while. >> it's amazing what those things can do. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning this broadcast is real time captioned by carrie o'brien. no one wants to gee stuck in traffic. i'm linda so. these blinking lights are going to pave the way a faster commute. parents and students hit the pavement, walking to safe fresafety. i'm sherrie johnson, coming up. it is paul and punkson season, that is coming up. all right. , good morning, everyone. the mild way point of the week is here. what does the forecast look like? here is meteorologist justin

berk. >> all right. good morning to you. chilly and nippy. look at the spread from 57 in eastern shore, to 47. inland it is going to be quick chillier then by the way. but clear skies. we pushed the storm out of here and watching the winds that will pick up this afternoon. it's going to get gusty, but we're going to warmup. the high temperatures push into the 70s. we will stay rather warm through the weekend. that is coming up. right now, tanya and the traffic. good morning. we're starting out pretty well. we have no accidents to report in baltimore city or county. life-threating hope it stays that way. this is the beltway on the northbound side. this is 695, near 795. pretty light traffics no incident. 95 to 395 looking south. light traffic here. most of it running southbound.

395 south, that roadwork as cleared asally. we have changes today for drivers in harper county. the long ulwaited i-95 interchange opens today. the goal is to alleviate conjunction, but will it work? here is linda. >> reporter: the overpass is not open yet. it will be in 30 minutes. but we have road crew degrees recking traffic and putting on the finishing touches making sure that everything is okay. so, when the roadway opens at 5:00, it will make your commute easier. at route 24, the goal is to make it easier to get on and off of 95. for a while now the traffic is a nightmare between the shopping centers, the traffic

and neighborhoods it is a mess. >> i think it is good. it should relieve the traffic problems at bel air, they are bad. the holidays, the weekends, the mornings at 10 or 15 minutes to your travel. >> reporter: so, in 30 minutes this new overpass will open. road crews are putting on the finishing touches making sure that everything is okay. at 5:00 this morning the new overpass will open. the go to take the extra traffic off of the local roads. reporting live, linda so, abc 2 news. two people were shot on tuesday night. they are still on the loose. sheriffs deputies are saying that the victims are ages 21 and 23. they were taken to shock trauma, no word on their condition, a stock market or motive. police are looking at three

men accused of embirrinating officers. they entered a home after identifying themselves as officers. no weapon was seen, but they patted down a man. cash was stolen, and they took off. now, an up date on a story we brought you yesterday. baltimore county police made an arrest in the shooting of the social security employee. now, stokes has been arrested and charged. police are saying that stokes shot the victim not far from the camps of the ssa. the victim made it back to the campus before collapsing. he is still in the hospital today. stokes is being held in a baltimore county detention center. another shocking case of animal cruelty, this is out of baltimore city. a cat was set on fire and had to be youthinized. it was south on 40 monroe 40 --

south monroe street. >> i saw the cat when it came here. she was burned on the majority of her body. >> police have no leads. why it was done, if you know anything about the case, call police as quickly as possible. and that sign, the hollywood casino go up as planned. it passed a vote. supporters are saying it is a good point to the people to get them to go to the casino, those nearby still don't want it. >> the attention is getting bright and in your face. for people to pitch to you, trying to be friendly to a community. is completely disingenuous.

>> when businesses start to lose revenue. they start cutting and they start cutting the jobs. >> it is not known when that sign will go up. news time, 4:35. this morning education alert. there can be big changes coming. parents crowded in overnight. the school is supposed hold 500 studentt. right now, 679. two options are to bus the students or keep the students for 2 1/2 years why the new one is under construction. the county will poll parents. well, today, parents are encouraged to walk with their kids to school. a national event. abc 2 news sherrie johnson is live in student. >> reporter: well it is time to lace up your sneakers.

