welcome back to fox 45 early 5:30 is the time. you're taking a look over the inner harbor. it looks a little foggy nd hazy ttere, but not so much today like we saw yesterday.3 good morning, i'm patricee3 harris. yesterday it was a foggy startú a lot of school delays beccuse of it. we're not seeing that same thing today.3 meteorologist steve fertig is here with a look at what we are seeing and that wasn'tú necessarily fog. more misty skies and light rain for the most part. the heavier rain will come this afternoon, patrice and the steadier rain, too. the umbrella is going to get a workout todayy temperatureewise, though it's

keeeing us mild with temperaturessin the upper 40s to low 50s throughout the area. otherwwse our sky wwtch hd radar indicates showers moving along the 95 corridor. it looks like we have plans to go north. rain is going to be heaviess to the western part of the state i-95 corridor but the entire state later on this afternoon as a lot of that moisture from the gull of mexico and the ain from the atlantic brings us a half a3 inch of rain. 50 degrees at the bus stop. a light eaat wind, and again, you may need an umbrelll because there will be showers scattered %-53 by noon. there could be lightning strikes by the afternoon or evening theewinds will pick up and we will talk about as far as how warm ittwill get. it won't be t the usual time. right now we will get a check of what is happening on the roads. >> reporterr that rain is going to factor in the chute out

there. we're taking a look at 83 att3 you can see a llttte bit of mist coming up from the cars ale low yourself extra sppce between yourseef and cars in front of3 youu as for taking it from the 83 up towwrd 795, so far so good, 8 minutes at 55 miles perrhour. the same peed withhan 11 minute clip from 7 towar!!! 795 to 95. aad a-okay ide to the fort ú%henryy 8 minutessat 53 miles per hour tteee. that's a look at the morning travels. patrrce, over to you. a corruption probe in prince george's county leads to even more arrests. this time three police officers. it comes just days afttr he two of the officers are accused of helping a liquor store traasport and distribute untaxed ciiarettes aad alcohol. and that is ust the start of

it. megan gilliland is live with the latest on this developing story. good morning, megan. >> reporter: good morning, patrice. over my shoulder here, cut rate liquors at du un duck dundall,y a couple that owns including another liquor store. that s tte place where a lottof this crime went down. indictment, the owner, melky and his wife of clarkville had been paying two pg county police officers to ensure transport ofy little distribution of alcohol and cigarettes. they arrested the melby's and two pg county officers. this is just part one of the shakeup for the pg county -epartment..3 in a second b fbi probe, agents arrested a 3 year ret van

accused of possessing illegal ú%ns and also distributing cocaine. pooice officers are given badges and guns to prevent crimes. the indictments in these cases allege that the 3 police officers used their badges and guns to commit crimes. that is totally unacceptable. not acceptable under my watch. >> reporter: all ttree officers have been suupended without pay pending tte outcomm of this criminal investigation.ú the u.s. attorney's office tells us the probes are connected to 3 broad investigationnthat ed to the arrest of prince joo's countgeorge'scounty executive, n and his wife on corruption charges. the police are not saying if therr's a relatiin, just that they're a part of a broad investigation. fox 45 early editiin. jack ohnson is back at work

days after being arrested on political corruption charges. he spoke outside of his office3 addressing ounty rrsidents and thanking his supporters. developers favors in exchange for kickbacks. monnay johnson avooded questions about his own case and the police officers arrested. >> i'm not going to comment on anytting. i think i made mm statement. i just want to say good morninn again. ú% johnson is wrapping up his run as county executive. baker takes over the position december 6th. commenting on the inveetigation. stay tuned to foo flief 45 e than news for continuing covvrage of this story. we will talk to an aatorney about the federal probe intoú jack johhson. that is coming up in the 6:00 hour.ú in the fatal stabbing of a %-an investigator ays the boy's uncle is responsible. dwayne hopkins is facing

first-degree murder charges in the 18-year-old dade at the hospital after bbing stabbed on saturday afternoon in highland town. police havee't released a motive for the killing. a maryland soldier loses his life following an attack in afganistan. he died on thursday. he was hurt three days earlier when hhs vehicle was trucc with an improvised bomb. -uke was a member of the 101 airborne division based in fort campbell, kentucky..3 %-two childrrn.by his wife and the taliban claims responsibility for an attack on a u.s. millitary base in aaganistan. this is was the scene, huge clouds of big, thick smoke filled the sky after the base was attacked by gunfire and one rocket hit the fuel container and ignited a fire on the ground. six ar armored vehicles and an ambulance were destroyed.

