westbound 175 at snowden river parkway. another ad old columbia road. we're in the green on the west side. 700 looks good in towards the beltway -- 70 looks good in towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. back to you. >> 5:22. still ahead -- >> congress is in recess. what is being done to stop the what is being done to stop the sequester. it's my coffee when i want it. you press a button, you have great dunkin' coffee. i got my coffee for the morning, i got my dunkin' k-cup packs for the rest of the day. only available at dunkin' donuts restaurants. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >> if congress does not reach a deal on sequestration, $85 million in cuts will go into effect. >> maryland, virginia, and watched it, d.c., -- and washington, d.c., are vulnerable to the cuts. >> makers are on a break. >> president obama is back at the white house after a week of golfing in florida. congress is still away on a break. floaters' visit the capitol are upset that lawmakers went home. congress has just over a week

a crash to tell you about, westbound lanes of route 175, snowedden river parkway, to 70, look here at columbia pike. everything is moving along. no delays heading west towards frederick or east towards 695. 95, route 175, no problems k traveling from elk ridge to downtown baltimore, that stretch will take you 12 minutes. looking at the other time saver traffic drive times, jfx, nice and clear, 11 minute ride, traveling southbound, from the beltway, downtown to east fayette street. 695, delay free around, now, on the west side, an 8 minute clip traveling the outer loop, 795 to 70. >>> breaking news, police are investigating a triple shooting in baltimore county, one person is dead and we are getting new details as the morning goes along. sherrie johnson is live this morning with the latest at police headquarters. >> reporter: we have been on the phone talking to police, basically they are investigating 3 people were shot many middle river in the 2100 block of eastern boulevard, that's actually near martin state airport. look at this all new video shot overnight. you can see from the vi

accident activity has been reported here along 1757 at the snowdon river parkway.hat's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. ime traffic. >>> the chances it was happening are not as rare as you may think. >> and knowing what to do if it does happen could after your life. it just takes a few seconds to fall onto subway tracks and in some frightening recent cases, people have been pushed on purpose. coming up next, fox 5's sherry ly shows us an important safety measure on metro that you should keep in mind every time you ride.  >>> welcome back. we take a live look overreagan national airport. hopefully no delays you should be dealing with out of there today. we'll check in with tucker to get more on your weather coming up in just a bit. over last few months, there have been reports of some frightening attacks on subway systems in large cities where people were pushed on to the track on purpose. >> it is something that only takes a second and falling on to the track happens on accident more often than you may think. what if it happens to you on

route 175 westbound, west of 95 at the snowden river parkway in colombia, there's a crash. we are good in maryland and virginia on the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. two firefighters and residents were hurt in an apartment fire in manassas. >> it was on lady jane. it is under investigation. john gonzalez has the latest on this fire that has displaced a lot of people. >> this was such an intense fire. a group of firefighters had to call for a mayday. there were trapped inside the structure. as many as 60 firefighters had to fight this fire. again, some of them had to be rescued, two of them had to be taken to the hospital for observation. one resident also transported for smoke inhalation. this large fire leapt 24 apartments damaged. the cause is not known. we do know it started inside a third floor unit. that's where the roof collapsed with firefighters underneath. they have to call for the mayday. after the firefighters were rescued safely, firefighters had to fight this thing with ladders from outside because the flames were so intense. about 60 people have been disp

howard county, dealing with a crash along the westbound lanes of route 175, this is at snowedden river parkway, problems on route 32, a crash westbound as well there at broke and lands parkway. using interstate 70, no delays from columbia pike, over to 695, that's in great shape, westbound frederick, 695, north west, moving along. nothing to get in your way, as you travel to 83 and route 40. >>> he practiced in private, fearing something bad might happen, a daredevil is sharing his latest stunt with the world. >>> when a gunman opened fire, you are told to runaway, now, law enforcement is offering new advice in light of so many recent mass shootings. details straight ahead. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say we go where no paint has gone before, and end up some place beautiful. more saving. more doing. that's the power

