westminster at 34, very light winds. cloudy, dry and chilly. overnight 35 or so as we hit the stroke of midnight. we'll talk about how things change, though, as we go into the first day of 2013. >>> with dry weather on tap at least at the stroke of midnight, the inner harbor will be struck with ref earliers -- revelers. we go live downtown. hi, rosie. >> reporter: as wyatt just said, it's going to be a dry night, cold night. that's a good night for booms and birds. there's a new sponsor for the fireworks. it is the baltimore orioles. the orioles want to thank the fans for their big support last season, spot sky will not only be lit up in red, white and blue but orange and wheat-- white. although there's no exact total on the number of people, let's say a lot of people will be here. security will be high. it will be a great way to cap off a holiday season for merchants and restaurants here in the harbor. >> whether you're here or a few blocks lay way at a hoe -- away at a hotel or a party it has an economic impact. that that means, people are sp

westminster you know it's happens to be you know where the u.k. parliament is but if scotland voted to leave the u.k. then there would be consequences and you know you could argue about where precisely the line would be drawn in the north sea as to how much oil was guarded and what much it isn't i think on any view most of it would be scottish but then we other things too there's a lot of for example civil service jobs in scotland that do work on behalf of people in england that would almost certainly change if you take defense for example the shipyards on the river clyde in the west of scotland are very heavily dependent on orders from the royal navy and conversing of course a huge percentage of soldiers in the british army are in fact scotus so that's right but then you know of course scotland you know a country or a population of five million we have to decide what level of armed forces it was actually able to support or needed to support on and you know actually you've got this absurd thing where the nationalists after twenty years are saying

westminster you know this happens to be you know where the u.k. parliament is but if scotland voted to leave the u.k. then there would be consequences and you know you could argue about where precisely the line would be drawn in the north sea as to how much oil was guarded and what much isn't i think on any view most of it would be scottish but the other things too there's a lot of for example civil service jobs in scotland that do work on behalf of people in england and that would almost certainly change if you take defense for example from a very heavily. and he's leading the campaign for an independent scotland what do you think of him well it's not actually he's appointed his deputy to lead it nobody knows quite why he should have done that my guess is if he goes well he will step back and if it doesn't he'll move away he's an adept politician but if you look over the last few weeks the trouble he's got into when his credibility was undermined when he led people to believe that he had a legal opinion saying we would automatically get into the

the 42 mile an hour gusts in easton. 41 in westminster. the wind will stay with us into tomorrow morning. everything will wraparound behind it. the wind direction will shift from the northeast to the northwest tomorrow but it still will be windy as the storm pulls away. there is another storm upstream waiting for sign saturday. this is it, moving across the rocky mountains. that will business for the beginning of the weekend. the steady rain coming to an end. there could be some icing in the far north suburbs. temperatures holding steady. tomorrow, there could be a rain or snow shower as the storm pulls away. it will be windy and chilly. a high around 41 degrees. some sunshine and the storm on saturday. that looks like it will be mostly snow. we will not bounce around with precipitation types. it is too early to say how much snow. the new year looks ok. there is a slight chance for rain or snow shower on thursday but that does not look like a big deal. >> our favorite holiday dishes are most likely made in pyrex glass coke where. it has be

westminster 31. ocean city, 33 degrees. the cooler spot, way out west in oakland. they are at 19 degrees. for this evening, if you are still heading out, 26-32 degrees. the wind will remain strong. anywhere from 15-25 miles an hour. our current conditions right now show clear skies over the state except western maryland. little bit of a flurry at this low that is finally getting out, behind it, this is something we will watch that will move through here. there is another bit of energy even further behind it we are watching that could make things messy wednesday to thursday. two things we are watching could be interesting. we will show how things unfold

we are still here in westminster kind of waiting for that snow to start. we'll keep you posted if it does indeed start. kim basey, wbal tv 11 news. >> all right, kim. thank you. as it moves in, you could stay inside. chances are you probably have someplace to go today. >> as kim mentioned, the road crews are out. they're on stand by, trying to work to make sure you get to where you're going as safely as possible. >> traffic is busy at home improvement stores. shoppers want to prepare for another winter punch. >> getting enough salt. i have to work tomorrow. >> but this first round of winter is already wearing out its welcome with motorists. >> it gets a little old, but it's part of winter. >> marylanders are once again shelling out cash for supplies. at this home depot in southeast baltimore, it's time to stock up for winter weather staples.

