time-lapse. this is near turkey point and you can see some of the ice flow coming north. there's ice up there. and the north portion of chesapeake where the water is fresh and down around anne arundel county which means more salt water. how about you in harford county, for jeff and lynn and wanted to look in the backyard. darlington 21 with gusts to 28 miles per hour and that winds pushing 27 miles per hour where hickory is at 20 and aberdeen at the middle school is currently at 22 degrees. and this is for brandy and frederick. she wanted to see a camera from the space science lab. they had flurries yesterday. even light snow north toward thurmont. 22 this morning. we will average mid-20s going to 30 as the two degree guarantee. it's about that wind pushing 30 to 35 miles per hour. so wind chills teens to low 20s. let's check on the traffic at 6:01. here's kim brown. >> reporter: always learn something new from you every day. more salt water. i didn't know that. everybody learned something new. we are off to a very good start on the area roadways. traffic is flowing well as we look. 695 across the key bridge. there are wind warnings in place on the key bridge. probably it will be dusty across the bay bridge this morning as well. but no problems on 95, 695, 83, everything is cool. but looking north of the beltway a. couple closures still in place. green spring valley road closed between green spring and falls road because of an earlier accident. hillside road is the best alternate and light rail wires remain down. that has warren road closed between york and beaver dam. padonia is a best bet. that's closed probably for the majority of the day. so keep that in mind. megan, back to you. >> thanks. all right. how do you make 1.6 billion in cuts? that's what state lawmakers are trying to figure out. sherrie johnson is here to tell us legislators could decide to replace some of those with tax cuts with new taxes. we will see what happens. sherrie, what are they talking about. >> reporter: as legislators return, the top priority is bridge that budget gap. governor o'malley will inproduce the proposed budget next week and he says that will contain 1.6 billion dollars in cuts. there is talk among legislators in the house of delegates and state senate about an increase in maryland's tax on alcoholic beverages. it has not gone up in decades and the leaders of the senate and house has not signed on just yet but taxes will be levied at whole sale level. it's not clear how much will be passed onto customers. analyst estimate it could add one dollar to the cost of a bottle of wine and two to five dollars for the cost of a case of beer and more than $2 for a bottle of liquor. >> i don't see legislature raising revenues unless there's something from the county to try to lend support. >> the larger stores buy volume where i can't buy that kind of volume, so they are going to go to the larger stores. it's going to kill the small business guy. >> reporter: because of the state -- president of the state senate doesn't sport alcohol tax and there's talk of a two cent tax on gasoline. time 6:303. thank you. a -- 6:03. thank you a vigil outside the select lounge where two men including a police officer were shot and killed. it's a call for action by the fbi to get involved in the investigation of the incident. more details are being released about what happened that saturday night. we are told officer william torbit was on duty in plain clothes when he responded to the lounge. police say he was being beaten up so he began firing his weapon. forces say the other officers arrived and fired shots as well and eventually resulted in the death of officer torbit and 22- year-old sean gamble. baltimore mayor rawlings-blake says there will be an internal and external investigation. >> i am going get to the bottom it and so do the rest of the people of the city. but if we in haste, don't get it right, we are not doing a favor for anyone. >> it's not known who will conduct the external investigation. the reward for information leading police to phylicia barnes is up to $10,000. yesterday, it was her 17th birthday and she is still missing. she was seen on december 28th last while visit family in baltimore. since then, billboards with her picture have been going up like this one on interstate 95 and police and volunteers conducted massive searches. nothing turned up. they have little evidence. police believe barnes who planned to attend towson is the victim of foul play. if you have information on her whereabouts, police would like to hear from you. president obama is back in washington this morning after delivering the emotional news that the congresswoman giffords opened her ice. his brief visit to arizona was intended to comfort the families of the tucson shooting of the past weekend and also pull the country closer together. emily smith has the latest. >> reporter: -- schmidt has latest. >> reporter: there were 26,000 people in the memorial service crowd and president obama told them they were not alone in their grief. >> the hopes of a nation are here tonight. we mourn with you for the fallen. >> reporter: mr. obama honored the 6 people killed in saturday's shooting and 13 wounded. he had come straight from congresswoman gabrielle giffords hospital room with an emotional update. >> a few minutes after we left and some of her colleagues from congress were in the room, she opened her ice for the first time. >> -- eyes for the first time. >> reporter: new york senator gill bran was in the hospital room and describes the moment. >> she struggled and struggled and within a few moments she