week. but developing showers, strong gusty winds we will have to deal with that as well. cooler temperatures will move in by next weekend. look at this, back towards the lower left hand portion of the screen. a pretty heavy storm right now in kentucky and tennessee. and on down to the south in through georgia, now the energy is to the south and back into the mountains, some of that will try to spill our way and there's a chance we get thunderstorms here by lunchtime and anywhere there after through the evening. winds could pick up and gust over 40 miles per hour. and in between the rain drops are two degree guaranteed high gets us to a warm 72. let's see what's happening on the road and say good morning to alexis davies. >> reporter: good morning. we have traffic building on the west side of the beltway between 795 and i-70. also looking at maps reports of a fire or some kind of police activity that has got north concord street closed in both directions. also fayette street is closed between highland avenue and conklin due to the police being a at this time on the scene. take a detour in that area.

looking at the cameras, tht the beltway at liberty road of the northwest corner of the beltway. you can see no problems to report. inner and outer loops running smooth and free. >> thanks. 6:31. with the midterm election oprogs, democrats are staying steadfast with heavy hilters going the extra mile. abc -- hitters going the extra mile. emily washington is live more. >> reporter: democrats biggest name head to the smallest state today. president obama campaigns in rhode island, a traditional party stronghold asking democrats to turn out on election day. >> 2008 you said yes, we can. and in 2010 you got to say yes, we can. >> let's go and win this election 100,000 more phone calls. >> reporter: democrats across the country are pushing to get out the vote. bill clinton made his 104th stop on the campaign trail sunday night. >> i think there's three things that matter to your future. where are we now, what are we

going do now, and who should do it. >> reporter: democratic national committee chairman tim cain insist the party will hold on to the house. >> we have work to do but we think we can do it. >> reporter: political analyst and the cover of newsweek suggest control of congress is very likely to change. the republican party chief predicts his party will take the house and potentially the senate. >> i think you will see a wave an unprecedented wave on election day that's going to surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: over the weekend, michael steele appeared with sarah palin at a gop fund raising rally in florida. palin cautioned republicans don't take momentum for granted. >> it ain't over until the it's over. last ten days we can't think we have got it in the bag. >> reporter: rhode island will host president obama and michael steele and massachusetts senator scott brown. a sign of this crowded and competitive campaign trail now just one week before the midterms.

emily schmidt, abc news washington. 6:32. he took gamble on stealing campaign signs and a man who is against slots at arundels mills mall was caught on tape and by police. linda so joins us now with more on this video and the investigation. linda. >> reporter: well, when voters in anne arundel connedy head to the polls, they will have to decide on question a, whether to bring slots to arundel mills mall. voters are evenly split and police have man in custody for doing more than voicing his opinion. 50-year-old david corrigan was caught on tape destroying a sign around 4 saturday morning. it is a sign asking voteers to support slots at the mall. police say he admitted to destroying the signs and they found about 70 other signs in his car. earlier in the week they campaigned for question a placed a camera at headquarters in severna park after noticing someone was knocking down the signs. >> he thought it out a lot. if you notice, he's wearing a construction hat and a vest. he seems to be posing as a county worker and he walked

confidently up to the sign as if no one in the world would think twice about what he was doing. >> reporter: the signs had logos for police and teachers since the money raised from slots go towards them. supporters for question a say about 700 of the signs have been vandalized in the last two months. in the studio, linda so abc2 news. we are in a tornado. we are in a tornado. we are in a tornado. >> incredible video out of texas as a tornado moves through a town south of dallas. the emergency management coordinator captured the moments as this twister touched down. this is video shot from inside of the car as the tornado passed over him. you can see it tearing apart buildings and flinging debris throughout the air. the trial of a man charged in the killing of a washington, d.c. intern chan dray leavy begins today -- levy begins

today et. he is accused of attack her as she jogged in a park and was killed. jury was seated on friday a total of 12 women and 4 men four alternates in this were chosen. lev yea disappearance cede widespread publicity because of her alleged relationship with ven congressman from california democrat gatherry condit who was questioned but never was a a suspect in the case. newly weds are unable to share the news with people in their own hometown because the paper wouldn't print the wedding announcement. the new hampshire paper says it's because the couple is same sex. the couple tried to fight it but received this response." this newspaper never published wedding or engagement announcement from homosexual couples and it would be hypocritical to do so give our believe make should be a social streekture -- structure between men and women. >> i was disappointed because the union leader is a big voice

in the state of new hampshire and seemed to be so out of touch to specifically exclude same sex couples in wedding announcement seems vindictive. >> and the couple says they are contacting gay and lesbian groups to evaluate options moving forward. 6:36. consume are alert and a beef product is being pulled from the shelf. >> we will tell you what's in your pantry you should throw away immediately. and a bad smell leads to a dorm room being evacuated. what police found and why some students are in big trouble this morning. 3q

