it's friday! >> sure is, a chilly start to one. we have weather and traffic together. let start with marty in the first warning weather center. >> clear and cold morning and afternoon. mid-20s -- excuse me low 30s this evening. that's going to be -- it's going to be averaging about 10 degrees below normal this day with a high of 37 or 38. the normal is 48 degrees. we're ten days from beginning of winter, it sure feels like it this day. take it away. >> thank you. let's to it over to sharon. how is the traffic this morning? >> we're busier than usual for a friday morning, as far as accidents go. we started with a serious accident 95 southbound approaching 32. at one point it was blocking two left lanes. at this point it is blocking one left lane, a five minute backup, back to 175 with an average speed there of 30 miles per hour. watch for a new one at route 32 at rain cliff road. two more ruskin avenue at park wood. that one is in the clearing stages. same for mccullough street at drew i had park lake drive. delays not evidence in this shot. there is the forth mchenry tunnel looking good. no issues on 95 at the beltway. wjz 13 is always on for traffic information any time log onto wjz.com. jessica over to you. thank you. here's what people are talking about again today. a war of words in baltimore city as leaders defend their plans to temporarily close some fire houses. it comes as a chilling 911 tape is released. wjz one live in downtown baltimore. andrea fujii is at fire department headquarters with the latest. >> reporter: good morning jessica, good morning everyone. we're hearing what it was like to be trapped inside that burning home early wednesday morning as the nearest fire house just blocks away was closed to save the city money. >> hello? >> reporter: 76-year-old sam davis lost his life early wednesday morning in a fast moving house fire. the fire company just half a mile away from his house was closed that morning, part of an effort to save the city money. now neighbors are not only on edge, they're also outraged. >> you want them to come as quickly as possible. and if they're coming all the way from a different neighborhood as opposed to right up the street, the response time is not going to be the same. >> reporter: the fire department admits the response time was delayed but not because of the closure. they say it's because the first call placed to 911 was difficult to understand as the woman on the phone struggled to breathe. >> hello? >> hello? >> fire! >> what's the address? >> 31 street.. >> the 911 operator misunderstood the address, sending the first unit to press bury street instead of pressman, the crew arrived four minutes later at 3:06 a.m. at 3:09 davis' neighbor called 911. >> what's the address. >> oh my god, 313 pressman street. >> units arrived to the correct location four minutes later. according to the firefighters' union the response time may have been delayed even more because of the closure. >> every person that lives in baltimore city that relies on emergency services should be concerned. >> reporter: the mayor disagrees that money matters had anything to do with the response time or davis' death. >> no, this was not a result of budget cuts. based on the distance of the current stations, we are still within a great safe zone as far as responses. >> reporter: now, the firefighters' union maintains that response times are still excellent city-wide, but with rolling closures, precious minutes can be lost early on. and studies show those early minutes are critical in saving lives. jessica, back to you. andrea, thank you. the cuts are expected to save the city at least three and a half million dollar more this morning on the legal whoas of baltimore mayor sheila dixon. she could now be down to her final week in office. >> reporter: good morning, convicted of misusing gift cards, the mayor is now looking at a possible suspension in january. today a judge set january 21st as the sentencing date for the mayor. last week a jury found her guilty on a misdemeanor charge of embezzling gift cards meant for the needy. once the mayor is sentenced she could be suspended from office. dixon's lawyers do plan to ask for a new trial. a hearing to discuss that is scheduled for january 6th. now back to you, jessica. thank you, denise. mayor dixon was acquitted on three other counts. the jury didn't reach a decision on the fifth. a state trooper is convicted of double dipping this morning, working private security jobs while on the clock. 36-year-old andrew mohan was dollars. stationed at the forestville barracks near district heights, convicted of two felonies and five counts of misconduct in office. he remains suspended without pay until sentencing. $70 million, that's how much money a woman is seeking from ravens line backer terrell suggs. 