gust, straight line wind. tornado, a gustnado. once we know, we will let you know. and hopefully we can move forward without too much of a hitch. because today, we will be breezy and clouding things up and maybe a late shower especially baltimore and south but a cool quiet weather pattern should take us into the weekend. early look at morning light and we are 20 minutes away from sunrise with 44 degrees and we are clear but we expect it to churn cloudy -- exturn cloudy in hurry -- we spec it to turn cloudy in a hurry. late -- we expect it to turn cloudy in a hurry. here is kim brown with traffic. >> reporter: justin, for those drivers traveling northbound on 95, through baltimore city, heading up towards fort mchenry. the earlier vehicle is cleared from the right tube. on the beltway on the top side, at the 83, volume is picking up. that has speeds down a little bit. no major problems on 695. one accident in baltimore city

south hanover street approaching well street. an earlier vehicle fire at 97 northbound near dorsey road continues to block the left shoulder. it's not impacting traffic too much at this time. now back to you. >> thanks, kim. in about an hour, people who live at the dutch village apartments will be able to return home to see what's left after the storm yesterday went through and caused so much disaster. sherrie johnson is live as people are starting to wake up. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, megan. we are live here at the friend shp academy of engineering and technology where many folks spent the night away from their bed. but we are talking about the people from dutch village apartments and town homes and they had to stay here because this is the temporary shelter because of heavy winds that damaged their homes yesterday. about 170 people stayed here or eventually found their way to the mount pleasant ice arena. many handled the difficult situation well keeping everything in perspectivech and while they waited --

perspective. and while they waited they talked about what they saw and heard when the storm woke them up. >> god wanted this to happen. it happened for a reason. >> he protected us also. >> the reason is we don't know. >> reporter: now a little later this morning, some of the people will be able to return to their home, but some had a lot of damage, severe damage, and others won't be allowed to return home. those folks go to the mount pleasant ice skating rink and city agencies will be there to help them with housing arother need. the american red cross will be on hand also to offer support. >> and abc to news -- 2 news will be with you as the storm is cleaned up. head to abc2news.com for the latest information and check out -- check out our facebook fan page. 6:32. news around the nation, a really bold jewelry store robbery broad daylight and the whole thing was caught on camera.

look at this. at least 7 suspects are seen on the video rushing right into the jewelry mart which is in california while customers are look at the merchandise. the robbers used hammers to smash open the cases before shoving jewelry in the bag and taking off. a wild night in times square thanks to the crazy wind. hours of strong gusts and flying debris taking their toll on the plate glass window on the 9th floor of one building. the window so unstable firefighters shut downtime square to clean it up. the workers secure the area. will only people hurt were business owners who closed stores for four hours. a nine-year-old boy, there he is, looking into a career as a firefighter. he is credited for cask his grandma's life and two brothers after their home caught fire. jeremy quinn shook his grandma awake and led her out the back door. >> i couldn't breath. all that smoke was in there. it's to lean over the rail to

breath. she said, should jeremy go back to get my purse? i said no. i said no grandma i can't see. and she ran back in there and got her purse. >> wow. a firefighter went back to get grandma but jeremy's two brothers were insigh. jar mi broke a window pulled the two boys to safety -- jeremy broke a window and pulled the two boys to safety and his brand mother is in the hospital. jeremy wants ever whyone to pray for her to get better. come on. >> jeremy. >> jeremy. starbucks is unveiling a holiday drinks and they want you to get hooked on their offering. no absolutely. we will tell you how much to expect to save if you go to starbucks over the weekend. all right. megan you are into champagne. >> i like the bubbly. >> you want to buy this? >> no. it's out of my price range. >> come on. >> nope. >> a special drink. >> no but we will tell you why it's so expensive and what's so special about it. >> pop it. >> no. ♪

