this happens d8ceagain. i have insurance today. you know what i'm saying. i kept putting it off. i'm on a fixed income. >> reporter: yates jackson has coverage on his new car. but he will still struggle to get it fixed. >> just coming up with $500. >> reporter: that's the deductible? >> yes. >> reporter: the baltimore city police remain a presence in the area. from its center at reginald f. lewis high school the american red cross has provided eight to 890 families. >> a woman came in here and yelled how extremely thankful she was. i think aspirations go this has been handled with a lot of compassion, a lot of sincerity. we're doing all we can to make sure we're meeting needs. the majority of the people we've seen some through here has been satisfied when they've

gone. >> i'm fine. i'm not even fussing about nothing. i'm blessed. to be alive. nothing can i say more. >> reporter: in northeast baltimore, jeff hager, abc2 news. >> there were many dramatic moments during last week's tornado. none more so than what police officers and first responders encountered though. they were commended today by the mayor and police commissioner. the first two officers on scene heard screaming and rushed into a damaged apartment whrlg. >> we saw one of the females on the floor screaming for help. then another female on the bed, all we saw were her legs and feet moving. >> when i opened the door and look up, there's no ceiling, then i went -- started to point with my flashlight, i see the debris, walls, tables, everything, the floor, windows. it was a complete destruction. >> after everything was said and done everything was safe. we stood outside and we were

like, what just happened? we had no idea. >> reporter: the police department says the two officers will soon receive official commendations for their quick action. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake has established a disaster relief fund to help the families in northeast baltimore affected by the storms from last week. sawyer realty, the owner of the pleasantview and dutch village apartments has committed to donate $10,000 to that relief fund. if you would like to help you can do so through harbor bank of maryland at 25 west fayette street, baltimore, 21201. weather-wise today, we saw warm conditions relative to the seasonable normal temperatures and tomorrow should be even milder, though we bring in the chance of rain there. let's first look at some of the weather that we see brewing across the eastern united states right now. toughest travel is up in the new england states, basically vermont, northward into places like boston and bangor, maine,

out to the north and west we've got some wet weather moving into chicago. that is always problematic for the air traffic grid as well. temperature-wise, low 60s now. 61 hanover. 56 marriottsville. looking at 54 in churchville. 58 centreville. numbers pretty mild. 60s into the 50s for most of us this evening. low 60s, mid to upper 50s. we will look for, again, that increasing chance for rain, we'll pinpoint when we think the highest risk for rain will be tomorrow and also look ahead to the travel forecast for thanksgiving, coming up. take a look at tonight's top stories. baltimore police say they are exploring the possibility that corrections officer sheron jones was murdered as some part of domestic dispute. jones was found dead this weekend in northeast baltimore. detectives believe jones was murdered by someone she knew but police have yet to find that person. officials at bwi marshall airport q.;expecting to operate pretty much like a normal thanksgiving travel holiday.

they are if going -- going to be crowds and long lines as usual but for many travelers it's getting tougher and more intrusive. many say the new scanners might not detect the types of things the shoe bomber and underwear bomber smuggled aboard their flights. they say the aggressive patdowns simply violate their personal rights. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake is closer to trying to close that $2.8 billion shortfall for school construction and renovation. the mayor along with city school ceo dr. andres alonso formed a new construction task force. baltimore city has the oldest school buildings in the state. some schools without air conditioning and inadequate heat. the task force is expected to make its recommendations by february. news around the nation begins with a tragic heartbreaking accident in los angeles. a boy died after falling some 50 feet from a luxury suite at an l.a. lakers game at the staples center. believed to be 2 or 3 years

old, he fell from the third deck of the luxury seats several minutes after the lakers beat the warriors last night. the third deck has an approximately 50-foot drop it's not yet clear what caused the boy to fall out of the suite. the boy died at usc medical center. a new jersey pastor who called for his followers to drop facebook because it leads to infidelity offered to step down. over a past affair that involved a threesome with his wife and male assistant at the church. over the weekend the reverends miller told his church congregation he broke a commandment about a decade ago. he said almost a decade ago he had a three-way sexual relationship with his wife and that church assistant. in his 50-minute sermon yesterday he apologized for his past. >> for any painma my past mistakes have caused you i again, i did many years ago, ask for your forgiveness. >> everybody makes mistakes. everybody has a past, you know? he's a human being like anybody

else. >> also in his sermon miller reminded married church leaders to shut down their facebook accounts. he said i could lead to reconnections with past relationships and destroy their marriages. and tonight, at 11:00, an investigation into baltimore city's war on illegal guns. how those firearms are traced and where they come from. abc2 news jamie costello gives us an exclusive look. >> reporter: it's called the continue of a -- dna of a gun. brian kuebler showed off his footage. everybody stopped to take a look at what the city and feds allowed us to shoot. this is stuff you don't see that often. we take you to what is called the gun vault. some video that won't make it to the final cut. a l >> that is a gun. >> that's a gun? >> yeah. this one obviously looks like -- there's the barrel somehow. i'm not sure how this works. but there's a firearm disguised

