if it is cold, it might as well snow. maybe we will get a little this weekend. first, this morning there is no precipitation. a couple of clients. temperatures in the teens in most spots. 16 in westminster, 19 at the airport. a big change from yesterday. today we will be lucky to get all of the 20's. hai of 31 degrees. we will discuss a whole scenario for the weekend, in a few minutes. there's a chance we could get a little snow. a lot of people getting ready to do the polar bear plunge. those brave souls. >> than to goodness for the heated tent. let's look at the roads. not ch going on. speeds are at 48 miles an hour on the auto group northwest side at 140. what four things to slow down there. 11 minutes on the island of lukin northeast side, 11 minutes on the west side. five minutes on southbound 95 from the 895 towards the fort mchenry. harford rohde, northeast corner looking good. no problems on 95 coming out of the northeast or the white marsh area, moving well towards the fort mchenry. although westside colorado, no delays towards edmondston. >> welcome to baltimore. president obama is coming to baltimore. >> equal to or a chesapeake machine co., where he will detail his job creation proposal before giving a speech to a group of republicans. we have a look ahead. >> i will address a meeting of house republicans. >> today president obama follows through on a state of the union promise. >> i know you cannot wait. >> he is reaching out to congressional republicans at their annual retreat in baltimore, the first in what he hopes will be regular meetings with the gop. >> i don't want gridlock on issue after issue, and there are so many urgent problems. >> democrats have lost their 60- vote supermajority in the senate and with it any decent chance of passing health-care reform. the president has not given up. he is hoping to find compromise. republicans remain skeptical. >> we will look for common ground, but we will not roll over on our principles. >> the president has made creating jobs the no. 1 job. he is rolling out a plan to give employers $5,000 tax credits for each new worker they hire this year and social security reimbursements for wage or hour increases for indexiexistig employees. there are still big disagreements between the parties over how to create more jobs. >> gov. o'malley and the incoming mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will join the president for his tour of the chesapeake machine co. before the president delivers his speech to republicans. watch 11 news at known as the president addresses republicans at a baltimore renaissance hotel. we will broadcast it live on tv 11. >> you could soon be able to access the general assembly by logging on live. lawmakers are proposing a bill that will allow for a casting of committee hearings and to post its agenda online. senate president mike miller and mike busch are supportive of this. you would be able to get legislative tracking 43. >> a delegate wants the state to change its divorce laws. simmons wants the courts to grant divorces the couple's who have not had sex for a year. requiring them to live apart for a year creates a financial burden for parents. the measure would allow the couple to remain the same house during that time. a bill is on a table that would prevent same-sex marriages performed in other states from being recognized in maryland. emigrants wants to strengthen maryland's laws defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, a pre-emptive strike against a highly anticipated opinion coming out soon. that brings us to our water cooler question: should the general assembly take action to define marriage as an institution between a man a a woman? vemail your response to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> in six days at sheila dixon will resign. city council president stephanie rawlings-blake will become the mayor. some of their powers could be limits. conway has introduced a bill to eliminate the two merrow appointees on the board. -- the mayor's appointees on the board. stephanie rawlings-blake opposes the bill. residents of north baltimore neighborhood are furious over the parking situation. there were ticketed for partially parking on the sidewalk. they have been doing that for decades to allow emergency vehicles to pass through. they had a meeting last night with transportation department officials. >> the 700 block of giddings avenue, the people have been parking partially on the sidewalk for four decades. >> we are doing the slalom in the streets of vehicles such as fire engines, ambulances, delivery trucks, trash trucks, or snowplow. it is a narrow streets. >> it was ok with the city until monday morning, every car got a $52 parking ticket. the next day many of them got another ticket. >> i don't know how this came about, but it is terrible. >> on wednesday everyone park on the street, but a school bus 1 @ -- was unable to pass. angry residents met with transportation officials. they asked alsops what they are supposed to do, block the school buses? --al foxx. >> i cannot give you any waivers. that is the law. i cannot give you a waiver. >> residents say they don't understand why this is a problem all of a sudden and they say there needs to be a compromise. >> i think they should leave well enough alone and leave the people. the way they have been parking is not hurting anybody. the street is just as good for walking as the sidewalk. >> you don't give everyone a ticket. that is just mean. >> the city says they're trying to work with the residents until they can find a solution and what to give any more tickets for now. >> there's a frustration for dentists looking at a trend they are seeing in youngsters, how to protect your children's teeth. there's moisture coming up, how to protect your skin. there is building volume on the west side at liberty. no incidents really. we >> welcome back. 5:40. 