weekend? wyatt everhart joins us from the storm center with the latest and why it's unbelievable. >> i would not have thought we would be talking about this on halloween weekend. we are. it depends where you are watching from. i mean, western maryland this will be more than a nuisance. shoveling in frederick, hagerstown, cumberland, out in the higher terrain here. around the baltimore area it will be a nuisance, rain changes through snow. blue shaded county, winter storm watch, storm warnings in to the day tomorrow. focused around western and northern suburbs of baltimore, through the day tomorrow as rain changes over to snow. you can see now, there is snow already in western maryland here on this late october day. the closer look at that here on the most powerful radar, see cumberland, grizzly, getting snow, hagerstown a cold rain. the deal tonight sp through the day tomorrow for the more

immediate central of the state is changeover from west to east. much more on the kind of accumulations to expect straight ahead. get the latest forecast and track this coming storm with the abc2 news weather app for your iphone or your ipad, also get an hourly or 7 day forecast rs find the link to the app on the abc2news.com weather page. check out maryland's most powerful radar and the latest forecast just head to abc2news.com/weather. if you didn't know, the first snow of the season on the east coast actually happened yesterday in new england. many people in central massachusetts were a bit surprised to see heavy flakes falling. luckily nothing stuck to the roads. seems unreal to believe snow in october. but for the first time in soming ayears, snow will fall in maryland and in some parts it could set records. don harrison headed out to get your take on the early arrival of winter. >> reporter: have you been paying attention to the weather

lately? did i hear that correctly? snow? we went to mike's hot dog stand outside a hardware store to find out if we are ready for the snow this early. >> i can't believe we are getting snow tomorrow. i can't believe this. >> i can't believe it already. i had a enough of it last winter. >> i'm not prepared for it. >> i hope it doesn't happen. >> when you came here, did you buy stuff to get ready for the snow? >> that's correct. >> are you really? >> no. >> reporter: mike wilson is running this hot dog stand, he must know something. i think it's much adieu about nothing. of course i hope it's much adieu about nothing, also. >> i have a couple of more things i'm preparing to do, i ordered tires and they are sitting in my living room. i'm going to get those put op

my car next week. >> not ready for it. >> i'm ready. i've been ready since last year. >> reporter: let's check in with mike to see if he has tips for us. go about your duties as usual. nothing changes. no snow, forget about it. >> reporter: i'm not going to be unprepared i'm heading to the hardware store to stock up. >> they don't look like they were prepared for snow either. i will have to make do. looks like a snow shovel to me. grass seed. that can be my salt. there we go. ice scraper. i'm don harrison for abc2 news. >> don harrison, always so resourceful. tonight's top stories. a sheriff's deputy in northeast baltimore was involved in a bizarre shooting this morning, the sheriff's department says doherty was wielding a knife

and jumped in to the deputy's car, forcing the deputy the shoot him in self defense. his family says it doesn't make sense since he has had numerous run ins with the law and avoids them at all costs. ethan pled guilty and mutilated two adopted cats, one was killed with a bb gun , the other nearly beat on the death. he could face up to three years in prison. news from around the station starts in indiana, 7 people died after a crash near the michigan border. the victims were in a mini van that had 10 family members in it. none wearing seat belts. it was rear ended by a tractor trailer. witnesses say the van may have hit a deer and slowed down or stopped before it was hit. one of the 7 killed was an infant which was in a car seat. it was used improperly. ten schools in greenville, south carolina were locked downive as a gunman fired on a police officer.

the shooting happened this morning at an apartment complex. the officer returned fire but didn't appear to hit anyone. the suspect was able to run in to woods. four public schools, three private and two colleges as well as a special education center were locked down. the schools began shifting to a partial lockdown and allowing some people in and out of their buildings. . band sugar land will perform a free concert in indianapolis, the first concert there since a deadly stage collapse back in august. the band was about to go on stage when a massive wind gust knocked down the stage killing 7 people, injuring dozens more. everyone with tickets is invited to the concert. a texas highway was shutdown after a tanker carrying diesel fuel burst in to flames. the fiery video seems unreal. why the fire was out, the problem wasn't over. this seems too good to be true. two hump back whales were

caught coming out of the water.