in this flashlight. or in this pen. see if we got any other -- more different kinds of pen guns. >> reporter: this is charlie hauser, in the tracing center they have the bake hall and gun vault. acts like a library of most guns made in the u.s. >> it's got infrared beam, machine gun. you set the beam up, leave it behind. somebody walks by and break the beam, it opens up on you. it's a booby-trap for all intents and purposes. >> reporter: there's all sorts of interesting guns that they have on file here like cane guns, we saw an umbrella gun. guns used in war by both sides. even concealed guns. >> this is a bible -- this is -- hidden treasures is the title of this book.

>> reporter: according to most real treasure is this gun, this ak, a gold-plated ak that they were able to seize from hussein's palace, a popular gun for people to see when they come to the gun vault. >> the stuff that didn't make it. brian and his photo journalist were invited to spend a couple of days with the feds and city police. go to abc2news.com where we've broken down a lot of brian's information. you'll find a lot of it interesting. come back for his full report tonight, the dna of a gun, only on abc2 news at 11:00. jamie costello, abc2 news. >> thank you. you find something in a wal-mart store but you think it's overpriced because you've just seen it in another store at a cheaper price. well, wal-mart says it's working for you this holiday season. how you can get the store to drop that price. and, feeding the families who need it most. two churches are making sure people have some family time and full stomach this

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take a look at the numbers. the dow jones down 24, almost 25. the nasdaq up almost 14 and the s&p 500 down almost two. in tonight's "consumer watch" -- good news for wal-mart shoppers. it will match competitors' prices starting thanksgiving and through the weekend. wal-mart says it will match the price of any identical price at the register. the offer doesn't apply to on-line purchases. and shoppers spend more in early november raising hopes for a big holiday season. big discounts on everything from tvs to clothing along with free shipping deals lured shoppers into the first half of the month. the average on-line order ran about $198 up from 10% last year. the question now though is whether the momentum will continue or will take sales away from the big black friday. big night for teen

heart throb justin bieber. the winner at last night's american music awards. more on other winners and must-see moments. and, jesus is now even bigger. find out where you can see the largest jesus statue in the world.

members of two local churches are joining forces. bridging the gap between the city and the suburb to help those in need this thanksgiving. abc2 news joce sterman has more on why they say they are giving something back by giving together. >> reporter: outside knox presbyterian

church a line formed. not for a handout but a hand up as thanksgiving approaches. >> it's always good to give. >> reporter: that's the motto of two churches whose members are giving back to the community. >> we should all go together as one, a whole and not be accept are -- separated. >> reporter: knox presbyterian is in the city and christ our king presbyterian from the suburbs of bel air. still, they joined forces to feed those in need. >> we partner up and we can help more people. and that's what we tried to do today. we're just so thankful and proud. >> reporter: these two churches had an original goal of packing up about 400 of these boxes, in the end they came up with 650, feeding approximately 6,500 people with 12 tons of food. >> it's amazing. it hasn't hit me yet. i'm in awe. but it's not us. it's something bigger than we are. >> reporter: it's a common faith connecting them in a cause. the miles between the church members making no difference when it comes to making someone else's life a little easier.

>> don't have money for a lot of stuff. so the fact they have this, it's awesome. >> thank you to everybody that helped me out. >> reporter: it's gratitude that comes from not only getting a meal but also giving one. >> happy thanksgiving. >> reporter: in northeast baltimore, joce sterman, abc2 news. >> this is the first year the two churches teamed up to feed needy families for thanksgiving but after this success members say they hope to work together on other case causes. if you're planning thanksgiving on a budget we have tips on where to find the cheapest turkeys in maryland. just log on to our web site, abc2news.com, and click on the lifestyle section on our home page. then click on the food section for those thanksgiving tips. is it going to feel like thanksgiving on thanksgiving? >> i think so. much more so than it has and might be a little rainy.

