we have some street closures in place downtown baltimore, baltimore between south and gay, holiday between fayette and baltimore and commerce between baltimore and water streets until further notice. megan and charlie, back to you. >> thanks. >>> we hear stories this time of year about carbon monoxide poisoning. but they are rarely this sad. 11 people taken to the hospital and two died. it happened in pikesville and that's where we find abc2 news jeff hager who joins us live. >> reporter: good morning. tragically, two men died and almost a dozen others had to seek treatment for carbon monoxide poisoning that was here in the 4100 block of colby road. baltimore county fire officials say a family a -- family and four construction workers were living in the home. the two men who died were sleeping in the basement and one had come here a few months ago from guatemala. he was trying to provide for his wife and six children back in his homeland. >> the children and now they are not going to get nothing but a picture of him. >> reporter: early on it looks like a faulty furnace may be to blame for

downtown baltimore close yars along baltimore street, holiday and commerce from last week's fire. jeff hager is out on the field standing by with an update on one of the top stories this morning. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: food morning. two men are dead after carbon monoxide fills the home here in pikesville. we will have the latest on the story coming up. >>> welcome back. it's 5:46. new information this morning on the carbon monoxide poisoning in baltimore county that left two dead and sickened several others. it happened along the 4100 block of colby road in pikesville where we find jeff hager with the latest details. jeff, good morning to you, sir. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. early on in the investigation, it appears that a faulty furnace may be to blame for the two deaths that came from carbon monoxide poisoning in a house here in the 4100 block of colby road on sunday. the two men were sleeping in the basement when the deadly gas overcame this. my colleague cheryl conner spoke to a family home who -- member who says his uncle tried to fight the effects of the d

sherrie johnson is live at police headquarters in downtown baltimore with more. sherrie. >> reporter: good morning, megan. that's right. this morning, detectives with the baltimore city police department, they are investigating a very different type of robbery this morning. yesterday, three suspects kidnapped a driver with a pharmaceutical company and basically they -- as he was making a delivery in the 2000 block of west pratt street outside the tiny west side pharmacy and wellness center. the robbery stole about 87 crates full of narcotics. they went to ford avenue where police say they unloaded the drugs into their own u haul. now the 55-year-old driver was forced at gunpoint into the back of the truck during that robbery. he was left behind unhurt and able to call police. now police say the value of the drugs is pretty significant and right now, city police are actually working with the fbi and the dea to find the suspects. reporting hive from downtown baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> all right. thanks so much. >>> it's 5:02. the wood lawn man accused

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home. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news. >>> i'm kelly mcpherson reporting from downtown baltimore where east baltimore street is back open for the first time since,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> coming up next on eyewitness news at 5:00. cold weather. now a chance for snow. wjz is live with first warning weather. >>> investigating the cause. i'm mike thel -- helgren in east baltimore, where six people died in a fire. i'll tell you what sparked it and how important it is for family members to find out what happened. >>> and searching for a cause in another big blaze. tonight, new information about the fire on the block. was it intentionally set? details on more of these and breaking news, eyewitness news at 5:00 starts now. >>> i'm kai jackson. and i'm denise koch. mary has the night off. here's what people are talking about. >> brisk wind is overnight and now the word, possibility of snow. wjz crews were in catonsville, where chunks of ice are

baltimore. -úthose in favor say the project will help rrjuuenate downtown.gainst it say this just isn't the time for such an expensive project given the economy. >>> and that brings us to our question of the day. shoold we spend up to 9 30 million dollars in taxpayer moneyyon a new aaena complex in go to our web site and tell us what you think. you can also sound off on facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore and a for yes and b for no. response may air tooight at 10:00. >> group of commercial property owners downtown sue the state of maryland claiming the state violated bidding llw to refurbish the state office complex. one and a half billion dollar project will be subsidized with taxpayer money and icot vitality of this city is to prosper and the business district has a purpose and the state is competing with this purpose yet to see this lawsuit. agree on plan to exxend tax cuts. round midnight the house passed a 2 year extension on bush era tax cuts and extends unemployment benefit nd signed by the president today and while not everyone is happy ith tt

