you're watching the station that works for you "good morning maryland" at 4:30. we have video you are not going to want to miss. what it shows happening to a police officer making an arrest. i am sherrie johnson live in essex where a state delegate has a special announcement to make. macy's department stores are planning to close five stores nationwide two in maryland. find out which ones coming up. it's thursday, january 5th. good morning. i am charley crowson a bit warmer as we start this thursday. let's head back to the studio and check in with meteor ol a gist justin berk. >> -- meteorologist justin berk. >> yesterday was the coldest day since january 25th where we stayed below freezing after the morning low of 13. how cold was it? coming up video of a different sort.

this is from a baltimore backyard homemade ice rink. you will want to see that. we have light snow last night and some light coding from essex through ann aruneddenel county -- aanne arundel county. a light coating on the eastern shore. and we are watching this thing right now going through. a quick look right now at maryland's most powerful doppler radar. i wanted to show you around mount airy. i have a weather watcher and they will show. >> he if they will have flurries. no major problems on the roads but let's see what's going on out there. here's great angela. >> reporter: thank you, and good morning. no mainly problems but justin with the temperatures, you can expect water main breaks and those pipes types of situations and that's what's going on in rosedale this morning. plan for extra time if you travel through philadelphia road and golden ring road. one lane closed in each direction. the first live look at u.s. 29

traveling through columbia. we are pretty good in both directions. here's jfx southbound on the right side virtually clear for you in both directions. and for those of you making the drive around the beltway this early hour, 695 at baltimore national pike you are good to go between i-83 and i-95 on this southwest side. remember to follow us this morning on twitter at maryland traffic. now back to charley. good morning. six police officers are in a hospital after being shot in utah before midnight in ogden north of salt lake city. authorities say the officer wereer is afg drug-related search warrant at a home. suspect is hospitalized and investigators are not sure if the officers or the suspect's conditions at this time. it's the latest video to go viral showing a baltimore city police office are arresting a suspect and being sucker punched during the holiday weekend. linda so is here with more on this video. linda. >> reporter: well, just minutes ago we checked how many vees

had video got after being -- how many views this video got after being posted. you can see police officers trying to handcuff a suspect on the ground on east monument street with drug complaints recently. officers are about to handcuff the suspect when another man comes charging across the street and punches the officer in the face. there's a brief struggle before he is arrested. he is 40-year-old manuel imel a man with a lengthy criminal report of theft, drugs anddomestic violence. officer that was hit was not seriously hit. >>i don't know if there's clearer example of what the men and women of this agency go through each and every day to keep the -- keep the city safe. these are officeers that are rising their lives to keep people they don't know safe and to make our community safer. >> reporter: this morning imel is held and charged with assaulting the officer. other man being arrested in the video ran away from police.

there's a warrant out for his arrest. linda so, abc2 news. two brothers were beaten and left nearly naked on the side of the road. now one of the suspects is a u.s. marine awaiting deployment. that marine is one of four men believed to be involved in that attack that was carried out because of one of the men claimed he was ripped off trying to buy marijuana. they allegedly drove and found the brothers and beat them. one of them was beaten with brass knuckles. police say the victim's brother was left at different location. also a navy pilot from maryland is blamed for a new year's day triple murder suicide at a coronado california. 25-year-old john reis shot three people his roommate who is a fellow navy pilot his sift and another friend and then shot himself. -- his sister and another friend and then shot himself. this happened in frederick,

police believe children. temperatures combined with the wind chill made it about 11 degrees at that time. and he has been booked and the children are in the custody of their mother. and in other news the sheriff department is going after a city housing department and taking vehicles, trucks and computers owned by the housing authority are being taken to pay outstanding lead paint poison judgments. officers at the department say they can't afford to pay $12 million. the mayor promised state lawmakers the housing authority and federal officials would come up with a new plan. and more on the doctors charged with performing late term abortions. man in charge is coming back in maryland. he and another doctor performed the proceed years in elkton and should be be charged with murder it. started when the botched abortion when things went wrong and they took the woman to johns hopkins and employees called the police and police searched the doctor's clinic and found 35 fetuss in a freezer. some up to 36 weeks old. meanwhile the search is on for tommy clack the man known

for overcharging for the paving customers. he was a no show in court but it has nothing to do with the paving scheme a north carolina company says he owes them money allegedly ordered thousands of dollars in furniture and high priced electronics and never paid the bill. he is charged with two counts of theft. he led the charge against the dream act in a few hours one baltimore county delicate will launch a fight to defeat the loll. sherrie johnson is live with reaction from pat mcdonough. >> reporter: we are live in essex on eastern boulevard where later this afternoon delegate pat mcdonough is he can spented to make an announcement -- expected to make an announcement. he is trying to overturn a law for allowing instate tuition rates for illegal aliens. he wants opponents of the maryland dream act to raise money for literature and radio and tv ads.