it is national walk to school today. baltimore county police are going to teach elementary students about traffic safety. now, thousands of children and their parents take part in this event each year. according to the national center for safe routes to school. 25,000 children are injured by cars each year in the usual. one of the best way to increase safety of children. is to teach them ways to cross the street. officers will be stationed on corners to street children this morning and walk with them to school and police take the time to talk to kids about safe walking practices like using a crosswalk and looking both ways. today's event is being held as international school month. coming up at the 6:00 hour, we will have a representative from aaa to talk about the event. sherrie johnson, abc 2 news. well, it started in new

york and it spiraled into many states across the u.s. now, they are in baltimore. b

well, after months of organization and planning , the group known as occupy wall street is getting media attention lately. now, they are occupying baltimore. this is new video from overnight. an hour ago, 50 protesters are sleeping out in the streets. occupy baltimore is launching a

corm noted effort for cities like new york, boston and chicago. they are rallying on a number of issues. they cannot agree on the issues. so, they came up with a banner. now, they have been out there all right. they were less than happy to see the media. we shot it, got out and because it to you. >> as long as it takes. as long as it takes. i'm here to say this is my home. i can come back, you know, i think, the idea is worth it. the idea is important. i'm committed to the idea. >> that idea has many saying this protest will go on indefinitely. something that echoed this morning. justin? >> here is an idea for you, we're going to get to sun back

out. we had some yesterday. now, this is one of the places that looked over cast for sometime, but if sun did breakout. now, downtown baltimore. we started with sun. went cloudy for some time and worked our way back into the afternoon and evening with clearing skies. a mostly sunny clear sky town towards annapolis. in a few miles drive in either direction, you can get a different weather set up towards fall and the winter season. 53 in baltimore. how warm is it going to get? well, check out the wake up window and the weekend forecast is in a moment. here is tonya with traffic. all right. we have good news tonight. in 15 to 20 minute as new interchange is going to open up at 95, 24 and 924 where they come together. we will have more with linda so

coming up. right now we're doing okay out there. we're going to look at 95 and take a tour to see what is happening out there. it is sluout there, traffic is building. but no incidents. very few cars in the tunnel right now. you can see the car going into the tunnel is part of the southbound traffic, which remains light. let's hope it stays accident free. charlie. the speculation was ram accident for the new dezane of the iphone 5, but it wasn't. apple unveiled the iphone 4s yesterday and all of the changes on the inside. the killer features, voice recognition, it reads text messages and will transcribe and send a dictated e-mail, but for the time and design conscious, it may disappoint, because -- guess what it looks like the ones that you have. still to come this morning.

new developments in the search for a maryland woman. the new methods that police are using to get a break in the case.

five things that you did not know before heading out on this wednesday morning. starting on october 17th, waste crews will collect bags of leaves avenue monday. the leafs will not be picked up on the following dates. and national bullying prevention month and tomorrow, the governor and ris wife will kickoff the month. local education officials will also be in attendance.

washington, d.c., the national cathedral plans to open the 12th. three of four spirals were taken down and damaged during the earthquake. well, get ready to pay more fees if you're a city bank customers. in december, customers with easy checking accounts will be charged $15 a month, if they don't get $6,000 or higher. for mid level accounts 6 to $15,000 a $20 fee for anyone who does not maintain that balance. good luck. and finally, good news, if you want to get a head start al christmas shopping. toys-r-us are going to extend their layaway program. well, leafs are falling. the colors are changing and the temperatures are dropping. what is next? the pumpkin carving, but how do you know the best way to pick

one, carve one and to eat one. here is lynette charles with everything that you want to know. >> reporter: hey, charm he, i'm chilling with the pumpkins this morning. i'm here at weber cider farm. it is a nice and crisp out here. i think that the pumpkins might like the weather, opposed to all of the wet weather we received. so, let me bring in it owner here. this is steve weber. you know that we have all of the rain out there for the past month and august, how did that affect the pumpkins? >> quite a bit. we had over three foot of rain. the pumpkins need water, but not that much. >> reporter: this is more of the weather that pumpkins thrive in? >> yes. nice and cool. >> okay. >> this is pumpkin and fall weather, but they grow all summer. >> reporter: so, speaking of

that, when do you start planting the seeds? >> the first week in june, around june tennis it is a fine day. we like to get them planted them. they have all summer to grow. they are a very passionate plant. they can make pumpkins in july and september. >> reporter: all right. i have more questions for you. i'm going to bring you back and talk about the different pumpkins and squash and that is what. i need to beigeicated this morning. stick around. again, it is a lovely day out here. lots to talk about. don't go away. it is a good day. it is pumpkin season charlie. back to you. >> i'm curious what you're going to learn throughout the morning. lynette charles is standing by, thank you. this is an 1176 pumpkin going to be arriving today at 10:00. it will not be a record topper, but from our area, you might want to take the kids.

the health crisis has risen 18 people have been confirmed dead because of cantaloupe. the cdc has found 100 illness in 20 day. blackout in a can are coming up with a fresh warning. they are changing drink labels showing that a can as much alcohol as four or five beers. this is after the federal trade commission accused them of being deceptive. dogs are searching through the scrub bushes by elaine. the crews will be searching through the end of the week. they are going to focus on the southeast edge of the island. where she was reported missing by gary. a mom has agreed to sell her newborn son.

