bottom line, if you're in historic laurel or you have left a car in a low-lying area in laurel, you need to get to that vehicle and get it moved or comply with the evacuation order because the water is in fact rising in the patuxent river here. reporting live in laurel, scott broom, wusa9. >> thank you, scott. obviously we will stay on this story. we'll have the latest for you at 5:00 p.m. and of course we will continue to follow it on wusa9.com. >>> in the meantime, the overnight rain caused some flooding in the area and some tense moments for some drivers. our delia goncalves has some dramatic video of drivers being rescued after they failed to listen to the warnings. >> reporter: you could blame it on the darkness of the early morning, but you would expect drivers saw if not heard the water. and even though there's no telling how deep it was, clearly marked signs should have warned them. >> are you okay, sir? >> yes. >> reporter: but this man somehow drove straight into a flood zone at brighton dam road and new hampshire avenue and he wasn't alone. montgomery county firefighters rescu

. >> we have live team coverage including tracee wilkins, she's in laurel where voluntary evacuations under way. >>> we begin with veronica johnson. is the worst over yet? >> the worst is over. we're starting to see the streams and creeks recede. that will certainly by the case through the evening hours. all this in part because of the tremendous rain we had yesterday, and during the overnight period. north and west of us, damascus with over 6 inches, germantown, saying then in leesburg, monrovia, even reston, virginia, close to 2 inches of rain, a lot of it coming in a very short period of time. we're still under flood warnings north of es, frederick, areas down into montgomery county, come a down to fauquier and areas of culpepper county under is the flood warning, too. temperatures in the 40s. the winds will subside some tonight, but it will still be a windy day tomorrow. in terms of what's next for us, we're talking about the chance of snow showers. you can see it on the goodnight/wake-up forecast. we'll give you more details coming up. >>> we've learned a woman in maryland drowne

we'll continue to monitor the situation out there in laurel. tom fitzgerald, thank you. >>> and let's check in with gary now for more on the current river levels in our area. what sort of problems could this release of water cause? >> reporter: well, one of the biggest problems, shawn, you saw it there behind tom. what happens in a controlled release like this, they're going to release it and as slow as thcan. what they're trying to keep from happening is flash flooding. if you get a situation like what we saw with tom, where that debris is right in the way of a bridge and acts like another dam, and that starts causing problems and more flooding in places that they didn't expect it to happen and the good new here is no more rain for awhile. we don't want anything coming our way, not like last night and look at the corridor of heaviest rains here through loudoun county, montgomery county and to tower county and farther to the north-northeast and the rain amounts, two to three to four inches of rain last night, what is causing this issue, the exp

a woman drowned near a homeless camp in laurel today, and there's a volunteer evacuation in parts of the city now. tracee walk as soon as in laurel where there's talk of mandatory evacuations. >> reporter: they are prepared to do it if they have to. take a look behind me. they're putting in the emergency lights. this road is closed here. this is one of the many roads that leads toward the river, and this is the evacuation zone that they're hoping won't have to become a mandatory evacuation zone. in laurel, all eyes are on the patuxent river. >> we were notified they had to open their gates, and we need to prepare for that. >> reporter: the rushing water has claimed the life of a woman believed to be homeless. she was camped near the pa tuxant as the water beban to rise. several streets are also closed. >> i don't think it can get as high as main street, but it can do damage here. >> he's inside the voluntary evacuation zone. his hope is he won't have to empty out his business. he's also questioning why wssc allowed the dam to get so full. >> it's hard to say how much water will come

folks in laurel have to wait and see. there is a huge amount of water behind those dams here now spilling more than 3.7 billion gallons an hour according to wssc and there's a lot more water behind the dams yet to come. scott broom, wusa9. >> 3.7 billion gallons an hour. it's incomprehensible. >>> the day began with several folks who had to be rescued from their stranded cars in those floodwaters. montgomery county fire and rescue helped out eight folks stuck in their vehicles and needed help to get to dry land. one of those rescues happened at brighton dam road and new hampshire avenue in brookville. >> reporter: are you okay, sir? >> if there's any amount of water across the road whether it be still or running, just turn around. choose an alternate route. it's not worth the risk of getting stuck and it's certainly not worth the risk of putting other people's lives in jeopardy as well. >> topper shutt says it all the time. that overnight rainfall caused flooding throughout our area. this is sky 9 out over maryland city i

