conversation with her son. in the meantime, she likes watching her son blossom with the technology. >> whoever doubted the legacy of steve jobs, right there. that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "good morning america." thanks so much for watching, make sure you have extra money when you hit the road. how much more you will be paying. a new busline hitting charm city. i'm sherrie johnson, live, i will have the story coming up. hold on to your debit cards, banks decide to cancel the monthly fees. the story coming up. it's tuesday, november 1st. i'm charley crowson. let's get it started with a quick check of the forecast for this tuesday morning and say hello to justin berk. hello, good morning, happy

november. we start off the month with milder temperatures, 46 degrees baltimore and easton. yesterday thick frost and back to the northwest, above freezing new york to hagerstown. central maryland, rain issues. sprinkles near the susquehanna. across the bay bridge through the eastern shore and getting rain towards denton, federalsburg and towards salisbury. mid-40s this morning. 56 and sun developing quickly and in to the afternoon. . good morning everyone. starting with good news. we have no accidence, we are accident free on baltimore city and county roads. a great way to start the morning. let's see how things are moving. no cars out there so far. that is good news. down towards cold spring lane, it's light as well as you make your way downtown and no issues

to report. there is one car moving northbound, we are doing okay. elsewhere on your roads, big changes today and they begin with your wallet. the toll hikes we have been telling you about start today. linda so is at fort mc henry, if you drive to the roofs, have extra change. how much more will it cost us? >> reporter: to get through the toll, you will need $1 more. the hikes took affect at 12:01. instead of $2 it's now going to be $3. up by a $1 at harbor tunnel. this is the first wave of toll increases approved by the maryland transportation authority in september. another round will come in two years in 2013 when tolls will go up again. the extra money generate willed go to repair the aging roads, bridges and tunnels. for drivers already paying more

for gas it hits them hard. >> it's hard pressed. the economy, how people are strapped for money. gas is expensive. it's starting to go down but not that much. they are raising every little bit. i don't know. >> reporter: coming up at 5:00, whether he show you one way to avoid paying as much in tolls as everyone else. you will need more money here at the fort mc henry tunnel, $1 more, the tolls cost 3 bucks. linda so, abc2 news. regarding roads, ta will hold a meeting to discuss the purple line connecting communities in prince georges and mg mg counties -- montgomery counties. four open meetings at the university of maryland student union. we have the website up for you all information you need about the purple line, click down to see which communities will be connected, staying connected seeing through this, every

question about the purple line, proposed purple line will be coming up for you here on line. here in baltimore the circulator will debut the green bus line. out for one of the stops, we will join sherrie johnson, live at johns hopkins with the latest. this opens at 6:30 this morning. >> reporter: that's right. we are here in this 600 block of broadway, johns hopkins hospital in east baltimore. this is one of the locations for the new charm city circulators green route. this is one of the stops it will make, the mayor, stephanie rawlings blake and business leaders and others will launch the green route. service at 6:30, and the green route runs from city hall to fells point to johns hopkins, service is every 15 minutes and the mayor plans to call on congress to rebuild the jobsability. $50billion in funding for transportation projects around the country. it would help road, rail and

airport transportation projects, plus an additional $10 billion for an infrastructure bank. today's event kicks off at 10:30 this morning, it will take place at the intersection of ashland and rutland avenues. sherrie johnson, abc2 news. a officer assigned to protect stephanie rawlings blake maybe sore following a crash. it happened at the gillford avenue exit around 8:30, the officer was returning to city hall when a vehicle hit his suv. drivers expected to be fined and the mayor was not in the vehicle. update on a string of robberies in perry hall. neighborhood association said police made arrests in the three robberies that occurred in three days. we are awaiting for word to verify or deny what the neighbors are saying. the meeting with perry hall residents and police is scheduled for november 10th at the library. the mount washington tavern

is part ash and charred wood after flames and smoke raced through. we brought you this story yesterday on good morning maryland. the tavern is at sole grave and nee bury street in north baltimore. the fire drew to two alarms. the building is considered a total loss. the people who work at the cliffton t perkins mental hospital need to be part of the discussion on how to solve problems. talking about two murder is at perkins in ten days. the head of the union that represents workers say the conditions are tense to say the least. >> reporter: until they start listening to the folks that work with the clients, i think there is going to be more problems. >> reporter: perkins is the only facility for violent offender whose have been ruled incompetent to stand trial or not criminally responsible for actionst. leaders say safety measures will be going in to play. after facing a hail of criticism, a candidate is

standing up and telling his story. what herman cane said about accusations of sexual advances. added bank fees, what you need to know, abc2 news working for you with advice on what to do about debit charges. you are watching good morning maryland, first and only at 4:30.

