they're working around the essex before he strikes again.s a fire sparked in an alley in essex that police beliive was no accident.the fire broke out early wednesday morning in the 7-hundred block of mansfield road. investigators say someoneeset fire to a large pile of trash bags the family set out the day before. after that - 7 more arsons were reported - involving sheds, cars and dumpsters. 35:00 this is a very dangerous situation these were not a lot of damages that were ddne hooeeer sheds may contain chemicals. vehicles also have gasoline in them it's a danger to anyone in the community particularly where trash was set on fire close to an occupied home15 home15police say the cars andd sheds targeted were all unlocked.allowing the arsonist investigators have no suspects or leads. flags will be lowered to halff staff today... in memory of a maryland soldier killed in afghanistan. governor martin o'malley has ordered the flags be lowered from sunrise to suuset... in remembrance of army specialist ronald wildrick junior... of wooddboro. the

. >>> i am sherrie johnson live in essex where a state delegate has a special announcement to make. >>> macy's department stores are planning to close five stores nationwide two in maryland. find out which ones coming up. >>> it's thursday, january 5th. good morning. i am charley crowson a bit warmer as we start this thursday. let's head back to the studio and check in with meteor ol a gist justin berk. >> -- meteorologist justin berk. >> yesterday was the coldest day since january 25th where we stayed below freezing after the morning low of 13. how cold was it? coming up video of a different sort. this is from a baltimore backyard homemade ice rink. you will want to see that. we have light snow last night and some light coding from essex through ann aruneddenel county -- aanne arundel county. a light coating on the eastern shore. and we are watching this thing right now going through. a quick look right now at maryland's most powerful doppler radar. i wanted to show you around mount airy. i have a weather watcher and they will show. >> he if they will have flurries. no major problems

. >> the search for answers continues after two women were killed in a fire in essex. kim dacey has more on the investigation. >> fire crews were called here to the 900 block of arncliffe road around 7:30 last night. fire officials say there was smoke coming from the windows and a neighbor knocking on the door. they found two women inside, 41 and 63 years old. "the baltimore sun" is reporting that neighbors say the two were mother and daughter. no official identification has been released. firefighters say both were found upstairs in the home. they did what they could for the victims. >> crews arrived and they knocked down the fire gate and did a quick removal of two victims, two adult females in critical condition. females were transported to bayview and franklin square hospital where they were pronounced dead at the scene. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. kim dacey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> police officers are going door-to-door in the hope of finding the killer of a beloved retired school principal. it was thought mary hines died from a fire last we

a motive behind the a fatal fire rips through a hhme in essex... killing two there's still no word on a caus. cause.the fire broke out on arncliffe road aaound 7:30, last night.you can see mmke billowing out of the home.whhn fire crews arrived on the scene... police and neighbors ddors in the front and back of theehome to try and allrt their neighbors.two women were pulled out of the home and pronounced dead.fire officials say the home did have alot of cluuter... which made it neighbors noticed the struggle firefighters had getting into the home. when i got here first engine came uppstreettsmoke front and back couldnt get in the front door once thee got in there got it knocked quick. quick.earlier in the day ... the two victimsswere involved in a car accidenttnear their home. ssill nooword this morning on what caused the blaze. in east baltimore ... a woman is shot in theehead... after a bullee goes through her window. you can see police on the sceee outside her home along pinewood avenue around 6:30, monday night.no word on the 21 year old's condi

targeted.good morning patrice, we're live along 700 block of mansfield road here in essex. where police believe a fire that sparked in the back allely this week was no acciden. accident.it happened just before one o'clock wednesday morning.officials say someone set fire to a large pile of trash bags the family set out the day before. ashley 42:22 it's crazy. cause if you notice, there's a wood shed right next to us if that would've lit on fire it could've easily led up to the houses 29 29after that - 7 more arsons were reported - involving sheds, cars and dumpsters. investigators the cars and sheds targeted were all unlocked.allowing the arsonist to set fire inside.again, police believe these fires are all related. but so far, nvestigators have no suspects or leads. anyone with information, is asked to call police.live in essex, megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. we want to know... how are áyouá fighting back against crime? tell us what you're doing in your community... to clean up the streets. call 410-662-1456. a man remains in critical condition this morning...after he

