baltimore area would be later on christmas. more like christmas night through sunday and perhaps in through monday morning. a boom or a bust depends on which computer model which forecast you look at. here's the possibility that we get absolutely hammered. there's a possibility this thing skirts off the coast. and we will be watching it on tv as new england gets it. but it looks like there's going to be a very large storm. we will talk about the details coming up at 33 right now in baltimore. 32 easton. some light snow on the radar to the west and flurries this morning. but 38 and clearing this afternoon. kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: thanks, justin. good morning. so far so good around the baltimore metro. traffic moving very well as we look live at 895 at o'donnell street exit southbound towards the harbor tunnel. you won't encounter tunnels. clear around the beltway. one accident is on the eastern shore in the town of milton in kent county northbound route 301 shut down approaching the chesterfield bridge and we have a water main break in baltimore. north at paterson park. the center lane is taken away but one lane gets by in each direction. now back to you. >> all right, thanks very much. it's the superbowl for maryland sports and this morning the preakness could be in jeopardy. the two owners of pimlico and the home of the preakness and laurel trace park track failed to convince the commission for the 2011 schedule. cheryl conner is here to explain what it means. >> reporter: this's no agreement. last month, maryland racing commission rejected a plan that would have drastically reduced the state's racing days. yesterday, members asked for a full 146 day schedule under certain conditions like more money from horse owners and changing state law to hike the price people pay to bet on races. the head of mi developments which owns the tracks along with penn national company appeared in person to pitch the deal. obviously, proposal was not well received. >> in essence i am pleading that we use good rational, and that we calmly take a look at the whole program. the model is broke en. >> publically held company has something known as good will. and you are not doing anything with regard to your good will here other than antagonizing the commission. >> i apologize mr. commissioner if you interpreted my. >> no i haven't interpreted it. it is what happened. >> reporter: fireworks there yesterday. now commission members unanimously rejected the proposal leaving maryland with no racing dates set for 2011. governor o'malley released a statement saying "we are prepared to aggressively protect the state's interest as we did two years ago when presented with a threat of losing maryland's treasured preakness stakesch the governor could seize laurel and pimlico through the eminent domaine process and that's a move that is certainly supported by maryland. cheryl conner. funeral services are today for six family members of a family killed in fire in east baltimore. fire happened at their house on homewood avenue earlier this month. richard and eleanor satterfield, the home owners and their granddaughter and her three children were asleep when this fire broke out. firefighters are trying to determine the exact cause of the fire. the funeral services will be held this morning at empowerment temple church on primrose avenue in baltimore. it will be a wake this morning at ten with the funeral following immediately. because of the magnitude, the family of that tragedy they are facing they are asking for monetary donations to assist in the cost of saying bye. we have all the information on where to donate on the website and can be found at abc2news.com. and also funeral arrangements are being finalized and organized for a baltimore city woman found mereddered in her -- murdered in her home over the the weekend. the body was found draped in a plastic on saturday after being reported missing last week. funeral services are set for december 30th which is next thursday but ferel a family is asking for your help to pay for the nearly 6,000 dollars in burial cost. the family says any donation would be greatly appreciated. send donations to the funeral home on liberty road in randalstown. the address is on the screen. and you should put the check to the attention of miss desiree reynolds. five minutes after six right now. a federal grand jury indicted a man the fbi says tried to detonate a phoney bomb outside a military recruiting center last week. antono martinez known as muhammad hussein was indicted on charges of attempted murder, a federal -- of federal officers and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. if convicted, cospend the rest of his life in prison. we are learning more about a baltimore native who went to las vegas to bam dancer and was trying to pursue her dreams and is missing. police records in las vegas show that 31-year-old debbie flores-navarez told investigators she was beaten by her ex-boyfriend while pregnant with his child. call was made in october more than a month before she disappeared. the ex-boyfriend, jason omar griffin has not been named a suspect. police say he has been cooperative and there's no evidence to suggest that she has been harmed. christmas came early for spring brides after a early morning fire gutted a towson chiropractic office. it happened at two in the morning on pennsylvania avenue off the circle towson. the christmas miracle is for the brides that used the business next door to the office. they suffered some damage but thanks to an alarm there, the owner what chance to save the spring wedding gowns for the clients. the shop says they will reopen for business after the first of the year. the chiropractor's office is looking for a new place to see patients. seven minutes after six. president obama will head off to his hawaiian vacation with a couple significant victories. he will sign the repeal of don't ask, don't tell today and the stark treaty is expected to be ratified on capitol hill today as well. we have more. >> reporter: since suffering a self-' mited midterm shah lacking president obama is seeing success. lawmakers are poised to ratified a nuclear arms treaty with russia. one of the president's top priorities. >> every minute we drag our feet is a minute no inspectors are on the ground at the nuclear