townsend you know another fine finish to the day here.just see a few high thin clouds, very dry air in place. maryland's most powerful radar showing all clear and that should hold up right toward the midlatter part of the week. temperatures statewide just above freezing in baltimore, at freezing in york. you can see most of the area 30s to near 40. chilly but not frigid by january standards. marking the coolest day of the week. the mid40s we have for highs, we will add some 15 to 20- degrees for these, both tomorrow and again on wednesday. we have a huge surge of warm air and the air right dry out there. that will aid in a rapid warm up tomorrow because the very dry air heats and cools more quickly and so tomorrow we have a south breeze kicking n we will have widespread sun and that means highs even on the last day of january in the low 60s. little further south we could push toward the mid60s in spots like say davidsonville u you will probably be cool america lake shore. across the area, pretty quiet on the range. what little cloud cover

is for a value of $1 .997,608 to be split between the two projects at 2235 third street and 178 townsend street. the agreement that was before you two years ago and indicated that the childcare operation was to include an infant care along with toddler and preschool aged children. however, subsequent to selecting the operator for the childcare center, it was discovered by the departments of children and their families and through the selection process that the infant care required separate outdoor space which the property cannot accommodate. therefore, the project sponsor and the operator approached planning, dcyf and c.a.c. about amending the agreement. while disappointed by losing the infant care, both departments are amenable to this amendment, a letter from dcyf in connection with the childcare interagency committee indicated their support for the amendment citing the urgent need for childcare at all ages and the need to bring them online as soon as possible. the eastern neighborhood c.a.c. was also amenable to amending the agreement but wanted any known cost savings associated with

it's got to happen some day for townsend. >> ouch. >> yes. >> hope so, thank you mark. todaacross the golden state, mornin'. i guess i'm helping them save hundreds on car insurance. it probably also doesn't hurt that i'm a world-famous advertising icon. cheers! i mean, who wouldn't want a piece of that? geico. ah... fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent oh dear... or more on car insurance. >>> in south carolina, a group of republican women took a shovel to the republican candidates. the group made a donation to a local charity for the right to level the sculptures. >> okay. >>> the people in minnesota now have the perfect spot to grab a cold one. it is a bar set up on a frozen lake. it's called the ice hole. it is reeling in customers with a fully stocked bar and a fully stocked lake. stocked lake. the ,, hey, what are you drinkin'? i'm drinkin' dunkin'. coffee -- black, straight up. extra cream, three sugars. iced coffee french vanilla. for me. iced coffee with a turbo shot. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. am

joining us now is fran townsend, a member of the cia external advisory committee. in addition, we should point out in the name of full disclosure, fran and other national security officials want the state department to take an iranian opposition group off the terrorist list. the european union has done so, that's the disclaimer. also joining us, former cia officer robert baer, he and his wife co-authors of "a company we keep." i'm fascinated by this story, trying to figure out who did it. this is not the first iranian scientist who suddenly gets killed in iran. >> right, this is, i think if i'm keeping track right, i think this is four. >> right. so if you're trying to disrupt the iranian nuclear program, this is one very direct way to do that? >> absolutely. you've taken out four key players and managed by doing that to also intimidate the whole body of the iranian nuclear infrastructure who will all be frightened they're going to be targeted next. >> so who do you think is behind this? >> well, you know, look, you have to -- we tend to report things as they happe

bob baer, thank you fran townsend, as well. we'll continue to monitor this. >>> coming up, four convicted murderers released from prison in mississippi. they were among 199 criminals pardoned by haley barbour in his last days in office. now the state attorney general is threatening a nationwide man hunt to find a number of them they can't find. we'll get a live update next. >>> also a french journalist killed in syria, now france wants answers from the government. >>> what we found in haiti two years after the devastating earthquake. >> there would have been a tent here before. >> yeah, in a space this size, as many as 15 people would have been sharing it, sleeping in shifts. >> this to you is a sign of progress? >> absolutely. you know when i grow up, i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. i