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woman 1 sync: i knew what bob ehrlich did as governor. man 1 sync: raised my property taxes 60 percent. woman 2 sync: let utilities hike our rates 72 percent. woman 1 sync: but i didn't know what he's done since he got fired as governor. man 2: ehrlich's raked in millions. man 3: he worked for a wall street bank that took 10 billion dollars from the bailout. woman 3: 10 billion of our money. woman 4: our money. woman 5 sync: and he worked for another bank that collapsed. man 4: costing tax payers 17 million. anncr: tell bob ehrlich big banks don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

coming up on 6:44. good morning, maryland. i am jamie costello for abc to news to go. >> i am megan pregel. hope awed great weaning. sunday was gorgeous. here's meteorologist justin berk. >> sort of. since 50 in the corner of the screen. we took that away we have 56 right now. in owens mills. a live picture indicating that if you look towards top of the screen, there's some clearing. but clouds are rolling in from the west. and they will start to dominate the skies through the morning hours. 57 right now in dundalk. how about 62 in chestertown. we will go at chilly 47 greets you in ellicott city. we are expecting showers and storms possibly to fire up lunchtime through the evening. and not a guarantee or a washout but there will be on and off showers and some could contain gusty breeze over 40 miles per hour. but a warm day with two degree

guaranteed high of 72. alexis davies with a look at traffic. >> reporter: thank you, justin. looking at maps, we still have north conklin street closed in both directions between pulaski and baltimore street. also fayette is closed between highland and conklin streets due to reports of a fire or police activity. so use da detour traveling in that area. the beltway volume is building and reports of an accident on the inner loop past liberty road. megan. >> 6:45 right now. one week ago,way celebrating his birthday and now we remember a life that was cut too short a life that had so much to give. and abc2 news sherrieionson is live and has more details. sherrie. >> reporter: megan, it's going to be a tough day. it's friends and family and fellow officers gathered here in new antioch baptist church in randalls town to say bye to brian stevenson. he was killed last week end in canton during a fight over a parking space. he was out celebrating his birthday and whoa have turned

38 years old the day after the assault. 25-year-old sian james is locked up charged with first-degree murder. james may have been in the company of a man and woman at the time of the incident. one of them directed police to the mosaic nightclub at power plant live across the street from central district police headquarters where he was arrested without incident. now it's left some people in canton worried that an incident like this may cause people to fear for their safety. >> canton is not a bad neighborhood. and my fear is everybody is going to be be scared of this situation and move out. >> reporter: now james was out on bail during the incident. but now he is in jail on murder charges. now again the funeral services are at 11 this morning here in randallstown. reporting hive, sherrie johnson abc2 news. and funeral arrangements are set for another city police officer. officer thomas portz died last

week after the squad car crashed into a parked fire truck. a private viewing is planned for today. for immediate family only. another one is scheduled for tomorrow at rubbings funeral home in towson and the funeral will be held at 11 on wednesday morning at the cathedral of mary ark queen on north charles street. he will be laid to rest in lutherville. united states honor flag is sent to our city to honor the city police officers who were recently killed along with officer stevenson and portz, officer james fowl wears killed in pennsylvania in a crash last month. flag flew over ground diseuro during recovery efforts after 9/11 and it's set to arrive tomorrow in our city tomorrow afternoon. we are rooting for her to make it. she fought but just couldn't survive last night. last night we did lose joanne julyian. she died in the house fire her in dundalk. firefighters don't know what caused this fire that started right in the middle home of a group of row homes in the 2900 block of york way.

firefighters rescued three people from the second floor and found 57-year-old julyian in basement bedroom. she was taken to jobs hopkins bayview medical center where she died. a man is under arrest in howard county accused of setting a woman on fire. it happened in a wooded area near gorman in laurel on saturday afternoon. police believe the people involved may be homeless and living in the woods. they haven't released any of their names. we are trying to get an update on that woman's condition. police found her severely burned after receiving a call from a witness. homecoming weekend at dundalk high school brought in some unwelcomeed guests and police are still look for the vandals. baltimore county police say that three people were wearing ski mask spotted in the school around 4:30 saturday morning. police say they made a mess. they were rumaging through the lockers. maintenance crews called 911 but no arrests have been made. 6:48.

he took gamble on stealing campaign signs and now a man who is against slots at arundel mills mall is caught on tape and by police. a safe bet 50-year-old david corrigan didn't know he was on tape destroying signs that asked voteers to support question a which would bring slots to arundel mills mall weasms caught in the act around 4:00 saturday morning using a box cutter to slash the signs. after the campaign for question a filed a police reporter earlier noting destruction police were on the lookout in the campaign placed the camera at its headquarters in severna park. >> he thought it out a lot. if you notice, he's wearing a construction hat and a vest. he seems to be posing as a county worker e walks confidently up to the sign as if no one in the world would think twice about what he was doing. >> it gets better. he was arrested and charged with theft and police found 70 other signs for question a in his car. he admitted to destroying the property and it cost the

