now, abc 2 news at 6:30. >> water that flooded parts of dundalk is gone but for many homeowners the head aches have just begun. good evening, i'm cristian schaefer. crews are still working to repair a huge water main flooding hundreds of homes and basements, many are also learning that their insurance might not pay to repair all the damage. brian cube letter is here with our top story. >> the clean-up is well under way and for some people it is a monumental task. the question tonight is just

what kind of help will they get? they are ruined. someone has to pay for it. >> >> as they sift through water logged memories and lost belong its their attention turns to building back. but while some are getting enough claim money to recover some say they are barely getting enough to make a dent. >> well they called this morning and they said they are going to give us $5,000 but counting the stuff, the washer, drier two freezers, and the cleaning crew here is going to be a lot more than that. >> that is at least something. other homeowners say they are getting nothing at all. after four years with the same insurance company this woman says her claim was denied. >> i told them, i said you're in good hands with allstate. you're in the devil's hands with allstate. >> more than a few residents here in dunn doc share the

dundalk feeling the same. they are being denied the tools to build it back. >> this is a session. unemployment is at its highest. this is a working class neighborhood. people cannot afford to pay for these costs themselves. meanwhile, the maryland insurance commissioner has urged insurance companies not to flatly deny claims. he says he will continue to work with the companies and people filing claims to get the help they need. live in the studio, brian keyboard letter, abc 2 news. >> thanks brian. officials in baltimore county are warning people about scam artists that are reported to be in the area saying the county ordered them to clean up. the county says no, they have got priced coles doing it. (410)468-2920. in baltimore city police say there have been at least 10 shootings since friday, two of that i am deadly, the most

recent happened today in the 2100 block of aikins street a man was shot in the leg. his injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. they are trying to determine if any of the 10 shootings from the weekend are related. they are trying to come up with a response. this week the baltimore board of experts considering a plan to try to close a $60 million shortfall. they are reporting that the plan would shut down the city government for five days between october and june and furlough every city employees those days. it would save more furlough days as well. representatives have told abc 2 news that they'll not agree to those furloughs. the board of regents approved another round of fur lows, it is expected to save $21 million and deal with a $24 million cut from state funding to the university system. it's not clear yet how many

workers will have to go without pay. >> well if you're out taking a hike on campus or anywhere else early this morning you felt that chill in the air, octoberish almost, but that was nicely remedied this afternoon with some sunshine, temperatures rebounding in the low 70s, we have dropped off under a mostly clear sky, 69 now at bwi, still 72 on the ocean city andies stop. take a look at the forecast for this evening, 53 degrees, a few clouds, not quite as chilly tonight. not expecting as many 40s out there. that's where we were this morning. we'll talk about the week ahead and when we may see some rain around here. a baltimore county man is dead after a motorcycle crash in ocean city. police say 69-year-old ronald low of lands down ran his harley davidson into the back of another motorcycle that had slowed down because of traffic. his motorcycle spun out of control and he was thrown from

it. tens of thousands of motorcycles were in maryland for the delmar run this weekend, a fire forced a building to be evacuated at spring how assisted living. it was a small fire that started in the building's trash room. it was enough to trigger the sprinkler estimation. a check on national headlines takes us to new york city and denver. where three men have arrested in a tractor investigation. the f.b.i. says the men were involved in a plot to detonate explosives inside the united states. all three of the men were from afghanistan and have been charged, now, with lying to federal investigators. the suspects are scheduled to appear in federal court tomorrow. police in florida are investigating the murder of a woman and five young children. the victims were found in their apartment near the city of naples last week. police are now looking for the woman's husband, meet shack dumas. they are calling him a person

of interest. they believe he flew out of miami on a flight bound for haiti. president obama put on a media blitz today pushing health care reform on almost all of the sunday morning talk shows. abc's rachel martin has more on what he said. >> the president sat down friday for five interviews that aired sunday morning on abc, nbc, cbs, and the cable network, cnn and univision. the interview with abc's george step nope louse got testy at times especially when step nope louse claimed that a mandate requiring people to buy health insurance amounted to a backhanded tax hike. >> my critics say everything is a tax increase. my critics say that i'm taking over every sector of the economy. you know that. >> you reject it. >> i absolutely reject that notion. >> on every network he was asked if the hardening opposition to his health care plans was racially motivated. >> part of it is i think the opposition has made a decision they are just not going to support anything. >> uh-huh. >> for political reasons.

