safeway. that's our promise.ingredients for life. >>> welcome back to our live coverage of the winter blast. you were looking at 41st street and the street seems to be clear so the road crews can do what they need to do. god bless them. >> we want to hear from you. we have been reading your facebook comments. we want to hear what is going on in your neighborhood. helena from west baltimore is on the phone right now. >> good morning. >> tell us what is going on where you live. >> it's snowing and it's terrible. our streets have never been plowed. >> but you can't get outside past your front porch. >> i can get past my front porch, but i can't get drive. >> the plows have not been your street. >> are you happy for days off or getting cabin fever. >> cabin fever. we understand. >> we appreciate your call. we have on the line, ella from west baltimore. >> how are you? >> i'm tired but i'm okay. >> why are you tired? >> tired and we haven't seen a plow since last week, the day after my birthday. >> happy belated birth

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two men arethey fall off scaffot the new safeway being built on wisconsin avenue. wind came through and that was it. >> reporter: a witness says the wind caused at least one one of the men to lose his footing and fall. >> the board moved enough that they went down. >> they were working about three sts feet pete piringer sas the men fell into a shallowhaow ditch. >> in the course of the fall they brought down with them some other construction materials and some debris. and they actually needed to be extricated. >> reporter: both men were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. a site supervisor says osha is now investigating the incident and has not yet determined the official cause. >>> work scheduled to start along route 50 there is a commuter alert you'll want to know about before you head out monday morning. crews start a long-term project along i 50 in arlington. at that point means the left lane between courthouse road and 10th street will be closed down. it's ought part of a utility relocation project and that line is expect to ta closed unt

things are busy over here at the safeway still jam packed. it was really bad over there yesterday. look at that dirty snow, all looted, and everything piled up from us know that we had, -- all polluted, and everything piled up from the snow that we had. the white snow is coming up on the date tonight and tomorrow. as far as the computer goes, you can see that we are looking like it is a lot worse than it is out there. basically, there is an area of high pressure to our north, so it means it is kind of dry out site. the dew points have not reached a level where it will mean a full-fledged snow just yet. but we noticed that the dew points rise in adjusted the but so don't freak out if you see the radar and it is not really doing that outside. ultimately, it will materialize into something important. >> gov. martin o'malley is holding a press conference outlining how the state plans to handle the massive storm. let's listen in. david collins is life. >> the governor is expected to announce a declaration of emergency. >> let me give you an update on this snow emergency. it is going to

get to the safeway, get to the giant, lifting kids up over mounds of snow.his is the time to get to know your neighbors. >> bruce, you have been all over the city. you get a good sense of how well the district is doing, you got to get out of northwest, don't you? do you need to get to the other quadrants of city and see how well this is doing? >> there's a number of people who aren't getting their streets plowed. close to western avenue. a number of streets dying for plows. capitol hill, where it is really flat, you wonder, where are the plows? the city is doing the best it can. the equipment is breaking down, nobody anticipated this much snow and a lot of this equipment isn't holding up and a lot of the workers aren't holding up also. you heard that guy say, this is his fourth or fifth 12 hour shift. a lot of time behind the wheel. they will make mistakes. >> they are operating machines, but they are people operating the machines. all right, thanks, bruce. >>> all right, our man who seems to be operating like the energizer bunny is topper shutt. >> our ques

middleman, bribed purchasing managers at some of america's biggest food companies, including kraft, safewayb&g foods. bribed them into buying sk's toy may toe products. one buyer made more than $150,000 in bribes. >> what is unusual in this case is the scope and duration of the conduct and the high levels that it went to within sk foods. >> reporter: to make matters worse, the toy may toe paste was sometimes moldy and out of date. it should normally never have been sold. food makers say they unknowingly turned the bad tomato pastes into foods sold across the country. and nobody caught on. and luckily, nobody got sick. >> sk foods certainly demonstrates that the culture of corruption is unfortunately alive and well in the food industry. >> reporter: scott salyer's lawyer says he's innocent, but authorities say this man who made millions was planning to flee the country when they cled in. lisa stark, abc news, washington. >>> and coming up, important new clues in the killer whale attack. when sixty percent off is at stake, so today, she's talking to her doctor about overactive bladder. teri d

