son in 2006 says the protests are a disgrace. the church protested outside the funeral for lance cpl. matthew snyder. the father says they should be able to mourn their loss without such rhetoric. >> when you have a private funeral we will not be there. when you have a public funeral and you broadcast to the nation that that dead soldier is a hero and god is blessing america we will be there and tell you, god is cursing america, it is a curse for your young men and women to be coming home in body bags, and if you want that to stop, stop sining. >> this isn't just a case about speech. it's about harassment. targeted harassment at a private person's funeral, and with that i'm confident that they will rule in our favor.

there's no guaranteeing in this business but things went well. the briefing went well, and we're confident that we'll receive a favorable outcome. >> reporter: the supreme court heard both arguments today. its decision is not expected until spring. brian kuebler abc 2 news. today friends, family and staff at johns hopkins university are honoring stephen f a memorial service i going on for the hospital countries researcher. >> he was stabbed as he walked home. john wagner and lavell amir writ will stand trial for his murder. they demanded cash from him and stabbed him in the chest. jurors in the trial of three men accused of killing former baltimore city councilman tim harris could not reach an agreement on the most serious charges of murder. the jurors told the judge they had been unable to agree on charges of first and second

degree murder against gary collins jerome williams and charles mcgain he. the judge told the jurors to try again. they face counts on more than 2 dozen crimes corrected to the robbery and murder at the new haven lounge in september of 2008. we got some good news for maryland schools. the state's graduation rate has gone up and the drop out rate has dropped. school superintendent says results show very few students have been prevented from graduates because of high school assessment requirements. in baltimore nearly 1500 fewer students dropped out of the hs last year than in 2007 cutting the district's drop out rate by more than half in the past three years to just 4%. now the number of city high school students who passed the high school assessment test also increased by more than 500 from last year. well, the controversial plan to bring another wal-mart to baltimore is still not

decided. baltimore city council's land use committee met today. city council president who chairs the land use committee says a vote would likely come in the next three weeks. the 25th street station would bring wal-mart along with a lowe's hardware store. belinda conaway says most people in the neighborhood want the new stores. >> based on the hundreds of postcards that i received from resident there is the area, it's something that they want. there are other folks that would like for us to negotiate to get more, which is something that i would like as well to get more for if workers and residents and we will continue to work on that. >> conaway's whose district include the project site in reg ton says she has been in negotiations with wal-mart officials over worker benefits now for more than a month. maryland's attorney general issues an opinion in

the suit between maryland lottery commission and penn national gauge over slots. attorney general doug dance letter says he does not believe the commission can order penn national gauge to stop funding opponents of the slots casino in arundel mills mall. it faces a vote in november that could sink the project. penn national opened the state's first casino in cecil county. the law duce not allow the commission to regulate licensees campaign contributions. all right. a decent day of weather out there. once again about 10 to 12 degrees below average temperature wise, and you know what, finally enough is enough because tomorrow we know we're doing to warm up. sunshine coming back and forth and a turn for the better in the weather department for the weekend. let's look at the numbers they were still running cool out there. 60 in washington, but most spots in the upper 50s right now including baltimore easton

and out to frederick. so a chilly afternoon. cooler tonight clouds have been holding pretty tough. we've seen a little bit of sunshine at times today but not a lot. rest of this evening we're tacking about temperatures down into the 50s eventually into the 40s overnight so it chili again but sunshine and warmth returning we'll break all that down for you in a few more minutes. thanks we at. a great day for your walking shoes. parents walked their kids to school today. it is part of the national walk to school day. baltimore county misled students to pleasant elementary school this morning. officers talked to students about walking across the street safely. now the purpose of the walk is to promote good health, physical activity and most importantly safety. and the senior expo and babe boomer expo, this year's theme is one ship many destinations it features health screenings

flu shots and free job seminars. for the first time they will feature a ship shape silent live auction. if you missed today's event the expo continues tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. you know it's an all too common thing where loved ones are about perpetrators. the maryland school of something work is shedding light on domestic violence. awareness is the key. quick thinking firefighters saved one of baltimore's tasty treasures how the restaurant is cleaning up after the fire. and danger in your own backyard. a look at the most commonplacees poison ivy likes to hide out.

