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how about a shot of ellicott city? snow still on the ground. that's the case across central maryland with the exception of our eastern shore counties. things are looking white. maryland's radar shows nothing now. these light patches of freezing drizzle and freezing mist is the stuff that does not show up well on doppler radar. because you can not see it doesn't mean it is not coming down in areas and not creating thin ice in spots. be advised of that. lower eastern shore you are above freezing. most of maryland at or below the freezing mark. light snow pack on the ground helping temperatures drop quickly tonight and preventing them from warming up today. never above the low 30s today. definitely feeling like january. is this the big pattern shift? is winter settling in now? the answer is no. we are about to see another turn around in temperatures that will make things mild the next couple of days. cloudy conditions out of the south. we have a frontal boundary that's stationary now. this shifts north overnight. we'll get brief icing ahead of it

we have ourselves temperaturesnow down to 25 in towson. 23 ellicott city and manchester at 22 with the wind chill down into the teens. that is what makes it a little more difficult to be outside for any extend period of time. maryland's most powerful doppler radar, dry around the beltway next surge of snow showers hitting gettysburg and it will slide through westminster and a light coating on the cars. more where that came from. another disturbance will slide through with more snow showers heading into tom. it's -- today. the typical low is is 25. so just near normal. but aid shock to the system. and the-- but it's a shock to the system and the city has taken precautions. now linda so. good morning. >> reporter: well, it's one of the mornings you want to bundle up and take your gloves and hat and scarf and a heavy coat anything to stay warm. it's so cold that the city has activated the code blue program meaning emergency shelters like the ones here on falls way will be open 24 hours. city officials activated monday and tuesday because of how cold it is outside. there are 10 emergency s

state capital, a sunny start and sunny start in ellicott city., you can see five sweeps all clear. we will stay dry other than a stray shower. weave should be fine until tomorrow afternoon. that's when our better chance for steady rain will come. temperatures running well above freezing with the exception of york pennsylvania where they're at 33. hight( temperatures up aroundÑi. that'sxd not bad. tomorrow jus+i asq warm, maybeça te few sunny peeks early in the day. then rain chances getting steadier by tomorrow night. annapolis close to 50 tomorrow as well despite the increased clouds. the rain itself still holding on. our main rain maker kind of split into two different areas of precipitation, the center of low pressure over memphis, tennessee but the rain and snow trailing thunderstorms across the deep south and the whole system eventually headed our way. high pressure keeps us dry. but eventually that rain will begin to make it to the ground by tomorrow afternoon. our trends times it out pretty much in line with what we've been saying. the mai

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the others from ellicott city. some have occurred near a bus stop. police are looking into the report and are keeping a close watch on schools and bus stops in the area. >>> a shake-up is underway as the city's top cop has gone outside to clean upruption inside -- corruption inside that department. >> reporter: crime fighting is difficult to know, but when cops turn criminal it can undermine the credibility. a reincident towing scandal involving dozens of officers underscores that problem for the baltimore city police department. >> the towing scandal. an officer selling heroin. they just didn't pop up in terms of their bad behavior since i came on the scene. they've been doing cruddy bad stuff for awhile. >> reporter: in an effort to uncover it, the city's top cop is shaking up the top brass, bringing in an outsider to lead the intern am investigation eye can count the number of all the baltimore police officers that i know. >> reporter: the chief spent 22 years with the federal drug administration and now will police the police, weeding out those w

. >> reporter: simple changes in your every day life that can add up to a healthier you, in ellicott cityith a check of maryland's most powerful radar. you can see the snow bursts north of the beltway and that, of course, is causing troubles up here. the road is so far below freezing that these snow bursts, these squalls can create that slick coating. you almost can't see this but just enough to make things iced up on the roads and especially at high speeds on 83. that's where you can feel your tires give out. we have cleared out now but what already fell, making some of thoseq roads slick. right nowÑi stillxdÑilp breezy,l windsxds;no carrierringconnect 0 >> you want to cover up exposed skin. it feels like eight above, single digits in hagerstown. 18 above in indianapolis. 13 at dover. you get idea. our snow squalls, these passing shots of snow have diminished and will continue to diminish. it could be the chance for a few flurries. the cold weather will not be going anywhere. we'll get colder as temperatures drop into the teens, double barreled canadianÑi pressure. the floodgates still o