at the sports shop in townsend, 7-year-old kevin faulkner is on a mission. >> i wanted to get a ray lewis shirt, a jersey of ray lewis. >> reporter: she's not alone. stores are packed with fans stocking up on play off gear. >> we have ravens socks, scarfs, whatever you need we have it. >> reporter: this just hours after the ravens clenched the afc north title with a victory over cincinnati. >> you should be worrying about preparing for whoever they're going to play. >> reporter: on 105.7 the fan all the talk is on the home field advantage. on the fan cam. >> it's all about the ravens this year. they have a great team. i think they're going to do it. >> this team wins super bowls and championships. >> reporter: the ravens are super bowl bound. >> a very good chance. >> they are a very good team. they are in the play offs. they have a great record too. >> as for cameron, she went with g sizzle. and will be watching as the team inches closer to the super bowl. >> go ravens. >> reporter: now we should mention, we're going to show you the sign again, this is the official ravens poster for the

at the sports shop in townsend, cameron faulkner is on a mission. >> i wanted to get a ray lewis shirt, a jersey of ray lewis. she's not alone. stores are packed with fans stocking up on play off gear. >> we have socks, scarfs, whatever you need we have it. >> reporter: in dundalk, people lined up. >> you should be worrying about preparing whoever they're going to play. >> reporter: on wjzfm105.7 the fan all the talk is on the home field advantage. on the wjz fan cam. >> it's all about the ravens this year. they have a good team. i think they're going to do it. >> defense wins super bowls and you know championships. >> reporter: according to the exp perts, the raven -- expert it is ravens are super bowl bound. >> a very good chance. >> they have a very good chance. they're a great team and they're in the play offs. they have a great record too. >> yeah. >> as for cameron she wept with g sizzle and will be watching as the team inches closer to the super bowl. >> go ravens. >> reporter: here's another look at the official play off poster. we should also mention a few thousand tickets for

it's at the townsend town mall. that's where we found aaron johnson trying to get a picture of all of them. >> have been to downtown inner harbor and took the first one and then made our way out here and now we are going to columbia. we went on nfl and looked at the familiar pictures and some people had like a background in some of them and we used -- that's the inner harbor and -- there is harbor place so it's between them. >> reporter: while you only need to find one of them to send in you -- if you want to send in the five you have to be at a different golden raven each time. the contest runs from midnight tonight and the winner will be picked from all the photograph that are sent in tomorrow morning. good luck. abc 2news. >> get out the numbers to tell everybody where they are. >> i know at -- i know where three of them are. >> that's good. that's go. go. >> the focus of the facility should be about sunday's game but first, we have to get rid of the comments we heard last night on the radio. much of the media ha

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and don't miss our live championship special on friday night for reaction, team updates and a home townsend- off. watch us here on friday night at wjz.com. >> it's going to be a big weekend. and exciting as well. >>> still it come at noon, gone dark and why no one in the u.s. will be using wikipedia today. >>> a child killer in georgia learns his fate. how long he'll spend behind bars. >>> another sunny and brisk and windy day in our area. stay tuned for the complete weather forecast still coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> police in chicago arrest a group of teens for a beating viewed by millions on you tube. police say 7 teens are facing charges for the beating and robbery of an asian high school student. all but one is charged as a juvenile. in the video, some of the assailants can be heard yelling racial slurs at the teenager. but police don't think at tack was racially motivated. >>> a georgia man learns his fate for the murder of a 7-year- old girl. 20-year-old ryan brun was sentenced to life in prison after admitting to sexually molesting, basketballing and stabbing the little girl to