campaign several thousand dollars. former big apple mayor rudy giuliani was at high point farm saying we should vote for his friend bob ehrlich. president obama and former president bill clinton have been backing marlin -- marten o'malley and the local newspaper has o'malley with a 14 point lead but ehrlich's camp is raising a lot of money. eight days to go. however, if you want to cast your ballot early, you can. you have until thursday to avoid any lines that can pop up on election day and take advantage of early voting. election official on the eastern shore are pleased so far with voter he turnout according to the star democrat. more than 500 people showed up to vote and vote on friday the first day of early voting. a dorm room drug bust here in d.c. at georgetown university. a dorm was evacuated after a chemical lab was discovered inside one of the dorm rooms. cops arrested two students and a visitor in connection with the suspected drug lab. police say it started saturday morning when they got a call

about a stinky odor. >> it was potentially very explosive. the metropolitan police brought in the explosive experts as well. we stabilized the hazmat people stabilized it somewhat and it was made safe for the explosive folks to come in. the dangers are explosion and inhalation. >> now initially they thought we have a lab making meth but it turns out it was making a hallucinogenic drug known as dmt which is illegal. 6:51. ed reid came back trent dilfer and jamal lewis and ought mat i go and trent came back as the ravens beat a buffalo team far better than the record. but as ray lewis said, here he goes ready? bottom line in the nfl don't believe the hype, most games are decided by 3 points right joe in -- joe? >>i don't think it matters. a win is a win. and we got to be happy either

way. but it's good to go to be able to relax get everybody healthy and todd will be will be a part of that he's little banged up hopefully eke get himself more headlighty this upcoming week. >> ravens win in overtime after ray lewis will his defense to give the ball back to the offense who left it to the foot of billy who booted them to the bye week with a 37-34 win. ghosts and ghouls and goblins were haunting the harford park for the second annual hall of horrors in parkville. admission is 5 bucks and proceeds benefit the harford park community association. it's open friday through sunday. 7 until 10 p.m. at the community hall on lynwood road. if you are interested in getting scared ♪ [ music ] >> a jazz concert lifts spirits and raises money for sisters network benefiting african american women with breast cancer. local artist played for about

300 people in owens mills saturday night. according to the american cancer society african americans have a lower survival rate of breast cancer compared with white women partly because it goes undetected for longer period of time. the sisters network raises awareness and helps those battling breast cancer survive the financial burden that are place on them. >> right now we have about four or five women that we are currently helping and people that need help with you know getting the heat turned on and things of that nature that you know, unfortunately that are not work because they are going through treatment right now. so we are doing that to help them. >> abc2 sherrie johnson emceeed the event. the group raised more than 10,000 dollars. for the event to support the services. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> good morning. 6:5 3. we are showing you 50 right now from bwi marshal but we showed you a few minutes ago

how many spots are upper 50s and lower 60s on the eastern shore. so take this one with just a pinch of salt. it appears as if a little clearing this morning but clouds racing back in. look over my shoulder here. showers actually pretty hefty rain extending to the appalachians and deep south and wave of low pressure pushing to the south responsible for it's severe weather this morning. from alabama off through georgia. the remnants of the storm that is produced tornadoes testn texas yesterday. air yoof low pressure stays to the south been northern fringe of the rain is close to baltimore and winds will surge ahead of it. we increase the stretch of showers and storms as we head into the afternoon and this evening and the next couple days as well. check out forecast models and while it actually pins out most of the heavy weather back to the west. i do believe there will be showers and storms that erupt as we head into toward the afternoon. some may contain winds over 40 miles per hour. some of these back in the

mountains may do the same. we expect showers to fire up tomorrow afternoon as well. and we are watching the cold front that is going to mean business and slide through on wednesday morning. it's in a weakened form and loses the heat of the day. and it could pass through with a lot of wind and lay day clearing. today, pushing our two degree guaranteed high to 72. that's 8 above normal. but we will go with the average of 10 for the typical feel and there will be the general feel of showers and storm in the air at any point in time. now tonight we will settle back down to 58. and after that mild start tomorrow, back to 75 tomorrow. wind of probably about 25, 30 miles per hour and gusty thunderstorms possible. push 78 on wednesday. and showers and storms probably during the morning hours 74 on thursday and look at friday a high of 606789 lows in the 30s and 58 will do it to start off the weekend alexis. >> reporter: thank you. we have congestion building 59

southbound at fort mchenry tunnel. add 5 to 7 minutes to your commute. looking at maps, an accident on the inner loop after liberty road move to the right. and then also we have got that emergencies work on conklin street. fayette street is close between highland and conklin. live out there at the cameras, this is north 95 corridor north of i-195. megan. >> all right. stay with us, coming up on "good morning, america" outrage over the death of a swimmer during an open water race. the officials say he suffered a heart attack but other swimmers are raising questions. we will have more on what happened. and the fight to legalize pot on california opponents say have been using driving under the influence as key argument so two reporters with the help of the police department took a driving test while high. >> what? >> we will show you the surprising results. >> that's just ahead on good

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