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#:37. thanks for joining. shoppers will hear less bell gyppingeling outside the giant stores and it's going to happen this holiday season. the grocery store has new policy that will limit the number of days and hours thatth charitable groups can be like salvation army can be outside the store. the guidelines will allow the salvation army collectors to be be in front of giants stores 12 days during the month and it will limit the bell ringing to four hours a day of the giants says it is getting the salvation army six days in november and six days in december. the store only allows one charitable organization outside the store at a time. and best buy joining the free shipping wars in an attempt to lure online shoppers to the holidays. some items such as apple's ipad and video game consouls and major appliances are not included. but all cds movie and gaming

software are and accessories. they will be free to ship. so far, wal-mart, j.c. penney and target are offering free shipping for the holidays. now here's deal from starbucks. starting today, you buy one holiday beverage carmel brulee ginger bread egg not peppermint mocha or pepper mit hot chocolate and you get one free. the deal runs from 2 to 5 each day until december 21st. the second beverage mist be of equal or lesser value, this can't be combined with any other offers or discounts. so there you go. all right. what's the right occasion to spop open a special bottle of butly like new years or a wedding. >> no huge occasion to poupt cork on one of the oldest bottles of champagne in the world. listen to this. it was recently taken from the bottom of the baltic sea and sitting on a sungen ship for nearly 200 years. so you wonder why would you crack this open? they did this because they are trying to get more tourists to the tiny finish island.

the plan to auction off the remaining bottles is going to happen if you are secureous they could go for -- curious they could go for $135,000 a bottle. before you bust out the credit card to buy one, the champagne that was opened is described by the experts as intense, powerful, and a little mushroomy. which is kind of gross. i don't want my champagne to taste like mushroom. >> you like the vinegar. coming up, the cleanup is just beginning. >> hundreds of people are calling their insurance companies this morning. >> reporter: i am charlie crowson live in parkville this morning. talking about celebrations, many celebrating cleanup efforts and being thankful that no one was killed yesterday in those early morning storms. cleanup efforts will continue throughout the day. coming up, a sign that these people's faith that no one was killed. and landmark teacher contracts brings out thousands of people, but the second attempt to pass, was it

successful? and he trained fighters, and now the fighters will say final good-byes to the man we all called mr. mack. also ahead, kobayashi do it again and now account terps do it in the activity to participate in at college park.

good morning. i am jamie costello. >> i am megan prink especially this is your news to go. let's go to meteorologist justin berk. >> there's assess -- they are tell assessing the damage and what kind of storm hit baltimore city and baltimore county. let's go back to yesterday where we talked about a 57-mile-per-hour wind. they still have the strongest wind in maryland today. but 16-mile-per-hour winds. that's an improvement right? that should put a smile on your face. wind averaging 5 to 15 miles per hour. i want to show outwind forecast model and we are looking at northwesterly breeze that's the arrow coming from the top left to the bottom right. and you will notice the hours shrink up a lighter breeze speced this afternoon but increases with a surge of cold

air coming in tonight after a brief shower. and then cold air will dominate tomorrow but a warmup as we shift the wind and the arrows from the southwest over the weekend. look for increasing clouds today. and the two degree guaranteed high of 56. here's kim with traffic. >> reporter: thanks. look at the cameras we are taking a peek live look at i-70 corridor just about a mile out from the beltway. westbound traffic flowing freely no problems east bound either. looking at our maps, we are work an accident up in overly that's at fuller in bel air road. mother crash in baltimore city still lingering at south hanover and wells street. we are work a couple crashes in anne arundel county and we will get you updated on those in a couple moments. now back to you. >> some people are wake up in a strange place this morning after yesterday's storms caused them to get out of the apartment in northeast baltimore. abc2 news sherrie johnson is live in a temporary shelter set up to house the people. good morning, sherrie. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. we are live here at friend shp academy of engineering and technology where, yes a. lot of

