you the tools and pitches to keep you and your family safe. baltimore county police are once again warning residents to be aware of door-to-door scams. be cautious of anyone coming to the door being a home security salesperson. never tell a strange ger whether or not you have a home security system and if do you, do not did you say the specifics of your system with someone claiming to be a salesperson . and baltimore county police have a free home security survey that you can find by calling your local precinct. we have all crime prevention stories on abc2news.com/crime check. we have breaking news on this amber alert, montgomery police are about to hold a

press conference. >> mr. lopez, based on his  inconsistent statements became a person of interest. an amber alert was activated for miss mcquane's vehicle and her son william. they located her vehicle at the see conknow lodge in charlotte -- at the econo lodge in charlotte, north carolina. a warrant was issued for mr. lopez. 11-year-old william mcquane is still missing. he's described as a biracial male, approximately five feet tall weighing 85 pounds. our focus on priority now is locating william mcquane. we're asking for the public's help. if you have any information with regard to the whereabouts

of william mcquane, please contact the montgomery police department at (240)773-5070 that is the major crimes division. this is -- these are pictures of william. our priority and focus right now is to locate william mcquane. we were hoping that we would find whim mr. lopez -- him with mr. lopez and we did not. so we're asking for the public's help in locating 11- year-old william mcquane. >> do you think she may have been for as long as two weeks? >> not two full weeks. we have information that we

believe she was alive at least through october 1st or 2nd, maybe beyond that but we're trying to confirm that information. but i think it could be anywhere from ten to 12 days. >> in her apartment? >> yes. >> to the best of your knowledge, why did it take so long for a missing person's report to be filed? >> i don't know. >> usually when a child is missing it's noted fairly quickly. why wasn't that done? >> i don't have no information. >> have you thought about that at all? >> that will be part of the investigation. but i would not speculate why we did not get any information earlier. >> can you talk about your hopes about where this young man would be. >> new would hope that he would be with the man and he's not telling where he is. what are you thinking? >> we could speculate about where the young man might be.

my hope is that he may be with a family member or a friend. i have no idea and perhaps he has no idea that his mother is deceased. >> you can go to abc2news.com to learn more about this. we'll continue to stream the press conference live. but the main headlines coming out of it is that curtis low speaks with the police right now in north carolina. they found him at 9:30 this morning and they found the woman's car at 8:30 in charlotte, north carolina. but we do not know where william mcquane is. he had been missing for ten days, why were the police not notified? why didn't the psychological and the chief said i don't know. that is part of the investigation. so we'll stay on top of this. we're working this story and we'll have more for you tonight. go to abc2news.com to continue watching the press conference. and now a look at our weekend. more worry about this tornado

watch. it's been expanded. we've now added baltimore county and city and harford county to the watch that runs through 9:00 tonight where you see the pink shaded counties. those are actually tornado warnings down through through central virginia. you see several storm clusters coming together in one line here. and it is without question -- this line tracts north and eastward that is why we've now been include in the tornado watch. i want to be specific about that a lot of lightning here. these storms do show signs of rotation. and one example. this storm in manassas, you can see doppler hero indicating red and green pattern. it is a rotating storm. we have about a 30% chance of hail that could exceed 1 inch hail with this storm so a couple of powerhouse storms down here and some of those may

hold together as they get into baltimore later this evening. we're still dealing with the fog, the rain and now that tornado watch up through 9:00. much more on your weather coming up in minutes. you should have signed up for the app yesterday. you would have known what is going on already. you can download our weather app for your iphone or ipad. and you can plan around the storms and get an hour by hour forecast right in the palm of your own hands. so join the weather app crowd so you know when to put on a raincoat. head to abc2news.com/weather. you can find the free weather app there on line. if you're just walk in the door, we continue to watch what the police are telling us and we're streaming a live press conference going on right now where the chief is talking about the latest in the investigation of a missing 11- year-old. the amber alert went out about two hours into this new day and the officers found the body of jane mcquane last night here in

montgomery county her son william has not been seen and they picked up a curtis low lopez in north carolina. if you have a booster seat in your car, experts are warning that you should get them checked to make sure that they're really keeping your child safe. not all booster seats are created equal. different ones put kits at different heights. and the annapolis man that has pulled off paving schemes in multiple states is at it again. several new residents say i think he got me too. to a developing story. police in california have identified the man who killed eight people during a shooting rampage in an up scale salon. it was all because of a

domestic dispute. here is the latest. >> reporter: it was early wednesday afternoon what shots ring out in the posh california beach community of seal beach. >> pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: a man dressed body armor and carrying an arsenal of weapons opened fire in the salon meritage. >> all i could hear were screams and shots. >> reporter: by the time the rampage was over, eight people dead and another in critical condition. >> seal speech a small, safe -- peach is beach is a small safe community. >> reporter: a mav mile away the police -- a half mile away, the police caught up with him and arrested him without incident. >> they realized that he had a bulletproof vest and they had him handcuffed. >> reporter: he was the ex- husband of michelle, a stylist at the salon and seen here on

facebook. her relatives confirm that she was killed in the shooting and she was the target of the attack because of an alleged custody dispute. >> i knew there was a lot of strive between the two. >> we thought this in the back of our hearts. it was like this could happen. so it was no surprise. i didn't have to ask who did it. >> reporter: neighbors told us that they often saw him playing catch with his son in the front yard. and now that seven-year-old will likely grow up without either parent as an entire community has had their sense of security shattered. we had some tense moments in miami as a small plane crashed onto a busy turnpike. we will tell what you happened to the pilot and the other person on board. why are a huge flock birds making theirselves home in indianapolis?

a man piloting a small plane crash landed on a florida turnpike yesterday. the crews had to get out there and use foam to spray it down g another man was on the plane. neither had life-threatening injuries. the pilot managed to land without any cars on the road at

the time. that is a good pilot. people in indianapolis are covering their heads for more than just cold weather. a giant flock of birds have moved into downtown and they're leaving an impression. they're using a gun similar to a starter pistol to keep the birds from making a massive mess in one area. we'll fly off to a commercial break. but we'll be back by spring, i think.

last week's passing of apple icon steve jobs was felt worldwide by those that loved his products. he seemed to know what we needed before we did, some of his ideas are having an unintended impact. this is how inventions like the ipad are opening the doors for some very special needs kids.

