. >>> traffic has been a mess all day, backed up after a truck slam into the 95 overpass in hail thorpe it happened around 1:30 what he flatbed truck hit the overpass. traffic was down to one lane, and that caused traffic that would be backed up for miles on the outer loop. the truck knocked down part of a highway sign and damaged the bridge. it has all but one lane shut down. officials say the flatbed was improperly load. engineers did assess the damage on the bridge and traffic on 95 was not affected. >>> take a look at the harrisburg expressway. traffic is stopped. you're going to want to use york road or falls road. check out abc2news.com and live traffic conditions anytime you want. log on to abc2news.com/traffic. it has a list of traffic problems, delays and gas prices to help you plan your holiday trip. >>> well, more than 100,000 families on hold for energy assistance appear to be victims of the budget impasse. ben, of canton, is one of those who expects to have his fuel ole replenished but he has runout. half of the money that historically as gone to heat low income homes will

jus ton thorp to smith. that's good for a 20-yard touchdown. see it again. great concentration from smith. the defender all over him. james madison ties the game at 7. thi first and goal, this time from six yards out. blocked extra point. bison lead 19-7 right now in the second half. >>> let's go to lorton, virginia. high school football play-offs. stallions playing hanover for a spot in the state championship. first drive of the game for south county. shane foley goes up top to his big receiver michael ferguson. makes a great catch. 7-0 stallions. later in the first, foley, pitches to anthony rector. breaks the tackle. he's in. 22-yard touchdown. 14-0 south county. second quarter, same score. foley hands it off to ryan taylor. he flips it to jake josephs. back to foley. and he airs it out to ferguson. makes another great grab. stallions down around the 10 yard line. they cap the drive with more trickeration. foley pitches to josephs. throws to ferguson. touchdown south county. right now they lead 38-22 in the fourth quarter. >>> hometown hockey, caps will t

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. >>> a thorpe in the side of oakland, a dozen protesters converged on the plaza today and set up chairs and anum an umbrella. some people tried to put a tent up but the officers took it down. they arrested two protesters and issued citations to others. they told us that the officers took a table, food, sleeping bags, blankets, chairs and were told that their umbrellas were a were a violation. >>> thousands can look forward to a nice meal for the holiday thanks to volunteers at a church. >> tons of good stuff. we have obviously the turkey, we got bread, corn, potatoes -- >> the church held the grocery hand out this morning. the line stretched for several city blocks and some streets were shutdown for the event. some people waited 24 hours before the bags full of food were handed out starting at 7:30 this morning. >>> the city of san francisco set sail on one of the first major development projects for the america's cup race. although some groups are not yet on board. >>> after 12 years mountain view finally gets a new fire station. >> back here in 10 minutes. i have the forecast. it is g

elizabeth thorpe.nk you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> there are a plethora of deals out there. we're going to talk about just a few of them. >> "atlantis", celebrity-loved icon resort modeled after the lost city of "atlantis". it's not just a resort. it's a huge mega destination. >> and what's so neat about this place, you you never have to leave. >> you do not have to leave. it has 3,700 rooms, 30 pools, 40 bars and restaurants and nightclubs, a casino, 30,000 square foot spa, marine habitat and dolphin sanctuary. >> slides galore as we look at videos of this. and the price, this is a drastic cut. >> if you book the "atlantis", what you can get to from airtran in less than three hours, which is so convenient. if you book before december 25th, we're finding rates as low as $249 a night for a family of four. >> compared to a normal -- >> a high period, it could be $800. >> this one you have to go farther west to get to. >> hotel dell coronado in san diego. it's the conscious mat souther

slammed into an overpass on 695 near hale thorpe. the impact bent one of the beams that supports a raised section of i-95. traffic was backed up for miles while repairs were made. the truck driver is charged with failing to meet state and federal guidelines. >>> it is a warm day outside. here's a live look at mostly clear skies. wjz has weather and traffic together. we'll talk to kristy in just a second. but here's bob turk. >> just an hour ago, we were at 51. we dropped a little bit. take a look at temperatures on this date. right now, we're down to 48. 58, washington. even oakland coming in at 43 degrees. loamly, temperatures in the mid- to upper 40s to close to 54 degrees. but this morning, it was chilly once again. 23 at the airport. 22 in elkton. 20 in ocean city. and 27, oakland. looks like tonight was the last really cold night. because tomorrow, our winds go back to the southwest. and here comes some more milder air moving into the east coast, with some rain to the west of us. looks like it will probably take until thursday,

