jersey barrier. that shere a number of cars ended up after spinning out. maryland state police say they handled some 22 accidts. most of those between 11:30 and 1:00 in the afternoon. montgomery county police handled more than two dozen. most of them concentrated in the northern end of the county. drivers say once the snow started falling, the roads got icy so it seemed a hard tap on the brakes and the spin out started. many we encountered along i-270 were chain reactions. the worst one we found happen at i-270 and route 109 near the montgomery county-frederick county line. four cars game victims of an icy overpass. that shen the interstate had to be closed. and was probably closed down for about an hour before they reopen it. the good news in all of this, serious accidents to report. coming up on news4 at 5:00, you ll hear fm some of those drivers who certainly were not welcoming this first snow of the season. back to you. all right. thank you. the question now, are we o
anything new to say. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer s off. i m suzanne malveaux and you re in the situation room. north korea warns this weekend s military exercise by the u.s. and south korea could push the korean peninsula to the brink of war. the u.s. has sent a carrier strike group led by the uss george washington to take part in the exercise. now, it follows north korea s sudden artillery attack on the south korean island which killed four people and led to the evacuation of some 1,300 others. the shelling also led to the resignation of south korea s defense minister. and that remains on high alert. joining me now, jim walsh, expert on international security at m.i.t. thank you for joining us here. first and foremost, north korea is calling the exercises a reckless plan by trigger happy elements. are these military exercises helpful or hurtful when it comes to deescalating the tension and the rhetoric? well, it s be
are coming home from iraq and afghanistan with traumatic brain injuries. we talk about this a lot. could a new kind of helmet help? first, though, big story we are watching and we want to begin with right now. the shocking reminder of the forgotten war. 57 years after north and south korea reached an uneasy armistice, but never an outright peace. the world is watching a return to deadly hostilities. it centers on a disputed island two miles from a disputed border in the yellow sea. the south had been holding military thridrills there to wh the north fiercely objected when the south started firing artillery into the sea but away from north korea, the north unleashed a barrage, killing two south korean marines and wounding at least 15 soldiers and 3 civilians. the south responded in kind and also scrambled fighter jets. the toll they inflicted on the north isn t yet known. these pictures are all from north korea s attack on the island. this island is home to south korean mili
at south korea, perhaps the most serious since the 1953 korean truce. the government says the fuss over full body scans and pat-downs is hyped. some passengers aren t buying it. i think it s ridiculous and i think the pat-downs have gotten if he did it to me, he d go to jail. and a tennessee soldier returns frommed war in afghanistan as ston niching his shocked family. a surprise two-week leave. the surprise homecoming goes down at an nfl game. is. i m tony harris. those stories and your comments right here in the cnn newsroom. we begin with breaking news. we are standing by awaiting news the of aruba. there was a jaw bone frag meant found on the island and it was sent to the netherlands for analysis. we are waiting for a determination from the prosecutor s office. prosecutor s office to tell us what the results of the testing have indicated, and this is the critical question. is that jaw bone linked to the natalee holloway case? our martin savidge is on the i
bridge. there has been some ponding. we had an accident i ll tell you about on westbound 80. some people are driving fast for the conditions out there. be careful. thanks for joining us i m eric thomas. i m kristen sze. second straight day of slick roads. so mike we were talking about the rain on the way to work i saw light rain as opposed to yesterday where it was hit and miss. most of it was lined up for the commute but for other folks it will be hit and miss. you are going to run into some rain on san mateo were bridge but heading up to 80 richmond martinez see rain over the san pablo bay. all this is moving west to east. there is going to be an increase in the intensity and coverage of this over the next i d say four to five hours as the cold front starts to push down. so we re getting light amounts now expect heavier amounts in the back half of the commute. let s find out how they are doing right now with frances dinglasan. there is an accident that could dev