>> how are you today? >> reporter: with many children with autism, gabby has severely limited communication skills. but new technology brings new opportunity. her parents added an ipad into her life and it is amazing. >> it brought her to life. she would look down and not give eye contact. it's amazing that this ipad -- this little girl woke up. >> reporter: special applications seem to sharpen cognitive skills and give a voice to those in need. >> you're feeling what? >> cool. >> reporter: trish is familiar with the challenges. not only with her own work at pathfinders with autism but also with her own son eric. and she has found the device invaluable. >> all he can do is type in what he wants to say. >> reporter: especially with the frustrations not being able

to communicate. >> if we're absolutely in and situation where he's up set, we'll go to the ipad or i touch and talk to him and try to get him to communicate. >> reporter: families agree with the impact, therapists are beginning to study the potentials in the classroom. >> we're still in many of the exploring phases with many of the tools to what will work best because there is not much research to support any of those things. but we're exciting and we want to be on the cutp of what is coming -- cusp of what is coming out. >> reporter: the same feeling of gabby's parents. >> i thought what is going to happen to our daughter? i will tell that you the ipad has opened her world. >> reporter: bill fink, abc 2 news. >> experts warn that while they have showed benefits, they worry that some children with autism will latch on to the

things like the video and only become more withdrawn. a large cluster of storms in the western washington d.c. suburbs now and north virginia getting good storms. and the national weather service keeping an eye on this and they said we better expand this watch. they have expanded the tornado watch to all the orange shadow counties through 9:00 at some point. we have two warnings. and those in virginia. if they hold together, potentially montgomery county will be nice. this is the main rotating area here. and a rotating storm and a good chance that we have large hail with this thing. it is golf-ball sized hail from the center of the storm. it's a solid 45 minutes from rockville and then it will have to track even further north into baltimore and it's a bit

of a right turn or two. the track has changed a little bit to the east. so we'll keep a close eye on that right now fog. that is the scenario across the baltimore region, 70 and 97% humidity and winds southeast at nine and annapolis showing that gray, moisture scenario through the day. a little bit of sun coming out here late in the day that is a beautiful shot. but most of the day darn ugly. look at frederick socked in. i want to take you done to where they're much closer to the storms. arlington and you see a wild sky here. this is very close to washington d.c. in north virginia. 70 in baltimore, 77 east. on see the temperature contrast, the boundary that is the warm front and the watch concerns are south of that boundary in through south maryland for isolated strong storms like that cluster that we have down in the fairfax area right now.

humidity high. scattered showers and storms further south. there's a cluster in virginia beach right now. that will probably track into the lower eastern shore and again the overall pattern remaining very unsettled. that south wind still pushing up. but the main storm that we're watching now is not the one that was over the carolinas. it's drifted further out to sea. but the main storm and frontal boundary we're watching to the west. and that will come through for us tomorrow. then we clear things out tomorrow night. and it looks like we stay clear and breezy into saturday and we're looking offshore because now it appears there could be another disturbance hundreds miles off florida. chance of showers tomorrow, 72 and tomorrow night we should begin to clear out and it gets breezy tomorrow night into saturday. but ravens' sunday looks better. 69 with sunshine and that hold into monday. herman cain is rising in

the polls and a lost you think that this man has a good shot at the gop nomination so let's go to washington right now. tory is standing by. we're waiting to hear the herman cain story. >> reporter: everyone is waiting to hear the story i think that is what is so reveal being this entire thing. but today herman cain is talk about what his running mate might be and the big question is, did he actually win. once seen as and after thought. now cain is the republican kid on the block. the most recent wall street journal poll is say the news cycle. >> cain is everywhere. on the view, on leno, letterman. >> reporter: born in atlanta, georgia. in high school he was voted most likely to succeed.

he attended mower house college and worked for coca-cola and was the ceo of godfather pizza. >> if i'm forced to do this, what will i tell those people whose jobs i have to eliminate? >> reporter: and now he has his sights set on president obama. >> thinks jobs plan is a terrible plan. just because it came from president obama doesn't make it right. >> reporter: the staple of his campaign is his 999 tax reform plan. 9% corporate tax, personal income tax and national sales tax. >> there's no question about it that the tax plan, his is by fart boldest and most ambitious. >> reporter: a lot of people are taking advantage of that catchy phrase, including spirit airlines that released a 999 vacation plan today. >> all right.

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we told you about some of the fees that some of the biggest banks have come up with and how popular they have been and now congress is listening. and now they are asking if they are legal. >> this congress has to decide which model, business model should be encouraged. there are business models of community banks, local banks, where they compete on price, on service and on competition or the big bank model that is all too much now a free, fee driven shake down of consumers. >> it's not clear whether an investigation will be launched

just yet. bank of america, j.p. morgan, chase and wells far goes have announced debit card fees. u.s. airways has instituted other's partners, two seat fee for passengers. they call them customers of size. as of march, fliers that cannot fit into and arm seat with the armrest down, will have to buy two. the second seat will be refunded if the flight is not oversold. pepsi executives are so confident about their products, they're planning to raise prices. prices like chips and sports drinks will cost you more. and they'll divide their snack and beverage size. the breakup would be expensive. a federal grand jury has indicted 35 members of a gang th