literally opened her ice and mark, her husband was so excited he just said, you know, honey, if you can see us, you know, give us the thumbs up. and she gave us a thumbs up and raised her whole arm. >> reporter: it was a moment of hope in day of new details about accused gunman jared loughner. police say he had 12 previous encounters including two arrest for alcohol and marijuana possession. he was pulled over three hours before the shootings for running a red light but begin a verbal warning. president obama cautioned not to use the shooting to turn on one another. >> it's important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in way that heals not in the way that wound. >> the president said our democracy should be as good as christina taylor green imagineed it. her funeral mass will be held this afternoon. emily schmidt. >> 7 minutes after 6. that blast of snow from tuesday night meant hard work for crews in certain parts of the area. official harford county say that this is the latest round of snow that won't have too big of an impact on the county's budget right now. they are finding it more challenging to plan for snow removal. officials say they have to balance readiness with cost effectiveness including decisions like when to put crews on stand by ahead of the storm. effectively paying them for waiting for it to snow. baltimore county is getting help for paying bridge chainup efforts following the blizzards from last february. the county is getting more than $4 million in federal money that will go to cover 75% of the county's overall spending for snow removal including overtime, road salt and contractor services. fema approved more than a million in weather disaster assistance from the state highway administration. baltimore county getting help for last february. people are always talking about snowmageddon. >> absolutely. listen, people are talking about tomorrow, purrel friday. -- purple friday. to get you more pumped the ravens will expand the purple friday rally. it had start at 7:15 in the morning at padonia station and wind up at the field house at 8:30 tomorrow night. abc2 has you covered as the ravens get ready to battle the steelers. jamie costello is headed up to pittsburgh today. he is going to have live reports tonight and friday and when the game ends on saturday evening, join us for our post game special with jamie, scat garceau to break down the action -- scott garceau and hopefully -- breakdown action and hopefully look ford to the afc game. before you watch him on abc2 news tonight, head to abc2news.com and read jamie's predippings diction for the game -- prediction for the game. and then hit us up on facebookwith your thoughts and prediction. having a healthy baby is every mother's wish so faking -- taking all necessary procautionis standard operating procedure. >> some women are more cautious about having a teston. another new face for jenny craig. which star is determined to shed a couple pounds. restaurant week almost here. so this morning, we will take you to razorback. i wond here puked picked that. we will see the goodies on theman you. but first a look at latest business news from new york this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we begin your money scope report with a new concerns about rising prices at the supermarket. a drop in key crops including corn and soybeans send grain prices surging to the highest levels in 2 1/2 years wednesday. that could lead to higher prices for everything from cereal to beef. new numbers show a record 1 in 45 homes received some type of foreclosure notice last year. banks repo tested -- possessed more than 1 million homes from delinquent borrowers and experts believe it will peak this year. aig will take a major step towards repaying the tax paring bailout that expects to close an agreement with the government tomorrow that will allow it to sell stock and free itself from government ownership. and delta airlines now lets you set the price to give up your seat on overbooked flight. passengers will bid auction style to get bumped. that's the money scope report, i am rob nelson. , 13 minutes after 6 right now. in health news it's a wrenning choice and terrifying moment for countless expectant parents. a risky test to determine if your unborn baby is look hi to have down sin -- hookly to have down syndrome but it -- likely to have down syndrome but it holds a ribs of its own. miscarriage. -- risk of its own. >> reporter: for this and so many other women it's a choice with anxiety and fear. >> i am a little anxious about the procedure. >> reporter: but her ribs of having a child with down syndrome is one in 350. so she is having an am neo. here's what happens a kneeled is inserted into the uterus tocheck abnormalities and there is risk. maine infection. 1 in 300 will miscarriy. >> -- miscarry. >> knowing my baby is safe and sound and everything is fine is a more of a comfort left. >> reporter: which makes today's news a gift. scientists believe a blood test may make it a thing of the past and provide the same answer without the risk. >> the new test is exciting. it's almost like looking for needel in shea tack. >> reporter: we have known a mother's blood contains a small amount of the genetic code, the study provides doctors a new way to analyze it and get the same results without disturbing the womb. in a study, the simple blood test caught every case of down syndrome. >> once the test is expanded to chu other genetic disorders, it will have wider use. >> that was dr. richard besser reporting. the test didn't give negative results, more studies are needed before the procedure is available for clinical use. we will keep you posted. we all have the idea that it's good to get up and get moving. but during the week, many of us hike anchors on des -- like anchors on desk sit on our butts a work. even getting up and moving for a minute can make a huge difference in your health. they suck take -- suggest taking breaks which is good for your heart and waistline. now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. 