six minutes on southbound 95 down toward the fort mchenry split. it is a slow go this morning. if you can get out early to warm up your car and clear of the snow, it will work to your advantage. if you are traveling on the topside of the beltway, so far so good. roads are passable. the side streets are wet. you will see some ice and slick spot out there. be careful and you should be ok. in live view of traffic. researching for the accident on 95. hopefully it is not there. that is the latest. over to you. >> our big story this morning, the weather and road conditions. crews have been out all night trying to clear the roadways for the commute this morning. >> we will check on how it is affecting schools. we will check with our reporter in reisterstown. >> i have my own unofficial way to measure these no -- measure the snow. i stick my foot in here. we do not have that much. it is only up to my ankle or so. i am very short, but it is still several inches on the ground. the roadways are looking pretty good. we had no problems getting out here this morning. reisterstown road is loo

fort mchenry is in great shape as well. back to you. >> our big story this morning is the road crews continued to sought the roads after overnight snow. -- salt the roads after overnight snow. >> traffic is picking up on reisterstown road. they are not having any problems getting by. the road is very clear as we found on many of the major roadways on our way up here. it is down to the pavement and wet. use extra caution because of that. it is very cold out here. be very careful. not really an issue on the roads. an issue on the sidewalk however. something to be aware of. some snow goods may be a good idea this morning. the cautious and careful. over to you. >> it may be taking a way to get information from schools regarding delays. timtooten is covering that. >> they are coming in. a mixed bag. anne arundel county closed, prince george's county closed. frederick county, baltimore county, baltimore city, a two hour delay along with carroll county, cecil, caroyork. it is balancing out. that delay gives you a chance to call if

they are headed toward the fort mchenry tunnel and putting down the salt and the blades are out. outages are expected due to the storm. a spokesperson for bge says it is similar back to 2006 where more than one hundred thousand customers lost power. heavy wet snow and high wind could knock down treelines and bring down the power lines. if it happens it will take several days to restore power. bge is bringing in extra crews to deal with it. but maryland residents should prepare for extended outages just in case. >> there's going to be a lot of work to do. road conditions will be hazardous. it may delay some of the crew's arrival time that could extend outage times and we are certainly working to get everything up and running but it is going to be a challenge. >> bge recommends that you keep a flashlight and batteries and nonperishable food and a cell phone on hand and you should report any power outages or down power lines to bge. >>> stay with us. your five-day,, up next. >> looking out over what is going to soon be a snow blanketed highway from sky chopper 13. what we are lookin

five minutes on southbound 95 from the 895 split towards the fort mchenry. in the area of white marsh, looks good heading out of the north east. and harbor tunnel traffic looks good on may 95. at harvard road, no problems. enjoy it. that is the latest. >> the winter storm warning has sent many into a frenzy, looking to stock up before the snowfall. >> officials are working to clear the roads to protect public safety. kerry cavanaugh joins us from north baltimore this morning with more on the efforts being made. >> good morning. the psychology of the storm is a story unto itself. people are paranoid about being trapped at home. we are all acting like we're going to starve even though we probably have enough food in our cabinets. i went to the store yesterday with my cranky toddler even though i probably did not have to. we are joined by a representative from cvs. what was it likely last night when everybody is rushing in? >> we did triple the business we normally do. they came in and we sold out of everything. things disappeared fast. >> what are the hot item

42 traveling northbound up into baltimore county, only 12 miles an hour 95 moving through the fort mchenry trouble. we have an accident here in this area you want to watch for. no accidents on 83 but watch out for some volume building from chase street all the way up to falls road. and do expect heavy delays due to an earlier crash as you approach interstate 70. not much relief making your way to the pikesville area. gren avenue, the lanes are jamb packed. that will extend from towns send down to parkville. that is a look at your evening travel. back to you. >> thank you. tonight is all about the boys on idol. >> still ahead, the long road some contestants took to get this far. >> i looking live at the hd radar, the storm is inching its way here from the south. it returns in just a minute to tell us how much snow we could ♪ [ male announcer ] now the best seat in the house is in your house. in fact, with the fios total ticket, it can be in every room. unlike cable, only fios gives you a multi-room dvr that lets you record shows in one room and watch them in up to six other rooms. one dvr p

