[captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. >> everything is calm now in the baltimore area, but there is a possibility it may not be pleasant on monday. maryland is bracing for a hurricane sandy. sandy has killed at least 41 people. >> we have live team coverage tonight. david collins spoke with maryland officials about emergency response. sarah is live in ocean city with how they are preparing. with tony. to begin how bad is this going to be? >> i have a little bit of good news. it does not look like maryland

is going to get the worst case scenario. this is monday night and tuesday we're talking about. the route most of the weekend, there will not be a lot going on -- threw out most of the weekend, there will not be a lot going on. over on the right-hand side of your screen, you can see the center of the storm. that starts to produce some heavy rain. by the time we get into monday morning. at the center of the storm, it does not come up the chesapeake bay. that is most certainly good news. we're still going to get some heavy rain and wind gusting between 30 and 50 miles per hour. it will be much colder on tuesday, it might even be snowing in parts of maryland. it does not look like it is going to come up the chesapeake bay with a big storm surge. rob is in the middle river,

where there used to that staff. >> a lot of people are getting their boats out. you can see behind me, people are getting their boats out of the water. this has been going on all day long. down not wilson point park, folks for busy pulling out their boats for what could be a bad storm. >> i am going to put it up for storage and avoid the big storm. i hope it goes out away from us. >> these folks know what a storm surge can do. >> i have seen them last time and they were stuck to the pier on top of the polls. -- poles. >> people were lined up to buy generators.

he sold over 100 generators in four hours this morning. >> with stockpile about 250 for storms like this. >> are they selling fast? >> we are down to about 150. i figure by the end of business on saturday, they will be gone. >> if you've ever lost your electricity for length of time, you know what that is like. >> we're worried about the freezers and everything like that. >> pretty sure we will be without power and all that stuff. >> this prompted my decision to come pick one up. >> this all has to get moved. >> elaine williams lives on the water in this beautiful home she rebuilt after isabel. >> these shares will have to get moved.

they're incredibly heavy, but they have been across the yard. it scared me to death. these chairs are 150 pounds each. we're not worried about anything up here. anything that is underneath and not covered we have to move. when you know a storm is coming, you just move. >> sarah is an ocean city. i am assuming the folks there are getting ready for the storm? >> there getting ready for the storm. part of the way they are preparing is enjoying the nicer weather while they can. they know they have a couple of days before things start to get bad. they're plenty of preparations under way. public works crews are also trying anything that is loose or could blow around. that includes trash cans, lifeguards stance. -- stands.

there are police and fire officials on standby if they're needed. there also preparing for potential flooding. -- they are also preparing for potential flooding. >> downtown at ocean city, it is a low-lying area. even in a moderate nor'easter, we will get some flooding down there. we're starting to put out the high water mark for signs. if we do accumulate water, the signs will be there so people will not drive into it. >> for the past few days and weeks, public works crews have been busy putting up lights for the city's winter fasest. they are busy again securing that to make sure they do not get the blood away in a storm. -- blown away in a storm. >> governor o'malley has already declared a state of emergency in

advance of sandy's arrival. >> emergency responders are able to do their jobs. david collins joins us with on help local jurisdictions are getting ready for the storm. >> emergency preparedness starts at home and government can assist. take this stand-end for example, this sand dune is for the fells point revenue -- residents and business owners. hurricane sandy, the super storm, it has lots of names, but one devastating consequence, depending on which path the takes. >> we do not know what the storm is going to do. it is coming to baltimore county animal had a severe impact. >> the concern we have about -- is coming to baltimore county and it will have a severe impact. >> the emergency operation

center open sunday. emergency equipment has been inspected. officials will provide county resident real-time updates through twitter. there will be additional police on patrol. baltimore city emergency planners are going through a similar check list. >> to see if there is an additional outreach that needs to be done to make sure everything is lined job. >> gov. martin o'malley has already signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency. this provides the authority to do a number of things, including activating the maryland national guard. >> we make sure the communications equipment is ready. we're the utility hitter for maryland to and the citizens. >> bge crews are marshaling for action as well. they spent the day stocking their vehicles.

they have already reached out to counterparts in other states for help. >> we have a commitment of between 508 hundred from as far away as new mexico and louisiana, -- 500 and 800 from as far away as mexico and louisiana and georgia. the goal is to have as many as she can have in place before the storm hits. >> the governor is concerned that early voting could be impacted by the storm. it starts tomorrow and last six days. the declaration he signed earlier today gives them the authority to postpone a day or two if necessary. the fells point farmers' market will be open for business tomorrow. >> that is good to know the farmers market will be open. you can always track hurricane at sandy's movement on our

interactive radar. you can see how to prepare for power outages. find all on wbaltv.com. >> there is an arrest warrant tonight for the mother of one of the teenagers who admitted responsibility in the shooting death of monae turnage. the warrant accuses veronica alford of trying to cover up the shooting and trying to hide the victim's body. >> obstructing and injuring a police investigation is one of the allegations against veronica alford. police accuse her of being an accessory after the fact. >> every time i think about what they did to her, i cannot help but cry. >> she expressed the extreme sadness she and other family members feel because of for granddaughter's death. monae turnage was shot inside an east baltimore home on march 3 of this year.