the dream act would allow undocumented high school graduates to go to college and pay in-state tuition. he was part of an effort last year that collecteded-- collected over $100,000 signatures and -- 100,000 signatures and forced the law on the 2012 ballot. >> can you imagine the newspaper like sun papers or johns hopkins or some other professional organization hiring someone who is a professional but unlawfully and that's a felony and that could affect their reputation. they are not going to do it. >> reporter: now supporters of the dream act and other advocates have started raising money themselves to fight against this campaign. reporting live in essex, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. the ravens are getting ready for the first playoff game in years and the city is gearing upp we will look at how baltimore is showing off the purple pride and where the team is headed today. also, maryland's labor force is take on the controversial issue of same sex

issue. event planned and support they are look for. you are watching "good morning marled" first and only at 4:-- maryland" first and only at 4:30. we continue in a moment.

now "good morning maryland at 4:30. news time 4:40. and we are ten days away from game time and the town is turning purple. city hall decked out and tomorrow housing will be bathed in purple but today, the team the ravens, they will be on the practice field preparing for sunday january 15th 1 p.m. kick off. they will have the weekend off for rest and back to work on monday. this will be the first playoff game in five years. in the meantime, get your purple on and support the ravens. again, as we said, we are ten days away so you want to a show your purple pride and be around baltimore. send in your pictures of yourself, your family your house, car or pet anything in purple. put it on the facebook page,

abc2news.com/facebook go there and upload photos. in video charley check this out. how cold has it been with more than 48 straight hours of subfreing temperatures yesterday by the -- freeze -- subfreezing temperatures yesterday in baltimore this comes to me from my friend lisa in her backyard and we are trying to coordinate so you can hear. >> i love it. >> how about you, rob? >> i love it. >> where's the zamboni. >> where is that? is that awesome or what? backyard baltimore making a ice rink. that's way to make the most of the weather. and the kids had the right idea. a little light snow last night and a light coating from essex and from -- i am waiting to hear from my friends from anne arundel county. there might be airy and waiting to see if some is out 70 and westminster and looking to cross the beltway. it's not going to be a major

deal. some flakes on the car and maybe a light coating. otherwise we have a look at this ending before 8 a.m. even though that's the window here. 25 to 30 to start is warmer than yesterday and at least to 40 with sun this afternoon. 4:42. extra spring in our step as we slide over sorry about that. >> reporter: that's all right. >> what you got? no ice out there? >> reporter: we got the coating so you may have ice. use extra caution especially if you head out very early. and you can expect typical early morning conditions. especially the drive on i-95 south of baltimore as we feat live-- as we get a live view of traffic. nothing to slow you down. between 175 and the beltway northbound, coming in from harford county that is live look at i-95 and north baltimore county. north of maryland 43, looking pretty good here and once you make your way to the top side of the beltway, here's your drive once you get to 695

through overly and parkville. looking pretty good and continuing onto providence road. over to you. >> men's health magazine has come out with a list for the healthiest city for men. what it takes for guys to be headlighty and where charm city falls on the list. how two employees and an alarm system saved a newborn from being snatched from a georgia hospital. you are watching "good morning maryland. what's new now and next starting at 4:30 and we are back in a bit.

welcome back. five things to know the board of public works approved a grant for 19 million dollars toupgrade waste water treatment plants. the project is part of the state's effort to improve the chesapeake bay and other water heways. five days into the new year and baltimore city police are investigating the first murder of 2012. a 62-year-old man was shot in a car tuesday night.