trouble in howard county where there's a crash right on waterloo road at stone river parkway in ellicott city. in baltimore county, we're still dealing with a crash on glen oak avenue at park drive. if you are heading out to the beltway, there's a lot of congestion starting to pick up here on the northwest corner at old court road. it's going to take you an extra five minutes right now on the outer loop from 795 down to 70. average speed, though, clocking in at just 27 miles per hour. and it's also here in parkville at hartford road. do expect a political slow ride as you travel that outer loop up towards providence road. megan and charley, over to you. >>> want to show you this video quickly, this is off the coast of maui. some canoers got a big surprise. that splash is of a humpback whale. because of the disparity between the coo into and the buoys and the whale, they did not tip over. they got some great video and one big scare >> that is a whale tail. >>> remember, you can always find the latest on abc2news.com. we'll see you in 30 minutes. [ virginia ] i do have a healthy diet, but

>> we have one accident in howard county on snowden river parkway. 27 miles per hour on the west side outer loop. north side is in pretty good shape. bat on 95 out of white marsh. >> thanks for the decent weather yesterday. >> we will start out with some clouds. we expect a high near 43. there'll be a coastal storm on friday. that means a lot more rain or snow. >> thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> we will be back with a live update at 7:25. update at 7:25. >> have a good one.

watch for a possible activity at snowden river parkway. we are seeing a delay on the west side around baltimore national pike. 795 looks pretty good coming down from franklin boulevard. 11 minutes on the north side of the beltway. so far looking pretty good out of the white marsh area coming down on 95 towards the fort mchenry. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> one person is dead following a triple shooting in middle river. this was the scene at eastern boulevard in middle river. police discovered the victims of a parking lot. no word as to a suspect or a possible motive. a perry hall high school student will stand trial as an adult today. he faces charges including attempted murder. is special needs student was seriously wounded. could face life in prison. >> baltimore city police commissioner will introduce his new director of the education and training. joseph smith will return to the academy which resumes limited operations later today. smith replaces eric russell, who was suspended. a trainee was shot in the head and remains

westbound 175 at snowden river parkway we have an accident. speeds still looking good on the beltway and on 95. there's a live look at 83 at shawan road. traffic moving just fine. there's a look at 95 in and out of the tunnel problem free. now wjz has the stories that people are are talking about this morning. >> thank you. >>> a form er er og/gyn takes his own life just 2 weeks after police look into allegations that he secretly video taped the women he was treating. mike schuh is live outside city police head quarters. good morning, mike. >> reporter: good morning. city police really don't know how many victims there are because of the size his of practice. it could be huge. >> police say dr. nikita levy, a former obgyn took his own life inside his towson home, the same police baltimore city police served a search warrant. they found extensive evidence that dr. levy video taped and took photos of his patients without their knowledge. >> it's disgusting that you have to trust these people and you can't trust them. >> tasha was a patient and r

snowden river parkway. northbound richie highway at jumper toll. also one that sky eye chopper 13 showed you earlier, mountain road at freetown. let's take a live look. you can see, things are moving pretty slowly there, on the west of york road. and you can see the inner loop at national pike. this traffic report is brought to you by your baltimore hyundai dealers. visit baltimore hyundai dealers.com. back to you. >> all right, kristy. thank you. >>> a stern warning from president obama. people will start lug jobs if-- losing jobs with congress does not step in. >> reporter: president obama called in police and firefighters to help him talk republicans out of letting steep spending cuts take effect. >> this is not an abstraction. people will lose their jobs. >> reporter: the automatic cuts, known in washington as the sequester, kick in march 1st. they were designed to be so severe, they'd force lawmakers to reach a budget deal. but they haven't yet. and now the president is pushing a short-term fix to allow more time to reach a compromise. >> ther

