students died in as many months, caught in the crossfire. >> 8 peaceful town. you could walk around 11:00 at night. not be scared of anything. you know? all of a sudden, it was like this pandemic. >> the location may help to explain the violence. america and canada of share one of the longest land borders in the world. right here, this ditch is it. this signpost is the only indication. >> there are controls d electronic monitoring, but border guards admit that it is a porous frontier. locally grown marijuan

at pretty moderate pace across the city downtown and up snow covered ground. we haven't had a chance to really thoroughly dig out from this last storm. now add insult toger the next blast leaving lots of snow across the atlantic and midwest and everybody geted blasted from the snow out at the airport and wednesday calm but that is changing. that is a very important factor midmorning into the afternoon tomorrow. winds going to pet really strong out there and create blizzard like conditions. dangerous conditions. tell you more about that in a moment. 30 in baltimore. 32 in dc. temperatures falling in salsbury at 35 so seeing a little mixing out there. colder temperatures back in the lower 20's to the west. all under winter storm warning right now. entire state stretching up to the north as far north as new york city all the way back to indiana and michigan and into milwaukee we are looking at a major winter bast across the area. timing this out looking at the snow coming down at pretty good pace and continue to come down pretty good through the overnight as temp

freezing downtown. at 32 degrees. out at the airport actually and looking at 28 in harrisburg. 29 in new york. 31 in pittsburg. 32 cleveland. so cold air is in place for the moisture to turn into snow. we have two low pressure s 1 sitting over indiana and ohio. another one sitting out over the atlantic. one of the storms is supplying some of the moisture. and the cold air. the other one is bringing in that atlantic moisture. as it runs into that cold air. right over the state of maryland and virginia. parts of pennsylvania. delaware and new jersey. we're seeing it in the form of snow. slightly warmer temperatures on the tip of the state. salisbury, moisture, and ocean city. but for us, we continue to see the warning situation, winter storm warning in effect for central maryland and dc area. metro area here. and central portion of the state. until 7 a.m. tomorrow morning. parts of northern virginia as well winter weather advisory wrapping around the area. including the eastern shore. until 7 a.m. parts of southern mary

downtown. downtown inner harbour, covered with plenty of to show at all. looking at steady snow at all right now. coming down. 28 degrees. winds thousand out of the theft at 12. so see the winds slowlying up and then tomorrow, you will thousands a wig change this winds. getting gusty out of the northwest they were from teen to 20. then up to 20-to 30 . gusting to 40 to 50. so we will be running into problems again with power outages and tree limbs, with the weight on the branches. again looking at snowfall records. 1995 to 1996 season, 62.5 inches. this year, we currently have 60.4 inches. inch shy of beating the past snowfall season record which now we have already seen about 4 inches out there. passing this. the previous record. and continue to add to the totals with the storm pushing through. double barrel storm moving through. this is the current storms. look ahead. another storm. lots of folks talking about the next storm. this one right now, current model date tas showing it taking a southerly track over the carolina and giving snow across arkansas t

that's about the time frame it ends here. 30 degrees downtown baltimore. winds out of the north-northeast at three. humidity levels 100 percent. as we see the precipitation coming down. and as our temperatures show, you can see the cold air is in the mix right now. 32 out at the airport. 32 -- 30 downtown. 29 harrisburg. 30 pittsburg. and the cold air is supplying what is needed for the moisture to come in and drive into the cold air. so we have two lows, that are working in tandem. one over parts of indiana and ohio. bringing in that moisture. and then that cold air. and then another low over the atlantic bringing in the atlantic moisture. and as it meets over land here. we are seeing that in the form of snow. see the tail end of the snow west of us. but we have several hours to go before it kind of fizzles out. as far as the winter storm warning in effect. until 7 a.m. tomorrow. over central maryland, including baltimore city, baltimore county. dc and all the surrounding counties. again, this is until 7:00 tomorrow morning. as we see the snow coming down

feels like it's 10 degrees right now downtown. stay in touch. next seven days, we are in the 30s now friday and saturday and sunday. a little clipper will come at us on monday. light snow possible monday afternoon and monday night and on the cold side as we get into next wednesday. temperatures are still in the 30s. >> i've been watching that radar all night long and watching the storm go to the right and i figured when it got across the river, it would be good, and now it's going backward. i know it's getting bigger, it's not fair. it's against the rules. >> listen, it's not fair. we are here and we are here with you. our storm alert safety coverage comes up. i am losing my words here. we are going to continue our coverage after the break. that's what i'm trying to say. you're watching 9news now.

