the victim is from baltimore but works in the hartford county area. >> some point the victim said she was unconscious and was taken to the hospital. >> reporter: she said she remembers seeing a man with these features before she was assaulted. right now detectives aren't calling him a suspect, just a person of interest. >> at this point we aren't comfortable saying they should be worried about this individual but perhaps this individual could take us to a person that we should be concerned about. >> reporter: detectives have spent the week taking the sketch to the businesses and about four thousand people who have signed up for e-mail updates the hartford county sheriff's office will also get the sketch. if you have information you are asked to call the hartford county crime solvers, you could be eligible for up to a $2,000 reward. cheryl connor. >> radar very carefully this evening and interesting to see what could be a few flurries in part of the area. take a look right now. you can see where we have been spotting just a little bit of maybe light snow activity, its right into hartfo

. >> people in hartford county raised thousands of dollars for a teacher after learning she was dying of cancer. they now tell us she was never sick. how does this information come out? >> a school employees who became suspicious of the teacher contacted the hartford county sheriff's deputies. charges are pending. the alleged fraud was reported december 12. deputies have not released the teacher's name. >> concern for a teacher at baker field elementary has changed toanger. co-workers who gave financial support now wonder if they were duped. >> what i can tell you is that we had a victim of reported to our agency that there was a co- worker who was stating that she had cancer, and this victim and several of her co-workers allegedly were giving the suspect monies for necessities. >> hartford county sheriff's deputies are investigating a case of possible fraud. a 24-year-old teacher is accused of telling school employees that she had cancer, and struggled to provide for herself. >> the detectives need to complete their investigation to determine what crime was committed. >> co-workers r

people making the accusations are other hartford county school employees. after raising thousands of dollars, they learned the teacher was not sick at all. >> we are told that charges are pending. sheriff's deputies have not released the teacher's name. they are the beginning of their investigation. the alleged fraud was reported december 12 by a school employee. >> concern for a teacher at baker field elementary school has changed to endure. co-workers -- has changed to anger. co-workers wonder if they were duped. >> we had a victim of reported to our agency that there was a co-worker that she worked with who was stating that she had cancer. this victim and several of her co-workers allegedly were giving the suspect monies for necessities. >> hartford county sheriff's deputies are investigating a case of possible fraud. she is accused of telling employees that she had cancer and struggle to provide for herself. >> right now, the detective to complete their investigation to determine what crime was committed. >> co-workers raised approximately $10,000. duri

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. >> eye hartford county teach era accused of telling a terrible lie. more on the woman who may have faked cancer. >> welcome home. >> welcome home. smiles, kisses and a lot of happy tears. we will look where these men and women are home just in time for the new year. >> and a cold night but mildler weather. the news saturday are starts right now. >> new tonight she said she had cancer. they made sure her rent was paid, even bought her groceries and they even held fund-raisers only to find out. >> it was all a hoax. friends of the teacher have gone to police saying she operated a scheme. now investigators will determine if charges will follow. this picture and others gave them enough to go to police. it's when they realized their friend identified only as a 24- year-old hartford county teacher was well and had faked cancer for two years. >> she was saying she needed help with rent and flights to areas to get treatment. >> reporter: back to january 2010 when a police report said the unnamed suspect started telling people that she had cancer. overtime she

this week a man in hartford called the sheriff's department. he had a friend who thought she had seen the man in the picture on tv. that helped investigators track him down to a motel in aberdeen and police arrested him last night. >> sharing of information and with the help of all the media just -- didn't have a chance. >> reporter: okay. gill being held on that warrant for theft but he can expect to be charged soon by the other counties where police say the crimes happened. is he also out on parole. that could by revoked he was on probation from a federal violation in virginia. a lot of agencies want a piece of him but for now he is being held here. abc 2news. >> and two police officers are on administrative duty after allegations of misconduct. both officers are both women and part of the mounted unit meaning they work with the department's horses. the investigation was first reported on twitter by the blogger named baltospectator. they are accused of doing something inappropriate off duty in august. now the accident trying to figure out wha

