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everybody who who lives was escaping torrential downpours and winds here is more. >> reporter: as they flooded across the northeast, it was fresh rouse commute. they were caught in a flash flood during last night's rush hour. >> it was coming in so fast. >> reporter: the remnants of

tropical storm nichole are already blamed for at least five deaths. two children were killed when an suv hydroplained off a road. >> it was a large factory. >> they have been hit with 22 and a half inches of rain while police are going door to door. preparing residents to evacuate as floodwaters continue to rise. wind is the culprit where winds are hitting homes. >> all of a sudden it was like boom and the ceiling comes down and we are screaming and i am grabbing her. >> reporter: as far inland as syracuse new york, three inches of rain flooded buildings and basements. they are bracing for more rain

as nichole's left over is mixed with a cold front. >> this is incredible. i have never seen flooding like this. >> the storm left thousands without power as advisories remain in effect for the entire northeast. abc news new york. >> and one school was closed because they lost power just of a 1:00 this afternoon. well we definitely got some hefty rainfall totals when it was all said and done, but we are dealing with plenty of sunshine as it will hanger into tomorrow. we set a record 6.02, wow flood warnings are still in effect until 5:45 and it is clearing out and it is breezy as we check out your rainfall totals, this is in addition to what we saw last night.

in westminster edge waters 3.52 and into northeast 2 / 100th of an inch of rain and middletown, close to three inches. goldsboro, we have windy conditions and check out what we dealt with after the storm passed. it was absolutely gorgeous and clouds giving plenty of way to sunshine and we will talk about those rainfall totals when we come back. and remember you can track the weather just click on the weather tab. jury began deliberations in the murder trial. they gunned them down outside

the new haven lounge when he tried to flee his car. they laid out an extensive case from dozens of witnesses. attorneys say it could be a complicated case for jurors to decide. >> i have to believe 29 co- defendants with information, they took notes, i would be shocked if it came back today. we only have a couple of more hours today but it could be days. >> those charges facing gary collins and jerome williams include first-degree murder and conspiracy to rob with a dangerous weapon. a suspicious murder in laurel. they found him in cranberry road. he had apparent trauma to his upper body.$♪ anybody with

information is urged to call crime stoppers. baltimore county police have arrested these men accused of stabbing a man, brandon goforth and roland clayton are charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and robbery. they standed andre wright at the mall. they tried to rob him earlier in the day and later when andre wright saw the suspects inside the mall he saw a fight breakout and andre wright was stabbed. mario is charged with assaulting his mother early this morning. r&b singer mario barrett and his mother got into an argument and the sinker pushed his mother. now the mother told police she hit her head on the wall and feared for her life. march -- r&b singer mario barrett is charged with second degree a salt. if you are pulled over you

could be fined $45 and $100 for the secondary one. you have to be committing some other type of defense like speeding. maryland is the 8th state to make talking illegal without using a hands free device. the notification act will make it harder to make sex offender harder to register without delayering themselves homeless. declaring themselves homeless. for president barack obama's chief of staff, a high profile sent off. an emotional bittersweet testament, then turned his eyes towards the windy city. here is more. >> reporter: for the president losing his right hand man, it is an end of an error that

transformed a nation. >> he has been an outstanding chief of

. as the president says goodbye, it is a chance to press the restart button. emanuel tiered up and said he was worked hard but the nation was better for it. staffer paid him with a dead fish, it is a tribute to the godfather and to emanuel's charging style. a local woman followed her doctor's advice but it was too late for her mother. what message did the breast cancer survivor have for other women. plus, abc is working for you with a warning about some of those fake check scams. what you need to look out for so you don't get scammed.

and currently 69-degrees a complete look at your forecast and it could include some more rain. stick around. 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, has made record investments in public schools, new school construction, and o'malley froze college tuition four years in a row. with martin o'malley, our children always come first.

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. well in tonight's consumer alert, fake check scans can come in many forms like an unexpected grant. according to america, americans typically loose between 3 and $4,000 in these scams. now in addition you could be charged with check fraud. you could get tagged. all consumers should be on the lookout for red flagged checks. they will ask you to cinnamon any first and scammers assist upon money transfer services because they are difficult to trace. well you know what may be good for the environment may

make you sick. those reusable grocery bags use the plastic alternative are often a breeding ground for germs. they can transfer to the food you bought them in. >> many of us are going green but what is in our reusable bags, some of them are breeding grounds for bacteria. >> reporter: researchers tested 84 bags. half of them contained bacteria the kind related to meat. 12% had e-coli and had many forms of food poisoning. >> getting on the rest of your produce, it can be certainly on your hands too. grabbing things, it gets all over your nose and eyes all that good stuff ; >> reporter: in connection with