frank thorpe, our producer, is also reporting that at 5:00 p.m., the house gop conference is going tot's important, because that means every single member is going to get on there, they're obviously going to hear some member from speaker bayner and the leadership. the last time they had a conference call, richard, is when speaker boehner had to pull back and this is where we are now. the fact that there's a conference call at 5:00 p.m. leads us to believe that some explanation from boehner will be going out to his members about what the next step forward is going to be, and from conversations around the hill, it looks like there's some agreement that could be reached as early as tonight or maybe tomorrow as the fall out from this politically has been very damaging to the house gop brand, richard. >> so what's your hunch here? >> reporter: well, the hunch is that if you have this 5:00 p.m. conference call, expect -- this is all speculation, mind you -- but expect john boehner to say to his members, look, this is the situation we're in now. the senate is not going to come back. you have

girl is hit and killed, walking along a baltimore county highway. 16-year-old bridget harold of hale thorpe was walking along baltimore annapolis road. the driver stayed on the scene of the accident. and no charges are expected to be filed. >>> a proposed merger between two maryland university campuses is voted down. they decided not to unite the two. they did add that the schools should increase clabs. -- collaboration. maryland senator mike miller asked to study the merger. miller believes it would bring in more research money. >>> a pleasant and clear end to the workweek. here's a live look outside right now. we've seen plenty of sun all day. and look at that beautiful sunset. beautiful lieu -- hues in the sky. bob turk is here to tell us if our luck will hold out through the weekend. bob? >> beautiful moon out there as well. take a look at radar. nothing around here. just a few high clouds out to the west. but as we go a little further out to the west, there's a front out there, with some rain and a few snow showers. although most of it is really not even reaching the ground. the front,

a, roger williams, b, thomas hooker, c, john willright, d, james edward olele thorpe.liams is correct. they're ignoring me, ladies and gentlemen. >> what? >> bill: question 2, the dreaded phrase, happy holidays, was actually coined during a song in the bing crosby movie "holiday inn." who was his co-star? >> a, bob hope, b, louis armstrong, c, fred mcmurray, d, fred astaire? who stared with him in the holly movie and roll the tape. >> on this day of independence ♪ ♪ on this independence day ♪ . >> bill: yes, the answer is fred astaire for all you people who are not serious. you got it right? >> absolutely. >> bill: you got it wrong. >> so? >> bill: so chafee is down. >> call me governor. >> bill: mccallum goes into a rare lead. in 2008, atheists in washington state put up a display in the capitol building mondayoring the winter solstice. at the state capitol building in olympia. there is a display feature ago nativity because christmas honors the birth of jesus, and now a sign deny grading religion that was put up by atheists. >> the season of the winter solstice may r

also an accident, hill thorpe at east drive at stevens avenue. another at east patapsco at third.nother nearby in the city at liberty heights. watch for delays on 95 in the northbound direction between pulaski highway. and the beltway. that's going to take you about eight minutes to get through, with an average speed of 33 miles per hour. 42-minute ride on 295 northbound between river dale road and 100. 16 minutes on 95 northbound, between heather mill road and route 32. there's a look at your speeds on the beltway. speeds in the 30s on the inner loops. there is a live look at the east side, at quarantine road. no delays in this shot, despite that nearby accident, at eastern boulevard. this traffic report is brought to you by pizza bolis. five boroughs pizza. it's new york city style. order a large now for only $9 only at pizza bolis. back to you. >> thank you, sharon gibala. >>> four new maryland state troopers joined the force today. they graduate from the maryland state academy where they were tested. but as mike schuh reports, all of their answers were nonverbal. >> reporter:

sky eye chopper 13 is over 695, near interstate 95 and hale thorpe. can see it is backed up for miles. we have traffic control monitoring the situation. fi

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thorpe, who had 13 children, and would've definitely used it quite a lot, and it would've remained induties, and my grandmother had it, so i sat on it when i was a child, and then it came to my mom, and my children now sit in it. wow, fantastic. so, yeah, it's been used a lot. what this is actually echoing is a model of an adult chair. oh, right. so, i can imagine, in the big whole house, there would've been a large dining table, and this type of chair, but for adults, going around the dining table. right. when children came along, they said to the estate manager or to the cabinet maker, "i need another chair for my-- my heir." um, it's actually 18th century, not 19th century. there's a number of reasons i can see that, and i'll point them out to you. one of them is the out-swept arms, which is, to me, typical of the chippendale period. as you can see, there's a little hole left and right, and along there would go a little wooden rod, with a lacquered maltese on the end. do you-- do you still have that? no, we don't, but i've had to use all sorts of things to keep my children in it. b