ou can park in downtown parking decks for free though. they are opening up two shelters at noon for residents who lose power or heat. both run by the red cross who advise you, don't wait until it's dane enough medicine and fly supplies to last for up to three days. >>> good morning to our friends at the imagining center. they are going to get hit oh, s the entire region as steve just said, 16 to 4 inches. >> no one is immune. >> do you think it's going to be more 24 or 16 one was asking me? well, does it matter? >> psychologically? >> 18 threes or 14 degrees. >> psychologically, it does. >> we're going to get a lot of snow. let's start by going to the back to the radar. what we're seeing here in the washington area. we have some indications that there's a little bit of precipitation leaving the clouds, but nothing hitting the ground at this point a. cross southern maryland, light snow showers and as steve pointed out, light snow showers out to the west. in western maryland and the panhandled of western virginia, maybe sleet. am of that is

look at the right side. 53% from downtown. this game is 0-2 from three-point range with two assists. not very much involved. you got to give l.s.u. credit. not their defense on him, but it's l.s.u.'s offense that is throwing the rhythm of vandy off. they're holding the ball so long before they shoot. as a result, vandy a little impatient when they get the ball at their end of the floor. very, very good psychological start right here by trent johnson. >> eric: l.s.u. winless in conference. 0-10. inside, feingold, tied up. tied up. possession arrow favors l.s.u. >> bob: frequent substitutions on the part of kevin stallings in this game. that's good for the second half, because you guys have legs. and they can get after it, especially defensively. it does throw the offensive rhythm off when you substitute frequentenly. that's part of what happened to vanderbilt in the first half. >> eric: inside. ludwig. takes his type. misses a lay-up. beal in transition. with the left hand. jermaine beal's first bucket of the ballgame! [ cheeri

auburn is nine of 22 from downtown in this game them have a lead on the road. back to eric and bob. >> thank you so much this, game has gotten very interesting here in the o dom. investigators have ridden the hot play of vernon macklin here in the second half. neither side up by seven. take a look at the news and notes as we speak. there is both teams holding. >> east is better than the west. arkansas is the team you've got to. wa. they have courtney in back and they're starting to make noise. there is 33 of the 44 stided in single digits. the team has been so much better this year than last. and there is we know that kentucky and tense we're not sure who other two and three dworing to be. there is drama in teams like this. >> what are your thoughts for the year? do they have a chance? >> probably -- it's a possibility. they can't lose too many more games. and when it comes down to it, one way or another. the fact there is play in the season. mississippi state on the road and there is down by seven off the bench. osby off the bench. a little bit short. there is

downtown, temperatures may be in the 30's for a while. the closest we see is still well down to the south and west, down toward stanton. it is down to lynch bergen roanoke, which is in and out of your screen down to the south and west. 30 in martinsburg, 30, king george, 37 downtown let's go to the maps and laid out for the big pture storms can hear. high-pressure overhead, starting to overspread the area. all this a winter storm warning for today all the way to saturday night. let's go to the maps and i will showou what it looks like pretty storm will work across our area, bringing with it hefty amounts of snow. 're talking and extended period of snow for 36 hours, which could increase the chance of travel troubles, obviously, with the heaviest tonight and tomorrow, 18 to 24 inches before it is all said and done. we want to remind you about something quickly. starting next week, we are going to do our florida friday give away. we are going to do it every monday through thursday, giving away clues between 6:00 37:00. go to our website, ke