he had several gunshot wounds. and a press conference will be at 11 announcing the labor federation's support for marriage equality. it will take place on north utah street. the 300,000 member federation plans to mobilize in support of the legislation. the president has another we can't wait for idea. more jobs for americans you. he hopes to create a quarter of a million positions for young people and the program is called summer jobs fund. the report shows minorities are being -- are having trouble getting jobs at least last summer. starbucks prices are going up and bacon and eggs will be more costly. denny's considering hiking price this is year. so far they have not said by how much or when, but they are blaming the cost of ingredients for the announcement. disturbing news out of iraq where two attacks in two neighborhoods take place in baghdad. a roadside bomb and a bomb attached to a motorcycle near a bus stop exploded killing at least 24 people. it raised fear that is

insurgents are stepping up attacks after the u.s. troop withdrawal that ended last month. the blast wounded at least 60 people. news time is 4:47. and consumer alert this morning for procrastinators. pay attention. this year you have two extra days to file your taxes. the irs pushed back the deadline from the usual april 15th to the 17th. why? because the 15th falls on sunday. the next day is emancipation day a. holiday in d.c. and the procrastinators out there you got lucky. macy's department stores is decided to close five of the stores and four bloomingdale's stores due to low business sales. abc2 news corinne redman is standing by with more and what locations in maryland. >> reporter: well, among the five macy's and bloomingdale's two are here in maryland one in bethesda and one in laurel. they blame it on underformerrance. more than 830 workers will be affected by the closings. 375 at macy's stores and 463 at

bloomingdale's but many employees may have the option of taking a job at new stores the company plans to open. macy's announced the company was planning to open five new macy's stores and one replacement store but none of those would be in maryland. clearance sales will start in sunday in the stores that are closing arun for 10 weeks. topeka kansas, laurel madison palma ohideo and texas city texas will slow close. bloomingdale's in atlanta, maryland and the mall of america in bloomington, minnesota. macy's said we continue to be committed to maintaining the healthy portfolio of stores that allows to us focus on growth from the best and most productive locations. as for workers laid off especially in maryland, they say the company will offer severance benefits. corinne redman, abc2 news. and health news this morning. a tragic story leaving behind a warning for parents about the dangers of food allergies. a 7 year old virginia girl

toyed after a allergic reaction to peanuts at her school and they had a allergy action plan. the girl's mom says the school didn't do enough to help her daughter. even with the action plan she ended up dead. the school system declined to discuss the case and sent a note home to the parents about that incident. and a scare in northwest baltimore has official warning people about the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning. officials say to install a co detector and symptoms to be mindful of is headaches dizziness and nausea. people sleeping fall victim because they are not awake to experience the system. people called 911 because of a strange smell. six people were checked for co poisoning but no one was seriously hurt. officials say someone was using a generator in or around the house. baltimore is not a healthy city for men. that's according to the latest rankings from man's health magazine. out of 100 cities, baltimore was number 12. exercise, diet and lifestyle

are some of the things they take up when considering the best rating for the cities of the best and worst for men. they found about the best city for men was burlington, vermont. most men there are healthy but you won't have to find that here. there's good news. we are up from last year. in 2011, we were the 7th worst city relative to men's health. around the nation this morning, video out of new york, a home burned to a crisp leaving nothing for the family to return to. officials say a contractor working at the home pierced a gas line and the house caught fire and exploded. everyone was able to get out safely but the fire damaged allneighboring homes and the initial home to be torn down was scheduled for later this week. 19-year-old nicole ballard ceapt her -- kept her head down as she was led into the department into jail. she is accused of walking into a woman's center in georgia and attempting to abduct a newborn. when she grabbed the baby the alarm sound and two employees

stopped her. she tried to drive away but failed thanks to witnesses and hospital employees she was stopped. a story for baywatch fans. david hesseloff hairy chest earned fame among marine life. british scientist has a new name for a crab pieceies and they named it after the hoff because of the hairy chess chest. pieceies has been -- chest. the pieceies has been dubbed the hoff. your thoughts on that. >> mr. crabs i get to watch spongebob and he has a hairy chest, too. thanks very much angela. i am surprised you know that. >> i do. >> did you show a picture of the crab? >> so -- we need to -- david hasselhoff fine we need to see the crab to prove it. good morning. we have ourselves 28 degrees. you may need the extra fur to keep you warm but it's about 14 degrees warmer than we were this time yesterday in baltimore. easton, 30. there might be some snow on the ground on the eastern shore.