sites. >> reporter: in addition to mandating inspection, it would cut the number of warheads, long range missile launchers and heavy bombers many republicans are concerned it would jeopardize plans for developing missile defense in europe. >> they went no negotiatings and it seems with the attitude with the russians just like the guy that goes into the car dealership and says i am not leaving here until i buy a car. >> reporter: despite objections, democrats believe they have the votes. another score for the president who in the past few weeks has seen his tax cut compromise package passed and repealed don't ask, don't tell. he is expected to sign that into law today. as the president leans to the middle, he appears to be gaining traction. >> the door is open a crack now. and there's everyone is leaving washington with a better sense of the other side than we saw the past few years that's off the gut. but he has to make the first move. >> reporter: the new year will bring chance for compromise on issues such as education reform, spending and even government transparency. critics are pounding the president on the 9/11 first responders bill e hasn't publically chal piioned for the passage and it is set to be voted on following the stark treaty. ho. ho, john w anderson and members of the baltimore city sheriff's office we wish you a merry christmas. >> the baltimore city sheriff office has been collecting toys for the annual kindertime toy drive and sang a few christmas songs. they turned over the toys and collected it at the mitchell courthouse. doesn't that elf make you want to dance. they collected the gifts from officers and sheriffs and other members of law enforcement. and this morning, we want to say thank you to all of you. this is what our lobby looks like this morning. you all donated so many toys to the annual kindertime toy drive. and the collection phase is over. today we are going to take the toys to local kids and brighten up the holidays. we teamed up with the baltimore symphony orchestra to collect instruments. join us tonight on abc2 news for live coverage and again for those of you who donated, thanks for your generosity. it means so much. we have cold temperatures here, but other parts of the country are dealing with really wild weather. just look at this video. it's incredible. a house washed away. we will tell you what caused it to float and where it happened. plus, you are looking for mr. right, you are probably not looking for a guy with a long criminal history. when it comes to online dating, how do you know. and we are going meet a grandma on a mission. she is hiking across the country all to help her granddaughter one step at a time. before we go anywhere we will look at latest business news happening right now. >> reporter: good morning. we begin your money scope report on wall street with stocks hitting a two-year high. the dow jones industrial average and s&p 500 opened this morning at the highest points since 2008. corporate mergers and the tax cut extension both boosted stocks. there are questions today about the safety of ford wind star minivans. a abc news exclusive reportization the wheel axle of those from 98 to 2003 can snap leading to potentially fatal accidents. american airlines is breaking all ties with orbitz saying their online sift -- system is faster and cheaper. it could make it harder to find the lowest fares and we are hearing about impressive sales for amazon's kindle e reader. they have not revealed the numbers but 8 million were sold this year. that's the money scope report. i am rob nelson. it's #:13. what would you do if a loved one was diagnosed with life-threatening dees disease. we want you to meet a grandmother who laced up her hike boots and within the across the country on a journey to create awareness. abc2 news preston mitchum has her story. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: s have video of jadda the grabbed daughter of jeana moore who had a bone marrow transplant. >> one person in the world matched hear 30-year-old man from germany and he saved her life. >> reporter: seeing the impact that the disease had on her granddaughter inspired jeana to put on hiking boots and start walking. >> we, as family, waiting not knowing whether or not we would find a match was a difficult time. >> reporter: she came up with the concept called steps to marrow a cross-country journey to recruit donors for national bone marrow registry. >> i started october 19th, 2009, in seattle washington from the fred hutchinson cancer center and walked from seattle to los angeles. >> reporter: steps to marrow made it easy with one click, you can make a difference. >> we enrolled 3451 donors that we can track and so far we know we have made four matches and it's all worth it. >> reporter: from the west to the east coast she has had the ability to connect donors with their recipients. >> kim is the donor. and i met her recipient when i was walking through northern california. >> greg, my recipient was my guy for a year because i didn't know his name and i was hoping he would want to know who i was and we haven't been able to meet in person. >> reporter: a woman a simple commission. >> i have a commitment to helping others. it's difficult to find your match and we were so blessed that we were one of the families that found a match. >> reporter: prn n see the swirl, that actually creates a blocking pattern or a traffic jam in the atmosphere. that is really important because look at the feet of moisture from the -- feed of moisture from the midwest to the tropics. 