. >> here is a live view from the downtown area. it is a gorgeous looking morning. it is not super cold. we will get another look at your we will get another look at your for hey bets, can i borrow a quarter? sure, still not dry? trng to shrink them. i lost weight and now some clothes are too big. how d you do it? simple stuff. eating right and i switched to whole grain. whole grain... [ female announcer ] pele who more whole grai tend to have a healthier body weight. multigrain cheerios has who gins and 110 calories per serving. more grains. less you. make the switch. get $5 in coupons. >> welcome back. a beautiful snowfall this morning. snow is pretty much over with. accumulating snow is gone now. the rest of the day should be pretty quiet. some snow shower activity on the eastern shore. the clouds are breaking up. the roads that have not been treated could be slippery. the forecast for today, the increasing cloud, some sunshine by this afternoon. temperatures almost around 40. we will take a look at your seven day forecast in a few moments. >> here is a look ahea

that is war in damascus. 28 downtown -- that is warm in damascus. the gusty wind will stay out there. the winter weather advisory is just to the north of the metro area. tomorrow will be breezy. the storm will continue tto weaken. we're looking ahead for what might be coming next week. it is up possible southern track storms. partly sunny and breezy with a flurry on saturday. that is the latest. >> good deal. could you hear everybody cheering in the newsroom this afternoon? it was unbelievable. >>> the united states hockey team advanced to the gold medal game. the red, white, and blue scored just minutes into the game and then the floodgates opened. they had six goals in the first. they advanced to play the winner of tonight's's game between -- tonight's game between canada and slovakia. >>> there is controversy and apology for the celebration that followed. the canadian team came back out on the ice, smoking cigars, drinking -- not in the locker room, but on the ice. the olympic committee says to celebrate in the clubhouse. marie-philip poulin is u

snow showers across southern pennsylvania and to the northeast of downtown washington. snow is a possibility. temperatures are at or slightly above freezing in many spots. windchills, mid-20's. highs in the high 30s and low 40s. any little snow first thing this morning will not last. that is welcome news. >>> coming up on "news4 today" at 9:00 a.m., awful hour and a half of more news, weather and sports. >>> we are back on a saturday morning, february 27th 2010. >> i'm amy robach in rockefeller plaza in new york. we have been talking about it all morning. bricking news this morning. a massive earthquake in haiti overnight, lester. >> this was so big, i understand it's 500 times the energy of what we saw in port-au-prince in january. just to give you an idea, more modern buildings in santa yago, but the damage will be great. >> it was a magnitude of 8.8 at the epicenter. that was in south central chile that was 200 miles southwest of the capital. a tsunami hit the easter islands and there were warnings as far away as hawaii, australia and asia. the warnings are still in

dulkys from downtown. not there. jennings gets the rebounded.he time-out. come away with an open look for a perimeter shooter. potter gives it back to andre young, the three. alabi the rebound. dulkys, ryan reid along with alabi and snaer the final on the floor for florida state. loucks finds dulkys, open on the wing. deividas dulkys, he is there for one reason, to knock down perimeter jump shots. >> mike: a terrific job of driving and knowing where your teammates are going to set up. >> tim: tied at 27. 5:30 gone by. clemson after that horrid start now, shooting 60% since. jennings over reid. nice look. >> mike: nice high-low action. a good flash up top. everybody concentrating where booker is down low. god a very good look. >> tim: needs some help. it's not delayed by the tigers. don't know it's coming. >> mike: he was not very up. >> tim: snaer takes a seed. derwin kitchen back on the floor, along with singleton, alabi, reid, and dulkys. reid and kitchen working a two-man game. >> mike: most times when you're a senior, your eyes light up when

