they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develop this country. i present to you patricia makinsik heart of literacy. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pron

check it out, gusts 35 in fredrick, 31 right now in martinsburg. hour martinsburg had a wind gust of 43 miles per hour, that's the most i've seen this morning. 28 here in leonardtown with the cold air working into southern maryland, 20 in annapolis, 23 in baltimore. going to be very cold, very blustery day. and i mentioned the wind advisory. winds gusting to 50 miles per hour in the area under the advisory which goes into effect at 9:00 this morning. that includes montgomery county, howard county here in maryland, loudoun county, virginia, and if you're a viewer out to the west and to the north, you're likely under that wind advisory. the entire area going to see plenty blustery conditions. but the worst of the winds here will be off to the north and west, closest to our area of low pressure which continues to deepen. and right now the rain very quickly changing over to winter weather there across northern and central portions of pennsylvania. for us we're clearing out. we just showed you a live shot a few minutes ago. we have a nice sunrise and sh

it was a very brutal scene. >> reporter: police on friday arrested fredrick dozier after an anonymoustip. >> the biggest break in this case came from a tip that came in. and from that tip came a name, the first name. >> reporter: police say dna evidence ties dozier to the crime scene. the early morning assaults in june, december last year raised fear. police distributed this sketch of a suspect and a surveillance video and called in outside help. >> all told it was probably close to about 100 people and we had outside agencies. we had the fbi on board. we had people from quantaco, virginia on board. they were doing a profile. >> reporter: investigators say dozier worked for a recycling program but today ktvu confirmed he was also employed by the san francisco unified school district something he also posted on his facebook page. district officials say a full background check turned up nothing unusual he's now been fired. residents near the assault say they are relieved with the arrest. >> it's reassuring. i have to work every morning at 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. >> reporter: dozier is to be a

it was a very brutal scene. >> reporter: police on friday arrested fredrick dozier after an anonymoustip. >> the biggest break in this case came from a tip that came in. and from that tip came a name, the first name. >> reporter: police say dna evidence ties dozier to the crime scene. the early morning assaults in june, december last year raised fear. police distributed this sketch of a suspect and a surveillance video and called in outside help. >> all told it was probably close to about 100 people and we had outside agencies. we had the fbi on board. we had people from quantaco, virginia on board. they were doing a profile. >> reporter: investigators say dozier worked for a recycling program but today ktvu confirmed he was also employed by the san francisco unified school district something he also posted on his facebook page. district officials say a full background check turned up nothing unusual he's now been fired. residents near the assault say they are relieved with the arrest. >> it's reassuring. i have to work every morning at 4:00 to 5:00 a.m. >> reporter: dozier is to be a

down to fredrick, and further south a little bit of sleep beginning to mix in across extreme portions of region. what do we expect from this tomorrow afternoon? to the north of city, mix to ice to rain maybe staying as freezing rain. one to three inches up there. about a trace of an inch here to d. c. mainly rain south of the region. we do have winter weather advisories into effect just going to effect. and all through the morning tomorrow. all across much of the state of maryland. southern portions of the eastern shore and much of delaware, not under any advisories. mainly because of rain in the region. i'll have the very latest on the storm on what saturday will bring. we'll have the full forecast in just a few minutes, denise. >> wjz13 is always on, check in for first warning weather coverage and live doppler radar any time. log on to wjz.com. >>> developing news in west baltimore. police are searching for a killer, two men were shot tonight. one went to the hospital before police arrived. police aren't releasing any other details. >>> a 7-year-old and 10-year- old were trapped in

area we only saw a little bit of light flurry activity in western maryland around hagerstown and fredrick early this morning. so for the rest of today breezy and chilly, clouds returning for thursday, cold again on friday, and the weekend looking to be milder with a chance for some showers. wind gusts, take a look at this, 33 in downtown, 35 in gaitersburg, even leesburg 39, almost 40 miles per hour. so it is blustery out there, our patio furniture and cushions were all over the place this morning. right now temperatures in the lower 40s in downtown, but just 37 in gaitersburg, out toward cumberland down to 32 degrees. you factor in that cold northwesterly breeze, it feels much colder. 20s in cumberland, even oakland, down to nine, single digits in washington. here 33, gaitersburg 30, laray 29. definitely a day you want to bundle up because it is cold. here's a look at the futurecast. now, we're not worried about snow showers or any precipitation today. tomorrow, though, a different story. we see increasing clouds, then this storm system here bringing in snow mainly north of us. but becau

