you're watching the station that works for you, good morning, maryland. they endured 69 days underground in a collapsed mine before being rescued. the challenges 33 miners face. and maryland reports the first flu case of the season. we will tell you who's holding a clinic day to get a shot. and lace up your tennis shoes actually running shoes baltimore running festival

kicks off tomorrow morning. what to expect if you are taking part or sitting around watching the races. good morning, everyone. iment i am roosevelt leftwich. let's start off with justin berk. >> 5:30 on the clock and we are watching the storm crank up and pull away. it's going pick up the wind. so expect the wind machine to build in as you head into the afternoon and stick around for part of the baltimore running festival tomorrow. that cold air is actually going pull into the storm and may produce some significant snow in parts of new england where some spots have a winter storm watch. we will talk about that coming up. that means a clearing out and cooling process for us over the weekend. this morning, left with a fair amount of cloud around and 50 in chestertown. 45 in bel air and towson glen bernie and bowie at 48 degrees. and the winds are gusts averaging at about 15 miles per hour in many spots. again, we have a fair amount of cloud that will try to break up a few sprinkles possible, and i will hold out a better chance

for sprinkles and showers this afternoon. but two degree guaranteed high of 65 and winds about 30 miles per hour. right now let's see what's happening on the roads and what you will be pushing on the throttle. here kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. right now, you can actually do pretty well on the throttle make your way here on the harrisburg expressway. warren road, traffic is moving well in both direction. no problems on the beltway. 95 is also checking in pretty well. 795 no problems there. we have some road closures around parkville because of ongoing road repair on harford road and a fire haz majerle avenue closed in glen burnie. rosie, back to you. >> it's 5:32. the chilean miners are doing remarkably well after more than two months after ground. three mine verse been released from the hospital overnight. and more will go home today. emily schmidt has the latest. >> reporter: the first three of the 33 mineers who captured the world's attention found one way to avoid that attention last night. as a parade in front of the hospital distracted supporters,

the miners slipped out back to go home. that's step out of spotlight is likely brief. chilean reporters asked one miner does it make you happy the whole world was watching you? yes, he said. it made us cry. on the first full day out of the mine, spirits were visibly higher. doctors say the miners are progressing very well. one has new mown yo and others -- pneumonia and others need dental work but none has severe problems. next challenge is memories of two months trapped underground. down there in that mine, i learned to pray says the 28th rescued mines and says for the first two weeks the men ate less than soda cap full of salmon and tuna every two days. will only journal hoist spokes with the miners while trapped says the early days were filled with disagreement and disspare. >> they are fighting because some people wanted to try to climb out and some wanted to stay where they are. >> reporter: now they are known for their unity and swamped with

job offers and gifts. living as celebrities after 69 days of living with nearly nothing. >> the guys have been through so much. think that whatever they learn out of -- earn out of this it's not enough for living 10 weeks in a hole. >> reporter: doctors at the hospital where the remaining 30 miners spend night say most should be able to go home today. the rest by the end of the weekend. emily schmidt, abc news, washington. maryland state police investigating an apander murder-suicide saying 48-year-old steven focht was shot and killed on pilgrim lane by gregory martin a former neighbor. investigators say when focht got home from work he shot him several times and ran to the backyard where his former wife lived and killed himself. police say this is. >> the first time they have heard of the two men. >> state police responded in 2007 for dispute over mowing grass. and then again in 2008.

neither case resulted in any criminal prosecution of either of the individual, but we know that there had been a long-standing dispute between the two. >> the investigation is ongoing. authorities are trying to determine what caused a house fire in owens mills. crews were called to the home on tollgate road before 4:30 yesterday afternoon. flames were put out in less than two hours. no one was injured. city school teach rears jected a new contract proposal that would have made major changes in the way that the teachers are paid. right now, salaries are based on seniority and teaching degrees. the school system wants to make pay based on the quality of the teacher. dr. alonso has a news conference scheduled for 8:30 # this morning. and another place for you to do home improvement shopping a new's store opens this morning in baltimore county at the 1400 block of taylor avenue in towson. doors open at 7 a.m. maryland reported the first flu case of the season. health officials are urging

everyone to get vaccinated. health officials say the first case has been determined to be the swine flu strain involved in last year's pandemic. the first case involves an adult who was hospitalized but is recovering and they say this year's vaccine protects against that strain as well as two others expected tonight most prevalent this flu season. a chance to get sax neighed against the flu. harford county health department is conducting a drive through clinic today at ripkin stadium and runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. you don't have to get out of your car. the charge is 20 bucks and payable by cash or check. for those with medicare part b, it's very free. a confederate flag is causing controversy in a southern town. what neighbors are saying about the choice of patriotism being displaced in their -- displayed in their neighborhood glee got a driver's license but didn't make it too far before having the first accident. watch this. bam! we will have that coming. now for a check on trains and bus running smoothly i hope.

here a mta mark jones. >> reporter: rail systems look good. marc operating on time on bus number 14 and 23 and 35 are running about 30 minutes late. and the 20, 36, 40, 46 and 47 buses 10 to 15 minutes hint. baltimore running festival will cause bus diversion and delays causing 23 bus lines in and around the city runners and public are urged to take light rail and metro subway and allow extra time for travel during the race. for the mta transit team, i am mark jones. bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition.