6:15. don't move away too fast. i want you to see a couple things. school days harford county kenty -- delays, harford county and kent county. we wanted to show you what looks like an icy parking lot in ellicott city. and you can watch the cars filing in a couple hours late. and we had ellicott city pulling in at least a drying conditions and settling back into the parking lot. but strong winds during the afternoon. annapolis same story after picking up 2 inches of snow. deno dean was fighting me online. white haven has two inches waiting for a shot out. thanks for the plug on your end. checking out across the area from annapolis 23, 23 glen bernie, 19 up in bel air. and back towards westminster, we have got low 20s and near teens conditions back toward the west. it's mid-20s on the eastern shore. but now we factor in the wind on average, about 10, 15-mile- per-hour push and it had take us into teens. kingsville feels hike 11 degrees. rockville at 9. occasionally strong push of the winds will do that. check out the cloud line. that is winter setup blocking up around the mountain. we get upper air influences that carry a few clouds across the beltway and across the chesapeake. but for the most part, the afternoon going to feature more clouds and harford zone and western howard and westbound partly to mostly cloudy maybe a flurry in the mountains. south and east partly to mostly sunny all of us getting the wind and that is going to be the story of the day. average about 30 on the thermometer and that's our two dune gee guaranteed for the airport. wind -- two degree guarantee for the airport. look for the refreeze process and we look for the cold air to ease up a little bit. the pipe behind shows snow showers towards the great lakes. another influence. upper air system will slide out of the northern plains and ride the wind and we will slacken up on the chill. watch what happens locally. we are watching snow showers in the general areas and higher terrain of western pa, we will focus on pittsburgh because that's where the ravens will be playing on saturday afternoon. future radar goes up to saturday morning. and we bring in more clouds and maybe a flurry tomorrow, we will watch that system maybe drop snow out of the great lakes. michigan country and then towards pittsburgh perhaps as we head into saturday afternoon. so the chance light snow to watch on tv maybe minor accumulations. we are going lows in the teens. 37 on saturday and look out next week. could have ice at the start on martin luther king day and on tuesday morning, it's going to rain. >> reporter: traveling through cockeysville this morning, here's an update. warren road is reopened betweenyork and beaver dam. earlier downed wires at light rail station have been cleared. so traffic is flowing freely. an arundel county and we see building volume on the westbound lanes of route 50 approaching 97. heads up on the bay bridge. eastbound on the bay bridge, we have a disabled vehicle blocking the right lane. we have reports of a crash in dundalk at dundalk avenue and main street. in finksburg a crash at route 91 gam ber rolled at old gam ber road and stephenson green spring is choseed and hillside is thebest alternate. now back to you. >> thanks a lot. it's 6:19. baltimore county restaurant week is just days from kick off. it's the day from kicking off. yesterday, we are showcasing restaurants and have been doing so throughout the week. and today, we will take you over to towson for razorback bar and grill. >> reporter: for more than 11 years the service to baltimore county under her belt at the razorback raw bar and grill the owner thinks she found the perfect forel lafor the success in we pray a lot. >> reporter: a safe strategy but combined to with the wonderful staff, loyal customers and great menu, she may tell you a few prayers have been answeredhowever she insist this's one quality that always sets razorback raw apart. >> i think the consistency in the food. we have an amazing kitchen staff. i make sure everything is completely exactly the same as it was the day before. >> reporter: the name razorback comes from the traditional baby back rib recipe but don't be surprise ed by what you might see on the menu. >> we have salads section on the menu and we do a lot of pizza and tuna. and salmon and a lot of high end things that a lot of people don't realize we serve. >> reporter: a great recipe and even greater following for her and her staff. located between towson university and the college. patriots are local leaders, doctors, lawyers and students. >> we have customers that come in for lunch and come back at dinner time. after nine at night, we have a lot of the college students and we know them. i mean, if they have too much to drrchg we take them home. >> reporter: can't argue with that. wonderful service, grit food and own here wants to get you home safely so you can come back and see her again. razorback raw bar and grill saturday 826 due lanny valley he road. go to razorback grill.com for a look at menu. you can visit them for all the participating restaurants as well as the special prices 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