leonard, plump point, prince fredrick, you folks in cal bert county, you will get that. there's another shower up to dahl gren maybe in another 30 minutes or so. we got some action now, but looks like it's going to be much more active later on this afternoon and tonight. look how cool it is. i'll step out of the way and you can see the cold temperatures still in the mid- 30s but above freezing in the shenandoah valley, still 32 in cumberland and petersberg, so there could be some icing in isolated there. we're in the mid-40s right now, as we look outside at our michael and son weather cam. visibility not that bad with the light rain and a temperature of 45. dewpoint 37, so with the rain, we'll cool a little bit and then come on back and the winds right now they are light and calm. snow up in the northern plains a sign of the colder air moving in. and then look at all of this rain that is is across the tennessee and ohio valleys. carolinas, this is all going to lift toward us and that's why i'm anticipating a rather wet evening. so the commute later. you're at work, that

specht mentioned, president eisenhower named the first white house staffer of color, fredrick moony. there are still tallies on white house staffers of color because those jobs are pretty hard to come by and, you know, the numbers are noticeable when you've got that small a pool. but there were a number of other things the eye sen houfers both brought to the white house that provide further clues as to the contribution that is would be provided by his service. they walked the walk. they wouldn't go to theaters that were segregated. in fact, they took that a step further and the president brought in the studio heads eventually to the white house to tell them that segregated movie theaters really had no place in our country. he had appointments in cabinet agencies that reflected his willingness to provide these opportunities for people of color. bill coleman served on a commission that president eisenhower created chaired by branch ricky. branch ricky had integrated baseball by bringing jackie robinson in. i was excited to see -- i'm staying in junction city and jackie robinson did his

this is fredrick county. going back toward the valley here. winchester, north on 81, it's wet. and up north, it's also really chilly. temperatures only 39. contrast that down south, onshore flow keeping it at 48. the richmond 58. a couple peeks of sunshine through the overcast. and the current temperature of 50 under cloudy sky, calm wind and the dew point which is is the mid-30s this morning have crept up to the low 40s. a sign of the moisture increasing. and all of it is going to increase in a big way tonight. you can follow this piece of energy out of texas. here it is here, and it's moving up toward arkansas, eventually tennessee. and the response is the massive squall line into alabama. tornado watch until 5:00 local time through western florida as well. that's going to head towards georgia. and some will be what we're dealing with tonight. and with the right energy, it's not out of the question that we get a rumble or two of thunder around here. the futurecast, the rain showers most prevalent up to the north and west of us. mid-afternoon, not too badly. into the latter pa

. >>> the search is on this morning for a person in fredrick county who shot and killed a puppy. here's a picture of heidi, the 7-month-old golden retriever, killed near middleton. that's a town that's on the owner's property on station road. animal control says three other golden retrievers were found on that property unharmed. the shooter could face animal cruelty charges. anyone with any information is asked to call animal control. >>> some marylanders are now fighting mad this morning over a proposed gas tax in the state and they want governor martin o'malley to know about it. americans for prosperity will be in three places in the baltimore area tomorrow protesting this hike. it's going to include here at york road and seminary avenue in talson. governor o'malley wants to jack up the gas tax 16 cents a gallon and it will happen over the next three years. >> every time you fill up or get goods or services that's dependent on using gasoline, you're going to be paying more in the future, a lot more, and right now it's the wrong decision in a recession. >> it's not just here in