21 degrees at the top of the offer at the maryland science center, partly cloudy. no problems with the weather expected on your way to work. temperatures have dropped into the teens in some of the northwest suburbs. a big change from yesterday. 18 in randallstown, 16 in westminster, 14 in tontitown. bill will be a mixture of sunshine and clouds during the day. the storm will be approaching from the west. we will get through the day drive with a high of 31. brule talk about how the storm is going to affect the weekend. a lot of colds and a little snow. now to the news desk. >> in the medical alerts, dentists are seeing an increase in the number of cavities in young children. the number of pediatric cavities has increased 4% since the mid- 1990s policy. back-to-school time can create problems when kids die exchange and the schools offer different products. dentists say visits to the dentist should start at the age of one. >> winter weather can be tough. incredibly harsh on your skin. cold air does not hold moisture. how do you keep your skin hydrated? a voter extremely high temperatures in the short reviews will moderate. use a mild cleanser that bolster natural oils. such as dove or olay. use a moisturizer before driving off. >> but it on while you are wet, after your shawa. it pushes the water into your skin. >> dr. bernstein says moisturize often. for the hands and feet and lips, he says auquafor is a good moisturizer. >> that is a good one. it's 18 degrees on tv hill. coming up, the polar bear plunged, a local store is making a major contribution. >> another check on the traffic and weather is up next. stay with us. ethan allen. always well made. always well designed. always with free design service. now with extraordinary savings. ethan allen... always well worth it. looking for something extraordinary ? how about a new custom media cabinet from ethan allen ? with savings like these... it's never been easier. well made, well priced, well worth it. ethan allen... extraordinary savings. limited time. >> traffic pulse 11 and insta- weather plus together. >> let's see what's going on. we have been tracking a sluggish spot on southbound 95 coming out of the northeast, 47 miles an hour. no delays on the northeast side at 59 miles an hour. harrisburg and the j.f.x. running up to speed. 52 on a northwest corner. a bit of a slow spots at reisterstown road. 795 in great shape out of the owings mills area. 70 towards 29 is in great shape. 11 minutes from 95 on the northeast side towards the 83 on the auto. we did on the outer loop. no delays on harford road. let's enjoy it while we can. everything runs smoothly on the west side. the rest of the major roadways leading up to the beltway are in great shape. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. let's get the latest on the traffic and the trains from the mta. >> we are showing scattered bus delays. the number eight, 19, and 22, or 10 minutes late. light rail operating with a 15- minute delay in the southbound direction. metro is running without problems. on the penn, trains 509 is cancelled today. the camden and brunswick trains have no problems today. now to tony pann. >> good morning. seems to be quiet on this friday. things will change tomorrow with a storm approaching. don't expect any weather problems today on the way to work or school. 14 in tontitown, 19 in cockeysville, thing at the airports, 20 at rock hall. there's not much of brees,, but it is cold enough without that. -- not much of a breeze. the clouds will get thicker today, but we don't expect precipitation. there are high, thin clouds moving into maryland already. if there will be a mixture of sunshine and clouds. it will be a lot colder than yesterday. we made it to the low 50's yesterday. low 30's's today. at sunrise it will be 7:15. after midnight there's a possibility of light snow or snow flurries. don't expect accumulations tonight. on saturday the big storm will part in the carolinas. that is a little far south for us to get a lot of snow. if you're traveling through virginia and north carolina, there will be up to a foot of snow in some places. closer to home the northern fringe of the heavy snow line will make it to southern maryland, south of annapolis may be. everywhere in the blue shading has a good chance of accumulating snow. ocean city will get more snow than baltimore. the the further north you go from baltimore, the less chance you'll