one accident in columbia, maryland, westbound 175 at the river parkway. that one just reported. other than that we're in good shape on 95 coming in from baltimore. 32 coming in from columbia. 29 no issues. bw parkway out of fort meade into greenbelt and all the way to the beltway you'll find all the lanes open right now. if you're planning to head outside, let's take a live look. no issues to report on 270 coming in from frederick a few brake lights now. other than that we're in good shape from falls road to the slit. let's go -- split. let's go back to the maps. inside the beltway 64066 -- 64 on 66, 64 on 295. 295 is slower at 54 and heading into the northeast corridor and toward route 50 you'll find it slower than that. a live look really quick outside. no issues here route 50, i-97 coming in from annapolis. back to you. >>> 5:18 now. he helped create the show time era with magic. coming up, we remember lakers owner gerry buss. >>> full training -- training in full swing coming up in sports. >> the average woman does this. 62 times a day. what is it? is it a, looks in the mirr

further south in howard county, waterloo and snowden river parkway, accident showing up. 95 is intermittentlyte marsh to tapping the brakes for the south in the area of the beltway. that is the very latest on traffic pulse 11. >> we have a little cloud cover to start the day but we don't expect this edition that is going to slow down the morning commute. 31 in westminster. 29 in parkton. we had another one of those clippers storms go through last night. detail end of the energy could produce a sprinkle or snow flurry but as we go through the afternoon, more sunshine. high temperatures will climb into the low 40's this afternoon. another dry day tomorrow, but things get bumpy into the weekend. we will see a mixture of freezing rain and sleet early in the morning on friday and could change into snow friday night and early saturday morning. we will wind up with dry weather on sunday and maybe a >>> we're back now on this wednesday morning, february 6, 2013. it is 2:30 in the afternoon in sochi, russia, when one year from today teams will begin competing in the olympic winter games. check out our

trouble in ellicott city where there's a crash on waterloo road at stone river parkway.nterstate 70, but we are dealing with a crash right now on the beltway. it's right on the inner loop at reisterstown road. here's a look at liberty road, the outer loop severely delayed. it's going to take you an extra nine minutes to travel from 795 down to 70. and here in parkville, outer loop congested from hartford road all the way up to providence road. that's a look at your traffic. megan and charley, over to you. >>> we're back in a half hour with more news, weather and traffic. >> in the meantime, you can always log onto our website. ♪ >>> britney spears right there. she could be headed for a major career reinvention. elvis did it. celine dion, elton john. blockbuster runs in las vegas. it will extend her career even higher to the stratosphere. we'll look at that ahead. >>> also ahead, secretive and superrich. and she loves to drag race. people apparently can't stop searching online right now for the youngest female billionaire in the country. and she's behind one of josh's fav

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that will get you over the anacostia river just fine but suitland parkway that could create a mess. it's completely blocked between first sterling and stanton road. a live look at 14th street bridge. no issues to report across the potomac river. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. >>> the storm that dumped record amount of snowfall on texas and oklahoma hofd into kansas. -- moved into kansas. at least two deaths are already blamed on this stream. drivers were stranded on roads as up to a foot fell very quickly some some places and heavy rain and thunderstorms and the possibility of tornadoes in the south. >>> congress will move on some of president obama's cabinet appointments dacht the senate is expected to vote this afternoon to end debate on the confirmation for chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. he is expected to clear the 60- vote hurdle to end debate which means hagel's confirmation will move on to a final vote. and the senate finance committee is expected to approve jack lew to be the next treasury secretary. after that it goes to the full senate for its approval.

river road. some delays around harford road . several accidents at northern parkway and the j.f.x. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> you might be thinking, what is going on? there was 2 inches in parts of carroll county. here is the problem. the skies cleared. some fog developed. when it was raining and snowing, the temperatures were above freezing. now we are below freezing. 32 in columbia and rising sun. you may have to scrape some frost off of your windshield. not a lot of the snow on the car but a layer of ice. the next event is an arctic cold front that will come through on friday night and saturday morning with another chance for some snow. today is going to be nice with plenty of sunshine. temperatures into the mid 40's this afternoon. we don't expect any problems tonight. we'll start out with some rain and it would change to snow on friday night. there will be some accumulations. breezy and cold on sunday. it is valentine's day. ava has found the chocolate. >> we did not use gps. live at parfections. a busy day today. you have so many different flavors. you have bo