he served as an associate pastor at the church of the immaculate conception in in townsend charged with indecent exposure. several people including howard county police are recovering after an accident in mount airy near route 127. investigators say one officer had just apprehended the suspect who had left the scene of a crash and a driver allegedly hit the officer and another person and all three were taken to shock trauma. so far, no charges have been filed. >> much more news ahead. >> the ravens game is over. not a happy ending we were telling -- hoping for. it's such a shame. but themselves in a position to win. >> the game, seemingly, we were able to keep tom brady from scoring a touchdown after touchdown. that was in hand. we came back, we got had come and it came down to repeal the goal, well within field-goal range. >> the ravens did almost everything right. the offense scored enough points. the defense played tough against tom brady. allowing 23 points as about as good as you can do. 832-yard field-goal attempt would have sent it into overtime. who knows what happens then? the

here's philip townsend of wbbc. >> reporter: it's not easy pulling deacon and gunner hill away from their ipads. just ask their dad, joe. >> it makes you think about how these things in life happen for a reason. and -- and to cherish it. >> reporter: their fascination with technology and the tablets themselves is the inspiration for an idea that's now gone global. both deacon and gunner are autistic. for joe, communication with his two boys has not always been easy. >> it led me down the journey to the app itself. >> reporter: joe teams up with a local project director and together they designs an ipad application called aeir talk. >> seeing other kids use it, and get a big grin on their face when they hear their parent's voice speaking to them, it's huge. >> to see it change someone's life, it's amazing. >> reporter: people have downloaded aeir talk in canada, europe, asia. the sales continue to soar. joe says his bigsest reward came a couple of months after one of his sons starts using the app. >> i put in a slide that said, i love you, daddy. or i love daddy. we kept working on it. fin

with a parade that begins at fourth and townsend street in san francisco. >> coming up, dramatic fireestroys a home in san francisco's richmond district. we'll tell you what happened. a russian space probe plummets to earth. where it landed and its toxic cargo. >> a late night come immediateon talks about why he should be president, or maybe something bigger. details just ahead. >> i'm leigh glaser. temperatures today down as much as 15 degrees, thanks to the strong northwesterly wind. wind died down tonight. we'll look for clear, cold conditions, and get ready for rain this week. i'll show you the timing when it >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> two firefighters were injured while battling a house fire in the richmond district. the fire department won't release details about the injuries. reports of the fire came in just after midnight. flames were shooting out of the windows of the here to story billing when firefighters arrived. the blaze was finally out by 2:30. >> nine people are out of their house after fire in san jose. the fire gap just before

closer to townsend.ike 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 shovels, and ice melt. >> never know when you going to use, that'sy. they say it's going be a little bit so have to be ready. >> reporter: its been a calm winter so the state has more than enough salt to handle whatever is coming coming. shipment one of those nights where the prediction is so ho

reverend townsend was talking about the filmore center and safeway, i don't blame them. i would not want to be involved with all that corruption. data need to be involved with all of that and become a nickel, dime -- they don't need to be involved with all of that penny, nickel, dimeb.s. [tone] >> last time we came before you, we were in support of the conditions that were bad and we were supposed to implement those plans and the renewal committee decided not to include the community and those plans. that has been the problem from the get go. we have not a market street area we have not a market street area where it's all business, we have

reverend townsend was talking about the filmore center and safeway, i don't blame them. i would not want to be involved with all that corruption. data need to be involved with all of that and become a nickel, dime -- they don't need to be involved with all of that penny, nickel, dimeb.s. [tone] >> last time we came before you, we were in support of the conditions that were bad and we were supposed to implement those plans and the renewal committee decided not to include the community and those plans. that has been the problem from the get go. we have not a market street area where it's all business, we have a residential area and business area and most of the residents don't and businesses and have had a fair share. i run an agency in the community myself and i tried to get some support in getting the cleaning contract to put some men to work in the community. i'm upset now that dpw has a contract. that is someone else's deal now. that has been the problem -- the residents in the community, we have not seen eye to eye. the cbd board was not here last time, they are not h

