required him to press criminal charges against that girl doctors had quite miraculously saved, justine winter. charges of murder. >> she did not swerve. she drove head-on into that other vehicle. >> the prosecutor lays out his case while jason gets yet another shock. >>> the sorrow ran deep in montana flathead valley that awful spring and summer of 2009. deep and wide, the whole valley, in fact, the country, heard about the crash that killed caden and erin and her unborn child and heard a strange and disturbing story that 16-year-old justine winter took deadly aim at erin's oncoming car, crossed the center line, and plowed right into them. on purpose. shocking? oh, yes. as was the alleged reason. justine, said the police, was trying to commit suicide. how did they know? they found the evidence on justine's phone, they said, text messages which she wrote herself and which once county attorney ed corrigan saw them gave him no choice, he said. he charged her with deliberate homicide, montana's equivalent of murder. >> justine purposely went into the wrong lane of traffic and smashed head-on into

first we're talking about winterizing your car. winter is here. servicee with a adviser. -- i'm live. you need to bring it your car and make sure the it is running properly to keep you safe this winter. talk about checking your battery. wipers are huge think that people might forget about. >> the outside of the car is also iimportant. a torn wiper blade will not clean your windshield. this one will not be torn and not have any cracks. this will be attached. >> we want to stress tires. their actions because of a bald tires -- there are accidents because of bald tires. >> there is no trade here. -- tread. can show you how to check them the correct way. >> if you bring it in, you guys have a whole checklist that you use and you check everything to get through the winter season. we want to focus on tires. the worst of winter has not arrived yet. winter is creeping in. we have snow streaming in from the great lakes. i'm from colorado. mother said to make sure you have good tires. >> absolutely. check the tires. not just in the winter. even in the summe

but the winters' news could have been worse. and a few miles away where the phone rang at jason thompson's house, the news was much worse. the caller was the county coroner. >> he said jason, your family was in an accident, and he said i'm sorry to have to tell you this on the phone, but they were just killed, and my world just dropped out from underneath me. >> jason's wife, 35-year-old erin thompson was four months pregnant. her son caden, the boy that just played the drums at his school concert was just 13, and just like that, they were gone. the crash was head on. and in school counselor jason thompson's life, the lights went out. >> that night of that realization, i'll never forget that news. >> nor will erin's mother, diana. >> we were both just bonkers. >> her sister, amber, who with david her husband missed erin so much, they made plans to move to montana to be close. not possible now. >> that was the hardest, hardest piece of news we could fathom. >> and to lose both of them and the baby, it just didn't even seem like i

today, with winter weather advisories and snow, winter storm warnings, i should say in effect, for washington, allegheny counties until 1:00, we have an icy mix this morning until 10:00 when the temperatures start to get at or above freezing. we're not going to see much improvement in this. 34 degrees this morning. with a little bit of rain this afternoon. then we have the problem of refreezing. 20 degrees tonight with clearing in the sky, but the roads are going to be frozen over. 34 tomorrow, some sun. i clouds and midst tomorrow. then believe it or not, in the next two days the temperatures up the 60 degrees in parts of the area. it will wash this way and your forecast is coming up here. >> all right. thank you very much, tim. >>> as tim just mentioned the winter weather is making for tricky travel conditions this morning. this is the scene not too long ago on main street in bel air, slick roads there. so, be careful. here are pictures from harford county, these are thanks to the fire company. so, thanks, guys. >>> well, the snow has already led to some cancellations and delays. several sc

but no winter, we are searching winter.n fact, let's talk about the temperatures this week, because they have been anything but january-like. i mean, milder pretty much across the board. okay, monday we started out kind of cool. 44. average high is 42. we went to 54 on tuesday. we dipped on wednesday, back to 49. mid 50s yesterday and today, friday, we hit the low 60s. full 20 degrees above average. no record, but 20 degrees above average. all right, here's a live look at our weather cam brought to you by michael and son. temperatures down to 47. that's the low so far today. dew point 31. winds are still 15 miles per hour with higher gusts and the pressure continues to rise at 29.88 inches of mercury. winds are gusting to 22 at national. 32 in hagerstown and martinsburg and now to the south, the further away from town you get, 16-mile per hour wind gust and they will die down overnight, in the 10 to 15 range after midnight. 45 bethesda. 46 in rockville. 45 in gaithersburg. looking 48 in college park and 47 in beltsville and

