live in east baltimore, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you.t is one of the most anticipated shows of the year. oprah pulls out all the stops. now was a chance to see her final favored the things. that is to get 4:00 p.m. here's matt lauer with a look at what's coming up next on the "today" show. >> good morning. the sweeping tax-cut deal now heads to president obama's desk after being approved by the house. we'll have the latest on what that means. we'll talk to the security court involved in that shootout at a school board meeting in florida. agent attack survivor -- will have the emotional reunion. it look back all the good times we had on the show over the past 12 months. that is what we get started on a friday morning or hear a lot the "today" show. >> that is always fun. it is 23 degrees on tv hill. we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. stay with us. >> we have a lot going on in the roads. highland avenue is closed because of a water main break pre clinton is your ultimate. the

less so at lowell. in the mid-19th century it was almost fought that women's wages were not really to be taken seriously in terms of the family. in other words, the man was the breadwinner and in case of any kind of labor strike it was the male worker whose job and salary needed to be safeguarded. so you often did see refs develop between the men and women in a strike situation because the man with what the women to follow their lead and to cooperate and be team players. as in the lynn massachusetts shoe strike of 1860, what was so famous about that, the women said to hell with that. we want to set our own rate. they broke off from the male-dominated union and with their own way. that also was a precedent in a way to what happened here in 1909. yes. i think it was a case by case basis. >> was there any response to all of this by the owners to move this work to other regions such as the south where there would be less of this? >> that's a good question about whether the owners were prompted to move away,

i am lowell melser are. -- lowell melser. >> a firefighter is among four people recovering from injuries suffered in harford county last night in the third floor unit of an apartment building in havre de grace. one person was able to be rescued, but two others jumped from the apartment. the fire remains under investigation. baltimore police are investigating a school bus accident when an suv crashed into a school bus at the intersection of martin luther king boulevard and west pratt street. if there is no word on if anyone was hurt. police have not said if any charges will be filed. the mother of a baltimore teenager whose body was found in suburban boston says her son was afraid of heights. she tells "the boston globe" that 16-year-old delvonte tisdale had never flown and did not like being in high areas. investigators believe that delvonte tisdale was living with his father might have stowed away in a wheel well of a plane. the fbi has teamed up with baltimore police in the search for suspects in the of the auction and robbery of a pharmaceutical trucker. investigators say the robbers

that is where lowell melser is reporting live.hat is down to one lane closed in each direction as they start to clean that up. another assault on york road blocking the right lane. we will give a live look outside. in the northwest corner of the beltway, greenspring avenue is pretty clear. the snow is pushed off to the side. use extra caution. more snow covered here. definitely leave extra time this morning so you don't have to rush. it might take you longer on the side streets. be aware of exit and entrance ramps. they could be icy in the cold temperatures this morning. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we have a few bus delays and diversions. the eight and 91 buses are 15- minutes played. 23 bus using edmundson. 16 blessed is also by passing. -- the 16 bus is also by passing. the 21 bus is bypassing oga trope parkway -- ti parkway. i'm kurt kronke. now back to john collins. >> we do have a little disturba

we were out in lowell, and went around to all his haunts. there's a scene in the movie with dicky walking down the street and he's kind of like the mayor. there that's what it's like. people shouting hi to him, going around barbershops. i was meeting policemen who had arrested him ten times he knows on a first-name basis. going to crack house, gyms they used to train at. and then micky and dicky came and what was it three, four weeks? >> they lived in my house for a while. >> so they trained, hang out, getting to know each other. >> rose: how long was he in prison? >> well, actually he went down for eight years. we had to condense it for the movie. it was awful lot which was condensed. but as he says it was the best thing that could have happened to him because he got clean, got clean in the head and he realized okay, he's got to stop it with this belief that he's still going to make his comeback and that he's the star. he had this crazy burden throughout his life, like i was saying which he was finally able in prison to say it's done. i'm l

they called it the lowel miracle and was basically to have a kind of benign paternalism safeguard these young women workers who come off the farms and so is the first opportunity to work for wages and it's exciting for them. there was a system of boarding houses with the than mothers to kind of guard of the morality of the workers lectors featuring people like ralph waldo emerson said it was an atmosphere up there and people came from all over the world to see it because it was amazing. charles dickens, president andrew jackson, beebee crockett came from down south. it was considered that much of an unusual turn of events that you could have industry in sort of a pleasant atmosphere the workers would be well treated and yet the industry would be profitable and such, which it was. that lasted for about a generation before the women workers began to sort of reason to the conditions under which they were forced to work. the amplified their feelings in a journal they themselves created called the offering which is the first magazine published and written by women in america. in the offering