sunny early this morning and then the cloud and then the rain soaking in, and soaking the cameras, townsend the rain came in heavy steady. it was a similar situation in belaire. wet weather, hard to city. take a look at the numbers on the dame 46 where we were. 41 normal. this is normally the coldest time the year and that just hasn't shown up much this month or season. it will show up though into friday and saturday and even game day sunday. there will be changes around here. wind from the east. that's a relatively mild wind flow but that will be changing by friday. the chances for some reduced visibility still good because we have the rain coming down, mists and it makes for a tough night to travel. use the low beams in to one of those kind of tougher to see areas, more mist and the overall storm system continues to conspiracial in to the northeast. you can see double barrel low pressure, big weather maker here, big wet weather maker but the closest winter weather into upstate new york where they have the cold air, none of that here. timing wise, things get big, we keep rain around until

from townsend north we did. this included even hartford a little later in the evening. we saw rain crossing the area here, dousing the lens and by the way it was never that clear over the chesapeake this is the new view from kent, still a busy night out on the bay look temperatures, beginning to warm up through the overnight. i think as we push toward daybreak we will get a good surge of temperatures in to the 50s. as winds shift more southerly and get gustier. still socked in with reduced visibility. york, frederick, points well north and west of baltimore, little tough to see in areas now. take a look overall the pattern is going to be an active one as we go toward daybreak, the main rain has yet toa risk yesterday. a round of source, rush hour north and west but we are all going to get a good soaking round of rain as we push toward daybreak, we have another three, four hours as we push toward that 8:00 in the morning that's the key window and that will be right around the morning rush hour as the whole system starts to move over the midatlantic. quickly kick out into

it's at the townsend town mall. that's where we found, rin johnson trying to get them all. >> we have been to downtown inner harbor and that's where we took the first one. then we madwort way out here and now we are going to coelomy. >> they are closing in on a thousand fans so far their these seven far for these. >>> we got this group shot. check them out. at the club there. we have been getting a lot of baby pictures. megan says this is her newest ravens fan. hello there. yeah. all right. up load the pictures to the facebook page. abc 2news.com. >> your tax return could be smaller and your teacher's pension changing if the governor's budget proposal gets approved. the state is facing a one billion dollar deficit and today the governor plan to tackle that. if you make more than one hundred thousand dollars you could loose deductions and exemptions. as for the pensions and benefits the governor wants to shift the cost of that about a quarter billion dollars to the county. >> exercise in popularity, it's not a matter

other schools that made the list saint mary's college, townsend at 76 and university of maryland baltimoreunty at 84. a link to the list can be found on the website. you will find that in the state news section. >>> we don't even know which teams will be facing off in this year's super bowl but advertisers don't care, they have already sold all the spots. the average cost for a 30 second add, set for february 5th was 3.5 million dollars. some were as much as four million there. is still space available during the pregame but there is a waiting list for the game. nbc said the bingest change they are seeing are companying buying longer adds and trying to get creative. >> longer in. >> yeah. >> back in november we told you liberty decided to let people carry concealed guns on campus. since then the school has gotten more than 60 permit requests. both students and staff members have applied. campus police need to approve the applications and after they do staff will be able to carry guns in schools, they will only be allowed to carry them outside and keep them locked in cars. activists say the

aaa's john townsend said the cameras should be a deterrent. >> unlike the red light cram or speed camera camera or the speed camera these cameras will take video. so when a car does not stop within 20 feet of the bus there, will be photograph and video and this evidence will be used in court to prove they actually violated a law. >> violators would face a $250 fine. currently if a police officer pulls a driver over for illegally passing a school bus, he or she faces a $1,000 fine. >>> starbucks is expanding its effort to bring beer and wine to more customers. laura evans is back now with your fox 5 top five. >> up first did you get an e reader or tablet over the holidays? join the club. no. 5, the number of people who own tablets and e readers nearly doubled between mid-december and january. a report from the pew internet and american life project found 29% of americans owned at least one tablet or e reader at the start of this month. no. 4, sunburn in childhood greatly raises a person's lifelong risk for skin cancer and a new study shows young people stop using sunscreen as they get old