again.it's a fire sparked in an aaley in essex that police believe was no accident.the fire broke out early wednesday morning in the 7-hundred block of mansfield road. investigators say someone set fire to a large pile of trash day before. after that - 7 - more arsons ere reported - involving sheds, cars and dumpsters. 35:00 this is a very dangerous situationnthese were not a lot of damaaes that were done however sheds may contain phemicals. vehicles also have gasoline in them it's a danggr to anyone in the community particularly where trash was set on fire close to an occupied home15 home15police say tte carr and sheds targeted were all unlocked.allowing the arsonist to set fire inside.so far... investigators have no suspects or leads. flags are flying at half-staff today... in memory of a maryland soldier killee in afghanistan. governor martin o'malley orderrd the flags be lowered from sunrise to sunset... in &premembrance of army specialis ronald wildrick junior... of woodsboro. the 30-year-old soldier was killed last month... by a roadside bomm. wildrick's remains will be burred t

baltimore county police identifty the victims of that fatal fire in essex.th daniels, live outside the burned rowhome where the women lived most of their lives.. keith. 3 jennifer..... the victtms are carolyn (himmel- heber).. she was 63.. and her daughter stacy (himmel-heber).. she was 40. firefighters say they found both women upstairs.. one of them in the bathroom.. the other.. closeby...... investigators say both women had also been involved in a car accident near their home yesterday.... doctors treated and released them. and tonight, they're the victims of a fatal fire. the fire broke out on arncliffe road at about 7-30 last night..... when firefighters arrived.. they found police and neighbors already banging on the front and back doors of the home.. trying to alert the women. once inside, firefighters say they had trouble moving around the first floor and getting to the women.. because of so much clutter in the home. they also say the home was not equipped with smoke detectors. (neighbor) 3 3 3 3 two dogs and two cats also died in the fire. investiga

america runs on dunkin'. 3 a fatal fire rips through a home in essex... people...and this morning-- there's still no word on a caus. cause.the fire broke out on arncliffe road around 7:30, last night.you can see smoke billowing out of the home.when fire crews arrived on the scene... police and neighbors were already banging on the doors in the front and back of the home to try and alert their neighbors.two women were pulled out of the home and pronounced dead.earlier in the day ... the two victims were involved in a car accident near their home. i've seen them briefly walking my dog... i come through this neighhorhood a lot.oc: i saw the accident poming home from work. work.fire officials say the home did have clutter... that stopped them from putting out the fire faster. he was shot more than 20 timms by his fellow officers. baltimore city police officer william torbit died that night. council members are trying to prevent this from happening again.megan gilliland is here with more on the change they're calling for. good morning atrice,,esterday marked o

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the essex.../ arsonist.../ before.../ he...ikks again...////. áámyrandaáá stephens.../ takes you.../ inside.../ &pfor... this.../ arson. arsonist. nats 41:43 it was right there. you see all the blacc marks 46 john eurich points out the area where a fire broke out just before one weenesday morning... in the back alley of hhs family's mansfield road home. 4252 the fire department woke evvrybody up in our house. we didn't know what was going on. as it turns out - the fire was no accident. &pofficials say someone set fir to a large pile of trash bags the family set out the day before. ashley 42:22 it's crazy. cause if you notice, there's a wood shed right next to us if that woold've lit on fire it could've easily led up to the houses 29myranda 57:22 but they weren't thh only ones targeted. baltimore county police say in all there were 8 fires in this area that night. all believed to be arson 31 police say three sheds, two cars and two dumpsters were all targeted in the other arsons.investigators believe they are related. cathy 35:0

. >>> deadly house fire, closer to home, essex, claiming the lives of two women. linda so has new information on the fatal fire. she join us live now. >> reporter: we got off the phone with the fire investigator. the women are mother and daughter. their names haven't been released. we did a search and shows the home belongs to a woman named carol. it broke out on arn cliff road. the women were upstairs, one was rushed to frank lynn square, the other to bay view, both did not make it. >> they pulled one lady out, she was kind of like, she looked in bad shape. they brought somebody else out, they were breaking all the windows and there was a lot of smoke. >> firefighters say they had a hard time getting in the house because of so much clutter. the cause of the fire is under investigation. what neighbors say happened to the women earlier in the day that had them in the hospital. >>> howard county, a mother has been charged abusing her child before he was killed. the charges come nearly a year after 2-year-old elijah was killed in a separate incident. he died from asp