26-year-old candace williams says she is the mother of his two children, claims he abused her on two occasions last month. in one occasion she says suggs poured bleach on her and her son. suggs is not saying much about the lawsuit. >> i've always been fair. when i can address it i will. i have nothing to hide. as bad as i want to talk about it right now, i just can't. you know, when i'm able toe do t you all can ask a million and one questions about it, i'll be glad to answer for you. >> a judge granted a temporary restraining citing visible lacerations on williams' chest. suggs has not been charged with any crime. a howard county teen is facing serious charges this morning. police say he is behind a series of threatening calls made to area schools from phone numbers that have been spoofed. here's more on how police tracked him down. >> a former oakland mills high school student faces serious charges after police say the 15-year-old called local schools with frightening threats. the message that we want to send to students is that if you do something like this, you will be charged criminally. >> reporter: police say the calls date back to september 10th when the suspect and a female accomplice called the board of education saying a student was carrying a gun in school. the next day the pair made a similar call. it wouldn't be until december 1st that police say the suspects called oakland mills high claiming another student brought a gun there. on december 4th they called again. this time to say there were bombs at school and the principal would be shot. >> the threats turned out to be bogus, but. >> it is very serious, it alarms the folks involved. it is very embarrassing to the students who had to be pulled out of class. it's scary for the the students who were around to see somebody pulled from class. >> all calls appeared to be coming from axe texas phone line. it is called spoofing which masks all cell phone numbers. >> countless spoofing programs are available, some are free. a demo shows callers can change the number that shows up on id devices. voices can be changed, but computer experts say the software doesn't hide much at all. >> it doesn't actually change the phone number so verizon or the telephone company could find out who is doing the call in 30 seconds. >> reporter: even though police found the caller, oakland mills parents worry others could follow suit. >> it's so prevalent now with the threats and students getting upset, they want to use violence for whatever reason, you know, academic or whatever. so it is scary. >> reporter: police say charges are pending for the female suspect who lives out of state. reporting at police headquarters, howard county, wjz eyewitne news. thank you. the student charged has been homeschooled since october when he withdrew from oakland high school. another cold day in store for us today. this morning we're hearing that this recent cold weather has been deadly. four people in maryland are now confirmed dead from hypothermia in just the past month. officials are pressing marylanders to check on friends and neighbors, especially the elderly. hypothermia contributed to more than 50 deaths in maryland last winter. a cold blast continues to hit the midwest that is correct didn't keep the browns fans from tailgating before their match up with the steelers. fans broke out portable heaters or stayed in the car. the temperature around game time was a chilly 20 degrees, but those fans went home happy as the browns picked up a win against the defending super bowl champs. the only touchdown of the game, this 10-yard run by chris jennings, as the browns celebrate, the steelers drop to 6-7 on the year, final score 13-6. the browns go up a game on the steelers if the ravens win. it is a great morning for ravens' fans. >> it really is. >> and browns fans. >> well,. >> that goes without saying. >> and for tim tebow, because the browns probably blue their chance at a number one draft pick. colt mccoy is taking valium this morning, but anyway. but what i'm saying here is let's talk just academically football, let's not chest bump. >> i'm not a big chest bumper. >> i got to may a tuition bill later. >> here's a team we were in contention for the wild card with who is now eliminated. that's how you got to look at this. nice! >> we play the lions on sunday, as must as i'd like to say we're going to hammer them, look what happened to the steelers. look at the steelers against the ravens and last game against the browns. it's like buzz harbaugh says every sunday is a game -- q. buzz harbaugh ? check this out. we got an email from bobby, everybody is playing the wjz tv profootball challenge. does anybody mind they started 0-1, probably not. did anybody playing actually take the cleveland browns? if you say yes, i want a lie detector test admitted. okay? did you take them? >> no. >> did you take them? >> i didn't take them. >> did you take them? >> nobody did. i guess -- >> where is the roster, ron? how are you doing, you're