. >> thank you, john, and thank you, lowell. the nbc appel a hit show "the sing-off."join us with a look back at the season heading into the finale. how is everybody doing? i bet you guys are excited. what is it like to reach this point? >> scary. to say the least. >> i would imagine so. go ahead. >> it has been thrilling. it has been really hard work, having to work without a lot of sleep, but overall it has been an amazing experience. >> it has got to be a whirlwind. i do not know how many people have a true appreciation for singing a cappella. how difficult is it? >> i would say it's really difficult, especially when you are trying to sing pop music, r&b. there is a lot of instrumentation behind it, but a lot of music nowadays, there is a lot of studio instrumentation and a lot of piano, organ, drums, and everything. it is a challenge, but we stand here, we are up for it. we have been making it through. >> you have done a great job. joanna, how has this experience changed your life? >> i have never done anything like this before. i have never been on a television sh

>> lowell, massachusetts. >> jimmy: lowell, massachusetts. >> yeah. >> jimmy: very cool.ll on location and it was great. cause the town knows these brothers. and they were so excited and it was -- cool. >> jimmy: were they helpful? did you get to meet your character that you played? >> i did get to meet charlene. yeah, and -- i was scared of her. 'cause i figured if she's anything like how i was playing her, then i should be scared of her. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah. >> she was really nice, but she -- she's pretty fierce. she was very generous with me though. >> jimmy: yeah, you do get a little tough, cause you -- >> i get a little tough. >> jimmy: your other roles, i mean you've played a nun. >> yeah. >> jimmy: right? i mean -- right? >> how'd i approach the nun the same way i approached this character would not of -- >> jimmy: no. >> the smackdown with meryl streep. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. but how was -- the director was good with you? was it david o. russell? >> david o. russel, yeah. >> jimmy: he's amazing. >> he's amazing. he's so much fun to work with. >> jimmy: yeah

it's about the things that he had to overcome and there were many growing up in lowell, living in hisg addiction. but -- >> jimmy: his older brother was a fighter who achieved some recognition. >> he fought sugar ray leonard, went the distance. >> jimmy: this is a real guy, too. >> oh, yeah. >> jimmy: i assume you know the guy or met the guy? >> i met mickey ward the first time when i was 18 and i've been a huge fan of his. if people said, who do you want to meet, i would say mickey ward every time. not only was he a local hero, but he was also a local guy. and if mickey could do it against all odds, certainly that would inspire you to go out there and pursue your dreams. >> jimmy: was he excited about the nominations? >> very, very. >> jimmy: and his family, were they excited about the way they were depicted in the film? because, first of all, it's like a little bit horrifying, but like, the sisters are kind of hilarious in the movie. >> you know, the sisters are fantastic. they are very powerful women. his sisters, his wife, his mother was their manager and promoter. that's why wome

a wet tuesday, wednesday with sierra snow to lowell -- low elevations. 47 million view.ittle fog. napa 45, 48 santa rosa and 47 in fairfield. here's how things look in the sierra. we did have chains earlier on 80 but now that's open and still some chains on u.s. 50 as all the weather moves off to the east and we get just a little break with all that storm system out in the pacific. this is the next one in line. this one will start to produce rain over the north bay by late tomorrow afternoon and then spread over the entire area by tomorrow night. and the showers and the cold air will continue into wednesday. here's how it looks on the east coast. snow blankets the entire east coast from the south of new york, philadelphia, all the way up to boston all the way into the northeast and no sign of this ending for today. so another foot to foot and a half of snow for east coast locations. travel plans back there are just put on hold. for us though some sunshine today. they said temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s throughout much of the bay area. 58 though in oakland.