by the way, i'll be in essex later today at our lady of mount carmel store with the wind for change program as we raise money for the cool kids campaign an talk about weather. in annapolis, the worst of the rain is about to depart but we will have strong winds today and then we'll actually be looking for that boundary. this arctic boundary pivots behind us and we're going to have a shot of snow for some tomorrow morning. today though, a warm day, 58 will do it. a mix of clouds and sun and wind, 40 mile-per-hour gusts possible. >>> a check of the roads with angela. >> we've got wet conditions to start off your morning drive. we have fog warnings on the chesapeake bay bridge and fire activity in monkton, this is on old york road so watch for equipment in the roadway as you approach sutton drive. another look at i-95, northbound traffic still moving well to 695. and a look at 50 at i-97, watch for an accident on 97 southbound at generals highway. >>> disturbing photographs making their way on-line. up next, what the soldiers are doing and why the marine corps is now concerned about these photo

the stage is set here in essex across the street. we are on eastern boulevard and right across the street that's where delegate pat mcdonough will announce his plan. he is kick off a campaign finance committee to overturn a law allowing instate tuition rates for illegal aliens. the finance committee will allow opponents of the maryland dream act to raise money for literature, radio and tv ads. dream act would allow undocumented high school graduates to go to college and pay in-state tuition. mcdonough was part of an effort that collected over 100,000 signatures and forced the law to the 2012 ballot. >> the only one the first half of the football game now we have to win the superbowl by campaigning and winning this election on november 6th, 2012. >> reporter: now supporters of the dream act have started raising money themselves to fight against this campaign. reporting live in essex, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >>> this video you have to see this morning showing a city police officer attacked by a man on the streets of baltimore. abc2

. >> reporter: i am sherrie johnson live in essex where a state delegate has an announcement to make in connection with the dream act. that story straight ahead. >>> i am corinne redman, macy's will close stores in maryland. i will tell you which ones and the reasons coming up. >>> it's 6:41. bob lives in sen he -- bash says the -- barb says a 4 letter word is covering the deck. this was light snow and annapolis has that covering on the grass and it's 32 degrees. some people saying the other 4 letter word. in delaware they have school delays because of the snow. the rest of the update in bit. >> reporter: stop and go traffic on the inner loop east side approaching the key bridge. also another reported problem on the outer loop west side at 795. a complete check of all your major roadways ahead. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. take a moment to ponder tender cuts of pastrami, piled sky high atop your favorite freshly baked bread with spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. okay, enough imagining how this fresh

in essex, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news.k to you on tv hill. >> now, the fire department says they could not find any smoke alarms in the home. >> reporter: baltimore county is hoping someone will recognize this man. he's wanted for a string of burglaries of office buildings along the york road corridor. so far, he's hit five office buildings, taking money, equipment and food. anyone with information is asked to call baltimore county police. >> in an effort to stop poaching, police are now going high-tech. alex demetrick reports, it's a push to keep poachers. >> reporter: last winter, 13 tons of striped bass were il -- illegally netted by poachers. >> it killed us. >> reporter: for natural resources police with a big bank, finding the net may mean getting lucky with the grappling net. but not anymore. they can now see objects under water, from boats to nets. >> you can see, there's objects off to the side of it. you can see ribs along the bottom of it. you can zoom in once more a little bit closer. >> we're not dragging aiml

flames broke out around 7:30 inside a house on arncliffe road in essex. when firefighters arrived it was too late for the women inside. >> crews arrived, removed two victims, two adult females in critical condition. they were transported to the hospital where they were pronounced dead. >> in -- our media partner baltimore sun are reporting that the two women are mother and daughter, carolyn and stacy himelheber. >>> the idea of adding more state tax to gas prices doesn't sit well with drivers. here's derek valcourt with more. >> reporter: the city says its top transportation priority is to build a redline. anne arundel said it needs to widen 175 near fort meade. add up the costs and the state would need an extra $12 billion. governor o'malley points out that's money the trust fund doesn't have. >> you get what you pay for. there's no way to build a $100 million bridge for $10 million. that's why the funding recommends raising the gas tax by 15 cents per gallon over three years. the idea is being discussed in annapolis and on the road. >> i would sacrifice

