turns out because of bad weather she got off the flight in baltimore. southwest airlines never told the family she was rebooked on another flight. heather: they say that is not their policy. i think they should rethink that policy. new reports of airlines cutting back on flights during one of the busiest travel days of the year. bad weather isn't making it any easier at denver international airport today. take a look at this. travel experts, they say that holiday travelers should expect packed planes. great. we have the senior editor for orbitz.com and she joins us now on the phone with more. thanks for joining us. are you there? >> i'm here. heather: bring us up to speed. what are you seeing out there right now in terms of the airports and any delays? >> in the west things are getting a little bit better. there are blizzard-lick conditions in somconditions in denver. the other region of the country is going to get hit with delays, it's going to be the south. there is major thunderstorms rolling through the region. if you're traveling through atlanta la

she was stranded in baltimore for hours. we have restored. >> all she wanted was to spend christmas at their grandmother's house. she boarded her southwest flight in tennessee with strict instructions. >> the lady and check out said, don't cut off this plane, only when you see laguardia airport. >> but then her plane got detoured, touching down in cleveland and ohio before getting to baltimore. >> the flight attendants said people going to a quarter have to get off at baltimore. -- the flight attendant said people going to laguardia airport have to get off at baltimore. >> unaccompanied minors have to be booked on flights that do not include plane changes. she said she was nervous that her family would not know where she was because southwest did not call them. >> i was kind of scared but i knew i was able to get hold. >> it was a different story for grandmother. >> it was scary. not knowing where she was. >> now that she is home save, the family is hoping to have a safe and relaxing holiday. >> she will be with me until chr

winds are southwest at seven. tough visibilities at times as we continue to see the mist, drizzle and fog. wet roads and traffic headaches. that's been the scenario just about all day long. you see the temperatures on the eastern half of the state running in the low 60s, 50s to the west. eve out in the maryland mountains -- even out in the maryland mountains, temperatures solid. there is a window, but it comes through the middle of the night tomorrow night. it does look like a brief window. winds out of the south bringing up very warm air. so the temperatures are warm. visibility is reduced to half of normal, although from frederick west to hagerstown, restricted visibility. that south breeze is keeping the dense fog from developing. southern maryland to the eastern shore. there's or rain to the south. this whole system will continue to pump rain into the area through the night and into the day tomorrow by thursday, a new disturbance south of the one passing us now. there's another one developing on the south side

and chicago, 40. 50s from boston to baltimore. 70 in atlanta. and a sunny 82 in miami. >> ah, miami. >>> southwest airlines is now apologizing for what a mother in tennessee is calling the scariest moment of her life. that's because her daughter, 9-year-old chloe, d arrive in new york on the flight she was supposed to. >> reporter: chloe was set to fly from nashville, to columbus, baltimore and then to new york. but there was a pit stop in cleveland. chloe was removed from that plane and no one called her family. she eventually arrived safely. but five hours late. >>> we're following a developing story in iraq this morning. at least 63 people have been killed in a wave of bombings across baghdad. the deadliest attack appeared to target rescuers and officials who came to the scene previous previous explosion. it's the worst violence to hit baghdad in months. >>> officials at the chinese embassy in washington are denying that hackers from china are attacking computer systems here in the u.s. the justice department says the latest victim was the u.

stops in columbus and baltimore. but because of bad weather the flight plan changed and a southwest flight attendant told her she had to get off the plane in baltimore. >> holy cow i am not supposed to be off here. i am supposed to get off at laguardia. >> reporter: she got off but no one with the airline told her mom. when she didn't show in new york that's when mom in tennessee began to worry. the family tells me it was a long excruciating hour for them. they say southwest officials didn't seem to know where chloe was. >> it was like the scariest moment of my life to think that they didn't know where she was. >> reporter: turns out the airline had booked her on another flight without telling her family. in a statement a spokesman for the airline says "our unaccompanied minor policy doesn't include contacting of guardians when plight is delayed or rerouted but we typically do our best to keep guardians notified. southwest apologized to the family and they say they are investigating. >> we are happy she is home. >> r

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baltimore, up to our north, off to the west. southwest, to the southeast and south, not much is going on there. so you should be dry. but you'll get some rain showers popping through later on. there is the next batch of rain down to the south and west moving across southwestern portions of virginia. so some continued light rain and more rainfall coming in during the course of the late morning and afternoon hours. your day planner for today, certainly it will be cloudy. periods of shower activity. high today about 06 degrees which is where we were yesterday and that is a full 10 degrees above normal. so one more mild day and then we begin to cool down and we get cold by the end of this week for many. you. >> cold he have we've seen so far this season for highs? >> no, not quite. >> all right. thank you. >>> definitely colder than what we have now though. >> that's for sure. juror wet pavement is what we're waking up to and the remain of an accident which is still tying up our commute as you travel between 450 and 50. this wreck o