i am lowell melser with that story next. >> live, local, late breaking.is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00 in hd. >> tragedy strikes in baltimore. another raging fire in the city, this one with multiple lives lost. that is the big story tonight at 6:00. a fire kills the bill in the east baltimore. >> it happened at 5:00 this morning in east baltimore where we find lowell melser. >> this is just an incredibly sad story to tell you about, especially so close to the holidays. holidays.

lowell. it caught my attention in speaking about intent, and in this discussion we have had in this dialogue about intent i would be curious as to if you had separate intent, and they be three almost simultaneous identical acts by different entities with different intent, are they still guilty of the same crime? speak to put pressure on the bone congressman king, in my brief introductory remarks today i said the statute, i was speaking about section 793 specifically, could apply again first to the government employee who has the confidentiality agreement and then said something or did something that he or she should not offend any of the person who he is doing it to. could be a foreign-policy want. to be somebody else and then you can have the reporter who sa said overheard the published article in there all responsible for releasing the exact same information and they may be releasing it in different ways. ironically the last here is going to expose its the most amount of people. the first p

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lowell? >> it's not hard to charge him because grand juries do that with not such a high level of proof. the question will be whether the charge sticks. that's depending on a number of factors. one is there's never been a prosecution of the recipient of this kind of information under the espionage act when that entity claims to have first amendment media protection. one issue will be whether or not wicky leaks is a media outlet and whether or not assange is a journalist. if so it's one question as to whether that statute applies constitutionally. secondly, if it does there's cases that say that again it's easy to charge but to convict, the government has to have proof beyond a reasonable doubt that he had the highest specific intent to do harm to the united states that you possibly can have. that may be something that he can prove, but people shouldn't think that this is just a walk-away. it's not that easy. >> not a slam dunk. assuming that espionage is one approach which the justice departm

lowell. our next witness, kenneth wainstein is well known to the committee as well. he testified here last year and he also testified as the assistant attorney general on national security. so we welcome him back. he's a partner at nobody admires and he has a particular point of view that the committee feels is very important we here at this time. [inaudible] >> told him i got closer, please. >> i missed the on button. there we go. i want to thank you again to you judge someone, members of the committee. it's an honor to appear before along with this panel of distinguished and with unix releases. this reflects a fundamental tension in our democracy. on one hand is the important of the free press on the need to think very long and very high before taking any steps to make sure the media's reporting on the workings of government. on the other hand, there's a need to keep our national security operations confidential so we can defend our nation against the threats it faces. speaker vladek and i

live in east baltimore, lowell melser, wbal-tv 11 news. >> one firefighter is among four people recovering from a fire in the harford county in an apartment county in -- on franklin street. a volunteer firefighter was able to rescue one person and two had to jump from a second-floor apartment. that fire is also under investigation. >> in other news, one of the juveniles convicted of manslaughter in the may 2009 death of 14-year-old christopher jones will remain in a juvenile detention center in michigan. david collins is live in the newsroom with more on today's ruling. >> the judge of knowledge that the teenager has made significant steps in the right direction but believes he still has a lot of work to do in the best place to accomplish that is where he is. the circuit judge declared the teenager was not ready. he was the number of two teenage boys responsible for the may 2009 death of a 14-year-old christopher jones. he lost his bid to be released from a michigan juvenile detention center. the defendant was 14 at the time and initially committed -- will be committed until he is 21. >> c

elizabeth lee graduated from lowell high school and hopes to become a social worker. the dream act would allow undocumented students like thor work toward college degrees or join the military and earn the town stay in the u.s. >> we view the united states as our own country. it's the only country we all know, and the dream act would let us stay here and would let us give back to this country we love. >> alan: the candle light march shed light on the case of steve lee. >>> paypal is serving up dies with wikileaks, eliminated a major source of donations. the payment company will not allow its services to be used for activities that promote, facilitate or instruct others to engage in illegal activity. it's another blow for wikileaks founder julian -- assange, who is struggling to keep the site up and rung. more leaked cables were released, one revealing a chinese leader googled himself and found critical postings, ordering a campaign against googles operations in china. >> there is rain on the way for sunday. >> leigh: you're exactly right. we're seeing a few light showe