and, of course, the most significant posting was e fredrick murrow as the an minute stray tiff assistant to the president. you cannot organize with the fact that black faces appeared where none had ever been before. now, the important distinction that must be noted is that while eisenhower's support for the political and economic rights of blacks was clear and unwavering, his endorsement of their right to social equality was, indeed, often weak and hesitant. in a revealing letter to the presidential committee chairman, eisenhower suggested that one of the guiding doctrines of the rm party should be, quote, equality of all citizens before the law. meaning the political and economic right of no citizen should be jeopardized because of his race or his new jersey. the obligation of the law was to protect social rights. but in ike's view those words were open to interpretation. and debate. in expressing these views the president agreed he was addressing the most important concerns of blacks. as sherman williams said eisenhower disagreed with his brother friends. he, eisenhower believed that t

the children now attend tobert elementary and the plan would send them to fredrick douglas which is nowction. the lawsuit says the school board did not consider proximity or community and that it ignored better options for student population and diversity. >> other board member said she voted for it because it made the most sense and no communities were split up. well that was false. >> there were non-public hearings done here, we did hearings in leesburg, put out notices in english and spanish ahead of time, they were well attended, all plans were posted on the website so this was a fair boundary process. >> the school systems public information officer says in order for the board to reconsider the decision it would have to redo the entire procedure, including another four months of public hearings. >>> today the late football coach joe paternox was remembered at penn state. >> and there's so many people that want to honor him, but for me personally, it was an honor to know him. >> thousands, thousands of mourners came to pay their respects creating a very emotional scene in happy vall

fredrick, gaithersburg, over to leesburg and down to fredericksburg, put it into motion and by noon mostf the showers across the bay, a few lingering showers into southern maryland, we begin to see clearing skies and good news for the skiers. this is still a good ski weekend, even though we raised temperatures in the metro area, you'll see snow tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night and they will be able to make snow much of the weekend and snow should continue in there even into saturday morning, so still a good weekend to go skiing. as far as we're concerned a few clouds come back on saturday and that is just about it, all in all a pretty nice looking weekend. overnight looks like this. looking at mostly cloudy skies, windy and warm with showers maybe a thunderstorm toward dawn, low temperatures around 50, winds increase, gusting and really looking at temperatures rising and that warm front is just to our south now. in the morning windy and warm, showers and storms ending, and temperatures in the 50s, winds west southwest at 10-20 and gusting and then by afternoon, becoming partly cloud

like 24 into calston, good morning to you, 27 in sparrow's point and 24 into annapolis. 20 into fredrick. as we check out the fact that we are going to warm up as we go throughout the day, but it will be a little bit colder than it was yesterday as that cold front slices through the area. i'm forecasting a high today right around 38 degrees. let's send this over to angela. she has your traffic. good morning. reporter: good morning to you, lynette. a check of those making the drive from the eastern shore this morning. if you plan to travel westbound 50 crossing the bay bridge with no interruptions and continuing through the state capital all the way to i-97, we do have 50 looking pretty good for you this morning. now, for those of you making the drive from hourt county on i-70, it's clear all the way over to u.s. 29. 29 southbound is where you'll see your heaviest delays, making the drive all the way down to maryland 32. of course the west side of 695 as we continue to see bottleneck traffic on the west side, this is liberty road with the outer loop lanes on the left side. those delays co

now, charley, into baltimore, we can see over into d.c., right around 29, easton 30 degrees, 21 in fredrick and feeling like the teens into pennsylvania this morning. so the satellite and radar not picking up on a whole lot this morning. we do have a few clouds trying to stream in the area this. is one of the reasons why temperatures are being held up this morning because we don't have those clear skies. we're pretty much insulated. still cold, it's going to get colder as we go throughout the day, though. the reason why, you see it right here, this cold front is going to be moving through the area as we go through the morning time frame and high pressure is also going to try to build in. this will start to slide off, though, all the way into the atlantic. once it does that, we'll start to get an onshore flow, and so we will have a moisture source, we have a cold source and then our next moisture source is definitely going to be coming from the gulf of mexico. so all of the scenarios are in place for us to get a wintery mix as we go through tonight. so let's see what future trend holds for u

