photograph their point u. s. deaths in afghanistan and iraq are punishments for americans i am more alter including tolerance of home how sex at and abortion. ginsburg said whether they should tall rate exploiting this when reached family. they comment had on what their mission is. >> when you have a public funeral and you broadcast to the nation that that dead soldier is a see 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 in body bags, and you if want that to stop, stop sinning. >> all we wanted to do was bury matt with dignity and respect. matthew snyder fought for the rights of all americans to deserve the basic rights to stand here as we are standing today in front of our country's highest court. >> reporter: last year snyder

lost his case in court and was even forthed to pay the followers $16,000. several media organizations have filed breves siding with the protestors saying as distate left as they are it is free speech. the justices won't decide the case until next june. roosevelt leftwich abc 2 news. thanks rosie definitely a hot topic and as expected this story is generating dozens of comments on our w m ar facebook fan page we ask do you think the westboro baptist church should be protected under the first amendment. mary writes in the the west important 0 baptist church feels this way why don't they leave the country. sherry fink writes free speech is an amazing liberty, but it is like any other right we can say and do what we wish as long as we hurt no one else and allow others their privacy. and freddie says sadly the right to free speech includes the right to rude and

disrespectful speech and protest. obviously our constitutional rights do not dictate human character. remember we northwest you to sound out 24 hours a day at www.wmar.com. all you have to do is scroll down to the bottom and click on our facebook page. well, dead lock. that's what the jury in the ken harris murder trial said to the judge today. jurors deliberating the charges against the trio accused of killing harris told the judge they could not reach a unanimous decision on the most serious charges of murder. gary collins jerome williams and charles mcgain he all face counts on more than 2 dozen crimes connected to the 2008 robbery of the new haven lounge where he was killed. the jury has been ordered to continue deliberating. . >> let's take a look at our harbor cam downtown and bottom line yeah more gray skies today. that was the situation. but as we work into the

afternoon we saw some sunshine, and i think you're going to like what happens tomorrow. we'll see a lot more sun out and about. 57 degrees right now at bwi we got 57 in frederick. cool night on the way no doubt about that but an early look at your neighborhood forecast tomorrow low 70s across the boards including highlands west port. it takes a while to get there. cool start warming up into the afternoon and setting the stage for a fantastic columbus day weekend. we'll breakdown that weekend forecast in detail coming up. >> thanks a lot wyatt. change is copping to the city of aberdeen in lots of way new residents coming in with plaque emergeing crime change has also come to the police department as jeff hager reports tonight city leaders have ousted the top cop. >> reporter: in a sleepy little city of just over 14,000 people change is coming at the top of the police department

and some think it's overdue. >> a lot of harassment going on we're all here working as hard as they are working you know. somebody drive a nice car do necessarily mean they are doing something wrong. >> i think instead of worrying so much about people on the roads, you know, that is a problem with a lot of the way people drive sometimes i think they should be more worried about the people that are going around killing people and you know all the more serious things. >> reporter: it's a sentiment shared by majority of the members of the city council, including mayor michael bennett. >> our police officers more in our communities and not out on our state highways doing traffic work. >> reporter: in an executive session this week the council volted not to extend a new contracts to long time police chief randy rudy. after a decade of service, details of his dismissal are scant at best. >> really we can't get into the personnel issue, but we saw a leadership issue, and we

wanted to address that, and majority felt we needed to move in a different direction, and that's what we're going to do. >> reporter: that direction will be towards community policing. it's an attempt to get closer to the very people officers are sworn to protect. but it appears its will take sometime to change perceptions in the community. >> ain't no such thing as officer friendly. >> reporter: captain henry tray we are has been named interim police chief as the city prepares to launch a search for rudy's permanent replacement. in aberdeen jeff hager abc 2 news. >> rudy will remain on administrative leave through the end of his current contract which expires january 24th. we still don't know if wal- mart will be coming to the city's remington community. a vote votes did not happen did you but could happen in next couple of weeks. the land use committee says the vote was delayed at the request

of wal-mart which they deny. they were considering changes to wages for workers at the proposed store a major issue worker benefits including a reasonable living wage. >> there are some who don't want it there all together but most people want it to be a living wage for the people that work there. we don't need to create more of the working core at 10:50 an hour is difficult to run a household. >> city council president chair of the land use committee said the vote will likely be in 3 weeks. if you live in carol county you may be wondering why your property taxes are so high not has high as neighboring communities. carol county ranks third in maryland in terms of the property tax burden. according to the report carol residents paid a medium of $2,900 taxes on their homes. carroll trails montgomery county they pay $3,900 a year