celebrating the browns victory, look at this. >> loved it last night. >> you ask matt wilson, i told him yesterday afternoon the browns were going to take the steelers down. >> somebody get the lie detector out. >> bring that machine out, i'm ready. >> i'll do a little weather and we'll talk. >> it's fortunate you're inside this morning, it's cold out there. it's clear, cold, the winds have abate today a steady breeze of ten. look at the forecast, we're still looking at about, what was the wind chill 14 degrees or so, 37 the high today, brisk and cold. the cold has set in for the weekend. when the ravens are playing sunday we'll have the same temperature but not the same sky conditions, maybe some flurries. first warning details coming up shortly. roster, good morning, we're inside where? >> yes we are jessica and marty, live in towson at the beautiful amazing hampton mansion. look who is here, how friend vince. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, sir. we'll have a dickens of a time. >> yes we will. we'll be talking to vince and who knows what may happen here at the hampton mansion. we'll tell but the big doings here this weekend. big celebration when the eyewitness news morning edition chili start to the day, hey marty. >> chilly start to the day, but we drop the wind advisories. western maryland has a wind chill advisory in effect. i want you to understand it's flat out cold this morning, down to 23, cold and dry. look at that, a four dew point, 43% humidity. the wind has dropped from ten to 9 miles per hour. this time yesterday it was 20 plus miles per hour. so that's a bonus, but there will still be a cause and effect wind chill which we'll look at in a second. barometer has raise en from the upper 20s of yesterday to 30.20, as high pressure settles over the area. the winds will abate to calm. by later on a 10-mile an hour steady wind in the area. right now there is no gusting, just a 10-mile an hour steady wind. but we'll look at once again cause and effect temperatures here. 23 downtown, keep your eye on that number. 22 hagerstown, 21 cumberland, 27 easton, 30 pax river, 28dc, 19 now westminster, 22 bel air, 23 columbia, 28 rock hall, 26 annapolis, 23 downtown, it equates to a wind chill of 13 degrees. it is a clear and cold morning. now, what's going to come down the pike over the next couple days is high pressure continuing to settle in the area. i pointed this out a couple times, i want to do it again, we have this lake effect. but yesterday that lake effect with that strong northwest wind extended into central pennsylvania. not this day, there is the high moving in. as it does it's going to drag warm air our way. there will be cause and effect on sunday, in the form of a couple snow shower. the mid to upper 30s this day, 20 tonight. tomorrow 39 degrees, partly sunny skies, here comes a push of warm humid air on sunday, which is going to give us cloudy skies. kids, you will be going to school on monday. this is not the type of weather event that gives us a big wintery mix. you are going to see, you know, a few flurries around. it is this warm humid air that takes us to four shy of 50, two shy of friday, over the mid-atlantic on sunday when we're playing the lions. 37 degrees, another cool front moves our way and flips us below normal on wednesday. wednesday we'll have a breeze. jessica take it away. let's send it over to sharon gibala. >> good morning everyone. plenty of accidents to talk about a new one in howard county, actually. we'll talk about 95 looking good right now. the accident in howard county that i was talking about is on on dorsey one road closed in both directions. our next serious accident is near here, 95 south of 100 approaching 32 we have an accident blocking one lane with a five minute delay back to 175 at 30 miles per hour is your average speed. no other delays to talk about. there is a look at the beltway, starting to see more volume there at baltimore national pike. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and participating toyota dealer, service departments keep your toyota running smoothly. toyota moving forward, over to you, jessica. debbie just emailed us and said she picked the browns. >> way to go, debbie. >> two out of 31,000. >> what's going on ronny? good morning. >> good morning, jessica and marty. we are live at the hampton mansion in towson. this is amazing. absolutely phenomenal. our friend vince, the chief of interpretation is here. good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> super, ramping up for the big weekend. >> reporter: we have a big weekend at the hampton mostly cloudy. let's do history, guys, when this home was completed in 1790 this was the largest private residence in the united states. >> that's right. that's right. >> you could get monticello and mount vernon in here and still have room left over. >> that's amaze. q. we should point out our guest