moderate rainfall and low pressure passing off the mid atlantic coast and that keeps us wet and increase the winds that could gust over 20 miles per hour this afternoon. and we are aiming for the record lomax temperature of 53 degrees. let's see what's happening on the roads and say good morning to kim brown. >> reporter: good morning. we have good news to let you know about. 83 southbound has been reopened at the beltway. all lanes get by. the earlier crash activity has been moved off to the left. and as we look at harford road, you will see the shiny slick wet road. keep your speeds down because it's going to be a little bit of a challenge to go around 695 checking in without problems. looking at maps, we have a couple accidents north bound 895 right there at 295. an accident is reported. no word of lane closures as of yet. working a crash in the city at wilkins southbound at brunswick and a crash is at liberty road and patterson avenue. now back to you. early this morning, japan joined the u.s. government in

issued a travel alert for japanese citizens living or traveling in europe. continual generals reports indicate terrorist may be plotting atax on public place overseas. abc's emily schmidt reports. >> 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 of their surroundings and to adopt appropriate safety measures to protect themselves while traveling. but the state department add it's not intended to stop americans traveling to europe. >> you can go and be safe. you have to be smart. >> reporter: the government advices recommendationter when the american -- register with the american embassy. stay away from unattended package. and the alert is after weeks of vugs between the white house and u.s. intelligence communities. the caution makes sense say experts. >> you are not interfering with their lives, and in today's political reality in the united states, the executive branch simply doesn't have much

choice. >> reporter: intelligence official say there is no new specific threat. continued, it comes from concerns that terrorists working with osama bin laden's blessing, are planning commando style attacks on tourists and transportation center 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. >> life has to go on you can't fliive fear. >> i have a lot of relatives and i am not going to 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 schmidt, abc news, washington. 6:32. how does this happen? devonte bundley collapsed and died. sherrie johnson remembers his life from those who knew him best. >> reporter: well, he died while doing the thing he loved the most, and that's playing

basketball. devonte collapsed during practice with the harford community college team. this morning, his family and teammates are trying to come to terms with what happened. it was the first practice for the team. he was a freshman on campus for a month, but it was enough to make an impact on those around him. after collapsing, he was taken up toker chesapeake medical center where he died. his coach says he was not aware of illness or preexisting conditions. >> he actually took a physical. he did some conditioning of course on his own since we are not allowed to work with them before october 1st. and then he showed up to practice. >> reporter: there's no word on the cause of bundley's death. team put the season on hold until coaches and players are fit to return to the court. now grief counselors will be available at the college throughout the week for those who need to talk. in the studios, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. at 6:34, stories make headlines this morning. students and staff and community members lit candles last night

and stayed silence for 30 minutes in the memory of tyler clementi. he was a stew antirutgers university who jumped to his death off the gw bridge after his roommate streamed video of he and another man being intimate online. hundreds of rutgers university students gathered to remember him. and the organizers are calling for more support and understanding for the gay and lesbian community. scary moments aboard a frontier airlines flight bound for denver. the flight traveling from mexico to denver when a child became ill. officials said passengers were held at gate while the child was examined by paramedics. passengers say during the flight they could hear attendants talking to doctors on the ground and once the plane landed, the medics came on board and treated the sick child. passengers learned late that's right girl was suffering from hand, foot and mouth disease. the disease is common among children and causes fevers and lifters in the mouth. blisters in the mouth. could do you play fantasy

otball at work? >> no, i do not. do you? >> i check scores. >> uh-huh. >> every once in while. >> you trade players and you are on that all day. according to a survey, it's okay. they are saying that it's all right. majority of executives play fantasy football and little worker performance but most employees simply look the other way. nearly half say they don't care if employees spend part of the workday managing their fantasy team as long as the quality and want of their work does not decline. the survey also found that less than 1.2 hours per week of work was spent on the game. about 1 in 5 employers block access to sports and fantasy football websites. uh-oh. >> you will have access denied tomorrow. >> there you. 6:36. you cannot be too careful when you walk down the street. one woman throiives tell an amazing story about her scary experience walk down the street in brazil. and the pigs were running wild. what are they chasing and who's

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let's look at news around w0r8d right now. some disturbing video out of brazil. unbelievable. woman survived can you believe that? after a driver hit her and threw her 65 feet down the street. surveillance cameras picked it up. amazingly, she survived with minor injuries. >> a peg may not be able to fly but they can run. at least that's what the organizers of the international pig races in moscow seem to think. porkers from six countries have been trained long and hard to find out who is the fastest on the hoofs. the winner was awarded a medal and cup with strawberry syrup. the track system is 39 feet and i would put the pigs up against the ones in pigtown. >> you like that? >> yeah. >> up sideways there you go,

bud. coming next, lipscomb is gone and dixon is out. >> but the investigation keeps oncoming. it continues this morning. the rain slow but rushing water still caused a lot of problems over the weekend. we will take you to two daring river rescues. and the supreme court goes back to the bench and on the first day, we have new faces and a case with ties to our own state. it's expect to be a 10- month headache. construction on a highway to nowhere and how it is going tie text your commute starting today. -- affect your commute starting today.