>> but the sunday media blitz didn't appear to sway republican critics. >> he can be on every news show until the end of time. if he doesn't get republicans and democrats in a room and get off tv we're never gonna solve this problem. >> reporter: after health care the war in afghanistan was top of the agenda. the president flatly stated history sons for keeping troops there. >> president obama: we're there because al queda killed 3,000 americans. >> but the president says he wants to wait to determine the best strategy for u.s. forces in afghanistan before considering whether to send more troops. >> president obama: i have to exercise skepticism any time i send a single young man or woman in uniform into harm's way because i'm the one who is answerable to their parents if they don't come home. >> reporter: rachel martin, abc news, washington. >> president obama is also speaking out on the controversy over the community group acorn. he said there should be an investigation into the hidden camera video that involved

acorn employees here in baltimore, and they involved a couple posing as a prostitute and a pimp. they are seen apparently advising that couple to lie about their profession and lawn deer earnings in order to get housing aid. the president said what he saw in the video was certainly inappropriate and deserved to be investigated. he also says he doesn't think it is a national issue he will pay much attention to. >> baltimore is changing the way you eat. you can stay healthy in the city and it starts right now. plus, something new is filling a lot of farm fields in our state this season. giving neighbors a lot to smile about. >> smiled on the weather today. >> a chilly start but the sun came in for us, we do have a weather winner today. 2-degree guarantee. >> yeah. >> craig, four days in a row now we have hit our guarantee, in craig, ricers town, they qualify for the 2-degree guarantee, the umbrella, you want to be sure to put in for that. we'll be back with the forecast.

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you're watching baltimore's station that works for you. now, abc 2 news at 6:30. to your health tonight. baltimore is now a trans fat free city. as of today, all food establishments in the city must cook without trans fats. doctors say most trans fats are artificial, they raise your bad cholesterol levels and can lead to heart disease. mayor sheila dixon signed to end trans fats, the state of california, detroit and chicago have already banned trans fats from their eateries. well there has been a lot of rubber necking and stops in traffic but not because of any

problems on the road. rather, as abc 2 kelly swoope reports, it's because of what is alongside the road. >> reporter: field corn is nothing special to look at. travelers pass it day in and day out. but take a look at this. a ray of sunshine is covering farm fields in baltimore and harford counties. people are slowing. stopping. and even snapping. >> definitely different from what it usually is before. >> i've never noticed them before. don't know where they came from. it was green one day and yellow the next. zach row says the man behind the yellow that has brightened the community. >> reporter: we usually grow soybeans and it has turned out good with sunflowers. >> reporter: he is third generation. they are selling the sunflowers for bird seed. >> when we plant them in july, middle of july. we'll start harvesting them in first of december. >> this is actually the third year for the sunflower crop. the first year they started with 150 acres and it did so

well they have expanded to 600. >> a different option, gives us just a different market. you know, we just -- it helps diversify the farm a little bit. we also have beef cattle so it -- helps to spread our risk out. >> spreading the risk is important, row says, because the tough economy has hit the farming industry hard. >> the dairy industry is really hurting bad now. the price of milk, they lose money every day. grain prices aren't so high right now either. nobody is getting rich quick i guess you can say. it's still a struggle every day. >> reporter: but sunflowers are helping their efforts and they are also bringing the community something to smile about. >> i guess it's like last thursday coming home for work, and all of a sudden they come over the hill and all these yellow things are staring you in the face. >> enjoy them at their full bloom for a few more weeks and then they will be back next july. in harford county, kelly swoope, abc 2 news. pram. now, the forecast certified baltimore's most accurate by

weather rate and maryland's most powerful.com radar. >> chokes you up. i beth they look good today. so nice and warm out, people drive by, look at the sunflowers. really pretty. >> absolutely cristian. stop and look at maryland's most powerful radar here. nice sweet. what looks like rain on the eastern shores is just actually some false return there, it is dry there. i want to say this. nice time loop out of parksville, looking nice there, blue sky, down to the 40s in most spots, but as the day wore on a few clouds, things did warm up nicely out there for us this afternoon. still looking good as we speak. partly cloudy sky, mostly sunny, be an optimist about the whole thing. as we look out to the west, more cloud cover, more moisture trying to work its way in here. baltimore across central maryland, so we're sunny right now in this last little piece of day light we have left here.

