that burned for hours in dundalk will be condemned. although no longer used for production, the seagram's plant is a landmark in the neighborhood. it caught fire around 4:00 this evening on fuller's. road. >> is kind of hard to see behind me, but there is only one wall left standing from the old seagrams distillery building. 60 firefighters were called in to fight this fire. this is the of the fire from skyteam 11. firefighters found flames shooting out of the roof and smoke visible from blocks away. >> it did not take long, the building deteriorated enough that did collapse. >> only one exterior wall of the

building was left standing. no firefighters were injured, and just one nearby home was evacuated. neighbors, students and parents at dawn, as school gathered for hours to watch the fire burn. >> many people like rick kramer have lived in the neighborhood for decades. >> we would sit out here on the back porch and when the wind was right, you could actually smell the whiskey that they were brewing and bottling mayor. -- they were bottling there. >> the dump it over into a big vat and you could smell it all over the neighborhood. >> the seagram's plant was built in the early 1900's and was shut down 20 years ago. since then, it has been vacant. this is the video a fire there two years ago. >> in away, i guess it is a good

thing that this happened. maybe now they will do something with that area. >> fire officials are looking for equipment that is the enough to bring the remaining wall down. when the demolition does occur, possibly tomorrow morning, about 80 homes and businesses will have to go without power for some time. the fire chief said he thought the fire was suspicious, but investigators will try to determine exactly what caused the fire. >> certainly everybody has been talking about it, today the storm that battered our state and much of the east coast left towns flooded and widespread damage. it was strong enough to release kids from school yesterday and left nearly 70,000 people without power. but today, most of the power is restored. students win back to school today, although some went to

hours late, and crews got to work on area roadways, patching sinkholes and other problems. >> work crews from around the region repair roads after thursday's storm. here in severn, of of i-97, anne arundel county crews are busy repairing this major sinkhole that took about half of the road out, one of many projects around the county. >> we have a lot of roads that were closed due to high water and some do to tree damage. we are in the process of opening some roads and are still getting a few calls to close other roads, mostly because of trees. >> about 2 miles north of the beltway, another sinkhole. by friday afternoon, workers and capped it with metal plates to finish later. emergency officials say that besides the sinkhole, there was not a lot of damage to county

roads. >> the sink holes are the most serious and obvious problems we saw on the roadways. the rest of the problems for flooding in the roadways. we were concerned about people driving through those waters. as we move into the weekend, that danger is going to pass because the water is going to disappear. >> as far as the cost to repair the roads around region, we contacted area counties and the state highway administration, and they all say it is too early to say tell as the work is still being done. it will be much less than hurricane isabel back in 2003. >> we were concerned about what the effects might be. we were pleasantly surprised this morning to find that the damage was relatively minimal. >> it was not just the roads that took a rock hit from a tropical downpour.

heavy rains flooded homes and businesses throughout the area. many folks today were still cleaning up the mess. in and around a county, neighbors worked to remove a tree from a swimming pool, and some believe a tornado is to blame for of the damage. >> we were sitting in our living room and all the sudden my husband said look out there. everything was going sideways across the back of my sun porch. >> tom tasselmyer tells us a tornado did touchdown in and around a county. it certainly created a mess in that area b.g.e. en anne arundel county. the coast guard wants to remind everyone tonight of the rough waters that the strong weather systems can leave behind. crews had to rescue two voters

from the patapsco river. one man from colombia and one from seven were brought safely back to land. some dramatic rescues content in pennsylvania. crews had to rescue several people from their rooftops in darby, just southwest of philadelphia. water was so high it nearly submerged cars. the pictures and videos are certainly stunning, but not everyone was under the weather from all that rain. take a look at this video from ulocal. he grabbed his surfboard and to the advantage of the waves on the chesapeake bay. if you have some great pictures or storm video, be sure to share them on our website, wbaltv.com. an investigation is underway tonight after an anne arundel county student told police she was sexually assaulted by a

classmate. it happen before noon at annapolis high school. investigators say the victim and the suspect reportedly know each other. they are asking any students with information to call anne arundel county police. the fate of the three men accused in the 2008 slaying of baltimore city councilman ken harris is in the hands of the jury. the jury began their deliberations today following closing arguments. it lasted just about two hours. they charged they bar the shot that killed ken harris. the defense hopes additional dna evidence will rule in their favor. >> it is the scientific method, but you can see on the mixtures is not definitely one person. it could be up to cover six people. >> you can log on to our