up to 3 inches in westminster. most of that is compressed because of the rain and sleet. up to 3 inches in some areas. the steadiest precipitation has come to an end. you can see some heavy rain on the eastern shore. around baltimore, that will be the case through the rest of the evening. it will be windy but the steady rain has come to an end. for mayor is trying to push in from the south. 52 in annapolis, 45 downtown. 35 in parkton. in the suburbs, it is only 32. 30 in hagerstown. if you're watching us up that way, the temperature will be around freezing. you get above that 32-degree mark as we go through the evening. temperatures will go up overnight tonight. the wind gusts up to 40 miles an hour. we had a 35 mile an hour gusts in easton. it will stay with the through tonight and into tomorrow as this storm left out. the air world wraparound and the winds may gust up to 30 or 40 miles per hour. it will be a nice area of high pressure in the short term that will keep things quiet for thursday and friday. as we go into the weekend, another storm on the horizon. this is m

in the upper 30's, 39 at bwi- marshall, chilly in westminster, currently 34 degrees. the wind gusts coming out of the northwest, sustained winds getting close to 25 to 30 miles per hour across the region. chilly with the strong wind. another snow on the way. >> a police officer remains on routine administrative leave after a deadly shooting in carroll county. authorities said a taneytown police officer shot and killed 26-year-old edward becker following a confrontation with investigators. police were called to, st. brigid were called to commerce street after -- police were called to commerce street. >> once he got to within arm's length of one of the officers and raised the hammer, the officer discharged a round from his service weapon, striking the deceased in the upper torso. >> becker later died at the hospital per the officer will remain on leave pending an investigation. city police are looking for information into an east baltimore shooting. officers found a man suffering a gunshot wound to the stomach. crews took into the hospital with non-life threatening inju

carroll county in westminster, they got the biggest hit as a result of this storm. meteorologist mike masco said at 8:00 they got a burst of snow. they got are couple inches on the ground and it turned to sleet. we're seeing this messy wet rain that's getting rid of the beautiful snow. so all of this creating a mess on the roadways. we have not heard of major accidents in the baltimore area, just a lot have people trying to take this slow, be cautious no major wrecks, but you want to be care f they don't think there's danger of a refreeze. they've switched with the sleet, changing over to straightup rain creating a mess that's not pretty. luckily for now not looking too ba.d as wyatt and mike have been talking about, we'll keep our eye on saturday and another impending storm that could make travel even worse. for now, i'm joce sterman reporting. >> you can track the conditions anytime at abc2news.com or download our weather app. we are not the only ones getting hit with this. we have the latest on the storm's track. >> reporter: snowplows tried to fight back in indi

. >> next, bbc parliament's westminster review takes a look back at all the major reviews. the debates with the prime minister on the british economy and the european union budget. the british parliament is in recess for the holidays. members return on january 7th. >> hello there. and welcome to the west minister review. our look back at the big events in parliament over the last three months. coming up in this program, the chancellor delivers the latest bleak economic view? his budget. david cameron's bench urges him to stand up to europe. >> i support absolutely. >> the ugly specter of child abuse hits the deadlines with some dramatic consequences. lord justin levisohn delivers his plan on press standards. >> we should be wary of any legislation that has the potential to infringe free speech and a free press. >> the queen sits in on a cabinet meeting at number 10. but let's begin with the subject which has dominated politics and our pockets for many months, the state of our economy. at the start of december the chancellor came to deliver his autumn statement or mini budge

