one accident in pikesville at reisterstown road. otherwise, some delays starting to fall into place on the west side outer loop, 34 miles per hour beginning at liberty road. on the j.f.x., no delays. 49 on southbound 95. no problems at the tunnels. everything flowing smoothly on 95 through howard county at 32. 295 checks out fine. 895 at the harbor tunnel, no delays to report through the tunnel. everything moving well through the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. let's get the latest from ava marie. we're loving your cheers. >> that is probably the last time you'll see that. we're having so much fun at alonso's this morning. i think i found the biggest ravens fan. you have been doing this tradition for about 10 years. >> about 10 years. i have fun with it. this is a custom cape. >> i can only imagine how much this weighs. >> over 51 pounds. these are shells and beads. >> you have been to 533 consecutive games. that is incredible. you are the biggest ravens fan. >> i went on crutches. >> we are excited for the mat

>> the number one seller in pikesville and chocolate tops. >> i love that rainbow cake. >> you had me at chocolate frosting. >> here is a number i got to throw out at me, by the way sponsored by the county department of tourism and the county chamber of commerce. sales totaled $1.2 billion. think about that. >> wow. >> think about that. that is a lot of dough. >> that is a lot of chicken in the pot. >> it sure is. hey, thank you very much. we appreciate. we have the su burr suburban house. >> thank you and good look to the ravens. >> good luck to the ravens is right. >> -- a ravens dish. >> you have a ravens dish, right? >> we sure do, purple raven cake. >> they do now. >> we will get purple in there for sure. >> we punch up the website, it is cool. it has pictures of food and will show you the restaurants taking part and with neat links to them. >> yeah, a lot of great restaurants, papas, costas, great places and a great time to come in and get a terrific deal and enjoy great food like here at the su suburban house. >> all right. >> all right. >> i am getting some rainbow cake. >> br

we are live in pikesville. >> and emotional vigil tonight for a high school custodian. family and friends gathered to remember grinded did it. the daytime the sodium, he had been working there for seven years. people tell us he was a huge force. he ran it website touching on news in the area. his vehicle was traveling north when it went out of control. they crossed into oncoming traffic. this was after midnight. police believe this is a always a factor in the crash. >> always reminding people, do not drink and drive. we always tricky stressed to people, call somebody. if you have to call somebody, call one of us. >> the family says they are think over the outpouring of prayers. the third deadly crash, people say a woman was pulling over to help a man. in their vehicle came by and killed them both. it happened just before 7:00 a.m.. investigators say marion struck thomas s. he was on the side of the road. authorities in prince george's county have removed a body found in a well. police were able to retrieve the body to the days after an anonymous caller tipped them off.

lowell melzer has been tracking these developments and is live at police headquarters in pikesville. >> police are calling this a very serious situation. they admit it could have had a far worse outcome. they are telling us a driver on interstate 95 became so enraged at another driver that he took a couple of shots at him. >> anyone could have been hit. it could have caused death and injury on the interstate. just completely illegal and inappropriate, and very dangerous. >> a strict reminder to drivers concerning road rage after a joppa man is arrested for allegedly firing three shots and another driver. he got into an altercation with another driver near exit 67 on i-95 north. after jockeying back and forth with each other, police say he fired at these three shots. >> this apparently started when one vehicle cut the other off. they were cutting each other off and just during to each other. it was an aggressive driving incident that escalated to road rage and assault with a weapon. >> police found it the man at his home in the 1600 block of dugan drive. they also serve a warrant and

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>> pikesville. >> pikesville but you are taking that sign right into gillette stadium. >> absolutely. >> all right. >> i took a sign to oakland and i got to follow the same format. >> all right. you went to oakland, that was 10 years ago. >> 11. >> 11, 11 years ago, when we won the afc championship game out there. >> yes, yes, i had my mother and my son, he was eight at the time. i think the youngest ravens fan in the stadium. >> you ready when you are going up, how you going, going with friends. >> fullying, meeting friends there tomorrow and party a couple of days and have fun, come back monday hopefully with another -- >> another -- another road to the -- another move on the road to the super bowl. >> absolutely, i am excited. >> i know you are, great to see you, hold that sign up, festivus bound 2012. >> yeah. >> i love it. >> i had the same thing last time. hopefully this doesn't get ripped up in foxboro. >> i will send him up there. he will take care of the patriots fans. all right the purple caravan starting here and then heading to giant food, mnt bank, the gallery, and ending

