tremendous connector, and it is an economic generator for our region. i wanted to see with my own eyes is it structurally sound, what does structurally sound look like. >> reporter: csx is replacing all the rain lines in the tunnel including a did he detective portion of the track blamed for a train derailment less than 3 months ago. >> we've made more changes photo the rail frequent inspections with the track. >> reporter: work to replace this stretch of track inside the tunnel should be completed in 2 weeks. but the mayor says the company has committed to far more improvements that should help ensure the tunnel's safety. >> they are doing work improving drainage and through the tunnel they are also going above and beyond when it comes to the safety checks. i think the federal government requires every 60 days and csx

is doing it every 30, 31 days. >> reporter: csx and the city also plan to install a powerful radio transmitter inside the tunnel to improve communication in the event of another disaster. jeff hager abc2 news. >> all right. thanks a lot jeff. baltimore's mayor also has her work cut out for her after the city's police union voted overwhelmingly to reject a new contract last night. the one year agreement would have cut-offsers pay by 2% in exchange for 5 additional vacation days. 95% of the members shot down the proposal change they are already paying more for their pensions and health benefits. >> i think when i'm taking furloughs council members are taking furloughs members who are lowest paid in the city are taking furloughs. if they choose not to it affects all of us. because this is about shared sacrifice to get on the other

side of this recession. >> officers say the 2% pay cut would have amounted to double the amount they take out of their paycheck over the next 6 months. their furlough days would have been with people until the year 2012. well the hunt for a man accused of gunning down a pennsylvania wildlife conservation is over tonight. 27-year-old christopher johnson was arrested at a campsite in pennsylvania this morning. johnson is accused of killing officer david grow last night in freedom township. investigators say grief and johnson exchanged gun fair johnson was hurt. grove stopped johnson and a passenger in his pickup truck for suspected game law violations. >> this is the first time that a game officer has been killed in the line of duty since 1915. this man is in jail tonight charged with killing a man found behind an apartment building in reisterstown. police say keon cunningham shot

adeolu adedgoke otemolu. he was found in randallstown november 5th. cunningham is charged with murder he's being held in the baltimore county detention center. a prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife have been arrested. johnson had been county executive since 2002. the 61-year-old democrat was county state attorney for 8 years his wife was just elect todd the prince george's county council. no word on what either has been charged with. great looking weather across the state again today. sunshine, a chilly start north and west of the city many mid 20s but nice rebound out there today. by the way the air is extremely dry right now. we've got 62 degrees at the

inner harbor. chilly 54 in york. generally clear conditions. now the rest of the evening we expect mostly clear skies to continue. fairly mild as we fall slowly through the 5s. sunset awfully early compared tos la weekend 4:55 the sun went down tonight a little pit of daylight left at the moment. we'll talk much more about the outlook for the rest of this weekend and how much longer can we keep these mild temperatures. it's coming up. thanks wyatt. we've learned that investigators believe they have found the remains of a missing north carolina girl. police matched a bone found a couple of weeks ago with 10- year-old donna baker's dna. the remains will need to be tested to make sure they are hers. she had bone cancer. she disappeared on october 9th a couple of weeks later her prosthetic leg and the bone

were discovered 5 miles away from where the remains were buried. the splendor is docked and 4500 passengers and crew were on dry land but the investigation into what caused the engine room and that fire is just beginning. >> reporter: if a picture is worth a thousand words these vacation images speak for themselves. passengers stuck onboard the carnival splendor voyage captured pitch black state rooms. >> if we turn the flashlight off what do we see nothing. >> reporter: buckets catching dripping water, and food rotting in the hallways. a far cray from the luxury they expected. the party was over after a fire in the engine room knocked out all about about operations. the u. s. coast guard and the national transportation safety board will be part of the

investigation into what caused the fire. >> i'm sure the cruise ship as a responsible operator will make any judgments they need. they are going to do a good job making sure these things don't happen again. >> reporter: but fires like the won that crippled carnival splendor happened before. this video shows a blaze on another ship. there have been 10 fires that resulted in 6 deaths. no serious injuries this time just major inconveniences. with full refunds and free future cruises this incident has been very costly for carnival. but the one silver lining is the navy won't be charging them for airlifting supplies. they happened to be nearby at the time on a training mission. in tonight's consumer alert if you own a nissan listen up the automaker is recalling more than 600,000 vehicles because of steering or