the other two from ellicott city. some reports have been near a bus stop. and they're looking into the reports they received. police are keeping a check on schools and bus stops. police want you to take the time now to talk to your children. the things you need to do, have an action plan in place. remind them to walk in groups and encourage them to talk to you about anything strange they may see on their way home. >> our look at news around the nation starts in indiana where a bus driver is in trouble for having a sexual relationship with a student. police believe she was involved with a 16-year-old student. simpson was fired and raised and is -- arrested and it being held on blonde. >>> we told you about a mysterious illness affecting girls in upstate new york similar to tourettes syndrome. environmental erin brockovich is joining the investigation. 15 teenagers all go to the same high school in jen they cy see county -- genesee county, new york. brockovich believes a chemical spill may be the cause of the problem. there will be more has this develops. >>>

look at ellicott city. tough to see at times. that's going to continue to be the case, especially as we lose daylight. toward frostberg, the sunshine came out. that's what we'll see. after morning fog things improving. maryland's most powerful radar, we're sitting clear. as we look at the overnight hours this will not be new rain but new fog. temperature wise interesting, as i was pointing out, 46 at the beach. 50 in the mountains, in the 30s through central maryland where we never saw as much as a peek of sunshine today. look at the visibility reports. less than a half mile, one third of a mile in baltimore and one third of a mile in wilmington. this corridor absolutely fogged in, really dry. you see on the eastern shore we have cleared out 10-mile visibility. so 10-miles is normal. temperatures never getting much above 40 but still enough to melt things. not nearly has much concern for -- as much concern for ice. we saw that brief clearing, but the real clearing is out to the west. they're sitting crystal clear. that weather is

one last camera, ellicott city at our lady of perpetual help. the temperatures really bouncing back pretty nicely for us. all right. transition to what this looks like downtown. you can see that. hey, the day is getting longer. you can make out dusk in the city. really, i think into saturday, cooler sunday, but on the whole the next few days i think you will like the weather. 41 at bwi, just a gorgeous finish to the day. maryland's most powerful radar crystal clear, dry as a bone. we expect that hold up, no flurry action. it did make for some black ice on the road. none of that tonight. temperatures above freezing. you have to get up to oakland to find temperatures around the 32-degree mark. this is a quiet scenario. the air is extremely dry at the surface. last night the air was so dry we had a snow band. although we did see some snow showers make it down, a lot of the snow just evaporated and never made it to the surface. dry and chilly. milder, a few passing clouds right now. as we kind of trend forward in time, you'll notice there's no weath

those living in ellicott city. you said what was that. you'll get new information. >> an explosion and fire ripped through a home on middle meadow home. it started just after 1:00. when fire crews arrived, they immediately pulled a second alarm. the fire spread quickly, heavily damaging that neighbor's home that was more than 20 feet away. they don't know what touched off the fire. neighbors say they thought a bomb had gone off. >> we heard about three explosions, nothing real loud but definitely explosions. one of them shook the house a little bit. we looked out the front window and didn't see anything. then i went out to the side window and i noticed the garage was engulfed in flames. >> early calls, neighbors said they heard a noise. our investigators are still on scene trying to determine whether there was an explosion, some other aspect involved in this. >> reporter: four people inside got out safely. authorities say they're still trying to determine the cause here. roosevelt leftwich reporting. >>> an owings mills home destroyed by

across eastern howard county up toward ellicott city headed toward carroll county. we'll have to watch out for a little freezing rain or drizzle early then temperatures today climbing well up into the 40s with showers as well. andrea and mike? >> thank you, howard. >> ok. big smile on this guy's face this morning. that's what a lot of patriots fans look like this morning. >> it was ugly! but it was a win. new england, three and a half point favored this morning over new york in the super bowl this year. it is a rematch of the 20077- 2008 season. baltimore led by four in the fourth quarter until tom brady roone the ball on fourth and goal. touchdown. for them. the pats led 23-20. >>> after lee evans drop pass, that would have been a touchdown. the ravens went for a game tying field goal. uh-huh, wide right. new england tops baltimore 23- 20. >> new york punting to san francisco. kyle williams receives it but gets stripped of the ball. and giants recover on the 24- yard line. that set up a field goal play, five plays later. lawrence from 31. he nails it. the giants wi

