>> the big dig out. day number two. how the weekend's blizzard is impacting roads, buses, schools, and even christmas holiday travel. >> live in high definition, from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news "late edition". >> hello again, i am jeff barnd. jennifer gilbert is off tonight. a final vote, but still no decision. sound confusing? that's the plans for a slots casino in arundel county. melinda roeder is standing by live at annapolis, with what happened tonight at the council meeting. >> what is going on down there? >> well, here is the situation. there were two zoning bills, up for a vote tonight. one would allow slot machines at arundel mills mall and another approve a location that includes laurel race track. and in the end, council past both. yes, both. it is a move that frustrated many in the crowd that came out either to protest or support plans for slots at the mall. now, both bills will be sent to the county executive to sign or veto. meaning it is his call now. and while the developer is declaring victory, the opposition is already planning a petition drive. >> we will collect signatures and if we have enough within 45 days we will be able to place the legislation on the ballot in 2010. >> only one bill is consistent with the vote. that's 8209. which lays out the area that was provided for in the constitutional amendment. >> now, officials in the horse racing industry, say they are desperate to get slots at laurel race track and they will try to persuade the county executives to pass the bill that favors them. we tried to contact county executive john leopold tonight and so far there is no official word on what he is going to do. live tonight in annapolis. melinda roeder, fox 45 news "late edition". >> breaking news out of southeast baltimore. where, at least, one fryer injured in a two alarm blaze. broke out at 9:00 in a vacant rowhome on south robinson street and eastern avenue. fire spread to a building next door. injured firefighter had first degree burns on his face and treated at bayview burn center. >> big dig out day two. is history. and likely it will be repeated again tomorrow. arundel county got the most snow in the area that means digging out and getting back to normal is taking a lot of time. at this saturn dealership today was the first day back to work and entire day was spent cleaning off hundreds of cars. >> city of baltimore. mta buses forced to go around snow covered streets. travelers are forced to get to the main roads to catch the bus. bus stops are snow covered. bus drivers say side streets are still very dangerous. >> well, some of the side streets this morning, since 6:00, calling them and telling them, let them know we cannot go down there. too unsafe. >> mta officials ask passengers to be patient while the clean up of all the snow continues. >> our question of the day was. are you satisfied with snow clean up efforts? 35 percent say yes. 65 percent say no. and karen responds on our facebook writing. arundel county roads, the one i have been able to get to, are horrible. some are half plowed. others not plowed at all. but bill writes. i cannot speak for all. but i am satisfied with the parts of baltimore county i have been to. >> go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. sound off through facebook. send us a tweet @foxbaltimore. text your answer to 45203. and enter fox 45 a for yes. fox 45 b no. your response may air tomorrow morning on fox 45's morning news. >> another snow day for lots of children in this area. they are very disappointed about that, of course. baltimore city and county. arundel, harford. howard, carroll, cecil, kent, montgomery county and saint mary county schools all closed tomorrow. frederick and pg county schools are closed tuesday and wednesday. how will those kids feel? log onto foxbaltimore.com for a complete list of all the school closing. also on the ticker at the bottom of your screen. >> obviously, fox 45's morning show will have the latest on closing. fox 45 morning news begins at 5:30 a.m.. >> meanwhile, airlines are still dealing with a lot of major delays. steve has the latest from the washington d.c. airports. >> airport closures and flight cancellations as far as the eye could see. and that wasn't very far at all during the worst of the weekend storms now a new challenge for stranded passengers. finding a seat. >> so far, they have told me i am sort of out of luck. because my connect caning flight, i will miss. and i might have up to three days before i can get a flight. >> he is not alone. member of the military stuck at reagan national airport in arlington virginia. crossing his fingers he will get home in time to see his loved ones. >> i don't have much time. i have leave. trying to get out of here. and see my familiar before. >> airport officials say it could take a couple of days to workout the kinks. at reagan passengers are experiencing cancel islations. and a lot of delays. >> only bright spot is possibly it could have come later in the week. and been even worse. >> travel experts say the airlines will take a financial hit from the storm. but things are slowly getting back to normal. for the airlines and for their frustrated passengers. >> there is a couple of days to sort this out. air transport association thinks they will have it all sorted out by ends of day tuesday. >> won't help passengers with this storm but new rule bars planes from sitting on the tarmac for more than three on hours with passengers on board. at washington reagan national airport. fox 45 news. >> it has been acting like winter lately. now it is winter. chief meteorologist vytas reid joins us with the first sky watch forecast. >> today is the first day of winter. and it looks like winter. feels like winter. and it will continue to be winter. how about that? this is what's going on out there. cold temperatures. a thing to be concerned with tonight is the freezing that is going on out there on the surface. as