it's been there since 12:30 and let me let tom owens, who is the director of fire and ems services who i interviewed on the telephone pick up the story from there. >> they are telling us that 12- foot drifts seem to be the norm that they are encountering. we have had everything from standard highway plows, none of which are being successful to get through that heavy snow accumulation. and then a couple hours ago, as we reached a point where darkness was going to set in, it really became a time to stop the effort to recover the vehicles and just begin the effort to retrieve the crews. and we are in the process of finishing that up right now. so i think a couple more people, the snowmobile has to retrieve and we'll be fine for the night. >> that's right, tom owens said a snowmobile is the only thing that can come in and get those firefighters. meanwhile, the plows. the plows are back on the roads, at least the state plows are, out here in frederick county. the county will be restarting operations as soon as they feel the roads are safe and they are dealing again with 12-foot drifts here,

ryan owens now reports. >> make the pocket a little bigger. >> it doesn't deate right away. >> reporter: ten years after she had breast impants, this 32-year-old woman is back at the plastic surgeon. >> little by little. but you do feel a small kind of pop or something. i was watching tv and i was like, huh, looks different. >> reporter: her implant literally popped, and it's more common than you think. >> it's not subtle. woman wakes up, gets out of the shower, safes, where did my breast go? she calls, typically runs in. it's not a medical problem. it's clearly an emotional one. >> it does affect you. you know, because you have one boob. >> reporter: we're calling her l.b., because she asked us not to use her real name. >> that is the new lift. and that will correct the pull to the back. >> reporter: this dallas woman has spent three decades trying to perfect her face. >> chin down just a little. perfect. >> i notice that i was sagging again and sagging through the neckline. >> reporter: she had a nose job in her 20s, a facelift in her 40s, and now, she's back again. >> people constant

mills we're up to nine inches in owennings mills. this is the heavy band. i'm going to pull back and highlight how easily and quickly this thing shows up. we were watching this develop from the west slowly work its way across baltimore. it's right on top of marysville. we have eldersberg coming in with a report of about 13 and a half inches. that was about an hour ago. you may be up to 15 now. we go up 95 and we go up 893 up towards the harford zone. we have over a foot in shrewsberry. lighter amounts of snow in bel air. i've been pointing out harford and cecil county to get the bulls eye here. and we have some heavy snow. it's heavier back to the west. the thing is this heavy band that we've been watching that, is part of that developing storm that are is going to pivot its way to the east and may sit on top of you a little longer and allow to you play catchup and maybe surpass. it is academic to stick that rule near the ground. and you're sticking it through an old snowpack and you're sticking it with snowdrifts. and now that the t

can owen do it?n do it. >> i'll have to dust off my boy band chops. ♪ ♪ lavelle lives in queens where you can't the "l" to get to ♪ ♪ because i think it goes the other way ♪ ♪ and if he invented a trick it would be called the triple board skip ♪ ♪ do the triple board skip skip, skip do the triple board skippy skippy, skip ♪ ♪ do the triple board skip girl, your body is ridiculous your mind is ridiculous and your body blows my mind ♪ ♪ you're ridiculous and you're physically awesome girl ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you my friend. triple board skip. got to come over here. didn't know how to come over here -- excuse me. sorry, sorry, pardon me. how you doing? excuse me, pardon me. how you doing? how are you, buddy? hey, guys, how you doing? [ cheers and applause ] nice to see you. excuse me, pardon me. how are you? how are you doing? take a look around. here we go. what else we have going on? hey. [ cheers and applause ] ready? you want one? come on, buddy. get up. here you go. never mind.

. >> dave owens joins us live in forestville. dave. >> reporter: derek and anita, just a few moments ago i was outside and i've just come back inside. and right behind me the district -- the county, i should say, they're having a meeting right now what's going on. the different regional directors are phoning in their progress right now. and what they're giving to this board right now is, hey, where are our roads. what is going on out there right now? what additional resources do we need? that's a meeting that's going on as we speak right now. right behind me, and this has been going on all day as well, this is just an example of one of the workers that has been here throughout the day. and they have been collecting all kinds of data. what's the temperature of the pavement out there. right now about 25 degrees is the temperature of that pavement. when we started this process, oh, about 6:00 and we started to see some of the first flurries, it was about 29 degrees. so obviously going down. obviously it's cold out there. obviously t