baltimore county police are investigating a dozen copper thefts scattered throughout the woodlawn and pikesville area since december 8th. after taking the copper from homes where no one is currently living the thieves are heading to scrap dealers to get big bucks. >> the way the economy is and everything and with people without jobs, they really desperate. they are doing a lot of things they would not ordinarily do. >> reporter: just last month a north baltimore neighborhood reported dozens of copper gutters ripped right off the outside of homes. >> it is an extremely expensive kind of damage many times, when people strip the copper. >> reporter: state police are also investigating at least two dozen copper gutter thefts in montgomery county. don, back to you. >> thank you very much, andrea. police do not have any suspects in this latest rash of copper thefts. >>> the man accused of trying to blow up app army recrewment center is scheduled for rearraignment today. antonio martinez is charged with attempted murder. he was arrested in 2010 after the fbi says he thought he was detonating explosives

region. 695, wilkins, crowded on the beltway, the travel pace moving well between catonsville and pikesville. if you plan to travel on 50, chesapeake bay bridge, a live look at 50, st. margarets, westbound shutdown on the bay bridge with a stalled car. >>> ravens are advancing to the afc title game next sundays and a date with new england patriots in massachusetts. they won yesterday 20-13, behind a defensive game led by veterans lewis and reed. sherrie johnson is live with all new fan reaction, lot of happy faces this morning. >> reporter: that's right. we are here live at mt bank stadium. the heart of where the excitement kicks off. this place was packed with people. purple everywhere, place filled with purple pride. we are moving on to foxboro. as we go to face off against a tough team, patriots. the fans say we are ready. that was a close victory but a victory nonetheless. tense moments for fans. the ravens pulled off a win and heading to the afc championship game. >> lieu sis the man. we kill it. new england, here we come. >> god bless, we are going to new england and going to win. >> r

. >> a dozen copper thefts were investigated in the pikesville area since december 8. the thieves targeted homes where no one is living and take the copper to the scrap dealer and get big bucks. >> the way the economy is, they are desperate and doing things they never would have done. >> neighbors are looking out for anything suspicious. but they say this is a sign of the times. >> it's all over the country and all over the counties now. >> copper thefts are widespread nationally and the fbi labeled it a threat to critical infrastructure. >> last month, the neighborhood reported dozens of copper gutters ripped off the homes. >> it's an extremely expensive damage many times. >> now police want to catch the crooks as they get more bold breaking into homes. >> maryland state police saying they are also investigating at least two dozen copper gutter thefts in montgomery county. >> all right. thank you very much. they don't have any suspects in the t latest spat. >>> an expensive -- john cook iv stole a safe from the gold rush kiosk loaded with gold and cash. >>> the man ac

pikesville to dundock. we could hit the low, push toward the mid40s from shady side.rall pattern, fairly quiet but a few passing snow showers possible over the next few hours, from there is that cluster of more significant snow into northern virginia and skirt south of us. behind that disturbance just a cold night on the way and a good warm up tomorrow in to the low 40s. we should get past 50 but talking about the deep freeze and how it's affecting our citrus florida low temperatures below freezing, just north of orlando and tampa. last night 31 jacksonville and teens in the panhandle. that's where we could have seen more significant crop damage for things like strawberries. early clouds, some sun, mildler and tomorrow night cold but not as frigid. the outlook here does continue to warm things up. 47 sunday. not bad, 41, 41, that's the average. >> since -- denver 45 degrees and a 10% chance of rain. >> yeah. >> the afc north champions working out today in owings mill. they practiced today and tomorrow, they will have the weekend off. go joe go and then they go back to

in was struck by an improvised explosive device.his funeral began at 9 o'clock this morning in pikesville be buried later today at arlington national cemetery. flags around the state are also being flown at half-staff in honor of seidler. a baltimore man continues to recover this morning ... after undergoing a surgery... that was the first of its kind. chris lyles is at home after a successful trachea transplant operation in stockholm, sweden.lyles has a synthetic trachea seeded by his own stem cells.he's the first man in the world to undergo the surgery.while he says it was nerve-wrecking... it was necessary. "i was a little nervous, but i had faith in my doctors and faith in god and it was something i needed to do to save my life" life"lyles is now cancer free and hoping his case will be the catalyst that kick starts the procedure in the u-s. 3 3 you think you're pulling hard for the ravens? according to nfl-dot-comm joe flacco earns an extra 200 thousand dollars for each playoff victory. p yet, he's far from the only one profiting from this post-season run. joelld. smith is live in par

good up to i-70, if you are making your way on the west side of 695, beltway travels through the pikesvillemoving well in both directions. checking in with the mta again, we have a delay, 15 minutes behind schedule on light rail. back to you. >>> nick cannon is home recovering and could be back to work next week after treated for minor kidney failure. cannon fell ill in aspen while vacationing with his wife mariah carey. >>> snoop dogg gets busted at the border. agents in texas says he stopped the tour bus when he smelled, wait for it, marijuana. prescription bottles contained the cigarettes. he is known to have a california license for prescription marijuana. snoop dogg says the pot was his he was arrested and cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. the court date is scheduled for january 20th. >>> it's not too early to plan for the upcoming weekend. up next, where you can take the family, free of cost and also pay tribute to dr. martin luther king. >>> police need your help this morning, how you can help police find the person who killed this elderly woman. >>> now good morning maryla