iranian threat fran townsend to the realm of fantasy as ordinary people bombarded with media spin lose touch in a world of drones cyber warfare and security. and taming the elements and the next winter olympics host city has already become a heaven for thrill seekers. romania is gripped by the worst protests seen there in over a decade for the second week running people have been making a stand against the government crying out over a low wages rising corruption and authoritarian tendencies hundreds of arrests and dozens of injuries were reported during clashes with police and listened to what people are demanding. things to see in the streets of book or arrest. you protesters have been peaceful for the past few days but now the demonstrations turn violent. fighting as predicted out between police and protesters just behind me you can see the protesters bringing up fences and now bit expected to clash with the police line. they've started to throw bottles and other things at the police line and they're going to chime pushy sensei's into the police line now. this is a voluntary one hope

today in townsend one man's parking ticket was blown right out of his hand. the winds are starting to calm down a bit but the temperatures continue to drop. bob turk is updating conditions in the first warning weather center, bob. >> about 20 degrees colder now than it was yesterday at this time. so that's a pretty radical drop. take a look at temperatures around the region. we're down to 36 now. only around 31 or 32, mark is up in owins mill. 16 in oakland, 41 ocean city. but we still have a breeze, we have a winter weather advisory still in effect for western maryland still snowing in far western sections of the season from fallsburg west. we pick up another inch or two tonight. 17-mile an hour winds here. 22 in oakland, there we go. just changing from 17 to 22. still breezy out there. and when you talk about there's wind, you have higher wind gusts up to 29. and 36 wind gusts out in oakland. so it's a very gusty blustery cold afternoon. the winds will come down tonight. it'll still be a little breezy tomorrow. sunday if you're going to the ravens game arou

. >>> a man is crushed by a car carrier at a townsend car dealership. police say a man became pinned while he was unloading vehicles sunday morning. he died on the scene. the victim had just arrived from new jersey to unload the cars and police are investigating this afternoon. >>> there's still searching for survivors, 29 people remain missing including two americans after a cruise ship runs aground off the coast of italy. >> reporter: rescue crews worked into the night using flood lights to illuminate the costa concordia as they serged for more victims. the work ers say they won't give up until they've been through the entire sres -- vessel. >> we're going to keep working. >> reporter: rescue operations are based here in gilio the team's working six hour shifts because the work is so dangerous. the costa concordia is resting on its side and continues to shift. the ship tipped over on friday night when it hit a rock that tore a hole in the haul. costa cruise lines ceo says captain scetinio miscalculated. >> we believe it's going to be a human error her

people are talking about, the weather, a wind advisory in effect for a large part of the day in townsend, wjz found a man chasing a parking receipt down the sidewalk, does he get it? i don't think he does. the winds made it absolutely raw outside. you can see federal hill, i see the ravens logo there all proud. bob is live with the latest numbers. >> yes, a big drop in temperatures with 36 now. oakland at 17 degrees right now. 41 in ocean city, 28 in cumberland, 32 up in elkton. dewpoint way down to 14 degrees right now. as you can see, so a big drop in the temperature around the region. we still have strong winds and also a winter weather advisory. a couple of inches already on the ground and it's blowing around as well around our region now, the winds did come down. we had winds up to 48 miles per hour earlier. in oakland snow still going on, 58-mile-per-hour winds. reaching gusts up to 32. 41 at pax river. our last hour we had a wind gust at 30 miles per hour. now tonight the wind is going to die down some what. but temperatures are also going to get down into the mid-20s which is whe