. fire spreads through a tennessee home and the volunteer fire company there does nothing to stop it. that's because the people who own the house didn't pay a subscription fee to the fire

department. this incident really illustrates the difficulty that some small volunteer fire departments have raising money to protect their communities. roosevelt leftwich has reaction from some of our local firefighters. >> reporter: nothing like that would happen around here. none of the local counties have any type of subscription fees, but it does bring out the need for folks to support their local fire services who do a lot with little. it is almost a given on any weekend in any county you will find a volunteer fire company having something at the firehouse it could be a bull roast, bingo, or in western maryland, mud bogging. volunteer companies have this h to be creative in many ways to raise funds and for did reason they have expenses that rival full time departments in big cities. engines about $300,000 apiece. ladder trucks, half a million bucks, and of course buildings and facilities that run in the millions. with limited operating funds from the counties they serve volunteers have to work hard

not only fighting fires doggie manys calls but rainfall money. >> we have a large group of volunteers that want to get out do that, but also the citizens in our communities. not only here in ham stead through all carol county. citizens support us in a lot of different ways, funds raisers but also to come out help with those fundraisers, and this is what it takes to have a volunteer company. >> reporter: some companies struggle, a devastating fire back in february destroyed one of the buildings at the psychville fire department. they have kept serving the public and mane attend their excellent level of service. >> it's a setback in their fundraising that will take them years to recover. but the will always be there to help the public. >> they lost their major funds raising hall because of the snows last year the building collapsed they had a fire and now in the process of rebuilding. without a whole year of fundraising they are going to be behind and they are going to have to reorganize, replan. >> reporter: we also spoke

with firefighters in hartford county who say anywhere from 50 to 60% comes from bull roasts breakfasts letter campaigns they hold every year it's paid off because one of their companies is one of the heyest rated fire companies in the state. the best way to support the fire department and simply volunteer. roosevelt leftwich abc 2 news. thanks rosie. october is symptom violence awareness month. today the university of maryland school of social work hosted a symposium where professional and personal experiences drew hundreds. abc 2 news bill fink has more on how organizers hope to shed light on a crime that is often covered up by its victims. >> reporter: educator stores advocates gather for practice treasure and arthur moe dell symposium giving voice to its victims. >> the biggest red flag i ignored i didn't know i was

supposed to be looking for any red flags. >> reporter: leslie steiner a victim of domestic violence. >> violence is like nothing i ever heard up he held a gun to my head he pushed me downstairs, but he also did things that were baffling lake he poured coffee ground over my head as i got dressed for a job interview. >> reporter: through support from her community leslie was able to leave the relationship before it was too late. now her time is devoted to educating those who may be the next victim. >> it denice every stereotype about women and victims being powerless and helpless. i could have walked out any time and i still couldn't leave for years. >> reporter: the effects of domestic violence reach beyond a couple into every level of a family. >> homicide is now the leading cause of mortality that's death during pregnancy or in the first year after pregnancy. >> one in fire teens will experience some form of dating

violence before they complete high school. >> our children who are witnessing the violence are experiencing it in their homes, our children who are bullying other children's in the schools. >> reporter: it's about awareness. >> it affect you, it affects your sister, your mother, your daughter. it's everywhere. it's not something that happens to people in a different part of town. it happens to all of us. >> reporter: organizers of the symposium hope by removing the sai lens the stigma and the shame among domestic violence victims, they will come closer to ending the abuse. >> we share a collective responsibility in failing to share that, we surrender our children. >> reporter: in baltimore bill fink abc 2 news. now police across maryland are now using 12 questions to save the lives of domestic violence victims. only on abc 2.com you can read brian kuebler's story on the development of those questions and see for yourself what they are. head to our home page and check out the spotlight section.

well, it's a fact, no one wants to get poison ivy. it can be found in many places and is more common than you might think. in tonight's take 5. linda so shows us the surprised most commonplacees poison ivy is found. >> reporter: you don't have to look far to find poison i've he the commonplace to find it in your background. >> you'll find. in hedges groundcovers. poison ivy mimics a lot of other ground covers like ground ivy and looks very similar. >> reporter: be careful in wooded areas. >> if you're hiking or walking, make sure you use precautions and dress appropriately. >> reporter: third, believe it can come up and around trees. >> it can become a very large strong vine that can climb up a tree and form a very thick root system. so be carry full if you're getting any firewood that may have remnants of poison ivy vine on it. >> reporter: fourth, poison

ivy can be found somewhere you wouldn't expect. >> oddly enough, it can grow in grassy areas at the beach. so, that's another spot you might find it. >> reporter: fifth, watch out when you're walking through fields that have been cleared. it's common for poison ivy to come up in those places. linda so abc 2 news. tomorrow on good morning maryland five tips on avoiding that poison ivy. no rain today at least good for the kids walking to school. >> i agree with that kelly. you know, a little more sunshine it really was no warmer than yesterday but it made it feel a little bit warmer the sunshine. actually the sun will make it feel 10 to 12 degrees warmer. >> we need to see the son more often. >> we're going to get a ton of it starting tomorrow. this system does not want to get out of here this cold northwest flow behind this area of low pressure it's all heading out tonight. we're looking better.