owen, from your initial reaction, is toyota getting through the problem? >> this is the big boss as first comment. he said it was very, ry regretful about the high anxiety. we got another series of the allegations we are explaining what they are going to do. we don't know whether they are going to recall the prius models. this is the first step to get into toyota in the situation. we have had a drip, drip, drip, which has been damaging. we put safety, quality and customers first. >> the director of public prosecutions in britain said four members are to face criminal charges related to their claims for expenses jo we have the report. >> returning to north ireland. after 10 long days of negotiation, a deal has been reached allowing powers to be stored on april 12. we have closing the last chapter of the long and troubled story and owing a new chapter for north ireland. let it be said after decades of violence, years of talk, this is the date we have secured the future. is >> this just may be the day whenthe political process with everybody in the row says t

you'll also see northbound 795 jam jammed to the beltway because of a disabled vehicle near owens mills boulevard. as we are looking at the jfx it is slow downtown headed up towards the beltway. it is moving. northbound on the harrisburg expressway slow. take your time. as the road conditions continue to deteriorate patience will be your best friend this evening. back to you. >>> remember went we are not on the air bringing you the up-to- the-minute details on this latest storm head to abc2news.com. there you can follow the storm just like our pros with maryland's most powerful radar. >>> as you can expect there have been closings and delays. they are running across the bottom of the screen. there will be plenty more to come in. tune into good morning maryland an hour earlier tomorrow. we'll hit the air at 4:00 a.m. for all the latest closings and delays. >>> we'll be hosting a web chat at 4:00 tomorrow. look on the red alert bar at abc2news.com. it says live web chat to join in. >> this is hunter webb. >>> we have more trouble from toyota as it announces a third recall. >> coming up, f

owens: yes. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18 further proceedings on the amendment then offered by the gentleman from new york will be postponed. it is now in order to consider amendment number 25 printed in house report 111-410. for what purpose does the gentleman from new mexico rise? mr. henrich: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate that amendment. the clerk: amendment number 25, printed in house report 111-410 offered by mr. henrich of new mexico. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 1051, the gentleman from new mexico and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from new mexico. mr. 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 c

. >> reporter: last may, cassandra owens was diagnosed with stage 4, pancreatic cancer. and doctors say she could only have weeks to live. when arundel high school heard the news, they wanted to give sadiyah owens her diploma early. >> my biggest fear was that she wouldn't be able to come see me graduate. and for you guys to put this on for us, you'll never know how much it means to me and my whole family. >> reporter: and then there was a surprise for the whole family. >> you have been accepted to west virginia university. >> reporter: a worry by any parent, alleviated by early acceptance in college. >> it's every mother's goal in life to see her children successful. >> to see my wife happy. and to realize one of her dreams, i can't even put into words. >> reporter: they say they're proud of what she's done and will continue to accomplish. >> reporter: saddiyah has helped start a nonprofit, called coins for the cure, already raising thousands of dollars for cancer research. >> reporter: and it's all done in the name of her mother. >> mom. and these are for you. and we l

. >> we had a man in owennings mills and suffered a serious injury. >> it is tough to look at. it is a graphic lesson of what can happen. we were told about that story then. we are joined live now with new warnings. >> reporter: that was surreal to witness back in december. you need toes you caution when you are operating these snow blowers. as the message doctors at union memorial hospital want to get out for this storm as well. it is something that's hard to watch again but there is repeating yet another serious winter storm. in december this man tried to unclog a snow blower and nearly cut two fingers off. >> dial 9-1-1. >> reporter: stopped shooting and called 9-1-1. he was transported to union memorial hop. hospital. >> i saw five or ten snow blower injuries in the month of december. >> reporter: he's rather not see any this snow storm. there are similar steps. make sure the machine is turned off. use something other than your hand to clear it. expect even if turned off the blades could be spinning. >>> it seems so obvious but the doctor says people need to hear this. >> i

. >> reporter: last may, cassandra owens was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. doctors say she could only have weeks to live. when arundel high school heard the news, they wanted to give sedia owens her diploma early. [ applause ] >> our biggest fear was that she wouldn't be able to see me graduate. and for you guys to put this on for us, you'll never know how much it means to me and my whole family. >> reporter: and then there was a surprise in store for the family. >> you've been accepted to west virginia university. >> reporter: a worry for any parent that is now alleviated by an early acceptance to college. >> it's every mother's goal in life to see her children be successful. >> to see my wife happy and to realize one of her dreams, you know. i can't even put into words. >> reporter: they say they're proud of what she's done and will continue to accomplish. >> sadiyah has helped start a nonprofit, called coins for the cure. already raising thousands of dollars for cancer research. >> reporter: and it's all done in the name of her mother. >> mom, these are f