will push us up above 40 degrees. 40 or so in pikesville and 41dundock so a mix of sun and clouds but improved day weather wise. 42, the average high for this part of early january. now there is that cluster of snow mainly to the west. upper air wave, short wave disturbance. that could spark -- some snow showers across even central maryland. just for a few hours but it could make it slick in spots for a few hours hours and the pattern showering the art irk high. we will continue to see it moderate over the next few days, as winds shift out of the south and we see lit until the way of new weather makers, i want to show you how deep this freeze reached. jacksonville florida below freezing. the panhandle of florida in the teens and 20s and we could pay more for the winter crops out of florida, strawberries and oranges because of that freeze. hopefully most of the crops -- crops -- crops, hopefully most of the winter crops made it through. man. thursday, 40, early clouds, better weather thursday night and your seven day forecast again the outlook does get mildler, not florida weather but

we are live along the beltway and pikesville. >> reporter: that is part of the good news.he other part is that we depth see any rain leading up to what we are seeing now, the snow. when you don't have the rain it lets the highway crews treat the roads beforehand. the snow in pikeville started coming down, maybe ten, 15 minutes ago so maybe a little before. closer to townsend. like i said what it's allowed the highway crews to do without having that rain before the snow is to get the highways ready, they think they will be in good shape heading in to the overnight hours. shortly after 6:30 the temperature dropped right into the freezing part. salt truck around the area waiting for the storm to move in, whether it bring snow, sleet, freezing rain or everything. >> we are ready for whatever mother nature brings. >> reporter: they have pretreated maimingor roads with salt, once the trucks get out it'll help the salt they drop stick to the road. >> even before we are out we are trying to prevent the ice. >> reporter: a lot were doing their part at the lowe's sellers, snow shove

. >>> it's not ands' i didn't drive for people in pikesville. crash officials and emergency personnel still there. and the congestion behind this, it is now a 14 minute delay from 795 to route 44 and frederick road. once you get past this point, not too bad on the beltway's west side. and for those of you traveling on the harrisburg expressway, it's still not too bad making it to the top side of 695 and we're getting a report of some congestion spots of southbound 83 from middle town road to belfast. but not too bad here. the driven time to the top side there a few minutes. >>> students, faculty and penn state alums are lining up to pay their final respects to former penn state coach joe paterno. sherrie johnson is here with a preview of what we just learned in the past hour. >> reporter: the service follows another public viewing that will begin at 8:00 this morning followed by a private funeral. we learned new information about the procession. a new facebook page has more than 5,000 people who will follow the procession starting at 2:00 p.m. t

we are seeing heavier traffic through the pikesville region heading around to catonsville. on thenessed side -- northbound side, outerlanes at providence heavy. looking good especially from 695 whitemarsh boulevard to the beltway, six minutes. >>> in indianapolis, an explosion at a k-mart store has people running. investigators believe the blast was from a vacant building nearby, the result of a build-up of gas. >>> police officers in houston chased burglary suspects. an amazing video caught on camera by a news crew tuesday. yesterday. cars hit high speeds. at one point three men stopped and jumped out crossing the hov lane running into oncoming traffic. one suspect was caught immediately. >> pack up, back up! back up! >> two of the suspects were tackled in the oncoming lanes of highway 59 in handcuffs. the getaway vehicle burst into flames. officers rushed to save the belongings. >>> on-line push to create a new barbie doll, that one would be bald. to help children battling canser who lost all their hair. >> for kids to know that it's ok to be bald. you're beautiful even t

at wilkins avenue, already we are seeing heavy traffic on the outer loop lanes traveling through pikesvilleatonsville occasionally slow spots around the interchange. now over to you. >>> 300 cases go before a judge and he will decide in 30 seconds on each one. why the court docket in florida is called a rocket docket and what it could mean for the plaintiffs. >>> and you are not going to be able to look at anything on wikipedia tomorrow. why that website is going dark for 24 hours. details straight ahead when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday, january 17th. >>> the captain of the downed italian cruise ship will be in court today and you are looking live off the italian coast of the cruise ship. it's now where it's been since late friday night in to saturday morning. ship's owner accused the captain of causing the accident leaving6 dead and 29 missing. two americans are among the missing. >>> towards ridding itself a backlog florida seminole county courts will have 300 scheduled foreclosures in the next three days. several judges will suspend retirement for the rocket docket