in ellicott city, a fantastic looking sunset as we look at our camera. just a beautiful dusk. t sunshine today, great weather over charm city and a similar deal really no matter where you are. blue skies carroll cot -- county, blue skies in annapolis. now maryland's most powerful radar shows nothing. we'll be dry all night and dry to start you off. a dramatic change in the weather by this time tomorrow evening in the form of rain. temperatures are in the low 40s out there to upper 30s, 39 patuxent river, but no wind and with temperatures dropping, it will be a pleasant evening certainly by mid-january standards. south baltimore tomorrow 47. downtown 46. we'll see clouds thickening up. as we get rain in the afternoon, that will create some rain cooling. how about howard county where you were dealing with the snowy çó evening. tomorrow a sunny start and chancese1 for rain as we go inçe i rq)e's our nextt( rain maker,i you canokÑiq see the circulatioó shd western tennessee, this will be the weather maker that eventually moves into maryland has we go into tomorrow afternoon. as yo

look how glazed that up in ellicott city. refreezing and just some fine mist coming down out there.reezing and drizzle. something you have to watch nonetheless. very light but just enough to put that nice glaze on things. be careful and drive with extreme care. warmer on the beaches into the 40s almost even in dover. i want to show you a couple other things, number one today's temperature was about 3 degrees. we're getting some fog beginning to develop in northern virginia. we think more fog tomorrow night. take a look at the satellite, you can see those thick clouds coming through. these clouds ban can produce brief shots of freezing drizzle. to the south we are watching a warm front march in. moderate air will change the game completely. icy conditions is possible ahead of it. once this warm front purses through tomorrow, temperatures will shoot up well into the 40s in fact into the 50s on tuesday. so big changes. yes it will be more precipitation tomorrow but it will be all rain. overnight tonight, yes some freezing drizzle but through the day tomorrow, that's going to be purely

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arnold, around 22 degrees, ellicott city.our temperature coming in at 16 degrees, going to want to bundle up, a couple of layers as you head out and about. maryland's most powerful radar, not picking up on a lot. if u heading to the north, heading in to a winter weather advisory in effect as we go through the evening again. the roads could be on the slick side. as we go through rest of today, this morning, temperature at 8:00, 22 degrees, cold, 35 by lunchtime, and 40 degrees, we will be seasonable by 4:00 p.m. our high this time of the year around 41 degrees. over to angela, with your traffic. good morning, it's mondays. >> good morning, good monday morning to you. as you get ready to head out, one trouble spot to report this morning and remain as problem, brawning shutdown with the accident clean up, between keith and dundalk marine and dundalk is the best route. life look for traffic on 29 this morning, looking good at maryland 108, no early congestion. a look at the trip around the beltway, on the topside at providence, a

and en-- ellicott city 26 degrees. and as we go through the day, we'll be seeing the temperatures warm up a little bit because 41 degrees is where we should be for this time of the year and i'm forecasting around 46. if we get more sunshine, i think we'll push around 50, 51. and now over to angela. ray rice what would you do? >> i'd invite him in for dinner and i would not get another word in edgewise because my husband would take over at that point. let's get to the roads right now. this is a great morning. we don't have any weather to deal with out there. it's clear and dry and we're off to a great start for the mid-week drive. as you head out this morning, no early accidents to report on 29 and maryland 108. all the travels through howard county, and we checked in with the howard county police. no delay or incident. we're pick up in the outer loop lanes of 695. but we're still delay free and happy to report no incidents so far on the beltway's west side. >>> spoken like a true wife. >>> demi moore is taking time out

