baltimore city police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a sp-year-old girl. hear the reaction from the community. >> someone finally got to speak. but apparently what happens in vegas doesn't always stay there, especially when you're running for the white house. the candidates are duking it out in sin city. and parents of disabled children say it lowers their child's expectations. the amendment to no child left behind. let's get a quick check of that forecast. because it's raining outside but justin called it. >> thank you very much. the check's in the mail. won't be a big check but there will be something there for you. maryland's powerful doppler radar. a steady shield of rain here so everyone from see sill to baltimore, howard county, we're getting some rain.

d.c. getting rain but aen arundel county, how many times have we seen that? it looks like it has pushed that rain to the north and west. show you laurel in a moment. annapolis it's still wet because you've had some rain but right now it's to your north. moderate rain up towards ellicott city and columbia and through white marsh and up it looks like route 1, blare road to bellaire getting some rain. check it out. laurel 60 degrees. right on the edge of that rain, pick up a third of an inch and we'll talk about those winds in a moment. the roads are wet, they're slow. >> you have to slow down, leave enough braking distance between you and the car in front of you. so far so good out there even with the wet weather. this is a live look at 95 at 175. no issues reported between the beltways. 95 at 395, this is looking

south. we're doing fine as well. no issues reported on 395 either. because of the light traffic, everybody's doing a great job driving out there, our drive times are doing okay. 83 southbound to the beltway, 5 minutes. traveling the outer loop, bellaire to providence, 6 minutes tops. 795 to 70 will take you about 7 minutes. this morning police are searching for a man who alekedly raped a 13-year-old girl in east baltimore. it happened monday night in an abandoned row home. >> reporter: people in one east baltimore community have been calling the city to do something about the vacant row homes. police are searching for this man who they believe raped the girl. authorities say she was walking down the sidewalk in the 800 block of north car line street when the man came up to her, led her into an empty home where he assaulted her.

neighbors question why the vacant row home provided easy access for the young girl's attacker to force her inside. >> it should not be open like that at all. >> now, city housing says inspectors noted a secure door back in july. the city tries to check each vacant house every 90 days but with 16,000 of them in the city they say it's pretty tough. they have no one reporting that the door had been missing. news from around the nation, lions, cheetahs, bears, other exotic animals are on the loose in ohio causing several schools to close up shop for the day. the owner of the animals was found dead outside his home yesterday but no word on his cause of death. his barn had been unsecured

allowing an unknown number of animals to escape. and the boy was found almost 30 hours later under a neighbor's bed. they found the child asleep with a piebt of ice cream beside him. he was worried he would be in trouble but his mom said all that mattered was that her son was back home safely. a lot to do in the sunshine state this morning. we'll have what happened and look at the national weather service, what they're going to be investigating as a result of this storm later today. also, entertaining, sure. talented dancer, not so much. provided lots of laughs on the show. we'll have a recap of last night's elimination when good morning maryland continues. coffee doesn't have vitamins... unless you want it to.

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trees are down and houses damaged after a possible tornado touched down in plantation, florida tuesday night. there's no official confirmation of that twister just yet but the area was under a tornado warning when that system moved through. south florida remains under a watch until 6:00 this morning.

>> char lee, it was a semitropical system. it crossed florida and heading into southeast georgia and north carolina. as we follow that flow, push that band of moisture up the east coast, there's that area of low pressure and that may be responsible for providing more severe outbreaks. we're taking some of that tropical moisture, it split into a couple of pieces and we've had that wave sit right along i-95. it is banked up right along that fall line and the i-95 stretch from see sill county all the way through d.c. breaks up around annapolis bay bridge and returns to southern maryland. some of you are saying okay, maybe we're done. we're not quite though. we will have showers and storms. i do think it may actually break up around lunch time and winds will pick up as we go through the day and to want stronger winds behind the storm. coastal flood watch because of the wind and the rain and we'll highlight the high tides and some key areas in the bay coming

up in a moment. >> i'm going to sound like a broken record, but you can't say this enough. leave enough braking distance. we don't want anyone to have an accident. we're doing okay so far on the interstates. we don't have any accidents. this is the beltway at frederick road. a live look, outer loop has most of our volume right now. as you take a look at the jfx it is wet as well. there are no incidents to report there as you make your way soib down to the overpass. as you can see lots of road spray. another week, another elimination on dancing with the stars. take a look. >> car son and ana. >> yeah, carson had the lowest score going into the elimination night tuesday. he often had low scores but his fans helped him stay in for five weeks but it was the 80s theme week that wasn't enough to keep him going on the floor. >> i don't feel defeated in the

slightest. i feel this is a great experience. i have friends for life. i got a free spray tan, my life is good. >> yeah. you're bedazzled. >> we came, we saw, we bedazzled. >> it's hard to be serious and thoughtful when you're dressed like a skittle. remaining teams will dance. you can catch all their moves and always keep the discussion going with us on facebook. we've got people here in the studio who are going to be continuing that talk throughout the course of the show. one school district says you better hold it. why they're now cracking down on trips to the rest room and what students have to say about that new policy. yeah. we're back in a bit.