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence. some of our small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >>> i know a lot of you can't forget about that horrible story where a girl was left lying on the road. remember that? a similar incident has happened and this time it was a very similar response. she appears to be reluctant. the adults walk away and some people feel they rushed to their aid but you can see the girl being pulled underneath the veal unscathed. she was taken to the hospital and released without serious injury. a lot of comment on chinese social media. one writes, thank you for letting us see the good human nature has not totally disappeared. another writes, thank god the girl is alive. what is wrong with this mom? how can she leave the child alone in the middle of the road? all of this brings back the hour rick give scenes in october then a young toddler was struck not once but twice and people left her alone no one following her to and later that ch

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence.t some of our small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >> welcome back to the jeep postgame show. in el paso, the hyundai sun bowl goes to utah and the guy that scored the winning touchdown. tracy: congratulations, john. what a game. talk about the way this team was down in this game and fought through until that final touchdown. >> man we fought for it, man. that is all we need to do. we were down by two touchdowns. jon hays, what a wonderful throw to d-chris. everybody had my back. i thank the team for being a family to me. tracy: what about you, the single season all-time rushing record. >> it means a lot to me and more to the lineman and the tight ends and the receivers that block their butts off. tracy: congratulations, enjoy. >> thank you. >> their first bowl victories. there are other bcs bowls on your radar. the rose bowl. how do you see that? >> it will be interesting. oregon and wisconsin. third and fourth m

hartford county lawmaker's crack down on towing companies. the delegate actually took the sheriff to court claiming he was helping the companies extort. >> reporter: to hear him tell it tow companies hold on to the person property in the cars they tow to try to force people to pay high fees to get them back. >> more and more people are moving in to the county and preforming more and more acts against the public. this isn't about me. >> reporter: his battle is also a personal one. following a crash he went to this towing company and demanded his property including the tags his vehicle. the owners say when they told him they couldn't release them until the bill was paid he tried to pull weight saying he was a state lawmaker and he threatened to call the sheriff and have them arrested. when the sheriff didn't bite claiming was a civil matter the delegate took him to court. >> it's not -- it's a ridiculous lawsuit. if you read it is on behalf of the hartford county delegation. it's abuse of power. he is -- filing as ayodele gate. if he filed it a

. >> in hartford county mother worries about her side and wants products like this fake marijuana band. the dangerous chemical that we found inside. >> a few scattered showers bring colder air into the mid atlantic region. right now, is unseasonably warm. >> the wind is still out of the southwest, changes on the way. >> governor martin o'malley has won concessions as a condition of his support for the merger of consolation energy. the settlement includes a pledge to develop more natural gas, when, and solar power. it will reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases and increases the safe renewable energy portfolio. >> of the commitment to investment $1 billion in this economy will create, we estimate, 6000 jobs. >> customers will also get a $100 credit on their bill if the public service commission approves the deal. the principal teacher evaluation system is in the works. it will raise the principals and teachers based on school performance. nine systems have given the new model a trial run. the effect of this council made up of teachers, unions, state lawmakers all agree that the

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence.me of our small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >> [crowd noise]. >> verne: louisville by 8 with 3:54 to go in the ballgame. timeouts 1 and 1. and louisville with 12 team fouls. possession arrow still memphis. a big, big game. >> clark: they call him russ. but i call him boulder buckles. he put together in kind of performance in limiting playing. 10 points in the 2nd half. 6 rebounds and 11 minutes of playing time. that's making the most of your opportunities. >> verne: will barton at the free throw line. 13 of 17. make it 13 of 18. >> clark: they missed a couple of key free throws. any time you are trying to get back and the team is putting together a run on you, one way to stymie that is to knock down free throws. you have the clock stopped. every miss is magnified when you are trailing by now 7. >> verne: crawford picks up siva. 3 on 3 numbers. >> clark: this is when louisville is so tough. siva is crafty and cl

that includes areas from ohio to albany up to hartford. i mention the winds are gusty. winds gusting to 37 in boston. 23 in new york. 35 in philly. well away from the center of the storm. we're seeing a blustery morning. the cold air has moved in. windchills in the 20s in most areas. it's a blustery day. winter coat and glofs for the first time in about a week. temperatures this morning compa compared to this time yesterday, about 22 degrees colder in new york. 23 in d.c. our dose of reality has returned. much of the country is feeling chilly. it finally looks a lot like winter in december. as far as we go, the storm is existing. things will improve today into the weekend. >> thanks. >>> banks rise. boeing makes peace. what makes a perfume cost $1 million? that's straight ahead. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up! ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. how about both? with covergirl lashblast fusion. our biggest brush meets our fiberstretch formula for a blast of volume and