baltimore around 31 and 30s in ellicott city and in manchester. and mid-30s in millersville. chestertown coming in around 35 and more of the same in rock hall this morning. the satellite not picking up on a lot right announcement we're starting to see a few high level to mid-level clouds filtering in. but check out what is really going to many of in here tomorrow. we have a storm system making its way from the south and west. and we'll see wet weather in the forecast. that could linger as we go into friday morning. and the hour-by-hour forecast today, 42 by lunchtime and 4:00 p.m., a high around 46 degrees and more sign and the temperature might soar a little more. and now over to angela. >>> good morning. we continue to monitor accident on the beltway west side. it's a sea of break lights on the beltway trying to maneuver through indicate caddenseville. and the current drive time is about 15 minutes from the northwest expressway to getting past this incident. and this is impacting southbound traffic on 795. it's moving at a draw from owings mills boulevard trying to access t

we're checking out veterans elementary school in ellicott city, 27 degrees. we'll warm up, that means rain on the way. we'll cool down with maybe a shot of weekend snow. more on that coming up. 6:11. traffic with angela. >>> we're following an accident in crownsville on crain highway. are there lane closures? we'll let you know and volume picking up on the west side of 695. more when we come back. >>> topping "america's money" -- auto sales remain in high gear. auto executives in detroit say continuing success is the result of a stronger economy, more consumer confidence and pent up demand. >>> ford's long neglected name plate unveiled yesterday. it goes on sale this fall. the first of seven new lincoln models scheduled for the next few years. >>> bank failures were down 41% last year, regulators had to close just 92 in 2011 compared to 157 the year before. so far this year no bank failures. >>> a new number two, sales now ahead of budweiser whose market share had been going flat for years. but bud lite is still the most popular. that's "america's money," i'm

and there is a fellow in ellicott city who spent 7 hours getting his hair cut and died with the team logo. that was interesting. most people are taking it a little bit easier and getting t- shirts and hats and jackets. and that is very good news for retailers. >> it is huge for the town. it keeps store owners moving when things would be slow right after the holidays. >> if you are a fan of your team and if you have the means to follow them and show your enthusiasm, these are the kind of things you do. >> the afc title game right here on channel 9 at 3:00 on sunday afternoon. i hope tonight that you will have dinner with me at one of my favorite restaurants and that is wildfire restaurant in tysons galleria. cocktails at 6:30, dinner at 7:00. it is a bubbly dinner so we'll have champagne. and fabulous food. wildfire at tysons galleria tonight at 6:30. join me there. make reservations. we don't need the umbrellas the rest of the day. >> no. you should be fine. maybe a passing shower. but milder and breezy today. >> come back and visit us at 5:00. bye-bye.

warmest spots, matching westminster, freezing in eldersburg, though you flip the numbers and 23 in ellicott citynd 20s across the board. it's a cold and clear morning. there are clouds to the west and south. mount airy in dc by the way you might get a beautiful sunrise. moisture to the south moves in, in the afternoon and evening. overcast afternoon and turning wet, mid-50s. >>> 6:46. here's angela. >> getting busy as we continue to follow the accident southbound route 3 at saint stephens church road getting around that. and southbound on washington boulevard through jessup, a crash near route 32. if you are taking the drive southbound on 29, you can see on the brakes from maryland 108 to route 32. a live look if he top side of the beltway, 695 and providence road, outer loop on the left side of the screen. very heavy us a make your way around to the harrisburg and we also have congestion heading to downtown as you travel on 395. >>> the opening day for maryland's 430th session of the general assembly. linda so has more on what lawmakers will be tackling in the next 90 days and how it could be c

we're currently 23 degrees in towson and ellicott city. 33 eldersburg back towards westminster. and one more time, want to pull this back and show you the rain expending to the south. a line of strong storms will hit georgia and the carolinas. we could get thunder reaching the eastern shore but plan for the rain to move in, especially the second half of the day and heaviest stuff tonight. >>> 5:39. let's check the roads with angela. >> on the roads now the pace is picking up a little. especially on the major roads. i-95 especially if you are heading towards the capitol beltway, starting to see a little more activity in the southbound lanes. also northbound 95 a little heavy as you approach 695 but no major delays to report there as we look live at 95 and maryland 175. another live look at how conditions are flowing on the baltimore beltway, 695 at greenspring avenue still open in both directions, inner loop looking good heading towards the jfx. and for those of you getting ready to head out and taking the mta this mornings, still 15 to 20-minute delays on the light rail. all oth