folks spent the night away from the home. the comfort of their bed and they spent the night here. we are talking about the people at dutch vilage apartments and town homes. they had to stay here because the homes were severely damaged after the high wind yesterday morning. about 170 people actually tong advantage of the temporary shelter and they didn't expect to be spending the day at shelter budget they handled it as well as could be expected and while they waited they talked about what they saw and what they heard when that storm woke them up. the house-- >> the how started shake and i tipped this oaf and fell going into my more's room. >> everything went pitch black like being on the movie with dorothy. >> wizard of oz. >> just like the wizard 6 oz -- of oz. >> reporter: everybody had a different story about yesterday's storm. but later this morning, many of the folks will be able to return to their homes. on the other hand, some had such severe damage they won't be able to go home. those folks are asked to go to

the mount pleasant skating wrench because that's where city agencies, the american red cross will be there to offer support and information on housing and things of that nature. reporting live from northeast baltimore, sherrie johnson, abc2 news. >> some of the worst damage was not only in baltimore city but baltimore county suffered, too. abc2 news charlie crowson stumble on significant damage. how is it looking this morning. >> reporter: you know it's look better megan. yesterday, it was a story of the storm. and today, it is about recovery, cleanup and counting the blessings. you know, maryland governor o'malley said it was miraculous that no one was killed in the storm just three injured and one of them a child. as a sign here in parkville, of the people's faith in exactly what they were spared from, in the cleanup yesterday, one of the forestry service members carved this cross out of the stom from one of the uprooted trees and cleanup efforts will continue throughout thursday but before we show you where you are today, let's take look at some of the images from yesterday.

uprooted trees and roofs shorn off the stresses -- tress and many without power. we can report roughly 250 people in the baltimore city baltimore county area still without power this morning. a real test men to the crews from bge and what they have been out doing throughout the day. many people were calling the storm from yesterday and let's listen to what a few of them had to say. >> but it's unusual in this area because we usually don't have nothing like that. i been around here 17 years and i never had anything like this. >> i condition get into my front door. that is ripped sideways and we lost and awning and the neighbor's roof is in the backyard. we lost fences on both side of the house. >> reporter: those are some of the recollections from the storm wednesday. what you see this morning, though, a street here at forest avenue cleaned out completely. many of the homes most of the homes have power restored once again.

and megan, it's important to note at a time like this, many times construction crews electric crews bge recovery crews, criticized for not responding soon enough. that's certainly not the case yesterday and today. as they have responded. yesterday, those without power numbered in the thousands and again this morning, roughly 250. live in parkville, charlie crowson, abc2 news. when mother nature throws a jab, the red cruets is right there to help those who have taken the impact of the punch. but it's not always easy. right now, they are taking donations to help people in the dutch vitage apartments and pack veal and -- parkville and anne arundel county. they want to know if you can help and asking you to reach out. on the screen, there's all the information you need to know to make a donation. they have made it easy for you to text the board of react -- word react to 5055 visit the website or call the number on the screen if you want to help make a difference.

abc2 news will continue to follow the cleanup. head to abc2news.com for the latest information. you can check out our facebook fan page with all sorts of photos and video. we are 11 aminutes awhich from seven. baltimore teachers voted on a new contract. they woated 1902 to 1045 on wednesday to pass the contract which originally fell 400 votes short of the approval last month. the teachers union said the teachers just needed more information and an opportunity to give feedback on the contract. >> something historic happened in baltimore. i am proud to be a part of it. i am proud of our teachers and i know this contract will only improve our profession and the level of education excellence in baltimore city. >> teachers will no longer receive automatic raises based on tenure and degrees. but will climb a four stepladder with top tier teachers earning

