planned for those who love their home team. . >> complete the routes. all right. how you feeling. >> great how are you. >> good. it's monday. >> it's monday after a ravens win and it's great week. good morning i am jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. let's get to justin berk and see if we can get this glorious weather to keep oncoming. >> if you get a chance to extend the weekend on this clot columbus day holiday you timeed it out right. we have good look starred to the -- start to the day that will be warm are than over the weekend -- warmer than over the weekend as we have one more stretch before the reality sets back n normal high on this date, 69 and just for comparative sake the record of 89 was set in 1954. and we will be close to the record although don't think we will achieve it. rain on the way. and cooler temperatures by the middle of the week. it lalast into next weekend. at 59 this morning. it's pleasant start with a clear to partly cloudy skies. more clouds to the south of easton where it's 61 and 65 in

ocean city. rain just off the coastline but we have ourselves again a clear to partly cloudy start to the day. and our two degree guaranteed high will jump to 48 by this afternoon. we will watch strong severe storms trying to approach the area this evening and tonight. more on that coming at 6:31. let's see what's happening with the traffic, here's kim. >> reporter: let's knock on wood. we haven't had any accidents all morning. as we look at beltway you see volume starting to pick up on the outer loop side at harford road. slowing make it towards providence. but 695 looks good as is 95, 83 and no problems on 795 either. we have the one water main incident. a utility problem blocking the westbound lanes of frederick road approaching 695. two-way traffic gens gets by without any issue. now back to you. >> 6:31. the 33 miners trapped underground in chile could be free within the next few days. final preparations on the escape shaft are underway this morning.

the men are being closely watched in case of and being attacks. today they start taking aspirin to ward off blood clots. abc emily schmidt has the report this morning. >> reporter: over the weekend, a long awaited breakthrough moment a rescue drill reached 33 chilean mines trapped underground for more than two months. and for families waiting on the surface, the connection is reason to celebrate. this mother of one of the miners said the lord made a miracle and they are alive. the next step is getting them home. today, workers will begin installing a winch and attached to that a 21 inch tube to lift the miners as soon as wednesday. >> they are going to have quite a ride. it's not going to be just coming up something straight like a soda straw up to the top. >> reporter: each 2,000 foot ascent will take 20 minutes. >> the whole process should take something in the range of 48 hours and two days, from the

first rescue to the last rescue. >> reporter: official say miners are fighting about who goes first but not for the reasons one may expect. >> they were fighting, arguing yesterday because everyone of them wanted to be at the end of the line not at the beginning. >> reporter: a special forces paramedic from the chilean navy will be lowered into the mine to determine final order. world will watch the results thanks to a live satellite feed that could draw an audience bigger than the world cup. nasa is also helping with the rescue. miners will be put on a special diet and they will wear compression socks to guard against health problems that may arise during the half mile trip to the surface. emily schmidt, abc news. . police in washington state now believe it's possible that roofies otherwise known as the date rape drug may to be blame for 12 people getting really sick at a college party. a group of students from central washington university were at the party on friday night.

that's when police say it appears somebody spiked mixed drinks served inside the house. >> the music was playing and people were having fun and all of a sudden, the girls were puke every where and outside on their back and people were so drunk they didn't know what to do. >> well, at least 12 people suffered a drug overdose had to go to the hospital. authorities are waiting for blood test to determine exactly what they were given. 6:34 right now. there were very memorable delivers yesterdaych the date, 10-10-10 october 10th, 2010 and these birthdays were definitely will be hard to forget. laila was born very early sunday morning 5:40. and one baby boy was born at 10:10 in the morning. mom and dad have not picked a name yet. and the next trip plex is on 11-11-11. last time one happened on a sunday, 400 years ago in 1610.

this one happened to be on a sunday that will be another 400 years, 24-10. >> i know your comment they didn't have mail deliveriy in that year. hey, this is funny. tj hughes man dada told flacco i was covered -- houshmandzadeh told flacco i was covered and he was stunned by honesty. and throw the -- throw the ball flacco to dixon and flacco to mason and heath and then given the -- give the ball to roy's and get out of the way. ravens get a 31-17 win and over the denver broncos. they are going up to the patriots coming up on sunday. hey, it was a sold out yesterday at the bank right? and it will be sold out again tonight at m and t bank stadium as abc2 news sherrie johnson ace it's all about a purple evening. >> reporter: tonight the ladies will celebrate the baltimore ravens at m and t bank stadium. it's all a part of the 4th annual a purple evening. this is an convenient for the

women. it gives them a chance to learn more about the ravens up close and personal. this year, attendance is certainly up. the event old out -- sold out with 5,000 ticket sales. more than 30 ravens players will be on hand tonight signing autographs and participating in fan forum and on the field football skill sessions. you see they are excited. and while the event is excited for the women, the women like it as well. . >> the players enjoy it. they feed off the energy the fans give them. so, they love the attention and they love the women telling them how great they are and how great they play on the field. you know, they are not going to critique the way they play the way some men do. . >> reporter: well, it kicks off at five tonight and runs until 10 p.m. and there's wine tasting event and a live band so should be a lot of fun tonight. in the studios, sherrie johnson, abc2 now is. >> a great event. hey, folks down under started to clean up this morning. >> heavy rains caused major