commuter car rescue courtesy of the city of laurel, about a dozen cars saved by the tow hook. elsewhere employees in low lying businesses were ordered to get out, about 250 people moved during the day. the patuxent river rising slowly as the washington suburban sanitary commission was forced to open the floodgates at its upstream dams to release an unexpected pulse of floodwater from last night's rains. craig moe is laurel's mayor. >> we're hoping for the best and we'll see what happens as the night goes. it's going to be a long day for a lot of us here. >> reporter: earlier in the day a sad discovery in a makeshift riverside tent camp populated by homeless people just off route 198. the body of a woman who was last seen alive a couple hours earlier by another camper who urged her to get out was found in the camp by boat rescuers. another camp survivor was treated for hyperthermia. so a sad situation in that homeless camp tonight and here in laurel this evening it does appear as though the water is slowly starting to recede. so the possibility of more evacuations may be negate

. >>> and to a weather alert, voluntary evacuations are in effect in laurels tonight after officials were forced to open floodgates. heavy rains overnight claimed the life of a man sleeping in a homeless camp along the patuxent river and tom, you spoke to another man who was living in the same camp and had to swim for his life. >> reporter: yeah, brian and there is no way to put it and that happened in anne arundel county and we're in laurel at this bridge, which is closed most of today of the floodgates up receiver and we're open to relieve the pressure on the dams in the area and leading to a rising tide of water. officials are stationed on the bridge and they're concerned about the 43-year-old structure and the rising weather and the debris striking it throughout the day. earlier, anne arundel county and fire and e. mr. s. officials tell us they received a -- and ire s officials tell us they received a phone call about people living in the woods. they arrived in the area because one was reported missing and not responding to calls. they transported to another area hotel and anothe

. >> we are following a situation in laurel. crews are working to evacuate people dealing with a massive flooding situation. we have the mayor on the phone. what is the situation at this point? >> currently we are working to monitor the amount of water they have released from the dam which has caused flooding downstream. this is indeed historic district along -- in the historic district along route 1. they have a lot of water to pump out, which is going to cause us a lot of concern and issues. >> we are talking about water being released from the dam along the river. why is that being done knowing that homes are going to be flooded as a result? >> it is 9 understanding that they have no place to put the water -- -understanding that they have no place to put the water. unfortunately, with all the rain we got last night and all the runoff, it is causing a lot of issues for them as well up here in laurel. we are doing some volunteer evacuation's along that area. we are coordinating with the surrounding counties. >> we are watching

if you look around laurel, you will see tomorrow redskins paraphernalia on cars but, more cars in the laurel area are carrying stickers and license plates that label their drivers as fans of the baltimore ravens. where is your heart? >> ravens. >> i started off as baltimore colts fans. evenly grew up in pg county, never switched to the skins. >> you are sticking with baltimore. >> oh, i'm stake r sticking with baltimore. >> if it's baltimore versus washington in the super bowl? >> ray venlsz all the way >> reporter: if you ask don chin who runs pies deli in laurel, this is redskins territory. >> my customers, they have redskins t-shirts, redskins cats. >> some locals say a slight shift in geography mix a difference. >> the further north you go like jessup, more redskins fans. >> right near. >> more redskins fans >> reporter: because baltimore harass been serious contenders, some are beginning to pull for the team from the south. >> actually, i would like to seat redskins win. >> redskins? >> yeah. >> even though you lived baltimore? >> yes, because it's been so long. >> cory is not th