. >> they go all the way up to the top -- >> reporter: millly owens is an office worker who sees window washers every day, but not like this. >> we were hoping that they would get him down quickly, because it's so cold. >> reporter: somehow the victim maintained his cool as he was hanging in the air. >> you can't think about it, if you do, you can't do what we do. it takes a lot of deterrence. we are out here in the rain, the sun, the cold, but this is what we do, this is our job. >> reporter: in the ends the washer was pulled inside to safety -- in the ends, the washer was pulled inside to safety. he even walked down himself, but was too shaken up to speak on air. reporting live, weijia jiang, eyewitness news. >>> and that window washer has not yet been identified. >>> today governor martin omalley delivered his state of the state address. during the 30 minute speech the governor focused on job creation and his plans to create mounding home foreclosures. omalley spoke about the challenges his administration faced in this tough economy. the governor sounded a hopeful note. >> this reces

debris in the roadways at owens mills boulevard. in towsend accident at putty hill avenue.perry hall southbound chapel road. pikesville injury crash involving pedestrian or bicycle bicyclist at seven-mile lane. be careful and stay out of the way of the plows as the governor mentioned earlier. >>> you may have a tough time if you are flying out of bwi marshall. airlines are delaying and canceling flights tonight. team coverage continues with jeff. he is live in hanover in ann arundel county. you are disappearing with the snow. >> reporter: yeah. sometimes you think there is more on me than there is on the roads. it is certainly intensifying here. visibilities going down. whether you are talking at planes, train or automobiles we saw this coming. it is getting more difficult to move people around. we found them scurrying around earlier today trying to get ahead of this. after southwest airlines announced it would stop flights after 2:00 today many airlines followed suit. you can see planes taking off one after another trying to get ahead of the cutoff. amtrak and light rail t

in hyattsville, dave owens, 9 news now, wusa9.com. >> lesli made an excellent point.wn who is now down at the super bowl had nothing to do with that young man who passed up harvard because j.b. is a dematha grad who went to harvard and i guarantee you if j.d. had anything to do with it he would have told that kid to forget carnegie mellon and get up to cambridge. >>> we all know our kids' backpacks are pretty darn heavy but the real damage done to the growing spine may surprise you. we'll look at a brand-new study up next. >>> don't forget we're always on at wusa9.com. stay with us. tonight's living well segment is next. if i had to sit on a bench during the middle of a game due to diabetes it would frustrate me. in a basketball game a couple minutes could mean a big momentum shift. my bayer meter is very important. (announcer) only bayer's contour meter has programmable personal high low settings. it allows me to be able to look at my highs and lows to make sure that my diabetes is being controlled as tightly as possible. with my bayer meter i don't miss valuable gam

dave owens with them tonight. >>> on saturday, notre dame visiting georgetown, visiting all of them thereon's number two ranked scores. so on paper, it would appear that they have a distinct advantage. but don't tell these guys that. >> it is easy to assume once they lose that there, whether they will be taking a step back or if it has not been the case. >> i mean, we're not with anyone out there. but if they don't play, then i won't be upset. >>> a tournament bid is pretty much sure of it. but they are hoping to lock up the high speed and they are going off the bubble team like the irish that won't help the cause. >> this group, they understand how important each and every game is. >> with just three games remaining in the regular season. they are emphasizing the buzz words like the consistency or as they put it, we have to come prepared to compete regardless of who we play. 9news now. >> dave, thank you. the upper levels, we hardly knew you, the veteran seven footer, released by the wizards today, before ever playing in the games. the two sides agreeing on the buyout that saved a millio

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owens of new york. the chair will reduce to five minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for recorded vote on amendment number 19 printed in house report 111-410xnoñh(v the gentlewoman from illinois, mrs. halvorson, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 19, printed in house report number 111-410, offered by ms. hal vorsop of illinois. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is express

as dave owens found out, not even mother nature can stop the caps. >> reporter: the caps have found all sorts of ways to win during this 12-game streak. some nights they dominate. >> score! >> reporter: others, like last night's 6-5 affair get accomplished with less than their best. >> it just happens that our b level is usually higher than most other teams' b level, even higher than sometimes when they play their best. >> reporter: alex ovechkin sat out this morning's skate. just the 9th player in history to earn 500 points in his first five seasons. >> he's got so many, i don't know where to begin any more. >> reporter: tonight, the thrashers. despite having beaten atlanta he three times this year the caps coach feels this will be the toughest in the series yet. ilya kovalchuk was traded thursday, but there's a little north of the board o'er perspective. >> a beautiful winter day in canada. fans would be lining up outside the building to get in. >> and this ain't canada. dave, thank you. double good news for the caps tonight. they get all-star mike greenback after his three-game elbow

