but there will be scat isered showers in the afternoon. thanksgiving outlook cool with rain showers. but the first taste of flakes. satellite and radar composit and notice the rain off the edge of the screen. we will talk about when that arrives here coming up. kim brown has a look at traffic. >> reporter: thanks. yes, we want to see the definition of glee. see justin work in the middle of a snowstorm. we are quiet on the roadways. on west side at liberty road, traffic is building a little on the outer loop lanes heading towards i-70. no delays at this time. we don't have accidents or incidents working. you will find all lanes open around the baltimore metro. now back to you. >> thanks. news time right now is

5:30. now for many of you, this is the week you fly out of town to see family. and some of you are expressing concern about the upclose and personal pack-downs -- pat downs at the security lines at the airport. you won't see much of a change before the thanksgiving holiday is over. john has the story. >> reporter: in the busiest travel week of the year, just how bad are the airport lines? we checked. in denver, 16 minutes. chicago, 7, dc, 5, and boston just 2 minutes. >> our fliers don't mind. >> reporter: why so short, the tsa says of the 2 million passengers who fly, less than 3% are getting pat undowns but many are frustrated over the pat-downs and inconvenience of airport security. >>i don't know they make us any safer. >> reporter: a abc news washington post poll finds half of americans thinks the

aggressive pat-downs go too far. one in three oppose the full body scanners that critics say carry an electronic strip search. that means most approve but there's enough ainger to put the federal government on the defensive. >> it has -- has all of this been done perfectly? no. >> reporter: one reason is airport screening horror stories. in florida a. bladder cancer survivor what medical bag that collects urine burst open during a search. >> i am in this room with no winos and urine two men i don't know, and my underwear were dropped to the floor. >> reporter: and then this woman. >> she put her full hand on my breast and said what is this? and i said it's a prosthesis because it's breast cancer and she goes you will need to show me. >> reporter: asked about the invasive checks, tsa chief tells the story of two russian planes

tbloin 2004. reports say by two women with brass packed with explosives. abc news, washington. >> during your holiday travel, you will likely run into a grass roots protest that wants to make a point over the tsa screenings we have been hearing about. an internet movement is urging passengers to on the out of body scans this weekend to showdown lines by refusing the scans and forcing screeners to do moore time consuming physical inspection. but most holiday travelers will put up with the extra attention to get where they want to go. 5:32. a traffic alert. the holiday rush begins tomorrow and if you must head up i-95 we have words of caution. be prepared for some major backups near the maryland delaware border. crews are doing construction at the newark toll plaza and officials say that could lead to traffic backing up as far back as harford county. there is one detour that could help you save sometime. you want to get off 95 at exit 109, the elkton onto route 279 towards newark. you then want to make a right onto route 4 and another route on railroad -- right on 896 and get back on the 95. route 40 is not a good idea if you want to avoid highway

traffic. the hatem bridge is down to one lane because of construction. you won't save time if you are thinking about going that way. aaa estimates the number of americans traveling this thanks giving holiday will increase by more than 11% from 20 09. with 42 million people traveling at least 50 miles from home. the figures are still 30% below the 2005 peak of 58 million road travelers. the family car is still the most common way to get through through the woods with 94% of holiday travelers reaching the destination by way of the old car. >> imagine if you driving somewhere like north dakota. the snow has been pounding the upper midwest. hard to see roadways. and it appears it will stay that way. the white blanket covered eastern north dakota and western minnesota yesterday morning. forecasters say at least 8 inches of snow is expected. the wind is causing blizzard conditions there. we have had great weather here. there's no doubt about it.

but after the back to back blizzards that we saw before, the state wants to come up with a plan just in case. we. the state highway administration says the time to get prepared is right now. that's why they had a meeting in hanover. state officials say they will expand the sugar beat molasses program they tried last year them the mix molasassa with salt bryan that makes it stick to the road wetter -- better. >> the trucks are heavy and the heavier it is, you know, the farther your you will slide. it's a weight thing. >> if you want to learn more about the how they are prepping for winter, log onto roads.maryland.gov or click on the chart there. we will try to link it up to the website so you can find it on abc2news.com. >> you had some fun with this last year. >> we did. doesn't that sound like a yummy recipe. >> yes. it would smell great. sometimes holiday gifts come with a bow and wrapping paper. >> and sometimes they come a little early. the surprise for two children and the mother who became mom once again. get a check on the trains and buses. heading over to mta mark jones. >> reporter: good morning.

you will find on the buses, the 20 and 30 with a diversion at old frederick. the 8 and 2 buss are 10 to 15 minutes late. on the marc train brunswick line train 870, behind 10 to 15 minutes. ah, this is just what the eight layers needed. hey guys. sorry we're late. milk looks warm. finally got the whole gang together. maple brown sugar, strawberry delight, blueberry muffin. yeah, a little family reunion.

