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now "good morning maryland." repu can presidential candidate -- republican presidential candidate herman cain faces allegation of inappropriate behavior. that story ahead. and many you got a early glimpse of old man winter but nothing compared to this. how much the cleanup will be after that rare october snowstorm. and the occupy movement continues its strong resistance in comoonts across the country but in -- in communities across the country but in one community things got out of control. we will look at that on this monday october 31st. i am charley crowson. let's look at the forecast and say hello, to meteorologist

justin berk. >> 5:31. temperatures is 27 december dee greece at bel air. you might have missed out on the snow, but you are not missing out on the shiny stuff. widespread frost and most of the snow was really about 5 to 10 miles north and west of the beltway and 95, still snow left over northern harford be a baltimore and carroll county. they had -- and baltimore and carroll county. they had snow that froze. a lot of the stuff is refrozen and there's icy spots and still anywhere from the leftover snow pack cut in half and dense fog advisory for york county. thick froes frost will slow you down. 25 to 35 the issue this morning on the thermometer. sunshine behind the clouds will warm to 64. allow extra time to scrap and here tanya with traffic. >> reporter: newbury at smith avenue a cirrus fire. watch out for -- cirrus fire so -- shall serious fire so watch

out for block roads. look at 695 at old court road, we have traffic building in both directions. most of it on the outer loop to the right. 95 north of white marsh traffic is building. southbound traffic is to the right of the screen moving towards the beltway and moving well. because of the light traffic the drive times are doing fine and abc southbound from shawan to the beltway five minutes. outer loop from 795 to 70 on the northwest side will just take you 7 minutes. back to you. breaking news this morning out of north baltimore a fire broke out inside the mount washington tavern on newbury at #:30 this morning and is at 2 alarms -- 4:30 this morning and is now at 2 alarms. the restaurant and bar has been around since 1979a few landmarks near the mount washington tavern is on the east side of 83. it's near the whole foods just off falls road near the woodbury area. excuse me wood bury and ham den

area. mount washington tavern on fire two alarms now. two alarms now. we have a crew on the way to the scene. we will have more on this coming up for you this morning live on "good morning maryland" and abc2news.com. well campaign for the most part has been untanished until now. herman cain faces allegations around alleged harassment that has come to light. corinne redman is here with details. >> reporter: this morning republican presidential candidate herman cain faces questions over a new report by politico that reveals information about two women that filed client about his behavior. -- filed complaints about his behavior. these are the first ear joust -- serious reports out against the campaign. during his time as a restaurant

industry chief lobbyist two women complained of so-called- appropriate behavior that involved some sort of sex -- so- called inappropriate behavior that involved some sort of sexual content. cain spokesman says the press was dredging up thinly sourceed allegations. when cain was asked about it, he went on the defensive over the issue. >> i'm not going to comment about two people that you won't tell me who they are okay. that's like negotiating -- i am not going to comment because i think that's one of the things that -- >> that was the last question, thanks. thanks. last question. >> have you been accused of sexual harassment? >> reporter: in some polls cab has been -- cain has been leading the race. so far, in one month he raised more than $3 million. now this question will be the first serious question his campaign has to face as result

of the allegations. corinne redman, abc2 news. news around the nation on this monday morning, official also continue searching for three men who was part of a grain elevator. three workers were killed saturday night by the blast. it was strong and shook the ground being felt in neighboring missouri. driving drunk is bad enough but add texting and hitting a police car and you are in trouble. this man was not going very fast when he hit the officer. and he didn't hold back when he was asked about the problem. on top of drinking, and texting, he had a loaded rifle in his front seat and a hunting bow and admitted to everything's was -- he was doing wrong. [ music ] >> dancing zombies took part in an attempt a break the record for the most people simultaneously dancing to thriller. it is called thrill the world dances in reno, nevada

saturday's event attempted to break the world record set in 2009 of 22,000 participants across 264 cities in 33 countries. you see snow in your neighborhood during the weekend? if you did it was probably nothing like this. some communities are cleaning up after more than 20 inches of the white stuff. and if there's snow that has you thinking about winter, bge officials are saying the city has help to offer. what you may be able to benefit from coming up when "good morning maryland" continues. [ female announcer ] this is steve and lynn, and they have a good question.