. >>> tonight we know the names of those two women killed in that fire last night in essex. carolyn and stacy himelheber lived in the home on arncliffe road. investigators said the home did not have smoke detectors and they're working to find out what caused that fire. >>> what a change a day makes. low 50s, sunshine over the place and a fantastic looking day. temperature wise low 50s, upper 40s. actually feeling pleasant out there. the rest of the region 40 under clear skies. the next rain maker could be here tomorrow. >>> in tonight's democracy 2012, mitt romney may have caused his own headaches yesterday with his off the cuff comment about firing people but it shouldn't affect him to lose his lead. the first votes were counted in dixville notch and it was a tie. small comfort for romney after the worst day of his campaign. romney said, quote, i like being able to fire people who provide services to me. he was talking about healthcare but his rivals saw a golden opportunity and blasted his work as the head of bain capital. this may turn out to be the bane of his expenses b

. >> investigators are trying to figure out what sparked the fire that killed and essex woman and her daughter. firefighters were called around 7:30 last night. carol and her daughter stacy were both found upstairs. both were taken to the hospital where they later died. officials say there were dote working smoke detectors in the home. >> a 16-year-old is held without bail after he confessed to killing his father. robert richardson iii was held without bail. >> deputies tell us that there was a handgun used in the border. they also tell us robert richardson is charged with first and second degree murder and also a weapons violation. sheriff's deputies and a crime scene investigators remained dry much of tuesday morning as they continued collecting evidence. robert richardson iii is charged with shooting and killing his father and a dumping the body appeared >> he did talk to police and led police know where he disposed of the body pure >> the team confessed to killing his father, robert richardson, jr. a family member had shot their father. deputies arrived and had noticed blood on th

jacobs announced her run today, at jabs caddy shack in essex.as served in the state senate since 1999. jacobs is seeking the republican nomination, so she can challenge congressman ruppersberger. >>> the president announces a sweeping new strategy today for a much leaner military. the pentagon is getting hilt -- hit with budget cuts. tara mergener reports for wjz with the latest. >> reporter: president obama made a rare appearance in the pentagon press room, to defend massive budget cuts to the u.s. military. >> so yes, our military will be leaner. but the world must know, the united states is going to maintain our military superiority. >> reporter: the military is cutting $450 billion in spending and hinted at cutting troops. pentagon officials promised the troops that remain will have the best at their disposal. >> in reality, you can face a land war in korea, and at the same time, face threats in the straits of horm uz. we have the ability with this to deal with those threats. >> pentagon officials say the focus now is on asia and the pacific

we know the identities of two women killed in a house fire in essex. it happened at the 900 block of arncliffe road. 63-year-old carol lynn himmelheber and her daughter stacy were found upstairs. they were transferred to the hospital, but did not make it. baltimore city police officers are going door-to-door in an east baltimore neighborhood in the hopes of finding the killer of a beloved retired school principal. it was originally thought it 84- year old mary hines died from the fire last week at her east biddle street home. an autopsy found she had been stabbed multiple times. police are canvassing the neighborhood, hoping neighbors could shed light on who might have wanted to calm her. >> -- harm her. >> old lady lives by herself, somebody has to know something. >> the vital information that you give could put this homicide it down. we cannot stand for this. >> some neighbors say she may have had a troubled relationship with a nephew, but police would not comment on details. a year after the sun was found dead, a mother has been extradited from mich

in essex, sherrie johnson. >> baltimore county has won the award for three years in a row. each year two schools were selected. this is the first for sandalwood elementary school. >>> all right. let's show you where the wintry weather is now. moss of it is still south of baltimore, but commuters heading either south or trying to get out of d.c., that's where you'll have the headache through annapolis and actually i want to go back to the radar. i kind of skipped ahead here. i want to go back to the radar. i didn't want to break down where the most significant snows are coming down. you can see d.c. in the heart of the city, alexandria south to mt. vernon. it gets worse as you go south and some of this also impacting the eastern shore, denton, easton getting a decent wintry band. some of this will briefly mix. the route 50 bridge is a headache on kent island as you pass over towards east ton and st -- easton and st. michael. it's not kind that will come down points south of us and the district. let's show you some of our hd abc2 weather bug cameras. it gets much more signifi

inner harbor today is tuesday, january 10th. 3 maps-fiier-maps a fatal fire rips through a home in essex... killing two people...and this morning-- there's still no word on a caus. cause.thh fire broke out on arncliffe road around 7:30, last night.you caa see smoke billowing out of the home.when fire crews rrived on the were already banging on the s doors in the front and back oo the home to try and alert their neighbors.two women were pulled out of the home and pronounced dead.earller in the day ... the two victims were invooved in a car accident near their home. i've seen them briefly walking my dog... i come through this neighborhood a lot. oc: i saw the accident coming home from work. work.fire officials say the home did have clutter... that stopped them rom putting out the fire faster. in east baltimore ... a woman is shot in theehead... after a bullet goes through her window. you can see police on the scene outside her home along pinewood avenue around 6630, monday night.no word on the 21 year old's condition... this morning. it was this time last yeaa... that baltimore city police