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owens from brooklyn sent us this photo. said this truck was stuck at 7 a.m. this morning. and it has been there ever since. and well it needs a tow truck now. >> and, of course, getting to cars was impossible in reisterstown. so michele white and her friends, used the next best thing. some horsepower to get around. >> makes sense. >> do you see something stormy? upload photos and videos to our website go to foxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send it icon. and send photos from your cell phone to '56 at foxbaltimore.com. >> and stay with fox 45 news for the latest on the winter blast. we will have much more right here on fox 45 news at 10:00 and explains edition at 10:00. and fox 45 morning news, now starting at 5 a.m. >> i didn't expect it to be this bad. >> one thing people were not doing. flying. later on fox 45 news at 10:00. how people were surviving at bwi. >> i don't know what we will do now. >> next. fire station has a fire in the middle of the winter blast. a look at the losses on the more very satisfied customers than comcast. call the verizon cent

as we push it through baltimore county you were watching jeff in owens mills they had 7.1. ice and sleet will put you in the forecast zone of a foot-plus. parkville 3.3. more ice overnight will compact what's on the ground. layer of ice and crust will help the new layer of snow to stick. we'll have problems building across the entire area. we'll have more totals coming up later on. again, i wanted to highlight my forecast. i'm sticking with it. average of 12-20 inches across the area. more to the north where they never turn over the sleet and freezing rain. then we have bands of heavy snow that pushes through. six to 12 inches around the midportion of the day. rainy sections end with heavy snow. stick around. we have an entire day ahead of us. we have to go to commercial break. head to abc 2. we are trying to get answers to the questions you are asking. that's a lively place to chat about work and whether you can go there or not. somebody asked about the federal government in washington. they are closed today. federal government outside of washington are you closed? this is

it was great when jesse owens beat hitler.going to ask bill about what he thinks about kevin smith, the noted director, pretty good film director being kicked off southwest airlines for being too large to fit into a seat after this. so forget return on investment. let's talk return on insurance. switch your car insurance to allstate, and you can earn a five percent bonus. five percent of your premium, sent to you twice a year... for as long as you don't have an accident. the safe driving bonus check. only from allstate. safety pays. that's allstate's stand. are you in good hands? >>> kevin smith is a noted director and very overweight. he was denied a seat on southwest airlines. he declined to be on the show. approxima southwest says if you can't fit in one seat with the armrest down, you have to buy two seats. who's right? >> i would not like to be wedged between a window and kevin smith. but i also think there's an awful lot of americans smith's size. i honestly think that -- >> larry: what would you do -- >> you know, i thi

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inevitably, even in a tsunami year, somebody wins going the other direction whether it's owens and biden back in '72, but also, the unbeatable guy, the unbeatable woman who can't imagine ever losing an election 90also goes down in a tsunami. that happens, too. >> remember 1980. i mean, remember the names? the biggest names of the democratic history in the united states senate. >> mcgovern. >> they were just giant names. >> and culver. >> you're absolutely right, chris. this is such a great senate cycle. kentucky's in play. we didn't even mention that. florida's in play, we didn't mention that. there's a whole bunch of races. we may have 20 senate races in single digits or flipping on election night. i'll be honest, i'm pretty giddy about that. that's a lot of fun. >> a lot of tea party action there on the republican side. >> there is. >> marco rubio, cuban-american guy down in florida. charlie crist is making something of a comeback, out there fighting. he's saying he is a reagan guy. what do you think? >> well, look, i think the fact is there are seven more months in this primary. if yo

the top highlights sports highlights in the united states history, going all the way back to jessie owensnd joe louis and mohammed ali and all of that. at the end of it, ronnie lot, the hero 49er who has won four super bowls, he had ronnie lot standing there saying to the guys if i could have just one wish in my life, it would be that i could go out one more time just like you guys will tomorrow and try to win a championship. you have no idea how lucky you are. and you know the players in that meeting afterwards, it was on the saturday night before the championship game, they were just dying to play right then. i mean the worst thing for them is they have like 20 hours before the game started. but paten is very famous for its motivation whereas the coach of the colts, jail calledwell is a flat liner. like tony th coach who won the super bowl last time they're not going to be mr. fire and brim stone they're going to be here's what you have to do to win and go out in a business-like way. they've won more games in this decade than any team has ever won in the decade of the nfl history. so ob