if you look around laurel, you will see some redskins paraphernalia on cars, but more cars in the laurel area are carrying stickers and license plates that label their drivers as fans of the baltimore ravens. >> where's your heart? >> oh, ravens. i started off as a baltimore colt fan. i never switched over to the skins. >> you're sticking with baltimore? >> oh, i stick with baltimore. when the ravens came. >> now, if it's baltimore versus washington in the super bowl? >> ravens all the way. >> reporter: but if you ask don shin, who runs pie's deli in laurel, this community in the middle is definitely redskins territory. >> yeah, i thought that my customer, redskins t-shirts, red skin hats, even glove, everything redskins. >> reporter: some locals say a slight shift in geography makes a big difference. >> the further you go up, like jessup and elk ridge. right here is redskins fans. >> reporter: because baltimore's nfl team has been a serious contender in recent years, some laurel residents are beginning to pull for the team from the south. >> actually i would like to see the redskins win

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bullet catcher, the individually after he got loose at laurel racetrack. ran more than a mile with a jockey following him in the car. knob put a watch on him. thursday, bullet catcher will be running against horses in his day but at laurel. the odd on him to win, are 8:1. put your >> jay: hey, thanks for coming. you've been really charitable lately. i heard you gave lindsay lohan $100,000 to pay her taxes. isn't that kind of a waste, with her track record? >> well, c0me on, jay, it's not like i'm lighting cigars with $100 bills, you know? [ laughter ]

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lynn at laurel heights, [speaker not understood]. what's wonderful about this initiative is that we know that many of our downtown hotels benefit whenever there is a convention in the city. and what happens is that it creates compression and the business that would otherwise go to this hotels in the city also are spread throughout the neighborhoods such as the laurel and the kabuki and natoma that normally would not get that demand. but whenever there is a convention in the city, we get that compression and the demand. because of these benefits, you know, we really want to support this as a community as well as our company supports this as well. and we do hope that you support this. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. mr. lim, did you forget a key or somebody? thank you, mr. paulson. >>> looks like you're expanding moscone big size ♪ and i looked in from the inside annual budget eyes in your budget eyes in your eyes in your big budget eyes in your [speaker not understood] eyes oh, oh, oh, [speaker not understood]

we still have a down on the b-w parkway after 97 in laurel blocking the left lane.an accident past route 32just the shoulder. people are slowing down briefly to see what's going on. beltway, moving with lanes open. back to you. >> thank you. 5:32 is the time. >> brianne carter is in on thest d.c. with more .owned trees and power lines a lot of issues to monitor this morning. >> absolutely. you want to keep a close eye on morning.this along porter street in policest, we have off a section of the because the crews are working to get the power lines back up. one section of the road is dark. heavy winds and rain came through late last night and power.are without across the region, people are different problems. several roads in montgomery are closed with standing water. in germantown, maryland, that problem overnight rushingere was water the roads and cars stuck in the water. do not drive into any standing deep youmatter how might be, because your gets stuck. to our south, people are picking up and cleaning up after a big yesterday, including a georgia.n many are cleani

lives in laurel, didn't know. >> yep. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues at 5:00 a.m. >>> we're watching a strong line of storms move out of our region this hour. you could still feel their impact today. many low-lying areas like this one in fairfax county are under water at this hour. and that could cause problems with your morning commute. >>> power crews working hard to get lights on for thousands in the area. we found lines down on beech drive nor porter in the district. a tree brought those down. pepco has restored power to 4,000 residents in the past half-hour. just 1,500 in the dark. dominion dropping quickly, as well. down to less than 800. bge holding steady, 350 outages in anne arundel and prince george's county. high water also a major issue on region roads. megan mcgrath in annan dale, virginia, where streets are blocked from flooding. megan? >> reporter: we are seeing trouble spots still, but we are also seeing quite a bit of improvement. we last spoke about a half-hour ago. and i was standing here in the northbound lan

laurel officials are preparing just in case. >> we're not there yet. we hope we won't have to do that, and we hope to work together with our surrounding counties to take care of the problem. >> reporter: as you can see there, signage reminding folks that some of these streets are closed due to this emergency evacuation that at this point is still voluntary. but they are paying very close attention to that water, stand i by for the possibility of it becoming mandatory. as you know, laurel shares its borders with several counties, prince georges, anne arundel and howard. saying anything they knee he's more than willing to makeure they get those needs, and paying close attention to the lying areas. reporting live in laurel, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >>> to montgomery county, where rescuesers have their hands full. this rescue happened just after 6:00 this morning on ri if. fle ford road. a short time hear another got stuck in brookville. that driver also made it out safely. >>> and another driver in brookville was caught by the rushing water along gold m