voting goes through thursday ahead of next tuesday's general election. races there are still republicans running. including griffin, who is challenging stephanie rawlings blake. on the national front, presidential candidate and front runner herman cane fire

back saying he sexually harassed two women in the 1990s. >> while at the restaurant association i was accused of sexual harass ltment, falsely accused, i was falsely accused of sexual harassment and when the charges were brought, as the leader of the organization, i recused myself and allowed my general council and my human resource officer to deal with the situation. it was concluded after a thorough investigation that it had no basis. >> mr. cain spoke at a press club and the accusations stem from a report that two female employees complained of inappropriate behavior. the women left the organization after receiving five figure deals and when asked both cain and chief of staff said they weren't aware of the deals.

. now, maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weather rate. glen burnie, storm center weather net, an ruin dale community college, 4 a degrees. little bit of rain, there maybe moisture on the roads to slow you down. we've had 700s of an inch. look at annapolis, seems like something is missing, why does it keep missing us. this storm passing off of the coast, moderate heavy rain, clearing line, we clear out quickly, have to hold on clouds for midday, bay and eastern shore. 7:34 sunrise, sunny afternoon and high of 56. happy november to you, tonya. i forgot it's november 1st already. >> i will remind you all morning. >> we are doing okay on the

roads. light traffic out. there the outer loop has road work that wrapped up near baltimore national pike. this is the fort mc henry tunnel. all the southbound traffic out of the tunnel is very light at this time, all of your lanes are open northbound as well. get extra change, linda so will have more later in the morning. students we told you about yesterday, moving to a cruise ship, will have to wait a few days. move in delayed for the college students who fear the waters were too shallow. the ship will be docked along the st. mary's river used as dorm while mold problems are taken care of. netflix is trying something new to hold on to fleeing customers and may mean more choices for you. it could impact your kids viewing habits. halloween inspired ad goes

bad. what some found offensive about barack obama turning in to a zombie.

the baltimore ravens teamed up with giant foods in the food bank for november food collection drive. kickoff today from 11:00 to 1:00 at the giant food on wilkins avenue. maryland home business expo, showcasing home based job opportunities that take place from 5:00 to 9:00 tonight, at the holiday inn. garbage men will be celebrating o. officials will say thank you to men and women who collect and deliver 2000-tons of trash. joe biden's daughter is engaged. ashley is a social worker and going to marry a physician.

no word on when that date is going to be. soon you will find your favorite abc and disney shows on netflix and amazon.com. the rival companies struck a deal helping build the library and attract more subscribers. more banks decided to forego the debit card fees after a number of customers threatened to move their smalle credit unions. let's say good morning to kuren redmond with what is going on. >> it's like a customer revolt. you carry debit cards, i do, i carry them a lot instead of using cash and they are convenient. when the fee came out, customers were fired up and started their own revolt. >> now people are upset and banks are saying this is opportunity for us. >> here it is. customers became furious when bank of america announce they

had would charge customers $5 monthly fees and other mini big banks followed. after a backlash and protests, they decided to do away with the fees. sun trust announced it has a limit of $5 fee, scheduled to take place on november 2nd. customers already paying the fee will be reimbursed. wells fargo canceled plans to test fees and five stays, which wanted to test the fee, bank of america hasn't decided if it will change the plans to charge the fee. switch to a smaller bank or credit union as they continue to charge that fee. >> i'm looking for a new bank. that's great. i'm glad they decided to do away with them. >> many big banks were charging

the fee because of a new regulation that slashed fee financial institutions and charging retailers. they were trying to make the money back but didn't work. >> we've got bank of america, i'm a bank of america customer and gave me pause to think about going somewhere else. that's common. >> a lot of the smaller banks at credit unions and smaller banks were banking on customers to come in and give them new business as a result of this. bank of america hasn't announced yet if they will take back the fees. we will wait and see what happens. >> at some point, bank of america is going to have to come forward and say d woops. we want to know what you think about the bank fees and the transfer day, head to our facebook fan page, join the conversation. is it something where you are

like me, bank of america customer and said wait or happy where you are. groups are pushing for johnson and johnson to remove harmful chemicals from the baby shampoo. they are urged to remove the chemicals. the campaign says it has cancer causing chemicals. johnson and johnson says they are reducing and phasing out the chemicals and more on this at 5:00. need help with the halloween candy? get cash for it. dentists organized a buy back program, exchanging candy for cash, coupons and other prizes, giving the treats to operation gratitude to fill care packages for troops overseas. >> pick a few, choose a few treats and take the rest of it, bring it to us, we can say

