we may want to adjust the afternoon graphic. but temperatures still trying to get up to around 62 with the two degree guarantee and the breeze will continue about 10 to 20 miles per hour. back to the roads now and here is kim brown with your traffic update. >> reporter: all right. we are looking good on the roadways early on. no traffic to let you know about. anne arundel county, these are the westbound lanes of route 100 approaching 97. no issues continuing on towards 295 and 95 in this area. looking at our maps, the earlier key -- earlier debris at route 26 has been cleared. no problems on southbound 83 coming from past the beltway. now back to you. >> thanks. 5:30. it's going to be a slow ride for san diego for the nearly 4500 passengers and crew of a ship that was lost -- that lost power following a engine room fire early on monday. there's been no air conditioning or hot water and guests had been living on things like caned crab meat and spam.

the carnival splendor drifted off mexico's pacific coast before a tugboat started to pull it toward the port. here's abc's david who reports with more. >> reporter: the splebdor -- splendor is dead in the water 80 miles off the mexico coast. the passengers stuck for hours without air conditioning or working toilets. sailors from the uss ronald reagan took the pictures. the navy a sir lifting food and water and other provisions from southern california. but probably not the fare they were promised. >> it's my understanding that all the passengers are safe and as comfortable as they can be. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a luxury voyage on the old love boat route to the mexican riviera. picture perfect like the images posted on youtube. the last facebook update from the cruise director sunday night said i am hoping for a incident free cruise and then early monday morning, fire in the aft engine room. >> the cruise ship lost

propulsion and it's adrift. >> reporter: the vessel more than twice the size of titanic, will now have to be towed 140 miles to ensenada mexico. then the 3 300 passengers will have to be be bused back to long beach, a process likely to take days. carnival cruise lines has been able to get the sewage system back online and all the cabins have water. >> reporter: carnival say the in a statement, conditions on board the ship are very challenging and we sincerely apologize for the discomfort and inconvenience our guests are currently enduring. the cruise line is offering a full refund plus free tickets on another cruiseship sometime in the future. >> i say no thank you. like getting food poisoning at a restaurant and giving gift certificates to come back. >> that's david wright reporting. for now, the passengers are unable to communicate with families. but they are all safe. it's 5:32. we have seen the cars with tinted windows and wondered,

who is-side? baltimore county police pulled over a car and the driver rolled down the window and guess who was the driver? ray rice of the ravens. nice story. officer gives hip a warning and ray tweets what happens. and that's where the story continues. abc2 news sherrie johnson. what happened. >> reporter: good morning. well, like a lot of people, ray rice of the ravens was looking for the hot video game "call of duty black ops ." as he arrive at the store a. police officer pulled him over because the tinted windows were too dark. rice received a warning and the officer got an autograph for hisson. rice said "just got pulled over for my tints but gave the officer an autograph for his son and he let me go" some are worried about preferential treatment but rice clarified that tweet saying the autograph came after the officer gave him a warning for the windows. >> iing i was going to buy the new call of duty and walk to the store and the cops says, his

son is a big fan and i took it upon myself to offer an autograph. >> a spokesman for the baltimore county police department says officers have the option of giving a person a verbal warning a violation or an order to get the windows fixed. the department is investigating the incident involving ray rice. meanwhile, rice and the ravens leave for thursday's game in atlanta. in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. an internet security company is helping drunk tweeters and facebookers save themselves from intoxicated embarrassment. they have launched the social media sobriety test. it gives people the power to restrict their social networking. like this woman. she is clearly intoxicated. now if you try to log onto a social media site during your specified time period, the service will first make you take one of five sobriety tests modeled on the ones as driver.

if you pass, you're good. if you fail you looked out of the site and the service will make an update on your behalf telling your friends you are too drunk to post. all right. teens who text constantly are more likely to engage in risky behavior. that's according to a new study by the american public health association. the study find that teens who spend more than 120 messages a day are more likely to try drugs and alcohol and engage in sexual activity. they also were more prone to stress, depression, poor academics and suicide. okay. all right. she thought she was having back pains but then oh no. >> baby decided not to wait. how this mom ended up doing her own delivery. and it's the biggest catch you will ever see. how one hunter hauled this big baby in. now for a look art trains and buses, here's mark jones reporting from the mta. >> reporter: good morning. commute is a good one right