traveling in baltimore, nothing to complain about, from the fort mchenry tunnel toward the beltway, an 8 minute clip and 55 miles per hour there. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, back over to you. >>> with a major winter blast expected to hit just hours from now, road crews are already in full swing preparing to keep up with mother nature. megan gilliland is live at the baltimore city falls road salt yard in north baltimore with more on their strategy heading into the storm. here we go, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. it feels like the calm before the storm. it's quiet at the salt yard and we are told that is because all of the crew members are at home resting preparing for a 12 hour shift that will begin 38 ter thilater thismorning. it's a huge job for all of these folks. we're talking about a major operation here in the city. over 300 workers will be out in full force. their top priority the primary roads out there. across the region plow trucks are loaded with salt and strategically located around and officials are gathering at the operation center staring the s

it is on the northbound lanes at fort mchenry tunnel. belt way looks cars are getting by just fine. nice and clear so far taking a live look at the west side of the belt way here at liberty road. you are going to see it will be the same case. no real problems to report so do be extra cautious. extra cautious if traveling out there tonight. that's the evening travels now back to you. >>> all right l> hren thanks so much. now this storm isar sery similar to the one we had back in december 19th but there's a major difference. type of snow that is falling this time and that could very well create a lot of power concerns. jeff live tonight from north baltimore with more on how bge is preparing for the mahadr winter blast. what can you tell us. >>reporter: the fresh snow is not only wet but it is heavy. and that is the perfect recipe for significant power outages. that's why crews over at bge today poent the past few hours mobilizing and preparing to attack this storm. the company warehouse in wood lawn they loaded transformers and other materials on the truck so crecip ready to restore p

southbound 95 on the fort mchenry tunnel, 8 minutes at 53 miles per hour. now this is for the roads to tell you about the mta. we talked to officials and they said all buses are running on normal schedule, but you need to look for the buses on the main roads. they won't be able to get down the secondaries and with that shot you can see why. that's a look at the morning travels, now let's focus on the weather with meteorologist steve fertig. >> reporter: thank you very much, candace. we're watching the last of this active weather moving off to the east, nevertheless, of course, some of those roads still a problem as candace was telling you. but what we're looking at is diminish snow in the eastern and back to the west snow showers there, it won't accumulate there. it won't amount to a lot of accumulation. here is something not to feel a whole hot about, if you don't like snow. see the gulf moisture that is moving toward the east. that is going to be coming up our way for friday night into saturday. that is the next weather maker. we believe that going to be

mchenry, recommended that we recognize this effort.ker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina. mr. mchenry: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the chairman for his kind words. today, mr. speaker, i rise in support of the resolution honoring the accomplishments of jimmie johnson, the 2009 nascar sprint cup champion. now, this is a politically charged issue from my district because i represent a number of drivers and number of nascar teams and to honor any one of them, well, it's tough. it's like, well, it's like baseball in certain areas of the country or football or college football or college basketball in north carolina. but nascar teams are real and potent in my district and -- but this is a special resolution because jimmie johnson has achieved something no one else in nascar history has achieved. that's four straight championships. he is with a great team. a combat crew chief, powered by hen rick motor sports and chef row -- hendrick motor sports and chevrolet. lowe's chef have i has done something unique. he started out in h

five minutes on southbound 95 from the 8956 put down to the fort mchenry.rantine road looks good through the construction zone. on the north side at the harrisburg expressway, no delays. this afternoon into this evening will be a different story. back to you. >> looking at some other top stories, an american missionaries have been formally charged with child kidnapping in haiti, charged yesterday. their lawyer says there will not be an open trial. a judge will consider the evidence and could issue a verdict in three months. each kidnapping count carries a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. they were arrested last week when it tried to take 33 haitian children across the border into the dominican republic. the personal physician to the late michael jackson is expected to surrender to authorities later today. expected to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death. a spokesperson for conrad murray says he's been awaiting charges from los angeles novartis since tuesday. the district attorney's office has not moved forward. dr. murray