battery cable problems. the steering recall affects 303,000 frontier peck up trucks and 283 xterra suvs they are recalling 18,000 sentra sedans because a battery cable connector problem. the good news is no one has been hurt. they will notify people in december when parts are available. pottery barnies recalling 7300 of its lamps. the recall involved the clay task lamp. the montgomery task lamp and the montgomery floor lamp. the electrical wire that runs through the lamps can be punched or cut at the adjustable joint which can be a shock hazard. call pottery barn the number (877)851-7890. the author of the

controversial guide for pedophiles which was pulled from amazon's web site is deferreding his book. the pedophiles guide to love and american the child lover's code of conduct office advice to pedophiles how to make a sexual encounter with achilleas safe as possible it even includes first person descriptions written from a child's point of view. >> to tell you the truth i don't think that it's always bad for the child. okay. but i do think it's always confining for the adult. a lot of people want to see it that way. it's a guide to love and pleasure. it's not a guide to abusing children. >> okay. he goes on to say pedophiles demonized unfacial. amazon pulled the book after threats of boycotts. wow. a high school football coach is in big trouble over his

coaching techniques. still ahead the shocking video that has many parents upset tonight. new at 5:30 the holiday shopping season just and the corner. find out why shoppers will have reason to celebrate this season. plus an eye catching slogan is raising eyebrows in one school district why the popular bracelets were banned.

. well tonight a mississippi high school basketball coach is in hot water after video shows him hitting a player during practice. marlin dorsey faces a federal lawsuit and has been suspended. he's accused of beating the players with a five to 10-pound weight belt. the parents say the coach whipped one of the boys daily and told team members if they complained to anyone they would forfeit the opportunity to play basketball. >> it's not his job to save

our children they don't need saving not in that way. they need him to teach them the game of basketball. >> this is what we would call coach brutality. a police officer who would hit someone like this would be terminated from his job or accused of violating a person's civil rights. >> school district banned corporal punishment in the early 1990s and said in statement a statement it cannot discussion personnel matters. some plastic bracelet are getting a lot of attention in one school district that's because they read i love boobies. students were wearing them in support of popular breast cancer awareness campaign. the school has banned the bracelet. 16-year-old election he mitchell was wearing her bracelet every day until they were banned late last week. >> i don't understands that. everyone knows what it's for. >> a lot of kids i have talked to have had mothers,

grandmothers that have gone through breast cancer, and they are wearing them in support of their family. >> the school district says the bracelet were disrupting learning. the bracelet cost $4 with part of the proceeds going to breast cancer awareness education. in tonight's health alert, there's a study out that has some special meaning for you if you're a parent of a teenager. new research finds you might not be doing enough to keep them healthy. we have details from dr. timothy johnson. >> reporter: adolescents are notorious for not doing what they are told. parents may be falling short when it comes to giving these kids routine medical care. the american academy of pediatrics and american medical association recommend that adolescents get annual preventive medical attention. yet of 300,000 kids stud he'd in minnesota, one-third of them failed to go for even one

preventive care visit between the ages of 13 and 17. 40% saw a doctor for preventive care just ce during those four years. nonpreventive doctor visits were more frequent at one per year. this lack of routine annual visits means teens could be falling behind on immunizations and that problems such as substance abuse eating disorders and sexually transmitted diseases may be overlooked. interestingly all the young people studyed had either private or government health insurance. authors include every doctors visit by adolescents should be treated as preventive care visit. a model known as no missed opportunities. i'm dr. timothy johnson. 30 volunteers from johns hopkins wants to make sure baltimore city teens have healthy hearts. the free exams will look for key risk factors obesity high

blood pressure and high cholesterol. they hope to curb bad eating and exercise habits. they have been screening maryland athletes for heart abnormalities they decided to expand the program to some 2,000, 13 years old expected to attend a high school fair at baltimore's poly institute from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. boy, it has been so nice. instead of enjoying it i'm worried about the other shoe dropping. >> you got to enjoy this shoe first. the other shoe will drop next week. for now we're looking great. this veteran's day weekend has been a gem so far. that continues. so. >> so you're done then. >> back to you. >> let's take you outside, kelly. you know what beautiful night. little bit of dusk right there isn't that pretty. you know, sunset officially at 4:55 i think technically tonight.