website, wbaltv.com, and click on local news for more information. rhythm-and-blues singer mario is out of jail after posting bond on charges he assaulted his mother. baltimore police said they responded just before 1:00 this morning. shawntia card away, his mother, said that he had pushed her. on monday, she told police that he puts torrential wall causing her to hit her head. both mario and his mother have both publicly acknowledge her heroin addiction in the past. the story had been documented in an mtv special. if you are a maryland driver and you have a cell phone, it's finally official, no more hand- held phones behind the wheel. the new law went into effect today. george joins us live in the studio with what we need to know about this. >> police hope this will make millions of eyes bright a

dangerous habit on the road. there are parts of the law that may surprise you. marilyn's ban on hand-held cell phones while driving means very little change for samlet turnover of college park. for five years he has used the hands free device. lessopefully it will cause le accident, but i doubt it. people are going to talk on the phone a matter what, it doesn't matter. >> on day one of the law that obviously needs some help getting the word out, maryland where at thestate wit cellphone ban is considered a secondary offense. >> it does not make any sense to me. >> some wonder if it takes a bite out of the band. >> the troopers are not out to write as many tickets as they can with this new law, because

they probably could if it was a primary offense. they are really trying to enhance our highway safety. >> if the driver is talking on a hand-held cell on an actor does not see anything else going wrong, the driver will not be pulled over. but there may be aware around that. we have all seen the way some drivers on the phone slowdown or start to sway a little bit. >> net ledoux driving is a violation of traffic safety. -- negligent driving is a violation of traffic safety. >> the law also bans speaker phone conversations because you are talking and holding the bone behind the wheel. >> if you see a police officer on a hand-held phone like we did tonight, it may be ok. the law has exemptions for them, as long as they are doing it on duty and the conversation is business related. >> there are similar exemptions for firefighters and other emergency medical personnel.

for the rest of us, the first offense is a $40 fine and anything after that is $100. >> from banning hand-held phones behind the wheel to tougher laws for sex offenders, a host of new laws went into effect today. to check them out, simply log on to our website and click on hot topics. a shake-up at the white house. what the noise level is about to drop. a clever campaign at airing on your television is heating up of very tight race. we investigate who is dishing out the controversial spot, and exactly how common is depression? results of a new study, straight ahead. >> things began to drive a little bit, but there is more rain in the seven-day forecast. details on that and the complete weekend outlook coming up. ♪

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my dad is the supervisor of a train station and my mom's a teacher. my dad's an auto technician. my mom's a receptionist. i'm not sure i would have been able to afford college without the tuition freeze. while tuition in other states is rising out of reach... governor o'malley made the tough choice to freeze tuition. he made my dream of going to college into a reality. i'm the first in my family to go to college. my brother and i never would have been able to afford college. even though times were tough... governor o'malley kept his promise. there's never a doubt... there's never a doubt whose side he's on.

martin o'malley... moving maryland forward. >> october is breast cancer awareness month. the event blank plaque pincus -- blink pink wrapped up to nine. a new study shows cancer patients may be likely to experience memory problems. researchers from the university of miami survey of nearly 10,000 people and memory problems for 40% more likely in cancer patients and those without the disease. it appears to be different from the phenomena known as chemo brain often described by

patients who have gone through chemotherapy. a new report shows nearly one in 10 americans have some form of depression. 3.4% were found to suffer from major depression. those with higher rates of depression include women, minorities, people without health care or jobs, and non married people. the study is based on a survey of more than 235,000 adults between 2006 and 2008. today it was official, white house chief of staff rahm obama hass out, and paul brow picked an interim replacement. rahm emanuel stepped up to the microphone one last time to bid everyone goodbye.

he is running for mayor in chicago. we shed some light on the hidden money trail of politics. earlier this year, rule changes made it possible for anonymous donors to use tax-exempt organizations to spend money on elections. jayne miller explains how it has been played right here in maryland in a new ad that is probably caught your eye. >> is the worst economy in decades and the folks in washington are living it up. >> at the very least, it is an ad bound to spark some chuckles. >> he is locked in a tight race to hang onto his first conditional -- first congressional district seat. the dance line at did not come

from harris. it was paid for by the commission on whole, growth, an opportunity. it is a tax-exempt organization which makes the next question, is that, very hard to enter. website says its mission is to influence policy for free-market economic growth. list the washington, d.c address and phone number. the listed contact is a lawyer. what you don't know about the commission is where its money comes from. because it is not a political committee, it is not required to disclose its donors. even the terrorist campaign is in the dark. asked how this -- even the harris' campaign is in the dark. a spokesman said they have no idea. the campaigns is in new nothing about the at until it started running on the air. earlier this week, a senior democratic senator asked the irs and ask what is going on with these nonprofits in

politics. they are not supposed to be devoting most of their activities to politicking for a particular candidate. a message left with the commission today was not returned. baltimore city councilwoman helen holton will be in court monday to face charges she violated campaign finance laws. we are told an agreement is in the work that could bring the case to a close without a trial. she is accused of getting to developers to play -- pay for a political poll in 2007. the developers have already pleaded guilty to similar charges and were given probation before judgment. >> now your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> was the rain has moved out of here and the storm began to pull away, we ended up with some typical, early october weather.