in winter? >> well, that's because people use their heaters in the wintertime and a lot of times they don't have the furnaces checked there could be a leak they're not aware of. >> in fact the incident yesterday, the furnace had just been serviced but this has been a pretty mild winter and you haven't had very many calls with people worried about c. o.? >> people are always worried about it but we haven't had a lot of call this is winter. >> that's good. it's -- question is to whether the incident in georgetown is carbon monoxide poisoning or not. what are the symptoms? >> nausea, dizziness and headache most times. when people wake up if you have the symptoms seek medical attention. >> is it something that system like a silent -- is like a lie sent invasion of your home? >> carbon monoxide is odorless, tasteless and you know you can't see it. so it's invisible. it's insidious in the sense that it can invade your home and its extreme health emergency if you do suffer carbon monoxide poisoning.

and a wild finish to the winter classic. you're watching "early today." >>> very good morning to you. welcome back to "early today." i'm veronica de la cruz. here are some of your top headlines this morning. iran says it has successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile now saying iran is in complete control of the strait of hormuz. iran's army warned america not to allow another carrier back in the gulf after it was removed during iran's naval exercises. >>> grim numbers from the front lines of mexico drug wars. mexican newspapers report 12,000 people were killed in drug violence in 2011. more than 50,000 people have been killed in 2006 when president calderon started a crackdown on traffickers. >>> the christmas season brought an unusual sales record for guns. december 23rd was the second busiest day for gun purchases in u.s. history, right behind black friday. fbi records show more than 1.5 million names were sent in for background checks last month. >>> the holidays are officially over for the first family.

winter weather is causing in a number of states. gore is plenty of winter to around tonight.ntry. parts of michigan were hit with 18 inches of snow. the weather has already been for two deaths. of the northwest -- than a foot of snow in some communities. >> two days ago, it was beautiful. >> conditions were downright dangerous tuesday morning in kentucky. the site of a 30-car pileup. >> i saw vehicles to slamming each other. >> in virginia, conditions paralyzed travel near prettified-mile stretch of 81 had to be shut down for hours. traveling from new york city to was treacherous, at best. seen plenty of accidents. was a 30-car pileup. it has been crazy. >> like the fact snow walloped of indiana and northeast ohio. it has been snowing since about 5:00 yesterday. >> a quick burst of snow at blamed for a plane skidding off the runway. gotnce we landed, the plane stuck in the grass. >> it is so cold and parts of florida, farmers are worrying about crop damage. cold is it down there? " some areas, and upper 20's. get you started. watching, the continued snow showers. they are get

. >>> winter blast. after a mild start to the season, tonight there's snow and ice from coast to coast. and another twist from mother nature on the way. >>> and the captain's story. he's been called the most hated man in italy. now, what he says really happened when disaster struck at sea. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> >>> good evening to our viewers in the west. we begin with a stunning result tonight in south carolina. just a short time ago, the polls in that state's presidential primary closed, and nbc news can project that newt gingrich is the winner. nbc news projects that mitt romney will finish in second place. it's unclear yet whether rick santorum or ron paul will finish third. gingrich's win caps off a spectacular reversal of fortune after mitt romney finishes in iowa and new hampshire. three different winners of the first three republican contests, when just a few days ago, it looked like mitt romney was on his way to a clean sweep. the importance of this primary is undersc

let's head to meteorologist, justin berk for a check of the windy and winter like forecast. >> winter has finally made a return. happy new year. we hit 60 saturday. we go back on this second day of january, 2012, records have been as low as zero in 1968. talk about heat, it's not a new thing, you go back to the second day of the new year in 1876, baltimore hit 71 degrees. we are dropping much lower right now. 38 baltimore, 41 on the eastern shore. freezing or below to the west. the winds are starting to show that as well. winds howling 30 to 50 miles per hour gusts this morning. the steady winds taken our chill to 27 in baltimore. as you can see, flurries, one band pass towards the east now of bel air flakes to the west. there will be more as we are watching the ohio valley, snow showers and more out of the great lakes. winds gusting to 35, weave had that 50 miles per hour gust. low 40s downtown. there will be flurries and snow showers. it is 5:31. happen fi new year, here is charlie. >>> touch down runs help the ravens take down the bengals. sherrie johnson joins us live outside of m