services will be held tuesday in pikesville. and he will be laid to rest at arlington cemetery. >>> female crabs in the bay are in short supply, maryland and virginia put restrictions on them. now the ratio of female to male is 3 to 1. part of the problem the females is they only mate once, but males can mate several times. researchers with the smith sonnian research center cities not clear how that affects the population. restrictions on har vesting the crabs have been in place since 2008. >>> we have a contest going on. what building is bursting with ravens fever enough to paint the entire place purple? let me show you an example. isn't that a nice shade? the university of maryland medical center is doctored up, pride for the ravens. let us show you the best believe in town. here it is. the bromo seltzer tower. most of the sky scrapers will take on the purple this week and snap pictures. and in 50 minutes, we'll have the ground crew go out for a midnight run. they did these paintings earlier in the day. when you wake up in the

services will be in pikesville. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. >>> the ravens are not just tackling other teams on the field. listen. >> we don't win unless we work together. >> ray lewis and others in the nfl are tackling crimes in east africa. and controversial acts that led to 200 convicts free in mississippi who did it and why? >>> welcome back. ravens superstar ray lewis is in a new psa. he and a number of other nfl stars came together to record an ad raising awareness about the famine, war and drought for millions in east africa. >>> as you make your way to work or school you may notice a lot of things like that ravens mascot, also the word "relentless." it started overnight. the ravens birds and cheerleaders, grounds crew were sentenceling, to show purple pride for the big game. keep an eye out. >>> on sunday join us and the team as we get you ready for the big game against the texans. kickoff is 1:00 but our coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. sunday morning leading up to kickoff. be sure to join

let's get a live look at traffic for those of you making the drive through the pikesville region. 695 at baltimore national pike. traffic flowing freely on the outer loop between 795 and baltimore national pike. and another live look here is the harrisburg expressway. i-83 at shawan road look good. for our early mta commuters rail service is on time and buses moving along on schedule. charley, back to you. >>> it claims to play off so now it's time for resting and healing up and getting rade for game time. fans are chomping at the bit to get their hands on tickets for the january 15th playoff game at m and t bank stadium. here's information you need to know a few thousand tickets are going to go on sale today at 10. also beginning today, the town is going to be painting the town purple in memory of the ravens ground crews. 11 to noon and 10 a.m. to 11. they will he be painting the ravens logo at two locations. the front office staff and mascot will rise and concur as well as cheerleaders will be on hand to celebrate the post season push with fans. a big day of events and keep in mind,

this one through the pikesville region. will we have lane closures? and delays? we'll let you know.oming up next. >> you're up to date on what is new. that's a live look at new york city. now let's go there for business news. >>> good morning. topping "america's money" -- a major ford recall. the automaker says thousands of escape compact suv's have a faulty brake system that could catch fire. if you have one park it outside until it's fixed. ford is also recalling thousands of mini vans because of transmission problems. >>> as we've seen from the occupy wall street movement there's greater tension between the rich and poor these days. 2/3 of us think there are strong conflict and 50% increase from two years ago. >>> the bankruptcy filing yesterday for the maker of twinkies doesn't necessarily mean it's gone. companies already expressing interest in making the treats. >>> parents of young cancer survivors are using facebook to lobby for a barbie doll more like their daughters, bald. the page is called beautiful and bald barbie and the number of people who liked the page nearly doubl

his funeral is held today at on reisterstown road in pikesville. it begins at 9 this morning and he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. >>> a federal judge in baltimore preside over a civil rights trial that arose after the death of a hearing impaired man. his parents are seek more than 100 million dollars for the -- from the sheriff who they say used excessive force against their son in november 2007. gray who is not wearing his hearing aid at the time was hit twice by a stun gun as the officer tried to break up a fight. the jury selection begins today. >>> getting a head start on your taxes e-filing begins today and coren redman is standing by a representative from h&r block on what to know and tricks to know about and things to avoid. >> reporter: yeah, we are live outside the h&r block in rogers forge and joining us live is duane henderson. first today is the first day you can e-file so what are the benefits to e-failing taxes? >> you can get the refund back quicker. almost 140 million americans will file and you can get your money b

side of 69 -- traveling on west side of 695, plenty of company joining your beltway drive from pikesville to catonsville and checking the drive times as it's getting busy, we are okay as far as drive times. especially on the west side outer loop. 695 from 795 to i-70 about 7 minutes there and again checking on the harrisburg expressway you're good to go southbound 83 from shawan road to the beltway about 5 minutes there. charley over to you. >>> the governor scheduled to release the spending plan for fiscal year 2013 and there's a lot of talk about what's in the proposal and some of it may be raising eyebrows. for a breakdown let's go to sherrie johnson and if you fall in what's qualified as the high earning category you have big changes. >> reporter: that's right. no one wants new taxes, so no one wants to fork out extra money. so today marylanders will pay close attention as the governor releases the budget plan. here's what we know. people who earn more than 100,000 dollars and couples that make more than 150,000 dollars would be limited to smaller personal exemption for themselves and