source the name stands for houses of parliament the label even has westminster on it but the white house might be more fitting h.p. now belongs to heinz and as you're spreading your hartley's jam or your son pat peanut butter over your morning toast you might be surprised to learn that these british brands were just bought up by another american company in fact even thames water which comes out of every single tap in and around london now belongs to an australian company advocates of foreign takeovers say they inject much needed cash into the british economy recently with premier foods not only selling off. pickle selling off hartley's just. some butter and also closing down some of their home. and it's interesting what's the reaction a great use for investors although it is bleak news just before christmas. for the workforce two years ago kraft the u.s. food giant swallowed up cadbury's chocolate it was a hostile takeover they slashed four hundred jobs and moved production to poland in the process but there are those that say that the loss of sweets is the least of britain's problems an

westminster, bel air, columbia and rock hall essentially 50. this big dome of high pressure runs the show. there's going to be an infusion in a big way of cold air later on in this week. through the end of the forecast period temperatures are going to go below normal. the normal high is in the mid 40s. right now normal low in the upper 20s. forecast today calls for a high over 10 degrees above normal, there's that high of 58. a damp feel in the morning because of this humidity. 33 over night. tomorrow a beautiful day, partly sunny and mild 53. here's this cold front enters the area. showers, 52 on thursday. temperatures will fall through the afternoon. friday windy. that 45 is going to feel at times like 35. sun comes out big time, we lose the wind saturday and sunday. temperatures below normal, 40 and 41 degrees for that ravens game on sunday. essentially it's going to feel 20 degrees colder than today. jessica, take it away. >> thank you. >>> now over to sharon gibala at wjz traffic control. >> good morning. so far not a bad morning on the ro

separate from the people of england it's not only the political level but the savings are made in westminster which are not accepted by the people of scotland and i think one has to acknowledge that not only within britain. including scotland northern ireland wales but particularly in europe itself if you take for example the baltic states three small countries that have a smaller population in total in ireland and yet the european union theory their total separation from the soviet union and supported them but i think that there's a degree of hypoxia say it off in my opinion simply is dictated by the strategic interest all of the either the european major parcels germany britain or the united states so i think we have to look at the reality of the situation it's not the actual world where we're living in a pure democracy where people say oh grant freedom to everyone there's total high-pockets say and culture addictions throughout the world at the moment with relation to the formation of small nation states because they want to let's look at spain i mean why should the richest part of spain p

to take you ten minutes to travel southbound from westminster pike all the way down to the beltway. that's a look at your traffic. megan and charlie, over to you. >>> cautiously optimistic. that's what doctors are saying about the treatment to former president george h.w. bush. he's in an intensive care unit at a houston hospital this morning. he was admitted sunday for persistent fever. that fever is what kept the president in the hospital during christmas and doctors have put him now on a liquids only diet. >>> well, they have five days to come up with an agreement. the president and congress are now back in d.c. but that doesn't mean there's any hope for real hope of avoiding the fiscal cliff. congressional officials say they don't have any significant strides to a compromise. it didn't happen during the long christmas break and there are no negotiations currently on the books. without an agreement, automatic tax increases for everyone and deep spending cuts specifically to defense will go into effect on january 1st. the main dispute remains over who are you going to tax and how

states need to have correct representation and i don't think one can assume for one moment that westminster london can rule for the people of scotland the people of scotland need to have their own assembly the people of wales need to have their own assembly and they need to have a much much greater sense of autonomy then takes into the gray areas of foreign policy and the military situation these are the real issues to be decided in the future but i do believe that those countries in europe that have field should not be saddled with failure they should try and take the lessons. from the more successful states of europe. you want to jump in on that and i to ask all of you about how globalization is affected this here because everyone says bigger is better. we look at trading blocks and what not. here. you may where you may have many smaller is not all united but better i mean smaller states like switzerland like. monaco are extremely rich and prosperous and what they really think is that will lack of ferrous strong leadership that's has been i've already been pointed out but second we need a

