movement -- today marks two months. good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. >> thank you for joining us this morning. >> this will be a day when you walk outside and say, it doesn't feel bad. it will get into the 30's by the time the drive home from work. we have some rain on hd doppler. mostly light rain and sprinkles. we could see some snowflakes. temperatures falling. 50.ll start out near a very changeable day. first we say good morning to sarah. >> 1 accident eastbound 32.

watch for possible delays. tapping the brakes eastbound on pulaski highway. we have a disabled vehicle. nothing major on the north side. him well at providence, 61. -- moving well at providence. 50 miles per hour on the west side. this is 95. so far so good in this area. the disabled vehicle is on pulaski. and southbound traffic to and from 50. bay bridge traffic equally smooth. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> president obama is on his way to bali. the president attended a wreath laying ceremony and spoke to

troops. he announced plans to beef up the military presence in the region in australia for military exercises and training. that number is expected to climb to 2500 in the coming years. a national day of action. more than a dozen subway hubs. protesters in dallas got the bott. protesters were evicted -- protesters in dallas got the boot. you can see pictures at wbaltv.com. click on u local. >> baltimore county police on the lookout for a group of men accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

jennifer franciotti is live with what investigators know so far. >> police say one man pulled out a gun and told the victim to get in the car. this happened yesterday on woodlawn drive. police say the men pulled up in a teal sedan. the victim was forced inside. her eyes were covered. one of the subjects allegedly raped the victim. >> after about an hour, all four leave with her. they get back into the sedan. they drive back to the woodlawn area with a letter out of the car. >> it was not far from the woodlawn precinct. she was able to walk to the precinct to get help.

one man was very fair skin with either of diamonds or rhinestones on his gold teeth. anyone with information is asked to call police. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> new gingrich is finding out how tough is. his rise in the poll is leading to greater scrutiny. we get the latest from tracie potts. >> hello. >> new gingrich says he doesn't remember how much he earned in consultant for freddie mac. is up to one $0.8 million. >> to find out he was on the payroll, that will turn a bunch of republican voters off. >> gingrich orders in may boost

his popularity with voters. >> which is that four years of ignorance. >> his campaign said gingrich never lobbied for freddie mac. opponents argue he may have influenced policy. >> he took money to influence senior republicans to be favorable towards the fannie and freddie. -- theythings that ou say, what are these guys getting all the money? >> nuking rich survived the debt with tiffany -- newt gingrich survived the debt with tiffany. his job was to help identify friendly faces here on capitol hill. tracie potts, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a bill to top government contractors is approved. this is the first built to be

signed into law with the president's jobs bill. creates tax breaks for companies hiring veterans. it repeals a lot that would require the government to withhold 3% to contractors. a controversial ad featuring manipulative voters of world leaders kissing each other. one of those voters shows president obama kissing the chinese president. the vatican has threatened legal action. the company says it was inspired by a 1979 photograph of a kiss between leonid brezhnev and eric, honnekker. that brings us to our water cooler question of the day.

is that ad in poor taste? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> and the rest in the death of a boy. a small dog is a police officer the runaround. this is 95 south 543.

bge's instant discounts got our homeowner to switch to energy star® cfl bulbs. 3-way cfls really click with my style. learn to speak the language of energy efficiency at bgesmartenergy.com. >> welcome back. 54 degrees downtown. not a bad start for us temperature-wise. the temperatures may fall off into the 30's by the time the drive home from work. we have some light rain. mostly sprinkle activity. there could be a few showers.

you might see a few snow fal lakes. a chance for some rain showers possibly mixed in with snow. into the 30's by late this afternoon. we will check the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. >> at least four people were killed in south carolina as several tornadoes swept across the southeast. experts believe other tornadoes went through louisiana and alabama. thousands are still without power. >> the mother of a child found dead is accused of killing her child and then reporting him missing. she admits to beating her son because he would not stop crying. the boy's body was found about a mile from his home. the boy's father said he knew

little about the investigation. not to the alleged sexual abuse scandal at penn state university. they say they never received reports from mike mcqueary that he saw jerry sandusky abusing a boy back in 1992. and dusk it was charged with abusing eight boys -- sandusky is charged with abusing eight boys. >> a dog got free and took off. police eventually cornered the dog. no word of a caused the accident. moving pretty fast. >> 5:11. living social introduces a new service. >> many are not going the

traditional route of this thanksgiving. meals that are gaining in popularity. >> we have one accident on 32. we will check on other problems

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97 looking good north and southbound. we have a disabled vehicle near eastbound pulaski highway. 59 miles per hour on the north side. moving well in the outer loop. 52 on the west side. problem free on the j.f.x. this morning. this is traffic on the east side of the beltway. everything moving well on both the inner and outer loops. this is 795 at franklin boulevard. running smoothly. no problems to report down to the beltway. 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. no delays on the penn, camden, and brunswick lines. light rail and metro subway on schedule. the 13 and 35 buses are diverting at monument and

cassel. the 36 and 91 buses are diverting at fayette and liberty. diversion at baltimore street. >> today it will be changeable. temperatures will be taking a nosedive. we have some light rain on hd doppler. there could be some light rain showers and sprinkles. we had a cold front go through about two hours ago. we have a nice northwest flow kicking in. upstream temperature-wise, temperatures drop off into the 20's and 30's on the other side of the mountains. right now we're in the upper 40's and low 50's in most spots.