$15,000. police charged the woman and a friend. now, in foster care the baby. the mom was raising two children and living with her mother. she had fallen on hard times and a friend offered to help. investigators got tipped and when they want searching for the two, they found the document being signed on surveillance video. this story is wide. this is a sign for residents. two full grown mountain lions were found lounging in california. some are saying it is part of living in the foothills. justin it is one thing to shoot a black bear on your porch, but mountain lions are different. here kitty, kitty. >> a big kitty. >> what do you do? they are looking at you and are in charge. they are hanging out. 53 in baltimore. we're still cooler than new england. that is because they are underneath cloud cover and

starting to fight off the showers. but we got light. 40s back towards pennsylvania, the great lakes. there is the tail end of the clouds, wrapping around that storm system. most of the rain is east of main. that's our low pressure that was plaguing us for the better part of the last week. now, the cool breeze out of the northwest. isy cool, it is crisp this morning. the winds will increase as high pressure takes over, that with the sunshine will warm us up for today. not much else for the remainder of the week. we're looking at a two degrees high of 73 and tonight, 46 degrees. this is the time of the year, if you're by the water, especially by the bay, it will be milder into the 50s and take a quick peak as the rest of the week. temperatures that cool down tomorrow. 67 and back to 70s on friday

and maybe pushing 80 by sunday and monday. world holding tight with a lot of sunshine. tonya. love it. we have red work that is clearing out. all of the construction should be cleared in the next 8 minutes or so. to worry about right now. charlie. four years in an italian prison. american, amanda knox is now home. coming up -- the welcome that she received from accept. accept-- from seattle. you are watching abc 2 news.

all right. making headlines this morning, amanda knox arrived in seattle, washington yesterday. kirk knock is relieved it was finally over. knox was acquitted of murder charges and sexual assault and the fatal stab stabbing of her roommate, mar death kercher. >> i'm overwhelmed. >> hundreds of supporters showed up at the airport. amanda spent four years in an italian prison wants to have a little bit of privacy and spend time catching up with her family. in peru, 400 women have been rescued from what police are calling a forced prostitution ring. hundreds of officers raided brothels after receiving tips that they were forked into

prostitution. four men were arrested and face charges. well, check this in canada, a fire broke out at a residence at the british high commission. crews were able to get if under control quickly. but a plume of smoke was visible for miles. no injuries were reported. a new road is opening in harper county. linda so. she has been mussing for two months. now, authorities in aruba are bringing in extra help to find gardener. more deaths in the tainted cantaloupe, i'm sherrie johnson, more coming up. october the 5th. good morning maryland. it is time to get a look at

your workweek with meteorologist justin berk. all right. we are checking out new numbers that i want to share with you from our weather net, aka weather bug. all right. the coldest temperature that we could find in the state of maryland right now. that's impressive, considering the 9 9 9 inches of snow in the mountains in west virginia. 44 this morning. 100% humidity. the valley will cool you down. because we go a-- across town and a 9 degree spread. welcome back stephenson university. we have been offline for a while, but reconnecting, ask a new hillary clinton d camera i can't wait to share with you at 52 this morning. a high of 73, we will be sunny, but winds get a little bit gusty, pushing 20 miles per

hour this afternoon. let's go back to the roads. it is 4:58 on the clock. our overnight roadwork is done, out of here, nothing to worry about, if you are traveling you have a smooth ride to the beltway. this is the bell way near 795, the traffic is runny smoothly here. nothing in your way around the west side of the beltway towards 95. the top side, sirring 95, we have traffic flowing freely here as well embogue directions. get ready for an easier ride in hartford county. now linda so is live with the latesticism it open. >> reporter: it is open. moments ago it opened for the first time and so far, so good. we have police and road cruise out here directing traffic. makinge