days starting to get a little shorter out there, you probably noticed that. low temps this morning, this was chilly stuff, 47 at bwi, 46 over there, down in virginia to find any sort of mild morning temperatures. things did rebound pretty nicely this afternoon. you see we topped out eventually in the low 70s, in fact 73 was the official hyatt bwi this afternoon. a little warmer than that as you head towards the beach down at ocean city. >> right now we're watching more active weather pattern to begin to develop here across the eastern united states. you do see a lot of moisture scott mellanby coming up here. you see a lot of precipitation, heavy rain across kentucky, illinois skates off into the midwest right now. we're not really getting in on that, i think we stay dry tomorrow. nice early sunshine, few more clouds late monday. i do think we see a better chance, scattered rain tuesday, tuesday to wednesday i think are our wet estimate time

frame. late tomorrow evening you you may catch one or two showers, most of this will hold off to our west until we get into tuesday, the early part of wednesday. then we're going to dry out, nice the rest of the workweek. no big dives in temperatures so if you like sort of indian summer feeling the prolonged warm air i think we have got it for you here over the next several days. forecast in detail here, stay clear tonight, not quite as chilly tomorrow morning, still be cool out there, definitely bring an extra layer along. cloud cover thick engineer up a little bit tomorrow afternoon, i think we'll stay dry, a stray shower monday evening, better chance comes in tuesday. better chance rain south of baltimore and i think some of this may come up and whack us on tuesday so watch out for that. bay forecast looks pretty good. they'll see one to two feet of chop. now again, that's southeast breeze, will actually make it a little milder tomorrow morning. 52 grease degrees, a few clouds, not quite as chilly outside.

we'll see the outer suburbs flared, 55 to 53 degrees at daybreak. not quite as school. a lot of day high. right seasonable for mid- september. maybe a late evening shower but i think the better chance rain holding off until we get into tuesday. see that on the seven-day forecast. take a look at this. tuesday, probably at least a 50 to 60% chance of scattered rain showers, that will linger into early wednesday. i think that's our best chance for wet weather around here, but we see things get milder towards thursday and friday. stays dry into the early part of next weekend. does stay pretty mild as we go into the next week or so here. >> thanks. the weather finally cooperated out west so the space shuttle discovery is now on its way back to the space center. left edwards bolted to the back of a special 747. the aircraft will land and stay overnight at bars dale air force base in louisiana, then

move on to florida tomorrow, the shuttle and its crew landed in california a little more than a week ago but stormy weather has prevented the shuttle's return until now. up next, big concern for parents of college-aged kids, how you can keep them from harming their financial future before they are even out of college.

a warning tonight for parents. credit card companies are in an all-out blitz trying to get your college-aged kids hooked on plastic. companies are race to go sign up fresh faces on campus. >> free food, an eye pod, or a t-shirt from your favorite team. they are just small gifts, but, for some college students, they could be the start of big problems. >> it pulls you in but you don't know the consequences behind it. >> reporter: forty air avenue

it all started with a free box of pizza, five years later she has got $4,000 in debt. on the credit card she got in exchange for that meal. >> it's an easy target for college students, you are straight out of high school, you don't know no better, it's free. >> reporter: free stuff being handed out at stands like this one we saw at penn state. >> it's a common legal practice you'll find across the country. as they use their connections to recruit new cardholders. >> and reform advocates believe the push to sign up more students will be stronger this semester because it's the last chance for credit card companies. >> that means no more free t- shirts, no more free meals. it's gonna change i think the lay of the land. >> reporter: and it's thanks to new regulations that go into effect in february. but the ban on freebies is just the beginning. credit card companies will also have to turn away anyone under 21 unless they have a cosigner who can prove they can afford

to cover the bills. colleges will also have to disclose the contracts they have with those companies. right now they can keep that information to themselves. >> that will be shedding the light, if you will, on what schools offer credit cards that may be getting a kick back. >> reporter: money the consumerrers union some schools get for giving credit card companies not just access to the names of students but, also, a place to recruit them. they are not welcome everywhere though. several states including maryland have already banned credit card freebies from campus and made it clear their student information is not for sale. >> it's a situation where their college or school becomes a predator. >> but the american bankers association is quick to down play saying so-called affinity cards are aimed at alumni and 5% of company co-eds got their cards from displays or events around schools. but more students are carrying plastic and spending big. a sally may study found half of all college kids have four or more cards and students are

graduating with an average of $4,100 in debt. >> it's not worth it. not at all. if i could take it back i would have because i didn't know what i was doin'. >> but the consumerrers union wants to make sure students like tiara and their parents know what it takes to ace credit card 101. that's why they are pushing awareness saying you need to skip the freebies and shop around. read contracts to find the lowest fees and the low fixed raid. rate. they also advice telling your kids not to could sign for their friends and above all else tell them to skip that free pizza. years later tiara wishes they did. >> don't do it. >> josie sturman, abc 2 news. >> bank of america is the largest provider of student cards and ed says cards given to students have different terms and a strong educational component. we'll take a final look at the weather as you head back to work tomorrow.

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