the purple is winter advisory the purple is a winter storm warning.ost of us are under a winter weather advisory. the white is the snow. frederic county, maryland. the peach or salmon colored on the map is freezing rain or sleet mostly in the form of freezing rain, in loudon county and washington and southern area. mostly freezing rain, sleet and snow across northern maryland. all rain across central parts of west virginia, bright reds and yellows and oranges all heavy rain now and temperatures above free freezing going up in the atmosphere. here's how the saturday is looking. cloudy skies, temperatures recovering in the low and mid-30s. iciness around this morning. another chance, a break in the action late today into early tomorr tomorrow, another chance of winter weather late tomorrow afternoon before it becomes rain. that's more on the forecast. for more, we go to derrick ward, live in the elements this morning. good morning, how are you doing? >> reporter: good morning, chuck, how are you? i'm a little nippy but, hey, happy to be here. this is th

another major winter storm coming. did not take a lot like a week ago weather center with tom skilling >> it was a week ago of 4.9 in. of snow coming together nicely consistent with forecast to produce perhaps the biggest snowfall of the season winter weather advisory tonight kicking in tomorrow interesting to see it upgraded to winter storm warnings. precipitation here is starting to break out in nebraska parts of wyoming and also montana coming our way. spares us the morning rush hour or clouds increasing during that timeframe. snowfall has commenced toward the hours lunchtime increasing during the day by 3:00 area is in colton's no true of the evening rush hour as well. organized snow falling with the system public out of here about 10:00 12th hour time frame like affect showers persisting beyond that. estimate of snow fall coming down consistent with in- house work. somewhere between four and 8 in. across the metropolitan area from this system storm tracking up the pacific warm and cold air the big picture snow dev

that even in winter also can be seen through holes in the ice. board squeals and cracking sounds can often be heard around them. this is how so-called canaries of the sea communicate. typically they hide under the ice. the white sea is the natural habitat. far from the civilized world in the north of russia on the coast of the white sea sea canaries are communicating with people with great pleasure in the open waters. could not take you on they are behaving strangely today. why you had a canary why did you feel like giving us a song or it was something wrong with your throat. gargle before you start singing . a water your best. throat some fish oil. now let's try to get off the. sailors have dubbed baluga whales canaries because of the peculiar sounds they make . as much they want to bring us tearing. skin color distinguishes these marine mammals from their relatives. baluga cobs are of a dark blue color. when they're one year old they turn gray like these two female whales. later their skin acquires a milky shade. yes this is exactly how they sh

even in winter time life goes on under the white sea ice. on the seabed near the bolshoi christofi island there are underwater gardens of kelp scattered about. cold water is the best environment for this seaweed. fish move slowly through the cold water to the sea bass so used to the divers and often let them come up very close. they look so menacing and then all to even afraid of bright light. the thread like tentacles of the sea anemones give the seabed a fluffy comment. c.n.n. money's feed on plankton and other old comic con tickles to give in to take greenpeace to the water of the white sea. just. her danger for sure had a more stab. through ari do you want to come where. we only need some ice cream that's going to be have an. effect after that. thing where you. go. for quite a few people the underwater world is not the only attraction of the white sea in smooth ice is an excellent environment to kite sledging fountains. only camilla failed often visits this remote place in the past he would only dive into the ice with scuba gear. now he

a final aerial shot always such arresting images from the winter classic. rangers down 2-0 come back to win it 3-2. it's the fourth time in five winter classics that the road team has won it. only the bruins in 2010 managed to win at home at fenway park. that will do it for now from philadelphia. the nfl playoffs begin saturday with a wild card double-header on nbc. in game one, bengals take on the texans. in primetime, lions faceoff against drew brees and the saints. "football night america" begins 4:00 eastern, 1:00 pacific. coming up immediately on the nbc sports network, the premiere of "cold war on ice." eight games featuring some of the great players and unforgettable characters. "cold war on ice" next on the nbc sports network. once again, the final score here in philadelphia, rangers win it over the flyers 3-2. so long, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00. >> happy new year, everyone. i am donna hamilton. >> after relatively mild december, it seems the new year's has brought