73 degrees today at bwi marshall, and that is normal for the day. we picked up an additional third of an inch in the early morning hours, but the sun did break out later in the afternoon, leaving behind a sort reduced from total that was impressive around the bay. 9 inches at the naval academy in annapolis, on up into harford county, at 10.5 inches around for a steal. not quite as much as you travel west, but embedded in all the rain was this tornado we were talking about earlier down around the pasadena area. the national weather service examine the damage and found on the lower end of things, 80 mile an hour winds.

it was 200 yards wide and tracked for about a mile. so yes, there was a tornado imbedded in all that rain, which is now moving up the coast of new england heading into eastern canada. behind it, the skies had cleared out and things have dried up nicely. saturday looks really good around here. it will be chilly in the morning. we are already down to 53 at parkton and things have dropped out and frost burke and mckinley. clear skies, light northwest reece, 52 in downtown baltimore to start out saturday. a nice looking start to the weekend. sunday, watch out, low pressure in the upper atmosphere is dropping south and east and looks like it will bring another round of rain. if you want to be of by this weekend, tomorrow looks like the day.

sunshine and comfortable temperatures. clouds on the increase on sunday, and sunday night into monday, more re developing in our area. it is starting to look a little more significant as far as a decent around of rain coming down. tomorrow, a nice day. north winds on the bay, little gusty at times with waves of 1-2 feet. the mountains may pick up showers as early as tomorrow afternoon. around the bay will be beautiful, sunny skies and the beaches look beautiful at the lower eastern shore. traveling west down tomorrow and headed toward pittsburg, it looks like a cool fall weather was some spotty showers for the football game sunday afternoon. mostly cloudy and a chance for a shower with temperatures only in the low 50's in pittsburgh on sunday.

67 degrees tomorrow here with sunny skies. the rain chant goes up too big to% and 60% on monday and tuesday. >> our hall and polly were both feeling the pressure to stay undefeated. one of those teams went down hard. highlights from an exciting week five of high school football, of next in sports.

>> week five of the high school football season featured a battle of the unbeaten, calvert hall versus poly. a good crowd, but not a good game for the engineers. second quarter, cal were hall and handoff goes to see j. williams. 7-0 cardinals. kyle dives in for the touchdown, 14-0 calvert hall.

c.j. william seale said the deal with his second touchdown. the final, 29-0. for its part vs. carter. for his part with the ball, the new great job following the plot. this blagojevich is for a touchdown. forest park -- display goes for a touchdown. it takes to the distance, not nearly enough. forest park whence 44-8. arango versus annapolis, not much for the panthers to cheer for. some nifty moves, he takes it to the goal line leading to a touchdown to make it 14-0. romeo harris, touchdown. arundel wednesday, 56-13.

city grabs the early lead. second quarter, down targets on the board -- dunbar gets on the board. the two-point conversion was good. third quarter, he buys the end zone. dunbar holds on to win, 14-6. ray rice increases his chances of playing sunday against the steelers, even better with the combat -- comments made by john harbaugh. the ravens defense did not feel good about their performance against the browns. the ravens would love to see this dealers tried the same thing because there is nothing like a good challenge and a chance at redemption. >> when the team does have success at one face or the other, you know they are going to get it coming back again.

i am very confident in our players and their ability to do what they have to do. >> jared gaither will see a specialist on monday for the back injury that has plagued him all summer long. he practiced on wednesday but felt soreness the day after. orr was fined for taking a swipe at a player. the orioles play in a double header against the dodgers. plenty of support from adam jones. in the bottom of the fourth with the bases loaded, jones since one down the line. 4-1, and the orioles never looked back. m2, just as good as the first. -- game 2, just as good as the first. the orioles complete the sweep of the tigers.

but showalter now has 33 wins as the orioles' manager for that season, more than dave trembley and one samuel combined. that is an amazing job in a short time. let's just start the season right now. >> we will look ateaks to send .

i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!!

>> at least half the weekend will be decent. the 30% doesn't show up until sunday afternoon and evening. a very comfortable day tomorrow, a little more chilly on sunday. cool on monday and tuesday, with rain off and on for those three days -- those few days. the endto the '80s by of the work week. >> the tonight show with jay leno is coming your way next. thanks for joining us.

two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich did not make education a priority. he increased college tuition by 40%, cut school construction by $200 million, and ehrlich voted to eliminate the department of education while serving in congress. but martin o'malley, even in the toughest of times,

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