a lot more activity especially in the southbound lanes of route 29 through ellicott city. and a check of traffic i-83 at beltway looking pretty good. also 95 in the rosedale area. looking at that as we update the drive times. southbound 83 from shawan to 695, five minutes. and even with the volume increase southbound 95 as you make your way to the top side of 695, it will take six minutes there. over to you. >>> as the race for the republican presidential nomination rolls to new hampshire the effort to stop mitt romney is stepping up. corinne redman has the latest from the campaign trail. >> reporter: well, the major headlines making news this morning in the presidential race heading into the new hampshire primary is mitt romney is facing harsh attacks and rick santorum's near win is bringing him more than a million dollars in one day. as the race for the republican nomination for president rolls through the effort to stop mitt romney is intensifiesing. newt gingrich appears to be on a -- intensifying. newt gingrich appears to be starting to criticize romney. supporters of

it was a same situation in ellicott city, blue skies giving way to increased clouds, late in the day but a clear day and i think we will start tomorrow looking like we did today. the difference being there won't be the wind to deal with tomorrow. by tomorrow night there will be more changes in weather in the form of a new small weather system pushing just to the north. it could clip us, tonight none of thatw. are crystal clear on the radar. temperature wise you see the drop continuing, even as the winds let up the air temperature continuing to dive so we are teens to the west, low 20s, baltimore in the 20s. it's a cold night. the winds again letting up nicely out there but still air temperatures continue to drop into the very dry air has moved in with this frigid air so definitely for one of these people that sensitive to the dry air -- use extra chapstick, whatever it takes. across the area just fair weather clouds, quiet on the rains, as we look ahead, into the day tomorrow a new little system over the great lakes will come down and clip us, today a few snow showers, places like we

we are feeling it in ellicott city 18. that's the temperature. once it blows a little bit we are feeling like 15, 13 degrees this morning. so it's very cold outside. right now, look at what we have in towson right around 14. good morning edgewood. 22 there. rock hall at around 21. more teens over in gaithersburg and frederick this morning. westminster dealing with more of the same. so, maryland's most powerful radar nothing on it this morning. that's good news because if it was, we would be dealing with icy conditions most likely. it will be dry as we go throughout the day and then tonight there could be a little change in the forecast. but, your forecast hour by hour. 27 degrees and cold and warmer than what we were this morning. and then going into lunchtime 38 degrees. 4 p.m., 42 degrees. the winds will kick up a little bit. breezy as we go throughout the day. and that 42-41 that's where we should be now for this time of the year. now over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. on the roadways right now a lot of

. >>> and we find out today what caused a house to explode in ellicott city. it happened yesterday morning in the 900 block of middle meadow road. one home was gutted and another had roof damage but both house has been deemed uninhabitable. neighbors say they were awake nd by a loud noise followed by several more that took place in the middle of the night. >> i wept out to the side window and noticed that the house-- went out to the side window and noticed the house was engulfed in flame. apparently something ignited. and it just took off. >> unreal. as you can imagine, the fire was intense and by the time firefighters arrived, the heat from the flames started to melt the siding on a home that was more than 20 feet away. >>> well the search for missing passengers on the cruise ship in italy takes a twist. we will tell you where the italian coast guard says the ship's captain was hiding out as the cruise liner toppled over. the death toll continues rising. >>> and a hodgepodge of severe weather to tell you all about. we will head to missouri, kentucky and other

up right across the city and then on the northern side of the beltway up towards columbia and ellicott city, you are still getting some shower activity. more showers here, this is the bigger picture out into west virginia. still awaiting the cold front. that won't get in here until later tonight. that will bring us another round of of rain that might mix with a little of the white stuff here later tonight. until then, we'll be just kind of cloudy today with temperatures as mentioned expected to be in the upper 50s to about 60. it will field kind of spring- like this afternoon. we are mild, 38 in washington. 33 dulles. our average daytime high, we are well above that. most of the shower activity, we'll be done with that in the next hour or so. 62 in frederifor a high. >> 60s? >> enjoy your day. much colder tomorrow and saturday. >> let's check in now with julie wright. >> we've got an accident on the inner loop of the beltway as you travel of of northbound i- 95 to exit on to the inner loop of the beltway. that is where we have the crash and going to affect your commute as you travel from te

