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wjz has complete coverage of this historic day. mike hellgren has the sentence for mayor, former mayor sheila dixon. but we began with mary bubala, with the swearing in of the new mayor. stephanie rawlings-blake. >> city hall saw a major change today. stephanie rawlings-blake is now fully in charge. much of mayor dixon's staff that wasn't staying on for the transition has gone. they are not here tonight. we even saw some locks on doors being changed. >> reporter: the mayor being dual sworn, may i be the first to congratulate you? [ applause ] >> reporter: at 12:15 this afternoon, stephanie rawlings- blake, officially became the 49th mayor of baltimore city. with her husband, daughter, mother and a roomful of supporters looking on, she signed her name under disgraced mayor sheila dixon's, and then took the reigns of city government. >> none of us asked for this moment. but all of us must accept the challenges and hard work that comes with it. >> reporter: moments after, the transfer of power could be felt and seen inside city hall.

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stay with wjz for first warning weather coverage of you course and remember wjz is always on for updated forecasts your own live look at doppler weather radar and latest closings and delays go to wjz.com. >>> and the upcoming winter storm will be a first for baltimore city's new mayor. >> madam mayor you've been duly sworn may i be the first to congratulate you. >> it has been a little less than 18 hours now since mayor stephanie rawlings-blake was sworn in. she got right to work prepaying for the snowstorm. she'll serve out the rest of sheila dixon's term. dixon resigned yesterday following the terms of her plea bargain on perjury charges. >>> we are following a police involved shooting that we first brought you as breaking news last night at 11:00. three people shot in northwest baltimore. here is kai jackson with the latest. >> reporter: the baltimore city police detective was shot twice in the right arm in the 3700 block of oakmont avenue. it happened about 8:00 thursday night as two detectives were responding to a report of an armed suspect in the area. >> the detectives made their

in prince george's county, wjz stays on that story tonight. derek valcourt has more. >> reporter: now the man says he was not racing but he was in the car. and the judge says that makes his just as responsible. >> those people were hit like bowling pins. >> reporter: proctor's son gregory survived the accident after weeks in the hospital. he even testified as a witness about what he remembered happened on the night that eight other people he was standing with was killed by bullocks car which police say was going 100 miles per hour. >> i'm having nightmares. >> reporter: he's upset that taylor still has not apologized for his role in the accident. >> i know i would have if i was in that situation, but other people are different. >> everybody makes mistakes in their lives, just tell the truth and move on with it. i don't think we would have been here today if the truth had been told from the beginning. >> reporter: tavon's attorney says his client just seemed to happen on the scene. >> he was target because of his immaturity and lack of experien

wjz is live in north baltimore. weijia jiang has the latest on what is being done to prepare for another coating of snow. weijia? >> reporter: right now, there are still several mounds like the one behind me, all over the place. when you add fresh snow to that, you can imagine the mess. but authorities say they are ready to tackle it. >> reporter: ready or not, yet another round of winter weather is ready to strike the baltimore area. >> i got this in front of my house right now. >> what we have here hasn't melted yet. so it's going to cause probably ice. >> reporter: the blizzard of 2010 goes down in the history as the storm that rocked maryland more than any other storm. and snow lined the streets, making it impossible for anyone to forget any time soon. there is no question that city and state leaders are aggressively preparing. >> we have a fleet that takes a licking but keeps on ticking. and we're ready. >> we've had enough time to get rest now. we're going to butt them -- put them back in the saddle, if it's r

gigi barnett, wjz, eyewitness news. >>> new facility. well, the sports complex also features a tennis and softball complex and an outdoor track. wow, three-and-a-half feet of snow in western maryland. >> that is what we have been talking about. >> unbelievable amount of snow. >> they are saying this week alone, 40" and for this season,233". >> that is skiable. [ laughter ] >> watch the skis. it's a great time to get out from. >> a lot of people are fedup with the snow, but unfortunately it's not out of forecast. we're getting closer and closer to spring. these are very light, but you can see when i put it in motion, how they come down from the north and fizzle out and build back up again. i will show you the general moment how this has been working out and it's coming out of the northwest. it mixes with a little bit of greensboro so a few sprinkles in addition,s to the flurries and that is because temperatures are are above freezing, 33 in ocean city and 36 in baltimore. it's 23 degrees in oakland and the winds have courtroom down signif

wjz has complete coverage for you. we'll be live at fort dixen's stenning tomorrow followed by the swearing in of the next mayor of baltimore. >>> a drastic new warning for owners of recalled toyota vehicles. transportation secretary roy lahood says you should stop driving them immediately. joe brown reports on the announcement. >> reporter: toyota's troubles just got worse. the transportation secretary says toyota's plans for fixing sticky gas pedals may not be enough to stop the sudden acceleration in its vehicles. testifying here at the capital, transportation secretary ray lahood delivered an urgent message to drivers. stop driving now. >> my advice is if anyone owns one of these vehicles, stop driving it, tyke take it to the toyota dealers because they believe they have the fix for it. we need to fix the problem so people don't have to werery about disengaging it. >> reporter: lahood says they are investigating to see if toyota's electronics systems are safe. more than 2 million vehicles have been recalled in the