we got about a 10th of an inch in essex. pretty incredible change in the pattern. it will warm up.y tuned to the details. >> 4:57. 34 degrees on tv hill. the punishment for those caught texting behind the wheel. >> it is primary day in new hampshire. the very first of votes cast in the first in the nation contest. >> two women died in a house fire last night. i am kim dacey. >> we are keeping an eye on th it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. now get twice the data for the same low price. hurry in, this offer ends january 15th. verizon. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thank you for joining us this morning. >> strap yourself and for the roller-coaster ride. >> i missed the snow yes

in essex, mike schuh, wjz eyewitness news. back to you on tv hill. >> reporter: the fire department says they could not find any smoke alarms in the home. >>> the local american red cross makes an emergency plea for blood donations. in recent weeks, the organization saw a significant decline in turnout of blood drives at donor centers. now, several blood types are at critical or emergency levels, making it difficult to prepare for potential emergencies. >> the red cross is asking the community to step out immediately and make a blood donation. it will take immediate blood donations and several weeks of sustained donations to replenish the supply. >> reporter: blood is needed from more than 350 local hospitals and their patients. all types are needed. >>> let's check in on the roads now with kristy breslin. hi, kristy. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. so much congestion out there. 70 westbound. from 29 to marriottsville road. as far as the beltway goes, on the west side inner loop, we're up to 25 minutes. that will take you from sout

wednesday morning - someone set fire to a pile of trash bags in the alley of a home on mansfield road inn essexsons were reported - involving sseds, cars and dumpsters. police believe the fires are related. 35:00 this is a very dangerous situation these were not a lot of damages that were done however sheds may contain chemicals. vehicles also have gaaoline in them it's a danger to anyone in the community particularly where trash was set on fire close to an occupied home15 home15so far, investigators have no suspects or leads. anyone with information, is asked to call police. a.../ disabled man.../ is... in... serious ccndition.../ ááafteráá his... wheelchair.../ is... put ...in the path .../ of... a... speeding train. train.it.../ happened ...last night.../ downtown ...//// ááatáá the... saratooa street .../ subway station...//. áárescueáá crews... pulled the man.../ out...// from... under.../ the train...///. ááinvestigatorsáá are... now working .../ to... figure out.../ how... the wheelchair.../ ended up.../ on... the tracks. more controversy surrounding the baltimore grand prix. the city co

it happened before packed crowds in essex. the senator plans to work for the people. the incumbent says he looks forward to a fair campaign with all candidates. it is time to rally behind a single candidate. mitt romney is winning the polls with 40% and is heavily favored to win the primary, but as the candidates are up for a debate on tuesday, many republicans say they are ready to rally against the candidate who can win next week and also in november. >> my choice would be huntsman, but i do not think he stands a chance, so i will vote for mitt romney. >> huntsman is stuck at 7% in the polls, but rick santorum .ame from the far behind while stumping for mitt romney common -- for mitt romney, john mccain mistakenly expressed confidence in barack obama. >> i believe barack obama will turn this country around. excuse me. president romney. >> 70-33 in the orange bowl last night. john mccain was not the only one to slip up. cnn had late night coverage on tuesday. you can watch the entire video on our website at wbaltv.com. be sure to click on politics. coming up, hundred

the fire started near the 900 block of ar didn't cliff road in essex last night. >> reporter: we are getting new information this morning. the two women who died are believed to be mother and daughter. neighbors tell us before the fire happened the women were involved in a car accident and were treated at the hospital. their names haven't been released we did an on line search, the home belongs to a carolyn. it broke out on arn cliff. one was rushed to franklin square, the other to bay view, both did not make it. neighbor tells us about the car accident the women were involved in, earlier in the day. >> i had heard that the car accident happened this morning. the car was pinned up against the other car. they were pinned up against a parked car. they had to use the jaws of life to get them out. >> firefighters say they had a hard time getting in the house because of clutter. the cause of the investigation -- the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> a mother is charged of abusing her child before his death. the charges came after he was killed in a separate incident last