this is farther south of the incident in laurel getting by 198 with also a work zone that's been tyinghalf of the roadway if that stretch helding down to the -- in that stretch heading down to the capital beltway. a vehicle truck that was towing a trailer with a boat on it and again it's going to be there for a while. coming out of baltimore 29, bw parkway are better options for you early on. right now if you're headed north on # 5 coming up -- 95 coming up out of fredericksburg and quantico into dumfries, overnight road work should be out of the way. heading up into springfield and on to 395 all the lanes are open on to the 14th street bridge. back to you. >>> hundreds of thousands of abortion rights activists are expected to be in town today

. >>> lanes are open on 9 a in laurel here at route -- on 95 in laurel here at route 198 leaving baltimore. the whole stretch looks like this. the beltway looks good between college park and new carrollton on the east side of town. back in a few minutes with more traffic. back to you. >>> time right now is 4:40. i'm watching your money. wall street will be watching the federal reserve today. it kicks off a two-day meeting right here in washington. investors are hoping the rally restarts that's taken wall street to five year highs in recent day. the dow starts today at 13,881. dropped more than 14 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq the winner on the day, up about 4.5 points. the s&p 500 finished lower by three points. just above the 1500 mark. today's meeting of the fed will likely impact trading. policymakers have promised to keep interest rates near record lows until the unemployment rate falls below 6.5%. right now it's at 7.8%. on friday the government will release january's unemployment figures. >>> and here comes the tax manual. the i.r.s. will accept 2012 tax returns starting tomorr

they have a free clinic next tuesday, the 15th for people who live in the laurel community. go to the hospital between the hours of 2:00 and 7:00 in the afternoon on tuesday. the free flu shots are available only to people 18 and older. >>> and we have continuing coverage of the flu on our website. go to wusa9.com and type in the word flu and you'll see a lot of information about keeping you and your family's protected here. >> thank you. yep. >> keep that close by. >>> all right, vice president joe biden is going to deliver a new proposal with hopes of preventing gun violence. he's going to do that and bring the ideas to the president by tuesday. later today, he's going to discuss gun violence with producers of video games and movies. >> on thursday the vice president sat down with gun owners and the country's most powerful gun lobbying group the national require association. as danielle nottingham -- rifle association. as danielle nottingham tells us -- >> reporter: mary anna heads to the virginia gun shop to buy her first firearm. she says the mass shootings in aurora, co

. >> director rahaim: that's what that is about. >> commissioner moore: while you are there, ucsf laurelheights is that -- fund? >> director rahaim: yes. they put out an rfq for redeveloping that site a couple of months ago. it's 11 acres. >> president fong: commissioner wu. >> vice president wu: i have some questions that that director you will want to answer. there are performance measures where there is room for improvement and i think our talk about the supplemental was about of related. so i just wanted to get a sense from you about what the strategy is for keeping up, or for improving actually these measures. it seems like this report talks a bit about the number of staff but i think there are probably other factors, supervision, training, other factors i'd like to hear about. >> director rahaim: yeah. there's a number of things like that. that's a great question, actually. obviously staffing numbers, just a sheer number of project has gone up so it makes those numbers hard to meet. i think to be frank some of those target numbers aren't necessarily realistic on the other end of th

parts of laurel in howard county are being evacuated.uate homes and businesses from main street north to the patuxent river. this is due to the release of the dam on the patuxent river and increased flood concerns. the city is in the process of opening up an evacuation center to help those in need. we will continue to follow this breaking news. taking a look at stories we have been following this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins news the newsroom and preview of things to come. >> coming up this afternoon on "news4 at 4:00," putting the pedal to the metal. proposal to increase the state's speed limit. ♪ bombs bursting in air >> beyonce is getting ready to break her silence today. what does she have to say about all the lip-synching talk during the inauguration? she is going to hold a super bowl news conference this afternoon. we will tell you what happens and what she says. coming up at 5:00, we have team coverage of the super bowl. dan hellie is in new orleans. if you can't make to it the big ea easy, liz crenshaw will be here with the l

