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next on fox 45 morning. people to get angry about that and do something about it. a call to action after a machine gun rampage at a town dowdowntown hotel. when police could make an arrest at the shooting. a not so warm welcome to the mayor at a christmas parade. the mayor's message to the crowd. stay tuned for your chance to win harry potter and the half blood prince on dvd. good morning. it's monday, december 7th. i'm patrice he harris. monday night football at green bay. it's going to be cold down there but it's not all that warm down here. meteorologist tony pagnotti is in for steve fertig. i know they are had snow up in lambeau field but we had some snow here, too. >> it looks like tonight a few snow flurries in lam lamb lamb . we are below freezing in most locations. trench degrees at bwi thurgood airport. we will get frozen tundra not tomorrow but tomorrow night. not snow but a freezing slee sleet/and could be icing not on the cake but icing on the roads on wednesday morning. look at the temps, we are below freezing with the exception at the district and down at the inner harbor it's 33 degrees. we will try to warm our way to 41 degrees at lunchtime. topping out at 42 to 44. out at the bus stop, the kids better bundle on up, 35 and had a is going to be the warm spot, this morning we're in the 38 to 35-degree before we get to 40 degrees. speaking of the buss, trains and everything else that is rolling out there this morning, let's see how the traffic edge is reporting, here she is, candace dold. the cars are rolling at 95 at fort mchenry tunnel, the coast is clear at the north and southbound lanes, it's getting busy on the southbound lanes making sen descent to 695. 59 is the average speed and things are going to be pretty pleasant on the outer loop lanes of the beltway from 695 to the exit, an 11-minute drive, 54 is the average speed the same number with an 11 clip from 83 to 95. picking up from 95 to 83, an 11-minute drive, 55 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning commute, patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. the suspects involved in a violent shooting inside of the sheraton downtown could face charges this morning. it all happened over the weekend. police say one man was shot another badly beaten and others injured. a machine gun found at the scene. megan gilliland joins us now with the latest on the investigation. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, there are three men of interest on this fight. police brought them in for questioning, and commissioner bealefeld it's another example of big guys with big guns. he is man you should be too. >> reporter: at the sheraton hotel. guests learned what happened just hours before. at 3:00 on sunday morning, roughly 25 people of the baltimore area were at a birthday party inside of in two adjoining rooms when a fight broke out. woodland pulled out a machine gun and shot towson. >> woodland was disarmed and beat been by two men who were apparently were friends of marquiss johnson. >> reporter: he was beaten so badly that he was taken to shock trauma where he remains in critical condition. while police believe this was an isolated incident, it brings to light a big issue in the city and a call for action. >> we want people to get angry about that and do something about it, not all of this teeth gnashing of whether it's safe or not safe, doin do something abot guys with guns. >> reporter: police are hoping to make arrests including charges attempted first-degree murder are pending against woodland and omar, woodland is already on probation for drunk charges. megan gilliland, fox 45 mourning. a man is killed in a parkville apartment fire. it happened yesterday morning. residents say they smelled smoke and called 911. when firefighters arrived, the apartment was completely filled with smoke and the 96 years old occupant was found lying on the kitchen floor. >> yes, the situation in this case is that the gentlemen appeared to be cooking, caused the fire and the apartment filled with smoke, smoke is often just as deadly as fire can be. they building was evacuated as a precaution but no one else was hurt. senator mikulski is asking for an immediate appeal for rachael wilson's children. wilson was a city cadet who died in january of 2007 after taking live in a live burn exercise. just a few weeks ago her two children were denied federal survivors benefits because wilson did not qualify as a firefighter since she was still in trainer. mick cull 63 appeal goes to senator holder snrz there'. there's new information about one of the jurors who convicted mayor dixon. juror number 3 had prior contact with dixon when she was a city council president. she won and got a shopping spree at a local shopping store. dixon was at the shopping spree, but she didn't remember dixon being there and she didn't realize that the contest was sponsored by the city. it's unclear whether the defense plans to use this new information as grounds for requesting a mistrial. meanwhile mayor dixon remains on the job and over the weekend she got mixed reaction from residents over at the mayor's christmas parade. >> the parade took place yesterday at hal hampden and boh supporters and opponents made their feelings known following the conviction of the embezzlement. >> i'm not going to miss the parade because she is mayor. but she is a thief and she needs to be removed from office. >> as for her part, dixon said it was great being at the parade kicking off the holiday season. >> recalled to the magic of the motion picture camera shows the japanese fleet dispatching its bombers for the sneak attack on pearl harbor. >> the day still lives in infamy and always, will but on the 68th anniversary of pearl harbor only one ship is still afloat that saw action that day. joel d smith is at the inner harbor on that ship. the detaney. >> reporter: the only ship that saw action that day and every day is a big day when you are talking about a ship with this much historic importance. sam berry knows that today will be a little bit different as today thinks about pearl harbor. >> good morning. >> reporter: we are expecting a lot poof here today, aren't we? >> yes, we are. i suspect we will get over 100. >> reporter: when we talk about the ceremony. every year you see fewer and fewer survivors. tell me about that? >> yes, we do. i have been attending pearl harbor memorial services since 1976. i was a marine officer and i can remember 30, 40 people in san francisco, now there's fewer here in and every year i watch it, i'm afraid there's fewer roz as we look at some the images of this ship the last one from that battle, tell us about the morning. what was going on that morning and what some people on board of this ship are thinking? >> it's 7:00 and most the folks at this ship were asleep. a message had come in that they were attacked and sank a submarine. the officer on the deck made a sensible call, and called everybody up and general quarters and put ammunition up to the guns and brought down the awning. the ship was ready an hour later when pearl harbor was attacked. >> reporter: a lot of people on board thought it was just a drill. they were shooting dummies at first initially. >> everybody thought it was a drill and he had them brought back down and brought live am mow up. >> reporter: they protexted prd some of the main power sources on hawaii. people will be thinking about today and the day that still lives infamy. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. we are getting in the spirit with the live preview of the b and o festival of trains. it's beginning to feel this year. because giving back feels good. get a great deal on the subaru outback, motor trend's 2010 sport/utility of the year and two hundred fifty dollars gets donated to your choice of five charities. and two hundred fifty dollars the holidays are rolling in to baltimore. it's the holiday festival of trains at b and o railroad museum. david joins us this morning with all of the details for our hometown hot spot. look at how pretty it looks, david. >> good morning, it's great to be with you guys. >> tell me what is in store for the holidays. oh, my god! it looks like you have a guest beside you. >> yes, we have frosty the snow man. santa of course, will be here, and weekend music, and you can get a train ride, too. >> will frosty be on the train ride with the kids? >> frosty will be on the train ride alternating with santa. it's a great opportunity to come down and make your family members here at the b and o. >> we are taking a look around and you have plenty of trains to choose from, and even if you do not ride on them it's great to get on and learn about the history behind them. >> if you're not a real model train fan, come on down and visit and learn about the big ones. >> well, david, it's absolutely gorgeous and we're going to check back in with you guys in a little bit, thank you? >> sounds great. >> the holiday festival of trains is at the pratt museum. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. our hot spot this morning, temperature wise is at the inner harbor 33 is the hot spot. why? because most other places are subfreezing at that temperature. no real winds to speak of, so not a bad thing. humidity is at 61%. take a look at our hd radar right now. just the clouds are there, but take a look way out to the west. that is the leading edge of a system that we will be watching later tomorrow night into wednesday. we could get a little mixed bag of precipitation. here it is well outlying to the west of it, more like blizzard like conditions. if you are wondering about the game tonight. no real problem at green bay. it will be the same temperature as we're going to have tonight, maybe a couple of degrees cooler, belief it o believe it . it will be 24 degrees at green bay. temperature at charm city 29 degrees. we will say bundle up, because we are going to have a cold wedge of air, overnight you will need an extra blanket or two, have to put the heat up. that is the time of season. here comes the cold blast from the blizzard like system that is not going to give us a blizzard or even the white stuff, it looks like icy stuff, snow, freezing rain, sleet, sometimes worst than snow. we're talking about shoveling snow, you can't shovel that kind of junk when it all starts to form on the windshield and roads. the clouds thicken throughout the afternoon, we will get some peaks of sunshine throughout the morning so a decent day, although we are about 10 degrees on the average cooler than normal where we should be for this time of year. here comes the leading edge of the system, late tomorrow night into your wednesday. we got 45 degrees on the eastern shore, winds out of the south 5,-10 miles per hour. ditto here, we will go with our fox 45 degrees in central maryland, clouds throughout the afternoon, precipitation free today, so no worries about any kind of stuff falling from the sky, including chicken. and a high of 40 out throughout western maryland. here is the seven-day forecast where i will outline the whole situation of where we're going to go with the frozen precip. today 45, tomorrow, 46. okay, but then watch the temperature overnight very crucial between 30 and 28 degrees. we're going to call it about a 60% chance of waking up wednesday with the frozen precip, and then turning over to rain before clearing out. it looks like right into the weekend and temperatures barely struggling to get to the 40-degree mark and getting very cold overnight. fox 45 sky watch weather now at your finger tips. iradar available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. interactive tools let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. well, how is it all moving out there on the roadways on a monday morning? for all the answers, here she is candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we are checking on the speeds out there on many of the main lines, so far you're going to like this mon morning ride. 66 miles per hour drive moving through the valley area. as for the west of the beltway, 58 miles per hour moving through catonsville. we need to talk about trouble in carroll county, there's power outage due to down wires at mount avenue. there's a lot of traffic lights that are out, and route 30 is going to be shutdown at the mod avenue intersection. stick with route 30 bypass just know that you will need to use extra caution as you are traveling through that area. so far from the green headed from the top end toward 695. that is good news right there. liberty road, checking in on the inner and outer loop lanes. so far the cars are cruising along at top speeds. we're liking this monday morning, that is for sure. moving through the parkville area, heading from 795, through pikesville, rather, from the route 140 area, then all of the way up