. >>> in ellicott city currently 30 degrees. we check out other numbers around the region. rolling in from clear skies to the north, clouds around parts of the beltway and that's why we have this wide spread of temperatures. perry hall 28, but owens mills 47. look at mount aiy, 44. you do take that drive down to silver spring, you really avoid all this chill this morning. there's the flareup of clouds. the clouds themselves really just east of the mountains and right around central maryland, but the main storm track stays well to our north, including that snow in new england. and as we are locally dealing with a snowless situation, just a reminder those local ski areas have been pumping the snow guns, so they're in decent shape, roundtop, liberty and white tail. you may want to get out there today, 56 today. we should match that number on the thermometer tomorrow. charley, back to you. >>> it took a half hour for a fire on bidle street to take the life of a 84-year-old woman. sherree has more. reporter: charley, her name was mary hines, but everyone called her miss mary. sh

the big story is the winds of the gusts into ellicott city 35- mile-an-hour gusts. perry hall 30 miles and 27 in aberdeen. temperatures will fall throughout the afternoon. so temperature i am forecasting today around 40 for a high. now over to angela with traffic. >> reporter: good morning. our first look at the roads today and, of course, the wind is the big story on the roadways as well. extra caution. you will want to hold on tight to the steering wheel and extra caution on the ramps, bridges and overpasses. let's get a look at traffic flow early for you this morning. traveling through the elk reg region on u.s. -- region on u.s. 29, looking good to the montgomery county line. traveling on # 95 south -- 895 at o'donnell street on southbound 895, still working overnight maintenance. shift to the northbound tunnel sharing traffic for both directions until 5:00. over to you good morning. >> good morning. news time 4:32. 25 people have a very he can citing day sell -- exciting day celebrating the legacy of martin luther king junior. new citizens come from 16 differen

ellicott city at 28 right now. and we have the winds not so bad.ile-an- hour wind in towson. edgewood around one. calm but if you feel a little bit of anything, you are going to feel a little colder so. sparrows point coming in right around 15 and that's the way it feels on your exposed skin. that's why you need to bundle up this morning. maryland's most powerful radar not picking up on anything. nice and dry as of now. change coming to the forecast. but let me send it over to angela who has the traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. on the roads a couple incidents to watch for heading out thursday morning. traveling northbound lanes blocked and a collision there disabled southbound 97 at route 32. if you are traveling on the beltway that's where you will find most problems. no major problems on 95 making your way up to the beltway. once you get on 695 west side okay but the top side is where we have major delays make your way around harford road. >>> thank you. in news the parents of bethesda child are under fire after leaving her alone

by 10:30, north of ellicott city. this is the image i took earlier today on my way in. it was enough to produce a light coating on area roads. here's another shot of one of the parking lots. but this snow in fact made it all the way to ocean city. that's right. even ocean city around cambridge. areas around delaware getting some light snow. our temperatures very low, below freezing. 28 in warrenton right now. we've had wind gusts throughout the day. 35 and 37 miles per hour. they're going to start subsiding but it is still very, very windy. you might imagine that will have an effect on the temperatures throughout the overnight. they'll be dropping to the single digits by tomorrow morning. flurries for about five, six, maybe 7:00 a.m. then our temperatures start heading down to 24 degrees by 11:00 p.m. with again, single digit windchills expected later tonight and early tomorrow morning. we'll have more on what you can expect for the rest of the week. it might put a smile on your face. >> looking forward to that. an air jet skidded off the runway in ohio and slid into th

this guy in ellicott city spent seven hours getting his haircut and dyed with the team logo so they would on his head. most people are taking a little bit easier and saner by buying t-shirts, hats and jackets. that's good news for retailers. >> it is huge for the town. it keeps a lot of storeowners really moving when things would be a little slow right after the holidays. >> you have the means to follow them and show your enthusiasm. these are the kinds of things you do. >> you'll see the afc title game at 3:00 this sunday afternoon. we had a guy, a family in new orleans, purple and gold lsu colors, the house. >> that's a little much. >> but they were fans. >> not against the patriots. >> time to reveal the answer to the question of the morning. it was, what is the one thing men can do in about an hour that takes women five times as long to get done? is it a, get a haircut. not if you consider that guy with the ravens head. b, get over an argument with their significant other or c, wash the car. this was an easy one. most of you said it. the answer is b, get over it. ok? >> all right so,