he says to the general, to the general mchenry, by the way, where the star-spangled banner was flying back in the war of 1812. the chief justice orders the general of the fort to release, not reduce that produce them in court and explain why he's been held. tommy appears on the front steps of the baltimore courthouse in front of a crowd of 2000 people to receive the news of the generals have refused to produce mr. merry men. he said that the president is going to allow this, even i may be in jail very shortly. he found in order to lincoln and says, i want the rates observed and i want -- you were the chief law-enforcement officer officer in the country. you have to obey my order is chief justice of the united states. amazing conference on track confrontation. >> lincoln was detaining people who were exercising will reconsider their first amendment rights, the former congressman and ohio spoke out against the war. he was asked into detention, even though he did something after that to let them free. and he said, to induct this war, during war detention is more for the inventive and les

southbound lanes heading down toward the beltway for the entire southbound stretch from the fort mchenry tunnel heading to 695, looking at an 8 minute clip, bief mile 55 miles. that's a look at the morning commute. patrice, back over to you. >>> with a major winter blast expected to hit just hours from now, road crews are already in full swing preparing to keep up with mother nature. megan gilliland is live at the baltimore city falls road salt yard with more on the strategy of how you keep up with the storm that is coming and coming. mounds of snow we are talking about. >> reporter: we're talking about a lot of snow. good morning, patrice, we're inside of the salt yard. the gate opened at 5:45 and take a look behind me. the dome is full, entirely full with salt. we are told over the next few days, they're going to use all of it, every last grain inside of this dome to make sure that our roadways are safe. this morning the calm before the storm. there are no trucks in here right now. we are told the crews are at home resting right now preparing for 12 hour shifts that will be beginning i

but hey, no snow so we will take it from the fort mchenry tunnel, 8 minutes at bief miles pe-- 55 miles per hour. we want to focus on the weather so we turn to meteorologist steve fertig and all of the answers. >>> thank you, candace. the active weather is past us and moved early through this morning. the showers to the west in garrett county that we will continue to see it, but to the east things have dissipated quite a bit. it's time to relax, right? no, no. you heard the groundhog. that rodent or maybe we want to call him a rat. he is bringing us more snow. it's going to move our way, it's going to resemble much like the december 19th storm that we got. if you remember that one, that brought us a foot to a foot 1/2 of snow. it looks like we will be dealing with more of the same. this one brought us 3-4 inches. when it's all said and done the surrounding areas 3-5 inches. the bigger snowstorm, this is kind of a warm up for what is to come. 39 degrees for the high with a mix of sun and clouds. watch it see some sunshine later in the afternoon. again more on that storm for the weekend i

to the and so marryman six averitt from tawney who issues and says to the general, to the general mchenry by the way wear the star spangled banner was flying back in the war of 1812, he says the chief justice orders the general of the fort to release, not to release the producer and in court and explain why he's being detained. the general refuses to obey and then tawney, the sense of tawney was like he appears on the front steps of the baltimore courthouse in front of a crowd of 2,000 people to receive the news that the generals had refused to produce mr. marryman and he says something like of the president is going to allow this even tiny be in jail very shortly. and he sings in order to link in that says i want the writ observed and you are the chief flaw in for an officer in the country. you have to obey my order as the chief justice of the united states. it is amazing confrontation between the judiciary and executive. >> host: and lincoln actually was detaining people who were exercising what we consider the first amendment right, the former congressman and know how you spoke out aga

so merriman issues a writ to tawny to general fort mchenry, by the way, where the star-spank spangledanner was flying. he orders merriman to be released, not to release him, but to be brought into court. the genre fuses to obey, and tawny appears on the front steps of the baltimore courthouse in front of a crowd of 2,000 people to receive the news that the generals had refused to produce mr. merriman. and he says something like, if if the president's going to allow this, even i may be in jail very shortly. >> host: he could have been. >> guest: and then he sends an order to lincoln and says i want the writ own served, and you're the chief law enforcement officer in the country, you have to obey my order as chief justice of the unite. >> host: no? >> guest: amazing confrontation. >> host: and lincoln didn't. and lincoln actually, well, he was detaining people who were exercising what we consider their first amendment rights, former congressmen in ohio spoke out against the war, he was zapped into detention, although lincoln did something after that to kind of let him free. but, and he

