i am charley crowson. fog on your monday, a little rain on the tuesday. let's check in with more frommeteorologist justin berk. we are talking winter in just two days. we will be wake up with a completely different setup and doesn't look like it and it doesn't feel like it. with 58 at northeast and off toward the eastern shore. and where centerville is look upper 50s to near 60678955 in annapolis and 57 back towards ellicott city and we have had rain roll through. last shower cape to the north. it raced through maryland's most powerful doppler. this band in frederick trying to charge to the east mount airy getting in on it heading back towards york, p.a. and hitting the counties as well. coming in near rockville sliding its way towards laurel probably the next half-hour to hour. overall wider view. much more back to the west. a little reenforcement with new wave of low pressure along the frontal boundary. look at cold air and snow on the backside and that's important because we will be watching that all catch up with

a new storm. it's likely going to bring acoup lathing snow in two days. looking at showers this morning. it's an important fact to consider. snowflakes and what will be wasted and what will stick. talk about it next stick to the set because angela is talking about traffic. >> reporter: not on a great start. bowie got a serious accident. police in hazmat crews on the scene. route 3 crane highway between 50 and 450 all your lanes closed so be prepared for stopped traffic there. in the meantime, if you make the drive on 695 west side is looking pretty good. also going up to the top side, of 695, volume increasing but still no incidents to report on the top side of the beltway. 695 at providence road. going to take 6 minutes as we check the drive times outer loop from bel air over to providence road. outer loop 695 from 795 to 07 about 7 minutes there.

charley. it's been an agonizing time for virginia parents as their daughter was found dead in 2008. today a possible break in the case and for more let's go tosherrie johnson with more on developing story. >> reporter: yes there's new developments in the three-year- old case. today annie mccann's parents will meet with detectives. the arrest of 21-year-old darnel kinlaw for the murder of his girlfriend has the parents hopeful they will find out what happened to their daughter. annie mccann was found dead in 2002348 baltimore after running away from her virginia home on halloween. police ruled the death a suicide. but her family never believed it. darnel kinlaw was never implicated in the death and he and others were charged with taking the teen's volvo and discovering her body in the back seat and putting it by dumpsters in southeast baltimore. last month, he was charged with the murder of his girlfriend. police now plan to question him further about mccann's death.

>> they have been in ongoing discussion was the homicide department i want to go -- woint go into specifics of what was said and not said. but like any victim we try to work with families and loved ones. >> reporter: the mccanns made it known they were not happy with the death investigation of their dot erin blame city hall and -- daughter and blame city hall. leon alexander junior sent this video and authorities say the fire started around noon yesterday on calvert road in northeast. this is a new picture we found courtesy of the cecil county fire blog. as being see the flames damaged the side of the house and the garage. no word on what the cause is. just about an hour and a half the search is scheduled to resume for a missing middle river man. charles duckett disappeared while working on a managed deer hunt in montgomery county. he is the father of three and

his family is asking not to give up and keep them in their prayers. a baltimore city police officer is. is taken to shock trauma with a gunshot wound to the arm in the case of friendly fire. the investigation started off as a search warrant on drug charges. police took a suspect into custody and seized 27 pounds of suspected marijuana and just under a thousand dollars cash. minutes later officers went inside. >> it appears that once the entry was made inside theresidence at a point a weapon discharged from one of the tasforce officers from baltimore county and it struck one of the officers from the task force from baltimore city. >> police are investigating but right now it looks like the shooting was accidental. the defense attorney for a maryland soldier is focusing on the soldier's mental state. his attorney came up with 48 defense witnesses among them president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton. manning is charged with 22

counts including aiding the enemy. hearing in fort meade will determine whether or not he will be court martialed. 9:30 former prince george's county executive jack johnson is expected to be sentenced. back in may he pleaded guilty to extortion and witness and evidence tampering. he was indicted in february on charges that he accepted cash campaign contributions and other gifts in exchange for helping developers secure millions of dollars in federal grant money. also this morning, jurors will continue deliberations in the trial of a former governor robert ehrlich political aide. bob schurick is accused of trying to suppress the black vote with a robo call assuring voters that martin o'malley won the election. preparing to take the oath of office mayor stephanie rawlings blake will be inaugurated a little later this morning outside city hall. so for a preview what have toexpect let's go to live abc2 news corinne redman.