is a national park ranger, a national historic spot. >> that's right. run by the national park service. vince has been with us many times before. today he is the hampton guide. >> we are wearing gray and green and today a different green today. >> reporter: yes you are. we will have to get you purple. >> this room is what? >> this is the music room. so you know, an entertaining room, also the library. it looks like it did in the 1870s, when the yuletide season was in full bloom. >> this is original stuff. >> 95 per september of everything you see and experience here is original to this mansion. the park service acquired it from the original owners. >> reporter: that is unbelievable. jessica and marty, i came in before and i put my coat on one of the chairs. don't do that! >> you almost got shot. >> ron? where is the big screen? >> reporter: the big screen is where, what room? >> oh, that's in the basement. that's right. that's right. >> in the mancave. >> it's in the man cave here. >> this weekend it's the yuletide celebration, big blow out this weekend. all starts tonight. so it's nice and warm in the house. once you get in here, it's all free we're off 695. we have the singers in the mansion tonight, so very much an atmosphere, each room is a tour du force for the yuletide season. each room has something different going on. and then tomorrow, tomorrow afternoon we have an open house. we have bud will be doing christmas songs, like a sing along here. and then we have stuff for the kids too. it's not just don't touch this or that. we have things that the kids can interact with on site as well. they can make ornaments, they can make different dolls and things out of corn husk dolls. so it's really awesome. sunday afternoon we have the carriage ride. and saturday night is an open house, like a candlelight thing as well. and if you've never seen this place at night, you haven't lived yet. i mean you she whole mansion is lit up like a christmas tree. >> yes, i saw the ravens win a super bowl, i have lived! >> what do we have there? >> well, you have to wait for the season, that's right. but a lot of people say how come it's playing like that? you learn about the history of the yuletide season. you say it's not fancy wrapping, that's because in the early days like the 1870s they didn't wrap with fancy gift wrap like we have now. >> absolutely. >> do you have these clothes in your closet? >> they say when linda wakes up with me every morning, my wife, she doesn't know what era we're going to be in today. today we're getting ready, charles dickens era. we're going to have a dickens of a time this weekend. but we are no s crooges. >> happy holidays, happy yuletide. you can go to the website, which is? i had it written down higher. >> historichampton.org. >> very good. >> could you give us, before we leave. >> holiday hampton who's? >> he needs to market his own brand of coffee. >> i'm taking him to 540 on sunday. hampton mansion in towson, come out on its going to be a great weekend. see yeah. >> you ever met vince before? >> yes. now you're up. >> that guy has energy. >> you know what, he is a national park ranger. you go out to fort mchenry, the ranger goes those are the ram parts, this is this, and if you can't get ramped up about a national historic spot, you shouldn't have the job. >> i love him. he loves his job. >> i asked him, i said i know you don't want to leave or move you're a baltimore out through and through. >> would you like to be a park ranger at yellowstone? >> he was like astaugh!! imagine that. >> the holidays are fast approaching. tonight marks the beginning of hannakah. wjz is asking for holiday photos, email us and then look for them here and as part of our big slide show on wjz.com and we will be it is a clear, cold morning. take a look at the forecast today it's going to be clear and cold this afternoon. we have lost the wind. that's a good thing. we are kind of looking at an honest essentially an honest 37 today. mostly sunny, brisk and cold temperatures in the low 20s. we have a wind chill with a 10-mile an hour breeze this morning in the mid teens. jessica take it away. we are in the home stretch of the wjz profootball challenge. meteorologist tim williams and wjz -- is in wjz.com with an update. >> well, good morning, with only four weeks of the season left, there is a new face on the bobble head leader board. now i'm still in the lead with 139 points, stan is next with 134. girl power going on, bernadette woods is tied with jessica with 133 points. the weekly winner, wanda atkins of frederick picked 14 out of 16 games correctly. she wins $50 best buy gift certificate and maryland lottery prize pack worth $35. you can sign up, come here to wjz.com and click on the link near the top of the home page. jessica and marty, back to you. tim thank you. we had the browns before the ravens take the field, it's the naval academy looking