. >>> some other local scores, george mason defeated townsend to improve to 7-1 in conference play. down army 67-55 to improve to 9-0 at home. >>> nfl players are down to the final four. the ravens play in the second straight afc title game against the patriots this afternoon. the 49ers host the giants in the nfc championship game. you can catch the action at fox on 6:30 p.m. here is dave ross and wisdom martin. >> wisdom, we are down to championship weekend. nice glasses. >> i'm trying to see what is going on in your head. >> i know what ed reefs is thinking. he is thinking that joe flacco is basically borderline not getting the job done. called out his quarterback the week of the championship weekend. >> the truth is the truth. like when i call it out on the show on a weekly basis, like you were wrong about the redskins in their season. >> why do you go back to the redskins. >> i'm just pointing out facts. >> ed relievers says he does not have -- ed -- >> you can do whatever you want and say what ever you want. he is a hall of famer. >> what about unity before the biggest game of

. >> townsend moved up two places and they say it elevates the visibility. >> i think the fact that we'vecognized before has already put us in that arena. yes, indeed, every year you make and particularly when you go up the list as we did this year, it always brings you more national recognition. >> they say you can basically get a private school education for a public school price. for instance, the average private school tuition is about $38,000. >> though it may not seem like it, the leadership at maryland schools ask themselves is they could stick -- asked themselves this basic question. >> are we really doing this? >> interesting applications are higher this year than last. wjz eyewitness news. >> if you are looking for a good value in state value for your students to see the entire list of the best 100 value colleges here in maryland, go to wjz.com. >> the votes are in an the 2011 word of the year is in as well. occupy. the movement, which went nationwide this past year started with a group of protesters in manhattan so the word takes top honors. some of the other contenders include

don't miss the season's pizza championship special, get new fan reaction, team updates and home townsendff, watch it live this evening at 7:30 right here on wjz 13. in other news more than 550 baltimore homeowners are being sent big tax bills after state officials revoke what they say were invalid tax breaks, aaccording to our partner they have been violating homestead law by receiving credit on ineligible properties since 2007. >>> it is a make or break day for republicans. here is susan mcguinness reporting on the final debate before the primary. >> you chose to start the debate with it. don't blame somebody else. >> he blasted the moderator and fumed after being asked about his ex-wife. she claimed thursday he once asked her for an open marriage. >> he was asking for have an open marriage and i refused. >> let me be clear, the story is false. >> let's get on to the real issues. >> mitt romney still refuses to realize them and only if he is the nominee but would not say how far back. he is fighting to hold his lead. polls show gingrich closing in. he could get another boost with the ba

reporter: aaa mid-atlantic's john townsend is talking about the transportation trust fund, gas taxes,nd registration fees and rental car taxes to help fill this fund. cities and counties depend on their share to maintain roads and clear snow. last year lawmakers moved most of the local money, $372 million, to the state first. >> one significant reason they were not repairing the roads is that we're taking the money that was dedicated and that was solicited from the public on the pretext of repairing roads and using it for 100 other purposes. reporter: here's how governor o'malley and budget secretary foster defended the practice when i asked them about it. >> this year as in past years what we've done is taken the cash we put in the general fund, but we have always bonded those projects. >> that's true. reporter: so borrowed the money? >> swapped it for bond dollars, in other words taking the cash, but putting back in the bond dollars. so in other words, the dollars raised were not -- >> the projects didn't go without being done. >> right. >> were bonded instead of being used with are

it'll start tonight at 6:30 in san francisco at the martin luther king memorial townsend. >> in arizona schools could loose millions in state funding over a controversial program. a june ruled the schools mexican american studies program violates state law because it promotes racial resentment and activist against white people. >> it's a problem when you take all historical incidents and put it in a racial term and racial context and use that to inflame a low income hispanic minority against a white majority. >> reporter: many parents and students are outraged saying that the program promotes mexican american history and literature. the school board is expected to vote on whether to cancel the program. >> in news of the worm the arab league renewed demands on syria to stop the violence and let mormon for the unrest. demonstrators also reported at least ten more civil an deaths during continued clashes and amateur video shows people being beat dragged in to police cars. after last friday's bomb blast that killed 26 the security forces said they would crush the ten month rebellion. >>> in