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5:39. it was an 18-hour trip home for thanks giving. once the south carolina soldier and mother made it, she had no intention of going into her house. she had two very stops to make. >> grab your clean exbecause for the first time in eight month monica terry held her daughter. keeping in touch with her through skype and sergeant terry save the vacation for thanksgiving and coming home to see her kids. >> you see her? i don't see her. >> the sergeant's #th grade honor students says he thinks he is too cool for mom and took less than a minute for her to

be mom again. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. 5:39. we will go back to towson. what a mild start. 49 degrees and one of the good things is that we don't have the widespread fog that we had yesterday. it's still out there. i want to alert you traveling in the outlying areas, if you your commute tax you by the reservoirs or through the valleys in baltimore county near carroll or howard county you may encounter fog. but that's not the case in towson. we have 50 backs towards sykesville. and 52 in easton on the eastern shore. we have some patchy thick fog, but mostly cloudy skies will result in some scattered showers as a cold front approaches early to mid afternoon. we will hate warm 66 the two degree guaranteed high. let's check on the traffic with kim brown. >> reporter: thanks. as we get ready for the travel day tomorrow, this morning, traffic is actually moving very, very well.

we have light to moderate volume. no delays around the beltway. traffic moves good at liberty road in both directions. looking at the maps, we have a disabled vehicle southbound 95 approaching the beltway. that blocks the shoulder. an accident is recorded southbound 795 heading towards the beltway. police are on the scene. stay with us, we have more of "good morning, maryland" coming back after this. ah, this is just what the eight layers needed.

hey guys. sorry we're late. milk looks warm. finally got the whole gang together. maple brown sugar, strawberry delight, blueberry muffin. yeah, a little family reunion. [ wind rushes ] whoa! whoa! whoa! whoa! we're cereal here! what? just cooling it down. enough said. gotcha. safety first. whoo-hoo! watch the whole grain! [ female announcer ] try kellogg's® frosted mini-wheats® hot. just add warm milk and you've got a hot way to keep your kids full and focused all morning. oops. dude your eight layers are showing. [ female announcer ] mini-wheats® hot. keeps 'em full, keeps 'em focused.

it's 5:44 on this tuesday morning. welcome back. this morning parents in harford county hope their voices are being heard. it was so crowded at the board of education meeting, there was no reason to sit. every school in the county is affected either losing or gaining students. sherrie johnson is live to explain what could happen next. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. charlie. yes, this was the first harford county school board education meeting since the unveiling of the redistricting plan for the elementary schools. and yes, every elementary school in the county will be affected either gaining or losing students, and many parents are not happy about it. some schools in fallston are above 100% capacity and others in the northern part of the country are well below 100%.

they say that needs to be balanced out before the arrivals of new families because of the brac jobs at aberdeen proving grounds. some parents say the move would be disruptive for their kid. >> we moved from another community to come to fallston and in less than two years our children have to be moved to another school. >> reporter: hopes to vote on the final measure is by february. there will be other meetings where parents can still speak their mind and talk to the school board directly. in the meantime, log onto abc2news.com to voice your opinion and comments on there. reporting live in bel air, sherrie johnson. police say a man attacked a woman who was jogging in jessup and sexually assault her. this is one of six similar cases in howard county since march. she fought back and got away. going back to april, three women were touched-appropriately on

pathways around oakland mills. in march, two similar incidents happened in columbia. one woman says a stranger grabbed her several years ago. >> it took my peace of mind away. so i just pay attention much more carefully nowadays. >> howard county police recommend women know the area where they are running and to stay away from isolated trails. bring a buddy with you, if moble, and tell swore where you are going. carry a cell phone and save that music for the treadmill. insurance companies are surveying the damage at one of the worst hit areas during last week's tornado. the f-1 tornado caused serious damage on fleetwood avenue destroying dozens of apartments. many are gathering up possession six days after the storm ripped through. others lost almost everything they own and have no insurance to replace it. >> i pray god don't never sent anything like this but i have

rental insurance today. you know he what i am saying? i kept putting it off because i couldn't afford it. i am on a fixed income. >> the american red cross is served more than 800 meals and provided aid to more than 80 families from the center at the reginald f lewis high school. baltimore city leads created a disaster relief fund to help families in northeast baltimore. the owner of the pleasant view and dutch village apartments committed clar 10,000 to the fund. if you would like to help, you can through harbor bank of maryland, 25 west fayette street, baltimore, 21201. it's a mega chain with bills bilions in assets and acore together baltimore sun, the full city council voted to approve zoning for the 25th street station. construction is set to begin this spring. a woman who told president obama she was exhausted from defending him and his economic

policies has been fired. velma hart says she has been laid off as chief financial office for am vets a organization based in maryland. she says she lost her job because the nonprofit organization was look for ways to cut expenses. she was among those who questioned the president during a town hall style meeting on the ecomony back in september. also new this morning, a little more than a million dollars will be given to 64 schools thanks to the chesapeake bay trust. it includes more than 700 organization. the trust is is a state charter nonprofit grant making organization. environmental protection agency official says states of the chesapeake bay watershed has made progress in finding ways to reduce pollution. but the water quality coordinator says states need to do more to provide assurance they can meet the goals.