get accumulating snow. an inch or less. if you are north of baltimore up to the pennsylvania line, but to an inch. up to two inches from d.c. into southern maryland. once you get to st. mary's county, the southern tip of maryland and the lower eastern shore, up to four inches around ocean city. if it shifts 100 miles, that could make a big difference in how much you get. most of the heavy snow or accumulating snow will stay to our south. the seven-day forecast looks like this. it's going to be called on saturday. if you are doing the polar bear plunge, the high temperature of 26. even when the sun comes up on sunday it's only got to make it to 29. high temperature neared 38 on tuesday with a chance of snow. maybe reaching the 40's by wednesday or thursday. it's going to be cold with a little snow this weekend. >> the 98 rock morning group has raised more money for the polar bear plunge. yesterday they collected $3,000 for the maryland special olympics at a dunkin donuts. then o tuesday mikki worked at a different donuts location. they brought in more than $7,000 together. >> good for them. sam's club and walmart give $20 million back to the maryland community every year. >> sam's club in annapolis is getting involved in the polar bear plunge in a large way. jennifer franciotti has more. >> this is how the day starts every day at sam's club in annapolis, with high energy and peptalks by the manager scot louis. he challenged his associates to raise money for the maryland special olympics. >> we want to recognize the special bid at least what they can do instead of what they cannot do. if this is a great opportunity for us to be involved in a fun event and also help our psocids understand what it means to support the community. >> scott said if they raise enough money, that he would take a super plungers, committed to jump in once an hour for 24 hours. >> i want to see that. >> of the employees are wearing special mat to show support. >> i think he's going to do it. >> within weeks the money came pouring in for scott, for sam's club locations in other locations. sam's club has raised not just the $10,000 to qualify him for possible plunge, but close to $25,000. >> the funds started rolling in relatively quickly. i think maybe it's out of spite their try to get me in the water 24 times in 24 hours. >> it has become a bonding experience. 100 employees from sam's club are doing the plunge. joe is doing it for the first time. >> i'm going to go for it, going all the way out there. >> you have met some of the special olympics athletes. they're wonderful people. whatever we can do to help them is something we all should do. >> because of the heart be employees have shown, the sam's club logo is featured on the super plungers jacket. >> idlers. the first plunge is always the toughest, from what i understand. >> you can hold my hand. >> that would be great. >> it will be just fine. >> she had the most positive attitude of anyone i know. she will be plunging, starting at 10:00 this morning. if you would like to sponsor her, log on to our website. you can send words of encouragement to the plungers. tech's your personal message to 88509. we will run your messages at the bottom of our screen beginning at 5:00 a.m. on saturday. jennifer does it every year. i don't know how she does it. with a smile on her face. amazing. 18 degrees on tv hill. a much more ahead on 11 news today. >> we will look at one of your answers to our water cooler question. here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. good luck. >> eleven's boards wi11 sports. >> the nfl all-star game will feature five ravens. willis, is, ed reed and others. -- ray lewis, ray rice. and nose tackle going out for pass is what they're hoping for. no. 52 says the decision is not whether you want a political role, it is whether you can play, because of injuries -- whether you want to play in the pro bowl. >> will i lumper aroulimp aroun? i take my hat off to the guys suffering through that. >> the players from the saints and the colts are required to go to the game and wave to the crowd even though they won't play. >> it is stupid. i'm sorry. it does not make any sense. >> that is a good point. the game is sold out. >> good football nonetheless. >> yes, it is. >> thank you, keith. that brings us to our water cooler question: i am stan stovall. should the general assembly take action to define marriage as an institution between a man a a woman? >> sali says she believes in equal rights and that's what our country stands for. keep sending your responses. we will keepolls all the answers on our website. >> there is amazing video at 6:19. a baltimore county girl with cancer becomes the victim of a scam. >> calling chocolate lovers, looking for swede to get away, we will show you where to go at 6:42. sweet gettaway. >> the seven-day forecast is coming up. >> looks good on a major roadways. we will get you up-to-date on latest delays, coming up. >> president obama reaching out to republicans. brian mor in washington, the story coming up. >> a parking problem its residents against baltimore city officials. i'm kim dacey with that story next. >> the polar