>> reporter: the mayor is expected to be sworn in today. this is the first full inauguration sworn in as mayor to serve the first 4 year term. you can see city hall is decorated. you can see that the stage has been set. the bleachers are up and city hall is draped in the city's colors and flags line the plaza where the inauguration will be taking place. now this is the second oath of office for stef tbri wry any rawlings-blake. in january 2010 she was sworn inafter the -- stephanie rawlings-blake. in january, 2010, she was sworn in after the previous maine resigned. this is the first elected term for the mayor. officials from the city and state and community groups are expected to be here today in attendance. the mayor's speech is set to talk about her leadership for the next four years in the city and it's making city government more efficient and bidding stronger communities --

building stronger communities. >> the theme of the speech the inauguration is baltimore a great place to grow. my administration is focusing on ways that we can make sure baltimore is a vibrant thriving growing city for the future. >> reporter: the inaugurationwill get underway at 11:30 and the mayor will arrive at 12:30 and the ceremony will go on rain or shine. it's expected to be moved across the street to the war memorial building if it rains and later tonight there will be an inaugurational ball at hilton baltimore. reporting live, corinne redman, abc2 news. today former governor ehrlich book will be sheuting store shelves. it's called turn this car around. he says the book signals his desire to be reel development in national debate but has no -- relevant in the national debate but has no desire to run for office again. it's finally happening. harris teeter store in locust point will open officially

tomorrow. abc2 news linda so is live with what to expect. linda. >> reporter: well, in the last hour we have seen lots of employees walking into the store getting ready for the opening tomorrow. later tonight at 5:30, to 8, the store will be hosting a private event called taste of teeter to show community members what they are all about. doors will officially open to the public tomorrow morning at 8. the ribbon cutting ceremony will happen at ten. the store's on wet stoneway and mckenly road. you probably seen it from key highway. it's huge two-story building and 61,000 square feet in side and there's plenty of parking with a four-story parking garage. harris teeter says they will have plenty of fresh foods and items to go to accommodate what people want. for those like and work in the area, they have been waiting a long time for the store to open. >> if everything goes well, and they can hire people and that

will help the economy. a lot of people are not working and they can go get a job, anything beats a blank. >> reporter: now the store will be open every day from 6 a.m. to midnight. tomorrow, though, when doors open for the first time here, that will happen at 8 in the morning. live in locust point, linda so, abc2 news. occupy baltimore is occupied a lot of city resources. the fight that left one person stabbed and the call to action going on for 25 different occupy cities around the u.s. and also look at this. water washing away a bridge. why it has some fuming in one memphis subdivision. and when you eat your breakfast this morning, think about the color of your plate. the plate you are eating on. the effect it could have on your appetite. details straight ahead. back to new york for the latest in business news. >> reporter: good morning. topping america's money, more pressure on europe standard and

poors is threatening to downgrade the credit of all the euro zone countries unless there's concrete action on the debt crisis at the summit this week. france and germany are calling for changes to rebuild confidence. stores hireed more workers for the holidays last month than a year ago and almost twice as many as three years ago at the height of the recession. this month's numbers should be be good, too. how important to you is notatm fees. a system would give you an alternative watching a shortcommercial while the trance as is processed. it's being tested on one machine in new york. and if you wanted to be an nfl team owner now is your chance. shares of the green bay packers go on sale 250 dollars each. but the shares don't go up in value don't pay dividend and don't get you a discount on tickets. and that's america's money.