to extend their winning streak over army. you can see all the action tomorrow at 2:30 right here on wjz 13. still to come on the morning edition. >> reporter: more fallout from the fatal west baltimore fire as 911 tapes are released. i'm andrea fujii, that story is coming up. congress looks to get tough on wall street, but what regular layings are lawmakers proposing? in washington i'm whit johnson, that story coming up. sharon gibala with wjz traffic control, a bunch of accidents working, we'll tell you where straight ahead. now over to marty. on coffee with an unlikely friendship, miley cyrus' daddy billy ray cyrus, stars in hallmark's new movie. coffee with, and talk about a movie based on a book written by the one and only kenny rogers. the morning edition continues boss: so word's gettin' out that geico customers could save even more on their car insurance by signing up for other things - like homeowner's or renter's insurance. nice work, everyone. exec: well, it's easy for him. he's a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec: with all due respect, if i was tiny and green and had a british accent i'd have more folks paying attention to me too... i mean - (faux english accent) 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'cause actually, i'm from - anncr: geico. save even more with our new multi-policy discount. welcome back, it's the bottom of the hour. chilly but pretty start to the ends of your work week. weather and traffic together over to marty. >> let's look at the day park, it is clear and cold, but the winds have died down just a steady breeze, that's a beautiful thing. 23 right now. 33 at lunch. 31 this evening. 33 i'm going go to a high of 37. 10 to 11 degrees below normal in your neighborhood this day. 10 days before the start of winter, friday in the big town. let's send it over to sharon for traffic. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. we still have that accident that we started with on 95 southbound approaching 32. still blocking the left lane with a backup to 175. it will kansas city you five minutes. meantime an accident attasksville, rain cliff road, an accident. and in the city west northern parkway at park heights avenue. 95 southbound 100, everything is running smoothly. starting to slow down on the west side of the beltway at baltimore national pike, 95 at 695. this traffic report is brought by toyota, toyota factory trained technicians you'll find at your toyota dealer, they use genuine toyota parts to help your car move properly. an important question, with what could be life or death consequences are moves to cut costs in baltimore city responsible for a man's death? wjz is live, andrea fujii is outside of fire department headquarters with the latest. good morning, andrea. >> reporter: good morning, jessica, good morning everyone. the 911 tapes from that fatal fire were released. you can hear the desperation of people calling for help. that help did come, but some neighbors argue it should have come faster. >> hello? >> reporter: 76-year-old sam davis lost his life early wednesday morning in a fast moving house fire. the fire company just half a mile away from his house was closed that morning, part of an effort to save the city money. now neighbors are not only on edge, they're also outraged. >> you want them to come as quickly as possible. and if they're coming all the way from a different neighborhood as opposed to right up the street, the response time is not going to be the same. >> reporter: the fire department admits the response time was delayed but not because of the closure. they say it's because the first call placed to 911 was difficult to understand as the woman on the phone struggled to breathe. >> hello? >> hello? >> fire! >> what's the address? >> 31 street.. >> the 911 operator misunderstood the address, sending the first unit to pressbury street instead of pressman, the crew arrived four minutes later at 3:06 a.m. at 3:09 davis' neighbor called 911. >> what's the address. >> oh my god, 313 pressman street. >> units arrived to the correct location four minutes later. according to the firefighters' union the response time may have been delayed even more because of the closure. >> every person that lives in baltimore city that relies on emergency services should be concerned. >> reporter: the mayor disagrees that money matters had anything to do with the response time or davis' death. >> no, this was not a result of budget cuts. based on the distance of the current stations, we are still within a great, safe zone as far as responses. >> reporter: now, the firefighters' union still maintains that response times are excellent city-wide, but with those rolling closures, precious minutes early on could be lost. studies show those early minutes are critical in saving lives. zig ca, back to you. >> andrea, thank you. the cuts are expected to save the city at least three and