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to offer an amendment to the no child left behind act. the amendment would allow schools to lower the academic expectations for students with disabilities based on their scores in a state accountability test. it may allow the school to take the child off the diploma track as early as the third grade. the amendment would remove the limits on how many students could take a less challenging assessment test. some are are not happy about the proposed amendment. >> i see this as lowering the expectations for students with disabilities. >> research has shown when they are held to the same high standards as every other student, they can achieve and they will learn math and they will learn to read. >> now, we spoke with senator's office. she says she's looking forward to reviewing this amendment. she's been a strong advocate for raising standards for students

with disabilities in the past. well, things got heated in sin city tuesday night as goshgs op presidential hopefuls squared off in their race for the white house. businessman her man cane and mitt romney. cane was taken to task for his 999 tax plan that he says would simplify u.s. tax code. the measure was called a value added tax which he said was like comparing apples to oranges. >> it's not a jobs plan. >> i don't think so, hermann. it's not going to fly. >> most of these are knee jerk reactions. >> the most heated moment in the night came between romney and perry over past employment of illegal immigrants by the former massachusetts's governor. >> i don't think i've ever hired an illegal in my life. >> you stood here in front of the american people and did not tell the truth that you had illegals working on your property. you have a problem with allowing

some of us speaking and i suggest that if you want to become president of the united states you'll have to allow both people to speak. >> the next debate, november 9th, that's going to be in michigan. well, a school in illinois is now asking for students to hold it literally. students are allowed to leave class three times a semester if they want to go to the rest room. if they've got to go more than that they have to make up the class time after school. students have plenty of time if they need to use the rest room between classes the principal says. the students disagree saying 5 minutes isn't enough time to leave one class, hit the rest room and make it in time for the next class. they may have a point and this is our hot topic on the web today. we're talking about it on our website and facebook. should kids have a limit on the number of times they can go to the rest room during a school

day? and also the school year. let us know what you think. a new addition coming to camden yards going to be unveiled this weekend. you can see the finished monument. it's going to stand at the plaza between washington boulevard and brussels street. the statue is a gift from brooks' close friend and a chairman henry rosenburg. brooks will stand 25 feet by 25 feet and the sculptor is baltimore native joe shepherd. you can see an interview about the statue at our website, abc2news.com. it seems one of the spookiest hotels in the country is right here in baltimore. the admiral came in at number 6. the list was created based on the number of comments of ghosts and incidents. it features 80 unique guest rooms. you can even partake in free ghost tours on friday and saturday.

and the number one is the crescent hotel in arkansas. stayed there. >> all right. you're looking for a holiday gift? if you really want to splurge check out niemann marcus. nine items total ranging in price from $5,000 to a million bucks. so we'll start with the least expensive. you can have a private johnny walker scotch tasting in your home with you and 20 of your closest friends. each person will also get a custom engraved bottle of johnny walker blue. and who doesn't need dancing fountains for a mere $1 million you can have two fountains. you can watch the fountains whirl, twirl and think object the bellagio. you can bring in a guest trainer to teach the fountains to dance. and this one is just for fun.

consider buying this for the holidays. it's decorated with the velvet pillows and velvet couch. 18 feet high. it's a at the present time for 75 grand. -- it's a tent for 75 grand. niemann marcus promises to provide a truly unique once in a lifetime experience. wow. yeah. >> there's two things we don't need today. we don't need a tent, and we don't need a fountain with any more water. >> but you can hire a corps i don't go ra fer. >> let's get to business here. we've got westminster loaded up. watch the haze and yeah, watch the sky. that's a sign of more moisture and the rain coming down and actually reflecting those street lights in westminster east middle school, want to say good morning to all my friends.

we've got ourselves 58 degrees, fog, some rain, and the winds not that strong. by the way, 16-mile-per-hour winds and a 10th of an inch of rain, really not that much out there, but there's more rain and it does appear that some spots it is coming gown we've got that break in annapolis and i want to be very clear about this storm. a track that is similar to irene just because of where the low pressure is going to take it off the coast and a sign that we have this repeating pattern here with these coastal storms, but it is not irene. it is not lee. it doesn't have that tremendous moisture. a lot of this first round of rain will be done by midday even

though we've got some breaks already in the radar field. we'll be looking at the rain, trying to return with some showers and maybe some thunderstorms this afternoon even though it doesn't look that cantive. showers into the evening and winds may be stronger behind this storm around midday, to midnight fells point and middle river a lock at those high tides for the coastal flood watch. the heaviest rain will be and we'll break it up tomorrow 63 to stretch friday through sunday dry weather. >> an accident reported in bellaire south toll gate at marketplace drive. low down out there with the wet weather. >> a live look at the traffic cameras. 695 at old court road near 795. starting to get busier on the outer loop which is the traffic moving away from the camera. this is the topside of the beltway. no incidents to report on the

beltway. drive times are doing fine. no issues to report on 83, 95 or the outer loop. back to you. >> after a few days on hold, the trial of dr. con rad murray is expected to resume. who is expected to take the stand and how long it will be before the defense takes over. and a new visitor, what mother nature could say about the demonstration's future. good morning maryland continues on this wednesday morning. from ethan allen come new expressions

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good thicks you need to know on this wednesday morning. the trial of dr. con rad murray resumes today with continues testimony from the state's final witness. the trial surrounding michael jackson's death was delayed to allow a trial participant to atend a family member's funeral. time to test your resol. occupy wall street protesters in new york, now a nasty noreaster is set to blow through wednesday. strong front and much colder temperatures will hang around. the fall classic begins to want. game one of the world series to want in bush stadium.

the cardinals are vying for their 11th world championship. yesterday we told you the story of a father who let his 9-year-old drive the family van because he was too drunk. his friends are coming to his defense. they're saying he's a good dad. imagine that. and unusual company on the roadways. how this cow ended up on the highway. you're watching good morning maryland. the 6:00 hour is straight ahead in 3 minutes.

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