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and zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles. it makes any get-together better. now "good morning maryland "i. two feet of snow fell in massachusetts. orange lights and pumpkins and ghosts and ghouls against the wint irwonderland. the -- winder wonderland. trick or treating will be slightly different this year. >> we will take them out and bundle them up. >> we are excited actually to use the gauge and eskimo is good to go. >> there's power outages where parents and kids say they are not going to let that stop them

from doing trick or treating going door to door. justin. it's hard to imagine for people that are not here because nothing stuck but up 795 from owings mills and parts of owings mills up to two inches and closer to 304 around westminster and 6 around the p.a. line. in the mountain of northern frederick they picked up 11 inches and northwestern adams county in pennsylvania 13 inches of it was an elevation i away from the bay that impacted it. this morning, 27 bel air,37 emmere and 27 in laurel. we have widespread frost this morning. that's an issue and dense fog advisory out of the new york county and pennsylvania. once you scrape the frost off you are flooring breeze. increasing -- looking for a breeze. increasing clouds and for the most part near 50 this evening. let's check out the traffic at # 5á:41 # with -- 5:41 with tanya. >> reporter: a fire has

newberry street shut down in both directions. try to avoid the area in mount washington. let's look live out there at 95 at 175, steady flow of traffic between the beltways traveling southbound from elk ridge to laurel. you should be good to go. no incidents in your way. and 50 at sandy point at the bay bridge, westbound traffic we have two westbound lanes closed. it's causing delays across the bridge. that's the oncoming traffic. eastbound you see the flashing lights there. one eastbound lane is closed. 895 for a broken down vehicle. we are doing okay follow us atmaryland traffic on twitter for the latest on accidents. back to you. today you can get help from bge and get your home ready for the winter saving a little bit on the bill. it's part of nationalweatherration day. families can qualify for assistance and the event is focusing on a resident who benefited from this in the past. it begins this morning at 10 at thorn berry in north baltimore

near mount washington. 5:42. you know your kids are getting ready to have a lot of candy tonight. but how many calories will they consume? the final numbers may shock you. what experts are saying they recommend you might want to do to keep your kids healthy this halloween night. >> reporter: still digging out. a look at problems caused by the massive snowstorm coming up. crear we are the house when it comes to the big game. yeah. it's his thing... i don't even participate. boom! here it comes. bring it back! bring it... [ male announcer ] some parties need a bowl of queso. made from creamy velveeta and zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles. it makes any get-together better.

news time 5:45. breaking news out of north baltimore a fire has broing out inside -- broken out inside the mount washington tavern. this is a popular hangout bar and restaurant. it has been there for about 30 years a crew is headed to the scene and we will have more on this with a live report as quickly as possible. continue following the story at abc2news.com. well an early taste of winter is what some you got over the weekend when a massive snowstorm hit some parts of the state. nearly half a foot fell. but for those in the north millions are without power and corinne redman is more with the widespread effects from the snow. >> reporter: this month is called snowtober and this

morning halloween is looking scarier because many are death a with the aftermath including downed trees and power outans and dangerous road conditions. as being see, ghosts, goblins and jack-o'-lanterns are smoothered in snow. this was more than 2 feet of snow in some parts of massachusetts. more than 4 million residents in five states are without power and five people died. heavy snow and ice brought power lines and trees crashing down. airline travelers were stranded after a weekend of cancellations. interstate in 95 was closed yesterday after a 30-car pileup. >> i am still shocked. everybody is shocked and the trees are shocked. >> no heat no food no power. and it's october rs now some communities across the -- >> reporter: now some communities are a cross the northeast are asking trick or treaters to wait a few days. corinne redman, abc2 news.

governor o'malley says tate revenues will be hurt if they legalize online gambling. it would put a risk 19 million dollars of generated annually by the state lottery. it's the 4th largest revenue source. the governor said slot locations in the state would be harmed and noted that slot revenues are used for public schools, college as well as universities. thieves got out of control in denver at the occupy denver protesters where they set up camp. police came by saying they got out of hand and they were to leave take down the tent and move on. after that, 20 people arrested and two of the people are accused of attacking an officer. witnesses say police surrounded the tents and arrested protesters who refused to leave that area. and in new york where the movement started occupy wall street protesters braved theelements and huddled in tents. the weekend had near freezing temperatures all weekend strong winds mixed with snow and rain