so i walk from -- oh, about a mile and a half from downtown bethesda and saw people walking in pairs, a couple of kids going sledding, a couple of cross-country skiers. shortly after i got here, the hardest part of the walk was the crescent trail because it's a trail and they haven't plowed it yet. i met francois smith who is from south carolina. he was going for a jog. jogging basically in a big circle around bethesda in running shoes. and he was jogging on the crescent trail. so this is probably the most interesting character that i met on my little journey here. it certainly has gotten a lot windier since we started. >> it's all comparative. you were inside most of the day. this is what the whiteout feels like, looks like. how would you describe the wind gusts? >> well, it just started up a few minutes ago. it wasn't that bad. w but i don't know, 20, 30 miles an hour. it's funny when you talk wind gusts. i'm used to talking hurricanes having spent six years down in florida. you feel those 70, 80 miles an hour. this, of course, nothing compared to that. but when you get the snow in

reporting live in downtown baltimore. karen parks fox 45 news at 10:00. >> all right karen. >> two people hospitalized after a home invasion. police were called to the 500 block of williamsburg lane in odenton at 9:00 last night. police say two men broke into the house attacked an elderly man and shot a 24-year-old man. 21-year-old woman also suffered blunt force trauma. the suspects got away. no word tonight on a motive. the young man, at this hour, is in critical condition as we speak. >> a man is shot several times and killed in west baltimore. it happened this morning, in the 2100 block of edmondson avenue. as of now, no motive, and no suspects. >> today, is sheila dixon's last full day as mayor of baltimore. she went to the last board of estimates meeting this morning. and had a message for her staff. >> i leave this office as mayor, as i began, with full optimism, and hope for baltimore city. i love this city, and i leave city hall, after 23 years of public service, secure in the knowledge that baltimore's best days

right now i'm reporting live in downtown vienna. >> stay safe out there kimberly. let's check out how things are at the airports. >> tara hamilton joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> the conditions are worsening, how is that affecting your crews out there. >> they were making some good head way on clearing what snow has fallen from our run ways, but now as you know, this blizzards situation is covering everything back up again, plus it's making it very difficult to see out on the airfield. so this is going to delay, i'm sure progress in terms of clearing the airfield. we're going to have to get through this situation and get back out there. >> i missed a little bit of that, you said they're going to stop working for a while? >> we're pulling them back during this blizzard period because there's little to no visibility as you can understand. >> we're looking at a camera right now. >> there you see not mh. so we had fortunately the crews had gotten a lot of snow up that had already fallen. we have to take it each stage of this storm and do the best we can

downtown baltimore, already snow covered downtown baltimore. now getting another dosage of snow coming down across the region. looking at 28 degrees. winds out of the east-northeast at nine. and that's not too bad of a factor right now. that will play a big role in the storm tomorrow. the winds are going to really be brutal out there. as they pick up out of the west-northwest. and they will be gusting pretty strong. looking at humidity levels at 93 percent. now, here is the big deal here. talking about snowfall records. snowfall season from 995 to 1996, 62.5 inches of snow. that was the most on record. for 2009, to this year, already currently 60.4 inches not including the current storm pushing through the area right now. so we will definitely add to this total. and we have the rest of the winter season to get through continuing down the road. looking at national watches and warnings. across the midwest and mid-atlantic. looking at the warnings. current storms right now. we have this one, two, punch coming our way. giving us heavy snowfall. but

we are live in downtown baltimore. >>> stay with wjz for first morning coverage. we have your own live look and the latest on any closings and delays. go to wjz.com. >>> still to come, the major snow that could drop as much as two feet of snow is headed our way. >> tim williams will be back with your first morning forecast in two minutes. >>> complete coverage continues with dawn scott and jessica kartaliga and first warning weather with marty,,,,,,,,,,,,,, news station. >> the weather is causing problems for people trying to get in and out of maryland. the airport is packed with people trying to get out before the snow hits. southwest airlines has called off all flights starting this afternoon. the cancellations will last through sunday morning. other airlines have indicated they'll do the same. it adds up to a big headache for passengers but most travelers seem to be understanding. >> just be patient with it. it will be what it is and you know what, go with the flow. that's how things work. it is snow. deal with it. >> airlines are encouraging customers to check

