of other countries. >> reporter: not everybody agrees on the approach but the group said through democracy disagreement -- they have been in the square since the beginning of october to try to make people see their point. one woman just started coming. >> i can't -- and i feel it's important to be part of the movement, to make a stand and say the way things going right now this country is just not right. >> reporter: it's the people who are part of the permanent camp that the city has a problem with right now. the tent city has grown. the city said there are issues ranging from sanitation to trespassing. they want it to scale down or leave. the protesters refusing to leave things are at a stalemate. >> action will be taken at -- our discretion, we are not interested in any violent expay. there has to be a balance.

we have expressed a continuous willingness to work with them so they are able to even though they didn't apply for any permit, didn't follow any protocol, we continue to be willing to work with them but in order to have this cooperation it has to be a two way street. >> reporter: the protesters say they are here to stay and are willing to work with the city but won't just leave. they are hinting at evicting us and we are just trying to get clarification and get the extense to have a dialogue and try to get them to come down and talk to us in person. and see what we can do. >> reporter: we did get an e- mail late from the protest where they said they talked to the mayor's office and no action would be taken tonight. the city has made it very clear that they do want this tent city out of here and they wouldn't the number of protester that are staying overnight in the square to be

gone. not to be gone but don't want the group staying in the square overnight to be limited not to a large group but to maybe two or more. two or fewer. we will have more coming up later. reporting live. >> the verdict is in and a judge has ruled and now the only thing left is the sentence for the locksmith who we have been tracking to years. joe horton was found guilty of theft and identity theft for signing a customer's name on a credit card slip without her consent. horton has provided locksmith services and tried to charge more than a thousand dollars but when the customer refused to pay he forged her name. he is scheduled to be back in court friday for sentencing. >> weather wise we continue to seat clouds holding tough but the rain has diminished. we had a good round through baltimore this afternoon for about an hour or two. right now just the clouds hanging out. we are getting a little break,

the rest of the evening we will look for 60s. we expect a new round of rain to come in overnight. could be a wet morning drive. we will talk about that and how much things change for the colder toward the weekend. that's coming up. >> all right. as always any time you want the live forecast, down load the abc2 weather app and keep the forecast right there in the palm of your hand. you can track storms in the neighborhood and then out the seven day forecast. log onto abc 2news.com/weather and head to the link for the weather app. new, baltimore police are investigating the rape of a 14- year-old girl over the weekend. kelly swoop is here with more on what happened. >> reporter: we can tell you this, they didn't have a lot to go on. detectives just telling us about the case today but they hope that someone has seen something that could help them. the teen told officers she was walking in the 1500 block of

leslie street when she asked a man for directions in a van. the van pulled up to the curb and the driver offered the teen a ride. several people apparently inside the van sexually assaulted her. police are asking anyone who recognizes the van to call crime stoppers. . they are also urging people in the area to be careful if they are approached by a stranger in a similar van. >> the a man charged with peeping tom and trespassing. it happened last night. a witness said that he was heading to visit the home when he spotted a man looking into a window. the man parked when he saw a light in the bedroom and was caught watching a child inside. we have an update an the story

of a suspicious incident we told you about earlier about a 14-year-old boy on his way to the bus stop when he was approached by a man in a black van on monday morning. now the sheriff's office has released this picture of a van similar to the one described by the teen. he described it as a black commercial type work van with black bumpers, tinted windows, several neighbors have reported seeing this similar van so if you think you may have seen the van police ask you to call the hartford county sheriff's office. diane is now in police custody charged with armed robbery for an accident that happened yesterday. a 70-year-old woman said she was in parking lot of the box and save on baltimore annapolis when the woman approached her, attacked her, threw her to the ground and then stole her purse. officers searched the area, found it nearby and found the woman's purse which was returned to her. tonight a man is recovering from smoke inhalation after an

