Transcripts For WBFF Fox 45 Morning News 20091228

>>next on fox 45 morning news. no one comes around hereafter dark. a violent weekend leaves three men dead in separate crimes. how neighbors are reacting to the violence. didn't get everything you want in christmas. the dvds you can treat yourself at the video store this week. the ravens lose to the steelers, how they could still have a chance at at playoffs. good morning. welcome to fox 45 morning news. today is monday, december 28th. i'm megan gilliland. patrice harris has the morning off and for many of you it might be back to work or perhaps back to shopping, returning some of those gifts you got over the holiday. to find out how the weather will be shaping for you as you head out. meteorologist tony pagnotti is here for steve. you said that a lot of folks might be headed back to the mall with the gifts they didn't like to get rid of them. >> or regift. in western maryland a newery of activity at the mall literally snow wide. >> really. >> it's snowing? western maryland right now. don't complain. we may get a few snow flakes here in central maryland. there's a travel advisory in western maryland as the frontal advisory pushed through. 37 at bwi partly cloudy skies. it's 41 at the inner harbor. there's the pink that you see just pushing through hagerstown, a burst of activity with snow showers. look at the temperature, that's the more important thing to notice, 19 in oakland. we have very frigid digits on the other side of that frontal boundary. that means we will be seeing much colder air in place tomorrow. the temperatures in the upper 30s through lunchtime. we will break at 40 degrees. we should be at 33 for this time of year. get ready because an arctic blast comes our way. i will outline the cold hard facts in just a little bit. what do you say right now? we check in and see how forecast the traffic is going on this monday morning. here is candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we have a new incident just into our newsroom. it's in mount airy a bus fire that shuts down all the lanes of westbound 70 on route 37, traveling in the mount airy region. just be aware that is completely shutdown. we will get you more details as soon as we can get them into our newsroom. as for the main lines traveling on i-70, you can see those cars are traveling a nice and calm ride on both the inner loop lanes and the outer loop direction heading toward 95. the entire stretch from 795 to 95 running normal an 11 minute clip at 55 miles per hour. on 95, the fort haik henry tunnel, that will take only 4 minutes at 55 miles per how. if you're going to go to on 895 on the southbound lanes from the harbor tunnel to 895, t that wil take 9 minutes at 54 miles per hour. that's a look at morning commute. back to you. candace, thank you. police investigate a deadly weekend in the city of baltimore. 3 men shot to death in separate crimes. among the victims a jewelry store owner. police say 58-year-old wayne rodder was found in the back room of his baltimore home on saturday with gunshot wound. police say it appears nothing was taken from his store and at this point the motive is unclear. >> it's definitely a mystery we are trying to get to the bottom of. >> no one comes after dark or anything. >> police found 53-year-old ashley harper shot to death outside of his west baltimore home on saturday night after he tried to help his fight durin sa fight. late that last night a man was found in east baltimore with a shot to his head and upper body. so far no arrests have been made. new information this morning in the death of a little girl on the eastern shore. police found the body of 11-year-old sarah. she was taken from her home by legs. legs dated the girl and had custody of her and her two siblings. more than 2,000 volunteers joined in the search for sarah. >> everybody is relieved that she was found. they're not relieved in the way she was found. >> we told her that would come out today and find the area where she was found so we could say a little prayer together for her and her family. >> at this point legs is charged with kidnapping and burglar he re. we are awaiting autopsy results to see how the little girl died. her funeral is being paid for donors. two women, a man and an 11-month-old child ended up in the hospital on december 18th after the cl leak at twin press court. one of the women died this weekend. investigators have not determined what the cause of the leak might have been. last week the baltimore county council passed a law that requires rental units to have carbon monoxide detectors. a hard breaking loss for the baltimore ravens. the team went into pittsburgh with playoff hopes still alive but those hope took a hit after losing a messy game to those steelers. it was a game of penalties. the ravens were flagged 11 times for over 100 yards. one of those caused by willis mcgahee touch down when it was called back after a holding call on kelly washington. it would have given the ravens a 26-20 lead but they kept battling on late in the game. tom makes a key interception and returns it inside, the steeler report, but frank walker was called for illegal contact on that flag, the interception did not count and the ravens go down 23-20. >> it's part of being in this league. it's not the first time that it has happened. we have a mature locker room. we will bounce back like we have all year. we lost more games than we planned on, but one the positive things of losing tough games is to see what we're made off. we know what we're made of. we because we bounce back every time and we will do it again. >> they have a chance to make it the playoffs if they win a game against the oakland raiders, the team will claim a wild card slot. but that won't take the sadness from a lot of fans. joel d smith is live at panera bread with the fans. >> reporter: it this is one of those days when you like to talk to the fans, but not too much, because the wounds gets deep, and hopefully it won't be too much. here is frank cleary always customer number one, come on by and tell us what you think about the game. how long does it take you to get past a game like that? >> as soon as i turn it off, it's over with, move on. >> reporter: we will make you reminisce a little bit longer. when it comes to the game itself, did the steelers earn it or did the ravens give it to them. >> a little bit of both. the ravens give it to them with the turn over and the penalties. but that is football. if they would have played the whole game the way they played the 4th quarter, they would have won. >> reporter: what about the drop off base. >> i felt sorry for him. he played well all of his career. he went to his hand and hit his face. >> reporter: for the future, maybe this game won't matter, because they beat oakland and that will take care of. >> it's in their hands, they beat oakland and they are in the playoffs. >> reporter: maybe next year we will be back. frank is very realistic, he has been here early and he is awake. he doesn't let the game bother him to too much. >> i talk about it and the wounds fester. joel, are you remaining optimistic. >> reporter: yes, it's oakland. oakland is oakland. they have nothing to play, and the ravens have everything to play for so they should take care of business. they got to do it? they got to do it. new numbers show holiday shoppers spent more this season than last year. that is encouraging considering credit is tight and unemployment is in double digits. last year holiday sales were a big bust. this year, retail sales rose 3% from the beginning of the new year to christmas eve. retailers hope that after christmas sales will see another boost. another scare to a northwest flight to detroit. >> he came home and he started -- in chicago. >> later why he was so angry. plus, how u.s. officials knew the christmas day terror suspect was potentially dangerous before this weekend. seasonal temps this monday mo we're coming up by 613 in the morning. if you're headed out west for any reason the western part of our state, you might want to allow a little extra time because take a look at western maryland radar. those are snow showers and he we have a winter weather advisory. there could be a couple of blowing winter snow. this western maryland, not here. we have seasonal temperatures as the system pushed through overnight and it headed over to hagerstown and will head to pa. we will see the remnants which will be more so cold air than anything else. as can you see 40 at the inner harbor. 24 in clarks berg. we have a lot of colder air on the other side of it. tonight 28 for the overnight low, but wind gusts tomorrow morning will feel like single digits out there. we will be having oakland 2 with the windchill. you can see with the numbers are going to change drastically tomorrow. forget about the 50-degree highs we had this weekend. they are history. 43, they will get around there this morning. temperatures are not going to be increasing that much over the next 12 to 18 hours. here is the snow that was the big story in the upper midwest. here in central maryland we're not talking about he snow. we're talking about the colder air that we see on the other side. that is what we see the temperature and the wind gusts. the snow heads up to the northwest or northeast and this other system on the other side with some very cold air this place. be ready as we wind out of '09 into the big 10, we will be having very cold temperatures. cloud radar, no precipitation for the next 46, 48 hours. a system that is not really together down south could bring us a coastal storm, new year eve, into new year's day. 42 degrees with partly cloudy skies, central maryland, ditto on that, maybe a degree cooler, 41. the winds will start switching to the northwest later on tonight. western maryland we have the winter weather advisory, 31 degrees and snow showers throughout the day. speaking of new year's eve, 21 degrees amid the fireworks. there could be white stuff coming from the sky, a mist of rain and snow as we see it right now. the next couple of days, cold will be the weather story. we will barely break the 30s around freezing. with windchills it will be like the single digit tomorrow. dress accordingly thursday into friday, and new year's day that is what we think of snow mix before ending on saturday. we keep you posted right up-to-the-minute. you on fox 45 sky watch weather is at tour finge your finger ti. 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 see how things are happening out there on this monday afternoo after the holidy weekend. here is candace. >> reporter: same to you, tony. actually it's going to be a pretty good ride on many of the main lines. we're checking on 9550 miles per hour and on 63, traveling on the 395 exit as for 95, near the airport, 66. all in all pretty calm on that stretch. we have trouble to talk about at mount airy this morning, there's a bus fire that completely shuts down all lanes of westbound 70. that is right at route 27. now we don't have any incidents to report on route 144, so you could always stick with that this morning. as for 70 the eastbound lanes taking it from the 29 up toward 695, that is nice and quiet, and here is the beltway right at 70 and you can see once you finally hit eventually that stretch it's going to be calm with the inner and outer loop lanes. right at liberty road, checking on the west side we can show you the outer loop direction. it's getting a good crowd there. there are no brake lights to report. threat the same deal on the inner loop lanes up to 795. once you make the approach through the pikesville region headed toward ris reisterstown . all of those cars are in the green. that's a look at travels, megan, back over to you. thank you, candace. coming up, now that the shopping is over, the christmas returns begin. why you could have to pay more when you return the gift. we all au the person they handcuffed but that is all we saw. >> another scare on the same flight bound for detroit. and how u.s. officials knew the christmas day terror suspect was potentially dangerous before this weekend. shipping! (announcer) store to home. there's more ways to shop your way at sears. life. well spent. >>another scare on a northwest airline headed from amsterdam to dede troit. a 23-year-ol 23-year-old is at r of a growing terror probe. officials say he brought explosives on board the aircraft. we have the latest from the detroit airport. >> reporter: a second scare of a possible bottom on northwest bomb 283, the same flight involved in friday's alleged terrorism attempt. this time concern over nigerian man in his 30s spending more than an hour locked in the bathroom as the plane flew across the united states. crew members became suspicious broke the door down and dragged him down. he then said became irate