they say the tent city shouldn't be in a city park. it's a stalemate both sides to work out. right now they are just giving a list of options that donta peal to the protesters. thehe city wants the overnight protest to be just two people. protesters say it's their right and the city is a symbol of the protest. each side is waiting for the other to blink. >> they are camping out. they want to protest, size with their voices, music and dance all day long this is about -- this isn't about inequality ; it's about a camp out. the square is a public space, it's not for that reason. >> the draft they have given us is not acceptable. we are trying to work with them to figure something out. >> reporter: now the mayor hasn't said the police will be

sent in. the protesters say they will be out tonight and every night until their message is heard. we will have more on the story coming up tonight at six. reporting live,abc 2news. >> the marches in other cities have gotten the violent. in oakland california police cracked down on the protesters last night. armed in full riot gear. they used tear gas and smoke bombs to disperse the crowds. they have been camped out in a downtown plaza but the mayor said it wasn't safe and ordered them out. police said they gave warnings but the group stayed. now to atlanta protesters were kicked out just before midnight. officers ordered them to leave the park. police moved in less than 24 hours after the mayor decided to revoke the order letting protesters camp out.

some left in handcuffs. we have the latest an an early morning fire. officials say one person suffered minor smoke inhalation. it was on patterson park and started in the living room of the home. the man was the only person inside. investigators are trying to determine what caused that fire. hartford county sheriff's office has released this picture of a van similar to the one used in a suspicious incident this week. monday morning a 14-year-old boy said that a man in a black work type van threatened him if he didn't get in the van. it happened at the corner of st. clair. the boy got away and investigators say they have had several reports of the van. anyone with information is ask to call the sheriff. police have arrested a man on peeping tom charges. police say they were called

late last night. witnesses said they noticed a man peering into a house through a bedroom win to you. police say that the suspect kenneth henry was driving around in the area when he saw a young female in a room with her light on and he allegedly parked on the street and went up to the window. developing story tonight that we have been following for months, the locksmith getting first criminal conviction tonight. joseph horton, appeared in a courtroom today facing charges of theft and identity fraud. a judge found him guilty of forging a customer's guilty after she wouldn't pay him a bill for his services. the victim claimed he quoted $250 but later charged her more than a thousand. horton will be sentenced on friday. we will have more tonight at

11. will there be major tree cutting? there will be and that means strange sightings of low flying helicopters. they plan to use helicopters with saws to cut trees along two sets of power lines that are to difficult to reach with the normal bucket truck. the saws have eight to ten, 24- inch blades controlled by the pilot. the work could last up to two weeks and it's depending on the weather >> all right. check it out. radar, satellite showing just a chance of a hit or miss shower the rest of the evening. couple hours on the eastern shore. bit of rain in southern maryland. temperatures with the rain, 57 in frederick, 60s to the north and east of baltimore. rest of the evening temperatures through the 60s. mostly cloudy, scattered showers, more rain late

overnight tonight. we will talk about how that affects the weekend coming up. >> thank you. baltimore debuted it's newest charges station for hybrid vehicles. the mayor actually arrived at the demonstration in the all electric chevy volt. nine of the garages now have the new charging station. about 18 parking spots dedicated to all electric vehicles. the mayor hope itself will help baltimore move toward the new technology for vehicles. >> electric vehicle charges stations make baltimore ready to support the growing electric vehicle industry and offer the potential to replace gasoline use. >> the ability to charge your vehicle is free but you have to pay the normal parking rate. and a new report says the fewer people are hitting the roads. the department of transportation said travel on united states roadways is down, down to its lowest level since

2003. the first eight moss of year there have been about 26 billion fewer miles traveled as compared to last year. higher gas prices have been playing a part. the president continues his west coast swing hitting the tonight show with january leno. his message is clear, it's all about the economy. >> reporter: the president is previewing his election handbook. >> we cut taxes for people who didn't need it and the result was the worst financial crisis since the great depression. that's what this election is about. >> reporter: that was the president in full campaign mode continuing his tour of western states. he didn't stop. he went on leno. >> have you been watching the gop debates in. >> ly wait until everybody is voted off the island. >> reporter: with republicans blocking his jobs plan and the

rest of his agenda when possible bypassing capitol hill with executive actions as he did earlier this week with his housing and returning vet hiring plans and today helping students under the weight of their student loans. >> we can't wait for congress to do its job so where they won't act i will. >> reporter: there is hope for a fix. the congressional super committee looking to cut the deficit is meeting publicly for the first time in more than a month. even some members are skeptical. >> we may be debating the pennys, nickles and dimes in a debt crisis that's demanding half dollars and dollar bills. >> reporter: they are looking for more than a trillion to cut. republicans continue hammering the president, rick perry and herman caine are offering flat tax plans and the white house said they don't have to pass them before the election. >> thank you. stay with us for continuing

coverage of the presidential race. coming up at 5:30 all new find who was leading the latest polls for who may win the presidential race and how americans feel about the president's work as prezioso far. you know when it comes to debt college students have a heavier burden than those of us with credit cards, coming up what the president wants to do to lessen the burden on college graduates. when it comes to helping your student with homework one thing parents don't want to deal with it algebra. now there is a place to go to help some of that. and everybody is told every year to get the flu shots. why one stud study says they may not be that effective.