. >> reporter: the family of clowe boyce says southwest airlines did not inform them when the girl had to unexpectedly change planes. the records showed her landing a la guardia airport when she was still in baltimore. >> it was the scariest moment of my life. >> reporter: the airline eventually called the mom and told her an employee took her off the plane in baltimore to rebook her because the flight she was on was overcrowded. the airline was apologize and given the family a refund. southwest's policy on un company minors aims to avoid these kind of situations by booking them only on flights where they do have to change planes. >>> you are running out of time to do the holiday shopping. we will tell you why night time could be the right time. >> reporter: i'm danielle nottingham on capitol hill. tax breaks for millions of americans. >>> up next, the vice president takes a shot at mitt romney and the gop presidential candidate fires back at the obama administration. we'll be back. the iowa caucuses less than two weeks away, and gop presidential candidate mitt romney is taking shots.

from baltimore the storm umbrella, snow on the way. if it stacks up. that's coming up. . >>> if you are looking to get away southwest announced another vai december nation, they have added a daily flight to tucson, mid-february to early april there. are four -- you can play golf right now at 6:35, 63 degrees, this will be the first nonstop flight. it follows the announcement of a flight to atlanta. >>> it's something none of us want to think about. preplanning a funeral but you know it's an important part of planning future, especially considering now that the average price of a funeral is more than $6,000. unfortunately scams are not unusual. charlie tonight telling you how to avoid being ripped off in the report. >> reporter: its something few of us ever want to think about. the loss of a loved one. preplanning a funeral can save you a lot of heart hack in the long run by helping you avoid rush decisions and lets you do some research. >> unfortunately scams do happen in the funeral industry. it's unfortunate because it's a time when people are very s

we have a crash -- the report of a crash on the inner loop of the beltway at baltimore national pike. something to be aware of. otherwise, we're looking nice around the area. 95 north looking at 10 minutes on the southwest side. nine minutes on 895 between 95 and the harbor tunnel. we're looking good at all the way around. very light volume. this is wilkins avenue on the west side. moving freely. this is 83 north of the beltway exit 24. southbound traffic is heavier but looking good and moving just fine. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. tougher sanctions go into effect against iran. they are renewing an invitation for the nuclear watchdog to visit their facilities. discussions are underway. there was suspicion is that iran was trying to build a nuclear weapon. walmart is issuing eight recall on a popular baby formula after an infant died in missouri. the baby died of a rare bacterial infection. it is not known if the baby got the infection through the formula. zp1kj is the lot number for the formula. you can see a driver throwing a box over a gate. that box contai

wind steady at southwest at seven at pwi. gusting closer to 20 or 25 and those -- the temperatures right now near 60 still and a late mid-december night. cloudy through the day, that was the story and in fact as we go into the time l aps e over the naval academy, very limited sun, same deal in hartford today. wet roads and always makes the traffic worst. wind gusts to 37german town and -- you know its windy. steady closer to ten to 15. those temperatures, look how warm. we are -- 62 down at the beach still as we push toward midnight. highs in the mid60's. they haven't moved much and out to the west not much in the way of new rain. we will continue to see the clouds stream in and maybe a pass or two of rain toward dawn but not much. big story the replacement of the mild air with colder air. marching in out of the north and west, you see it up there over places like ohio and cincinnati already down to 37 degrees, 30 degrees colder than roanoke virginia so the cold air is on the march. overnight down to 43, there will be showers

heartland and all the cold stuff in the rockies and across the southwest, we had already showed you the snowstorm across flag, arizona picking up a foot yesterday. a lot of action and energy coming off the pacific. 62 dallas. a marked improvement from below freezing temperatures they had last week. all in response to this one storm pattern here. basically you can see how the clouds have carved out the trough, the cold pocket of air across the west coast bringing in some of that pacific moisture across texas and injecting it on no the nation's mid-section, then pushing it all the way up with just a little push of snow, northern wisconsin and minnesota, yet snow in the rockies as well. that is our general storm pattern. we're still focusing on some of the energy coming into the system. a lot of times we get into these storm patterns for a couple of weeks where they almost seem identical. just little things that are different. this one, again, taking warmer air ahead of it. we'll warm up ahead of this storm system. we're also pushing in moisture ahead of this storm system this morning

. >> reporter: nearly an hour later, southwest tracked her down in the wrong city. here's what happened. the little girl was supposed to travel from nashville to columbus to baltimore to new york. she ended up being diverted to cleveland because of fog. then when she finally did make it to baltimore, she was asked to get off the plane, even though she wasn't supposed to. meanwhile, no one from southwest bothered to call her family and let them know. >> someone took her off the plane anyway, probably because she's a child so she's not going to say, no, you can't rebook me. she doesn't know any better. >> reporter: what was supposed to be a four-hour trip turned into a nine-hour nightmare before the little girl finally made it to her destination. this wasn't her first time flying alone, but it could be one of her last. >> i might just be driving from now on. >> i don't mean to judge, but there was a lot of room for error there because of all of the connecting flights. >> multiple stops, yeah. >> multiple stops. >> every parent knows their child best, but i wonder if 9