and verbalbly aggressive. the passenger had apparently fell ill. >> when he came out, he started talking to the -- she called the captain. >> we all saw the person they handcuffed but that is all. >> this is the second leg of my flight. it was a long flight. i just wanted to get off of the plane. >> reporter: the incident comes after an alleged man allegedly failed to bomb the same flight to christmas day. that man's father resently contacted the u.s. embassy in nigerian expressing concern about his son's extremist views. he was placed on a watch list but not on a no flight list. >> the passengers reacted correctly and the crew reacted correctly. >> reporter: he is now in a federal prison 50 miles from he detroit. they want to open an inquiry on the procedures that explosives are detected. >> we want to sharpen our procedures. what is better sued. >> it's amazing to me, that an individual who is sending off so many signals could get on a plane going to the u.s. >> reporter: federal officials say there's no cause for concern over yesterday's flight 253, but the investigation into abdou mulal aph alleged motives will continue. meanwhile authorities have stepped up restrictions. passengers will face longer lines at security checkpoints and have less freedom to move around the plane during their flight. they expect passengers traveling for leasure to put up with the new inconveniences, but they're worried that business travelers might think twice before flying if the new measures mean extra time at the airplane. we want to know what you think. do the extra security precautions and recent airline scares make you think twice about flying? it's the question of the day. we will be taking your calls in our 7:00 hour. you can go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think. or sound off through facebook, send us a tweet at fox baltimore. you can text your answer to 445203, enter fox 45a for no, or fox 45b for no. coming up now that the shopping is over, the christmas returns begins. why you would have to pay more when you return that gift. >> if you didn't get what you wanted for christmas, you still can. the movies coming out on dvd this week. 6:23 is the time. now. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. u.s. markets were closed for 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cheese, you've made us the kinda believers... that'd follow you blindly... like nearsighted bison on a flavor stampede. small price to pay for all that taste. try one today. subway. eat fresh. good morning. welcome back to fox 45 morning news. i'm megan gilliland. you're waking up to a clear start as to the morning as you head out to work, maybe back to work after the long holiday weekend, but could there be snow on the way. meteorologisty pagnotti is here with all of the answers. i can't believe when you said that, i had no idea this was coming. >> the timing again, it will be new year's eve into new year's day. it's still so far out, it looks like it will be a snow mix. that is the biggest days, that is one of the biggest days of the year when you have plans to go in and ring in the new year. let's take it a day at the time as we do at the weather department of the right now we're not doing too bad. 42 at the inner harbor bud the temperatures will -- but those temperatures will stay there, we do not have much warming because we have a blast of cold air to the west. we have snow showers to western maryland where there's a travel advisory, a winter weather advisory to be more specific. a couple of itche inches of snoh snow and drifting. oakland at 18. that is a hint of what is coming here tomorrow, but not today. we will try to hold on to the temperatures in the 30s and 40 degrees. tomorrow big wind gusts. i will have more on that in a bit, but let's check on the traffic report with the traffic edge. here is candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony. we have been monitoring conditions on 70 this morning. there's a bus fire on the westbound lanes completely shutting down all westbound loins at mount airy. the fryer is now out, we're just waiting for a tow truck, but unfortunately that is still blocked there. will you want to use route 144 as an alternate route. once you get past that this, you 70 is going to be on the inbound lanes all the way down to 695. we will show you what is going on at 695 heading on 70. here it is. it's going to be an easy drive on both the outer loop lanes and heading toward the 795 area. 795 toward 95 running normal, a 12 minute clip and running at bower miles per hour. back on the beltway from 83 up to 795, that will take 8 minutes at 54 miles per hour. 55 miles per hour with only an 11-minute ride from 95 up toward 83. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back over to you. candace, thank you. 6:42 on fox 45 morning news. police investigate a deadly weekend in the city of baltimore. three men shot to death in separate crimes. among the victims a jewelry store owner. police say 56-year-old wayne rodder was found in the back room of his store on saturday with gunshot wound. police say it appears nothing was taken to from his store and at this point the motive is unclear. >> it's definitely a mystery that we're trying to get to the bottom of. >> no one comes around hereafter dusk or dark or anything. >> police found 53-year-old ashley harper shot to death outside of his west baltimore home on saturday night after he tried to help his son during a fight. late that same night, another man found in east baltimore with gunshot wounds to his head and upper body. so far no arrests have been made. new information this morning in the death of a little girl on the eastern shore. police found the bod hey of a 11-year-old sarah haley fox we'll on christmas day. police say the girl was taken from her room by registered sex offender thomas legs. legs dated the girl's aunt who had custody of her and her two siblings. more than 3,000 volunteers joined? the search for sarah. >> everybody is relieved she was found but not relieved the way she was found. >> i told her we would come out here today and look for the area where she was found so we could say a little prayer together for her and for the family. >> at this point, legs is charged with kidnapping and burglary. we still waiting on autopsy results to see how the little girl died. her funeral is being paid for by an anonymous donor a heartbreaking loss for the ravens. the team went into pittsburgh with the playoff hopes still alive, but the hopes took a hit after losing a messy game to the steelers much it was a game of penalties, the entire game through. the ravens were flagged 11 times for 100 yards. one of those caused a willis mcgahee touch down to be called back. that would have given the ravens a 26-20 lead, but they kept battling on. late in the game he makes a key interception. you can see it there. he he returns it to key ravens territory but walker was called for a an illegal contact. that interception did not count and the ravens go down 23-20. >> it's hard being in this league. we have a mature locker room. wilwe will bounce back from this we have all year. one of the positive things of losing and losing tough games, you get to see what you're made off before you get into the playoffs is hopefully what we will be. we bounce back every time and we're going to do that again. >> the ravens still make it a chance to make it -- have a chance on make it to the dance. if they win their game on sunday against the oakland raiders, they will claim a wild card spot. what will the ravens say or even predict. joel d smith is at panera at towson mall. >> reporter: looking at the game looking at the highlights, tough to watch. it should have been easy, like catching a loaf of bread, maybe like this. i mean, that could happen, it could have been a catch t could have been a touch down. a lot of could have been happening at panera bread. a lot around here folks are still trying to look at the bright side. they could still control their own destiny as they run to oakland. really mistakes make you shake your head as you think of that game. some think they can shake it off, and others are thinking about it. here is what the ravens thinking after the game. >> definitely it was a missed opportunity. on the scale of 1-10, pretty high. >> you kind of erase the lows in the your mind and get to the next play and focus on the next play. and you know, we're kind of at that point right now, where we erase this game. we are focusing on bigger things. we got next week to worry about. obviously, we can all learn from this, but we got to focus on what is in front of us right now. >> reporter: in front, the oakland raiders next week we will be talking about that, plus this game a little bit more. come and join us at panera bread at towson maryland. we're live at towson, joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. joel, thank you. it's amazing how a loss can hurshurtso much. >> reporter: it is. >> we will check with joel and see what you have to say about the future with the ravens here. coming up from horror to animated. ♪ ♪? the movies you can catch to dvd this week. and it's back to work for many people on this monday morning and we are monitoring the conditions on the roadways. check it out here at 695 right at liberty road, traffic is flowing freely. i will show you good morning. it's 6 thrin right now. we have 42 degrees at the inner harbor and we also have some snow, believe it or not in the great state of maryland. as you can see over my shoulder the pink out toward oakland and cumberland that, is snow shower activity. we have seeing that on again, and off again throughout the day. it's breaking up before it crosses the mountains and heads up toward the northeast into pennsylvania, but we do in western maryland have the winter weather advisory in effect through the morning hours, some blowing and drifting of the snow that will be on the roadways. as you can see on our hd radar scan right now, there's the weak system that is breaking up. it will move up to the northeast and we will just be sitting on the other side with much colder, drier air and just with temperatures as you can see out west at clarks berg, 24, compared to 34 in hagerstown, and 40 here in baltimore. all of those cold numbers will be headed in our direction. 28 degrees for the overnight low tonight, but winds are going to gust to 35 miles per hour and that will give us a pretty big windchill. these numbers tomorrow, will be sing digits as oakland is right now with a 4-degree windchill. yes, by degrees, actually saturday was too we enjoyed 50s for the weekend but forget about it from here on in. 43, we won't even get there for the next couple of days. today will be our last day of 40 degrees. there's the disturbance i talked about. it moves out of the way, in snow on the forecast, but we are going to see a mix of snow and rain right in time for the new year's eve. on the hd radar, slowdz and clod sunshine throughout the afternoon, here comes the system. as the other side the snow stays well to north with arctic air. the frigid digits that we're talking about will keep us cold over the next couple of days. clouds and sunshine today, giving way to a lot of sunshine tomorrow as high pressure moves in and gives us a decent looking tuesday, wednesday, and thursday we will start to see changes in the forecast. for today, 42 along the eastern shore. here in central maryland 41 we will call it a degree cooler and in western maryland where the travel advisory in effect, 31 degrees amid snow showers. yepy, could be we be seeing white stuff with the fireworks on new year's eve. it could be a mix of rain and snow as we see it. here is the seven-day forecast for you. after today, look at tomorrow, 32, it's going to feel like single digits through the day, dress accordingly and thursday to through new year's day, we could see the mixed precipitation. fox 45 sky watch weather is now at your finger tips. iradar is available at foxbaltimore.com. you could use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to see the tracking incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see where rain or snow will be headed over your house. you can click on foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. it's that time in the morning as we click on the traffic edge report and here is candace. >> reporter: thank you, tony, we are nearing the 7:00 hour, so you would expect some activity on the roadways, so far not too bad out there. heading on the west side 13 miles per hour moving through the catonsville region and at 62 traveling through pikesville area. we have a report of a disabled vehicle on the outer loop lanes at bel air road. we don't have any slowing as a result of that. we can show what it looks like on 695 at pulaski highway. here