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new this morning a. florida man lands a whooper in the state's annual alligator harvest. robert a orlando area nurse who trapped gators as a hobby hauled in the record breaker. >> as a hobby. look what the hobby landed him. this gator is 14 feet, 3 1/2 inches long and weighs anybody want to give -- 65400 pound -- 654 pound. they caught it in the st. john's river. previous record was set what trapper caught a gator measuring 14 feet and 5/8 of an inch. >> i hope they let it go. we are taking you to oklahoma city where an expectant mom delivered her baby. she thought she was having back pains but she went into labor. kerry called 911 and her husband

but the baby wasn't waiting and kerry had no one to help her. >> i was able to send a text message to my husband at 12:43 telling him my water broke, and i sat down and his head was coming out. and i delivered the head and caught him and held him. >> they's a-- that's amazing a week old healthy 7 pound 5 ounce baby easton and mom whyr reunited with two emergency responders who arrived moments after she gave birth. but the mother and baby are doing fine this morning. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> 5:40. cute kid and as we look at temperatures today, hopefully you will find yourself cute baby blue skies. we have a look at clear skies this morning. the cloud are still going to be a nuisance especially for places to our east as we watch the storm still churn off the coast. 44 this morning in towson and up towards cecil county and

elkton, 45 in chestertown and towards easton, places that will see clouds this morning. we are watching the system off the coast skirting the delmarva and jersey this morning with an increase in clouds probable. we expect mostly sunny morning. this afternoon, a breeze picks up and our two degree guaranteed high of 62. veteran's day and weekend outlook coming up next. right now here's kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: justin, so far so good on the roadways. we still have very light volume. volume is picking up just little bit but not enough to impede you this morning. looking at the harrisburg expressway, you see southbound lanes at the right-hand side is dispg along pretty well taking a peek at the maps. no accidents still no incidents either. we are looking good all around the area. the 95 corridor wide open from harford county towards the beltway and as you continue through baltimore howard and 495. stay with us, because we have more of "good morning, maryland" coming back after this. ♪

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>> reporter: well, there's something that we do, take out your trash at night. but for a woman it turned into a terrible crime monday night around seven in laurel. a woman was taking her trash to the dumpster when she noticed a man in the bushes and says he started to follow her and he grabbed her and attacked her. officers searched the area for clues and they planned to return to the apartment complex again today to talk to any witnesses that might have been in the area. the neighborhood is located between several jurisdictionss including howard, prince george's county and laurel city. police are trying to figure out if the suspect lives there or drove from one of the main nearby roads. >> there's no reason for someone to be out wandering around in this neighborhood because it's basically not near anything except for sam's or anything you go to sam's you are going and leave. . >> reporter: police ask you call the sex offense unit if you have information. that number is 410-222-3750.

and in the studio, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> 15 minutes away from six. new this morning, president obama is flying to south korea for a g-20 summit after getting his first look at indonesia since he was a child. he used his indonesia stop to deliver a progress report on how the united states is doing repairing frayed relation was muslims around the world. in a speech at the university of indonesia in jakarta he said that while much has been done since june 2009 ?eech cairo more work need to be done to reduce tensions. >> relations between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, i've made it a sprite to begin to repair the relations. >> the president's stressed the united states is not at war against ies lum but -- against islam but violent extreme night we have a muslim civil rights group concerned the u.s. government is delaying the

shipments of passports to those make trips to saudi arabia. the council on -- they raised relation as a mosque reported 17 people missed their flight when the parseports were temporarily seized. -- passports were tell prairl -- were temporarily seized in police arrested jesse duffy and vincent davis for growing, manufacturing and intending to sell pot-side home on curtis avenue. in all, police took about 400 starter plants. inside, investigators say they found grow lights, ventilation systems to conceal the odor and creative wiring to power the whole operation. that investigation will be aid by feds. police are now interested in talking to the owner of the building. but they have not ruled out this could be a large family operation. it's 5:47. we lost a great man. george who fed us every time we

went to westminster passed away at age of 81. george was born in greece in 1929 and he arrived at the port of baltimore and through his cousin was introduceed to the woman he would marry zoe and they would move to carroll county. and in 1951, he bought harry lunch. we know it as harry's grill on main street. george worked 70 hours a week, never took time off. artie donovan hold the all time record eating most hot dogs in one day and george's son harry now in charge. george was laid to rest earlier this week and it felt like all of westminster turned out to say good-bye. 5:48 right now. if you bike around baltimore, the city wants to know about improving the conditions for you. city council passed a cyclist bill of rights this week. it calls for equal access to city streets, greater involvement in planning by cyclist and greater awareness for bikers rights and crashes.