two boys accepted responsibility. the older boy admitted accidentally shooting her. the younger boy is being monitored by the court. an arrest warrant has been issued for the mother of one of the boys. the warrant accuses veronica alford of hiding the ak-47 that was used in the shooting. their investigation indicated the weapon had been removed by the defendant from the basement of the home and put into a 2008 gmc truck, and operated by the defendants daughter's boyfriend. that boyfriend was the baltimore city police officer. the warrant accuses her of helping to hide the body and says dna analysis of the victim's clothing indicated that the defendant helped lift the victim and removed her from the house in an attempt to cover up the crime. the attorney says her family

members are pleased the investigation continues. they're still waiting to receive an autopsy report. >> we have called the state's attorney's office. we filed a freedom of information request. we've called the medical examiner's office. what we know now, we thought the criminal investigation had been terminated. now we find out from the medical examiner's office that the autopsy is not being released because of the ongoing criminal aspect of the case. >> veronica alford is expected to turn herself in this evening. >> coming up, will there be school on monday? more on that and how area schools are getting ready for hurricane sandy. >> things are going to be quiet for the next few days. right now, 67 at the airport.

right now, 67 at the airport.

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thanks. it's like he's out here with us. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approve this message. >> school systems are discussing what to do or what not to do before hurricane sandy. the district is trying to protect key information on its computer system just in the event of a power outage. >> it can damage the equipment so we're going to be shutting everything down this afternoon after school is out. we can protect that and we will leave all of our main systems up

tonight so we can do all the backups and did everything preserved. >> as for possible closings, here is the very latest. school officials across the state say they are monitoring the storm and will try to get the word out to parents by way of the internet and automated telephone systems as soon as that decision is made. >> in other words, we do not know and they do not know. as soon as we know, we will tell you. >> this is a complicated situation. you are taking a tropical system and you are going to turn it into a nor'easter. that transition is so complicated, the computer models are having a difficult time knowing what to do with it. today, things have shifted a lot and i feel a little better about this. >> when you feel better, we feel better. >> i am not saying that we will miss the storm, but we will probably miss the worst of it.

67 right now at the airport. things are going to be quiet tonight. i am talking about monday night and tuesday. this is three days away. there is a little cloud cover out there this evening. let's talk about the storm. it is barely of hurricane, 75 miles per hour. there are no banding features showing up on the satellite, it does not look like a hurricane. it is blocking its way through the bahamas at the present -- walking its way to the bahamas at the present time. the jet stream is going to dig way down the east coast and sandy is going to grab some of that cold air. it will turn itself into a nor'easter. a tropical system has the same temperature all the way around the storm. this will not be a hurricane by the time it gets to us.

the computer models have been having difficulty deciding where this is going to go. as of today, this is the latest plot. this is important. even though it will not be a hurricane, it will carry that a big wall of water an elaborate 10 or 12 foot storm surge. -- it will still have 810 or 12-foot storm surge. these four computer models take it up to new york city monday night and tuesday morning. the won the national weather service uses a lot takes it all the way up to boston. after it comes onshore, it is such a huge storm, we will see heavy rain, wind gusts between 30 and 50 miles per hour, and possibly some flooding. at least we will miss the worst

of it. if it came up the bay, we're talking about a gigantic storm surge, but i do not think that is going to happen. tonight, at temperatures will drop back into the 50's. tomorrow, mostly cloudy, a chance for a few rain showers in the evening. the rain comes in on sunday. this is the precursor, up 50% chance for showers. the brunt of the storm comes in on monday and tuesday. flooding rains possible. it will get colder. you did not typically see that with a tropical system. 48 on tuesday, there could be some snow in the mountains. halloween, the storm will start to taper off, a 40% chance for rain showers. >> this is 11 sports. >> he announced he had been

playing with a torn muscle in his shoulder. he was nowhere to be found on the injury report. most surprise was the nfl. the nfl does not like surprises. the league fined the ravens' $20,000. since he missed note practice or game time, he did not believe it was necessary. save to sam that everyone will be in court -- safe to assume that everyone will be included on the injury report. dunbar high school now has a football field that measures up to its reputation. new field, lights, scoreboard, and a host of other improvements, all funded by the baltimore athletic apparel company. this is not a one-shot, this is a local business giant building

eight serious foundation in our community. >> our goal in life as a company was going to be to create win baltimore. more than 80% of the dollars, it will be driven right back here to baltimore city helping our people in baltimore. >> a night of rest for the world series combatants. try to find their way back into this series. they lost 2-0 last night. san francisco has played a perfect baseball. fielder was sent, on this double with no outs in the second. the giants made that perfect play.

>> there really was huge. -- the relay was huge. a perfect throw, buster made a great task. -- great tag. >> stay with us, one more check of the forecast coming up.

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>> at least we have a better case scenario. >> we're still going to get some heavy rain out of this. >> this is mostly a monday- tuesday thing. >> there will be some heavy rain on -- look at the high temperature on tuesday, 48. we're talking about in nor'easter, it could even be snowing. >> by then, it will have made its transformation. >> a costume, like halloween. >> thank you for joining us, everybody. >> we will see back tonight at 11:00.