. >> reporting in downtown baltimore. joy lepola, fox 45 news "late edition." >> the plan to expand the coovention enter and buuld a new arena is goinn to be costly for the city of baltimore. -he price taa sits between 750 and $930 million. those for it ay it will rejuvenate downtown. but those against it say it is not time with the economy. we asked you all night, should we spend hundreds of millions in tax money for a new arena. 78% say no. 22% say yes. catreen if nawrote, no. it is a waste offtaxpayer hard-earned money. joseph said, yes, if we build3 it, they will come. >>>21-year-olddman is lockkd up to sexually assault a 12-year-old boy. baltimore county olice say 21-year-old shaun sleigh of havre de grace walked into holabird middle school thursday morning. according to court documents, the suspect waited almmss 30 minutes iiside of a school @%throom beffre dragging aa3 12-year-old boy into a stall, where he attempted toosexually assault him. whee he seventh grader fought back, yielded for help, school resource offic

just a little trace we can see acrrss parts of the central portion of theestate. 27 degrees in downtown baltimore9 in western marylann. whhppeddoutt& of the northwess fromm22 to 25 gusting to 40 at times through the day tomorrow. makk wind chill factor likk 13 in baltimore. 10 below zero ouu there in westeen maryland. thaa cold ar that is going to continuu to spill doww from the greet lakessand ooer our region creating the akeeeffect snow showers ann continue to see that on off for the next ay hear and that will ccntinue to move on off toothe north that low pressure snow showers to the north of us but looks liie will continue to ccear up and warm-up this week. then tomorrow lookinggat 30 for the high with indy onditions and then the 7 day forecast showing& 322on weenesday and few sun ray there but few snowwssowwrs on thursday possibll. lightt6 3 3 accummlation then temperature back in the mid upper 30's back towards the weekend. pcot i'm >> after watching the rest of ravvns their turn tonight one monday night football n.hue ton preparing for onight's game. after losing to the steelers have to go

roosevelt leftwich is live in downtown baltimore to explain it for us >> reporter: when the fire firstarted here at 404 baltimore street, they originally thought that there was something fishy today the atf and a joint team of investigators called the fire incendiary but not necessarily arson. let me explain the difference to you here. there's a fine line with this. the atf Ñ#wñsays about a 90 per team combed through the rubble and they found evidence that the fire was not an accident, but that does not mean it was arson. last monday fire 9hfátáu)oyed 4 baltimore street and the businesses inside and damaged several others nearby but the atf says it needs to find out that whoever touched off the fire did it either vj$ intentionally or if it was an accident. >> it doesn't necessarily mean we're dealing with crime of arson. inas i understand year simply means there was human involvement %('÷that played a p in this fire. >> reporter: they are going to put up fthese fliers around to offering a $5,000 reward to find out who may have set this information. the number on your screen&&úlc% 1-8

live in downtown baltimore, fox 45 news at 5:30. >> thanks care. how cold it is out doors.d sent us this photo of a thermommter at the carol county home. mercury reads well below freezing. about cecil county dusttng of snow the area received early today. when weather hits your commmnity see it shoot it send it aad up load photo or send photo from the cell at pick at fox baltimore.com. >>>. once branded a hero after being shot in the face but tonight a baltimore city sheriff's deputy is about to be fired. deputy james lane was shot in theeface two yearssago during raid on a baltimore home aater reviewing the inciient with other deputies ttat were there that morning, lane now believes that he was shot by another deputy who was standing behind the suspect. sheriff's office now moving to fire lane saying that elied about what reaaly happenedd >> what i did that morning was wake up about shot in my jaw. i almost lost my life. >>reporter: sheriff's office tells uu the case is being thoroughly investigated after new information was brought to their attention byya sworn member of t