but with those clear skies, the temperatures will drop. 21 in the outlying areas, 27 downtown. high pressure will be building in here. we are concerned about friday. there is low pressure in the gulf producing copious amounts of rainfall. all of this energy moving up the mid-atlantic and midwest. it is too early to commit to any storm totals four types of precipitation, but at this point, it looks like there will be a lot of energy. we are forecasting a major weather event of some sort. we just do not want to get lost in any accumulation totals at this point. tomorrow will be sunny. here is a look at the seven-day. just a pair for some other this weekend. 60% chance of a wintry mix on friday. maybe some snow on saturday. something we are watching closely. >> it is more impersonal than going to a doctor but new statistics show in 2009, more than half americans use the internet for health information. statistics show 5% had spoken with a doctor over e-mail and 6% use the internet to fill a prescription. a slightly smaller group had used chat room to learn about a specific topic.

as we are looking at the jfx it is slow downtown headed up towards the beltway. it is moving. northbound on the harrisburg expressway slow. take your time. as the road conditions continue to deteriorate patience will be your best friend this evening. back to you. >>> remember went we are not on the air bringing you the up-to- the-minute details on this latest storm head to abc2news.com. there you can follow the storm just like our pros with maryland's most powerful radar. >>> as you can expect there have been closings and delays. they are running across the bottom of the screen. there will be plenty more to come in. tune into good morning maryland an hour earlier tomorrow. we'll hit the air at 4:00 a.m. for all the latest closings and delays. >>> we'll be hosting a web chat at 4:00 tomorrow. look on the red alert bar at abc2news.com. it says live web chat to join in. >> this is hunter webb. >>> we have more trouble from toyota as it announces a third recall. >> coming up, find out what models are being recalled this time. >>> let's check out on the roads. snow is coming down.

even downtown right around 32 and 31 out toward dulles and gaithersburg, and now the sun has gone down we are going to get to below freezing, and as the snow yanks up it's going to get down right ugly or pretty, depending on how you want to look at it. let's start with amounts. it's on our website at wusa9.com. 20 to 30 inches. i can't believe i'm saying that, but 20 to 30 inches. >> i can't believe it, either. >> i know. down to the south, not as much, but still an historic storm. in fact this could be the third footer, the third foot or plus you've had had in southern maryland, and that is incredible in one winter. six to 12 in extreme southern maryland and down toward the northern neck. in addition to the snow, i'm worried about some erosion and some high tides. so we'll keep you posted on that because winds down there could gust in excess of 40, 45 miles per hour. almost like a winter tropical storm, as often is the case with these nor'easters. okay, brand-new snow totals. or leans, virginia, three inches. that's out in fauquier county. six inches in leesburg, 3.8 inrockville, eigh

we're at the international broadcast center right here in downtown vancouver. and even though it's the wee hours of the morning, you can tell this city is ready. the excitement is building, people arriving, athletes arriving. the press, of course, is already re. now, when it comes to the weather, much has been said. it's beautiful here. in fact, it's probably too nice for the taste of some people. they're having quite a heat wave by canadian standards. it is forcing olympic organizers to haul in snow to cyprus mountain, about a half hour from here, where freestyle mogul competitions begin on saturday. on monday, some of the athletes got to check out that venue, taking some runs on the moguls course. as you can see, whatever they're doing, it's working. and although we say it's warm here, meredith, i just want to warn you -- i know you're on your way out here -- at this time of the morning at this location, it's a little chilly. so, be prepared. coming up, we'll check in on the effort to get everything ready for these games and we'll catch up with america's best

temperatures downtown and 39 degrees. a wind gust up to 29 miles an hour.onal average is 50. maybe upper 40's. 47 degrees. the snow showers start to diminish this afternoon. it may be breezy out there. another storm developing down south, moving up to carolina coast and could bring us some wentry precipitation. certainly, it will be cold enough. winter is not over yet. >> thank you for watching.