look at harbor cam now. another gray day. broken record right kelly. that's what it feels like the last couple of days constant gray dreary weather. we did stay dry today, slight chance of a shower this evening, but not much of one. and after tonight what a turnaround our weather is going to take. 57 degrees winds west at 8 right now humidity 62%. so weather net camera downtown most of the day we did stay cloudy. but a few blades of sun coming through and at times a little bit of sunshine cascading over the city and over maryland making things feel just a little bit moderate. temps now mid 50s. check out some of the wind gusts today 15 to 20 depending where you're watching. manchester gusted to 20 northeast 16. and over in denton peak wind gust of 19 today. current winds right now not quite as gusty out there. steady at 8 to 10. windy not particularly powerful winds though. tomorrow another breezed day but it's going to be a warmer

winds and under blue skies. i don't think too many complaints tomorrow. upper 50s right now. just way below average. i mean, normally we'd be up in the low 70s still in this part of early october. right now 60 at the inner harbor it's tough to find too many 60s on the map here. most spots in the upper 50s. looking ahead to tomorrow. neighborhood by neighborhood westport down south of the harbor we may make 73 in the city. especially the southern part and over toward forest park northwest side of town 71, 72. sunny skies at times maybe a few clouds passing by but not much. satellite radar picture want to show you the overall system here you can see scattered rain moving in out of the west. this is actually a good thing. because the backside of this system where there is still some rain left is beginning to shift and push out north and east. the whole ball of wax finally beginning to head out to sea and that's going to allow skies to clear up and some more gorgeous sunshine to finally get back into the forecast here. you can see most of the east

blue skies clear, kentucky, tennessee down through the upper midwest. it's just last part of this pesky system that still kind of haunting us here but again the whole thing finally beginning to head north. on the backside still chilly north flow tonight and even into early tomorrow morning. but our future weather watch there as the last of that murky condition pushes offshore by about mid-morning. we should see nothing but blue skies by tomorrow afternoon. and into our friday talking about a very sunny scenario once again statewide and across the region. so a good looking columbus day weekend, but one more chilly night tonight. 46. some clearing. tomorrow as we go into the afternoon talking 73 or so. and tomorrow night down to 47. that is thursday and thursday night of course. again much improved weather coming our way tomorrow. 7-day forecast again the trend is exactly what you see is what you get here. a little breezy thursday but man sunshine, low 70s right

through thursday, friday, saturday. good looking stuff here. kelly. >> thanks a lot wyatt. well, an evening of car shopping really takes a turn for the worse. ahead at 5:30 a woman is locked in the lot with raging guard dogs on the attack. how she narrowly escaped. and scientists take on anorexia why they say beating the mysterious disease is really a family matter. so who is "making stuff up"? the news media say it's bob ehrlich... with attacks that have been called "false" and "misleading." made up attacks bob ehrlich knows aren't true. but here's what's not made up. bob ehrlich's $3 billion in taxes and fees.

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. in tonight's health alert anorexia is a mysterious disease that has divided efforts to unralph it. researchers compared the effective necessary of rival

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. last night we told you about a fire at the restaurant in fells point because of quick work by city firefighters the blaze was kept from spreading. good evening everyone i'm roosevelt leftwich. >> reporter: october 5th, baltimore city firefighters are called to a fire at postel restaurant at fells point. >> there is some fire above that area. >> reporter: the kitchen in full operation the fire may have been burning for a while and not noticed. >> i was sitting in the dining room interviewing people and smelled something strange and we have a wood burning oven,

which smells nice we have a wood burning grill which smells nice a burning roof does not smell nice. >> reporter: less than 24 hours later is filled with workers a task made easy because the way firefighters contained the fair and how they kept it from spreading. >> almost entire is in the kitchen. we have some rugs to clean and smell of smoke, but the dining room still is as beautiful as the day it opened. >> reporter: the dining room seats 200 and two bars pushed into the open by the weekend. >> we've been cooking all night thursday night and friday during the day and we want to be here for everybody on the weekend. >> the owner placed notices on the door informing customers of the fire and the reopening date. all is not lost. the next counsel of days they will spend