. >> coming, the latest on what investigators are saying about the fire that darkened downtown baltimore for a little more than a week. >>> and an 18 year mount vernon institute destroyed by the second five-alarm blaze. now the owners saying she may never be able to open there again. >>> it's okay to enjoy the occasional movie from time to time. even love one or two. but would you legally change your name because you were so enam weared movie? one baltimore area man did. >>> we have a winter weather advisory until 9 p.m. and we have snow on the way. i will tell you when the snow gets here and how much we will see coming up. kim. >> reporter: traffic is dispg along nicely here on 895. no problems on 95 either. we are getting word of a multivehicle crash up in joppa. i will let you know where and how that will affect your commute when "good morning, maryland" returns after this. >>> now, "good morning, maryland." >>> thursday morning, thanks for joining this morning. i am megan pringle. >> i am charlie crowson. this is your abc2 news to go. let's get started off before we get to lynette ch

. >>> investigators now say they know where last week's massive fire in downtown baltimore started. now they're looking for who started it. atf agents say the five-alarm fire in the city's adult entertainment district was set by a person. they say it started in a video boh inside an adult bookstore. investigators aren't sure if the person who set the fire was trying to cause harm or just trying to stay warm. two strip clubs and that bookstore were destroyed. several city offices were also damaged. >>> former british prime minister tony blair is in d.c. today to speak on how america and other countrie can help countries in africa. blair will speak at a hotel, the fairfax hotel at embassy row i northwest d.c. the center for global development is hosting this event. blair will talk about creating the africa governance initiative which 0 operates in sierra leone, rwanda and liberia. >>> 4:38 is your time now. 21 degrees out there. ahead on "news 4 today," the freebie that could be coming to two local airports. >>> plus why michael vick says he'd like to own another dog some day. >> a >>

the traffic from this location is backed up all the way in to downtown baltimore.obody is going anywhere. the salt trucks are trying to get here because of the traffic. hilton parkway is between norton avenue and the parkway are shut down because of sheets of ice. >> it does look pretty rough out there. not because of the heavy snows that you have mentioned. it is just a light coating of snow. the potential is there, even in the morning. it is not going to lighten up, even overnight. what is left behind will stay with us through the night. there will be some slippery conditions on ice, heading into cumberland, oakland, and out into garrett county. the snow that we had here today is pretty much on the lower eastern shore and off the coast. that is where the steady shores -- steady snow showers are falling at this hour. the snowfall totals will not be i poppers because last year we were so used to seeing these in the 50 to 20 inch range. you're talking about a light coating of this note to the north and an inch or two to the west. -- of this note to the north and ent

downtown baltimore at 200 and then we have 7 degrees back -o frigid air is pushing down out offthe northwest. we are seeing bbeaks in the but that allows for older temperattres to continne to settle in. now we have that big area f low pressure still bringing around some of the lake effect snow showers over parts of the great lakes. %-clluds. few reaks in the so tomorrow we will see a windy day buttwe will see the sun rays %-good news. but another system is devvloping toothe south.3 and that will track our way giving us a chance for light accumulation through wednesday -- thursday morning and then into thursday afternoon. so we have to kind offwatch for that as the next system pushee n but another storm is in he making that we have to potentially watch.@ that could affect us toward the weekend. that one could bring potentially and keep youuposted in the@@%>>. be in charge of your own personalized forecast. i-radar is available at foxbaltimore.com. use the interactive tools to @%ack storrm down tt your neighborhood. go to foxbaltimore.com and clicc on i-radar. >> this cold weather is a great t