the debate, they are thinking about banning plastic bags. it is important to keep in mind what kind of bags you are using. >> it will probably get more bacteria and adhere to that better than cloth. >> reporter: there is an easy way to deep yourself -- keep yourself from getting sick. wipe down the plastic ones of a each use. one more thing to keep in mind, wild products such as produce and meat should be kept separate from other groceries. abc los angeles. the price of stamps will not be going up, the postal services to raise the cost of stamps was rejected. they lost $3.8 billion and could lose $7 billion as people are doing more business on the

internet. now the forecast certified most accurate and maryland's most powerful doppler radar. we have set some records and not necessarily in a good way. >> let me see your fingers, are they pruned? >> you will be amazed. it is close to a foot in some spots and it didn't leave until early this morning and we still have some rain in addition to that. luckily we have some cleanup time. tomorrow will be gorgeous. we definitely had 11.05 in edge mere, wow, 9. 68 in hickory. parkville right around 9. 6. denville 9. 45. easton 2.8 inches of rainfall. that is why we have flooding and we have a warning up until

5:45 this evening. in the meantime the radar looks good and we are dry. what we have been contending with now is wind gusts and sustained winds are 10 to 15 miles per hour but we have gusts into parkville, edge mere 25, arnold around 29 and westminster around 28 mile-per- hour winds as well. pretty hefty on the wind scale and as we go through time, things will subside. right now we are looking at temperatures at 79 degrees in baltimore. 71 right now into dallas. as we check out our highs, 72 in baltimore and 72 in hagueers

town. 74 degrees in easton. as we go through time, as we look back towards the west, we have high pressure that will build in for tomorrow. there is a nasty storm moving into new england and we don't need that anymore. what we do have that will move into the forecast, the fact that we have another system as we go in through sunday, so yes, that is our race for the cure. this will come in and we are also looking for something to come up along the coast here and that will be keeping us in some rainfall as we go into sunday monday and tuesday as well. that is definitely some good news here. overnight, we have temperatures coming in at 50 degrees and it will be on the cooler side. temperatures will start to drop down a bit. mostly clear and breezy and a bit chilly.

the winds will make everything feel a lot cooler as well. as we head to tomorrow, mostly sunny and it will be a nice day on tap for us. by tomorrow night, we will have a chill in the air with increasing clouds. we will start to see some improving conditions and i wish we had better news for sunday. will be cool though, showers will stick around monday and tuesday and possibly wednesday and by the end of the week we are feeling real good with plenty of sunshine back in the forecast. the think pink series continues and we will talk about how to stay positive when you are diagnosed with breast cancer. coming up, a shocking story. they are not even teenagers yet but they are in big trouble with the law. 3q

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. cancer can weigh you down in a lot of ways. the diagnosis is physically and emotionally draining. here are ways to stay positive,. >> reporter: it takes a lot of strength to stay positive fighting breast cancer. educating yourself is the first thing you can do to stay on a positive path. >> education about the illness about side effects is crucial. but with this, you really need to have a way of filtering that information because it can be overwhelming. secondly it is important to take good care of yourself. developing your opportunities for physical activity, making sure you are eating well,

making sure you are getting enough rest. >> reporter: third, don't let negative feelings get in the way. >> it is surprising how your support system can be negative and feeling connected to others is a powerful way of improving your outlook. >> reporter: 5th, tack into your spiritual side, faith can go a long way. >> it is a connection between the mind and the body and really trying to integrate the two. >> reporter: five tips to help you stay positive to help you through the fight of your life. >> and you can get involved in make a difference as we try to fine a cure -- find a cure. the race is this sunday, we will be live broadcasting and you can still register for the big race. just go to our website and when you get there click on the lifestyle tab and click on

think pink. we will have the very latest on the fire that has nearly leveled an old distillery. the firefighters were forced to battle from outside for their safety. all the details coming your way at 5:30. 

four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

. breaking news out of baltimore county, a huge abandoned warehouse and fire crews have been battling that fire all day long. it was used to make whiskey in the eastern part of baltimore county. it used to be a disstilling company and they took it over in the 1950s and was used for many years to make whiskey in that part of baltimore county and now it is on fire. you can see the smoke coming out of the roof of the building. when they got there realized they would not be able to fight that fire from inside so they have been dumping water from the outside for much of the afternoon and it looks to have come under more control than it was earlier.