it is, it's going to be a pretty much enjoyable ride on both the inner loop lanes and the outer loop stretch making the push toward 95. on 95, well, that is going to be a bit congested there this morning from 695 heading through that rosedale area down toward the merge. that is where we're seeing a lot of cars that are starting to fill up the lanes, but it's going to open up again, traveling through the fort mchenry tunnel down to 395. the same conditions 395 toward beltway. on 95 moving through howard county, we can show you what it looks like on route 100. it's the volume that we have to deal with this morning, on both the northbound and southbound direction heading toward 95. we do have one incident to talk about in columbia this morning. it's down wires on freeton road at quarter staff road. we will continue to keep you up-to-date on that one megan, back to you. megan, thank you. coming up congress gets back to work on healthcare reform. the challenges expected on the weeks ahead. if you didn't get what you wanted for christmas, you still can. the movies coming out on dvd this week, 6:44 is the time. woman: i don't know. dealer: you know, volkswagen takes care of the scheduled maintenance at no cost. and during the sign then drive event, you can get a cc, jetta, or top safety rated tiguan for practically just your signature. it's that easy. woman: i can't believe it. woman: i can believe it. yep. new this morning, more information aboutan inigerian man accused of trying to blowup a plane bound for detroit on christmas day. he was on a terror watch list, but not on the no-fly list. he claims to have acted on behalf of al-qaeda. he has been charged with attempting to destroy the flight and for placing a destructive device on that aircraft. homeland security secretary officials believe he acted alone. a very merry christmas for retailers. numbers show that holiday shoppers spent more this year than last year. that is encouraging considering credit is tight and unemployment is still in the double digits. last year's holiday sales were a big bust. this year, retail rose 3.6% from the beginning of november through christmas eve. retailers are hoping that after christmas sales will also see a boost. after a short break for christmas, the house and senate will get back to work this morning hammering out the healthcare reform bill. the senate passed their version of the bill on christmas eve, but now they must combine their 871 billion-dollar bill with the house's version and merging those two bills might not be an easy task. david stewarts, the director of maryland shape ter for americans for prosperity, joins us now live to weigh in. good morning to you. >> as the bill gains momentum, we saw it pass through the house and pass through the sennet. republicans are saying this is a bad bill. americans for prosperity agrees. why are you against this bill. >> it has a tremendous amount of tax increases, a couple of billion dollars of tax increases. it cuts medicare by a few million dollars. it does nothing to reform the healthcare system in this country. the cbo said this may lift premiums and make healthcare more costly for americans. >> their platform is that 30 million americans would be insured that are not eninsured right now. do you believe that? >> i'm not sure. the jury is not out on that one. it's again, cost. >> right. >> and what it's going to cost americans through taxes through mandates and it actually doesn't drive down the cost for those who have insurance policies. >> that cost is a big issue. a lot of those will cost blue-collar democrats from voting for it. >> we are encouraging all of our members to contact their representatives and to let them know to contact leadership in both the house and senate and tell them that we want real reform not what either of these bills are in the current form. >> the next step is the house and senate merging the two versions of the bill. is there a exroom ice compromisu can come up with that you're happy with. >> if they're merging the two bills, no. we again call for real reform, tort reform, allowing individuals more freedom and choice, and purchasing insurance across state lines. for emphasises on plans like health saving account where the health insurance is portable. >> the public option is sure to be a huge issue as we head into compromising again this time around the senate bill does not include it. the house has been passionate about it. would you like to see it in there? >> no, we're opposed to the public option. we're opposed to more government interference in the healthcare industry. anything it happen in the conference committee. they can bring things on either bill to come in. we hope that happens, but probably not likely. >> the conference committee is behind closed doors and that is an issue have? >> that issue is subset, the process in which this entire thing was done. president obama and a lot of liberals campaigned on transparency and allowing the citizens to have a voice in this congress and we didn't see that in this process. it was the opposite and now the conference committee coming up, this whole thing could happen behind closed doors. they could vote in less than 24 hours and citizens have no idea what is in this bill, no way to read it and no way to understand it. >> they're predicting it could be on the president's desk in february. we will wait to see what gets to that desk. the next couple of weeks it will be democrats pitted against democrats. >> they own both the senate and have a super majority in the house. republicans, they're meaning less at this point. their votes will mean nothing. it will be interesting to watch. david schwartz, thank you so much. >> thank you. coming up in the 7:00 hour, the ravens lose a tough game against those steelers. what people are saying about the team's chance at the playoffs with one game left. from horror to animated, the movies you can catch on dvd this week. 6 begun is the if you spend enough time with the family over the holidays, you might want sometime to chill out by yourself this week. get ready to curl up on the couch and watch a good movie. several dvd releases are hitting shelves tomorrow. candace dold has the details in the low down. good morning, candace. >> reporter: good morning, megan. the last week of the new year brings us quite a few thrillers on dvd. as we turn to 2010, we will start with the new movie and widely phenomenon paranormal activity. this movie will have the fans jumping off their couch. it's the story of a couple who is haunted by a super natural presence in their new home. the actors are also the people behind camera. you will get a real eerie feel for what exactly they're dealing with. this is one of the most profitable films of all time t grossed more than $100 million and was made for about $15,000. pretty amazing for a film that was shot in about one week. our next horror pick is jennifer's body. megan fox stars as a high school beauty, jennifer. she is overtaking by a deny mon and starts praising guys who never had a chance before. while she satisfies her appetite for human flesh. her nerdy friend finds out what is happening and vows to put an end to the blood bath. >> and if those two aren't enough for you, you can check out our 3rd option, the perfect get away. it features newly weds, cliff and cindy who plan to spend their honeymoon backpacking through the beautiful remote beaches of hawaii. they soon hear of a horrifying murder of another newly wed couple. you can watch as the battle of survivor begins when the dvd is released tomorrow. >> if you're just not into the thrillers, then we have an animated film. in the movie 9, a creature named 9 comes to life in a post-op lip tick earth. they hide from a secretariy scae that roams the earth trying to destroy them. 9 realizes that he has to lead a fight against the machine because survival might depend on it. 9 is rated pg13. i see an appropriate response. >> if you're craving an action packed movie, then check out the marine 2. marine recon sniper joe lynwood and his wife take a trip to paradise, but it's quickly shat shattered when guerrilla take control of the resort. a new year means new releases on the big screen. we will give you a preview of what you can expect for 2010. that is the next time. that's the low down, megan. candace, so many people go to the movie on the weekend. >> it was phenomenal. christmas was on a friday plus there was a little something for everybody,avatar. and avatar alone brought in 75 million. it was a huge weekend and a great success for many of the studios out there. >> candace, thank you so much. sure thing. coming up in the 7:00 hour. >> we're the clever cleaver brothers. normally you want to get the quarterback -- >> a full week of college football games ahead, what the clever cleaver brothers are cooking up for the bold game tailgate. >> reporter: we're not saying eat your troubles away but here at panera bread we're talking about the ravens next on fox 45 morning news. >> no one comes around hereafter dusk or dark. a violent weekend leaves three men dead in separate crimes. now neighbors are rea acting to threacting tothe violence. new information about the nigerian man accused in the terror plot. what his family is revealing about him this morning. the ravens lose to the steelers, how they could still have a chance at at play roves. playoffs. good morning. and welcome to fox 45 morning news. today is monday, december 28th. i'm megan gilliland. patrice harris has the morning off. many of you waking up thinking about the game yesterday. we will talk about it and release some the tension and make you feel better if nothing elsement before we get to that, we will check with meteorologist tony pagnotti and find out how you need to dress as you head out there, not too bad. >> if you're thinking about the game, mother nature is going to cool you off with really cold temperatures. >> i don't know that we want that, though. >> we have to take the good with the bad. they still have a chance at the playoffs. all is well. but when you see the forecast over next 7 days. you're going to see, all right. 36 degrees at the bwi and 40 at the inner harbor. we're going to stay with the up every 30s and 40s for the daytime highs. don't expect it to be much warmer than it is right now. out in western maryland there's been snow shower activity. there's been a winter wit weathr advisory. we won't get the snow from it. we will get the chilly, chilly arctic type temperatures as early as tomorrow morning. it's 18 in oakland. you can see 20 degrees difference here in baltimore. as we said, expect the upper 30s to around 40 for our daytime high before tonight, the winds will start gusting in, the arctic air comes blasting in tomorrow. what do you say, we blast in our traffic edge report and see what is happening on this monday morning after the holiday weekend, candace. >> reporter: thank you, tony. it's been light activity out there, but now we're starting to see delays on 95, look at south of 695 moving in the rosedale. you can see the reduced speeds on the southbound direction and that persists heading toward the 895 merge. once you finally get past that ahead from the fort mchenry, tunnel, that's normal an 8 minute clip at 4 miles per hour. as far as the beltway, so far so good the outer loop lanes, from 83, an 11 minute clip at 53 miles per hour and only at 54 miles per hour with an 8 minut8-minute drive from 83, to. the west side stretch the usual area that is not exactly good on the commute, not doing too bad this morning, from 795 toward 95, an 11-minute ride at 54 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back over to you. candace, thank you. 7:03 on fox 45 morning news. police investigate after a deadly weekend in the city of baltimore. three men shot to death in separate crimes. among the victims, a jewelry store owner. police say 56 years old james was found in the back room of his jewelry store on saturday with gunshot wound. it appears nothing was taken from his store and at this point, the motive is unclear. >> it's definite lie ly a mystee are trying to get to the bottom of. >> police found gee-year-old ashley harper shot to death outside of his west baltimore home on saturday night after he tried to help his son during a fight. late last night, another man found in east baltimore with gunshot wounds to his head and upper body. so far no arrests have been made. family members reveal for about inigerian man accused of bringing an explosive on board an international flight on christmas day. the family says that they lost contact with the 23-year-old while he was studying abroad. his father says he reached out to authorities two months ago following the disappearance. he finally learned where his son was. when he heard about the attempted bombing of a