bullock, a priest at the church of the immaculate church in townsend was found partially nude at the book store. bullock will no longer function as a priest. the archdiocese is launching its own investigation into the incident. bullock faces a misdemeanor charge that carries a fine. $1,000 and three years in prison. >> bullock's next court date is march 6th. >>> more on the foreclosure crisis. the frederick news reports that 15 to 20 people braved below- freezing temperatures. they set up tents next to carol creek, and a few people spent the night. the group hopes to spread word about their foreclosure event next week. they said that members can stay, as long as they follow the law. >>> well, at least a dozen people need a place to stay tonight, after fire damaged six apartments in perry hall. it happened at the perry hall apartment complex last night. six apartments were damaged by smoke and the flames. the two-alarm fire brought 70 firefighters to the scene. the red cross is helping those without a place to live. no one was hurt. and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>

>>catherine: we have take townsend was live with a look at conditions there.ter: you can see the traffic has slowed down considerably from just about an hour ago. there is a back up all the way to north bound 101 of people are heading to the rich in san raphael bridge in down in through san raphael. we can show some video that i shot about one hour ago when i was driving on 101. you can see how slow the traffic was moving at that point, and now moving even slower at this point. we will come back out here live, and you can see the water that has puddles on one of the on ramps 2101 the water is collecting as the evening moves on. it has been raining here since early this afternoon. called out rear of the is really out of the norm. normally, people all are over the place was so far tonight, they say all is clear. fet thompson, for news. arrived in the bay area. now, photog who region is getting ready for the snow that jacqueline was talking about. this is westbound interstate 80. the roadway tractor-trailer is creeping along and taking it slow. as we move to donn

so townsend's big either bat has been nursed back to health in hayward over the past few months. staff members say he is doing well despite his injuries. >> his biggest challenge is he will not eat on his own. so he has to be hand fed 20, 30 mealworms one at a time every day. so he is a bit of work it keep. but he is a pretty special bat. >> mealworms. ew! >> filet mignon! >> because of his injuries, busby won't be able to fly again. the center will use them though to educate children to overcome their fear of bats. >> oh, my god it's eating a worm! i mean, really. too early for that. that's a little much. >> a healthy appetite. >> gross! >> enjoyed every bit of that worm. come on, grace. >>> america's favorite professional athlete coined the term, tebowing. >> denver quarterback tim tebow came out on top in a new poll on espn. the 11th different player to top the list in the 18 year history. in the past it's tiger woods, michael jordan, lebron james held the top spot as the most popular athlete. tim tebow is taking on the patriots on saturday night. >>> a little awkward at the p

many areas now are down into the townsends and low to mid 30s. montgomery county, low to mid 30s as well as prince george's county and arlington counties. 38 at reagan national. we have a few high clouds coming in now. we'll have it off and on this morning. then we'll have sunrise at 7:20. sunset at 5:21. highs reaching the upper 40s to near 50. then this evening, cloudy, down into the 30s by midnight, upper 30s. could get rain beginning tomorrow and perhaps part of friday. we'll look at that and the weekend in ten minutes. how's traffic? >>> traveling 66 eastbound, slow out of the rest area. delays continue as you make your way to ward 50. now, traveling the beltway, slowing down at colesville road, an accident, outer loop at georgia avenue. it's out of the roadway, we're still seeing delays. in fact, you're starting to slow from new hampshire avenue, and they continue delays past georgia avenue. back to you. >> thanks. >>> 6:10. 41 degrees. ahead, is it spreading? the new concern this morning that the mystery illness at one high school may have