there's -- this only goes back a few hours but we had a disturbance flare up around the bay and brought snow to the delmarva so there might be a coating. i am waiting for early risers to check in. we heard about jeff perkins who said he was working two shifts havre de grace and they had a burst in the squall yesterday. looks like the regional radar not showing up flakes we highlighted on the super intensive mode from maryland's most powerful doppler radar but there's a disturbance and you can see the swirl. the one that came through with the cloud yesterday afternoon and evening snows. that's out to sea. the next one following suit and they are flaring up off the atlantic and we are missing out on the big punch that this could bring but behind that there's a lot of dry and mild air so this is actually the backside of our little cold pocket. that's there and it's pivoting out. temperatures back to near normal today and in fact we start warming things up leading into the weekend. so this round of cold air not going to stick around too long. and we get ourselves a look at warmer conditions over the next

couple days. today, we are back to about 40 maybe 42 within the two degree guaranteed range. light snow early next couple hours and out of here and sunshine and back to near normal levels. tonight into the mid-20s. we will checks out the extended outlook. we have 4:53 on the clock and here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: an early morning problem if you are traveling in the edgewood area on edgewood road a overturned vehicle accident. it's between pulaski and philadelphia road. you may want to hop on route 24 if you are heading in that direction. again extra caution with the coating overnight. let's get a live view of traffic flow for those making the drive on 29, still looking pretty good. no reported troubles on maryland 108. coming in from the eastern shore, it looks pretty good. here's a live view of 50 at 301 split, very smooth conditions. making your way across the bay bridge and as you continue eastbound on 50, to annapolis, no reported troubles as you

make the way through raul boulevard. he is accused of setting a series of fires. it seems the suspect has a history of torching properties. where he is wanted for similar charges. details coming up. officials in new zealand are keeping a close eye on a cargo ship. the danger it poses should the weather turn bad. all of that coming up when we go around the world on "good morning maryland." we are first and only at 4:30 and ten in a few moments. der consider continue in a few moments. -- continue in few moments.

now "good morning maryland" at 4:30. news around the world to mexico where 31 inmates are dead following a prison fight near mexico city. officers say the inmates were killed with makeshift knives during a fight. another 13 prisoners were wounded. 22 killed were serving sentence for state crimes and 9 for

federal offenses. the man facing arson charges in california could face similar charges in his home country of germany. they believe he set the fire to this house that his family owned in october. the arson investigation in germany is in the early stages. he is due back in court later this month. he is accused of setting dozens of fires in los angeles since friday. he is held on $3 million bail. in new zealand officials are keeping a close eye on a cargo ship stranded on the wreath for the past three months. it is cracked and should nasty weather come in as is expect for the weekend, they fear waves could break it apart leading to more oil spilling into the sea. new zealand authorities are on a wait and see approach when handling the situation. and kate middleton is taking the first step towards carvingout her public role by supporting the art therapy program for disadvantaged children in a nationwide addiction treatment network.

she announced she will be hitting the outdoors as a voluntary helper with the scout association. this is similar to the girls and boy scouts program here in the u.s. now "good morning maryland." >> reporter: it's latest video one state delegate has big plans for the dream act. i will tell you more on what he has planned. >> reporter: and it's the latest video to go viral. what happened to a city police officer making an arrest in one baltimore community. and the best diet you can turn to to lose weight and keep your cholesterol in check. those stories and much more coming up on this thursday, january 5th, good morning. i am charley crowsonp let's head over to -- crowson. let's head over to justin berk with the thursday forecast. a bit warmer. >> and we are below freeing. it's typical january. the cloud yesterday came through and -- clouds yesterday came through and i hope you were paying attention because we talked about evening snow possible and a second round

during the morning a lot of reports terry told me he had a light coating up in bel air andyou can see this flare up on the eastern shore and going back farther with the wider view, and you can see the delmarva got some. i am waiting to hear morning reports and we will let you know if there's icing because sometimes just a little snow can can make a big deal. next disturbance bringing in more flurries and we have morning clouds that will get out and we will see an improvement. noticing that improvement we were 14 degrees this time yesterday morning in baltimore and now we are at 28. mostly around the range upper 20s and low 30s across the area and we should see the improvement the band of light snow or flurries gone by 8 a.m. even though that's the time stam the in the window. we work our way to 40 maybe more 40s in the afternoon. let's check on traffic as we say good morning. >> reporter: good morning. and good morning everyone. as you head out this thursday morning, got some incidents going on this morning including an early morning water main break in the rosedale area. so poly