mark barger, wbal-tv 11 news. >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. >> good morning.ning commute.. we will check on mass transit. not tracking any delays. 11 minutes on the north side and on the west side. cockeysville, 64 miles per hour. and live picture shows traffic is building in the southbound direction. 295 checking out just fine at 100. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. a little cloud cover this morning. temperatures are about the same as yesterday. 62 at bwi. we are shooting for a high of 84. a west winds of 10 to 15. heavy rain possible around chicago. in the northern rockies, there could be some snow today, maybe up to a foot in some places over the next 24 hours. here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. stay with us. [ wind howling ] [ female announcer ] it balances you... [ water crashing ] ...it fills you with energy... and it gives you what you are looking for to live a more natural life. in a convenient two bar pack. this is nature valley... delicious granola bars made with the best ingredients in nature. n

mark barger has a look back now at his impressive career. >> tom clancy's goal had been simply to write one book. but he wrote more than 20. his high-tech cold war thrillers sold more than 100,000 copies and made him among the most popular authors of his time. >> people write about people who believe in something. people with a sense of duty, with a sense of mission, who will make the world better in some way. >> reporter: his success started in 1984 with "the hunt for red october." later turned into a movie, it was the first of several books featuring cia hero jack ryan. >> i got information from those interviews. none of it is classified. it's all in the open. really a matter of doing good research as a reporter does good research. >> reporter: it fascinated readers. the pre9/11 thriller dead of honor included a jumbo jet crashing into the u.s. capitol. films based on the novels became box office hits. even video games took inspiration from the high stake story lines of clancy's work. >> i write books. i tell stories. i try to keep them current. >> clancy's newest book, "command autho