closer to the freezing mark in westminster. north and west of the city, the potential for some black ice. near 40 degrees today. temperatures will basically hold steady. flurries ending in southern pennsylvania. increasing wind. >> good morning. how many players will play this weekend at how many will not? there is a misconception among the fans that they all will sit. they will play to win because they live for the competition. john harbaugh will sit some of his starters. there is a playoff berth on the line. >> once you start something, you have to finish it. our goal was to control the division. we did our thing with cleveland and split with pittsburgh. you want to sweep them and you are 2-0. >> ray rice 1 of 6 ravens to play in the pro bowl. we know who and where they will play next year. just not when. against the jets, green bay, minnesota, and houston. none divisional road games against buffalo, miami, chicago, detroit, and denver. you play houston and new england because you are the afc north winner. it is hard to do ye

westminster 33. frederick 32 degrees.pots out in the western mountains, raised a degree or two. frostburg 28 and oakland at 25 degrees. the viewing area still under that winter storm advisory. you can see the city in southern baltimore county and all the eastern shore except cecil county. they are in the clear as far as any dangerous weather associated with snow and rain. this area down here is going to be mostly rain, maybe a mix, but nothing too much to worry about. it's going to be chilly. 33 to 38. east wind five to ten miles per hour changing north later in the day. we're still calling it snow. more to the north and west. that rain/snow mix to the south which looks more like rain than a rain/snow event. there's that pipeline there showing no precipitation. breaks in the clouds that were pretty interesting. this is moisture that we saw that was going to move in. it's part of a larger system moving out of the gulf of mexico sitting over the panhandle of florida. it's also -- these are also two lows that are the upper l

last check they were 39. 27 bel air 28 westminster and columbia 36 rock hall. a little shower activity is going to slide by the area again. there's not any weather foul enough coming in here later to cause us really any dramatic problems. that is going to change once we get to wednesday. there's going to be a big storm approaching. we lived this before time and time again. it's going to pass basically right over us. the snow ban is going to be north of the area. it's the mix we're concerned about. it's going to cut diagonal across the air area. i don't think -- area. i think it's going to be more into carroll county, certainly from the city south and southeast no issues. it's not going to be a huge weather hit. 40 is going to be your high this . we will continue to watch this. tomorrow partly sunny with a high of 46. not so wall. wednesday 44. 43 thursday. friday 44, saturday 40 as a high, maybe a couple flurries. >>> now over to sharon at traffic control. >> if just about to head out not looking at very much volume. we have two accidents. one of them is on gre

. >> i would like to send a holiday shout out to my family in westminster, maryland. i love and miss you. >> i am serving in that u.s. cavalry in northern africa of business and -- in northern afghanistan. happy holidays. i miss you guys. >> i am currently serving in afghanistan. i would like to which my family i would like to which my family and

50 at the airport, 53 at college park but 48 in gaithersburg and mid 50's north into parkton and westminster. chilly temperatures holding instead throughout the day. the stationary boundary is in place across the state so this is the boundary between the cold the north and mild air to the south, we are sitting into the middle and with the unsettled weather, temperatures won't have the opportunity to move much today. the forecast, after starting in the upper 40's, we are staying that way all the way through the afternoon so the temperature range from 48 to 52 degrees. most of the fog is clearing except for the eastern shore but there are still scattered showers you have to worry about, most happening through the morning hours but there could be a shower around in time for the game down at fedexfield, something to keep in mind. if you're traveling there or planning to tailgate, have some sort of rain gear handy. it's also going to be relatively chilly, temperatures only in the upper 40's to low 50's. here's a look at future cast going into tomorrow, a cold front moving this way. of that, tempe