fredrick there at 24 degrees this morning. while we're watching this band the clouds enhance across our region, the main storm track is well to our north. we'll be in the benefit of some mild air. temperatures back into the mid- 50s this afternoon and we'll talk about that weekend outlook in just a moment. here is angela with traffic. reporter: on the roadways for your friday morning, drive in baltimore and around the city off to an excellent start for the most part. got a problem on the east end shore, but we'll get to that in just a moment. first let's get our first live look at traffic flow on i-95. we're at 95 and maryland 175 and we're good to go both north and southbound making the drive down to the capital beltway or northbound heading up to 695. here's i-97 in glen burnie, 97 traffic moving freeley here at route 100. we may have some rubbernecking if you're coming in on 50 eastbound from the eastern shore. this is 50 at route 8, but the problem is at 50 and the 301 split in the westbound lanes. got a lane closure for a

the ann arbor finding us sunshine throughout the afternoon, nice finish to the day to the westin fredricksimilar scenario here and how about the naval academy, plenty of sunshine throughout the after noon and take a look at maryland power, it's crystal clear, five sweeps show not a thing and we think it will show nothing throughout the weekend. there will be some changes from saturday to sunday but you'll like the trend friday into saturday as these chilly temperatures tonight will quickly warm up tomorrow, we've got almost no wind to deal with the next couple of days, although to get a little breezy by sunday and our highs today you could see we're well into the mid 40s, we actually hit 50 down in regan international and d.c. so that was the warm spot across the area. tomorrow we're at several degrees to that, i think we'll make 55 or so, locust point look for 53 and as you go a little bit further south toward the state capitol, 56. not bad, right? 57 in parole. jamie is screaming t-time, time to cut out of work early and hit the golf course. few clouds, that's the deal. dry conditions,

this morning if you live in northern baltimore, and portions of the northern fredricks and southern p.a. you probably got 1/3-quarter, half an inch in some spots then it was gone. although some -f it was in the afternoon -- although some of it was in the afternoon in the shade. take a look at temps right now. not too bad. but it's still just about as close to normal as this point. 39 here, 36 in oakland. 42 patuxton. some spots have jumped into the 50s and that is moving in our direction. very dry air. dewpoints only 15 degrees. it's very dry. tonight temperatures will get into the 40s for quite a while. probably up to 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, it's going to start warming up rapidly. 42 in annapolis and dc at 43. 45, 30 today. the average now still is 42 and 25. and the record 72. it won't get that warm but 72 and four below zero, 1873. the wind is beginning to make a switch. temperatures out here in the 50s and 60s. kansas city right now 64 degrees. up in bizmark it's in the mid- to upper 40s. pretty amazing. to our north a little snow with the warm air riding over the cold air. a lit

we ended up with temperatures into the 50s. 54 at the airport. 54 in lees burg, and culpepper and fredricks burg coming in at 53 degrees. it was a gorgeous day across the area, and a nice night right now. 51 degrees the current temperature out there this evening. winds out of the southwest at nine miles per hour. we have a storm out there. not picking it up right now, we're all clear right now. watch what happens when we move to the south and west. out there right now a pretty big storm. here's the main storm itself, a lot of moisture coming out of the gulf of mexico here, this is all going to make its way to us in the next 24 hours or so. 51 right now in washington. 58 in lees burg, here's the cold area down toward culpepper, 43 degrees. we're going to see a cool night tonight. then we'll see those areas of rain by tomorrow afternoon. so we have the nice weather right now moving our way. here comes that area of low pressure making its way right across the area. tomorrow afternoon we're going to see the rain move in around 11:00 or 12:00. very heavy rain potentially tomorrow afternoon, righ

the 43-year-old man got lost in gamble state park near fredrick. tonight derek valcourt explains how simple technology helped save his life. >> reporter: this may look like just a blank white screen but it's actually an app that turns an iphone into a flashlight and it saved one man from spending new year's eve lost on the mountain. with miles and miles of trails, gambrel staid park is an ideal place for hikers. casick and his dog boo went for a hike. he started on the black trail, switched to the yellow trail but ended up on a blue trail. >> at what point did you realize you were lost. >> reporter: i told my wife i wasn't lost, but i guess i was. >> reporter: casick still had his iphone signal and enough battery life. >> i >> reporter: casick was able to wave his phone in the air, the rescuers spotted the light and sent in help. >> what lessons do you take away from this? >> flashlight in the bag, you always have to be ready. >> reporter: casick is thankful he was rescued and still was able to attend the new year's party. the ordeal did not stop h