. >>> reporting live from downtown baltimore, i'm pat warren. back to you, kai. >> all right, stay warm. >>> december 20th is the cutoff day to make sure your first class mail arrives by christmas. >>> if you're still looking for that perfect holiday gift, you may want to head online to find that deal. >> they're calling this green monday. experts predict shoppers could spend $1 billion online today alone, denise. >> well, i've already diabetic mine. >> you're done? >> yes. >> saves you from having to go in the cold. wind chill will also drop. 26 now. dew points way down into 6 degrees. winds west/northwest, 17 on the barometer. way back up. we'll have a look at the tuesday, midweek forecast after this. you want some fiber one honey clusters? yeah. you must really care about him. what? no, no. you gave him fiber. no she didn't. this tastes way too good to be fiber. they're delicious crunchy clusters with sweet honey and half a day's worth of fiber. you care about my fiber? not really. i care about your fiber too. i have for a while. ok, carl. wh

seven degree wind chill in gaithersburg. 17 in downtown baltimore and below zero in oakland for most of today. 15-22 tonight with a gusts up to 35 miles per hour will make it feel the near zero degrees. some of the clouds being picked up from the brisk wind could still deposit a flurry or two, but high pressure is getting stronger so we should get more sun tomorrow, but it will still be breezy and cold. on this edge of the arctic front, a weak area of low pressure expected to embrace a rapidly east which will reassess my chance for snow on thursday and then a part of the bigger storm west will come out of the gulf coast region and we will have to watch a piece of that which could bring us a more substantial snow over the upcoming weekend. the cold hangs around and this could deliver some light snow. you can see some of that out of western maryland in the late morning on thursday then rapidly moving off of the coast thursday evening. a period of light snow likely thursday. friday, the skies will briefly clear. the moisture might surge back to the north friday -- saturday night into su

. >>> we may know the cause of the fire in downtown baltimore. the flames started inside a video peepshow booth at the gayity world book store. federal authorities have confirmed someone started the fire. but they still are trying to determine if it is, indeed, arson. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. the largest challenge so far to president obama's healthcare law. 24 states are in court today. can they win? >>> a house filled with home made bombs. what the fbi has determined. >>> and a college student suspected of murder. who police say he tried to kill on campus. >>> snow falling in maryland. when will it stop? the answer in updated forecast. >>> police in connecticut say what happened to be a home maid bomb in a new york haven home, were actually fireworks. firefighters were called to the home. after executing a search warrant, it was discovered that the materials were actually illegal fireworks. authorities say the homeowner turned himself in and is being questioned. no charges were filed. >>> a manhunt is on for a clem student who

around the country for delivery in time for christmas, wjz is live at the main post office of downtown baltimore. pat warren has advice on how to make this easy on ourselves. all right, pat. let's hear it. >> that's right. and i'll tell you, first of all, fedex established a record. an all-time record today of 16 million shipments. and this is also the busiest time of the year for the post office. >> reporter: it's the second busiest day for the u.s. postal service. >> can i help you, please? >> reporter: with the countdown yet to come, chris petro figured he'd beat the rush. >> i'm flying out next week. so just shipping it to south air and stuff so i don't have to carry it on the plane. >> reporter: for fedex,ed, today is the record breaker. the internet, 85 lent -- equivalent of black friday. >> we've added extra trucks, extra employees to make sure all of the christmas gifts get to where they need to go. >> reporter: it's fedex and the post office working as a relay team. >> reporter: fedex ground will pick up all of those packages and what we'll do is sort them and deliver them to the destin

the counties in brown, including the district and downtown baltimore. the exception is central and southern sections of virginia but most of us under a wind advisory. a windchill advisory as well for communities and counties out to west, out into the mountains where it will feel like minus 5 to minus 10 during the course of the day when you combine temperatures with those winds. currently 23 degrees at reagan national. 20 at both dulles and bwi marshall. our high temperatures today, get ready for a cold one. highs only about 30 degrees. and that might be a little ambitious. up 20s for many of us. could be snow showers during the course of the day. and winds gusting to about 45 miles per hour. more details on the forecast. got a couple of other possibilities for a little snow. i'll have those details coming up. allison and tony. >>> well we are following breaking news out of baltimore this morning. an if early-morning fire has killed six people. firefighters were called to a rowhouse on homewood avenue in east baltimore around 4:45 this morning. they ini