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when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. good morning, maryland i am megan pringle. >> i am jamie costello and this is abc2 news to go and we go to pittsburgh. it's all we will talk about here this morning. you held your breath for the last second. >> the nail biter yesterday. we have more in a minute but first weather with meteorologist

justin berk. hey, just in. >> keep thinking ravens victory and may feel today feel better. it's chilly raw and wet. moderate rainfall along i-95 north and west where it breaks the showers and mist around the bay. you throw in fog and it's just a raw feeling and wet go of it. temperatures around 50 degrees and we expect to have our two degree guaranteed high in the low 50s. 53 would be a report cool afternoon for this date in addition to the rainfall. let's see what's happening on the roads. >> reporter: we have emergency roadwork on the beltway at the curtis creek drawl bridge. it looks like outer loop traffic is going to start moving. but expect delays make your -- making your way through the area. we still have accidents around baltimore county to let you know about. we will get to those in a few moments. now back to you megan and jamie. ly come paterakis and dixon and helen holton. linda so has what's continuing on the investigation of the

city corruption and joins with us more. >> reporter: councilwoman helen holt n is set to appear in court to answer charges she violated campaign finance laws. it is the last chapter in the corruption scandal that ousted sheila dixon from office. prosecutors say holton asked two city developers to pay for a political poll that exceeded campaign finance limits. they allege it was the favor in exchange for helton -- holton's help for tax breaks. she is accused of having ron lipscomb and bakery king john paterakis to fund the poll during reelection campaign. lipscomb and paterakis plead guilty to the charge. if convicted, holton wouldn't have to leave office because it's misdemeanor. prosecutors are trying to get a more serious bribee charge reinstate after the judge dismissed the case. the trial will begin at nine this morning at courthouse east and the cates will be heard by dennis sweeney who preside over dixon's trial. linda so, abc2 news. 6:46. police are investigating a shooting that happened in east

baltimore. we are told a baltimore city schools police officer shot a robbery suspect. this happened at the hartford -- harford road family dollar store a person outsighted store witnessed it going down -- outside the store witnessed it going down. he ran across the road for help ants office he ever jumped into action firing his handgun after one of the suspects made a threat. >> really good work by the citizen. they saw something and saw a police officer next door and the police officer went into action and engaged three armed suspects. police say the sus secretary is going to make it -- the suspect is going to make it. and one teenage is behind bars. another is dead following a shooting here in harford county. according to police, shakir wingate was found in the 12 hundred block of clover valley way in edge woo. he had been shot several times. and police responded just before

9:00 saturday night. police have since arrested 18-year-old michael jones, junior. they have not determined the motive but they believe they knew one another. 6:47. today friends and familiar lave baltimore city police officer killed in a car crash will pay their final respects. officer james fowler died when his pickup truck ran off the road while he was on his way to a training seminar at penn state university. a funeral mass will be held at 11:30 at st. marks in catonsville followed by a procession in timonium. drivers in the area should expect traffic delays around the time. police are investigating westminster first murderer in five years. 40-year-old steven hopson was found dead in his apartment on east main street on saturday morning. neighbors reported hearing two men screaming at each other before the police arrived. >> i heard people storming up and down the steps in there and then it sounded like people were slamming the doors or kicking

them. >> right now police are not saying how the victim died. but they say that he had blood on his shirt and pants as well. we have an update on the massive building fire in dundalk on friday. a wall left standing had to be knocked down yesterday. firefighters say it spoas posed a danger to surrounding homes. flames were so heavy the fire knocked down 90% of the building. no one was injured. homes by the area were not destroyed. the fire is considered very suspicious. the names of 105 fallen firefighters weraed to the national memorial out and the national fallen firefighters yesterday. we had a memorial service out there honoring 80 who died in the line of duty last year. plus, 25 from previous years. >> gl high waters and two water rescues caused a richmond fire department to require a permit for those on thing to use the james river. that warning comes on the heels of a rescue over the weekend where area students are strand

on the rocks. hours later a. man was pulled downstream but everyone is okay. people are being warned to stay out of the waters until the levels return to normal. 6:49 right now. overnight, japan joined the united states government and issued a travel alert for japanese citizens living or traveling in europe. the alert comes over concerns that al-qaeda and other terrorist groups are planning attacks similarity to one that killed more than 160 people two years ago in india. americans are being told to be extra careful especially when traveling to england, france and germany. travelers at b w thur good marshall airport say they are not letting the latest warning ruin their plans. >> we don't scare very easily and we are not really that concerned about it. and,y know, we generally try to be careful when we travel and we will probably continue to be careful and vigilant as we always are. >> it's not going to change our plans. we will see all the sights we want to see. but i think i will be kind of look around a little -- looking