. >>> wjz is live in tulsa. and kelly mcpherson is there checking on the storm. >> reporter: here is our unofficial, inscientific way to show you. just about 3-inches that has fallen here in townson. here is what they've been doing all night to make sure the roads are clear for cars. on call since 2:00 p.m. state workers and contractors are anxious to hit the road. >> on other storms they put us on it right away. but on this new storm, they don't want to put you out sooner than they have to. >> reporter: the storm is prompting everything to prepare. >> we're going to be stuck at home. she has one child and she has two. >> and all the children in the block. >> reporter: so you are getting ready with food. >> that's right. >> we don't panic with the snow. >> reporter: why not? >> because we live in pennsylvania, you just shovel it and move on. >> reporter: this is the first accumulation in winter happening on a weekday. >> i have to get to work, regardless. i have four wheel drive, i'll get there regardless how de

i'm mary bubala, wjz news. >>> dixon was in court resigning her position. during the hearing, judge sweeney told the court, dixon leaves the office in total disgrace. today's hearing was a formality, since the judgment was arrived to last month. she is required to donate $45,000 to the city. >>> stay with wjz for the city hall transition. >>> an 11-year-old girl tells police that a teacher physically pushed her from inside the classroom into a hall way. she is identified as tracy clay. she is charged with second degree assault and placed on administrative leave. >>> stocks took a dive amidst new fears of the world economy. stocks buckled after disappointing jobless numbers indicating the economy is weaker than expected. at one point the dow dipped below 1,000 for the first time in the month. the s & p slipped 30 points and the nasdaq dropped close to 66 points. >>> new problems tonight for toyota. the world's largest auto maker is on the verge of recalling 670,000 prius hybrids. meanwhile toyota is investigating problems with the lexus hybrid. >>> bye bye t

mike schuh, wjz "eyewitness news." back to you on tv hill. >> the damage is estimated at more than $4 million. >>> in tonight's wjz health watch report a senate report says that drugmaker glaxosmithkline knew about the heart attack risks tied to a diabetes medication years before the reports were made public. it's been inquired why the fda allowed it even after 83,000 heart attacks were caused over an eight-year period. in 2007, a warning was adding to avandia's label. >>> the first lady is leading a new push against childhood obesity. >> it is a nationwide campaign to rally the country around a single ambitious goal, and that is to solve the problem of childhood obesity in a generation so that the kids born today will reach adulthood at a healthy weight. >> speaking to the national governor's association, michelle obama said childhood obesity is a health and financial crisis. noorly one in every three kids in the u.s. is currently overweight or clinically obese. obama says the nation must address childhood obesity as

. >>> this is wjz tv, wjz hd and wjz.com, baltimore. >> from the city, to the counties, to your neighborhood, now it's complete coverage, it's wjz m's m -- maryland's news station. >> hello again, i'm jessica kartalija. >> don scott, here's what people will be talking about today, we may not be able to see snow like the north's but we're not out of the woods yet. the threat of high winds is out there and a winter storm and high-wind watch goes into effect for many areas. live with first warning coverage. more on high winds in the area, first marty in the weather center is tracking the system. >>> good afternoon. let's go ahead and talk about what is happening and what will go on. here's first-warning doppler radar. we haven't had any issues at this point but the winds are starting to fire up and going to be some light snow showers banding into the area. we'll touch on that. winter storm warnings are through the afternoon and the overnight and where the watch is. notice the dark tan, that covers the entire graphic. we now ad the high-wind warning into the mix. we have this deep area of low pr

wjz is always on. you can always log onto wjz.com. >>> we got our full first warning weather crew on the street this morning. ron matz is on boston street and andrea on ritchie highway. >> reporter: good morning. we have some very good news for those driver with four wheel -- without four-wheel drive, like myself. you're going to be just fine this morning. mainly major roadways. take a look at ritchie highway behind me. you can see how clear the roads are and that's really what we encountered driving over here on the freeways and the main roadways. we just got word from the department of transportation that say they are scaling back on the number of crews they have out. that is because all the salting and preparations from last night are working. state workers and contracts were sink anxious to hit the roads but were held off till things got bad. the snow showed up as predicted tuesday evening, prompting everyone to prepare. wjz was out talking to area residents. >> we're going to be stuck home with i

