hit-and-run. it happened in coral gable over the weekend and police are looking for the driver who fled the scene following the crash. charlie crowson joins us with more this morning. charlie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. betsy and jim jones left maryland meetly after learning of the accident involving their son 21-year-old paul jones. now they are asking the person responsible to turn themselves in. jones is a junior at university of miami and according to witnesses, was crossing the street in coral gable when he was hit e was taken to a nearby hospital where he remains in critical condition suffering from massive head trauma. >> unbearable. i can't put into words. we are watching my kids come in and look at their brother. it's just ripped us to shreds and please, if you can, ace said, the em-- be empathetic and come forward so we can have answers. >> reporter: shortly after saturday night's accident, reports out of florida indicate

jones was mistakenly pronounced dead. the hospital has changed that and he is in critical condition. some witness on the scene told police they got a partial license plate on the car. they added, the driver who police believe to be an elderly man in a silver sedan, stopped before fleeing the scene. charlie crowson, abc2 news. and we checked out paul jones facebook website. his best friend andrew lane left this comment. he says, please keep my best childhood friend jared paul jones in your thoughts. all i can do now is ask for everyone to keep him in their thoughts and hope he recovers. >> absolutely. it's 5:31. by the end of the first quarter, it was over. by the end of the game, let the debate begin. michael vick could be the mvp this year. vick and the eagles crushed and i mean crushed the washington redskins last night. 59 to 28.

vick finished 20 out of 28 for 333 yard with four touchdowns. oh, and he ran for 80 yards and scored two more and moved past steven young in the second place in nfl history for yards rushing by a quarterback. we will have more on this game later. serious injuries on the football field that rise at all levels balm company in massachusetts says they are setting out to soften the blows. >> you feel it less when you get hit. >> inside the new helmet, there are 18 teeny shock absorbers that work like air bags. the helmet was developed by a former harvard quarterback. he's doctor. one coach says they have seen a difference. >> it was the best thing that they ever done. last years, concussion went down significantly. >> the custom fitting helmets follow freshman and sophomores

at high school their high school career as part of the study. and then maybe there will be more available. >> that's a good eye cay. hopefully it works. -- idea. >> hopefully it works. >> what are you willing to get. >> a coupon. >> good idea. >> for the rite aid or something. we will go to a town where it's paying off big time for the recycling. but first, let's get the look at the mta's mark jones. >> reporter: good morning. the commute is a good one right now. if you are on metro subway, light rail is 20 minutes late between north avenue and cramwell station glen benny. -- glen burnie. the number 17 bus 45 minutes late and 8 and 48, 15 minutes behind and the numbers 20 and 30 buses taking a diversion at old frederick. that's due to construction. if your ride is on marc train, good to go no days on the camden, penn or brunswick lines. for the mta transit team, i am mark jones.

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enticements aimed at increasing recycling programs use. >> reporter: when cherry hill new jersey decided to expand the recycling program, the town got into the act. >> the expense was that we could cut the carbon footprint and, of course, the coupons were an incentive. >> reporter: that's right the recycle bank program rewards people with coupons to use at local stores. a new line of thinking to help the planet by offering incentives like saving money to get everyone to go green. the mayor says this recycling program saves the town half a million a year, money that would be spent dumping the trash into landfills. but while that helps the environment, melissa says that not exactly what neighbors are talking about. >> the only thing i heard people talk about is what coupons are getting when they cash in the points because that's the best part of the program. >> reporter: surprising? not anymore. this enveermtal branding expert

hank stewart. >> 17 years ago, the motivations were probably a little more altrueistic. people today first and foremove the want a personal benefit. >> reporter: for some saving the planet for kids generation. for others, it's about social status. and new research from the university of minnesota show people think it will boost their social standing. buying the right products to keep up with the jones. who want to impress our peers. >> there's almost a little competition going on in some of the neighborhoods. >> reporter: competition which is lowering the carbon footprint. in boston, the local power distributor, the national grid sends personalized energy reports to customers comparing how much energy they use compared to the neighbors in similar homes. >> this is one of the programmable thermostats. >> reporter: bill says he is obsessed with the comparison reports. and overhauled the home to reduce useage. it's down 14% from last year. he says it's not about

impressist neighbors. >> i like to compare myself -- impressing the neighbors. >> i like to compare myself to myself waifnlt to improve my record. >> reporter: the key to living green is not tapping into what you can do for the environment but what being environmentally friendly can do for you. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherrate. >> good morning. 5:39. let's go to glen burnie on the storm center weathernet. this is pretty much the scene you will find anywhere. maybe the traffic will be different. we are lookingy at ritchie highway. 100% humidity. it's wet. we have what 10th of an inch of rain since this started but there's more where it came from. i believe we will look at pretty moderate ran across the area. we started hoare across the north side of the beltway. but let's show you glen burnie. moderate rain falling there stretching down through severna park and ann arunde county.

