looking at the beltway, this is going to be the outer loop at old court road near 795. a lot of slowdowns, it lasts through pike land towards wood lawn. we have slight delays from an earlier accident. there's a broken down car. inner loop, there's a broken down car as well. drive times are started to be affected. the outer loop bel-air to providence, 795 to 70 is nine or ten minutes. 80 cats living in horrible conditions. authorities made the discovery at a woman's house. more about the conditions under which the cats were living. >> reporter: the conditions were so bad, police needed the

hazmat team to remove the cats. 82 cats were found. the woman lived in this house. many cats were suffering from health conditions including fleas, ear mites and upper respiratory problems. animal control was called after a tip. they spent five hours clearing the cat from inside and outside of the house. they tested the air and found unsafe levels of ammonia. >> it was almost unbearable. we had to cover our noses, our mouths, everything. >> one cat had to be euthanized. the woman is under investigation. news from around the nation, the suspect charged with imprisoning mentally disabled people in philadelphia

may have held others. philadelphia's police said it's the worse they have seen in years. >> the word horrific is not sufficient. we have burn marks, ankles, you can see where someone took a pellet gun and shot her repeatedly in the ankles. she was wearing garb over her head to hide the scars. it's remarkable she's alive. no pent are too harsh. testimony will resume in the involuntary manslaughter trial of conrad murray. defense turns for the personal physician will get the chance to question the final witness, the expert on propofol. >> michael jackson was trying to breathe but the tongue had

fallen in the back of his throat. a simple chin lift or moving the tongue out of the way may have been all that was required to save his life. >> he pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. a story of two love in iowa. one couple died one hour a part while holding hands. they were in a car accident and rushed to the hospital. when gordon stopped breathing, his heart monitor continued until one hour later when his wife died. they were together 72 years and never a part. >> they just loved being together. like everybody argues once in a while. but they still, he always said i have to stick around until, i can't go until she does because i have to stay here for her and

she would say the same thing. >> they held hands in their casket. vice president joe biden had a testing exchange with a reporter in d.c. yesterday over a speech the vp gave. listen to the back and forth. what i said, let's get it straight. listen to me. >> i'm listening. >> i said rape was up 3 times. they're the numbers, go look at the numbers. rape is up, murder is up. >> if the republicans don't pass this bill, rape will continue to raise. >> murder will continue to rise. all crimes will continue to rise. >> do you think it's appropriate to use this language? >> we have to go. >> the reporter is jason, he's the editor of a conservative

magazine. plenty of people dreamt of quitting their job in the past and everybody wants to go out a bang. a rhode island hotel worker turned his resignation into an event and he's now an online sensation, watch this. >> out. >> i'm here to tell you that i'm quitting. >> all right. he said he was tired of butting heads with his bosses, he has a new job. a possible salmonella contamination in your salad as you pack your lunches, you may want to pay attention. % . do you want to lose weight? people in howard county say

they have a simple solution, stop drinking soda, can you do it for a month?

. now we learned that maryland is one of ten states forming a vehicle network. it will work to plan and install charging stations throughout the area. president obama called for electric vehicles to be on the road by the next 10 years. no more soda for 30-days, that's a campaign to get people to drop the pop for one month. linda is standing by to explain how it works. >> reporter: it's the soda-free 30 pledge. what it means, they want you to cut out soda for 30-days and

hope they will continue with it. if you want to get that soda, maybe you should think twice. what is this pledge about? >> it's about sending a clear message on nutrition, there's a lot of mixed messages, we have doubled of our obesity rates in the united states because of excess size of food and secondly sugar sweetened beverages particularly soda. the way to reduce calories is by eliminating soda. >> you're talking there's certain juices that are bad? >> a couple points. prune juice is good, 100% juices they have sugar, but because of normal sugars have a

lot of nutritional value. if you look at the cranberry grape flavored beverage, they make it look healthy, but it's probably 15% juice and 85% sugar. we are trying to encourage people to drink water, unsuitenned tea and coffee. get rid of the soda from your diet. this is a pledge, we're encouraging kids and adults to take in howard county and challenging the state to do the same. one of the reasons is 30-days, the behave change happens in two to three week, once you did it for a month it's probably easy to keep going. >> this pledge starts today. you can find it if you want to join, it's not just howard, they're challenging all of maryland to do it. go to the web site.

they're giving away free gift cards along with it. find that information on their web site. she's only 12 years old. new details into the murder investigation into a girl. >> a young girl's step father accused of her brutal murder. a man charged with sexually abusing two teenage boys. coming up, police think there could be more victims out there. dozens of exotic animals escape from a farm and are shot and killed. a live report from ohio ahead. don't be deceived by wind direction from the south and the southwest, we could push 40- mile-per-hour winds and a cooldown today and then drying things out into the weekend. wind, dry wall and heavy traffic. your traffic report when good morning maryland continues.