northwest air flight headed from amsterdam to detroit, he claimed to have acted on behalf of al-qaeda. >> the threat to the united states is real. i think this admnistration has down played it. they need to recognize it and identify is the only way we're going to defeat it? >> he was on a terror watch list but not on the no fly list. he is being charged with attempting to destroy the flight and for placing a destructive device on that aircraft. homeland security secretary officials believe that he acted alone. meanwhile federal authorities have stepped up security restrictions on all u.s. airports. passengers will face longer lines at security checkpoints and have less freedom to move around the plane during their flight. airlines expect passengers traveling for leasure to put up with the new inconveniences, but they're worried about the business travelers who might be thinking twice before flying if the new measures mean extra time at the airport. we want to know what you think. will the extra security precautions and resent airline scares make you think twice about flying. that is the question of the day. we will take your calls later this hour. can you log on to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think will. or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore, or text your answer to 45203, fox 45a for yes, if it scares you or fox 45b for no. a heartbreaking loss for the ravens. the team went into pittsburgh with playoff hopes still alive, but those hopes took a hit as he they lost to the steelers. the rains still their destiny, a win next week and they're in the playoffs. that won't wash for those of you fans out there. joel d smith is at panera bread at towson. what is everybody saying out there. >> reporter: they're shaking their heads and missed opportunities all the way around. you read the papers, that is what they're talking about. that is what we're talking about here at panera bread. two touchdowns called back because of a penalty. a touch down just dropped. nobody had it, just dropped. one of the best receivers around, derrick mason dropped a touch down. we are trying to digest all of this. we're here at paenanera bread. good morning, matt, what is good this morning to eat? >> oh, gosh, everything, breakfast sandwiches for morning people if you like eggs and everything like. that. >> reporter: i'm checking out the souffles. >> souffles are a big hit here. >> reporter: now you're a ravens fan, how are you feeling today after hearing how many things went wrong and watching the highlights some. >> pretty upset. it was our chance to claim a place, now we have to beat oakland next week, which i think we can. the steelers have to lose, and everybody has to lose. it's kind of. >> reporter: it's awkward for you. once the ravens win, they're in, as simple as that? >> definitely. >> reporter: the ravens control their own destiny so this is that thing is good. is this a playoff team. making mistakes every single week it seems. >> definitely not right now. they have to clear up the penalties and the interferences that they get called on every game. if they get rid of that and the false starts that we seem to have a lot of. >> reporter: we have been cleaning it up. we have been saying this all yearlong. if you come by here, matt will make you something special. we're live at towson, fox 45 morning news. everybody heart's dropped when mason dropped the ball. a the disturbing list maryland hair is at top of? 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(announcer) chat, email, or phone. personal shopper, another way to shop your way at sears. life. well spent. there's though, indeed a winter weather advisory if you u are plans call for any travels for western maryland. you have to be careful because there's not a big accumulation but blowing and drifting with wind gusts out there with sing the digit windchills. that's a hint of things to come. we're not talking about the snow here. we're talking about big windchills tomorrow. here we see at hd radar, it breaks up so no problems, a break or two in some neighborhood. we see, 1-2 at the neighborhood. all of that cold air will be filtering in as early as tonight, 28 degrees with wind gusts overnight, 35 miles per hour. one single digit is the windchill in oakland right now and that is what we see in our future and that future is tomorrow. 50 degrees yesterday, forget about it. we won't get there today. maybe 41, 42, 43 is where we should be this last week of the december 2009. there goes the snow up to the north and we will just be seeing some sunshine actually here in central maryland, some clouds filtering through today with high pressure in store. that means we will have sunshine as this system from last night moves up and takes the snow with it. on the other edge is the cold arctic air that is going to be in place over the next couple of days. clouds and radar, again no precipitation, sunshine with clouds throughout the afternoon. sky watch forecast. we got 42 on the eastern shore today with winds gusting up to 20 miles per hour here in central maryland. more of the same, 41 partly cloudy and out west in western maryland. we will be seeing only a high of 31 amid the snow showers. whoopi, new year's eve. we got snow showers and fireworks for you. we're going to keep an eye on this, but it could be a mess hey mix amessymix as we welcome the. today and the story is arctic air. you can use fox 45 powerful doppler radar to track the incoming storms. interactive tools will let you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com.com and click on iradar. well, it is the monday after the holiday weekend, we will see how the roadways are behaving. here is candace. >> reporter: thank you, tony. actually some pretty good news out there. if you are headed on the beltway traveling through the pikesville region looking at 63 miles per hour. look at that somebody is going over the speed limit at 70 miles per hour, traveling through parkville. 95, take a look at that number, 65 miles per hour. that is not wrong. here is what is happening out there. there's an accident that takes two right lanes on southbound 95. it's approaching the 895 area. i want to show you exactly with what it looks like on i-95, near the 895 merge. take a look. here it is south of the beltway, you can see the delays stacking up and that proceeds down to the accident scene. just use route 40 or bel air as the alternate route. once you get past that mess and head toward the fort mchenry tunnel, it's in the green. it definitely improves heading toward 695. speaking of the beltway, not too much to annoy you through the catonsville region. we want to check in on 695 at liberty road. so far no problems to report on the outer loop directions or i like this one. 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"a," definitely. this one. thank you. in a national taste test, more hard-working americans preferred the taste of dunkin' donuts over starbucks. try the coffee that won. excuse me, sir! thank you. start your morning off at dunkin' donuts with a freshly brewed hot coffee. that led to a field goal and that gave pittsburgh a 3-0 lead that put mendenhall over the mark line for season. flacco throws one over the side line, makes a great catch and it's the 5th in the season. ravens trail 13-10. just over minutes ago in the first half, at their own 3. roethlisberger gets the ravens and jump a side. and makes a great jump and the steeler drive continues. later in the drive, roethlisberger, quick, takes it 24 yards for the touch down, giving the steelers at 20-10 lead at the half. here comes the ravens, 16 yards in the first down, rice ran for 141 yards on the day. the first to crack the century mark against pittsburgh in 32 games. later in the drive, flacco throws it up for heat, again he foxes out the defender and makes a nice leap, 7th touch down for the game, 6th of the season, and 4th of the last two weeks. ravens down 20-17 and 7 seconds later. roethlisberger rolls out and looking for halls, dominique fox worth makes a great play for the interception. and returns it 45 yards for the touch down. terrell suggs called for an illegal blocking on the 3rd negating and the block. there's the block in the back. the ravens settle for a kind of field goal to tie the game at 20. and then later in the 3rd, willis mcgahee gets to carry, gets around the left end and takes off. 32 yards for the touch down, giving the raven the lead but wait ke kelly washington. washington just latching on the to the shoulder pads. towson, doesn't let know, another penalty erasing the touch down. two plays later, switching to the flacco, look at this, kicks him right in the face mask. flacco can't believe him. more penalties drives them out and they fail to score at all. with 5 1/2 minutes to go in the game, reid breaks with his side. and that gave the steelers the 23-20 lead. with 2 1/2 minutes to go flacco under pressure, he is hit by woodly. the ball bounces off into the arms of wood, the ravens with a very costly turn over. 2 minutes to go, 3rd and 10th, rot roethlisberger necessarily sacked, throws it deep on the run. and tom jumps in front of wallace for the interception. finally tack alda tackled at the ravens are in business. but they called a pass. john harbaugh, can't believe it. the team's penalties might have cost him a playoff. the steelers beat the ravens at 23-20 at a disappointing loss. afterwards most the talk was about the penalties. >> i think can you go to penalties if you want. you can put your finger on whatever you want. we play hard every single week. the specific penalties we want to talk about. you want to talk about the eel e illegal contact, late in the game, check what the rules say. >> one of the things you do when you play a football team like this. you can't have the penalties and you can't let them get back in the game. >> we have a chance to win the game, you know, we can't complain about what the refs do, what they don't do. we have a job to do, and they have a job to do. it's clear cut we didn't get the job done. when all of that is said and done, we have oakland next week and still have a chance to make the playoffs. >> it doesn't help you, but i didn't see the penalties. >> it sure didn't help today some of the cases, we have the good teams on the road, we can't afford to do that. that's a tough match. >> the penalties in critical times. so, again it hurt us as a team it's an offense, defense, whatever phase of the game, but you know, those are just something that you have to deal with. >> it doesn't feel good. it's part of being in this league. it's not the first time it's happened. we have a mature locker room. we will bounce back from this. we lost more games than we planned on. one of the positive things of losing and losing tough games, you get to see what you're made off before you get in the playoffs is hopefully where we will be. we know what we're made off. we bounce back every time and we will do it again. >> the steelers keep their hopes alive with a 23-20 win. flacco had two touchdowns and an interception. ray rice ran for 41 yards becoming the first 1 to run 100 yards on the steelers defense. the stat of the game, the ravens penalize, 11 times for 113 yards negating two touchdowns. they will wrap up the regular season next sunday in oakland against the raiders. bruce cunningham, fox 45 morning news. no matter where you're from, we're looking for all of you ravens fans out there to send us your photos showing off your purple pride. go to foxbaltimore.com/purple pride or send your video and photos directly from your cell phone to purple at foxbaltimore.com. 7:22 i in baltimore almost every day someone will die, but their death will not be categorized. that is according to the office ththe state medical examiner. he reports 800 statewide. that tally ranks maryland as the number one state in the union for classifying deaths as unclassified. stephen janice with investigative joyce joins us this morning. good morning, stephen. >> good morning. >> my question to you is what happens to those? we are talking about hundreds of people ? >> what is interested about it is ones those deaths are marked undetermined it sends the statistics to a categorical limbo. a lot of deaths is people who were intoxicated at the time of death. there's very little to investigate. >> do they ever revisit those cases. is there ever a time when they will go back? >> they say, they would, but i have never seen a case that was undetermined that was later opened. you have the case like rivera who jumped off of the building of a hotel that remained undetermined for four years. there's a lot of cases where you think they may look at them. i haven't seen anything since i have been reporting on this issue. >> a concerning thing that you found is these cases are