early morning row home fire in east baltimore. happened just before three in the 500 block of north patterson. the fire started in the living room and the man, the only person inside got out. investigators are still searching for a cause. a 15-year-old, an 8th grader, is being charged as a juvenile after he gave up his gun that he carried to school today. at his lunch the student went up to the assistant principal and said he was struggling with thoughts of suicide and handed the gun over. state police say the student carried the gun from his home to school, put it inside has locker and then got it out for lunch. this is no indication, no indication whatsoever that it the student had any desire to hurt anybody else other than himself. and the former university of virginia lacrosse play era accused of killing his girlfriend was in court. his attorneys are once again asking a judge for access to

love's medical records. they want to prove she had a medical condition that contributed to her death. the trial isn't scheduled until february. and working for you, making sure you have fun and of course a safe halloween. we have tips for trick or treating. always go with an adult, never trick or treat alone and only go into a home if you are with a trusted adult. bring a flash light with you. if you are out after dark of course and never accept homemade treats made by strangers. and if you have some prescription medication around the house and don't need them police say bring them in. the police department is holding a drug take back saturday. it'll be from ten to two. you can bring any unused or expired medications to eight different locations in the county. we have a northern, southern, harpers choice, long reach,

north laurel, owen brown, oakland mills and the wild lake police offices and if you need more information you can check out the website at dea.gov. and if you don't know what you are going to be for halloween yet how about this idea? a construction worker. really the state highway administration is running a program called see and be seen. they are offering up these reflective safety vests for parents free free of charge. you. >> this is a great way to educate your children when they are out there for halloween, especially but any time to be very careful as a pedestrian. we loose about 100 people a year just to -- as pedestrians to crashes and if we can give kids good habits now to look left, right, left, use sidewalks, crosswalks, they will be safer as they get

older. >> the chief said there is no contest between a car and child even one with a power cape and magic wand. starting tomorrow. just go to the nearest sha maintenance building and get a free vest but remember have you to bring them back. have you to bring them back. it's a case we have been following for years. team work is really important for members of the united states coast guard. what they did today that helps keep them in their life saving skills real sharp. . >> coast guard r -- 63 at pwi. one degree below average. not with in the two degree guaranteed forecast. maryland's most powerful radar is clear for the next few hours but a new storm developing to the north and west. it'll keep impacting us.

. shows that graduates struggling to pay student loans and the president has revealed a plan to help the burden face. he wants to cap loan payments at 10% of earnings starting next year and for the first time student loans out strip credit cards as the biggest source of household debt with students owing more than a trillon dollars. >> it'll be tough. i'm not sure how i will do it. i will have to do it some way. >> normally we try to package loans less, we look for grants, we look for scholarship. >> a survey found that 8a 5% of the graduates say they will move back home and the

president's plan calls for student debts to be forgiven after 20 years. does your 14-year-old know how to ballet checkbook, the state comptroller wants schools to teach financing take make sure that 2500 elementary and middle school students learn how to save, learn how to invest and budget. a bill detailing the idea has been passed in the state senate but hasn't made it past the house of delegates. and in baltimore, county officials on hand for the dedication of several new small businesses in catonsville, its old fashioned candy shop is one of the shops bringing out proud officials today. >> i think we one of the things we have going is we have a lot of people that live in the area that are reinvesting. >> the other news business was the breadery and that's going

to be a lot of baked goods for that. >> now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar. >> little bit of a gray night but rain has let up. we had a pretty good round of rain, picked up around a tenth of an itch much to a quarter inch much but most spots getting a repri, ve, the winds still calm. we will miss this calm situation as we go into tomorrow night and friday when the winds pick up and so will the chill, in the meantime out there today clouds were holding tough for most of the afternoon. had a few showers down, wetting the roads and it looks like tomorrow we could see wet weather for each drive, the morning and the evening tomorrow. pretty fall color in urbana. look at that round of rain blowing in and little sun late in the day but not a lot.

sky shopper, facebook, we always love to have you post this on the station facebook page. up toward pretty boy, look at that fall color peaking across much of the state right now. 58 baltimore, 64hagers town. there is still warm arhat there in the winds again still really a nonissue but it starts to change overnight and especially into the middle part of the day tomorrow. i think you will feel the winds pick up. temperatures will start to drop, clouds scattered across the state. a few showers in the eastern shore but most of us dry at the moment. there is a new round of rain, you can make it out. kentucky, west virginia, tennessee this next round gets in late tonight like around 11:00 and it'll bring in a couple of waves of showers, not just tonight but through tomorrow. this mild, relatively dry air, that is all gone in the next few hours and pushing away. the trend showing the cab for rain toward six.