wearing white in winter. we'll tell you if you want to take something from summer and turn it into a winter look. like if you want to buy new white clothing, we have tips to make sure you wear it well. >> it's a trend. one of the big things. >> winter white. what's old is new again. >> it's the new black. let's go inside. natalie is at the news desk with a look at the headlines. >> thank you, guys. good morning to you. new details this morning about the daring overnight raid that freed a kidnapped american aid worker in somalia. jessica buchanan and her colleague from denmark were abducted by pirates three months ago. they were rescued by s.e.a.l. team 6, the same unit that killed osama bin laden last may. the s.e.a.l.s swooped in by helicopter and killed all nine of the nier in the outdoor encampment. >>> last night in the state of the union the president pledged to repair the economy by bringing jobs back to the u.s. he said anyone making over $1 s million should pay a minimum of 30% in income tax. >>> a co

amazing weather across the country so far this winter, mostly because it has not felt like winter.e have this huge january thaw, this large pacific high pressure sensor now over the four-corner region heading if for central plains. and the mild air is really incredible. all the way up to the canadian border. at 4:00 a.m. this morning we set record highs in montana for temperatures. i mean, in the morning, in the middle of winter, it is crazy. so as far as what we are dealing with out there, this is controlling the weather. the high pressure is centered over the top where my hand is here. all the storms have to flow around that, that means they are coming off the pacific and heading through the pacific northwest, mostly up to british colombia, just clipping the northwest. that's why we can't get the moisture down here in california. that's why the snow pack is troubling here in the sierra. we have the mild temperatures in montana, idaho and wyoming. we have rain showers from that storm system, just some onshore flow. nothing too bad, just periods of on-and-off rain here. there's sno

>>> winter blast. after a mild start to the season, tonight there's snow and ice from coast to coast. and another twist from mother nature on the way. >>> and the captain's story. he's been called the most hated man in italy. now, what he says really happened when disaster struck at sea. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening, tonight, bad weather is adding to the drama in south carolina where a half hour from now the polls will close in today's primary. 14 counties there have been under tornado watches at some point during the day. and weather-related power outages have affected the voting machines and turnout in some places. today's republican south carolina face-off caps one of the wildest weeks yet in the race for president with newt gingrich making a late run at mitt romney, who until recently had enjoyed a comfortable lead there. the importance of this primary is underscored by the fact that since 1980 the republican winner from there has gone on to clinch the nomination.

winter returns.exclusive first warning five-day forecast. >>> first, here's today's >>> first, here's today's report from wall stre >>> more purple power out there tonight. boy, it's everywhere you can look. it's just great. let's wish them luck. by the way, if you're headed up to foxboro, you're going to run into snow, pretty much heading from jersey north. they could see 3 to 4 inches of snow in foxboro. sunday will be okay. but chilly. partly sunny. 32 on sunday up there. let's take a look at our forecast for tonight. late tonight, tomorrow. that's when we see the snow, sleet, freezing rain. eventually, temperatures get above freezing. it will end in the afternoon. maybe a little drizzle. and tomorrow night, we'll clear out eventually, getting back into the 20s. and on sunday, temperatures holding in the mid- to upper 30s. could be a shower late in the afternoon. look how warm it gets on monday. upper 50s. 48, tuesday and wednesday. so that warming trend, once this weekend is done, we're done with

but, already, winter is one-third over. lower natural gas prices are part of the reason producer prices fell last month by one- tenth of a percent. businesses and consumers are getting a break on lower heating costs thanks to one of the mildest winters in years. but as diane eastabrook reports, what is benefiting natural gas users is costing suppliers plenty. >> reporter: this is what chicago is supposed to look like in the dead of winter. but this season, temperatures have been about six degrees warmer, on average, than normal. unseasonably warm winter weather across the u.s. is driving down the price of natural gas to levels not seen in a decade. dan mccauley isn't complaining. the natural gas bill for his chicago bakery was $50 lower in december than it was the previous year. >> any little bit helps, obviously, because when you think about saving a penny here, a dime there, it all adds up. >> reporter: demand, or a lack of it, isn't the only reason nat gas prices are plummeting. utilities had expected a colder than norma