rising statewide. what is the medical examiner saying about this if anything? , what is interesting it. like i said a lot of things are contributed. they have a second category for drug related. they have a lot of people that are drug related and they don't know how the drutionz go drugs e system. you got melinda conaway calling for a hearing at the city council because it leaves a huge category of unanswered questions. it leaves a category where you have deaths that could have been foul play that you would never know. we talk about the homicide and murder rate. do you think that we could be more dangerous than what is being reported with those unclassified? >> given the statistics of having 300 in the year, and being the highest in the nation. there could be cases that could slip through the cracks that could be homicides, and people that died under foul play. yes, there's deaths that raise questions absolutely. >> at this point, they could be because we don't know. >> and we will never. >> stephen, thank you very much. >> to read more about this story go to foxbaltimore.com and click on investigative voice. later a little girl is taken from her home on the eastern shore is found dead. the connection her kidnapper had to the family. you heard a disease is catching the loaf of bread. good morning, welcome back to fox 45 morning news. i'm megan gill lan. for many of you it's back to work after the holiday weekend. it could be a cold week ahead of you. meteorologist tony pagnotti is here with all of the details that what we can expect for the weekend. i don't like what is in store. that is not what i wanted for christmas. >> you're not going to get a good new year's start. mother nature timing up, and things could change. right now they are look as though they are not going to change. tomorrow we are looking at colder air thus far. i don't want to give you the sneak peek quite yet. 36 degrees at bwi airport. we got 40 at the inner harbor. the good news , is we're going o stay seasonably mild this morning, but the temperatures aren't going to go much higher. the cold air is out to the west. snow showers in western maryland will, we will havenon of that maybe a flurry or two at some the locations. the big fo story out in oakland. 50 degrees we will see the cold air in place after midnight tonight. enjoy, we did 50 yesterday. we will barely get to 40 today and tomorrow we're talking singling digit windchills. i will have the full forecast coming up in just a bit. but right now we want to check in with the traffic edge report seeing what is happening out there on the roadways. here is candace. >> reporter: thank you, tony. what is happening is actually on 95 this morning, that's b wherea lot of activity is. it's all because of a crash on the southbound lanes near the 895 merge. we want to show you what it looks like on 95 this morning. here it is south of 695, the delays are loosening up a bit but there's still speeds there on the southbound direction. you can use route 40 as the alternate route. once you get past all of the activity and head from the fort haimchenry tunnel 40 minutes at 54 miles per hour. we want to check on the ride for you. 11 minutes at 55 miles per hour and 54 miles per hour with an 8-minute trip from 83 up toward 795. that is a look at your morning travels, megan, back over to you. candace, thank you. 7:33 on fox 45 morning news. police investigate after a deadly weekend in the city of baltimore. 3 men shot to death in separate crimes. among the victims a jewelry store owner. police say 56 years old wayne rodder was found in the back room of his store with gunshot wound. it appears that nothing was taken from his store. at this point the motive is unclear. >> it's definitely a mystery that we're trying to get to the bottom of. >> no one comes after dusk or dark or anything. >> police also found 53-year-old ashley harper shot to death outside of his west baltimore home saturday night after he allegedly tried to help his son during a fight. late that same night, another man found in east baltimore with gunshot wounds to his head and upper body. so far, no arrests have been made. new information this morning in the death of a little girl on the eastern shore. police found the body of 11-year-old sarah haley fox well on christmas day. police say the girl was taken from her bedroom in salisbury last tuesday night by registered thomas legs dated the aunt who had custody of her and two siblings. more than 2000 joined in the search for sarah. >> everybody is relieved she was found but not relieved the way she was found. >> i told her we would come out here today and look for the area where she was found so we could just say a little prayer together for her and for the family. >> at this point legs is charged with kidnapping and burglary. we're still waiting on results to see how the little girl died. her funeral is being paid by an an nanonymous donor. one of people who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning has died. two, a man and an 11-month-old child ended up in the hospital after the co leak. one the women died this weekend. investigators have not yet determined the coughs that leak. last week the baltimore county council passed a law that requires rental units to have carbon monoxide detectors. family members reveal for about a nigerian man accused of bringing an explosive aboard an international flight on christmas day. the family say they lost contact with the 23-year-old while he was studying abroad. his father says he reached out to authorities two months ago, following the disappearance. he finally learned where his son was when he heard about the attempted bombing of a northwest flight. the suspect claims to have acted on behalf of al-qaeda. >> the threat to united states is real. i think this admnistration has down played it. they need to recognize it, identify it is the only way we're going to defeat. >> he was on a terror watch list, but not on the no-fly list. he is being charged with attempting to destroy the flight and for placing a destructive device on the aircraft. homeland security secretary officials believe that he did act alone. following the scare aboard flight 2 h 253, airlines officis question two passengers flying on sunday who displayed suspicious behavior. one involved a nigerian man traveling on the same northwest airline flight from amsterdam to detroit. the man refused to leave the bathroom as the plane was landing, but it turned out that he was just sick. passengers on a u.s. air flight from orlando to phoenix reported two men acting strangely and watching a movie about fbi agents tracking terrorist in saudi arabia. a search of their bags did not turn up anything. the men were allowed to continue on to california. meanwhile federal authorities are stepped up security restrictions on all u.s. airports. passengers will face longer lines at security checkpoints and have less freedom to move around the plane during their flight. airlines expect passengers traveling for leasure to put up with the new inconveniences, but they're worried that the business travelers might think twice before flying if the new measures mean extra time at the airport. we want to know what you think? do the extra security precautions and resent airline scares make you think twice about flying? it's the question of the day. our phone lines are open now at (410)481-4545. give us a call. you can go to foxbaltimore.com and tell us what you think or sound off through facebook. send us a tweet at fox baltimore or text your answer to 45203, enter fox 45a for yes, or 45b for no. a heartbreaking loss for the ravens. the team went into pittsburgh with playoff hopes still alive but those hopes took a hit after losing a messy game to the steelers. it was truly a game of penalties. the ravens were flagged 11 times for 100 yards. one of those caused a willis mcgahee touch down to be called back, a holding call on kelly washington. that would have given the ravens a 26-20 lead there, but they kept battling on. late in the game, tom makes a key interception. take a look at it as he returns it into steelers territory, but frank walker was called for illegal contact on the play. the interception did not count and the ravens go down 23-20. >> it's not the first time it's happened. we have a mature locker room. i think we will bounce back from this like we have all year. we lost more games than we planned on. one of the positive things about losing and losing tough games, you get to see what you're made off before you get into the playoff is hopefully where we will be. >> even with the loss, the ravens still have a chance to make the playoffs. if they win their game on sunday against the oakland raiders, the team will claim a wild card spot. what do you guys have to say about this? what are you raven fans predicting. joel d smith is live at panera bread at towson. what is everyone saying. are they going to the dance still. >> reporter: people are confident. it's the ravens after all. they will refocus. a lot of people are complaining about this game. they are wondering should this happen. i'm going to go to an expert on crime now. kyle, what do you think? is all of this crying overrated. that is what i thought. the crying should be done. the hands come out of the mouth and it's over. this fan is not crying. he is very realistic. did the ravens give it away or do the steelers take it or both. >> i think they took it. the penalties and it keeps happening and happening. they're pushing people out of bounce when they're already there and blocking in the back. they're sel self self destructi. we love derrick mason but that can't happen. >> those things are going to happen. he is a reliable play, great player and great attitude. i don't blame derrick mason. that is a physical thing, but the other things are mental and that is when they shoot themselves in the foot that is what kills them 110 yards. >> reporter: and the stuff after the play. >> after the play, and the it was crazy, i mean, the play is over and somebody goes and pushes somebody in the back. it's 15 yards. >> reporter: when you're watching that at home, what do you do when see that penalty and you see the replay? do you throw something or do you just sigh, what do you do? >> i don't -- i -- i've watched too many games to let it get to me that much, but it's disappointing it's one game from the playoffs. they shouldn't be doing that anymore. they are still going to make it. >> reporter: that was the last word. they are still going to make it here. they're still confident here no matter what. >> there's the o optimism we ned to hold on to. >> later where the beef. >> it's in today's clever cleaver recipe. the brothers do top round their way. we are checking on 95 moving will yothrough rosedale. it's a good cr >>it is 7 frur clock, 16 7:44. it's 16 minutes before 8:00. out in western maryland, they will be on again, off again maybe an inch or two before it's said and done. you see the pink bleep that goes through. they're drying up but the snowing drifts come through the snow because wind gusts and windchills will be a factor in maryland. we will have windchills, no snow together. winter weather advisory in western maryland for the morning hours as travel could be slippery if you have to head out there, western maryland mountains today. just be aware of that. on hd radar we will have no precipitation here, maybe a flake or two as the system moves up to the north. we will be seeing the arctic air on the other side of it. it's approved. we got 25 degrees as you see out at western clarksburg. these temperatures go bye-bye, not going to get much warmer than 48 or 42. will you see the mercury take a dive. you will see in the single digits tomorrow morning. speaking of which oakland a windchill of 1 above here the district, 28 degrees because the breeze out there. 