maryland delaware and pennsylvania have until november 29th to submit the final plans. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> very active thanksgiving week continues here. and we can have a wide vied of temperatures and weather conditions in maryland. on the 23rd of november, normal low of 33 and normal high of 44. 16 in 188 0 and 1979 brought us the the record high of 7 #. sun up one minute before seven and goes down to 4:47. morning satellite and radar. we have had patchy fog and we are stirring up the wnd ahead of the frontal boundary. front bringing in showers and thunderstorms and the remnants of what it produced tornadoes northwest of chicago on mob. the cold front is active but the sign of the transition through a winter pattern come nateing much of the nation. we are watching widespread snow and blizzard conditions break out in the cold air across the

rockies, they have winter weather advisories in rare places like seattle which picked up a record 2 1/2 inches of snow yesterday. more is is expected there today. there could be travel problems in the region. if you are cutting across the nation, we are watching this active line. more nasty weather from kentucky through tennessee. and stretching its way through the deep south, we expect warm air to help to fuel the storms. but it's probably going to stay south of baltimore as we are on the northern fringe and we will get wet weather out of the line of storms. but most of the active weather will be splitting up and passing to the south. we expect one shot of showers here coming up during the afternoon hours between one and four, the best chance of getting hit with wet weather. gusty wind and heading through wednesday. outlook for thanksgiving clouds come back in and this is just one computer model. although it shows us dry with rain on the other side of the mountains, we will plan for the chance of morning showers and the increasing threat of showers throughout the day on thursday. the real rain with the next

storm will come on friday and that's when we start tanking on the thermostat. 66 that's the two degree guarantee this afternoon. but that comes with the increasing breeze and that comes with a chance of a shower early to mid-afternoon. we clear out tonight and will drop back down to 36. and we are expecting tomorrow's temperatures not to rebound much. only about 50 downtown which means we stay in the 40s outside the beltway. and the rest of us get a chance to catch up with the chilly air. thanksgiving scattered showers 52. 48 and falling with the rain on friday. could see a snow shower north and west of baltimore but 44 on saturday. and lows in the 20s and back to 45 with sun on sunday. >> reporter: for drivers make their way through howard county, there will be no problems on 29 from route 40 up in ellicott city heading through columbia down towards north laurel into montgomery county. on 95 in baltimore county at 195, traffic looks good making your way towards the capital

beltway. no problems on the bwi parkway. this is what we have. some reported police activity. 795 southbound right as you approach the beltway not report to be blocking any lanes. but keep an eye out for the driver as you make your way down there. the disabled vehicle 95 southbound on the southwest corner of the beltway near arbutus is off to the right. not really impacting traffic that much right now. stay with us. we have more of "good morning, maryland" coming back after this.

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look at news from around the nation. a man searching time for attack two female jogger has been found g every murdering chan dray levy. her 2001 disappearance drew international headlines when she was linked to gary condit. authorities continue to search for the suspect in utah in the shooting of a park ranger. they say they don't believe he's escaped from the search area. the target for the manhunt is lance leroy erlano who official believe may be wounded and in need of medical help.

the wound officer is currently listed in serious condition. new jersey lawmakers passed what many say will be the nation's toughest laws to fight bullying. the issue gained national attention after the suicide of tyler clementi who killed himself in september after officers say his roommate spied on his sexual encounters and put it on the internet. it require antibullying programs in pub click cools as well as updating language and college codes of conduct to address the issue. she is the first lady but is more of an activist. >> michelle obama says it's vital. trend she hopes catches on at school cafeterias. they are calling it the magic mirror. how this moireor at a macy's store in midtown manhattan takes your picture and let's you try on clothes virtually. also bound and determined. the shoppers are making sure they will get the best deals and best products for black friday. we will help you out in just a

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now, "good morning maryland." this is not fair to do to our children. >> aid battle over boundary lines. parents say not so fast when it comes to moving kids around harford county. >> and you need to be cautious. with are you run in howard county. police are searching for suspect who is attack joggers. >> if you think the tsa screenings will be a pain for travelers. try driving on 95. some say expect to be backed up for nearly 20 miles if you are heading to delaware. not good. >> that's going to be picking up tomorrow into thursday. you have family coming in on thursday. >> i do. >> get ready for that. and if you coming by roadways, pay attention. we have detours around the maryland-delaware state hines to know about. >> absolutely. stay tuned for all of that. good tuesday morning. thanks for joining us i am megan pringle. >> i am charlie crowson. t'