in sweaters this winter? >> reporter: well, there is no sign on the weather map for any persistent know or blockbuster winters like we've had the past two winters. this may be a subtle change where we get additional shots of cold air. by next week the warm air surges in across the eastern half of the country. so, again, new york city, boston, philadelphia, as you get into tuesday and wednesday, it will be rain, not snow. still no need for the shovels and the blowers toward big city. back around the lakes, some areas may pick up 6 inches of snow. >> mike seidel from the weather channel. scott has more. >> good morning, everyone. we're tracking winter's return, especially around the great sections of the northeast. that's because of a big dip allowing for some of the colder air to filter in over the lake. now, we have some of that lake-effect snow still ongoing around the snowbelt as we focus on cleveland, erie, buffalo. yesterday, over a half a foot of snowfall. we'll continue to find some snow in the forecast

. >> after a dry winter, there's finely snow in the sierra. a live report coming up. >> changes ahead for muni riders that could affect you for the new next few years. >> here's the story. a break tonight and then get ready for rain for the game tomorrow. i'll show you the timing of it coming up in just a bit. go >> last night's heavy rains left a big mess in a community. residents still have access but power was knocked out to 166 homes in the neighborhood. repair crews are working to fix the road and restore electricity. >> members of the "occupy" movement are in a library on the berkeley campus, making sure the library stays open. while they need a place to study, occupiers also want to make this point. >> this is a public university. and who determines what does or doesn't stay open on this campus. fundamentally should not be the decision of a set of administrators or bureaucracies who have joan -- overseen the taking away of public education. >> occupiers say it's not fair the fees are being skyrocketed. tonight the "occupy" mom has left

so far for the entire winter, not even two inches yet in the bucket for the winter.t's nearly five inches below average. 32 year in washington, a north wind at 16 miles an hour has windchills back down in the mid 20s. the winds will ease up here now that the sun's gone down. 28 in gaithersberg. temperatures hovering at our just below the freezing mark right now and out toward the blue ridge and the shenandoah valley, temperatures already down to the freezing mark. 32 winchester, fredericksville just above the freezing mark. plenty of clouds around, the precipitation is done, watch out for the slippery spots on the sidewalks. temperatures will continue to trend down about another three or four degrees colder by 11:00 than what we see right now. here's the live doppler, nothing going on around or area, a lot of rain down across eastern north carolina new jersey and quite a bit of severe weather now rolling into parts of south georgia that's headed for northern florida. tonight just cold, watch out for a slippery night into sunday morning. and then breaks of sunshine to

we will get more winter rounds and mildl air will make for a winter mess at times.rom the chesapeake bay west. eastern shore not included. we think more of a rain event. not you that couldn't get some snow. the advisory, cecil, hartford, all the way west toward garret with a winter storm warning. keep that in mindt. won't be pretty driving to boston tomorrow. tomorrow afternoon may be a little easier driving. we are two to three degrees below average. let's take a look at some of the winter weather. deep creek late not a lot of new snow as the storm was just getting its act together. frost bug its interesting, some snow on the ground. watch the visibility start to reduce across the area. see it light up. that's the snow coming down. we look here in baltimore and clouds rolling in and just starting to get this first flakes coming down. temperature wise in the -- the low 30s. two above in the inner harbor. most spots at or below that it critical mark and you can get snow with surface temperatures 34, 35, 36. it's just a matter of how well it sticmaryland -- most of ma

so if you need help staying warm this winter, give me a call.ft out in the cold. >>> a life saving rescue in salt lake city after this car plunged into the logan river saturday. a father managed to get out but couldn't free the two 9-year- olds and a 4-year-old inside. the former police officer was one of several people who stopped to help. there were a father and son who followed his lead. >> he said let's go, boys. he jumped in and then again a large mass of people followed him in. >> the man next to me started yelling my son, my son is still in the car. he's on the other side. we have to flip the car and i looked in and i could see his boy upside down in the water. >> the former officer used his handgun to shoot out the back window and reach inside pulling the older children out one by one. then the crowd flipped the car over to get the little boy in his car seat. the children are all recovering from hypothermia. >>> to a fox 5 consumer alert, the new year means higher prices, tow hikes and a new tax. laura evans has that and more in your fox