another accident on south street and we have the flooding on south bound hartford at east 25th. heading out on the beltway, the speeds up to par. there is a live look outside at the west side. the outside loop is getting busier. maybe a brake light or two. the traffic report is brought to you by toyota and they have your car and your deal and now is the time to make the jump to toyota when you buy. >>> appearing live, mike and dan! >> you know, where mike and dan are, that is the place, regardless of what establishment we are at. wanted to let you know about that! >>> you have been picked, what is the title? >> we have a local hero and dan is our local hero. >> we are giving him a nice gift basket with two pounds of coffee and a 25-dollar dounut gift card and the dounut swag! >> dan, picked and nominated by some people here in howard county and you have two tough jobs. >> i'm a middle schoolteacher and a reserve officer. >> you just got back from? >> kabul, afghanistan. >> how long were you there. >> almost a year. >> what was the toughest part of that? >> being away from my fam

a hartford county teacher who allegedly claimed she was dying of cancer is being accused of fraud. the people making the accusations? other hertford county school employees who said the teacher was never sick at all. >> a school employees who became suspicious of the teacher contacted hartford county sheriff's deputies. charges are pending. the alleged fraud was reported december 12. deputies have not released the teacher's name. concerned for a teacher at baker field elementary school has changed to enter -- anger. co-workers wonder if they were duped. >> we had a victim who reported to our agencies that there was a co-worker that she worked with who was stating that she had cancer. this victim and several of her co-workers allegedly were giving the suspect money for necessities. >> sheriff's deputies are investigating the case of possible fraud of the 24-year- old teacher. she is accused of selling -- telling fellow school employees that she had cancer and was struggling to provide for herself. >> detectives need to complete their investigation. >> co-workers raised approximately

baltimore northward up in to the county and hartford and cecil. you can see that area is cleared out. one other area of light snow into garret and if it holds together could bring a few more snow showers. don't expect much and a chilly flight with wind in the mid- 30s. feeling and looking like winter rest of this evening as the skies continue to darken. cloudy, 30s and again the chance for a few more flurries but we will talk about how much mildler it'll get toward the new year. >> the latest on the case of a 9-year-old whose dismembered body was found in indiana. school officials say she lived in western maryland earlier this year. they say she attended winter street elementary from january to june of this year. a neighbor who was babysitting her confessed to hitting her with a brick, stashing her remains in a freezer and dismembering the body with a saw. >>> for the first time in nearly two weeks police won't do a physical search for a maine baby now missing for two weeks. tj says while the trail is cold, the girl's parents are speaking out. >>

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence.r small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >> >> it's our first day at the military academy. >> step up to my line. >> the lowest class in roman society. >> i'm not smiling. i don't know why you're smiling. >> you're not civilians anymore. you are in the army. >> fourth class here. that means i basically have no privileges. >> about face. >> welcome to the "jeep postgame show." a reminder, tonight on cbs begins with "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." and "the flight before christmas," followed by "48 hours mystery." navy beat army for the 10th straight time 27-21. i'm joined by spencer tillman and aaron taylor. army was very competitive this time around. >> we talked about in the pre-game that this game delivers. the players play for the right reasons, with heart, commitment, integrity. but in the end, it was the defensive of navy and warrick making that big stop on fourth down that was the difference. and army, fourth

it does include hartford, mainly this is to the north and west. the only areas in the state with a winter storm concern is going to be western washington county out into garret. you can see the cold air punching in. as we get past nine or ten expecting a change over briefly. it'll probably have a