and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. imagine denying a pregnant woman the choice of health care providers. only one senator voted with big insurance over pregnant women: andy harris. protecting our bay? harris was the only one to vote against

cleaning up toxic waste sites. he always sides with the polluters, one of the worst environmental records in the senate. and harris was the only one to vote against extending education for special needs kids. no wonder his republican colleagues think he's too extreme. we can't afford his extreme ideas. i'm frank kratovil and i approve this message it's a good snack. you're welcome. they grow so fast. [ woman ] i know. they do, don't they? why is carol sitting all the way over there? carol almost told evan that there are vegetables in the chef boyardee. nearly ruined their favorite after-school snack. so she's in a time-out. i hope she learns from this. [ female announcer ] chef boyardee micro beef ravioli microwave cups. an after-school snack with a full serving of vegetables. just don't tell them. shh.

helping kids being a bit more money savvy. there's website designed to help called three jars.com. kid break down the earnings into three jars and savings, spending and tithing to learn more about this, check out our website abc2news.com and click on our spotlight section and the story website teaches kids to save. one mom wrote in on the site she uses it she says her kids look at money in a very brand new way. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. good morning at 5:40. after an inch of rain let's

relive yesterday. at least let's look at it. all right. time-lapse from the hd cam north from the maryland science center. spot the national aquarium and you will enjoy a view of the clouds really building in during the morning hours and watch the rain developed after nine for many of us. or at least before for some of you. it got heavy into the afternoon. but most of the rain actually cutting off by the evening. and now setting the stage for mostly cloudy morning. we are dry at the harbor school as it is 47 degrees. and one thing we will notice today is going to be about the wind pick up. there may be a couple sprinkles this morning, there's another push of showers that will try to develop this afternoon. in between, skies may turn partly sunny at times. look to the wind gusting to 30 miles per hour and two degree guaranteed high of 65. how about the traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: how about the traffic for your friday morning commute. we are off to a pretty good start. we will have some random road closures around the area for a variety of different reasons in glen bernie fire activity has majerle avenue closed in both

marley avenue closed in both directions. good news up in parkville is the earlier roadwork on harford road at superior avenue and northwind road is lifted so the lane closures are open now. but we are working an accident. police remain on the scene of a crash in baltimore city. sinclair lane at erdmanner's. cheryl conner is following one of the stories she has the latest details good morning, cheryl. >> reporter: good morning, kim. yeah. that's right. the vote is no. baltimore city schoolteachers reject the proposal to change how they are paid. i will tell you what's next coming up. wowo you guys hungry? thank you for noticing.

it's a good snack. you're welcome. they grow so fast. [ woman ] i know. they do, don't they? why is carol sitting all the way over there? carol almost told evan that there are vegetables in the chef boyardee. nearly ruined their favorite after-school snack. so she's in a time-out. i hope she learns from this. [ female announcer ] chef boyardee micro beef ravioli microwave cups. an after-school snack with a full serving of vegetables. just don't tell them. shh.

city school teach rears jected a contract proposal make major changes the way they are paid. dr. andres alonso will hold a press conference. cheryl conner joins us live with more. >> reporter: good morning. yeah, teachers want more information on exactly what this contract means and more time to digest how it could impact their future in the classroom. now ceo -- city school c-eo scheduled the news conference for 8:30 this morning to make another appeal to teachers. right now teachers are paid

based on seniority and teaching degrees. the school system wants to make the pay based on perpom -- performance in the classroom. but yesterday teachers said no and 1107 said yes to the contract. education experts are from all over the country have been watching baltimore to see if the pay for performance system could work. advocates say there needs to be a better job of telling teachers what is in the contract. >> this is the right contract for the kid of our city. and what we need to do is communicate why it's so good to all of our teachers. >> i don't quite understand what's in the contract i don't understand the whole thing from vote a -- so i am voting no. >> reporter: and the current city teachers contract runs out in less than two weeks. so, there could be a revote in the near future. that news conference is scheduled for 8:30 this morning. we will be there . in the meantime if you want to read more on the full statement, it's on the website,

abc2news.com. live at school headquarters, cheryl conner, abc2 news. in our democracy 2010 coverage, the gubernatorial candidates took off the groives for round two. governor martin o'malley and bob ehrlich squared off in the second dough base at -- debate at washington post building them the covered jobs and taxes. >> we are a flyover state for corporate headquarters. virginia chamber of commerce made fun of us when we passed the tax signed into law and we have had millionaires tax and wal-mart taxes and the fourth highest personal income tax rate in the country. we are -- we have become a tax hell for business folks. >> the former governeer credibility on this issue is nonexistent e made the pledges eight years ago and when you got in you raised property taxes and college tiew bigs 40% and you raised 30 different tolls and fees and imposed the new tax

called the flush tax. >> the candidates were in a dead heat in the polls for about eight months before o'malley pulled ahead. ehrlich says negative ads in the washington, d.c. market hurt him in the polls. and he spent a lot of time in this week's debates trying to counter them. come november 2nd, voters will decide whether tie prove a zoning change for slots casino at arundel mills mall. there's already a plan for one to be built in the works. and. and that's a taste what have david cordish has in store for maryland live. he says it will be a world class entertainment regional destination with a concert hall, close to 5,000 slot machines and several restaurants. already on board cheese cake factory and locally owned bricky's restaurant. ruth chris steak house and concept restaurant from food network star bobbifully. >> we think it's great thing for the region. we think it's great thing for the state of maryland.