seattle, more used to rain than snow, is preparing for a major winter wallop. the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning for much of the region, where up to two feet of snow is forecast in the cascade mountains. >> off on 34 and turn around. closed until tomorrow. >> really? >> yeah. >> reporter: interstate 90 was closed tuesday because of avalanche danger. >> the weather does what it wants to do so it's hard to predict. >> reporter: this is the scene about an hour outside of portland. major highways are slick and treacherous as snow plows work to keep up. >> we are expecting more snow so our crews are working 12-hour shifts, 24 hours a day jo around the clock work for a winter storm showing no signs of letting up. kirk gregory, nbc news. >>> elsewhere there was a security scare last night at the white house. the secret service locked down the building after someone apparently tossed a smoke bomb over the fence on the north side during a protest by members of the occupy movement. president obama was not there at the time. about a thousand de

when it's winter, i want it to be cold as possible. the best for snowboarding, so. >> reporter: with low humidity and high temperatures at or below freezing, it's game on. >> and this is fantastic. what we have been waiting for all winter. >> reporter: and ann weimev head of marketing for ski liberty resort. they have been making snow here since last thursday. the mountain opened friday, three weeks later than normal. >> we're in the teens and 20s as we are now, we could not ask for anything better. >> reporter: it's not just ski resorts here in the washington region that are getting hammered by the mild winter. we're hear -- we're hearing from california to colorado to new england. they're hurting as well. >> really from what we understand, the only places that have really prime winter conditions are new mexico right now. which is just so odd. so odd. everyone is really ready for this temperature and this weather pattern to change. >> reporter: when you see them making snow? >> this is great. this is great. yeah. walk up to the hill w

winter finally arrived, or has it? how long will the captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the washington area chill out. how low will let go, and hot well are you dealing with the cold air? warming up the voters and iowa. the pushes on to get those last minutes votes. downright hot in the garden. the wizards coach flips out. see why it all happened now at 11:00. >>> live and in hd, this is abc 7 news at 11:00. on your side. >>> it is monday night and the big story and abc 7 news is the tumbling temperatures. they have arrived. boy, is a cold up there. yesterday, it was 60 degrees in many parts of our area. that has changed quickly. old man winter is here and the temperature will drop to below 20's. the bottom line is no, hey, folks, bundle of. let's case started with the team coverage of the first blast. we have a look at how people are dealing with it. but first bob ryan is here with a look at how low things will go and for how long. >> i am no einstein, but everything is relative. reme

a bout of winter weather is headel our way.hat you can expect for your neighborhood. >> days before christmas, hundreds of employees at the

it is winter. it's january 2nd. >> there's a little more detail from tom kierein, our meteorologist. >> you can do better than cold and dark, right, tom? >> that's because kurt is still wearing his sunglasses from his trip down to cancun. he still can't shake it. good morning. >>> this morning we are still quite a ways away from sunrise, which this morning isn't until 7:27. we shall stay dark between now and then. right now low and mid-30s throughout much of the region. and closer to washington and the bay, it's near 40 degrees. and it may drop another degree or two here in another hour or so, but then we should warm up a little bit today. then the much colder air will begin to arrive here by late tonight and into tomorrow. in fact, late this afternoon, we should begin to see snow accumulating, these areas in color left of your screen. winter storm warnings out for western maryland and extreme northern west virginia. the ski resorts out there going to pick up over eight inches of snow in many areas

and adam caskey is back with the winter storm watch. snow and freezing rain on the >> attributes are pouring in from all over the world honoring freestyle skiers sarah burke. nine days after suffering severe brain injuries in a practice run crash, the star has died. the 29-year-old canadian woman did not just conquered the sport of free skiing, she created it. >> enormous. >> combining the skill of skiing with the excitement of extreme snowboarding. >> amazing work from sarah burke. >> today and the sport that she brought to life is morning her death and questioning how happened. >> she was doing something well within the realm of her abilities, something she had done many times before. >> the six-time x games gold medalist fell at the bottom of a super piping used on nine days ago. she was training for the x games. the fall was harrowing. she is severed a vital artery and went into cardiac arrest. the brain damage was too dear. overnight her family said the family wishes to express their deep gratitude to sarah's dear friends for their