6 figure salaries. >> ten minutes away from seven. the end of the line for the caffeinated alcoholic drinks after the government banned them from being sold in the united states. the fda said the caffeine constitute an unsafe food additive when combined with alcohol. that means drinks like four lo-ko and juice that have been linked to so many cases of alcohol poisoning across the country will have to pull the stimulants out of the recipes. . >> the caffeine can mask the signs of intoxication. it can make you feel like you are wide awake and you aren't drunk but in fact, your senses are impaired. >> as tweeld you last night on abc2 news at 11, the makers of four -- as we told you last night on abc2 news at 11, the makers of four lo-ko had already decide to take the caffeine out of the drink but insist it is

safe. in august, an off-duty federal officer was charged with animal cruelty accused of shuting a dog in the park at severnn. -- severna. bear-bear's owner says the dogs were playing and the case was initially dismissed but it was reopened after a huge public outcry. shepherd's animal cruelty charge carries 90 days in jail and a thousand dollar fine. 6:52. funeral service are set for in mack. mack lieu hoist taught to us keep our dukes up and keep punching for a better life. we are going to have a family hour today at 3:00 and then a public viewing at vaughn green on york road from 4 to 8 tonight. there will be a wake tomorrow morning at 10 followed by a funeral at 11 held at the gillium concert hall at murphy fine arts building at morgan state. mack lewis passed away at the age of 92 last week. 6:5 #. baltimore -- # 6:52. a -- 6:52.

rachel hillson landed a role on the show "good wife." she debuted as love interest of the teenage son of julianne amargulies character. she shot three episodes and just got word she will be shooting more and will do a fourth. she is a sophomore at the baltimore school for the arts. congratulationses to rachel hillson. >> josh charles another baltimorean is in that. the newest maryland terp team will wear under armour with grave gravy stains. >> the university of maryland is is starting a competitive eating club team. how about that? i am going read the mission. team is to manage serve and promote the sport and encourage the facility, the involvement as many people as possible to competitive eating related activities. sojoy chestnut watch out, world could come to you. college park. >> now, maryland's most powerful

doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherrate. yeah. right. there you go. >> i can't wait for the highlight reel for that one. >> wait until we play duke. >> yeah. >> all right. temperatures from 50 to york and 40 in baltimore. 35 roanoke and notice the theme? we are going southwest and it's getting colder. cool air will be spilling on in. and in advance of the next cool shot of air, clouds spilling into the mountains. this is different than the typical setup where it stays cloudy west of town armor clear south and east of the all of us get clouds because next weather system which is racing through the midwest, you can see the spin there. it's pushing some rain out ahead of it and it's a light rain or scattered shower type of event. and most of this be will be passing off towards the south. the northern fringe looks like it's going to be clipping central maryland. so how this behaves once it goetz goes east and catching up

atlantic moisture could slow thundershowers back if here. but we cloud up today if the showers hold tight, west of town, and north of town, as the cool air catches up behind it. perhaps maybe some snowflakes this evening. otherwise that ushers in a cooldown and after 61 yesterday, it's 56 today. and as we cloud things up and could turn overcast by lunchtime and the afternoon. the breeze still gusting to 25 miles per hour. but, the late afternoon, best chance of showers will be south of baltimore. we may get a brief shower around town and north and west of the evening. and then we clear it out and cool back to around freezing. the extended outlook notice the pullback tomorrow. going about 50 but means outside the beltway away from the bay likely in the 40s and it will be a blustery day. 29 overnight. 55 and sunny on saturday. sunny to partly cloudy cont 54. 65 on tuesday with rain arriving. strong winds and rain but mild right before thanksgiving. kim. >> reporter: justin, we are

heavy and slow along the top side of the beltway on the northeast corner here at harford road. that's the outer loop at a crawl and those delays stay in place until you get delaney valley road looking at about 6 to 7 minutes delays right now. looking at the maps, it is a slow ride northbound 95 as you make it past the beltway. we have a disabled vehicle right there near caton avenue blocking right center lane a disabled tractor trailer 395 northbound near conway street. that blocks the right lane and we have an accident in anne arundel county at richie -- ritchie highway and mckinley road and police are on the scene. now back to you. coming on "good morning, america" you may be upset about airport security but the government says it's necessary . the latest on the full body pat-down. and president palin? well sarah palin may have hinted to "new york times" reporter that she is seriously considering a run for the white house. more on her possible bid coming up at 7:00 on "good morning, america" have great day.

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