toward the jfx, so far nothing to complain about. a tranquil ride there. we will show you what it looks like at parkville heading in harford road. it's going to be light activity for monday morning and the inner loop lanes as well. patrice, back to you. thank you, candace. it is a magical week at the video store. the spellbinding flick hitting store shelves. >> a privilege of getting good health here ought not to be based on wealth. >> if the president follows the promises that he has made to the american people he won't be able to sign this bill. >> the fallout of president at safeway, we make the joy of the season... deliciously affordable. with a commitment to thousands of new everyday low prices. ♪ and with club card specials like boneless... new york strip loin roast, $4.97 a pound, you can get all the holiday oohs and ahhs you want... when you want them, at the price you need. ♪ that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. safeway. that's our promise. senators worked over the weekend to fry to come together a healthcare reform bill. president obama made a sunday visit to capitol hill to give a pep talk to lawmakers. sandra endo is in washington with the details. >> reporter: a last minute push from president obama on senate democrats on capitol hill. his message come together to pass healthcare reform legislation. >> we're working toward a consensus. we're not there, but we understand how important it is that we arrive at a consensus. >> reporter: it includes the government run health insurance option which is a big sticking point for conservative democrats and republicans. they are considering a proposal, enclosing a publicly run -- privately run plan. >> there was no interest? drafting a proposal that was in the political middle. you know, a year ago, the president looked at the situations and i'm sitting on a 70% approval rating. i got a big margin in the house and i'm on the way of getting 60 votes in the senate. we really don't need these republicans. >> reporter: another sticking point, restrictions on federal funding for abortions. democratic senator ben nelson wants tougher measures in the bill regarding the procedure. he says he won't support the plan otherwise. >> it's a deal breaker if we don't get this type of language in the bill. i can say also, even if we do get the language in the bill, there's a number of other concerns. >> reporter: they are trying to secure a filibuster majority to make sure that the bill passes, and they're hoping for a final vote later this month. in washington i'm sandra endo. >> learn more about healthcare reform by logging on to and clicking on the cure for healthcare icon. still ahead an unexpected drop in unemployment why some experts say it's not enough to turn the economy around. we need people to get angry about that and do something about it. >> the call to action after a machine gun rampage at a downtown hoe. when police could make arrests in that shooting. 6:23 is the time. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all 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(announcer) sears to go, web to store. there's more ways to shop your way at sears. life. well spent. stocks started strong friday after good news on jobs and then tapered off as the price of gold tumbled. the dow did manage to finish up about a quarter of a percent up. the s&p finished slightly up. according to labor department, employers cut 11,000 jobs in november, the fewest since the recession began in late 2007. the unemployment rate fell from 10.2% to 10%. that was the slightest drop. >> good trend, don't pay the rent. we got to grow jobs and get america back to work as quickly as we can. >> reporter: think there's no point in job searching during the holidays. one washington staffers said that job seekers should get their resume out there. another advantage to december, holiday parties which can be a great opportunity to network with hiring managers to get new people on board for the new year. for business break, i'm sa stan case. still ahead, slots could head for a vote today. the decision the annapolis county council could make, anne arundel county council, excuse me. and a teen fires a machine gun inside of a baltimore hotel over the weekend. today arrests could be made. i'm megan gilliland. judgwhy police are angry and sau should be, too. >> reporter: i'm joel d [ holiday music playing ] don't let those long holiday lines bury you. grab a delicious new dunkin' donuts peppermint mocha latte and chocolate mint donut today. great flavors, great value -- just another reason the holidays run on dunkin'. try the new peppermint mocha latte and chocolate mint donut today. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. 6:30 is the time. we have a school closing to pass long to you this morning. pretty boy elementary school is closed because there's no power and on a cold morning like this, you definitely need some. good morning, i'm patrice harris. all that snow and ice is gone in most of our area this morning but baltimore got its first taste of winter this weekend. >> oh, that is a familiar sight. people in north baltimore were busy chipping away at the ice on their cars yesterday morning. in rogers forge in baltimore county, one neighbor did a little shoveling to get out there and clear the sidewalk. >> a little icy, but not you know, not that deep. >> i don't know if we will get enough for a snow man but snow balls are readily available. >> the snow ball fights continue for quite sometime. and many of our fox 45 viewers shared their know fight with us, this is kyle playing in the snow with his dog. he lives in boston and baby broadie bundled up and enjoy the snow this aberdeen. how cute! whenever weather hits your neighborhood, shoot up it, view- see it, shoot it and send it icon. send photos from your cell phone to picks at foxbaltimore.com. now we will check with meteorologist tony page pagnottd saturday it was a messy day. >> it looks like would you rather snow or frozen precipitation like sleet. >> no, no. >> well, then you won't like tuesday night. no white stuff on the way but we do have a chance of frozen precip. >> oh, tony. >> you can't make an ice man. >> if you say so. >> we will tell you this morning. let's take it one hour at a time. we do have the cold. that is the story this morning. 27 degrees at bwi airport. most areas in the subfreezing location so you want to bundle up. you will need some gloves and a hat and a scarf and after all, two weeks from this very day winter solstice arrives. we're getting warming up in the bull pen sort of speak. there's a storm system the aforementioned that won't be bringing us blizzard like conditions but we will be seeing possible mix in the western suburbs tuesday night into wednesday. look at the temperatures freezing in the district, just about freezing at the inner harbor, elsewhere, we're in the upper 20s, we will push it up 30 to 32 during the morning hours. 41 at lunchtime around 6:42 degrees. kids definitely need the heavy jackets and coats this morning, 32 freezing degrees out at the bus stop. well, let's see what is going on this monday morning, i'm sure all the cars and trucks have the heat going. here is traffic edge report candace. >> reporter: thank you, tony. it's indeed a low number traveling near the francis scott key bridge. take a look at the delays because of a disabled vehicle, it's at the bridge that takes out the right lane. this is what we're stuck with. as for the alternate route, you will want to take one, you can travel through the fort mchenry tunnel. that is not doing too bad from the 695 heading toward the tunnel. we can show you it's running normal, an 8-minute ride, 55 for the average speed. things are looking good on the beltway, just the building conditions we have to deal with. an 11-minute trip from 95 toward 83, 54 miles per hour and just at 53 miles per hour and an 8 minute clip from 83 down toward 795. taking it from 795 down toward 95, look at, it's starting to increase with the volume but so far so good, a 13-minute ride, 15 miles per how. that's a look at the morning travels. patrice, back over to you. candace, thank you. 6:35 fox 45 morning news. arrests could be made this morning in this weekend's violent hotel shooting downtown. one man was shot, another badly beaten and others injured. there were three men of interest and megan gilliland joins us with the latest in the investigation, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. a machine gun was found at the scene of this fight. commissioner bealefeld says he is angry about it and you should be too. it happened at 3:00 on sunday morning, inside of the sheraton hotel at fayette street. 20 people from the baltimore people were at a birthday party inside of two adjoining rooms on the 8th floor when a fight broke out. woodland pulled out a tech 9 machine gun and shot another teen in the face. >> this was a big gun. this was a big gun that this guy carried around for who knows how long that night. and takes it into a birthday party. we need people to get angry about that and do something about it. not all of this teeth gnashing of whether it's safe or not safe, do something about bad guys with guns, that is what we need. >> reporter: after the shooting, police say woodland was stripped of the machine gun and beaten by two men, abdullah and anderson. woodland was beaten so badly he had to be taken to shock trauma where he remains in critical condition. they are all considered persons of interests in charges including attempted first-degree murder are pending. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. a man is killed in a parkville apartment fire. it happened yesterday morning. neighbors at the ridge garden apartment building smelled smoke and called 911. when firefighters arrived, the apartment was completely filled with smoke, and the 96-year-old occupant was lying on the kitchen floor. >> yes, the situation in this case is that the gentleman appeared to be cooking, caused a fire, the apartment filled with smoke and smoke is often just as deadly as fire can be. >> the building was evacuated as a precaution. no one else was hurt. the fate of a propose the slot someone kass ow casino at s mall could be decided today. the mall will decide whether or not to allow slots at another location near the laurel park horse track. there was word last week that the vote would be delayed because a councilmember was recused himself, his decision coupled with a joshua cohen, leaves five people to vote. councilmembers want to fill the seat to ensure fairness but the state lottery director says it's time the council vote either way. senator ben cardin will assess the damage to the ocean city followed last month's nor'easter. he has a tour of the beaches planned for 10:30 this morning. this comes after a recent announcement that the clean up is expected to cost around between million dollars. ocean city lost about 600 cube ib yards of sand. when the remnants of tropical storm ida moved through that area. the living history of that day of infamy shows the japanese fleet. >> december 7th, the day still lives in infamy and always will, but on swaight anniversary of pearl harbor, only one ship is still afloat that saw action that day. joel d smith is live at inner harbor with that ship the taney, good morning, joel. >> good morning, patrice, we're one level down from where we joined you earlier. we were on the top deck. this is a place where guys were sleeping 6 68 years ago, not knowing they were going to become a part of one the biggest days in american history. i'm with stan berry who helps to take care of taney all yearlong. >> every day i come to work, i feel it. these are the decks that men walked, and the bed racks where they slept, the souls, the ship was created right here. >> reporter: this is the last one that is still afloat and people can take a look at. tell us quickly the role that the taney had on the day that pearl harbor was attacked. >> on december 7th, the ship was on dock at ho honolulu. many of the crew was onshore as so were the officers. they were doing normal things on a normal peaceful sunday, when the destroyer, radioed that it had engaged into a submarine, and everything changed. >> reporter: the job was to defend the power source. >> that is the way its job turned out to be, that wasn't its mission, but there it was, and there was the power plant, and so the taney defended that and everything else that was near. >> reporter: a little later today, we will have a commemoration ceremony and survivors from pearl harbor will be here as well. a big day on. taney, and it's amazing that some of the bigger parts of the pearl harbor are here at the inner harbor. joel d smith, fox 45 morning news coming up a not so warm welcome for the mayor at the annual christmas parade. a political analyst weighs in on the mayor's future after her conviction. and take a look at this, delays are forming on the beltway this morning, i will tell you exactly why they're forming an 've got 6:42, 18 minutes before the hour of 7:00, 33 degrees at the inner harbor. we have a chilly one out there, because most locations are below freezing in our area. on hd radar right now, we pretty much a little bit of a snow flurry birthed out toward hagerstown, but we will be precipitation free. the chill in the air will be the story after the weekend rainfall. this is system is what we're keeping the eye on later today into wednesday as the temperature drops as it has in the last few nights, below freezing, that is when we will get the taste of precipitation, a mi mixed bag especially northd west. otherwise it turns over to rain on wednesday. 