>> start tonight with a developing story. police say some taxi cab drivers just aren't following the rules. in some cases they may be refusing to take people where they want to go because it doesn't make them as much money. don harrison showing us how they are in trouble with the law. >> i have been up here the cab service up here just like -- it's messed up. >> reporter: its complaints that made police aware of problem was cabs at some amtrak and light-rail stops. >> we did an operation called operation correct fare. >> reporter: tuesday morning police did an undercover sting at the amtrak rail station and at a light-rail stop. they posed as customers looking for cab drives. in a 20 minute span police issued 11 violations, three of them involving arrests on the scene. one of the arrests was for a suspended driver's license and

two were for criminal warrants. some of the violations were traffic citation, failure to start a fare meter and refusal to take a customer. >> take you where they got to go. >> reporter: these don't come as a surprise to some customers. >> most cab drivers want the trip out of town, you make yore money than try to run someone local and burn more gas in traffic. >> reporter: jeff used to drive a cab and he has seen drivers not play by the rules. >> we never did like short runs because it's out of rotation and does -- it cuts us short on money. >> reporter: not all people have had problems. >> i have never had any personal experience with the companies doing anything wrong. i'm sure that just like any other business there is corruption. >> reporter: for police the faction is drivers have to play by the rules and will continue to use undercover stings to

make that point clear. don harrison for abc 2news. >> now all of the violation was reported to the commercial licensing division for further review. take a look at some of tonight's top stories. police looking for the person who shot a man in charles village. he was shot in the groin and is in serious condition. shooting happened just 50 feet from the spot where a researcher was killed last year. a woman is in the hospital fighting for her life after she was attacked in her home. she was upstairs when two people broke in, came upstairs and attacked her with a crowbar. she jumped out of a second story window to get away from them. she was taken to the hospital within ires. the temperature has dropped leaves starting to fall and while fall is a great time to get outside and enjoy the

outdoors criminals also take advantage of it. we have some important tips for keeping your home safe. >> reporter: we are working for you. we are working with local law enforcement agencies to drive you tools and tips to keep you and your family safe. we are bringing you tips to keep your home safe and avoid being robbed while you are out and about. with the temperatures dropping many of us will start spending our weekends raking leaves and doingo activities outside and baltimore county police say burglars take advantage of an open house while you are outside. make sure you lock all your doors when you are outside, many specialize in stealing homes when are you outside doing yardwork. also remember to lock the shed and garage after you finish so they won't have easy access to your tools, caro or your house. if you see you anything suspicious call the police. police were come anonymously

and cruise around checking for suspicious activity. you can check out owl of the crime prevention stories on the website. abc 2news. >> need to rake leaves? can't blame the weather. it's nothing but sunshine and we will keep that going next several days. today was a little cooler, not much of a breeze only around eight to ten on the peak gusts but temperatures were up close to 70, now falling through the 60s. 63 rock hall, point eerie, many spots will be in the 50s later this evening. we will go with 60s around baltimore. it'll be a clear and cool night. a turn around temperature wise. how much it warms up this weekend straight ahead. >> thank you. on saturday, ravens will hold a fundraiser for a special 8-year- old. his name is william schneider.

>> reporter: here he is all dressed up and he comes to you one night and says i want a dog. you fire back you will be responsible for it. here say little boy who wants a dog but it's the dog who has to be responsible. it has to keep william alive. >> and i walked into the room and he was laying there 14 months old and i just started screaming what's wrong! what's wrong! >> reporter: the news floored her. as you can see they are still on the floor. >> how was school? >> fine. >> what do you do? my day was fine. >> reporter: he had a tumor in a bad place, cancer. it's now in remission. >> i think you are my hero. >> reporter: he is deaf in one ear and has to turn up the sound in the other. he wears special glasses and shines a crooked smile and the

beanie never comes off. the propeller just whips up emotions. >> appreciate what you have because you never know what it can be taken. >> reporter: miss parent was told take a lot of pictures, because you will have the memories. as of tonight they are 61,000 shots. he has been through so much, surgeries and chemo and more surgeries, he has been told he was going to die more times than you check your e-mail. william wants a dog. >> i had heard of a seizure dog. >> reporter: the dog can sniff out a seizure. >> and helps him deal with stress. he is starting to realize he has the s. >>announcer: izures. >> mr. jamie will ask you some questions about your dog. can you answer them? okay. >> i will try. >> reporter: what's the dog going to do? >> protect they. >> reporter: what do you want