thank you to soldiers fighting for our country. >> contact information is on the screen or go to the website op gratitude.com. one man is dead and another recovering after police say a driver sneezed, lost control of his van and hit a tree. it happened near salisbury and brian david was traveling east on route 50 around 10:00 yesterday afternoon when he had a sneezing attack. the passenger, william, was dead at the scene. evans has six broken ribs and in the hospital and charged with reckless driving. gulf stream jet crash landed monday night. officials say the jet was carrying the owner of the nascar's top team and his wife. the plane lost brakes and ran off of the runway. rick and linda hendrick, pilot and co-pilot taken to the hospital and treated for

injuries. a sad story for animal lovers, several killed after a fire swept through a zoo. clean up is taking place at the zoo in new jersey. reports say the giraffe, puppy and birds were among those killed in the fire. this is the second fire at the zoo in 2011. politics now, dilemma, confidence with latest ad. the advertisement shows democratic leaders including barack obama as zombies to. make it more disturbing, zombie obama has a bullet hole in his head. mayor calling this disrespectful of the president. the group apologized for the images. check this out, weave got ourselves a widespread of weather on the eastern shore. right now we are loading up with half an inch of rain in

easton. same mark in federalsburg and 46 in chestertown. notice they tail off on the rain in federalsburg. barely 600s of an inch of rain. there is this little storm churning off of the coast. starting to get a little wrapped up here. just as it pulls away, not a major impact on us, the back edge of the cloud line. clouds are beginning to push through the area. by the time the sun comes up, we will be mostly clear. high pressure dominates, this is the bubble of no trouble. this is the case through this week. area of low pressure, sliding out to sea. it races out in a hurry, yesterday we looked like we will have rain lingering lunchtime. high pressure in control and really those winds that are strong wrapped around the storm all out to sea, light winds for the next couple of days, let's the sun do its thing.

the thing is it's november. can't do too much. 56, clearing skies this morning. mostly sunny sky. tonight's temperatures to near freezing. we turn frosty again, check out the forecast for the rest of this week. 60 tomorrow, 62 thursday. looks like showers may creep in and hold us to 58 friday. pushing near seasonable levels, upper 50 to low 60s through the weekend. now appears to be dry, holding off in to early next week as well. back to the roads, here is tonya. road work wrapping up the next ten minutes, traveling 70 eastbound, past columbia pike, towards the bellway, no incidents in your way. looking out there, this is a live look at 695, near 795, old court. most volume is on the outer loop away from the camera. light in both directions. this is the fort mc henry

tunnel. most traffic southbound in to the tunnel. 95 north at keith, we have a broken down vehicle, not affecting traffic too much because of the light traffic. follow all our accident information and delays on twitter, follow us at maryland traffic. that's@maryland traffic. video released show what is some are calling ghost stories. why the fbi says russian spies could be in the u.s. and what they've been up to. we've reached 7 billion people. meet one of newborns coming up next when good morning maryland continues for you first and only at 4:30.

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out of south korea say a soldier has been sentenced to ten years in prison for raping a 10-year-old girl. he was convicted of sexually assaulting her several times. the verdict is the longest prison term for a soldier stationed in south korea for 20 years. russian spys, are they living and working out in the suburbs of the u.s.? documents and photos claim to show members passing instruction and cash. it was released to the press in response to a request. the investigation was code named ghost stories. release of the documents on halloween appears to be a coincidence. police arrested a man in connection with a murder of a flight attendant. prosecutors charged jose ramierez with beating nick aaronton andstringelling him with a belt.

ramierez sold his belongings. they arrived at the hotel friday. overnight we learned we've reached 7 billion people. a child was born but where? not born in india, but born in the philippines. babies like danca are born at an alarming rate all over southeast asia. experts are worried they are born in poor countrys and can't afford to receive proper child care. you are paying more in gas, now paying more in tolls. i'm linda so, how much more and one way to get around it. i'm sherrie johnson, live in east baltimore with the latest on a bus line to hit charm city. that story is coming up. if you are heading in to the city last night you may

have had a traffic jam. a crash involving a police officer caused problems on the roadways. we will give you an update on everyone's condition on this tuesday, november 1st, good morning maryland, i'm charley crowson. let's get a check on the forecast and say hello to justin berk. you know what is sweet? besides the candy? the fact you don't have frost to scrape off of the windshield this morning. 30s back to the west, might be some frost in frederick county. around the bay n the beltway, in the 40s and there has been rainover night. dampness on the roads, maybe on the cars, glen burnie, pasadena, skipped by arnold and west side of annapolis. annapolis dry, sprinkles showing up. rain on the lower portion of the delmarva, starting to wind down. we may