they're coming together to support lowell high school graduates. steven lee is a 29-year-old nursing student at city college in san francisco who faces deportation to peru, a place where he has neither family nor friends. his friends are pushing for congress to pass the dream act, which would enable immigrants to have a path to permanent residency, if they enrole in college for at least two years or serve two years in the military. the lame duck congress is expected to vote on the dream act next week. >>> an east bay family is in mourning, the loss of their son, killed in the line of duty in the middle east. matt abate was killed in action on thursday in afghanistan the married father of a 2-year-old boy was on his second deployment. >>> in south san francisco, police are looking for a man who robbed and sexually assaulted a woman at a caltrain station. it happened around 9:45 thursday night at the south san francisco caltrain station. the 28-year-old woman says she was leaving the station when the man approached. she fought him off, he grabbed her

the lowell holes and even these slivers, just a phenomenon that occurs with our radar in some snow situation -- i can assure you it is snowing in those areas. here is the wider view. the back edge already working its way into western west virginia, crossing the ohio river and moving out of columbus and that will march eastward. not going to see all of this moisture surge into the region. some of the heavier moisture on the south and will clips southern parts of our viewing area. that is one reason why the biggest snow potential is south of the metro area. area of low pressure, because, a pretty weak system. not a big system. not all that much moisture. compared to last year, this is nothing. this is laughable compared to what we were used to from last winter. possible to see two to 3, south of town. chants of localized amounts of three to 5 inches not out of the question, in isolated or what we call localized area. mainly south of the metro area. there is the snow for prediction we updated. here is the timeline one more time. about 22 degrees at 4:00 p.m.. temperatures dropping down to near

when his students come back to see her to report their accomplishments, such as being accepted to lowell, getting excellent grades, are winning awards. there are few greater satisfactions in life than since coming back to thank her and tell the -- tell her how well they're doing. [applause] >> i would like to thank the mayor and other leaders, the organizers and supporters for this event. this means a lot to me. i never thought or dreamed that i would be honored in this grand city hall when i came over to the united states in 1993, and this is truly an honor that i will never forget. and i think actually i am getting on it, and it is in my name but actually belongs to all the people i have invited here. first, my husband. i would like to thank him for being my encyclopedia, my advisor, my personal chef, and house cleaner. [applause] and i forgot -- also for being my personal clout and making me laugh. i would like to thank my principal for setting up very high expectations for all the teachers, creating a very efficient systems, and an environment where the teachers can learn from each o

lowell. our next witness, kenneth wainstein is well knowto the committee as well. he testified here last year and he also testified a the assistant attorney general on national security. so we welcome him back. he's a partner at nobody admires and he has a particular point of view that the committee feels is very important we here at this ti. [inaudible] >> told him i got closer, please. >> i missed the on button. there we go. i want to thank you again to you judge someone, members of the committee. it's an honor to appear before along with this panel of distinguished and with unix releases. this reflects a fundamental tension in our democracy. on one hand is the important of the free press on the need to think very long and very high before taking any steps to make sure the media's reporting on the workings of government. on the other hand, theres a need to keep our national security operations confidential so we can defend our nation against the threats it faces. speaker vladek and i testif

