we are at number 6. 6 miners have been rescued. it's great to watch. nobody has ever survived this long and we will teak you live for more on the rescues here this morning. what is going on at college park. more violence from an assault to stabbings on route 1. and we went to a debate last night over the slots issue at arundel mills and we will see on election day which side was more convincing. good morning maryland i am jamie costello. megan has the day o here's justin berk. >> we are talk about clear skies and cooler rain compared to yesterday's temperatures that actually reached the 80s. we are going pull that back closer to normal and thursday will be chilly and wet. and we will watch hurricane paula hitting the mexican coastline this morning. we will show you that coming up in few minutes. right now we are down to 54 in baltimore and 52 in easton and eastern shore. but back to our west, we have got 47 in hagerstown and 46 in western maryland and oakland

and you can see we have got our safes little ribbon of high cloud. but most ofis it is clearing across the region. and we will go from the mid-50s this morning to our two degree guaranteed high of 67. more on that storm coming up. kim brown has a look at traffic. >> reporter: traffic is still running pretty well on all the major roadways this morning. looking on the west side at liberty road, that's the outer loop on the right-hand side. some light nod rit volume. really no major problems or any minor problems this morning and the beltway. we did have an earlier accident. 97 southbound just past 695. that's cleared off to the shoulder. and police remain on the scene of an accident at sole road. that's down in green haven so expect possible lane blockages there. back to you . >> the world is watching dramatic rescues going on right now in chile. 33 miners are rescued. six are up so far after being trapped down there for 69 days. unbelievable.

the guys are come out and it's a carnival atmosphere. they are talking about 30 family members for each miner so many when one miner comes up another family is escorted in. they had to tell tv cameras to shut down the lights because of the effect it will have on the ice on the miners coming out of the hole for the first time. and they are using the long capsule that takes about 25 minutes to go down and 15 to load the miner and 15 minutes to bring them back up. they are averaging about one miner being rescued every hour. so, again, six miners have been rescued a lot more to go. and we will bring you more reunions from chile throughout good morning, maryland, and you can log onto abc2news.com to look at live pictures of the rescue. let's talk about this hot spot in college park under attack following a quadruple stabbing. around 1:30 yesterday morning, four men ages 19 to 23 suffered nonlife-threatening injuries after a fight broke out at the thirsty turtle and spilled out on route 1. now the university

police chief is calling for the bar to be pad locked. >> this is not being a good neighbor to this university. and this establishment is making a lot of money off this university. and there are -- they are no friend of the university of maryland student engaging in this behavior plain and simple. >> now the chief says the staff has tested the thirsty turtle  to see if it would serve underage students and says they failed miserablely. they have been cited at least three times in the last two years and the chief is calling on the liquor board to pull the license. we called the place for a response, and they hung up on us. three weeks from this morning, we should know whether maryland largest casino will be be built outside arundel mills mall. representatives from both side of the issue held a debate for voters inan arundel couldn't imboth sides are trying to use the last three weeks to make their closing arguments.

>> the practical effect of a no vote or against vote on question a is it will not be any time in our lifetimes in anne arundel county. >> we get slots whether they give them to us or someone else gives them to us. and that's what they are not really telling you. the maryland constitution does not go away if you vote against question a. >> the debate at early heights volunteer fire company drew about 1 unhad been poem. let's go to the democracy 2010 report at 5:34. former president bill clinton scheduled to attend a rally in baltimore for governor martin o'malley later this month. o'malley's capp says it's set for october 21st and there will be a contest for supporters to possibly meet the former president before the rally. it will cost $35 for one contest entry and $70 for two entries. and election day may still be 20 days away but across the

nation, americans are already heading to the voting booths and casting their ballots. abc news karen travers has look at how voting day is not the same as it used to be. >> reporter: russ is one of the first voters in franklin county ohio to cast his ballot. >> i might not be able to come on election day, and this way i am done. >> reporter: it's that convenience that made early voting so appealing to more and more americans withs abouty schedules. >> we are make it as easy as possible. you shouldn't have long lines at all. >> reporter: more than 40 states have some form of early voting in person with a voting booth like on election day or vote by mail what people know as absentee ballots. in 2008, 1/3 of the ballots cast in the presidential race were cast before election day. observers predict the same percentage of americans could vote early in this year's midterm election. the recent surge in early voting changed the concept of an election day which seems like a

quaint vestage of another era night feels like everything we have in the culture which is on demand. >> reporter: it's changed how campaigns are run. every day is now a election day. as result, campaigning is more expensive and. >> tell barbara boxer. >> reporter: candidates have to run television ads and target voters. >> when the ballot go out and they are mailed out, a vote kerr turn around and check the box a couple days later. >> reporter: those parties in ohio said they have unprecedented get out the vote programs for a midterm election. they want to lock down the vote of their hard core supporters dwroirl target undecided voters later. despite the challenges, republican and democratic strategist agree early vote sag good thing for democracy. if it means more americans will get out and vote. karen travers. >> every day is voting day. how about a wed san diego this guy will never forget. seems a father was so eager to