if you're traveling in pikesville, county police on the scene of a collision righteoustown road and slaid avenue. also downtown we still have a water main break repier pair on lombard street. two lanes blocked between president and gay street for that. in the meantime, a lot of congestion around the area, especially on 29, going away from i-70 is where you're going to see the heaviest traffic on 29 as you make the drive down to route 32. as for those of you making the drive to the west side of 695, not too bad right here on 795 at cocky's mill road, but for the most part it picks up down towards owens mills boulevard all wait to 695. >>> i'm going to put you guys on the spot right now. what do you think is going to happen come sunday? >> i think it is going to be 31- 24 ravens. >> i like the score, but i think the ravens will pull it off because tom brady is out. it's time for him to get out. >> can't you tell? we're in the spirit here. >> we can't go without asking our own tom. tom, what do you think? >> ravens! >> baltimore defense is going to stand out as well. i've got the fu man chu

over in pikesville they are celebrating purple friday. richy hair yigs in hare de grace.oad your pictures to the "u local" page of www.wbaltv.com. yesterday thousands of fans parked the convention center for fan fest. they have it every year. fans, exhibits, and interactive games. >> we get autographs and lots of give-aways. and the interaction with the players. >> o's opening day is april 5 at home against the twins. come out. >> do you know who is celebrating a birthday today? >> the ravens. he's going to be 25 today. ray rice. >> what a baby. >> what a baby. he's going to play in houston like a man, not like a baby. >> grr. >> an afc championship been could mean p -- an afc championship could mean finances for baltimore. >> you may need liquid courage to get through the game and cold temperatures. we'll talk about what it is like here in baltimore and up in ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] with greasy fast food, what're you really getting? instead, try a subway turkey blt or a fresh fit turkey melt, merely 7 grams of fat each. subway. eat fresh. ♪ >> good morning. we have seen

. >> we are at the barcs store in pikesville, helping animals find a good home, like monopoly. we will talk about this guy in just a second. tell us about monopoly. >> he is seven months old. he came here when he was a capkitten. he is looking for a home. he is very lovable and a lot of fun. >> he is looking at joe flacco and i don't blame him. tell us out number five is helping out. >> you may notice a few billboards with joe say he is teaming up with us and to support us. >> you have a big facebook challenge. you want people to show their and their purple pride, supporting their ravens. and people are doing that. >> some of the pictures are terrific. >> send in your pictures with a chance of winning some prizes. >> if you come onto our facebook page, you can enter to win six different prices that are autographed by joe. some of them are pet dishes and pat et shirts. >> you could win if you go into the shelter and wendy will talk more about that in our next half-hour. you can adopt monopoly and other pets. back to you. >> thank you. 5:51. up next, we will get one of your answe

myranda stephens is live at state olice headquarrers in pikesville tonnght, where investtgators are probingpe on davidsonville marks the site accident that claimed the just brouggt tears to my eyes because that's such a huge tragedy 58maryland state saturday morning --they got wrong way down route-50 - near davidsonville road. the car was traveling westbound in the struck another ar head on. one of the carr then briefly caught fiie. state police spokeswoman 31:28 three of the people were pronounced dead at the scenee one was transported to the hospital, who then succumbed to his injuriess34 state police say the car thaa was going the wrong way was carrying three teenagers. 18-year-old zachary tyler rosee...19-year-old brittany ann walker.. and 11-year-old breanna mmrie franco. police are still trying to determine who was driving - and how they ended up on the wrong sideeof thh highwaa. 32:15 we've got the marrland state police crash eam oiig a thhrough investigationnat this point. they're loooingginto whether alcchol and or sseed were factors ii the crash 24 the accident shut down the eastb

andrea fujii is live in pikesville. good morning, andrea. >> reporter: good morning, don and everyone. a state trooper was struck while conducting a traffic stop over the weekend, months after a city officer was hit. this 30-year-old of reisterstown is charged with a hit-and-run, the victim was a maryland state trooper who survived. >> we lost people in the line of duty like this. >> reporter: he hit the trooper as he conducted a stop on i-83 early sunday morning. he faces charges. it brings back memories from last june when a car hit this 27-year-old as she helped a disabled vehicle on i-83. the impact forced her over the concrete barrier, falling 25 feet. last fall, the state enforced a new law requiring motorists to move over or slow down for stopped emergency vehicles. >> i will brake, stopping on the brakes until i'm sure we have enough space, and then, i move. >> reporter: now, the trooper hit last weekend has been released from the hospital. the officer also survived. don, back to you. >>> drivers who don't move