an arizona family finds down one member after their dog is accidentally euthanized. sergeant terry young found target in afganistan. she was labeled a hero and he wanted to giie her a gooo home. target had been living with young'' family in phoenix since july.ú she got out over the weekend and was picked up by animal control. officials say monday a worker mistakenly euthanized the dog. >> that dog and i went through so much over there. whennyou o through such anú intense experience ith somebody, all being a dog, yyu just wrote a very strong bbnd. >> theeworkerrer who euthanized target has been placed on administrative leave. authorities are searching on exotic animals they say were taken. stole twoogecko and an ingiew a,

six turtles and hissing cockkoach. the ccnter is at lincoln ark in west baltimoree police say hey don't have any suspects. residents near morgan state university say they are fed up about the parking situation. it's diffiiult to find parking forrthemselves because students are taking up all the street spots. on mondaa people rallied outside of the campus to bring attentio3 to their cause. they want the city to ook harder at parking enforcement and they wanttthe school to %-students admit they takeus. because the school's garagg can get expensive. now the two sides are ad at odd. >> they park in our neighborhoods and we don't have any place to park. >> i'm tryinggto get to class.

i know they live here. if we had parking this wouldn't ab nowouldn'tbe an issue. >> the school president plans to meet with residents to see what can be done to fix the problem. state employees and teachers are voicing their concern over the idea that they may see less in their pension checks than originally expected. %--ut to members of a pecialiig commission in annapolis. theecommission issconsidering several options to rrverse the gap between pension workers ann. some argue that the pension cut back would jeopardize their future. >> as long as i get my retirement check today and i pay my ortggge there's a little over $200 left. that doesn't include the regular, bills, electric, phone3 t.v., car insurancc anddgas for the vehicle and food. >> they are expected to put together preliminary reform n pension reform which they hope the issue of foreclosures

will be taken up in washington this week. executives from major enddrs plan o meet up n ca aaitol hl to discuss if foreclosures are being handled coorectly. >> if we delay foreclosures for %-add coss to the taxpayer.ng to as the conservator i'm charged with trying to minimize the taxpayerrlosses and we'reú working very hard here to do that. >> experts say thh slower the foreclosure prooess the more itú cossssthe government and you taxpayer. edition, compromised credit. yeah, i do just about everything with my credit card. i don't carry cash a lot. >> how someone got her card number and went on a shopping spree without ever touching the card. well, today low pressure is bringing us some rainfall, itt looks like and it will stay wiih ú% through the day, but look at what is coming next week during

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coming up on 45:43 on thisú tuesday morning. it's been a little wet at some spots more than other. we will take a look at the hd radar and see where thh rain is fallinnmenn downtowfalling. downtown as we are looking he rain is falling more in time. we continue to look to the nooth, rain not at all. and meanwhile showers to the central part of the eastern shore toward bark clay and back %-we head toward mown airy a bit of -- mount airy a bit of a bbeak. then we will see steadier rain for this afternoonnespecially for the western part of state. we are look at all of the moisture streaming up from of the gulf coast area. it will bring atlantic moisture

with the low pressure center %-right now as it moves up into our west later in the day. here is what we got with the low pressure center moving in, it will bring the rain through the afternoon it looks like getting more steadyy it picks up the ace a little bit more intensitt as well. amounts and we look at 3:00 as a poiit in time when we see thh moderate rain beginnings to fall parr of the state. overnightttonight it tapers off start to see it easing up to the north and east and drier air works behind it. that low pressure center not bringing showers and the western part of the state seeing a little bit by thursday.ú otherwise, we're looking at 3 quarters to an inch of rain. it's going to be a decent dose for most. and more to the west, an inch ann a 3rd tt an inch 1/2. temperature twice, mid-to upper 40s and all of the cloud cover keeping us moderate temperatures 51, at baltimore dc.

the temperatures are going to nighttime, too as we climb to a high. midnightmenmidnnght.3 10-15-mile-an-hour winds. and lose to the end of the day as we see showers more intense some overnight. east winds at 5-15. those winds are going to pick up %-low inteesifies to the north d east. 52 degrees for the western part of the statee nd that is where we should be for the overnight low with more rainshowers, getting windier with gusts upwards of 20 miles an hour. tomorrow, early showers, like off by 6 to 8:00 in the morning. partly cloudyyskies and 56 on thursday, mostly cloudy, mostly sunny other friday, but cooler, 52 and then we get more seaaonable for friday, sunday and monday not bad at 66 degreee withha mix of sun and clouds. now we cheek in with candace dold to see on the traffic edge.

