now good morning, maryland. you're flying off toningland, germany or france you are being warned this morning to be on an alert. there's an announcement that you need to hear about this morning. the supreme court goes back to work today as the third woman joins the bench. and that is a first.

>> the ravens come from behind and beat the steelers at their house. screaming all offer my neighborhood. >> oh, man. good morning, maryland. i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. thanks for joining ounce this monday morning, the start of your week. >> let's look at our weather with meteorologist justin berk. what happened to fall. >> we are going into early winter. we have chilly temperatures and it continue to gets cooler. yesterday wreaks down into the 40s at daybreak but we held off the rain until the afternoon and evening. and now we are looking at another coastal storm and today, it could match or beat the record maximum temperatures on this october 4th in baltimore. back in 199 # where afternoon -- 1998 where the afternoon temperatures never got above 40. we will look at record rainfall at 2.74 inches. i think we may not reach that, but it's going to be a wet day. the radar shows us we have moderate rain across the

region. it's mighty wet. and look at western maryland. 39 in oakland. there's no rain or snow but i want to point out 39. fog mixed with rain and rain on and off into thea afternoon with a high of 53. here kim brown about traffic. >> reporter: the road conditions are very unfavoring this morning causing for a couple accidents an injury crash on scene in columbia at columbia road in april journey way and a crash northbound 95 at route 216 in north lorel. two left lanes is are closed 38 southbound at beltway. the right lane gets by a because of an accident involving a overturned tractor trailer last night. police are making sure traffic gets by through the one open lane. looking at warren road, traffic is slowing a little bit on the southbound side. expect delays as you approach 695 from the harrisburg expressway. now back to you. >> thanks kim.

5:33. if you are traveling to europe, you should be extra vigilant. that's warning coming from the government. it is based on i will to -- intelligent sources that tear visit been plotting coordinate assaults on european cities. >> reporter: the government alert to u.s. citizens living or touring europe is rare. it says u.s. citizens should take every precaution to be aware their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves while traveling. but the state department add sigh site not intend to stop american travel to europe. >> you can still go and be safe. but you have to be smart. >> reporter: the government advice register with the american embassy and avoid public demonstrations and stay away from unattended packages. the alert comes after weeks of discussions between the white house and u.s. intelligence communities. experts say the caution make sense. >> you are not interfering with their lives, and in today's political realities in the united states, the executive

branch simply doesn't have much choice. >> reporter: intelligence official say there's no new specific threat. instead, it comes from concerns that terrorists working with osama bin laden's blessing are planning commando style attacks on tourists and transportation centers in france, britain, and germany. twice in the past two weeks, french official evacuated the eiffel tower for what turned out to be false alarms. >> i have to go on. i don't think you have live in fear. >> i have relatives there and i won't be deterred by the warning. >> reporter: u.s. airlines say they will continue to operate as usual but europe is concerned that future travelers will put off their plans because of this newest alert. emily submit, abc news washington. we caught up with some travelers at bwi and thurgood marshall aret and they say they are not letting the latest warning ruin their plans. >> we don't scare very easily and we are not that concerned about it. you know i. think we generally

try to be be careful when we travel and we will probably continue to be be careful and vigilant, and as we always are. >> not going to change our plans. we are going to see all the sights we want to see. but i think i will be kind of look around a little more. >> well, once again, we want to remind you this is an alert not a warning. the highest level of cautioning. 35:35. remarkable story this morning coming out of brazil and we want to warn you the pictures are shocking a woman survived after a driver hit her threw her 65 feet down the street. a surveillance camera recorded the incident. it's hard to watch but the woman only suffered a few minor injuries. at at 5:36 we have an update on the building fire on friday in dundalk a wall left standing has been knocked down. flames were so heavy the fire knocked down about 90% of the old seagram's building. cause of the fire is still

under investigation. but the fire is considered to be suspicious. the supreme court starts a new term today. and there's going to be new face on the bench. justice elena kagan. the supreme court will consider a maryland case of concern about free speech advocates. justices will look at protests from military funerals. albert snyder sued the westboro baptist church after members picketed his son's funeral in westminster. and the supreme court will consider a california law banning the sale of violent video games. 5:36. he took his life after a sexual encounter was streamed online. hundreds turn out for a silent vigil at rutgers university to remember an 18-year-old freshman. and some scary moments on board a frontier airlines flight a toddler gets sick and the drama that unfolded. if you are taking a train or bus let's go over to the mta marc jones. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. out there you will find wet

roadways throwing things up a bit. traveling by bus, allow a little extra time for getting there. on the bus system numbers 10 and 30 continue to be diverted and number 35 bus diversion at wilkins and brunswick due to a water main break repair and number 5 about 20 minutes late. light rail metro subway and marc are all operating on time. i am mark jones for the mta transit team. os ] ♪ kids came out. they said, "johan, can i see the dairy? can i see how the cow get milked?" [ children shouting ] you should see the eyes of the kids in the barn. when the cows give their milk. or even i squirt milk to the kids. they actually love it. you know where the milk come from! all right, whoa! smokin'! [ children shriek ] uh-oh. okay, all right. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. all right, whoa! smokin'! [ children shriek ] for good reason.