between 695 and 495, the southbound lanes at the fort mchenry tunnels, you can see a lane blockage.oop at white marsh boulevard, some reports of debris on the roadway. as you check the jfx, it's looking wide open and good as you make your way downtown. apped in the trance of their shopping routine, some people don't notice the difference between meat and mystery when they enter... ...the frozen zone is it real chicken? or something else? some chicken nuggets and tenders look like they have mystery meat. with my perdue frozen nuggets, there is no mystery. just real all-white meat, made with 100% natural ingredients, no fillers, no preservatives, and a delicious taste your family will love. perdue frozen chicken. all-white meat. no mystery. >>> this hour on "good morning america," the massive blizzard set to slam the east coast. schools and flights are canceled, from philadelphia to washington. we'll have the latest. >>> plus, 1 man has as many as 25 wives and 120 children. we take a rare look inside the hidden world of polygamy. >>> and robin is live in new orleans for our super bowl

we're getting reports it's going to be kind of slow going through the fort worth mchenry tunnel. 95 the corridor between the beltways is running extremely slow because some of the roads have not been plowed so don't expect to go onto 695 or even 95 and expect to see all lanes open because that's certainly not the case as we're dealing with both a snow and ice event this morning. so here we go with the crashes. southbound on the harrisburg expressway, we have an accident there. in also good news in anne arundel county, davidsonville road now reopened at newman way. that earlier accident was reportedly involving anne arundel county fire crew so definitely keep that in mind. in anne arundel county though this is where it is coming in. in we have a crash again at route 450. howard county a crash in the westbound lane of route 100 at route 29. again you can make it out but you have to drive with a lot of caution, a lot of care. keep your speeds down, but you don't know if you're going to be able to make it home so keep that in mind before you head out and now we're going to toss it to linda

mchenry: i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretoforentered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house, revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. mr. poe for five minutes, mr. jones, february 11 for five minutes, mr. mcclintock today for five minute, mr. gingrey today for five minutes, mr. broun today for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin rise? >> i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into, the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes, revise and extend their remarks and include therein extraneous material. ms. woolsey of california, five minutes, mr. kagen of wisconsin, five minutes, mr. dede-fazio of oregon, five minutes, ms. kaptur of ohio for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from texas rise? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempor

mchenry. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you orszag for being here. is this budget sustainable? i would say the fiscal course -- consistent with the earlier thought, let's try to avoid pointing fingers. but though the fiscal course we were on and the fiscal course that we remain on over the long-term are not fully sustainable and that's one reason why frankly we need to work together, including to a fiscal commission to address the problem. make absolutely. so, if you're testifying in six years, much as they were having this hearing. >> hopefully not. >> well, let's just say all right. as i do want to be sitting here in the minority in six years looking at you as the budget director unfortunately. [laughter] may be secretary of the treasury. but anyway, if we're sitting here six years from now and we've acted according to this budget you've proposed, what would interest rates look like bikes would we be in a fiscally sound position or would we have just major tremors in the economy in terms of high interest rates and things of that toward? >> look, what i'd say now is the most i

mchenry: mr. chairman, -- mr. -- mr. henrich: i want to thank representive dan lipinski and chairman bart gordon for their leadership. we have made some incredible advancements in the use of technology in the 26th century and with much of our nation's public and private commerce taking place on the internet, defending our cyberspace from cybercriminals and cyberterrorism has never been more vital to our national security. in central new mexico there's national laboratories dedicated nearly $20 million to this very cause. it has also created a program to train our future work force by working directly alongside researchers to secure systems and examine attack modes. the national labs is a leader in defensive cybersecurity research and development for our nation's intelligence community and has been home to countless high level security advancements. for decades national laboratories across the nation have worked to protect their own data and networks from intrusion. of necessity they have developed expertise in cripping t

mchenry. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you mr. orszag for being here, dr. orszag for being here. is this budget sustainable? >> i would say the fiscal course that -- i get consistent with the earlier thought let's try to avoid pointing fingers. both the fiscal course we were on and the fiscal course that we remain on over the long term are not fully sustainable. that's one reason why frankly we need to work together, including through a fiscal commission to address the problem. >> absolutely. so if you are sitting, if you are testifying in six years, let's just say we're having the hearing -- >> let's hope not. [laughter] >> well, let's just say. all right. hypothetical. because i don't want to sitting here in minority in six years looking at you as the budget director unfortunately. [laughter] >> maybe secretary of the treasury. but anyway, if we were sitting here six years from now and we've acted according to the budget you propose, what would interest rates look like? would we with in a fiscally sound position? or would we have just major trimmers in th