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence.t some of our small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >> welcome back to the jeep postgame show. in el paso, the hyundai sun bowl goes to utah and the guy that scored the winning touchdown. tracy: congratulations, john. what a game. talk about the way this team was down in this game and fought through until that final touchdown. >> man we fought for it, man. that is all we need to do. we were down by two touchdowns. jon hays, what a wonderful throw to d-chris. everybody had my back. i thank the team for being a family to me. tracy: what about you, the single season all-time rushing record. >> it means a lot to me and more to the lineman and the tight ends and the receivers that block their butts off. tracy: congratulations, enjoy. >> thank you. >> their first bowl victories. there are other bcs bowls on your radar. the rose bowl. how do you see that? >> it will be interesting. oregon and wisconsin. third and fourth m

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence.r small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >> >> it's our first day at the military academy. >> step up to my line. >> the lowest class in roman society. >> i'm not smiling. i don't know why you're smiling. >> you're not civilians anymore. you are in the army. >> fourth class here. that means i basically have no privileges. >> about face. >> welcome to the "jeep postgame show." a reminder, tonight on cbs begins with "rudolph the red-nosed reindeer." and "the flight before christmas," followed by "48 hours mystery." navy beat army for the 10th straight time 27-21. i'm joined by spencer tillman and aaron taylor. army was very competitive this time around. >> we talked about in the pre-game that this game delivers. the players play for the right reasons, with heart, commitment, integrity. but in the end, it was the defensive of navy and warrick making that big stop on fourth down that was the difference. and army, fourth

. >>> a 3-year-old hartford county boy was hit by a bb gun and this morning police are still looking for the person responsible. that family spoke with abc 2 news about the incident and corein redman has an update. reporter: a week ago evan miller and his mother cheryl were walking back from the school bus stop in their bel aire neighborhood when he was hit by something totally unexpected, a shot from a bb gun. it happened in the amclay east neighborhood after evan was hit by the bb gun, his mother quickly took him home and called 911. evan's mother described the scary incident to us. police are investigating the incident. they also issued a warning over bb guns. >> he was walking very slow, i was a couple of steps ahead of him. i heard a pop and he started to scream and grabbing his leg. i went back to him and pulled up his pant leg and he had a little round circle of blood. >> make sure you treat all guns as if they're loaded and also point them also in a safe direction. reporter: evan's parents also tell us they are thankful the situation wasn't worse. he recovered quickly from th

when cars get towed in hartford county, some companies are using the threat of buying -- of fines tot money, but also to withhold property. >> and he claims many are getting more and more brazen about it. >> the delegates actually took the sheriff in hartford county to court today. both sidesan hour, i' argue the merits of this case. the judge decided to dismiss this case with prejudice, which means it cannot be retried -- retried. this all started over two years ago when the state delegate says he was involved in an accident and his truck was towed here to t &s telling here in hartford county. he claims that they did not allow him to get his personal belongings and tax from the vehicle until the telling bill was paid. >> i wanted to get my state the laptop, my other property in the car, and my tax off the vehicle. they denied me. >> the delegate said he called the sheriff's office and was told they would not get involved, that it was a civil matter, and refuse to enforce what the delegates claims is state law. >> is it reasonable for an elected sheriff to turn around and say, i'm go

in the city still some rounds of heavy rain pushing up through hartford county. you can see the further north into cecil county that's on top of you. there are batches on rain. we are not finished when it eases there is more rain to come. this storm extends into the tennessee valley. let's show you the cause of the rain and the wind we have going on. coastal flood advisories in effect until 1:00 a.m. we have a winter weather advisory in effect for western parts of the state where this changes over to snow. for the rest of us this storm will leave us. as it does the winds intensify with gusts up to 40 miles per hour tomorrow. we'll have your full forecast coming up. >> thank you very much. be sure to stay with wjz. you'll find the forecast and track your weather in your neighborhood on your front page. >>> a decorated war hero in the tight of his life. the soldier who survived a suicide bombing in afghanistan is paralyzed after being shot at a homecoming party. the accused gunman is behind bars after turning himself into police. >> i put it on his dog tag. he left

