good morning. i'm charley crowson. let's say hello to justin berk. good morning. we are about to make a lot of people happy and hopefully get to see the big smiles. essex elementary is waking up with clouds and stars above. some places inland have fog. we are chilly this morning. 47 degrees the current temperature in baltimore. 45 easton, hagerstown and york pa, periphery. cloud cover is breaking up on the south and east end. cloud cover on the north side, lingering sprinkles. we are done with the rain. we will try to be optimistic, i adjusted for sun. the northwest winds helps out. a partly cloudy sky, towards the afternoon, we may bubble up clouds from time to time. we are under the influence of the storm that is departing.

67, marked improve. two degree guaranteed high. it gets better for the rest of the week. we will talk about that next. good morning to tanya. 95 north, vehicle fire is gone. south of 32, a broken down car. let's look at the beltway, they are starting to get volume. frederick road, outer loop to the left, starting to get volume through kaytonsville, 695, liberty road, volume as well. that has volume from 795 to edmonton. drive times affect ad lib. 8395, outer loop, bel air to providence 7 minutes. 795 to 70, nine or ten minutes. a battle brewing over a large sign sp you've got the water tower. why not a 17 story high sign advertising perryville casino. some are saying no way. sherrie johnson is here with

more on that debate, some folks are pretty unhappy. >> exactly right. later tonight, some folks will be able to make their feelings known about the issue. the hollywood casino is tucked down the hill. think of how many more clots players with the beaming idea i homeowners say their home values will go down. the casino did tests on their own and claims you would be able to spot the sign from 3 points in the beacon point development. >> everybody moves here for the view of the water and peacefulness, nobody is going to wpt to see that. they move here to get out of the city. >> once again, there will be a public hearing tonight in perryville at 7:00 p.m. so people can sound off about the issue. some are calling it a quest

for wellness, others saying it goes too far. a commissioner wants to prohibit the county from hiring anyone who smokes or uses tobacco on or off the job and will save the county money and the premiums. not everyone agrees. >> i can understand do not smoke at work and if you are a drinker do not drink as work. that's your business on your own time. >> it's your business. if i'm paying for it, i have to have a say. in this case our taxpayers are paying for it. >> he hopes to have the policy in effect by next year. it would have to get a majority of approval. a presidential candidate says don't believe everything you read. he is responding to claims he used hunting grounds with a racial slur on a rock at the entrance gate. the post broke the story about the rock at the gated entrance and a spokesman says the name was changed and painted over after his family leaseed the

land in the 80s. sources are claiming the name and slur is visible in different points throughout the 80s and 90s. testimony resumes in the dr. conrad murray involuntary manslaughter trial. he is accused of giving michael jackson propofol. a woman with whom dr. murray has a child may have received shipments at her home. making news around the nation this morning, investigators are trying to piece together what happened at a chemical plant after a fire exploded outside of dallas. firefighters got away but the truck was consumed. police in strandton, pennsylvania are looking for two people accused of locking a 7-year-old boy inside a coffin inside a condemned house.

neighbors found the boy inside after they heard cries for help. the child told investigators he was put inside the coffin in the house all as a sign of punishment. if row if you got a plan, a suspect made escape after a chase in florida. it was caught on dash cam. the video started when police tried to pull the guy over. he wept the wrong way and it goes from there. the suspect took off. see the driver got out and jumped the hood and runs away. the police caught the suspect and arrested him. this you see, stuck, hood, escape. investigators in new orleans say they don't think this was an accident. they are not sure why anyone would do this, police are looking for a driver of this truck, surveillance video shows the truck slamming in to the parish da's office. the driver had to drive up a set of steps to get through the glass doors. family in pennsylvania shot this home video.

you can see a cub sit on the railing, eating out of the bird feeder. the family thought the thing was cute. when the cub put its paw on the glass door and refused to leave, they got scared. they called police, who used a cup of ammonia to chase the cub away. see stars here in baltimore. another hbo project filmed here bringing jobs, money and interesting sights plus, is it worth the hype? it failed to disappoint. the iphone 5, is it going to be unveiled today. we will see what the fuss is about. thank you for starting off with us. that's a live look south at atlanta. back in a bit.

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good morning maryland. charley crowson and this is your 2 news to go. a lot going on on this tuesday morning. tonya will help avoid backups on the roadways. first to justin berk. good morning, widespread conditions this morning, most of us chilly in the 40s, manchester one of those spots that indicate fog trying to develop with some brightening up above. chance to clear out overnight. the ground moisture produced fog. downtown is not an issue. looking at what could be a mixture of sun glare in a few parts and thick fog in others. temperatures mid-40s, we will average partly cloudy sky. breeze picks up as the day wears on and pushing in to the 60s. this will feel great today and a warming trend will continue through the weekend.

we will talk about that next. back to the traffic. there is fog, that could cause a problem. 895 south,, we have a broken down car b. careful through that area. let's look at the beltway on the southwest side. we are starting to get volume on the outer loop. it is moving. it will be congested around to edmonton. slowing down at harford road. slow from harford to york. that's the out i loop to the right. give yourself extra time. took 4 years but aman amanda knox is free and headed home. linda so is here with all new information from overnight. >> reporter: we just learned amanda knox and her family left the airport in rome and taking a british flight to london and catching a connecting flight to seattle. just moments ago we also heard from the family of maredith kircher. they say it's a shock and

upsetting and feel like they are back to square one. 24-year-old amanda knox sat trembling before the judge. when she heard the decision to overturn her murder convictions she sobbed. her family who had been fighting to clear their daughter em praised each other. amanda and her former boyfriend were convicted of sexually assaulting and killing maredith kirch. maredith's family spoke out in italy. while they respect the decision, they don't understand how the condition vix from the first trial could be radically overturned. here is her mother. >> it's every parent's nightmare of something terrible happening. >> no word on exactly what time amanda and her family will arrive back home in seattle.