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. >>> and tomorrow, state senator nancy jacobs will announce her conimpressional bid in essex. the republican has been the in the senate since 1999. she severed as senate minority leader last year and will face larry smith the former aide to congressman andy hair nits gop. winner takes on dutch ruppeers burger. >>> 5:-- ruppeersberger. >>> the right hand of another intern has been disciplineed. this happened last summer. spokesman for andy harris says his chief of staff didn't know college senior was under 21. harris was not at the party and harris' camp confirmed he is still the chief of staff but won't confirm the action taken. >>> a spring of break-ins in east baltimore. several homes have been broken into. sherrie johnson is live with the details this morning. >> reporter: good morning charlee. we are here -- charley. we are here at north lakewood and east baltimore street in the patterson park area and this morning police are trying to figure out who is responsible for the break-ins here. as a matter of fact, it's a chance we have seen some officers patrolling the area thi

. -- an essex woman and her daughter. both were found ups that -- both were found upstairs in their home. friends and neighbors were saddened that. >> it was just so shocking to see them taken out. i knew that the dogs did not survive. >> fire officials say there were no working smoke detectors in the home. baltimore's first nfl playoff game since 2007 brings a lot more than just -- promises big business has customers go into restaurants and bars shelling out cash. kai reed on this story. >> the scene is relentless. the city is hoping for a big win on sunday and also a big payoff for the local economy. >> we are going to have the usual wings and some other food special spirit we will form in a few shot specials as well. >> they are already getting the food and game day specials and preparing to bring in lots of extra cash. >> not only for us doesn't mean business from the local ribbons fans, but also with all the hotels around us houston fans have to travel. they will want to come in and have a beer as well. >> when the h

today we'll be in the essex/dundalk area at our lady of mount carmel.y excited about that visit and we'll have more to talk about tomorrow. this morning, 49 baltimore, 54 easton. warm temperatures this morning and how about this rainfall. wanted to use maryland's most powerful doppler radar, baltimore, heavy stuff about to come back. whitemarsh heading to joppatowne, looks like more behind it, heavy rain at the toll plaza and bay bridge. we're watching this band and then a break with this band of snow. that is the arctic boundary and looks like it may hold together to give us maybe a quick inch and some issues tomorrow morning. temperatures today, upper 50s to near 60. the rain will end in the next couple of hours. >>> 5:10. it's rough outside now. here's angela with the latest. >> thank you very much. you are correct, it's rough now. we're getting reports of fog warnings on the bay bridge and at this police now working to clear a collision, on west north avenue near park avenue. be prepared for a brief slowdown there. live look at some of the cameras,

momter and we raise money for the cool kids campaign and yesterday at hour lady of mount carmel in essex 209 dollars raised by the 85 participants and that was the group i want to take a panoramic. thanks so much to the faculity and the staff and the parents that came to help out. the kid were fantastic. parents should be proud. and look at this. this is my new favorite person and i hope i spelled the name correctly. while we were taking a picture she wanted to make a donation and grabbed a few dollors out of her pocket and said i am sorry that's all i got. are you kidding me, it's tears in my eyes you are a beautiful young leady and that's enough. that's definitely a standard people should look forward to. winners in the next half-hour because we raised individual high money and we had some kids push tropical storm strength wind. that's incredible. 50 in easton, 39 baltimore and we are pushing strong winds and pushing 32 and i told you meteorologist in hagerstown tim is saying they have icing but the roads have not accumulated any sort of snowfall. it's just a change of temperatures. 19

i definitely believe there is a culture of silence at the essex , and at continuing partnership housingen somebody tries to address it, they pass apologize the people making the claims, and they start playing word games -- they pathlolgize the people making the claims. i need someone to take seriously my complaints about habitability issues. i would like their name and address. it seems nobody is doing anything. president chiu: would any other members of the public wish to speak? seeing none, general public comment is closed. >> items 30 through 35 are considered for immediate adoption without committee reference, using a single roll call vote. if a member requests discussion, it will be called separately and considered. president chiu: i would like to sever item 30? supervisor mar: i can 31. president chiu: -- item 31. >> on items 32 through 35 -- supervisor cohen: aye. supervisor elsbernd: aye. supervisor farrell: aye. supervisor kim: aye. supervisor mar: aye. supervisor olague: aye. supervisor weiner: aye. supervisor avalos: aye. supervisor campos: aye. president chiu: aye. superviso