. >> they had been walking east a few blocks east of hartford. he was hit. >> my husband came in and said call 911. i went to pray for him. >> neighbors tried to help but the boy's injuries were to severe. he was identified as 16-year- old ryan chase. >> in to the air and landed in to the westbound lane and was struck by another vehicle. >> reporter: police say this is the vehicle that struck him and this is the second one. the driver said she never saw anything, had no time to move. she only felt a large bump and pulled over. there is no indication speed contributed to the crash. several people in the area say cars travel to fast on putty hill using to pass the beltway. gene says she never lets her children walk here. >> i think it's horrible. especially near christmas with a child being killed. i would be devastated. >> reporter: they worry it'll get worse, construction is started on a road widening project. >> this is a walking area. kids up and down all the time  >> reporter: this section will go from two to four lanes. neighbors worried ab

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also getting reports of an accident in fallston at the very busy intersection of hartford road and 152 mountain road. making the drive on 29 past 108, southbound lanes very crowded now, still moving at posted speeds there. and on 95 passing route 100 you're going to see a lot of traffic in the north and southbound lanes. we checked in with the mta, light rail both northbound and southbound running about 20 minutes behind schedule. back to you, charley. >>> you can call it dij@ vu, a man opening fire with a gun on the virginia tech campus. it happened on the blacksburg main campus about five hours from baltimore and an hour southwest of roanoke. that's where we find abc's scott goldberg. scott, you're joining us live this morning. what is the feel as we begin to make it to first light? reporter: well, right now, charley, on the campus it's kind of a nervous feeling. the students yesterday had an impromptu vigil at a site of the memorial for the 2007 shooting, the worst massacre in u.s. history when 33 people including the shooter were killed. they came out here to remember -- or to thin

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hartford technical high school in churchville, 1.67. mount airy 1.58. just found out from mike isner 1.5 in siexville and lutherville coming in with just over an inch of rain. del marva, starting to fly off the coast. watch what's happening up the coast, snow in northern new england. they got themselves a lot of snow coming down and more where that came from. that same storm is going to crank up a lot of wind. and as we do dry things out today, we build in a partly cloudy sky. there will be winds gusting to 35 miles per hour, reaching our high of 53. 6:01 on the clock. let's check on the traffic once again here's angela. reporter: thank you, justin. good morning, everyone. on the roadways you're going to find some standing water in some spots, and, of course, slippery conditions, but not any major volume delays out there. let's get a check around some of our major roadways, traveling on i-70, looking good as you make your way to u.s. 29 where all lanes are open north and southbound 29 from 70 all the way to route 32. and for those of you heading into do

the potential cancer scam is being investigated in hartford county. at an elementary school, they may have been trickd into thinking that their co-worker was dying and may have been scammed from thousands of dollars. >> the school is closed for the holidays, but when school opens next week, a worker will face a fraud investigation. the sheriff's office said between january 2010 and this summer, the unidentified worker told others that she had cancer and the co-workers helped to pay for rent, groceries and even plane tickets to treatment centers. >> they were trying to help their co-worker that they thought she was in need, but one worker was suspicious, she told workers that it was a stage four and was in her lungs and she had a 15% chance of surviving and they sprung into action, they had a fundraiser and raised $10 million. >> it was said to the sheriff's office from the victim that this was happening to help raise money for a co-worker that said she had cancer. >> that is not something to play about. >> this is a former student at baker field. >> i

in the heart of hartford things are looking quiet, same deal in mt. airy, beautiful blue skies. in laurel, nothing but sunshine and a few high thin clouds. maryland's most powerful radar showing all clear. this is doing to hold up tonight, tomorrow, probably tomorrow night. things will begin to change has we go into thursday and especially thursday evening. right now temperatures across the state running in the low 40s. hagerstown, interesting set of numbers. ocean city at 33. cooler in york, pa. winds light and variable. not much of a breeze to deal with. high temperatures today did get over 50 degrees. this is about five to seven degrees above average. annapolis 51. humidity has been low, very dry air in place. you may have noticed that. tomorrow we look ahead. we find mostly cloudy skies over reisterstown and are arbutus. 53 in glenwood with a mex of sun and clouds. across the region a few fair weather clouds, more significant weather to the west. heavy showers coming down, places like western illinois and central missouri, but the rain not set to impact us anytime soon. we h