in property taxes howard county residents pay more than $4,500 a year in property taxes. well, it is one of the posh effort restaurants in city. the owners of pas 0 vowed you to have you enjoying your food by the end of the weekend. the two-alarm fire left behind quite a mess when we went inside the restaurant where they are already cleaning up. the owner was inside the restaurant when he noticed something was wrong. >> 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 didn't smell nice wood burning roof does not smell nice. >> should be open again by this weekend. there are now 'tises to let customers know about the fire. you can get ready for 4g service in baltimore. the baltimore business journal reports that verizon is launching a new 4glte network in baltimore and three other

cities. in case you're wondering lte stands for long term evolution. the new owners of of the senator theater man to announce future plans for the local landmark their plans to reinvent the north baltimore theater will be unveiled tomorrow. they have already uncovered and restored the original wood paneling in the theater's signature rotunda entrance. well, she is did queen of hip-hop soul and tonight mary judgment blige wants you to come pay letter a visit. s she is appearing in nordstrom's until 7:00. tonight. it's to launch her new mellow disby n. j. d. eyewear collection. according to the nordstrom's web site the classes range from 155 to $225. customers who purchase a pair of glasses tonight get a chance to meet the singer and get a picture with her. well, after putting high school proffers say tests to

the test students start to he see return on their investment. baltimore city schools try to keep up the good work while city officials are singing with praisees. would you know a binge drinker if you saw one? you'd be surprised to learn most americans don't. we have the large new study in tonight's health report. i'm meteorologist wyatt e got a new report out of bdi60 there today 71 is the norm it a two degree guarantee was 61. winner elizabeth lows he out of sparks get a 2-degree storm umbrella. we'll be back with your forecast right after this.

two governors, two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't 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 in the toughest of times, martin o'malley 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.

i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message. the real andy harris. buried in his website - a promise to replace the tax code with a 23% sales tax and eliminate the mortgage interest deduction. a bush tax panel said families would pay $6,000 more a year. a reagan tax advisor calls it a very dumb idea. but that's not his only bad idea. harris was the only senator to vote against

expanding the child care tax credit and against the state's cancer treatment program. andy harris' extreme ideas will cost us. . firefighters let a house burn to the ground after the toner failed to pay a subscription fee. the difficulties that some small fire companies face when it comes to funding. incidents like there couldn't happen in our area because of the departments are operating on budget. they have bull roast and

christmas tree sales and bingo and many activities. firefighters here say out community support really helps meet budget needs. >> it's very difficult. we have to do a lot of planning and organizing to get that accomplished. for instance, just to replace a engine company. that's 327 to $350,000. to replace a medic unit is a good $200,000. that's fully equipped. so it takes a lot of work, a lot of time, effort from everyone to get that.. >> firefighters say the best way to keep quality fire protection is to support your local fire department by having a bull roast buy a christmas tree or simply volunteer. mayor stephanie rawlins blake a special announcement today. student achievement has gone up in every area. the city's high school also

have higher enrollment and fewer dropouts which equals an increased graduation rate. >> this school system has made significant progress improving academic achievement over the past 7 years maryland student assessment sma scores have improved in almost every single grade increasingly elementary and middle school students are not just scoring appreciate but also advanced in reading and in math. >> officials credit the spike in achievement to hard-working teachers, more parental involvement and students who love to learn. more good news, the number of city high school students who passed the hsa went up by more than 500 from last year. >> great news. thousands of children and their parents took part in the national walk to school day in baltimore county police also took the opportunity to talk to the kids about safe washing practices always using the

crosswalks looking both ways. stephanie rawlins blake designatesed october as pedestrian and bicycle safety month. if you want to get an up close look at an endangered panamanian golden frog led to the maryland zoo. they have than sent to other zoos and aquariums which are working to breed the species in captivity. so they might one day be returned to the wild in panama. maryland zoo is one of the top breeders in the world of the amphibian. a little bit nicer every today. >> a little. little bit more sunshine. temperatures were not any warmer if. something about seeing a little more sun. >> a little rain. >> a lot of sunshine starting tomorrow right into the

weekend. this is good timing. >> a lot of people having a three day weekend. are you one. >> no. >> partly to mostly cloudy. i'd say most of the day was overcast but we did have breaks of sunshine in there at times. 57 degrees the current air temp. it feels a little colder than that with a breeze. winds west at 6 right now. temperatures running into the low 50s in some spots. el could it city. when you throw in gustier winds felt chilly. current winds less now we're seeing a steady wind across the state from the north cool wind but not quite as gusty the wise most spots in the 50s. no 60s left on the map. oc59. baltimore .357. western maryland deep creek lake 43. it's cold out to the west. but these highs today were a little bit improved in spots.