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now, mayor land most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. and it seems like rain is lined up with i-95. basically this side of the bay. we are dealing with pretty moderate rain right now. it breaks up from showers mixed in mist and fog on the eastern shore. as low pressure off the coast continues to ride up the coast and throwing the moisture back. we are wet and likely to stay wet and with the chilly wind out of the north, could be gusting up to 25 miles per hour. we are going to hold temperatures down and while we are slipping to about 50 or 51 degrees currently, it's going to be a struggling to get out to about 53 this afternoon. again, gusty winds and rain should cut off showers by this evening. more on the extended outlook coming up. kim brown has a look at the traffic.

>> reporter: the rain is moving up and down the 95 corridor. we do have an accident on 95 northbound in north lawyer allot route 216 blocking the left lane. traffic gets by without problems to the right. and columbia, police remain on the scene of an accident involving injuries at columbia road and april journey way and we are keeping an eye on this crash from overnight hours. an overturned tractor trailer is block the two left lanes 83 southbound approaching the beltway. only the right lane get by. expect it to be a slow rye making are way in down towards the top side of the 695. we have the latest details on one of the top stories. a prominent bulletmore city councilwoman goes on trial today and details on the case against helen holton. a harford community college bass cat ball player collapses on the court and dies. team remembers devonte bundley.

at quarter to 6 on this monday morning, lipscomb paterakis and healthen holton. linda so has the continuing investigation into city corruption and joins us now. good morning, linda. >> reporter: jamie, councilwoman henl holton is set to answer to

charges she violated campaign finance laws. it's of the last chapter in the corruption scandal that ousted sheila dixon from office. pros dutiors says holton asked developers to pay for campaign polls and they say it was a favor in exchange for holton to get tax breaks. holton is accused of veg lipscomb and john patter being ais to fund the poll during reelection campaign but lipscomb and paterakis pleaded guilty to the charge. if convicted, holton would not have to leave office because it's misdemeanor. prosecutors are trying to get a more serious bribery charge reinstated after the judge dismaysed the case. the trial is set to begin at nine at courthouse east in downtown baltimore. the case will be heard by judge sweeney who also preside over dixon's trial. in the studio, linda so, abc2 news. >> it's time 5:46. an officer is on leave following a police-involved shooting. we are told a baltimore city schools police officer shot a

robbery suspect at the harford road family dollar store. police tell us that a person outside the store witnessed the robbery involving thee men ran across busy harford road to get help and that's when the officer jumped into action. firing his department issued handgun after one of the suspects made a threat. we have been told the suspect will survive. police are still looking for two other men. the devonte bundley loved sports and especially basketball. those who knew him wants to know how the seemingly healthy 18-year-old could collapse on the basketball court and die. sherrie joins with us how those in harford county are remembering him. >> reporter: he died while doing what he love the most, playing basketball. he collapsed during practice with the harford community college team and this morning, friends and family and his teammates are trying to come to terms with what happened. it was the first practice with the team weassments freshman on campus over a month but it was enough to make quite an impact

on those around him. after collapsing he was takein toker chesapeake -- to upper chess meek medical center where he died. he the coach says he was not aware of preexisting condition. >> he took a physical and did some conditioning on his own since we are not allowed to work with them before october 1st and he showed up to practice. >> reporter: there's no word on the cause of bund lei death. the team put the season on hold until the copes and players are fit to return to the court. grief counselors are available throughout the week for those who need to talk. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. it's 5:47. today friends and family of a baltimore city police officer killed in a car crash will pay their final respects. officer james fouler died when his pickup truck ran off the road while he was on his way to a training mission at penn state university. a funeral mass will be held at 11:30 att marks in catonsville followed by a procession to timonium and drivers in the area should expect a lot of traffic

delays. 5:48. demolition on a portion of the so-called highway to nowhere is scheduled to begin this morning. in preparation for the work, the westbound ramps to u.s. route 40 will be closed west of green street and martin luther king junior boulevard starting at nine this morning. also parking will be restrict aid long franklin and mull bury streets between pulaski and monroe throughout the duration of the project. work is expected to take about ten months. all right. it's a great week. we had a great sunday did we not? where were you? >> at home. >> all right. joe flako given the ball and told to go with it, joe. joe flako takes over the drive 1008 left and 40 yard and no huddle or time out. and from the shotgun and flacco hits and hits again. and look 59 this pass and the bounds. and ray lewis says we will do it