hartford road at mountain vista. kingsville and eastern avenue. let's take a live look. there is a look at 95 top of the forth mchenry tunnel. not a bad drive 95. >>> as crews get the norbar prep f.d.r. saturday night's party, we have more from what we can expect from the band. >> reporter: their sound is a mix of everything that makes you feel good. >> soul, heavy horn funk. >> reporter: in 2007 kevin started the band. an 18 horn and funk group from annapolis. >> i'm the horn section. in a way the leader. >> reporter: in a couple of days on new year's eve as fireworks light up the sky at the north harbor, his horns and the rest of the band will be blowing up baltimore's new year's eve bash. >> i'm excited. it will be huge. we played a couple of times before but nothing this big. >> reporter: the lead singer says he plans to belt out some of the bands original songs as well as popular cover. >> we try to do something for the young and the young at heart. >> we'll play funk, soul, r&b, we'll hit a little reagae. >> reporter: the guys don't mind the exposure. >> there will

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there were on their way to gainesville to retrieve a hartford transplant when the helicopter went down. the pilot was also killed. the >>grant: fire officials say a connecticut house where five people died in a christmas morning fire has been torn down. the mother was a prominent new york advertising executive and a man who works for the family made it out of the whole life. the woman's three young children and her parents died in that fire. a fire official says that the firefighters on scene tried to reach the family members on the second floor but intense fire and he drove them back. because of the fire is under investigation. >>gabe: the holidays are over, what do you do with your old gadgets? i will show you how to get cash safely >>grant: a contest were san mateo county residents can submit ideas for new laws. the congressman will take a winner in february. this will be the fourth year before the contest. >> in california, if you want a law passed, you can collect 400-5 for the signatures to go on the ballot for, 120 legislators can do it. people come up with great ideas and sugge

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. >> three helicopters have been brought to the scene of a serious crash in hartford county. fire officials were responding to route 1 where it meets an arlington just before 4:30 this afternoon. three people are being taken to shock trauma. groupon one is close in both directions. there is no word on the victims conditions. a big question throughout the weekend the robocall trial, will paul testify. we can tell you the answer is yes. the aide to former gov. eh rlrich took the stand. what he had t say in his own defense. >> he tell the jury he had nothing to hide. he did not try to suppress african-american votes. >> he took responsibility for authorizing the robocall in 2010, but he denied it was intended to keep voters home. it was written by henson, a political consultant -- consultant hired by the ehrlrich campaign. >> was there any discussion of ordered it suppression, his lawyer asked. >> know, we were trying to get 3000 to 4000 votes convincing people to leave their homes and go vote. he described the intent of the call as counter intuitive. getting black crossover vot

tomorrow morning, three, four, five, then from nine into three, yes we have a winter weather advisory, hartford, northern baltimore, carroll westward, couple slushy inches possible but i will tell you that's mainly going to be nonpaved surfaces, 40s well above freezing but overnight that's where we have the chance for some of that winter weather, more on the storm and how things shape up later this week. >> this is when you really need the app, the weather team with you no matter where you are. you get the hourly forecast, the weekend, the seven day plus radar go to the website to find a link. it's free for the i-phone and right now the new i-pad weather app is on sale for 99-cent. no also make us the first place to check for live traffic conditions during the night and for your morning drive. log onto abc 2news.com. you will get a live look at all the cameras and the list of any traffic problems to help plan out your trip. this is really good because -- they are all over western maryland. eastern shore, check it out before you leave the door. every winter will are delays or closings that could

reduce the winter weather advisers posted from hartford to no. baltimore counties. west of where it gets even worse as far as winter weather goes. western allegheny and garrett counties under a winter storm warning. right now it is a warm weather pattern along the coast. still seeing temperatures in the 60's all the way up to southern new england. 60's and 70's down to eastern north carolina. it's a whole lot colder to the west hovering around freezing in the mountain locations where the rig has already tense over to snow. iran the baltimore area it is heavy rain. we do expect a quick burst of snow here. more details on that coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you. you can join as half an hour earlier tomorrow for 11 news today. the latest on the storm and possible delays begins at 4:30 tomorrow morning. a special start time for allow the news today at 4:30. >> a special store we are following. two baltimore city police officers have been suspended amid allegations of misconduct. we are told two the ball officers have been placed on administrative leave because of