winds out of the south-southwest. cooling down to 41 in fairfax station virginia high today 55 degrees. moving on to wtop radio, now 47. and our final stop takes us to bethesda. 39 degrees high today. approaching 55. these are the temperatures outside for the almost midnight hour. 37 winchester can you remember berland at 36. there's a lot of cold air out there but it's well to the west of us. chicago at 37 minneapolis now at 22. but the wind chill factor in minneapolis feels like 13 degrees. not much of a wind chill factor for us tonight. it's going to be quiet and dry but by thursday and friday it's going to feel a lot like december around here. we've had a really nice stretch of days across the area. temperatures now 3 degrees warmer than just 24 hours ago. but this is the cold front off to the west of us 11 degrees colder in chicago. that's sort of an indication of what's on the way for the next few days or so. the cold front all this rain moves out toward the north and east. the area of low pressure will develop

one problem on the southwest side. some police activity to watch for. a little bit ciy in rosedale -- icy in rosedale. still looking good on the west side outer loop, 55 around baltimore national pike. 52 on 95 approaching 32. b-w parkway in good shape. this is 95 at 222. no delays down towards the tydings memorial bridge. we have the construction on going. wilkins avenue, a nice start. no problems on the southwest corner. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. good morning. >> we are looking good on the rails with no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail and metro subway on schedule. the 36 bus is stopping at washington boulevard and lonrho because of construction. on saturday, the local boss operate on a local schedule. a holiday schedule on sunday and monday. service extended to one hour after the fireworks downtown. light rail and metro will be on holiday schedule on monday. i'm kurt kronke. now back to ava marie. >> it is a

police are clearing out occupy baltimore protesters. the men and women have been camped out for the past few months. kim dacey joins us live from the scene with what went down. good morning. >> we are here at the corner of pratt street and south street across from the inner harbor pavilions. police still on the scene. a heavy police presence. pratt street and part of light street are blocked off. police still occupied the square as they try to move things out. this is as close as we can again. it was around 3:15 this morning when police officers began blocking off those roads around mckeldin square. they walked in and surrounded the camp and began escorting people well. some were expecting to be forced out of mckeldin square at some point. overall, the removal was peaceful. >> there was a couple of problems that was happening. it happens everywhere. we were very peaceful. >> we have been warned of many things in the past. we'll work waiting to see what the mayor would do about this and how the police would act and react. >> we just rece

below freezing montgomery and further back towards the southwest. in fact mid-30s in pensacola florida this morning. there's deep cold air that madeits way to the south behind our weather system the weather system now bringing in strong winds as the storm wraps up in through eastern new england and a lot of cold air to be found high in the frontal boundary with high pressure in control. environment with fast moving systems and we can't hold it clear and dry for too long. system number one exits but we have more cold air waiting to dive out of canada and we have this system that may race across the nation and could reach us at least with a reinforcing shot heading into the start of the weekend. cloud this morning right on the edge of places that had just a coating of snow or more. and more of that snow up toward central pa and beyond. but as far as we are concerned,the future trend hold for sunshine and there will be a band of clouds on back toward the west. and that will try to approach heading to the start of the weekend. that's a disturbance that

now, to the west and southwest of us, plenty of rain today, all upon and down the east coast. one area of snow. memphis. northern mississippi. had snow today. now, it's snowing across western pa, as you can see. and that snow line, slowly advancing to the east. cold air continues to filter in. plenty of rain up towards new england. still in the 50s up there as well. garrett county west. that's where the snow is. in fact, some heavy snow over there in west virginia. you can see. this is going to move through quickly later tonight. this low pressure will move off the coast. it will quickly dry out. by 6:00, 7:00 in the morning, i expect to see the sun back up. friday, ahead of a front, a little warmer. then it gets cold again, but dry, all weekend long. rain south and east. generally an inch -- or maybe a trace to an inch. few of the higher areas. and the blue ridge, catoctins, up to 4 inches. 4 to 8, definitely in far western maryland. west winds, 15 to 20 on the bay. and the bay temp around 50 degrees. tonight, then, rain, eventually late tonight, overnight. mixing and snow fo

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she thought she was going to land in new york but because of bad weather, she landed in baltimore. >> holy cow, i'm not supposed to get off here. supposed to get off at laguardia. >> after a few -- after a few scary moments for khloe and her family, southwest put on her another plane and she's now where she belongs visiting her grandma. holy cow. >> thank you. alec baldwin saying he will not be running for mayor of new york city in 2013. the star of "30 rock" had planned to quit tv and enroll at harvard's kennedy school of government to prepare for his mayoral run but now, he's having a change of heart. he says he's just not cut out to deal with the cut throat world of politics. he also had some other colorful comments we can't run on the morning show. >> i'm going to have to agree with him. a mall in staten island, new york, taking a unique approach to prevent stealing. take a look. the mall putting up an electronic sign displaying mug shots of five shoplifters. all of them were convicted of stealing from this very mall. the signs have a double purpose. not only will shop owners be a