could get a good dousing of rain. maybe a break and then another wave of rain. that would make both drives more of a headache tan they already are. friday maybe brief clearing, that will be food but a windy or chillier day, even with a break from the rain and maybe one more round one last wave friday night into early saturday, that would be rain for us but maybe a winter mix in western maryland like west of hagers town. gulf of mexico, rinacancun bracing, 24 hours now, expected to make landfall as a category one. packing winds to 85, moving northwest. it'll make a turn toward florida but just a weak disturbance by then. the big impact likely to be the mexican resorts. hope you didn't have a trip booked there this weekend. 52, rain likely, better chances likely, the rest of the evening

relatively dry. rain likely, at least a rounds of rain. periods of rain and that high temperature comes in the middle of the day. temperatures drop, we will go 37 in the city but north and western maryland could see a breeze. hartford, baltimore, back into western maryland, the possibility of a freeze or frost, the seven day forecast, bottom line, things go downhill next several days, temperatures drop, we begin to improve the weather, starting sunday. saturday not so nice, for all those halloween things but by sunday into halloween monday when the kids all head out i think we are looking good. >> did you get this tornado warning today from the national weather service? >> yeah it was all buzzing and dc guys have been e-mailing this is not real. >> all right. it was a challenging day. the agency sent out -- tornado

warnings in the midatlantic area but someone hacked in and sent them out. >> i got it from the national weather service. >> the -- they stated in the e- mail the alerts were all to be ignored are trying to find who hacked them and prevent it from happening again. here is another wyat story story. they have to know the difference between turkey point and pool's island. teams take their skills rescues, to navigation and even some tying up the knots. >> as a qualified boat crew member it's good to participate. you get to see a lot of different activities you probably wouldn't normally do maybe yearly, it's good to just jump right in and it's also -- builds team morale. >> how is your morale? 25-mile away from the curtis space station here in

baltimore. now back on land. here she comes, behind the wheel of the car today. that's our mayor, driving in with a chevy volt today. she was showing off new charging stations for hybrid cars throughout the city. we have nine of them, nine city owned charges. she pulled up, parked and charged up or car. in this demonstration was in the baltimore street garage. you will find the chargers up there on the second level. there it is all producinged in, ready to go. and zaggot out with the third yearly best restaurant baltimore. here is a list of the places, number five, [inaudible], number four samuel's, number three prime rib, number two volt and number one charleston. three noble prize winner got together to reveal a permanent exhibit about the replacement of the hubble.

you can check it out at maryland science center and including a scale model and full description of the mission. the senator has been a proponent of the program helping funding for the launch projected for 2018. tonight the baltimore department of rec and parks advisory board will have a meeting won't be alone. a local group is planning to ask the board about a plan that involves closing some rec centers and handing control of the management to outside contractors. it'll get started at seven. we have crews headed to the meeting will bring you the latest tonight at 11. >> and here a look at what else is coming up tonight. they are every w. even though you wash your hand usn 't protected. a report on the filthiest objects we use every day. and as the weather turns cold children take take their

play indoors. tonight why some doctors say more time in front of the computer may not be a bad thing.

. one more look at weather. >> i would just say enjoy the next few hours, this evening. calm, rain has let up but there is much colder air on the way and it'll get raw around here. the radar, all sweeps show clear. we have only picked up about i tenth of an inch 6 rain. not much, the temperatures are still relatively pleasant. upper 50s to near 60s, annapolis still 64, tomorrow after about noon temperatures start to drop. winds will pick up and you will feel the change by this time tomorrow night. >> how about west of maryland? >> little rain mix, doing something else. >> and we got to go but that's way west. up next the world news and then we will he you tonight at 11. have a great wednesday. we will see you back at 11.