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check out what was caught on tape in texas. this created this inferno that shut down a highway. crews were able to get the fire

under control. but the truck continued to leak fuel. the highway eventually re- opened after crews cleaned up the mess. a california man is recovering after driving his suv off a cliff. police say the 62-year-old man lost control last night and crashed through a guardrail and over the side of a cliff. the suv rolled down 100 feet traffic on the road was shut down for two hours. the man had back and shoulder pain when all was said and done. crews in washington dc today were busy pulling a deer from the title basin. in the area between the jefferson memorial and the new martin luther king memorial, officers spotted the deer in the water and called in others to help out. the deer was cold and tired but will be okay. animal control officers will warm him up and release him. this picture seems too good to be real. it shows two massive hump back wheels breeching out of the water next to a kayaker. it was taken in monster

rarery bay. it will featured on the whale watching page. justin burke was on hand at the air force base in california for this nasa rocket launch on board a weather satellite monitoring global climate change and weather conditions. to learn more aand the launch log on to our weather page at abc2news.com/weather. click on the blog link to read justin's blogs from the west coast. the deadline to register for the presidential primary is upon us. who has entered and what they are doing to be on the ballot for new hampshire and when the vote willing take place. changing coming for who will be voted king or queen of

england. why women have more power than before.

happy birthday, lady liberty, located in the new york harbor, the symbol of freedom turned 125 years old today. a naturalization ceremony with over 100 immigrants from 46 countries kicked off a celebration. once the party is over, the park service will close the statute for an entire year as it undergoes a $27 million high- tech makeover. there are five new cameras in the torch that will stream live video. who is next to be king or queen of england is undergoing a major change shaking up

history. the common wealth nations including canada approved a change to the century's old succession rules. under the new rules , the british monarch's first born will be sent to the throne no matter what the gender. >> reporter: in her opening speech at the common wealth summit in australia, the queen made her views crystal clear. >> to find ways to allow girls and women to play their full part. >> reporter: so maybe she didn't exactly address the whole royal succession issue but it was just as good. according to ancient laws the 16 common wealth nations also known as the roams over which the queen is the head of state must vote on whether sons and daughters should have equal rights in succession to the throne. the vote was unanimous in relation to the change. >> the time has come to change the rules so if the royal couple have a girl rather than

the boy, that little girl would be the queen were what does this mean? besides girl power, it means 200 year law will have a modern take, a rebound. the heir is the first born son under the old law. only if there are no sons does the crown pass to the eldest daughter. not anymore. take for example the recently married duke and duchess of cam bridge , the change means if the first child is a girl, she will take precedence over any younger brothers in the order of succession. it could be years before that happens before we see another female monarch. the royal family has two generations of kings in waiting. prince charles and prince william. as far the queen, well, at 85 years old, she is the picture of health and doesn't look like she is going anywhere, any time soon.

. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar, and the forecast certified most accurate bywet rate. >> don't blame the messenger. this is the deal, but hey, sometimes it comes in like this in late october. it is unusual. winter storm watch, harford, northern baltimore, that's north of the city and carroll county and mop gomery and howard. west in the state, winter storm warning at midnight tonight, our watch around the city for our northern and western suburbs, those watches in to effect during the day too many. we believe tonight will be all cold rain. let's get to it. by the time the dust settles tomorrow evening, it's really going to be a sharp cutoff in terms of accumulations. far west, hagerstown, cumberland, through central pennsylvania, some spots five to eight inches, perhaps a little more. as you get further east, we cut three to five like central carroll county. in to the northern baltimore

suburbs and through howard county, maybe two to four, wet heavy snow, a lot of this is going to melt on contact. maybe an inch or two, a lot of the snow comes on the backside of the storm. we won't see that changeover especially around baltimore until later in the they too many. light i accumulation because of that as well. already seeing snow in western maryland as the beginnings of the storm move in. cumberland i seeing snow. air temperatures too wham, even in hague istown, east, these are rain showers and most of this precipitation is coming from a different part of the storm system than we will see tomorrow. no wind, little right now, east at 6. that's going to change as winds come up tomorrow. 48 air temperature. above freezing and today was a nice days the preverb ya'll calm before the storm in annapolis. clouds thickened up late in the day not a bad day for sailing. you are like what is the big deal? things h be changing. now as it has been for the last

several days, temperatures above freezing except west. tomorrow temperatures will struggle to get out of the 30s. here is the deal, winds light nows calm before the storm. here is the first wave, this will be pat of the moisture that gets wrapped in to the storm and where it's cold enough in the motorbike mountains to the west, they are getting the changeover. surface map here, this is the first part of the storming the second part of the storm, way down off of the coast, now beginning to develop. that's going to be the main storm that comes up the coast, cold air wraps in to it and it will create the changeover to wintery weather through the day. timing on the future trend, bottom line, rain through the morning hours tomorrow, around baltimore and east. snow west, begins to accumulate early, frederick westward and change to snow tomorrow afternoon, cecil county changing over, that's going to mean snow for us in to the evening. clear out sunday.