accident activity southbound bw parkway 410 in river dale. that's a check of your fox 5 on- time traffic. >>> we continue our coverage of how the northeast is bracing for the massive storm. >> while our area is not getting hit hard, we are seeing a big impact here when it comes to travel. thousands of flights to the northeast have already been canceled. fox5's sherri ly is live at reagan national airport with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the bulk of those cancellations are expected this afternoon on flights in and out of the northeast. as of now, there's only one 737 flight that will not be going on. given the magnitude of this storm, it could take air travel days to get back to normal. from philadelphia to new england, all eyes are on this nor'easter. crews are waiting with salt and sands, plows to move the snow. with two to 3 feet in parts of the northeast, hurricane force winds and worries of power outages, this could be a paralyzing storm. people are hitting stores, stocking up. they may be digging out for a while. airli

parkway, route 50 through cheverly look great. no issues in the northeast corridor and no problems on the anacostia river crossings as well. a live look at northbound 95 here in springfield, things are actually pretty light heading on to 395 and the 14th street bridge. listen, more people are using baltimore-washington international airport. maryland governor martin o'malley says the airport set a record for passenger traffic for a third straight year. more than 22.6 million passengers use bwi in 2012. that's 1.3% boost from 2011. and metro's annual report card is out. they say improvements have been made in ten out of 12 areas. that includes on-time performance, reliability for buses and trains and also customer safety. the system still has problems though with crime and customer complaint rates. so metro says they're working on that with customer service training and better signage. when you ride metro, can you rely on the trains to be on time and do you feel safe in the system? let me know what you think on my facebook page, facebook.com/monikasamtani. you can see the report. by the way, i put this out on twitter last n

river naval air station. let's check in with monika samtani. she has your first look at timesaver traffic. >>> overnight police activity on rock creek parkway at has been cleared up. no issues to report on the rock creek parkway. you're good to go. they reopened all the lanes. nothing to worry about on the beltway early this monday morning. overnight in baltimore, there was a lot to worry about on their beltway and inner harbor area, but right now all is calm up there as well. here's what it looks like on the beltway north of town. college park into silver spring in bethesda, everything is running smoothly. no issues on 270 right now. let's take a live look jut side in rockville, route 355 at route 28. everything looking good. nice and quiet in the heart of rockville. over to virginia on the northbound side of i-95. no issues to report right now from woodbridge into springfield. another live look outside, this time 395 heading into alexandria and king street. you can see everything is very quiet up to the 14th street bridge. back you to, mike and andre came. >>> super bowl xlvii is in the books. the baltimore ravens held on by the whiskers to

parkway and traveling northbound, you can see your volume is increasing. no major delays yet. ten minutes is how long the drive will take you from the occoquan river bridge to get to the beltway. you're taking the rails, i'm still checking them. no reported delays on the metro, the marc or the vre. driving along i-66, i have your commute coming up in ten minutes. >>> thank you, danella. in news for your health, drug overdose deaths are up for the 11th time in as many years. the report for disease control found most of the deaths were accidental. the victims took too many addictive painkillers. oxycontin and vicodin were the biggest problems contribute to three out of four medication overdose deaths. anti-anxiety drugs were among the most common drug-related deaths. don't feel like hitting the gym or your morning workout, you may be able to blame your jeans. scientists are looking into whether genetics plays a factor whether someone is motivated to exercise. people feel differently during and after a workout. the sensation is determined by how much carbon dioxide people breathe out compared to the amount of oxygen they take in when they inhale and

a huge improvement traffic wise for folks coming in out of river dale trying to get through northeast. those delays stacking up off the parkwaynd route 50. so, again, here's the accident vehicle involved. we saw that from this other shot. clearly, two left lanes getting by. inbound new york avenue, westbound all lanes are open. quickly, take you to another set of cameras and show you what else is happening out here. westbound on 66. traffic below speed out of manassas leaving centerville and traffic slows again at the beltway. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, holly. coming up next, sweet treat for your sweet heart. >> reporter: good morning to you. nothing says i love you like that. hot sweet goodness right there. that is caramel hand made that you'll only get at velatis where we are live just in time for valentine's day. coming up, we're going to talk about their amazing story that started back in 1866 and what you could still get today in time for tomorrow. all live next on fox 5 morning news. stay with us.  my father loves coffee, drinks coffee every day, but, but makes coffee