a half million dollars. the final count down could be on for mayor sheila dixonshe could now be down to her final week in office. >> reporter: good morning, convicted of misusing gift cards, the mayor is now looking at a possible suspension in january. today a judge set january 21st as the sentencing date for the mayor. last week a jury found her guilty on a misdemeanor charge of embezzling gift cards meant for the needy. once the mayor is sentenced she could be suspended from office. dixon's lawyers do plan to ask for a new trial. a hearing to discuss that is scheduled for january 6th. now back to you, jessica. thank you, denise. mayor dixon was acquitted on three other counts. the jury didn't reach a decision on the fifth. . crime spree busted. a mother and her teenage daughter are facing charges this morning after a violent string of robberies. police say the 32-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter robbed nine people recently stretching from federal hill to anne arundel county. also charged the teenager's boyfriend. one of the women who was robbed at knife point spoke to us at wjz. >> he told me if i didn't give up my bag, he was going to cut me. i kind of struggled at first and then he cut my cheek and that's when i knew he was serious. >> the mother had already been facing charges of child abuse, accused of beating the same daughter with a belt and punching her. some sharp criticism for washington's metro system courtesy of barbara mccull ski. she says she has no confidence in the metro season or the people who run it. she says the deadly train crash in june shows administrators aren't doing enough to solve problems. metro's general manager shares the frustrations. nine people died in that crash. wall street is waiting for a potentially pivotal day as lawmakers get set to impose tough new regulations. whit johnson has a full report. >> reporter: more than a year after the collapse of lehman brothers sent the financial system into a tail spin, house lawmakers are set to vote on a bill designed to prevent it from happening again. support for the sweeping regulatory overhaul is split down party lines. democrats are fighting one amendment that would throw out a proposed agency aimed at cracking down on predatory lenders and deceptive credit card practices. they also want tighter restrictions including one that would allow bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgages and lower payments. banking groups have spent months fighting the bill, so have republicans who say it's just an extension of the unpopular financial bailout. >> the obama administration is still trying to reign in those bailout companies. cbs news has learned the president's pay czar will slap new salary restrictions on high level executives later today. kenneth fineberg will reportedly put a $500,000 limit on the cash compensation to hundreds of executives at six companies. the top executives have already agreed to their own pay caps. >> i think it's completely fair that they should try and figure out a way to reduce the risk in the system so that we don't go through the agony of the past 12 months. if companies think there is an end insight to company rules, they're out of luck. >> president obama has invited ceos to the white house on monday, first thing on the agenda, overhauling financial regulations. whit johnson, wjz eyewitness news. changes could soon be coming for drug companies. two senate democrats are pushing lawmakers to sign a bill for bidding companies from inspecting pharmacy records. companies are notorious for the practice to learn which doctors are prescribing their medications. the house has passed it's version of bill which only agrees to study the practice, not limit it. we don't usually see peeps at this time of year, but that doesn't make them any less sweet. the eagerly awaited peeps store has opened in objection on hills outside dc. the shop sales 600 different peeps products, plush toys, china, a hand blown glass peep. most of the offerings are not edible, but you can find marshmallow chicks and bun knees there year-round. >> you were talking about how you love stale peeps. >> they're not good for you, i don't eat them frequently. >> do they make you happy? >> it's like that teeth, you get that gritty sugary taste on your teeth. >> i can't tell you since jessica mentioned that how many people have emailed us with the fact that they like stale peeps. linda for morseville, talks about biting off the head, the tail and into the body, it melts in your mouth yummy. not sure how many calories those little peeps are. who is count not guilty. >> you're eating a peep, you're not worried about it. >> you know. >> or really anything else. your mouth changes color with all the dye. >> every dentist in the country is standing up and applauding us right now. >> thank you, guys. >> moving on, coming up on coffee with, billy ray cyrus joins