50 was the daytime high yesterday. forget about that, we will be close to normal today but the rest of the week we will be well below normal. here is the snow system that we're talking about. we're not worried about that, but on the other side half we do have -- side of what we do have is the arctic blast. won the system that came through last night, and is in western maryland this morning, behind it is the cold arctic air that will be in place for the next several days. you will need the winter jacket. if you got one fore for the hol, you will be using it. the sunshine stays with us for the next couple of days as high pressure builds in thursday through wednesday before a disturbance gets through here on wednesday new year's eve. partly cloudy on the eastern shore and in central maryland we will call around the same 41 degrees and out west, maryland way, only -- not even breaking freezing with the windchills of 31 and snow showers. yepy, new year's eve, rain and snow and a wintery mess to say goodbye to '09 and hello to '10. the windchills in the 20s and thursday into friday new year's eve into new year's day. we could have a wintery mix in the first weekend of 2010 a very chilly one. all in all, take a big jacket with you tomorrow and maybe you will have to take a little bit of i a heater. for today we will see how the roads are doing in our traffic edge report. here is candace dold. >> reporter: i cannot believe we're talking about 2010, wow! if you're heading out and hitting the roadways the numbers are up on the belt lane moving at security boulevard area, 63 miles per hour. 63 moving through the pikesville region and 51 on the jfx, but then take a look at this number, 24 miles per hour on 95 moving right through whitemarsh. and here is what is happening. we finally cleared out an accident. it was on the southbound lanes of 95 at the 895 merge. unfortunately, though, it just really left us with the delays moving through the whitemarsh region heading up toward the activity. just one shot for the residual delays that are still there. to need to take an alternate route. once you get past all of that mess and head from the fort mchenry and toward the 695 exit, we are incident free in the cars in the green both 95 and 895. on 95, from 395, down toward 695, so far it's a pretty calm ride heading toward the beltway on the southbound end. and then 695 moving through catonsville. well, it's roushl usually a dift ride. 695 at route 40 is going to be relatively calm. that is going to be heading up toward 70 but on 70, there is some trouble, though. there's a bus fire it takes out one lane of westbound 70 at route 27 moving through the mount airy area. will you want to use route 144 as an alternate. megan, back over to you. an attempted terrorist attack over the christmas holiday forces airline officials to heighten travel restrictions. we want to know what you think. do the recent security recautions and airline scare, make you think twice about flying? that is the question of the day. give us a call at (4 an attempted terrorist attack on board a christmas day. tsa officials to step up security restrictions. travel at u.s. airports will face longer lines at security checkpoints and have less freedom to be moving around the plane during their flight. this comes after a nigerian man tried to detonate an explosive device at an airline flight from aamamsterdam to detroit. does the recent airline scare make you think twice about flying? the phone lines are open at (410)481-4545. >> kenya from owings mills is the phone line right now. good morning. >> are you still going to book a flight? >> yes, but i'm thinking about it. won't be leaving until the end of january. i'm taking my mom with me, and you know, it's -- we have to wait and they get past through. they let him go on. i'm really afraid because this is my first time flying. >> a lot of people saying that the scares, this recent scare is frightening to them. thank you. venus is on the phone. would you be more nervous to get on beard a flight right now? -- on board a flight right now. >> i don't think so. i think these things are going to happen. it shouldn't stop people from flying. it doesn't happen too often. they're doing pretty good with the security over there. i think that god is doing a good job at watching over the airlines. >> venus, thank you very much. we have jay looking to the facebook page now. no, i understand the new precautions and wouldn't mind waiting if it means a safer flight. it's the cost of flying that deters me. >> we have a facebook, saying that it makes me be more cautious, another person sounded off on tweeter, it's a hassle and time-consuming. if you're running late, you could miss your flight but time management would help. >> 75% of you say, no. >> thank you for all of your responses and your opinions. later on fox 45 morning news, the host of deal or no deal adds the title of author to his resume. howie man del talks to us about his new book? tailgating with the clever cleacleaver brothers. you will need it to t beefed up for your monday night tailgate. >> well, how are you doing? welcome back to tailgating with the clever cleaver brothers. normally you want to get the quarterback but with this you geaget the dime back with chichi sauce. >> let's show you how to make the dry rub. >> i'm going to add a little bit of salt. what are you using? >> cayenne pepper all organic. >> and some pepper. i'm going to go with the organic white pepper. >> we will shake it and give it a mix. >> let's show them the top round. about a 2-pound piece. it's cool, we fel fillet it. you get a sharp knife and cut until it opens nice and flat. >> you're cutting about an inch and a time and nice and rolling it. i'm going to put the dry rub on. both sides, folks, what we're going to do is take a resealable plastic bag. pop it in the refrigerator. and two to three hours work best. >> let's make the chime churr re. i'm putting chopped parsly. >> i'm going to go with garlic, about 6 to 8 gloves of minced garlic. >> and olive oil. >> i'm going to with the cholula hot sauce because it has a good peppery flavor. >> we call that the flavorful fire. >> i'm going to put wine vinegar. >> a little bit of salt and onion and pepper and put the top on an and/or began and, oregano. >> take it off the grill and put some of the chime churry sauce like that. there you have it, dime back top round with chime sure surey saue ñc no one comes around hereafter dusk or dark. a violent weekend leaves three men dead in separate crimes. now neighbors are reacting to the violence. don't touch him, howie mandell takes us inside of his world living with ocd. the ravens lose to the steelers. how they could still have a chance at the playoffs playoffs. good morning and welcome to fox 45 morning news. today is monday, december 28th. i'm megan gilliland. patrice harris has the morning off and if you're still grieving the ravens loss yesterday. we have good news this morning the fox hit comedy family guy is out with a new special. it's called family event, something, something dark side. this never before seen special is on dvd and blu-ray. when you see the animation at the bottom of screen, sometime this morning just be the first caller at (410)481-4545 and you will win a copy. hopefully that will brighten your day this morning. it's a hard monday after a tough loss, but meteorologist tony pagnotti is here with some good news at least for today. good morning, tony. >> good morning. and everybody is still hot under the collar about the loss, we will chill them down. it's going to be the best day as far as temperature wise for the rest of the week. we are going to see '09 go out the week. one last day of decent temperatures. temperatures you have out there this morning, are going to be what we're having this afternoon. we're at 38 degrees at the inner harbor right now, 37 at bwi. look out toward oakland, western maryland, yes, it's been snowing. they have had single digit windchills and we're going to be seeing that cold arctic blast in here as early as tomorrow. watch the winds later on gusting out of the northwest. we're in the upper 30s around 40. we will stay there throughout the afternoon before topping out at 37 degrees and then tonight comes the big chill. we will have more on the big chill in just a minute, but how about some big traffic news as we have this monday after the holidays, the last monday of '09 and here is candace dold. >> reporter: can't believe we are talking about the those numbers, 2010. if you're heading out and hitting roadways, we want to tell you what it looks like out there. here it is 695 at harford road. the usual slow go, look at the cars zipping long along the outer loop lanes and the inner loop direction. the outer loop lanes from 95 toward 83, it's running normal right there. we're looking at an 11 minute clip at 55 miles per hour. so that is at least some good news. how does the rest of the roadways look, not bad from 795 toward 95, it will only take 11 minutes, 54 miles per hour and 55 miles per hour with an 8 minute clip on southbound 95 from the fort mchenry tunnel heading toward the beltway. if you're going to opt for 895 instead traveling through the city, the harbor tunnel toward 95, a 5-minute drive at 54 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back over to you. candace, thank you. 8:04 on fox 45 morning news. police investigate a deadly weekend right here in the city of baltimore. three men shot to death in separate crimes. now among the victims, a jewelry store owner. police say 56 years old wayne rodder was found in the back room of his northwest baltimore store on saturday with gunshot wound. police say it appears that nothing was taken from his store and at this point the motive is unclear. >> definitely a mystery we're trying to get to the bottom of. >> no one comes hereafter dusk or dark. police also found ashley harper shot to death outside of his west baltimore home on saturday night after he allegedly tried to help his son during a fight. late last night another man found in east baltimore with gunshot wounds to his head and upper body. so far no arrests have been made new information this morning in the death of a little girl on the eastern shore. police found the body of 11-year-old air is ay11-year-ol. legs reportedly dated the girl's aunt who had custody of her and her two siblings. more than 3,000 volunteers joined in the search for sarah. >> everybody is releefd that sht she was found but they're not relieved on the way she was found. >> i told her we would come out here today and look for the area where she was found so we could say a little prayer for her and for the family. >> at this point legs is charges charged with kidnapping and burglary. her funeral is being paid by an anonymous donor. the family of the suspect says they lost contact with the 23-year-old while he was studying abroad. his father says he reached out to authorities two months ago following the disappearance. he finally learned where his son was when he learned about the attempted bombing of a northwest airline flight headed from amsterdam to detroit. the suspect claimed to have acted on behalf of al-qaeda. >> this admnistration has down played it. they need to recognize it and identify it and it's the only way we're going to defeat it. >> the suspect was on a watch list but not a no pl no fly lis. homeland security oastles believofficialsbelieve he acted. airline officials questioned other passengers flying on sunday who say they displayed suspicious behavior. one involved a nigerian businessman traveling on the same northwest flight from amsterdam to detroit where the terror attack was attempted two days earlier. the man refused to leave the bathroom as the plane was landing but it turns out he was sick. passengers on a u.s. air flight from arlon d orlando to phoenix, reported two men acting suspiciously. a search of their bags didn't turn up anything, and the men were allowed to continue to california. meanwhile they have put restrictions. passengers will face longer lines at security checkpoints and have less freedom to move around the plane during their flights. they expect the travelers trailing for leasure to put up with these new inconveniences but they're worried that business travelers might think twice if these new measures mean more time at the airport. a heartbreaking loss for the ravens. the team went into pittsburgh with playoff hopes still alive but the hope took a hit after losing a messy game to the steelers. it was tiewly a game of -- trule loss to penalties. you can see it there, it was a holding call on kelly washington. it would have given the ravens a 26-20 lead, but they kept battling on. late in the game, tom makes this key interception. look at him run it back there inside steelers territory, but frank walker was called for an illegal contact on that play. that interception did not count and the ravens go down 23-20. now even with -- >> we have a mature locker room. i think we will bounce back from this like we have been doing all year. we lost more games than we planned on, but one of the positive things about losing and losing tough games is you get to see what you're made off before you get into the playoffs. we know what we are made off because we bounce back every time and we're going to do that again. >> even with the loss the ravens still have a chance to make the playoffs if they win the game on sunday against the oakland ravens. the team will claim the wild spot but that won't wash out the bad taste of this loss for many ravens fans. joel d smith is live at towson. when you're truly a fan it hurts. >> reporter: it does, and you say wash the taste out. how about paen rnera? this was a rough one to watch. >> they all are. they have gotten increasingly worse. >> reporter: what is the worst. >> i left for the 3rd quarter. i left for a walk so i missed that. just the basic stuff. i mean i played softball when i was a kid. you put two hands on the ball it seems like it's a no brainer. >> reporter: everybody here. carlos says he could make the catch. now in the role of derrick mason and we have joe flacco making the throw here it's like catching a loaf of bread. let's see tom is here. tom is a die hard fan here. how are you feeling this morning? >> not great. >> reporter: it might not matter in the long run. if they win next week, they still make the playoffs, but it hurts. >> three touchdowns. there was mcgahee's and there was dominique's and mason. yeah, three touchdowns. >> reporter: when you're at home, do you just like collapse on your seat, do you yell? what is your way of dealing with it? >> i was down on joppa and this kills, they were pittsburgh people in there and that hurts. and you always want to have the last laugh on the pittsburgh people. so that hurt more than anything. >> reporter: the only way to get the last laugh is to make the playoffs. >> the only way to get the last laugh is to make the playoffs and they make the playoffs and we beat them. >> reporter: the ravens play at oakland next week. live at towson, joel d smith, fox 45 morning news. joel, you have not missed a loaf yet. the ravens need you, thank you very much. >> reporter: all right. coming up howie ma mandell talks his new book. >> the truth of his life that he admits in don't touch me. ♪ and who says it's too late to enjoy christmas music. we keep the season alive with the beatles. 