we sent newschopper 7 out to look at the grocery stores this is a safeway in virginia, just to give you an example. those of you who did not get to go last night may want to head out early this morning. they have been restocking the shelves early this morning. look at the parking lots there. here we are in 95 in virginia. red is the southbound direction, headlights coming northbound. julie and allison, back to you. >>> everybody is up early getting their last-minute shopping done. >> we are checking in with clay anderson on our phone, with pepco. what kind of prep can you do as a power company? >> julie, alison, good morning. we have extra crews already prepared, as well as our customer personnel. we are prepared to work throhout t storm, and those folks who have not been to the story yet, please pick up some batteries. we do not want any of our customers or residents in the washington metropolitan area to think about candles is your power goes out. if your power does go out, give us a call at pepco, 1-877-737- 2662. >> , meteorologist has been saying that the snow will be significant i

there is a safeway grocery store. the intensity of this storm is the concern of how our county.they are urging everyone to get in as quick as possible. -- howard county. >> we want to give you some information on what has happened so far today. less than an inch of snow here on tv hill, and less than a 10th of an inch of liquid precipitation at the inner harbor so far. but we are just getting started. 38 degrees at the inner harbor for the high. the morning lows work down around freezing. normally this time of youear we have 43 for the high. a blizzard warning is on affect -- in effect for the western shore. winds at 35 miles an hour or greater and visibility problems. strong winds coming across the bay and off the atlantic ocean will cause a blizzard conditions, because the water does not provide any obstructions to tone the wind down. the red area is the blizzard warning that is in effect until tomorrow. let's take a quick look at the radar. this is original view of what is going on for maryland and north port of into pennsylvania. this is an extensive storm system. the low pr

> doug hill says this may be the biggest on the washington, d.c., area has ever seen, and stores, safeway and giant, they say they are doing three times their normal business, the biggest sales they have ever done. gail pennybacker, abc 7 news. >>> incredible. salt trucks are working around the clock. we called these trucks driving through the district a couple minutes ago. in maryland, state leaders say there are more than 260,000 tons of salt available, private workers, and contractors who will work 12-hour shifts. a lot of the salt is being stored near baltimore's inner harbor. the company that distributes it says they have used about 400 tons this winter. eight more shipments are on the way. >>> as of now, metrobuses and trains are running on a normal schedule and normal routes. >> natasha barrett as a look at that from alexandria. that may not last that much longer. it is all about accumulation. >> things are changing rapidly. all day long it was a wet mess. look now, the snow is here and is staying. things are still moving along. behind me, people still waiting for the boss. -- wait

this is a safeway in the oadland center plaza in ashburn. the weight of all the snow has led officials to deem the building unsafe. today workers were trying to clear the snow off the flat roof. officials are determining what repairs need to be made. word on when they store may be allowed to reopen. >> wow. rough day there. >>> we also continue to monitor the impact the winter storm has had on our roads in virginia. chopper 4 spotted some neighborhood streets still covered in snow and ice. it was a tough event. it was tough even finding the blacktop in some areas. julie carey hit the roads to see what conditions are like from behind the wheel. j julie, take us along. >> we're on rte 236 in the heart of fairfax right now headed eastbound. i'm driving in a lane that no one else has really chosen right now. you can see why. this is normally the far right lane here on 236. still very much snow covered. in fact, just before you came to me live, there was a pedestrian standing in that lane waiting to cross the street. that's a hazard that we've se

. >> walmart, sears, home depot, safeway.>> reporter: there was a catch. she first had to cash the enclosed $985 cashier's check. >> i read the letter. i needed to cash the check, deposit it in my account and mail them $900. >> reporter: why would you do that? >> to cover the tax. >> i don't know someone out there that could use a few introdollars. >> reporter: cheryl says these check stamps claim victims every day. how do they work? it's all about you cashing the check and then wiring the money back to the person who sent it to you. the problem is this check is a fake. >> basicallyhey wanted me to cash the check, mail them $900 and then by that time, my check would bounce, i'd be out the money and they'd have $900. >> if you take that money and spend is somewhere else, you're on the hook for that money. >> reporter: fortunately, stephanie did not cash the check but she was tempted. >> oerkh, easily. i fell for it the first 15 minutes. >>> that's "news4 at 4." "news4 at 5" starts right now. >>> tonight, the snow is melting, b

two workers fell off a stafffold outside a safeway store on wisconsin avenue. is under construction. both men we're told have serious injuries but they are expected to survive. >>> we got the wind but we dodged the snow that's buried much of the northeast. more than 2 feet in new york city alone. in central park a branch snapped off a tree and killed a man below. flights are being canceled and delayed and the roads, many drivers are finding themselves stranded. making matters even worse, more than a million customers are without power right now. >>> three months after the bombshell that put the white house security in the spotlight, the white house social secretary is stepping down. flash back to november 24. desiree rogers organized the state dinner that michaele and tareq salahi crashed without an invitation. roz plater is live with the story. >> reporter: she's a long-time obama friend and political insider but tonight she's out. she may have violated a cardinal washington rule. 14 months on the job, more than 300 events later, white house social secretary d