to be when you grow up? >> maybe, a dad. daddy, i -- when i grow up i want to be you. >> wow. >> reporter: he has more to whisper with his little fingers. >> [inaudible]] in the whole wide world. >> thank you. >> reporter: i think its time for a family hug. make that 61,000 and one shots. i hope you heard him when he said to his more you are the best nurse in the world and there he is hugging his 4-year- old twin sisters, this dog comes was a price tag, $22,000. it needs to be trained so think have to raise 13,000 and that's where ravens nest egg comes in. they have heard his story.

this saturday from six through 11 they are putting on a night of games for william schneider. it'll be held at the middle river volunteer ambulance rescue and we will send you to the website for more information and already kelly the funds are coming in and william will get that dog. we will be out there to see the dog come protect him. >> thank you. great story. see what you can do to help. coming up a truck overturns, causing a chain reaction on a nebraska interstate. we will tell you how many people were injured. burned by something that came in the mail. where the investigation stands.

. dozens of people were injured when a bus hit an overturned semi trailer in central nebraska. five people when in the hospital, the driver of the bus is in critical condition. the state police say the semi overturned after the driver drifted toward the medium and over corrected then a second truck clipped it and ended up in a ditch, followed by the bus. wow. fbi still trying to identity the substance that

injured six during a hazmat scare in oregon. employees at a portland va hospital were opening mail when they started to feel burning on their hands and face. they were isolated treated but some were burned. it was caused by a substance some said was a white paid in an envelope. the president took to the airways talking about his jobs plan and the future of his jobs plan. we will tell you what he said and who his comments were aimed at. is one of the candidates already considering another position? we will explain.

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. the racetrack is partnering with the race for the cure and is a part of this year's

awareness campaign. they are going pink. lynette is there tonight. we are seeing pink all over this morning. . >> reporter: i know, you know it's october and with october breast cancer awareness month and you have a lot of people that come together and businesses come together to fight breast cancer. with that we have the racetrack that's on the list and i want to bring in tom right now and you are maryland jockey club president. >> correct. thank you for having me. >> reporter: thank you for being here. you are partnership with the race. what is going on with that? >> with very been partners, this will be the third year we have had a partnership. we started it on the black eyed susan, supporting them, working with them, and on friday its ladies day basically and we felt it was a perfect transition into ladies day, it's a fantastic organization,

does a fantastic job and breast cancer awareness is very important issue. >> what will happen here? >> tonight the jockey club with the race the mayor, the city of baltimore, we are working with the community here to launch light maryland pink tonight october is national breast awareness month and it's a good start off for the month and people should recognize it, support it and raise money for it. >> with something so huge there is a driving force behind it. what drives you to we a part of this? >> we have been a member of this community for well over 200 year, we pride ourselves on being a good corporate system. we work closely with the mayor, with the community and we feel it's our responsibility and obligation to give back. >> reporter: thank you for being here. we have wonderful people out here, we have wonderful cause and they are doing wonderful things and we are getting closer and closer for a cure

for beast cancer. >> thank you. coming up they will light the field pink. >> now, maryland's post powerful radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> i love it out there. the racetrack, such a cool preakness, now october and it's just a great stretch, great place to race too. 70 degrees at pwi, humidity around 35%, wind is calm on us. fantastic weather. let's check out the sapphire, we forecast sapphire skies. can't find a cloud in the sky. there is -- look at this over the cameras, further south, chesapeake beach. not a single cloud over the bay today. you know if you look real closely and you still see nothing. you know it's one of those deals. how about the beach? i think it'll be outstanding

indian summer for columbus day. the water temperature is up close to 70 so the water is still warm this time of year and -- sunshine will be there, we will warm up in to the 80's and throw in on top of that something people for get. it's one of the best times of the year to get steamed crabs, you kind of get out of the that mode once the summer ends but it's a agreement time of year for a crab lover. the radar all clear and the temperatures floating close to 70 but many spots down in the 60s, ocean city, 62, just checking out the camera, our humidity levels have fall many. this is about as dry an air mass as you will see. it can get dryer over the winter months. this is good stuff. neighborhood by neighborhood. warming up a little bit. federal hill, fells point and across the area you see nothing. have you to go down into the carolina's to find not rain but just clouds, now there is --