29 degrees overnight tonight, you better bundle up heading out this morning and over the next few mornings because the overnight temperatures will be right around 28 to 30 degrees. we will be struggling to get into that freezing range around 32. here is the cold blast o out way in the midwest. it will be blizzard like conditions. you are wondering about the game tonight at green bay, the frozen tundra. it won't be too bad, 28 degrees at kickoff, it's snowing at green bay, but by tonight, a few snow flakes will be left over as the ravens head out of up to with a victory, there's a prediction for you. late tomorrow afternoon you will notice clouds and it feels like it's going -- especially if you have arthritis, it feels like it's going to rain and snow, the precip in the air, especially leading tomorrow night. that is when we start to see, the first starting edge rain turning into a little bit of rain and freezing rain overnight. today we got 45 degrees on the eastern shore, winds out of the south at 5-10 miles per hour. central maryland, again we will be around the 45-degree range. we have to push about 15 degrees to get there as we are around the 30-degree mark in most locations. out in gar le gar garrett counte thing are getting out right cold as the winds will turn to 15-20 miles per hour. the all-important seven-day forecast, we got 45 today. as you know, tomorrow we will get up to 46, but then mercury starts to dip. we will see the precip starting as rain, like, 8 or 99:00, it looks like the -- 8 or 9:00, and the frozen precipitation starts falling. sleet, and a little bit of icing, and the temperatures won't break. we should be at 50 degrees, we're two weeks away from the official start of winter. well, with winter, you n know, x 45 morning sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. the interactive tools let you know and see exactly when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar and we are so glad to have back the bell of the belt -- the belle of the beltway. here she is candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we are indeed checking on the beltway for you. checking on the speeds, look at that 63 miles per hour, traveling on the outer loop lanes heading toward pikeville. so far not a bad morning for many people. it dips to 56 on the jfx. at the northeast corner at 26 miles per hour. a bit of a slow go there. we need to talk about something because of the weather that came through this weekend. we actually have black ice that is still out there in the northeast corner in fact. it's at mccormick avenue, but this is a true testament that we need to use caution when you travel out there this morning just in case you come across more black ice through your region. as for the beltway and the main lines we had an earlier disabled vehicle. it's finally in the clearing stages but a few cars disabled there. we had delays that are forming but now the coast is going to be clear, just a little bit more congestion than usual because of the earlier accident. we do have trouble in the same direction across the inner loop lanes, it's going to be on the inner loop parkway, just be aware that you will see the lights that will garner your attention there. as for west side incident free through ka catonsville. a pretty heavy ride on the inner loop direct new this morning, arrests could be made this morning in the weekend's violent hotel shooting downtown. it happened at 3:00 on sunday morning at the sheraton hotel at west fayette street. one man was shot and another badly beaten. there were three men of interest, a machine gun was found at the scene of the a fight. the fate of a proposed casino at arundel mel's mall coulaa lunanne arundel millsmal. mayor sheila dixon remains on the job this morning after being found guilty of embezzlement last week. over the weekend, she got some mixed reaction from city residents during a public appearance at the 37th annual mayor's christmas parade. both supporters and opponents of the mayor made their feelings known. >> now even people who support her and say she has done a good job running the city also say it's time for her to step aside and let the city move on. many people are also waiting to hear more from the mayor herself. political analyst john diddy joins us this morning. >> good morning. >> all right, so mayor dixon held a brief press conference in which she addressed the trial. she said her lawyers won't let her speak too much, but she is sorry that the people of baltimore have had to go through this with her. that's not necessarily an apology. >> that's not an apology and not much of a statement, because this is a nightmare in many ways. the nightmares are still continuing because she is staying in the room. >> doesn't it sound in that statement, i'm sorry that you all had to go through this with me. not i'm sorry that i causessed this and i'm sor sorry that youe after me and you have to be a part of it. >> i think it was a bad apology. it was more or less a statement trying to address it. she is trying to go along i'm doing the people's business. the problem is the people want her out. she is like the relative in the room that stays too long. she won't leave. >> what will the be repercussions of that, not only for her but for the city? what is this doing to the city as a whole? >> for her supporters, a lot of democrats, don't criticize the republican for doing the same thing being a convicted felon ask staying in office. second, i think a lot of democrats have to answer this question, how does this enhance the city's reputation staying. you have someone like john sarbaine whose vote to impeach nixon. he hasn't called the mayor to leave. this hurts democrats, because near if someone like him runs for governor, the city is going to be a pinata. he is going to have to go to the issue of corruption. and white suburban voters this could galvanize them and can could get him voted as governor. it's a day that will live n infamy. >> we are live on board the only ship still afloat 68 years after the attack on pearl harbor. and next, m muggle get your hands on the wizard before the rest of th of hey jay. i think 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deal with but no precip. we will take it a day at a time, right, patrice, in weather department we don't worry what is going to happen, 24, 36 hours from now. it looks like the cold again, bundle up as you are heading out this morning. leave the winter coat still a couple of weeks away. 28 degrees as we speak at bwi. there's a line of storm that is going to get in here late tomorrow into wednesday. some areas could get freezing rain and sleet. others will be old fashion rain so we will keep you posted on that one. you can see the temperatures this morning, gradually climbing now, but still most locations below freezing, 23 in oakland, 30 hagerstown and the warm spot? the district of columbia, 34 degrees. here in the baltimore area, we will try to work our way up to 41 degrees at lunchtime, 42 degrees around 6:00 and it is freezing out there at the bus stop so the coats and gloves and hats and all good things like that we will need when we are heading out this morning. heading out this morning, what do you need to know about the traffic? that is why we have candace dold with our traffic edge report. >> reporter: thank you, tony. in fact, we do have a weather related issue to talk about out there. some black eyes to talk about out there at mccormick avenue, this is due to the fact that you need to use have caution as you are heading out this morning because you can find it at your neck of the woods. we need to talk about 895. in fact, we can show you what it looks like at o'donald street. take a look at that. this is because traffic is held on the southbound lanes of 895 at the harbor tunnel. it's all due to a disabled vehicle. you will want to stick with 95 as an alternate route. so far it's going to be a calm ride there. it's running pretty normal in fact, so we're looking at an 8-minute drive, 53 miles per hour so we're in the green. on the outer lanes of the beltway, that volume is increasing a 13-minute ride at 46 miles per hour. take a look at this, 44 miles per hour and a 14 minute clip from 795 toward 95. we're doing much better on 95, from 695 up toward route 32, an 11-minute ride, traveling at 61 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back to you. 7:04 on fox 45 morning news. the suspects involved in a violent shooting inside of the sheraton hotel downtown could face charges this morning. it all happened over the weekend. police say one man was shot, another badly beaten and others injured and a machine gun was found at the scene. megan gilliland joins us now with the latest on the investigation, good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning parks tris. there are three men of interest in this fight. police brought them in for questioning and plan to make arrests as early as today. commissioner bealefeld says it's another example of bad guys with big guns. he is angry about it and says you should be, too. at the sheraton hotel on west fayette street yesterday. >> i'm shocked, actually. >> reporter: guests learned what happened inside just hours before. >> like hearing about it just made me really nerves roshz >> reporter: around 3:00 sunday morning, 20 people from the baltimore area were at a birthday party when a fight broke out. raymond woodland pulled out a tech 9 machine gun and shot marquis johnson once in the face. >> following the shooting, woodland was disarmed and beaten by two men, abdullah omar, and dominican der son who were friends of marquis johnson. >> reporter: woodland was beaten so badly he had to be taken to shock trauma where he remains in critical condition. >> like even on our floor. >> reporter: while police believe this is an isolated incident it brings to light a big issue in the city and a call to action. >> we want people to get angry about that and do something about it. not all of this teeth gnashing about whether it's bad, do something about bad guys with gun. that is what we need. >> reporter: police are hoping to make arrests today. charges including attempted first-degree murder are pending against woodland, omar, and anderson. woodland who is the accused shooter is already on probation for drug charges. megan gilliland, fox 45 morning news. there is new information about one of the jurors who convicted mayor sheila dixon and some legal analysts say it could be ground for a mistrial. juror number 3 had prior contact with ki dixon when she was city council president. she won a contest sponsored by a city agency back in 2006 and got a shopping spree at a shopping store. dixon was at the event, the problem is she did not disclose the information. she says she didn't remember dixon being there realized that the contest was sponsored by the city. it's unclear whether the defense plans to use this new information as grounds for requesting a mistrial. meanwhile, mayor dixon remains on the job and over the weekend she got some mixed reaction from city residents during a public appearance at the 37th annual mayor's christmas parade. >> the parade took place yesterday in hampden and both supporters and opponents of mayor dixon made their feelings known following her conviction for embezzlement. >> i'm not going to miss the parade just 'cause she is the mayor right now. she is a thief and needs to be pulled from office. >> we need to show her some support and let her know people still love her in baltimore. >> mayor dixon said it was great to be at the parade and kicking off the holiday season. women are coming forward to say that they had extra marital affairs with tiger woods. two more women were romantically involved with the wolfer and that brings the total number of women who had relationship with woods or who are accused of it, to 6. woods has not commented on the rumors when he posted a a statement on his website referring to transgressions. so far the accusations have not resulted in any of tiger woods deals being terminated. we want to know what you think? should