jennifer franciotti will have more surely. there is an accident in a city at fleet street. 45 miles per hour on the west side outer loop. northeast side looks great. 50 miles per hour on southbound 95 coming out of the northeast. right now, not battle. a quick live look outside and 50. -- right now, not bad outside. we switch over to a live view of traffic, 70 at 29. east and westbound running smoothly. 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. >> we have a southbound delay of 20 minutes. marc trains looking very good with no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. the 23, and 64 buses are 15- minute slide. the 40 and 91 buses are diverting a baltimore and light streets. now back to tony pann. good morning. >> the wind and the cold of the major weather headlines for today. these temperatures i'm showing you mean nothing. the actual temperature at the airport is 21. it is 18 in westminster. the wind is gusting over 30 m

reporting live, jennifer franciotti. back to you. >> a very sad situation. 21 degrees on tv hill. >> we will come back and check the weather and traffic together before you head out to start your day. your day. stay with us. >> 95 in howard county, not a good place to be. >> we have delays in both directions. we're focusing northbound towards the howard county line. there is also a southbound accident approaching 198. traffic is backed up back to 32. watch for delays in both directions. havre de grace, pulaski how is shut down because of an overturned vehicle. we also have a problem on the inner loop approaching 95. down to 15 miles per hour. homewood avenue shutdown because of fire activity. we will keep you posted on all of these problems at. >> and some delays in closing. school isawn high closed because there is no heat. >> the winds will gust close to 40 today. it will not be a pretty day. a chance for some snow showers and flurries. the actual temperature make up to 31 today. but it will feel like the teens all day

jennifer franciotti has more on petals for paws. >> charlie is more than a rescue dog. she is top dog here at this flower shop and is the inspiration behind a new line of floral arrangements called petals for pets. >> she is the inspiration for us every day. >> they decided to combine their love for animals and the passion for flowers with a fund-raiser for local animal shelters. every time they buy a basket, 20% of the purchase price goes to a local shelter. >> they cannot believe the flowers themselves can be made into the shapes of googles, katz, bears. the overall reaction has been tremendous. a person can call and designate any one of the three shelters we're working with whether it is the baltimore humane society or the spca. we will be happy to donate part of it back to each shelter. and >> it is a great program because people get something in return. >> andrew is the executive director of the baltimore humane society and say each month that they take in 50 new animals, cats and dogs like vinnie. he cautions giving pets as presents but says that the floral pets a

jennifer franciotti gets to tackle long. she has details. -- gets to tag along. >> we're doing a chartered bus for up to 80 women. >> it is like christmas come early, a field trip to new york city. on wednesday morning, chartered buses will leave from m&t bank stadium for what will be a pack day full of football-themed fun. >> we will see the new women's line for next year. we'll see the play "lombardi" on broadway. >> it chronicles the life of vince lombardi. judith light is in the play. before the show, ravens fans will get to tour the league headquarters. it is the first for the team and for the league. the ravens are the only team with a female fan club. >> it will be great to show the nfl office how passionate our fans are and how powerful we are as women in baltimore. >> tickets are $120. breakfast, lunch, and dinner are all on the ravens. joining online is easy. >> it is a free membership. glenmont and sun up with your e- mail address. your tickets need to be purchased by 5:00 p.m. monday night. i am going and i could

jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> it could be the busiest day ever for one international carrier. how workers at fedex are bracing for the worst with less than two weeks to go until christmas. >> what your taxes go up january 1? the tax-cut compromise faces a key vote today. >> then, if you live in an apartment complex, listen up to what new research reveals about secondhand smoke out >> in this afternoon's "project economy" report, members of the state employees' benefits commission will begin voting on a host of proposals to find ou -- proposals on the maryland pension and health care system. it could use a five-year freeze on increases for retirees. it is expected to have a preliminary report when the general assembly convenes in january the compromise president obama struck with republicans is again the focus in the nation's capital today. a key vote is scheduled on capitol hill later this week. kate amara has the latest from washington. >> the tax-cut compromise president of all work out with republicans is expected for a vote in the senate today. the white house is confiden

. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti. first let's go to john collins. >> there is some stuff going on in the pacific ocean, and it is a series of disturbances coming our way over the next week and a half. of course, next week is christmas. >> it has to get here. >> he likes the stuff. he likes snow and things like that. >> it doesn't bother him. >> no, not at all. take a look at our radar. something is trying to happen to the south of us. the sare is -- air is dry. virginia, west virginia up in the clouds a couple flurries. the real storm is back in tennessee. the storm will slide mostly to our south. more of a miss than a hit with this one. there are several out there, though. we'll talk about the insta-weather plus forecast in just a minute. >> thanks, john. >> our top story, a 21-year-old man arrested for sneaking into a middle school and attacking a student. >> sean sleigh southbounding held on -- is being held on bond, and parents are asking how this could happen. posing as a student with a back pack on, sean sleigh

. >> and i'm jennifer franciotti. let's go first to john collins. it is looking a little overcast this morning. >> it is cloudy and cold. it would be colder if it weren't for the clouds. all week long we have had our eyes on a developing storm that's moving in this direction. everybody thought for a while there -- especially early last week and last weekend, this looked like it might be a nor'easter trying to develop on the east coast. most computer models are saying the storm won't be that big of a problem, especially around the mid-atlantic region. the theory is continuing, as it looks like the storm will be an off-shore event. there you see it to our south and southwest. its not terribly impressive now. then it will be too far away to have a huge impact on our weather. we start getting into how things will go on christmas weekend as well. we'll detail it all with the insta-weather plus forecast. >> our big story this morning is the case that has parents outraged. the 21-year-old man arrested, but not before sneaking into a local middle school and

franciotti was there. >> they lined up early at the stadium, members of the ravens fan club wore purple. everyone was excited about the day's adventure, a tour of nfl headquarters and tickets to lombardy on broadway. >> i wanted to see the headquarters and support the ravens. >> they were given breakfast and schoen "the blindside." >> i am excited because it is the ravens and going to nyc mentoring nfl headquarters. to come today, i'm an algebra teacher, but i put in for a personal business days so i did not have to lie about where i was going. >> while purple is for women, there were some guys -- >> i came here for marshawn. she is a real raven's fan and -- i came here for marcia. she is a real raven's fan and a lot of her friends could not go. i said i would go with you. >> here is where the ladies got a sneak peek at the new nfl apparel line for women. >> we wanted to show them that this is out there, this is where you can get it, this is how you can wear it. it is not just for game day. >> the grant few tours, but have been wowed by the ravens female fan base. >> to have 80 fans jum