5th in a soaries of storms hitting southern california. california let me step out of the way. they have a mudslide alert outside of l.a. this morning where someplaces have seen a foot of rain. could see an additional 3 to 8 inches of rainfall and in the deserts and near las vegas could pick up two inch rainch that is big problem as the storm works through the southern rockies and southern u.s. we have to see how that plays out with the number one the timing and number two, how this system blocks the entire atmosphere. that is really why we are tossing all the balls in the air and juggling this forecast. but it appears as if we will walk on at least from this forecast office with a christmas storm although it won't be on christmas -- it won't be on christmas morning. we will wake up without the snow but looks like saturday evening or night, perhaps going through a monday we will be dealing with this snowstorm. the question is how close it hugs to the coast. and how much we get hit or if it stays offshore and we get a glancing blow. we have four to five days to work out the details. but if you are doing traveling or planning around the mid atlantic, i want you to prepare for the second part of the holiday weekend. get there on christmas and it looks like that midnight mass should not be a travel problem around central maryland. morning flurries today, clearing and 38 in the afternoon. we will go back to about 23 overnight. the extend outlook and we are dry. look mid to upper 30s tomorrow but it will be windy. and on friday, we are looking for a chance of snow developing the second half of christmas day and night. that coastal storm on sunday could linger snow and 20s on monday. kim. >> reporter: travel through anne arundel county no issues on ritchie highway. 97 is good north and southbound and they are doing salting operation on the bay bridge. shouldn't delay you too much across route 50 heading towards 97 and towards the capital beltway. looking live at 95 at mountain road, come out of harford county, traffic flows freely. we don't have too many accidents and the baltimore metro. just dealing with the road closure in kent county northbound route 301 remaining closed approaching the chesterfield bridge. the center lane is blocked north avenue at patterson park because of a water main issue. megan, back to you. >> reporter: thanks. on dating websites, it's a given you will maybe fudge a little bit on your height or your weight or your age. but you usually have no way of knowing if someone is lying about critical and important information like whether they are married or whether they have a criminal record. but now, there are many new ways to screen potential online dates. becky shows you. >> reporter: rebecca thought she met someone nice on eharmony.com until they agreed to meet in person. >> he was sexually aggressive and i tried to fight him off and at that on the i knew i was in trouble. >> reporter: dustin is a convicted sex offender. she found that out after the attack. >> i was basically prey for him. >> reporter: jeffy marsalis dozens met him on match.com but he was serial rape hoist found prey online. these are cautionary tales in the era of modern dating. more than 1500 online dating sites and over 20 million americans use them. that's double the amount of users from just five years ago. so there's growing demand for online detectives to see who's look for love or victims. >> my match checker comes in to play to add a little bit more of the trust but verify idea behind on line dating at 9.95 per search they will run a background check on anyone you meet online. >> some of the things is from misdemeanors to felonies and to listing on the national sex offender website. >> reporter: and if you want to check up on someone while away from your computerings maybe you're out on the first date, pull out your smart phone. yeah, there's an app for that like date check type in a name and state and for 14.95 get a crim malbackground check, property search and social network profiles. but a background check doesn't put a potential match in the clear in we feel like there's inaccuracies and incomplete data in the data base and they provide a false sense of security. >> reporter: but for rebecca a. little bit of information about her attacker would have been welcomeed. >> if someone seems too good to be true, they probably are. >> we have posted the story and a link on our website abc2news.com. if you want to read more or learn more, just go to our website and click on the lifestyle section. countless reality shows are made about rocker brent michaels search for love but it seems he found it on his own. big news for poison front man. and scary moments at a news station what woman upset about her finances comes in with a gun. ♪ i must have the wrong house. sister? we missed you. they waited up all night for you, you know. it's a long way from west africa. ahh...coffee. 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[ chuckles ] really? ♪ [ chuckles ] what are you doing? you're my present this year. ♪ the best part of wakin' up ♪ is folgers in your cup time for entertaint news. ladies i am sorry he is off the market the news for bret michael. the poison front man proposed to his girlfriend of 16 years in a finale of the reality show. michaels and 39-year-old christie gibson has two daughters and they were the first people they told. two man are accused of trying to get rich off 50 cent. they broke into his mansion in farmington, connecticut yesterday morning. and police say one of the suspects was found in the closet drinking a bottle of wine that they stole from the house. both men are being held on a $50,000 bond. coming up, an early christmas present for a man and a story that might make you go to mcdonald's. for the first time someone pulled boardwalk and park place right off their soda and they won a million bucks. we have details on that story ahead. (greenery) hey cheese log. 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(greenery) who's the new guy? edible arrangements bouquets, beautiful like flowers, but unforgettably delicious, visit, call, or go to ediblearrangements.com now, "good morning, maryland." this will be tough. today is the day the community says good-bye to the satterfields, the familiar live six killed in a house fire. new information on the search for a missing woman living out her dream to be a dancer in las vegas. will the new information help police find her? and if you taking the metro, don't pack anything embarrassing in your bag. now all your bags will be checked. details on that just ahead on this wednesday morning. thanks for joining us. december 22nd, i am megan pringle. charlie crowson has the day off. but gistin is here -- justin is here with everything from graphics and pictures. >> what do you have. >> you just covered it. this time yesterday, it was news. the lunar eclipse. but today it's important because we have got this beautiful series of photographs to show you. want to thank kate law photography for sharing this of the transition from the full moon through the passing through the shadow of earth yeer