us. he's got a hallmark, hallmark christmas special. it's a movie that was written by kenny rogers. that's an interesting collaboration, isn't it? >> christmas. billy ray cyrus joins us on coffee with, coming up here very shortly. sharon gibala has the traffic at wjz traffic control. first warning weather for the weekend. how long does the chill remain? how is that weather going to be for sub-day's ravens good morning. it is a beautiful day start. the winds have diminished down to a breeze from the wind of yesterday. let's look at the numbers. that tells the story. the watch, warning and advisory graphics, no wind advisories in the area except in western maryland. those will be dropped over the next two or three hours. on tv hill it's 23. four is the dew point, that is dry. bottom line closer temperature to dew point, more humid and uncomfortable. 23 and four, 43% humidity. the breeze at nine. the barometer is 30.22. 10-mile an hour breeze and no gusts in the area. that's the saving grace of the morning. although there is going to be a wind chill hit, even with that 10 miles an hour. a 21 cumberland, 22 hagerstown, mid-20s, dc and easton, ocean city 28, 19 westminster, 22 bel air, 23 columbia, 26 annapolis and kent island, 27 rock hall. that 20-degree downtown baltimore equates to a 13- degree wind chill. so we have got this northwest flow somewhat abating as high pressure builds into the area. as the high moves offshore, it will drag warmer, more humid air. a dew point closer to the temperature if you will in your neighborhood. on sunday that could give use couple snow showers, nothing though. l become problematic 37 the high, mostly sunny this day. tonight 28. and tomorrow in the 30s, below the normal of 47. it is going to be rain and snow showers sunday. nothing that should become problematic. this is not a system that gives us snow. you will see a couple snow showers, 38. raise it up to almost 54, shy of 50 on monday with sun. tuesday clouds but still almost 50 degrees, clouds 'cause the cold front takes us with sunshine to 37 and windy on wednesday. jessica take it away. thank you, a quarter to 7:00 let's get an update on the roads with sharon at wjz traffic control. >> i'm happy to say things appear to have calmed down a bit. we only have a few accidents left, one we started off with this morning on 95 southbound approaching 32 still blocking the left lane with a five minute delay behind it to 175. we also have an accident in the city that one is going to be on west northern parkway at park heights avenue. there is a look at your drive times and your speeds, the three slowest spots slowest spot is between 132, 95 southbound because of that accident, 36 miles per hour with an eight minute drive time. and we are also looking at very slight delays on the west side of the beltway between 795 and 95:52 miles per hour with a 12 minute drive time. 295 at 175, running smoothly there. 95 at 100, and the beltway. this traffic report is brought to you by toyota and participating toyota dealer where you'll find a service department street smart specialings to keep your toyota running smoothly. toyota moving forward. back over to you, jessica and marty. >> you have to give them ten seconds of what you just did. >> oh gosh, don't break my heart, my achy breaky heart, right? ♪[ music ] >> this morning's coffee with billy ray cyrus, a movie on hallmark. >> please welcome back billy ray cyrus to the morning edition, a live studio audience favorite of course. >> nice to see you again. >> it's good to be with you. you still got that happening crowd over there i hear. >> same crowd that applauded you last time. you might recognize it. >> yeah. he is the life of the party. >> he is trying to be. he's trying to be. and you're trying to be the voice of the season here. we've been doing a couple stories on hallmark -- hallmark channel's count down to christmas. this is another step. this sounds like a winner. because not only are you a musician and actor involved, but musician helped write the story, correct? >> that's right. written by cowritten by kenny rogers, big kenny rogers and you know, when i read the script, i fell in love with it. i love the passion, the honesty, and the reality of the being in the civil rights movement in the '60s, and my character daniel canaan is canaan, texas i'm a farmer in texas. and working hard and it's been a tough year and my son gets in a fight with another kid at school and i decide that instead of separating them, it would be better to bring them together and let them realize, you know, just how similar they are. >> now, did kenny rogers write this from a real life experience for him, do you know? >> i'm sure that some of the things that are in this story are based around what he's lived, what he has seen, you know. there is a lot of honesty in the entire story that i'm sure we can all relate to in one way or another in our