thieves ave hht 7 mailboxes in clarksville and laurel. they're targeeing poxes that are displaying the red flags... and thennswiping the outgoing mail. detectives say they're altering stolen checcs... and atteepting to cash them. in one case... a one-hunnred doolar check was changed to á9- hundred dollars.... but the baak caught the fraud before 3 3 (1:46:11) "uh, itss pretty unsettling... to know there are folks going through our mmil. i just feel likeewe need to be a whole ot more careful. we're a lottmore now about homes being broken into. people watchiig us." us." iisttad of mailinn checks from home... pplice are at the post office. if you think you've had maill that'ssbeennstolen.... contact & the possal service immediitely. 3 maryland scraps plans to build - a youth detention center in baatiiore. baltimore.an alternative plan now on the table involves regional treatment acility. -3 officials are also cclling on the citt'sspperelease unnty tt be renovated to accommodate youth offenders harged as adults.as it stands now... theyyre ous

i think resting on laurels is a dangerous thing for science to do because those laurels tent not to be all that foundational, all that strong a foundation. i think one of the thing that probably the public recognizes least about science is that we tend to have less regard for fact than i think is generally thought to be the case. scientists, although we work for facts, we work to get data, we also realize they're the most mallable, least rely part office the whole operation. that whatever you fine today will superly be superseded in some way or another, revised, overturned completely in the worst days but certainly revised by the next generation of scientists with the next generation of tools. it's always been in the past 400 years or 14 generations. and i think we welcome it. science is revision. we welcome revision. revision and signs is a victory. >> host: you right in here that science and nature magazines are very important for scientists to get published in, but if you are going to recommend to your students to read those, you'd recommend not reading last issue but ten years ago.

. >> but we can't rest on our laurels. we have to do this again. we need a repeat next year. >> yes. >> and mr. superintendent, you want it make a comment? >> yes, i wanted to thank all the staff for their tremendous work. and i appreciate mr. grazoly in recognizing. as you remember there were significant issues with timing and paperwork. and everyone doubled down and did a great job. and not only this is the first time i have never seen an audit without a finding. and that's significant. and i never recall an auditor getting an applause. that's significant. >> we are not supposed to get applause by the way. that's not our job. >> does that mean you are not doing your job? come on, take the credit. roll call please. >> ly. >> yes. >> wong. >> yes. >> fewer. >> yes. >> haney. >> yes. >> maufas. >> yes. >> murase. >> yes. >> wynns. >> yes. >> seven ayes. >> norton. >> while yewe're on the good jo and there were no retro actives. i want that thank the staff for that, i appreciate it. >> and i want to mention we have two more audits in the near fut --

five in laurel and two in clarksville near wake forest road. number is probably much higher and some people might not even know they have been victims yet. >> i put a check in my mailbox and then the same evening, i received an e-mail from one of my neighbors, saying that one of the houses here lost a check. >> howard county police are urging residents to take their outgoing mail to the post office for now. they have also alerted the u.s. postal service about the mail thefts and usps investigators are on the case. besides the mail theft, people say there have been a couple break ins. they are trying to look out for each other's property. >> the lady across the street got broken into in november. that's a smash and grab thing. busted in the front door and they were gone. >> mark wilson that lives in the neighborhood and had someone steal mail from his box says there's been a spike in crime here recently. people living here are altering their lifestyles to stay safe. >> we have all been watching a lot since then. >> it's very scary. i don't know