let's face it. this place will put more taxes or lot more money into the state than bricky's ever has. >> those opposed to slots will say it would cause more traffic headaches and increase crime in the area. well cordish is dealing with another high-profile project and says he has been busy dealing with the casino so he hasn't what lot of time to deal with the vacant espn zone building. he says it might take a while but he is work hard and has what lot of interest in the corner. >> that's the special corner for baltimore. we want to do something unique and you can't do it overnight. it could be amassed as early as this year or some of the people we are talking to could get tied up with the christmas season, which is a very busy time of year, it may slipover toarly next year. but it will be soon. >> the espn zone has been vacant for four months. corder says he is confident people will like what he chooses

to fill in the building but is asking for patients and -- can be patience. it may be a year or more behalf new business opens up there. today, u.s. department of homeland security secretary janet napolitano will take part inform ground breaking ceremony for arundel county's newest station fire station the marley fire station fund by grants under the recovery and reinvestment act and head up to baltimore and will meet with the urban search and rescue team members. tomorrow, be prepared for street closures in downtown baltimore. the 10th annual underarmor baltimore running festival starts. the action kicks off at 8 a.m. and includes the baltimore marathon and half marathon and relay race and 5k race and kids fun run. marathon and other races are expected to draw about 22,000 runners. that's lot of feet. more than 2,000 -- 200,000 spectators are expected to line the race route. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the

forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> 5:506789 should be great weather for the running festival tomorrow. i missed out on getting in on that half marathon. it was sold out and i know one of our own actually got in off the waiting list and we will let her make the announcement if she decides to do so. i am sure she will do well. a little wind and we have leftover clouds. temperatures 48 degrees in baltimore. it's going to be cooler tomorrow morning. we are crank up a wind machine here. storms system wrapping up toward new england and we have got one disturbance out of ohio and we will watch that with a chance of rain building in this afternoon. it's about to get wndy. as the system tries to catch up to what's happening across new england, this storm is really going get going as that low pressure deepens and already extremely heavy rain and wind warnings out there across eastern new england and wind advisory for the rest of new england will be watching the storm system actually build in a

true nor'easter but get stuck for about a day drags down colder air. and some mountain snow expected. there's a winter storm watch of 2000 feet in vermont in northern new york. and perhaps snow mixed in with the next disturbance off the great lakes in syracuse new york and tomorrow. that's what's going on right there. basically we will watch the disturbance out of the great lakes. that could give us showers as we head in toward afternoon and behind that things dry out leading towards the weekend. we will watch a mixture of clouds and sun today. clouds take over this afternoon. with rain showers building in. and they will be few and far between but at least a sign of that system getting going off toward the northeast and that's when the winds crank as well. behind that, we still have to deal with the wind over the weekend on saturday. it will ease up on sunday. and if anything dry and few afternoon clouds. but most of it should be on the sunny side. but for today, we are going to call it partly sunny. and clouds will build with showers this afternoon. the wind start to crank up and we get to about 65 on the

weekend. harford zone a the love you will stay in the upper 50s to near 606789 tonight lower 40s. this will be the bench mark for the baltimore running festival. so probably low to mid-40s at daybreak. and it will be breezy. wind could be 15 to 30 miles per hour tomorrow. but looking for high temperatures 63. 67 on sunday and we will go into mid-60s next week with a chance of rain returning tuesday and wednesday. right now let's see what's happening back in traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. we are looking good this morning on roadways. earlier accident that we had in baltimore city on sinclair lane has been cleared out. but however northbound 95 right as you approach the fort mchenry toll plaza we have a disabled vehicle block the right lane and shoulder. and south baltimore train track repairs continue that has bush street closed at severance street and bay yard closed between severn and ridgely. looking at the beltway, traffic is picking up and building a little bit. but no delays at this time. and no accidents working around 695. stay with us, because we have more of "good morning,

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brewing in a south caroline community. last month anne began flying the confederate flag in front of her people in historically black neighborhood and says she is proud of her southern heritage. neighbors are outraged take their concerns to city hall. >> you know what the flag represents. it represents confed razzy and that is slavery. >> i am not a racist. and i don't think that cay notes racism. >> neighbors are take concerns to the street and will plan a march and protest in front of her home tomorrow. caught on camera, a teen near pittsburgh passed his driving test a make a devastating mistake seconds later e plowed into dmv. the police say he pulled into a space and thought the car was in park but when the car started to move e. panicked and accidently hit the gas pedal. three people inside the building were hurt. none were seriously injured however. we will crash into the 6:0 hour. stay right there. -- 6:00 hour.

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