what we need to do with all the cold air is really add a little blanket of snow to downtown baltimorewe will start freezing up the waters across the north part of the chesapeake bay and the harbor may freeze over as we are stuck in this cold pattern for at least another week or so. 26 right now. at least downtown. 21 in bel air. we are looking at wind chills currently at 11. not as strong as wind yesterday. but we will talk more about the shots of snow coming up in just a bit. right now over to charlie. >> thanks a lot. >>> in the mood for great holiday entertainment an affordable family price. what better way than to spend the tradition and time with the harlem globetrotters. we have scooter right here. and we have got buckets. >> right here. >> and we have got the legend curly. >> the man. >> the man. >> been doing this how long have you been doing it. >> 2 years of playing and 15 in public -- 22 years of playing and 15 in public relations. >> carly was once a cartoon. >> that's right. scooby doo where are you. >> there you go. >> talking about harlem globetrotters how it evolved ov

the entertainment district is in downtown in baltimore. is adding a permanent outdoor stage. we'll include large video screens in the 50-foot high glass canopy. the goal was to finish the project in time for next summer's concert season. this is the first major renivation to power plant -- renaultivation to power plant live. -- renovation. today, you can keep up to date on the snow plowing in your area. >> reporter: it's already arrived ahead of schedule. >> apparently, winter does not officially begin until next tuesday. >> reporter: but as we found out, mother nature can't read. so back when the leaves were still on the trees, the county has been planning for just this kind of day and worse. >> whenever it arrives, we are ready. >> reporter: today, the talk is of enough money and salt to last the year. and a new website called snow fighter. >> and if you go take a look at the site. and it's up there now. we use the site to communicate from the events that we had with the snow removal. and we're currently updating as we speak. >> reporter: residents not only tell the county

the event is going to start next labor day weekend downtown baltimore. 6000 presale tickets have alreadyme. >>> santa's house is lighting up in the inner harbor with a new twist of state-of-the-art light shows. it's running every night on the half hour between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m.. it will do so until the day before the day before christmas. you can twinkle along with some of your favorite holiday tunes and twinkles. stab a is -- santa is there stab a is -- santa is there every day starting at 1111. ,,

so it will be a case where it snows in culpeper and then manassas and then downtown and then up into baltimorend gaithersburg. and by evening, over an inch in manassas, over two inches in fredericksberg and almost an inch downtown. we go through the rest of friday, about an inch or so for us in the immediate metro area but over 2 inches in the bull's eye. light snow late in the morning. i think the morning commute is fine. but by afternoon light snow with light snow accumulation, more to the south and highs only 25-30. winds light southwest at 10. next seven days, light snow tomorrow and a break on friday, upper 30s. we tone down the snow over the weekend. why? because the coastal storm will be far south and east of us. the storm is on the map though. we get a break on monday. more light snow is possible on tuesday, lesli. not a big storm. and then looking at temperatures still in the 30s with sunshine on wednesday. so very cold for the next seven days and just nuisance type stuff. >> thank you, topper. >>> we have breaking news. there has been a shotting in the past hour in prince george's co

about cold air masses and we are caught in the mix of this. 22 degrees for the greater baltimore area. 24 downtownair mass is what we call a snow-maker when it comes to cold temperature and wind. how much snow? one to 3 inches is what we are thinking right now in the greater baltimore area. as you head into the day, the southern part of the area, we may get a little more of that in the d.c. area and into virginia. maybe around 3 to 5 inches. for today's forecast, we are talking snow showers and a 27-30 degrees. the wind out of the west at 5 miles per hour. 1 inch to the north, 3 inches to the south. for more on the seven-day forecast, let's head over to john for more on that. >> we will show you the seven- day forecast, calling for another storm coming over in the weekend. that will be more of a miss than the present storm. we have the snow today, one to 3 inches in our area, 29 degrees the high. the sun will break through friday. scattered snow showers saturday into sunday. most of this will be south of us. it is possible that second storm over the weekend could be almost a complete mess in the a