representing from the office fnltd empowerment and kristinee the california reinvestment corporation and laurel pew ma'am mack from californiafirst five and the mission economic development agency and finally, johnathan sagaa chose were the commission economic development agency i can't tell you how important it is that this be a coordinated effort as many of you may be familiar in the money mart settlement we traveled you will and upand down the sate press confrontation in sacramento and reached ow to bars throughout the state of california to achieve an unprecedented level of success for a predatory lending effort and we would not have been able do that without the corporation of elected throughout the state and community leaders as well and we are hopeful that this will be a template for what wedo in this case and that we get a similar level of success to make sure had a money goes back to the people who are victim iressed and that they get the restitution that they deserve and i would like to introduce michael papist from the enter face-to-face 98 counsel because he was a big part in making

southbound 95, 295 still quiet coming in out of laurel. southbound 270 not too busy right now headed out towards clarkburg. -- starting to slow leaving 29 colesville road in the direction of georgia avenue. >>> the states in red on this map are reporting the most severe cases. maryland and virginia are included in that. the crmplet dc is expected to release the new numbers today. outbreak also causing some concern for getting the flu shot. -- the cdc is expected to release the new numbers today. sherry ly has more on this. >> reporter: you will find that probably across the country people are really scrambling to find the flu vaccine now in the d.c. area. like much of the country, the number of flu cases is unusually high. some doctors and farm asies are telling us that they are short of the vaccine if they have it at all. in d.c., the city is reporting more than 300 confirmed flu cases, triple the number for all of last season. maryland and virginia are seeing widespread levels too. cases began showing up in the area back in october and n

getting ready to go back to school for a lot of kids around maryland and laurel at st. vincent pilates. current winds are light, 5 to 10. temperature wise cold but not frigid. these numbers will be more like the 20s tomorrow night and a few morning in the teens as we go later in the week. we can see close to 40 at shady side. i think we're looking at upper 30s. as you go further north temperatures get colder toward hunt valley. we may make this into the mid-30s tomorrow and 37 or so in essex. more sun later in the day. all clouds tonight. winter weather will -- the active weather with some winter weather embedded all staying to the south. clear and sunny conditions to dominate but we are going to get into this, some of the very cold air that has built. chicago down to 19 now, 15 in des moines. that's not even the overnight low. we'll be falling into the 20s, only rebounding into the 30s tomorrow. then the cold air sinking in overnight. some outer suburbs could find teens. here's a look at what will head our way. that one storm passing further and further south. high pre

at 38 degrees laurel, 34 leesburg 34 damascus. the wind, just enough, at 8-9, keeping the chill in the air. the temperatures, 46 the official high at reagan national 43 the morning low 43 the average high, 27 the morning low. this evening, a rapid drop in temperatures once the cloud band clears. the temps from the west in the 20's. 43 reagan national but the numbers will drop, upper teens upper 20's most of the area. clouds moved out, high pressure sliding to the west building in giving be very clear and cold night. the computer model simulations this is the in house model that shows clouds in the afternoon snow to the north showers to the south. other models suggest when the system comes through late tomorrow night overnight into sunday, there could be snow flurries late in the mountains. that is a possibility, but it will be here and there. sunday afternoon, the skies clear out and it will be a very pleasant day, with the added bonus of southwest wind, pushing the temperatures into the upper 40's. clear and cold tonight 18-29. t

the woman was found in a wooded area at 198 and the laurel race track. a second person was treated for hypothermia. up to six inches of rain fell. >> abc2 broke the story on hour website and twitter. you can sign up for alerts on abc2news.com. several roads were closed across howard county because of major flooding. some roads had to be shut down because of the dam release. ellicott city was closed. and they are watching the patapsco river. >>> scary moments for drivers stranded in floodwaters in montgomery go. the driver tried to drive through, which is dangerous. there was at least three feet of water. several people had to be rescued. >>> it's a cliche, but turn around, don't drown. you never know how deep or fast moving that water s our weather has changed. it's the wind concern as opposed to the flood concern. there will be winter type showers. winds west 22 miles an hour gusting over 30 miles an hour. so wepts slowly beginning to diminish but it's a brutal wind chill feeling like the mid-20s or colder. hour by hour toward your wakeup, look for some