tiger woods lose his endorsement deals? tell us at foxbaltimore.com or sound off through facebook. senus a tweet or -- send us a tweet or text newer answer at 45203 enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for know. it shows the japanese fleet. the day still lives in infamily and always will, but on the 68th anniversary of pearl harbor only one ship is still afloat that saw action that day. joel d smith is live at the inner harbor with that ship the taney, good morning, joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice, we on one of the levels that had the bunks where these guys used to sleep. just imagine, 68 years ago they had no idea they were waking up to one of the important days in american history. this ship looks pretty good for being a ship that is 78 years old. tell us more about this ship and why today is so important? >> the ship was in hawaii on december 7th, 1941. these racks were filled with sailors and at 7:00 in the morning, the word went through that everybody was to get up and go top side and man your battle stations and sort of an organized chaos. if you can imagine, everybody hopping out of racks and putting on their shoes and clothes, and it was headed up to the levels. this morning we were walking in each other's way. imagine down here at 120 guys. >> reporter: but today, it's got to be different, though. you are down here all the time but you know what today means. >> yeah, today is a very special day. today is the day that we recognize that this country went to war and the reason that we went to war is because we were attacked on a sunday morning and a lot of folks who woke up in racks just like these weren't around to go to bed in the night. >> reporter: we will have pearl harbor survivors with us, today, right? >> yes, we will. we will have a memorial service at 11:45 as 11:45 and last abour at the out portion of the taney's main deck. >> reporter: folks can come out. remember this is one of those treasures that is at the inner harbor that you can come out and look at. it's a time when you come out and check this ship that was built in the 1930s. it still looks pretty good today and is actually still doing the work of the united states up until the 1980s before was a decommissioned. the ta ney still lives on and looks good. fox 45 morning news. coming up get on board for the festival of trains when you will be able to go and zefross hety an -- zefrossty see, frost. a dry monday, but will it be a dry tuesday? i will check oh, what fun it is to ride on a 1-horse open train. the holidays are rolling in to the b and o railroad museum. david joins us with all of the details for the hometown hot spot. it's david and frosty the snow man. >> good morning, how are you? >> i am well. talk about the festival of trains. >> the festival of train here through december 10th. the groups come in and set up one each week. we also have sa t santa and oury frosty. it's a great time to take your pictures and make memories at the b and o. >> it's always so elaborate and a lot of fun to look at, not just for the kids but adults like this. >> it's great for adults of all ages. and this is one of our, they set up a module layout for us. it's here the entire festival and it's great, kids of all ages enjoy this. >> beyond the model trains, you also get to ride on some actual trains? >> yes, you do. we have train rides on wednesday through sunday. come on down, we have santa and frosty arriving on the train on weekends up until christmas. >> all right, david. it sounds like a good time. thank you. we're going to check with you guys in a little bit. >> the festival of holiday of trains is going at the pratt museum through january 10th. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. in the weather department in the hometown hot spot is at the inner harbor where it's 33 degrees everywhere. we are struggling get above freezing with temperatures in the upper 20s. it looks like we will be seeing that pattern over the next few days, temps overnight and below freezing and waking up to subfreezing temperatures. take a look at the hd radar scan right now. can you see from hagerstown, there's a little bit of a snow flurry burst out there. this is the next system that pushes through, about late tomorrow night starting some rain and possibly some locations could be seeing a mix of freezing rain and sleet, not a snow event as we see it now. in green bay as we speak, you want to he know what the weather is going -- to know what the weather is going to be like this there. it's snowing, 64 degrees as the ravens take on the packers. 29 tonight here at home. again we're getting to the pattern of subfreezing temperatures so we're going to tell you over the next few mornings, bundle on up, because we won't be seeing the mercury getting above freezing until mid-morning hours and the cold air will be in place tomorrow night especially out in the western suburbs. that is why we think there could be a little frozen precipitation. the temperatures will get up above freezing and it won't be a big problem. taking a look at what the forecast is like with the clouds and radar is in place. we will see the clouds thickening a little bit in the afternoon and a little bit of sunshine. that is why we will call it a partly cloudy day. ditto in central maryland. we will have fox 45 degrees for our day time high. western maryland, temperatures of course, much cooler with the winds out of the northwest at 5-10 miles per hour. tomorrow the clouds thicken, and then we are seeing some precipitation mix in some locations on wednesday, thursday through sunday we will stay about 8-10 degrees chillier than normal and check that out, temperatures below normal and below freezing over the next 5-7 days. fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar is available at fox baltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. the interactive tools let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. well, let's see back to work, back to business, back to school. let's see if everyone is getting back on the roadways if a good shape this morning. here is candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony. it is indeed going to be back to work. you can see a lot of people are headed out the door this morning. checking on the west side, the west side at 49 miles per hour and 41 traveling through the catonsville region. that's a bit of a slow. you need to make sure you're driving pretty slow out on the roadways because we still have black eyes. one of those location as is at mccormick avenue. it's an incident we have to deal with, even though the weather came over through the weekend. just use extra caution this morning. on 895, we have been dealing with a pretty slow go. we can show you what it looks like at o'donald street. it's cleared out. we had an earlier disabled vehicle at the harbor tunnel. now you can he see the coast is clear -- you can see the coast is clear. if you are traveling this morning, no problems to report. it's going to be a bit of a heavy ride on the southbound lanes of 95. you can see a bit of a slow go on 395. as far as the fort mchenry tunnel, though, it's going to be smooth sailing. we do have an accident reported on the ramp from route 702, headed toward 695, we will continue to keep you updated on this one. as you can see,s th, the beltwat seeing a lot of ride. that's a look at morning travels, patrice, back to you. still ahead, a communist activities end up in jail. why he claims police arrested him when he was trying to be a good samaritan. and the president tries to rally support for a healthcare over hall. his weekend meeting overies. and, oh yes, saving a lot of trees. kaiser permanente. thrive. the state lottery director says it's time the council vote either way. josh cohen will be sworn as the 135th mayor of annapolis today. the ceremony starts at 2:00 at the maryland hall for the creative arts. cohen resigned from his position as anne arundel county councilman yesterday. china greece to tr agrees to reduce its greenhouse emissions but the pledge isn't binding. >> reporter: good morning are. here are a few things that we are following from washington today. representatives of 192 nations are gathering at copenhagen this week to make new commitments to fighting climate change. the conference president's says it this world's big chance to thorthings around. commitment from the u.s., india, the european union to reduce carbon emissions. china made a commitment to reduce the emissions, but that pledge won't be binding or subject to any national verification leading some asking whether conference will produce real change or mer merely an agreement to continue talks. president obama gav quick t, the message settle your differences and get the job done. this week the senate will vote on the contentious issues in the debate including abortion. the president enjoyed a lighter evening as he joined stars who paid tribute to american performers. a night that was as much a showcase of the american diversity as the talent of the actors and comedians that were honored. the president greeted the group of robert de niro at the whys house before the formal event last night. that's the latest from washington today. until tomorrow from the washington times. i'm julie bedane, back to you. you can read those stories and more by logging on to foxbaltimore.com and clicking [ holiday music playing ] don't let those long holiday lines bury you. grab a delicious new dunkin' donuts peppermint mocha latte and chocolate mint donut today. great flavors, great value -- just another reason the holidays run on dunkin'. try the new peppermint mocha latte and chocolate mint donut today. a community activities in south baltimore who routinely helps police combat crime in baltimore is himself arrested and sent to central booking. all he did was help two girls who said they were sexually assaulted on their way home from school. stephen joins us more to this story. there's got to be more to this story. >> it's a very interesting story because it sort of gets to the issue of helping police and what happens when community activities get extremely involved and what sometimes goes wrong. >> explain what led up to his arrest. >> well, basically, what he says is that he was helping two girls who say they were sexually assaulted in the neighborhood. he is the president of the union square community association. >> so he they come to him because someone assaulted him down the street. the police officer asked what are you going to do about this? somewhat of a confrontation ensues. before he knows it, he is in the back of a police car in handcuffs. police say that he interfered with the investigation. so it's a two-sided story at this point. >> he says all he did he questioned to the police as to what is going to happen next. the police said we're handling this, you don't need to be involved. >> because he said he works closely with police, he donates money to buy bulletproof vests. he is used to taking a very active role in protecting the community as president of the association. >> why would police react in that manner. >> i went and said that he specifically interfered with the investigation. i don't have details on that. that is all they shared with me but they said that anyone who interfered is going to be arrested. that is the story that the police are giving at this point. >> someone questioned whether or not he needed to be arrested. was there another measure that needed to be taken? >> here is a guy who is rebuilding houses and has created a community association that has 100 members from scratch and really contributes to the community. he feels like his sort of sense of community and sense of safety is now violated because he is now weary of police when he used to work with them. >> that is a sense that a lot of people have which makes it story interesting. for more information go to foxbaltimore.com and click on investigative voice. later helping the children of a fire cadet who was killed. the local lawmaker who is trying tada. wow! this is a really nice gift, thank you. it's just, i didn't know we were there yet. oh! oh, umm, actually, it really wasn't that much. oh. good! ♪ chestnuts roasting ♪ on an open fire welcome back on fox 45 morning news, 7:31 is the time. we have a school closing to tell you about this morning. pretty boy elementary school is closed because there's no power this morning. and we also want to take a look in our makeup room, because this is something we're going to bring you a little bit later on in the show. it's holiday makeovers. everybody is trying to get ready for parties and events this season so we are going to show you just how you can do that without spending a ton of money and so that you will look fabulous. all of that is coming up in a few minutes. first we need to get over to meteorologist tony pagnotti who is in for steve fertig who always looks f pa fabulous. >> two weeks from today we will be officially welcoming winter. >> it already feels like it. >> we're at 28 degrees. we can't get above freezing at bwi and many locations. winds are not really a factor this morning. we're calm but looking on the horizon we see what is pretty much a significant snow fall and mixed precipitation down to the south of it. we will get in the middle of it somewhere as we do on the mason dixon line, we think tomorrow night into wednesday, perhaps sleet and freezing rain in the northwest suburbs, but look at the temperatures, we're only above freezing at the inner harbor, elsewhere still trying to get above the 32-degree mark. we will get thereby lunchtime definitely 41, 42 degrees around 6:00 tonight and without the school buses, you will be at freezing 32 degrees. bundle up heading out there. i'm sure you will need the old heaters in the car as we see the temperatures staying pretty cold this morning. well, things are heating up on the roadways. we will have to check in right now with candace dold with the track edge report. >> reporter: thank you, tony. it's heating up. you can see reduced speeds on the southbound lanes. we do have a report of a new accident in the southbound direction right at eastern avenue. we will continue to keep you up-to-date on this one. as far as the alternate route, you can always use bel air another or even route 40 instead. haverelling from thtraveling frr tunnel, looking at 44 miles per hour. on the beltway, pretty normal but it's definitely going to be a bit of a heavy ride from 95 up toward 83, you know the usual deal, 14 minutes 43 miles per hour there. 