63 at the inner harbor. that was a degree warmer than yesterday there. and what an improvement coming our way tomorrow as we take a look at some of why you are neighborhoods here westport to 73. plenty of sunshine forest park tomorrow low 70s there. out to the west maybe a couple degrees cooler we'll push close to 70 park tonto tawny town back on the eastern shore we're looking at some sunny scenarios with temperatures up around 70. bay water temperature may play a little bit of a role with breezy day on tap. nonetheless a good looking day of weather improvement over the last couple of days. satellite radar picture there is some rain out this. mainly out in the far western maryland, west virginia. these showers might hold together might as they approach through the late night period in baltimore. but nothing more than a hit or miss patch of rain. we're looking at dry weather west southwest. maryland, virginia on up into new england this is the only active weather in the eastern

half of the united states. so, big changes as this cut off low that's been really just stalled out for days on end now finally catches a ride off to the north and east on the jet. chilly weather one more night high pressure and mild stuff coming in for us over the next couple of days. our future forecast model shows that you can see skies begin to clear out quickly tomorrow morning. we're left with blue skies through tomorrow afternoon and lots of sunshine into friday. again when you have that much sunshine here in early october the sun still pretty strong angle warm us up rapidly. chilly with some clearing out in. tomorrow blue sapphire blue skies afternoon at least. be some clouds in the morning. but 73 late in the day. windy and warmer. tomorrow night still on the cool side down to 47. and we take a look at your 7- day forecast here in through the 3 day weekend some of us have and some of us don't. but the bottom line friday through columbus day blue skies temperatures low to replied 70s

looking awfully nice. kelly. >> all right. i'll see you on monday. coming up tonight at 11:00 millions of americans are carrying e book reader around these days they make it a lot easier to read. but some readers are fired up. they are finding e books that cost more than their traditional counterparts. plus you can call it tough love. students at one school are learning to watch their mouths or else. we'll tell you those students have a real big incentive to keep them from cursing coming up tonight at 12:1. 11:00. baltimore orioles are ending their relationship with are a, ma. it could put 600 jobs in jeopardy. they are negotiating with another concession company. the company is proud of its 19 year partnership with the orioles and hopes to work with

the team one day again. health alert tonight. the cdc calls binge drinking a major public health problem for teens and young debt. john reports on its problems an everybody and dangers. >> reporter: binge drinking is a serious health concern. the practice remains all too common among teens and adults. according to a report 1 in 4 high school students and adults ages 18 to 34 engaged in binge drinking. binge drinking is defined as for or more drinks for women and 5 or more for men consumed over about 2 hours. the percentage of binge drinking among american adults has not declined in more than 15 years. 15% of that group or 33 million americans binge drink. largely two-thirds of kid drinkers are binge drinkers. cdc based their research on self reporting surveys of more than 400,000 u. s. adults and

16,000 high school students. according to the study, men are more than twice as likely as women to binge drink and it's more common among nonhispanic whites than nonhispanic blacks. taking more than 79,000 lives each year. >> binge drinkers put themselves at higher risk for fatal car crashes drug overdosees violence and contracting sexually transmitted diseases drinking in excess can also cause live disease, increase the risk of stroke, heart disease and certain cancers. for today's health minute i'm john lisk. let's check out how the driver home is going. you're looking at 695 liberty road. a lot of traffic but at least it's moving. we'll be back after a short break.

. stocks are closing mostly lower after disappointing report on the jobs market renewed some concern about the economy today. the dow jones up 22 almost 23. the nasdaq down 19 and the s & p 500 fell little less than a point. >> we're knock opening the

door of 11,000 kelly. making a comeback. maryland's powerful radar quick check we could see a stray shower or two later on there evening. sweeps showing all clear across the state. hour by hour tomorrow here comes the improvement maybe some morning clouds cool start then we're going to warm it up pushing 70 by lunch time. beautiful day into the afternoon. 70s golden autumn sunshine. like the sounds of that. >> good day for a run outside tomorrow. >> absolutely all week we're looking good. >> we deserve it after this week. >> we earned it kelly. >> that's its for abc 2 news at 6:00. we're back at 11:00. thanks for joining us. have a great night. two governors,

two different approaches. even in good times bob ehrlich didn't 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 in the toughest of times, martin o'malley 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.

obs over seas. i think we need tax breaks to send kids to college. so i worked for a $2,500 tax credit to help pay for college. fought to get pell grants expanded and insisted that college loans go directly to kids instead of through banks. i'm barbara mikulski. i approve this message. because it's not about the next election, it's about the next generation. right? yeah!!!

toni tonight on "world news," arguing for hatred. those gay-bashing protesters who disrupt military funerals argue their rights at the supr