" >>> investigators move closer to determining the cause of last week's massive downtown fire that ripped through baltimore block district. >>> a warning for parents this morning. if you own drop side cribs it could be deadly for your child. >>> and burning your fat off by freezing it. sound awful. but some medical professionals say it's possible but is it a healthy alternative. we will look at it. i say no thanks. >> no. >> if so you might get skinny hanging outside because it's so cold. thanks for joining us on this thursday morning. i am megan pringle. >> i am charlie crowson. before we go to lynette charles, let's talk about the tie. another one the miracle clerk tie. >> monkies. >> monkies. we always like chimps in suits. this one was is called monkies from anthony pegan in baltimore. with we have had christmas trees and now monkies. >> and i have to say i met anthony before a couple years in a row he designed the ties. he's great kid. great family. yeah. he loves sports. >> time for a check on the forecast and let's say good morning to lynnetteette charles. top that. >> top is that? snow is on the wa

. >>> investigators now say ty know where last week's massive fire in baltimore's downtown block area person who actually started it. atf agents say thefive-alarm fire in the city's adult entertainment district was set by a person. they say it started in a video booth inside an adult bostore. investigators aren't sure whether the person who set the fire was trying to cause harm or was just trying to stay warm. two strip clubs, that bookstore were destroyed. several city offices were also damaged. >>> the federal government is seeking billions of dollars from bp and other companies over this spring's oil spill in the gulf of mexico. the juste department aounced yesterday that it is suing bp and eight other compies, including transocean, for the largest offshore oil spill in s. history. the lawsuit argues that e companies should bheld liable without limitation for all damage caused by the spill. >> we intend to prove that these violations caused or contributed to the massive oil spill, and that the defendants are therefore sponsible, under the oil pollution act, for government removal c

last week, clubs and the other side of east baltimore street reopened. live downtowngeorge lettis, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police have identified the man who died of carbon monoxide poisoning this week. enael lemus and nelvy salguero were found sunday morning in a basement bedroom. eight other people were sickened by carbon monoxide, as were three police officers. a malfunctioning furnace released high levels of the gas. cases like this are more common this time of year as the weather turns colder. rob roblin shows us making saved a party can mean the difference between life and death. >> when you have a cold weather like this, people are trying to stay warm. how you stay warm could be dangerous. this morning in baltimore county, firefighters responded to a call about carbon monoxide in this house. the family had working carbon monoxide detectors. >> we went in and found high levels. we have the occupants checked out by our units. there were fine. since then, we have limited the source of co. >> tragically, two people died because of carbon monoxide in this home. >> and f

. >> the raging, multibuilding fire that shut down baltimore streets and blanketed downtown in smoke last monday was set by someone. federal investigators and the baltimore city fire department have determined that the fire started here at 404 east baltimore. containing the gayity club and the bloom. they won't say where exactly. >> this scene was one of the more difficult ones that our nrt has faced in terms of structure collapse and what happened. it took our folks two days to shore up the structure in order for us to safely move in. >> reporter: investigators are not calling this arson, until they know more about who started it and why. >> it's an issue of intent. it was because of human involvement. but it has not been determined whether that was an intentional involvement or unintentional involvement. and i think that's about as specific as we can be on it. >> reporter: a few businesses, like crazy john's, are back inside for the first time to start cleaning. >> would be told by the health department to throw everything away. >> reporter: health inspectors will give the final oka

baltimore streets. and blanketed downtown in smoke last monday. was set by someone. federal investigators and the baltimore city fire department had determine the that the fire started here at 404 east baltimore. containing the gayity club, bloom errors and plaza bloom. they won't say where specifically, after sorting through the debris by hand. >> this scene was one of the more difficult ones that our nrt has faced, in terms of the structure collapse and what happened. it took folks two days to shore up the structure in order for us to safely move in. >> reporter: investigators are not calling this arson until they know more about who started it and why. >> it's an issue of intent. it was set because of human involvement. but it has not been determined whether that was an intentional involvement or unintentional involvement. and that's about as specific, i think, as we can be on it. >> reporter: a few businesses, like crazy johns are back inside for the first time to start cleaning. >> we have been told by the health department to throw everything away. >> reporter:

downtown. the wind chill is in the teens. the big story today is visible accumulation with snowfall part about an inch from the baltimore metroa is expected. around the southern area, generally 1 to 3 inches, maybe even heavier bands. this affects virginia, north carolina, and west --. the timetable, 11:00 a.m. and noon on. but some of the winter weather advisory. we're going to see our first visible accumulation. the forecast does call for snow showers and bitter cold once again. our next chance for snow is this weekend. more on that, just ahead. >> man with type 1 diabetes may one day be treated with cells from their testicles. a 10 of stem cell can morph into insulin-producing cells, like those in the pancreas. cells or able to decrease glucose lawless. it can last more than a week. >> interesting study. scientists take the for step for a test for prostate cancer. it is reported that not all men who have a high amount of psa will need one. some men have higher psa levels. researchers hope to develop a test for those genetic markers as early as late next year to prevent unnecessary biopsies. >> 22 degrees on tv hill. we wil

downtown. we will have empty storefronts. we will have and the buildings. >> the lawsuit points out that the state will fund a $30 million broadside. the city of baltimore is working on a proposal to kick in 314th? the increment financing -- 314 tax increment financing dollars. this review of the project says that there is a lack of large blocks of space and its goal, they say, is to consolidate agencies, not spread them around. 33 -- the minorities -- the minority businesses have hit 33% stake in it. >> it is now a done deal. the president has signed the tax cut bill. >> president obama says the new tax law is a substantial victory for middle-class families. with a stroke of the pen, president obama signed a sweeping package into law to stop taxes from going up after the new year. >> they will protect the middle class, grow our economy, and will create jobs for the american people. >> despite disappointment from some democrats, he was able to agree with some republicans. >> i am glad that we were able to come to some agreement on stopping all the tax hikes. >> the yays 277. >> the measure extends the bush era tax cuts for two more years. >> what this d

downtown. even here in baltimore it feels like 35. you willthh temperatures drop frrm there. to be a high amounts slippery roadways something to e aware of. 299deggees for theehigh with a 15-20-mmle-an-hour wind gusting to 33. overnight 20 degrees with a 15-20-mile--n-hour wind gusting thursday with nnar to 40 though, on friday ssturday aad sunday, just aalittle bii better. let's see what is happening on -andace, good morning. ú%%->> reporter: good morning, steve. of course that blaak ice is deffnitely a ccncern as you head out thh door this morning. slippery condittons acroos thee3 bay bridge and moving at sandy point. ú-the volume is on cumulating be aware that yyu will find saat trucck outtthhs morning. the operrtions are underway. ú% aa far as wwatt s happening oo the main lines, closer to homeú there's a crash on the southbound lanes of 95 approaching the 195 region, let's take a live look right now and show you what tte area looksú yooucan ee it's goinggtt be aú bit buuy there ann while the %--cciient scene off to the ssoulddr nd reduced sseedd gettinggthrrugh the regio

baltimore county. >> it is looking just fine. no problems. . some black ice on the side roads. it is still bitterly cold. the temperature downtown is 26.t is below 20's in timonium. further west, we're dealing with teens as the actual temperature. the wind has died down. today we will see more sun. up into the mid 30's. take it easy on the roadways. the goals were sleeping and sliding around yesterday with the falling snow. -- vehicles were slipping and sliding. not a lot of assaulting going on yesterday with an inch of snow. not a lot of real response. things are just fine this morning,-those side roads. let's look of the seven-day forecast. we're going to stay well below normal for the duration. we may be dealing with another storm that john has been telling you about. it looks like it will be further off shore. which gets some snow activity on sunday. partly cloudy to mostly cloudy with a high of 35 to 38 degrees. that is it for now. >> it is 23 degrees on tv hill. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas, especially in a rhode island town. holiday tradition lives on. we'll show it >> if you think he spent a lot on holiday decor

to the maps, we have a couple incidents in baltimore city including an accident reported at washington boulevard and archer street and we have a crash downtown at west lexington and green. in essex we are dealing with the accident involving fluids leaking at eastern boulevard and woodward drive and expect to see police on the scene there. megan and charlie, back to you. >> we hope you will join us at nine for "good morning, maryland" we have dogs to christmas cook and volunteering. >> and lynette charles. >> all right we will see you then." good morning, maryland" at nine. we will keep you update on weather and traffic throughout the morning.