stay with wjz for complete coverage of first weather warning coverage. rebel wjz is always on.he will resign from her office tomorrow as part of a deal worked out with prosecutors. she will be sentenced tomorrow as well. the currently city council president will take over as mayor after that. >>> nasa and the space telescope institute have released amazing new pictures from the hubble space telescope, saying it appears to be a collision between two asteroids. the hubble is operated by engineers at the goddard center in maryland. again the space telescope instinstitute at the campus of johns hopkins university. >>> the football season comes to a big finish this weibeling. you can see new orleans and indianapolis clash in super bowl in miami here on wjz 15. our coverage kicks off subject evening at 6:00. it starts at noon on subject. >>> and stay with wjz maryland's news station, complete news and first warning weather today at noon. as always updates available all morning long at any time from

wjz is always on. for traffic information, log on the wjz.com. >> thank you. the win can take your power. power outages continue and property damage possible as well. live in the blowing snow in hamden. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you can see that the winds are really whipping every once in a while out here and bge is prepared for possible power outages and they say with big wind gusts, they could hinder their repair efforts. by all accounts, there will be problems today, how widespread will they be? >> an extra vehicle out because of the wind, they know there's going to be problems. >> especially for traffic lights. causing conflicts, fixing the problem. >> this is just the start as winds pick up intensity throughout the day, bge is preparing for prospect of falling trees. >> you have trees that were in various positions that may not need a lot of wind to bring them down. >> considering how cold it is, i'm sure a lot of people will be cold. >> reporter: there could be instances when we can't use the bucket trucks, when winds are 25 miles per hour

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. >>> stay with wjz for first morning coverage. we have your own live look and the latest on any closings and delays. go to wjz.com. >>> still to come, the major snow that could drop as much as two feet of snow is headed our way. >> tim williams will be back with your first morning forecast in two minutes. >>> complete coverage continues with dawn scott and jessica kartaliga and first warning weather with marty,,,,,,,,,,,,,, news station. >> the weather is causing problems for people trying to get in and out of maryland. the airport is packed with people trying to get out before the snow hits. southwest airlines has called off all flights starting this afternoon. the cancellations will last through sunday morning. other airlines have indicated they'll do the same. it adds up to a big headache for passengers but most travelers seem to be understanding. >> just be patient with it. it will be what it is and you know what, go with the flow. that's how things work. it is snow. deal with it. >> airlines are encouraging customers to check

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we could have breaking news here, wjz tv cam blowing off of a building., here's the story of the morning. good morning. we have school advisories but different concerns with schools. for the working man and woman, you have to get out in this. it's bands of snow showers pressing through the area. not a storm. we keep wind warnings in effect through 10:00 tonight. a steady win of 31 miles per hour and have had a gust on tv hill, it's 31 degrees going for a high of 38. this afternoon, mostly cloudy and very windy. now to sharon gibala at traffic control. good morning. >> good morning. busy morning commute. we have plenty of problems at the 100 off ramp. another crash in maryland 702. watch for a wreck on 146 at route 23. down wires at frederick road. and a downed pole blocking underwood road. win restrictions on the key bridge, that means no house trailers and no semis. looking at wind warnings on the bay bridge. looking at 95 runny smoothly. getting busy and slow. the report brought to you by i- hop. come hungry, leave happy. >>> the high winds have crews r

so we'll be back with your live snowstorm coverage when the special edition of "wjz eyewitness news,on" returns after this >>> that's a beautiful tree. >> to now they're going to bring out a tree expert how damaged is it? there you go. there's al and his tree. >> we asked you what you think about the do i go to work today or not go to work? some people say it is your pointy and other people say i have a family and i'm not going to put them at risk. so we'll hear what you have to say. our first call is john. good morning. how are you doing? >> i'm doing good. can you mention my birthday next friday. we were told at the time that we used to work 3:30 to midnight. and they told us, we don't care how you get into work more how you get home, get here. i want to try to help some people. i needed some help yesterday. and it's hard if you have no way to get -- find out where to call. the baltimore county emergency manage am was able to help me out and my neighbor. and i want to give the number out. (410)887-5996. i have a question if i could. i want to put your website on my computer. is tha