fran townsend our contributor here at cnn. good to have both of you with us. what's your reaction when you see this? are you shocked this happens or is this something that as awful as it is, happens. >> i'm shocked it took place. this is outside the bounds of anything that's trained or acceptable and these young men know that and i can't explain their behavior. i need to tell you the marine corp. will jump all over this, investigate and there will be some, there will be some accountability that will come from this. >> fran, you were addvising the bush administration when the abu pictures came out. >> based on what we know at the moment, it looks like an isol e isolatisolat isolated event, but what you have to understand and what gets lost to people is that this is contrary to u.s. policy, it's illegal. it's against the uniform code of military justice and that's why there will be a review. it gets a life of its own and it's used by people like the taliban and al-qaeda to recruit, train, inspire and raise money. as awful as it is, it has consequences that go fa

wvec's phillip townsend reports. >> reporter: it's not easy pulling deacon and gunnar hill just ask theirn for a reason. and to cherish it. >> reporter: their fascination with technology and the tablets themselves is the inspiration for an idea that's now gone global. both deacon and gunnar are autistic. and for joe communication with his two boys hasn't always been easy. >> that's sort of led me down the journey to the app itself. >> reporter: joe teamed up with local project director zack miller. and together the two designed an ipad application called air talk. >> can i? >> reporter: it's essentially a speech tool for the tablet using flash cards and the parents' recorded voice. >> seeing other kids use it and get a big grin on their face whenever they hear their parents' voice speaking to them, that's huge. >> and to really see it change someone's life, it's -- it's amazing really. >> reporter: people have downloaded air talk now in canada, europe, even asia. and the sales continue to soar. but joe says his biggest reward came a couple weeks after one of his sons started using the app

fran townsend was security adviser to president bush. >> acknowledgement by the president of the u.s.ne program makes deniability by our allies far more difficult. it's one thing when the press talks about the drone program. it's another thing when the president or senior officials in the u.s. government confirm officially that it's u.s. policy. >> reporter: that was evident in the white house briefing, as press secretary jay carney tiptoed around the target. >> was it purposeful what he said? >> look, i would just refer you to what the president and to note that the point he was making is that our counterterrorism efforts by his order include, um, very concerted efforts to be targeted. >> reporter: it doesn't address whether it was purposeful or not. that's what i'm asking, if el he made a mistake. >> he's the commander in chief of the armed force of the united states, the president of the united states. i would point you to his comments. >> reporter: you can see just how sensitive this is, wolf. when jay carney was asked multiple questions about this topic, he wouldn't even say the

fred townsend, member of the advisory committee, fran, when you look at the situation and you hear thense secretary issuing a warning saying there's a red line with iran, don't cross it. are we on the brink of a military confrontation? >> suzanne, there's no question that there are increasing tensions in the united states. not just over the strait of hormuz. we learn that had the four iranian scientists murdered on iranian soil. we learned the iranian court has convicted and sentenced to death an american former marine accused of spying. remember the retired fbi agent taken into custody? and lastly was the plot against the saudi ambassador to assassinate him in washington, alleged by iran. so there has been a whole set of actions taken. not clear all of these, who they're being taken by, right. but you add to this the threatening to close the straits of hormuz, and you could see there's a reaction and action for each of these. >> do we think there's an opportunity for them to step back and december escalate the situation? >> absolutely. it's clear the u.s. is trying to do that twice in

they say townsend used the official's social security number to get a credit card. >> at this point in child surfing the internet and got this. a lot bigger and my fear is if that number is out there, who else's number is on the internet that anybody can get to? >> a credit agency alerted the authorities that there was a problem. >>> 60 people can i killed, 26 of them in a suicide car bombing in the capital of damascus. protesters trying to remove syria's leader. this video that you're looking at, it's from youtube. various accounts say more than 5,000 people have died as the government cracks down on civil unrest there. >>> a new twist to tell you about in the story of the young oklahoma widow who took matters into her own hands when a man broke into her home. >> i've got two guns in my hand. is it okay to shoot him if he comes in this door? >> well, you have to do whatever you can do to protect yourself. i can't tell you that you can do that but you do whatever you have to do to protect your baby. >> sarah mckinly killed the intruder with a 12-gauge shotgun. she won't face any charge