get married that he rushed off to the ceremony forgetting that his 5-year-old was at home. nowness hot water. an investigation into the football star brett farv. a second woman comes forward after allegations against the star qb. here at mta report. here mark jones. >> reporter: good morning. camden train 10 to 15 minutes and other trains and lines of marc look good for travel. 24 bus with a 15-minute delay and look for the 10, 13 and 44 and 46 buss to be about 15 to 20 minutes late. and the number 5 and 13 taking a diversion in the area of north and utah for construction. for the mta transit team, i am mark jones. [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inheillion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ranks 45th worst in the nation.

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57th mine hears been rescued. good news for some home owners. heating cost could drop because the price of natural gas is down for the second year in a row but aid different story for those who rely on heating oil. price -- the price of that is up 16% over last year. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. good morning.

5:41. we are taking a look outside at temperatures now ranging from the upper 40s to the lower 50s. and as the storm center weathernet points out, the 45 spot in westminster, 49 in towson. 46 bel air and elkton and goldsboro on the eastern shore is at 50. hartford middle school in baltimore county. baltimore city roland park. that's at 49. basically clear skies and high cloud to be found and clouds may try to increase with a development of a storm to the south and west. we will aim for our two degree guaranteed high of 67 degrees. let's check on the traffic now with kim. >> reporter: thanks. well traffic mostly good this morning. we are are work the same two crashes southbound on 97 past the beltway you will see an accident off to the shoulder. police do remain on the scene there. also green haven, at sully and serious crash has been reported with a driver entrapment and

anne arundel county police are on the scene. linda so is out in the field with the latest details on that serious incident that we had happen yesterday at fort mchenry tunnel. >> reporter: we will have an update on that tunnel fire that caused backups through the fort mchenry tunnel. i am linda so. what you can expect this morning. baltimore city teachers have concerns about a proposed new contract. i am sherrie johnson, find out why they are trying to stall the vote. ♪ [ domenic ] grew up right here. ♪ really that's about all we ever did is just work and play here. pretty well. i think up here in this area, we're, we're kinda like a novelty almost now, because there's so few of us left. but farmers are farmers -- we enjoy what we do and we keep doing it. and i just keep trucking, just keep going. ♪

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this morning the world is watching the dramatic rescues going on in chile. 7 mine verse been brought to the surface. the first one was florencio avalos. he hugged his 70 year -- 7-year-old son and described to be in the best shape of all. he is so shy that he is the one that was operating the cameras down there to show pictures of the other miners. they brought the third miner up and asked what's it like and he case it was like a cruise. fourth said never again. i ain't going back down there i done. forget it. here's my hat. i am done. and right now they are waiting on the others to be brought to the surface. they are look at the last to be of strong character being held

down in that hole while the others are going up. so, we will have it all for you right here on abc and also good morning, america, will have much more on the chilean mine rescue. aid quarter to 6 in the morning. let's go back out live right now to abc2 linda so. let's see how the fort mchenry tunnel is doing after the bus fire inside the tube. good morning, linda. >> reporter: good morning. i got good news. things are running smoothly. just before 5 a.m., they reopened the two lanes that were shut down after that fire yesterday. it is the two center lanes heading our way. northbound they had to close down the tunnel after the fire to make repairs to the light and road. but things are look good. let me show you how this started yesterday. this burned out school bus is what is to blame. the bus caught on fire a half mile inside the fort mchenry tunnel during tuesday's evening rush causing a major backup on 95 north. at one point the smoke was so intense it was pouring out of the tunnel. school bus driver and aid walked out complaining of smoke

inhalation and no students were on the bus and no one else was injured. the backups caused major headaches for people trying to get home. >> i work in columbia, so i have to use 95. i get on at fort mchenry and i have to use 95. no other alternative route. >> reporter: so, again, engineers worked throughout the night to make repairs to make sure everything was safe for drivers to make it through the tunnel once again. i am happy to report that all four lanes northbound are open this morning. so, your commute into work should be a smooth one. live at fort mchenry toll plaza, linda so, abc # news. today baltimore city police are planning a major announcement to help find illegal guns. this comes after a violent weekend which we saw 7 murders and a one case a 78 -year-old man was found stabbed to death inside his own home. police are stepping up patrols in several areas. teachers have their

assignment today. that's to vote on how they will be paid. but there seems to be an online protest calling for a delay in the vote. abc2 news sherrie johnson with more. >> reporter: good morning. yes, some baltimore city teachers are not happy with the proposed new contract. an online petition calling for the vote to be postponed collected 135 teachers signatures in less than two weeks. union leaders say they will not delay a vote set for today and thursday. the contract outloins a formula combining test scores and performance to reward good teachers many doing away with steps experienced and degrees as criteria. now critics say a state panel has not determined how teachers would be judged and some teachers say until they know the details, they should not be be forced to vote. >> compensation for two years this is things they asked for. and he think the hesitation of the teachers to put their --