around a little more. >> government officials say there's no information that led to the alert but it's the result of intelligence they have gathered over the past couple weeks. ten minutes away from 7:00. third and goal and 4th and goal they turn the ball over to pittsburgh and the defense took over and stuffed them back. one minute 8 second left ravens get the ball back trying to win the game. and flacco ray lewis compared flacco's drive to that of montana and elway. ravens get the ball back. 40 yards to go down 14-10. no huddle. no time out. from the shotgun and flacco hits and hits again. and then, 32 ticks left. flacco back pumps one to his right, fires right into tj hughes man scotta and this -- houshmandzadeh. stealers had one final shot at this. charlie batch rolls out to ray

lewis diving making the catch. this game is over. we were screaming from ballrooms to living rooms right tj? >> i felt like we were going to win the game when we had the ball when they stopped us on downs, and that's one thing about with the defense you know we are going to get the ball back. i don't they think wanted to take a chance flowing the ball and you put it on the defense what a great team would do and we were able to capitalize. >> the game bon ball was given to cam cameron. the orioles ended the season with a loss to detroit 4-2. but this season was over in may. then it got interesting in august, september, and october. buck won more games that. [audio not understandable] actually they have a better record than last year. scott is the team's mvp. 6:5 # 2. -- 6:5 # 2. today the supreme -- 6:52. today the supreme court begins a new term.

they will consider a case concerning free speech and look at protest at military funerals. albert snyder sued after members of a church picketed his son's funeral in westminster. and the supreme court will consider a california law banning the sale of violent video games. governor o'malley has order the united states and all maryland flags be flown at half-staff today in member rif lieutenant luny of owens maryland etch passed away september 21st in afghanistan supporting operation enduring freedom. flags shad be flown at half-staff from sunrise until sunset. 6:52, the del ligs of the highway to nowhere is scheduled to begin this morning. and in preparation for the work, westbound ramps to route 40 will be close and west of mlk boulevard starting around 9. and also parking will be strict along franklin and mull bury between pulaski and monroe

streets throughout the duration and the work is expected to take about 10 months. we will look at chilly temperatures today. 50 # degree temperatures that will probably not move much into the afternoon. strong storm off the coast actually tapping into really chilly air. the chilly air that fills in after the last storm. this storm is not as impressive or as much moisture as the last one. it's rolled rolling up the coast. most of the rain on this side of the bay which is mist and sprinkles into the eastern shore. we will share that through today. but it appears as if the wind will lock us in with the chill as we will average 15 to 20 2/5 miles per hour out of the north northeast keeping temperatures nearly 20 below normal. -- normal. we will watch it try to lift philly towards poconos they get it into the evening hours. and low pressure slowly wraps in near new jersey and may pull back inland. we are on the back of that and

keep with the clouds and a threat of a few showers but most rain is today. 53. and we are keeping us as the coolest afternoon on this date in baltimore ever. the rainfall record will be about an half an inch to an inch. overnight scattered showers and tomorrow and wednesday back into the low 60s. 70s as we dry out thursday and into the weekend. kim. >> reporter: justin, that earlier emergency roadwork that had both slips of the beltway closed at the draw bridge has been lifted and traffic is able to flow freely. no problems around 695 right now. at 97 and route 1 hundred, traffic is moving well in both directions. the wet roads are a constricting factor to the accidents and we do -- contributing to the accidents as we do have slick roads. an earlier crash northbound 895 at bw parkway blocks the right shoulder. an accident up in rosedale. a vehicle went into a pole at

pulaski highway and roscoe boulevard knock the traffic lights out. until police arrive on the scene, treat the intersection as four-way stop. an accident up patterson avenue and dundalk a accident at lynch and paulette road. downtown baltimore is theity southbound lanes of wilkins avenue we have a crash right there at brunswick street. back to you. >> all right, thanks. time is 6:55. and doming up on good morning, america next, cn-n anchor rick sanchez was fied fired on friday after anti-semitic remarks against jon stewart who spoke out about the event last night. what was said and what sanchez is going to do next. and also coming up, a growing problem in the united states. how can we get our kids to eat healthy foods? dr. oz will get us rade to enjoy the foods that are good for them. we had a great day yesterday at the race for the cure. >> absolutely. and for you that came out and

joined us, thank. you it was an inspiring convenient. it always is and i am amazed at how many people show up and the spirit that exist there. >> i think it was close to 30,000. >> that's what they said, yeah. >> better than last year when we had slush and stuff on the ground. and i got to interview last year's winner and this year's winner david, 15 minutes and 18 seconds. >> wow. >> for the 5k. >> that's incredible. he shaved a minute off. >> yes and i heard last year was sick for three days and ran that in 16 minutes. >> i would be telling everyone. >> i know. i was proud of my time but i am going leave that aside. >> you did great. >> ravens win all is well with the world. good monday. >> see you in a bit. >> way to go.

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