little more weather further west, and you get out in to the midsection of the country, yes there is wet weather but that's where the action is in the west. we still have that big huge canada high pressure. the center making its way over maryland and the core of that air mass slightly cooler. we had every bit as much sun temperatures were down about five degrees. that will not be a trend. we will warm it up again tomorrow and we will warm it up in to the weekend because on the back side of this we will get a southerly return flow and that will bring in the warmer air and for temperatures up close to 80s over the weekend. great lacking columbus day weekend. felippe now a category one. the tropics still active and we can get hurricane activity through mid-october. sometimes in to late so we aren't done yet. felippe looking like he will head further and further away and be a worry just for

shipping. 45 tonight. beautiful blue skies again tomorrow. 73 and tomorrow night still chilly by night but golden autumn sun by day and the change in wind direction will mean warmer temperatures in to sunday and monday. that's south breeze will feel good around here through the weekend. >> all right. thank you. let's talk about politics now. the president held a news conference today at the white house to promote his jobs plan. a strategy that some on the right say is political. lot of people weighing in and listening. >> reporter: right. we have heard about jobs for months now and this is -- something people want to hear about. the president pushed members of congress to pass his plan and i do think it's safe to say there was a little bit of campaigning because he knew voters were watching listening. >> good morning everybody.

>> reporter: the president faces an uphill battle to pass his jobs plan that includes a tax hike on the wealthy starting in 2013. that didn't stop him from pressing his message. >> the economy needs a jolt right now. it's not a game, it's not the time for the usual gridlock. >> reporter: unemployment will be the issue come next november with 9.1% of americans out of jobs at the moment. in a recent poll, shows that just 39% of americans approve avenue the way the president is handling this issue. >> nothing has disappointed me more than what's happened over the last five weeks. to watch the president of the united states give up on governing, give unon leading, and spend full time campaigning. >> reporter: all right so pal sin one of the people who has come down hard on the president when it comes to the economy. basically because she is not running, it doesn't mean she isn't going to play a role.

back to you. >> also on politics, newt gingrich is still running but low numbers prompting questions about a possible run at vice president instead. when asked he said he wouldn't necessarily say no. >> coming up for you at six we have a national campaign to get kids and parents to pledge to stop bullies. it kicked off today. we will take you there and find how we can all do this. and always a debate about whether or not to spank a child. why one woman's efforts to stop spanking is a personal story of abuse. waóóycw

. you can already stream movies and tv shows through blue ray systems but how the x box is getting in on the action just in time for the holidays. comcast and verizon will start streaming programs through the gaming system. comcast will stream content through their xfinity service. it's not even halloween but retailers are already thinking about the holiday sales. expectations aren't high so will that translate into great deals for shopping? we have a holiday shopping forecast. >> reporter: holiday shopping season is looking just so so. retailers anticipate a modest increase of 2.8%, totaling more

than $465 billion. it's less than last year's increase of 5.2% but slightly higher than the average over the last decade. still a sign that consumers hesitating to open their wallets more than they have to. the national retail federation points to lingering consumer concerns about high unemployment and gas prices, the same worry people have adjusted to the last few seasons. >> they have been paying down debt, increased their saving, retailers are able to order less items in an anticipation of slower demand and plan a lot of strong promotions for the holidays. >> reporter: retailers expect consumers to be most interested in items with value, even if they have to spend a little more and thing that will get a lot of use. >> we are expecting that many gifts this year will focus on every day items. >> reporter: they willen tice shoppers with aggressive promotions but you may need to

seek out popular items early. for consumer watch. >> coming up at six is the state of maryland getting in to the medical marijuana business? that and more at six which starts right now. >> now, abc 2news at six. >> another example of why we get so frustrated when we talk about bad guys and guns. >> this is in the heart of the hopkins campus. why is the heart of charles village hurting tonight we will find out. >> bullying is a problem. >> in minutes you will sit down with your teen for dinner and ask them how their day went. they will say not good. that's why you have to hear about what happened today. the third saturday of may they paint the colors of the winning horse. on this the first thursday in october the racetrack paints itself pi