improved bike park and mass transit for bikes discussed. the resolution is part of a package on pro buy cycling bills sponsored by councilwoman mary pat clarke. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and forecast certified most being a ret by weather rate. >> 5:49. we are looking at yesterday's temperatures at 63 degrees. yesterday's high as we were going through the afternoon, we held off a lot of the clouds we expected from the storm off the coast. really mild stuff from roanoke south and westbound into the 70s. 50s underneath the cloud cover in new york and new england. almanac on this 10th day of november shows we normally expect 36 in the morning. and 58 in the afternoon. we have been as low as 24 in 2003 and 75 in 1999. so the sun is up at 6:44 and down at 4:56 and while we watched the overnight, and early morning satellites imagery, you can see the advance of clouds trying to come from the coast and push the way westbound.

just on the fringe and a high thin clouds may start to mix in with the skies. we are watching the storm and it linger and meanders off the coastline of new england. we are watching rain wrap in on the backside of new england and the strong gusty winds really confined around the low. but breeze for us about 10 to 20 miles per hour still to be expected and the winds could carry some of the clouds in our direction. not expecting it to turn overcast but there may be invasion in the sky as more overcast conditions are further towards the beaches. and we will watch this during the day today and start to wind down and pull out of here by tonight and by then, a clear skies and cold setup for the start of veteran's day but we spec the afternoon to turn out fine a clear sky and mild temperatures and beyond that, well, we will be be dealing with a quiet weather pattern into the start of the weekend a brief warmup by saturday and the next storm will arrive by early next week. a partly sunny sky this

afternoon. again, more towards the east more clouds, but, we will mix those in with a breeze about 10 to 20 miles per hour. a pleasant day. especially by november standard. 62 degrees. tonight, back down into the mid to lower 30s. and during the day on veteran's day, we are expecting a nice tribute for all the festivities around the region. 60 degrees the afternoon temperature. and as we do he can tend our forecast out, through the weekend, you will notice we will hang near 60 with a low near freezing on friday. a bump to 65 on saturday. and still near 60 on sunday with thickening clouds and the rain should probably hold off as we return back to the 50s next week. >> reporter: for everyone who tries to get an early start to your commute, you will find it a good one this morning. no accidents on the roadways. that's always good news. very few delays at harrisburg expressway. southbound lanes moving nicely approaching the beltway. traveling through howard county, no issues on the i-70 corridor.

29 looks good as i-95. again, so far so good. very quiet anne arundel county no issues on 50 or 97. all the east west routes 32, 175 and route 100 all lanes open everywhere. stay with us because we have more of "good morning, maryland" right after this. wow. it's seriously strawberry. they're everywhere. it's in the bunches, on the flakes, even real strawberries in the mix. can i have some more? honey bunches of oats with real strawberries.

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make headlines around the nation this morning, elizabeth smart took the stand to testify against the man who held her captain it for nine months. she say on the day police found her she lied to them about her identity out of fear her abductor would kill her. she is testifying at the trial of brian david mitchell accuseded of kidnapping her in 2002. the fbi busted a massive child prostitution ring that went around the country. agents arrested 10 pimps in detroit, nine in oregon, 7 each in l.a. and san francisco and seattle. and this is video of a previous roundup of the sting operations. about 70 children have been recovered from the bust. nearly 900 adults have been arrested. we saw the pictures and now we are waiting for the

explanation. >> yeah. what could have caused a mystery over los angeles. the fbi says it is not what we may be thinking. >> what is it we are thinking? and the -- was he drunk when he stumbled into this bar? we will let you know what happened coming up next.

now, "good morning, maryland." it's not supposed to happen but when aid chore we do, yeah. we are uneasy over the report of a rape in anne arundel county. whistle blowers brought it up and today we can report st. joseph medical center reached a settlement in the case of stent. ray rice's words may have twisted him up. what he tweeteded and some people are questioning his tweet. it sound funny. >> it does. but any time anyone gets a ticket you brag about it. >> well, anything you can do to get out of a ticket. absolutely. all right. good morning, maryland, i am

jamie costello. >> i am megan pringle. gorgeous weather yesterday. >> let's find out. meteorologist justin berk, can you keep it going? >> we will keep it going. our headlines talk about this quiet weather pattern for us. we will have to get pay back at some point. let's enjoy what we have got while it's here. watching the storm off the coast and it will be flirting with the reg ofnlt but temperatures near or slightly above normal. our outlook towards veteran's day will be a little cooler, but it should be respectfully clear any outdoor activities should be be just fine this year across the mid atlantic including maryland, down through arlington and virginia. 46 this morning. from centreville to chestertown and edgemere. 42 in sykesville and westminster. watching the cloud, to the east and skirting the coastline in delmarva and we will go from sunny to partly sunny with the afternoon two degree guaranteed high of 62. let's see what he happening with the traffic right now.