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owens: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time.tlewoman from north carolina is recognized. ms. foxx: thank you, mr. speaker. you know, the debate we have been having on this rule has brought up issues that we have been bringing up this entire session. two major questions -- number one, where are the jobs? we keep asking that question. and number two, what is the other side afraid of? as mr. lungren pointed out, the bill that passed the committee passed with a bipartisan vote. people were very happy with it. they were very happy with his amendment. and yet somewhere between that committee and here, the bill was changed substantially. we assume it was changed in the speaker's office. but we don't understand what our colleagues are afraid of. why are they afraid of debating this amendment? they can't even allow debate on something that they don't want in the bill. yet that's what the american people want from us. they are sick and tired of things being done behind closed doors. they want to see us debating things. they know we are goi

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louisville, 18,000 people in lexington, 6,000 in bowling green, 5,500 in elizabeth town, 5,000 in owens boro. as they are desperately looking for work, many are just getting by on unemployment checks. they are just trying to get by. last month the state of kentucky had the sharpest increase in unemployment claims in the country, in the entire united states. 2,510 more claims than the month prior due to the automobile industry and manufacturing job cuts. unfortunately, many of these people will lose their unemployment benefits in kentucky because of the objection of their senator. if senator bunning has his way, more than 14,000 kentucky residents will lose their unemployment assistance in march, and 60,000 by the end of june. why? why are we doing this to these families in kentucky and illinois and every state? everyone acknowledges there's only one objection -- everyone in this chamber acknowledges we are a caring and compassionate country and we will on an emergency basis extend a helping hand to those who have lost their jobs. now, most senators have left for the evening, but some st

that they sunk $1 million into was abandoned by the party and endorsed a democratic candidate, bill owensthat won a seat that we hadn't had since 1872. [cheers and applause] >> and i know you are seeing this in your own jurisdictions, that battle on the republican side is erupting into a civil war in a number of very important races. the republican senate primary in florida, the republican gubernatorial battle in texas. we've got lions. john mccain being challenged from the right in a primary in arizona. bob bennett, a republican senator from utah being challenged from the right in a primary battle in utah. that civil war on the other side is something that is going to produce some dividends for us, give us a chance to win some races that we might not win otherwise. i was sharing with my friend earlier, we took the state senate back in virginia from republicans in 2007 and frankly here's the way we did it. republicans from the right took on republican moderates in our state senate and beat them in primaries and we ended up winning races that we thought had no business in winning. and we a

million dollars into was abandoned by the party and ended up endorsing a democratic candidate bill owens who won a seat that we hadn't had since 1872. [applause] >> and i know you are seeing this in your own jurisdictions, that battle on the republican side, is erupting into a civil war in a number of very important races. the republican senate primary in florida. the republican gubernatorial primary battle in texas. we've got lions of the republican party. the presidential nominee john mccain being challenged from the right in a primary in arizona. we have bob bennett, a republican senator from utah being challenged from the right in a primary battle in utah. that corrosive civil war on the other side is something that is, you know, going to produce some dividends for us this year. give us a chance to win some races that we might not win otherwise. and again i go back to little virginia experience i was sharing with my friend earlier. we took the state senate back in virginia from republicans in 2007. and, frankly, here's the way we did it. republicans from the right took on republican

nominee that they sunk $1 million into was abandoned by the party and endorsed the democratic candidate owens not had the seat since 1972. [applause] you see the battle on the republican side erupting into a corrosive as civil war. the primary in florida, the republican gubernatorial battle in texas. we have lions of the republican party. john mccain is being challenged from the right and their primary in arizona. bennett from utah challenged in a primary battle there. that corrosive civil war on the other side is something that will produce dividends for us. again with the virginia experience we took the state senate back from republicans in 2007. this is how -- republicans from the right to gone republican moderates in our state senate and we ended up beating races we thought we had no business winning. we will also continue to highlight not just that division, but the republican party's choice to become the real captive of wall street and special interest. just this week we learned from a front-page story in "the wall street journal" that republicans were soliciting money on wall street. t

now, in the audience here, not just john bellinger, but ed williamson, bob owen, all predecessors of mine in the position a number of illustrious deputy legal advisers, including judge schwebel, a whole range of colleagues in the room have a sense of what i'm talking about, what an extraordinary place the legal adviser's office is. i first heard of the legal adviser's office 40 years ago. it struck me then as the most interesting job in legal job in the government. and now that i have actually been in the job, that view has only been affirmed for really four reasons. first you have just extraordinary colleagues. i have 180 lawyers, the greatest, i think international law firm going. and the air is extremely enjoyable. everybody in the office has finely tuned sense of humor and irony. and it's made it extraordinarily fun to fit into the mix. a number of my current colleagues are here as well. second, you have extraordinary clients. your job is to provide the president, the secretary of state, the deputy secretary with your best legal advice. in this case, they are all themselves extra

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