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again, through towson very slow through pikesville and 795 and frederick road.t the jones falls expressway, jfx north avenue, building traffic as we get to baltimore city. once you get into baltimore though traffic runs smoothly. no problems at the tunnel tolls. >>> now back to "good morning america." ♪ tonight >>> you're listening to nick jonas singing his hit, "tonight." and there is the star himself, graciously signing autographs outside the studio. tonight, he'll be on stage as part of "how to succeed in business without really trying." we'll ask him how he does it all. >>> also ahead, the awards show the actors love the most. the one for the screen actors guild. >>> ten days until super bowl sunday. more than 20 million people will attend super bowl parties. we have great deals and steals on what you need to have fun for the big game. i'm going to guess 20 million is a conservative estimate. what are we looking at here? >> the uniforms. we have one little baby not so happy. probably because his mom wishes he was wearing a packers uniform. but franklin is a

. >> a pikesville man charged with raping a 12-year-old girl fights the allegation in court.etails ahead. >> live, local, late breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00. >> city sheriffs are following through and beginning the process of seizing almost two dozen vehicles from baltimore's housing authority. good evening, everyone. it is a story we first told you about at 11 news at 6:00 yesterday. the measures carried out today are intended to carry out court orders. jane miller is live in the news room with a follow-up tonight. >> two victims of lead paint poisoning are at the center of this particular case. tonight we of reaction from them in the internal document that shows why the housing authority is still worried about how big the liability might be. >> it was anything but the usual start to the day at the city housing authority is mansard. city sheriffs were on site to attack as many as 20 vehicles the authority own spirited it is the first up to auctioning off the vehicles, perhaps within a month. the proceeds will be used to pay the judgment to bring me and her brothe

>> leave from the pikesville area, and from up north. >> reporter: and putting things in perspective for a trip like this is really bargain, a bargain compared to what could happen with a trip for the super bowl. because just the cost of a tick tote the super bowl. >> that's what we said. the ticket will cost about $2,000 for the super bowl. when you add into that the transportation and the hotel, you're about 3,000 dollars number for the whole weekend. so this weekend it's $575, $580, much better deal. >> reporter: your website mark. >> superiortours.com. and everything is on there. >> reporter: thank you very much. good to see you. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> reporter: by the way, i think i left a corn beef sandwich on my last trip to new york. check because she will find it. >> we'll look for it. >> reporter: thank you. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> reporter: and don't forget, 3:00, sunday, right here on wjz 13. >> yeah. >> that is really a good deal considering what you get. you hear of the ticket prices like going for $500 to $600 alone. >> reporter: no question about it

hero.friends and family gathered today in pikesville to bid farewell to tte maryland man who died whiletriot guard riders wereamong those reflecting on the airman's life cut short. "i just feel that we need to be there for the fammly to let them know that we support them" ttem" seidler was one of three men killed in the accident. and flags all across maryland are flying at halfstaff tonight horing the airman. he will be buried at arlington national cemetery. he died one month ago of radio alk show host ron smith wws rememmbered todayat a memorial service at goucher college.john rydell has more on today's tribute... tribute... ((music))they gathered to remember a friend...a voice... in baltimore radio. "listen up liberals, conservattves moderates."ffr 26-years... ron &psmith...dellghted... angered...and often inspired...his listeners. (walden) "he would always respect someone else's opinnon even if it was diametrically opposed to his, ron was never mean spirited."he refered to himself the voice of reason...an unabashed conservative...a libertarian...but unafraid to criticize anyone...reg

other accidents include bedford avenue at mchenry in the pikesville area. dennison street. also, west mulberry at cathedral streets. now, let's take a live look. as you can see, not a bad drive there. this traffic report is brought to you by subway. introducing the new hot pastrami melt. pickles, mustard, and bubbly cheese. to satisfy the biggest appetite, only from subway, eat fresh. >>> it is purple in maryland, almost everywhere you look. and ravens' fans are counting the days until the afc championship game. wjz is your home for complete coverage of the play-offs. while you were sleeping, the ravens painted more stencils around the state. and this time, they are in gold. if you see one, take a picture, send it to the ravens' twitter or facebook pages. one lucky fan will win a trip to this weekend's game for two against the patriots. we put a link to the contest at wjz.com. just click on the newscast. >>> and you can only watch the ravens play the patriots here on wjz. the afc championship game kicks off sunday at 3:00. >>> and don't miss our live championship friday nig