fredrick dosier faces several charges. his court appointmented attorney says he needs more time to prepare. >> there's a lot of information that i need to receive still from the d. a. i basically have nothing. >> dosier is being held without bail and is set to return back to court next month. he faces life in prison if convicted of all the charges against him. >>> some of the big tech companies are joining forces in creating something called sf city. ktvu's mike mibach tells us the group has big plans. >> reporter: tech companies all splashing into san francisco politics. >> we represent the new economy in san francisco. >> reporter: his name is ron conway. a republican and silican valley investor who alongside ed lee introduced what is called sf city. an interest group that says is built to give advice and lend tech expertise to city government. from budget issues to unemployment. >> we're not weaving around in san francisco. we're going to create our own culture, create our own obligations. create and support an industry

resident fredrick butler initiating this effort to have you recalled and council chairman kwame brown, are you concerned about that effort or the impression that that effort gives to other people about what's going on in washington? >> well, first of all, i'm continuing to do my job and people should know this is a gentleman who support the previous mayor -- supported the previous mayor, fenty, was very involved in his campaign, he was involved in his write-in campaign that occurred even before the general election over a year ago, so i think it's important to put it in context. frankly, when you read the two paragraphs that you submitted, it's gibberish, it's very difficult to even understand what it is that he's even talking about. tony, we're going to continue our work, the work we set out to do. we've made a lot of progress. the city's audit will be coming out in just a couple of weeks, i think people will be pleased with that, unemployment is down, we saw an 18% reduction in homicides in calendar year 2011, education efforts are moving forward, we've got a lot of efforts going on

. >> alexis fredrick says she's certain she saw casey anthony. >> i know it was her. >> and she's nothere was a white car with what appeared to be casey anthony hiding her face. and she took her hand down for a split second. >> reporter: anthony's whereabouts have remained a mystery since the 25-year-old was acquitted last summer of murdering her 2-year-old daughter caylee. >> very excited. >> reporter: two online diaries that recently surfaced gave no clues as to her locations. but anthony is still serving probation in florida. now, rumors are spreading that she's been lying low at this church in palm city, two hours south of the orlando. if she's in town, residents haven't exactly laid out the welcome mat. >> get out of martin town. too many kids, nice quiet place and not so quiet since everyone found out she's been here. a lot of chaos. >> and there's no greater place -- >> reporter: online reports say she's getting refuge and spiritual guidance from a pastor and award winning christian musician. >> the table in the back with the pastor of the church. >> reporter: he has never conf

she's charged with brutally stabbing her husband, lieutenant commander fredrick trayers, two years ago. it marked the end of a tragic love triangle and may send his wife to prison. nbc's mike taibbi has the details. >> reporter: jennifer trayers sometimes cried in court. emotional over the photos of her late husband, or of the crime scene. and over the testimony of the other woman, danielle rollins, who testified about her love of a married man. >> he seemed to be eager to have a future with me. >> reporter: on december 5th, 2010, the chance with any future with lieutenant commander trade trayers ended. colleagues alerted plips he was missing. at his college jennifer trayers was bleeding and her husband dead. ten stab wounds in all. one early and fatal thrust directly into his heart. still, jennifer's defense attorney said, she continued her frenzied attack, not thinking rationally. >> i fully believe that you will vote not guilty on murder, but guilty on voluntary manslaughter. >> reporter: but the prosecutor says it was murder, not manslaughter. and twice the maximum prison sentence,