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taking a look at news arounded world, torrential downpours have dumped almost a foot of rain in parts of eastern australia. it's caused flash floods, and strand drivers and knocked out power to thousands. several drivers had to be rescued from the stranded cars. and many roads around the city were closed due to all the flooding. lots of people carve pumpkins for jack-o'-lanterns but in canada they like to do things differently. this group carve the monsterous

pumpkins and paddle them across the lake. this cheer on their favorite pumpkin racers and some had car and painted pumpkin and a turkey pumpkin. some never made it to the starting line because they tipped over at the dock and sank the win sear pumpkin called death star. >> seems dangerous. >> yeah. no? >> you bet you. >> all right. the weather looks beautiful this weekend. >> it was a beautiful weekend. however, it was very violent in the city. >> absolutely. >> reporter: several people are dead. i am linda so, why police still have a lot of work to do. a police officer accused of helping undercadets cheat is transferred. why police think did he it. and mayor rawlings-blake won't be at city hall today she is head to the white house. what she will talk to the president about. also ahead, it was a win at home against the broncos. we will have all the highlights from the ravens game and we

will hear from coach harbaugh. and we warm up the weather and we will win gwynne again on this columbus day. you will enjoy beautiful conditions. we start off in the upper 50s right now clear to partly cloudy skies. and sunshine will be followed by the chance of some showers and storms by the evening. highlighting that and the big cooldown coming up next. right now here kim with traffic. >> reporter: if you happen not to be off today you won't encounter problems on the roadways. everything is smooth inan arundel on 97. we will check 95 and the beltway in a few moments. when good morning, maryland, returns after this quick break.

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good monday morning. this is your abc2 now is to go i am megan pringle. >> i am jamie costello. >> the ravens played hard and crushed the broncos. now we are gearing up to play the pay rots on sunday. first, let's check with dustin -- justin and see how the weather is shaping up. >> should be fine. we went with this one. good morning. it's 6:45. and we are half an hour away

from sunrise. temperatures down to 59 degrees. we may slip another notch or two as clear to partly cloudy skies. more of the cloud actually to the south. and we are it's 61 in easton and 65 in ocean city and you can see the clouds just dotting and scattered across the central and southern portion of maryland. overall a. beautiful start to the day and we should be pushing sunshine at least into the afternoon. and as our hour by hour forecast by 4 p.m. gives us the two degree guaranteed high of 84. by the evening and tonight, showers and thunderstorms possible. and that will take the heat out and we will talk about that next. here kim with traffic. >> reporter: minor congestion building 95 southbound approaching the fort mchenry -- mchenry toll plaza a nice steady stream of volume westbound no issues approaching the capital builtway. 695 checking in without problems. a complete check of the area roadways in a few moments. megan and jamie, back to you. >> 6:46. it's october on the calendar but still summer on the street. the crime sheet mirrors the

warm months. linda so is live at police headquarters here this morning where police are working leads but not much to go on. right, linda? >> reporter: yes, detectives have been working the leads and interviewing witnesses but so far no arrests. police do not believe the shootings over the weekend are related, though. violence started on bratly avenue war man was shot and killed. then on saturday night, police found the man's body in an alley on north calvert street. they say that shooting may have happened on shamrock where minutes before, a 22-year-old man was shot. about two hours later, police found a man shot to death inside a home on pressbury street and willy morning, two men -- early sunday morning, two men were shot one died and the other is expected to survive. neighbors say it's a reminder that people need to watch out for each other. >> we it upcally don't have a lot of violent crime here. we do have crime, break-ins and that sort of thing but at the .cally not violent crime.

>> reporter: also investigating the body of a man that was found in a vacant building again police have not made any arrests and are working on motives. live at city police head quart e. linda so abc2 news. >> a kidnapping suspect from georgia is behind bars tonight in our area. maryland state police arrested 30-year-old delvi polancoo. his estranged wife and two young children were in the car she called police saying she was taken against her will. she says she got in the car because she thought they were going to the store, and he began driving back to georgia. and police are continuing their investigation into the fatal stabbing death of an elderly man. authorities say 78-year-old sterling palmer was found friday night inside his home on edison highway in northeast baltimore still no word of a suspect or a motive in this one. and baltimore city police identified a woman who fell down an elevator shaft of a vacant

building. she was 43-year-old tracy baird. baird and two others have been walking inside the building around 8:30 when she fell. an autopsy finished around friday found that baird's death was accidental and it was consist went fall. this week at the harford county community honored devonte bundley. his team remembered him. the 18-year-old ran drills with the team before collapsing on the court. medical examiner told his mom an irregular heartbeat took his life. teammates remembered him as dedicated player. >> every time he was playing he was going hard and give his b bestest for everything. >> he was four-sport athlete at harford tech and he wanted to transfer to alabama state after getting his degree at h-cc and the team will head back to practice on wednesday and the