50 at the airport. 54 downtown. you can see it dropping off into the northwest suburbs. kind of a complicated forecast today. you might see a couple of snow flakes mixed in. that is already happening in the mountains. some snow is showing up in west virginia. you might see a couple of snowflakes around baltimore. it will not be a big deal. a chance for some rain showers. temperatures falling into the 30's by late this afternoon. it will turn much colder. into the weekend, lots of sunshine tomorrow. upper 40's in the afternoon. up to 58 on saturday.

there is a 30% chance for rain shower on sunday. get ready for some changing temperatures today. >> there is a new service from living social. the offer complete restaurant or travel experiences in a box. each box contains things from merchants in a specific area. the boxes are available online and in several other cities. thanksgiving is just a week away. there are other ways to put it holiday meal on your table. runs are offering thanksgiving meals to go -- restaurants are offering thanksgiving meals to go.

>> orders have been coming in for more than a week for thanksgiving meals. >> what time is it? we have taken about 40 orders today. many >> grocery stores are putting together precooked thanksgiving meals. >> everybody has lots and lots going on. you can have more time to enjoy the day. >> along with the turkey, stuffing is the most popular dishes. >> are stuffing and are pumpkin cheesecake is made in house. >> restaurants are also jumping on the thanksgiving bandwagon. a thanksgiving feast with an italian tourist. >> instead of going out, this is a cozy restaurant.

>> so turkey breast shares the table with spaghetti and lasagna. >> it gets to be a tradition because people do not want to cook any longer. >> or maybe some people do not want to cook as much. you can cook up your own desert or side dish. >> you can just say, here's the meal i prepared. you don't have to tell it was from whole foods. >> the price for that precooked meals runabout $90 for a male that serves about six. my husband as all the coding in my house -- my husband does all the cooking in my house. >> occupy wall street demonstrations take all the wall street stock exchange today.

jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> investors on edge as tens of thousands of demonstrators are expected to try to storm the new york stock exchange. a lot of police and a lot of media this morning. the new york police department looks ready for this. we will see how this goes later today. stock futures are looking a little higher. a free-fall yesterday for stocks. check out crude oil prices. they are about $100 a barrel. expect higher prices at the pump. gas prices may rise for the highest ever for the thanksgiving weekend. fewer drivers are not expected

on the roads this year. two california title offices have been indicted for sunny tens of thousands of pieces of fraudulent foreclosure paperwork. genet scam artists are getting shot down by a division of the treasury department. ads making fake promises. the crackdown may put more heat on google. i'm jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. >> a lot of black friday midnight openings for retailers. are that optimistic about the turnout? >> retailers are pulling out all the stops to top each other. their tactics may work. nrs says they expect to see more bargain hunters this year

compared to last year. and also what starbucks is doing to get you to try the new holiday drinks. >> thank you, jane. we will see you at 6:15 for your next report. >> 5:22. 50 degrees on tv hill. the renovation for lady maryland. >> two local schools making some major improvements.

everybody knows the best place for a good time is mississippi. and that's only until they visited us in louisiana. which is a distant second to sunny florida. for beautiful vacation, nothing beats alabama. ok, we'll never agree on who's best. but we can all agree on one thing. the gulf's the worlds number one vacation spot. and we've gone all out to make this year the best ever. mississippi has wonderful people, great music, and the beautiful outdoors. louisiana's the best seafood you'll ever eat. shrimp gumbo, crab cakes, etouffee. florida means beautiful beaches and sugar white sands. actually experts agree that the best beaches are here in alabama. which can't compare to a good time on the gulf in mississippi. louisiana fresh catch. florida beaches. alabama beauty. mississippi outdoors. the gulf is the world's goodtime headquarters. and we are 100% open for business. i'm glad we got that settled.

