joel d smith fox 45 morning news?t will get rid of your significant other for a price. and tell you that he is breakin3 up with you..3 on the fact that people are wan3 tt avoid breaking up so uch3 that they will pay. -our partner him or her for you. %-$$5 to call off an engagement and $50 for the dreaded divorceú call. %-that bring us to the questionf the day.3 what do you think of this? would ou ever ay someone to breakup with your signiiiiant %-we ill taae your caals later -his hour. you can go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think there are sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore.ú you can text your answer to 45003 and enter fox 45a for yes you're oing to use this site or fox 45b for no. >>> coming up they said that for -he president'' healthcaae3 reform plan, why a judge ruled that part of the legislation is unconntitutional. %-bso is having a holiday the >>hit theejackpot with a spectacular season. ú-hitting the holiday and this yeaa, vegas is coming to texas. i saw some furry friend

. >>> it s nottjust colldout, it's dangerously coldd ú-joel d smith ii live at the mn city shelter wherehave been exteeded and no one being ú%rned aaay today. >> reporter:: good morning, %-night and also tonight.last we are going to tell people about the many locations guilforddis one of thee and the main entrance street behind me is where people get in. ú%to 400 people last night and we expect to be bbsy again. definiiely this weather is a 8 people died from hyppthey hypa and because of a place like theseethey're trying to avoid that. we're inside where there areú many services for those who need a break from aal of thii cold weather. there's bed, hot meals and showers and ase management services. this is he firss cold blue night of the seeson.3 flow facilities and the code blue goes agaii tonight. the program is a god septemberr3 to thos!!-- god senttt those who survive the heat. >> nn ooe will be turned away regardllss to their conditionn it's our intention tooensure that anybody seeking shelter services does in fact rrceivess3 those services.3 %-communicating to the other 7 shelters

i road in last night with joel smith and he said with a wink and nunl, never turn down a trip to san francisco or new orleans. we have one still left. all right. i'm going to talk about a shared resource in the west and my first thing here is all important dividing line on the upper and lower basin colorado line. this photograph was taken lo 1880's and you will see the lower right, the founder. john lee is actually my grant grant grand father. you might think it's remarkable to be a descendant of the guy, but he had 21 lives and by my count about 2500 descendants right about now. let's go to the next. you probably all know the overview of the river. those that never heard of the colorado river let me give you facts. 7 states and two nations share it. the fastest growing part of the nation by percentage or numbers. including utah, arizona, and nevada and california just on sheer numbers. 8 percent of the land area in the united states and it has 60 million acre feet of storage and that's closest to the highest in the world relative to it's annual flow of 15 million acre flow a year. i

. >> i'm joel smith and i want to pick up on peters comments. i'm very impressed by this workshop on assessing the climate change and it begs the question, should all utilities or those officer time size be required to look at implications of climate changes over 30 or 50 - whatever the planning verizon is, the things peter is talking about. in britain and correct me if i'm wrong, their required to look at the long-term plan and suggest if their robust against a long term plan. i think it's making water managers look very seriously at this. i throw that out as a possibility. >> i'm at,mwah. they have asked me to lead our climate change commitment and people ask the same thing. what do we do? what are we doing? is this real? to synthesize and follow up, i like peters comments. one of this things we do when we talk to more and more people is seeing a transition from a world we were focused on and meeting a regulatory world and now we're being asked to look external and further from the small boundaries of our communities and where do we sit. some

joel d. smith in rosedale earlier as the first of 16,000,000 packages came in for >> wow, very busy today. >> santa has nothing on these overgrown elves. >> it will get ffll. i will leave aisle room but my shelvesswill be full. >> it is exciting. the folks are pumped up. ready to go. they are ready to make their christmas wishes come true. >> wishes of those running@ fed-ex. 16,000,000 shipments made monday.3 twicc the average daay 16,000,000 is a huge number but maybe think of it like thii. between thanksgiving and christmas, every second fee-ex sends out 86 different packagee or 1000 in the amount of time it takes me to say all of that. >> online retailers and dot coms and everybody going on the internettand shipping. of the increase, comes through those channels. >> that's whyythis is the busiest ay. but not the last one to@ guarantee delivery. -hey have until friday for ground deliver or december 23 t@ pay a higher price and ship it but with illions beinn shipped3 that means customers will make

joel d smith with what is could happen while this hearing3 %->> reporter: this is a process.sulttcould be yes, a complete heariig oo dr. medai or his license to practtceú accused of -g and really he ist >> none of these patients who have brought claims against tte bb st. joe in an unpreceeented pptients acknnwleeging respoonibilitt. >>> now medea has filed his oon lawsuut against st. joseph. st. joseph has reached a ú%ttlement asspprt of this inveetigatton. today's hearing s clooed to th3 reeommendations will be issued following the testimony.ú it's expected tt last a few weeks as well.., >>> there couud be a plea deal in the works in the murder of yeardlly love. she was found dead in her off campus partment t the university oo virginia n ay. george huuuely s accused of virginia says prosecutors do not plan tooass for the death penalty. %-not want the case to go todo trial. goes up in flamee.ty apartment this happened at half de greasee after 5 will bee 5:00. two frieeds and a firefighher were taken to the hospital. -ortunately non--f injuuies wer3 life-threatening. -o word o