we will keep you posted on air and on line. police are searching for a suspect accused of sexually assaulting a johns hopkins university student. officialels say a female was walking to her apartment and attacked in an alley. it happened saturday night. the victim says the suspect was armed, though she never saw a gun. thousands work there everyday but never dreamed that a co-worker would become a shooting victim. a worker at the social security administration found them self afa robbery. kuren redmond is live in wood lawn with more. >> police are continuing their search for that armed suspect who shot the social security worker during his lunch break yesterday. it happened not far from the campus. this is the campus in wood lawn. we are told the victim was

walking down a path, not far from here when he was shot. the victim was able to make its way back to the campus before collapsing. police believe this shooting was connected to a robbery. the social security administration was locked down for hours while police searched for the shooter. police brought in search dogs, helicopters, and also homeland security, assisted with the search. shortly after the shooting, this was a report of a suspicious package at the health and human services building. that turned up nothing. we are told the victim sustained non-life threatening injuries and expected to be okay as for the suspect, the search continues this morning. kuren redmond, abc2 news. protesters plan to march in baltimore against youth detention center. the march is scheduled to begin at 5:00 at the detention center and end at the academy high school. protesters call r calling for

investment, housing. it's held nationwide as part of a youth justice awareness month. the state says they need do more work to find out if research can chemicals are making people sick. a spokesman with the department of health says the incidents of limb fomas was 25% higher than in the state as a whole. more in weeks to come. police search for suspects in a string thefts in southwest baltimore county. there are 20 car thefts or attempted thefts in the kayton'sville area. the cars have been stolen between 1:00 and 4:00 , the thieves are targeting dodges, chryslers, jeeps, with model years between 1994, and 2006. the rain caused another delay in the opening of a road in harford. the overpass was supposed to

clear up traction at 924 and 24, the design will take traffic over the cars moving between the shopping centers. that opening is set for 5:00 tomorrow morning. the time has come for a eastern shore family to see their new home. extreme makeover is putting finishing touches on a home for the johnson goosesly family. >> reporter: it's an exciting day for one family. later this afternoon, the crew from extreme makeover home edition will move that bus to show a beautiful new home. tie pennington and the crew have been working hard to give the family a better home. it was so bad it didn't have a working shower or bathtub. today that's about the change. the family has been vis itsing california during the build and today, they will see their brands new home. 16-year-old johnson, lost his hand while working on the

family. ts 80-year-old home last christmas eve and has a passion for construction and design and for the first time, the crew let him stay behind and work on the home. designers say this home was built for the environment and has 33 solar panels on the roof to provide energy. >> it's better to work with him. i really see an exciting design star in the future from him. i'm working on a secret project that will help him with that. >> the reveal takes place at 3:00 this afternoon and catch this episode on abc2 news on december 9th. time to bring it home with five things you need to know before head heading out the door. collective bargaining talks.

this man, rice, a professor at johns hopkins is sharing the 2011 noble prize in physics. he won it in stock home sweden. rice says his jaw dropped upon hearing the news and couldn't believe it. he didn't know if this would happen. a wonderful distinction. very cool. on that note, the fog seems to be expanding across the area. that will disperse. storm system, see the circulation, wrapping heavy rain, conveyer belt to the north side of boston, wrapping around new york city, rolling down towards philadelphia, traveling up 95, you may have to deal with that. we are on the bookside. it's had a chance to dry things out a little bit. break out the clouds overnight.

as a result, some of you have had a chance to let that ground moisture do its thing. we have areas of patchy fog, this is a time of the day where the fog can expand. we've got that inland. especially when you head away from the day. what i have seen has not been an issue. this set up can carry the fog and move it like a cloud from one place to another. it is just the first sign of breaking down this whole pattern. it pulls out of here and we should develop a partly cloudy sky, a breeze will pick up as well today. that's out of the northwest, gusts to 25 miles per hour this afternoon. it should help our temperatures get back to 67. a little bit below normal. tonight back to 47 degrees and here comes the sun, and here comes the fun. here comes the chance to dry out. 72 tomorrow. 70 thus. back to 72 -- 70 thursday. >> this weekend, looks like a good time with sunshine, and we

will warm in to the 70s, maybe some of you hit 80 on your backyard thermometers and stay dry with warm temperatures in to next week. we've earned it. even for those of us that like the cool weather. a broking down car on the inner loop. be aware of. that let's look at our problem spot , the outer loop, near 795. this is south of 795, old court road. this will last around until edmonton. give yourself extra time if you are making your way towards 70. jfx is moving well. starting to get a little bit of volume here as you make your way to cold spring lane. if you are heading to the jfx, now is the time the to do it. not stop and go yet. always keep up to date with the traffic cameras at abc2news.com. by downloading the application on your iphone or ipad.

good thing to have before you leave. have a great day. to new york for good morning america. have a great tuesday everyone. =>