right here. watch joe fake to the right and fires right down the middle. tj houshmandzadeh for the touchdown. and the ravens go onto win this game flacco. let's listen to him talk about the win yesterday. >> i felt like we were going to win the game when we had the ball when they stopped us on downs and defense knows we are going to get the ball back. we don't think they want to take a chance with throwing the ball. any great team would do and we were able to capitalize. >> my fault tj. >> they share the afc north and come home sunday against denver. now, maryland's most powerful dop rare radar and -- doppler radar. and when you think it feels like mid autumn and churs should be beter for the game back home compared to what we have right now. it feels like mid autumn. if anything it may feel like november or early deet december

for some of you. 50 in baltimore. 57 up towards new york. but 40s pack towards the west. it's the cool air. the covelettal storm is yet again riding itself a very slow movement up to the north. wrapping in cold air and the wind around that coming out of a counterclockwise direction. it's north to northeast for us. it will be gusting 15 to 20 2/5 miles per hour and closer to 30 along the shorelines. we are expecting to have the rain pretty much locked in all day long. and that is going to keep us chilly. we were talking about the potential of getting a record here. a record low high temperature that would be 54. we were 53 at midnight and we will see if we can get back in the afternoon. rain stays with us. a moderate rainfall through lunchtime. keep it indoors and looks like the wet weather tries to lift up to the north by the evening. watch low pressure up towards long island and southern new england to get stuck and wrap itself back and rain around it. we will be on the edge with a mixture of clouds and showers tuesday and wednesday. but most of our rain comes

today. rainfall amounts could range from anywhere from a half inch to two inches across parts of the mid atlantic and we have to get a lot more to get record rainfall for the dates. but it's possible with the slow moving storm if we get that moderate rain band aloft in some locations. 53 is the guarantee for today. and if we do that, that means we have the coolest high temperature for this day just a unique record to throw into the books. see the way you slice it a. chilly wind. gusts up to 25 miles per hour. for tonight, back down into the 40s. and rain should taper off to showers and spotty showers but not the steadier rains for tuesday and wednesday. highs try to crack back into the low 60s. we will get near 70 on thursday with lows in the upper 40s and low 50 degree range and we will push it back into the low 70s with sunday next weekend. here kim with the traffic. hey, kim. >> reporter: hey, justin. with the wet road and road spray maybe for reduced visibility. drivers are keeping their speeds down. we are not very fun start for your monday commute.

on 795 southbound, it's about a 12-minute ride between route 1140 on -- 140 on down towards the beltway. an overturned tractor trailer blocks the two left lanes 83 southbound at the beltway. only the right lane gets by. expect delays from a done yeah road and fortunately around 695, traffic is moving pretty well. we have an accident northbound at route 216. stay with us because we have more news, weather and traffic when good morning, maryland returns after this.

making news around the nation this morning, in new injuries quirks hundreds of rut ger university students stood in silence for 30 minutes sunday night to remember tyler clementi. many 6 them didn't know him. he had -- many didn't even know him weassments on campus for only a month. he committed suicide after his roommate streamed video on line of clementi having relationship with another man. a church van crashed and

killed four people and injured 13 others in georgia. georgia highway patrol says the van rolled over on a highway just south of blakley. no other vehicles were involved. reports are that a rear tire blew out causing the driver to lose control and the vehicle struck the median and flipped several times ejecting some of the passengers. the group was on their way to florida when the crash happened. scarry moments aboard a frontier airline flight bound for denver. traveling from mexico saturday night when the toddler became sick. passengers say that the 3 hour flight felt much longer because they could sense something was really wrong. especially when some overhead flight attendants were laying the child -- relaying symptoms to a doctor. when the plane land in colorado, passengers were held on board while paramedics examined the young girl to find out what was making her so sick. >> wouldn't extend the jetway out to the plane. so, i was a little worried. makes you nervous when you see ets -- emts on with mask and

you don't have one. >> that isers say the toddler had blisters on her hands and in her mouth. they believe she had hand foot and mouth disease. we will hear more about that later on. all right. coming up next here on good morning, maryland on this monday, having a nicely paved driveway is a home owner's dream. >> but abc2 investigator will tell you about a paving scam that has homeowners crying foul. and just look at them go. they can't fly but they can sure run. we will take you to the fun race.

. it's henl holton's turn at the courthouse. find out where the city corruption investigation heads from here. went to harford tech and decided to keep his talents close to home by tanning harford community college. it's going to be very rough day