[audio not understandable] is they didn't understand what it was. >> reporter: union leaders say test scores will only make up 30% of a teacher's evaluation. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherratee. outside we have a clear start and it's quiet and look westbound on prat street the lights are up but camden yards and we have a good looking start to a midweek here. it's going to go downhill from here, though. at 54 in the thermometer. it's going to be a rather police abet day -- pleasant day with sunshine but cooler than the last two days. morning temperatures in the northwest. altuna at 41. 43 in pittsburgh. and you will notice the 60s hanging across southeastern virginia. here we go. they are underneath canopy of cloud and showers. but that old frontal bondry. the storm system is generating a area of low prsh your across

tennessee. and that will actually work its way off towards the east and really encounter some of the cool air from the north also wrapping on the backside. this developing storm will actually ride on top of us throughout the day tomorrow and generate a lot of wind as it pulls out on wednesday. so here's the deal. that's our issue as we head in through thursday with a much cooler setup and wet weather. not going to be an all out flooding rain event. we could have rain problems with heavy stuff through new england. as far as we are concerned, we are expecting this to be our main issue but want to take you down to the south and don't want to leave out hurricane paula who is work its way just off the shoreline of cozumel and cancun and on to the western tip of cuba. the rain tensioning off towards florida but we are watching the hurricane paula with winds of 100 miles per hour a category 2 storm that will decrease and roll over cuba. it follows the cuban shorelines here and maybe throw in heavy rains across southern florida and bahamas. we will watch it deteriorate

over the next five days. bringing it back home. no impact. we have our storm to deal with. and that will start to impact the region by tonight. u for today, mostly sunny skies. two degree guaranteed high gets to us 67. tonight, falling back to 48. clouds begin to increase and there could be some showers by morning but i think a better chance of rain will develop from the morning to midday tomorrow. and highs around 60 which means many spend the day in the 50s. storm pulls out and starts to crank up wind and we could have 30 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts on friday with a leftover scattered shower only 63. 63 less wind but that's a cool dry day on saturday. and lows down into the lower 40s and 66 on sunday. and we will push the upper 60s to near 70 by early next week. now it's time for traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. we are getting word of an accident on the outer loop right there at security boulevard. no word of lane closures as of yet. we are dealing with a crash inan arundel county in green haven. -- crash in anne arundel county

in green haven. beltway on the northeast side, traffic is light and moving at a nice pace. no problems here at harford road. we have more good morning maryland coming back after this. oo

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at 5:54 make news around nation this morning. military don't ask don't tell policy closer to be abolished than ever before. a federal judge has order the military to immediately stop enforcing the ban on openly gay troops. justice department attorneys have 60 days to appeal but didn't say what the next step would be. a man's wedding album will contain a mug shot. this after he was charged with forgetting his 5-year-old son at home. he was playing with toys when he realized i am all alone. it seems his dad david wright forgot to take him with him to the wedding. so he actually called 911 himself and police took care of him until his dad showed up at the station to file a missing child report. >> he was under the -- understanding that some of his relatives were supposed to bring the child to the wedding

because the person responsible for his child. it could be a mixup between communication on that part but miltly he is responsible for the child in question. >> well, he was honored at the fire department for his bravery and his dad though is facing child endangerment charges. the nfl is investigating allegations of sexual harassment against brett farv. this started when the sports blog dead spin post administratory claiming farv left a series of voice mails for jen centeringer a former employee -- sterger and dead spin posted unauthenticated graphic photos of farv sent to st-erger now another has come forward saying farv propositioned her. this could mean big trouble for brett farv. >> if the nfl security finds that the allegations are in fact true, then commissioner goodell will move swiftly and that means most like lay suspension which

could actually end his record game streak for starting in the nfl. >> can you believe that? the accusers are not obligated to cooperate with the investigators. we are four minutes away from six. we will go live to chile at the top of the hour and we will be right back in two minutes. stay with us. [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in.

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now good morning maryland. we are live at fort mcrin ren i -- mchenry tunnel to see how it is going to be after the fire that shut the tube down. teemers are supposed to vote and regular voting tomorrow. but there's little rumbling going on and you know, what we can with ach this all morning. to see the miners pulled up into the arms of familiesch it's what we want to see here this morning. we will go to chile in a minutep but first, we