. >> reporter: when 22-year-old katie caulkenbush was pulled over for speeding on ellicott city's main street, she was also charged with drunk driving. the amount of alcohol in her blood, more than twice the legal limit. but this week, a howard county judge threw out the dui charges, ruling the arrest was linked to an illegal quota. wjz obtained a copy of the police memo at the center of the case. in it, a supervisor advoiz -- advises dui patrols. an average of 2 to 4 citations must be written by each officer. or future federal funding may be withheld. it also said you need to stop as many vehicles as possible. looking to make a dui arrest, and warnings don't count. quackenbush's lawyer said even if his client was drunk, it's irrelevant. >> the only way to teach you not to violate people's rights is to say that you don't get to go forward with your evidence. and that's the message that was sent. there is a right way and a wrong way. and unfortunately, this was the wrong way to go about it. >> the judge has not issued a written statement or made a comment. >> she the -- the judge should

wjz is live in ellicott city. wjz has more in this bizarre case. >> those animals were left with no food, no water and no heat to. add to this mystery, some of those were found stuffed inside of a freezer. >> body of 40 dead animals inside columbia. >> it was just so sickening. my wife was -- she was going to throw up. she was disgusted. >> birds, cats, rabbits, snakes, guinea pigs. 21 others dead in the home or in cages. >> rumors were, they come at weird hours. >> reporter: neighbors say the renters living there hadn't been seen in weeks. the discovery came when the property owners came to check on the house after getting complaints of a nasty snell. >> i saw them when they first went in. >> he walked in and walked right out. nobody could stay long. >> right now, no one lives to the house to the left. in the house to the right, a neighbor has just moved in only a few weeks ago. she told me, she did not notice any foul odors. >> reporter: neighbors say the renters were involved in some animal rescue organization.

as far as accidents go, in ellicott city, baltimore national pike, that's at greenway drive.nd two in baltimore city. north gay at east preston street. also, kesswick road at 34th. >>> let's take a live look. easy drive for you. that's a look at spaghetti junction. and we'll take a live look. not a bad drive either. 95 at 198. this traffic report is brought to you by disney on ice. and they're coming to the first mariner arena, february 8th through the 12th. you can get your tickets today. back to you. >>> still ahead on wjz eyewitness news at 4:00. two planes crash on a runway in seattle. see the new infrared video shot as firefighters roll in. >>> it's inevitable. facebook's mandatory time line is coming. do you know what to do? >>> i'm alex demetrick. coming up, a preview of maryland's newest hospital. johns hopkins' billion-dollar rejuvenation. >>> it is a gray afternoon. but it's mild. and there is rain on the way. bob will update our first warning weather forecast. ,,,,,, here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and

this is from ellicott city. veronica johnson said she tried to do a couple 360s but the snow just wasn't thick enough at that time. for the record today, got up to a high temperature, 34 degrees after a low temperature of 29 degrees. finally felt like winter out there. so many of you have been saying we just want to see some winter-like weather. today we saw that winter weather. the good news is for you folks that like it, there is a little more to come. for those of hue don't, we'll go back to where we've been over the last couple days and months. 27 degrees, the current temperature. 19r-s to the south, 25 around about 9 degrees12: martinsburg, 13 at leesburg. 14 down toward patuxent river. a very cold evening. the numbers will continue to go down. about 11:30, about 12:30, about 13 in washington. maybe around 6 in frederick. we're still dealing with the windchill. by tomorrow among, 7:30 to a windchill in the single digits toward cold 13 back toward martinsburg and maybe 21 in manassas. the good news is the w

