>> now abc 2 news at 11:00. blizzard like conditions in minnesota, 8 degrees in chicago, and roads closing down in indiana. >> is pleasing in florida could in his 32 in miami right now. >> -- freezing in florida. it is 32 in miami right now. >> just a sign of the harshness of this winter blast. it has meant a lot of wind and a really low windchill factor out there. let's take a look at maryland's most powerful radar did you

make a car and one of those quick snow showers. let's look at some of these wind gusts. we have had gusts of 30 or 40 miles per hour out there tonight. in a sharp windchill. belair is feeling like one below right now. manchester feels like zero. linthicum is nine above. you get the idea. it is a cold, cold night. 29 or so by noon tomorrow as this cold, wintry blast continues to funnel in. we will talk about when things finally let up and calm down a little bit in a few minutes. >> if your house catches on fire you can see and smell the

smoke. but if there's a carbon monoxide leak you will not see it, smell it, or taste it until it may be too late. we have more on this story. >> reporter: detectors like this one are able to sense the carbon monoxide. we are more likely to use heating sources that can create c.o. builds up. one incident over the weekend that killed two people could be much different if the home had an alarm. they had no chance of surviving carbon monoxide levels about 40 times the safe limits. the men were sleeping in the basement of this home on sunday. investigators are trying to determine the source of the c.o. builds up pay there was no

detector to alert them. >> his bedroom was in the basement. my first thought was, whoa, what if that had been my baby. this woman plans on adding two more co detectors to her house and she is most concerned with placing teddy bears and flowers on the stairs of the home where two men died. they will place boxes in the area stores to raise money to send them bodies back to guatemala. >> we hope people can open up their hearts and put some money in here. >> reporter: the owner of the home says he was renting to them and according to can a lot every property to have carbon

monoxide detectors. at ace hardware several customers came to buy a device after he menus. >> what he said to me was, $3999 is not worth -- $39.99 is not worth dying >> the alarm will go off in the levels are extremely low so you know something is wrong and you can get out and take some action before you start showing symptoms. >> reporter: a fair warning could be lifesaving. >> it would have been different if they had even one in the basement. >> reporter: a spokeswoman says virtually every home is susceptible to carbon monoxide buildup which makes alarms

important. you should have one near bedrooms and one in rooms with fuel burning appliances. we have a link on her website at abc2news.com with more information. >> thank you, cheryl. antonio martinez is not going anywhere could he was in trial until his trial. his lawyers say that he was set up in this. prosecutors say that martinez was grinning ear to ear as he prepared to blow up a military recruitment center. it was a fake bomb planted by the fbi and what is interesting two days listening to the woman who says she is his mother. listen to what our microphones picked up. >> it is not fair. i do not care what people say. he is not a terrorist. i know him. i am the only person who knows him. >> she said that tony is not a

terrorist. he detonated a bomb near a site in catonsville. police say a driver for a pharmaceutical company was making a delivery in the 2000 block of west pratt when he was approached by three suspects be they kidnapped the driver and took off with 87 crates full of narcotics. cops say they unloaded the drugs into their own u-haul and the driver was left behind unhurt and able to call police. they are working with the fbi and dea. speed cameras are bringing in some serious cash. the department of transportation says from november 1st, 2009, to the same time this year it has handed out more than 379,000 citations paid that is $40 a pop,

equaling two more than $15 million. transportation officials insist they are not a revenue generator, rather a tool. one judge says that parts of the health-care reform law is unconstitutional. john henry reports tonight. >> reporter: a federal law decision in virginia could put the decision on life support. >> it is not about health insurance, healthcare could is about liberty. >> reporter: judge henry hudson appointed by george w. bush ruled that government mandates forcing individuals to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. >> if we cross this line now were the government can force us to buy a private product that we have given the government the power to force

us to buy other products could cars, gym memberships, asparagus. >> reporter: judges have dismissed 13 earlier lawsuits against the law. >> we are confident that it is constitutional and two courts have ruled in our favor. >> reporter: these cases are high-profile and the plaintiffs are the states themselves. >> part of our healthcare system needs to be fixed. he imac come expenses are out of control and everyone's needs are not being met right now. but there are better solutions -- yeah, our income expenses are out of control. >> reporter: the department of justice most likely will repeal the case. some sad news to share

tonight. richard holbrook has died or he was hospitalized friday after collapsing at the state department be he underwent 20 hours of surgery to repair a tear in his ardrey. he played a key role in the afghan peace efforts. he was 69 years old. call him the man of steel. michael steele announces tonight he wants to run again for a second term. it is no secret this'll be the toughest fight of his political career because five other republicans want the same job. he said, i am asking you tonight for your support for a second term. a lot of republicans are unhappy with his fundraising efforts and management style. republicans, independents, and democrats are joining forces for a new movement

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abc2news.com with all of the links, so check it out. let us know what you think of the deals you make it out there. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> take a look at these pictures. flurries across the county tonight. >> a dome collapsed, what happened? >> in the city. >> is just enough to add a little insult to injury with the lights know you get that cold blast in your face -- the light snow you get with that cold blast in your face.

take a look. at times there's a little bit of snow coming down in areas. 22 right now. that is so misleading because windchills are in the zeros right now. it is a blustery night. some pretty long streamers coming across the mountains into the central states. these have enough oomph so to speak to get some snow on the ground. this is interesting. you can see these no streamers get a little bit enhanced. kind of like a bay affect snow. you have enough of a updrafts

to give you a snow flurry. some of these were on the alert -- on the lower eastern shores. temperatures tonight are frigid. upper teens at the best. pasadena is one of the warmer spots. 17 in bel air. wind gusts have been howling all day and all. these will be stronger tomorrow. it will be a harsh one if you have to be outside. wind chills around the single digits tonight. nine above is what it feels like tonight in baltimore. the highs today are in the mid to upper '30s. tomorrow we will stay in the

20s. i think most of the day all of us in the 20s tomorrow across the central part of the state. let's see how much more frigid is north and west of us. we have way below readings in pennsylvania and west virginia. the good news is the core of that storm system that brought so much heavy snow to minneapolis with a dome collapsed and all of that rough weather that swallowed travelers is now pushing while offshore. the problem is to different areas of low pressure. we have a huge area of high- pressure coming-out of the west. and that wind loves to rush from the high pressure cell to the low pressure storm. right now we have a connection to arctic air. this is cold stuff.

tonight, 19. tomorrow still some snow showers, 29. windy, frigid conditions paid still quite breezy -- and still quite breezy. the rest of the week does not warm up much at all. 40 on sunday when the ravens come home to play. >> it is cold outside. you might as well get in the christmas spirit. check out these lights. @

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