the accident was at fredrick road and has been cleared, but traffic is still delayed from 795 throughegion. and getting reports of slow traffic eastbound i-70 from route 32 over to u.s. 29. once you get on 29, not too bad, especially southbound here at 108. and headed into downtown, all lanes open. a look at southbound at coal spring lane will delays start headed into downtown. and now for your local update. >> thank you. >>> today the mtda will host a open house detailing the transition into the ez pass. the meeting is this morn at 10:00. the bridge passes will cost $10 for unlimited crossing starting in february. and the price will include the $20 a year in july 2013. >>> and the price to park at baltimore's penn station could be on the rise after a vote today. the parking authority is proposing raising the rate from $200 to $210. >>> let's head back to "good morning america" in new york. have a great day. >>> can you breathe? >> we got. >> we got you, buddy. we got you. you're good. >> that is john swanson, buried alive by an avalanche. his friends trying to dig him out as quickly

the beltway, your triple around 695, going to run into some pocket delays between liberty road and fredricknd on congestion making the drive southbound 83 as you head into downtown. late send it back to new york for more "good morning america." >>> after that stunning cruise disaster off the italian coast, there's a new spotlight on the floati ining vacations and the parties on board. chris cuomo will take us on the cruise ships gone wild. >>> and shocking news for the skiing world, sarah burke, fearless competitor, has died after suffering an injury in a training exercise. she landed squarely on her feet. it wasn't a crash. fell and hit her head. was wearing a helmet. >> just the wrong spot. >> so hard. >>> look at these soon-to-be moms heading up mountains. they're taking pregnancy workouts to new heights. cameron mathison has more on that. >>> the latest on the deadly love triangle in the hands of the jury. andrea canning has the latest on this. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the closing arguments were explosive. the prosecution said nanette johnst johnston's ability to control

in a fredrick douglas republicans. have respect for the constitution, respect for life. i believe in personal responsibility and limited government. that is what he talked about. i am not suggesting you do not use the word conservative, but make sure you define the word first. frederick douglass is how we can take the conservative message to the black community. a self-proclaimed republican. that is how we will save this country and get us back to our constitutional conservatives. >> i am going to go out to the next question. since congressman jordan is not here yet, i will allow sheriff clark to take his turn and segue from the comment that you just wanted to make. i want to make a mention about jim jordan because when you talk about the republican party, he is exactly right. there is a branding and marketing problem. at this point, there is no excuse. congressman jordan heads up the republican study committee. they are doing everything they can to try to make a difference with us as african americans to try to write what has broken down -- to right what has broken down

fredricksburg is 41 degrees, that's amazing, 25-degree temperature difference between fredrick and fredricksburgsee that very often. open it up for you a little bit, the colder air off to the north and west, columbus is 34, detroit 33 degrees. that colder air will start to work in later today on some very brisk winds. so it'll be gusty out there later today. even with sunshine this afternoon our winds will be gusting to about 35 miles per hour. nice weekend, cooler by sunday, monday. >> kids gotta hurry up to get to the bus stop. >> active morning. take the necessary precautions. >> i gotta call home right now. >>> let's go to julie wright and find out what's going on on the roads, how this is affecting everything out there. hey, july rhode julie. reporter: a lot going on. a portion of mid county road blocked off at midfield and washington grove because of a crash. we had the accident activity along southbound 355. southbound 270, no incidents to report, starten to loosen up just a bit leaving germantown, and then the crash here southbound 355 here at alta vista, that's still in play with only t

. >>> there is a new reward to catch a puppy killer in fredrick. police are trying to find the person who shot and killed a 7- month-old golden retriever. he was hit three times in a yard. the humane society is offering $2,500. >>> today's exclusive first warning weather forecast is beautiful. we are looking at 62 degrees. partly sunny. pretty mild out there. tonight, 33 degrees. partly cloudy skies and tomorrow -- 49. cooler, but we will see sunshine. th,,,,,,,,,,,, ♪ >>> welcome back to "the early show." i'm john miller. >> and i'm rebecca jarvis. good morning, john. >> good morning. >>> ahead this half-hour a real stunner in a peruvian courtroom as joran van der sloot prices prosecutors with an request. >> and anti-obesity ads they say send the wrong message. >> and the nfl playoffs start today. james brown will look into his crystal ball and tell us who he thinks will advance to the top round. a hotly contested weekend coming up, john. >> on friday, joran van der sloot is charged with the murder of 21 yearly stephanie flores, a pa revi p citize