north of 50 is getting wet extending down 97 also 95 back towards the dc area. again, there's more where this came from. i expect to have breaks in the action, this is steadier heavier rain building in during the afternoon and evening. the two degree guaranteed high is 56. back to the roads with kim brown. >> reporter: justin, so far so good. the rain right now is just slowing people down but it's causing -- it's not causing major problems here on the harrisburg expressway. no issues south towards the beltway. no problems the stretch between the pa state line towards 695. as we look at the maps, again, no accidents, no problems. we are looking good on the road. reduced visibility and the spray could slow you up a tad. we are looking good for the most part around the baltimore metro. we have more "good morning, maryland, coming back after this.

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all right. it's 5:43. darned right it should be something we should be concerned about. we pay tuition and tell our teens to watch out for this and that. and then, this and that happens. loyola, essex and towson. things happen in 3s but this has to stop before it reaches

four. sherrie johnson is live at towson u with more. what's going on. >> reporter: good morning. we are here live at towson university where faculity and students are on high alert after robberies on three different college campuses. now, last monday, there was a robbery here at towson university war woman was robbed while she was trying to make a deposit at an atm. and on thursday, a man held at gunpoint in a park lot at the ccbc essex campus took his wallet and friday three stewed antiloyola university were robbed in a parking lot when two men demanded money and jewelry. all three incidents triggered campus wide e-mails to students, faculity and staff. >> generally i feel safe around the campus them. new life around here everywhere. campus security is there. >> student need to be aware of that, and they have to be aware of their surroundings because of proximity to rough areas. >> reporter: now police

officers say they don't believe the different robberies are related and they, again, ask students and staff to be very familiar and vigilant during the time. reporting hive at towson university, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. mating season is underway and although tractor trailer driver overnight learned that the very hard way about how bad it can be. rig slammed into a deer in white oak in montgomery county around midnight on the capitol builtway near new hampshire avenue. the buck's horn punctured the tank and caused the gas to spill out on the road. hazmat cleaned up the spill and the driver was not injured. a woman's in critical condition this morning after the s up v she was riding -- suv she was riding in hate deer on the expressway. it happened late yesterday morning in the eastbound lanes of interstate 76. the suv hit the deer while it was mid-air. officers say the deer went into

the suv through the windshield and the vehicle spun around and came to rest facing the wrong way on the highway. police in the midwest and northeast say that there's sharp increase in the number of collisions between deer and car. and especially this time of year. last year, there were nearly 3,000 crashes statewide in pennsylvania involving deer resulting in more than 600 injuries and 5 fatalities. maryland department of natural resources says mating season started in late october. and it runs until mid-december and most deer are roaming around the times between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. a steady -- study last year by state farm shows the rate of carversous deer collisions in the united states has gone up by 18% in the last six years. >> all right it's 5:46. several bel air families are in need after a fire tore through the home. we showed outpictures yesterday. there's no word on what caused the fire in harford county. it started around two sunday afternoon at a town home in bel

air. the home was badly damaged. luckily no one was hurt. here's how to help the families. the harford county fire department says you can make donations by calling the bel air volunteer firehouse and here's the number 410-638-4400. that's 410-638-4400. five inmates were stabbed during a fight at baltimore prison. a corrections spokesman says the fight broke out in a dorm at the minimum security wing at the prison. no officers were injured. the injuries to the inmates were considered nonlife-threatening. they were treated at area hospitals. it's 5:47 right now. constellation energy will get bigger. the company boston generating says constellation is the winner in a bid to buy five power plants for about 1.1 billion dollars. boston generating is undergoing bankruptcy reorganization. the deal will be presented to a bankruptcy judge tomorrow for approval. the addition of boston area power plants will make

constellation an even bigger giant in the energy business than they are. tonight, at 11, we are continuing this new series we have been showing you. it's called maryland's cold cases and we have the story tonight of jennifer claybrook. she was just 15 years old when she was found murdered near her bel air home back in the spring of 1983. 27 years have gone by and her case remains a mystery. >> those of us who have been here long enough to remember jenny personally, it really is very tragic when we see her picture and know that was the only yearbook picture taken of her. >> you can catch her story tonight right here on abc2 news at 11. later this week, the u.s. conference of catholic bishops will meet here in baltimore. and some say the meeting will be political. the outgoing president used his final speech yesterday to defense the bishops opposition to health care reform.