we're seeing two tractor-trailers coming, looks like they're safeway trucks.he grocery stores got slammed with all this snow. so the trucks are definitely needed. but they're having a tough go of it out there. starting to see snowy conditions out there. we had quite a bit of slush that occurred overnight. and then around 4:00 in the morning turned over to snow. we've had consistent snow ever since then. we are expecting several inches of accumulation. we talked to jim carrey with prince george's county, a spokesperson for the county. he described the roads that he's seen so far this morning, their conditions. >> this morning i went to forestville, around route 50, there were two lanes that were open at that point, coming out here to buoy to talk to you, the lanes were being covered back up with snow again. it's been unfortunate because we've been working very hard to get into all the neighborhoods and get all the streets passable. and this new snowstorm has made it a lit more difficult. >> reporter: they had to pull the heavy equipment out of the neighborhoods

megan from canton sent us these pictures from a safeway there. that was early yesterday afternoon and the store was already packed. later at that same store melinda took some pictures and we saw that the aisles were more crowd. we can only hope that the things will look better at the grocery stores, but that is not the case because people are not just stocking up for the storm but the super bowl this week. joel d smith is live at the santoni's, you do have to have a super bowl. i understand why people are at the stores rorks i figure. >> reporter: i figured out the question earlier, if you lose power, you can do cereal. it's easy. i found out the reason for the serial. this is -- cereal. this is busy for 7:00 in the morning. >> we have a shot online order santoni's and we have maxed out our delivery slots. we have 30 orders and we're trying to get those out as soon as we can before the roads get too bad. >> reporter: you have the truck coming in tonight at what time? >> it's due at 11:00, but we are going to try to get it in by 9:00. 1200 pieces

the safeway to protect workers from conflicts of interest in their dealings with at financial advisorood benefits and generous pay. but others say it would shut out smaller businesses to compete for contracts. unions say too many jobs financed by government contracts come with low wages and limited benefits and support companies that violate employment laws. more violence in afghanistan today. afghan president hamid karzai is conducting suicide attacks in the capital that killed at least 17 people, including indian citizens, saying the strikes will not heard afghan-indian relations. today's attacks started two guesthouses in kabul where most of the guests were indian. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> i come from latin america. i am accustomed to see poverty. i was never expecting to find this kind of poverty in the capital of the u.s. >> it photographer and filmmaker on a different side of the nation's capital. "in the shadow of power," sunday on c-span's q&a. >> he is best known for his novel "animal farm" and "1984." kordell -- george orwell on afterwards,

programs, we all agree during the hearings this summer, individuals who would come in that worked at safeway and talked about how wellness and promotion were saving them money. firms in nebraska brought in great stories about how they involved their employees in living healthier lifestyles and reaped the benefits from lowered insurance costs. . we're going to have to change the hipaa laws a little bit in order to have this type of legislation be passed but that's certainly within the purr view of congress and within the -- per view of congress and within the ability of congress to do that. but prevention and wellness programs, although i do not have a bill number attached to this, we had several amendments in committee and in the rules committee leading up to the passage of the democrat's bill this fall that dealt with -- democrats' bill this fall that dealt with prevention and wellness. it is written, it is not in bill form right now because it would require a simultaneous modification of the hipaa laws in order to allow that to happen. and finally i mentioned before mandates no place in a

are there safeway's to interfere with that that might assist people who are struggling with of the cityd to other things? there is a program called "we can" which is devoted to childhood obesity. it has more now -- it has more than 1000 communities and is trying to decrease obesity. it can be linked up very nicely with michelle obama's announcement. >> how far can personalized medicide " for relieving and preventing suffering? -- how far can personalize masai's go -- personalized medicine go? >> some people will still drive their harley motorcycles into trees and we will have to take care of them. i am thinking about my own risks here. personalized medicine has great promise in terms of getting people individualized information to enable them to practice prevention in a more practical way. the one-size-fits-all has not worked. we do not reimburse for it, but also because people ignore it and it does not sound relevant. any information about yourself when i have gone through the results of getting my dna testing, it was interesting. ibm 20 pounds lighter than i was last summer after find