51 from 83 up toward 795, just looking at a 9 minute clip. it's 16 minutes, 38 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels, patrice, back over to you. candace, thank you. 7:34 on fox 45 morning news. arrests could be made morning in this weekend's violent hotel shooting downtown. one man was shot and another one badly beaten. there's three men of interest and this morning megan gilliland is live with more on that investigation. actually, we will get back to that in a few minutes. an elderly man is killed in a parkville apartment fire. it happened at 11:00 yesterday morning. neighbors at the ridge garden apartments say they smelled smoke and called 911. when firefighters arrived, the apartment was completely filled with smoke and the 96 years old occupant was found lying on the floor. the police spokesman said in that situation the gentleman appeared to be cooking, caused a fire, the apartment filled with smoke and the smoke is often just as deadly as fire can be. the building was evacuated. no one else was hurt. senator barbara muck cull 6i makes an appeal on behalf of two children whose mother was killed while training to become a firefighters. she is asking for immediate appeals hearing for wilson's children. wilson was a fire cadet who died in february of 2007 after taking live in a live burn exercise. just a few weeks ago her two children were denied federal surviesurvivor's benefits becaue wilson did not qualify as a firefighter because she was still in training. the appeal goes to erik holder. cardin will assess the damage to the ocean city during last month's nor'easter. he has a tour of the city's beaches planned for 10:30 this morning. this comes after a recent announcement that the clean up is expected to cost around $10 million. ocean city lost about 600,000 cubic yards of sand when the remnants of tropical storm ida moved through the area. women continue to come forward claiming they had extra marital affairs with tiger woods. over the weekend different british tabloids ran stories with two women who were report lead involved with the golfer and the new york daily news linked him to another woman. that brings the total number of women who said they had relationships with woods or who are accused of it to six. woods has not commented on the rumors since last week when he posted a statement on his website referring to transgressions. so far the accusations have not resulted in any of tiger woods sponsor ships being terminated. we want to know what you think. should tiger woods lose his endorsement deals? that the question of the day. the phone lines are open now. give us a call at (410)481-4545. can you always go to foxbaltimore.com ask tell us what you think or sound off through facebook or even send us your response on twitter at fox baltimore. you can even text your answer to 45203 enter fox 45a for yes or fox 45b for no. the living history of that day of infamy recalled through the magic of the motion picture camera shows the japanese fleet dispatching. >> the date still lives in infamy and always will. but on this 68th anniversary of pearl harbor only one ship is still afloat that saw action that day. joe d smith is live at the inner harbor on board that ship, the tanye, good morning joel. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. an amazing day to be on board of this ship with this much historic importance. we are on board of the taney. i'm here with paul who is the curator of the ships in baltimore. this time of day, back then 68 years ago. what was happening on this ship in ho honolulu. >> this ship like the rest of the american fleet was totally unaware of what was going to happen. they were in honolulu, normal sunday peace time routine. the signs were there for the fleet at large and the attack came as a surprise. >> reporter: from what i heard the role of this ship once things got going was to protect the power sources in hawaii. >> she happened to be tied up on pier 6 at honolulu next to the power plant. because of that they were in position when japanese planes over flew the city during the attack to open fire with their antiaircraft bombs. they got a lot of credit for that. >> reporter: this ship was built in the 1930s. it still looks good today. >> it was a coast guard ship. after world war ii, she was put right back in service doing her peace time coast guard duties and that went right on to 1986. by 1960s, this was the only ship still in commission, the united states vessel that had seen action in 1971. all the others were gone at that point. >> reporter: give us an idea of what is going to happen today, a way to commemorate this day and acknowledge pearl harbor survivors. >> today we will hold the annual ceremony on board in which we will have veterans of all services and all periods but especially members of the pearl harbor association. this ship is an honorary member of that association which i think it's a great distinction. we will honor those who were killed in hawaii on december 7th 1941 the event that forced united states into world war ii. >> reporter: a big day, obviously in american history, a big day on board the usbc taney. arrests could be made this morning in this week's violent shooting downtown. one man was shot and another badly beaten and others injured. there are three men of interest and megan gilliland is joining us now with the latest on that investigation. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. a machine gun was found at the scene of this fight. commissioner bealefeld says it's an example of big guys with big guns. he is angry about it and residents should be. it happened inside of the sheraton hotel at west fayette street. 25 people from the baltimore area were at a birthday party with adjoining rooms when a fight broke out. woodland pulled out a tech 9 machine gun and shot another teen in the face. >> this is a big gun, this is a big gun that this guy carried around for who knows how long that night and takes it into a birthday party. we need people to get angry about that and do something about it, not all of this teeth gnashing of whether it's safe or not safe, do something about that guy with guns. that is what we need. >> reporter: now after the shooting, police say woodland was stripped of that machine gun and beat up by two men. woodland was beaten so badly he had to be taken to shock trauma where he remains in critical condition this morning. at this morning, woodland, omar, and jackson are considered persons of interest. charges of attempted murder are pending. coming up getting your holiday look ready, what you need to know baltimore 33, green bay 24, no not my prediction for the game tonight. it could be, but it's actually 33 at charm city and 24 as we speak at green bay, although it is snowing there now it looks like it will be about an inch of snow and then it will stop for tonight's game. a little snow on the ground in the frozen tundra of green bay. here we have hd radar, the leading edge of a storm system that is pulling its way through the midwest. we will be seeing mixed precipitation, not today but late tomorrow night into wednesday. that system will be bring again the -- bringing again the scattered snow shower activity that they will be having in green bay. cold as you may be enjoying the game in a warm, comfort and the confines of your home. 29 degrees with partly cloudy skies, but we're saying bundled up over the next few days because the big chill will be in store. we are about eight degrees colder than nor normal for our daytime high and overnight low. we're getting into a bit of a cold wedged. we are still two weeks away from a preview of mother nature. the cold dragging a little bit of precipitation. the dividing line as usual here in maryland will be seeing a rain event but then sleet and freezing rain at some locations at the temperatures start to drop tomorrow night. take a look at the future scan. you will see the clouds thicken throughout the day. we will get sunshine, but then the clouds will take over through tomorrow and that is what we think, as late as maybe, 6:00 or 7:00 we will see the first start of precipitation start to work its way into our area. forecast looking like this, 45 degrees along the eastern shore today with partly cloudy skies. central maryland will be pushing right around those fox 45 degrees for the daytime high, and overnight lows in the upper 20s once again tonight. garrett county gets a mixed snow flurry activity with sunny skies later this afternoon and 40 degrees. we will stay in the mid-40s but then we see the temperature overnight tuesday into wednesday dropping. that is why we have a 60% chance of rain and/or freezing rain and/or sleet, how is that for and/or, 43 degrees, 39, 40, 42, and look at the overnight temperatures. they will stay below freezing over the next seven days. so it is that time of year when you just got to realize, it is indeed wintertime. what do you say we see traffic time right now? candace dold is in with her traffic edge report. >> thank you, tony. that traffic time means the morning rush is on. we can show you what the speeds are out there. look at these numbers, 24-miles per hour on the west side of the beltway near liberty road and 32 traveling through catonsville. a pretty slow go through if you're traveling through the area. will you want to slow down wherever you're traveling, though. we do in fact, have black ice at mccormick at ches sheas shecsco. as far as 95, the cars are if the yellow and it's because of an accident on the southbound lanes that is now clear at eastern avenue. you can stick with 895, you can see the cars in the green traveling through the harbor tunnel. further up on the beltway, checking in at harford road at the outer loop lanes, here it is, reduced speeds pretty much the usual deal from harford headed toward towson. headed toward the 83, nothing to get in your way on the outer loop lanes, but the inner loop lanes you are seeing a bit of a go traveling through the jfx. the same of a deal from 795 the number of women who supposedly had affairs with tiger woods is now up to six. several new reports ran over the weekend linking the golfer to more women. woods has not commented on the women since last week when he posted a message on his website to drain transgressions. so far his sponsors aristicking with him. that brings us to the question of the day. should woods lose any sponsor deals. our first caller is sherawa. >> in. >> what do you think about tiger woods, should he looser doriloseendorsements. >> he is one man that wanted to cheat on his wife. >> you think that is between the two of them. >> a lot of people who have written on our face book agree with you. let's go to sarah. what do you think? should he face any type of endorsements? >> no, because a man and he is human like all of us. he is entitled to make mistakes. look at how many people have done these situation and it's a part of life. i think it's between him and his wife. >> thank you for your call. let's take a look at the facebook page because a lot of people are agreeing with our callers so far this morning. not at all, people need to mind their business because that is between him and