>> good news for cecil and harford county schools. 1.2 $5 million grants have been approved for construction projects. -- $1.25 million grants.

the money was raised by increasing the state's sales tax on alcohol. big changes for stevenson university. they closed a deal to expand its already growing campus. stevenson has purchased new buildings close to its owings mills site to convert into a school of science and design. >> the lady maryland will spend the winter months on land for repairs. she is next to the waterfront museum but is scheduled to return to the water in mid march. is used to teach students about the environment. it felt a coast guard inspection. -- it failed a coast

guard inspection. 50 degrees on tv hill. >> police looking for four suspects wanted for kidnapping and raping a teenage girl. >> bullets at the white house. a shooting and now an arrest. >> it will be a breezy and chilly deck with perhaps a couple of snowflakes. >> the accident on 32 is now >> the accident on 32 is now

>> live, local, late-breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome back to 11 news today. i'm stan stovall. >> and i'm mindy basara. thank you for joining us this morning.

get ready for the cold air. >> right now it is not that bad. but the time the drive home from work, it will be in the 30's. we have mostly sprinkles. you might see some snow flakes mixed in with those raindrops. we start in the upper 40's. by lunchtime, low 40's with maybe a couple of snowflakes. oldwill be a breezy and ca by the time to drive home from work with temperatures in the 30 's. those are big snowflakes. >> we're looking at a nice start as you make your way around the area. we have one problem, a disabled vehicle in harford county. eastbound pulaski highway,

traveling on 95 moving well out of the northeast. a nice start on the north side, 60 miles per hour and harford. a nice start as well on the harrisburg expressway. 48 at shawan road. we're problem free it down to the maryland line. this is the east side. that looks good at burning highway. this is 795 at franklin boulevard. southbound traffic is building but not amounting to a delay. a nice start down to the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the search is on for a group of men accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a girl. >> jennifer franciotti is live with more on the story. good morning. >> police say four and pulled

up and conducted a girl. -- abductetd a girl. police say the suspect pulled up to the victim in a sedan similar to this vehicle. they say two of the men had ski masks on. >> they stop the sedan. of the suspects produces a handgun and ask her to get into the vehicle. >> the vehicle was forced inside. the suspect covered her eyes and drove to an unknown location. after the other suspects left the car, one of the man sexually assaulted the teenager. the victim said she walked into the house with her attacker. it is not clear what happened next. >> after about an hour, all four leave with her. they get back in the sedan. they drive back to the woodlawn area where they let her out of the car.

>> the victim was dropped off and walk to the woodlawn precinct to report the incident. >> we need to be alert when we're approached by strangers in a car. it is important to know what to do and to educate our children about what to do when they are approached. >> police say one of the suspects hasescribed as being fair skinned with diamond or rhinestone studded gold teeth. anyone with information is asked to call police. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> a man is behind bars charged with distributing child pornography. police say troopers arrested robert hudson added lyrebird were intended to trade child pornography files. he is being held today on bond. >> please investigate the third

robbery of a goodwill store -- police investigate. as was the target of a robbery just last friday. police want to hear from anyone who might have information on these crimes. new details about the dramatic atf raid in south baltimore. anday's raid was part of undercover investigation of a drug operation where the suspects plan to rob a drug cartel. agents descended on the suspects. 25-year-old dawron kip mason tried to flee the scene. and five others are charged with conspiracy to possess and conspiracy to possess a firearm. one agegnt wounded -- one agent

was wounded. >> a security scare forced a flight to come in later that was expected. the flight was delayed after a flight attendant noted a suspicious substance on the plane. crews were brought in to investigate the powder. the plane arrived in baltimore around 12:30 this morning. >> a man wanted in connection with the white house shooting incident is due in court later today. he was arrested in pennsylvania yesterday on a tip. >> authorities say the suspect is from idaho and is scheduled to face a judge in pittsburgh this afternoon. the search for oscar ortega- hernandez ended at a hotel in western pennsylvania on wednesday. he was arrested by state police.

he has an obsession with president obama. >> police responded to the hampton inn and took mr. hernandez into custody. >> he had been wanted ever since reports of gunfire at the white house. and assault weapon linked him to the shooting. >> is in custody of the united states secret service and the federal bureau of investigation, who are both involved in the investigation of the shooting at the white house. >> the secret service discovered two bullets hit the south side of the white house. one round struck a window. agents were seen searching the white house grounds and exterior. >> there is a number of over

security measures in place. to making the protective " work. >> officials have yet to connect the bullets to friday's shooting. the president and first lady were not home at the time. kate amara , wbal-tv 11 news. >> self mutilation is a growing concern among teenagers. >> disturbing results concerning a person's risk of a heart attack. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. this is a fake photo. this is part of a benetton ad showing world leaders kissing. you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we will your morning commute. we will

>> welcome back. 54 degrees downtown. this is going to be the warmest part of the day. temperatures may have dropped into the 30's by the time the drive home tonight. most of this is a light sprinkle activity. as the temperatures drop, there could be some snow flakes mixed in with those raindrops. not a big deal. temperatures will be falling into the 30 possible later today. take the heavier coat with you. the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. >> a new study reveals most

teenagers who hurt themselves stop this behavior is as they enter adulthood. >> this is the rising problem among adolescents. about one in 12th self harm, mostly by cutting or burning. these papers are often linked to anxiety and depression. concerned parents are urged to seek treatment for their children. >> a study conducted at the university of minnesota. that 3000 heart attack patients were evaluated. two % of those patients were women or young man-- 60% of those patients were women or young men.