. >> i'm meteorologist christine hanson, gusty winds have slow downto lowell low elevations. >> goodorning on this tuesday. i am eric thomas. >> i'm jenelle wang in kristen sze. >> the east coast blizzard forced airlines to cancel nearly 7,000 flights. thousands of passengers are still trying to get home and still may find themselves stuck in airports today. >> the snow is no longer falling but its problems continue to try to show up. this snowstorm of 2010. >> people of north carolina to maine are digging up to 3 feet of snow. south of boston the storm swells the ocean causing flooding and fire. >> new york city shows only five worse storm since keeping reports 150 years ago. >> i realized how bad it was. >> snow fell 2 to 3 inches an hour trapping more than 500 sub sway passengers. >> no, no eat no nothing. >> three airports reopened last night though it's easier to move tons of snow than passengers stranded nationwide by nearly 7,000 cancelled flights. >> i came from milwaukee to cleveland and looks like i cancelled after i came here so now waiting for a flight to chicago. >> supp

they are here to support lowell high school graduate elizabeth lee and steven lee who both face deportation to their home countries. steven is a 20-year-old nursing student who faces deportation to peru, a place where he has neither family or friends. his family left that country when he was just 11 years old. elizabeth lee was also born in peru and came to the u.s. when she was nine. the dream act would enable immigrant notice u.s. illegally to have a path to permanent residency if they enrole in college for at least two years or serve two years in the military. >> i hope it passes, because there are many students -- there are thousands of them just like me who wish to study who work hard, and who have goals and plans in life. they just want to get back to this country because it's the only country they know. >> dianne feinstein has stepped in, and as a result, steven lee's deportation is temporarily on hold. the current leader of the senate said today, the lame duck congress could take up the deem dream act and vote on it next week. barring passage of the dream act, elizabeth lee and her

. >> john alex lowell suffered a traumatic brain injury when he got hit crossing the street nine years. now as the chair of the walking committee he is am asking the city make changes. >> there are insufficient enforcement of the current laws on pedestrian safety. >> we have a lot of work to do to redesign our streets for more vicious -- visibility for pedestrians. so that drivers and pedestrians can see each other, so that the speeds are safer on the streets, so that if people get hit, it's not as serious. >> now, the numbers say that december is one of the worst months to be a pedestrian in san francisco. that is because we tend to have the slippery weather and the slippery roads. there are fewer hours of day late. more people out and about on the streets. and whether they are on foot or driving, more people are tend to go drink because of the holidays. it's busy. >> well, they are inattendant, too, talking on the cell phones. >> and all of the distractions. sharon is the city trying to do a study to look at this to see what they can do about it? >> reporter: well, some of the organi

. >> in the near is the work lowell. robert legals in martinez, thank you, robert. >> tonight another suspected child abductor is in custody after a good sam mayor ton stepped in. he is assaulted -- charged of assaulting a young girl in wal- mart who wandered away to her mother. the girl ran back to her mom crying and told her what happened. the mom yelled: that guy touched my daughter. that's when 18 malcom mason chased the suspect and tackled him. he helped hold the man until the police arrived. >> and i was like, man, i ain't about to let this dude get up out of this store. i couldn't let that go. that's it. >> and saw the tears on the little girl's face. and i just, it was a serious thing. and i just had to stand forward and just kind of take charge. >> less than two weeks ago union city police arrested a registered sex offender they say sexually assaulted a 2-year- old girl in a dollar store. in that incident, two men outside the store tackled the suspect and held him until the police arrived. >>> a deal to sell 11

and they can come to rugby because ruby is one of those sports where of lowell's attributes of those of the sports are in involved they want sports center it would take a miracle for russia to win the rugby world cup just getting out of the group will be a massive achievement in itself and diamond says it's important to keep his sights hopes in perspective it's all about competing for the world cup it sounds a little bit of a get out but you got to be a realist and i presume to three different stores and i understand the level of play i played and coached adam's the level of being now. we can challenge america definitely. and we can definitely challenge you to lead. in attack that after work i'm not suggesting we can be italy by many points but we'll be looking at being pragmatic imbibing great defense keeping the school to within thirty points against italy russia scored will soon set off a new zealand what diamond sends will be a very tough training camp and safer place don't know what they're in for but if it helps the country pull off a surprise or two in september to fountain el