laurel perhaps getting to that 70-degree mark in late january. the pattern will cloud up or tomorrow. let's start with that. secondly, even though we'll be off to a mild start, the winds will be picking up, the cold front dumping the rain and clearing out by thursday morning. in the wake of that much colder air, even snow flurries by thursday night into friday so a total shift. it's all about the warm flow out of the south. by this time tomorrow night this will be about the cold flow coming in behind this storm boundary which is putting down the heavy flooding rains toward missouri and eastern oklahoma. tonight 42, above average temperatures. that's our normal high. tomorrow 67, cloudy warmer with rain showers and tomorrow night down to 43, rain likely with the clearing occurring late. the next few days big changes, each dray getting colder after wednesday. take a look at the abc2 most accurate seven-day forecast. the numbers basically showing you changes back to the cold side. i will say this. i think the possibility for snow showers will be the

dead and part of downtown laurel has been evacuated. we have team coverage. >> the tragedy of this story here is the death you talked about. the death of a homeless woman who was staying in an encampment of 198 in the woods. she and others were trapped as the floodwaters came pouring in. >> it was i weakening. we had to get up and go. i woke up and seen all the camp beneath the he was one of five homeless people who decided to ride out the storm at their camp in the woods. by morning rescue workers had to help him, his friend, and two dogs out after flood waters came pouring in. >> there is no warning. no time at all. >> it began to overtake the tense after officials released water in the world. she asked we not show her face but says she is angry that those in the camp were not warned what was coming. >> they know there is homeless out here but they do not give anybody -- and say hey get out. >> we found him searching for his friend and a young woman they looked after at the camp. by early afternoon rescue workers pulled the body of a

no problems to report on 95 coming southbound out of laurel. beltway is running smoothly between greenbelt and college park. nice picture here from chopper brad in sky fox. let's continue now with our maps -- cameras, that is. eastbound at pennsylvania avenue, the lanes are open. as you approach 410 in river dale, we have a water main break and repairs that continue. the left lane is blocked both north and southbound kenilworth avenue approaching 410. you will find your lanes are open if you are traveling through southeast across the anacostia bridges. northbound i-95, easy trip so far in the express lanes and main line headed north out of woodbridge. no trouble spots to report on 395 between the beltway and the 14th street bridge. now, we'll pop up the maps and show you what else is out there that you need to know about. metro is having some problems. the green-yellow line experiencing additional delays due to a switch problem at l'enfant plaza. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> back now to this arctic blast we've been seeing a

the body was found in floodwaters in the patuxent river in laurel in a homeless camp. another person had to be rescued from the camp. floodgates had to be opened along the river and several homes had to be evacuated. >> a woman lost her life in a fire on north rosedale. neighbors tried to rescue the woman who was trapped on the second floor but heavy smoke and flames made it too difficult to get to her. the woman's daughter was taken out. she was taken to bayview burns view. >> the man on trial for the murder of phylicia barnes said he was thinking about leaving the country before the arrest. the state also played a conversation between johnson and his brother in which they discussed possible prison sentences. the trial resumes tomorrow. >>> weather wise, we continue to see a mixed bag to the west, some snow showers. mainly what we've noticed are the winds. winds steady at 30. gusting much higher than that, 40 at the top of the hour in baltimore. it was m

in laurel plenty of sunshine. winds north and west 5 to 10. that will keep the wind chill factor down there, feeling like 19 above in hagerstown, feeling like 24 in easton. how does tomorrow look? here's an early preview. 3345 in bel air. havre de grace about 36. these are the high temperatures. that, despite all the sunshine we're going to have. you get the idea. in the city we look for temperatures to bounce in the upper 30s late in the delay but it's going to be a cold day all across the state including in the city of ball. partly cloudy skies the rule. cold under those skies. the cold air draped across the area to the north. it will keep settling in. tomorrow morning a few upper teens in places like westminster, taneytown and parkton and the harford zone. as we look into the setup for tomorrow just mass cold. we don't see much of a break until we get into the weekend but that will be good but just in time for the tailgating on sunday. there's our polar high pressure cell. it did not bring a lot of wind but the cold air has been steady sink