and friday the fire department pulled generators and propane tanks in the financial district because the mayor said those things were fire hazards. a huge moment today expected somewhere in the world. the 7th billion person will be on earth by the time we reach the milestone 250 babies will be born on earth. according to the u.n. population fund, the earth's population grew by a billion people during the last 12 years and that's quite a bit considering it tookuntil the early 1800 phos it to reach the first billion. scientists say the odds are the 7 billionth baby will probably be born in india. the child comes home from trick or treating with a pile of candy and how many calories does that contain? the average kid is going to collect about 7,000 calories worth of halloween candy. after burning that off 100 pound child has to work for 44 hours. now experts say they are not saying to avoid trick or

treating but want you to watch out and make sure your child doesn't eat all the candy. they want to make sure it's not in one sitting. we want to know what you think. will you limit how many house your child goes to to make sure they will he'd in moderation or does -- they will eat in moderation or does it matter? head to our facebook page and let us know what you think. justin. all right. we are check out snow amounts and i am working on a snow list for you right now. wanted to highlight the top spots across the area. look at this. we have got a look at peru, massachusetts, 32 inches of snow. bakersfield, connecticut 18.6. and i was adjusting. that's 11 inches at one of the top tallies around our immediate area. no snow right now. how about snow melt? we could afford that and could get the benefit of that. we will have that with temperatures slowly warming over the next few days. this morning, it's about the frost. so thick profit is an issue and

thick fog across p.a. going north of the line where they have snow cover on the ground. low pressure across the great lakes and trailing cold front pulls clouds and warmer temperatures ahead of it. we should get back into the 50s today. but cloud will be creeping in across the morning sky. should make for a beautiful sunrise an hour and half from now and mostly dry day. most of the moisture stays back in the mountains but the evening and tonight things could change. we are appearing to have ourselves a dry evening the threat of rain may try to sneak in close to midnight. but we will try to keep it dry for the trick or treateders and we will run in the moist your -- treaters and we will run in the moisture. lower eastern shore through tomorrow morning. mid dan could linger wet -- midday could linger wet weather a strong storm that will wrap up in a hurry but too far away to make impact. look at wind flow around here. as this wraps -- as this wraps up on tuesday morning off the coast. but we will look at a warmingtrend behind that. today 5 # degrees. tonight, a chance of rain -- 54

degrees. tonight a chance of rain and especially south of baltimore 42. tomorrow early showers give way to afternoon sun. 55. 60 on wednesday with lows in the 40s and 63 that's more like it, by thursday with sunshine. tanya. >> reporter: 95 southbound at 222 bainbridge road, we have a broken down car in the right lane. there is a slight delay. stay to the left if you can. look live at traffic cameras we have steady flow of traffic in both directions and it's moving well with the volume. 895 south of shell road southbound we have a broken down car at exit 7. also, don't forget, our drive times are doing well so far even though we have the volume. 95 southbound out of white marsh6 minutes. bel air to providence is 6 minutes as well. charley. >> well after months of fighting, including capture and death of a dictator. many wonder what happened to libya now? what the u.n.'s involvement has to say now qaddafi is gone.

and could hundreds of jobs be created at kennedy space center. what boeing has planned for today that could be great news for the people in florida. details coming when "good morning maryland" continues on this halloween morning. everyone loves surprise parties. yeah, so last week we had a surprise party for our dear friend, lizzy. surprise! surprise! surprise! surprise! [ woman ] happy birthday! [ male announcer ] some parties need a bowl of queso. made from creamy velveeta and zesty rotel tomatoes and green chiles. it makes any get-together better. come new expressions of the elegance lifestyle. fullfill your dream today with savings on all accessories... and select furnishings or 36-month financing. the drawer closes on these offers november 30th.

nato scheduled toned the libyan campaign today. the move comes after the u.s. security council last week rescinded the march dead like protecting -- civilians during crisis. it will take 30 years to claim the nuclear facility in japan that is one of the worst nuclear accident since the 1986 chernobyl disaster was damaged by an earthquake and tsunami last march. the involuntary manslaughter trial of dr. conrad murray continues. a final defense witness returns to the stand. prosecutors will present the rebullettal case in the death of michael jackson. closing arguments could begin tuesday. boeing plans a major announcement today that could bring hundreds of jobs to florida's space coast.

boeing plans to build space tackies and the space shuttle processing hangar at kennedy space senter. prepaid maintenance plan sound grabbing when you want to deal with things like buying a car. why is the wetter -- better business bureau says read the fine print before signing off for the deal? and police and protesters continue to clash. what happened at a occupy protest. we have several protesters arrested. plus, what forced students to pack up and move out on a cruise ship. details when good morning maryland continues on this monday morning.

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