no problems right now on the bw parkway in from laurel, route 50 in through cheverly and to the northeast corridor looks fine as well. all your potomac and anacostia river crossings are fine. if you're planning to head on the southbound side of i-95 out of laurel, all your lanes are open. no issues to report heading down to the beltway. back to the maps, this time over to southern maryland. no problems on route 4, route 5, route 301, 210 from accokeek, oxon hill across the wilson bridge here at the river. one more last live look, this time northbound 395 at the 14th street bridge. >> thanks, monika. >>> metro's general manager is apologizing for a meltdown that left rush hour commuters stuck when they were trying to get home. >> dozens of riders on powerless green line trains gave up. they left the trains. they hit the pavement. our delia goncalves is live at the navy yard station with the story. kind of a chilly night for a walk home, delia. >> reporter: and folks walked several miles home. they said it was a better way to get home because the shuttle buses, well, there just weren't enough of them. so a lot of them just trekked in the cold several mile

river road, there was an before the american legion bridge. the accident at carter. over to the map, northbound on the george washington parkway weather with jacqui jeras. the snow is over with for metro area.t of the holding on and annapolis. snow shower,lated seeing what you are leesburg and the 270. of gaithersburg along a cold day.to be the winds will be picking in. snow showers becoming partly cloudy this afternoon with temperatures in the 30s. another news update coming up and five minutes. [ male announcer #1 ] verizon fios is the fastest internet in america. just ask pc mag. [ male announcer #2 ] cable can't touch fios upload speeds. it's hard to imagine anyone ever beating fios. there's no doubt fios is the fastest in the country. [ male announcer #1 ] after 110,000 speed tests, nothing came close to fios. upgrade now and get fios internet, tv and phone for a great price online... just $89.99a month with a two-year agreement. plus $300 back. don't miss this last chance. our 100% fiber-optic network can liver america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet -- thwith no caps on usage. stch now with this great

parkway. >>> maryland state police are expecting to receive two new helicopters today. it lay be right martin state airport in middle riverr search and rescue homeland security and medivac. >>> time for a check of the forecast with meteorologist lynette charles. >> all right. let's talk about what's going on right now. satellite and radar, still has us dry. lots of clouds and this system getting closer and closer to us. the rain will be moving in here as we go more into the afternoon. around noon, one, look what we have here, the beginning of it could start as sleet mixing all over to rain as we go through the afternoon. we look at abc2's most accurate future trend bringing the wet weather in here going throughout the day and the evening time frame and what it's said and done we could see two inches of rain. let's check the abc2 timesaver traffic with lauren cook. >> reporter: good morning a crash in west baltimore on monroe street at wilkins avenue. and if you are traveling downtown, do be aware of construction on light street. one lane is going to be blocked between pratt and conway. no delays through the tunnels and tr

river. before and after 109 out towards 370 traffic is tied up again headed for the split. northbound on i 95 backed up through stafford headed north. delays continue from the parkway across. headed out towards seminary road. and east of 395 vat van dorn street, water main break. here comes the sun. this is where you are going to find delays as you continue pass manassas. towards 123. that's a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> it was pretty, julie. thank you. a new call for compromise to avoid the massive spending cuts known as sequestration. the cuts that have a severe impact on our area. >> president obama will turn up the heat on law makers to act quickly. wisdom martin is back with more. >> the white house has announced the president will speak at 10:45 this morning. mr. obama will be joined by emergency responders to press the case that such workers could lose their jobs if $85 billion of cuts goes through in march. the president will today urge republicans to accept the proposal put forth by senate democrats last week. calls for getting rid of tax corporate breaks at a rate of 30%. republicans say they've already given in on tax rates. the president mov