downtown. as we break into tomorrow, the temperature will hover writer around 30 in baltimore. with the winter storm, 22 degrees forecast for the mountains. snow throughout the day. the good news is that it is just a chance of flurries. cloudy skies and a high of about 31. northwest winds at 50 to 20 miles per hour. 33 at ocean city. a little bit more sunshine on wednesday, a high 34. on sunday when the ravens are at home again, a slight chance of rain and 38. they have the roof either way, so it should not affect the game too much. >> it should not affect our win. still to come, police have a warning for business owners being approached by health inspectors. >> and the nfl had to do a mad scramble to do a location for the -- to find a location for the vikings after a heavy snow caused a stadium to collapse. >> our first big test for president obama and the republicans' tax deal. the stories coming up next. >> businesses should be. anyone claiming to be from the health department. that is from the baltimore county police department and the environment of resource management. bu

downtown and it does look a lot better than yesterday. wyatt has a last check on the weather coming up. stay there. . >>> a youth football team from baltimore county looks to make its mark in the history books. it will play in the maryland state championship the team is undefeated and has only one game to go before becoming the only team in parkville history to become state champ. the kickoff 1:30 p.m. good council high school. go get 'em. they are fired up. >> similar skills almost like patriots. i want to show you one last time the snow covered. this is where most of the snow is going to come in saturday night into sunday morning. if your travels take you that way. >> that's its for abc2 news at 6:00 thanks for joining us. if we're not here go to the web. we'll see you. you disgust me. prove it. .+++ d-con baits are speciallyfol in one feeding, guaranteed. d-con. get out. oh, i see. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? prove it. enough's enough. d-con baits are specially formulated to kill in one feeding, guarante

baltimore city. >> investigators are looking for three people who kidnapped a pharmaceutical delivery driver and got away with a truck full of drugs. >> it all started at 9:00 this morning outside of this downtown pharmacy at the corner of harmison and west pratt. a delivery driver was approached as he was attempting to drop off. the men echidna to the driver, put him in the back of his own truck and drove off -- the men kidnapped the driver, put him in the back of his own truck and drove off. this is a video of investigators at the scene this morning. the suspect's transfer the drugs to their vehicle and left the victim behind. >> we assume they will sell them on the street. obviously, these are narcotics, dangerous substances. if you sell them without consent -- without going to the medical process, people get hurt. >> the fbi and the dea are helping with the investigation. the suspect got away with a variety of drugs with a significant street value. police say they have no information. the suspects were armed and the victim was not injured. anyone with information is asked to call baltimore city allows. some renters of a baltimore storage facilities spent the day digging through charred alon

northbound 795 at franklin boulevard also in baltimore is the yea crash involving three vehicles at pulaski and north crescent. and working an accident downtownlexington and green. here's megan with your morning news update. >> all right. thanks very much. it's 7:27. good friday morning and thanks for joining us. signal problems are hampering amtrak trains and we are talking about between baltimore and philidelphia this morning. commuters are being told to expect minor delays and possibly cancellations. overnight, more problems a train was stuck in perryville last night. it eye raved in philidelphia at 4 chn 30 this morning a wire came down across the tracks near wilmington and passengers did say that they were cold on the train. >>> well we will have more news, weather in about 30 minimum. we will send you back to new york for "good morning, america" but we hope you join ounce "good morning, maryland" at nine we will do cooking and shopping. have a wonderful weekend and great day. >>> welcome back to "good morning america." and we are here in wasilla, alaska. yes, the home of sarah palin. we'll have more of our exclusive interview with her.