westminster 36, are a but tules -- arbutus 38. so cold numbers. a little built of a breeze, making it feel chillier. nothing than a few passing clouds. we're dry but a definite chill in the air as we fall through the 30s eventually down in the 20s. we'll have much more on when the chill turns around. it's straight ahead. >>> same sex couples in maryland can ally for a license. only a handful of people showed up. the excitement found some ready to exercise their new rights. >> we've been together for 15 years. we've been living together for almost 15 years. i think it's going to work eye think we've had three couples come in and make applications. they have a lot of time because they can't get married until the first of january. so it's plenty of time to pick up an application. >> the circuit court clerk said his office is prepared to stay open on new year's night to accommodate couples. >> in washington same sex couples can ally for license -- apply for licenses. this couple was the first in line. >> to be number one, it's really humbling. i think

westminster 31. ocean city, 33 degrees. the cooler spot, way out west in oakland. they are at 19 degrees. for this evening, if you are still heading out, 26-32 degrees. the wind will remain strong. anywhere from 15-25 miles an hour. our current conditions right now show clear skies over the state except western maryland. little bit of a flurry at this low that is finally getting out, behind it, this is something we will watch that will move through here. there is another bit of energy even further behind it we are watching that could make things messy wednesday to thursday. two things we are watching could be interesting. we will show how things unfold as we go through sunday. clear skies. monday, things start picking up. you see this system of energy we were talking about, starting with some flurries, a mix of rain and snow. this is around 5:30 into the early russian that moves out of here. clouds into tuesday for christmas day. basically we could have a little bit of rain and snow. possible flurries into the overnight hours and into the morning and afternoon hour

partly cloudy skies. 32 in westminster. 44 in rising sun. by the time you wake up tomorrow, the wind will be gone. you will not have to calculate any wind chill, but it will be a chilly start on friday. here is this note. on the backside of this, the wind was whipping up. is made its way all the way down here to maryland, obviously. you may have noticed some cloud cover over the afternoon. excuse me. that will continue overnight tonight. you will see some cloud cover tomorrow morning. that will allow the temperatures to drop off. the next system is developing in the southern plains here. this one does not look nearly as strong. always look for a blockbuster snow event out of this. it is not going to be a major nor'easter type thing. let's start the timeframe at 6:00 in the evening tomorrow. you see a ridge of high pressure here at home. we'll take the time frame into saturday afternoon. you see this move across the southern plains. it is not a very strong storm. again, do not expect a lot of snow out of this. we will get minor accumulations

fredrik, 34. 36 in westminster.ter weather advisories are in effect for the northern and western suburbs tomorrow morning. they should probably include northern baltimore county. there could be freezing rain or snow to start the day and then it will changeover to rain. some of that trend could be heavy, especially in the afternoon. there is another storm already coming onshore on saturday. the forecast for tonight, increasing clouds and temperatures into the 30's. when you wake up tomorrow morning, there could be some icing going on. freezing rain or sleet, maybe some snow, changing over to rain. it will be a heavy rain. high temperature at 40 degrees. it could and early thursday morning. the next storm is on saturday. we could get a significant snow event out of that. we will keep an eye on it. >> from the susquehanna banks, this is the 11 sports. >> ravens players are off today. the coaches will report this evening and when the players report back tomorrow, there is a decision -- to rest or not. the ravens can onl

this is the scene from westminster early this morning in carroll county where they saw a big burst of snow at 8:00 this morning. it looked great, made travel dicey with state highway crews putting down salt. it turned to sleet and the rain we saw move through the entire baltimore area. it made travel really dicey about noontime. there's a little bit of flooding on the side roads as it makes its way on to the streets. that's dicey as well but many people changing their plans in advance of saturday. we're teaing -- anticipating dicey weather. while conditions are normal at bwi, they're reporting a number of delays and cancellations. new york, philly, atlanta. so if you're messing with your holiday plans trying to get back, make sure you check your airline before you travel. be airful on the roads -- careful on the roads. but for now we're live in valley forge. >>> state highway crews are hitting the roteds to make -- roads to make sure they are safe for drivers. they've been watching the storm track for days. this is the perfect temperature to treat with salt because it's much colder. d