an inch and a inch and a half. two to three ininches harford county. snow pulled out. it's all about the cold air. it's freezing north and west of the beltway. that's why we have delays. kim brown, it could be slick in baltimore, harford and southward. >> reporter: we have an accident reported in baltimore county. that's in cockeysville between mccormick and york road in front of the hunt valley town center. keep in mind if you are headed out the door you may see that. traffic is moving very well around the beltway. all the state highway administration did treat all the area roads. so traffic is actually off to a very good start. the roads are wet and slick in someplaces. we are looking good traffic wise. now back to you. >> all right, thanks. edicated firefighter described as the best of the best and trained others to do the job and committed his life to other's safety. that was on the job. off the job shall he was a father of two and husband. community is going to miss mark faulkenhan. sherrie johnson joins with us more. >> reporter: yes, we are learning more and more information about what exactly happened inside this fire at the towson crossing apartment complex where a volunteer firefighter was killed. you can see the boarded up windows here, evidence of that fire. 43-year-old mark faulkenhan got trapped on the third floor of the building when he went inside to try to rescue people who lived here. faulkenhan save the life of at least one woman. and when the fire flashed over, he was trapped on the third floor balcony. rescue crews took him to st. joseph's medical center where he died. >> through the end, mark was calling on the radio advising of the conditions and calling for additional resources and searching above the fire for potential rescues. >> reporter: other people were hurt in this fire. a man was taken to sinai hospital and a woman to the burn center at johns hop kens bay view where she is -- hopkins bayview where she is listed in serious condition. >> reporter: the flag and state flag will be at half-staff until sunset on monday, the day of his funeral. reporting live in hillendale, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> thank you. phenyl arrangements are in place for mark faulkenhan. viewings be will be held saturday and sunday from 2 to 4 in the afternoon and then again that night from seven to nine a funeral mass will be at 11 monday morning at the cathedral of our mary our queen. he will be buried at dulaney valley memorial gardens. to follow the story, head to abc2news.com for the latest developments on the story plus you will find video pictures and you can leave a message of condolence for the firefighter's family. three minutes after five right now. the search continues this morning for a 16-year-old girl. baltimore sun reports that police combed the woods behind a southwest baltimore apartment building last night searching for clues in the disappearance of phylicia barnes. they focuseded on a well of north bend road but they found nothing there. barnes is from north carolina and was visiting her half sister for the holidays when she disappeared. a burglar is on the loose and police want your help to help keep an eye out for him. authorities believe the suspecthas hit multiple homes in annapolis. police say the person has been kicking in front doors and walking away with valuables. don harrison has the story. >> reporter: since november,annapolis had 15 burglaries in the south annapolis area all along the forest drive corridor. the burglaries have similarities. >> each involve one or two people quickly kicking in the door, going into the houses and taking television sets, computers or jewelry or a combination and no doubt leaving very quickly in a car or truck. >> reporter: annapolis police chief mike says none of the burglaries occurred when people are home. >> in each of the 15 burglaries, no one was home. so we have reason to think that they knew that, they watched them leave for work and all are happening between 8 in the morning and 6 at night during when people would be at work. we think they noticed people were leaving or there's signs to them that no one is home at the time. >> reporter: people living in the area are concerned and wonder if it could happen to them. >> it could be one of us. you know what i am saying? and i got kid and i wouldn't want anything to happen to my daughter. >> reporter: the chief says the best thing to a do is if you see people knocking on doors and in the community that don't belong there, call the police and let them investigate. in annapolis, don harrison for abc to news -- abc2 now is. >> five minutes after five. after the horrible shooting that left six people dead, there's good news from tucson this morning. >> borderlining on miraculous. congress mam giffords is scheduled to leave the hospital today and begin rehab. coming up, you will hear from family members who are encourageed by her rapid signs of progress. guarding against osteoporosis. coming up in this morning's health alert, what's being done to help people protect their bones from getting brittle. on this friday, let's check in for the trains and buses and for that, we say good morning to the mta's mark jones. how is it going, man. >> reporter: good morning. the commute looks good on the rail services. light rail metro subway and mar- - marc operating on time. number 30 burs is divert at edmonton and swan and 19, 21, 27 diverted at howard and chase for a water main break and 15 bus with a diversion in the air afterbel air and st. clair. 