the bottom line is, 37 overnight. coal rain, snow in western maryland. tomorrow 39. temperatures falling through the days we go rape rain to a mix to all snow. 30s snow showers cold and breezy. seven-day forecast as we take a look here, temperatures will be basically looking cold saturday. there is the wintery weather and clearing out and milder on sunday. to our continuing coverage of democracy 2012 and the race for the white house. today mark as deadline for a political showdown that is just 60 days away. some of the candidates are better prepared than others. torey joining us live from washington why today is important. >> reporter: most of us can probably relate to this, you haven't filled out the paper work, before an important deadline what i'm talking about today is probably something

you've never dealt with unless you've run for president. every four years, new hampshire holds the nation's first presidential primary. it doesn't matter if you are as well known as president obama and vice president biden. or a relative unknown like former new mexico governor, gary johnson. today is the deadline to get your name on what looks to be a very long ballot. johnson's camp says they almost nicked it but filed in the nick of time after hopping on a ray red eye flight from arizona. as of yesterday, there were 24 republicans and 12 democrats on the ballot. at least two more republicans stopped by today including texas governor rick perry.

new hampshire hasn't set an official date but the general consensus is that this is going to happen the second week in january, more specifically here on tuesday, the 10th, we are set to get the official word at some point next week. >> yesterday all eyes were on rick perry after he announced he may not attend every debate. any updates on that? >> reporter: it's a story people are talking about. he was funny when he talked about it. listen to what he said. i don't know whether or not we will go to debates or not. there is going to be a lot of debates. shoot i may get to be a good debater before this is over. >> reporter: he made a joke referring to to what some people said about past debate performances there. >> thank you so much. now the latest from bosnia, a man opened fire with an automatic weapon outside the u.s. embassy. the man injured one police

officer, guarding the building. police surrounded him and after a 30 minute standoff, there was the sound of a single gunshot wounding the suspect. local police say the man was being treated at the hospital and targeting the building in a terrorist attack. u.s. embassy says no employees were injured. support for the war in afghanistan reached a all time low. a poll released today shows only 3 4% of people support the war in afghanistan. that is 1 point less than the low 35%. the survey finds 5 7% of people believe it was not a mistake to send forces in to afghanistan in october 2001. all new at 6:00, he is accused of doing horrible things to cats. he adopted from local agencies. we will tell you what happened in court. she had a stroke in about the last place on earth that you would want it to happen. she is in ant antarctica

getting treatment.

in consumer news, the bailout of two mortgage finance giants won't be as bad as predicted. the finance agency says the bailouts will total $124

billion through 2014. that's now about 0% less than the estimated cost of $154 billion. it will be the mosts pensive rescue effort by the government during the crisis. red box is falling in the weigh of netflix by raising daily fees for its movie rental service. it used to cost a dollar to pick up a dvd now it's doing to cost you $1.20. it had to raise prices because of higher debit card fees and not charging for blue ray movie and video game rentals. whirlpool will cut 5000 jobs in north america and europe after the appliance maker posted a $177 million profit last quarter. more than double what it earned last year. the company says there is weaker demand and higher costs which add up to losses for the company for the entire year. the decision to layoff workers is expected to save the company $400 million over the next few

years. . we are four weeks away from the madness which is black friday. target will open stores earlier than in the past. target stores will open at midnight, four hours earlier than last year. the shift is in response to customer demand. the stores will remain open for 23 hours, closing at is 11:00 p.m. friday november 25th. ravens got something special at mt bank stadium and it has nothing to do with football. we will tell you more on abc2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. tracking his case for years, he was found guilty and today learns his fate. we will tell you about his sentence. >> a 20-year-old man accused of adopting and brutally beating them. what happened when he had his day in court. we've got a detailed forecast for you. we will show you what your fellow marylanders are doing heading in to the potentially, can you