temperatures drop. so folks watch out for slippery spots through the overnight. snow showers up around michigan. that's the closest snow showers up in northern pennsylvania. that's lake effect. cold skies over baltimore. temperatures in the mid 30s and dropping to the upper 20s on the next day planner. cold start for tomorrow morning. a little bit of sun and clouds. and it looks like warm up for a little bit of melting and then something is coming. a storm for christmas eve and christmas day. tell you more about that coming up. >> all right vytas, thank you. we received more pictures from this weekend's blizzard to share with you. one viewer sent us this photo. shows plows with a difficult time navigating the roads during the height of the storm. on the lighter side. this is zach, and his dog bayley having fun in the snow. but bayley had to get a lift back home, because the snow just got too high for her to walk in. >> and if you have storm pictures to show united states. see it, shoot it, send it. upload photos and videos to our website. on foxbaltimore.com and click on the see it, shoot it, send it icon. and send photos from your cell phone to pics@foxbaltimore.com. >> a rape inside of a canton home. coming up on the "late edition". how a man got access to a woman's house during saturday's snow storm. >> and the battle over health care reform. what the senate wants to get >> a man is locked up tonight after a brutal attack during this week's storm. police say donald vaughn offered to shovel snow from a woman's sidewalk, in the 800 block of south kenwood avenue saturday. he shoveled and then was paid. and police say vaughn forced his way in, raped the woman. and then cut her throat. >> it is sad to think that we were all in our houses doing stuff and this was happening across the street to this young lady. >> police say vaughn took $200 cash and her debit card. the victim has been treated and released. >> u.s. soldier home from afghanistan for the holidays s gunned down on the streets of the city of baltimore. it happened in the 600 block of south wick ham street in baltimore monday night. 22-year-old army private clifford williams shot and killed while driving home from the store with his wife in the car. the gunman approached william's vehicle and opened fire. williams died at saint agnes hospital. his wife was not hurt. police are searching for the killer tonight. >> police make an arrest after a shooting at a duncan donuts drive-thru. gerald williams shot a clerk at the window december 12. gun fire erupted after the clerk refused to submit to the demands. the clerk is expected to be okay. williams faces attempted murder and robbery charges tonight. he is held without bail. >> a ups driver involved in a fatal accident is charged tonight. tim wheatley, sun paper editor died, 9-year-old daughter was injured last october. police say kevin callahan ran a red light and charged with negligent driving. callahan has been fired since ups. >> a final vote on the u.s. senate health care measure creeps toward a christmas eve vote. jim angle looks at the road map ahead and how he got here in the first place. >> on this vote, the yes's are 60. the no's are 40. >> 36 hours after unveiling 336 pages of changes to the senate bill majority leader harry reid got the 60 votes he needed for the first of several votes on the plan for health care. >> our bill will bring needed help for millions of americans. wake up every day without health insurance or waking up afraid they will lose their health had insurance. >> no republicans voted in favor. not even moderate that were courted. minority mitch mcconnell explained why. >> bad news for the american people that this bill that cuts medicare, and is raises taxes and higher insurance premiums. >> to get 60 votes senator reid had to drop a medicare option and increased taxes by 25 billion more than planned bringing the total tax increases to 518 billion. senator reid dropped the tax on cosmetic surgery to win support and reare placed it with a tax on tanning salons. not the only change. senate bill insurance 30 million uninsured ask but 15 of them (inaudible). >> but to win his 60th vote, ben nelson, his state of nebraska was exempt from paying medicaid forever. a sweet heart deal that brought ridicule from republicans. >> a couple of cheap deals, a rush vote at 1:00 in the morning. >> once the plan is passed, it will negotiate with the house that passed a different bill, on the nebraska medicaid issue, senate nelson acknowledged the criticism but sought the special deal because the governor of his state was worried about the impact on the state budget of the medicaid expansion. with all the uproar over the matter, nelson released a letter to the governor, zagel ask that the it be rescinded if that's what the governor wants. a clever way to shift the heat to the governor of this state. in washington, jim angle. fox news. >> and you can get more information on health care reform right on our website, foxbaltimore.com. just click on the cure for health care icon. >> it is looking like the snow is melting slowly this week. which means probably just in my opinion, vytas, we may have a white systems. chief meteorologist vytas reid is back with a closer look at the sky watch forecast. vytas could i object off? >> no, you are on target. most folks wants a white christmas. keep asking for one. and they got it. and some. and it looks like we have the snow on the ground. a little melting going on with the help of the sun today. and tomorrow, much of the same, with the temperatures in the 30s. and overnight as the temperatures fall. right now inner harbour, 26 degrees. mostly clear to partly cloudy skies. winds out of the west at five. so what you can experience is freezing up. especially where the surfaces were not treated. so it looks like overpasss and sidewalks that have slippery spots out there and roadway intersections. so drive carefully. early morning hours. rush hour looks like it could be a slippery go in spots. so drive carefully. chill in the air. bundle up. cold night out there. with freezing. and cold temperatures, mixing with precipitation over the great lakes, around detroit. snow. and cleveland as well as buffalo new york getting snow. we have a system coming in from the west that will affect parts of illinois. milwaukee. should get some snow tonight. and also in parts of iowa. but for us, breaks in the clouds. and continue to see the clouds gather a bit through the day tomorrow. but it looks like sun as well. 29 degrees in pittsburg. 