so good football watching. warm turkey. that whole thing. the kids can get too hot. i heard you talking earlier about how you'll be slaving over that hot pie. >> you know me better than that. >> look outside now, pretty quiet night on the way. temperatures pretty pleasant. 61 degrees right now and winds out of the south at 3 miles per hour. no big deal. barometric pressure holds steady meaning weather is pretty much not changing at the moment but we think tomorrow will change in the accepts that we ought to fet rain in here. didn't have it today. gwynn oak, a lot of sunshine there, trees looking pretty naked about now. not much in the way of fall foliage left out there, but if you look closely you'll find a few trees with a few leaves left. washington today, look at the air traffic we're talking about. a few more planes, if you look

closely. busy travel days and good flying weather. mid-50s depending where you are. chestertown reports 57, winds light. across the state temperatures running in the upper 50s. this is pretty pleasant stuff. highs today topping out around 60 but tomorrow, we'll add about five degrees or so in linthicum, 66. crownsville may push closer to 67. most spots tomorrow looking at hit or miss showers especially later in the afternoon. west friendship 64. jessup 5 or so -- 65 or so. mild day but more clouds and chance of showers. we've got clouds blowing through tonight. these are not rainmakers but that likely to change as we roll forward into the day tomorrow. as more active weather builds here across illinois. right now chicago getting the rain. so actually, if you have a late night flight out of bwi marshall, whenever chicago is

affected by any kind of weather that can affect the whole grid. so check your flight times. model weather surges in tomorrow. other than the rain coming in, really not a bad-looking day. timing-wise on the rain our future forecast, 7:00, begins to move into western maryland. i think it's tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening when we have the best shot for hit and miss showers. doesn't look like particularly heavy steady rain but showers tomorrow evening. we dry out wednesday, but colder air from the north and west, chillier day wednesday. overnight tonight, 48, clouds on the increase, patchy fog will be a possibility toward daybreak tomorrow but probably not widespread dense fog. 66 tomorrow, a bit milder with afternoon showers around here. and tomorrow night, tuesday night, talking about 40 or so, variably cloudy, maybe patchy drizzle. weather drier but colder here on wednesday for the huge travel day before thanksgiving. much of the country will face rain, even snow wednesday and

into thanksgiving day. so it could be tough flights once you get out of the maryland area. and friday looking wet and cold, cold and dry this weekend including for the ravens tampa game on sunday looking dry but chilly there. >> thank you. the american music awards were handed out last night in los angeles and it was a real big night for teen heartthrob justin bieber. george pennacchio has a wrap-up of the winners from last night. >> justin bieber! >> reporter: teen sensation justin bieber went 4-4 at the american music awards including a win for the biggest award of the night. artist of the year. in 20 years you'll say i remember when i won four amas or you'll be doing something else? >> 20 years i will be still building a legacy. i hope. >> reporter: bieber's mentor, usher, took home two trophies of his own, for favorite male artist and favorite album in the soul r & b category.

he told me the celebrations would come. later. >> that's part of being a vet, you know what i'm saying? i'm definitely enjoying it, man. the celebration only happens in the locker room. you dig what i'm saying? you would normally see the champagne and everything, we can't bring that out here. it will happen, definitely, >> reporter: the ama celebrates different genres of music including country where a humble brad paisley was named favorite male artist. >> when you're accepting the award it doesn't mean you are the best, it means you've lucked out and went down the path that got you on the stage. i'm mindful of that. i try to keep that perspective. >> reporter: in the cult contemporary -- adult contemporary category it award went to previous winner michael buble. you have to find another place for another award. >> thank you. it's not easy. and the stress of knowing that in years to come this will all be gone and i'll be selling that thing on e-bay, fills me

with dread. at the same time i'm excited. >> reporter: and he told me he plans to enter the world of acting. in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. then there were three. tonight the final three dancers will perform on "dancing with the stars." disney's kyle massey, jennifer grey and teen activist bristol palin are the remaining three dancers. you can catch them here tonight on abc2 news at 8:00. and then be sure to watch tomorrow at 9:00 for the live results show. that is when one of the dancers entered will get the coveted mirror ball trophy. after "dancing with the stars" the premiere of "skating with the stars" kicks offer. six celebs and proskater partners hit the ice to show off their competitive figure skating and ice dancing moves. some familiar faces on the show

include real house wife bethany frankel, teen idol brandon michael smith and daytime diva rebecca budig. that is tonight after "dancing with the stars." i'm jamie costello. we're working hard for the stories you want to see at 6:00. holiday shopping from home is quick, easy, beats crowds, but before you log on and type in that credit number there are some things you need to know so you don't get scammed by a scrooge. plus, snow, ice, freezing -- oh, no -- it's not in the forecast but the state highway administration is getting us ready in case. those stories and more coming up.

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this may be the largest statue of jesus in the world. it was officially blessed yesterday in a town in western poland. the the statue and base reach a height of 372 feet, higher than the christ the redeemer statue in rio de janeiro which is 125 feet high. get ready for the highway headache this holiday. construction is expected to be a mess of i-95. we're going to tell you how to avoid that, plus wyett's full forecast on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. all over the country tonight, from your front door to the airport gate the controversy continues over those tsa body scans. if you choose not to get scanned brace yourself for a patdown. good evening, i'm jamie costello with your 6:00 news. of all weeks after this public outcry