construction workers hit the line near pa sif sxik laurel street. pg&e said the workers should have been digging with shovels. crews capped the line after about an hour. >> the lawyer is talking tonight for the bar pilot who was at the helm when that oil tanker swiped the bay bridge. tom has our continuing coverage now with a look at what the attorney is saying as federal and state investigators continue to examine that collision. . >> his client is under numerous and state and local federal investigations for piloting this tanker but he says he has a good record. . >> captain guy's attorney also says that the board found previous dintss in 2009 and 2010 were minor and that he's been involved in almost 12 thousand ship movements. he saysspeculation that pilot error was the cause is premature. we alsolearn that had the bay bridge is not considered a critical maneuvering zone. several zonesare laid out in the harbor safety plan. >> this is a plan that is approved and vetted because we are an advisory committee to that state organization of california.

looking at an unusually large number of publicly owned sites that are in play, the port, housing, ucsf, laurelights property on the market. so it's incumbent on us to look at those sites -- if those sites play out as intended by the owners today there could be 10 million square feet of development on those sites. it's a huge site of development. those will consume a lot of our time over the next couple of years, on the environmental and entitlement side and urban design issues, and it's incumbent on us to look at the policy implications putting those public sites on play for development. secondly, the second piece of the work that i think is interesting is the work in the neighborhood commercial districts, partially related to the mayor's invest in neighborhood strategy which is looking at not necessarily upzoning those districts, but looking at how we invest in those districts, support businesses, and encourage investment where it can happen. so that is also, to me, a very interesting part of our upcoming work plan. there's a lot of work on our plate. our revenues as you will hear are way up,

now, the hair is in the laurel here, the laurel wreath. is it?ed it's been chopped into tiny, tiny, tiny fragments. and then the twig on which the leaves hang is a single hair from the king's head. good grief. and it's painted onto the surface of it. that's a convention for an 18th century mourning ring, which i suppose, in a funny way, this is. it's more of a reliquary than a mourning ring but you see this type. and on the reverse it's inscribed "the discovery of the tomb in 17--" "edward iv. discovered march 13, 1789." yes. and 1789 is a pivotal year for monarchy. they were just preparing the guillotine for the french king and queen. so, deep fascination with monarchy, deep fascination with something ancient and this is an incontestable relic of king edward iv. this is well recorded, there's a piece of his hair at the society of antiquaries, and a literary account of it and a visual account and that's pure magic to me. so it's dead cert, this one. in more ways than one! and if this has got ghosts what must this have? well, that's most certainly

the tragedy happened in the parkway village trailer park in maryland city just outside laurel and that's where scott broom has the details. >> reporter: when rescuers first got here this morning, they found neighbors trying to help, fire coming out of every window and door and the sound of gunfire going off. >> i was standing down there and i heard the bullets going off. >> yeah. the rounds went off like when the house started blowing up. >> reporter: sky 9 captured the scene after 8:30 this morning moments after neighbors tried to rescue the disabled man who lived here. alvin richardson tried to break windows to save his neighbor. >> it was bad. i could hear him inside. my next-door neighbor, when he was going under to the house he was walking in, two bullets went by his head pretty sure. >> as they attempted to make the rescue, they heard several shots of ammunition inside. >> reporter: it was a scary reminder of the christmas eve sniper attack in webster, new york, where two volunteer firefighters were killed, but here firefighters quickly determined they were not under attack. instea

along with waldorf and crofton laurel also 36. and as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, it's a nice looking morning. we've got 38 degrees although with the winds out of the west northwest at 12 it feels like 30 out there. so you're going to need to bundle up some with those windchills. a little bit of a factor today but it's going to be next woke when things really get cold. now across the country big ridge out of the west. here's the cold air from the midwest and you see how the clouds are moving toward the southeast? very cold air up here and the snow showers are coming out of minnesota into wisconsin. although around here we're just saying good-bye to the storm. the cold air is to the north. get a little bit of id today and pushing back north over the weekend and next week the cold is going to come down big time. we really don't have too many weather concerns for the short- term. there's your forecast. blustery today. especially this morning. partly to mostly sunny skies and high of 39. tonight 29 in town wit