8:12 is the time. you are watching fox 45 morning news, all local all morning. it's so hard to choose one. you know, during the sign then drive event, you can get a cc, tiguan or fuel efficient jetta for practically just your signature. you can get scheduled maintenance at no cost. there's got to be more to it than that... i'll never doubt you again. welcome back once again. we have 14 minutes after the hour of 8:00 and all morning long we have been watching some snow. not here in central maryland but out west in the mountains. yes, take a look, we have dialed up our western maryland radar. you see the pink bleep. that shower activity that started in oakland and cumberland and headed toward hagerstown. we may be seeing a flurry or two. but in the metro part we are concerned about the cold air but out in western maryland a winter weather advisory. if you have plans to head out there and even this afternoon, there's been blowing and wind gusts. here on the hd radar, we will be staying clear a flake or two at some locations. at clarks berg at 24. and here 37 as the cold air comes funneling through tonight, 28 degrees for the overnight low. winds gusting up to 35. tomorrow morning at this time, we will be in the single digits with those temperatures. look at now, 2 in oakland, that is above zero. 27 down in d.c. and with the windchill in baltimore, it's going to feel like 35 throughout the day. we hit 50 for the high. well above normal, 43 is where we should be for this last week of december. on the big picture, we're watching a storm system that really hasn't developed yet. it's going to be coming from the south coastal storm along with the cold air that we're talking about could make for fireworks for new year's eve for mother nature. we will take that a day at a time. as we see today, sunshine partly cloudy skies. the storm system on the other side of it, it's the cold arctic air. snno snow up to pennsylvania and peaks high in the sunshine. clouds filtering through the afternoon but no precipitation in the forecast. speaking of which, here is the eastern shore, forecast, 42 degrees, winds gusting this afternoon up to 20 miles per hour. and here in central maryland, there could be, again a flake or two, some flurries here and there but not everywhere. 41 degrees, 20-mile per hour wind gusts later on this afternoon and in western maryland where there are indeed wind gusts this morning, 31 amid those snow showers and that winter weather advisory. we told you all about new year's eve right now. it looks like it could be a wintery mix of snow turning over to rain, maybe a little freezing rain on new year's day. 29 degrees. here is the seven-day forecast. enjoy today because look at that mercury. how low can it go with the windchills? maybe in the single digits and we keep the cold air in place. here comes the precipitation and a way to start 2010. fox 45 sky watch 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 enter tack o interactive tot you see when rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. >> we have had kind of a busy monday after the holiday weekend on the road. let's see what is happening with candace. >> reporter: it's after 8:00 and we're checking on the main lines for you. you're going to love this commute if you need to head out on the roadways. you can see that the traffic is flowing freely on the outer loop lanes and inner loop direction, hayinheading toward 795. as far as the top end of the beltway, we want to show you what it looks like on harford road. the usual dreaded spot not so much this morning. it's going to be smooth sailing on the outer loop lanes and the inner loop direction. there's debris at bel air road. once you get past 95 and head at 695 at pulaski highway, very light activity on the inner and outer loop direction heading toward the 95 exit. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back over to you. candace, thank you. coming up hair spray to broadway is coming to baltimore. you can win tickets coming up. we like to see talk about being a germ a phobic. >> the truth of his crit mass is ovecrist is ovu can still donate holiday wishes. >> this time the season a lot of people want to give but they don't know where to give. some people think it's over. >> it's going to continue through the rest of the year so people can bring, slightly used coats or even just warm clothing into any of the 70 branches. they really surround the area, so there's usually one close to where people live. they're as far west as the shopping center, one in dundalk, one in baltimore county, loch raven boulevard, several in the city, so we have one close to you. >> can you drop them off at any of those locations. do they need to be bundled up or how like them? >> at this point, they with bring them. we have a big box. all of them go to st. vin tent's mobile bank. when the box fills up we call them it's great. >> we just heard tony pagnotti saying it's a really cold week ahead. a lot of people in need of cold blarveghtblankets and coats. >> the ones that need it the most, we don't see. we are a credit union dealing with people's money. but we are very involved in the community so we try to give back to the community and make sure that even those that have the least benefit from our being there. >> how have donations been so far? a lot of people giving this holiday? >> they're doing well, but i want to let people know that it's continuing because it could be much better and it's going to be cold? >> hopefully this will warm somebody's holiday and into the new year. >> for more information log on to foxbaltimore.com/morning. coming up call it a christmas present. >> i have the ring for two months. i was waiting for the right time. >> where this man popped the question and how he got the help of 200 people. another year over ♪ ♪ and a new one has begun >> who says it's too late to enjoy christmas music. we keep theñc you have seen him on deal or no deal. now howie mandell is telling us his deal. he wrote a book called "here is the deal, don't touch me." >> good morning, howie. >> good morning. >> i'm available? >> we appreciate that? >> talk to me about the book, because i read somewhere this started out as an autobiography and it turned into a book about ocd? >> well, kind of like my life. >> right. >> it turns out to be a wonderful life, and it is an autobiography and it's a memoir, it's about the funny and great experiences that one might have to try to get in and enter this business, and whatever it is that i do. but then, you know, low and behold, i have some very honest moments, you know. josh young who i wrote with, organized -- i was telling him some the stories from whe when s a kid. he said you got to write that in the book. i said that is too honest and not even entertaining. i have never written a book. people mighting interested in that time and what the struggle was at that time and/or even at this moment. it makes it scary. it's still just an autobiography. it's my life and my experiences some of which are dark and some of which are filled with terror and it's what i cope with each and every waking moment of my life and my career. >> you know what, some people might not know that it's as pervasive throughout your life. some people might think, howie might not like to shake hands with people. >> they don't know that it's much more than that. if they read the book they will know that. you see me talking about being a germ phobic. the truth is it's he very real and i work real hard on it. i go to therapy and i'm medicated and i do whatever it takes. i'm surrounded by a loving supportive family and caregivers. this inflicts millions of people. you deal with it and cope with it and hopefully you get through. i say that in the book that in comedy nobody can hear you scream. a lot of times people think i'm joking and being light about it. it's very real. i'm submerged in it and i can't get out of it. and it is who i am. i am very blessed for what i'm able to do and what i do for a living and my family. the good with the bad, i think we all have our little cross to bear. don't touch me is mine. >> don't touch me is the story and hop hopefully a lot of peope get out to enrea read it. we appreciate you spending time with us this mont morning. >> thank you very much. >> can you catch howie like nearsighted bison on a flavor stampede. small price to pay for all that taste. try one today. subway. eat fresh. good morning and welcome back to fox 45 morning news. i'm megan gilliland. as you're heading out maybe to return gifts today if you didn't like them or back to work after the long holiday weekend. you will want to hear how it feels out. meteorologist tony ma pagnotti s here to tell us what it's like. >> i would say, return the gift today because if you head out tomorrow morning, it's going to be mighty cold. >> you might want to return them for a sweater. >> anything that is short sleeves, definitely get long sleeve for tomorrow. mother nature is going to throw cold air at us. we have been watching out west, there have been snow showers out in western maryland where there's been a traffic, -- a rather winter weather advisory in fact. 18 in oakland, down in the district 37, ditto here in baltimore and we're not going to get warmer than that the 37 to 40 degrees feels today. but it's going to make tomorrow feel like a balmy more today compared to what we got in store tomorrow. we got through 42 degrees through the lunch time and that will be the daytime high before the mercury starts to drop tomorrow. this is the monday after the holiday weekend and we're seeing that the roadways are not as busy as they have been on a regular week, but confirm all of that in the traffic edge report here is candace dold. >> reporter: thank you, tony, that is indeed not much volume out there, but we have a few incidents to talk about. in howard county there's an accident on the westbound lanes of route 100 at 95. check throughout the area, can you see the cars are in the green. essentially there's flashing lights that grab your attention. here is 95 at route 100. there it is, it's going to be a calm ride on both the southbound and northbound direction heading toward the beltway. now the southbound stretch now taking it from the fort mchenry tunnel an 8 minute clip at 55 miles per hour. we're all smiles on 895 with a 5-minute drive from the harbor tunnel heading toward 895 only 54 miles per hour. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back over to you. here are the stories we're following this morning. more information about a nigerian man accused of trying to blowup a plane bound for detroit on christmas day. the suspect was owe on a terror watch list but not on the no-fly list. he is ak charged with attempting to destroy the flight and for placing a destructive device on the aircraft. home security officials believe he acted alone. >> reporter: we're talking to ravens fans about the big game and the missed opportunities and the touch down call back. touch times at the paenera brea- panera bread at towson. the question is will they win next week because the ravens still control their destiny. >> the crying is over, she is going to tell us. by the silence, that would mean the ravens are making the playoffs, what do you think? >> perfect. after a short break for christmas, the house and senate will get back to work hammering the healthcare reform bill. the senate passed their version of the bill on christmas eve, but now they must combine their $871 billion bill with the house's version and merging the two bills might not be an easy task. how about spending the holidays with john lennon or maybe some john les lennon musi? the mo town saints are here to provide it for you. good morning to all of you and happy holidays. how are you feeling during holidays, a good time for music. >> it's a great time for music, family and fun, it's a great time of year. >> what are you going to play? >> happy christmas the war is over. >> happy christmas to you, too ♪ ♪ this is christmas ♪ what have you done ♪ another year older ♪ a new year has begun ♪ this this is christmas ♪ and i hope you are fun ♪ the old and the young ♪ a very mother he rechristmas ♪ and a happy new year ♪ let's hope it's a good one ♪ without any fear ♪ so this is christmas ♪ the rich and poor ♪ the world is so wrong ♪ a very merry christmas ♪ and a happy new year ♪ let's hope it's a good one ♪ without any fear ♪ a very merry christmas ♪ and a happy new year ♪ let's hope it's a good one ♪ without any fear ♪ merry christma >>welcome back once again. it's 8:39, 37 degrees. the winds will be gusting later on this afternoon and especially tomorrow. we have been talking about western maryland and the snow, snow showers there this morning. we have been seeing the snow on again off again. what is happening is it's been breaking up as it moves across the mountains. we may be at best at some locations see a snow flake or two here in central maryland. the biggest story will be the cold air behind the frontal boundary. a winter weather advisory in effect through this afternoon. we're having the blowing and drifting of some of the snow showers on the ground with the winds gust up to 25-30 miles per hour. hd radar shows the clear scan here in central maryland. the hagerstown gets the shower activity and then we will be heading toward pennsylvania. out west these numbers, big difference, 24 on clarksberg, 37 in baltimore and we will be seeing the colder air and windchills, too, to boot tomorrow and as early as this evening. the windchills gusting up to 35 miles per hour with an overnight low of 28 degrees. it's only 3 windchill wise in oakland this morning. we will be seeing the windchills in the single digits here in central maryland tomorrow. yesterday how about a by degrees-- bydegrees, 50 degrees, a decent day. we're not going to get there, barely 40 degrees for the daytime high. the storm tim, t system to the southwest working its way to the southeast, moisture coming up the coast. you heard this, cold air in place. the arctic air put the two together and we have an interesting forecast for the new year's eve. hd radar shows that we will be precipitation free. here is the storm system that brought some of the snow this morning and bringing snow to western maryland. there is the frontal boundary. we think that is what is going to be the weather maker on new year's eve. high pressure the next couple of days keeps us with sunshine, nice day today, enjoy it. it's going to be the best of the rest of the week as far as temperature wise as we see the seven-day forecast in a bit. we will be calling it partly cloudy with a deal of sunshine before the clouds start to thicken up on the sig sky watch forecast. the winds picking up later this afternoon around central maryland around 41. again we're not going to add a few degrees by one or two this afternoon. what we have out there right now is what we're going to be getting. 31 know showers then, late this afternoon blowing and drifting up to 30 miles per hour. how about mother nature, making her own little fireworks, the white kind, maybe frozen fireworks on new year's eve, 29 degrees. we're going to monitor this, 32 all along throughout the week let you know what we see as the storm starts to develop. tomorrow and wednesday, the big story will be the frigid digits, folks. we will be seeing in central maryland the windchill in the single digits throughout the day tomorrow. once we see the cold in place, here comes the digits, in the first day of 2010. the weather 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. interactive tools will let you see what rain or snow will be over your house. go to foxbaltimore.com and click on iradar. well, i think we will click on our traffic edge report for 1 final time on this monday morninmorning after the holiday weekend. here is candace. >> reporter: checking out on the speeds on the beltway, check out these numbers. 59 miles per hour through the catonsville area. 60 miles per hour traveling near the security boulevard exit and 65 and 62 traveling on both 695 respectively and the jfx. as for incidents, we do have one problem to talk about in you on ward county this morning. it's a crash on the westbound lanes at route 100 that is right at 95. can you see all of the cars in the green moving throughout the region, so no problems to complain about as far as the actual delays are concerned. on 95, that traffic is flowing freely, moving through the howard county area, heading toward the beltway and making the push toward the fort mchenry tunnel. it was a bit congested earlier but now things have cleared out on the 95 area moving through rosedale. those cars are now in the green. as for 695 on the top end, we can show you what it looks like on pulaski highway. it's very light activity on the inner loop lanes and the outer loop stretch on 95. just farther up on 695 at harford road, the usual slow go. take a look at that, just the slow crowd at the inner and outer loop lanes but no brake lights in either direction. that's a look at the morning travels, megan, back over to you. candace, thank you. still head, hair spray on broadway, coming to baltimore. you can win tickets coming up. next, we are getting ready for the new year, how to make a great cocktail for your new ise your glass to a new year. many of you are planning big parties to celebrate new year's eve. don't let the ball drop when this comes to cocktails. ross is joining us more. good morning to you, guys. >> you guys are having a big party. >> we are. on new year's eve we are having a big party starting at 9:00. we brought a couple of things with us that you can get that evening. >> all right. what we're going to do is show you how to make one of our drinks. it's called christmas in tokyo. this is -- we pour a quarter ounce of that into the champagne glass. >> what is it called? >> taitu. >> we have a half shot of that into the glass. >> we add flavor to it. >> our next ingredient is going to be pomegranate liquor. it's got po pomegranate flavor o it. >> simple syrup. after the simple syrup we're going to squeeze a quarter of a lemon or lime. >> what kind of flavor will this drink have? >> it's a nice crisp flavor. once you pour the campaign, the bubbles mix altogether. >> that seems very new year's eve? >> it's very, vee festive. >> this one is called christmas in tokyo and it's $8. it runs through the rest of the week. this is a midnight rock tiny. >> i have had that, that's good. >> this is the ball dropper. this going to be $8 and this is $6. >> what is in the ball dropper? >> we will have a couple of rolls that we will be offering that evening. it's going to be a fun time. we recollection ited abou are e? >> any tips for fans as they make their cocktails. >> you want to follow the recipes. keep the recipes as true as possible to make the drinks. >> you recommend using the shot glasses. >> if you're a beginner, absolutely. >> our bar tenders are pretty trained well, and they can do without the jiggers, but if you're not a professional, then definitely. >> and you guys are expecting a big crowd on new year's eve. >> everybody is invited, no reservations needed. we are locate add the harbor east, 1390 lancaster street. you can visit us online at www.rawsushi.com. did you have a party last year? >> we did. it went very well. >> try to get there early and have dinner and stick around for some the activity. >> it sounds like a lot of fun. hopefully they have a happy new year. thank you for being here. >> for more information check out our website at foxbaltimore.com/morning. coming up, hair spray on broadway is coming right here to baltimore. can you tickets next. i couldn't wait. i had the ring for two months. i was just waiting for the right time. >> where this man popped the question and how he got the ñc love is in the air, a plane full of passengers helped a south florida man pop the question. he hoped that their relationship will really take flight. robin has their story. ♪ ♪. >> reporter: it was like a scene from a movie at ft. lauderdale hollywood international airport. one unsuspecting passenger collecting her bags walking into this. ♪ >> wow, i'm just very shocked. i had no idea. >> reporter: manuel surprising his girlfriend of two years proposing to her at baggage claim. >> i couldn't wait. i had the ring for two months. >> reporter: not on the plane but the nearly 200 passengers on this flight were happy to help. >> the flight attendant handed an announcement. we were supposed to root for her to say yes. >> reporter: lots of planning went off to pulling off the perfect proposal. the hardest part to getting the bride to be. >> he got stuck in an accident on the way home. we're thinking, he's not going to be here for a couple of hours. >> very, very difficult. it was like four hours, and talking to people in southwest. they were incredible. they are the love airlines. >> reporter: southwest living up to their former slogan providing champagne for everyone. and of course, she said yes. >> i'm very, very excited, yes. >> wow, talk about being on the spot right there? >> that couple was from chicago. had he met in a ministry group two years ago. >> i always love the interesting stories where they find the different locations. >> i don't know what i would think if i saw strangers cheering for me? >> i was trying to think of an analogy between air plane and marriage and taking off and the ground. >> hopefully it takes off. >> it takes flight. >> the skies ahead, there you go. >> that is a good -- >> i tell you what the big talk around here is the ravens. and we are saying it's therapy to talk about it. if you're feeling sad today and you're upset, we're trying to get it out there. we have been showing clips. this was the touch down that ends up getting called back. a lot of people upset about that. the holding call against the ravens that brought it back and here is -- this is the clencher right there, when ben threw the bad pass there. clearly an interception, but bad calls on the ravens messing up a little bit making bad plays and again the better seption di intt count. >> i was watching with people at home. they were yelling at the t.v. after so many penalties, you got to give it up. there's nothing we can do? >> clean up. it's not over. >> the great of the things for ravens fans is realize there's still hope. that's more than a lot of teams can say right now. >> if the steelers knocked them out yesterday and it was the end of the season then you could be upset. >> the steelers got in the playoffs, all they have to do is beat -- defeat the raiders. >> meanwhile, cold weather there, if you're still heated up about the game, that will cool us off. >> we have frigid indicts waiting in the wings. today is the warmest day of your week. >> 41. >> he yeah, 41 degrees now. got to tell you, after midnight tonight, especially tomorrow morning when you're heading out the door it's going to feel like about 5, 6, 7 degrees with the windchill. winds gusting 25-30 miles per hour on tuesday and wednesday. then we get rid of some the cold but look at what is coming in, one of those southern coastal storms. the same pattern. we're not going to expect blizzard conditions, but thursday new year's eve into a new year's day a wintery mix. sounds holiday festive. >> we don't like that. >> timing is everything, but we're going to see. it looks like '09 is going to be going out on a dicey kind of note. >> that is serious. a lot of people traveling. >> we will keep that updated throughout. we will have the updated forecast a bit closer to it. meantime the story of baltimore is returning to baltimore. hair spray is traveling from broadway to the lyric theater. it's running for three shows. it starts on friday january 8th, tickets are available at ticketmaster and you can win a pair of tickets for free. just be the 10th call ear at phone -- caller at (410)481-4545. you will win passes for the opening night at the lyric there. 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