until he can answer that in essex and -- what is huntsman offering? until he can answer that in -- >> "the boston globe" found -- >> that is not a recommendation for republicans in new hampshire. >> he is an honorable guy but he looks like a rich kid. he needed to say from the very beginning that i would be different and he did not do that. >> we did not hear about mitt romney's religion. was that a factor? >> absolutely bad polls show that a lot of evangelical christians -- absolutely. a lot of polls show that evangelical christians think it is a cult. >> this past week was the first time i've seen some of that in my e-mail box. it may be there, but it wasn't over. -- overt. >> it will be a factor in new hampshire. >> it could be in south carolina. >> absolutely. >> is there a way to find a romney stopper? >> i am excited to get out with a real republicans -- not that there aren't real republicans in iowa, but it was a loose the pc process and you had a lot of people that admitted they were democrats voting in caucuses last night. >> rick perry says

. >>> fleams erupts in a home in essex and claiming two lives. >> they're lining up to foa.nderway in new hampshire. >>> suspended. morgan state's coach is facing allegations he hit a play per. more news in a couple of minutes. ,,,,,,,,,, >>> good morning. it is a dry day to start. i drove through snow yesterday around 5:00. sharon will have this morning's traffic. it is meteorologist bernadette woods in

light showers around parkville passing through towson and into middle river and essex.oing to dc, you will get a little bit more wet because we can see heavier rain into virginia as well around alexandria dc and mitchellville more of the same. sliding off toward the east a. shield of green across the area. that's going to be the scenario going through this morning. let's go over to angela. tell me how you feel about the snow. >> reporter: well, actually, lynette i am not with the guys. i can do without the snow. i am fine with things the way they are right now. and, of course, this morning we are not dealing with snow, but we are dealing with wet roadways from the overnight rain. reduced speed is what you will need to think about this morning as you head out. dealing with quite a few accidents. another one reported in the hampstead area. mount carmel road at glen powder road. folks getting an early start heading -- heading out. northbound on i-95 through the jessup region and through the bw parkway north bound lanes picking up the pace as well, there. here on 695 at bal

. >>> state senator nancy jacobs will run for congress and will make it official in essex on thursday. she represents cecil and harford counties and she has been the state senate since 1999 she served as the the senate minority leader and will face larry smith in the gop primary and the winner will take on dutch ruppeersberger. >> new this morning a second woman has been charged in a bleach and pine sol fight in a wal-mart. ebony odoms was charged with assault in october and temporarilyly shut down the store. 19 people were taken to the hospital and now teresa jefferson, the other woman in the attack was charged back in october. jefferson was a child with odom's boyfriend. they believe this was an ongoing dispute between the two women. >>> the latest op a stream of break-ins in patterson park in east baltimore. several homes were hit and sherrie johnon is live this morning with the latest on who police are looking for. sherrie. >> reporter: good morning, charley. we are here at the patterson park area at eastern and lynwood. and this morning police are continuing their investigation t

the republicans now represents hartford and cecil will announce the bid this thursday in he is essex.he will face larry smith, for congressman andy heiress -- the win letter take on the incumbent. >>> another republican has been disciplined for letting interns drink at a party. it happened at the united states capitol last summer. the spokesman for the congressman said his chief of staff didn't realize the senior was under 21. the congressman represents the first district he was not at the party. his camp won't say what kind of action was taken but said it is still the chief of staff. >>> the sponsor of a psa said she was trying to say wake up. >> everybody is a wake over this. look at this. it's a controversy over this childhood obesity message. >> by now we should have a better idea who republican voters want to represent them in the race for the white house but the race still to close to call. >> and you are -- are you getting your money's worth in college? we will find about five schools who make the best value list. we will name names when we return. . >>> months of campaigning a

. >> >> our lady of mount carmel in essex. >> good morning maryland. the environmental protection agency says it won't order orange juice believed to be contaminated with a pest killer off store shelves. the low levels of fungicide is not enough to cause safety concerns. coca cola says it informed federal regulators of levels of the fungicide in the juice and that of the competitors and the origin is said to be in brazil. >>> well you look for a new job home depot says come spring they will have 70,000 new part- time workers. and spring is a very busy season for them and that picks up for the volume especially around february. you can apply online or at your local store home depot says seasonal positions can lead to permanent positions in the future. >>> so you are looking for something to do nuclear cowboys are coming to baltimore. the daredevils do free style motor cross tricks and choreography is pretty gravitdefying stunts and cool. the tour is in town two days at first mariner arena. catch the shows tonight and then another one set for tomorrow ni