his wife, period. this one says, no his failings are personal between him and his wife. another says i don't think he should lose his deals because he is human. he is allowed to make his mista. the majority of people don't think he should lose his endorsement deals. another one says that he isn't doing anything that most proathletes do when they travel. >> another one says he is no different than anyone else. if michael vick was convicted by animal cruelty and lost it all, why not a man who committed adulterery with not one women but six women, but it's public knowledge and he should be held accountable. >> on twitter we're getting several responses. this one says, he shouldn't lose his endorsements, this is his personal life and that is what it is. >> this one says it doesn't matter what happens to his endorsement deals because it does not influence my decision either way. it seems that the majority of people that responded says he shouldn't lose the endorsement deals, it's between him and his wife and the six women. carrie 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(announcer) store to home. there's more ways to shop your way at sears. life. well spent. s' the season to wow people at your holiday party. we will tell you how to do that. we are here with how to spruce up your look and be fabulous when you hit the parties. >> the thing is most people go through the regular day with their children or work and spruce up their hair quickly for the party and can't get to the salon. >> where do you begin, because you look fabulous when you leave the sa o salon and you can't diu duplicate that at the home. >> we are bobby pins to get rid of hair, because she has a lot of hair and we have two pins here. >> normally this hair would be hanging down and you have done what? >> i put a little curl in it. i are teased the top of her hair and pulled this part back and pulled her hair and hit and got it out of way. i put one pin here. i just take this back over and cover that up. that is if you want the teased look. a lot of things for the parties are using accessories. that's a great way to make it seem, we're going to a party. >> that's a good bling accessory. then do you hair spray all of this in place? >> you can spray it, or if you don't want on have this loosely hanging, you can do it one more time and put one pin in there. it's very simple. we have a lot of hair, you want to get rid of it quickly, do pony tails to kind of hide it? >> of course, you want to have the makeup to have the extra pop. we will take a look at the makeup in the 8:00 hour. you have done the hair and now you will do the makeup as well. that is coming up in a little bit. you are next on fox 45 morning news. >> we need people to get angry about that and do something about it. a call to action after a machine gun rampage at a downtown ho hotel when police wl make an arrest in the shooting. it's a day that live in infamy. we are live on the only ship still afloat 68 years after the attack on pearl harbor. the country star takes us behind the scenes of her christmas special. good morning. it's monday, december 7th. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we have a school closing to pass along to you this morning. pretty boy elementary school is closed because there's no power. today you want the power out there. it's a cold one. all of that cold air is putting us in the holiday spirit at fox 45. we are could notin could countis to the big day which means that that entire stack of gifts you see under the tree, we are giving those away to you. >> you can win if you're the 10th caller at (410)481-4545. there's all kinds of good stuff that you can get your hands on here today. >> that's right. let's check in with meteorologist tony pagnotti who is in for steve fertig. not such good stuff when it comes to the weather. saturday was a miserable mess. >> yes. >> driving in the snow was so hard and there's more of that stuff coming? >> possibly, freezing rain and even freezing sleet. >> that is even harder to drive in. >> you can't shovel freezing rain or sleet. but not all locations will get the temperature once again it will be crucial. we're counting it down to winter. that is fall snow that we had. did you notice the difference. >> no. >> you will notice the difference heading out this morning because it is indeed cold. that is the story this morning, no frozen precip. we have been struggling to get above the freezing mark and it will take an hour or two to get above 32. that is the system we have been talking about. as you can see it's bringing rain and snow and sleet out to our west as we said earlier. green bay wisconsin getting some snow but by game time it will be chilly out there. kind of balmy for green bay. the temperatures will stay in the 20s, 35 and 35 at lunchtime. let's check in with candace dold. that is the only thing hot out over there that is heating up the roadways. candace. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we do indeed have to talk about a cool down. black ice unfortunately to talk about on the eastside of mccormick avenue at ches chess coavenue. just use extra caution if you're traveling on this morning, make sure it doesn't creep up on you. we want to check on the 95 area. the cars are in the yellow at 95 at 695. really no incidents to talk about. we have a bit of congestion to talk about heading down to the fort mchenry tunnel. as for 895, nothing to complain on the harbor tunnel, a 9-minute clip. the beltway the outer loop lanes, so far it's going to be a slow go as usual from 95 toward 83, 16 minutes, 37 miles per hour. doing much better from 83 down toward 795, a 9-minute ride there, 51 miles per hour. look at that number, 35 with an 18-minute drive from 795 down toward 895. that's a look at morning travels. megan on over to you. arrests could be made this this weekend's violent downtown shooting in downtown. one man was shot with a machine gun, others badly beaten. it happened at is 6:00. roughly 20 young people from the baltimore area were at a birthday party inside of two adjoining rooms on the 8th floor there when a fight broke out. 19-year-old raymond woodland allegedly pulled out a tech 9 machine gun and shot another teen in the face. >> this is a big gun that guy carried around for who knows how long that night and takes it into a birthday party. we need people to get angry about that and do something about it, not all of this teeth gnashing about whether it's saii osafeor not safe, do something t bad guys with guns. >> reporter: after the shooting, woodland was stripped of the machine gun and beaten by two men. all three men are considered persons of interests and charges of attempted first-degree murder are pending. an elderly man is killed in a parkville apartment fire. it happened at 11:00 yesterday morning. neighbors at the ridge garden apartment building smelled smoke and called 911. when the firefighters arrived the apartment was completely filled with smoke and the 96 years old occupant was found lying on the kitchen floor. >> yes, the situation in this case is that the gentleman appeared to be cooking, caused a fire, the apartment filled with smoke and smoke is often just as deadly as fire can be. >> the building was evacuated as a precaution but no one else was hurt. there's new information about one of jurors who convicted mayor sheila dixon and some legal analysts say it could be ground for a mistrial. juror number 3 had prior contact with dixon when she was city council president. shawana tyler won a contest sponsored by a city agency back in 2006 and got a shopping spree at a store. dixon was at that event, but she didn't disclose the information before the trial started. she didn't remember dixon being there or even if the contest was sponsored by the city. it's unclear if the defense plans to use this new information as grounds for requesting a mistrial. meanwhile dixon remains on the job and over the weekend she got mixed reaction during the public appearance at the 37th annual mayor christmas parade. the parade took place in hampden. both supporters and op next made their feelings known following the conviction of embezzledment. >> she is a thief and needs to be pulled from office. >> i want to show her some cont and let her know that people still love her at balt. >> reporter:baltimore. >> reporter: as for dixon, he she said it was great to kickoff the holiday season. it shows the japanese fleet dispatching its dive bombers. >> the day still lives in infamily and always will, but on this 68th anniversary of pearl harbor only one ship is still afloat that actually saw action that day. >> joel d smith is live at the inner harbor with the ship the taney. good morning, joel. >> reporter: it's nice to have the privilege of being on this ship on this day. i got the curator. what does it mean to you to be on this ship knowing what it means? >> it's an incredible privilege to be every day in contact with a tangible reminder of such an important period in our american history and aside from december 7th, 41, an extremely important vessel that had a long career. every single day it's a special pride that i get from that. >> reporter: you guys are getting of how big this is. give us an idea of what is going to happen at the ceremony later. >> we will be honoring the memory of the 3,400 americans killed on december 7th, 1941 on float the last vessel that was in action. we will have members of the pearl harbor survivors association with us as well as veterans and dignitaries. >> reporter: you will have historic things presented here that will go on the museum that is on bettere board right now. we on the taney and you can experience this especially on a day that lives in infamy. joel d smith, 45 morning news. the holiday season is chugging along and we're greetingettingin the spirit of o festival of trains parade. that is coming up on our hometown hot spot. we have the winner on the phone picking their gift. stay tuned to find out what they won and when your chance to win >>the festival of trains is stopping at the b and o train museum. good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> i am doing very well. it's always so beautifully decorated there. you got a lot of stuff going on for the holidays, tell us what is going on? >> the festival of trains is going on in baltimore and different model train lay outs all the time. we have the weekend train rides with santa and frosty the snow man. >> so frosty is going to be boarding one of those trains. >> yes, he is? , that's a big deal for kids out there? >> it's a huge deal. people like to see santa and the snow man. it's a great way to get people in the holiday spirit. bring your family on down and get in the holiday spirit. >> thank you very much. the holiday sphestivel festivals is a the to the west pratt street through january 10th. for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. updating baltimore 34, green bay 24. no not the score tonight but our temperatures in the respective cities. it's snowing in green bay as we speak, however, slight moderate snow fall. by game time tonight a flurry or two. 32 at home. partly cloudy skies. clouds throughout the day thickening and it won't get any precip in here until late tomorrow night into wednesday. we could get a mixed bag, not snow, more freezing sleet and/or rain as the system pushes on through. we have enough cold air if place. that is why we think we will see a little precip. 