./ keith daniels, live at ssate police headquarterssin pikesville.uud the man with help from the glow of a cell phone.. ? ? jennifer...... state troopers used high-tech the man..... and they say the "faint glow" rom a one.... made that rescue mission a success.... and tonight... the man they grateful. christopher tkacik is back in the waamth of his home with his family in mount airy.. after eing stranded in the woods onna cold mountain near frederick.((kacik) "i was into a valley and i said.. - this doesn't feel ight..." .........tkacik was hiking in gambrill state park newwyyar's &pday.. when he took a wrong turn on one trail.. that took he had his dog, boo...and an i-phone.. lost... .........after walking more than 8 miles. tkacik knew he was in trouble..... it was about 5-33.. nearly dark. (tkacik) "i was losing light and i knew if i'm on this mounnain when it gets dark.. i'm not getting off thee mountain. you're not out on these hiking paths once it gets dark.." he finally called -1-1...... (tkacik) "i was hoping they could say go west one mile a

cockeysville, glen burnie, owings mills, pikesville, timonium and towson. >>> it will not be in montgomeryer re, a et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. >> so don't worry about it. i wonder if they'll have time to look at it. what's up down there? >> reporter: we're doing a little streaking in this sportscast. i hope it's okay with you. the capitals, streaking. trying to make it four wins in a row. the terps doing the same. the wizards streaking also, only in the other direction. >>> the caps have their slow period in december and now in january we're going to crank it up. could that be it? >> reporter: i like that. they're trying to keep this going into the new year. like stella, they're looking to get their groove back. they've won three games in a row. it is their second longest win streak in the season. their longest winning streak since dale hunter took over as head coach. mike green is finally back. the all-star defenseman missed 23 games. they need this guy and finally, mike green going to be back on the ice. he was plagued by injuries all season long. has not played since november 11th

she's live in pikesville and explains the special way that fans wish the team well. >> hello, kai. and hello to everyone. baltimore city and county are going completely purple. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is urging everyone to show their theirle pride. meanwhile, here in the county, the giants' store, kids are putting pens to paper to cheer on the home team. >> reporter: your neighborhood giants store has now become a ravens' post office. >> it's very exciting. the kids come in. they write their letters. they're very excited of. >> reporter: kids have the opportunity to wish the ravens luck. >> you can submit your own letter. you fill out the information. they'll send you a letter back. it also puts you in the running for cool things like tickets to sunday's game or the ravens' cheerleaders and poe visiting your school. >> the letters are then brought here to the ravens' practice facility in owings mills, where they're posted for the ravens to read. >> the whole atmosphere is fantastic. the fact that they get to see support coming from the fans directly. they thought they did th

perfect for shining up this man's car in pikesville.side now, it's partly sunny, with the occasional gust of wind. but it's beautiful. let's check in with bob turk. he's updating our weather conditions. >> 12:58 this afternoon. 63 degrees right after lunch. it's been dropping a little since then. but really, well above average for this time of year. ridiculous. take a look at temps around the area. it's still in the 50s. 54. it has cooled considerably to our west. oakland is now at 30 degrees. that is headed our way. 58 in ocean city. still 59 in pax river. we have dropped about 8 or 9 degrees this afternoon. earlier today, actually got to 63. 60 in d.c. almost 70 across southern maryland. oakland was in the chilly air earlier. we only got up to 39 and 50 in cumberland. but after a cooler weekend, next week, it may get a little chillo sunday night and monday. but after that, high pressure once again builds into the southeast. and another mild air mass headed our way for the middle and probably most of next week, as we start february wel

and kids are putting pen to paper here in pikesville, doing just that. >> reporter: your neighborhood giants store has now become a post office. >> it's very exciting. the kids come in. they write their letters. they're very excited. >> reporter: kids of all ages have the opportunity to wish the ravens luck. >> you can submit your own letter. you can also write your letter to the ravens on this form. you fill out the information. they'll send you the letter back. it also puts you in the running for cool things like tickets to sunday's game, or the ravens' cheerleader, and poe visiting your school. >> reporter: the letters are then brought here to the ravens' practice facility in owings mills, where they're posted for the ravens to read. >> the whole atmosphere is fantastic. you can see support coming from the fans directly. they thought they read this through the art work. it's fantastic. >> reporter: the letters can be dropped off at any baltimore area giants store, where they can be collected and delivered. the goal is to completely cover the walls of the ravens' cafeteria. >> they

also slaid avenue in pikesville, got accident cleanup there.he ordinary, just some off and on congestion here on u.s. 29, especially making the drive around clarksville. you can expect a tap of the brakes there. if you're traveling on the west side of the beltway, your triple around 695, going to run into some pocket delays between liberty road and fredrick road. also off and on congestion making the drive southbound 83 as you head into downtown. late send it back to new york for more "good morning america." >>> after that stunning cruise disaster off the italian coast, there's a new spotlight on the floati ining vacations and the parties on board. chris cuomo will take us on the cruise ships gone wild. >>> and shocking news for the skiing world, sarah burke, fearless competitor, has died after suffering an injury in a training exercise. she landed squarely on her feet. it wasn't a crash. fell and hit her head. was wearing a helmet. >> just the wrong spot. >> so hard. >>> look at these soon-to-be moms heading up mountains. they're taking pregna