team will honor devonte bundley by placing his 21 jersey on the chair at every game this season. pg county police academy i instructor accused of providing studentswith test answer and recording under the scores has been transferred out of the teaching job and now into a completely different unit. authorities said the instructor who denies wrongdoing was transferred late friday to the sex offender registration unit. police chief hilton says the instructor recorded perfect scores for cadets on several tests because he was too laid dwhriez write down the grades. an investigation -- lazy to write down the grades. an investigation is ongoing. two men were hit and killed trying to crock rossville pike in bethesda. police say that they were hit shortly after three in the morning on sunday. police identified the men as adam joseph and rory joseph and both were 26 years old and both from silver spring. the man driving the vehicle

that hit the pair was 26-year-old alejandro and he was taken into custody but released. police say the alcohol was likely a factor in the collision. white only woman for maryland to be crowned miss usa has died. mary lee gage was 1957 miss maryland pagent win and was miss usa for a day. she was stripped of her title because she was married. and the mother of two children. she died at los angeles at 71. her son says she died of heart failure. all right. 6:51. ravens get ray rice going as he rushes for 133 yards and he scores twice. joe flacco calls for his own qb sneak in the d sent the broncos a message off do not run and willis put the icing on the cake. 10-10-10 action at bearchg yesterday as the ravens win

31-17. >> first to get where we are going as team, that is game we had to win at home against an afc team and now we have an opportunity next week to go up to new england and play the team we are playing, a team we will have to deal with throughout the course of the season and an opportunity to do some good things. >> the next game is sunday at one. up there against the new england patriots. today baltimore mayor stephanie rawlings-blake will be at the white house. she is going to join president obama and other elected officials to discuss improving the aging infrastructure. the president is pushing for a 50 billion dollars investment to put people back to work. people were getting down and dirty this weekend to help the community as part of the csx and service organization city year volunteers helped plant trees and build benches and picnic table and renovate playground at solo gibbs park in a sharp we hadden hall community of baltimore. >> definitely great need. this park is over 30 years old.

and hasn't had this type of major enhancement in a while. and, parks need to be spruced up. >> a number of organization teamed up with the transportation cpt csx for the week answered project. we have a comic bookstore in fred rake for 27 years that relocated to a space almost twice as big. a brainstorm comics owner dan webb moved from thomas towson drive to east patrick in downtown in mid-september. >> and-- >> and it takes him from a 1400 square location to a 2400 square location e says he was introduceed to comic books when he worked the night shift security guard in the day and he would buy comic books to keep hmm awake. look at that. >> that's new. >> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> 6:53. good morning. we have our safes look at temperatures this morning at 59 degrees. now, that's pulled back three

in the past hour but still well above normal as we should start the days mid-october in the 40s. it is holding tight at 60 in richmond. and 63 up toward the new york. 50s across the interior section. and we have mild air across the region. a boundary that appears to be on the upper levels according to the south has been a flare-up of showers in the southern portion of the chesapeake bay and clouds to the south are part of a boundary that will try to lift up through the regionp upper level winds carry along the conveyor belt and surface winds from the south. we can thank a storm system back across the nation's heartland to pump up the heat and push it down to the north. and this will be the general region. we focus on showers and storms but we push in warmer temperatures and they will help fuel showers. and you can see yesterday's high temperatures while we did make it to 76, widespread mid to upper 80s in the ohio valley. reached 87 in columbus and st. louis and that's a sign of some warm air trying to spill our

way. modified a little bit. forecast models highlighting showers and storms in the mountains and there is a slight risk of some severe weather with large hail and damaging winds that could split south of mason dixon line this evening and overnight. that's the area we will watch. it doesn't look that exciting but there will be a frontal bondry and we get the push of cooler temperatures and spot below normal for the rest of the week. today, enjoy it. most of the day mostly sunny. building up clouds in the afternoon. and we should stay dry at least for the daylight hours 84. by this evening we build in the chance of showers and thunderstorms and watching anything that could be severe to our northwest. the slight ris that can build in to carroll baltimore, harford county, temperatures down to 64 by daybreak. tomorrow, we just -- the transition day to 76 and scattered showers left over. cool air builds in by wednesday at 68 and we drop to 62 on thursday and chance of more showers as a chilly northeast wind will hold us below normal. lows in the 40s and highs about 64 on friday and

saturday. kim. >> reporter: traffic is moving very smoothly all around the area. fortunately, all lanes are open on hay harrisburg expressway. we are at warren road. you see a steady stream of volume but no major delays or any problems at this time to let you know about. as we look at the maps, we are work and crash at east madison in the falls way and police are on the scene trying to make repairs on the ruptured water main westbound lanes remain close approaching the beltway. two-way traffic gets by on the eastbound side. you think brett farv is thinking i should have stayed in my rangeler and he is accused of sending sexually suggestive messages to a jets report twoar years ago. >> i guess he is responding this morning to the allegations. and also ahead, if you didn't catch saturday night live, good morning, america, will show you what it takes christine

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