own lives. >> i've been listening to several other interviews you've been doing on the subject here. you mentioned your father figures into the way you play this role. >> that is correct, don. yeah, as i read the script, and learned more about daniel, it was obvious that if i could just be my -- my own dad, his name was ron cyrus, if i could be my dad in this movie and just, you know, let bring him back to life for this character, that that's pretty much who daniel was. my dad lived by the law of what is right and treated others as you want to be treated and that's kind of what daniel does. >> i'm told that all great actors draw on somebody from their past or something to make a character work. so you're getting your acting chops together. >> well, it's interesting, my dad -- my dad too would always have this saying, he would say we'll get by somehow, we always do. that's what my character says in the movie, you know, that's his mantra, we'll get by somehow, we always do. and i wrote a song that's now become the theme of the movie. and added it to my new album that's coming out the first of the year, it's called we'll get by somehow, we always do. >> very good. so there is sort of a synergy in a couple different levels here? >> well, i love acting. i love making music and most of all love to find those projects where i can combine the two. >> can we continue on, talk about your new album, when does it come out, when does it drop as they say? >> it's going to be sometime after the first of the year. i think it will be close to the last week of may, first week of june. i'll probably coincide it with my summer tour next year. it's a little different style of music than i've made before. i'm combining with a young man that i met be vancouver while doing christmas in kay noon. i canaan. i have brother clyde, it's all about the music, that's what this album is very real, the songs are influences of all genres and it's a very unique sound that i'm anxious to get out and hopefully people will be able to dig on it and come see brother clyde. >> your daughter is very busy, is she going to be home for christmas? >> she is right now in england. myself, i left tomorrow for new york and then i'm going over to play for the troops in iraq. and i'll join her on christmas eve in london. >> i'm looking forward to your album. i'm looking forward to talking to you again when you're up on the satellite again, billy ray cyrus. >> thank you. thank you, sir. >> christmas in canaan on the hallmark channel on december 12th, saturday offers could. >> we're going to take a break, but we're coming back with an update on traffic and more first warning weather for you. don't now updated weather and traffic together, marty. i'll tell you take a look at the forecast, clear and cold morning, it's going to be a clear and cold afternoon. we are going to look for a high temperature right around 37 degrees, at least the wind has diminished and will abate. now over to sharon gibala at wjz tv traffic control. good morning everyone following the accident 95 southbound approaching 32 with a slight delay behind that one to 175. one lane is blocked there. and only one other accident working that one in the city on west northern parkway at park heights avenue. there is a look at your three crow slowest spots 32 miles per hour approaching the accident scene on 95 southbound with a nine minute drive time at this point. delays on the west side, slight ones, 51 miles per hour with a 12 minute drive time. 95 south of 100, traffic starts to slow once you get beyond that. there is a look at 95 at the beltway looking good there. 295 at 175 everything running at full speed. this traffic report is brought by the radio city christmas spectacular. it's returning to baltimore back by popular demand. taking the stage december 17th tickets are on sale now. jessica back to you. thank you. making headlines this morning the debate continues this morning over the city's budget related fire house closures. this comes as outraged neighbors and the fire union say the closures delayed crews responding to a hughes fire wednesday morning. a 76-year-old man died in the home. mayor sheila don says the system of rolling closures did not delay response time, instead blaming a misunderstood 911 call. the political future of baltimore mayor sheila dixon could be decided next month. a judge has scheduled sentencing for january 21st. attorneys for the mayor say they will file a motion for a new trial. as the ravens gear up to play the lions this weekend they could once again be without terrell suggs, still recovering from a knee injury. he says playing sunday will be a game day decision. suggs has other worries, he is facing a $70 million lawsuit from a woman who claims he assaulted her. and stay with wjz 13, maryland's news station, complete news, weather and traffic still ahead. more on the winter weather eping the country in