the lawyer for the doctor, says his client will be vindicated but ttat is only one -ossibility.ú joel d smith live at st. jooeph's medical center with more on what will happen as today's special hearing beeins. good morning, joel. >> reporter: gooddmorninn, ú%for a long time.g will go on it could be a few weeks beforeh. it could be losing the license of being able to practice medicine here in the state of maryland. and the octor is being accused of fraud for what he ddddhhee aa the st. yoseph's medical center. we're talking about a board of ú%ysicians who have accusations. 2,000 surgeries is whaa they're ú%erations being reviewed and almoot 600 of them were ruled unnecessary byythh hospital. the guidelines are the patienns should only have be donn if the patient has a blockageeof 50% or more.ú he is accused of performing operations for blockages withú lesss han that. if it's true, it could be3 medicare fraud as well, costing the government millions of dollars in pay outs. the they are saying thattthe hhspital is offering him as a sacrificial lamb toocover up its own mistakes. >> i warned him

joel d smith is livv at the main city shelter where ours ave ú%en extended and no one being turned awayare you doing out there, joel.3 >> reporter: it's pretty cold right now, but the thhng ii we're getting breaks here and there. to stay.rtunate to haae a place for he homeless this is a tough time. ú%ar they had eight deaths that due to hype or hypothermia how s it last nightt >> reporter: here was 254 people and that is counting the mee, i ddn't now aaout the womenn it was a great thhng to have, a ú%on a daa when this is not ope, and it's a ccld bluee >> you got to tougg it oot and hope to find a place where to lay down n the sidewalk and hope you can find a warm blanket. some people got it a lot wwrse than others ann i'm grrteful to have a place to go. to get here on time, isnnt it? >> iffyou don't get here oo time. you awaa because they do not %->> reporter: right noo3 there's overflow places, wwen therr's code blue situations, there's overffow and you're okay. on a normal ay you can bee3 >> they have a vaa that will come and picc you up at 7:00 and %-leave you there at 6:00.r nd >>

joel d smith is at the main citt ttrned awwy. morning, joel, you were3 talling to some people and it's already getting filled up. >> reporter: people are getting ready to go out for date some people are wondering if they can get some heep in here. a lot of them ccoseeat 7:00 a..ú and overnight is when the code blue sstuation is important. this is david street side that we're on right now. let's taak a look. here and trying to stay warm.m this is a dangerous situation. last year innthe city eight people died from hypothermia. now places like these are open. insiie many services are there, people are needing to break tot, %-for the first code bbue nightf the season, 10 shelters were opened for the season, and several others on wednesday night the program is a god sent to thoseewho have been trying to survive on their own without heat, especially the homeless. >> i'' heee because i'm hhmeless. >> no one will be turned away regardless of their condition. it'ssour intention to ensure that anybody who is seeking sheller services does in

we are going to check in with joel d smith and give us paccing ttps from the expeets. >> reporter: these thee11 mmllion packages that going to be going everywhere around the wwrld today. here to makeesure thatú everything is going smooth in our aaea paul. aal of this. └> surr am. ú% >> reporter: staffing wise how is today ddfferent?3 %-today we'reerunnnng a tuesday sccedule which meann we're going to bring in the extra people to handle the extra volume that arr going to cooe. >> reporter: the poot ors is next week and ups is next week..33 >> today 50% oofour value commng thrrugg smart post wwich s oor more econnmical service ttat goes through the poss office in the last mmle. plus e have fedex ground and our fedex eepress volume all ú% coming from the retailers. >> reporter: got it of weatherr n our area today in the northeast, a lot more. we aw what happened in miinesota, how is that affectingeeerything today? >> we ot a team of meeeorologgst, fortunately in memphis that looks at the weather, racks the weatherrand %-all over the ystem that moves3 the volume forward aad minimize delays..

how are they handling that work we sent joel d smith to rosedale to show ussand giie us packing ttps oing oou won't >> no blame, no bbame. >> repooter: it's goong to be a biddy day for.ú this is the day when verybody is trying to get their stuff to the fammliis. -e will do everything!!!! everything theyycan3 to get the packages there. >> reporrer: what is the attitude of the peoole that are ú% yyu deliveeing packages to todayy the kids are waiting sometimes we have people elivvred to and -t so happens that i'm etting there before the kids get home from school. ú% >> rrporter: very smart. >> a gooddthing for them..3 >> reporttr:: what does it feel like toddy will be a hiisoric day or youuguys. are youuhhndling today any different? >> no. anything ike hat. >> we're doing good. >> reporter: they're readdú%-for a historic day but they're treating ike every day else. ú% yoouhave tehnically until december 23rd and that is the same for the postal serviceú and ups but today is tte -istorrc day, they're talking -bout 16 million pieces oing through the stime system rain r ssine. >>> amazing, tt

%-physically can be fixed with r but as joel d. smith reports, it is not ttat simple hen it comes to the effect on the oul. %-tell the story.jjckets, faccs in more than a wwek, three major fires, tested firefighters in many wayy. first a fiie on the block. %-sending people fleeing to the3 streets and jumppng from buildinggto building.3 >> then less than 12 hours both fires, five alarm. charres now worst of all, this tragedy on homewood. >> it takes an emotional and physical toll. >> physical deeands are bvious. tough hours, strain on the bodd. but they say they ccn handle all of that. tte tougher thing is entally coming to grips with losing a3 liff. %->> it never rests well with or - am sure most of them have ffmmlies, and children themmelves. and they take it to heart. so it is not easy to deal with. >> it is frussrattng and lives. and in this case we didn't have >> after first goinn in tt look for survivors, firefightersswere drivvn oot by the flames and heat. they got back inside, and too3 late. -ike always they did not know thaa unti