far fewer were being treated with aspirin or other drugs. does your heart will skip a beat when you sneeze? can cucumbers help with wrinkles? we have a featured slides show today on wbaltv.com. i always used cucumbers. >> 50 degrees on tv hill. the presidents cup underweight in australia -- under way. >> the temperatures are going to stop dropping significantly. tony says there are snowflakes on the way.

>> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. we are not tracking any problems. we are still running smoothly on the north and west side of the beltway. 97 looking at speeds around 49 miles per hour from the glen burnie area. 58 on southbound 98 and 32. and i start on 795 down from the owings mills area. we'll check some of our cameras. off the rams from southbound 795, a buildup in volume in the northwest corner. we switch over to traffic and show you 97 looking at southbound traffic and so far a nice start down towards the 50. 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 to you. >> we have an on time commute on

the marc trains. a few bus delays. the 44 and 40 buses delayed. the 35 and 40 buses diverting at monument and cassel. the 40 and 91 buses diverting at fayette and liberty. i'm kurt kronke. >> good morning. the big story will be the change in the temperatures. we will drop off big time. we will wind up into the 30's by the time the drive home from work. the bigger story is the drop in the temperatures. we have a cold front moving off the coast. it will be a breezy day. that is bring some cold air over the ridge tops.

temperatures drop into the 30's and the 20's over the great lakes. say it is not bad right now. take the winter coat with you. 54 in annapolis. 43 in taneytown. you can see that drop in the temperatures. maybe that snow will make its way over towards baltimore. if you see some snow, the roads will be fine. there is a possibility that a couple of snowflakes may mix in with the raindrops. no big deal. turning colder. temperatures will be turning colder. this will be the high temperature for the day. tonight, clearing and turning much colder. temperatures fall back into the 20's and 30's.

a nice day tomorrow with sunshine. we will lose the wind. 61 on sunday. we have a chance for rain shower for the ravens game on sunday. 40% chance for some showers with a high near a 55. ava marie is at a turkey farm today. hi, ava. >> good morning. this is reynolds turkey farm in reisterstown. woke up to turkey's early. >> they usually sleep until the sun comes up. we got them out of bed early. >> how many turkeys to we have? -- do we have?

>> about 700 turkeys. >> half of these will be going to the thanksgiving dinner plate. >> they gained about a pound a week. a turkey that is 20 weeks old will be 20 pounds. >> so these are 18-22 po unds. you were saying this weather pattern -- >> this was a great growing year. the average temperature was low. as they start to get bigger, we had a cool september and we have been cool in november. a thriving 60-degree weather -- they thrive in 60-degree

weather. what is the process to prepare? >> there was processed on friday. there will stay on ice saturday and sunday -- they will stay on nice. >> they are delightful. you have work with a lot of animals. >> they say the only thing dumber than a turkey is the person who raises them. >> maybe they were meant for our thanksgiving dinner plate. thank you for being here this morning. i may put my hand on a turkey. we will see. >> they have no idea what is ahead of them. 50 degrees on tv hill. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery

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>> we want to remind you of our water cooler question of the day. >> is that benetton ad showing fake photos of world leaders kissing in poor taste? sen as those responses --said dust those responses. we will read more of your responses in the next hour and post all of them on the front page of our website, wbaltv.com. >> i think we need to call art donovan up. we begin with some golf this morning. presidents cup in australia. u.s. team took on the rest of the world. tiger woods against adam scott. not a good day for tiger woods. this is the tee shot. into the bunker.

things got worse. stricker was up next. he is out of the bunker. there were up seven shots with six holes to play. the match went just 12 holes. u.s. leasing international team 4-2. 11 of the nfl season kicks off tonight with the jets. the ravens are getting ready to play the cincinnati bengals. the ravens are winless against the 4-3 defense. everybody wants to see ray rice have a bigger role of this week, including ray rice. >> we have to attack them. it starts with running the ball.

the run opens up the pass. identified a way to of the balance -- you have to find a way to set up the balance. >> you can see ray the new orioles hat. was to throw out the first pitch next year -- he wants to throw out the first pitch next year. >> i think he would be good at and sport. new developments in a woman's claim she gave birth to justin bieber's of child. -- love child. >> please respond to claims by mike mcqueary that he prevented the rape. >> these stocks are hanging --

these dogs are hanging 20. >> new reported accident on the harrisburg expressway. we'll update you on how that will impact your morning rush.

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