now "good morning maryland." look at this for the seg time this year. heavy rain washing away a section of the bridge in the member tis area road is the only -- memphis area. road is the only way in or out and it could take several days to get the bridge working to build another road into the community. it may be fall but parts of texas are look like a winter wonderland. look at the pictures from midland. about 2 1/2 inchesch snow have fallen-- inches of know have fall enand more is expected today -- fallen and more is expected todayched conditions are perpocket for snowball making. -- today. conditions are perfect for snowball making. >> a winter storm warning and storm across new mexico turning that state into a sheet of ice. that's making it tough for drivers to get around. these image out of albuquerque.

people who live there say it's been a while since they have seen weather like this and until temperatures warm up the dangers on the road likely to not go away. nasa makes an out of the world discovery a pays agency is located -- a space agency located a planet called a habitable zone. water can exist making life possible. the agency says planets nearly 2 1/2 times the size of earth and 600 light-years away. you know it seems like bizarre world. texas and new mexico snow flooding in memphis and we have mild rain and no cold temperatures and there's a history. december 5th we get snow. >> 7 of the last 10 years we have had the first snow in the area but yesterday started to really gain confidence with a lot of computer models to build in our threat of snow for the week. by the way, cold air does dive to the deep south el paso texas this morning. 22 and dallas at freezing and they are two degrees in denver and i think it's important toshow outrest of the nation as we have shown you -- you the rest of the nation as we have

shown you pictures. true arctic air reached the deep south and western u.s. we are on the mild side pumping up 50s and it's mild and very summer like 71 in miami. that's energy pumping into the system mostly rain on the east coast and there's a hint of snow and arctic intrusion out of canadan the da cotas and montana -- dakotas and montana. a little push of some pacific tropical moisture southerlybranch getting injecteded here and there will be energy to develop storm in western gulf of mexico. that will ride up the front. it has not happened but i have to show you the wide picture to give you perspective because we are another day and half away from that and on the warm side and rain and actually an area of low pressure that will ride to the west enhancing the rainfall today. mostly to our west and we will watch this particular area for a new storm to form. we are looked pulses of rain in the afternoon and evening and through tomorrow a little more

widespread ahead of the new forming system. snow in the northwestern fringe and western maryland and tomorrow afternoon. rain turns to snow this model doesn't depict it but it enhances around midnight until daybreak and then it is gone on thursday. here's how i see it mostly rain lower eastern shore and easton to near annapolis and upper eastern shore up to a slushy inch for the late turnover. flakes could eat away at our potential but i think a one to three inch snowfall marginal temperatures and a slushy roadcondition and we will have more snow on the grass and 2 to a 4 inches from westminster and hereford zone and southern p.a. that's a daybreak on thursday. today 62. may not seem like snow is on the way, but periods of rain continuing tonight and tomorrow. and tomorrow's temperatures slides into the 50s. tomorrow night and through thursday morning the snow event staying at 42 thursday afternoon with sun and 40s even colder on saturday and sunday. here's angela with traffic. >> reporter: wet roadways slepry conditions and a tractor

trailer accident out there on -- slippery conditions and a tractor trailer accident out there. hop on 50 or 450 or possibly 424 davidsonville road as alternate routes. elsewhere we are looking pretty good making the drive on u.s. 29. a little more activity in the southbound direction as you pass route 108. also, we are incident free on i- 95 as we look live at 95 north of maryland 43. checking on the harrisburg expressway, traffic flow gettingheavier from the pennsylvania state line. but still moving up to speed only about 5 minutes on the harrisburg expressway from shawan road down to the beltway. charley. news time 6:17. in health news this morning, the so-called morning after pill could be available on store shelves for anyone to buy. currently you need a prescription for the plan b if you are under 16. food and drug administration has until tomorrow to decide if it should ease the restrictions. today the baltimore county health department will host a

free flu clinic shot clinic. free flu shots will be begin on a first come first served basis while supplies last. the clinic runs from 3 until 7 at the drum castle government center at 6401 york road on the third floor. we know about the benefits of an active lifestyle but the exercise might not be good if you don't change the way you work. researchers found just by sitting you have the potential to create 50% more fat cells. and dr. jim levine found obese people have a tendency to sit on average 2 1/2 hours more each day than people who are thin. easy way to lose weight check this out. seems bizarre but think about it. food for thought a study by the journal of consumer research found those serving themselves more if the plate color matches the food. the theory is that the more contrast the less likely you will eat. is there a color that hps you eat less? one die -- helps you eat less?