so maybe northeast havre de grace, essex and dundalk and near naptown and annapolis and kent island if it's on the cars and not on the road, some of the roads could have frozen over and they may have gotten a better coating on the eastern shore. waiting to hear from folks who had ourselves a look at some of the light snow shower through the west. we have leftover clouds but look out for possible icy spots this morning. the cloud break up and we get sun and we will warm back to 40 this afternoon. we will check out the extended outlook through the weekend in just a couple minutes. it's 5:39 and here's angela. >> reporter: a look at roadways. i have to ask is that how you create your future olympic stars perhaps in the backyard? >> maybe. >> reporter: well you mentioned we may have icy conditions and that's what we are getting reports of icy conditions yet another water main break reported on joppa road near honeygo boulevard but even with that you may have icy conditions. so plan for reduced speeds out on the roadways. let's get another live view of traffic flow for those of you driving

essex at the our lady of mount carmel lower school talking about extreme weather. think we have stuff to talk about as we raise money for the cool kids campaign. i'm very excited about that. what we're looking at with maryland's most powerful doppler radar, as we track the back edge of the rain looked like it moved through bel air. a quick half-hour ride from annapolis to bel air with the back side of the rain as low pressure rides its way. port deposit, havre de grace, rain for another 20 minutes. then it eases up. what we'll be tracking is the winds that try to pick up. 30, 40 mile-per-hour gusts, partly sunny skies. then clouds fill back in later on. pushing 58 degrees. check this out. let me swing this back over. as that rain pulls out of here, looking at heavy rain, still philly, trenton, up towards new york, a slow ride up 95, even heavy snow, good news for some ski resorts in the adirondacks and central and northern new england. the back side of the storm, there's an arctic boundary, we talked about this all week, a clear distinction and ribbon of snow. this

we could see around essex this morning, but we can see snow, the further to the north we go. the bulk of the action definitely to the north. that's -- to the south rather. we're seeing that move in as we go through the overnight into tomorrow morning. so boy, it's going to be a rough commute tomorrow. the weather pattern looks like this -- a warm front coming in across the area. so yes, we'll get rain in here but at least it's not going to be a very cold rain. temperatures will soar into the 50s. mid-50s. i'm forecasting around 50 at 4:00. then as we go into the overnight we could be around 54 or 55 degrees. so once this warm front moves through and then we'll have that cold front push through as we go through the overnight it will drag the rain with it. future trends picking up on what i'm talking about, as we go through time we will stop this at midnight. you can see the rain trying to push in across the area. i'm going to put it back in motion. then you'll see it stop again. once it does that the fact is the heaviest rain will be in here as we go through the commute tomorr

eex will -- essex and sliding into the eastern shore but sliding down we can see the -- c. is starting to die down a little bit. -- d.c. is starting to die down a little bit. the heavier rain sliding over into easton and into cambridge. so if ure are -- you are going that way be on the lookout for heavier rain and you will have the windshield wipers on high going into time. temperature wise, not so bad. you can see that's why we are seeing rain and not the snow or sleet or even freezing rain. as we go into tow cont temperatures around 39 this morning. and aberdeen around 40 and annapolis at 42. heading out the door, don't forget the coat but do not forget the rain gear because you will need it as you go throughout the day. now over to angela with your traffic. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. good morning everyone. getting ready to head out we have been talking about the wet conditions. an update on the accident we have been reporting all morning in davidsonville many unfortunately nothing new changed. we are blocking all the westbound lanes of 50 at 424. police say

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calls from community members, lots of gunshots in the area, and we're standing here at ashby, emerson, essex, a lot of community members coming out of their homes. people have been cooperating investigation. police are looking for more information. call them if you know more. >> thank you. >>> 4:33. the suspect in a fatal shooting is in jail after being caught illegally smoke a cigarette. 30-year-old franklin bean was taken into custody last friday in unincorporated alameda county. sheriff's deputies spotted him violating a county law banning smoking near the entrances to certain businesses. a computer check revealed he was wanted by police for a december homicide. >>> san jose police are asking for your help to find a missing 75-year-old woman suffering from dementia. marianne weber never returned home yesterday after leaving home at 1:00. she did call from a store. she was driving her '94 mercury grand marky. she was last traced to menlo park around 11:00 last night. >>> "occupy oakland" is back after weeks of staying quiet. protestors flooded the rafters at oakland scene hall wednesday ni