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we have a full day. new information in the murder of a 12-year-old girl. live with more on the man accused of sexually molesting two teen boys. let's start off with the check of the forecast. we're looking at baltimore, we started the day at 6 8 degrees. we have been falling and a wind averages close to 10 miles per hour. we had gusts up to 30. staying stronger by the water at the naval academy. you're in the mid-50s as well. a few showers near frederick even westminister could get some sprinkles this morning as cold air wraps around the storm. more clouds, stronger winds, if we get back to the low 60s, it would be brief. we spend most of the day in the 50s and the afternoon with

winds up to 40 miles per hour. a better out look for the weekend we'll talk about in a few minutes. gusty winds at the bay bridge, be careful if you have a top-heavy vehicle. keep both hands on the steering wheel. let's look at the live traffic cameras, south of 795, stop and go traffic lasts until edmonton avenue. we have delays you can see, up ahead before 216, we have drywall in the two left lanes. everybody trying to get to the right. new development in the death of a 12-year-old girl in montgomery county. she was killed because her mother would not divorce him. >> prosecutors say that the 42- year-old married a vietnam woman facing immigration problems, when she refused to

give him a speedy diverse, he killed her 12-year-old daughter. he began to cry and deny the charges. the prosecutor said he stabbed her 40 times last may in her home. they say he was furious with jessica's mother for fighting the divorce because i will already married another woman. >> it was an arranged marriage. he wanted out of it. >> jessica's mother and older sister appeared shaken as they left the courthouse. they declined to comment on the case. he was ordered to be held without bond. your child surfs the web, baltimore police say they know how a man charge with sexual assaultly abused two teenage

boys, it stems from a facebook account. >> reporter: this morning, detectives here at baltimore county police headquarters are searching for more victims that could be out there. they're tracking the facebook page. police say that the victims are 13 and 14 years old and they met a 22-year-old online, officers say that he arranged meetings with each boy using the facebook profile of clark who claimed to be between 17 and 19 years old. he's now in custody thanks to the mother of one of the victims. the clark e-mail has 1260 friends and they're concerned that more victims may be out there. >> not unusual with sexual predators to be more than one victim. we have found two involving the

suspect. we fear there could be more. >> reporter: he faces multiple offenses and he's being held. if you have any information or know of any victims, call the police. reporting live. we'll get a chance to see how some of those exotic animals in ohio are doing after being set loose in a rural area. some of the animals were shot and killed for safety concerns while others were saved. details from columbus. what are we learning now? what do we know about the guy who let these animals go? >> reporter: you know, you're talking about the 62-year-old farm owner, thompson, police say he's the one that let the animals out of their cages

before he took his own life. they do not know why though he did that. this is all part of the investigation. it's all early stages of the investigation. so once they are able to maybe talk to neighbors, talk to family members and see what they have to say about terry thompson, they will be able to get more information as to why this all happened on tuesday. one of the things we learn as time goes on, people are going to second guess decisions. that's always the case. especially in a bizarre case like that. some say the animals needed to be spared. is that what authorities did? these are mature carnivore animals. every station has asked that question this morning. is our governor going to go ahead and make any i decisions

about new laws. animal rights advocates are asking that the governor does that and makes a law about exotic animals bought, sold or housed. then you have the police, on the other side of the issue, trying to protect the public. yesterday here in our area, they had to close schools. the public safety was at a big risk. there's a lot going on like i said early investigation and it will be an ongoing investigation as well. >> thank you. live in columbus, ohio. thank you. for more, go to a bc2news.com. learn how maryland outlawed exotic animals. those who had the animals before the law could keep them.

a woman was granted permission to keep two dozen monkeys. stay with us, this is the one we first told you about and it grew as the day went on. we have a slide show online. occupy baltimore is now applied for a permit of up to 300 people. the group is camping out, they have been there since october 4th. time for five things you need to know. d.c.'s mayor will tour the national cathedral. it is scheduled to re-open on november 12th. maryland will host its first health summit in

columbia. officials say that maryland has boosted health care by 20%. recalling 3200 cases of bagged salad because of possible salmonella contamination. it's with best buy dates from october 18th to the 21st. no confirmed illnesses have been reported. maryland is among the top ten states when it comes to energy efficiency. they are releasing details today at a press club. they arranged all 50 states that encourage energy efficiency. a blizzard or a few flake, what to expect coming up. noaa is going to announce their outlook for the coming season between december and february. what you can expect for the

winter. is it going to be mild? do we need to get ready for old man winter. >> you know what i might like. but i think we'll have a brutal shot at winter. we are watching this storm pattern. patterns like to repeat themselves and this circulation back to the west is wrapping in strong winds, if you haven't heard it, winds to 60 miles per hour near chicago and 20-feet waves on lake michigan. wrapping around that storm, we have cold air, it's cut the storm off and it will stall for a day or two and that's the reason why the cold air wrapped around. we have had some showers highlighting, we're beginning to feel it here in maryland. we have had our high temperature and if we get back to 60, it will be brief.

the clouds ooze their way in. most of the showers stay to the west and today will be a day with big fall. we have had 60s and probably going to stay there. it's going to be deceptive. but highlighting the temperatures, notice the cooldowns and winds gusting to 40 miles per hour. tomorrow we should be seed a variable to mostly cloudy sky. 59 back to 60 with sunday. we get to 63 in the afternoon on sunday. a report of an accident, white marsh boulevard at eastern avenue. slowing down on the beltway. usual time for this, 695 south of 795. slow traffic around edmonton avenue. innerloop is moving well. harrisburg expressway, we have volume at warren road, but it's

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