. >> reporter: we have got emergency construction in pikesville on the beltway inner loop between greenose of you traveling southbound 29 all the way from 70 to clarksville pike on thebrakes. into the jfx at a crawl from northern parkway to 28th street and here's a live look downtown fayette and st. paul. police say an accident with a ped struck at fayette and lynwood avenue. >>> change could be coming to the election cycle in baltimore city. today the baltimore election change coalition will meet to probring the election in line with statewide cycles to boost turnout. also save money. the city holds the local elections in the year after statewide elections and before presidential elections. allergy concerns are prompting a company to issue recall. they are recalling the arugulapastery go to the website for more information. now for more "good morning america" a one more check of the weather in 25 minutes. >>> whoo! whoo! >> that song is money -- i waited to say that. this is the year. you can finally dig out of debt with a little help from our good friend suze orman. she's here with ti

police are investigating a dozen copper thefts scattered throughout the woodlawn and pikesville areas reported in montgomery county. investigators say thieves take the metal to scrap dealers. police are on alert in the affected neighborhoods as they continue to investigate. don, back to you. >> thank you very much. there is more information on the wild get away crash that left one person dead in baltimore county two days ago. police say aaron mccoy committed two burglaries before he crashed his car. they also say his accomplice was arrested after jumping out of the car before the crash. >>> a man accused of killing a woman in georgia could be executed there. he is charged with murdering loren gettings giddings there in georgia. the man accused of trying to blow up an army recruitment center is scheduled for rearraignment today. antonio is charged with attempted murder and use of a weapon of mass destruction. if convicted martinez could spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> a johns hopkins student can thank his classmates after they helped to rescue him. the students were on a gro

and another accident in the pikesville area reisterstown.east 15 minutes from security boulevard over to edmundson avenue. and they slow there. slowing open the north side at harper road. this traffic report is brought to you by home paramount pest control. >>> don, back to you. >> thank you very much. in just two days we will find out whether the ravens will be playing on football's biggest stage. excitement is building all around the area, and andrea fujii is live at mnt bank stadium. >> reporter: players took time last flight to thank their fans. >> no big deal to take an hour out to say hello to everybody and you know these people are the reason why we are here today and you know why we are still playing the way we are and why we do what we do. >> reporter: quarterback joe flacco and wide receiver tory smith posed for pictures and signed autographs for their fans who have been in a frenzy as they get set for sunday's big game and players credit those fans with giving them a perfect record at home this season. don, back to you. >> thank y

and the west side of 695 in pikesville. we are slow from 795 to liberty road.owson on the brakes southbound 83 from 695 to past coldspring lane. >>> one of the biggest unions will announce support of the same sex marriage bill. maryland state and dc, aflcio has 300,000 members and support will boost efforts to pass legislation allowing same sex couples to marry. it will mobilize efforts to help governor o'malley and general assembly pass the law. union will hold a press conference at 11 this morning on north utah street. >>> and the lion king is bringing in the big bucks. last week the show grossed 1 1/2 million dollars and set up arecord for the theater and made more than 5 million. back to new york for more good morning america have great morning and we are back weather and traffic in 30 minutes. Ã >>> things are starting to look up. and things are starting to change in a good way. hopefully things stay good and they only get better. >> wow. that appears to be casey anthony, video diary. speaking out for the first time since walking out of court after her acq

way from i-70 and here's live look at delays on the west side of 695 making are way through the pikesvilleegion at liberty road. >>> it's one of the mornings where you want to bundle up and bundle up the little once heading to the bus stop. have your gloves, scarch and heavy coat and for those without a place to stay, the city activated the code blue program meaning emergency shelters will be open 24 hours. look at your screen as officials activated the code blue for monday and tuesday because of the cold temperatures. and ten different shelters in the city and our website abc2news.com. we are back in a half-hour with more weather and traffic and we will see you then. 3q new odor detect from air wick. a new air freshener so smart, that it detects and overcomes unpleasant odors. odor detect works on more than a thousand odors, to keep your world at its brightest. new odor detect. something in the air wick. >>> breaking right now. that is the queen's estate, sandringham in england. it's now a krinl scene. a body was found less than two miles from the queen's castle. >> we were there just thi