20 diverted at baltimore and gilmore and number 7 att and wolf. i am mark jones for the mta transit team. >> man: delivering a 200-pound ice sculpture means i don't have any margin for error. one wrong turn, and i could end up unloading a puddle of water. >> gps: turn right ahead. >> man: so i make sure i have the right guidance to get me exactly where i need to be. it's the same with taxes. turbotax has a unique gps 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poking through in spots. disappointment for some. for my friend in elk ridge, they were hoping for a delay. nothing from howard county and not much in the way of snow. red line hereford 2 1/2 inches that takes care of northern baltimore and southern pa. edgewood a inch and half. towson 1.5. notingham 1.5. eldersburg, tracy, coming in with one inch and the winds are howling. but the moon is out and the know is gone. one last snow shower in cecil county. i am waiting for snow amounts. i suspect three plus. look at manchester 28. westminster 27. eldersburg 31. someone complained carroll schools are closed. they are delayed. streets are wet but could ice up because of the conditions. look at the parking lot in owings mills. want to highlight. snow covered partially melt and could refreeze. there could be spots that may be deceptive. let's check out the traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: absolutely, justin, so far so good on the roadways. we don't have any major problems working. as we look live in howard county, this is route 100 at route 1 facing eastbound making your way towards arundel mills and hanover and glen bernie. no problems on 95, 83, 695 all clear right now. as we look at the maps, only dealing with one accident in cockeysville, between mccormick and york road it's not closed but there's an accident in front of hunt valley town center. be aware of that. but traffic is off to a good start to begin your friday. now back to you. >> thanks. if today is your birthday, happy birthday. we have several people to wish happy birthdays to. so first off, peg who says she grew up in college park. now lives in baldwin celebrating her 50th birthday i hope aid wonderful 5-0. elainea thompson will be 2. what a cutie pie. her mother sent this to us. and george will turn 86 tomorrow. his daughter debbie says george and his wife louise have five kids, 11 grandchildren, and listen to this, five great grandchildren. what a great life. 86. i hope your birthday is wonderful, george. >> and we have a great anniversary to celebrate this morning. charlie and chris will celebrate tomorrow as well. charles and chrisa are from harford county but we don't know what year tomorrow will mark interms of their anniversary. charlie is a serviceman so to you thank you for everything you have done for your country. >> nice look couple. we want to know about your anniversaries, birthdays, whatever it is, if you've cute kid and think she belongs on television, we will put her on. send a photo to morning show at wmar.com. include all the important facts about the picture whoever is in it so we can pass it along to everybody else. well, you can do everything you want with the old smart phone. by coffee, groceries, meds, and anything you seem to want. >> carrying around all that personal information could create risk. coming up, we will share tips on how to prevent your information from ending up in the wrong hands. plus, one retailer's plan to help you get he back into the 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leave your phone. >> reporter: make sure smart phone apps are from verified sources especially if you going to-- going to make financial transaction. and just like the computer, be careful where you click. >> you get a e-mail with a link and you think you are going to one website, and it's really some site that is set up to get your personal information. >> reporter: and have a plan in place in case of loss or theft like software to remotely lock your smart phone or wipe it clean of information if you don't have it already. for consumer watch, i am karin caifa. >> 17 minutes after five. wal-mart plans to offer healthier food options. the company is trimming salt, sugars and fat in the packageed foods. nation's largest retailer says it's part of a five-year plan to help people get on the healthy track. the initiative came out of talks with first lady michelle obama who centered her agenda around reducing childhood obesity. >> aid victory for parents. it's a victory for families, but most of all, it's a victory for our children. >> wal-mart said it would promote healthier a terntives by cutting price on fruits and vegetables by a billion dollars. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> one more time i want to look outside. we are looking at a wet baltimore. it's wet in baltimore. you may have had snow on some of the side streets and some of the cars. canton says there's no snow. he think there's more than nothing. but we called these underdeveloped snowflakes on the ski resorts. and they come in in a wet form. they are underdeveloped and didn't have a chance to grow and mature. they need to be nurtured and codeled. it's hard to do that with a snowflake at 34 degrees. dulles easton same story. this was my general two inch snow band that was ionch or less for most these areas. we are starting to get reports of an inch eldersburg and inch and half to 2 1/2 in some spots. cecil and harford county numbers where most of the winter they came out the big winners and we have two-hour delays harford county if you haven't seen it at the bottom of the screen right there. no morning prek. government reports in harford county at 10 a.m. with liberal leave and other delays in baltimore and carroll county and others i haven't read. keep it here and we will try to share the information with you. 29 york pa. there's the cold air spilling in. wind chills 20. the moon is out with two to three inches of snow north of the border and it's getting colder. the storm departed a few hours early. but because there's some snow on wet streets and getting colder, it could make for slick spots. you can see the deeper blues and the heavier snow band that developed right there. it had harford, cecil county and one last push in the last couple hours a few hours shy of what we expected. but everything else is on target right now. temperatures near freezing. that's 32 that may be overdoing it at nine. we will be slipping below freezing and slipping into the 20s this afternoon. some of you may be in the lower 20s by this afternoon with a wind chill in the teens. it will get brutally cold. storm track that we expected to pass through southeast virginia. that would have kept us in the moderate snow band and i loud the air to spill in and catch up to the snow. keep my hand that is what -- that's what the snow track was forecastedch this is what happened. and as you can see the snow pushing through new york and new england, i want to slay down -- lay down the snow position and storm track. about 150 mile shift to the north which takes the snow and pushes it 150 miles north. that is the general expectation. look at cold air. teens and single digits, we are going to feel the falling temperatures throughout the day. and winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour. extended outlook in a moment. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: justin, as you said, we didn't get what we expected in terms of snow and precipitation. and the state highway administration made sure they did a good job of getting the roads pretreated. the interstates and major highways are looking good. you could see slushy -- slushy spots on the side streets. look at 50 and 97, traffic is moving well in both directions. no warnings or problems at the area bridges this morning. going to the maps, we have an accident reported in joppa town at magnolia road and fort hoil road, a single car into a ditch. also cockeysville, police are on the scene of a crash in front of hunt valley town center between mccormick and joshing road. all lanes are -- and york road. all lanes are open. >> here timothy johnon. >> reporter: -- johnson. >> reporter: osteoporosis reduces the mineral density of bones increasing the risk they can break. it's most common in went after menopause. now the federal government has updated guidelines for detecting the ailment. expanding the screening of women in the so-called gray zone between the onset of menopause and age 65. after a review of medical studies in the last eight years, the new standards say that as before, all women 65 and older should be routinely screened for off theos -- osteoporosis. women under 65 should be screened if their risk of bone fracture is as high or greater than 65-year-old white women who have higher rates of the disease than other ethnic groups. the task force made no recommendation for the frequency of screenings citing a lack of evidence and no guidelines were set for off the helloso pros iesscreening in men for the same reason w medical minute, i am dr. timothy johnson. >> it's 5:23. the ravens season is in the books. but they are working on the blueprint for coming up next year. >> we will hear from the team's management as they update the status of players going into the next season. 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[ male announcer ] learn more about the college of education at phoenix.edu. time 5:26 on this friday morning. he rarely speaks to the media. but ravens owner faced the cameras yesterday and he and president and the gm and head coach took questions regarding the state of the ravens. the bottom line, better players and better coaching will eventually lead to better years. >> i am still very happy to have joe flacco as the quarterback after what baltimore has been through since 1996. i think we are in pretty good shape. >> and here's the biggest news of the thing, our ticket prices not going up for next year. megan. >> charlie, listen to this, because on the day the ravens say they are not going to raise ticket prices next year, the orioles are going in the other direction. after 13 straight losing seasons, the orioles are raising their ticket prices anywhere from $1 to $7 a sea. makes you shake your head why? depending on who you are and what you are seeing when you buy the ticket will vary the price. so your first crack at buying single game tickets will be next weekend. you can sit behind the orioles dugout for $60 or pay $95 -- $95 when the yankees or red sox are in town. under 10 bucks if you sit out in left field. >> i have one thing to say. >> what? >> in buck we trust. there you go. last night, college hardwood virginia tech the hokies in maryland and terps coach gary williams unveiled a new starting lineup. the result disaster. freshman guard howard and tucker replaced bowie and sogland after falling into a 12- 0 hole from the tip, the terps spent the remainder of the night playing catch up and not a very good job of the it. green had 24 points and they coasted to a 74-57 win over maryland on thursday. that's only virginia tech's fourth win in 20 games in maryland. and that loss drops the terps to 11-7 on the year and one-3 in conference play. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> 5:28 and we are looking at school delays. harford, baltimore, carroll county. there may be more. keep watching the bottom of the screen. on average an inch to three inches. in fact there was more towards the northeast harford, cecil county. but looking at falling temperatures, they will continue to drop on into the weekend. we have seen our high for the day. it gets coarld and windy and it will hurt. this afternoon, we drop in the 20s. teens overnight, and the cold blast over the weekend only in the mid-20s. lows in the teens. next week's storm, a little early to call right now. my fellow weather watchers out there, computer models have not done such a good job this year so many why put too much weight and stock in them five days ahead of time. a storm is off the coast. will it bring us snow or a mix? looks like warming temperatures either way by the middle of next week. more weather in a moment. let's go up to new york and check out the morning's tech bites. >> reporter: in today's tech bites, verizon challenges new federal rules goring the internet. they sued the fcc thursday saying they overstepped authorities in adopting so- called net new tality rules last month. the -- neutrality rules last month. a new survey reveals kids are learning how to master technology before many other basic skills. 14% of 4 and 5-year-old can tie their shoes compared to 21% who know how to use a smart phone or ipad app and 52% of kids age to