34 harrisburg. 34 at the airport. we will continue to see the temperatures fall through the overnight. starting us off on a cold night. but clearing for the most part. over the city. back west we have a few high thin clouds. on the future scan, this is looking ahead here. we can see that tomorrow morning, we will see sun and clouds out there. more sunshine as we go through the day. and the evening hours, on tuesday looks like dry conditions. carrying into wednesday. and looking at dry conditions as well is. and we will start to see clouds gathering by wednesday night and thursday with a chance for some rain in the forecast. and jump ahead. christmas forecast. 40 degrees. 70 percent chance for rain. snow on the ground. and it will be a potential for some flooding as we have the melting and then also the rainfall through friday. tomorrow , looking at sun and clouds. 38 degrees. winds out of the northwest at 10. and your five-day forecast, looking at 36 on wednesday. with sunshine. 37 on thursday with sun. and then get the rain building in for friday. >> all of that snow is changing where and when the city will be picking up your trash. details ahead in news you need to know. >> and the ravens lose another ham & cheese. stacked your way from the bread up... with the meats, cheeses, and veggies you want. your flavor's on! subway. eat fresh. >> surprise gift for the salvation army. get this. someone dropped a platinum diamond ring wrapped in a note in a plastic baggy into a red kettle. >> i wonder about the story. my mind rushes with, perhaps, it was a widower, who had lost his wife. and thought that he could do more good with that ring than looking at it in a drawer. and or a woman that had lost her husband and knows that she is no longer joined to him in this life, and that the gift he gave is a gift that she could use to help others. >> there was also a full diamond in the bag. the salvation army believes the anonymous giveer probably thought it was real. >> not only is this light in hong kong beautiful to look at but environmentally friendly. display uses 20,000 l.e.d. lights, which uses an estimated 80 percent less power than regular light bulbs and they last longer. >> that gives christmas red white and green a whole new meaning. patrice harris fox 45 news "late edition". >> in tonight's news you need to know now. because baltimore side streets are covered with snow, there are changes to your trash pickup. there will be no alley pickups until the alleys are cleared. city residents are asked to put your trash in front of your homes instead. >> the city of annapolis is expanding a program designed to keep businessess green. in addition, restaurants, businesses, and maryland's capital city can earn points for doing things like recycling ink cartridges, and earn 150 points and your business gets certified as green. >> despite the blow out win over the bears yesterday, the ravens received bad news today. rookie la darius web is out for the rest of the season is. with a torn acl. the star cornerback hurt his knee blocking on a punt return in the third quarter of yesterday's win over the bears. this is a huge blow for the ravens. web is one of their best cornerbacks and kick returner. coach john harbaugh said web is a talented player and will be surely missed. >> la darius has a acl. so he is out. and that's disappointing. he played so well. he is such a like able guy. and you guys know what kind of guy he is. i think he has made had a big impact on our team. and the guys really respect him and like him. so we will miss him. >> with web's injury, general manager ozzie newsome hinted that the team could look to bring back this guy. former raven chris mcalister. including web the ravens have three members of the secondary on injured reserve. fabian washington and haruki nakamura suffered season ending injuries earlier in the year. and mcalister was the first round pick back in 1999. d mac had 26 interceptions with five of those returned for touchdowns. and at today's press conference, john harbaugh did not object to bringing him back. >> we're welcoming anybody back, anybody that can play and help us, you know. obviously, he would be an option. and there are other options out there as well. realistically, probably another defensive back on this team by wednesday. if it doesn't workout. it doesn't workout. there are certain specific qualifications that we will need, in a guy to help us sunday. win the game. >> with just two games left, the ravens control their own path to the playoffs. facing the archrival in pittsburg this week. and going into the big game with serious momentum. after two big blow out wins at home over the lions and bears, it seems as though the ravens have a grip on the importance of december football. >> well, the last two games we played well. i think the biggest thing is we were able to capitalize and execute. defense made big plays for us today. and able to capitalize and get the ball. >> we know we control our own destinee. right now the way things pan out. we cannot worry about the other team. but panning out for us to go out and if we win. we win. >> the last couple of weeks the tide turned in our favor. and hope to keep it going through the rest of the season. and the playoffs. >> the ravens visit the steelers on sunday in pittsburg. jeff, back to you. >> happy news from 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