that is an awfully short day but we enjoyed it. 60 degrees right now. look at that humidity. i want to talk about this. the humidity is at 19%. that is extremely dry air. in fact, if you have a humidifier in the house, this would be a good time to get it going. it has been some of the dryest air we've seen all year. you'll get parched out there i'm telling you. the shadows get long earlier. days will keep getting shorter until november 21st. towson nice looking day decent fall foliage a lot of the tree cover getting more hard to find. no wind to speak of statewide, good looking weather. 63 in easton. that's really nice for this

part of november. look how much colder down the beach down at the ocean 5 in ocean city 57 in dulles. high temperatures today low to mid-60s. so this was pleasant. and i think tomorrow we're talking mid to upper 60s, especially over on the eastern shore. easton should top out about 67 tomorrow under a nice blue sky. kent island 65. think about extremely dry air. it cooling off and heats up very rapidly. so tonight temperatures will drop quickly into the 30s, even the 20s, but we'll see a rapid rebound tomorrow as temperatures surge back into the mid and upper 60s. so wild see-saws of temperatures when you get this really dry air. this is water vapor imagery we don't show this that often. you have to get well west to find any kind of moisture that could potentially produce rain. so this is about as dry of a

weather pattern as you'll ever see high pressure right on top of us. this next storm system that's beginning to develop does not get in here until probably late monday. we're looking great until then. future forecast extremely dry tonight, tomorrow, very, very dry conditions into sunday. as we watch that next frontal system move in, if it has enough moisture fetching in out of the gulf it may produce rain as early as late monday, but it's one of the situations where i think we may get a lot of cloud cover before we see any rain. 31 overnight. crystal clear. outer suburbs looking at upper 20s north and west of the city no doubt about it. tomorrow 66, mostly sunny. just a great looking day. a real, you'd have to pick this forecast for november weekend, and then 34 under clear skies tomorrow night. 7-day forecast, again, just fantastic weather holds up through sunday. monday not bad. chance for rain monday night. tuesday best shot at some rain around here. >> thanks a lot, wyatt.

it is all irish all the time this weekend. one of the best festivals on the east coast kicks off tonight at 6:00 about 40 minutes away. the irish festival in baltimore gets rave reviews from past attendees. irish everything and yes of course lots of guinness beer. >> this is one of the greatest irish festivals on the east coast. the music is fantastic there's two stages. we have a lot of fun. sell stuff and we drink some beer. >> of course they drink some beer. festival opens at noon on saturday and we'll have a special mass sunday morning at 10:00. our take 5 series continues tonight. we're going back to class. how one local school is using hands on learning with the help of student involvement to help their classmates. plus many of us check out

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be nurtured if we want the child to reach their fullest potential. >> reporter: they are grouped in age rages. the primary are 3, 4, 5 and 6. they work at their own pace. >> probably because we can choose whatever works. >> reporter: with lots of group learning if a student is doing well in reading struggling aing with math they can team up with a student who does well in math. >> we're doing math. and everybody that needs help i help them. >> reporter: that helps free up the teacher to evaluate all the students and gives one-on- one time for those who need extra help. students can reinforce what they have learned by teaching the younger ones helping them develop teamwork and leadership skills. >> i like math. >> reporter: the materials used in the classroom are unique. leaders say these tools put learning in the hands of their

students. they say this allows them to use several senses to grasp ideas and concepts. if only she had been around when i needed help with math homework. >> the montessori school is located off of falls road on the belt way and has classes for toddlers through middle school. tuition ranges from $7,000 for the youngsters to around 15,000 at the middle school level. well, a wal-mart employee will never forget this past veteran's day. why she was punished for wearing a t-shirt. that's all new tonight at 5:30.

. following two years of dismal holiday shopping season retailers are increasingly optimistic about 2010. good evening i'm christian schaffer. holiday shopping season officially kicks off in 2 weeks. though the looks of some stores it is already here. new numbers show shoppers are ready to buy. >> reporter: the holiday shopping season is just about here, and this year it appears retailers have reason to celebrate. americans are buying again. credit card companies reporting retail sales are up more than 3%. >> are you planning on spending more or less than last season. >> more. >> reporter: businesses believe it's going to be a strong holiday shopping season they are hiring. retailers have added 3 times as many seasonal workers as they did all of last year. black friday