couple minutes but first temperatures throughout the area right there 50 degrees right now up in ellicott city, maryland, 54 in d.c., 57 degrees in waldorf, maryland, and 63 in stafford. we have a big range through the area as you can see from 41 in mount airy down to the 63-degree temperature currently in fredericksburg. our temperatures overnight again warming. we'll hit about 60 by midnight so as we take a look at your fast forecast what we are going to see are showers for the evening, stormy start to the day tomorrow. we'll talk about how much rain and how much wind we could get out of this latest storm system. pat? >> all right. thanks, veronica. >>> at penn state today, a capacity crowd of more than 12,000 people attended a public memorial service for former coach joe paterno, who died sunday of lung cancer. among those speaking at the service today the chairman of nike corporation and many of the people whose lives paterno helped shape during his 61 years at the university. brian mohr was at the service in university park. ♪ >> reporter: at penn state thousands joined in an emotional pu

we'ven up towards frederick and columbia, ellicott city, that part of the world. u've got wet roadways to look forward to. but the rain falling at the moment here in the city and south and east down towards southern maryland where we have the heaviest rain over towards cambridge and easton. more rain out to the west. we're not done with it yet. the rain is associated with a warm front. our temperatures will get a chance to jump. i think you will notice that not only when you walk out the door this morning but later this afternoon when our high temperatures will be well into the 50s and a few of us will probably touch the low 50s particularly if you are south of the city if we can get any breaks in the clouds later today. cold front out to the west. we'll have a one-day warm-up in addition to the shower activity to look forward to today. temperatures right now a lot warmer than yesterday. remember yesterday? maybe you don't. maybe you were sleeping in. temperatures were in the low 20s at this hour. we're 43 in washington. 43 in gaithersburg. 46 in annapolis. we have

south of baltimore now from around ellicott city to bwi toward the bay bridge and down toward shadyside anne arundel county, the showers moving toward the eastern shore. down toward solomon and parts of southern st. mary's county, couple of sprinkles there as well. with temperatures south in the low 40s with pax river at 42. same with prince frederick. bowie is about 41. had a report of a .05 of an inch of rain. 36, the cold spot up north. in washington, this morning, pretty good visibility in spite of the cloud cover. you're looking at our michael & son weather camera. cloudy skies. light winds. the wind chill right now same as the temp at 41. our dew points running in the middle 30s but they're going to rise as this warmer, moister air moves in. big storm system down south. they just issued a tornado watch in the storm prediction area covering parts of louisiana and maybe just a sliver of florida. this goes until noon local time. you see this line of intense storms moving right toward the new orleans area right now. the upper storm back in texas, as it catches up to those storms, that

below freezing towson, ellicott city. winds settled down.temperatures will still a little bit above normal. while we are watching all this snow breaking out across the great lakes, a distinctive line across the appalachians. general response to the winds coming down from the great lakes and rolling over the higher terrain and down in our vicinity. a large pool of cold air, more widespread snow showers, and disturbances in the upper levels of the atmosphere that will carry the clouds in our way and build in snow showers. primarily western maryland and north and west of baltimore of of clipping clipped by the snow showers. turning mostly cloudy to overcast this afternoon and feeling chilly with flakes. winter storm warning in garrett county. cold air through wednesday. winds this morning southwests once they turn west to northwest, building in the clouds and snow showers, we tap in to the cold air on tuesday. today's temperature 42 downtown. 30s north west. 35 miles per hour winds. tonight, it will be chilly with a chance of a few flurries and

you will encounter this out there this morning southbound 29 very slow through ellicott city down to west side of 695 in pikesville. we are slow from 795 to liberty road. and coming from towson on the brakes southbound 83 from 695 to past coldspring lane. >>> one of the biggest unions will announce support of the same sex marriage bill. maryland state and dc, aflcio has 300,000 members and support will boost efforts to pass legislation allowing same sex couples to marry. it will mobilize efforts to help governor o'malley and general assembly pass the law. union will hold a press conference at 11 this morning on north utah street. >>> and the lion king is bringing in the big bucks. last week the show grossed 1 1/2 million dollars and set up arecord for the theater and made more than 5 million. back to new york for more good morning america have great morning and we are back weather and traffic in 30 minutes. Ã >>> things are starting to look up. and things are starting to change in a good way. hopefully things stay good and they only get better. >> wow. that appears to be casey anthon