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the opportunity to introduce its students to a new device to help them with dyslexia. the reader takes pictures and then converts them into a digital form. that form lets audio play back. the creator has dyslexia and talked about how devices like this can help them be independent. >> for kids who are eight and just finding out they may be in the club it's very important they understand they aren't broken and they are part of a larger group, a community that interested in their vision of the future work they want to be and how they will be independent. >> reporter: october is national dyslexia awareness month and the school has been dedicated to giving students with learning disabilities a chance to succeed in school. a new stat survey has found there is a high stress among 8th and 9th graders taking a

math. some parents have problems as well. more than 70% believe that helping kid was math is really harder than teaching them to drive. we show you there is a new online tool to help parents with math. >> reporter: matthew is hard at work tackling his math problems. matthew struggled with math and wasn't alone. a newly released survey finds most student students consider it their toughest subject. >> i had difficulty in math. i didn't get it and all. i would spend hours with my dad trying to figure it out. >> reporter: the newly released study also finds that parents struggle with helping their kids with math. robin wants to provide the best for her son matthew. she admits subjects like this can be out of her league.

>> we have been working with him for several years and as time progressed we realized he would need extra help. he goes to a private school and we realized he was having gaps that were not allowing him to succeed and get the grades he should be getting. >> reporter: the findings of the survey are important to a student's academic future. >> we found that two out of three 8th grade students aren't ready format when they get to high school. that is really alarming because it is class that you need to take in order to get into the upper level classes. >> reporter: the a free online tool helps. this free online screener helps parents assess whether their child is on track for math and other advanced math subjects. >> this helps us determine

students readiness for algabra. it's a 21 question scener that lets us determine how strong students are in the seven key foundation skills they need to get ready for it. >> reporter: matthew has tried and these days he is understanding the material. >> i feel a little confident, a part of math. >> what he said is that things starting to make sense and what makes him now start to enjoy school as well because that what another issue because of his strugglings, or struggles if you will. he didn't like school, he had the attitude and it's all coming along. >> reporter: he wants to be a video game designer now that his grades look better he is well on his way to reaching his goal. ab 2news. >> the free screener is

available at fit for al gebra.org. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. >> all right. not a terrible looking day but it did cloud up and we got some rain, 58 now at airport. humidity under 100% and winds calm but by this time tomorrow the winds will pick up and the temperature will head much, much lower. the radar, showing just a couple showers, east and southwest of baltimore, few down toward rockville, more significant rain back over the eastern shore, still moving out of northern caroline. take a look. some of the cameras today. baltimore, templeton prep and we find a cloudy start and then

you see the roads get wet, showers come in at time. the clouds gray with rain although at least the fall colors nice and bright and one last stop where you see the clouds and the kind of murky october look that's what we were dealing with. things brighten up a little at the end of the day. ocean city hanging onto near 70 winds relatively light but they will pick up starting tomorrow and the chance for rain will stay with us. not a steady prolonged rain but waves of showers, on and off rain, good bet tonight, tomorrow, and then into even the early part of the weekend, large system developing and unsettled weather pattern. double barrel low pressure, both areas of unsettled area

will pulse through tonight and into the day on friday afternoon and even in the early saturday's. two different kind of waves . the trend shows there is that wave of rain into tomorrow and tomorrow evening and as we go into friday maybe brief clearing before another wave of rain pushes in out of the south and west possibly. that would come in early on saturday. gulf of mexico still active, at least getting ready to get more active on the mexican coastline. cancun next 24 hours, look for hurricane rina to move in. after that as we go into the weekend this is going to begin to wash out over cuba so most of southwest florida looking to get wind and rain. 52, better chances late. keep the chance for showers in all day tomorrow. gets windy and tomorrow will be mild in the 60's tomorrow night won't be.

35 degrees. showers will end before the coldest temperatures move in. there is a freeze watch for northern and western maryland tomorrow night because it'll be down in the 30s and looking ahead to the weekend chances for rain late friday and saturday and a sunny situation into the second half of the weekend. things will improve for ravens sunday and halloween monday. just in time. >> it's almost that heat time. i feel it every day. get to the 30s. >> i would say not tonight tomorrow night, most people will turn on the heat. >> thank you. >> a accept for and three noble prize winner was in baltimore to reveal a exhibit. it includes a scale model of the tell telescope.

it'll replace the hubble which went into space 21 years ago. theit'll orbit 930-miles earth to protect it from the sun's heat and light. you know it's that it time of the year when we were all encouraged to get flu shots. a study says they aren't that effective. and if your child is dealing asthma, there are concerns some drugs may do more harm than good. ♪

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. now to a health alert. tainted canteloupes from colorado have become the deadliest outbreak in more than a decade. the contaminated fruit are blamed for 28 deaths across the country and sickening 133 people in 26 states. the fda stayed unsanitary conditions at the packing facility may have led up to the contamination. a new study show this is year's flu shots may not be as effective. the study by the university of minnesota researchers showed seasonal flu shots only prevent it in 59% of adults. this could be a problem if a pandemic broke out but they say the current vaccine is the best weapon right now so better to have it than no protection at all. if your child asthma some

drugs used to treat it may be dangerous. the fda found kids using only inhalers with long active laba's had higher rates of serious asthma tacks, if they used them in combination with a controller drug the risk went down. the fda said they are only helped control airway spasms in the asthma attack. they don't treat the inflammation. the fda is holding a workshop on preventing mri accidents. the machines have huge magnets so if they -- it can cause serious and deadly accidents. some techs aren't doing all they can to prevent the accidents. the rules for mri scans vary from state to state. the website is your place for all the health news you need. just log on and check out the

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back sometimes it's rude awaken egg. >> higher education brings higher bills and debt for student who have defaulted on loans in record numbers but help is on the way. and denver shuttling itself out of its first winter storm of the year. wait until you hear why this was just a small reason for the national weather service. and we are still away from the election but who is leading the polls right now and how is the president doing? all new, help for students with crushing debt burdens, because of student loans may be on the way. students now owe more than one trillon dollars, it's so bad that a survey showed 85% of graduates said they will move back home. nearly 6 million adults between the age of eight and 25 -- are already living at home. up