Youre watching wbaltv 11, live, local, late breaking. [captioning made possible by Constellation Energy group] welcome to 11 news sunday morning, im jennifer franciotti. Lisa has the morning off. First well check outside. It is windy and cold out right now. And the winds are strong behind the storm that brought accumulating snow. Something suspect that i want to check out, a couple of flurries might be passing through baltimore, maybe towards the lower eastern shore. You can see them near talbot and queen annes county. I would be interested to know if you guys in those counties are seeing anything whatsoever. The strong winds from the Great Lakes Region is producing lakeeffect snow showers. The forecast today, winds gusting up to 35 Miles Per Hour. Were starting with clouds, then clearing. Highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Details on the sevenday. Yesterdays snowstorm was the third this week in maryland. Frederick, cecil and carroll counties saw measurable snowfall but many escaped th
Sheen on thethe mac roads. The j. F. X. In great shape. This is 95 at the fort mchenry. That is the latest on traffic pulse 11. Today marks the beginning of a new era for Maryland Casinos. The casino will open today and will never close again. This is part of the gambling expansion in maryland. Live table games are expected to hit the floors some time next month. That brings us to our water cooler question of the day. Will you be more likely to visit late marilyn casino now that some are open 24 7 . You can share your response on wbaltv. Com, on our facebook page, or send us an email to watercooler wbaltv. Com. Folks around the state are cleaning up from wednesdays winter storm. Five people were inside a home when a tree crashed through the roof. Nobody was hurt. One person was playing his xbox when he felt the home shape. You heard a big noise. I thought it was an earthquake. Success for b. G. E. Which is reporting 140 outages. Crews were out on the road to prepare to remove down tree
Youre watching wbaltv 11, live, local, late breaking. [captioning made possible by Constellation Energy group] good morning and welcome to 11 news sunday morning, im franciotti. Lisa has the day off. Im kerry cavanaugh. First, a look outside with ava. Do we have hope today of pulling out a nice day . Its a little messy out there. The fog is starting to lift. Thats good news. Still a lot of fog around the bay heading east. Baltimore city is clearing out thanks to the rain. Thats been helping to push fog out but rain is still an issue right now. Rain showers anywhere from North Baltimore all the way east along 95. Even where the radar doesnt look like rain, there is light drizzle reported so a dreary start to sunday. Scattered showers possible throughout the day but especially through the Morning Hours. Temperatures will hold instead, 48 to 52 for the temperature range today and still watch out for areas of fog to the east. Details on the sevenday forecast when we return. Its our big sto
Yesterday. Even though the temperatures are about the same. Clouds, and overnight. Coming in overnight. Then i saw wind moving cars. There are a few cars out there. But a problem of note in annapolis, u. S. 50 near jennifer road. A and elsewhere, pretty good. 55 miles an hour on the north side. Everything looks good as well on the west side toward 70. So far, so good, on the jfx. Out of the owings mills area and here is 50 at ritchie highway. Flashing lights. We are waiting to hear what direction the accident is. Southbound 95 toward the 895 split guest overall moving well on most of the major roadways. We will let you know if any problems come in. Tram are big story is the fingerpointing continues on capitol hill this morning. New hope for a deal to avoid going off the fiscal cliff. If president obama will meet with congressional leaders later today. Danielle leigh is in washington with more on the rush for a deal. President obama and congressional leaders need to make progress, and t
Agreedid the president s to raise rates on those making over 250,000, not four hundred thousand dollars. Democrats won a twoyear postponement, with costs covered by new tax hike. The president scoffed at republican demands for deeper spending cuts. Shove spending cuts at us. So much for the gop. A bigger deal is, will a deal get done . Whatever happens are does not happen before midnight, this partisan more on taxes and spending is sure to continue well into 2013. Steve handelsman, wbaltv 11 news. As we wait for word of the deal, lawmakers in washington are under close scrutiny. That is because the alternative will impact almost every american. We are joined by nikole killion, who is live in washington to explain. Some analysts say this is more of fiscal slope rather than a cliff, since the effects would be gradual, rather than a straight free fall. Either way, it could be a long way down. Higher taxes in 2013. 2013, taxes go up. Several tax breaks expire and the Tax Policy Center esti