>> reporter: steve that is morning ride. to factor into the in fact, right now we are checking at what it looks like out there. we want to show you. here is a livv look at 97, at route 100, and you can sse that road complltely drenched. aa far as the volume it's looking to be a moderate ride. 295 is the in clear, let's check oot 95 and see how that is shaping up for you at 195. the same deal, you can see the volume starting tooaccumulate on the southbound lanes. northbound lanes not doing to speaking of thh beltway taking a live looing a look t the southt corner. from the cars so allow yourself extta space. keep in minn that there's a lot of wet leaves out there. they're easy to slip on. make sure that the speeds are down. traveling onn70 at route 29, there's no incidents o talk about and in fact, the volume is not looking bad either, in the westbound or either the

eastbound corridor. on the rail, e do have a delay fro

half a dozen retail stores and restaurants are robbed in baltimore county. the thief wiped out accounts without even leaving home.

much of today's crime is committed from behind the computer, but an allrming trend in cyber crime could leave you wondering if it's safe to swipe that credit card. >> that's a burrito. >> munch hour. it's prime time for credit cards at the popular qdoba in owings >> i do just about everything with my credit card. >> buu some customers paid a hefty rice for their burrito, their peace of mindd >> i was shocked and frustrated. i was a little angry. >> reporter: a nika, williams is a tax auditor for the irs and can act for every puuchase she makes on her bank statement, every purchhse, except for one, -ade shortly after she stopped at the mexican restaurant last july.ú >> it was $60003 >> reporter: a call to her bbnk raised more uestions. someone had stocked uppchargee

of 600s in the state of arizona. it would be months before she learned the truth. >> how someone can get the credit card company from the store when you never lo lost the card. >> reporter: hundreds of numbers were stolen and owings mill incllding best bby and qdoba. it was work of someone on the outside, not a restaurant worker or an employee. >> the customers were unddestanding about it. it's something we had no control of. >> reporter: willy sanchez, is the manlie manager at qdoba. police told them that someone hacked their system and stole the credit card numbers. -n other words, the culprit was on a computer. >> it happened to 7 iffeeent businesses in the area. >> reeorter: the case was turned over to the secret service where thhy are fighting modern thiefery, hackers and skimmers.

basically stealing your credit card information during a very legitimate transactioo. reporter: skimmers plant a small device on a cash rrgister, an atm even a gas pump. every time you swipe your card it captures the information. from there the information is likely sold to criminals who make a new credit card with the stolen number. >> we have people doing it here locally, but there's also people doing it overseas as part of an argued crime sinne syndicate, t3 in real profile. %->> reporter: the owings mills victims have reported fraudulent purchases, some totaling thoussnds of dollars, in the states of alaska, arizona, new ú%rk, kentucky, washingtonnd.c., virginia, even mexico. >> viber crime is a - cyber national enfr ingray infrastrucú

>> reporter: tracing a security breaah back to the hacker or skimmer is nearly impossible. >>make sure that if you are a victim you find it quickly. repprt that o somebody so we can figure out quickly the when and where thes and e can get on to the who and the how they did %-serviie say people should stil ú%el safe using credit cards just be aware who is watching when mmking a purchase and try -o keep your card in sight at all times. check your bank statements and reeort anything unusual. >> when he we found about it. w changed all the drives and the installed new drivers on we started from scratch. >> reporter: for some it's -p>> i will go back, i will just go back with cash. coming up, negotiating your

way to great deals this holiday the tips that can snag anyone a bargaii. but next, one of the erps is named acc player of the week.

good morning, everybody. ú%orts. your first look at after sitting and watching ravvns are back to work. coach john harbaugh ran his yesterday. he gave them a couple of daysú off after the tough loss on thursday night to atlanta. they travel to charlotte to take on the panthers. they are the worst team in the nfl. that ddesn't take away the sting away on the tough night to the falcons. >> if we would have won that game, we would have been tied

for the record on the best -ational foooball eague. we didn't so we aren'tt >> we go to work from there. bltimore's ttp high school prospect signed with the university of maryland. the 6-5 shooting guard is ranked 9th in the country in his position and 37th overall. ' announced his deeision at espn so there was not a surprise angle to the story, but he is enthusistic about joining the terrs. >> the coaches, and also you there.they just accepted me overall it's the best thing to mature in and off the court..3 that's the way i look at it. it feels like i'm giving pack to my home state. >> elsewhere ooe of his future teammates jordan williams has

been named the player of the year. the 6-10 sophomore had 6 straight double-double over seattle, college of charleston and maine. for the week williams averaged 31 points, 13.7 rebounds and shot 52% from the floor. he mmde the acc all freshmen team last year. it's time for the the game of the week contest. you can vote for the game you would like to see highllghts of3 by going to ffxbaltimore.com and clicking on the high school game of the year. here is this week's slated games. these aae ll regional finals in the playoffs. broad frannlin travels to north harford. wild lake and river hill meee in the 3a east finaa. and the city colleges in the 33a north regiinal. we will announce the winner on you can ee all of the winners.

the 3 state final is thurssay, december second at 7:00. the 4a finals friday deeember 3rd, at 7:30, 2 championships on saturday, december 4th. first the up with state finals are at noon. followed by the 2a championship title games on the sister4 state station, the cw baltimore. that's tte morning ports. i'm bruce cunningham, fox 45 morning news. no matter where you're froo, we're looking for all of you ravens fans to send us photos showing off your puuple pride. go o foxbaltimore.com and lick on the ccmmunity features section..3 coming up in our 6:00 hour, %-another title. obama akes on the subject of a book written bb the president and when it will be available. and more arrests in a pg county