uh, looks like torrential rain, bumper to bumper traffic and some kind of weird smell downtown. i will be working from home today. my sister's coming. i can make it. i'm sure she's lovely. [ male announcer ] instant weather and traffic without changing the channel and 2 times more very satisfied customers than cox. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. now that any pizza at pizza hut is just $10, you don't have to. any pizza, any size, any crust, and any toppings is just $10. all your favorite pizzas any way you want them, just $10. a large meat lover's pizza? $10. a large pan supreme? $10. any toppings you want? just 10 bucks, too. any pizza, any size, any crust, and any toppings. so don't miss out. get any pizza hut pizza today for just $10. only at your pizza hut. >> a nice day tomorrow, a chance for a winter makes late in the day on tuesday into early wednesday morning then gradual clearing, and temperatures will finally warm up a little bit. march 1 arrives, and a record of 32 inches of snow at reagan national in one month. >> thanks

uh, looks like torrential rain, bumper to bumper traffic and some kind of weird smell downtown. i will be working from home today. my sister's coming. i can make it. i'm sure she's lovely. [ male announcer ] instant weather and traffic without changing the channel and 2 times more very satisfied customers than cox. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> you are watching abc 7 news at 6:00, with gordon peterson, maureen bunyan, chief meteorologist doug hill and tim brant sports. this is abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >>> metro officials were fielding hard questions about the deadly collision on the red line. the ntsb is conducting hearings. the company sent metro letter in 2004 warning it not to mix various companies' equipment. new train cars have been ordered but will not be delivered until 2013. >>> police have arrested a spect in a hit and run. ellen mae yach was arrested. the driver stopped at the scene. she ran over the victim while he was lying in the road but kept driving. she discovered the victim and the undercarriage of fo

it is 34 degrees downtown. 32 degrees -- and the snow is definitely moving out of here. we are looking at the bigger picture -- the bigger picture as the moisture is moving off -- and we saw the advisory moving out and this may be dropped very early. we are going down to the state of texas, where all the moisture has been generated. this will be moving its way east, bringing in some moisture. this will go into this vicinity -- off the course -- coast of the eastern seaboard. we will have a good opportunity as we go into the end of the week. we have a good chance for precipitation. we could be piling up. things have been wrapping out -- wrapping up for this system. we will not even mention what will happen next week. >> i do not want to move too far ahead. we will not be going to next tuesday just yet. there is too much to handle right now. the measure is a little bit over 4 inches. i did not know exactly how much was on the ground. we have several fresh inches of snow -- and we have half a foot of snow with this system. let me tell you about the next system that will be

right now it's 43 downtown. 41 in prince george's county, 42 in springfield and ft. belvoir. manassas 39. falls church 31. leesburg 40. frederick, maryland, down to 38. a west wind with wind chills in the high 30s. i want to show you this picture that shirley ward in brunswick, maland, sent us. yes, spring is getting closer. her crocuses are in bloom. thank you for sending that in. there are a few light, lonely snow showers along interstate 81. winchester, as well. hagerstown might see a little snow flake into western parts of montgomery county. the larger view shows a bit of snow out in the mountains of western virginia, much of eastern ohio. this is all going to be wheeling around. most will dry out as it comes over the mountains. for folks up in the mountains of west virginia, you will get snow showers overnight tonight. plenty of cold air across parts of the ohio valley. that will keep the snow showers going across ohio and west virginia. the main player is that huge area of low pressure across new york. believe it or not, that same storm has been there all week. it's goi

that will break and we will see that temperatures continue to climb. 38 downtown. we look temperatures in the low 40's with sunshine coming through, which will help the melting today and tomorrow as well. we want to turn our attention to these storms can, because you can see not locally but down to the south, a very low pressure continuing to gain strength. that will be making a beeline for our area, bringing with ampl moisture. cold air will be in place and we will look at another snowstorm. pictures from north arlington. everything blanket in white. we will show you more pictures in the forecast. >> it was fun for kids out there today. >>> this is a developing story out of dale city, where a woman is behind bars, accused of killing her husband's son and the little boy's mother as well. the woman, from arlington, was arrested last night and charged with two counts of murder. the voice of the -- the bodies of the victims were found monday night in hanover court. it has neighbors and friends of the victims shaken. >> seemed like a really nice person. >> the lady is