one dietitian says yes. >> if you are trying to watch your weight, look for the bluest plate you have in your cupboard and use that because that's the least appealing blend with food. >> no blue dishes. make sure your food doesn't match your plate type. example they used was spaghetti and the sauce on the red plate. you are getting used to getting the bills and magazines the same time every month. we always get our mail. it's like clockwork. all that could change. how the postal service is now cutting back once again. and you like the taste of burger king french fries? get ready. a new one is on the way. and you will get a free sample. we will let you know when when "good morning maryland" continues on this tuesday. hey, you made your own lunch.

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and welcome back to good morning maryland. a live look at the nation's capital. coming up later tonight, the light of the capitol christmas tree. key tales coming up in a bit. but word this morning that

amanda knox may be working on a book deal. she plans to talk about the highly publicized ordeal in which an italian court cleared her of murdering her roommate. she hired robert barnett. he brokered major book deals for barack obama bill clinton and george w. bush. and also bob woodward and sarah palin. the blame game is starting over the talk of making snail mail go even more sluggish. the plan to get rid of the next day first class mail at the postal service facing a backlash from customers and congress. greg black has the story. >> reporter: the postal service may have to deal with very unhappy customers if the latest cost cutting proposal gets the green light. at issue a proposal to tack on an extra day or two of delivery time for regular first class mail. >> why would people want to utes post office if they know it's going to be slower than it is right now. >> reporter: the post office is on the brink of bankruptcy. the change is meant to save around 2 billion dollars.

but it would cost about 28,000 postal workers their jobs. that fact has not gone over well in congress. >> this guy this so-called post master general should be fired because of a lack of. his proposing the death nail for the great united states postal service. >> reporter: but the most master general says it comes down to dollars and cents. >> things have changed in our business and like any other responsible business you got to react. >> reporter: the post office doesn't get any taxpayer money but is under federal regulation. if the plan is approved it could take effect as early as april. craig black, abc2 news. the -- >> the postal service says there's another way for congress to help, they want lawmakers to relieve them of the burden of having to pay multimillion dollar payments to a fund for future health care retiree benefits. law makers have not come to an agreement on a payroll tax but they will pass presents for the first time ever. it's a secret sant isa gift

exchange. republicans they drew the names of democrats and vice versa but there are rules. rules on capitol hill. the gift has to be wrapped and can cost no more than $10 so in dc terms they can buy each other a cup of coffee. now in true congressional fashion some senators decided to not participate. tonight in dc the capitol christmas tree lighting ceremony will take place. the tree is 63 foot sierra white fir traveled more than 4,000 miles across the u.s. and is going to be decorated by more than 2000 ornaments. john boehner will flip the switch and it will be lit from nightfall through each evening through january 1st. help make the holidays brighter. 13th annual it's kinder time toy drive is underway and abc2 is a proud sponsor. you have until december 22nd to donate new unrapid toys. drop them -- unrapid toys. drop them off at police

barracks and fire stations in baltimore and anne arundel counties it's listed on abc2news.com and again this year, the toy drive is partnering with the bsoork kids program oif you have a used instruments you can drop that off in she just wanted to get through airport security but she was hassled instead. what drew the attention of the security and why the elderly woman is so upset. look at this object that's not something you see if you are vacationing. what is it? they have an explanation for the unusual object and we will explain when "good morning maryland continues" a live look at 6 # 95 at liberty road. follow us at maryland traffic on twitter. we are back in a bit.

stabbed at the occupy baltimore camp. i e johnson. hear what police say about the protesters at the inner harbor. store clerk takes on a would be robber. that confrontation caught on tape. and no computer, radios or cell phones. students ask to give up technology for extra credit. how they do and what did they miss most? we will look at that on this tuesday december 6th, good morning i am charley crowson time for a check of the forecast. for that we go over to justin berk and look