29 degrees, tonight another cold night. as you are heading out the door the next several mornings, you want to bundle up because mercury is 8 degrees chillier than what it should be on this december 7th, 8th, 9th 10thed and beyond. the cold blast of air and the front pushes through the next several nights with chilly conditions not as snow but as subfreezing temperatures. today we will get the clouds thickening through the afternoon. you stay dry, no precipitation until late tomorrow afternoon perhaps as rain and maybe we will see a slug of moisture in the form of freezing rain or sleet. frying degrees along the eastern shore, partly cloudy skies. here in central maryland fox 45 degrees throughout the day and out in garrett county only about 40 degrees with snow flurries out there this morning giving way to partly sunny skies. your seven-day forecast looking like this. temperatures again in the mid-40s. here is our mixed precip maybe in the northwest counties and then we will be seeing the temperatures staying below normal over the next 7 days. you know, fox 45 sky watch weather is at your finger tips. iradar available at foxbaltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. the interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. well, let's check in now with the hon of our highways, candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony. well, unfortunately, i probably won't be to popular with people traveling on 695, not doing too bad near the liberty road exit, but we dip down to 28 miles per hour traffin traveling through catonsville. and 15 miles per hour on whitemarsh, there's the lower spots this morning. speeds will be reduced out there, because we do have black eyes to talk about. that weather came through the weekend but he we ar we are deah the remnants. be careful if you are heading out the door, you could be finding it in your neighborhood as well. as far as the main lines, on harford road, can you see the outer loop lanes it's going to be a parking lot heading from the harford road toward towson, back toward 95, not doing so bad. it starts to slow down at the harford area. as for the top end we do have the cars in the yellow enter mittently slowing and heading toward the towson area. on 795 this morning it's generally jammed from owings mills toward the 695 exit. we do need to talk about carroll county. we do have some power outage in halhalfhamstead. use the route 30 alternate route. it is our countdown to christmas here on fox 45. every day from now to christmas eve, we're giving away all the gifts from our christmas tree. the first winner of the day is erik from baltimore. good morning, erik. >> erik, are you there? >> yes. >> megan is shaking up your gift. >> here is what you won. >> we are going to open it up and see what we got here. >> every day i got to remind megan that the gifts are not for her. she will have to give them to the actual winner. i'm on your side, eric. >> we have a cd pack. we have sugar land, groald goldd green, the circle is $39 value. this is courtesy of ae mercury records. what do you think? >> i love it, thank you. >> some holiday music for you. >> very nice. >> happy holidays for you and your family. don't worry. if you didn't win this time, we are giving away the gifts as part of our countdown for christmas. we have plenty of gifts under our tree. we are going to give away two more gifts this morning just before the show is over. if i lost the weight, i could stop taking so many medications. if i lost the weight, maybe my feet... my back... ...my knees would stop hurting. if i lost the weight, i'd feel more comfortable shopping for clothes. i'd visit my sister in seattle more often. i might be able to improve or even resolve my type 2 diabetes. so, i finally lost the weight after talking with my doctor about the lap-band system. announcer: the lap-band is placed around the upper part of the stomach-- often as an outpatient procedure-- to help you achieve long-term weight loss. unlike gastric bypass, it can be adjusted, and there's no stomach cutting or stapling. call for your free fact kit or visit lapband.com. lap-band is not for those who are pregnant, or have symptoms of autoimmune, severe heart, lung or gastrointestinal disease, cirrhosis or pancreatitis. surgery-related fatalities, reoperation, and band removal are rare. band slippage, stomach injury, vomiting and heartburn may occur. i'm ready. i'm ready. i'm ready. announcer: ask your doctor about the latest generation lap-band system. ♪ ♪ >> carri underwood went from american idol winner to superstar. that is a christmas dream come true. now she is spreading christmas cheer with a a christmas special. good morning, carrie. >> good morning. >> the holiday season, tell me what you like best about this time of year? >> i like that a lot of things seem to naturally slow down in the entertainment world and i get to spend time with my family and friends and all of the people that are important to me. >> that is very nice, because i'm sure your schedule has got to be very busy. do you associate the christmas time with music? >> of course, there's so many christmas songs and things like that withstood the test of time that everybody knows the words to. tons of great programming and tons like that to watch and really family oriented. it's good all the way around. >> tell me about the christmas the holiday special? >> well, goodness, there's a lot going on. we did a lot of music, of course, a lot of amazing guests. you know, skits and comedy, and things like that, kind of a background look at my life. we had a lot of fun with it which was the most important thing and i think that really comes through in the finished product. >> you don't see a lot of variety shows like this anymore. so it's nice to have that, but it's also going to be nice to hear so many different artists come together and perform including you. we're going to hear from you, correct? >> yeah. i sing a lot. other people sing some of their songs. they sing with me, it's just a big jumble mess of great music. like i said, we had a lot of fun with it. i got to hang out with a lot of friends and meet a lot of new people. we have a lot of people who contributed to the show in a musical way. a lot of my friends come on and get do skit stuff and things like that. we had a big, i guess it's a jumbled mess of. >> a good mess, a fun mess. >> it's good family programming, too. it makes me feel really good that i have done something that everybody can come together and enjoy together. >> i want to ask you, we're talking about the holiday season, but right after the holiday season in january, american idol starts again. it's like it never goes away, but do you still watch it? >> yeah. it's amazing to me to watch it now and think, i was a part of that a few years ago. i'm old now. i go back and i'm not even in the middle anymore. i'm at the beginning because there's season 9 coming up. it's crazy to think about? >> i'm sure that all of the american idol a lums who ar alue outputting their albums are hoping to reach the same success you have. we are looking forward to the special. >> thank you very much. >> carrie underwood and all-star holiday special airs tonight at 8:00 here on now is the time to get out and do your holiday shopping. we have a look at gadgets 4 your family. gadget girl joins thus this morning. >> we have a lot of stuff. we are going to start over here. >> what we're doing over here is pc's, especially with touch technology. they can take advantage of correll digital studio 2010. you can take all of those photos and finally create photo albums, do dvds and all of that kind of stuff. it takes advantage of the touch technology. so you can bring down your photos, and do all kinds of interesting things, you know and stuff. really kind of cool. you have to have the touch tech built into your pc in order for it to work. the program itself will work on xp or vista. it's 2 $59.99. for coffee lovers, this is the coffee pot that bruise it one at a -- brews it one at a time. >> amazon has starbucks. it starts at 1:29, but good guess. this is called the -- >> is this wacky. essentially this is a magnet thus the name. you put it on the inside of your shirt. this goes on the outside of your shirt. then all of your i pod is organized, stocking stuffer. >> finally from japan this is a video pen. >> wow. >> you can shoot video, you're sitting in a meeting, you're about to be fired. what you do is videotape your boss. this is the lens. >> this is concerning, though that people are going to have these out here. >> it's very cool. there's a usb slot in there so you put it right there and download your video and audio, $59. >> the days we are in now. >> it's spies out there. >> very nice. >> it's what $59? >> $59, yeah. >> great holiday gifting ideas. thank you as always. for more informatio log on to -e information log on it foxbaltimore.com. still ahead she was a beauty don't. we reveal the results of our makeover monday. next our countdown to christmas continues. we are giving away all of the gifts you are seeing under the 8:30 is the time. i'm patrice harris. good morning, i'm megan gilliland. we're getting you in the holiday spirit. we're counting down to christmas here on fox 45 morning news. the entire stack of gifts we are trying to give them to you on viewers through christmas eve. you can win right now if you're the 4th or 5th caller at (410)481-4545. you can -- >> i love it. >> you can feel the mad rush, people rushing to the phones to call in. we love it. we are going to meteorologist tony pagnotti who is in with cold temperatures. >> very cold. >> we have the cold hard facts, folks this morning. we can't get above freezing. we are at 39 degrees. we have a frontal boundary pushing late tomorrow through wednesday morning. we could get late precip, not snow but freezing rain. otherwise rain on wednesday. we will have temperatures today trying to push up through the 40s, but as you can see, only in baltimore at the inner harbor and d.c. are we above freezing. we will get there definitely by noontime, 41 topping out at 42 to 44 degrees. the last call for the bus stop. it's a chilly one, 32 bundle on up. well, let's see as we work our way toward the latter part of this your hour on this monday morning, how candace dold is checking it all out and see if we're getting along pretty good, candace. >> reporter: tony, we have weather related incidents to talk about some black ice. we're dealing with black ice at mccormick avenue at chesico avenue. right at the fort mchenry tunnel there's traffic entering the southbound tunnel there. you can see a bit of company but no problems to report on the 895 direction. the southbound lanes from the harbor tunnel all the way toward 95, a 9 minute clip, 54 is the average speed. and the beltway, a pretty slow go, 60 minutes 38 miles per hour. now at 53 miles per hour from 83 down toward 795 with an 8 minute clip and then look at that from 795 down toward 95, 18 minutes 35 miles per hour. that's a look at your morning travels, patrice, back over to you. here are the stories we're following this morning. arrests could be made this morning in this weekend's violent hotel shooting downtown. it happened around 3:00 sunday morning inside of sheraton hotel on west fayette street. one man was shot with a machine gun. another one badly beaten and others injured. there are three men of interest. >> reporter: i'm joel d smith at the inner harbor on board the only ship left from the battle for the pearl harbor that saw the taney. the members of this ship were hearing how serious this day was and how the attack on pearl harbor started by the japanese. this ship had to fire on planes from the japanese to try to protect the main power source in hawaii. an important day in american history and in hawaii as the tane, y the only surviving ship will be seeing a ceremony today. a hamster in the zhu zhu pet collection could be toxic. one toy contains high levels of chemicals used in textiles. the toy manufacturers refuse the claims saying the product is safe. morning we have been checking in with darrell who is showing us how to go from our work look to a party look for the holidays. we are here with a look at jasmine davis with the model. good morning to all of you. >> when we last talked to you you were talking about how we at home with do up dos ourselves. this is the finished product. i'm going to spin you around, okay? >> all right. >> this is the final look and it's all up. tell me what you did? >> the first look we had part of it up and some of it hanging down. to make it more glamorous, i took the top part and held it up and put two or three minutes and put it together. >> then you put the ornamental pin in there as well. >> that makes it party. if you take it out, it's a normal up do, but as soon as you add bling, it brings us into the party mood. >> let me spin you around and let's see your face. that is where jasmine goes in, how do you go with the makeup you wear to work which is usually something simple to something that pops. >> the best way to do the party is to do a smokey eye. for the winter there's a lot of purples. i used a purple shadow and did a smokey eye with mascara, and we use a neutral color lip. >> we are taking a look at before and after. the before, obviously you had no make up on. now your face looks a lot warmer, a lot brighter, how do you like the makeup? do you like it? >> i love it, yeah. >> that is what you did with the eyes. what do you do to accent her cheeks? >> yes, i used a strong blush and focused on the apples of the cheeks and just blending out from there? >> it looks good, because it's not over done on her cheeks. it doesn't look like scary, but it blends all in. >> what about the lips, what do we do there? i see gloss? >> i tried to find a color that is close to her natural lip color and just adding a really clear, shiny, shiny gloss. you can even add a color that is layered at the very center. >> that is lipstick with the gloss over it? >> yes. >> that is the trend. we are going back to lipsticks. >> people start with a liner and that will help seal the color and make it last longer especially if you're going to be out all night. >> you don't have to be a makeup artist. is this something you can accomplish at home? >> absolutely. you can accomplish it at home. it's very easy. >> how long should people at home spend on their makeup if you're going out to a party. >> probably the eyes would take the longest, add 20 minutes. >> darrell, how long to do the hair would you do? >> you could get your hair up in less than 10 minutes if you use small sections. if you try to take everything at once, it will be overwhelming. >> for more information on how to get your holiday look, log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. still ahead, our countdown to christmas continues. we have our winners on the phone. they're picking out their gift right now taking a look at what is under our tree. stay tuned to find out what they won and when your next chance to win is. 8:37 is the time. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. airborne guy: i first started taking airborne to help support my immune system when i travelled. but then i realized ... there are so many other times my immune system could use help. sfx: waaaaaahhh! wife: guess who's teething? airborne guy: like whenever life gets a little out of control ... daughter: daddy, meet snake. airborne guy: or any time life catches up to you. anncr: airborne helps support your immune system with a special blend of ... zinc, ginger, echinacea, and 13 other vitamins, minerals and herbs - plus a blast of vitamin c! sfx: kissing sound wife: 'night dear. airborne guy: try airborne. it's good for you when life is not. the more you expect from your pain reliever. tylenol 8 hour eases body pain... with one layer that works fast... one that lasts all day... and no layers that irritate your stomach the way that ibuprofen can. new tylenol cold rapid release gels day and night release medicine fast to relieve painful coughs, congestion and sore throats. so you can feel better. climate change is nothing to sneeze at but it may be the reason you're sneezing. spring is happening earlier than it used to, which means to pollen blooms earlier and lasts longer causing a lasting hey fever season. there's much weeds to make you sneeze such as ragweed. a climate prone to drought means for particles in the air. it's not just the number of weeds that matters, it's the size. according to one department of agriculture study weeds in cities with warmer temperatures and higher co2 levels could grow 4 times as big as those in rural areas. 4 times the size means 4 times the bole les pollen. agriculture experts say that research is done to combat the size of weeds. meanwhile sufferers have more to worry about? i'm jill cortis reporting. to learn more about brighter living go to foxbaltimore.com. now it's time to check on the forecast. meteorologist tony page knot hey ipagnotti withcolder temperatur. 34 at the inner harbor and we're going to try to push the number up into the 40s today. we are still below freezing in many locations so bundle up on heading out the door. we do have frozen precipitation that is out to our west. it looks like it will stay there until tomorrow night. we may get a little bit sleet, freezing rain-mix in the northwest suburbs. it will be pretty much an all rain event here. here it the system and as i said earlier, snowing at green bay, light snow about an inch. by game time tonight, an inch on the ground but it feels no problem just a cloudy kind of chilly night at lambeau. no winds to speak of but we want to tell you to bundle up all this week. we have temperatures that are going to be going down and we will be seeing a much colder, both bot in the overnight hours before we start to see things blast through. that is when we think the overnight freezing of temperatures could be a factor tomorrow night into wednesday with some of the frozen precipitation. clouds and radar right now, our future scan showing that we see the clouds thicken throughout the day tomorrow and by tuesday afternoon, that is when we think we may start seeing some rain turning over a little freezing rain and sleet. 45 degrees in the eastern shore today, central maryland, fox 45 degrees also. winds out of the south 5-10, out in garrett county where there's been snow flurries this morning. 40 degrees partly sunny skies. here is the 7-degree for you. at least we're still in the 40s. that is the good news because we should be around the 50 degrees as we start the second week of december but then temperatures take a dip and overnight low temperatures over the next 7 days, would you believe it, they will stay well below freezing. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. iradar available at fox baltimore.com. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. interactive tools let you see exactly when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. what do you say we get our last look at the weather on this monday morning. here is candace. >> reporter: thank you tony. we are tracking the average speeds out there for you. even though it's near the 8:00 hour, those speeds are down. at the beltway 39 miles per hour and 39 traveling through catonsville. heading through 95 at the for mchenry tunnel, looking at 63 miles per hour. we is do have trouble to talk about that region plaque ice at mccormick avenue, make sure you use extra caution as you head out the door. you will find it of course, as you step outside of your house. that is going to be an issue this morning. as for the main lines, you will have company and incident free running through the tunnels but those speeds are up there. the jfx that is going to be a bit of a different story. the southbound lanes we do have a pretty good crowd. look at that the southbound lanes from 695 heading into the downtown region. the southbound is going to be an area of concern for us this morning. as for the beltway, it's the inner loop lanes. you can get concern at the top lanes at greenspring avenue. you can see some of the cars are going to be completely stopped from greenspring heading toward the jfx. nothing to complain about the outer loop lanes down toward 795. on 795, you will find intermittented delays the usual deal headed through owings mills. but then we need to talk about what we have in carroll county. we have down power lines at mott avenue. use the route 30 over pass because of the power outage. we have a lot of traffic lights that are out as well. take it slow if it you are traffing through that -- traveling through that area. patrice and megan back to you. it's our countdown to christmas from from now through christmas day. we have barb from westminister on the line, good morning barb. >> good morning. >> this is what you chose. what made you choose that one? >> my daughter said that looks so pretty. >> let me tell you what your daughter got for you. this is a christmas tree made up of 100 scratch and win tickets from the maryland stat lottery. tis' the season game. and each of these tickets is a $1 scratch and win, but you have the possibility of win $1,000 per scratch off ticket. so that is not bad. >> that is wonderful. thank you so much. >> no problem. >> are you going to get your granddaughter to help you scratch some since she chose it. >> my daughter, yes. >> barb, congratulations, thank you. >> we have the second winner and it's latris from baltimore. >> good morning, latris. >> how are you doing? >> you picked this gift and we will tear into it to see what you got. you won the chico think learn orchestra. children learn musical games on this, jazz and also pop. a lot of things on here and they have the names of instruments and sounds. it's good for ages 12 months and up. what do you think? >> thank you. i have a 1-year-old. >> and megan is playing with it again. >> that is very nice. this is very cool. congratulations. >> don't worry if you didn't win today, because we are giving away gifts all month long as part of our countdown to christmas. you just have to stay tuned for your chance to win. up next, it's tailgate time [ laughter ] >> see the delicious treats that you can cook up tonight when your friends come over for happy purple monday. the ravens are in green bay tonight. we will tell you how to cook up a win at your house. michael joins us this morning with more. >> good morning to you. >> good morning. >> it's an away game so a lot of people will be tailgating at home. because it's cold outside, we need cooking ideas inside to cook up a good meal. do you have good ideas? >> yes, you have a cook indoors for a game away when it's cold inside. >> we are peppers and onions. what you want to do is put these on medium heat for 10 minutes. you are going to add two cloves of garlic, a pinch of salt and pepper. >> so far so good. i can handle that. >> over here we have our mild sausage. you cook that at first, and add it later. you cook it over medium well. 10 minutes is good. >> okay. >> afterwards, we have the finished product over here. >> you have the pepper. >> when it's all finished you add it altogether. >> you add a little bit of olive oil altogether. >> the olive oil within the water. >> it's perfect to be inside cooking tooz becaus today becaua little chilly. >> at the end you turn it and brown it off and you know it's finished. >> it looks good and everybody in here their mouths are watering. >> have you a lot coming up for hottie days. >> we are 30% bigger during the holidays. you can use it for lasagna and spaghetti. it's great for the holidays and you can ship it to people across the country. go visit our website and you can ship sausage to anyone for a gift across the country. >> this is the mild and do you have spicy as well. >> we have taken crab seasoning and put it in the sausage. we have called it chesapeake sausage. can you find that at mars food, and safeway. >> any other cooking tips you have for us as we head into the holidays? >> yes, i would take and incorporate with your la las la. >> you can use it for a number of things, it's versatile food. sausage is affordable and it's a great food. >> we are going to try it to see if it's any good. this is the mild or hot sausage. >> that's the mild. >> all right. >> that's pretty good. very good and i like the peppers and all of that on there, too. obviously, you guys have this available right now. people can check it out all the time. >> check it out at your local grosser. >> and check it out at ore our website at foxbaltimore.com. >> you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. guys remember, we're a solar system. mars is down...and... um, it's only 10am. who hasn't had their jimmy dean breakfast this morning? mmmm! now lets orbit i feel awesome. you're all awesome. jimmy dean breakfast sandwiches, fight the morning fade. it's a broadway show that premiered 28 years ago but dream dreamgirls show no sign of slowing down. it runs through december 27th. now tickets are available through ticketmaster at the hippodrome, but we always have things to give away. the hippodrome sent us a pair of tickets to give to you. you can win right now if you are the 10th caller at phone (410)481-4545. >> the show is awesome but joseph mother camercado is in t. >> a lot of people will want to get out there. >> meanwhile very, very cold outside. >> it is. folks are wondering about green bay tonight. no snow. >> didn't they say it would help the ravens if it snowed up there? >> that's right. it's a balmy 24 degrees at game time at green bay. >> that is painful. >> here we are getting green bay temperatures overnight. we're going to be if a cold wedged of air. we stay with the clear, dry stuff until tuesday night, tomorrow night and some areas could be getting frozen precip, not the white but the wet mixed up with freezing rain, maybe a little sleet. overnight low temperatures over the next 7 days not getting above freezing. so tis' the season, the freezing season. >> and you said two weeks until winter? >> yes, two weeks from today we usher in the winter solstice. >> she wants snow. >> i want snow on christmas, but just that day. >> one thing when i was on my way in, i was looking for ice on the roads but i didn't find any. there's ice out there, so travel with extra caution. >> most people hopefully had to stay indoors but i had a baby shower for my sister. people were coming from all over the place and having to dry on that was a mess. >> i went outside and stood out at fells point for the parade. it's pouring down rain and ice, and yeah, this is great. >> we have the first measurable snow. we got it under our belts. >> very true. >> another thing that we have under our belts. >> i agree with that. another thing that we have under our belts is tonight, the ravens win. >> go ravens. >> we have our purple. somebody on the face book page, samuel said, where is your ravens colors? >> i my purple laundry. >> mine is my shirt. we are going to end it right there. we will see you back here real-time closed captioning provided by u.s. captioning company

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