the hartford is here to back you up. helping you move ahead... with confidence.t some of our small business customers at: thehartford.com/business i don't think about the unknown... i just rock n' roll. >>> i want to welcome joe johns. we have this piece of video, very festive red tie. >> all ready for the holidays. >> ready for the holidays. >> little early. >> i heard about this video. we're about to do this together, right? so it's the time of year, people think about family, shopping, and parties, it's also the time people are tree decorating, baking cookies, and we're at the mall, we're hanging out. so if you're placing the candles in your window this year, make sure they stay put and do not fall when lit. >> that's a good idea. don't let the dogs run over them. >> that happened to you because -- >> this is not good. >> this is what you don't want happening with your menorah, folks. >> not a merry menorah. >> also, if you're like me -- by the way, this is the first year i've gotten out and gotten my own christmas tree. i've been a fan of the -- oh! >> now th

investigators say the gunman walked into the shop at the 2200 block of hartford road and demanded money and shot the owner. we're joined live in northeast baltimore with the latest. >> police have pictures of twos -- two possible suspects who may have been involved in the shooting a week ago today. the pictures of the men were taken at the liquor store. police say the pictures were taken just minutes before the shooting. according to witnesses, two men walked in around 7:00 last wednesday and announced a robbery and shots were fired. the owner of the shot for shot and i. police say the men in the theture this crowd -- describfi description. >> this is a heinous crime of right before the holidays. we're definitely looking to get these individuals off the street. >> we want you to take another look at the pictures of the men police are looking for. the victims survive but lost an eye in the shooting. police are offering a $2,000 for anyone with any information. reporting live a baltimore city police headquarters, wbal-tv 11 news. >> all -- baltimore protesters face a slew of charges after

we will get a brief shot of wet snow this is hartford, northern baltimore, carroll and howard.nts north and west of the city, you know an inch or two of slush and maybe closer to three. keep in mind a lot of that, even the areas will be the grassy areas and the rooftops because the ground is still well above freezing. well above freezing by 20 degrees. winds from the northwest at 13, visibility low. you can seat cold air on the march punching in, already dropping below freezing. hagerstown, the road temperature well above freezing wind from the north at ten to 13 right now. visibility reduce from all the rain mainly and some mist mixing in with that rain. highs today i want to point out in the low 60s, some 30 degrees above the freezing mark. that keeping the ground temperatures warm. we will get the change over. we are seeing it not just wet but in the high terrain areas, always enhances the snow fall. across east coast, the whole storm starting its push to the east. we are still on the mild side. lue see the cold air big time. toward daybreak tomorrow and as we look at that y

up i-95, new york, boston, hartford, later on today. we'll be dry in areas in the middle of the country. the storm is moving out. nice day in oklahoma city. still really no arctic cold air heading anywhere in the eastern u.s. the winter's in the u.s. >> don't jinx it for everyone on the east coast. >>> coming up, good news in the battered housing sector. authorities raid one corporate headquarters. which city is breaking the record for tourism? your early morning business headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, he's a much publicized student offscreen but has his grad school been cooking his grades? >>> one of college football's most prestigious programs and don mattingly like you've never seen him before, in a dress. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning and welcome back to "early today." i'm lynn berry. here are some of your top headlines this morning. kim jong un, kim jong-il's youngest son, has received a crucial endorsement from china as north korean's next leader. they are monitoring north korea for signs of instability

the baltimore city police and a maryland state police detectives as well as the state attorney for hartford county were the teens body was discovered. >> there are a lot of dedicated people in this case. we are not going to be specific about what that is. again, nobody is giving up on this case. >> again, we have not stopped. >> back in north carolina at the very school police shot barnes attended, loved ones gathered and planted a memorial garden. >> i am very grateful that -- for all of the things union the academy has done for my family and the love they have for felicia. >> in addition to celebrating the legacy, the gathering was used for a call for action. >> we have to work on the harder. the call to action is to work with the police and vice versa. >> the family led a purple candles to commemorate her memory, they believe justice will prevail when date for the family. >> we hope and pray the book on scene. >> this is still an ongoing investigation. if you have at -- information, give maryland state police a call. >> tragedy when a boy is killed in a crash. happened just before 3:00 o