lowell referenced earlier. 37 in concord, 30 degrees in fairfield mid 30s in napa, saint rowa 36 in san rozelhe, 38 fremont, 40 in san jose, 39 in redwood city, in the mid 40s from san francisco to pacifica. a cold start, a chilly start with patchy fog expected this morning. for the afternoon, sun and clouds, but temperatures are still trending cooler than average. we'll take a look at the storm moving toward the bay area. when does it get here? how much rainfall are we talking about? and how high will the winds get? we'll take a look in a few moments. >>> making me nervous, tracy. sound ominous. a storm is blowing through. all right. >>> on the roads all we're dealing with now is a lot of roadwork. northbound 880 and the connector ramp is going to be completely closed for a little while, until 4:00 this morning. there are detour signs in place if you are headed toward the san mateo bridge, traffic is light across the ban. the right side of the screen, that is the commute direction, westbound 92. looking good a 13-minute drive time between hayward and the peninsula. >> in the south side

october the honeybee shootings the man killed a construction worker and shot and wounded a farmer near lowell. he asked the victims about bees in both incidents. a police officer was arrested and the charges were dropped. >> the other people from what they say, they didn't have a chance. he killed them for no reason. so me, walking up on him in that situation, i'm surprised he did not kill me. >> tests will determine if the gun used in the attempted robbery is the weapon used in the shootings. another reason the police think it could be the gunman, the suspect here lived in rankin which is just south of beecher. in orland park. >> thank you. >>> and next at midday, the first test of the president's party unity. the expected vote on the tax cut bill. what investigators are learning about the suspect in a failed suicide bombing attempt in sweden. >>> a popular game may have put your identity at risk. [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older just don't feel like they used to. are you one of them? remember when you had more energy for 18 holes with your buddies? [ glass shatters ] more pas

. >> reporter: the farmer from lowell, indiana who survived the shooting in october saw his picture on tv and was sure it was the same man. >> our detectives did speak to mr. dall. he as uni quiff equablydeniably identified him as the honeybee killer. >> prior to that he lived in grundy county at which time he managed property that had a honeybee farm on. >> reporter: investigators say they're not 100 % sure he's the so-called honeybee killer. he was shot and killed on saturday with his own weapon. this week, police searched his home. they say it's delap dated with no running water and they found no weapons inside. they have no idea what his motives were. >> nobody can give us a clear motive, not a possible motive, no motive at all. >> reporter: investigators say that cannot identify him as the killer until forensic and dna testing is complete and they're not sure how long that will take. invest gay tours are searching through evidence to see if he can be linked to other crimes. >>> thank you. a month-long investigation led to one of the biggest drug busts in the chicago marijuana. 11-

three below in minooka, sugar grove, kankakee and lowell, indiana.'s 19 right now at o'hare headed for a 20-degree high today. only in the teens yesterday. 19 at midway airport. 21 at blue island and 15 in northwest suburban mchenry with the windchills right here plotted for you on this man. well, here are the lake snows. still blowing into areas of michigan and indiana. they shifted east where the epicenter of the snow is laporte county and stark county and berrian county still in the snow. areas little farther east are getting in on the snow right now. look at some of the totals here. in indiana it's 50 miles southeast of chicago's loop and about 12 miles east of valparaiso, indiana. they have 33 inches of snow out of this. westival, illinois, 29 inches. laporte 25, too. that's the city. one of the outlying communities had 24/7. new buffalo and berrian county michigan, 18, three. and kings bury indiana had 15.1 inches of snow and blue around and it's still doing that. but not with the gusto it did the last couple of days. this is our model foash of

elizabeth lee recently graduated from lowell high school and hopes to become a social worker after finishingollege. the dream act would allow undocumented students who work toward college degrees or join the military to earn the opportunity to stay in the u.s. >> we view the united states as our own country. it's the only country we all know. and the dream act would let us stay here and give back to this country that we love. >> the candlelight march also highlighted the case of city clj nursing student steven lee. senator feinstein put a last-minute stop to his deportation last month. a melee outside pasadena's rose bowl. just before the football game. two police officers also suffered minor injuries while breaking up a brawl between 50 and 75 people in the parking lot. the violence began around 4:30 yesterday afternoon about three hours before kickoff. police arrested three people on suspicion of attempted murder. officers say the rivalry between the schools fuelled by alcohol played a major role in the fight. paypal is severing ties with wikileaks eliminating a source of donations. the on