chicago cardinal frances george denounced president obama's health care plan saying that it will allow if he rail funding of abortion. antiabortion activists say an executive order prohibit government financesed abortion will prevent tax money from being used. we are 11 minutes away from six. and after opening several rooms reading rooms across the country, the carson scholarship fund celebrated the ben carson reading day in baltimore. and dr. carson's wife candy in the chair took sometime to read to children at gwen falls elementary school. mrs. smith's incredible story book is one of several books part of the vast library in reading rooms across the state. to date the scholar fund launch 55 reading rooms across seven states. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> this tuesday is going to go

down to the record books as a wet day. started off with rain overnight. and wet morning commute that will extend all day long and the rain could be heavy at times. normally the alman okay on the 16th of november shows us a low of 35 and a high of 56. we start in the upper 40s we will struggling to get to the normal high mark this afternoon. records range from 19 in 1996. and just five years ago we hit the record high of 76. and 10 hour spread of daylight but we won't see much from sun up to 6:51 and sundown at 4:51 in the afternoon. and watching the morning satellite composit with the rain that tried to break out and become more intermittent but more waves of moisture coming up from the south. and while there could be few breaks in the action, morning through midday, this extends down towards the deep south where a developing storm is rolling itself through arkansas and louisiana and northern mississippi. tapping into the gulf of mexico heavy rain during the morning hours with thunderstorms mixed in back into the panhandle of

florida. you will notice the rain really filling in and wrapping around the low pressure. cold front that will also mean business dropping the temperatures by the end of the week. we will catch it behind the storm and helping to -- helping tone hans the storm rolling up to the west and we stay in the relatively warmer side of the storm but it will be much colder air that fills in behind it. check out forecast model. we have showers this morning, the steadier heavier rain also develop during afternoon and into toward the evening hours. that will deteriorate traffic conditions and because of all the leaf dropping, maybe clogging drains there could be puddles out there. total rainfall close to an inch or a rumble of thunderheading through tonight as it wraps up and pushes off towards the north. dry slot by daybreak. could be a stray shower but it's gusty wind and 30 to 40 miles per hour wednesday after nonand watch the next disturbance. this model is more enhanced than some but it will tap into cold air and rain could mix with snowflakes with accumulating snow on the ski resorts to the

west on thursday. today 56. morning showers are steadier and heavier into the afternoon. our two degree guaranteed high 56. tonight, we are expecting the rain to be heavy at times. but then nd by day bake. mild at 52 and during tomorrow, the strong winds but a high of 62. >> reporter: well, as volume starts to build around the area, you are going see the speeds start to take it down a little bit of a notch here on beltway. as we see from increased volume picking up on the outer loop at liberty road. but traffic is moving well despite the rain slick road. we have one crash to let you know about as we go to the maps. 195 southbound approaching the baltimore beltway, no word if it's blocking any lanes at this time. but keep your eyes open for that. if that's the way you travel. for the most part traffic is looking good starting to pick up southbound 59 approaching white marsh but no major delays. more of "good morning,

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white house. >> a dozen gay rights activists protested by handcuffing themself to the gate of the white house with plastic ties. >> i deserve into full equality. >> full equality. >> right. >> the group was led by former army lieutenant dan chowi a well-known opponent of the ban of gay and lesbians serving openly. the police cut through the handcuffs and arrested the group. we hear about traffic jams during rush hour right? but in southern new york state, a traffic was backed up for a different reason. police stopped about 100 high performance luxury cars in route to a raceway all at once. some were going as fast as 100 miles an hour. about 30 tickets why issued including 6 for speeding. they were on the way to the charity event at private country club for speed lovers. those who got tickets were not allowed to take part in the event. gees. >> ouch. all right. you don't see this every day. >> this poor little guy is

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now, "good morning maryland ." a lot of you listen to me speeches over the phone over skype after crime pops on three college campus. >> pg county is in a corruption probe. from the county executive to his wife and three county cops. we have the latest. there have been over 600 monday foot night games dente think we have seen anything like this before not even back in the days of howard cosell. >> ridiculous. >> michael vick's night.